Book 2 - The Usurper from the Wilds: Chapter 19; Sealed With a Fight

The screen turns on as the chapter title plays "Chapter - 19; Sealed With a Fight".

Now in the courtyard after the main chase as Ruggie turns around facing them as he continues to run and backwards at that. Ruggie does his laugh as he makes fun of them "Three-on-one, and this is the best you can do? Pretty pathetic, guys." He then stops and stands a bit behind a bench for some extra protection.

Ace stops and bends over panting as he yells "What is WITH this dude?! He's crazy fast!" Deuce is also panting as he shouts "It's not just that he runs fast…" as another pant interrupts him "It's like no terrain even slows him down!" Grim says out of breath "Myaaaaah… I don't even think I can catch him."

Ruggie does his laugh before telling them "Compared to the backstreets of the slums, this is a cakewalk."

Before turning more serious as he asks them "Did you even think this through? Let's say you do catch me – can you even be sure I did it?"

Deuce asks "What?" Before shouting "Of course you did it!" Ruggie asks them "And what about evidence? Do you have a witness who saw me casting spells? For that matter, did anyone snap a picture? You don't have anything like that, do you?"

Ace says "Yeah, but…still!" Yuu also crosses her arms as she tells him "Maybe so, but it's cowardly." Ruggie rhetorically asks "A coward?" before muttering out quietly "I take that as a compliment, honestly."

But he quickly turns back to being more playful as he does his laugh and then tells them "Next time you wanna come after me, do me a favor and gather some proof first." Before his eyes narrow slightly and he has a sly smile as he teases them "Tough that sounds like a tall order given your track record."

Grim growls before saying "This guy…" Ruggie then tells them "Well, I'm done playing tag for today."

He then puts the magical pens on the seat part of the bench he was behind saying "I'll leave those pens of yours I stole right here for you, okay?"

The freshmen's eyes open wide and Ruggie knows they heard what he said so he does a two finger salute again as he turns to leave and tells them "Toodles!"

He then fully leaves and is gone as Ace shouts "Argh! He really gets on my nerves!" But Deuce is more somber as he says "Housewarden Riddle is not going to be pleased." But Yuu offers up a small piece of hope as she reminds them "He did say "next time," didn't he?"

Just then Jack walks up and says "So you guys are still on the hunt, huh?" Ace says "Yup." Before telling Jack "Hey, here's an idea: Next time, maybe give us a hand?" As he turns to the other and says "There is seriously something wrong with that guy."

But Jack just asks them "Why're you going through all this trouble for the sake of total strangers?" Deuce tells Jack "I'm not sure I follow." Jack explains "I mean, I'd understand if you were out for vengeance for an injured friend, or something."

But Ace tells Jack "Buddy, you're missing the point." Jack asks confused "What?"

As Ace continues and explains "We're not doin' this for anyone else's sake!" Deuce continues "This is just a chance for us to score some kudos by catching the culprit." Ace then continues agreeing "Yeah. I'd do anything to get on my dorm's team so I can show my talent to the world!" Grim buts in "Yeah, me too! I wanna catch the guy so I can get this glorious mug of mine on TV!" Ace continues his explanation "I feel bad about what happened to Trey, but if there's an opening on the roster… I'll take it!"

Jack says "Wow. I was doubting whether I could trust people who would suffer like this for strangers…" As he finishes with a smile "But it turns out you guys're total scum."

But Ace tells Jack with a smirk "If we're scum, then you're less than scum, because you knew all along, didn't you? You know exactly who the culprit was." Grim shouts as he finally realizes "Oh! I get it! That's why you were sure he wasn't gonna come for you – you knew the culprit was from your own dorm!"

Jack is silent before telling them "Fight me. The whole lot of you." Ace asks confused "Huh? Why should we?"

Jack explains "If I'm gonna trust you, I gotta size you up first. Prove to me that you ain't all talk, and I'll tell you everything I know."

Ace rubs the back of his head as he complains "Ugh, do I have to? I hate getting all sweaty." But Deuce cracks his knuckles and gets excited as he says "Now you're talkin' my language." He then switches back into his 'delinquent mode' and shouts "Let's cut the smack-talk and THROW DOWN!" This mostly shocks Grim as he shouts out in surprise "Myah?! I'll never get used to him flippin' out like that!" Yuu puts her head in her hands as she looks up and shouts annoyed "Must violence be the answer to everything?!" But they're no longer talking as the fight starts.

But the fight is not seen as the screen fades to black and "To be continued" plays on screen before it fully turns off.