Surprise!

Yes Uzai, Quake and myself are not dead! We just have been real busy the past few months with are own respected lifes.

I know that i have had busy few months, with moving into a brand new store for my job. As well I have visited a couple of friends overseas.

Anywho we have got to it, and bam! we have a new chapter!

So sit back, and enjoy!

Chapter Three: Internal Conflict

She could hear it. The voices of hatred were floating around her. Scarlett looked around the dark region she seemed to be in, fear flitting through her eyes. Words that she was all too familiar with began to get louder as they spoke.

"Why is she here?"

"What's that monster doing here!?"

"Get that demon away from me!"

"Stay away from the demon!"

"Demon!"

"Demon!"

"DEMON!"

Scarlett covered her ears to prevent herself from listening to these venomous words, and she fell to her knees. Tears started to pool at her eyes as everything burst into flames. A person in fiery flames, no made of fire, stood before her with a mocking smile and laughter, the voice it spoke with sounded a magnitude of people speaking at once or one at a time ever changing. The event only seemed to make her hyperventilate in fear at the very sight of it.

"You want acceptance?" it mocked, its changing tone like a different person speaking each word. "Hah! There is no place for a demon like you! You bring nothing but sorrow and misery to everyone around you! Everything burns before you! You are nothing more than a cold. Hearted. DEMOOOONNNNN!"

"No! I'm not!" Scarlett screamed in agony. "Stay away from me!"

As she cried her tears in anguish, she started to hear the muffled words of one person before she began to listen to another. They seemed to be in a conversation of sorts before the flames started to fade away as well as the darkness began to brighten. Scarlett gasped and breathed in deeply before exhaling as if she's started to grasp the air for the first time in a while.

"Ah, seems you've regained consciousness," a familiar voice said.

The blonde turned to look at the headmistress and her history professor, both having on casual smiles on their faces.

"What… what happened?" Scarlett asked, looking around to see where she was. From the beds, drapes, and cabinets, it had to be some place of importance. "Where am I?"

"You're in the infirmary, Miss Dawn," Basil informed. "I turned you to stone and had you brought here. Whenever that happens, people tend to lose consciousness and don't wake back up until they are freed." The headmistress blinks as she looked at the current state of her student. "Although, I'm surprised you came back in the nude as well. It seems your semblance ended up incinerating your clothes while you were encased in stoned."

Scarlett got confused before looking down at herself and screaming in shock before diving under the covers of the beds from embarrassment.

"Oi! Don't you dare burn those sheets, you little shit!" a tired, masculine voice called.

Basil and Sienna looked towards the desk where a herbal green haired man with a lab coat was slouched over. "Ah, Aloe, good to see you're awake!" the headmistress said casually. Scarlett blinked and took a peak to see the man named Aloe. She was shocked at the sight of him. How did she not notice he was there?

"Basil, I have a major hangover at the moment," Aloe groaned, rubbing the stubble on his face with one hand and rubbing his eyes under his glasses with the other. "Can you not bring in one of those troublemakers so soon?"

Basil chuckled at the response from Aloe as she knew he was drinking heavily during the night, something about a drinking contest with some friend of his. "What are you talking about Aloe, this is your hangover cure" she replied with her hands on her hips.

"I already went through the checks with this one… after I treated my hand for burns first" Aloe said to Headmistress holding up his left hand that was bandaged. He pickup up a bigger tablet scroll and started to flick through it his good hand before passing it to Basil.

Basil had taken the tablet scroll from Aloe with a laugh as she saw the bandaged hand, while Scarlett sunk deeper under the sheets of the bed she was laying on. "Why does that not surprise me, Aloe. Well, Miss Dawn, you are all clear to leave, but I want to have a chat with you about your anger management if that is alright with you."

Scarlett had peeked up above the bed sheet, before looking at Aloe and Sienna quickly before back to Basil who only giggled lightly "Sienna please take Aloe, and see to keep him from hurting himself outside this room please."

"Yes, Basil… I will keep him from hurting himself…" Sienna said with a dark smile on her face as she quickly grabbed the Aloes collar dragging the poor school nurse out of the room with slight resistance from Aloe.

Meanwhile, Annalise, Kana and Valour were walking through the halls of the school in the direction they thought would be the infirmary. "I must admit that I crushed my opponent with ease!" Kana said with glee.

"I would think it was more humiliating than anything for Juniper" Annalise chimed in her thoughts of the fight that happened with Kana and Juniper.

Kana was not riding on the shoulders of Valour at this time had, had put her hands on her hips as she walked "Well she is going to be your sister in law and all, so I guess you would feel disappointed" Kana replied after she dropped the bombshell comment.

Valour rubbed his stomach as he had taken a full rage infused blow from Scarlett "So you said she would be a soon to be sister-in-law, so does that mean you are going marry someone in her family or sibling?" Valour asked Annalise.

"Oh, that's my younger brother who is going to marry… Although I told him not to be used, and be the one to be in charge" Annalise explained to the giant "I don't want my little brother to be dragged down by an incompetent washboard."

Kana blinked at her teammate as she heard what Annalise had told her and Valour what her brother to do in the marriage "That's cold… I like it!" she perked up.

"Enough about my family…." Annalise trailed off as she twisted around on her feet, before pushing Kana against the wall and her own body.

