Collaboration Post Bael & Lily - Bookstore

Bael didn't had any objection in handing Darwin the book.

He was disappointed though... That one looked truly interesting. Now, Bael could only hope that the boy was a fast reader and that the book would be available again. To be honest, that was unrealistic dreaming; the boy looked like a hippie, or someone with severe issues... The chances of ever seeing that book again was under 20%.

No matter, Bael just tried to search for another b-

The demon turned himself to look at Lily when she said something about helping her pick something to wear. There was a wide grin on his lips as he started to walk closer to the angel, following with his arms crossed in front of him.

"Lily." He called out, his lips trembling with the urge to laugh... or something like that.

"You should totally get something sexy."

"Eh?" She mumbled, when she heard Bael call out to her. She turned and watched him with wide as he suggested something but...

What exactly does it mean? She thought, quizzically.

"What does... sexy mean?" She asked him, raising a brow.

"Lily." There was an awkward pause after Bael said her name.

And an even oddier closeness that he made sure to create, taking some quick steps closer to the angel.

"Sexy means... It's a slang. I've learned this word a few days ago." In fact he had heard it just yesterday while walking around the party. It was a highly interesting word.
"It means something like attractive, with a mixture of... sensuality, I'm not sure of how to explain this to you. But you need to look sexy to me."

She lifted a brow at him and giggled, smiling up at him. "If you say so. Then.. you're going to help me?" She asked, looking up at him, not at all minding his closeness. She just figured it was his thing and he did it with everyone he knew.

She turned and walked over to a rack of clothes. She picked up a simple white dress, smiling at it. "I like this one!" She exclaimed, pulling it up to her chest. It went down to her thighs and flaired out just slightly.

Bael's eyes twitched.

What is this? Is she flirting with me? I can't understand what exactly she's doing.

She looked over at him, smiling brightly at him. "What do you think, Bael?"

"Lily." The boy addressed her yet again, swallowing dry.

Is she being purposelly suggestive?

"It's a nice dress, but... Isn't it too simple?" Tilting his head, he gave shrugged casually. "Perhaps something more... revealing??"

She tilted her head at him, still holding up the dress. "You... don't like it?" She whispered, pulling the dress down to look at it. She couldn't figure out what was wrong with it. Sure, it was simple but it was pretty... She didn't really need much...

"Then..." She started, putting the dress back up on the rack. She pulled out another dress, this one black and strapless. She raised a brow at it and turned to face Bael, holding it up. "What about this one?" She asked. The dress went down to about her thighs again, and was simple black with a single gold belt.

Bael could feel his cheeks getting warmer as soon as she showed the black dress.

What a strange feeling... Is this...

Oh no, his mind took him directly back to the book about human's body language and their purposes. This could only be one thing: Blushing.

It's okay, everything is good. All I need to do is transform into my true form and this blushing will go away! RIGHT NOW!

"Lily..." Bael began, yet again addressing her by her name... then the boy realized how that wouldn't work. Trying to keep himself from doing anything considered stupid, he simply nodded at Lily, faking a smile. "T-That's... a beautiful dress. It certainly fits my suggestion of sexy, Lily."

She grinned widely, glad he liked it. "Good! Then, I'll get this one and..." She began, with the black dress in one hand, she pulled another white dress off the rack. This one was a bit different. It was the same length but cut, frayed at the end. To Lily, it looked like jellyfish things... She smiled at it. It had exposed shoulders and stopped at the middle of her thighs. "And this one." She said, turning to face Bael with a wide smile.

"Anything else?" She asked, looking around. She walked over to another rack and pulled out a coral colored shoulder exposing shirt. She looked around a bit longer and found a pair of white capri's. She smiled and picked them up as well. She turned to Bael and held the two articles of clothing up to her body. "What about these?" She asked, looking at him.

The boy just nodded his head again when she took the different white dress, decidedly saying that she'd buy the black one and that one. He wasn't even sure of what to say; whenever he thought about trying to say something, a plethora of different words came to mind and he simply decided to be quiet to avoid saying something stupid or something which wouldn't make any sense, at all.

"H-Heh, you should decide about that." He answered when she asked 'anything else', eyeing Lily as she pulled out a coral shirt and a pair of white capri's from somewhere else. Smiling less forcibly now, Bael slowly raised his right hand and gave her his classic seal of approval: The thumbs up.
"That's pretty nice, Lily."

"Good!" She told him, smiling brightly. "Now..." She began, looking around again. She walked over and grabbed a few jeans and a few different colored t-shirts, some plain colors dress shirts and some undergarments, which she hid from Bael. "There." She began again as she walked back to him. "That should give me a good sized wardrobe." She told him, giving him a playful thumbs up.

"A good sized wardrobe?" Bael smirked. "You've already got enough variety to wear during the whole year." He teased her, taking a few steps towards the angel. Though, he turned himself slightly and began to walk around her, oddly circling around the angel while he talked.

"Hmm, Lily. Do you think I should buy something different to wear as well? If you're going to start looking all stylish, I shouldn't be left behind..."

She looked at Bael, eyed the scarf around his neck. She looked around the room for something that would make the scarf a center piece. She spotted a low cut sweater vest with long sleeves and pulled it up for Bael to see. "What about this?" She asked, holding it up to him and pushing him around so that he could look in the mirror.
Bael eyed the sweater, perking an eyebrow. "Uh." He took it in his hands and looked it over at the mirror... His eyes twitched.

"... Isn't this a little too... Formal? I mean, I'm pretty sure my human body isn't that old to wear this." He held the vest against himself, trying to imagine how it'd look on him. He didn't look all that pleased with the results.

She let out a small puff of air and walked back to the rack, looking around again, her lips pursed. She was determined to find something he liked. Maybe if he were so... picky. She pulled up yet another jacket. It was black and went down to about his thighs. She pulled it out and handed to him. "What about that?" She asked, looking him over. Taking no time to let him talk, she picked up a black pair of boots and black skinny jeans and gave them to him as well. "You look good in black..." She said, looking over at him.

