Celestial University: A Bully Romance

Chapter 7: Celestial University - Day One

As Principal Lumin allowed the students to leave, the other heirs each garnered a three person entourage, barring Xia, whose bright fiery hair flowed with her more annoyance before pouting. Shemar hid his chuckle: she actually looked kinda cute.

"What are you looking at?"

"Nothing. Um, Lumin, can you at least take me to my class?"

"Nonsense, you're a grown man. You'll get accumulated pretty quickly," briefly unveiling a field of aura against the approaching paparazzi. He clapped his fingers and a field of aura countered their bright lights. Venture forward young Lord."

Alright, heading off. He overheard students complaining about where to go and professors telling them the lecture halls had their schedules. Following them, he grabbed his own:

"World Studies, Physical Education, Selective Major, and Selected Elemental Course. Changes are allowed provided permission from professors or administration.

"Huh, four classes like most colleges," searching his name in the registry once applicable, sucking his teeth once he saw fire under elemental course.

"At least I can switch," slightly hoping he could awaken the other ones. "Why couldn't I have been a Gemini," spotting a ton of fire users, and following them, where he got a closer look at Xia's entourage.

One had a feisty look on her face, juggling small embers with such skills, avoiding touching her brunette pigtails and blow as she threw them in the air at people in Xia's way.

The other one, with jet black hair used their muscles slightly on par with Taylor and Rigal to push those apathetic towards their own heir when they tried attacking his sister.

"Vital, Vena, let me handle this. Besides, anyone who doesn't listen to me won't even make it to sophomore year."

Shemar sucked his teeth. "Can you show them how great you are after we get to class?"

Xia cracked her neck once she noticed him. "Oh, Canis siblings, why not show my old friend what real firepower looks like?"

Seriously? The moment Vena summoned the small fireballs, he went for the bulletin boards, using the paper flyers to throw them to take the hit as they launched towards him.

Then her brother formed giant fire hands in the shape of a dog , smacking them so fast, his cheek hair burned even as he leaped away from the blast.

"Funny, I thought you loved pain. Let me help you," blasting fire to blast herself at him, "continue from yester-,"interrupted as a stream of air blew in as water dropped on top of them.

A hand touched Shemar's cheek as his burns faded, giggling. "Was it too cold? Why not use that heat in your pants to warm yourself back to normal? Or would you want my help."

The familiar voice made him look down, patting the flames on his pants before the steam cleared.

"Vital, Vena, how was break?"

"Calypsa," Xia groaned. "Stop getting between the two of us."

"Most guys don't usually get you this hot and bothered though. Sure you're not interested?"

Xia groaned while others gulped. Shemar kept his ears open.

"Is that Calyspa Castor?"

"Wait, wasn't she the girl who got revenge on the guy who bullied her?"

"The one who tied him to a tree and had him floating on a river after stripping him naked?"

The dark skinned girl the conversation centered around smiled at a now concerned Shemar. "That wasn't a half bad speech, earlier."

Before he could thank her again, Xia yelled for her to move out the way. A large form of warm water captured everyone outside and dragged them in the classroom, safely planting all of them in their seats.

"Good morning, students. I'm your Fire Elemental teacher, Professor Scaldwave Tidal."

He raised his hands. "Tidal? Why aren't you teaching water classes?"

The young man in his thirties flipped up coffee beans, cold milk, and tablespoons. Weaving his water and forming steam, he converged them in a cup before handing it over through what seemed like an invisible cup.

"Whoa," trying a sip as it burned his tongue. "Hot, but," fighting his disdain of coffee, "tastes great."

"An excellent question. While my sun sign is water, two of my other signs line up with fire. It takes a bit of time but it's possible to develop the recessive elements as much as your primary one. Care to guess my constellation?"

Sehki's eyebrows moved with his brain. "Not too bright on all the constellations."

"Crater. It allows me to channel and focus the movement of most forces of physical and magical liquid. And through emphasizing heat," concentrating briefly on a wooden pole, which lit on fire, "I can carve and wield the flame, or," showing then his sweating fingers, converging the steam into fire, "find other means."

Sehki nodded. "So there's different power sets for each constellation?"

"No duh," Xia blurted out. "We learned this in high school."

"Well neither of you can remember all eighty-eight when you were younger," Calypsa chimed in.

"Either way class, we all forget things at times. At the beginning of the creation of our universe a large force of negative energy from a black hole formed what was known as a Void. The universe itself had just begun to form planets for us to live on, as the creature began consuming all life and matter just as they began."

"But there was a force that counteracted them?"

"Correct, the supernova that constructed our world also released a positive force of energy. They were twelve heroes who used the cosmic powers gifted to them in order to combat the first Void and their army. However, as they were quickly outmatched, Earth became the last force where humanity started to form."

Calypsa raised her hand. "And they were worried about what to do until they passed on their teachings to another being before sacrificing themselves to become constellations and create means to stop the Voids from spreading."

"So wait, those twelve zodiacs were the first heroes? Then they passed down their teachings to the thirteenth zodiac?"

Half of the class started laughing at him.

"Ophiuchus doesn't exist in this world?"

Professor Tidal asked the class to settle down. "There's been speculation on whether it's considered or not."

"It's not speculation, they fled and tried to join the Voids, but ran back to Terra. No one trusted them so when the other seventy-six heroes formed constellations, they were the last to join. I feel bad for whatever loser ends up with their powers."

That piqued his curiosity. "Was there a reason they joined the Voids? To try and stop them from hurting others?"

Side conversations formed around the topic.

"Prince Sehki, that's a bit of a controversial topic. Best we move on from that."

"Yawn. I dunno teach," Calypsa stretched. "It's such a rare power. For extra credit, could we do a research project on it?"

"I'll consider it. For now, let's test your physical capabilities," as the classroom desks sink. In its place was what seemed to be science equipment.