"sidetracked? Wow that's so unlike you." Tabi teased with grin. She began rocking back and forth on her feet, clasping her hands behind her back. "Let's just say it has to do with my father and symmetry~" she said, unclasping her hands to gesture to her oddly styled pants. "Isn't it great Aoi~" she exclaimed. "Also did i ever mention that i think it's hilarious that you little brother is partners with my big sister? That's just hilarious."

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As Sakura went to sit down she heard someone not to many rows behind her and Kiel begin whispering. "I just don't understand it, why would someone like Sakura partner up with someone like Kiel, it just doesn't make sense." one of the males said. Sakura visibly twitched and looked over at Kiel, trying to keep her cool. She knew Kiel wouldn't say or react to it, but she couldn't help but be mad about it. It pissed her off to hear people talking about her friend and if they said any more then she knew she would snap. She flashed Kiel a smile, "I hope this class goes by fast, don't you?" she questioned, knowing to only expect a movement of his head.

Kat lowered her arm as the glow stopped. Some of her anger slowly left her body as her partner came to calm her down along with a friend of hers. "Halloween Fear." She muttered under her breath. In the boys eyes there was a light tint of orange spreading over them before turning into a glazed look. They took of running and screaming, "don't hurt us!!!" they yelled. Kat hoped that her partner and friend hadn't seen the quick light of orange or heard her mutter the end of the enchantment. Kat turned around as she turned soul protect back on, her clothing changing back to what it was before. "sorry guys... I just let the anger come over me. I hate when people talk crap about any of you." She said. "so lets just head back." Kat said as she began to walk back to their friends her hands behind her back.

In truth, Ryan didn't really care if Kat hurt those boys (though he did draw the line at permanent harm), he only stopped her because he was worried about her getting in trouble. So he was fine with that apparent fear spell that she put on them, assuming he heard heard her right. Feeling a surge of courage, he wrapped his arms around her and pulled her into a big hug "it's okay Kat. A few nasty words is nothing compared to the cold loneliness that used to fill my life, or what the Witches my age used to do to me. You don't have to worry about people saying bad things about me......although...it makes me happy to have someone care enough to get mad." Then, he added with a in a whisper in her ear "I didn't care what happened to them, only what the school was going to do to you when they found out. So don't worry; your secret's safe with me. Let's just hope no one else figures out what you did"

Red Star looked at the two with the kind of expression you'd expect. He was a bit disappointed that Ryan kind of forgot he was there and that the two as a whole didn't think someone with his senses wouldn't have heard. "I'm gonna head back to the others. Try not to let what the ignorant say get to you." He said calmly. He didn't tell them he wouldn't say anything about the spell, but he didn't feel he had to. Of course, he wouldn't rat out his friends. Still he wasn't sure they would trust him given what they tended to go through as witches. But it wasn't like he cared.

"Hey guys! Let's get to class before thing's get crazy." He laughed a bit. "Oh... Aviva... You're hair..." He said calmly examining her closely. "One side is just a bit longer than the other." He said not thinking that would turn into a problem. Maybe he just wanted to trust her not to freak out. Not too much anyway. Would he be wrong? They'd have to find out.

"...Is it the pants? It's the pants, isn't it?" Aoi asked rhetorically in the middle of Tabi's triumphant speech, sounding a little more blunt than he had originally intended. Though, the answer was quite apparent to anybody who had working eyeballs and knew what the word 'symmetry' meant. He didn't even need her 'helpful' directions, either. Aoi looked over to Red and Aviva. "I suppose," he answered, "I guess it is entertaining that Red's got the 'orderly' meister." The middle Star child shrugged casually.

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"I'm fine. My blood can harden," Ilya pointed out matter of factly as he lay on the ground, looking up at the blue morning sky, "So throwing a rock is like... Like... Hmm... It's like a lot of things, actually. And not like some things. Maybe it's like things that aren't things. ...Nothings?" The pink haired weapon put a hand to her chin again in thought, "Where was I going with that analogy...? Oh right. It's like trying to throw a basketball at a soccer goal during a football game. It does nothing." Satisfied with the answer provided Ilya smirked like one would when remembering a funny joke. Suddenly, Ilya's expression went to something more stern looking.

"That cloud, when combined with the sun, kiiiiinda looks like a dick. I think that means we should get to class."

Kiel had instantly heard the remark made behind him, and noticed Sakura's switch being flipped, so to speak. You tend to notice the most subtle of changes in the environment and in other people when all you do is listen. Hear. Think. Never, ever speaking to someone or showing emotion. Kiel then noticed Sakura giving him a smile and asked him a question. He turned to her and nodded, before pulling his hood down. He had been wearing it upwards so far, and it was getting a little hot. In doing so, he had revealed the wraps around his face to the entire classroom, to people who hadn't seen it before and were not expecting it, as well as others who used it as joke material, a punchline that would feel like a punch to any normal person. One of the girls in the little group snickered and said, "I'll bet that Sakura is just doing that because she feels sorry for him not having any friends. And, I'll bet that, under those cloth and gauze wraps, his face is really ugly and deformed, so forget about him ever having a girlfriend~" After the girl's snide comment, Kiel simply sighed. Kiel looked over to Sakura, writing on a piece of paper to not make a big deal out of it.

