[center][b][u]EXTREMELY EXTREME COLLAB CHAPTER WHO CARES PART I DUNNO[/b][/u]: [i]It's Training, It's Pouring[/i]

[b]Summary:[/b] The Beach Olympics have concluded and the second chunk of Season Two has begun, where the students head over to three dojos to train. In keeping with the geographical trend on Destiny Island, the dojos are reasonably close from the Beach Olympics course, which is reasonably close to the pool, which is reasonably close to the central resort building thing, which is reasonably close to the bar, which is reasonably close to the water, which is reasonably close to the dojos.[/center]

[i][u] - Intro - [/i][/u]
Fists of fury burst yet another sandbag, leaving it lifeless on top of cold stone. Firearms screamed through the air, blasting apart targets one-by-one. Magic spells filled to the brim with power caused training dummies to literally vanish, though some of them were obviously spared for later use. A water fountain sat in the middle between these three sources of power.

After a (literally) eventful day on Destiny Island, Athalia Academy's students had been sent to train under the academy's supervision. If the students were to face the sources of dangers that threatened their lives, they wold need to learn how to harness their strengths. While they could certainly not accomplish that within a single day, training was certainly not an optional choice in the current situation.

There were three "dojos" (all of them have different appearances) that contained teachers, though there were also free practice grounds that students could independently train in. The training grounds in its entirety was located a little away from the beach, but far enough to prevent people from noticing them. A spell had been cast so that bystanders unrelated to Athalia Academy would only be able to see an illusion image of an empty, locked building site.

[i][u] - Nikola - [/u][/i]
Nikola fired a Desert Eagle straight through three targets, simply tossing the firearm away before picking up a Glock 18 on a metal table in front of him. After testing out all of the weapons- getting perfect shots in the entire process- the cybernetically-modified human began to read through some of the reportings of the demons that had been spotted so far. The man himself preferred not to teach (the irony) a bunch of children how to shoot guns, but at the same time, he did not want any student to die. He would get the blame, and that would mean that not many people would try to help him out through funds and payment. He hated how reputations worked, sometimes.

[i][u] - Madame Serena - [/i][/u]
The magic dojo, from the outside a plain looking building open those steel doors and be prepared for an unexpected surprise, once you've passed the threshold the empty warehouse becomes a intricately designed library with magic practically buzzing through the air! A shiny well kept marble floor leads the way into the library, with intricately decorated wooden shelves lining either side of the room stacked from floor to ceiling with various tomes, though there were no ladders visible to access the top levels. High ceilings decorated with pastel colored paintings of mythical beasts dancing across the cream ceilings, majestic griffins and unicorns trailed down circular white stone pillars that lined the room separating the bookshelves from the large open space at the center of the library. Small spheres of light floated peacefully through the air leaving thin trails of powder blue smoke behind them as they sailed around the room. At the far end of the spacious hallway was a circular room with a huge oak table sat at its center cluttered with many glass jars and steamy pots, smaller tables were carefully laid out around it with chairs tucked under them a cauldron sat atop each table with books placed either side of it.

Madame Serena hummed softly to herself gliding across the magic dojo, the elderly woman moved over to a table covered in jars and steaming pots, various tubes and apparatus added to the clutter. Today she had placed wooden field dummies alongside the stone pillars, though apart from that the old witch hadn’t given any other indication of what she would be teaching.

[i][u] - Tora - [/i][/u]
A growl echoed from the man within the wood-covered dojo, his pale eyes peering into an abyss of nothingness. It had been quite a while since he had lost his humanity, and even now, he lacked the ability to think like a human being. But while he failed to retrieve his soul for the time being, his lifeless reincarnation trained to become a teacher of fighting. No more did he need to use words, for now, his martial arts demonstrated who he truly was, even before becoming a cursed zombie.

The man swung around his hooks violently, decapitating five dummies effortlessly. He then smashed each and every one of the heads back up into the air, jumping up to reach the height of the heads. He then, creating a massive arc with a single leg. The zombified martial artist effortlessly smashed the airborne objects - with a single strike - toward the respective bodies they popped up from.