"Annalise what are you.." Valour had stopped his sentence as Annalise took ahold of his wrist in a vice grip hold.

"Do not run away or it will get excruciating for you…. And we wouldn't want that now do we?" Annalise said with a threatening tone as her grip on Valours wrist tightened. "After all this is also a present to you dear Valour…. For being so… Hot…. in your match" Annalise giggled as she grabbed Kana's arm and pressed it against the wall while pushing her body against Kana's.

"Wait… Wha" Kana tried to speak until her eyes opened with surprise from Annalise actions as Annalise presses her lips against Kana's as she started to make out with her. At first, Kana tried to resist and break free but the way Annalise pushed her body against Kana's, she found herself pinned and helpless to Annalise's whims.

With every passing moment Kana's resistance lessens, and she is being entranced by the overwhelming sensation of Annalise's every movement. The feeling of her breasts pressed up against her own or the taste of her lips. This sensation was overwhelming her face was just a red as the giant gentle who was forced to watch the two girls make out. The way they would part to breathe only made Kana want it more, she couldn't believe that this girl in front of her managed to entrance her in such way, maybe it was the fact that the gentle giant who both enjoyed to toy with was watching.

As the two girls made out in front of him, Valour desperately tried to block out the moans of pleasure coming from those girls and focus his mind on something else. However everytime he managed to block out what was happening Annalise's grip would tighten, breaking his concentration.

The girls keep this up for what seems like an hour an half when Annalise finally moved away from Kana, both the girls were panting with their faces flushed red just like Valour. With Kana still entranced, Annalise smiled as she caressed Kana's face before whispering into her ear "Looks like I've won this little game of ours…. So the big guy is mine for the night" she giggled then blow air into Kana's ear.

That strange rush of air broke Kana's trance as Annalise's giggle quickly grew into laughter. By the time Kana managed to process what just happened and the words Annalise whispered to her, both Annalise and Valour were ready halfway down the hall near the exit of this section of the academy. Could she easily see Annalise firmly holding Valour's hand as she laughed with joy "wait…..what? HEY…. GET BACK HERE!" Kana called out chasing after them.

Valour honestly didn't know what to make of the situation at first. First, he was forced to see Annalise makeout with Kana, and now this? "Nope! Not again!" he said before using his strength to twist his wrist out of Annalise's grip and make her spin before taking off. Annalise yelped when she stopped spinning and then Kana ended up crashing into her.

Both groaned and sat up, rubbing their foreheads as they ended up bumping heads. "That was mean," the bobcat said, pouting.

Annalise shrugged. "I saw an opportunity, and I took it," she said. "You have soft lips, by the way, ~."

Kana still pouted, but it went away when she saw Sienna come down the hallway with some clothes in her hands. "Hey Professor Sienna!" she called, hopping up and bouncing over to her. "Watcha got there?"

"Oh, these are Miss Dawn's clothes from her locker" Sienna said simply. "Headmistress Basil told me to retrieve them for her."

"Scarlett is awake?" Annalise asked curiously.

"Yes, and unfortunately her clothes have been burnt off" the history professor said.

"We can take Letti's clothes to her!" the bobcat declared.

That caught the Faunus woman off guard. "Are you sure?" she asked.

Scarlett's partner nodded as Kana snatched the clothes away, being mindful of the scroll that laid on top. "We should probably go check on her anyway" she said.

Before Sienna could have a chance to speak, the two girls walked away from her. Kana heard a beeping noise before looking down at Scarlett's scroll. "Huh? What's with these numbers?" she mumbled.

Her redheaded teammate glanced over to see the number 19 blinking on the scroll. "Hmmm… Perhaps, we should ask Scarlett about it when we get to her," she suggested, making the bobcat nod in agreement.

Meanwhile, the members of team MTAL had walked through the corridors of the school after their combat classes, and they had some free time. "I still cannot believe that you!" Demeter, she pointed to her partner Midori "that you bested your opponent, you lazy sod!" she roared.

However, Midori was walking without a care in the world with his hands behind his back of his head. "I made it quick because I wanted to rest" he replied to his partner who was still amazed that he was made the leader of their team.

"You gotta be Kidding me! You do nothing other than sleep you lazy bastard!" Demeter focused her attention on him.

Midori laughed lightly as continued to walk without replying his words, but started to hum a tune instead only to provoke gunslinger so more. Tyrion and Lavender walked a little bit ahead trying to keep out the firing line of the argument, hoping that they can keep safe.

"I mean, you were sleeping the leadership class, not taking any initiative" Soon they were walking past the training room, and Demeter had seen Valour sizing up a large punching bag. "I mean why can't you be more like the team leader of CASK over there!"

Unbeknownst to the members of team MTAL Valour was speaking softly "Enough is enough…" Valour said before he punched the bag with his left fist. "I'm not some," he said again as he gave the bag a right-hand punch. "Agh!" he yelled before he punched the bag with another right hand sending the bag off the hook sliding across the floor into the end of the room.

When they saw the result of Valours punch, team MTAL had a preverbal sweatdrop. "Really?" Midori said to Demeter as his teammate turned around on the balls of her feet looking right back at him.

