6 Academy
Once Leon returned home from the hospital his mother could be seen anxiously waiting in the kitchen, pacing back and forth, awaiting his return.
As he stepped into the cramped kitchen, his mother immediately rushed over to him and asked about the condition his father was in. After filling his mother in on the situation regarding his father, but keeping out the details about the unwelcome visitors, Leon then went back to his bedroom and locked the door.
'Ever since those two encounters I've realized the apparent flaws in my current body... The first step towards obtaining my dominance would definitely be rebuilding my strength.'
While these thoughts droned on in the back of his mind, Leon's eyes drifted towards the desk he had previously awoken on, and noticed the half-opened textbooks lying there.
'Damn, I forgot that I'm still a high school student. If I remember correctly I wasn't the most studious either. However, unlike before I must finish college, but this time around will be slightly different!'
Determined to bring success to his family by entering into a prestigious college, Leon dragged the textbooks across the room and placed them beside him as he began his muscle fortification training techniques.
The air in his bedroom slowly became scorching to breath in as the temperature arose through the strenuous exercises he performed. Smoke could be seen permeating from Leon's frame as he inhaled and exhaled, slowly accruing muscle and definition to his frail looking body.
After three hours had passed Leon slumped to the floor, rested his back against the wall, and picked up one of the textbooks beside him. Once he skimmed through half the pages he put the book down and repeated this process for the remaining two.
'Luckily it seems my photographic memory is still as stellar as it was in my previous life. It will be difficult to raise my scores from the bottom of the class, but I've already been through high school and college before...
Even if it was just a community college I'm still better versed then the average high schooler, and when you add my photographic memory into the equation it definitely seems a lot more feasible.'
Finished with his studies, Leon then crawled to his bed and fell asleep, dreaming about the day he would have his vengeance.
When sunny vibrant rays of light began to creep across the wooden floor of his bedroom Leon finally opened his eyes. It was currently 5:00 am and school officially began at 8:00 am, which gave him enough time to squeeze in a round of light training.
To gauge the payout off his previous workout Leon practiced his footwork through some ghost boxing. He pictured his past enemies as the shadow that was ruthlessly throwing an onslaught of punches and kicks at different points on his body. Leon continued to train his agility and evasiveness through his elaborate footwork while facing these mental apparitions.
At 6:30 am his grey T-shirt was completely drenched from the sweat pouring out of his slowly rejuvenating body. Once finished with this light and mentally draining practice Leon began getting ready for school.
When he reached the bottom of the stairs, he quickly called out to his family that he was leaving and left for school. On the way the memories of his previous high school years replayed through his mind.
'I'm gonna have to make some serious changes to my grades if I want to get into a better college this time...'
As Leon reiterated his goals for his education in this life time, he quickly approached the courtyard of his high school. The school Leon was enrolled in could be considered more of an academy for the rich compared to a high school, but the premise to learn and study for college remained the same as any other high school.
The only difference was the other students who went to this prestigious school were all from high class families that were used to their rich indulgences. In his past life Leon had been mocked and bullied due to his family's fall from grace when returning to this wealthy academy.
However, none of these issues bothered him anymore due to the success and experience accumulated through the painful years of his last life. As Leon stepped into the busy courtyard bordered by lavish brick and gated walls, his heartless expression returned while walking into this familiar battleground.
Across the courtyard, surrounded by many students, a beautiful girl could be seen smiling and laughing while conversing with her peers. This beauty had long brown hair, bright hazel eyes, and a figure that made the boys that surrounded her gaze with lustful intent in their expressions.
Although many boys surrounded this beauty none dared to make a move in fear of bringing the onslaught of Arthur, who was a athletic and popular upperclassmen who was pining after the beauty. As Leon swaggered across the courtyard the eyes of the beauty locked onto him and a slight frown began curling on the edges of her smile.
The boys surrounding her, noticing the change of atmosphere shown by the beauty, turned their gazes to where her eyes had previously wandered, and landed on Leon as well.
One of the boys in the group chuckled and others began laughing with him as they remembered the embarrassment the youth before them had shown the other day.
Leon who was lost in thought debating on his plans for the afternoon with the meeting of the FallenStar gang, suddenly felt the ridiculing gazes of everyone in the courtyard as he casually glanced over to the beauty in the group.
This girl was known as Alice and was the main beauty of the academy he had previously been rejected by the day before. However, the Leon from yesterday was much different from the one standing before them today, and could only smirk and walk off towards class as he noticed the hateful gazes of the other students around the beauty.
Seeing that Leon had ignored her frustrated Alice, and she began feeling annoyed while holding resentment towards the trash that had actually asked her out the day before.
