Version 2 [Trouble] Chapter 1 - Why did he jump?!

Sitting under a cherry blossom tree was a family of tree, consist of a beautiful lady currently smiling as she took out a box of ready-made sandwiches for a valiant looking man. A child ran to the man as he called to him, “Father! Father! Why is it that we always staying in this town? Can we not leave it?” The child asked as he hugs his father, looking up to him with his big innocent eyes.

Winds flutters as the lady chuckled and pats the child gently, “Riz, it is not that we cannot leave this town, you are just too young to face the dangers of the outside world.” She smiled and kissed the child forehead when he turned to look at her.

Riz blinked his eyes and tackle the lady as he then hugs her, “Is that so? Then mama, what are we?” Riz asked, the lady, his mother smiled as she opened the box, thus Riz attention moved to the sandwiches instead as his stomach rumbled, so he ate with delish.

His father looked at Riz with a slight frown, however his eyes are full of love as he hand some of his portion to Riz. The question asked by their child, was simply left unanswered as the harmonious atmosphere of the three of them were maintained.

‘I hope, you will never know.’ The man mumbled.

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The moon tonight is bright, as the light from the moon came through the window of a room. From the mountains that the room veranda was facing, loud howling were heard continuously. Never before such a dreadful howl was heard, and the whole town shut their door and locked all entrances no matter whether it is small or big out of fear of an unknown.

In the mansion, a pair of eyes glitters in the dark as sound of ragged breath is heard, and it looked up to the ceiling as if it can vividly see the full moon outside.

Meanwhile in the room where the said veranda is, a child was awoken abruptly and gasped, the child looked startled as he felt his whole body wet with cold sweats. He went off his bed and walked to the veranda, though not opening the window he can still hearing those non-stop howling, inside of him an uncomfortable feeling kept welling up that causes him to clench his hands.

His body trembled when he saw the full moon outside, he felt strong urges to run, to jump and to scream as much as he can. Panting slowly, he blanked out and fall to the floor with a thud.

..---

“Riz…! Riz..! Wake up..!” A soft familiar voice is heard faintly, calling for him. The warmth and worry in that voice is very clear to him, oh how he wish to open his eyes but he felt that his body is weak and unable to move. “Fuz! What should we do? He does not look okay…”

“Let’s take him to the hospital, doctor Marqou should be able to help him…” Another familiar voice is heard, one sounded rather stern but similar to the earlier voice, it sounded as worried as the person before that.

He then felt that his body was lifted by two strong arm, being carried to somewhere.

..---

Arriving at the hospital, an old man in a white lab coat was seen waiting at the door, seeing the three of them, he brought them inside, riding the elevator to level 10 where his office is, he then lead them with a nurse then took over the child being carried and administer emergency checkup.

“Fuz, Lyla, what happened?” The old man, known as doctor Marqou asked as he watches over the nurse and stared at the man and the lady.

“We don’t know, but Lyla found him uncouncious by the veranda window this morning. We thought that it was nothing and put him back on bed, but after a few hours we found out that he was till in that same state.” Fuz explained with a worried frown shown on his face, his forehead wrinkled badly.

Lyla held into Fuz hand firmly, her eyes is wet as she glanced at Riz a lot.

“Doctor Marquo, I’ve finish checking him and from what I can see, there is nothing wrong with this child.” The nurse reported politely to the doctor as she kept back all equipment that she has used to check Riz.

“Alright, temporarily let him rest on that bed for now. You can return to your previous duty Ailee.” The doctor said with a nod, and this the nurse bowed slightly and exit the office as soon as she done tidying up.

“Lets talk. What did you two previously do before today? You know Rizzer have a weak body constitution, so today incident might relate to your previous activity.” The doctor pulled two extra chair for both Fuz and Lyla.

“We were only having a picnic outside during lunchtime yesterday… We had always spend our time like this before too and there were nothing happening previously too.” Lyla said and looked down, as a mother she hoped that her son would be able to play outside like other children too.

“Yes, he was only running around the tree with some of his cats… We also ate the sandwiches made following the diet given by you…” Fuz added with more frown.

“Is that so? Hmn, could it be that something out or ord-“ The doctor paused when he heard the sound of something fall behind him. He quickly turned around to see, Lyla who had noticed earlier due to an unsettled feeling that she felt, saw Riz was standing by the opened window.

“Riz!” Lyla gasped as Fuz and doctor Marquo rushed toward Riz. “No! Riz!!” But it was too late, all they can see that Riz waved his hand as he fall out of the window, his pyjama fluttered as he fall from level 10.

Lyla screamed as she run to the window with tears falling like waterfall as all she can see is how Riz small body hit the ground with all the blood spilling around like a smashed fruit. Fuz and the doctor called for the security and the other available hospital staff, they would have never expected that Riz would jump off the window like that.

..—

My body felt so heavy, I cannot move any part of my body, all I can do is stay still. My senses told me that I was being laid on something, and there seems to be someone laying next to me. I can sense that that person is watching me very closely, however it does not seem to contain any hostility toward me.

