Chương 63: NOT ANY OTHER PREDATOR EITHER.

***The Upper sector of the Outskirts of 'Eclipse of the Ocean', Chingford's Academy..

Navi opens up his sleepy eyes with rays of morning sunlight warming up his face in an uncomfortable manner.

The sun is up and like everyday he gets up with the sun rays being an alarm clock that gets him up an hour earlier than others.

Navi doesn't try at all to get back to his half-asleep half-awake state as he immediately uses his bunk ladder to get his legs on the cold wooden floor.

"Good morning..", A roommate of his who is also rising up from his bunk greets him with a casual smile.

Navi is a bit surprised that someone from his room is already awake at his pace because his Room-mates usually sleeps way longer than he does. Remembering that today marks the beginning of their first martial holiday provides a good enough excuse for the early rising.

"Good morning..", Navi says calmly and politely but without much effort to fake a smile at the stranger he just happens to share space with.

The other guy didn't seem to mind much as he immediately moves up to his cabinet. Navi also moves up and unlocks his cabinet before pulling out his completely stuffed up hiking bag, his new sheathed Claymore sword and another bag filled with all his other things.

He puts the hiking bag on his back then secures it in place around his body he then hangs his sword into the barely noticeable space between his back and the hiking bag.

"Are you leaving now?..", His awake room-mate asks with confusion in his tone while Navi gets a little caught off guard by the question.

Although more friendly among themselves, the relationship between himself and his roommates is at most a 'hi and bye' relationship. They don't talk to him, they don't ask questions or opinions and they say no more than Good-day and Goodbye.

Hearing his room-mates question puts Navi off a bit but he still responds politely and calmly although smokes of suspicion couldn't help but surface within him.

"Yes I am..", Navi says calmly without any bit of his suspicion leaking from his tone.

"Don't you plan to take a bath like you always do?..", Navi's suddenly curious room-mate asks weirdly.

"There's a bath in my house..", Navi calmly responds. He picks up the last bag into his hand then fully stand up with the total weight of the things he has on his frame fully sinking in.

He suspicion increases a bit more because his Room-mates are never awake when he goes through his morning routine so why is this suddenly curious early-bird Room-mate of his sounding so sure that he takes a shower every morning when the majority of other Martial disciples take a shower only after sets of work-out.

Navi doesn't want to entertain the weirdness any longer as he quickly uses the door. Whatever the case, they wouldn't be seeing each other anymore for atleast the next seven days.

Or so he thinks.

Navi makes his way down the flights of stairs of the mostly silent dorm building due to the early morning and then he finds his way outside.

He suddenly closes his eyes and takes in a deep and energising breath before breathing out through his mouth. He uses his free hand to touch the teardrop pendant hanging on his neck then he looks up to the still distant sunrise.

Why does he suddenly feel so heavy today?..

He feels something bad is building up ahead.

Navi gently rubs on his pendant at this thoughts surface in his mind. He has too much on his mind recently, from trying to meditate to his dreams to lack of sleep and now this sudden sense of 'bad news'.

All of this things stacking up fast yet no way to take this things off his mind. Maybe he should visit his Big Mom(Head Geisha Alicia) during the break. With her, he is atleast sure that even though he wouldn't find answers he would atleast find come back with some comfort.

But the problem now is that going to the guest house brings back too much overwhelming memories and emotions that he has shared with his mother and he is not exactly sure that he's ready to deal with that.

He may not show it like Normal people do but he's still mourning everyday, the only difference is that he is prepared and have learnt to deal with sadness and loss way better that anyone else out there.

Navi let's go of his pendant and then he starts walking. The campus is mostly empty and it takes a couple of minute to get to the main gates but Navi eventually reaches there and finds the gates open for all to go in and out as they wish.

A Knight soon approaches Navi befire the gate and asks him to scan his Wooden disciple ID slip. This is of course no problem as Navi soon finds himself completely out of the Martial environment of Clingford's Martial academy.

The outside streets are still mostly empty which is of no surprise cause its barely morning and there are only a few stalls open and a few people walking on the streets.

