Harus

Prologue: Reunion

My dog is currently switching between pawing at my foot and pacing the room as I'm writing this. While her brother is asleep on my bed... And as soon as I let her into my sister's room, she returns to mine. -____-'  Forget it I'll just leave my door open till she figures out what the hell she wants to do.... *slams head into the wall*

6 Month's Later... P.O.V Kota Scott

The fist flew past my cheek, barely grazing it, before I twisted to the side and elbowed my opponent in the ribs. A slight crunch followed, and he stumbled to the side, hands clutching his torso. As he tried to recover from the cracked rib I gave him, my opponent failed to notice the kick till my foot connected with his head and sent him sprawling on the floor unconscious.

There was silence in the room as the proctor went over to my opponent and checked to see if he was able to continue.

A few seconds passed before the proctor stood up. "Liam Geeson, is unable to continue! Kota Scott is the winner!" Cheers erupted from the crowd that had gathered to watch our fight and I let out a breath that I didn't even know that I was holding. Walking off of the mat, I was instantly surrounded by classmates who were either clapping me on the back and congratulating me on passing the exam, or ones who were standing in the background, glowering at me. Giving them a huge grin and a thumbs up, I weaved my way through the crowd and into the locker rooms for a hot shower.

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Turning the water to the hottest setting it had, I stepped into the steaming stall. "Ahhh now this is the LIFE! So glad someone invented hot showers. The universe would be a colder place without 'em." Chuckling at my own pun, I started the process of cleaning off the sweat and grim that had accumulated on my body from my fight.

Huh that's strange... I swear the water is getting hotter... With a start I realized that the water was hotter, boiling in fact! Letting out a yelp of pain and a few choice swear words, I slammed the handle down and jumped out of the shower, intent on getting as far away from that shower as possible!

"Ah Kota it seems we caught you at a bad time, my apologies," came an old man's voice from behind me. I turned and saw the General and his Fureigish bodyguard standing in the doorway, watching.

"Oh hey there General! Long time no see! Oh and look what the cat dragged in my favorite Furegish! I don't think I ever caught your name last time we met. Must've been too busy kicking your ass to ask! Speaking of which, are you still the General's bodyguard? Gotta be horrible being the old man's paper boy," I stepped closer and the two of them stepped backwards. 

"Oi dirt eater put on some bloody clothes we don't need to see your shit," the Furegish snapped as he looked away. 

Casting my gaze downward, I realized that I had left my towel laying on the floor of the shower when I had rushed out to escape the water. "Ah! I knew I had forgotten something while trying to escape that demon shower," I grinned at the discomfort on the General's and the Furegish's faces and turned towards my bag "Now remember no peeking!" Fishing out some clothes I slipped into them and turned back to the two men who were looking in every direction but me. "Alright then, what brings you to the fine establishment that is this acadamy's locker rooms?"

"You," the General said emotionlessly. My mind instantly stopped wondering how the Furegish took off all of those strips of fabric that was laying over his armor and snapped back to the present.

"At 0800 hours, a sentry found an abandoned rocket ship on the outskirts of the Musta system. Except for one thing. The ship wasn't abandoned, there was a survivor."

"Okay... I'm still not sure why this concerns me," I said shurgging. "Now if you'll exscuse me, I have a party to get started." Pushing past the two men, I managed to take two steps, when I was stopped in my tracks by seven words. "She says her name is Kathy Scott."