Chapter 03
"Two days has passed since Terence, Dominic, and Markus has decided that they are going to enter the academy. On the next day of the day of Terence’s confirmation, Jarvis also has been added to the ranks of those going to the school’s preliminaries. But there have been no word on their fourth friend, Erik who is still undecided about the whole ideal of going or not. We are now at the day the academies are starting their tests. Terence is riding to the school with his mother while Jarvis rides with his mother. Markus picks up Dominic and the four decide that they will all will meet up and form their group early when they get there and analyze just how the tests will be.”
Terence continues to look out of the window as he mother drives him to the academy on the address. It appears to be on the stripe known as Broad Street on the right side of it. "I don’t think we can miss it mom.” Terence said out load breaking the silence. "There should be a lot of commotion going around the school so-” Before he could finish his mother cut him off. "Like up there?” Terence looked forward instead out the side and saw cars lining up with hundreds of people standing outside of the school. The entire school was huge, dome in shape. Had a blue shading on it’s roof and the grounds looked to be enormous from where they were at. It was as if they bought out most of the stores in the surrounding area to put up what they want or they just out right got their support. The car lanes were packed. The line itself was getting ready to spillover inside the street. It seemed some people had gotten so impatient that they just let out some people who were getting rides there and let the person walk themselves. "Mom I’ll do what that guy is doing.” Terence said. "Naw I’ll take you all the way.” Terence closed his eyes and shook his head. "It’s alright. I can walk it from here. And you don’t have to worry about staying. My friends are here so I have a ride back.” His mother sighed. "Alright.” She still looked like she wanted to argue but figured his mind was set. He opened the door and got out quickly, shutting the door a bit hard. His mother began to pull out of the line and turn around while he waved to her goodbye. She waved back but didn’t know whether or not he could see her. Terence turned around and looked toward the massive line and shook his head. "Better just call and ask where they are…”
Jarvis was standing around with Markus and Dominic after finding them via a call and a few texts here and there asking what exactly they were talking about. "Nope…because there was no pole here at first.” Jarvis said debating with Markus. "Man I told you by the announcement pole near the stage.” "You didn’t say the leftmost one though. You just said the announcement pole.” They all started to laugh together. The laughter was broken by Jarvis’s phone going off indicating he had gotten a text message. He took his phone out of his pocket and looked at the name before reading the message. The message simply said "Where r yall” and from Terence or TJ on his phone. He began telling him they are right next to the announcement pole near the stage making care to tell him that it is on the left side. "That was Terence?” Dominic asked. "Yep, and told him that we’re on the left side announcement pole.” He said sarcastically giving Markus an even more sarcastic look. "Aight man I know what I sent.” The two started the friendly bickering again before catching sight of someone with weird hair. His hair stood up spiked similar to a certain dragon ball Z character but not just like it. The color was bright red with two bangs coming down the front and he war a black armored vest with very baggy white pants and red boots. He was physically fit as well, looking like most professional fighters of UFC. He moved through the crowd quickly and swiftly as if everyone was a river of water making his way to the stage. "Yep, something tell me I’m going to have to fight a dude like that and he probably going to be super broke.” Markus said. "I don’t think we’ll have too. For real for real all we got to do is call out someone who looks like we can take them before they choose for us. Dominic said. "You mean the council?” Everyone turned around and saw Terence right behind them. "When did you get here?” Terence smiled, "I just got here like a few seconds ago.” Jarvis turned to the stage and saw the council getting ready to make their speech. "Nope…but it look like it’s about to start.” Everyone else turned to the stage and the council began speaking breaking all of the chatter around the school campus.