Flint sighed loudly at his weapons rambling "Come on then" He said seemingly back to normal as he grabbed Ilya's hand and helped him up. Looking at the back of her head as it seemed ok. "We should all get to class" Flint said aloud so the others heard. He looked to his watch and grumbled something undistinguishable. He did wonder how half of his 'friends' could ever make co-ordinated movements. They all seemed as co-ordinated as a angry mob. He sighed once again, it was one of his favourite past times.

"How'd you guess? You must be psychic." She joked, "Yeah he was furious to say the least~" She glanced over at her sister and sighed with a nod. She more than anyone knew how her sister acted. She took the phrase 'stick up your rear' to a new level. "Emphasis on 'order' " Tabi said, rolling her eyes. "So what's it like having two siblings that aren't sticks in the mud?" Tabi questioned, "you can't blame me for being curious."

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Hearing the girl's words was the final straw for the teen, she slammed her hand down on the desk and stood, ignoring Kiel's message. She wasted no time climbing up the desks to stand on the desks in front of the group. "How dare you! Kiel may not look 'commonly' beautiful to you people but at least he isn't a shallow pathetic little wimp that doesn't even have the back bone to say things to people's faces. You cowards don't even deserve to be in the same room as him! And unlike you losers, he doesn't need to rely on a relationship to make himself feel better." She snapped, her hands were balled into fists as she glared down at them. "If I hear any of you, talk bad about him ever again. The wrath of the Star Clan will make sure you regret it." Her voice was more of a harsh whisper. That's when she turned on her heel and went back to her seat, a smile back on her face. "Sorry about that Kiel."

Ron sighed at the group they were his friend but they had their own way to live life. He turned to face May then said "Shall we head in? We don't want you to be late on your first day." He smiled then waited for her response before he lead her to the classroom.

Kiel turned his head to watch Sakura, seeing her snap at the group of students behind them. Kiel simply listened to it, not saying anything. If anyone expected him to say anything at this point, they'd walk away disappointed. Though, when Sakura sat back down, Kiel took his notebook and wrote another message. "Thank you, but you didn't have to do that," he wrote. He then reached into the bag and handed Sakura a cookie. Kiel did this to make her calm, so she didn't have another outburst. Kiel then heard one of the people behind him scoff. "Like you said, pity. She's probably only being nice to him for good marks in Stein's class, as well as Mrs. Marie's. Still, don't see how anyone would be his friend otherwise, except for that reason." Kiel already knew that Sakura would react to it, He took hold of her hand subtly, but tightly, attempting to prevent her from raging out again. Kiel then heard a new voice. "Yo, guys, you should, like, watch out. Because Kiel is Professor Stein's son and, like, he's wicked tough, so, umm, don't say anything else bad. Like, you know how Stein likes to do, like, experiments and dissections and stuff? Well, like, unless you want to end up like a mutated frog-person, I'd recommend against, like, saying anything else bad." At this, Kiel let Sakura's hand go, seeing as that one guy had handled it, it seemed. No point in her getting any more angered.

Sakura's smile softened when he handed her the cookie. "Of course i had to. You're my friend and i stand up for my friends." She hated that people were so mean just because he was a little different. When she went to take a bite out of the cookie she heard them talking again, making her harshly bite the cookie in half. The only reason she didn't say anything was because Kiel had grabbed her hand, she was a bit surprised by it and the surprise was enough to keep her from snapping and attacking the group. It wasn't a usual thing for Kiel to make contact with her unless she was in her weapon forms. Sakura let out a sigh and flashed a half smile. "Don't worry Kiel, i won't kill them.....yet." She added a smirk at the end of her sentence just for fun. "They just really need to stop being so....stupid."

Aviva felt her eye twitch as drama seemed to unfold when Kat tried to teach some little punks a lesson. She sighed, the day had barely begun and already she was getting a headache. Why did she be around them again..? Oh right, her weapon did and since she kind of needs him in battle and he's always around these people she didn't have much of a choice. She sighed and closed her eyes, letting the voices flow around her. It wasn't until her weapons comment about her hair registered in her brain did she snap her eyes open, eyes wide. Her hands instantly flew up to her hair, trying to feel around and see if Red Star's claim was true. However, she would need a mirror for that and then maybe some scissors to even it out- No! She took a few deeps breaths to calm herself and forced the compulsion to the back of her mind, intent on ignoring it. "Alright and?" She said calmly, trying to look like it didn't bother her. "We should head to class before we are late." She said to change the subject from her unsymmetrical hair.

"Y-you could always try to pull it back into a pony tail or something..." Red Star said calmly. It was obvious it bothered her. Even if she tried to act. Why did he bring it up? He should have expected this. He shook his head. She had to get past this obsession at some point. "Yeah... Let's go." He said as he turned and began to walk from her. Internally he was begging for her not to freak out and hoped nobody would fuel the fire that was her insane symmetrical melt down, as he thought of it most times. Hell she even got bothered by him having the star on only his right arm and not the left when they first met.