The man landed on the ground before cleaning up the place again. Another advantage in being a zombie was that he did not know what "annoying" felt like. Tora growled like a dog before sitting down.

[i][u] - Yutaka - [/u][/i]
Yutaka watched the fellow teacher (Tora) smash through the dummies with ease, just leaning back against the wall and relaxing before the students joined in. "Smile Tora, smile." He chuckled, "You are going to scare the students at this rate." On the other hand, it would probably be better if Yutaka tensed up a bit. He didn't look someone ready to teach the students about combat at all.

In fact, the mask he had chosen to wear that day was a [url=http://www.dhresource.com/albu_253973897_00-1.200x200/new-arrivals-gas-mask-2-pcs-dual-gas-respirator.jpg]black gas mask[/url]. So forget about looking like a teacher... Everything about him was just screaming 'suspicious' character. He [i]was[/i] better prepared than usual though. In a corner of the room there was a large pile of white sheets that Yutaka intended to manipulate to give the students a moving target if they wanted to practice against them.

[i][u] - Tora - [/i][/u]
Tora turned to Yutaka. He tilted his head in curiosity before attempting to smile like the fellow teacher told him to.

It turned out that he was already smiling. With that said, Tora decided to - humorously - slap a single training dummy. Even then, the dummy looked like it would explode at any time soon due to how much power he could not contain within himself.

[i][u] - Carmen - [/i][/u]
Carmen had certainly enjoyed herself during the Beach Olympics, but she wanted to be at least a little productive during her stay on Destiny Island. Luckily, the general student population all elected to go train, somehow all at the same time, and she found herself making her way towards the dojos. Stopping by her house to pick up her trumpet, she quickly made her way to the dojo area. It had been odd spending this whole time without her trumpet, but at the same time kind of nice to be an - almost - ordinary girl. Well, ordinary other than her [i]extremely sophisticated fashion sense.[/i] Obviously.

She decided to wait at the entrances of the three dojos for some people she recognized to show up. She knew she wanted to try all three dojos as well as the free practice room, but she had no idea which one to start with so she figured she'd let somebody else decide for her.

[i][u] - Crash - [/i][/u]
Crash had been released! Not that he had anything to complain about, whilst in puppy form Kathy had practically hugged him the whole time...he wasn't sure whether that was to stop him from chasing Seven though...Deciding that four legs were better than two and probably far more stable, he had shifted into a large crimson pelted wolf, sprinting across the sand heading towards the training area kicking up sand as he went. The only problem with this form of travel was it was fast and Crash's reaction times were not the best in the world, once he began to weave through students it was only a matter of time before he collided with something. In this particular instance, the shapeshifter had tripped over someone's shoe stumbling forward he'd been unable to keep his balance and in an attempt to stay upright had shifted into an armadillo curling into a protective ball...which wasn't his best idea as the hard red shell made him look like a giant dodgeball. He was kicked from one place to the next by a small throng of students very much as if he was a pinball in a pinball machine. As soon as he was flicked into the air he shifted a third time adopting a flying squirrel form he zigzagged his way towards a very familiar hat well there were quite a few actually all kind of blurring together, tilting down slightly he zoomed towards the sand at Carmen's feet shifting back into his human form a smidgen to early and practically face planting into the sand in front of her. "...Eurgh...why do I do these things?" He groaned to himself as he rolled onto his back his eyes not all that dissimilar to spinning discs. "Hey Carmen" He grinned at the multiple Carmen's stood behind his head, he was currently wearing a plain white T-shirt and a pair of cargo khaki shorts.

[i][u] - Kathy - [/i][/u]
Kathy was actually more than happy to go for training. She enjoyed physical activity. And more importantly, she [i]wanted[/i] to become stronger. The party, the next day at the auditorium, and even during her stay back at her parents’ house… She was honestly beginning to feel like nothing more than a damsel in distress (minus being the main victim of the story) and the idea of that irritated her to no end.
 
Before making her way to the training center though, she stopped by the small house she was assigned to and changed into a pair of black gym shorts and a white tank top. Kathy also grabbed a small hair tie and went to the mirror to fix her hair up into a ponytail. And to her surprise... "It's purple..?!" Somewhere between her transition from the beach to her room, her hair had changed from blue to purple. Surprised, she ran her fingers through it again. "... Just how does Darwin's powers work exactly?" She wondered aloud, then got back to tying her hair up into a ponytail.

