All Out!

Damien awakens as the sunlight radiates through his curtains and hits him in the face. 

"Ah blast it, the fuckin' curtains, I keep forgetting..." Damien sluggishly gets out of bed as he makes his way to the bathroom.

Damien takes care of his morning needs and gets dressed. He approaches the small memorial he made for remembrances of his fallen family members. 

He begins praying to them.

"Mom, thank you for bringing me into this world. I greatly appreciate the opportunity you've given me; I have been blessed with meeting great and wonderful people. I wish you were here to see them. You will always have a special place in my heart mom, and I hope I make you proud."

Damien lights one incense and continues praying.

"Dad, thank you for taking care of mom and helping bring me into this world. I've heard the tales of you fighting to protect mom from her family and the amount of trouble you went through for her, so, I hope I have a fraction of the courage shown. I wish you could be here to see what I've become and the people I've met.

Damien lights another incense and continues praying. 

"Uncle, thank you for raising me into the man I am today, I have been able to help so many people that I cherish thanks to your teaching. I hope to discover the true meaning behind why you sent me to this academy, but I have to deal with this tournament before I am able to get anywhere. I know you had your reasons, and I will honor them."

Damien lights the final incense and offers one last prayer.

"I hope you all are resting in peace and watching over me. I'm going to become something great for this world and once I move on, I want to tell you all the stories." 

Damien finishes with a few moments of silence before getting up and heading toward the academy. 

Once Damien walks through the academy gates he is greeted by four bright smiling faces, Jessica, Lauren, Emmy and to his surprise he sees Ariel!

Damien rushes over and embraces Ariel.

"My god, when did you get out?!" Damien says as he picks Ariel up in a tight embrace. 

"I-I g-got ou-out ju-just this m-m-morning." Ariel barely squeezes out a few words before tapping Damien on the shoulder indicated to him to light his squeeze.

"Oh sorry. Heh, heh." Damien lets Ariel down and rubs the back of his as he lightly laughs.

Emmy and the girls walk up to him, "Yeah we wanted to make it a surprise to you." Emmy says giving Damien a kiss on the lips.

"Oh ho. Emmy finally moved up in the world." Ariel says as she chuckles at Emmy's red face.

"Ye-yeah..." Emmy slowly retreats behind Damien.

Jessica walks over and gives Damien a hug. "Good morning!" she says with a chirper voice. She steps on her tippy toes and gives Damien a soft kiss on his lips.

Ariel and Emmy gasp at the interaction.

"Oh my, got two of them now mister. When's my turn?" Ariel says as she smirks. 

Jessica takes a step back as Lauren walks in and gives Damien a full-blown kiss, she slightly opens her mouth and sticks her tongue into Damien's. The passionately make out for a few seconds as everyone that's around them stares at the two, in full astonishment. 

You can hear the small whispers trailing about. "Did he just kiss three girls right in front-." And several more, "woah, he's got it do-."

Lauren feels a slight tap on the back of her shoulder, she turns her head and sees Ariel, "Don't you think it's my turn?" Ariel says with a slight pout. 

Lauren takes a step back, "That was nice, you're a much better kisser than I thought." 

Ariel steps up and gives Damien a kiss on the cheek. "That's for visiting and helping me out." She turns around and starts walking toward the main building.

"Heh, well, life is good! Time to start training!" Damien explodes with vigor as he trails behind the girls. 

Once inside Damien waves goodbye to the girls and walks to the training area. 

As Damien enters, he notices Veronica and Sheridan. 

"He-" he stops himself as he notices they seem to be in the middle of a sparring match. "Hmph, I didn't know you could spar with the instructors! I gotta go find Arnold!" 

Damien leaves and heads for the warping classroom. 

As Damien enters, he notices Arnold cleaning up the room. Damien approaches.

"Hey, Arnold." He says with a smile and waves.

"Oh, hey Damien. What brings you here? Thought you'd be training for the upcoming Dragons Duel." Arnold says as he places his papers in his desk drawer.

"Well, I just stumbled onto something recently, and I was wondering if you cared to have a sparring match with me." Damien says as he stands in front of Arnold.

Arnold lets out a heartful laugh. "Ha, you're serious? I don't mind helping you improve." 

"Yes!" Damien fist bumps. "I can't wait." 

Arnold laughs and grabs Damien by the shoulder, "Well, I'm not busy at the moment so I can spare a couple of hours, let's go." 

Arnold and Damien head for the training arena. 

Once there Damien is greeted by both Veronica and Sheridan as they start to leave. 

"Hey, Damien. Did you know Ariel just got released?" Veronica says.

"Yeah, I met with her this morning. It's awesome!" Damien says with excitement.

"Yeah, I'm going to be spending the day with her. I see you are going to be training again. Trying not to overdo it." Veronica says as she passes by Damien.

"Heh, I won't." Damien looks at Sheridan, "After all, I got her to look after me." Pointing at Sheridan.

Sheridan face turns red, "Hey! I'm not your personal doctor. I don't want you to become too reckless you hear!" 

Damien laughs, "Ha, ha, ha! Yeah, I'll be careful. I promise." 

Sheridan walks by him, "You better, Arnold is quite strong." 

"That's what I'm hoping for!" Damien says as he cracks his knuckles and starts approaching Arnold.

