Just as Luna predicted, it only took a day before the boys were in tip-top shape, all due to their healing factors.
However, the moment they were better, Kairo didn't hesitate to put on the Gravity Shackles on them. The effects were almost instant as they felt their bodies somewhat sinking into the ground even though it wasn't
"Damn these things!" Lucian growled as he practically dragged his feet along the tracks of the large training field.
It was quite the open area with bleachers and lush shiny grass, which had the kind of shine only something artificially made would and even had a building located at the far end where they were different kind of training equipment and facilities, where the sound of heavy hitting and muffled explosion where heard.
Currently the students of class A – 7 were in the field, all dressed in the sporting attire, as they were told to run a few laps around the place. Though, they weren't the only students in the field practicing.
"Can't you just suck it up?" hissed Riven, who was right beside him. "The other students are starting to stare at us."
"That's their problem! I have my own to deal with these stupid shackles!"
The chokers were making it harder for the two to run properly, their movement looked extremely sluggish and dull, Riven also had complained about this but he'd just realized it would be better if he didn't.
After all, they must have been other students who had been through the same punishment and he didn't want to look like he was the one who whined the most.
Geez, if only I'd known you where this much of a crybaby.
After their almost impossible final lap, they met up with the other students, who sat on thehad finished their laps about 45 minutes ago.
"Finally, you guys are back. What took you two so long?" Azrael teased the two.
"Haha…Very funny, Azrael." Riven rolled his eyes as he walked past the ghost and sat on the bleachers and grabbed a bottle of water and chugged it down.
"Awn come on, don't be like that. It was just a small joke." The boy grinned. "But seriously, why so slow?"
Riven groaned as he flung the empty bottle at the ghost. "Piss off."
Azrael caught the bottle right on time and pointed with Riven at it.
"Whoa! Careful there, big guy." Azrael laughed. "With those weights on you wouldn't wanna throw your back out." He paused giving a mischievous smirk. "Unless…you want Luna giving you a sponge bath."
In an instant, Riven turned at him, growling deeply, which made the other raise his hands in defense.
"Okay! Okay, message received. No need for you to go bite my leg off before the next drill."
"Next…drill?" Lucian mumbled from a few rows ahead leaning on his back. "What 'next drill'?"
"Well, Teach over there says that the laps were just warm-ups, the next thing that we're doing are combat drills."
Both the Werewolf and Vampire groaned as their bodies went limb and sunk into the seats.
"I can't…I just can't." Riven whined.
"Well. Well. Well. So these are the Deviants of Chrono's Keep, huh?" a baritone voice said from behind them.
The three looked up to see a boy with blonde messy hair and a sneer that made Lucian's small in comparison. His sports jacket was slung over his shoulder revealing a white shirt that tightly fitted his toned abs.
However, what attracted Riven was the small slightly crooked horn that grew at the side of the boy's forehead.
A horn? Is he a unicorn or something?
"Who the f*ck are you?" Lucian said his normal scowl toned down due to his exhaustion.
"Name's Ignis." He gave a smug smirk. "The top student in the most elite class. Class A -6."
"Most…Elite? Do you mean in bragging" Azrael replied, yet the boy ignored his snarky comment and shifted his gaze to the other two.
"I came to check the competition…but it seems like you all have a long way to go…I mean look at you two. What made you two get the Chokers so early, huh?
"Only idiots who flunk at using their powers during training can receive this kind of thing."
Lucian shot the Werewolf a look to which he turned away whistling, suddenly finding the training students on the field more…interesting to look at.
"So what's it to you then." The Vampire asked already agitated by the student's attitude.
"Just saying, if you two want to get missions or tasks faster you might want to actually start getting less worst. Unless…" Ignis continued as he brought out a Silver card. "…You'll be eating our dust for a long time."
All three boys had their eyeballs nearly pop out of their socket when they saw the card color.
"Y-You have a s-silver card?!" Azrael gaped, his earlier bravado shaken.
"Great, he's an experienced prick." Riven deadpanned
"That doesn't change shit!" Lucian snapped, forcing himself upright despite the weight of the chokers and pointed a finger at Ignis. "I would beat up your smug ass any time, any place!"
There he goes again.
Riven rolled his eyes as he was trying to conserve his energy for their supposedly next drill, but it seemed as though Lucian's ego wasn't going to let him enjoy this brief moment of peace.
"Of you want to fight me, little Vamp? "Ignis smirk as the horn on his head started to glow faintly. "I'd be happy to show you your place."
"Lucian, Azrael, Riven. Get down here immediately."
They all looked down to see Kairo at the bottom of the bleachers with the other three Deviants of class A – 7.
"Ignis…Please mind your own training and don't bother my students on theirs. Am I clear?"
The boy exhaled from his nose and Riven could swear that he saw literal smoke come out from them.
"Tch, whatever…These guys are boring anyways." He said as he walked away from the area.
As soon as he was out of earshot, Riven gave a big sigh. "Honestly, why do I keep meeting these kinds of people in my life?"
He groaned as he pushed himself up and made his way down to meet the others as they headed for the building on the other end
"So, meet another fun person you like?" Cyrus asked as he walked with Lucian making sure to walk at his lackadaisical pace.
"If 'like' means wanting to bash his face in…Then yes, I VERY much 'like' him." The vampire said as he clenched a fist just below his face.
"You know, you can't win every fight you start."
"HUH?! What kind of crap are you saying?"
"I'm just saying. Sometimes don't go fighting with everyone who just annoys you…You never know what might happen…"
"You're just saying that because you got it handed to by a girl." Lucian said narrowing his eyes at the Imp
"True…" Cyrus said as his ear twitched almost flattening. "But still, not everyone is someone you think you can fight. Take that guy who just showed up…Do you know how strong he is?"
"I don't care about that!" Lucian retorted "All that matters is beating them and I won't ever lose to anyone who dares to challenge me!"
"Yeah…and you got it handed to you by a guy who doesn't even know how to control his powers." commented Harumi, who was behind the group.
"You wanna go b*tch!!" The Vampire shot her a glare.
"Just stating facts." She replied calmly
"Yeah Lucian, it's just facts." Riven said sounding smug as he gave a mocking grin at the other.
"Though, who would have thought that a Vampire from such an elite background would struggle to fight a Werewolf like me who lost control?"
"YOU SON OF A TU–"
Just then, the doors of the building was swung open by Kairo, who turned to the rest of the crew.
"That's enough chit-chat, now get in your real drills start now…Oh and also you two aren't off the bat yet."
Kairo said as he looked at two certain individuals.
"Wait? What does that mean?" Riven asked his voice already filled with slight dread
"It means…you two will have double the amount of exercises as everyone else."
"DOUBLE!!" The two yelled as their jaws almost dropped on the floor.
"Hahaha! Oh. This is going to be gold!" Azrael cackled as he clutched his stomach and dropped on his knees, laughing.
"C'mon Teach, cut us some slack, these stupid things make walking a marathon already!" Lucian complained.
"Oh. What's this you're not feeling so talkative now, aren't you." The man raised a brow. "Still, I'm not changing my mind....so get in there and start training."
The students moved in as the other two dragged their feet along with them.
"You know this wouldn't have happened if you didn't go on a damn f*cking frenzy." Lucian rasped
"And it also wouldn't have happened if you'd stopped being a damn pain in the neck." The bi-colored haired teen retorted back.
This was going to be a very…very long day.