13 Secret

Ever since the night she was attacked by those 4 people, Elsa had not been able to sleep properly.

She didn't eat much, didn't speak much either.

She had lost a lot of weight in the past week making her friends and family filled with worry as the most cheerful person in their life was now in a state like this.

Everyone could tell that something really bad had happened but aside from her parents, no one could just walk up to her and ask her directly. But even when her parents asked what was wrong, she only replied with 'nothing' and 'I am fine'.

She desperately wanted to talk about what had happened to her and wanted to be honest with them but was forced to keep quiet as that would reveal her secret that she is.....different.

She had first realised her powers when she was 8 years old. However at that time she herself didn't understand what it actually was. The most she could do at that age was cool a glass of water and that was the extent of her powers at that time.

However, over the years her power developed and became much stronger than before. At the age of 14, She wanted to and actually tried to tell her parents about it but feared what would happen if the news gets out. Will she be treated the same way as they show in the movies?

Will she be turned into a guinea pig in a laboratory where they would perform experiments on her?

Such thought frightened her and she decided to stop using her powers completely and live a normal life like any other person. She promised herself that this would be a secret only and only for herself and she would take this secret to her grave.

But now that promise was getting harder and harder to keep.

The guilt of killing those four people was overwhelming her young mind. At first she made herself believe that she did the right thing and that people like that do not deserve to live anyway. Which isn't exactly wrong because if not her, someone else could have become their target and that poor girl might not have strength to get out of that situation. So in a way she helped the society by getting rid of them.

If that were the case she might not feel so guilty either but she knew the truth about why she killed them. It wasn't because of rage, revenge or that she was scared and wasn't thinking straight.

In fact, she was conscious of her actions. The reason she killed them was because they had seen her face. They are most likely to talk and spread a rumour about her having powers. And it will only be a matter of time until the news reaches the authorities which she believed would be the end for her and the people she was close with.

That is the reason why she killed them. Otherwise she could have ran away after injuring them slightly.

'Why? Why did this happen to ME?' Elsa thought as she laid on her bed.

***

In the World Awakeners Academy, the tension was at an all time high.

No matter who it was, everyone was looking forward to today's match between Owen Knight and Duke Grayne.

The fight had delayed for a few days as Duke was called away from the academy by his group due to some personal reasons but nobody cared about it.

Right now they were all just incredibly excited to see the fight between the strongest.

Duke and Owen stood a good distance away from one another.

"START!!!" the vice-principal yelled and the audience started cheering as both of the competitors dashed towards one another and engaged in a hyper-speed fist fight.

Although Duke's ability makes him a long range fighter, he had gone against the norms and used a more radical approach to gain strength and become a perfect fighter.

He went against the orders of his family head and elders and focused on his speed to improve his close range combat. He worked extremely hard and the results were nothing short of extraordinary.

Due to his constant pursuit for power and strength, he was now the fastest rookie in the world. he was so fast that even most of the awakened ones will lose sight of him.

This brought him a huge advantage over everyone else as he could end the fight in seconds.

But..But.....No matter what he did, how fast he went, he was struggling to land an attack on the person in front of him.

'He is not faster than me. In fact he is much slower. but then how? HOW IS DODGING MY ATTACKS SO EASILY?!!!'

Duke became more and more frustrated as the fight went on and the power he had worked so hard to obtain proved to be absolutely useless.

He wasn't wrong however, Owen was indeed much slower than him but using his Observation Haki which was incredibly close to breaking through to the Advance level, and also coupled with his extremely fast reflexes, agility and flexibility, Owen managed to dodge all of Duke's attacks.

Sometimes he used Soru to get out of the way and the other times he just parried or dodged the attacks by a close margin, taunting Duke to throw even more punches towards him.

This was the reason why he didn't care to train for this match.

He knew that he will be able to counter his speed with his observation haki and if he uses his long range attacks, Owen naturally has an advantage as proved from his previous fights. And this was also the reason why he considered Glant to be the tougher opponent.

This chase continued for a few more minutes. Owen noticed that duke had no intention of relenting and stop using his speed, so he decided to go on the offensive instead.

Just because he could dodge his attacks did not mean that he could fight at the same speed. Which meant that if he goes on the offensive, Duke's attacks will hit him.

Owen covered his entire body with the Armament Haki even imbued his clothes with it.

He stopped and received a punch directly at his abdomen which although was covered in Armament, it still managed to sting him a little.

While duke was contemplating why he had suddenly decided to get hit and not continued to dodge instead, Owen grabbed his arm.

"My turn"

*Crack*

Owen said and threw a punch directly at Duke's face, breaking his nose and sending him flying across the fighting arena.

The entire crowd started cheering for him as they witnessed the student who had dominated the academy's rankings for an entire year getting blown away.

On the other side of the arena, Duke slowly got up with an ugly expression on his face. Completely refusing to believe what had happened.

'ME?! Duke Grayne will lose?!! No that must never happen that can not happen!!!'

"You don't deserve to be my child and heir to my group if you can't even win against a kid from that weak-ass group."

His father's words echoed inside of his mind. As he remembered the cruel training he was put to for a week so that he could win this match as the Grayne family bacame more and more worried after hearing the news of numerous talented rookies falling against Owen.

'I CAN NOT LOSE NO MATTER WHAT!!!!'

A huge blood red aura emanated from Duke as he finally decided to use his actual ability. However, that aura was mixed with his bloodlust that continued to rise even suffocating many students who were in the audience and even making members of the top 10 including Glant and Arthur feel extreme unease.

'He is going for the kill!!'

Every teacher and student came to the same conclusion. The teachers then got into position in order to intervene if Duke actually decided to go that far.

"This is finally getting interesting"

Owen said while he was cracking his knuckles as a huge grin dawned on his face.