Act 1 - Chapter 2, Part 1

Chapter 12: Yami; Shauran 10th, 344SR; 07:40

A faint light was cast over the green grass, its subtle luminescence was once bright to him, but now something felt wrong. It lacked the warmth and lustrousness of sunlight. ‘Is it almost night time? We should get back to the hotel soon… We…’ Yami stopped as he looked up. The pale blue sky almost looked close enough to touch. He reached for it, but squinted when he saw how tiny his hand was. A giant white circle in the ceiling casted a gentle light over the area, despite how close it was. Yami stared at what he believed to be the sun for several seconds, while confused at its lack of warmth. He turned around, and looked up at the house he remembered so well.

From where he stood, he could only see the front, and the left side of the house painted white. The side was covered in shade, with just a small bench and a hose winded around a metal rod stuck in the wall. The front had a small porch two steps above the ground, a door directly in front of the stairs. To the left and the right of the entrance were windows for the kitchen and living room. Pillars on the porch supported a small overhang about one story over the ground. ‘Before I got my gift… I used to climb out my room window and try to get on the roof… Mom always yelled at me for it… Now that I have Azure I-’ A squawk drew Yami’s attention to the nearest corner of the roof, it was Azure.

The blue raven looked down at Yami, then angrily squawked again. Even though he couldn’t understand his spirit, he could feel its disappointment. ‘I wish I was as talented as Zeus… He was able to understand Yycan so easily, in just a few weeks of being blessed too…’ Azure lowered his head, and preened the feathers on his wings. The raven shook its head, fluttered its wings, then flew off the roof and toward the forest. ‘Wait…’ Yami reached forward, but his fingers curled in as he sighed. Suddenly, he felt someone grasp his other hand.

“Yami! Hey, we need your help! We can’t catch that little rascal!” said Nova.

“Huh- Rascal?” Yami squinted, but his eyes widened as he saw eight tails spread off her shoulder.

Nova’s Celestial gift, the red fox named Loomy noticed his gaze, then peered back at him. The fox tilted its head. ‘Nova is amazing too… I can’t even get Azure to stay around without him getting sick of me… Yet Loomy is always perched on her shoulder…’ Nova turned, causing Loomy to stretch its head all the way around to keep staring at Yami. Nova was just a couple of inches shorter than Yami, her short red hair bounced as she pointed off in the distance toward their younger brother. Zeus scratched his messy black hair in confusion as he turned around frantically.

“Eos! We can’t catch him! It’s gotta be you!” Nova suggested.

“Huh…” Yami reared his head back.

“Eos is way too fast with his new gift! But with Azure, you also go really fast!” Nova clenched her tiny fists with a determined look. “You have the best shot!”

“Hey! Idiots! Hurry up and help! He’s making a fool out of us!” Zeus shouted angrily.

“Stop swearing!”

“Huh?! Don’t tell me what to do!”

As Nova and Zeus bickered, Loomy continued to gaze at Yami. ‘Even Eos is outdoing me… It’s no wonder mom likes them more than me… I can’t do any-’ Someone’s hand hit his back, but he felt no pain. He looked up to see Eos zoom by quickly. He smacked Nova’s head and then Zeus’s as well. The two of them flinched, but then looked equally upset.

“That little-” Nova seethed.

“Eos when I get my hands on you!” Zeus seethed.

“Haha! Hahaha!” Eos laughed like a maniac as he ran off behind the house, each stride of his step carried him several meters.

“Heh…” Yami grinned.

The arrogant confidence of his youngest brother made him envious. ‘Azure! I need you!’ Yami looked around, but Azure didn’t show up. ‘Azure! I can’t keep up with him, and… And…’ Yami’s gaze lowered to the grass, the light in the room became dimmer. ‘Who am I kidding… Even with Azure… I can’t do it…’ He felt like going back inside and crawling into bed, until someone’s hand pressed into his back, and nudged him forward.

“Come on! Stop staring off into space you dud!” Zeus shoved him again. “If you aren’t going to chase him yourself, we need a plan!”

“Yeah! Let’s make a plan!” Nova stressed, her eyes locked on Yami.

The two of them didn’t say anything, they just stared at Yami, awaiting what he would say. “Why are you two looking at me… You’re the ones who can actually use your spirits… You’re the amazing ones…”

“Because… You’re the oldest?” Zeus shook his head, as if this should have been obvious. “You think I'd take orders from Nova? It’s you or I'm on my own, and I can’t catch him on my own!”

