Trust

"I hope you all learned something valuable today." Anna said to the boys among the students who were sitting and taking deep breaths after finishing the spar with Anna, who wasn't even a little bit out of breath.

"Since none of you earned a kiss from me, should I give the kiss to the person who performed the best while sparring with me?" Anna asked.

"Yes." Kevin shouted as he jumped from his seat. "That's me, I'm the one who performed best during the sparring session. Give it to me."

"How is it you?" Max asked. "I performed better than you."

"Maybe you're right, but my performance was the best." Kyle said. "If anyone's getting that kiss, it should be me."

The girls sat away from the boys as they argued over who should get the kiss from Anna.

"Boys," one of the girls said, "so dumb."

"I know right." another girl agreed. "How can they be arguing over who gets to kiss their teacher?"

"Can you blame them though? I mean, look at Miss Anna. She's the dream girl of every single boy, she's strong, beautiful, sexy. What more could a boy want?"

"Look at Jake though." Diane said. "I get why Smith isn't arguing with the rest of the boys, but why isn't Jake?"

Looking at Jake, he was sitting next to Smith laughing at how stupid the boys appeared to be. Arguing over a kiss they most likely won't get.

"Now that I think about it, he is pretty cute." Diane said still looking at Jake.

"You're right." another girl said. "But his brother's still more handsome and Jake already has a girlfriend, I doubt he'd leave a Belle like that for someone else."

Finally tired of watching the boys argue ridiculously, Anna made them stop. "Okay enough. I've made my decision."

Looking at her expectantly, they watched as she made her way over to where Jake was seated. "Jake is the person with the best performance out of all of you. He kept attacking me without stopping and when he finished he wasn't out of breath, unlike the rest of you."

Groans could be heard coming from the boys especially Kevin as they went back to their seats.

"That's great Miss Anna. But I don't want to kiss you." Jake said looking up at Anna who was in front of him and Smith.

"I know, I didn't come to give you a kiss." Bending down, Anna gave Smith a peck on his cheek. "I came to give him a kiss."

"Why him?" Jake asked as he watched Smith smile like a child who just got a new toy.

"Because he didn't try to get a kiss from me by sparring with me and he deserves a reward after depleting his mana to heal the hands of the students when they hit that doll. He's also my favourite among all of you." Anna said then walked to the board at the back of the room. "Get over here."

Moving towards the back of the room to meet Anna, Kyle had something to say to Smith. "You better watch your back loser."

"Back off dude." Jake said getting in front of Smith. "You touch him, and I'll break your arms."

"Keep dreaming punk."

"Oh yeah? Wanna bet?" Jake said moving closer to Kyle.

"Jake let it go." Smith said pulling Jake back.

"You better thank your stars he's not violent." Moving back towards Smith, Jake felt a punch hit him in the face.

"I've been wanting to do that all day." Kyle said as he flexed his fist.

Lifting his head up, Jake turned to Smith. "I think you need to sit down and rest some more. You're going to need all your mana fully replenished when I'm done with what I'm about to do." Taking him to the back of the room to meet Anna, Jake sat Smith down and went back to meet Kyle.

Sidestepping the punch Kyle threw at him again, Jake threw a punch of his at Kyle's stomach and didn't hold back. Avoiding the blood coming out of Kyle's mouth, Jake lifted Kyle slightly off the floor and made him land on it with his back but held back his strength this time. He only wanted to teach him a lesson, not kill him.

Grabbing the scruff of his neck, Jake hit him again on his face while still holding his strength back. "Next time, when I say 'back off', you back off."

After hitting Kyle a few more times with everyone watching, Jake stood up and called Smith to heal him. "Don't heal him immediately, let him feel some pain first." Jake said then headed to the restroom to wash his hands.

"Damn, that was pretty hardcore." Max said as he went take a closer look at Kyle.

"He didn't even break any bones." Kevin said.

In the restroom, Jake took a look at his system. He had been keeping an eye on the system the moment he started touching Kyle and was taking note of the amount of time he touched Kyle. Whether it was for a second or more, Jake took note of it.

Immediately he noticed the system messages informing him he had mimicked magic, Jake calculated the amount of time he had touched Kyle and got five seconds. 'So I need to touch the person for five seconds to mimic their magic. Now all that's left is for me to be sure. First let me see what magic he has.'

[Jake Cayden]

[Level: 4]

[Health:130/130]

[Species:Human*]

[Strength:23]

[Speed:16]

[Endurance:23]

[Mental Moxie:16]

[Mana:18/18]

[Magic:14]

[Element: None]

[Ability: Magic mimicry]

[Exp: 205/800]

Seeing his exp, Jake remembered there was a quest he still hasn't completed. 'A lot's been going on lately and I haven't had the time to complete it, I'll try completing it today.' Swiping to the next system screen, Jake saw the magic he had mimicked.

[Stat points: 2]

[Mimicked magic: Poison secretion]

'Let me try using it.' Jake thought and tried to use happiness as his trigger. After what happened when Jake used anger as his trigger, he won't be using it again anytime soon.