Bael felt sorry for stressing her, really. It was just... too awkward, to wear that in a place filled with younglings. Well, it seemed to at least make her determined to find something better; and she did, that jacket was... His eyes sparked up the moment he saw she bring him the dark coat, the boy taking it and nearly hugging it. "Now we're talking, this is so beautiful..." His voice was more of a soft whisper now. While he hugged his adorable coat, his eyes followed Lily as she seemed to take something to match it; a black pair of boots and black skinny jeans.

"OH HELL'S BREATH THIS IS PERFECT." The demon didn't think twice before shouting in excitement. Actually, that was the third time he shouted now... Something wasn't right. He was usually less noisy. Taking a confident step towards Lily, he looked deep at those blue eyes of hers.

"Thank you for finding that, I wouldn't have the patience to do it myself. I owe you my life." The last few words had a slight sarcastic tone, but Bael seemed sincerely thankful.

She grinned at his reaction.

Good.

She smiled warmly at him, happy to see him so excited. "I'm glad." She replied, her voice soft and soothing. She twirled once where she was standing and then stopped to look at Bael again. "Now we'll both be beautiful!" She exclaimed, her expression filled to the brim with joy. She danced over to Bael and then past him, headed for the counter. "Come on, slow poke. Let's go!" She told him, walking toward the door.

"Wait... Do we have to pay for these? I don't... I don't have any money..." She stopped, a worried expression on her face.
Bael couldn't stop thinking about how absolutely fabulous and imposing he would look at the same time. It was as if he could become an antagonist character at any time by just dressing into his dark coat and speaking with an italian accent. The accent was optional, though. He could also speak japanese and claim to be from a japanese crime syndicate. Perfect.

"Well, you don't need clothes to be beautiful." In fact you'd look beautiful even n- Obviously that was just Bael's perverted thoughts which he interrupted. He already felt like a sinner for even thinking that.

... Wait, I'm a demon.

"I mean, you'd look beautiful... wearing anything, Lily. Literally, ev-... O-oh, right, let's go." The demon moved towards the counter, placing the clothes he held on it. His eyes twitched, more than before.

"U-Usually... w-w-when you b-b-buy things, y-you p-pay for t-them, Lily..." Apparently the boy's expression had turned into one of pure terror, showing how dreadful he was finding the fact that he had to spend money. But... he did it anyway, slowly reaching for his pocket, he took all the money he showed earlier.

"There goes the BFFB..." Not that he really had a lot of money, though. He paid for his and Lily's clothes and it left him with about $3.45. Poor Bael.

"Oh..." She said, her head dropping. Now she felt bad. He didn't seem very happy to be paying for it all. "I'll... I'll try to make it up to you, Bael!" She exclaimed, a determined look in her eye. She grabbed her bag of things and began to walk toward the door, making sure Bael was following her.

Bael was certainly following her, but his look of absolute terror had morphed into one of uncertain curiosity. Mostly due to how she worded what she had just said.
"A-Ah, ehm. I don't mind it, Lily... Relax. I think your company already makes up for the expenses."

She sighed, smiling over at him.

Still, I plan on paying you back. She thought to herself.

She shook her head and made way for the door. "How about we head over to our rooms and put stuff down before going out and seeing what the other students are up to. I want to meet as many people as I can." She explained, making her way through them.

"Sounds good, Lily. Where do you want to meet after we're done?" Bael asked, holding out the bags with Lily's new clothes to her. I'm not carrying this, at all.

"I was thinking we'd just go together... but okay. I'll meet you in the garden in a few!" She told him, grabbing her bags and heading toward her own room, her ID card hung around her neck now.

Dendus
Something's wrong and getting clearer.

In the midst of reading the golden leather-clad book of theological realms, suspicion quickly caught his mind. His eyes glanced again to the two, now having all of his attention away from the book. Dendus assured himself that they weren't any demons or angels among them, and if they did, would only be platonic.

But what if- God-Satan-damn it, Dendus! You're not supposed to overthink things!

Then noting that as they were starting to talk about fitting clothes for them, the more he tried to doubt the possibility of any fact that demons or angels are present right in this location and romance was ongoing between one or both of them, but also the more he wanted to start stalking, of which he held... for now.

He figured he'd go now to his dorm room then, walking towards the bulletin boards. What was surprising though, was that there was no dorms assigned to him, which was quite disappointing for him. He began to figure where to stay for a while, then decided to go for the garden and relax first...

– Kathy

After seeing that Crash seemed okay enough to smile and make jokes, Kathy stifled her laughter in an attempt not to add to the list of offenses already made in the library with that single accident. Picking the paper off of his head with her left hand she parroted, “And you have a habit of making the most spectacular falls possible don’t you?” Transferring the paper to her other hand (she decided paper couldn’t possibly aggravate the injury), she ruffled his hair with her good hand and added with a light smile, “Just don’t give yourself a concussion. I doubt I can carry you, and I doubt even more that you want to see Kiwi.”

Without another word, she got down onto her knees and began to pick the sheets of paper off the ground. Beginning to make a pile of paper in her arms she glanced over her shoulder at Crash every so often, only to turn her head away as soon as she thought he would catch her looking. ‘My resolution not to stare at people seems to be going far.’ She thought sarcastically. Whenever her expression was out of Crash’s view, she chewed on her lower lip with a slightly determined look on her face. ‘… No more weird troubles Kathy. Just think before you talk, and everything will be fine.’

After gathering quite a few of the sheets, she stood back up and handed them back to Crash. “I haven’t been checking for the chronological order or anything, so you’ll probably want to do that later.”

Looking back at the table, she realized that the number of people there had drastically decreased. In fact, the only ones there were Lion and the girl giving him a good scratch. “Where did Little Feather and Kenshi go?” She asked the two from afar, in the loudest voice she dared in a library.

Hm? What was this electrifying feeling he was felt? Was this the feeling of... delight? The delight of eating food given to him by a woman? Or maybe he was ascending to heaven because it tasted too good? Actually, he would not go to heaven just yet- he was not mentally prepared to let his parents hear the fact that their son died because he ate a burger. Okay, Ryuu totally did not trust McDonald's, but other than that, he loved burgers. Maybe that explained the shocking feeling he felt.

Nope. It was just Isse being the magnificent b-stard he was.

Ryuu felt a huge jolt that made his spine shiver, his eyes widened in surprise. He blinked, wondering what just happened, and what Isse just fired.

