Strange Magic | SaTzu

Chapter 20: Ordeal

"Who has awakened now?" A man wearing all black asked.He was wearing a hood that covered his face.

Tch, I knew it. It's him alright. No matter how hard he tried to conceal his identity, I can always recognize that vexing voice of his. I sighed in annoyance and faced the man I despised the most. Yes, it's the overseer. That fucking bloodthirsty bastard.

He took off his hood and our eyes met, those hungry eyes. He tread forward and stopped his tracks when he was at least one meter away from me. He tapped his right foot, still staring at me. It was obvious, he was waiting for me to speak.

"Speak up squirrel, who has awakened?" He asked, rather querulously.

I shot him a glare, rolling my eyes in the process. "Some ordian girl." I answered half-heartedly. 

"So that makes eight if I'm not mistaken." He placed his right hand on his chin, as if he was thinking deeply.

"Yeah, whatever." I replied, showing no interest in out conversation or whatsoever.

"Prepare our troops. We shall be the one attacking this time." He smirked evilly. "We shall attack on the third Wednesday." He added.

"Thy will be done, sir." I bowed, and quickly left with Momo.

I sighed in frustration. Great, another war was coming our way. I need to tell Tzuyu about this. I don't want anything to happen to Tzuyu. My Tzuyu.

"A penny for your thoughts?" Momo asked out of the blue.

"Oh uh. It's just that, another war is coming." I faced her.

"And I'm worried about Tzuyu." I added.

"Don't worry, she'll be fine. You should worry about yourself first. " She smiled, patting my back.

We entered the barracks and told the troops to prepare themselves for the upcoming ambush. Walking out of the building, a familiar figure approached us.

"Oh Mina, hey." Momo greeted.

"Hi guys~ Have you visited Nayeon?" She replied, asking if we have visited the bunny teeth girl.

"Uhh, nope, why? What happened?" I asked, with a bewildered face.

"Apparently, she lost. And, she's currently at our dorm." She explained.

"What?! How? She's the strongest in our team!" Momo exclaimed. She was in disbelief.

Mina sighed and shrugged her shoulders, she signaled us to follow her, so we did. We walked back to the dorm we were staying at. I plopped down in the couch and sighed in satisfaction.

"Finally I can rest!" I exclaimed in joy.

"Same. I'm hungry." Momo nodded her head, while rubbing her stomach.

"You can do that later, Nayeon's upstairs." Mina shook her head in disbelief.

"Fine Fiiiineee." I groaned in annoyance.

I went upstairs and went to Nayeon's room. I faced her door and had second thoughts in knocking, better yet, in entering. Scrutinizing her front door, I realized that she had a bunny stickers surrounded in her door. Aww cute. I shook my head and decided to knock. A voice called out telling me to enter. So I did.

"Uhm, Hi unnie." I greeted her shyly.

"Hey Sana." She replied, smiling

"So how are you? What happened?" I started to ask her questions. I was really curious as to what happened to her.

"I'm fine now, pretty good." She smiled, revealing her bunny teeth. "Unfortunately, your unnie lost, to the person I marked." She added.

"Oh.. But how? That's impossible unnie! You can revert time!"

"She can stop time." She retorted quickly.

"Oh.." Was all I can reply.

My eyes wondered around her room, I couldn't face her. I didn't know why. I felt like I somehow betrayed her.

"U-Uhm. I'll go now unnie, see you later." Not waiting for her reply, I quickly scurried out of her room down to the living room.

"You hungry?" Momo asked from the kitchen.

"Mhm." I hummed.

Now that you've mentioned it, I haven't ate anything since forever. Smelling the familiar scent of jokbol, I quickly entered the kitchen. Only to see a Momo eating vigorously, as if her life depended on it.

"Slow down will you?" I sighed in disbelief. "It's not like your jokbol's gonna leave you.

"No! I'm so hungry!" Momo answered in protest.

 "Fine fine, give me some, I'm starving too." I started digging in as well.

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A few days had passed, and things got rougher here. Our fellow chaeons were trained mercilessly. While we were here, watching them suffer. What's worst is that Nayeon's down there. The overseer was not pleased to know that Nayeon lost to a mere ordian. So she was punished, forcing her to join the bloody routines.

I was constantly sent to spy on the other side. I rarely got the chance to see her. Which was very depressing. I really missed her voice, her soothing voice. The others felt the same. It was really weird, she was not a Singularity, and I doubt that I marked her. But, I've been longing for her to be by my side.

Momo had a similar issue, but unlike mine, she marked Dahyun. She begged to join me in spying, but I couldn't allow her. She gave me a letter instead, she told me to give it to her so I agreed. On the other hand, Mina's been acting really strange. She's been summoning bloody crystals, which took form of Chaeyoung, so I presumed that she marked Chaeyoung. Like Momo, she gave me a bloody crystal necklace. She told me to give the "bloodstone" necklace to Chaeyoung.

On the other hand, Nayeon was still the same. Cheerful, easy going, and positive. But, never did she stop talking about Jeongyeon when we were at home. She was careful not to blurt our her name during training or else she'll get a good beating.

I sighed, while I continued to stride the covered walk of Order. This was horrible, the ordeal of missing someone is painful as heck. Mindlessly, I walked to a familiar scene. The Institute's back area. Hoping to see someone there, I continued to tread forward. I sighed in disbelief, I hoped for nothing. With a heavy heart, I started walking back. Until, a sweet voice called out. Oh I miss her voice.

"Sana? I know you're there. I can feel your presence. Come out now." Tzuyu called out with a hint of excitement.

Without thinking twice, I sneaked to her back and quickly hugged her. "Hey Chewy, how are you?" I quickly unveiled myself.

She was surprised by my sudden hug, but nonetheless, she held my hands. "I'm great! How about you?"

"I missed you." I answered bluntly.

"W-What? E-Eh. Uh.." She was flustered, she tried to hide the blush on her face, but she was too late already.

"Also, I came here to warn you all, The Chaos is set to attack on the third Wednesday. It's an ambush attack." I confessed everything I knew.

"R-Really? Why are you telling me this? Why are you betraying your own kind?" She asked in disbelief.

"Because I never considered myself a chaeon anyways, call me a renegade, I don't care. I want you to be safe, and that's it." I replied honestly.

I turned her body to face me. I stared at her brown doe eyes. Those eyes that piqued my interest in her. She looked up, and our eyes met. I couldn't bring myself to pull away. I really missed those eyes. Slowly, I started leaning forward. She didn't push me, instead she closed her eyes. Our faces were inches away. I can feel her breath against my lips, we were so close. Our upper lips were touching, until a voice called out and startled us both.

"What the hell are you doing Tzuyu?!"