Humanity's Last Hope

Chapter 13: The School Festival P2

--- "Hey, miss Tohka! What do you think...? Does our class stand any chance in this exam?" asked a girl that rushed to Tohka's side on the corridor, on their way home.

"Well, we have solid teamwork so we might do fine... But there is still a real problem..."

"The second years?" asked the girl

"That's not the biggest threat... You'll see... When we face them again..." she said while continuing to walk towards her home.

Just like that, like a calm summer breeze, most of our students' free time came to an end, leading to one of their most highly awaited moments, that being the day when the chosen events will be showcased to them, for the School Festival.

 In the following days, the classes started continuously training for the long-awaited festival, preparing themselves for the five events that consisted in a 100 metres relay race, a 500 metres shooting contest, the well known Thug of War contest, basketball and the one that seemed to be the main event of the festival, the One on One fights.

 Even Dusk seemed to be reluctant when it came to training with the rest of his class, he actually did train, alone on the training grounds, in the middle of the night. Meanwhile, like the other classes in the Academy, Class 1 - D, of Hikari Ianku, was training vigorously, but their pace was actually... Completely something else. And that was easily observed during the school festival that finally arrived upon them, in the end...

"It's finally here..." said one quiet voice from one of the specially arranged places where the students participating would stay.

"Don't worry, we got this!" shouted Mizuki, trying to make her classmates throw away some of their anxiety. Meanwhile, standing on a bench with no worries whatsoever, was Dusk that just randomly fell asleep.

 But right before Mizuki could wake him up, the loud announcement of the principal did it instead.

"The Participants for the 100 Metres Relay Race can step forward... Now!"

 Just like this, Mizuki and Alex rose from their places and went forward. Dusk could not participate, since his class needed him for the last event, the one versus one battles... And just like this, the event ended, just as fast as it started.

 Standings:

Class 2 - A : 10 points

Class 1 - A : 9 points

Class 1 - B : 8 points

Class 1 - D : 7 points

Class 2 - B : 6 points

Class 2 - C : 5 points

Class 1 - C : 4 points

Class 2 - D : 3 points

 Just as it was obvious for some people, the class considered the best in the entire academy got the first place in this first contest. But the first years did not fall short either, following right after them, and unlike the normal-class from the first years, the second years didn't do too well.

 The next event was the 500 metres target shooting... And what could anyone say when a certain someone from Class 1 - D participated.

"Nice! An almost perfect presentation..." said one of the upper class men after his turn ended... But one boy stepped forward and interrupted his laughter shouting.

"Perfect?! Just stare at me like you'd do to a poisonous shroom of a rat and cry!" shouted Fabio, just before shooting three consecutive bullets with perfect accuracy in the middle of his targets.

 Everyone was shocked, and the judges could only applause and congratulate him for obtaining such skill, which made him instantly come up on top.

 Standings:

Class 2 - A : 18 points

Class 1 - D : 17 points

Class 1 - B : 16 points

Class 1 - A : 14 points

 And so on, the second years dominated the lower half, with the only reliable class of their year being Class 2 - A. After a short break, everyone gathered for the thug of war contest... 

"Drag! Drag!" screamed most of the desperate students that were fighting in this ridiculous force contest, in a tournament format. After a while, most of the weaker teams lost their way in this contest, only the greater forces remained.

 Class 2 - A managed to defeat Class 1 - B, while Class 1 - A lost to Class 1 - D, with the final result of Class 1 - D being the overall winner, showcasing incredible physical strength, never met in the years before.

 Most made fun of them for not being able to use magic, but now, they are dominating this school festival with their own power.

 Standings:

Class 1 - D : 27 points

Class 2 - A : 26 points

Class 1 - B : 23 points

Class 1 - A : 21 points

 During the basketball matches, the standing didn't change much, with the exception that... The First years overtook the 2nd years completely. During the matches, everyone could hear someone from class 2 - A screaming: "This is not giving us any benefit in combat!", and then, they suffered an incredible defeat. The first ones in this event were Class 1 - A , with their splendid teamwork, and then the B and D classes.

Even though the Classement was pretty tight, it all came to one final event...

 The One versus One Fights...

After the first round of fights ended, and everyone threw in the battle their strongest fighters, it all came down to two fights to decide how the school festival will end...

 In the first fight, was Tohka of Class 1 - A, versus Muichiro from Class 2 - A... The fight went as smoothly as a leaf falling from a tree in the autumn, and the winner was easily decided in about 4 minutes. 

"And thus, the winner is Tohka Kurogane, of Class 1 - A!" shouted the principal.

 And now, the most awaited event that many foresaw up until this point... The fight between Dusk Aome, and Hikari Ianku...

 A fight that made anyone witnessing it, want to remember it forever... And in the end...

 Standings:

Class 1 - B : 44 points

Class 1 - D : 44 points

Class 1 - A : 37 points

Class 2 - A : 36 points

"It's incredible! It never happened before! Anytime in the past! We have a complete draw between the Normal Class, 1 - D and the Magic Class, 1 - B! Thank you, everyone, for witnessing this scene with me!" shouted the principal

 After that, Hikari and Dusk came to each other and shook hands, for a wonderful battle...

  Inside the classroom of Class 1 - D, Hikari was bowing in front of his classmates, asking them for forgiveness.

"I am truly sorry... We tied up because I lost the final fight!"

"What are you talking about?! We never dreamt that we could come this far! We are technically still first place as well!" shouted some of the students

 Seeing them, Hikari felt grateful, and just before the principal came into their class to congratulate them as well, he went back to his seat.