Both Tyrion and Lavender took the opportunity to walk quickly into the gym as Demeter had started to lose her brains at Midori. Tyrion had managed to get near Valour as he picked up the punching bag "Something bothering you?" he asked the Liger.

Valour had just hooked the punching bag up on the stand before hearing Tyrion's words "You could say that" he replied to Tyrion.

"Is it the two bitches that won't stop leaving you alone?" Lavender asked Valour but quickly realised what she said "Sorry I shouldn't have called them that" She apologised, before mentally cursing her jealous side coming out.

Valour gave the nod as he was about to get ready to punch the bag again "They do have names Lavender, but yes" he said as he saw Tyrion stood behind the punching bag bracing it.

"Lemme give you a hand" Tyrion said with a smile, as he braced for when Valour to punch the punching bag.

Lavender looked at Tyrion with worry "Are you sure that's a good idea?" She said in fear before a thunderous thud filled the empty gym as Valour punched the punching bag.

"I think that I am" Tyrion said with a single chuckle as he noticed that he was only moved back less than a foot. "Now big guy" he started to say as he walked around the punching bag and placing his left hand on Valours right shoulder, well tried too.

"Take your stand, Be up front, and don't be pushed around" Tyrion gave his advice to the giant of Shade. Who gave the nod back in appreciation until…

Lavenders jealous side as she saw Tyrion and Valour show signs of friendship flared up again "Don't be a wuss, and take the bitches by the horns!" she said before apologising yet again "Sorry!"

This made Valour chuckle along with Tyrion "Interesting partner you got there" Valour said to Tyrion who laughed lightly as he patted the shoulder his hand was resting on.

"You can say that" Tyrion replied until he heard something Demeter had said to Midori 'Die?' he thought as he let out a sigh and removed his hand from Valour. "Excuse me I think we should stop our teammate before she does something stupe with our team leader," he said to Valour and Lavender.

Valour gave the nod as Lavender had already started to go to Demeter as she was shaking Midori by his shirt. Although when Tyrion took one step to the trio of his team, he slipped "Woah!" Tyrion said as he fell forward landing on a weight bar that was left and had not been put away.

As soon as Tyrion landed on one side of the bar, he had pushed all the weight disks besides one off the bar... Heavy side of the weight bar had dropped to the floor before the one disc left on the other hand was catapulted into the air.

The small weight disk flew like a bird towards the trio of MTAL, before it slid on the ground sweeping the feet out from under them. This cause Lavender, Midori and Demeter to fall over onto the ground causing a ruckus.

"Huh, it happened again didn't it?" Tyrion had said nonchalantly, before walking over his team that was knocked down.

The sight was funny to see that Demeter had landed on top of Midori "Well now kiss and make up guys" Tyrion said with a chuckle.

Demeter blinked first at Tyrion before looking down to see Jin who had taken this opportunity to catch some sleep. Lavender couldn't help but giggle as she got up and quickly moved behind Tyrian "Kiss the sleeping beauty already" She chimed in.

"Nngh" Demeter grumbled before noticing where Midori's hands had been put into a compromising position. "Pervert!" she yelled giving a hard slap to Midori's face before getting up. It took a bit for Demeter to get out of that compromising position as Midori laid on the floor, happily catching some delightful shut-eye as Demeter got madder "SERIOUSLY? Yy-you lazy shit…." she said with her voice trembling in anger at the sight of their team leader.

Valour who just watched all this unfold was surprised at Midori and his so-called ability to sleep anywhere. He couldn't help but smile until he saw Demeter raise her foot "a lazy shit like you would be better off de…." she started to say, the anger in her voice reaching its boiling point until a massive thud echoed throughout the room, followed by Demeter screaming out in pain as she fell to her knee, holding the top of her head.

Quickly turning around to find the person who just hit her, only to see Tyrian glaring back at her with his hand straighten like he just karate chopped someone. Both Valour and Lavender were shocked when they saw Tyrian jump as high as he could to karate chop Demeter in the head. Tyrian's gaze was so intense, Demeter couldn't find the words she wanted to speak. "DON'T!…. EVEN!…. JOKE ABOUT DEATH!" Tyrian grown before leaving the room.

Leaving both Lavender and Demeter speechless, it even woke Midori from his sleep. Lavender couldn't help but watch Tyrian walk off, and she has spoken to him a lot mainly as a distraction to Midori and Demeter's constant bickering. From all the times they talked, she never saw Tyrian raise his voice in such a manner like this.

As the pain from Tyrian's blow faded, Demeter got up and looked at Midori who was yawning, and she let out a big "hmph" before storming off back to their team's dormitory to relax.

Back in the infirmary, Scarlett sat on the bed with a patient stare up at the ceiling when she heard a familiar voice.

"Letti! What's up!"

She turned to see her two teammates come inside with smiles. "Oh, it's you two," she mumbled.

"Ugh, rudeness!" Kana sassed. "And here we were being good teammates and bringing you your clothes as soon as we found out you finally woke up!" She went over to one of the windows and opened it up. "Guess you don't need them now!"

Scarlett began to panic as the bobcat stuck her clothes out to drop them. "Ah! I'm sorry! Thank you both for bringing my stuff! Please don't throw them out!" she yelled with her arms waving around.

