Chapter 8 Akiyoshi's promise

After her astonishing victory, Annie returned back to her base form, and her magical power was drained. After celebrating she went to check on Akane but then she

heard a noise;

CLAP!

CLAP!

CLAP!

It was a sound of hands clapping, she turned to look and she saw a strange man who was wearing a white uniform, his hair was a ponytail and he was wearing sunglasses.

"Wow, wow I'm impressed woman, I had no idea that you were this powerful, that fool Gerald may have dropped his guard but even if he didn't he still would have lost." The strange man said.

'Wait what! This guy was busy watching our fight, no way, how come I didn't notice him.' Annie thought.

After consistently questioning herself she finally said something, "Who are you?"

"Who me, I'm Nino, just a random guy who came with purpose." He said.

"Came with purpose. What's that supposed to mean?"

"Don't worry trying to figure it out, it's none of your business." Nino said.

"If we ask you to leave, would you?" Annie asked.

"Maybe if you negotiate correctly."

"So what'd you want?"

"Not much just a simple bl** j*b an..."

"You sicko!" Annie shouted in anger, she quickly used her telekinesis and blasted him with a lot of rocks going at high speed.

"Aw, that was a bad choice, if I were in your shoes just would have chosen a simple bl** j*b but alas you chose the hard way." Nino said talking mostly to himself before he activated his powers as well.

Flashing yellow lights appeared and destroyed all of the rocks with ease.

Annie grinned her teeth, veins popped from her hands and her eyes went black.

"I know that you can't use that monstrous form anymore, heck you're just barely using your magic, you can hold your own no longer." Nino said as a he smugged.

Annie stood up then grabbed her staff again, she spinned it with her hands, took on her fighting stance then said, "You talk too much, shut your damn crap you simp."

Nino also took his own stance and shot out many light beams, Annie used her telekinesis on herself to allow herself to be able to dodge.

She moved swiftly, dodging all of the beams in her direction, and she moved closer and closer then hit Nino with her staff and he hit the walls, she moved closer and dragged his head, crushing it against the walls.

Nino pushed Annie back with his magic then shot her with a beam with dealt a hole in her right shoulder and SPLAT! Blood started coming out.

She took one knee down, holding her shoulder, she cried in agony but Nino didn't care nonetheless and kicked her hard away.

She tried getting up but Nino kicked her head back to the grounded, he crouched down then grabbed her by her hair then looked at her face.

Her face was full of blood, bruises and tears, tears of pain, anger and agony.

"What a disappointment, you know that you still have the chance to do it before things get worse, so what'd you say?" Nino said suggesting a final chance.

Annie stopped crying then she just started laughing outloud, she then pointed at him with her middle finger and said, "Go suck your own d*** f**ker."

Nino got upset and punched her very hard, and she crashed into the walls.

"Hahahaha," Nino laughed but then the temperature suddenly changed and when he looked to the side, he saw furious eyes and a fist, a fist full of flames, the punch was unleashed and;

BOOOOOOM! Nino crashed through two walls.

Annie looked up to see who appeared and she saw a familiar face with a familiar voice saying,"Yo Annie you guys good?"

The person was Akiyoshi, Annie smiled slightly then said, " Yeah, we're good, I just want you to kill that bastard."

"I'm sorry Annie I should have gotten here sooner." Akiyoshi apologized.

"That lady seems like something special to you, mind telling us?" Nino asked.

"Yeah she's special, because I made a promise, a promise to protect her always." Akiyoshi answered.

"A promise? To who?" Nino continued bombarding Akiyoshi with questions.

"If you must know then I'll tell you, it was back when we were doing the entrance exam, when Annie's team was doing battle Mushi called me to the side and asked;

"Hey Akiyoshi I got a favour to ask of you."

I replied,"Sure, tell me what you want."

"Your results will be showed after Annie's, so please join the same division as her." He said.

"Why, she's obviously going to go to a useless division, so why do I have to risk my chances of going to a big division?" I said, wondering why?.

He responded,"Because, because you are the only one I can trust, you are the only person I trust to be able to protect her, so please."

I agreed, but I didn't know why he was so eager to want me to protect her, I mean why didn't he just join the worst division so that she can follow? I asked myself but after he challenged the Head master and won I understood.

I understood why he wanted me to protect her because he wanted to become the headmaster and he wanted me to prove my worth as well by climbing up the ranks with her by my side.

I made a promise to a person I trusted and respected the most, I promised Mushi to protect Annie at all cost, no matter what and I'm willing to keep that promise." Akiyoshi explained.

"Wow what a heartfelt memory, it made me almost wanna cry, I can't believe you're willing to do anything to protect that stupid woman." Nino said, disgusted.

'Shio... why is it that you wanna protect me so much, why do you want me to see me happy at all time, why do you care so much about me, it was firstly when you saw me in the streets, then you helped me with my mother, then you trained me, and now you got me a bodyguard.

You may have acted as If you just wanted to find that dungeon when you helped me for the first time, but I know deep down you care for me, and it isn't a boyfriend and girlfriend kinda care, it's something else.

But I don't know what kinda relationship is it, and I feel like, I feel like I've seen Shio before we met, no, it's like I've known him for a very long time, but I just don't know when and where and how.' Annie deeply thought to herself.

Akiyoshi did his fighting stance, and then he said,"Get ready cause you're about to feel the burn."