“I’ll help make the plan, but they only really work well if you help, Zeus is too dumb to follow my plan, he’ll ruin it…”

“That’s because your plans are lame and girly!”

“Huh?! What was that second reason for?!”

Yami watched the two of them continue their endless conflict, and a slight smile spread on his face. ‘I guess… These two suck at working together, they need me as the leader…’ Yami smiled, he felt like he was good for something. ‘And maybe… With all three of us working together, we can do it, we can-’ Azure flew into Yami’s back, he didn’t expect it at all. Two bright blue wings sprouted off his back. ‘Azure… You… Heh, maybe I am just overthinking things…’ The light started to glow, a warm orange hue embraced him.

“Alright, let’s do this! Operation catch the golden rabbit!” Yami grinned as he playfully named his plan.

“An operation! Cool!” Zeus’s eyes glowed in excitement.

“First, I'll distract Eos!” said Yami.

Nova and Zeus looked at each other, then nodded in agreement.

“Then, Nova… Loomy can make those red flowers… Cover the whole field in them! And Zeus will hide in them!”

“Oh… That’s a good idea!” Zeus laughed.

“Awa,” Loomy seemed to agree.

“Haha, and then! Zeus, me and Nova will lead him to you, and you’ll use Yycan to wrap him up or hold him down! Then he won’t….” Yami’s smile faded as he remembered something. “Wait… Eos isn’t missing? When did he come back?”

“Huh? What do you mean?” Nova tilted her head.

“I mean, Eos was missing right? And so was mom?” Yami explained.

“When did that happen?” Zeus reared his head back.

“Mom is right over there…” Nova pointed to the house.

Yami turned, then froze as he saw her. The children’s mother sat on the bench on the left side of the house, shrouded in the shade. Her eyes were shrouded in darkness, from that distance, he couldn’t tell if they were open or closed. The moment Yami saw her, he felt fear freeze his feet to the floor. ‘Huh…’ He couldn’t take his eyes off of her, he couldn’t move, he couldn’t even speak. ‘Why- Why am I so afraid…’ Her eyes suddenly glowed red, and the shade around her spread out. The shadow was followed by a pitch black darkness. It engulfed his mother, and then came for him and his siblings.

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“Ha!” Yami suddenly gasped.

He blinked at the ceiling, his back was covered in sweat, he looked at his hands as he grasped his quilt. His hands were no longer small, his knuckles pushed against his skin as different bones in his hand flexed. Yami pushed himself up, and immediately felt an uncomfortable chill over his back. The warm orange light came through the window and hit his eye, its warmth was soothing. The sun was rising over the city, it was just a tiny ball floating through the sky. Yami briefly remembered what he believed was the sun during his childhood, he still wasn’t used to this new life. ‘That dream again…’ Yami leaned back and fell onto the soft bed still damp with sweat. He glanced back to the window at the side of his bed, the sky was nothing like what he remembered as well. It was all a soft blue, lacking any rigidness or darker parts which had a different hue, it would even change color throughout the day. To the left on the nightstand, a small clock’s shorter hand pointed to the number eight.

“Shoot… I slept in…” Yami muttered as he slowly rose.

Yami pulled himself out of bed, his feet touched the cold floor, his toes curled in. ‘Temperature is going down too… It’s been over a year since we left mom’s house…’ Yami looked at his hands as he stared at the ground. He clenched his fists, flexing the muscles in his forearms. ‘I’ve gotten a lot stronger, Zeus and Nova have too… I wish we could show Eos… Or mom… I hope they’re okay… It feels like an eternity has gone by without them…’ Yami continued to stare at the light brown wooden floor, but heard someone coming from downstairs. They hurried up the steps, sliding to a stop at the door and holding the frame as he leaned into the room.

“Yo, they made bacon for breakfast!” Zeus announced excitedly, he had a wide smile on his face.

Yami briefly remembered how Zeus looked in his dream, his voice was much higher, and he was less than half as tall as he was now. His dense black hair was slicked back, but his bangs still covered the sides of his face. Zeus wore an unbuttoned white shirt, a black shirt and pants, and white socks. Zeus was slim, standing at just under six feet. There was a light blue sash wrapped around his waist, on the top half was a straight line, on the other was two wavy lines overlapping. ‘That’s all we have left from mom…’

“Yeah, I'll be there in a second…” Yami replied.