Leaving her house, Kathy went to the training center and joined the crowd of students gathering around there. It seemed a lot of them were talking amongst each other and discussing where they wanted to go, but she had already made up her mind and pushed through the crowd with a few apologizes to make her way towards the physical training dojo. On her way there, she came across a bit of open space without too many students and saw a very difficult-to-ignore hat there. At the next minute, she also noticed the familiar mess of red hair at Carmen's feet. "Hey you two." She greeted. With a slight chuckle, Kathy shook her head at Crash and added, "You did pretty well in heels. Here I was thinking you got a bit better at this 'walking' business."

[i][u] - Ryuu - [/i][/u]
A certain otaku believed that training would be the best part of the trip. Sure, there were lots of "cosmetics" that severely distracted his intentions, but nevertheless, he finally made it. Some training would help him stop getting destroyed by everything. Also, he needed to get stronger to completely stay up all night watching anime for two weeks without moving at all. That would literally make him a complete man.

Aside from the dumber reasons he had in training whole-heartedly, the otaku actually wanted to learn [b][i]everything[/i][/b] the training grounds had to offer. Training in magic might allow him to learn how to create more items that can utilize his plasma, training in physical power would increase his stamina, and possibly increase his power output in general. Ryuu actually considered taking a quick ride in using ranged weapons if he succeeded greatly in his magic class, though he personally doubted that he would be able to start casting [i]Touhou[/i]-esque bullet hell abilities.

Ryuu wore his regular outfit, but the most noticeable difference was the fact that he changed his sunglasses. They were, right at the moment, bright blue. Other than the ocular accessory, however, nothing in particular changed about him. He got quite surprised on how he ranked second in the cross-dress obstacle course.

He actually sort of liked being a Sailor Mini for some odd reason. The sunglasses-wearing student would never try to wear a seifuku again, though.

"Alright," the otaku said, entering the training grounds. "Time to learn how to kick some... stuff."

Ryuu was forced to censor his own words due to a girl walking by him. After she moved past him, the otaku corrected his sentence as he said to himself,

"[b]A-s.[/b]"

Entering the training grounds, Ryuu headed immediately toward a free practice zone, exercising as much as he could before he began his training.

[i][u] - Carmen - [/i][/u]
Carmen was, understandably, startled by Crash's entrance. Although she missed most of the sequence including the pinball game, she did see a flying squirrel barreling towards her, clumsily crashing in front of her as it became Crash. "He...llo?" responded Carmen to Crash's greeting. She was a little unsure on how to react to that entrance but it had made her chuckle, and she was certainly enjoying herself now that she had company. Barely seconds later, the redhead named Kathy showed up. Carmen looked back and forth a couple of times. "Wherever one of you goes, the other is [i]always[/i] not too far away," she observed. "It's cute," she said adamantly. Anticipating Code Red (aka extreme blushing), she quickly moved it along. "So, I'm assuming you're here to train like I am. I must confess that I am at a loss as to which dojo to enter first...do you two have any ideas?"

[i][u] - Crash - [/i][/u]
Crash blinked up at Carmen hearing her respond to him, watching the three outlines of her finally merge into one he was able to sit up brushing sand from his hair he turned round to face her with an apologetic grin glancing to the side as he heard Kathy's voice. He sat back on his feet, lifting his hand to the back of his neck looking sheepishly up at Kathy "Walking wasn't the problem...apparently I'm not made for flying" Crash grinned though it didn't last long before he practically bounced to his feet, blinking at Kathy's new hair color. "What...happened to your hair?" He queried, once again reaching out to touch a section of it, the tip of her pony tail as if checking to see if the color would come out on his fingertips. He would be lying if he said he didn't like the purple look...he was biased on the color, he looked back over at Carmen as she spoke. His eyebrows shot up at the observation, puffing his cheeks out before exhaling and rubbing the back of his neck taking a small step back when he realized he'd invaded Kathy's space, code red activated with the 'cute' comment as his cheeks flushed a similar color to his hair. "Erm...I...err" Crash struggled over his words, going for a sheepish grin instead. Though Carmen's next question was one he could answer confidently. "You would be correct" He smiled at her, looking over at the 3 dojos he reached a hand to his face gripping his jaw as he thought it over. "Physical training...its got to be the safest place for me personally. I'd rather not go alone, would you two ladies consider accompanying me?" He asked the pair innocently, a warm smile on his face. 

