El Academy

Chapter 5 Catching up

It was early afternoon when Elsword left the secret base and headed for the woods to train. It didn't take long for him to find his special spot, a clearing with low grass, a small river not to far and big rocks. There he practised his sword and runes until he herd a rustle in the bushes. He expected to see some wild animal but what appeared was nothing close to one. It was actually Aisha and she had a surprised look on her face at his fighting stance towards her.
"Elsword? What are you doing here?" Aisha asked.
"I could ask you the same thing." Elsword said.
"I like the view here so I come here to relax. Are you here to train?" Aisha saod as she sat by the river.
"Hmm. Can I ask you something?" Elsword said.
"Sure go right ahead." Aisha responded.
"Have we met anywhere before my transfer to your school?" Elsword said bluntly.
That caught her by surprise. He could tell from the shock on her face.
"Are you trying to flirt with me now?" Aisha said laughing nervously.
"I'm serius about this Aisha. Me, you, Rena and Raven, have we been friends before and I don't remember?! If so just say it! I want to confirm if what Raven told me is true or not!" Elsword said lowder.
"If Raven told you then... Yes it is true." Aisha said with a sigh.
Elsword was shocked. He opened his mouth to say something but no words came out, a hand going to his infected eye. He couldn't believe what he was hearing.
"Then why didn't you say anything..." Elsword said with a lower voice.
"We wanted to. Raven was dead set on not telling you though. We could see that he cared about you, he always treated you like the little brother he never had, so after that accident he was blaming himself for not being strong enough to protect you and he distanced himself from both three of us. Rena devoted herself in archery so that she could make sure something like that won't happen again while I consentrated on my elemental magic. I'm sorry." Aisha said with a sad look.
"It's okey. Thank you for confirming things for me... and sorry for souting at you like that. I was confused and when I am confused I get annoyed." Elsword said with a small smile on his face.
"Still friends then?" Aisha asked.
"Hmm, still friends." Elsword responded.
"Ahh... It feels so great to let it all out! Oh I need to inform Rena! By the way we are going to meet later want to come as well?"Aisha said taking out her phone.
"I'll think about it. I've got a few things I still need to short out in my head."Elsword said.
"Ok. If you deside to come we'll meet at the school in three hours from now and from there we'll see." Aisha said as she texted Rena. "Ok. I'll get going now."she added and got up to leave. Elsword followed not to long after going through the woods he entered the outskirts of the city. It was quite the walk to the school but it was okey since he had more than enough time on his hands.

Three hours later Elsword walked up to the school entrance, after making his own patrol in the city, where Rena and Aisha were. Upon seeing him Aisha waved at him and Rena looked a bit shy compared to her usual cheerfull self.
"Hey, you came!" Aisha said excided.
"Well it was either this or a boring afternoon in the library and this is more important to me than studies right now." Elsword said feeling awful for not remembering them. "So where to?" He added curious.
"How about that Cafe that opened recently? I heard that they have great puting!" Rena said excited.
"Why not, I'd like to taste something new for a change." Aisha said.
"Not a problem with me." Elsword said and they began walking to the Cafe in front of the lake in the park.

At the cafe while sitting in one of the tables drinking their respective chosen drinks the three of them were holding a conversation about the time they missed together.
"How have you been since... you know." Elsword asked the two girls.
"Well we certainly missed you. It wasn't the same without you and the moments we spent just hanging out along with Raven." Rena said.
"Yeah, he became more distant not even a single hallo. We kept contact and both aimed at entering the same school." Aisha said.
"I see. I spent most of my time recovering at the hospital. My coordination wasn't stable with one eye at first but I got used to it. Thought the food there was awful I don't get how can someone eat that thing." Elsword said laughing a bit at his comment on the food.
"I expected as much. But even with its taste it's healthy and the menu is organized by the best healer of my kind." Rena said.
"I guess that I should feel honored then." Elsword said and they all laughed.
"It's been a while since I last had a laugh like that." Elsword said once they calmed down.
"Wish everything could go back to how things were back then and Raven was also here." Aisha said earning nods of agreement from the other two.
Unknown to them a lone figure was watching from a roof nearby with a twisted grin on its face.