Using happiness was a lot harder than using anger as his trigger but after a few minutes of trying and also attempting to recreate the feeling he gets when magic flows through him, he was able to secrete poison from his hands.

Taking another look at the system screen while secreting the yellow poison, Jake noticed a difference.

[Stat points: 2]

[Mimicked magic: Poison secretion]

[Strength of mimicked magic: 10]

'Where did this come from?' Jake thought as he saw a new stat on the system screen. 'Did it appear because the magic is active?'

In the training room, Smith was still healing the damage Jake had done to Kyle.

"Miss Anna, why didn't you stop Jake from beating him up?" Smith asked when she came to look at Kyle's condition.

"Because, my naive student, he threatened my favourite student. No one does that and gets away with it, he also hit Jake first so I allowed Jake to retaliate a bit."

"This doesn't look like a bit." Max said.

"Relax guys." Jake said coming out of the restroom. "It's just blood you're seeing, I didn't even break any bones."

"Exactly what I said." Kevin said giving Max an I-told-you-so look.

"I think that's enough for today." Anna said. "You all are free to go home. Make sure you practice using your magic with the steps I told you, and remember, do not use anger as a trigger."

"Are we still meeting in the teachers lounge Miss Anna?" Jake asked with his charismatic smile.

"I have a better idea Jake. Let's meet in my personal office, just the two of us." Anna said also putting on her mischievous smile.

"Nobody will interrupt us?"

"No. We'll have the office all to ourselves. Do you know where it is?"

"No." Jake answered.

After giving him directions, Anna told him not to make her wait too long, then left the training room.

"You gotta stop staring at her butt Kevin." Jake said as he looked at Kevin and saw him staring out of the door watching Miss Anna's butt as she walked away.

"I can't man, that butt is a treasure. Can you imagine how supple they'll be to touch?" Kevin asked dreamily.

"I'd rather not imagine that." Jake said. "Come on Smith."

"What are you two going to do in a room together all alone?" Kevin asked as they left the training room.

"I think I'll prefer it if we both cuddle for an hour or so." Jake answered.

"Really?" Smith asked.

"No. I don't want to cuddle with her, I just want to discuss something with her."

"Behind closed doors?" Kevin asked.

"Yes Kevin, that's what they call privacy." Smith said.

"Wait till Cat hears about this." Kevin said.

"Hears about what?" Cat asked coming from the side to meet them along with the rest of her group. "Wait till I hear about what?"

"Jake's going to meet with that super hot teacher in her office." Kevin blurted out.

"Hey Cat." Jake said to Cat then went to her, held her face softly and gave her a long kiss on her lips, not minding the fact that there were people watching them.

She also responded by kissing him back, wrapping her arms around his waist and moving closer to feel his masculine warmth.

"What was that for?" Cat asked when Jake stopped kissing her.

"I just missed you." Jake replied smiling at her.

"Nothing for me Jake?" Nikki asked.

"I didn't forget you Nikki." Jake said as he faced Nikki and opened his arms.

Nikki ran into his arms and hugged him tight before letting him go.

"Really Nikki? Hugging MY boyfriend?" Cat asked with emphasis on 'my'.

"Oh you want a hug too Cat?" Nikki asked then hugged Cat as well.

"I also want a hug Nikki." Kevin said stretching his arms out.

"Not on your life Kevin." Nikki said and gave him a loathing look.

"Guys don't start that now, okay?" Cat said to Nikki and Kevin. "Jake what was Kevin saying about you going to meet the super hot teacher in her office."

"Excuse us for a second." Jake said as he led Cat away from the others. "Hey Sasha." he said as he passed her on his way to the back of a building.

"Hey." Sasha replied.

Getting to the back of a building, Jake stopped. "I'm only going to meet with her to ask if she can become my mentor."

"Your mentor? Why do you need a mentor?" Cat asked.

"For my magic and also for her to train me privately. We all saw part of her strength today and with someone like that mentoring me, I'll be good at using my magic in no time."

"Alright. I can't tell you I won't get jealous knowing that you're spending your time with another woman, especially one with her character." Cat said and they both chuckled at her last statement. "But if it's what you want, then fine."

"Thanks Cat. I promise you have nothing to worry about. You trust me right?"

"Yes Jake, I trust you." Cat said then kissed him again, more passionately this time.

After kissing for a few minutes, they finally went back to meet the others.

"I hope you guys weren't doing what I'm thinking." Kevin said looking at the two of them suspiciously. "It seemed like I was hearing some little sounds coming from there."

"Oh shut up Kevin." Nikki said. "And what if they were doing what you're thinking? They're boyfriend and girlfriend, they can do it if they want."

"Why you gotta be so aggressive Nikki?" Kevin asked.

"I'll talk to you guys later." Jake said as he gave Cat a peck and a hug to Nikki, then walked to Anna's office using the directions she told him.

"Do you want to share my boyfriend with me Nikki?" Cat asked as they left the school which was almost empty.

"Are you willing to share?" Nikki asked jokingly.

"No way, you need to find yours somewhere else."

"Why don't we let Jake decide?" Nikki asked playfully while they laughed together and headed home.