The headmasters are weirdos

Rowan slowly started gaining consciousness and woke up to a man standing in front of a huge painting. The room was dimly lit as the windows were covered. There was a desk separating Rowan from the man.

"AH-" Rowan, whose body was still in fight mode, jerked forward only to be held by the black chains around his wrist. He looked around in his confused state, trying to put two and two together.

'Where's Onyx? What happened? Where am I?' Every possible question ran through Rowan's head.

"You finally decided to join us." The man said from where he was standing.

He had blonde hair that was black under, matched with tan skin. He wore a white see-through shirt with creamish leather pants.

'Why's he so dripped out?' Rowan thought, looking closer at the man.

Normally, this wouldn't be 'dripped out' but from what Rowan has seen so far, it was good enough.

"I've taken care of her, sir. she sustained some memory loss but i think it will be better for everybody if we keep it that way." A different man walked in from the door to the left.

This time he had black hair that showed green in the light. He wore a black turtleneck with black wide leg pants.

"Good. Go bring me the troublemaker." The blonde man replied.

"Um, mind letting me in on what's happening?" Rowan's head swung side to side as the two men conversed.

"Ah yes, you also blacked out didn't you?" Blondie spoke before giving a nod towards the man in black. Black hair then flicked his finger at Rowan, and even though he was a few feet away, Rowan still felt the impact as though he was in front of him.

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Flashback

'Ding!'

[ Sin system has been activated ]

*BOOM*

[ Pride skill 'praise the sun' has been activated ]

A huge barrier was formed around Rowan, shielding him from the explosion Kira let off. The Ahi around him, or if it was even Ahi, seemed to be absorbing the fire and heat.

'HE SURVIVED THAT?' That was the one thing all the players thought while the crowd just went nuts.

The sound of a chair being pushed back was heard through the room that The 10 were occupying. Stephen had gotten up from his seat, shocked to see what had happened.

'So the armor did choose him!' He thought. Sky watched him from a distance and after, she signaled to W.

Kira got ready to fire another cannon as she was still completely out. Rowan was faster this time, plunging his knife down to her head.

*PZZT*

Frozen. Neither of the two players could move.

*FWIP*

4 of The 10 came down to surround Rowan. They each had their index and middle pointed towards his neck.

"That's enough." W spoke as his eyes glowed red. 'Ugh, I can't believe I already have to use my power.'

The crowd didn't take this well at all.

"BOOOOO!"

"LET EM FIGHT!"

"YEAH! SINCE WHEN DID YOU GUYS START BEING PUSSY!?"

This was the first time in a long time that The 10 or the headmaster interfered in a fight without a tap out.

"Okay! okay! I understand you're all angry but let's calm down." Sky started walking up to the ring. "To make up for ruining this match, how about I fight anybody of The 10 from your choosing!"

She negotiated as workers of the competition came in and put both Rowan and Kira on beds and took them out.

The crowd cheered at her idea. She laughed nervously looking at Stephen as they both knew he was the one getting chosen to fight her. He glared at the back of her head as she turned around nervously.

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present

"Oh." Rowan clenched his teeth as the memories started flooding back.

"Don't 'oh' me! First off you guys RECKED the ring and then you start to black out and go for the kill?!" The blonde man said as he rubbed his temple. The other man seemed to have left to go get the 'troublemaker' they were talking about.

"Nooooo, does this mean I'm out of the competition!?" Rowan whined. 'Is it over before it even started?'

"Did you....by any chance get some type of notification after you blacked out?" The blonde man asked. Rowan was still in his armor he had gotten from Raven but his swords and hip belt had been taken off. The man had tried to take off the armor as well but it wouldn't come off.

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Flashback

"Did you get the armor?" The blonde man asked, sitting in his seat at the desk, in front of the painting.

"No. Somebody else already got it before I could." Stephen replied as he stood in front of the desk. "I even tried taking it by force but it seems like the armor is protecting them."

"Do you think it could be?" Vyen asked.

"….I guess will have to see."

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Present

'with the history of that armor....it couldn't be...!'

"Now that I think about it, yes I did." Rowan said thinking back to the notification he had gotten.

"What did it say?" The man asked. Onyx thought for a moment, whether he wanted to share this information or not.

He didn't feel as though this guy was someone who was trying to harm him. Without onyx around, the only thing he could trust were his instincts, and they were telling him it's okay.

"It said that the 'sin system' has been activated." Rowan explained.

"which one was it?"

"Pride, I think."

'Ah, fuck.' The man thought.

"Sir, I have brought them." A man said from the door. The blonde guy sighed before the man came into the room. He was dragging behind him, a small guy with wings, a young kid, and a snake.

"O-onyx!" Rowan said, seeing him first. Onyx looked like he was about to cry before he saw Rowan and his face lit up. He tried slithering towards him but was held back by the chain.

The blonde man gave the black haired one a look, telling him to let go. He did just that and Onyx slithered at max speed to Rowan.