Annalise gave a rather unimpressed look to Kana as the Faunus girl went back over and gave their teammate her clothes with a satisfied grin. "You know, Scarlett, you have a very fit body," she said. "I wouldn't mind just seeing you naked." She laughed at her partner's red face. "I'm just kidding. Well, half joking anyway. I know we have to respect the law of public decency."

The blonde grumbled about her partner's antics before drawing in the curtains around the bed to get dressed. "So what happened after I was turned to stone," she asked.

"Well, Kana faced off the washboard princess and won," the redhead informed, tapping her chin as she recalled the events with a thoughtful look. "I won against a guy with a rapier. Who did Lavender and Tyrian face?"

Kana shrugged in response, seeming not to remember. "Well, anyway," Annalise continued, "despite you being turned to stone, Headmistress Basil declared you the winner of your match with Valour."

"Really?' Scarlett asked as she drew the curtain back after she finished getting dressed.

"Yes, I did."

All three of the girls jumped and turned to see Basil sitting at Aloe's desk. "You're still here!?" Scarlett yelled.

"I've been here for a while, Miss Dawn," Basil replied in amusement.

"How did we not notice her until she spoke," Annalise mumbled, Kana shrugging in response.

Scarlett's attention was pulled to a beeping noise and turned to see her scroll in Kana's hand. "Uh, Kana… What number does it say on my scroll?" she asked carefully.

The bobcat's ears twitched at the question, and she looked at Annalise, who nodded in response before looking at the blonde. "Seven, why?" she said, causing the redhead to gape in shock at the Faunus girl.

Scarlett's eyes started tearing up as she snatched her scroll away from Kana and saw the real number, causing her to grip her free hand into a fist and glare at her teammates. "I hate you both!" she said before running out of the infirmary.

Both girls watched their teammate run off in shock before Annalise gave Kana a scolding glare. "Kana! Why did you say seven!?" she scolded.

"I don't know…. Besides, does it even matter? And why is the number so important anyway?... It's just a number" the bobcat said like it was no big deal.

Basil sighed before getting up and walking up to the two girls. "I suppose I must give you both important information about Miss Dawn since she is your teammate," she said as she sat down on the bed Scarlett was in to look at the two girls in front of her "Geez Chryssa…. What am I going to do with that child of yours" Basil said softly with a sigh before thinking of a way to explain Scarlett's situation.

However before she could speak, she noticed Annalise glaring at her just like she did with Kana before. "Before you start…. What were you thinking Headmistress!... Turning Scarlett to stone like that…. YOU COULD HAVE KILLED HER!" Annalise shouted as her body trembled, at first in anger then something close to fear as the realisation that she just tried to scold the Headmistress Basil Serpentine the Basilisk like some small child.

Seeing Annalise realise what she just did, Basil let out a heart filled laugh "You girls don't know anything, do you…. It seems like someone should pay more attention in class" She said with a serious tone which causes two girls to back up slightly as her eyes quickly glowed yellow for second as both Kana and Annalise were turned to stone.

Basil let out a groan of pain as she rubbed her eyes "When was the last time I had to use my semblance multiple times in a single day…." she trailed off with a sigh as she got up again and made herself a coffee. Making sure to use the finest coffee beans in Aloe's stash of 'medical supplies' he was hiding from her. Before walking back to the bed with two stone statues.

After sitting back down with a delicious cup of coffee in her hands, she searched her pockets for random items. She pulled out a couple of coins and flicked one of them with a fair amount of force at Annalise, the collision of the currency against the stone body caused the stone to crack. Within a few seconds, the stone casing that covered Annalise had crumbled away.

"Now Miss Amaranth, please look at Miss Carmine and watch closely," Basil said as she flicked the second coin with enough force to leave a mini shockwave. Annalise couldn't react in time and could only watch in horror as the coin hit Kana right in the middle of her forehead before ricocheting around the room and landing back into Basil's hand.

"KANA" Annalise cried out as she quickly moved to check on her, the sight of the stone statue uncontrolling cracking scared her. It almost made her heart stop beating when the cracks covered the entirety of Kana's body. As the stone fell away revealing that Kana was perfectly fine and there was no marking on her forehead were the coin impacted, Annalise let out a sigh of relief as she turned to see the Headmistress with the biggest grin on her face.

"See girls…. While I can turn someone to stone, the slightest knock can easily crack the stone casing…." Basil said as she took another sip of coffee, which only confused Kana because she just blacked out and now the Headmistress has a cup of coffee in her hands which weren't there before. "Now I fear we have become a bit sidetracked…." she added as she cleared her throat.

"As you have seen, Scarlett is a rather troubled child…. She was born with an imbalance that causes her anger, so every day is a struggle for her as she desperately tries to fight against her very nature... Only to constantly fail." Basil says as she places down her coffee on the side table "That's where her scroll comes in as well as the silver bracelets and necklace on each wrist and around her neck…. They have been designed to monitor her vitals, and notify her whenever they elevate whenever she feels angry."

"So that 19 meant she got angry 19 times…. But how? How is that even possible?... She was turned to stone for half the day" Annalise said with a slightly shocked expression, she couldn't fully process the real meaning behind the numbers that are displayed on Scarlett's scroll.

