Chapter 63

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POV: Oliver

Part 1.

A month has gone by since my life changed, and met the man named (Y/n) (L/n), known as the Beast of Piltover in the underground fighting scene. I've been on a path to become a different person, something the old me would have probably made fun of. The ugly me. I graduated a couple weeks ago, was high in my class too, not that I made it known. I guess having rich parents had its perks. I stood in front of the mirror after taking a shower.

"Holy shit...I got a six pack already!, Thought it took longer to gain muscle" I say to my self while flexing a little. I started working out and lifting weights the day after meeting I watched him fight. I then shook my head at the as I began to cringe "Narcissistic much"

I did find it odd how fast I gained muscle. I have been working hard to do so but something felt, accelerated in a way. On average it takes about six to eight weeks to notice muscle gain. I went from a basic white kid body to looking like a fitness model in a month. That's not natural.

"Time to get going I guess" I tell myself before heading to my room.

I got dressed in shorts and a sleeveless shirt. Casual clothing has been a go to for me lately. I turn my attention to a rectangular case leaning against the wall. I grab it and set it kneeling my bed before opening it up, making sure the contents were correct. Compound bow, check, protective sleeve and chest plate, check, boat load of arrows, check. I close the case back up then hung it on my back with the strap.

"Everything accounted for, let's roll"

I exit my room, as I passed the open door father's office he calls out to me "Heading out son?"

I step back into the door way "Yeah" I replied, Father was at his desk, presumably doing work.

He nods a bit as he glanced up at me "So you've taken up archery again? I thought you hated the sport after your mother died..."

I shrugged "It's something I picked back up...." I say then glanced away from him "She wouldn't have been proud of how I've been acting since she passed..She would of loved it if I continued with something I enjoyed"

Father smiles a bit. He doesn't do that often, especially after Mother died "You sure have changed since you met (Y/n), Oliver" He says.

He said my name....when's the last time he did that? "I'm gonna get going, See you later"

"Later, and be careful" He replied before turning his eyes back to his work.

I smiled to myself before walking out of the door way. I head downstairs and grabbed my helmet off the side table by the door and my keys. Going into the garage, along with the many cars inside, sat a lone motorcycle, a Harley Davidson I bought with some money I saved up. It's also got a seat for a second as well. I slip my helmet on as I used a remote to open the garage. I start my bike then ride off.

{Time Skip}

I ride my way out to the outskirts of Piltover, there's a semi popular archery club, away from three blades academy and their shit. It was tuked away in the forest near a popular camping site and trails. As I pulled up to it, it felt like the only people who would really acknowledge this place is people who do archery. There is only one vehicle in the spaces parking lot, a newer suv, or crossover? It's an in between. I don't know much about cars, I'm more into bikes. I park my bike and step off, putting my helmet on the handle bar.

"This is the place, I think" I say to myself.

I walk up to the front door of the building, the sign said open. I step inside of the building and while looking around, the place was completely silent.

"Hello?" I called out "Don't I need to like, join the club first before doing anything, the one person has to be around here somewhere"

"Hello there" I hear right beside me and I jump in the opposite direction as I see a shorter girl with long blue hair.....and hoofs for legs...behind her sat a man sized white wolf.

"Holy shit!" I shout as I got jump scared.

"Sudden appearances seem to always cause this reaction Lamb" The wolf speaks in a deep husky voice.

"I see the trend, I suppose I should refrain Wolf" The girl replies.

"Um hi. I'm Oliver" I state.

"You may call me Kindred...this is Wolf" The small girl states as I looked down to her.

"And this is Lamb" The wolf states.

"I, um, would like to sign up for this club" I state to then, kinda freaked out. It feels like I'm high, though I have zero clue how that feels. A short girl with hoofs and a talking man sized wolf. Definitely tripping on some way.

"I see, I shall be back. Stay here" Kindred stares before she begins walking away with the Wolf following her.

"This is just...weird. I know things like this are supposed to be normal but this..something about this isn't"

Kindred and the wolf come back some papers in her hand. She holds out the papers to me "This is the form. There is a $30 monthly payment. With that you'll have access to all amenities we have. We also have a shop here too if you need anything necessary"

"T-Thank you" I reply as I took the paper. I quickly dug into my pocket and pulled out $30 and handed it over to Kindred "Here you go"

"If you need anything...we'll be around" Kindred says.

"Do not cause trouble for little lamb" Wolf states.

The two then walked away, leaving me alone in the nevertheless empty building. I quickly filled out the form. All the normal stuff you'd expect on any form. Once I'm done, I leave the form on a desk that was in the hall. I walk around the building a bit, trying to find the archery range. After a few minutes I find a door that leads outside where there are targets.

"Looks like the place" I say while stepping outside.

Part 2.