“Hm,” Zeus continued to stare at Yami. “You slept in again, and where's your shirt?”

“I just woke up… And I sleep with my shirt off…”

“That’s weird,” said Zeus.

“You still throw yours in a fight… You even did that when you were a kid. You're the weird one,” Yami laughed.

“No, there’s a difference, I was using my brain.”

“Huh?” Yami tilted his head.

“Yeah, I had no weapon, and my shirt was useless to me. So I made it my weapon!” Zeus grinned.

“Okay then… Just don’t do that during training though… The others laugh at you…”

Yami tilted his head further, then just stood up and walked toward his drawer. He pulled out a large white shirt and put it on. Zeus turned around and waited outside as Yami brought out a pair of pants to change into. He stopped for a moment as he looked at the size of his clothes, they were far bigger than what he was wearing in his dream. However, they fit perfectly. He looked into the mirror and pulled his messy blue hair back. Everytime he looked at his reflection, he’d wonder when his jaw line became so rigid, when his muscles became so much bigger, when he got so much taller.

“I don’t care if they laugh, I'm stronger and better than all of them… But you know, if you sleep with your shirt on, it’s warmer,” said Zeus, his tone making it sound like this was not obvious.

“That’s exactly why I take it off… I can barely sleep in the heat…” Yami snickered as he buttoned up his shirt.

“Huh?” Zeus tilted his head.

Before he left the room, Yami stopped and looked down at a pale green sash hanging on the door knob. It had a similar pattern to the one Zeus wore. ‘Can’t forget that.’ Yami grabbed the sash as walked out of the room and closed his door, tying it around his forehead as Zeus followed him. The hallway of the hotel had a red carpet floor, the walls were a shiny dark brown. A window at both ends of the hallway illuminated the space. Light reflected off the dull gold edges of the furniture and pictures. Zeus and Yami started down the steps, walking past a sign that read ‘No animals or pets’. It had a red circle on it, surrounding the black silhouette of a dog.

“You and Nova are weird, always saying it's too hot in the room,” Zeus sighed, walking down the steps with his hands behind his head.

“It is two people versus one when it comes to this… But, you do you… Not like it’s anyone else’s problem…” Yami shrugged.

“Yeah, but I am a genius, so I'm right.”

They reached the bottom of the stairs, and entered the lobby. Yami pushed open the doors to the hotel's cafeteria. The wide open space was full of tables. Some of them were occupied, but the ones that weren’t had nothing on it. All except for one empty table was already set with gold plates and cutlery. It was closest to the kitchen where the hotel staff served food. Zeus smiled as he smelled the aroma of bacon sizzling in the kitchens. Yami was always curious about the different faces he’d see, he wasn’t used to seeing so many different people.

“Nova is significantly smarter than you, then both of us really…” Yami laughed under his breath, still observing the different people in the dining area.

“No?!” Zeus scoffed. “You think Nova is smarter than me?”

“Everyone is smarter than you Zeus,” a familiar voice came from the right.

Yami and Zeus both looked down to see Nova reading a large red book, seated on a small bench by the entrance to the dining area. Their sister was hunched over with one hand on her knee and the book in her lap. She was dressed in her usual blue robe, wearing a white dress shirt and black pants underneath. On her head was a light red sash, almost pink. Just like Yami and Zeus, the sash she received also had the same pattern.

“Advanced Properties of Magic?” Yami read. “Wasn’t it a blue book last week?”

“Yeah, that was the Intermediate Properties of Magic, I finished that one,” Nova said as she turned a page.

“Oh no, book talk…” Zeus grumbled, but then turned to the hotel staff and hurried over to grab a plate.

“Isn’t your class… Still on the green coloured book? The one for basics?” Yami tilted his head.

“They read so slow, so our instructor also goes slow…”

“Or… You know… It’s tough to learn…” Yami blinked repeatedly.

“If they think that's bad, the math in the second book is going to take them a really long time… I don’t wanna wait,” Nova set the book down and yawned, she stretched her arms into the air and walked toward the table set for them. “How is military training… Seems like a lot of work…”

“Honestly, it's not that bad… Me and Zeus are advancing quickly in our own right,” Yami pulled out a chair and took a seat.