He then realized just what Isse fired.

Plasma... It's got to be plasma. I highly doubt the way he uses it would be like mine, but it's good to have some plasma users for me to relate with.

Except this is f-cking Isse: that magnificent bastard standing in my freakin' way ti becoming a man.

Ryuu sighed, scratching his head. With his meal instantly finished, he simply told Isse, "Don't do that again," but it ended up sounding quite similar to a death threat. He then looked at his shoulder, wondering why it was itching so much.

Ryuu simply stared at his lightsaber. He then yanked it off of his shoulder with an annoyed look, turning it off and putting it away. He felt that a small injury had formed on the shoulder, but he was unable to care about it with Adenine sitting so timidly with the food. She looked like a plushie for some reason.

"A-Anyway," Ryuu said, taking out a new phone that was delivered to him by a certain sister, "I'm just gonna kinda listen to some music... right over there. So, yeah. Have fun."

Ryuu turned to Isse, a scary smile on his face, as he attempted to nicely tell him, "And you become good friends with her, alright?"

With that said, Ryuu retreated... to a nearby bench. He would watch what this Isse guy would do. Plugging his earphones into his ears, the otaku let a bunch of Japanese singers sing their hearts out to him, observing Adenine once in a while.

Darwin started fuming when the guy refused the skittles and saw somebody else walk off. He needed to get away from this dull guy and went after the guy heading to the bench. He started skipping in his fluorescent green tuxedo after the guy with his purple hair flowing in the air. He was playing some anime them tune in his earphones, he thought it was Soul Eater.

He approached the guy with a giant shining smile. His tuxedo was kinda creased so he dusted it off and smiled at Ryuu. "Hey there!" He said with a giant grin. "I heard them call you Ryuu, right? Hi, I'm Darwin! Nice to meet you! What do you think of my tux, trying it out... " as he said all this his earphones fell out and some anime started playing, so he shoved it back in. "Sorry bout that! As I was saying, I am Darwin!"

David saw everything unfold with a certain disbelief. It was a combination of amazement, confusion and the need of time to process what just happened. With the plasma and the guy that showed up, all excited until he refused a skittle. It was just a skittle!? I mean…I didn’t insult him with refusing…did I? he thought to himself. He was halfway through is burger and decided to stay with Isse and Anedine but keeping quite. Until he heard a voice behind him. “Davey!” There is only one person who called him that. He felt a slight change in the wind. Yup, it was her. He turned around and stood up. He noticed that a girl was running straight at him. She wore a short summer dress that stopped a bit higher than normal above her knees and sandals. He golden hair flowed behind her like she was some girl from those shampoo commercials.

She jumped on him, luckily he could keep her weight for a second as she threw her arms around him. He quickly allowed her to put her feet back on the ground. Then they hugged again. But the hug was a little too long and too tight to be a ‘hi-I-missed-you-as-a-friend-hug’. Never the less David smiled. Finally she released him. Then she hit his shoulder with his fist. Softly of course. “That’s because you never told me about the orbs!” she shouted in excitement. “Yeah, yeah. I own you one.” He laughed back at her. “Yes! You’re going to show me those orbs! Right now!” she commanded him. Still with a bright smile on her face. “Tonight. I promise.” He said back to her. Then they both looked at Isse and Anedine. “Isse, Anedine. This is Aya.” He introduced her. She smiled, said “hi!” with a slight high pitch and stretched her arm out to Isse so he could shake it. Then she would turn the arm to Anedine.

Anedine, Isse and Dendus
"OI, OI, OI! WHAT THE HELL!?"

Great. Just great. Another day, another fight. Accidentally firing off a full-on barrage of a dozen plasma bolts was another thing after getting startled again, this time for the death threat reminder he had received from Ryuu.

Aw, sh-t.

Now he was getting pissy for real. That guy went too far in being a frightening, threatening man who wanted to look all cool. It's like after shooting Ryuu "out of simple surprise" twice with solar plasma bolts, he wanted to give another shot, a shot of real anger. Things began to get serious within the garden as he just simply stared at Ryuu, not hearing what seemed to be another question from him and a handshake from a girl with all the fury he had in his mind now. His face was clearly, clearly raging hard right now, and his eyes seemed to emit a special, solar flare-like effect.

That...guy! He's better off to stop messin' around!

Anedine trembled in cowardice as this might be the start of another big rumble, but shook it off and accepted Aya's greeting and handshake.

Meanwhile, Dendus just watched from the side of the garden as the commotion escalated.

Little Feather

Little Feather wandered down the halls; though she walked confidently she was feeling a little anxious without Lion by her side. She had been so set on returning the paper clutched in her hand to Kenshi, she hadn’t even thought to tell anyone where she was going. I should go back, it’s no use looking now I don’t know where he went She thought to herself, turning a corner she emerged into the garden seeing a large collection of people nearby, She felt a twang of excitement ignite in her. After the earlier success of introducing herself to Kathy and Eric, she felt confidence fill her to the brim. She all but skipped over to the small group sat on benches some eating happily others sitting around relaxing, once she was close enough and sure they could see her if they looked, she raised a hand in greeting. “Hey! I’m Little Feather, mind if I join you guys?” She asked, with a big smile. I did it! Without Lion or anyone...he’ll be proud of me She thought to herself, her chest puffing out a little in pride though it quickly deflated as she stood there, twirling the ring on her finger. She wasn’t so sure this was a good idea now, there was a scary looking guy sat on a bench next to the most uniquely dressed individual she had ever seen. Across from them was a small group with another scary looking guy whose eyes were shining as if he were mad. “Hey, are you ok?” She asked the guy with the special solar flare effect eyes.