[i][u] - Kathy - [/u][/i]
"Flying?" Kathy repeated, a little confused by the statement. She had apparently not seen the mini fiasco Crash went through this time. Her blood actually began rushing up to her face before she was fully conscious of the fact the shapeshifter had reached out to touch her hair again. "N-Not sure..." She stuttered. Then clearing her throat, she continued, "It was just like that when I went back to the assigned housing."

If she recalled correctly (and in all honesty she was pretty sure she did), Kathy knew that Crash's favourite colour was the same as her own. Purple. She did like the familiarity of her natural hair colour, but she thought that perhaps going with something different temporarily (hopefully) would not be a bad idea. "It's not bad right..?" She asked, looking up at him with one hand on her cheek as she tried to cool herself down.

Listening to Carmen's observations, however, the colour came right back to her cheeks. "T-To be fair, quite a lot of students are here." She answered back, perhaps a little too quickly. Letting out a sigh, she placed both hands on either side of her face to hide the redness there. Quite glad to move onto to another topic of conversation, Kathy answered both of their inquiries at the same time. "That's where I was headed actually, the dojo for physical training. So I'd be happy to go with you." She glanced over at Carmen for a moment, hoping the girl would not get the wrong idea about that. "Are you coming too Carmen?"

[i][u] - Carmen - [/u][/i]
Carmen let out a laugh as Crash and Kathy's faces lit up right on cue. Code Red had been achieved. But, her instant move on had worked, and the conversation hadn't ground to a halt. An awkward halt. So, even though that would have certainly been enjoyable for Carmen, she was glad to move along, because she wanted to train. Both Crash and Kathy stated that they were going to physical training, Crash even asking in a way that was a Carmen level of formality. "I'd love to accompany you two, thank you for the offer," she replied, smiling warmly at them. "I need to improve my melee skills with this trumpet, anyway. And perhaps I can learn a thing or two about hand-to-hand combat as well. But for now, shall we go in?" she said, walking towards the entrance, with Crash and Kathy following.

Walking into the dojo, the three were greeted by a group of students in front of her and two instructor-looking types. One appeared to be...dead? Carmen had read about zombies but had never seen one or gave them much thought. He certainly seemed like the fighting type. The other was wearing a...gas mask? Now Carmen was at least a little bit confused, but...she reminded herself that the abnormal was normal here, so shrugged it aside. She wondered if "physical" included melee weapons or exclusively hand-to-hand...either way, she could learn something. If not, there were two other dojos and a free room to occupy her.

[i][u] - Tora - [/u][/i]
Tora froze when he heard several people entering the dojo. Actually, a considerable amount of people entered the dojo, though he was not exactly surprised. After all, he did not exactly have any emotions right at the moment. With that said, the zombie let his head completely twist around, letting him see several students behind him. The zombie remembered what the staff members told him to do.

He waved at the students. Some of them flat-out tried to ignore what they saw. Growling mindlessly, Tora grabbed his head, snapping it back into its proper position, before walking around the dojo. He moaned, his eyes lolling around. The zombie set up another punching bag before walking away from it, his hooks ominously following his path.