Tabitha being the ever listening little sister she was, couldn't help but over hear Red commenting about her sister's hair and a smirk appeared on her face. She winked at Aoi before she skipped over to her big sister. "Well hello there big sister~ I see your hair is perfectly asymmetrical this morning. How lovely~" she teased coyly. she looooved getting on Aviva's nerves. It was mostly because she knew her sister had to get over this stupid obsession, and also because she thought it was hilarious. It was just natural for her to start something. It was the only way her sister ever seemed to notice her.

May nodded and headed in with her partner. "so where is our first class?" She asked looking over at him with her crimson eyes.

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Kat hugged her partner back, "I just don't like jerks. I got teased when I was younger for having cat ears and a cat tail that popped out randomly, I couldn't control it and I hated being teased but now I embrace who I am and I only want to protect my friends from the same feelings. And I am glad you are ok with the spell.." Kat said after he finished, a small blush appearing on her face as they hugged. She then let go and smiled, "Lets get to class so we aren't late... again." she said with a giggle as she turned and walked towards the school

Ron smiled then said "Its not to far. We will make with a bit of time to spare. Since we left when we did." He turned the corner and headed up a flight of stairs then pointed at the 2nd door on the left and said "That's our class. We have it with all of our friends I think."

"A rodeo," Aoi answered with a long sigh. What? It was true, after all. Trying to reign them all in and keep them all calm and proper-like was basically impossible without the threat of not getting to eat any of Aoi's wonderful culinary artistry. Practically a testament to the fact that Aoi was just that good at putting together food. If he could say anything about being sickly and stuck inside for long periods of time, it's that it gave a great amount of free time to hone any particular skills. Too bad they weren't the skills Aoi wanted, though they did have their aforementioned uses. Finally realizing that Tabi left during his internal monologue, the meister shrugged and decided to head off to the classroom. A sibling feud wasn't something he wanted to get his hands into.
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Soul Perception is a rare ability allowing a practitioner to do exactly what it says it does. Aoi was one of the lucky individuals with the ability in question and was currently going through his usual motions of keeping the ability active in order to keep himself sharp. Out of all the kids in his class, Aoi was probably the one who best knew the usefulness of keeping everything in perfect working condition. Preliminary tests of the ability complete, Aoi decided to exert his ability further...

Peering into someone specific's Soul an advanced application of Soul Perception. By focusing on an individual soul, a skilled Soul Perception practitioner can make accurate assumptions about the person's characteristics and Soul Wavelength. Par for course. However, what Aoi saw unnerved him.

A Soul with traits too similar to himself for comfort. But less... Adapted to society? Was that the vibe he was getting? Aoi's movements sped up, his morbid curiosity was plaguing him. Once within the classroom, he looked up and began analyzing Souls within the vicinity. 'There. Beside Sa-,' he cut his thoughts off and shook his head. Wasn't a good idea to be staring at his sister's partner. He could question him after classes. Or hopefully the teacher would assign them some group work that didn't end up having to be with their respective partners.

Though he did end up taking the seat directly beside Kiel. Just to be safe.

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Ilya was forcibly pulled up by her meister like a limp noodle. There wasn't really any resistance, it was his idea to go to class. Besides, if she didn't have to use up valuable energy pulling himself off the ground, then so be it. "Thankies," Ilya said to Flint with a fake little bow before opting to skip cheerfully after her meister to the classroom.

A small frown marred his face as Kat broke off the hug, but he understood that they were running out of time "I don't understand why people seem to dislike your cat ears and tail. I like them. They look so cute and fuzzy." Just then, Ryan's serge of bravery vanished "gah!" he squeaked "d-d-d-did I j-j-just say the out l-l-loud?"

Kiel simply nodded, sighing as well. He reached back to tighten the wraps around his eye a little more, since they felt a little loose. It wouldn't be good for anyone if his cloth-gauze wrappings fell off or were removed. He didn't think there were many people accustomed to seeing scarred flesh that was as bad as that across his face. So, he chose to keep it on, because eye patches wouldn't cover up the large area of scarred and damaged tissue. Kiel then noticed a feminine-looking male walk in and look around, mostly to him. Kiel then watched expressionlessly as the male sat right next to him, opposite of Sakura. He looked familiar to Kiel...Aoi...He then remembered it was Sakura's brother, the older of her two brothers, along with Haru. Kiel glanced over to Aoi, having to turn his head since Aoi was on the side of him with his covered eye. Though, after a quick glance, he turned his head to Sakura and wrote in his notebook, telling her that her brother, Aoi, was here.

May smiled and walked in sitting down next to her Meister and waiting for class to start.

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Kat smiled and walked over to him whispering in his ear, "I like it when your brave. You should let your confidence be more... Dominant" Kat said flirtily before running to the classroom and sitting in her seat in the back next to the window waiting for her Ryan to come sit in his usual spot beside her.