Crash

Crash’s grin widened as Kathy laughed, he looked up at her as she removed the paper from his head. “Touché” He smirked at her returned jest. “This one was tame in comparison, I recall flying into a pond yesterday afternoon” He chuckled, lifting his hands he realized he’d thrown Romeo and Juliet over his head, scooting round so he was on his knees he looked over his shoulder with a bemused expression. He looked back at Kathy as she spoke, a smile forming on his lips though it faded pretty damn fast at Kiwi’s name. “Hell no comes to mind I do not wish to see Kiwi. You could probably drag me pretty far if you wanted to. You look pretty strong” He chuckled, winking at her before beginning to collect the scattered documents around him. He stacked the 2 large books he’d been given first, before placing a wad of paper still bound together on top of that. That’s 3, no more accidents today. Damn gods got it against me “Thanks” He murmured to Kathy as she knelt down and started collecting paper, he felt himself glancing at her every so often. Does she keep glancing at me? Probably keeping an eye in case I drop stuff again, or throw it in the air He turned scooping the last of the wayward paper together just as Kathy stood up, he looked up at her accepting the paper she handed him with a grateful smile. He carefully put them on top of the stack on the floor, getting to his feet. “My favourite type of activity...paperwork” He sighed looking at the mess of papers piled next to him.

He smiled and bent down to pick the pile up, scooping them up he looked around the floor trying to find the last book. He looked up at Kathy as she spoke, his eyes following her gaze and landing on the large white lion and girl with the wavy blonde hair. “Whoa...that’s something you don’t see everyday” He quoted, moving over to the table he put his books down on it. Watching as the lion opened an eye, flicking an ear forward as if he had understood what Kathy had said. Crash looked at the lion for a moment, lurching backwards as the lion sprung to its feet suddenly looking directly at him; he lifted his hands in surrender as the lion grumbled loudly. Death by lion...wasn’t expecting that The lion Jumped up on his hind legs looking at the table just behind Crash, before it turned its large head to focus on Kathy, dropping back to all fours. The lion rubbed his head on the blonde haired girls shoulder briefly before he bounced around her, his nose to the floor as he sniffed around Crash’s feet, head butting his way through Crash’s legs.

“Yikes!” Crash yelped going onto his tip toes to avoid injury as the Lion stood with his butt facing Kathy his head on the floor. Crash tip toed forward, his logical brain completely uncomfortable with a lion between his legs. “Friend of yours?” He asked Kathy with a raised eyebrow a smile on his face as he stepped forward. Just before Crash was clear of him the lion suddenly slammed into reverse scooting out from under the table at speed, shooting back through Crash’s legs he lifted his head up suddenly, butting Crash in the backside causing Crash to stumble forward into Kathy he glanced back at the lion making sure he’d stopped. “I’m s-“ Crash begun stopping as he turned back to Kathy, if she hadn’t jumped back in surprise he was now particularly close to her, he felt his cheeks flush. What are you doing? He couldn’t make himself move studying her face for a moment too long, noting how deep her- He jumped back suddenly rubbing the back of his neck awkwardly as he cleared his throat looking a little flustered. Damn it!” Why’d I do that...? “Sorry” He finished his previous apology.

Crash looked over at the lion again with a scowl on his face. The lion spun on the spot, his tongue lolling out of his mouth as he breathed his ears drooped as did his tail as if apologetically. By now the librarian looked about ready to tear her own hair out, there had been so much chaos since Crash had walked into the library! “Caleb! I can’t take anymore today please, for the love of this library get your books and go” The librarian pleaded, her voice was low but there was a sharp pitch to it as she spoke. “Erm, yeah I’m just going. Sorry” He apologized. “I’m being evicted; let me know when you’re done here I can help you look for your friends if you like?” He offered to Kathy, his face back to its normal color as he smiled at her. The lion grumbled and jumped up wagging its tail in delight, there was another whooshing noise and the previously stacked papers flew onto the floor. Crash glanced at the papers before he literally spun on the spot and sprinted for the door, he’d barely made it through the sliding doors before a book collided with his head. He exclaimed loudly, once he was clear of the door he sunk into a crouch pressing the bump on his head with both of his hands, peering at the book she’d launched at him. Romeo and Juliet...bloody Shakespeare The librarian gave the lion a withering look that made him retreat behind Kathy practically sticking to her heels.

Ryuu blinked, noticing some dude wearing a tuxedo- a GREEN tuxedo. The otaku would have laughed had it not been for the fact that this guy also had purple hair.

...The hell? He looks like the Joker, except he mixed around his hair snd suit's color. And he doesn't have that creepy-a-s smile om his fa-

The otaku noticed that this guy was smiling in an increidbly bright fashion.

...Sooooo... I must be Batman, and he's after my life.

Okay, what on Earth am I even talking about?

Ryuu blinked, amused by the student's introduction. His name was apparently Darwin. He realized that this school had a severe case of aggressive people that loved to introduce themselves. Keeping that in mind, he kept up a straight face, which was also a scary face by default.

The otaku blinked again when the student's earphones fell off. Well, of course they would if he was moving that way-

...Hm? There was a familiar tune ringing out of the earphones. Actually, he sorta liked the music. He remembered hearing it about a week ago, but he forget what he exactly watched during that time. The otaku had been on an anime-watching spree before he came into the academy, so-

Wait a damn second.

Ryuu got to hear a few more beats before Darwin picked the earphones up.

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"...Darwin-san," Ryuu said in an extremely awkward fashion, almost as if he was about to kill someone out of ecstasy.

"You may call me Lelouch the Second. Let's get marri- er, become fabulous friends. Ha ha... Hahahahahahuehuehuehuehuehuehuehahajajahahue... HUEHUEHUEHUEHUEHAHA, AH, HA HA HA HA HA HA!!!"

Ryuu was practically out of his mind now. He came here to get his mind rested, but instead, the gardens was making him go crazy, but this time, out of happiness. Crazy was bad, but happy crazy was even crazier.

He was just so glad that he was not the only one who knew of Soul Eater, here. The otaku genuinely thought about getting this guy a full-course meal at his household when the chance calls for it.

After he sort of calmed down, Ryuu said to Darwin,

"So, Death the Kid! Nice to meet ya here."

At this point, he looked normal, which was absolutely disturbing to those who knew him. Even his sister would call 911 whenever he smiled normally.

Because this was Ryuu smiling NORMALLY, for crying out loud.

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Meanwhile, Cortez quietly jumped into her History class.

Darwin at first stood there with his normal, joyful yet creepy grin when suddenly he thought. Am I creeping this guy out? Nope, can't be. I'm not creepy, I'm nice, cheerful and I donated some rubix cubes to charity before I came here. I am not creepy......I just love rainbows...

