Way of the Knights

"Hey, not to sound ungrateful and all but..." Wilbert trailed off before saying, "Aren't you supposed to tag me now?"

"Oh yeah, you're right!" Raven placed a bewildered expression, he then chuckled and walked towards Wilbert.

As soon as he arrived in front of him, he placed a hand on his shoulders and said: "Tagged."

His voice echoed through the training field, it just so happens that someone was nearby and heard the thing between them. 

"Heads up! Wilbert's tagged!"

Raven panned his head towards the source of the voice and found out that it was the guy named Blain Sky. He smiled and sent a voice transmission to Wilbert...

'It's me, Sasha, Philip and you. Just try your best to catch as many as you could.' Wilbert was bewildered when he heard Raven's voice in his head, his eyes brightened and smiled wryly. Only then he realized how he managed to hide Philip's alignment. It was because of a voice transmission. Another nifty technique that people often forget.

"And here I thought I could use the same trick again. A shame someone saw... well it's not like it's gonna work anyway since you yelled so loud earlier." Raven said some nonsense while looking at Wilbert, he gave him a wink signifying to play along.action

Wilbert's eyes flashed with a peculiar light, he understood what Raven was implying. 

"That's your fault for scaring me!" Wilbert replied. 

"Let's go get this guy then..." Raven said while turning his head towards Blain. 

Blain heard this causing him to slowly back up, it's one against two, he didn't like these odds too much. He then saw Wilbert stood up, but instead of coming towards him, he didn't move from where he stood. The same goes for Raven as well.

As Blain was confused at what they were thinking, he heard a rustling sound behind him. He then turned around and saw Sasha standing behind him while smiling charmingly. His soul nearly left his body due to shock. Before he could even react, Sasha placed a hand on his mouth and left her energy signature with it. She then said: "Tagged!" 

After escaping the clutches of Sasha, Blain could only smile wryly. He fell for their trap, now he also became the 'it'. 

'Okay! The group just got bigger. Now there's five of us, hunting the rest should be easier.' Raven said via voice transmission, 'Let's separate to cover more ground, so far we have two mystery members to them. It's Philip and now Blain. You guys act like normal while the rest of us create chaos.'

Unknowingly, Raven became the heart of this team. In normal situations, these people find it offensive when someone was telling them what to do, especially if it's a stranger and a Junior. But Raven's use of his techniques convinced them to trust his abilities, and they weren't even aware of it.

His plan made sense so no one has any complaints. Philip was already moving somewhere, probably buying time before making a move as well. Without further ado, the group scattered all over the training field and looking for some targets.

***

Raven was walking calmly down the training field while the rest of his group are hunting others down. Passing by a pillar he felt a weird sensation causing him to look up. When he did, he saw a chubby guy anxiously looking around him while standing at the safe zone.

"Hey! You plan on staying there forever?" 

Raven yelled at the person standing on top of a pillar. It was fatty Rupert since he's already inside the safe zone then that means that he can't tag him out.

Rupert heard him and looked down, he smiled brilliantly. "Yeah! What are you gonna do about it?" 

Rupert can't help but provoke Raven, feeling slightly good about himself. In reality, however, this is just a façade. He was scared of Raven. 

Back when Anne and Mark tried to ambush him, he happened to watch a bit of their fight. It was freaky, he thought earlier that Paul's words about them not winning even once against him was an overstatement, but when he saw how ruthless Anne's aim was and how cold Mark's face when he was ambushing Raven, he knew that they were telling him the truth.

Rupert had his fair share of battles, but none of those was even remotely close to being life-threatening. From that little clash of theirs, he knew that Anne wanted to hit Raven's head with his arrows. If that was him, he would be dead before even knowing how he died at all.

"Oh? Feeling a bit smug since you're in the safe zone huh?" Raven smiled mischievously from below.

Fatty Rupert was starting to hate that smile of his, for some reason this smile of his send shivers down to his spine but he just can't point a finger on why.

"Exactly! So you better hunt someone else! I'm in the safe zone, you can't touch me!"

Raven laughed candidly and walked towards the pillar fatty was standing on!

"Hey! Hey! I already said you can't touch me cause I'm in the safe zone so hunt someone else!" Fatty panicked when he saw Raven walking towards his pillar.

"Hey! Are you listening!?"

"Hey! Dude!"

"Leave I say! Or else I'll report you for cheating!" 

Fatty's panicking voice echoed inside the training field. Somewhere else, Mark and Anne shook their heads and smiled wryly. It seems that what they did earlier was completely useless, Raven still ended up toying with Fatty Rupert.

No matter how hard Fatty tried to stop Raven from coming closer, Raven totally ignored him and arrived in front of the pillar he's standing on. 

Fatty waited for his next move, but he only saw him placing a hand on the pillar. He thought inwardly: 'Eh? He's not going up?'

He waited for some more time but Raven didn't actually climb up the pillar. Just as when he was wondering what his plan was, he saw Raven clenching his hand and began pulling it back. His mind reeled, but before he could say anything, Raven released a punch that thoroughly shook the whole pillar.

"What in the world are you thinking!!!" Rupert screeched as he tried balancing himself at the top of the pillar.

"Nothing much..." Raven smirked and said, "Just testing how tough these pillars are." 

After saying this, Raven aimed his fist once again at the pillar and punched it hard. The first time that he hit it, a good chunk of stones were shaved off from it but it wasn't enough to ruin its foundations. 

However, when his second punch connected, he aimed it the other way, shaving off yet another decent part of the pillar. 

"Stop it!" Rupert yelled while wobbly standing on top of the pillar. He wanted to cry but have no tears, just why did he even provoked this devil? He would've stayed silent and maybe Raven might place his attention elsewhere, but he just has to really make things difficult for himself!

"Teacher! Help! This guy's bullying me!! He's cheating!! Eliminate him!"

In his desperation, Fatty unknowingly called out to Victor who's watching this spectacle with a smile in his face. 

"You fat child! Do you think I would remain silent if he was cheating!?" Victor yelled at a distance, he shook his head and continued watching in amusement. He glanced at the hourglass beside him and saw that there's at least 30 minutes left before time runs out.

Rupert was dumbfounded, how come this wasn't considered as cheating? He's destroying the safe zone!

"Fatty! Don't just stand there! Leave that place! He isn't cheating at all, the safe zones are located at the top of the pillar, not the entire thing! Use your brain you retard!" 

Veronica yelled to Rupert, she wasn't too far from him so Fatty managed to hear her. Rupert's eyes dilated, without hesitating any further he jumped off from the pillar and landed towards Veronica's side. Not too long after that, the pillar he was standing on earlier fell and crumbled into pieces, sending clouds of dust and loud noise all over the training field.

He barely managed to land safely before looking over Raven's side. Now that the pillar was gone, he and Raven are now separated by large pieces of rubble. He heaved a sigh of relief, at least he managed to not get caught by either Raven or the falling rubble. He glanced at Raven one last time, he was planning to leave and stay as far away as he could from this freak but when he looked at him, Rupert discovered that he's wearing that irritating smile of his.

That left him with a creepy feeling, no longer daring to stay here, he walked towards Veronica. She was standing nearby with both of her hands on her waist, her face was showing a disappointed expression.

Rupert scratched the back of his head and laughed shamelessly, he walked towards her and said: "Thanks back there."

Veronica smiled and placed a hand on his shoulder and replied: " You're welcome..."

"....and welcome to the 'It' team."