ZINLESTER'S POV

Leaning my chin on my right palm as my elbow leaned onto the railings, my upper body lowered down as I gazed below on what's now currently happening on the Tournament.

The only thing that people should look forward to this round obviously none other than the showdown of Khun Ran and Anaak Jahad, and the reason why I'm saying this because this is basically the only thing I'm looking forward in this round.

A small yawn left my lips, my eyes filled with boredom. My eyes continued to search around the other participants other than Ran and Anaak, because I don't really wanna show Ran that he has piqued my interest. I want to annoy him.

Just then, a certain green being caught my eyes. That being seemed awfully familiar for some reason.

I squinted my eyes at this somewhat familiar bein-

'Is that 'Pickles'?!' realization then son hit me.

O__O <-------- Zin

Facepalming myself, I shook my head with my face covered with my palm.

'Some shit is about to go down, I just know it. That Pickle always brings bad luck.' I contemplated to myself.

"But why is he here though...?" That questioned abruptly slipped out of my lips.

'Idiot, he might be here with Isu since he is basically their teammate.' I deadpanned to myself.

'But then if he is here, where is Rak? Mostly they are together for some reason.' That thought again popped up in my head, which is reasonable. Oddly, Rak was able to keep up with that Pickle's shitty attitude and personality, for some reason.

A sigh then left my lips as I crossed my arms on top of the railings and leaned my chin onto it. 'Whatever, this is just a waste of time.' I told myself and rolled my eyes, my thoughts completely washed out as soon as the hosts then announced that the round has officially begun.

Instantly, my eyes dropped onto the stage where Anaak and Ran are located.

"This is a group that's the most even in terms of power!" One of the hosts began. "As expected, the fight is intense from the beginning!! Isn't it chaotic, Punk?" He added.

"But inside the chaos..." My eyes gazed closely at Ran and Anaak's stage as I know that the two hosts' are describing their situation. "There is a group that is extremely silent!!" They hyped.

'The two are glaring daggers at each other, how cute...' A smirk formed on the corner of my lips as my eyes looked to Ran and then to Anaak, it was quite cute in my eyes. Two kids having a little quarrel.

"The two Regulars glaring daggers at each other...Anaak Jahad and Khun Ran....are making all the Regulars onstage freeze in their places!!!"

Soon, Novick slowly came up to me, standing beside me as he also leaned his front onto the railings, staring down at the two Regulars who had the spotlight of this round. "Hmm...this is a very interesting battle, don't you agree Zin?"

Nodding my head in agreement, I responded. "Certainly. Look at those angsty kids. Both of them are so moody, hot-headed, arrogant, ignorant, and other sorts of negative adjectives." I said.

"Hmm...I wonder." Novick hummed as I eyed him at the corner of my eyes, curious. "Who do you think will win this?" The Spear Bearer asked as he bit his finger, his eyes remained glued onto Ran and Anaak.

A hum also left my lips as my eyes went back to focus onto the two Regulars. I thought about Novick's question thoroughly.

'When it comes to close combat and strength, there's no doubt that Anaak is in a higher level compared to Ran. However, Ran will probably avoid that because unlike Anaak who simply just throws blows after blows, Ran actually thinks first since Anaak cares more about her pride. Ran is also easy to adapt to any situation.' My brows furrowed as I bit my lower lip and continued on thinking, my right foot tapping on the floor.

'But I shouldn't underestimate Anaak, she has a strong willpower and is capable of creating insane plans as well. Her very problem is she is easily ticked off when her pride gets stepped on, but Ran on the other hand is mostly calm and not to mention he easily knows his opponents' personality, attitudes, and weakness.'

'Although Anaak is very exceptional when it comes to aggression, it's quite very hard to make her give up and will surely give you a hard time. Also, her blows are very strong, most people will prefer to dodge it than block her kicks or punches. She's quite troublesome and will make you frantic.' I bit my lower lip harder.

'But the rules of this battle gives Ran the upper hand and makes his abilities and skills, shine more than Anaak.'

With all of those thinking, I finally came to an answer.

"Pickles." I randomly said out of nowhere. A blank expression plastered on my face.

Novick was flabbergasted. "W-What?" he asked, utterly puzzled.

