YUTA POV
Just as I stood there, frozen in confusion as I glazed at the Vampwolf ice sculpture before me. Just then a figure swooped in via a 3D maneuver gear, moving at incredible speed.
It was a lean man, with short midnight black hair, athletic build and piercing gray eyes. He was wearing a scout Legions uniform with a wolf insignia on the back, his dual swords shone in the sunlight as he flew past.
In one swift second, the man struck down the frozen Vampwolf, cutting off its head off with ease, like he was slicing through a piece of butter.
The creature's body crumpled to the ground, its icy encasement shattering into a thousand pieces.
"The annual Vampwolf reaper games is officially over" A feminine voice echoed through the air, setting my mind in a fit of almost confusion.
"Congratulations to the successful 40 candidates" She announced and what looked like a large screen with names and scores appeared on tin air, the last name with 450/1000 looked quite familiar for some reason, it read, "Yuji Mitsuya."
Diverting my attention from the board, I focused on a more puzzling question.
"Annual Vampwolf games, what does that mean?" I wonder to myself as I stared up at the mid aged man, my mind reeling with questions.
"Who is he? How does he move so quickly? how did he get so good with a sword? and what was with his uniform all about?
The man turned to me, his eyes narrowing as he took in my appearance. His eyes quickly turned from seriousness to annoyance.
Just then he strided towards me with urgency and he delivered a swift kick across my face, sending me crashing to the ground.
How he delivered that kick seemed to be a mystery to me, considering that he was no taller that 5 feet and I was at least 6 feet tall.
I laid on the ground marveling at the sight of the mysterious man before. A wave of pain washing over me, as my vision blurred vision began clearing. As I struggled to regain my composure, his voice echoed through the air.
"Get up," he barked, his tone venomous, his eyes red with rage, "What were you thinking heading into battle without your superior? Didn't I tell you to only engage if you were sure you could take down one of those things? You are lucky that was just a G rank Vampwolf, what if it was an S rank?"
His words took me aback as I slowly sat up. My eyes locked onto his face as a throbbing pain arose in my head, but I forced myself to focus.
"Who was this man, and what did he want from me? Why was he so mad at me and what was the kick for?" I thought to myself.
He stared back at me, his eyes burrowing into my very soul, as he placed his swords in their hilts.
"You would do well to answer me Yuji Mitsuya" He commanded, there by jogging me back my senses.
"Who are you?" I asked the question that plagued my mind, my voice shaking slightly as I tried to process the events that had just transpired.
The man's poker face expression remained unyielding, but a hint of curiosity flickered in his eyes. "Did I hit you so hard that you lost your memories Yuji. I'm Kento Okazaki," he replied, his voice firm. "Your teacher at the Vampwolf reaper academy"
"My teacher???" I mutter in utter confusion, my mind racing with a thousand more thoughts. Was there something I was missing. Who the hell was this Yuji he spoke of and how was this violent person ever a teacher in the first place.
I hesitated, unsure of how much to reveal, how was I supposed to tell him that I was a person from another world trapped in the body of this Yuji person. I opened my mouth to speak but before any words could come out. A group of teenagers hurried towards me. They were all wearing some type of uniform similar to that of Kento, and were lead by a cute, blonde hair fellow with blue eyes, who was is tears.
The minute fellow ran towards me in a pool of his own tears, mucus dripping from his nostrils and pulled me into a hug.
"Yuji we made it, I was so scared that something bad happened to you" He cried, his tone laced with worry. The look of fear said it all, I was someone important to him, or at least that Yuji person was.
He pulled away his smile never leaving his face.
I had no idea who he was or who any of those people were, but I knew I had to play along, or at least on till I got my memory back.
Just then I stared at Aria, only to see her blow me a kiss, a kiss that changed everything.
In an instant a gosh of wind blew into me, and a flit of memories rushed into my brain, but those memories weren't mine , there were of a certain Yuji Mitsuya, the owner of this body. He was the second prince of Ember nest and the guy hugging me was one of his two best friends, Akira Katsuragi.
We were all students hoping to get into the prestigious Royal Vampwolf Reaper Academy (RVRA), and today was supposedly the day for the Vampwolf entrance exams, and apparently we just made it in.
If my memories serve right, this Yuji person had been separated from the gang. It seems someone has called him away from the lot but I couldn't recall the face, or the identity of the person, all I remember is it was a student wearing the same uniform like those before me.
After that, it seems Yuji had been ambushed and killed.
My blood ran cold upon that revelation, if the real Yuji was dead, did that make me a fake.
What was I supposed to do? I couldn't possibly play Yuji's life, what if the person who tried to kill him comes after me?
Just then Taro Ryujin, Yuji's other best friend stepped forward, a confident look on his face as he pulled Akira to his feet by the collar.
"Pull yourself together Akira, Yuji is fine, thanks to my awesome ice magic" He said arrogantly and I froze.
I didn't have magic powers, Aria lied to me. I would have been dead if it wasn't for Taro.
Realizing that if it wasn't for Taro I would have been dead the second time, and that I still haven't amounted to anything brought tears to my eyes.
"Yuji don't cry. Taro be nice to our friend" Akira beseeched me in a state of panic but I couldn't help it, I needed to cry the tension away.
"Stop creating a scene. You guys are too old for this" Kento said rolling his eyes from boredom. His gaze lingered on us for a moment before he turned and began walking away.
"We'll discuss your punishment later,"
"First, we need to get out of here. This place isn't safe. For those of you who lost, it means you were never reaper material to begin with" He said thoughtlessly and everything froze, guess that wasn't the pet talk anyone was expecting.
"The rest of you pick up your gears and let's leave." He added and all the other students quietly followed.
Taro turned to me offering a hand, a big smile etched his face, "Pull yourself together champ. Let's go."
"Yuji let's go, everyone is leaving" Akira supported, lending a hand of his own.
I felt a surge of uncertainty as I gave them my hands. They raced me to my feet but all the while my mind remained restless, they must have been acting nice towards me because of my good looks or because I was royalty, either way I didn't trust them one bit.
As I stood up, I couldn't help but feel a scared. What lay ahead? How was I supposed to navigate this new world all on my own.
I, Taro, and Akira hopped on our horses, and quickly rode down to the most magnificent building I had ever seen. It was a gigantic black castle surrounded by a gigantic 20 meter walls, and a golden gate, there were servants at every corner dressed in royal attire. Everyone gasped at the magnificent sight, "Maybe this world wouldn't be so bad, atleast I get to live like a king" so I thought but just when we were about to enter something horrible happened.
Kento's voice echoed from the back, "Wrong turn kids, Vampwolf Reaper academy is this way" He said and we all turned but what we saw sent chills down our spine. It was a deserted camp site with old rusty buildings, a bamboo gate, and an ugly little fireplace in the middle. It was the exact opposite of the beautiful building opposite to it, this was hell.
"It had got to be a joke, there was no way royals were expecting to stay at this hell hole" I thought, trying to put my mind at ease but what Kento said next broke me.
"Welcome to your home for the next year"
"You have got to be kidding me?"