Navi doesn't hesitate any further as he kicks off the journey back to his house.

...

The journey back home took about an hour but soon, Navi finds himself standing at the base of a familiar and lonely hill.

Looking up, Navi can already see the bog familiar tree sitting in its compound with a wooden swing dancing gently to the wind with its ropes on one of its outstripped branches, the sight brings back memories.

The sun is almost fully up by now and the streets are filling up and becoming more and more rowdy but it doesn't matter much around a hill as far back and as lonely as this one as all he sees is nature and mostly lonely roads and all he hears hears is his second favourite sound,.. silence. This makes it weirder because he can feel the stare of someone or some people on his back.

Navi frowns as he tilts his head back without moving his body,.. No-one.

There's no-one other than himself visible around these sandy areas but Navi doesn't at all plan to let his guard down. His instincts never plays pranks with him so he's very sure about this one,..

Someone is staring at him and definitely not with good intentions!.

Navi returns his calm gaze back forward with his thoughts completely separated from his body language as he starts to climb the slanted hill with his hiking luggage secured to his back and the other one in his left hand's firm grip.

His pace is calm and casual as he soon makes his way all the way up the cliff and back home without much negative or positive thoughts about his stalker.

His vigilance is already up and when you are always ready, there is never truly much to prepare or revise for whoever or whatever pops up.

Finally on the plain, Navi drops the bag in his hands down to the ground before moving straight to sit by his Mother's lonely grave.

Nothing has changed much since he had last seen it as it has the same tombstone, grave and same flowers around it all. It seemed like it was all so peacefully yet painfully frozen in time.

Navi sits by his Mother's grave and starts rubbing on his pendant. The cold morning breeze rocks through her flowers gently as Navi just sits by her side in the comfortable silence with his face towards the rising horizon with a calm face but troubled mind.

...

After the sun has completely risen into its brilliance, Navi finally stands up and goes into his empty house and locks the door behind him.

His house looks exactly as he had left it,.. Clean, simple and comfortable. From the sitting room couch to the roof pocket, to the open bed and wall bookshelves. Apart from a bit of dust he isn't comfortable with, nothing has changed.

Navi Looks around his house a bit before putting down all his loads as he sorts his clothes into the Cabinets, replaces the bedsheets and goes into the bathroom for a cold shower.

The cold water through his ink black hair and over his pale skin gives him warm clarity as he looks at his own blurry image in the steamy mirror.

He can feel it in his bones,..

Something isn't right.

His heart isn't racing faster like Normal people's own but he could feel each thunderous pump much more powerful, more explosive and more.. complete.

He could almost feel the blood racing through his veins and it is an intoxicating feeling to bear with. It's a new feeling, one he has never truly felt before.

It's calm excitement, explosiveness, and a bit of something extra..

Bloodlust!.

Navi's grip on the basin slowly tightens as he stares at his blurry yet calm reflection in the blurry mirror. He swipes his palm over the mirror's smooth and cold surface as he looks at his own reflection right in the eye.

His cold orange iris looked a little more lethal for some reason and his wet long hair that's long over due for a trim cast strand like shadows over his pale face thus giving his visuals a spice of lethal.

Navi's brows are as sharp as always with his wet neck showing pale veins that are a bit more visible than they should be. Scenes of his Alternate self(Ikita Shi) slashing through his enemies in a dark room replays in his head as his throat muscles unconsciously spams up and down.

Someone or something is coming at him,..

Supid in his own opinion because he is no prey,..

He is not any other predator either.

His name is Îgorus Navïælét -Vęr- Firųs,.. last carrier of the Îgorus family name and the only son of the beautiful Soul 'Geisha Eleanora'.

A son to the unknown rather than a son to nobody,.. a lover of chaos and an embodiment of balance itself.

Navi stares deeply into his own eyes as he stares at his reflection and then he gives a silent breath through his mouth before leaving the bathroom with his mind calm yet dark.

MASS UPDATE TOMMOROW: JUNE 25TH.