"Growing up with an anger issue like that meant she missed out on a lot of things…. To her, her anger is preventing her from living a normal life…. She is constantly worried about her actions, should she lose control…. And I'm afraid all this stress and worry especially over the fact no matter how hard she tries doesn't help…. Is taking a toll on the girl's psyche" With each word Basil spoke the two girls could quickly tell the worry in her voice.

"While thinking that saying a low number might have been helpful…. What Scarlett needs right now is people that tell her the truth no matter painful it might be…. Now I think it's time for you two girls to run along now" Basil said with a soft smile at the end as she noticed the shocked look on Aloe's face when he returned to see his stash on the table and the floor covered in dirt.

Meanwhile in a more secluded part of the academy part which appeared to be more like a park-like garden. Scarlett didn't know how she got there but from what she could tell, there was no one around, with her scroll held tightly in her hands, she decided to sit down at a nearby bench.

The images of Kana and Annalise's expression as those words were muttered plagued her mind as she kept looking at her scroll. Questions clouded her mind as her vision began to blur from the tears, Why did they lie? We were supposed to be friends, they even said it themselves…. So why? Was it all a lie? These questions kept running through her head until she heard a familiar voice, a calming voice, a voice she knew that she could speak to about anything…. A sound similar to her own.

"What wrong sweetie" the voice gently said in a soothing tone that made Scarlett calm enough to clear her vision, as she saw the person sitting right beside her with a welcoming smile. She looked like Scarlett so many ways but there differences which Scarlett herself believed she could never achieve. This woman had ash blonde hair much like Scarlett's but longer and styled. Her skin was smooth and had a certain glow to it without any signs damaged from excessive physical activities.

She wore makeup and an elegant summer dress. To Scarlett this person was beautiful, she had everything Scarlett wished she had in her wildest dreams "So what happened this time dear?"

Scarlett tried to explain what happened as much as her emotional state would allow her, no matter how many times Scarlett struggled to find the words. This woman quietly listened to her, speaking when it feels right, reassuring Scarlett along the way. She has giggled at some of antics that Scarlett explain, with every minute that passed speaking to this woman, Scarlett did start to feel better, as her tears slowed. However, her grip on her scroll never lessened.

"So Letti hey? That's adorable, and it suits you" the woman spoke as Scarlett softly giggled while wiping her eyes. Letti…. Just remembering that world filled Scarlett with joy, it was unique to her. Her very first nickname given to her by something who didn't have disgust or hatred in their voice. It was a happy memory which gave her hope that one day she would finally conquer her anger and experience the world just like they do.

However, whenever she experiences happiness, sadness and despair quickly follow to bring her back to reality as those memories of the ones she believed she could trust and call them friends, openly lied to her face. Friends were something longed for, but whenever she got close, they would turn their backs on her. Sensing the mental state worsens, the woman tried to get Scarlett to opening voice her feelings.

After a bit of coercing, Scarlett finally spoke, she spoke about how happy honestly felt them they were treating her like a friend. She also talked about the self-loathing pain she felt whenever she saw those two girls enjoyingly do things she knew she couldn't. Especially when it came to expressing themselves through the use of their bodies. She spoke about struggles she felt every day regarding the thin ice that was their friends as Scarlett knew a simple mistake and they would turn away just like the rest.

The more Scarlett, the higher her heart ached, the more it, the more she cried, Despite the pain, she knew that she needed to voice them as the many books she read on the matter stated it was the first step down the path of healing. "I HATE THIS….. I HATE EVERYTHING….. THIS FEELING…. THIS SENSE OF DOUBT…. MY STUPID ANGER…. I HATE…. EVERY…. SINGLE…. PART…. OF ME" she shouted, her voice echoing throughout as the words started to choke up on the raw emotion she felt.

"I WISH I NEVER LEFT HOME!" She continued to cry, her grip on her scroll intensified as her tears fell like rain onto the screen that displayed the number 19.

As more tears continued to fall onto the scroll that is held between her hands, a sound of footsteps caught her by surprise. As the image of the giant gentle appeared in her blurry vision, it was Valour who happened to wander by and was drawn in by a strange noise. What he saw was his teammate Scarlett sitting alone on a bench with red sore eyes from crying.

She looked frightened, as she desperately tried to wipe away tears from her eyes and clear her sight. He could see that she was trying to say something but her voice was too overwhelmed by her emotions that it sounded incomprehensible.

Before he knew the ash blonde girl quickly moved past him and out of pure instinct he threw out his hand and grabbed hold of Scarlett's arm. As he firmly yet softly held her arm stopping her in place, there was a strange feeling that left Valour speechless. He could visibly see that she was trying to break free from his grasp but couldn't despite it being extremely soft that wouldn't leave a mark.

Questions started to run through his mind, how can this girl, the one who managed to send him into a wall with a single punch…. be… so…. weak?

Meanwhile back at the arena where Demeter somehow managed to get Midori to fight her in a duel. To what Lavender saw and heard, it was to prove to her his worth of being a team leader. "This is so stupid. So, So, Stupid" Lavender thought as she had sat in the stand leaning over the railing with a sigh. "Why can't I get so riled up like Demeter, or be as lazy as Midori?" she selfishly asked herself.

Then she saw a shine from something that was thrown up into the air by Demeter " Well, it's about to begin…" Lavender gave out another sigh before jumping her seat as someone sat next to her.

