Chapter 11: Burning Flames of Patience

With that single announcement from the teacher, everyone now freezes on their set position, clueless on what they should do in response to the teacher. Everyone looked at each other, lost on what to do next until someone from the white logo spoke.

"If you think about it, isn't a duel is a bit uncivilized for us, don't you guys think?". No one responded, as everyone lost in their own thoughts about the comment that was uttered by someone for the purpose to break the awkward silence backfired.

"I agree with whoever said that. The way to solve problems with fights is only for those in the black logos", Said the grey haired student who opposed Fuyuki-san earlier. Even though the white logo is clearly unsettled by the harsh words that's said by one of their groups, they have no choice but to agree with him as well just because not all the things that's said by him are technically wrong.

All I can tell you is that almost everyone that has the black logo symbol stamp on their vest, wasn't to kin on an idea that everyone misunderstood or even hated just because of a private fight between two people that held a grudge against each other.

I said almost because someone, somehow has the right mind to make this situation from already worse, to the absolute worst, which I don't even know that's even possible in the first place by taunting the white logo.

"Are you guys scared of us? Why? I thought you're superior to us? Where're those confidence gone to?", With a wicked grin and a sarcastic voice, Fuyuki-san continues in his mocking spree.

"Ohh, I get it. Is it because you guys are basically cowards and only have the intelligence to pass the exam test to get here but not a shred of logic in you guys' brains? I envy all of you, you know?", followed by a sinister chuckle on his part.

"𝘛-𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘨𝘶𝘺 𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘢𝘯𝘦", I thought to myself, got an idea to try to cover his mouth with my hand, before that very idea got shot down by Analysia with her saying:

"Master, I think he knows what he's doing, he's not an idiot like you think he is". With that, my motive of trying to stop his foul mouth instantly disappears as I just watch with the rest of the black logo, an explosion of reaction from the white logo towards Fuyuki-san, with him still grinning sinisterly.

And what resulted from Fuyuki-san's insults was an unmeasurable number of insults and harsh words that can even cover mountains and rivers. The words: "We're going to kill you", "You guys really don't deserve to live" and "Just kill yourself, I mean all of you", Was uttered by all the white logo who heard Fuyuki-san's insult.

With these results, Fuyuki-san went out and made the most disgusting smile the class has ever seen, followed by more mockery and insults from Fuyuki-san towards the white logo students.

With this, they snapped, just because of the meaningless insults that Fuyuki-san throws and the pride that the white logo has at that point, it successfully pushed most of the white logo to got so swallowed up by hatred, malice and vengeance, that originates from a single person and then spread to the entire black logo, for all of them to later agree to Fuyuki-san offers to fight us without even single thought of what will happen next cross in all of their minds. But on the bright side, even though some other students still have the same amount of hate towards us, they still maintain some level of logic to back off from the invitation, thinking that this is probably not worth it.

After a nod of agreement from both Fuyuki-san and the teacher when they have accepted the deal from him. All of us in the black logo already knew that this match was already over before it even started.

With that, a message from Analysia just popped up from me, saying: "Master, i need to focus on something, please don't make yourself in danger", but I quickly shrugged it off as nothing particularly important.

***

After a slight hitch in the preparation towards the fight, finally both the white logo and the black logo are all ready to fight in their white T-shirt with blue stripes in the neck and hand collar, and a blue short with double white stripes on the side and the leg collar of the short.

As we're walking towards a huge indoor sports field, I saw both the light blue hair and white hair girl walking with us, with Fuyuki-san awfully close to both of them and looks like can strike both girls at the same time, seeing this, I quickly go to the side of Fuyuki-san.

Because of this one action that I did, Kazuto, Akagi and Yuki-san, all of them were alerted and ready to stop us from fighting incase if one of us decided to attack the other, with a mysterious black hoodie student also come in to just worsen the situation and the surrounding aura that all of us already feeling at the air on that time.

By the time we arrive at the indoor field, most of us are already exhausted by how tense that walking sequence was even though the fight hasn't even started yet.

With both sides already present on the field, the teacher fire a shot of a gun, indicating that the match is starting, with the first comment that we heard was coming from Yuki-san, which he says in a insulting but yet pleading tone:

"Okay, can we just stay united until the school is over? and after that we can start killing each other".

Just because everyone here has already broken their humor in some shape or form, everyone except the black hoodie student gave a slight chuckle, before it got interrupted by Fuyuki-san.

"How if we established this ceasefire for now", As he gazes towards me with a slightly sinister demeanor".

"Of course, that would be great", Said Kazuto-san, trying to appease Fuyuki-san. They have a little stare of for a moment before settling down with Kazuto-san successfully got Fuyuki-san from my ba-

"What if I don't want to?".

Said the Black hoodie student while his back is against the wall with a dark and cold voice, surprising everyone in which the thought of him talking never even pass on every single of our minds.

"Aoki-kun, why don't you just help us? Just for a short time", Said Fuyuki-san, trying to persuade the black hoodie student to call him Aoki-san for now.

