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Josh sat up in the bed, he did his best to pull the blanket over Kenna to make sure she wouldn't wake up.
It was about six P.M. at the time. They hadn't exactly slept long... but it was good to get any sleep at all at this point. He slowly edged himself to the edge of the bed and lowered himself out. He laughed slightly to himself.
"How wrong is it for a mage to allow her familiar to share her bed?" He muttered to himself.
"Well I suppose it would make sense if I wasn't human, I imagine having a lizard or dog or something sleeping in the bed with you would be slightly more looked down upon..." Josh smirked.
He fell down upon the chair, where Kenna was sitting when he had first laid eyes on her.
Josh slumped in the chair. He furrowed his brow.
He had almost left her. Almost leaving Kenna... it just didn't seem right. He didn't know what he had been thinking.
He had put her through stress and pain... for nothing. Besides, it's not like they could actually be together right? I mean she was mage and he familiar... right?
Either way he couldn't help but feel for her. She looked so peaceful sleeping on the bed. Josh remembered the first time he met her, she was so confident and mature. She hadn't even flinched when Josh had drawn a knife on her. He wondered was she really that brave? Probably, it's not the first time she put herself on the line for the sake of others. Silly girl.
***
Kenna woke up as Josh carefully unwrapped his arms from around her. She kept her eyes closed and willed herself to go back to sleep. It was no use, she was awake now and there was no way she was going to get back to sleep.
She tugged on the blanket that Josh had put over her and she wrapped it around her self. She stayed like that and listened to everything that was going on in her room. She heard a chair move, it must be Josh sitting down.
Kenna opened her eyes to see Josh sat watching her. This made her smile yet she was feeling quite self concious about it too. She yawned and sat up straight and grinned.
She looked out of her window at the sky and signed. It was morning and the sun was just raising. It looked beautiful. Kenna carefully opened the window and sat on the ledge. She was hungry for the feel of the sun.
She looked back at Josh and gave him a lazy smile. The show case was tommorow and Kenna had no idea what she was going to do about it.
"So, do you have any ideas what we are going to do for the showcase?" Kenna asked Josh.
***
Josh thought for a moment. It was true the showcase was tommorow... he hadn't really had the time to give it much thought.
"I have absolutely no idea..." Josh murmured.
"I suppose this is a bad time to mention the fact that I have stage fright..." Josh smirked.
The idea of standing up in front of so many people and doing something of any relevance terrified him. If he messed up everyone would see him. He would be made the laughing stock of the entire academy.
How strange it must have seemed. A boy with the bravery to fight strange creatures in an uknown world was afraid of standing in front of a few students and doing a performance.
Josh frowned.
"Well ummm... lets go with what we're good at. I can... well I ummm... I can fight? I can duel... I can use void magic but it's probably best if we leave that one out... hmmmm..." Josh was confused.
"Oh and despite what you might think Im actually smart! I have a pretty much photographic memory... though I don't know how that helps... unless I could remember a routine... hmmm... thats it! We can do a combat routine! You know one of those battle shows! Maybe Emil can help? If thats allowed... I don't know.." Josh trailed off.
"Why yes, yes it is." Emil stood at the edge of the door.
Josh turned and smiled at Emil.
"Really?!" He asked gleefully.
"Yes... every pair is aloud outside help from one other person. It helps make the shows more interesting. However the focus must always be on the familiar and mage, never the second hand helper." Emil explained.
"Then thats it!" Josh cried.
"Emil, do you have a familiar?" Josh asked quickly.
"Ahh I was wondering when that question would come along... well as a matter of fact my familiar has always been with me, I just never had to use her." Emil smirked.
"Huh?" Josh said confused, however what he did next made him realise.
Emil took a small pocketwatch from his dress shirts front pocket and opened it.
An icy wind swept through and a beautiful femal warrior with blue skin and armour made of ice stood before them.
"Whoa!" Josh cried.
"This is Shiba my familiar, she's an ice golem, tier three... Kenna I'm not sure... have you met her before?" Emil asked.
"This is perfect!" Josh cried.
"You and Shiba and me and Kenna could plan a mock battle routine! Like a show! My battle skills and memory will be shown off and admired like the showcase intended!" Josh put his hands on Kennas shoulders and looked into her eyes.
"So what do you think?" He asked.
***
Kenna looked up into Josh's eyes and smiled. He was getting really excited about all of this and that made Kenna happy. She nodded and placed her hands on his shoulders.
"I have seen your familar before Emil, she took my breath away the last time I saw her and she still does not." Kenna grinned.
Kenna still felt the sun on her back and that made her giggle. She looked at Emils fimilar. She is a ice golem, she looks so graceful. But the ice that she was made of made Kenna shiver. The thought of been as cold as she must be made Kenna feel strange. She was so used to the heat and so pleasured by it that the thought of been ice cold all of the time was strange to her.
"I think it is a great idea, just tell me what to do." Kenna grinned.
***
"Excelent!" Josh said.
"Then we should start planning as soon as... huh?" A letter slipped through the door and landed on the ground.
Just like the one from the first night Josh had spent at the academy it spoke.
It was the voice of Prof. Awenston.
"Students... as you know the recent activity has kept us busy but the familiar showcase will proceed as planned. We will also be reproviding regular access to the dining hall, which means that dinner shall now take place as schedueled. I should ask that all students make way to the dining hall." The letter stopped and disappeared.
"Dinner?" Josh asked.
"I guess thats what usually happens in the great hall, aswell as assemblys." Josh murmured.
"Well we've all been working hard!" Emil said closing the pocket watch and bringing his familiar back to its resting place.
"We should go eat!"
"Sounds good to me!" Josh smiled.
"What about you Kenna? You hungry?"
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