Milo stared at the ceiling as the pounding for his head slowly began to subside. He blinked, adjusting to the natural light in the room bathed in white. Soon, everything flooded back to him and he stood up in a sudden jolt of movement causing Emiko to wake up.
"Emiko," Milo breathed only to pause mid-sentence as a frown left his lips.
"Your awake,"she spoke in between a yawn. Her pale hand released from his left tanned as she began to stretch. Milo could make out the pile of missed homework assignment and groaned.
She chuckled as she got up from the chair and Milo picked up the first assignment and flipped through the pages.
" Good morning sleeping beauty," Elfren mumbled as seemed to materialize with the room. He adjusted his yellow scarf around his neck and sniffed before placing a sunflower in a vase to his right.
"You've got a lot of work to do. Seeing as you have been asleep for over a month, at least Simon water abilities are good for mending bones back together as well as among other things."
"
Wait, I have been a sleep for how long?" Milo blurted out. His right hand gripping the sheets, until he realised his arm was completely healed.
"How far-"
"Me and Vin are already learning combat combinations and drills. I've barely grasped my water abilities some-what," Emiko piped as her silver tail glimmered within the sun's rays. Elfren made himself comfortable in a leather arm chair before scratching his gotee lazily. He pointed a long boney finger at Milo then at his homework assignments.
"Get cracking on those lessons Kiddo, Emiko will help you with the material if you can't grasp the concepts."
Milo wasted no time as Emiko handed him a mechanical pencil. She sat next to him and opened up a small manuel labeled :
The Duties You Must Follow.
"Once you finished with those packets. Your first day with professor Seamus begin in gym, don't be late. "
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Two Hours.
Milo had never taken that long to finish a homework assignment before. Yet, this school was unlike anything else in the world for people like him. Walking with Emiko was a chore all on its own as his medical shirt was drenched in sweat by the time they entered the gym double doors.
Expecting a basketball court, some bleachers and school colors, Milo could only gap at the grass the covered the gym floor. The inside of the gym was the size of a football field, a large rocker water fall angled to the east giving off the smell of freshly spring water. To the west lay sinister building of some sort that resembled a company, in the south was what looked to be a massive bridge complete with cars stacked neatly within its expecting lanes.
" This is where we do our drills," Emiko explained leading them to the middle of gym facing a small stand that held a ball of some sort in the middle.
"Oh, thought I was going to be the first one here Emiko," spoke a voice that boiled Milo's blood.
Emiko smiled and waved over Vincent. Milo took a couple of steps toward the waterfall ignoring Vincent completely. He soaked in the light splashes of water cared off from the slight breeze of the wind.
"Milo and I beat you to it. Elfren wanted him to join us today." Emiko adressed.
"Shouldn't he be resting, finishing up missed assignments. I mean-"
"I'm fine," Milo snapped turning around to face Vincent for the first time, before averting his gaze and resting it on Emiko.
"I can't let drag my friends down with me. The homework isn't that complicated anyway, with Emiko I should be able to get it done."
Milo wasn't ready to fully forgive Vincent regardless of what Simon lectured. For now he just wanted to get better, catch up and learn how to use his windeath powers to protect those that need to be protected.
"I still don't think-"
"Look, just - Let's just follow Elfren's order alright. I am sure their is a good reason for his requests." Milo cut him off.
Vincent said nothing and Emiko eyes bounced from both of the boys. Her mind seemed to work on over drive as Vincent then spoke but now adressed Emiko.
"Where is Seamus?"
"She told me to wait here, the class will start an hour later than normal."
Vincent breathed shaking his head.
"You are his star pupil," Emiko joked causing Vincent face to turn red. "
We just have the same dark abilities is all. He's still a hard ass. "
"We get private lessons?" Milo questioned, Vincent opened his mouth to speak but thought better of it.
"Yes, Simon is my private mentor. He shows us different ways to use our abilities until we are able to better understand our own."
"So, Seamus must be a wind attribute." Milo added an both Vincent and Emiko nodded at the same time. Milo sat down on the grass and closed his eyes, he could hear the faint conversations of them both as his headache began to throb-less.
It was only his frist day back and he was already drained.