Chapter 11

Thresh told Akali Kai’s location, and Akali decided to put her skills to the test. The boy was about her age, the impressionable age of eighteen or so, though Akali told herself that this was for a mission. She also felt guilt for seducing another man that was not Shen, but Thresh said if she wanted to find the answers, then she must do it. If she were to find the answer though; what would she do with it? What would she do when she got into romantic entanglement with a Summoner? So many complicated things happening at once.

Akali did the classic letter to meet her in the League Institute rooftops. Akali waited, wondering if she had been stood up, before Kai arrived ten minutes later, stumbling on his robes.

“Ah, I got your letter!” Kai said while waving the pink stationary. “What did you want to meet me here for, Miss Akali?”

“I just wanted to get to know you better,” Akali said, dropping her mask and smiling her best smile that could disarm an army. “Please, Kai, tell me more about yourself.”

“Me? Gosh, Miss Akali, I always thought that you were so beautiful; I didn’t think that you would see something in me.”

“You’re an intelligent young man,” Akali said while chuckling a little, hating every second of this moment. “You can figure out what makes you so special to me.”

“Any hints?” Kai said with an eager light in his eyes, and Akali put a finger to her lip to consider it.

“Well….you’re work hard, as you’ve come from a prestigious Academy,” Akali said. “I’m in training myself. Or was.”

“Training to be a ninja!” Kai said with wide eyes, looking even more excited by the moment. “That is so cool!

“I think that Summoners are exceptional people,” Akali said with a twinkle in her eye. “No wonder why they chose you.”

Kai flushed, obviously flustered at all the compliments and being praised so much. This was a boy that ws starved for praise of any kind, and Akali would play on that to win his good graces. She also hated the fact that she was using Kai, especially since he seemed to be an innocent boy. Yet there were questions thatwere answered, and she needed to find olut about them. It was up to he r, this was dependent on everything, and maybe she could do something to change teh way around the League institute. The Summoners phrased the honor of being a Champion as a good thing—fight in battles, earn gold, gain fame and popularity and living a comfortable life. That was everything tht Akali could ask for, right?

“Thank you very much, Miss Akali,” Kai said wit hshining eyes. “So…we’re going on a date together?Do you want t oshare an ice cream sudnae with one another?”

Akali linked arms with Kai and said. “Certainly. Lead the way, Summoner.”

“Say,” Kai said. “There’s a big Summoner/Champion party going on soon. Would you like to join in as one of the serving girls to entertain the Summoners?”

“That sounds delightful,” Akali said, smiling all the while.

This will be like steaing candy from a baby, Akali thought to herself while she contniued to get in the Summoner’s good graces.