I spent a few hours shooting targets, getting myself back into the swing of things, it's I'm most definitely rusty. I held the bow in my right hand as loaded my last arrow before I have to go retrieve them again. I pull the string back, a calm breath, before releasing the string. The arrow hit the very edge of the target.

I sigh as I bring the bow down "Only 5 out of 20...god I suck"

I walk and retrieved all my arrows, sulking in my poor results "I used to be so much better before this. I guess I have been different the past two years"

After getting all the arrows I walk back to my case and grab my water bottle to drink from it. I emptied it. I sigh as I wipe the sweat from my forehead head. I spot a water spigot off to the side of the range coming from the ground. I shrug to myself then walked over to it

"A spigot will do" I thought to myself.

I go over to the spigot and turn it on, I watched as the water poured out a few seconds before filling up my water bottle. After turning off the spigot, I notice that the water had a slight blue glow to it.

"Welp. What doesn't kill you makes you stronger" I say before chugging some of the water. The water was oddly refreshing. I pull the bottle away from my lips and wipe my mouth "Doesn't look like it's gonna kill me"

"It might" I hear a voice say from behind me. I jump out of my skin as I jump away and turn around. Behind me was a girl with long white hair, a small smile on her face. Looking at me with icy blue eyes.

"Holy shit. Does everyone here just appear suddenly" I shout.

The girl giggles "Sorry" She says.

"Can this water actually kill me?" I ask her.

She shrugs "Maybe with the same possibility that any other water from the ground will kill you"

"What about it, you know, glowing?" I question, the ten shook in my body slowly easing away.

"Some of us have think it could be possible that there is a mana pool that mixes into the well water. All of the water for the building is like that" The girl tells me.

"I see. That makes sense"  I reply.

"That or it could be bioluminescent algae. Whichever" The girl says "Sorry, I forgot to introduce my self. My name's Ashe"

"Oliver...." I say.

"You must be new, I've never seen you around before" Ashe says.

"I am. Just getting back into archery. I was in a bit of a rough patch before that" I say.

"Everyone has those. I hope you're doing better now" She replies, smiling once more.

"I'm trying" I say. That smile. It just shot an arrow through my heart.

"Look like you have met our golden hen" We hear, seeing Kindred and Wolf walk up to us.

"Lamb, why do you call Ashe a golden hen. She does not have feathers or appear to be golden" Wolf questions Kindred.

"A golden hen is another way to call a prized possession or a someone valuable. Ashe is the best we have here, Wolf" Kindred states to Wolf.

"I see. I understand now Lamb" Wolf states.

"Hey, how have you been Kindred?. You too Wolf" Ashe says then pets the top of the man sized wolf's head.

"Satisfactory. Everyone has been working hard" Kindred says.

"I do pose a question Ashe. When will the Dire Wolf come around once more? Lamb has had a desire towards him as of late" Wolf asks.

"Desire is not the word you are looking for Wolf. The word you seek is Admire, using the previous wording imposes another context which leads to false pretenses" Kindred explains to Wolf.

"I understand. One is for that of someone you think highly of, while the other is the want for someone or something" Wolf states.

"I'm sorry, I don't know when he'll be around again. He's been working hard lately, maybe during regionals" Ashe answers.

"Who is this Dire Wolf he speaks of?" I ask curiously.

Ashe smiles "Kindred and Wolf are talking about my older brother. They've always seemed to think highly of him"

"Yes, only he could draw the string of the bow. One the size of a man" Kindred states.

"A man sized bow? That should be physically impossible to do. That would take an insane amount of strength to do, no normal human can do that" I say making Ashe giggle a bit.

"Too bad my brother isn't a normal human" Ashe says.

"Well. Wolf and I should get going. Make sure to close up before you leave Ashe" Kindred says.

"Do take care of Ashe" Wolf says.

The both of them then walk away, Leaving Ashe and I together. Alone with a girl... "Want to train more? I can help you if you need anything" Ashe says sweetly.

"Thanks for the offer. I surly need the help" I say. I want to get to know this girl more.

"C'mon then" She says.

"O-okay" I say.

{Time Skip}

Ashe helped me with my aim for a few hours. She and I just, clicked. She has a cute laugh, as much as she tries to be reserved about it. Having a passion for Archery that I don't think anyone could really have. Ashe also is really good at the sport itself.

"Um, Hey Ashe" I say to her as she locked up the building with a spare key.

"Yeah?" She replies as she pulls out a key to an older f150, that was well kept.

"I know we've known each other for a little bit, but I was wondering if you'd like to, maybe, go see a movie together?...I want to get to know you more" I say while nervously scratched my neck. I'm not used to asking girls out. Girls usually came flocking to me.

"Are you asking me out on a date?" She asks.

"Yes?" I say, questioning myself even.

A smile forms on her lips "Does tomorrow work?" She asks.

"Is that a yes?" I question.