"She is out for Midori huh?" Tyrian said to Lavender as he watched the coin fall from the air. He had simmered down from his outburst from in the gym and thought to find his team again.

Lavender gave a firm nod to her partner "Yea Jealous little thing isn't she?" she replied to Tyrian, looked at his partner before back at the fight.

"Jealous and little? I thought that was you my dear" Tyrian laughed lightly as Lavender tried top hold back a pout from her face, although their focus was on the coin as it hit the ground.

In an instantaneous moment, the coin hit the floor Demeter had drawn her two revolvers firing a shot from each weapon, in the attempt to strike her opponent before he has time to react. Although the bullets fired from her gun had missed their target, by going past Midori on either side of him.

Midori, on the other hand, had not moved a muscle as he yawned using his right side to cover his mouth to Demeter. "What was that?" he said tiredly "Has it started?" he asked looking at Demeter/

"Why you bastard…" She growled as she aimed her right revolver right at Midori's chest "I'll teach you to yawn at me!" she yelled at her partner as she fired.

Midori not paying attention to Demeter decided to stretch, and in doing so had moved out of the way of the bullet that was meant for him.

"Goddammit!" she cursed to herself, almost like she was blaming herself. As she saw Midori stretching his body even though the fight had already started "Really!"

Tyrian could only laugh at the sight that he saw it as comical. "What's so funny?" Lavender asked her partner in response to the sudden laughter.

"It's just that this little duel is not serious at all" Tyrian replied to her as he could feel another groups presence behind them. "However…. It looks like they have drawn a crowd".

"Don't mind if we do!" said a young woman as she sat down next to Lavender and Tyrian with her team.

This young woman roughly at the age of eighteen years old. She stood at the height of five feet tall with a body of a kickboxer. Despite having a shape of a kickboxer, she is also a well-developed woman with what the rumours around the campus were saying D cup. Her shoulder length maroon coloured hair that is kept in a messy side swept to the left side of her face, complemented her olive skin tone.

The small scar on the corner of her right eye did not take away her colour of brown eyes. One feature that will catch peoples eyes thought would be her cybernetic left hand that was clearly shown from her school uniform, but the cybernetic was her entire left with scars from where they had implanted it.

"I'm Sepia, team leader of team SHDD! (Shade)" Sepia said with a smile as she watched the duel. She used her right hand and pointed to three other people without taking her eyes off the fight.

"That is Uriel!" She said first showing that he stood at the height of six foot and two inches tall, and having olive skin like Sepia. He has pitch black hair styled in a crew cut that matches his angular face, and his strength with facial features. Despite his sharp facial features, his short stubble beard does soften his look a little bit.

Uriel has Heterochromia, which is having two different coloured irises. His left eye is a brilliant gold colour, while his right eye is a dull red colour. The story of the dullness of his red eye could be told by the burn scars on the upper right side of his face around his right eye.

He wore the male student uniform loosely in a relaxed way that you could see that he has a cybernetic arm as well, but not as sleek as Sepia. His arm is more of a rugged skeletal in a style that is coloured black.

"And that's Gabriel. Don't worry he won't bite" Sepia pointed to a guy who was seated, who was also watching the fight.

If Gabriel stood up, he would be five foot and nine inches. The olive skin has been seen on his face, making his green eyes stand out from him. His shoulder-length black hair was swept back, which match the same colour as his light stubble on his face. Sharp and angular face, made Gabriel look like he was someone of royal stature.

Wearing his school uniform just like Uriel, but with the sleeves rolled up, you could see that Gabriel has a blackout tattoo starting from his wrist to the end of his elbow. This gives wonder if he has any more tattoos, on his person as well. Another alteration done to his uniform was that his shirt and jacket had slots to put his black angel-like wings through.

"And finally, she's Seraphina, twin to Gabriel" Sepia introduced finally.

Seraphina Stood at the same height as Gabriel at five foot and nine inches tall. If the headmistress had some comedic sense, she would have named the team of four teams 'Olive' because of their skin colour alone. Her white shoulder length hair was done in a loose bun, with her bangs styled to the right side of her face. There where a couple of loose strands of white hair that stayed framing the side of her face.

She had brown eyes, but with orange highlights that draw the attention to anyone besides her, white angel-like wings. Her clothes were altered the same way as Gabriel to allow from her wings as well. Another thing that could be noticed by most would be the slight orange highlights running all over were her veins would be. She wore the girls uniform, opting for a regular skirt and stockings.

Tyrian nodded. "Nice to meet you guys," he said before turning back to the fight between his teammates, Lavender regarding everyone with a nod before going back to the battle.

"Man, she must have it out for him, huh?" Sepia asked as she watched Demeter try and fail to land a hit on Midori, causing the two other members of MTAL to sigh.

"Pretty much," Lavender said, watching the fight in envy.

"Ugh! You're the most insufferable human being on the planet!" Demeter yelled. "When I'm finished with you, the headmistress will see that she made a goddamn mistake!"

"Good for you," Midori yawned as he dodged.

Before either of the two could blink, they were both swept off their feet by a familiar whip blade before it made a full circle around them. Next thing they knew, it pulled onto the both of them and made their heads clash. The people watching flinched and made 'ooh' noises because that seriously had to hurt. Midori and Demeter both fell to the ground, and once they were loose from the whip blade, they held their foreheads with pained groans.

