The Village Disciples

"Anyone got any ideas?"

Resuming from last time, class 1AB is currently in thought; thinking of ways to potentially beat the rivaling class.

"Well, what have we learned about red aura's? They can use magic longer than we ever could, but it's significantly weaker. What if we were to bait them into one of our attacks and take them out in one go?" Meisei suggested, gaining the attention of his classmates.

Naderamu walked forward, "Could work. But what if we fail? We can't fight them in hand-to-hand combat-- we aren't skilled in that department yet." Naderamu then asked, seemingly making Meisei stumped-- then angered.

"Well what do you think we should do then!?" Meisei retorted, a tick mark present on his forehead. 

"Well I was thinking; what if we separate them? They'll most likely band together if they have knowledge of how our aura works. Maybe we can attack from various locations and confuse them enough so they'll stray away from each other." Naderamu answered, getting a few agreeing nods.

"Shouldn't we also be wary of whatever types of magic objects that they can form? We haven't even learned what that is yet, the academy is practically throwing us into the fray immediately!" Akogare added, fear lacing his explanation.

"That's what I'm here for." A familiar voice stated, 

All of class 1AB turned to the source of the intruding voice, spotting Mr. Oshieru. "Those 'magical objects' are called Aura Prints. Like how you guys have different magic weaponry." Mr. Oshieru informed.

Mr. Oshieru then turned towards Akogare, "You can form whips-" Oshieru then turned towards Naderamu, "You can form shurikens-" Oshieru finally stopped on one more student example, "And Tanjo, we need to figure yours out." 

All of class 1AB seemed to adorn a look of understanding, processing the new information that they were given. At least until Meisei stepped forward and made his presence known again, 

"Is there anything else we should know? Like any information that is still getting restricted from us?" Meisei interrogated, only receiving a tiring expression from Mr. Oshieru.

"I'm going to be blatantly honest, the class you're going against is more skilled and knowledgeable than any of you. The reason being; I nor the principal believe that you guys should be learning about such things until we see a reason to do so. Looking at your guys' performance so far in the year, it's a bit underwhelming." Mr. Oshieru revealed, getting a few pairs of widened eyes in return.

"Aren't you supposed to be teaching us how to improve?" Tanjo questioned, making Mr. Oshieru turn towards him.

"Tanjo, you are one of the main reasons as for what we're doing. You didn't even use an aura print during your spar against Utsukushi, but somehow shot the biggest beam out of the class-- rivaling skilled warriors." Mr. Oshieru explained, getting a sad look in response.

"But we've already accepted how you guys are-" Mr. Oshieru suddenly spoke up, "And when I say 'we will not fail to make you exceptional warriors,' we mean it. We just need your dedication to achieve as such." Mr. Oshieru added, sparking small amounts of positivity in each of the students.

"Now, I want you all to give this your all! We'll be notifying you when we start the match soon." Mr. Oshieru finished, smiling contently.

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"Understand the plan?" Naderamu questioned her classmates, getting a nod in response, "good."

Suddenly the sound of a speaker turning on was heard over the combat training field. 

"Attention, Class 1AB, and 1AR: The match will be starting shortly, a buzzer will be played in a few moments. Once said buzzer is played, the match will commence and both classes will be permitted to duking it out. Thank you for listening" 

"Sounded like Mr. Akushon," Sukudo guessed, getting a few shrugged shoulders as retorts. 

"We should be getting ready, who knows what we'll see from the other class. Mr. Oshieru did say they were more skilled than us." Tanjo declared, following it up with reasoning.

With that said, class 1AB started to walk towards the front gates of the combat training field-- directed to do by Mr. Oshieru. Tanjo stood walked in the front of the class, turning around with his back facing the gate,

"Remember, stick to the plan."

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As the students of class 1AB were patiently waiting for the buzzer to go off, on the opposite side of the combat training field, class 1AR was also preparing for the match.

"Jigyo, we need a plan! We can't just rush in like idiots!" A student of the red aura pleaded. The pleading student has spiky, silver hair that reaches down to his chin on the sides, light black eyes, and black nails. 

"I'm not following a plan for sissy's, Suteru! Go cry about it if you're only gonna complain." retorted the student named Jigyo. The angered student also has spiky silver hair that resides above his ear in length, light grey eyes, and also attributing black nails. 

"I can't think of a single person who is a worse brother than you." Suteru cowardly responded, only getting a look of disgust in return from Jigyo.

"Stop looking weak, being worthless will only drag the ones around you down; so maybe you should just quit the academy." Jigyo spat at Suteru, seemingly hurting him emotionally.

"Would you two quit bickering!" A new voice yelled in annoyance, the siblings then looked over the owner of the voice. The owner of the voice has ink-black glasses, black hair that's slicked back, hazel-green eyes, and is taller than everyone in class 1AR.

"You know yelling at them won't work, Kakudo." Another new voice responded, the glasses-wearing student looked to his left and seen his classmate, Fumetsu, "Not even I can lighten them up. It pains me to see how they treat each other." Fumetsu continued,

The glasses-wearing student named Kakudo suddenly looked around, seemingly searching for something,

Or someone. 

"Where's Kenshutsu?" Kakudo proceeded to ask out loud, getting heard by Fumetsu.

"Oh, She asked for the layout of the field, but got denied-- so she keeps begging for blueprints," Fumetsu answered, getting a nod in response. 

Suddenly, a voice over the speaker spoke once again. 

"Before the match begins, we would like to state who is participating from which class." The voice began, notifying the students of its reasoning.

"Class 1AB:

Tanjo Nozomu,

Naguru Akogare,

Apiru Naderamu, 

Senko Sukudo, 

Ninki Meisei,

Shizen Utsukushi.

Class 1AR:

Jigyo Tsukideru,

Suteru Tsukideru,

Kuchu Kakudo, 

Isho Fumetsu,

Haichi Kenshutsu,

Mushi Kuroru.

If any members of either class are missing, please report it, now."

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Hey! I hope you enjoyed this chapter! The next chapter is when the fighting and action begin. It is also when new abilities will be introduced, revolving around each individual student! Stay tuned for more.

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Peace - Cr1ticalz_