First Fight(2)

Lance had less than a second to figure out what to do. He had seldom gotten into fights in his life, with most of them just being scuffles that didn't require much thought.

As one of the twins' fist got closer and closer in his vision, all he could do was close his eyes and brace himself. As he did so, he felt something deep inside awakening and calling to him. He felt that if he reached out and grabbed that something, he could send the fist and the twin flying.

Before he could even begin to imagine how to reach out, he felt a sharp pain on his forehead that pulled him away from the dream-like state he was in for a fraction of a second.

The next thing he felt was his brain moving too fast to adapt to, hitting his skull as he reversed directions and flew backwards like a rocket.

The only thing that he could console himself with was that he was caught by two arms which cushioned his momentum and stopped him from fainting. Looking up, he saw that Darius had caught him and said "Thank you" woozily. The sudden movements had shocked the consciousness in his untrained body and had resulted in him becoming slightly delirious. If he remembered that this whole thing had taken place because of Darius in the first place, he definitely wouldn't be thanking him now.

Darius sighed as he saw Lance slumped in his arms.

"You blockheads could have gone easy on him. Now, hes gonna have a bruise on his first day. I can't call myself his friend unless I take a at least a little bit of revenge for him. You stay out of this, Apollo. There will be a time and place for us to fight. And when that time comes, I will beat you.", he said as he pointed at the blonde-haired kid.

"No problem Darius. I've heard rumors that it was only by a very small margin that I beat you to become number 1. When that time comes, I can show everyone that a winner is a winner, by a centimeter or by a mile. Have fun with them. Boys, meet me back in the cafeteria. Remember, don't cause too much of a mess, its the first day and the higher ups have a thing for newbies. Also, don't underestimate these two. That guy is ranked second and that midget is ranked 10th. You two are a measly 50th and 51st rank, so I don't expect that much from you. Surprise me, and we can talk further about those strength-amplifying materials.", said Apollo before he sneered and Darius and left along the pathway.

It seemed that Apollo's words had served to ramp up the twins fighting spirit. "We, Dimi and Domo are undefeated when we fight together no matter how many opponents there are. Bring it on, high rankers. Let's see if you really deserve those ranks.", said the twins as their eyes gleamed as if they were looking at prey.

"Look at these rookies, Entsy. I go left, you take the right. Let's finish up fast, we still have to get Lance to the quarters. And I'm hungry.", said Darius as he set Lance down near the wall.

Entsy nodded. He had been bristling with fury ever since Apollo had called him "midget" and now was the perfect opportunity to take out that anger.

"Pie. I want pie."

Lance's words brought pin drop silence to the tense atmosphere. The only sounds that could be heard were that of people gathering behind them to see an epic fight.

As Lance started making imaginary snow angels on the ground, the crowd couldn't help but start laughing.