A Tranquil Life..... Almost....

Hoping Light

     " Tangyuan, wake up !" I laughed at her, she had crawled into my bed and was laying on top of me, pinning me under the covers.

  " Is it time to go already?" She said with a sleepy yawn and sat up straight. Her skirt got a bit ruffled and her hair was a frizzy mess without her cap. " I would like to sleep some more Master Attendant..."

   I gave her a look and pushed her off the bed gently. Her feet hit the ground softly, but she still seemed to struggle to stand. Her spoon flew over to her and she crawled onto it , in her usual kneel." So does that hurt your knees?" I asked her while we ate breakfast

 " I've never really thought about it." She said taking a bite of her cereal before getting a huge grin and wolfing down the bowl." I mean , if I do this,"She unfolded her knees, putting her full weight on them , " it does a bit."

     We had small little babbling conversations all the way to my class. When I walked in , everyone and their food souls were already together and I made my way to the back, where everyone had made me sit.  Tangyuan followed me though, us laughing and playing the whole time.  We got looks and snickers but Tangy said not a word or acknowledged them, her whole attention on me.  until someone said " Hey that's a Tangyuan , she's too good for you, my Gyoza and Moon cake team would be better for her." 

  I had never seen someone be so bipolar. Her glare could kill a whale and freeze the sun, quiet tension so tight it might snap. " I wouldn't want a down-grade, and if you couldn't summon me or another version of me, you don't need nor deserve me, pig." She spat like a lizard spitting venom.  I thought her spoon would crack from how hard she was gripping it while glaring at the stupid boy. You'd think she would not only kill him, but everyone in that room.

    " Tangy , ummm..." I said pulling on the edge of her spoon, " Let's not get into a fight, I don't have any other food souls and I only have my knife in terms of extra help." I whispered to her. She only turned around , her brilliant smile up and going again.  I wonder if my negativity did that to her or if she really likes me that much.

      "Alright class, today we will be testing your souls and as it seems, Mister Alex has acquired a food soul, hopefully he can keep this one." Coldly said our professor and Tangyuan had put a target on not just impressing him , but surpassing him. She sent his Tiramisu a glare that could kill.  He lead us to the large arena where we were grouped by power and experience level. I was at the bottom for now, but I think Tangy could kill .  

       And boy was I right. Our first battle was against the bully, Maiko Cooso, and his shiny toy , a Sanma with an attack buff. Honestly, I felt bad for Tangyuan, until the fight began. His Sanma tried to flash at Tangy, but she got off her spoon, and flipped it, smashing him in the faces , while she danced on her paper below her. She looked so, so angry, that she didn't seem like a support. The Sanma seemed tired from the impact and it looked like it was still causing damage.  She seemed more energized, as if letting that out made her more capable of living. 

     And so the battle went on like that, every time he approached Tangy, she smashed her spoon on to him and got more and more energized as he got weaker.  She healed herself in between each couple of attacks , sometimes getting cut but mainly dealing damage. " Since when can a Tangyuan do dps?" I asked when she finally knocked his Sanma out. Her face held a blank look and seemed super energized, like she could use an energy skill. 

  " I dunno Master Attendant? I just felt so mad at the thought of you getting attacked I acted on instinct. Everything yelled for me to smash his face in , so I did, and then I felt like I got some of his energy." She shrugged, describing how I felt when I talked to anyone after Caramel died. Did my emotions and experiences change who she is? 

    " Let's just destroy these weaklings!" I said with a smile as we swept everyone, from The most powerful Kid to the weakest, all of them falling to the constant transfer of energy and high damage. It was like eating strawberry short cake. Tangyuan held no remorse as she crushed everyone in her path, her spoon decimating faces and bones. The professor's Tiramisu could barely keep up.

   " Well Mister Alex, I can't believe I ever doubted you." He said with shock as he pushed up  his glasses. Tangyuan must have grown like 20 levels in terms of her battle power cap." It's interesting to see a modified food soul, but quite wonderful. Modified food souls are food souls that got summoned either under different conditions or tainted soul power.  They have different skills and stats, but there are still a pool for the changes. It seems you have a Tangyuan with Curse rather than blessing. It deals 120% of food souls attack as dps plus an additional 145 damage, and saps energy, making your opponent weaker and you closer to your energy skill. It's quite amazing indeed." Professor said with a sick smile, he reached for my arm as if he was going to drag me to a lab before Tangyuan leaped off her  spoon and onto the thin paper place mat.

   " It's time for us to go back to the dorm, thank you." She snarled her killer grale back as she held her spoon like an axe. Professor back away and Tangy sat back down on her spoon, dragging me along"I don't like him."

  " Neither do I.." i told her with a half baked smile. I never had someone stand up for me before, it felt really nice.