
Chapter 6 - Learning About Omni Magic and The Harsh Memories
One moment Lukas learnt about Magic and that he had some form of affinity, but yet when he lost focus, he was out cold the next moment. Now he woke up on a couch, when he sat up, he felt like his head was in pain so he held it with his right hand. He had a look around the room, seeing that he was back home, making him panic on the inside.
He was really confused. How long was he out for? How much did he miss? Is he in big trouble? All these questions flowed into his mind as he got up to check outside one of the windows. He saw that the sun was setting, making him go pale.
Lukas: "A-Am I....?"
He felt like he messed up somewhere, because of his own stupidity. This made him remember a really bad memory, causing him to tear up as his tears flowed down his face as he clasped the window sill. He then heard the front door open, making him immediately wipe his tears away and calmed himself down, reminding himself not to over think right now and just relax. After he was calm, he went to see who arrived, luckily it was Zai.
Zai seemed to have just arrived from some form of store perhaps since he was carrying bags upon bags of food and snacks. When Zai turned to see Lukas, he could tell that something was off with him.
Sonzai: "Glad to see that you're awake Lukas, but you okay?"
Lukas: "W-What do you mean..?"
Sonzai: "You're eyes are slightly red and you look a little pale."
Lukas then looked away in embarrassment, realizing that he should have probably washed his face to clean himself up before seeing him.
Sonzai: "Look, luckily you are not in trouble thanks to me, but it took a lot of convincing on my end to get that right. Yamino-Sensei and Dez-San were not easy people to convince, plus also Akuma-Sensei gave me a hard time as well. But Yagoo-San convinced them to let me take you back here and return back to the Academy. I knew that if they checked up on you, they would have figured you out by now."
Lukas: "I know..."
Sonzai: "However, Yagoo-San also learnt of your predicament, having Omni Magic affinity."
Lukas then finally looked at Zai, confused on what that is supposed to mean.
Lukas: "W-What is Omni M-Magic..?"
Sonzai: "Omni Magic is a form of Magic that can allow one to use any form of Magic."
Lukas: "W-W-WHAT!!?"
Lukas was honestly shocked and surprised by this revelation. It was something he himself didn't expect, having a powerful ability while still being very weak. This is somewhat concerning for him, making him sweat.
Sonzai: "Geez, that was loud, relax."
He said this while checking if his ears were functioning still, then continues to explain.
Sonzai: "Omni Magic is very rare and very potent. Yagoo-San believes that the best thing to do is to let me train you directly, and I also thought that during the class. Now you will be the popular one for once bucko."
Sonzai put on a smile, though this just made Lukas freak out.
Lukas: "What is that supposed to mean!? You know I am not good with people!"
Sonzai: "And now you're not stuttering? Man, what put that stick up your ass?"
Lukas: "W-What?"
Sonzai: "Never mind. But to tell you the truth, Omni Magicians are very rare due to how one is only born every two hundred to four hundred years. I will admit, you surprised me but that doesn't mean I will let it slide. Combat class is tomorrow and I am going to show you during that class how to harness your Magic. Understood?"
Lukas didn't know what to really say, but all he could was remain silent. He never knew that he had this form of potential inside of him in the first place. He had never trusted anyone in a really long time due to how people only used to talk to him because of his family. He nodded his head and he decided to sign language to tell Zai that he will be in his room for the remainder of the day since he needs to sink all of this in. He hoped that Zai understood that, not caring about his reaction and just walking to his room, mainly locking the door behind himself, not wanting to be disturbed.
This afternoon was a rollercoaster of emotions for him. The anxiety he has is a problem and that he will admit, but he does get paranoid over certain things when he fears the unknown consequences of his own actions. That is how he lost people he thought he could trust.
He shut his eyes as he started to drift asleep, hoping that he would feel better in the morning. But the moment his eyes closed, he opened them to see a memory of his own past, the time of when he was actually happy with his family. His younger self was running around playing with his younger sister. Her hair being more of an interesting light blue colour while her eyes are more of a silver colour. In truth people would look at the two and say they looked nothing alike, that much is true but the two saw each other as true siblings, being a three year difference in their age.
His mother was sitting on a bench watching the two playing. She had purple eyes and wavy black hair. To his younger self, he would see her smile but the current Lukas watching all of this knew the truth. When his younger self looked away, his mother would have an uncomfortable look on her face. He does feel like an idiot for not noticing the truth when he was very little, but all his mother wanted from him was making good impressions, not caring about what he thought in the matter.
The memories then cut to his younger high school days, when he was sitting in his class with his so called friends of his past. The current one smiled at this moment, but changed his expression when he knew the true reason of their friendship, to leach off of him. Within his previous school people always wanted to look amazing and be on top of the game. The boys who approached him mostly wanted money to impress everybody while the girls constantly thirsted for him, even if he constantly rejected them, they still kept it up even through their own frustration.
It then cut to a moment after the "incident". The father who had black hair and silver eyes was screaming at Lukas's younger self. The mother was taking the father's side and the sister hid behind the parents, having a devious smirk plastered on her face, happy to see him getting punished. To Lukas, this was what ruined the balance of his understanding in life and broke him mentally forever. He started tearing up, trying to reach out for his younger self in an attempt to get him out of there, let him leave that hellhole, but a darker and more menacing shadow form of himself stopped him by grabbing his wrist. He turned to look at him, his tears wouldn't stop but he knew what this was, the manifestation of his own darkness, the side of him he always wanted to keep in check.
He knew one moment can cause him to snap and become what he doesn't want to be. But the moment the memory faded, he woke up from his nightmare, sweating and filled with tears flowing down his very own face. His breathing was ragged, making him have trouble to breath. He knew the truth about himself, the way he copes, the way he chooses to hide his true self under his own current nature. Drawing, music, distancing his past was the only methods of handling his own sanity hidden behind his own mask he had made. No one wanted to help him back then, yet even if Zai and Tanigo want to help him now, he has a bad feeling swelling in his stomach like as if he couldn't trust himself anymore...
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