“You have finally returned. That was quite long, Valence.” A deep voice is heard not far from where I am, and a small hand touches my forehead slowly, brushing away my messed bang. “It never changed, your way of returning here.” That voice continued with a bit sigh sounded soon after.

A pair of wings fluttering as a tapping sound can be heard next, making me wonder, ‘is someone flying?’, though a small childlike voice then said, “Ah, he is sleeping as always.” Which then I felt that my cheek was being poked by a small finger. I assumed that there is three different person is currently near me.

However, who is Valence?

“Anyway, because he had returned, we need to wake him up, right?”

“Yeah, but he does not seem like he want to wake up at all. I’ve been trying to wake him up for almost an hour.”

“is that so? I guess its okay we let him sleep more for now. I hope he stay here obediently though. Its already enough trouble as it is now when he left… Ugh.” The person grumble unhappily.

“Yeah. That’s quite true..”

As they were talking, the weight on the bed decreases as the sound of a person left the bed can he heard, “Lets go.” Said the person, and all three seem to exit the place one after another, and the place become very quiet.

“…”

“Now, We, Can, Go” Said a sudden voice. 

All I feel then was a burning sensation throughout my whole body, causing my stiff body to automatically react to such sensation, “What.. is this pain? It’s hurt…! So hot! H-Help… me..!” I gasped and pant in pain.

“Aha… ha.. Scream, scream more~” That voice laughed maliciously, a cold aura can be felt just next to me, it felt really evil and dark, one that can instill fear into people’s heart with just a small contact of such aura.

“Don..’t… w…wor…ry… I’ll sa… ve… you..!” A static noise flooded into my head, it sounded like a girl voice however was quite broken and not clear, so I was only able to hear bits of them without fully understanding it. “I’m… co…ming…! W… ait… fo… r… me…!” another sentences seems to be said, however it was already faint and soon no longer is heard. When it was gone, the painful and burning sensation that I felt earlier reached its peak and I jolted before my conscience drift away.

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The sky was dark and the moon looked really big outside, the area was illuminated by the moonlight showing a young man was laying on a big bed, beside the young man is a black cloaked man standing and staring down on the young man.

“Oh, you have woken up.” The man said when the young man opened his eyes, only to see a masked man with a bulky body build. He stared at the man with questioning gaze, and the man opened his mouth and ask, “Do you remember who you are?” 

“Where is… my father? And mother?” The young man sat up and glanced around, all he can see is just an empty room, but there were no ceiling so he can see the outside, where there were people with big wings flying, passing by from time to time.

“Gone. Probably you’d never met them again.” The man replied.

“What why?” 

“You died. That’s why.” The man said and laughed slowly, he can see the young man is looking sad now, but he didn’t offer any consolation as he instead added with a wide grin, “Everyone who knows you over there consider you to be dead.”

“Y-You are lying! It cant be true!” The young man pointed his finger to the man in anger.

“You don’t believe me? Why don’t you see by yourself then.” The man waved his hand and the dark space open up, and the young man can see a couple crying by a tombstone, mourning for the one buried there.

“No… Its real?” The young man watched with a stunned expression.

“Its because of your beast bloodline. You are too weak when it was triggered, so you went out of control, making you unconsciously jump to your death.” The man explained with a smile, “So your body go splat when you literally jump from that level 10 office. Haha.” He added with amused face.

“I-I don’t believe! Lier! Definitely a lier! T-this must be an illusion! AAHHH!!!” The young man bend down while holding his head, he look very confused, his head ached, his feelings is in turmoil, he is in chaos.

“Ha-.. AHAHAHAHAHAAHAH~” The masked man laughed, seeing the young man in a mess.

.._..

“Ah? What is that? Laughter?” Shinai stopped walking and turned around, her eyes widen as she glanced at Juniel next to him. “We better go check!” She said and with tacit agreement they ran back to the room.

Juniel kicked the door harshly, opening it with such force, “What? Gone?” He froze. Shinai enter the room, the bed sheet are in tatters, the bed mattress are full with claw marks, causing them to be unusable. The bed frame have traces of the same marks as the bed mattress, however it only left scratches marks.

“He escaped?! Ah Stupid Valence!” 

“Oh god… Why is he always like this… One can never take their eyes off him even for a second. Aigoya…” Juniel sighed as he facepalmed. He enter the room and looked around to find a trace that are oftenly left by Valence. 

Shinai picked a small coin on the floor, it was found below the tattered bed sheet. “As usual, same thing, same person, haish!” Shinai complained as she turn to Juniel, “Juniel, lets go!”

“Alright.” Juniel nods and  the two of them looked up to the open ceiling. Shinai hold into Juniel hand as a pair of white wings appear behind the two of them, simultaneously a black hole open up in the open ceiling, symbols of ancient language appeared around the black hole, and two symbol halted its motion. With that the two of them enter the black hole without any hesitation.

[Trouble] Chapter 12 (uncomplete)

The teacher started to lightly touch upon the subject of magic when the school breaks ended. Though for those students that does not have any element, the teacher explained that they do not have the talent for magic, by which some of them raised their hands up to ask the teacher.

“Teacher! Is it not possible to train to get magic talent?” 