His thoughts started to trail off to pictures of penguins floating around on balloon when his eyes changed from green to purple. The guy had called him Darwin-san...that couldn't mean....His mouth was suddenly open in an even bigger face of awe and happiness. He quickly closed it but still the grin was stuck to his face, almost like an excited boy getting ice-cream.

"It is good to meet you Lelouch the second! I agree we should be FABULOUS Friends. Heheheheheheheheheheehheheh" At this point he was almost jumping up and down on the spot. "We shall go on magical dventures into the depths of the universe! We shall discover the secrets of all that is true and amazing! We will fight all those who bring darkness and gloom to the world!"

His eyes were almost shining now as he tried to calm himself He needed to calm down.....but Soul Eater.....calm down..... He was taking weird breaths as he laughed in between each one.

"Hah! I cannot match up to the amazingness of DtK!" He laughed again and he grinned almost calmed down. He had finally found someone as happy and amazing as himself.! It was like Christmas had come early!

He put down his hood and looked up at the sky. He took out a knife. It had been that of the one who tried stabbing him before he came to this school. He opened the swithblade. He studied it for a moment before he threw it at a fence panel. It embedded itself perfectly in the fading bullseye that some had drew. Jhe sat there. The date that he would have to do the ritual was coming soon. He would have to summon.and try and control a flame. His parents had tryed it but he had came barging down the stairs moaning about his ipod being buggy. They lost concentration and the fire spread. Burning the wooden floors and killing his parents. He managed to barely escape. Later after the fire died down he returned. Inthe middle of the ruined house was only one thing unburnt. A staff, He remembered the time his father said to him. "Son, when I die, I want you to take me staff. This staff has been in the family generations, It is tradition that the inheritant then takes the staff and carves a phrase and a symbol to represent them." He had completed his part of the ritual only today. Nearly a year after the fire. He looked around. He could see that girl, the Cherokee one, Little feather. Where was that lion who followed her usually? He had seen her sometimes around during his time here and she always had that lion with her. He looked back down and stood up. With one hand he did the gestures for a spell. A gust of wind hit the fence with so much force it went flying off campus ground. The gust caused a slight breeze to start.

Drow library

The lion made some wild movements around the boy that talked to the girl sitting at the table and sat back down again near the girl at the table. It looked like the lion was playing with him but why would he run away? Drow crawled back to the lion again sitting next to him. Lowering her head and upper body onto the back of the lion. She brushed him again, The sound that he made while doing it was just like a real cat only a bit louder. "Name?" She asked quietly. 'Why do I feel so tired' Drow couldn't stay awake it felt like she didn't have any strength to stand up anymore. Before she fell asleep she could only mutter "So Tire...d" Her eyes closed, sweat was dripping down from her head onto the lion.

Liam Dorm room.

"Why am I even asking things like this i got things to do." She grabbed a bag that was filled with sheets. "Cya around" She ran out of the room back into the hallway again. She moved down to the first floor that was filled with other people.'This will do' She walked between them placing the sheets into some of the hands. ~Movie Club, Starts at 8 pm in room 108~. Some sheets where put on the walls aswell as she moved through the crowd. At the end of the hallway she walked into the garden where multiple people were standing. Putting on her hood She moved to each and on of the groups, She made small talks to some of the groups that were outside but didn't stay for long. A terrible sound came from 2 guys that were talking to each other. "Ha ha... Hahahahahahuehuehuehuehuehuehuehahajajahahue... HUEHUEHUEHUEHUEHAHA, AH, HA HA HA HA HA HA!!!" 'Is a dog being murdered?, sure sounds like it' She decided to try it on them, She looked up at them. "Good afternoon mentlegen. Would one of you be intressted in joining a movie club." She handed out a paper sheet that she had been giving around,

Zivon

Zivon still feeling very embarrassed over him tripping from his shoelace and falling right on his face. He lay there wondering what he should do; he stood up, dusted his sweater and leggings and bowed to Chris. If Chris could see his face it would be a light red crept all over due to his own embarrassment. “I-I-I uumm sho-uld g-o!” He stuttered out as he quickly walk off to the opposite side of they were going. ‘God, I feel so…Ah! Stupid me! Why did I….dear god…’ He covered his face avoiding anyone who could see his blush. He didn’t know where he was he going but he just walked off. “If I was bit braver…” He said to himself as he continued walking to somewhere he didn’t even know.

After moments of self berate and scolding he removed his hands from his face. He was surprised he didn’t bump into anyone but he was glad at least it didn’t happen. ‘Okay where did I end up?’ He looked around; it looked like the garden area. A whole bunch of people was there, a lot. Some how he got a whiff something, it was like hamburgers or cooked meat. ‘A picnic?’ He contemplated on how what he will do, he didn’t want to cause anymore embarrassment on himself but that only happen because he wasn’t brave enough…He though for a while and walk up to the bunch of people, everyone looked like they were having a good time, chatting about and eating burgers. It was most likely a picnic but he couldn’t really get it though. He slowly walked up to a guy with sunglasses and looked like a guy from a gang or something….’Maybe I picked the wrong guy to ask…’ and there was a guy in a green tuxedo and purple hair. ‘Odd color choices…’ It reminded him of the joker in batman films he had watched before but reversed. And there was a girl that looked like she was giving out paper of some sort.

‘Okay calm down and don’t mess it up….’ He took a deep breath and asked. “U-m…do y-ou mi-nd but what is happ-ening here?”

Oona stood there for awhile but got no answer so she shrugged "guess i'll talk to her later" and turned and left.
she walked around for awhile, not particularly in the mood for classes so admist her wanderings she came across a large group of people in a garden accompanied by the smell of cooked meat.
"ohhh, yum, is this a picnic?"
she looked around and saw Zivon.
he appeared to be asking someone a question so she walked towards him slowly.

– Kathy

“A pond?” Unable to hide her surprise, Kathy looked at Crash while trying to recall yesterday’s events. There had been a decent amount of time since they separated and met up for the party, but she hadn’t thought that he could have gotten into another mishap during that gap. ‘And here I thought I had a busy time yesterday.’ She thought, half amused and half amazed in a sense.

