Helluva Friend

Chapter 12

The entire day teaching students and Loona archery went so smoothly. In fact, better than I hoped. She did so well after I gave her a few tips that she became the center of attention. Of course, I still treat all my students equally, but Loona was at her A game. We did many target practice activities, we even held a game to see who got the most points. Of course, Loona won. I awarded her with a bow of her own. She hugged me and thanked me.

Later, the class ended, and everyone said bye to Loona. Looks like she's getting popular. I even joked about her becoming a magnet. We both laughed. Soon we were heading towards the locker room so that we can changed into appropriate clothing as tonight is the Within Temptation concert at the beach city. I was already ready to and waited on Loona. When she came out, she was in her new blue shirt and black shorts.

"Damn. You look great in that." I complimented her.

Loona blushed while stroking the side of her head. "Thanks. You good too."

I smiled. Loona is amazing. This is her true character. Why couldn't she be sweet like this all the time? I didn't bother to answer because the concert was about to start in an hour. We soon grabbed our things and heading towards the parking lot.

"Hey Bogy. Do I have to come to archery class everyday now?" She asked.

"Not everyday." I responded. "It's only held every Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. Plus, it's optional to come here. And besides, you did great."

"Thanks. But you helped me out big time. I thought I was gonna mess up in there and make a fool of myself."

"Never." I assured her. I placed my hands on her shoulders. She blushed in response. "You did great. And besides, you are popular to them."

Loona laughed. "I guess. So, are we going or not?"

"Get your helmet on and hop on." I gave her a helmet. We soon got on and departed.

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"I don't believe it. How can we have less followers? Our message was very clear." Teivel argued to another member of the church as he was walking back and forth in his private room at the church. He has been trying to convince many people to join their religion. Yet somehow, there were not many people. Some even stopped coming to the church and instead tried a different religion. Teivel was not pleased. In fact, he was furious.

"Sir Teivel. Our mission is to spread love and words of our lord and savior to everyone." The member replied. "But so far, you've worsen the situation. Our brothers and sisters say that you even forced a Jewish elder to join."

"I did what has to be done!" Teivel shouted.

"It was wrong. And what about you punishing a child for sleeping during our Sunday services?"

"He needed to learn the wisdom of god, not sleeping like nothing will happen. And besides, if he sleeps, the others will follow suit."

"You whipped him! You gave him scars so deep that the mother furiously left the church!"

Teivel scoffed. "She should've taught him better then."

The member sigh while rubbing his eyes. "It was still wrong. And the worst of it all; you show no compassion or forgiveness. Without them, the church will be looked down upon."

"Compassion and forgiveness cannot shield us!" Teivel shouted. "The Devil tricked Adam and Eve into eating the forbidden fruit and were exiled from God's paradise! That proves that even the smallest sin is enough to be damned to Hell for all eternity! We must be strong to resist temptation!"

"ENOUGH!" Another voice boomed from behind them. It was the father of the church, the man in charge. He had heard everything. "Teviel. Clearly you have lost your way."