"Onyx~" Rowan said with tears in his eyes.

"Rowan~" Onyx replied.

"Hahahahhaha!"

*WHACK*

"YOU BITCH HOW DARE YOU DO THAT!" Onyx hit Rowan over the head with his tail. "WAS THE PROMISE YOU MADE ME A LIE!?!?!?"

"I WAS BLACKED OUT I DIDN'T KNOW!!!" Rownan yelled back. In the midst of their bickering, Rowan didn't notice the other two figures. He looked over to see Talis turning his head away.

"TALIS!?!?!??!?" Rowan yelled again.

"Oh hey..." Talis spoke, turning around to look at Rowan who was giving him a death glare.

"Well it seems your all already acquainted so I'll skip to the point." The blonde man sat back down in chair. "You, Rowan, Have a different system from the rest of the players. It's a system with bad history and the people CANNOT Know about your possession of it." He said putting emphasis where it was needed.

'In the fight, He had given out a very weak Aura that couldn't be picked out by normal people or those who didn't know about the system. But, if HE had been watching.....then I might be encountering my long-lost brother soon." The man thought.

"You need to understand your responsibilities here. If this information gets out, I and the other 3 headmasters will personally be taking care of your execution." The man signaled behind Rowan and the black chains suddenly let go and slithered back into the shadows.

A tall, gruff man with facial hair and toned features stepped out of the shadow.

'What the hell?' Rowna thought. 'He was there the whole time?'

The black haired man also took off Talis and Loids chains as they were the normal kind.

"This will stay between Us 4, The 10 and you 4. Got it?" The blonde man demanded.

Rowan didn't really understand and knew there was more to the situation. Was it because he was a different reincarnation than the others? Is that why he now has the system?

Nonetheless he kept quiet because he knew there wouldn't be answers. Plus he didn't want to risk getting executed already.

"Okay, so the people, or viewers can't see my notifications, right?" Rowan spoke.

"Correct. So you can still use the system without being found out. Just don't exhibit the Aura. use your regular Ahi for that." The blonde man replied.

"Since your signed to Talis's channel he-"

"WAIT! SINCE WHEN?" Onyx yelled from Rowan's neck. That was his favorite place that he always went to first.

"Since the beginning..." The blonde man squinted his eye in confusion.

"May I have permission to sock this man in the face?" Rowan said with a smile pointing towards Talis.

"Go ahead." Blondie spoke. 'So Talis must have done it without his knowing. I've known that little shit for a while, it's probably because he just couldn't allow anybody else to reap the rewards.' He watched Rowan and onyx jumping Talis while loid tried to defend him. 'I will admit, a lot of profit is going to come from this man.'

"Please wait! I was the one who took your hair strand! Not sir Talis." Loid said, trying to hold onto Rowan's leg. "Please forgive us!"

"Alright, Alright settle down. We're all a team now aren't we? We should get along." Blonde hair spoke. "Don't worry Rowan, I punished Talis enough for both of us this whole month."

Rowan sat back down at his spot on the floor with a 'hmph'.

"Oh! By the way, my name is Vyen. The man who looks like he's had 40 kids and 20 more to come is called Lie." Vyen pointed to himself, then to the man who emerged from the shadows.

"I'm sure you already know W who's still outside right now, and finally this moody guy is called Felix!" Felix who was standing on the other side of the desk got ticked off. He slowly scooted over to vyen as vyen scooted away.

"You see? You better stay away from him!" Vyen said, pointing at Felix behind him who was now sprinting.

Rowan watched the two as they chased each other around the room. 'I guess their coolness could only last for so long...' He thought as he scratched his face.

"I wasn't expecting The headmaster's to be a bunch of weirdos." Onyx whispered.

"Everyone thinks vyen is some really cool dude but he's a whole child." Talis said from the side. He was now freed and had called upon his wand to change his clothes. He went back into the ones he usually wore as loid stood there timidly.

"Is that the one who stole my dna?" Rowan asked, looking at him. Loid shuffled behind Talis with an 'EEK!'.

"Yea. we needed your DNA for the contract, so I made him get one of your hair strands while we talked." Talis spoke. Just looking at him pissed Rowan off.

"Ugh, I can't believe I'm stuck with you."

"Well i'm really happy to be stuck with you..." Talis tried to fly up to Rowan but got smacked back down by Onyx's tail.

"HAHAHA!"

Loid hurried over to Talis while Rowan laughed at him and gave onyx a high five.

*BOOM!*

The whole room suddenly started to shake, and Felix stopped as he had Vyen in a headlock, digging his knuckles into his head.

"WOaH!"

Rowan wobbled as he sat on the floor, everything around him also vibrating violently. Felix let Vyen go and then walked over to the buttons on the side of the room. Clicking on one, the curtains on the windows as well as the painting went up, revealing a huge window that gave a perfect view to the ring.

'Is that Stephen and Sky?' Rowan walked closer as Vyen watched.

"Looks like the fight has started."