Watching Lion pace around seeming to be searching for Little Feather’s scent, she became slightly worried. ‘Little Feather went somewhere without him?’ Then seeing the comical pose Lion was putting Crash in, she smiled and nodded. “He’s a friend. Don’t worry, he doesn’t bite.” Drawing a little closer to the table she began to tell Lion, “She couldn’t have gotten far, we should just go and sear-”

?!!!!

Taken by surprise, her thought processes stopped completely. Luck and her own balance had kept them from falling over completely, but that meant she was in complete contact with Crash. Her face turning completely red as she subconsciously held her breath and she found herself frozen in place. She couldn’t even form coherent thoughts let alone figure out how to move properly. It got worse for her when they made eye-contact. Kathy could feel her heartbeat drumming away in her ears and she was sure she was going to die from high blood pressure and/or an irregular heart rate. As Crash jumped away, she finally let go of the breath she was holding and brought her hands up to her burning cheeks. “Th-That’s okay… It wasn’t your fault.” Taking in a deep breath, she thought, ‘At least he seems flustered too. It’s normal to be embarrassed in that kind of situation, right?’

“Caleb! I can’t take anymore today please, for the love of this library get your books and go”

‘Caleb? Who is- oh.’ In a rather unexpected and indirect way, she ended up learning Crash’s full name from the lady at the desk. Unless he had a middle name she didn’t know about, but she was never particularly concerned with middle names because people rarely used it in an actual conversation. She felt sorry for Crash, but at the same time she could sympathize with the lady behind the desk.

“Yeah, thank you. I’ll be out soon.” She told Crash, giving him a small wave in response to his offer to help. Kathy let out a small sigh. She wished her blush would go away as quickly, but the red tint still remained in her cheeks. Luckily for her, Lion had the perfect distraction. ‘Uh oh.’ Glancing once at the mess of papers, her attention quickly turned to the librarian who was clearly not having her best day at work. Watching Crash make a hasty escape she picked up one of the books he had left behind and called out, “Wait! Don’t you need these?” Looking at the title, she raised her brow. It was a paperback copy of Romeo and Juliet. Not a book she particularly enjoyed, and it was rather unexpected to see Crash interested in the tragedy sold under the category of romance. Before she could ponder any further, however, at the next moment the book was taken out of her hand and thrown at the red-haired shape shifter at the exit. The librarian must have really had enough.

Turning to Lion hiding behind her she commented, “Hey, don’t hide behind someone weaker than you. That’s cheating, and turning me into a scapegoat.” With the mess around them, she began to gather the paper again before she was stopped by the librarian. The lady was massaging the bridge of her nose while sighing, “It’s fine, please. Just let me do my work and…” Kathy got the message. Murmuring a quick apology, she went upstairs to where Eric was. Finding him engrossed in a book between the shelves, she tapped him lightly on the shoulder she whispered, “Sorry, but I think I’ll be leaving now. It was very nice meeting you Eric.”

Returning back downstairs, she was just about ready to leave when she saw that the girl with wavy blond hair was back next to Lion. More importantly, something seemed off about her. “Are you alright?” Worried, she knelt down next to them and took a closer look. The girl was sweating a lot and seemed unconscious, which was setting off alarms inside of Kathy’s head. Lightly tapping the girl’s cheeks she tried calling out again, “Hey, can you hear me?”

((There's a tl;dr version I made in the OOC for people under a time constraint. xD))

Tori & Christopher

Ah, the academy of Athalia.

Tori could nearly feel the powerful atmosphere involved within this building. While she walked through the halls carrying nothing but a small handbag, she couldn't help but stare various students who passed across the hallway; including a boy who ran away with a face reddier than a paper... for reasons she coul-

Her eyes laid on a boy rubbing his head with a confused face. He had a blonde hair and seemed to be frankly normal, she couldn't note a single thing different to make him stand out from average humans. Then again, neither did Tori; she looked human, though her clothes weren't so common. Tori wore a black skirt with matching black stockings with two white lines at the ends, a white dress with a streak of sky-blue in the front with black two detached sleeves covering her arms until her wrists and a pair of black leather gloves. She also wore a black sidecloak with sky-blue streaks, the cloak only covered one of her shoulders, leaving the other revealed if not by the cloak's ribbon wrapped around her. She also had a long black scarf over her neck, it reached the back of her thighs in length. (If this is too confusing, check this - it's exactly what she's wearing -- except the scarf, which isn't show here, but she's wearing one mind you-- k thank you)

The boy eyed Tori as she passed, nearly turning himself to watch as she walked past him. His eyes twitched as his confused expression shifted into one which was a mixture of impressed and retarded- the retarded bit was Tori's view on it as she glanced at him with the corner of her eyes.

W-Woah, she's... an... angel... so delicate... pretty...

Why is this imbecile looking at me like that? Hrm, I should destroy him.

Tori stopped walking, turning herself to look at the boy; her expression already showed how infuriated she seemingly was. Christopher had the same expression as before.

... Hrm, I shouldn't attract attention on my first day here. Leave him be.

S-She looked at me, she really did? Oh. My. God.

The dark angel turned herself back and began to walk again.

Meanwhile Christopher just went ahead and began walking calmly towards the direction Zivy had wandered off to. What was the nervous boy up to, anyway? He just disappeared in an instant...

Tori soon entered through the library's door. It was the place she had assumed to be the most calm and silent of the whole school and she'd be comfortable in there. As soon as she entered, she began to march towards some of the bookshelves, her eyes abstently-minded scanning over some of the individuals within it. She shrugged, turning her head to face a challenging bookshelf in front of herself. Was there any book about Athalia's Academy story, at all? It'd be interesting to know a bit about the Academy's history, records... a list of powerful students, perhaps? Information about them? Tori had an interesting in that type of information.

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Bael - His dormitory

The boy was laying over his bed with his eyes closed, the bags with the clothes he had just bought laying on his side. He knew he was supposed to be in the garden to meet up with Lily, but honestly, he wasn't interested in going. Lily... She was amazing, surely a good friend - and her smile was so peaceful, it made Bael feel nice, even. But this distinct, unknown confuse feeling he had; guilty, remorse... Those were the kind of words which he thought of whenever he was with her. She was only in that state and left without memories because of Bael, so innocent and frail that if He decided to emerge and kill her, it wouldn't be a problem at all. Even Lillith could do so herself with ease...