“Damn right,” Zeus set his plate of bacon on the table. “We're way tougher than the others, we’ll be chosen for noble houses in no time.”

“If you keep calling everyone idiots, they might not let you join a house…” Yami mentioned as Zeus sat down

“Why though? It’s true…” Zeus raised an eyebrow.

Nova and Yami squinted, then looked up at Zeus with a raised eyebrow. Yami glanced at Nova across the table, but she looked just as dumb founded. Zeus picked up a piece of bacon with his hand and ate half of it in a single bite. The brittle meat crunched in his mouth as he chewed with his mouth open. He stopped chewing when he noticed Yami and Nova staring at him with disbelief.

“Why are you two looking at me like that?” Zeus mumbled as he kept chewing.

“Zeus, you are the definition of irony…” said Nova.

Zeus swallowed his food with a look of confusion. “What does that word mean?”

Nova sighed as she shook her head. She set the book down and raised her palms away as she stood up. The chair creaked as it dragged over the wooden floor. She took off her coat and put it on the chair.

“If I keep talking to you, I might become just as dumb…” Nova sighed as she walked towards the kitchen.

“That wouldn’t work, because you already are dumber than me?” Zeus replied as she walked away.

Nova stopped, looked down, blinked repeatedly for a moment, then continued forward. Zeus squinted at her behavior, before looking at Yami as if he should understand. ‘Sometimes I wonder if this is some running joke he’s kept going on since we were kids… Or if he is genuinely serious… It’s getting harder to tell…’

“What’s with her?” Zeus picked up another strip of bacon.

“Not sure,” Yami raised his eyebrows as he smiled awkwardly. “I'm gonna go get a plate…”

Yami stood up and turned. The room was slowly filled by the waking hotel attendants. They had to get their plates and utensils from the side of the room before they sat down. Most of the attendants were adults or elderly folk, Yami didn’t ever see many kids or teenagers when it was time to dine. He walked between the white tables and stood behind Nova at the line.

“Sometimes I think he’s serious when he says that…” said Yami.

“No, no he is definitely serious…” Nova nodded. “We should ask one of those doctors to check him out…”

“Sure they solve a lot of problems people have, but I'm not sure if they can even do anything about him…”

“You’re right… He has a different kind of sickness…” Nova looked at Zeus. “I heard this one girl in my class has it, her name is Dina… It’s called narcissism… Apparently it makes you obsessed with yourself, and how important you are…”

“Hm… Not sure about that, is that really a sickness?”

Yami and Nova picked up plates and looked back to the table as they waited in line. Zeus happily munched on a large spoonful of eggs and bacon but then he looked around to see if anyone was watching him. He put his arm on the table, and a white strand of goo came out of his sleeve. ‘Uh…’ The strand stretched into the head of a wolf, it was Yycan. The spirit bit down on a piece of bacon, and then retreated back into Zeus’s sleeve with it. Zeus continued to look around, then noticed Yami and Nova staring right at him, he shook his head with his mouthful.

“If he’s going to break the hotel rules, he might as well do it in a less obvious way…” Nova groaned. “Dumbo…”

“Heh… With how much he cares about Yycan, I find it hard to think he’s obsessed with just himself…” Yami smiled

“Well, since he shares his body with Yycan… It kinda still fits…”

Yami and Nova turned toward the server, and noticed her expression. The woman’s eyebrow twitched as she had noticed Zeus too. The staff all wore the same black shirt and pants, and a white apron on top. The five staff members each stood behind trays of savory scented foods. Nova and Yami picked up warm white plates as they awkwardly stared at the server’s slightly annoyed smile.

“Uh, sorry about him…” Yami sheepishly nodded.

“It’s… Alright… For now I think…” the server awkwardly smiled.

“Good morning to you, Yami, Nova,” the head chef walked out of the kitchen to greet them. “Please, take as much as you’d like, you need to eat to get big and strong!”

“Thanks Regi,” Yami smiled.

He had white hair combed back, and a light amount of scruff on his face. There was a pin secured to his chest with the name Reginald Loyar written in white. Nova walked in front of the first tray, where bright yellow scrambled eggs were served. The woman behind the counter scooped a big helping of eggs up.

“I don’t want any egg… Thanks…” Nova declined.

“But, you possess a spirit from the Celestial… You need to eat a lot…” the chef advised.