People stepped back as they saw their combat teacher approach the guilty duo with a deadly aura, and he loomed over the two who didn't acknowledge his presence until they looked up and paled.

"Well, well, well," Nyx said with a deadly look. "Look what we have here. Two stupid little shits were fighting outside of combat classes." His eyes glowed red as his deadly aura grew worse, causing said two 'idiotic little shits' to tremble in fear. "You know, I distinctly remember one of the rules being 'No fighting outside of combat classes'. Am I wrong?"

Both Midori and Demeter quickly shook their heads, indicating their answer to be that their combat teacher wasn't wrong.

"And yet here you both are breaking that exact rule," Nyx said, grinning a deadly grin that made everyone fear for their lives. "You know, as much as I would love to dish out a proper punishment for both of you morons, I'm going to let it slide because I have a certain fiery tempered little shit to deal with." He slapped his whip down between the two, making them both yelp in fright.

"But next time this happens, you won't be so lucky. You fucking got that?" He grinned in satisfaction when he heard a 'yessir' before giving Demeter an annoyed glare. "As for you, shitty brat, the next time you want to complain about not being the leader of your team, complain to the headmistress. She makes the decisions, not me." He got into her face. "And I strongly suggest you watch what you say about her if you still want your head on your shoulders."

Demeter nodded in understanding as Nyx pulled away and began to walk off.

"And for those of you who didn't do anything to stop this, here's a word of advice," Nyx said before slamming his blade whip down in front of Tyrian, Lavender, and team SHDD, causing them to scream in fear because the whip was dangerously close to getting them. "When you see someone breaking the rules, tell a teacher. It doesn't matter if they're your friend or your teammate. You try and cover for them, and you'll be in the same boat as those two idiots. Got it?"

They nodded their heads frantically before the wolverine grunted and left the room, wrapping his whip blade back around his waist and then shoving his hands back into his pockets. His aura had calmed down, and he had a bored look, acting as if nothing happened.

"Did anyone else see their whole life flash before their eyes?" Gabriel asked as he trembled. "Because that's what just happened to me…"

Once their teacher was gone, Demeter glared at her partner. "Great! We just barely avoided punishment!" she yelled. "No thanks to you!"

Midori glared. "Me!?" he yelled back. "That bullshit was your idea in the first place!"

Both Tyrian and Lavender grimaced as their two teammates began their ridiculous fighting once again. Sepia noticed this and gave a sympathetic smile. "Hey, you guys wanna get something to snack on with us?" she offered. "You two look like you could use a break."

"Please" Tyrian begged. "Anything to get away from those two." He pointed at Demeter and Midori as he spoke his final sentence, Lavender nodding in agreement.

"Well, we've got tons of snacks in our dorm room," Uriel said. "Just follow us."

Both calm members of team MTAL gave sighs of relief before following team SHDD to their dorm room, leaving their teammates to bicker like insufferable children.

Back with Scarlett and Valour, the blonde female began to explain everything that happened with Annalise and Kana, the liger nodding in understanding and keeping his sole attention on his teammate. He had to admit, from what the girl explained, Annalise seemed like the only one who was willing, but unfortunately left the bobcat to do the talking and… Well, it just didn't end well.

"Hmmm," Valour hummed after Scarlett finished the explanation. "Well, from what you've told me when you saw the look on Annalise's face after Kana told you the number, I think she wasn't expecting her to say seven." He looked at the now confused Scarlett. "I think they probably both agreed to tell you the real number on your scroll, but Kana being… Well, Kana, she decided to improvise and tell you a lower number out of 'curiosity'." He made air quotes on the 'curiosity' part.

Scarlett groaned. Great one of them wanted to tell the truth, and the blonde just had to jump to conclusions and assume they both agreed to lie to her. She couldn't help but feel guilty for getting angry at Annalise and saying that she hated her. Kana… She probably should've known that Kana would pull something like that. Still, if the bobcat was so damn curious about the importance of the numbers, she should've just asked! Like a normal person!

"Look, if it helps, I can go talk to them and maybe work something out," Valour said, giving her a friendly smile. "I'll get them to tell me their side of the story, and we'll go from there. In the meantime, try…" He gave it a thoughtful look. "Try to use something to blow off some steam. Isn't that what you usually do?"

"Well, it's not exactly 'blowing off steam'," Scarlett said. "It's just… A way of punishing myself for getting angry too many times."

"Well, you do that, and I'll go talk to them," the liger said, smiling. "Sound like a plan?"

"Yeah, I guess," the hot-headed girl mumbled.

"Yep! A great plan!"

The two members of CASK turned to see professors Sienna and Nyx approach them. "You," Nyx said, pointing at Valour. "Get to your teammates. I'm sure they'll be wondering where you are since you still have to go get settled in your dorm room."

The giant liger nodded in understanding and got up to leave. Scarlett got up and tried to walk with him, but Sienna stopped her. "Not you," she said lightly. "There's something we must discuss with you in private."

The blonde looked at her teammate, who nodded before walking off to his new dorm. Scarlett frowned and listened to her teachers as they stood side by side.

