"And if you win, you can have mine. But mark my words, I shall have your sister!" He glared at me but a second later started to act all giggly. "Ah, the first time I saw her face through my Holo, I couldn't get her lovely face out of my dreams. AH!"

I didn't know what his problem was but he certainly succeeded in pissing me off. I didn't care about my fever anymore and I certainly didn't care about overexerting myself either. I was going to give this guy a whopping whether anyone liked it or not.

I was the first one to draw my bow, but he disappeared before I could even touch the string.

'Invisibility?'

"Can't see me now, can you?" He snorted and his voice started to change places.

I still shot anyway. And the arrow hit his forehead. "Well, I can still see you though." I was using x-ray and alpha particles simultaneously. I didn't like to use these at the same time, but since he was so confident I wanted to see a little more of his skills. "That was a warning. Come entertain me some more!"

I might have picked up some lines from my gramps and my uncles. Gramps used to say these to the challengers all the time. 'Am I turning into a villain or something?'

He let out a groan and kept on rubbing his forehead.

But one thing was for sure, I was definitely madder than I thought. Of course, I tried to stay sane. I couldn't make the same mistake I did with Blaze. Back then I was too emotional and as a result, I lost miserably. I couldn't repeat the same mistake again.

"Damn you!" He circled me, still invisible. Of course, I could still his bones and feel his structure because of my particles. I didn't want to see this miserable moron though.

But the fact that this was the only thing he could did bother me. 'And this guy thought he could win?'

The guy pointed his arrow at me and shot. The arrow was also invisible but I could trace its trajectory and moved. I was always good at physics and quick calculations anyway.

"Y-You dodged?"

Was he serious? Did he even hear that I could see him?

I sighed. "And I thought this was going to be a bit more entertaining." Yup, I was definitely turning into a villain.

And I was a bit cool too if I do say so myself.

ACCHOO!

At least I'd have looked cool if only I wasn't leaking through both of my nostrils and sneezed like half a dozen times.

But since this was getting a little redundant, I raised my bow a bit more and shot straight at his legs.

"Huh?" he fell on his back and glared straight at me, still invisible. He probably used light to his advantage in turning invisible. It wasn't anything special, at least not to me. "N-No."

"I win." I shot again, straight at his chest.

He became visible again, a hand on his chest. "But how? How could you see my perfect illusion?" He was a bit dazed.

'Perfect illusion? Don't make me laugh.'

I did chuckle a little though.

"Yeah, I'm not obliged to tell you that." It wasn't like I was some sort of villain who'd spill all of his secrets to the hero anyway. Besides, he pissed me off more than necessary and he was no hero.

I sighed and blew my nose again. This was definitely not my day.

"Winner, Helio." The teacher declared my victory and came towards us with praise. "Make your wish boy."

"I'll think about it." Now I successfully avoided getting negative credits and I also had something to think about. I didn't want to rush this as my thoughts were still a bit cloudy with the cold.

The teacher still patted me on the back. "Alright. See you Monday." Meaning two days from now.

He didn't even glance twice at the guy on the floor who was literally in tears.

"Trevor!" The guy's sister came running and she tried to pick him up.

'Well, at least now he'd stop getting ideas."

The guy got up, glared at me for a second. "As promised, she's yours." He sulked more than necessary.

This whole thing was just utter stupidity. The girl looked at me with pleading eyes. I guess this whole thing was against her will but she didn't protest.

'Stay calm. Stay calm. Killing him would get you expelled…' It was very hard to stay a little sane. 'Should I break his legs instead?' I was very tempted, to say the least. 'No this was a spar…' With a sigh, I had to give up on beating the living crap out of this clown in front of me. So I went with the verbal route.

"Sorry pal, but she was never yours to give. She's a human being and has her own ideas: she's not some toy or possession. Who she chooses is up to her. And it's true for my sister too. Of course, if my sister ever introduced me to a guy, I'd pound him silly and after beating the living crap out of him, I might acknowledge him, but I'd definitely respect my sister's wish." I might have said some pretty weird stuff in my fever mode.

Giggle!

Someone giggled behind me. I looked back and it was the redhead. Of course, I back-stepped by instinct.

We were in a relatively shaded place, so I guess she could move around as long as she was in the shade. But I couldn't help but be cautious of her.

The redhead raised both of her hands as if to say she surrendered. "I just want to talk." It was as though she was repenting.

I wasn't buying it though.

"No thanks." I glanced at the two blondes. "As I said, it's not for you to decide her fate. It's up to her. Good day."

The guy wasn't really accepting this though. He was glaring at me for all sorts of reasons. The girl, however, looked a bit relieved.

Well, now it wasn't my problem anymore.

And I didn't have anything to do here anyway. I really wanted to drink some hot chocolate but life wasn't fair. 'How the hell am I going to live without hot chocolate? Should I switch to dark chocolate instead?'

I started to leave. No one really tried to stop me. I was still the center of attention. But the transfer students were glaring at me more than anyone else. The Battlesuin girl was grinning a bit too much, and so was the Asian.

Now that I thought about it, I met all of them apart from the Asian. Was he up to something?

I really didn't want to think about it though.

I didn't see Marg or Clyde here. Robert was chilling in the back. He did wave at me once, but that was all.

'Suppose I'll buy my first real meal." I sighed a big sigh and for the second time ever, headed for the cafeteria.

***

Classes were technically over and students were supposed to be in clubs and dorms.

So why the hell were so many friggin students inside the cafeteria right now?

Sniff!

The more people I saw, the sicker I felt.

There were benches and all that around me. Even here, I attracted attention. But I guess not as much as I did outside.

Gossip floated in the air.

"Hey, did you hear, the Killboyz are on the move?"

"I heard they've entered France."

"What? I heard they were in Italy!"

Needless to say, I didn't really like gossips. Who cared if a terrorist group was in some other country? And the Killboyz?

'Who thinks of stupid names like that?'

Besides, I was from a weird family myself. So I didn't even want to think about terrorists of all things.

The sighs just never ended as I made my way to the counter. There were all sorts of food on display. Rice, bread, curry, steak, omelet, fried chicken, chicken soup, marmite, and so on. One of them didn't seem that edible but oh well.

The prices were okay: a bit expensive but okay.

"Rice, fried chicken, and marmite on bread please." Marmite never seemed edible to me, and yet I found myself craving it out of the sheer cold. Was I going out of commission or something?

'I might be turning more evil than I thought.'

"…" the guy behind the counter silently handed me a tray full of stuff I ordered. Apparently, I wouldn't have to pay until I finish all these.

'Did I perhaps order too much? Do I even have the money to order?'

And then the realization dawned upon me… 'Did I bring my wallet when I came out to…?'

It was almost as though my fever was making a striking comeback. And yet, my blood had gone cold.

Thoughts ran across my mind like electricity. Wait, signals were electric, to begin with. 'How the hell am I going to pay?'

"Next!" The guy behind the counter was signaling me to get out of the way, but honestly, I felt more than just weird.

'Get yourself together. Think of something!'

With almost tears in my eyes, I surveyed the whole room, until I located an empty bench.

As I went for my seat I searched the whole room for known faces: there were none.

I sat down, dazed.

I shoved rice and chicken in my mouth.

'I'm so going to die today.'

There was no doubt about it.