Standing a few meters away from them, was a boy leaning calmly against a tree trunk. His mouth was twisted into an amused smile.
"Well, surprising seeing you guys here. Ken. Akako."
"Well, it is a surprise isn't it, Elfie? But we already knew you were here." The twins smiled back mockingly. "I guess you're after Renee as well." Irritation flickered across his face, his composture ruffled, but he soon recovered.
"It's Alfie, you dolts and of course i am after Renee." Replied Alfie as if it was the most obvious thing on earth, " Although you seem to have beaten me to her. Oh, i didn't see you at last years Academy Battle Royale. Too scared?" He looked coolly at the twins. Now it was the twins turn to look irritated.
"We were on a mission." They answered, a bit too quickly. Alfie raised an eyebrow and looked at the twins, snorting with disbelief.
Renee stood there watching the exchanging of insults. She could feel the anger fuming in the air between Alfie and the twins. No one moved. She was still in the strong grip of the twins, but it was slackening as they fired insult after insult at their opponent. She took this opportunity to escape, gently slipping her arms out of the twins grasp. They didn't notice, all their was attention focused on Alfie. As silently as she could, Renee slowly edged away, hoping they wouldn't notice her disappearance until it was to late.
Alfie noticed that Renee was slowly but surely escaping. He cursed colourfully, causing the twins to realise that Renee was no longer in their grasp. They hissed with annoyance and turned and moved stealthily towards Renee who had now broken into a run and was sprinting away as fast as she could. "Why me!" She whimpered. "What have I done?"
"Darn it! Derrick! Two tornadoes! NOW! Shouted Alfie, before jumping high into the air towards the running Renee. A head popped out of the tree.
"No problem, Elf- boy!" Derrick shouted back jumping in front of the twins who had almost reached Renee, who was screeching insults at them.
"STAY AWAY FROM ME, YOU STALKERS!!! FREAKS!!! IDIOTIC MORONS! "
"She's very loud isn't she?" Said Derrick chattily to the twins. The twins had now stopped moving, their bodies tense and alert. Derrick smiled at them. He thrust both hands out palms facing forwards, pointed at the twins. He hurriedly muttered a spell. "Twin tornadoes come fourth!" Two swirling masses of air erupted from Derricks palms, each one about 6 feet high. They rushed towards the twins who were alert and ready. The twins sprang away, chased by the menacing tornadoes.
Meanwhile, Alfie had landed infront of the out-of-breath Renee. He smiled friendly at her. "Once i've i changed you to your real form, i'll explain everything when we get to the Nekozawa Academy." Renee was standing just metres away Alfie, glaring defiantly at him.
"When you say change to my real form, what do you mean?" Questioned Renee who had finally got her breath back. "My day just gets weirder and weirder. Maybe i'm dreaming." she thought.
"I'll show you." Replied Alfie who had been walking briskly towards her. He reached her and grabbed her right thigh and jerked it upwards, causing Renee to fall over backwards onto the ground. Alfie knelt next to her still holding her leg. "Sexy legs" He thought, blushing slightly. He pushed Renee's skirt up so he could see her mark better. Quickly, he licked his index finger ans smeared it across Renee's mark, then sat back, job done.