"Now, the headmistress knows about your shitty situation," Nyx said bluntly, causing Sienna to give him a scolding look for the way he phrased it but he ignored it. "So, she decided to entrust us to give you punishments however we see fit every time you blow that damn fuse of yours."

Scarlett honestly didn't like the sound of that, because when she looked at Nyx, he looked like a freaking drill sergeant that gives out the most unpleasant punishments in Remnant. "Okay," she said, wary of what might happen. "So what's my punishment for today?"

"One hundred push-ups," Nyx said. "Starting now."

"Wait now!?"

"Yes now, shitty brat. Now drop and give us one hundred."

Scarlett grumbled about Nyx being rude before getting down on all fours and beginning to do push-ups. One. Two. Three. Four. Five. Six. Seven. Eight. Nine. Ten. That was when she felt something vast land on her back, and she yelped in pain. She looked to see a hefty 35 lbs cinder block on her back, and she looked up at Nyx. "Hey, what the hell!?" she yelled.

"Oh, sorry, I forgot," Nyx said sarcastically with an evil smirk. "For every ten push-ups you do, you get a cinder block placed on your back."

"Placed!?" Scarlett shouted, glaring. "You freaking dropped it on me!"

"Be glad that it's on your back and not your head now, huh?" the combat teacher said. "I told you before. The headmistress put us in charge to punish you however we see fit. So you'll be doing one hundred push-ups and get cinder blocks on your back for every ten you do." That bit of information made her think that this guy was some sadist. "What? Is it too much for you? Too freaking bad. Now hurry up and do the next ten."

Sienna sighed at Nyx and gave Scarlett a sympathetic smile. Scarlett glared up at the Wolverine while he just gave a shit-eating smirk down at her. 'Oh, I'll do the next ten, you are a freaking sadist!' she thought to herself before getting back to push-ups.

As Scarlett continued to do her punishment, Sienna started to become worried about the girl in front out her as she could physically see the strain in the girl's body by the way she reacted to Nyx nonchalantly throwing the cinder blocks onto her back. As more cinder blocks were placed Scarlett's pace slowed dramatically, she managed to quickly blitz through the first half, making Nyx have to keep up with the speed she had set.

Now showing signs of struggling Nyx grin only grew more substantial, he laughing when Scarlett's arms gave way to the sheer weight on her back "aww…. Is that it? Is the great firecracker finally giving up?..." He mocked in his usual drill sergeant manner.

By this point Sienna was about to give Nyx a mouth full as apparently he has taken this punishment too far but before either Nyx or herself could say something. They noticed smoke escaping from the pile of cinder blocks. As Scarlett screamed in pain, as her body cried out in pure agony to find the strength to continue and finish her punishment.

Sienna watched in horror as the girl continued despite the pain, despite her arms buckling a couple of times for the remainder of the punishment, even that smug expression on the Nyx's face was gone. Upon completing the 100 pushups Nyx tasked her, Scarlett just merely collapsed with no strength left to even more a finger. Sienna quickly removed the pile of cinder blocks to the side to see that there was a hole burnt into the backside of her clothing and that her back was bruised and bleeding.

Out of pure rage, Sienna turned to Nyx and swiftly backhanded in across the face, leaving him speechless. He was about to congratulate Scarlett for sticking it out and completing the task assigned to her. But Sienna's reaction to just how far the girl pushed her, the slap left him stunned as Sienna glared at him "this was crossing the line…. I'm going to make sure that Aloe gives you a blasting, as clearly you have just ruined his night."

It was rare to hear any form of anger in the History teacher's voice as Nyx watched Sienna carry Scarlett off towards the infirmary. With the pain from Sienna's blow still fresh in his mind "just great" he growled as he was the only one around left to clean up this mess.

In a more secluded area of the campus, covered in the darkness of the setting sun. There stood two people who had a clear sight of Scarlett's punishment. One was a male standing around 5'11" with a rather average build that was more on the lean side of things. The way this man stood with a hunch made appear to be much shorter than he is.

Dressed in somewhat formal attire of a dark deep purple dress shirt, a black vest and tie. With matching pair of black slacks with black dress shoes. The sleeves were rolled up to his elbows revealing a multitude of tattoos ranging from a myriad of skulls, flames, chess pieces, to tools found in an auto shop. The man slightly adjusted his rectangular glasses as his yellow eyes just followed the history teacher.

He felt a hand brush through his short-ish and slightly discoloured black hair that contained a small amount of grey hair discreetly scattered throughout. As his eyes locked onto the owner of the hand that brushed his hair. It was a rather beautiful woman standing 5'10" tall with a curved figure with voluptuous breasts make most men swoon over her, and a perfect cream-coloured skin tone. She had long hair that fell to the middle of the back and was made out of feathers. She was a Faunus who had an expression of pure bliss just from the acknowledgement the man next to her.

Until the man next to her, she wore the school uniform and could not be happier to be in his presence. The look she gave was one of ecstasy "So Pitch…. my love…. My darling… My everything, did you find something useful?"

The man referred to as Pitch simply knocked away the girl's hand "Yes Aria…. As unruly as the so-called demon is, some uses can be found…. Given the right push that is" Pitch just merely laughed, walking away and leaving the Faunus Aria to hardly wonder as she watched the history teacher fade out of sight into the building.