"Can I have your attention please?” Everyone who was talking looked to the stage at what looked like a shaolin monk on the stage in the schools blue color motif. "It is now with our greatest gratitude to begin the opening ceremony of the school by our leading junior of the school, Hawk Silverwing. It was the same guy that Jarvis and the others had seen earlier making his way to the stage. He got up from his chair of 3 councilman and made his way to podium while the monk stood beside him. "Greetings, fellow newcomers and welcome to the Anime Academy of Richmond, Virginia!” The crowd begin clapping for him as he said that and stopped when he rose his hand. He put his hand back on the podium and began again. "We thank you for your interest in the fine arts of harnessing and using the new energy source known as Ki and your ability to putting it to good use. As you stand here you are telling yourselves that you are confident in your abilities to pass these tests and in no way or form are worried about the fight that is to come. It is as you expected, a real fight with real damage you will be suffering. But fear not, we are not here to harm you or severely beat you. If any of our chosen representatives are found guilty of this by me or any of the 4 council leaders here, they will be expelled and banished from this school indefinitely.” He looked directly at the delegates to the left and right of him sitting in their chairs before returning his gaze back to the students. "You will be engaged in a one on one duel with anyone of the affiliates beside me and if you are even more confident enough will be allowed to challenge me as well however I have right to whether or not I believe you are talking through your teeth and at any time can refuse your challenge. You can either choose a delegate for yourself or we will choose for you. Either way, everyone here will be fighting someone. We are looking at your ability to control ki, how well you think for yourself, and how able you are in general. This is what we are grading you on, nothing more, nothing less. Winning does not mean you will pass! When you have chosen a representative or one has chosen you, they will assign you to their exam post arena and you will battle them there with one of four councilman watching. The examiner will grade you and so will the councilman. The combined grade will be whether or not you pass. Now…are you all prepared?” The crowd let out a nonchalant yeah. "Very well, delegates, newcomers, begin your search!”. The crowd began scrambling around right away to find out who they are to challenge along with Jarvis’s group also doing so but trying to keep together.
"Hey, you see someone you’re going to challenge?” A young woman with green-haired, also one of the representatives of the school who volunteered said to another female volunteer. "Yes. I have known since I’ve been sitting here…I just need to spot him in this ocean of people.” The green-haired woman looked surprise. "Really? Who is it? And you said him…is it…someone you like?” The other girl began to get angry. "Hikaru! Is that all you think about!? It’s not like that…there’s just something weird. About all of them…even the one with the weakest energy signal.” Hikaru made a cute little humph face. "Oh? Have you spotted them yet…?” The girl smirked with a chesire grin. "Yes, I found him. Excuse me for a second.” She stood up walking by Hikaru who looked on confused. "Move!” She said to Hawk who stood aside looking confused as well. "What are you doing?” She got on the microphone at the podium. "Making my choice.” She took a deep breath to make sure he could hear her over the masses of chatter. "Hey you!” Everyone stopped for a bit and looked at the stage. "I’m talking to you there boy!” All of the guys began pointing to themselves in hopes that it was them she was talking too. She then pointed directly at the person at least in her mind and yelled out what he was wearing. "Yeah you, with the blue Jean jacket and dubious look on his face. You’re with me, get over to the exam post #2 now, I’m not waiting for you for long either.” She walked off the stage with her destination in mind and Hikaru following up behind her. "Oh and I want to challenge that tall one with the Heats jersey! I think that’s…Wade’s number! You know who you are. Same exam post ‘kay?” She walked off following the other girl happily. The crowd looked at the two in question which happened to be Terence and Markus. They looked at each other confused. "What just happened?” Terence said. Markus shrugged his shoulders, "I don’t know but you got the mad one. Better get on that.” He started laughing while Terence was having knots in his stomach. The two walked off to where Exam post #2 is and Jarvis turned to look at Dom who had already chosen his examiner and left. "Damn…everyone just left me…” He walked around a bit to see if he could find someone and a girl came up to him slender in figure, fit with dark red hair and blue eyes. "You have a examiner yet?” she asked him. Jarvis looked at her and had a small hiccup for a minute. "Uh…nope.” She folded her arms, "Right. Okay well let’s head to Exam post #4. We’ll get set up.” "Okay.” Jarvis confirmed. She turned around and began walking towards it with Jarvis looking at her butt. "Damn…ho is this?” He said to quietly to himself walking behind her.