She lets out a giggle "Yes you dork" She says "Let's exchange numbers first"

"Okay" I replied.

Ashe and I exchanged numbers. When we're done Ashe smiles once more "See you tomorrow. I'm looking forward to it" She says before starting her truck and leaving.

"Holy shit....I'm going on a date tomorrow..." I say.

Part 2.

It's the next day. I stood outside the movie theater, waiting for Ashe. My foot tapped rapidly on the ground in anxiousness. I'm really going on a date. I've gone on a date before, though they never felt, real. That's how it felt anyway, maybe because when you're popular in school somethings aren't the way they seem.

"Hey Oliver" I hear, I was stuck in my own head not paying attention.

I look up from the ground and see Ashe, she was in a white cloud that complimented her ash white hair, and a pair of skinny jeans "Sorry if this is too casual...I've never been on a date before" Ashe says while putting a strand of hair behind her ear.

"Seriously? No guy has ever asked you out?" I asked her.

She shakes her head "No, my brother tended to scare guys off due to his reputation"

"Reputation? Is he a bad guy?" I questioned.

Ashe shakes her head, now a smile on her face "Not at all, he's the best brother I could ever ask for"

"Let's get inside before the lines get long" I say while motioning inside.

"Let's" She replies.

Ashe and I quickly got our popcorn and drinks. Ashe decided we should just share one large popcorn. I agreed, feeling like I was the nervous one. We were gonna see some action movie, well that's what we decided on. We soon got to our seats, sitting next to each other.

"Alright Oliver. Stay cool. Chill... don't become some nervous reck" I thought to myself.

I hear the sound of some roudy guys behind us a few rows back. I glance behind us and see the two old friends I used to hang out with. They were with some preppy looking guy, he had a smug look on his face. Dirty blond hair matched with rounded gold and black ears atop his head. I immediately turned back forward.

"Just my luck that those two idiots are here. They even replaced me already. Not that I care"

Ashe notices my tense actions "Something wrong? If it makes you feel better. I'm nervous too..."

"It, uh, it's not not that...thought I saw something is all" I replied to her. Instead of having a nice time with Ashe on my mind. It's now those dumb fucks.

"I see" Ashe says, then glancing back at the screen as the lights became dim.

"Wait, was I supposed to say something else? Don't fumble already you idiot! Alright, stay calm Oliver. Don't worry too much about it"

The movie starts, the roudy idiots behind me finally getting decently quiet. However. The eyes of my replacement, I could feel burning the back of my skull. I didn't have to turn around to realize he was staring down at me. Mid way through the movie, as my left arm laid on the armrest. Ashe puts her right hand on top of mine...then intertwining her fingers with mine from above.

My thoughts immediately got distracted from the movie to this "What the fuck is happening!?!, I haven't said anything"

I glanced towards Ashe and she glances back at me, giving me a small, sweet smile, it could have lit up the room if it wanted to "Stay calm Oliver. It's just her hand...don't question it...just embrace it.."

The movie reeled on, once it ended. We waited a bit, before getting up. Our hands separated for a second, Ashe grabs my hand once more, now holding my hand in the more traditional way. She glances my way, that sweet smile on her face still. This time, something felt off. I just didn't know what.

"C'mon, let's go" She says before pulling me with her, the smile still in her face as she said it in a bit of a playful tone.

"No need to pull, we're going the same way" I say, a smile on my face. I genuinely feel happy.

We exit the movie theater and she smiles my way as we walked towards her truck "I'm happy you asked me out" She tells me.

"Y-You are?" I replied.

"Did I just fucking stutter!?!"

"You're cute Oliver" She says.

"What the fuck?!"

"T-Thanks. I think you're cute too" I reply back.

Ashe blushes a bit with a slight giggle "Good, now here's a present" She tells me then leans up and places a kiss on my cheek.

"Fucking score? I didn't fumble!"

We make it to her truck, she parked in the side of the theater where there was no one "Hey, how about we go to the club and practice a bit?" She asks me with a smile.

"Sounds great, though I'd have to go back home and get my bow" I replied back.

"I can met you there then" She replies, her hand ?still holding mine as she smiled.

Ashe's smile falters as she glances behind me. I slowly turn around, letting go of Ashe's hand. It was the three stooges from earlier. My "replacement" walked close with tweddle deee and tweddle dumb at his sides, Daron and Baron. No they aren't related. A gold and black tail followed him as he smugly walked towards us. I was irked by that dumb look on his fucking face.

"Is he a leopard vastaya?"

"Oliver Waylon. I've heard so much about you" The leopard vastaya says.

"And what of it? Now lay off" I snap back.

"Woah, so hostile. I just wanted to chat a little" He says to me the chuckles softly "Oh where are my manners. Richard Bekket, 2nd son of the Bekket family"

"I don't care who you are. What do you want?" I question.