She tried to put the eggs on her plate, but Nova pulled it back. The chef frowned and simply nodded awkwardly, then turned to Yami. ‘She has a point… But both Nova and Loomy really hate eggs…’ Yami put his plate forward, and the server dropped the large serving of protein. He blinked at the pile of eggs. ‘When it was in the spoon it didn’t look like that much… But that’s a ton…’

“Would you like more?” the chef asked, scooping another spoon before Yami could even answer.

“No, that’s… Already a lot, thank you though,” Yami smiled as he walked past her.

“You still having that dream…” Nova asked curiously.

Another guest in line behind Yami took a step. Nova looked at Yami with wide eyes, she seemed eager to know. He remembered how afraid he felt when he saw his mother. Nova’s eyebrows furrowed as she noticed Yami’s expression.

“Yeah…” Yami replied. “It’s just a dream though, so I don’t really want to think about it…”

“Did the same thing happen?”

“Yeah… Everytime I see mom…” Yami spoke under his breath, he swallowed his spit as he remembered what he saw. “She looks really scary…”

Nova looked down, she pursed her lips. “There was something else I heard from the people in my class… Dreams are like reflections of our mind, and what we’re feeling…” Nova suddenly mentioned.

“What?” Yami raised an eyebrow.

“Like-”

“Can… Can I get some more eggs?” the man asked.

“Huh?” the server froze as she looked at the man.

Yami and Nova both turned. The man held his plate with both hands, he looked rather old. His gaze was sternly locked on the hotel attendant. Yami looked at his plate, then squinted. He had barely even received a quarter of what Yami was served.

“Can I have some more eggs?” the man asked with a haughty tone.

“Oh… Uh… Yes, yes you may have more,” the chef replied.

“Why did I have to ask, and they didn’t… You just gave it to them… That’s disrespectful don’t you think…” the man asked with narrow eyes.

“I- I’m sorry sir, I should’ve offered-”

“I paid for this hotel just like they did, so I want the same service… Is that so hard to understand?” the old man continued forward as he shook his head.

Yami kept walking, he stood in front of the chef serving bacon, who was also looking at the old man who was in line behind Yami. The chef picked up four strips of bacon and put it on Yami’s plate. He turned to Nova, making an awkward face as he raised his eyebrows. He turned back and looked at the server. He picked up two strips of bacon, but placing it down he looked at the old man. His face was already tense, his nose twitching as he waited for him to pick up more. The head chef came out of the kitchen, then quickly walked over and put his hand on the server's shoulder. He whispered something into his ear, before taking the tongs away. The head chef picked up a single piece of bacon, placed it on his plate, then smiled right at him.

The old man shook his head with an infuriated look. “I’ve worked in Helios my whole life, just to get disrespected like this, everyday! Is that what this hotel wants, they just want their patrons to starve to death?! Give me more! I’m hungry!”

“Sir, everyone needs to eat. Now stop being selfish, and accept what you paid for,” the chef seethed.

“Heh… Shoulda known better to stay at a residence owned by the Lightbringers!”

The old man scoffed, dropped his plate, and then walked out of the dining area. Nova and Yami stood at the end of the line awkwardly as a server nervously put toast on their plate. Loomy poked his head out of Nova’s long hair, making sure to stay out of sight of the hotel staff. The curious red fox looked intrigued by the man’s anger, but Nova pushed his snout back under her long hair.

“What was that about?” Nova whispered as she watched the old man slam the doors on his way out.

“Not sure…” Yami shrugged. “What were you saying earlier?”

The two went back to the table, Zeus had already left his first plate spotless and was back in line. Yami pulled the chair out and sat down, he looked at the clock quickly. ‘Training starts in thirty minutes…’ He poked his fork into the yellow scrambled eggs, lifted up a stack of it, then ate it all in one bite. The savory salt danced on his tongue as the soft eggs melted in his mouth, the pepper gave it a mild spice. Azure quickly poked his head out and looked at the plate of food. The blue raven picked up several chunks of eggs, ate them, then retreated. ‘Hey!’ Yami looked around, but no one seemed to see Azure. Nova lowered a spoon of red jam under the table as she stared blankly at her plate. Loomy quickly grasped the spoon with one tail, and started licking the jam.