"I don't really need to join something that I, myself, don't agree on, right Fuyuki-san?"

Speechless, Fuyuki-san turn his head to the direction of a flood of student that comes to our way, and clenching his fist while saying to Aoki-kun:

"I'm just offering you to join us, that's all", With this, all of us ready to protect ourselves from a massive wave of white logo students with the last conversation that we heard before the chaos ensues is:

"I'll assist if I want to, Fuyuki-san".

As every student was punching each other, even though our main objective was to just protect ourselves from the white logo student's attack, some of us, including me, got so carried away with the fun of doing this that some of us decided to knock student's out, left, right and center. Technically knocking the students out for fun is still acceptable and within the match rules, but I can't help but speculate, what is the parent's opinion on their child getting beaten up and beating up their fellow students?

Like we already predicted, we're the ones that win the match, no matter how you slice or dice it, there's zero percent chance that a normal group of students can win against a group of other students that has the mastery of different types of weaponry and also trying to survive for their life.

Since the beginning, their odds of winning are none and the chance of the other group with a will to survive type of students killing each other is much higher than if a normal student landed a successful attack on the other student.

"All of the white logos in class 1-A will be moved to 1-B as a result of this match". The announcement echoed throughout the school as our unenergetic and also disappointing short celebration just ended.

"We won, totally unexpected there", Fuyuki-san said with a sarcastic tone, before Aoki-san headed towards the exit just because he wanted to take a little nap apparently and doesn't want to be bothered with us.

After this, the white hair girl just noticed Fuyuki-san immediately hiding behind my back. Noticing this sudden reaction movement from her, he immediately approached me and said:

"If I remember your name right, Kiyoko-san, can you hand her to me?", He asks with a relatively calm attitude as both of our friends are still trying to help the unconscious white logo to be carried to the school infirmary room.

Seeing that he's trying to take this moment when I'm alone, with a prideful look and the confidence that I garner over the past three days, I stand up for myself and the white hair girl and said:

"If you want her, then you need to go through me first, Fuyuki-san".

After clearing his throat, he responded saying:

"What a joke".

He scoffs before out of nowhere pulling a knife scratch my right cheek before I even realize even notice anything amiss, with the pain of getting burnt getting tenser in my cheek, even with my stiff face, I can feel my right eye slowly getting wet before it shed a single tear from the excruciating pain that I felt.

Realized what just happened, both my and Fuyuki-san's friend immediately rushed to the scenes to stop from further conflict from happening before Fuyuki-san said:

"You've really grown a lot since our last meeting, huh?".

"I guess I'm going to thank you for that complement, Fuyuki-san".

Not expecting a reply, a rude and cocky one at that, Fuyuki-san continues as I heard as he heightens his voice more and more every single sentence that he says.

"Talk about out of nowhere confidence huh, kiddo? I will kill you the next time I see you breathing".

"Satisfied after putting a death threat on me? What a jo-".

"Kiyoko Izu-san, don't make me go all out on you, I think you don't want to see the things that I would do to you if you continued", He said as he held my shirt collar and pulled it closer to his face so he can stare directly at me

"Then let's see how long you can keep on this facade, Fuyuki-san". Hearing that, he releases me then walks straight to the exit with anger and fury visible through his facial expression followed by both Yuki and Akagi-san.

Instantly, I looked back towards the white hair girl, looked at her in the eye and said:

"After this, please don't go home before I do, I don't want you to die". The girl nodded and slowly she left without even saying a word, leaving me and Kazuto-san alone on the field because all the other students had already left before this conversation took place.

"Kiyoko-san...Are you...insane?", Kazuto-san said with a stuttering voice, like he's going to yell at me at any moment.

In my mind I think that: "𝘐 𝘥𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘥 𝘢𝘵 𝘮𝘦", so I walked away towards the exit door without even looking at him, just because...okay look...I don't know what to say to him, I felt guilty that I'm going to involve him into my own problems, but at the same time, I also want someone to backed me up...So that's why...that's why, I just stay silent about it and left him, with a lot of words unsaid with the last thing I heard from him at that day was.

"Both of you...Both of you have the same potential and energy, but...I don't understand, why do both of you need to destroy each other!".

I give you the answer, Kazuto-san, there can't be two sharks inside a tank together.

***

The bell rings at 2 PM indicating the end of school, with the spring wind blowing both my hair and my skirt away with the gentle bliss of the wind grazes my skin, I saw someone, someone that I knew, someone that I would probably fight to the death with, with a cold yet friendly voice, he greets from afar while cloak by the building shadow:

"What a fine afternoon that we have going here hmm, Kiyoko-san?".

"It really is, a fine afternoon, Fuyuki-san", I replied with a cold voice.

"Shall we start with the show, hmm?".

"𝐎𝐟 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞, 𝐥𝐞𝐭'𝐬 𝐬𝐞𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐝𝐢𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞, 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐰𝐞?".