"These boys say that you scammed them out of a deal, leaving you in their debt" Richard states to me.

"I don't recollect such a deal with those idiots" I tell him "You're just a pompous vastaya trying to shove his weight around. I don't give a shit what power your family holds"

Ashe grabs my hand from behind me, surely worried "I remember you telling us you'd get us a good time with a nice girl" Daron says.

"Yeah, a nice 10/10. Saying you'd do whatever you had to, in return for everything we've done for you" Baron adds.

"Those two lying idiots"

"I never said such a fucking thing" I growl.

"Maybe you did. Maybe you didn't. Something I can say though, is that I want some of that delectable treat you have" Richard states.

"Like hell you are. You sure know how to put the dick in Richard" I reply back.

Richard sighs "They always do it the hard way" He says then snaps his fingers.

Daron and Baron sprint towards us. I instinctively put my hands up to fight. Not that I know how to. Daron tackles me to the ground while Baron rushed Ashe and was able to get her from behind with a hand over her mouth to keep her quiet. As I scuffled with Daron, trying to get him off me. Richard smugly walked over to Ashe.

"C'mon Oliver. Fight back!" I shout at myself while remembering what (Y/n) had told me before he got into the pit ""If you wish for someone to not take what you care for, bare your fangs and claws and defend it with your life""

As my adrenaline kicked in, Something inside me clicked, something primal in a way. Anger? It felt like it. Bite, kick, claw, what ever it took to protect what I care for. I balled my right hand, my bow hand, into a fist then slammed it into Daron's side as I clinched my teeth. There's and audible crack of bone as Daron shouts in pain while holding his side. I jump up from the ground. My body felt light, and the feeling inside, the instinct to fight. I was like my body knew what to do before I did. I grabbed Richard by his shoulder and twisted him around before slamming my fist into his face. As he reeled back from the hit I grabbed him by the neck. Without realizing it, I began to lift him, he felt, light.

"You think you're all high and mighty? Huh. You have no power. No money. I know just the kind of guy you are. Thinking you can get away with anything just cause your family has power. Your family isn't you" I tell Richard before slamming him into the ground.

I lean back up as I looked at the now unconscious Richard, I didn't think I'd knock him out. I glanced at Baron and Ashe. Baron puts his hands up as my sight met his. My eyes then met Ashe's, she steps away from Baron and off to the side.

"Fight. Or run. Those are your options Baron" I say "If you run, take these dumbasses with you"

Baron chooses to run, helping Daron up then picking up the unconscious body of Richard before running off. I sigh while shaking my head as I shake that primal feeling away.

"Sorry, I don't know what came over me" I say as I looked away from Ashe.

"Hey...look at me..." Ashe says as she uses her hand to make me look her way, a sweet look on her face "Thank you..."

"I-I don't know what just happened. It just....happened. Like a trigger being pulled"  I reply to her.

"There's no need to explain...I understand. Thank you" Ashe says then leans forward and gently presses her lips against mine. Her soft lips touching mine for a second before she pulls way "Still wanna go and practice?"

"Y-Y-Yeah" I replied. Fumbling with saying a single word.

Ashe giggled "Alright. See you there"

Ashe gets in her truck then drives off. I'm left there kinda stunned "She kissed me...." I say aloud in disbelief "Hell yeah!!" I shout.

I hold myself back from complete victory, not to look like a complete idiot in public to whoever sees me. However, the feeling from a second ago came back. Confusion. I didn't know I could lift a person up with one hand, when did I become that strong? It had to of been the adrenaline rush right? Granted it was only for a second that he was in the air so it's entirely possible that it was that.

"Let's not over think it Oliver, it's not like I'm going to magically become strong like the Beast of Piltover"

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Hello everyone. I'm here to clear things up before someone gets the wrong idea. Oliver is in no way an insert or OC of me or anyone I know. I am trying to use him to extend my writing capabilities and experiment story telling related to (Y/n) for example without specifically it having to be through (Y/n)'s eyes

Also. Since it has been some time and chapters since what happened with April. I'm going to be honest. April is a character I built up with a specific propose of dying. Experimenting to see if it was possible for me to create a character with absolutely no attachment to anything that could influence the reader and see if I can make the reader feel for this character that they only know through my writing. Then when it got to the chapter. I didn't have the heart to kill her off. I too inadvertently also fell in love with the character as a character. So I left it up to the responses of anyone who commented. And it seemed I succeeded and people didn't want her to die. A character of my own creation. I felt proud that I was able to do that. Also feeling a bit of shame for not following through with my original plan.

It did have its own road blocks if I were to kill off April, it would mean the readers main focus would of been highly motivated on that of April's death, a completely not existent character outside of this book, over what this book is supposed to be about, K/DA.

Anyway. If you e read this far into this book. Thank you.