“Not trying to sound sappy or anything, but, maybe you just have that dream because you miss mom and Eos…”

“Of course I do,” said Yami. “There’s not a day that goes by that I don’t…”

Nova frowned. “I get what you mean, but… Me and Zeus also miss them… But we don’t have that dream… Maybe those girls in my class are wrong…”

Yami lowered his fork. “Every time I have it… Mom’s face is always… It makes me scared…”

Nova’s eyebrow raised. “That’s… Strange…”

“Yeah…” Yami uttered quietly. “The sooner we join noble houses, we might be able to find her…”

“I know but… That might be years from now… I am way ahead of my class, but I can’t graduate until I finish each subject’s tests… I tried to ask if I could just do it without waiting, but they won’t…” Nova explained.

“It’s the only way I can really think of… If we become nobles, everyone will know our names… Eos and mom are bound to hear about us eventually… If that doesn’t work, I won’t stop at just the noble houses…”

“Hm?”

“I’ll work until I'm a noble, or even the king himself,” Yami declared. “I’ll turn the whole city upside down to find them.”

“The king?” Nova’s eyes widened, she looked down for a moment. “I think that’s a bit overboard, but I can see you doing it.”

“You mean it?”

“Yeah, mom said it herself, we can become anything we set our minds to,” Nova smiled.

“Thanks Nova,” Yami took another bite of food. “What about you? You got a plan for your future?

“Hmm…” Nova looked down, her face turned a little red. “I…”

“Hm?” Yami listened as he chewed.

Zeus pulled his chair back and took a seat, setting his food on the table. His plate was once again filled to the brim with protein. Nova shifted in her seat as she continued to withhold her answer. Yami tilted his head at her odd giddiness. Nova smiled with pursed lips, and rocked back and forth in her seat.

“This sucks, they’re out of bacon,” Zeus sat down at the table with another full plate of bacon and eggs.

“I wonder why…” Yami rolled his eyes.

“What is she staring into space for?” Zeus nodded toward Nova.

“Oh, I was asking her if she had any goals?”

“Goal? Why is she thinking so hard then?” Zeus asked.

“What?”

“It’s not as grand as Yami’s, but… I really like learning about magic… And, I heard the noble of House Lightbringer is an extremely skilled mage…” Nova explained.

“So you want to be a noble too?” said Yami.

“Obviously…” Zeus put another slab of pork in his mouth.

“Not… Exactly…” Nova squinted as she tried to explain. “All the other girls in class are obsessed over him… Arid Lightbringer.”

Zeus looked up, he immediately stopped chewing.

“And here I thought it was going to be something cool… You just like the guy…” Zeus sighed.

“Like?! No, I want to learn magic from him, you dunce!” Nova snapped. “Magic isn’t all about being strong! It changes a lot depending on who the mage is, so it’s really interesting to see other magic types. And I heard… I heard he can do some of the highest forms of magic!”

“Then say you want to surpass him then…” Zeus shook his head. “And you’re an idiot… Not me.”

“Ugh…” Nova shook her head. “You’re hopeless…”

“Heh…” Yami cracked a smile. “Hahaha!”

Nova and Zeus looked to their older brother as he chuckled happily with a mouth full of food. Yami covered his mouth, he tried to chew his food as he giggled. Zeus squinted as he bit another piece of bacon. Nova frowned with flushed cheeks.

“Don’t laugh, I'm serious!” Nova groaned.

“No, no… It’s not that…” Yami waved his hand as he swallowed another bite of food. “You two are just hilarious together…”

“Huh?!” Nova slammed her hands on the table.

“Hm?!” Zeus turned with a mouthful of food.

Zeus gagged for a moment, then raised one finger on his right hand. He hit his chest with his left hand.

“What’s hilarious…” Zeus swallowed the rest. “Are both of you forgetting the first goal we made…”

“Huh?” Yami turned with a confused face.

“After the king said we’d be the strongest in Helios…” Zeus shook his head, surprised that they had forgotten. “We decided… We won’t just stop at being the strongest angels! We’ll be the strongest in the entire world!”

Nova and Yami looked up as Zeus stood with a wide grin.

“Zeus…” Nova shook her head as she took the last bite of food and stood. “Were you even listening to what we said? Ugh… You are the last person that should call others idiots… I gotta go, class is starting soon.”

“What?!” Zeus scoffed. “Why should I wait to say it last?!”

“We have to get going Zeus, finish up,” Yami stood up as he took his last bite. “Training starts soon…”

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