But why? Why would a demon such as Bael, incapable of humanly emotions or feelings begin to develop those things all of sudden, especially towards an angel? Perhaps he had been sealed as well. Or no, even worse! Bael was cursed. This could only be a curse. His intense blue eyes opened all of sudden as he stared at the ceiling... That explained it perfectly! He had been cursed.. By who? Who in this Academy could have seen his intentions so clearly and did such horrid thing to him? Lily? No... She wasn't capable of cursing. That dragon?! The nurse?!

"HAAARGH!"

Needlessly screaming as he sat up, Bael clutched his head with both of his hands. Was this really a curse?

Isse and Anedine

Annoyance went down gradually as he now kept his mind away from that one annoying person from within the corner. Isse turned his head back to Anedine, noticing that she was breathing a sigh of relief. So she's of the peaceful kind, eh?, he thought, curious and interested within this person, but feeling something that kept him from 'going further' with her.

"Glad now, eh? That we've kept ourselves down." His hands rested on the table, his body tilting slightly to his left.

"Yeah, mhmm. You've figured it out now?" Anedine replied. She was a bit more happier that not only did Isse did the right thing in just keeping Ryuu out of his sight, but also the fact that he was getting more to know her as the kind of person who is only good for supporting people and not actually fighting. "I guess."

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Dendus - Flashback
Years 1931 - 1944

The day Gehenna surfaced from a manhole strangely positioned in an alleyway.
It was a fair day and all. With her still in a long grey, satin robe that wrapped around her body, clean and silky, Gehenna decided to roam around the tall brick apartments of New York. People roamed around in strange clothing, well, for her since that time. Some men were in black or greyish suits with neckties of the same color as what they were wearing, others in buttoned stilted shirts. Women were at homes during that time, so the only idea she had about them was being clothed in sleeved dresses or skirts accompanied by the same buttoned shirts men wear. There were both cars and horsecarts within the streets, but at that time more horses roamed than steel engines.

When found by a group of seamen roaming around in their lunchbreaks, the first thing she heard from them was:

"Hey, there! Ya look like an angel!", remarked one of the six men.

"Uhh, no, well actually.... i'm a Limbus." Gehenna absentmindedly revealed what she was, spreading two of her wings in embarassment. "But thanks there."

"Are you serious with keeping her?"

"This might be actually great. Seeing such a fair lady on the street is one thing; figuring out that she's a supernatural person is another."

"SHOULD we keep her in our boat?"

"It's a yes from me. It's a pity that a fine woman's lost here in good ol' New York, with nothing to care for her."

She was fine with getting along with a group of strangers who seemed to be kind enough to offer her a place to relax; she had a place to live in and enjoy a meal and get a good night's rest. Strangely enough, here she needed sleep, back in Limbo she was awake all the time, watching as all the stillbirths, miscarriages and suddent infant deaths find their place in the dark, misty realm in all confusion. Nonetheless, she found herself a place to call home.

Gehenna was offered peculiar, long dresses by which men called them "for women". When she refused and instead made a preference for what they were wearing, the response she got was a simple "Are you serious?", yet in a single sigh of slight frustration accepted what Gehenna wanted to wear. Soon enough the seamen eventually forgot that Gehenna was a woman in their travels, and so did Gehenna herself, who now began to be named as Dendus, last name long forgotten since 1945. It was well known within the crew that Dendus was a supernatural being, but outside the boat she was known as a rather normal person.

A day after Pearl Harbor, December 8.
America's involvement in the Second World War began to rise as recruitment posters, often with the iconic image of Uncle Sam, began to be posted around the walls and posts of the cities. News of Japan's attack on the Hawaiian military base spread quickly among the crowds, enraging the populace and leading to a rise in the numbers of America's armed forces count. It was the day the United States woke up to the horns of war and conflict, and the day Dendus comes to "his" first fight in the entire course of his life. It was at that one time in the bar, with Mr. Jones leaning at the tables, tapping his drink on the mahogany wood.

"So, we're enlisting to the Navy. If you had heard the news about Hawaii, then you should know why. Everyone here should be prepared for the toils of warfare now, but anyone who feels they aren't, raise your hands. If you want to be with your families, or would like to walk around good ol' New York instead of firing huge metal guns towards the Germans and the Japanese, please tell." But with the full bravery and commitment of everyone in the room, not a single one raised their hand, not even Dendus himself. It was a day where everyone diverted their causes to battle, the day war for the land was a necessity for the former crew of the Jonathan. And with a single salute, Mr. Jones gave a word of "good luck" to all the men.

1944, Battle of Leyte Gulf.
The day the largest naval battle came into history. Sailing around the strangely strong waves of the waters were one problem with maneuvering around the battlefield, the presence of possible enemy forces was another. Although there were many other U.S ships within the area, there was still a dangerous presence in the atmosphere. The sky blanketed by a gray cover of thick clouds, and a cold breeze from the east, then seconds later a loud rumbling sound from within the distance.

"MAN YOUR BATTLE STATIONS!"

"Go! Go! Go!"

The ship's crew scrambled to inside the vessel. Shots were exchanged from both the allies and the Imperial Japanese Navy, and soon huge splashes of water sprung up everywhere. It became clear that that this was going to be a fight of quantity over quality, seeing the United States had over eight hundred ships in the waters while the Japanese, despite having only about sixty-four, had definitely powerful ships, as seen from the appearance of two incredibly massive vessels, the Musashi and the Yamato, from the other side. Day and night conflict ensued, and at the last day...

"INCOMING! TAKE COVER!", shouted the captain. With a single explosion on board, dozens perished, and Dendus saw many of his old mates, their bodies, Mr. Jones', Mr. Ruckenshaw's, Mr. Dan's, also the Captain's, all falling down to the seas. The ship, however, remained partially intact. Then with a glance at one of the enemy battleships, Dendus rushed to the bridge, aimed one of the guns towards one of the large vessels, and shot it down, accompanied by other allied vessels attempting to destroy the massive ship. And with a single breath, Dendus then uttered,

"All's well now."

