The pen is Mightier than the Sword

Chapter 10

I stared deeply into the rabbit's beady little eyes for a moment before sighing and turning back towards Trey to start our normal bout.

"Aren't you going to say something?" The rabbit asked excitedly. People had started starting at the rabbit in confusion; apparently, they could see him now.

"Nope," I returned, refusing to let him get a rise out of me. That was when I had a devious thought.

"Hey teach, can the tournament team skip class and have a private practice?" I asked innocently.

"Uh, sure I guess." He responded after a moment of thought.

"Can I decide what we do since I'm captain?" I continued.

"I suppose..." He said, clearly beginning to grow suspicious.

"You heard him guys!" I said as I grabbed the bunny and started walking off to the side before the teacher changed his mind. The others followed curious of what I had planned. I put on an extremely serious face and looked at each of them for a moment in complete silence to build the mood (hopefully the rabbit in my arms didn't lower the tension too much....). I sat down put the rabbit on my lap and much to its annoyance started petting it, in much the same way that a clichéd evil villain would pet a cat in movies.

"As you know, the inter-school competitions are no joke." I began seriously. "We'll be at a huge disadvantage against many of the other schools. Some teams are even made up entirely of humanoids or apocalyptic demons. You just have to take a look at our team to know we'll have a tough time. I mean we have this rabbit, and a half-shark thing." Ken glared at me, I ignored him and continued, "So, to make up for our weakness we'll have to accelerate our practice, starting with our weakest members. Let's do some hardcore training! 1v4 matches starting with our weakest member! You're up Ken."

"Hey!" Ken yelled, clearly upset I insinuated that he was the weakest. He seemed as though he was about to challenge me, but soon changed his mind after remembering what happened yesterday. He looked at me again and was about to give up when he saw the rabbit and grinned.

"Do you really think I'm weaker than that rabbit!" he continued. This is exactly what I had been waiting for....... I mean did he really think I wanted to be stuck fighting a 1v4 fight?

"Oh, do you want to challenge him?" I responded nonchalantly.

"Challenge? It won't be a challenge." Ken responded smugly.

"Ok, I guess there's no helping it. We'll give up on the 1v4 fights and you can challenge Orion. You seem pretty confident though, want to make a bet?"

"Sure"

"Ok, if you lose you have to walk on your hands for the rest of the weak," I said, determined to add insult to injury.

"Fine, but if I win, you have to give up on Cezanna." Ken whispered as he walked passed me.

Ken took his position. The rabbit stared at me for a second, but eventually he started making his way toward Ken. The second I told them to start, Ken rushed toward the rabbit, clearly intent on making short work of him. Unfortunately, this particular rabbit was the angel of death........ Ken kept running, but no matter how much he ran, it seemed like he never covered any distance.

"Oh, Kenny Boy, the pipes the pipes are calling." I began to sing mockingly. Unfortunately, Kenny Boy seemed a bit busy. Suddenly, Kenny Boy froze as though he had been turned to stone. Much to everyone's surprise the rabbit began to float and its beady eyes turned red and began to glow. Clouds appeared out of nowhere and a lightning storm began. The other students had been doing their own thing, but everyone stopped, clearly mystified. Having the ability to make it rain in Hell was exceedingly difficult. While everyone was trying to figure out what was happening, eerie laughter started coming from the rabbit and everyone turned toward him. The next moment, skeleton hands began to pop out of the ground and grabbed Ken, fully intent on dragging him into the ground. Everyone stared at the rabbit in abject horror, but he didn't seem to mind all that much.

"Ken, you should probably give up before you die?" I said with a yawn.

"I........ I...... give up." Ken answered, nearly in tears. I walked toward the field and grabbed the rabbit before he could cause any more trouble.

"Tsk, tsk, tsk, weaker than a rabbit. There's really no hope for this group." I said in mock disappointment as I walked away. "Oh Kenny Boy, don't forget to walk on your hands."