“Train? You must have asked this because of your past senior.” The teacher smiled, “Well, a lot of students have tried, but none other than that one senior, no one has been successful at all.” The teacher said as she shook her head.

“Awh, really… what a bummer.” That student pouted.

“But don’t be sad, everyone who does not have talent in magic will be allowed to choose if they want to train in your physical.” 

“Physical training?”

“Yes, it is one that help in increasing your toughness, endurance and also survivability. But we won’t force you to join military or something. So it is all up to you on the path after you graduated.” She smile and added, “So it will be okay. Even I, your teacher also does not have talent for magic, and only end up joining those student in training my physical.”

“Eh.. What is the difference?”

“It is basically just like you join a club activity, that’s all. So because of that, I can only suggest you books to read about magic for magic student, and for the rest, I can show you the training room.” She smiled, with the students still looking a bit confused.

Then again one of them ask her, “Teacher! I got a question!”

“Ah? Yes what is it?”

“Is it possible for those who got talent in magic to also join the physical training too?” That student look serious, “Is it also possible if they don’t want to learn magic, can they refuse it?”

“Is that so, well, for your first question, yes you can, but your priority is more toward magic so you will only be able to join on the days without the magic class.” She said with a chuckle, “For the second question, most will not usually refuse, but we allow you to refuse because something forced are often will not give a good result.”

With that the students whispers and discussed with each other, seemed that some of them are not planning to learn that magic despite being detected in having some talent in magic. The teacher upon seeing that there does not seem like any student wanted to ask anymore, the teacher walked to the desk and take a seat, as she watched over them.

Riz looked at his classmates which he are recently being close with, they too seems unsure if they would like to learn it or not so Riz suggested to them, “Well, I think its fine to try? If me, I’m thinking of trying it for a few months, if I didn’t like it, I’ll go submit a class withdrawal form to our class teacher.”

“Eh? Can we do that?” The others asked and looked at the teacher, and some even went to the teacher to ask about that. Seeing that the teacher nods, a lot of them consider that they should at least try this first before deciding.

With that, in the other half of the school year, there are a new subject being added in their schedule, which will teach the students about magic, lightly touch the history, and how to use if for the first time. These are deemed as a basic, so that subject is only being teach twice a month instead of daily like the other subject.

With that, the months passed by, and then year by year passed by. Those who liked magic and choose to learn it took the supplementary lesson which are separated from their class schedule, and due to not many students choosing to learn it, that separate lesson is being made in one class with all the other students from other classes being combined into that class.

Those who choose to learn magic was asked to drink a liquid in a test tube provided by the teacher when they first come to the class. From the testament given by their seniors in the next class, that liquid is to amplify their magic talent further, so that their learning is better and smoother, but the side effect is something certain people are not able to easily accept. 

From what they can see, all their seniors that are learning magic all have one distinct similarities, where they all have a pair of animal ears with or without tails, and some of them have a stunted growth too, means that some of them are shorter than the average person, despite their increasing age, some of them never grow taller than 155 cm.

While the rest of the ones that choosing not to learn magic instead join the physical training classes, which act like a curriculum activities, and they learned how to fight and defend themselves from ill intended people. These people grow taller than the magic students, and much tougher and resilient. Despite the different choice, they never fought each other, and instead back up each other when their schoolmates are facing problems.

So any incident such as kidnapping or bullying are something rarely happens in this whose school due to how united the students were.

.._..

With that, 6 years passed by, and by now Riz is now a university student, and he was still living in the same building as the headmaster, with both his two siblings, where they are now at the age of 11 years old, and are currently learning at the middle school.

Riz despite just recently entered the university, he was already bombed with a lot of assignments and homework, and unexpectedly he met his previous classmate from his previous school, where they seems to be taking the same course, however Riz of course did not notice his previous classmate, since he now was often surrounded by new friends.

.._..

Joseph stared at a short classmate that just arrived at the class, he cannot help but rub his eyes a few time, and gasped, “So he is here. He moved here?” He mumbled and watched as that classmate walked happily to the front row in the hall and took a seat. His blue hair are now a bit longer that it was enough to be tied behind, and his round childish face are now a bit longer with his used to be big eyes are now a lot more smaller and narrower. However his height are rather short for an average man.

What is more baffling to Joseph is, he saw there were a pair of fluffy but sharp animal ear on top of the head, and behind him is a big fluffy tail swinging slowly to the left and right. Joseph has heard that this institute is owned by a rich lady, where she has a sort of fetish of liking fluffy things, particularly something furry.

He wondered if that classmate of him is a victim to that lady or not, however he decided that he is not going to let that lady touch his friend any more after this, with that his eyes narrowed slightly.

.._..

When recess came, Joseph walked down the stairs and was just approaching that friend of his when some other girls pushed him away with a squeal and surrounded Riz, “Riz! Can I pat you?” one of them asked with eyes sparkling, though their earlier squealing startled Riz a lot, making his ear flopped down and he hug his tail, as if defending himself, but to those girls it make them squeal a lot more.

And one of them dragged Riz out followed with the other girls behind them as they walked to the cafeteria together. Riz shook his shoulder, feeling helpless as he followed them due to their firm grip on his arm, showing that they will let him go anywhere soon.