Liam Garden

She shoves the sheets in both the hands off Ryuu and Darwin. “U-m…do y-ou mi-nd but what is happ-ening here?” She slightly bended her head to walk past the guys and walk to the Blond haired boy that was slightly taller then her. "I'm handing out these little bad boys." She reached out a sheet right in front of Zivon his face. She lowered it to look at him directly. "You can have it if you can handel it" She grinned at him and pushed the sheet in Zivon his hand. Placing her foot in the right place she made a little twist towards the other 2. "So how about it, Would you guys like to come try it out. There is enough food and drinks for everyone." She waited for a response from all of them as she tiptoed trying to get a bit higher.

Drow library

Drow her face got red and started to sweat more ,She panted very heavily as voice tried to reach her. A brown haired girl that was just sitting at the table was tapping her cheeks. “Hey, can you hear me?” Drow opened her eyes slowely trying to get used to the sharp lights that where hanging from the ceiling. She turned her face slowely to Kathy, who was very close to her. "O hi..." She tryed to move up but the only thing she could manage to do was lean on her arms. She let out a small smile to Kathy. 'She looks very worried, but why?' "Sleepy" She fell back down onto the back of the Lion and started to sleep again.

– Kathy

One minute the girl was happily cuddling Lion, and the next she was burning up. Kathy didn’t know what the problem was but the important thing was to do something about it. “This is outside of what I can handle, sorry but I’m going to have to take you to see Kiwi.” Gently apologizing to her, she lifted one of the girl’s arms around her shoulders and tried to stand up. Then tried again. Biting down on her lower lip, she let go of the girl and stood up as she tried to reassess the situation.

Kathy could hardly carry half her weight let alone someone that seemed about as heavy as her own self. ‘Could I get Lion to carry her on his back?’ She wondered, glancing down at Lion. ‘No, she’ll just slip off if she can’t hold onto anything. What if I gave her a piggy back? Uh... Maybe. I'll do better than trying to carry her in my arms though.’ Looking back at the lady at the desk, who was too busy cleaning up to notice what was going on, she told her, “Sorry but, please understand. It’s an emergency.”

The librarian looked back, confused as to what she meant but quickly got her answer in the next moment as Kathy yelled, “Eric? Crash? If either of you can hear me, please help me out!!” The lady gave them a warning look, then her eyes opened wide with understanding as she saw the girl collapsed next to Lion. “I’ll call someone in to take her to the infirmary.” The librarian told her as she lifted the phone at the desk. But Kathy shook her head as she busied herself trying to get the unconscious girl onto her back. “It’s fine. I want to get her there quickly instead of waiting around doing nothing. Sorry for all the trouble we're causing.” Barely managing to get up, she grit her teeth as she leaned forward with her arms hooked beneath the girl’s knees. “Ah!” Shakily wobbling around, she leaned one of her legs against Lion for a moment. “Sorry, just help me out a little Lion.” Getting back up and a few steps forward, she really hoped someone would come help soon. Ideally, before she fell down from the weight and added to the growing patient list.

Lion
Lion looked at the girl as she slumped over his back, his tail swished behind him and he looked up at Kathy stress lines appearing either side of his muzzle as he looked at the door. He grumbled low in his throat at Kathy, his ears flattening as she spoke to the girl and tapped her cheeks. He looked from one to the other, utter confusion apparent in his face as he shifted his weight from one foot to the other. He blinked up at Kathy a low whine rattling through his throat as the girl slumped over him. Lion watched with his head cocked to the side as Kathy shouted out for help, his eyes drifting around the library ears flickering. He braced himself as Kathy tried to carry the girl, his tail swishing unhappily behind him.

He grumbled at Kathy, agitation entering his face when he realized she couldn’t understand him. He nodded her head as she leant on him, moving slowly with her as she struggled forward. His ears flicked forward as he peered through the library doors, seeing the clumsy red haired man from before leaning back against the wall opposite the library doors, book in hand. He wrinkled his nose at the idea of going to him for help, he looked over his shoulder in the direction he had seen the other male go. When he looked back he realized Crash was looking back into the library with a most peculiar expression. Lion flailed his left paw in the air trying to get the red haired boys attention.

Crash

Crash had decided to hang around for a while longer, he’d even brought himself to begin reading through Romeo and Juliet, he was leaning back against the wall book in hand flicking through the pages with meager interest his mind was elsewhere So much tragedy, can’t there just be love? Why can’t it be simple He chewed the inside of his cheek as he remembered something a friend of his had said. Because love is something you have to really work at, its amazing the lengths people will go to, to be together. Hardship either makes love stronger or it reveals it to be false Crash sighed audibly I can’t believe I’m thinking about this, I need to go bench press something to restore my masculinity

As if on cue he looked back up at library door that was when he saw them, Kathy seemed to be giving someone a piggy back...his brow creased as she leant against Lion. “What on earth...” He murmured, standing up and tucking the small paperback into his back pocket. His eyes narrowed as the lion looked at him and started waving its paw around like it had stood in an undesirable substance. Despite his hesitation to enter the library again so soon he moved over to the doors, they slid open and he saw things much more clearly, Kathy was trying to carry a girl who from first glance looked unconscious. Without hesitation Crash jumped forward, closing the gap between them in a few strides, he sunk down in front of Kathy, looping his arm underneath her in case she fell.

“Get your butt here” He ordered the Lion, who slid in front of Kathy in case she fell whilst Crash moved around her, crouching behind her, he pulled the girl back gently, an arm looping around her shoulders. He eased her backwards. “Let go, I got her” Crash murmured to Kathy. Providing she let go he was able to pull the unconscious girl back onto his knees looping an arm under her knees and pulling her against his chest. The muscles in his arms became more apparent as he stood straight slowly, tilting her so her head fell against his shoulder. He was surprised at how light she was, he turned to Kathy with a curious expression. “You ok?” He asked, already moving to the doors, looking down at the unconscious girl in his arms. “What exactly happened?” Was his next question, as he stepped through the library doors stopping momentarily. “I can’t remember where the infirmary is...” He mumbled looking at Kathy with an apologetic look. Lion followed him his ears flickering uncertainly as he watched the commotion.