'I wonder what Arthur would do to that pile of dirt if he knew of his actions towards me?'
As an evil thought flashed across the mind of the beauty as she settled her feelings down and continued talking with the people around her. Keeping those scheming thoughts of hers at the back of her mind for now, she could only watch as Leon's figure disappeared behind the grandiose doors leading into the academy.
After making his way to his classroom Leon sat down at his desk near the windows in the back of the room, still lost in thought and pondering on his plans for later. Once all the students had gathered into the small but luxurious classroom many groups could be seen quietly talking about the misfortunes the Jackson family had received just recently.
Although the conversations could still be heard from all over the room, none of the rumors and mockery fazed Leon as he gazed out the window from his seat while waiting for the lecture to start.
Multiple students had approached Leon in the time it took for the teacher to reach the classroom, but all of them were completely ignored and shrugged off by him before the class began, further increasing their resentment towards him to grow.
When the teacher finally entered the classroom the atmosphere became calm once again and the class began. Due to the low level of subjects Leon was currently in he paid no heed to the lecture and continued gazing out the window while the teacher could be heard droning on in the background.
After the class had ended and the teacher left the room, the gossiping soon returned before the door of the classroom was suddenly thrown ajar once again. Three figures could be seen entering the room which made all the other students halt there previous sentences and gaze at them in admiration.
The three students which began approaching the front of the classroom rekindled the excitement that students held from earlier, and the gossiping soon continued as they anticipated what would soon unfold.
Once Alice entered the classroom along with Arthur and one of his teammates, her heated gaze was immediately thrown towards Leon, and her resentment increased further upon noticing he hadn't even batted an eye towards their direction. In order to gain his attention she quickly gestured towards Arthur the location of the trash that had shown open interest towards her.
Seeing Leon ignoring their presence Arthur assumed he was dying from the embarrassment he was given yesterday by the rejection of Alice, and the beating he had taken from Arthur afterwards.
Strutting over to the location this trash was sitting at, Arthur slammed his hand down on the desk, and an evil smirk appeared on his face before taunting Leon.
"I'm impressed you still had the guts to come back to school after the stunt you pulled before me yesterday!"
After expressing his dominance over him, Arthur then continued by raising his hand, and hurtled it towards the side of Leon's handsome face to further insinuate his place.
The previous noise from the youth in front of him jarred Leon from his scheming and immediately put him in a foul mood. Upon seeing the hand rapidly approaching towards him Leon abruptly caught the hand and stood up from his seat.
This action shocked not only Arthur, who had just beat this weak piece of trash yesterday, but the rest of the students in the classroom as well.
Even surprise could be seen on Alice's face for a moment before vanishing and being replaced by the fiery expression she held from earlier.
After being caught by surprise by the trash in front of him, Arthur began laughing as he looked towards Leon again.
"Damn it looks like you got some brain damage after the beating from yesterday. Let me cripple you now to have your body match your mindset! No need to thank me."
Arthur shrugged after speaking and resumed a fighting stance before throwing another punch towards Leon's small frame.
Noticing the ant before him wanted to fight and embarrass him, Leon revealed a devilish grin on his handsome face and exuded his bone-chilling and heartless aura. This not only caused Arthur to re-evaluate the trash in front of him, but caused the students in the vicinity to accumulate beads of sweat in their now clenched hands.
Everyone in the room couldn't help but wonder if this was still the same unintelligent and lousy young master of the Jackson family, or a wolf in sheeps' clothing.
Once Arthur's fist approached near Leon's abdomen, Leon suddenly side stepped and threw a eye catching kick that sent Arthur flying into the chalkboard along with the desk behind him. As everyone's jaws dropped to the classroom beneath theirs, the teammate of Arthur rushed towards Leon as well.
A look of confidence could be seen on his smug face as he was the vice captain of the Taekwondo team, and he quickly threw a side whip kick towards Leon.
Unexpectedly Leon arrived behind the cocky student and grabbed him by the neck before throwing him on top of the now broken Arthur.
As foam began pouring out of the sides of both the broken student's mouths, Leon swaggered out of the classroom silently; completely ignoring everyone's gazes and ruthlessly brushed past the bitch still standing in shock near the doorway.
Alice's figure could be seen trembling slightly as she had watched the seen previously play out before her. A surge of different emotions raced through her heart as she watched the trash that had just brushed past her, dominate and utterly destroy the two of the three strongest students in the academy.
At this point no one dared utter a word about the misfortunes of the Jackson family, and awkwardly sat in silence after the handsome youth exited the classroom, leaving everyone to ponder if this was indeed still the same trash.