[i][u] - Crash - [/u][/i]
Crash tilted his head to the side. “Yeah...long story” He chuckled, completely oblivious to how nervous his proximity to Kathy made her. “Hmm” Crash hummed, retracting his hand with a thoughtful look on his face. “It’s not bad, I like it better than the blue but not as much as your normal color” He decided on saying, giving her his trademark smile though there was a twinkle in his eye as he spoke. Crash looked around at the other students as Kathy mentioned there were quite a few of them, he hadn’t actually noticed how busy it was...His face lit up as Kathy agreed to go with him, he turned his crimson gaze to Carmen unashamed of his puppy dog eyed look as Kathy asked her if she was coming as well. At her courteous agreement he grinned happily at the pair, stepping aside he motioned for them to pass hi. “Ladies first” He smiled following along behind the two women. He was pleasantly surprised by the simple layout of the dojo, he tucked his hands into his pockets his height giving him an advantage as he was able to see over the top of the small crowd gathered in front of them, he frowned as his eyes rested on a man wearing a gas mask who he could only assume was a teacher [i]A gas mask? What the hell have they got planned?[/i] Call him suspicious but as far as he knew a gas mask wasn't a casual accessory. His eyes then drifted to the other man in front of them, watching as the man's head turned all the way around the color actually drained from Crash's face and he shivered involuntary, looking positively green. [i]Wh-what?! How is that...eurgh...don't you dare[/i] He felt his stomach twist as the man snapped his head back into place, shivering again. [i]Its like something from the Exorcist...[/i] Apparently there was a reason for his reaction. "...well...this looks interesting" He half grinned the color slowly returning to his face. 

[i][u] - Yutaka - [/u][/i]
“Welcome!” Yutaka greeted them with a deep and warm voice, smiling under his mask though the students couldn’t see. Looking at the girl with an extremely large hat (Carmen), he clapped his hands together once and commented, “That’s a wonderful hat you have there Miss. It may be damaged while you’re training though, would you like me to leave it somewhere where it’s safe?”
 
Yutaka didn’t really think turning heads 180 degrees was the best way to greet the students either, but at least Tora seemed to be trying to help out. “I’m Mr. Ito, or Yutaka if you prefer to just be friendly. And the interesting instructor over there is Tora. We’ll be helping all of you with some physical training.”

[i][u] - Kathy - [/u][/i]
[i]‘He likes my original hair colour..?’[/i] Kathy thought. Her blush didn’t get much worse, though she could actually feel her pulse rise a bit. It could have very well been in comparison to the purple hair she had right now but it made her happy to hear that. Being able to see Crash smile at her in his usual way also added to the good mood she was feeling now.

“With your trumpet?” Kathy asked with surprise. “Is that alright? What if you damage the instrument?” She gave her a moment to respond before Carmen asked to go inside. Nodding to her, she went inside with Carmen as she gave a smile at Crash’s courteous actions. 
 
Inside the dojo, there were three surprises for them. One, someone that seemed to have come right out of a first-person zombie shooting game with his head turned all the way back in an impossible angle. Two, another person greeting them in Japanese clothes and a gas mask. Three, the fact two such strange individuals were standing in front of them and seemed to be their instructors for the training. Having adjust to the oddities of Athalia, however, she took in a deep breath and didn't think too much about it. Kathy looked over to see how Carmen and Crash were faring. Carmen seemed to be fine but... Crash looked ready to lose the fruit loops he had eaten a while back. "You alright?" She asked. Watching the one introduced as Tora set up sand bags, she waited to see what the teachers had planned for them.

[i][u] - Carmen - [/u][/i]
Carmen smiled at Kathy's concern for her trumpet. "Oh, it's quite impossible to damage it. It's not exactly a normal instrument," she explained. "Essentially, it's a human manifestation of the vehicle for using my abilities, just as I am currently a human manifestation of my pure form." She ended the explanation there, but it got her thinking. [i]Maybe I can make my pure form useful,[/i] she thought. [i]Perhaps the magic instructor can help me with that?[/i] For now, she would stick with Crash and Kathy.

The instructor with the gas mask noticed her because of her hat, and offered to store it for her. In this instance she didn't object to taking it off for a number of reasons:

1. She was training. Gas mask man was right; it was not a supernatural hat like her trumpet was, and it would undoubtedly get damaged. And we just couldn't have that.
2. People could see her wonderful hair again.
3. It was a nice change to be able to see above her a little bit.

So, without hesitation she walked over to him and handed the hat over, saying "Thank you" with a pleasant smile. While they had each other's attention, she also took the liberty of asking him about the parameters. "So...would you be able to train me on how to better utilize this [holding up her trumpet] as a melee weapon? Or is this dojo limited only to hand-to-hand combat techniques?" She hoped dearly that he could help her with her melee technique, but would still be able to get use out of hand-to-hand instruction.

