The Battles

List of Characters -Hazel -Khaos -Jaden -Norris

**A few days later**

“Hey, you ready?” I spoke on the phone to Jaden.

“Yup, I think so.”

“Okay, see ya there, I guess,” I said back. I’d just finished packing for the trip to Hero High and was checking in on my friend to see if he was ready. As I stepped outside, I saw my mother, waiting for me. I gave her a hug and stepped into the van with the rest of my classmates. I looked around and saw only one spot open next to this girl with blonde hair. I sat down and closed my eyes to try and get some rest.

“Hi! My name’s Hazel!” she chirped happily. I groaned inwardly. I stayed up till 3, so I barely got any sleep.

“Nice. Mine’s Khaos.” I said, hoping to end the conversation then and there.

“Wow! That’s a neat name! How old are you? I’m 16!” she said, still holding her starting enthusiasm.

“I’m 17,” I muttered, opening a single eye and staring at Jaden, who was probably inwardly laughing at me, judging by that smile on his face. I sighed and opened both eyes and was taken aback. *Wow…She’s pretty…* I thought.

“Whoa! You have purple eyes?” she asked curiously.

“Well…yes and no. They change to different colors. It’s a side effect of my powers and stuff. They tend to change depending on my mood, though.” I explained, now fully awake. “Purple means Normal/Bored/Tired. Blue means Happy. Red means Mischievous and Black means Angry.”

“Nice!” Hazel exclaimed. “What’s your power? Mine’s Fire, Ice, and Water!”

“Mine’s Explosives, Copy Ability, and, uh, something else.”

We ended up talking for the rest of the trip. Once we finally arrived at the school, I walked in with Jaden and Norris.

“So,” Norris asked, “When’s the wedding?”

“Huh? Do you mean because I talked with that girl for the whole trip?” I asked.

Norris only nodded and began sprinting away as I started flinging C spears at him. Jaden laughed and ran off as well, leaving me in the dust.

I felt someone tap me on the shoulder and I turned around to be face to face with Hazel! “Um, can you walk me to class? We are both in the same class, I think,” she asked. I was going to say I couldn’t but then I realized how ridiculous this must look. She was practically leaning on me! “Sure, I guess. If that's okay, my friends might come,” I said, inwardly sighing.

5 minutes later, we were in class and I was sitting next to Hazel, Jaden and Norris were behind me.

I noticed, though, that Jaden wasn’t paying attention.

He was staring at another girl with reddish hair. Being the mischievous boy that I am, I tapped him on the shoulder and walked by, dropping a note that read, “Wow. Just wow. Already in love, eh?”

I walked back with a satisfied smirk as I watched him turn red. Yep, this was going to be a fantastic year.

“Alright, class. You can go to your dorms.” Mrs. Scumbag said.

“Finally!” I said, under my breath. I checked my schedule and saw I was in a dorm with Hazel, Jaden, and Ava. I was partially delighted and also annoyed. On one hand, I would get to tease Jaden. On the other hand, he’d do the same to me. I bombed my way to my room and unlocked it. It seemed decently sized with 4 beds, a kitchen, a closet, and a bathroom. I set my stuff down and unpacked everything when I heard a knock on the door. I opened the door and, once again, Hazel walked inside. *Oh, crud.*

“Hiya!” she greeted me.

*Dang, it.*

“Hi,” I said after packing everything away.

“How was class-?”

My phone suddenly went off. “Excuse me real quick. I kinda ran outta the room and answered. It was Jaden.

“Hello?” Jaden said.

“What do you want, bro?” I asked, rather annoyed.

“Ava and I are gonna play Dodgeball and we need more people.”

A terrible grin appeared on my face. “I’ll be there.”

I called Hazel, Norris, Karah, who I met in class, to let them know about the dodgeball game, then I walked to the gym and watched a ball fly toward my face.

“Uh, oh,” Jaden says, sarcastically. I catch the ball and blow it up, flinging it right back at him. *SMACK!* “You’re out,” I said, smiling politely. We split up into teams. It was me, Hazel,and Norris. On the other side, it was Jaden, Ava, and Nate, who nobody invited, but just kinda showed up.

“Let the games begin!”

I threw two balls at Jaden’s stomach, but of course, he used “Lightspeed Dash” and side-stepped them. I saw a ball heading straight for Hazel and, without thinking, I C-speared it. I blushed profusely and dodged a ball coming from Jaden. I blew up my feet and molded two C4s into balls. I threw them and one real one. Jaden smirked and dodged the fake ones but was hit by the real one. I landed and smiled.

“Hehehe, sorry about that,” I said. Jaden laughed it off and walked away. Nate started talking about make-up stuff and almost hit me with an unsuspecting ball. Hazel doubled over, laughing and I blushed again.

Some of Nate’s powers are Super Speed and Strength. He threw a ball at me and I barely dodged. I bounced up and watched Ava battling it out. I suddenly see a ball heading toward my stomach. I feebly put out a C4, when suddenly it stretches into a makeshift shield, blocks the ball, and flies to Nate’s feet, where I finished him off. I landed, shook his hand, and decided to step out. As I watched Nate fling 3 balls at Norris and Hazel, 2 of which were blocked, I thought about what happened. I didn’t even do anything to deflect that ball! It just kinda happened.

I waited until the match was over [By the way, Nate lost] then I told Hazel and Norris about what just happened. “Reminds me of Naruto and Kuruma,” said Norris.

“You know, my mother was saying something about keeping my anger in check, because if I didn’t ‘It’ would break out,” I paused, to see what they thought.

“Hm,” Hazel said. I walked back into my dorm and flopped down. I grabbed my phone and saw that it was already 4:30!

“OH MY CIRCUITS, I HAVEN’T EATEN SQUAT!”

**10 minutes later**

“Sheesh~,” I said. I just finished eating my Popeyes order of fries and 2 pieces of fried chicken, mild. I walked to my next class, Hero Training, taught by WoodsWarden. I met up with Jaden and Norris and, naturally, decided to race.

Jaden raced off, using Lightspeed Dash. Norris pushed himself forward with “Crusher. I, however, used my newest ability, Khaos Warp. It allows me to go anywhere in the world by slashing a hole in the time/space continuum. I warped to the class and sat down. Jaden whizzes in and yells,

“HAHAHA I BEAT KHAOS AND NOR-” He stares at me.

I yawn and startle, like I just woke up.

“O-oh! When did you get here?”

“Curse you.”

Ava chuckles and Jaden blushes, tomato red.

“Ha! You’re are so cute!”

I sit down as the teacher enters.

“Good morning, class. Today, we will be having a battle royale. This is 50% of your overall grade.”

I grin as I stare at Jaden. We walk up to the front and pick out names for who we are fighting against.

“Aw, man! I got Nate!” Jaden said.

“I got Norris!” I sighed, but inwardly I was grinning.

Now I could get him back for the “wedding” comment.