Shrugging my shoulder, I leaned my upper body more onto the railings and buried my face onto my crossed arms. "I just feel like the green dude over there," Using my index finger, I pointed Parachule for Novick would know who I was talking about, without me lifting my face from my arms. "Will do some crap shit because he brings bad luck everywhere." I deadpanned, sounding tired.

Novick didn't say anything more, and my head then rise up instantly as I heard Ran speak to one of the hosts.

'He wants a one-on-one fight against Anaak, and the rest Regulars are being...discarded?' My eyes widened and slightly rose up my upper body in surprise. 'The rules of this battle really benefits him! Why the hell would he want to change it?'

But then the fact that Ran is from the Khun family, came into mind.

Again, I buried my face onto my arms, Novick remained silent but also quite surprised by Ran's request. "I shouldn't be surprised," A sigh escaped my lips. "What a cocky, dirty move. Typical for a Khun." I clicked my tongue and rolled my eyes, as I slightly looked up, lower of my half face remained buried onto my arms. Ran really resembles Aguero, he took a lot from him unfortunately.

I frowned at the thought.

"You failed to discipline him, Novick," I eyed the Spear Bearer beside me and slightly smirked at him. He is who you could say the 'father figure' of our Team since he is quite responsible, caring, and he's good in cooking too.

The Ha also rolled his eyes as he crossed his arms with a huff. "How am I supposed to discipline someone who can easily kick my ass?" he retorted.

"So you're admitting that Ran is a lot more skilled than you?" I raised my upper body only to slightly face him and gave him another smirk.

"No, that's not what I meant!" He back fired, completely facing me.

I scoffed. "Yeah, yeah....just keep denying it." I waved my hand at him, my tone sarcastic.

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Okay, so, to sum it up, the battle between Anaak and Ran....well, uh...

I was correct.

"HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!" I can't help but release a loud laugh as I gazed upon Ran and Anaak's almost lifeless bodies floating on the water.

Surely they're alive so I'm not that worried.

"Holy fuck-BWAHAHAHAHA!!!" Another laugh, it's actually considered as a guffaw now to be honest, escape my lips as my left hand clutched my stomach and the other remained gripping on the railings as I can't control my laughter. I slowly kneeled down, sitting on my thighs, as tears began to form at the corner of my eyes as I can't stop from laughing.

Novick on the other hand had a concerned look and deadpanned look on his face. The Spear Bearer couldn't believe that Ran got provoked into attacking Anaak in close range, if had just finish off Anaak by a long range attack he would have won-but NOOO he became dumb and charged her!!

'Dumbass!' I insulted Ran in my head.

The red eyed Spear Bearer beside me just watched me, kneeling down on the floor, with a sweat dropping from his forehead, as he stared at my dumbfounded. "This is the first time I've seen you laugh so hard..." He trailed off.

Wiping a tear at the corner of my eye, I slowly stood up with my feet while releasing a small chuckle. "Haha...well, I'm just really glad that none of them won." I revealed in a gleeful way.

Novick was startled by my unexpected blunt words. "W-Why?"

"The two of them are too cocky for my liking, and have shitty attitudes. So, now that both of them lost, I'm glad that they received humiliation. Also, I just took a picture of both of them in a belly flop. Heh."

Novick sweatdropped, looking at me in concern while a bright and satisfied smile remained on my face as a glowing aura surrounded me.

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"Why don't we just take him into my room?" I offered as I gazed at Ran who is slung over Novick's shoulder.

Now that the Tournament has ended, Novick and I decided to go and pick up Ran since he won't be able to move any parts of his body due to the Lightning Pill he used in his battle against Anaak.

"Why does it have to be yours?" Ran complained with a groan. Seems that he doesn't like the idea of me taking him into my room.

Rolling my eyes, I placed both my hands on my hips as stared at Ran's figure who is still slung over Novick's shoulder, Novick was facing me and sweatdropped at the slight tension between me and the Khun. "Well, if you hadn't forgot where your room is we wouldn't need to go to mine instead." Blantly, I spat at him.

I could hear Ran growling in annoyance.

Yes, you heard that right. Apparently, the great Khun Ran forgot where his room is. We've been wandering around the hallways and we just couldn't find it. The other FUG members instantly left us because they wanted to go and check on Bam.