[i][u] - Tora - [/u][/i]
Tora groaned, finishing setting up several more punching bags. Having completed his extremely simplistic task, the cursed teacher simply turned to Yutaka. There were several students standing nearby his fellow teacher.

The combat teacher instinctively dragged himself toward the other teacher. No words came out of his mouth: instead, inaudible grumbles slid out of him. Tora limped, and walked, until he finally reached Yutaka. He had been dragging the loose hooks chained around his arms.

The zombie simply stared at the students, looking at Yutaka, then at the students again. He continued this pattern of... staring.

[i][u] - Melanie - [/u][/i]
Melanie knew she had forgotten something...but she had only just remembered that the thing she had firgotten was teaching... She literally sped into the dojo carrying a pile of training books and what-not. She put the pile down and approached the other teachers with a cute but nervous smile. "Sorry I'm late, forgot where the dojo was" she said grinning at the other teachers before turning to the other students, keeping an eye out for......vampires.

[i][u] - Crash - [/u][/i]
Crash was also curious about Carmen’s trumpet...he remembered the last time he’d seen her use it, she had blasted a Demon and a Dragon, it had been insanely impressive. Her explanation left him reeling however he had failed to follow it...

He looked at the man wearing Japanese clothes and a gas mask as he introduced himself, he chose to refer to him as Yutaka. Chuckling as he offered to keep Carmen’s hat safe for her during the training, he glanced at Kathy as she asked him if he was alright. “Just peachy” He answered her with a somewhat strained smile, he was terrible at lying but he wasn’t quite sure his masculine pride would allow him to admit his reasoning’s. He watched the zombie like teacher drag himself towards the group, apparently unbothered by him now although he was curious as to how he was going to train them. Curious enough to find out...He pulled up behind Kathy leaning forward to whisper in her ear instead of shouting across the excited chatter of the other students. "I'm going to talk to Hook" He told her in a low voice jutting his chin towards the zombie man. "Not abandoning you, I'll be back" He grinned cheekily, unintentionally implying Kathy would be bothered with him moving away...With that he shifted around her and approached the two teachers. "Hey, are you going to be teaching us anything today?" He asked the zombie-ish man, though glanced at Yutaka in case he answered as well. 

[i][u] - Seven - [/u][/i]
Seven just smiled silently then ran off to sleep underneath a tree. Upon waking up he gave out a loud yawn, he turned back human and of course was naked but he just "borrow some clothes at a store" A light blue tank top, a short denim shirt with leggings and a pair of pink rubber shoes. He oddly remember that there was a training thing happening and her was curious about it. "Right....training thing...eh I have been eating too much I don't want to get flabby like Mr.Lion well time to have fun!" Seven did a couple of flips and twirl until reaching a place with lots of students. "Huh? Dojo thingy? Well lets go!!" He ran quick ans agile as possible in a way he looked a ballerina, gracefully avoiding any contact. Once he had entered one dojo with looks like a lot of training bags (physical), he yawned immediately and lay on the floor sleeping a bit.... he had no idea what to do... he was bored already.

[i][u] - Garden - [/u][/i]
Garden was glad the vent was over because it was so much fun! And she have a new friend too called Sunflower the kitten. Since everything was over she saw some student going somewhere... it was like a weird training center of some sort. She was curious of going but first wanted to change because...she wasn't going to wear that for the whole day. She went into a changing booth with sunflower and started to change. She didn't need clothes, using her ability she can create clothes and underwear out of petals and flowers. The material is strong so it just like any other clothing. She turned the blue flowered swimsuit into a [url=http://s828.photobucket.com/user/cosplayying/media/AliceInWonderlandAliceLightBlueFlowerDressCosplayCostumeCustomMade2_zps309f1643.jpg.html]light blue dress [/url] with light blue and white flowers scattered on the dress. It was more movable than the swimsuit. She picked up Sunflower and left the changing booth then headed towards the weird buildings...she had no idea what to do but wait outside, She didn't know which training thing to go so she just petted Sunflower.