The Unknown God at First High

Chapter 3: Kendo Dispute

It was the next day, and Tatsuya, along with Ryuga, were being introduced into the Disciplinary Committee. They were sitting next to each other, listening in on Mari's instructions for the day. They were to do a normal patrol during the club recruitment day. After Mari's introduction and briefing were through, a young man with black hair spoke up.

???: "Can we trust them to do this?" He pointed to the missing emblems on the sleeves of Tatsuya and Ryuga.

Mari: "We can. I've seen both of their skills with my own eyes, and they are competent enough to handle a simple patrol. If that's all, you're dismissed."

Ryuga and Tatsuya were about to leave the room, but Mari blocked their way.

Mari: "As for you two, you need to get your committee CADs."

She pointed to a shelf with a bunch of wrist-worn CADs on it. There were old and new models. Ryuga walked over and picked one of the newer models. He adjusted it to fit his wrist and waited for Tatsuya. Tatsuya, however, being the unintentional show-off he is, picked two of the old models. After they walked out of the room, Ryuga pulled him to the side.

Ryuga: "You sure you can use magic with both those CADs? You do know that they will block out each other's spell right?"

Tatsuya: "I'm confident enough in my abilities. But what about you? I'm sure that CAD isn't adequate enough to hold your power."

Ryuga: "Don't worry about that, I got a trump card." He tapped his pendant, and Tatsuya sighed. "Okay sorry! Alright? I lied to you only because having a CAD on grounds is against the rules."

Tatsuya: "And now that you're in the disciplinary committee?"

Ryuga: "Exactly!" He winked and walked away.

-Timeskip-

Ryuga was patrolling the campus, sifting through the craze of the club recruitments. So far only minor ruckuses have broken out, like disputes over a member for clubs or something like that. As he walked around, he spotted a couple of people he knew. Erika and Tatsuya were running away from what looked like a bunch of kids, Miyuki was being swarmed by club recruitment members, and Mikihiko was sitting alone, again. Ryuga walked over to Mikihiko, who was sitting underneath a tree. Ryuga's body cast a shadow on Mikihiko's eyes, causing him to open them.

Mikihiko: "Oh, Ryuga. What are you doing here?"

Ryuga: "Just patrolling." He pointed to the disciplinary committee band that he had around his arm.

Mikihiko: "The disciplinary committee doesn't seem like something you'd be interested in."

Ryuga shrugged.

Ryuga: "I was forced into it. What about you? Thinking of joining a club?"

Mikihiko: "I don't think so. I'm not good with people."

Ryuga: "Yeah neither am I."

There was a silence, but not an awkward silence, it was a peaceful silence as the two looked at the scene. There were students running around with fliers, students being swarmed by other students, and other such spectacles. The peacefulness, however, was interrupted when people started running towards the gymnasium. Figuring that it might be something for him, Ryuga said farewell to Mikihiko and ran off to it.

Once Ryuga got into the gym, he saw two students having a kendo/kenjutsu match. There was one female, who was on the kendo side, and one male, who was on the kenjutsu side. The two swung, and hit each other, but the female's sword position was fatal, if it was a real sword. Unable to accept his defeat, the male cast a spell on his kendo sword. Ryuga read the spell, and seeing that it was lethal enough to kill someone, Ryuga rushed forward.