And here I thought we were their hostages. If we are their hostages they should be guarding us.

Well, not that I'm complaining.

As soon as we arrived in my room, Novick immediately laid Ran down on my bed and I tucked him in with my blanket.

"Do you need anything?" I asked as I sat down beside his body, Novick remained standing as he stared down at Ran as well.

The younger Khun turned down my offer. "Nothing. I will be able to walk after a few hours so I'll be fine. All I need is sleep." He reassured plainly.

Tilting my head to the side I stared at him puzzled. "But I thought you won't be able to move your body when you use your Lightning Pill?" I questioned.

In the middle of the battle, Ran went to the extent to use a Lightning Pill in order to defeat Anaak, which obviously failed miserably. I asked Aguero about this in the past, he told me it's effects, pros and cons, etcetera. Why? Because Ran used this as well against me when we were training. Well, I wouldn't say it was training, it was more like Ran taking advantage of our training so he could kill me.

The cute Fisherman scoffed. "Unlike the lizard, I thought about my actions. I controlled the amount I used in that Lightning Pill since I was thinking about the next game." He answered.

"Ooohh..."

"Also," Suddenly, Ran turned to me glaring daggers. He intently eyed me, as if he knew I've done a very bad thing. "Delete the image of me floating on the water."

"You mean your belly flop?" I asked innocently with my head again tilted on the side.

"Fuck you." He cursed. "Delete it."

"Make me." I taunted.

"Guys, no fighting." Novick then butted in as he sensed that Ran was about to burst.

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All it took was to chop the top of Ran's head to make him fall asleep. After a few more of us arguing, Novick instantly knocked him out. Well, he is pretty tired after all. But what matters is that I get to keep the picture of him in a belly flop.

Walking out of my room with Novick, I turned to face him as he let me walk out of the room first as he closed the door shut behind him quietly. "Hmm...later is the party...right?"

Novick hummed, thinking as he bit his finger. "Hm...yeah. No wonder bunny told me to look good later to not 'embarrass' her." He revealed.

Nodding, I immediately spaced out as one question instantly popped in my head.

'What am I going to wear?!'

I may look all calm and collected on the outside, but on the inside, I am having girl troubles.

T______T <------- Zin

As I stared onto nothing, I felt Novick look down on me with a deadpanned look plastered on his face. "You must be thinking of what you're going to wear later, huh?" He read my mind?!

"Are you my dad or something?" I questioned him in a quite sassy way as I gripped my hips and pouted at him.

The Spear Bearer just patted my head, like a supporting family member. "Why do you always worry of how you look?" he questioned with a sigh.

'I don't know either. Ever since I met Aguero, I just really like to look good. wAit-THAT SOUNDS LIKE I'M TRYING TO LOOK GOOD FOR HIM!'

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"Is it wrong that I want to look presentable?" Frantic, I crossed my arms over my chest as I huffed at Novick. A blush was present on my cheeks as the words I thought in my head kept repeating which makes me flustered.

Novick decided to not rub on me anymore and just gave me a small smile. "I'm just trying to say you don't have to keep worrying. Khun already likes you just the way you are."

"W-What the heck does Aguero have to do with this?!"

"See 'ya later, Zin." He ignored my rant and just waved before casually taking off, walking through the silent hallways.

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>///< <------ Zin

"Ugh...I hate him." Pouting, I sulked as I leaned my back onto the door of my room. Slowly, my back slide down as I now sat on my butt, my legs folded in front of me, hands on my side, and then I released a heavy sigh.

'Crap...is it really okay for me to think about Aguero? I now admit that I do adore him...a lot if I may add. But, considering our situation right now....I don't think I should be worrying on how I'm supposed to impress that jerk-'

Surprising me, I felt a smooth and flat object touched the tips of my fingers. I looked down and my eyes caught a piece of paper that was folded twice.

Puzzled but curious, I picked it up and set it in front of me as I examined it. It was folded perfectly, and the paper was really clean, I could see through the paper that there was a neat writing inside.

I then decided to open the letter. Unfolding it, and then I read the letter in it. I was shocked.

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I will be waiting for you. Better look good for me. See you at the party.

- A.A.

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O__O <------ Zin

"HUH?!"

~END OF CHAPTER 15~