"Alright, Damien, I hope you're ready for this!" Arnold charges up his magic. The entire arena starts shaking from the immense power building up. The ground cracks beneath Arnold's feet as he bellows out a deep roar. A purple aura rises from Arnold's body coating everything around him. His muscles bulge outward, making the already huge man monstrous. 

"My god..." Damien becomes speechless from the display of power. He looks to be an ant in front of Arnold's might.

"Damien you better get serious! Cause I'm coming at you with all I got!" Arnold starts walking slowly toward Damien. Each step he takes cracks the earth beneath his feet. 

Damien shakes his head, and then takes a deep breath. He releases it and emits a powerful black and blue aura. His eyes shine in a deep blue hue. Damien flings himself at Arnold at maximum speed. Throwing his hardest and most powerful punch fused with his enhancement magic and warping magic.

As the punch is about to land, Damien world goes upside down and he slams in the ground behind Arnold. 

"Wh-" 

Before Damien can finish his word, Arnold is on top of him. Grabs Damien by the ankle and tosses him across the training arena, he doesn't stop until the wall meets his body. Clouds of dust erupt as Damien slams into the wall at immense speed. The wall gives way as Damien falls with the rubble. 

"Come on, boy! Let's see what you're made of." Arnold starts walking toward Damien.

Damien slowly gets to his feet. The wind has been knocked out of him, so, he's slowly catching his breath watching Arnold's movements.

"Damn, he's stronger than I thought." Damien erupts with power. "But I'm not finished yet!" Lightning starts erupting around Damien's body and small balls of light start floating around him. 

"AHHHHHH!" Damien charges up for a few moments and then charges toward Arnold at full speed.

Damien summons his gravity magic and puts it on Arnold, which slows Arnold down a bit, "That's the way. But it's not enough!" Arnold shouts as he jumps up high in the air. Damien looks up and sees Arnold coming down toward Damien at incredible speed, he barely has the time to dodge out of the way and as Arnold crashes into the ground where Damien is. A few of the debris hits Damien knocking him back a couple leaps. 

Sadly, Arnold has stopped his assault and comes crashing at Damien. "Get over here!" Arnold yells as he pulls Damien in with his gravity pull magic. 

"Shitshitshit!" Damien gets pulled in and uses the momentum to fill his fist with lightning and some sparks of light. Arnold throws an uppercut toward Damien and Damien throws all he can at Arnold. Their fist clash erupting the arena in a bright flash the ground beneath them cracks and the dust bellows outward causing a massive smoke screen. 

A few moments pass and Arnold is holding Damien by the head, Damien is unconscious. 

"Good, that had a hell of a bite to it. I'm looking forward to seeing how you improve." Arnold carries Damien to the infirmary. "Get some rest." 

As Arnold's about to leave the Nurse walks in. "Oh, my goodness, I've never seen you this hurt Arnold. What on earth happened? It couldn't have been the Eme-" before she could finish her sentence Arnold put his fingers to her lips.

"Shhh. I just got into a sparring match with one of my more promising students. No need to say their name here. Now I'll be fine, these wounds will heal soon. I'll need you to look after him though he went all out with his magic, he may have magic exhaustion and he taken quite the beating from me." 

"Of course, I'll take care of him. It's not the first time he's been here." The nurse says, looking behind Arnold, seeing Damien laying in the bed.

"Good, well I'll be off than." Arnold exits the nurse's office.

"My goodness, you are full of surprises aren't you, Damien. To do that to the most powerful magic user in the entire academy. Impressive." The nurse goes over and examines Damien wounds.

  "He seems to be fine; his wounds are already starting to close. His healing factor is even better than Arnolds!" The nurse is in awe of Damien's healing ability. "It's almost unreal."

A couple hours later Damien wakes up in a cold sweat!

"What!" Damien looks around the room, the nurse comes rushing over. "Hey, hey, hey your safe and alright." she says in a soft voice attempting to calm Damien down.

As she rubs Damien's back and begins speaking, "It's alright, Arnold brought you here." 

"Damn it. That means I lost..." Damien looks down in defeat.

"Well to be honest, Damien, you did go against an undefeated man." she says.

"What? Undefeated?" Damien says with a curious tone.

"Yeah, Arnold has never lost a match and is one of the 5 arch mages of our time. His strength is unrivaled, not even the headmaster can stand up to him." 

"Woah." Damien is speechless as he hears the nurse go on and on about Arnold feats.

A few moments pass and Damien soaks in the information about Arnold beating the toughest and meanest mages in the world, and his time in the military. Surprisingly, he likes being a teacher. 

"Well, I am feeling much better I think I'll head out now..." Damien stops indicating to the nurse to say her name.

"Oh, silly me, you can call me, Joy." She says with a smile.

"Well, Joy it's a pleasure and thanks for looking after me. I hope you have a lovely day!" Damien rushes out of the nurse's room.

"I think Arnold has a secret crush." Damien says as he exits the Academy, to his surprise it's quite dark outside, "Damn, she kept me longer than I wanted. I guess I'll see the girls tomorrow." 

Damien leaves to go to his dorm room where he gets ready for bed. 

"Good night world." As soon as Damien head hits the pillow he passes right out.