[IC] Claymore Academy (always accepting)

[Jurassic Weeb]

Sure that everyone was out of the showers Ryūko slipped out of her towel and turned the hot water on. She hung her glasses on a hook beside Olympia, draped the towel over the door and locked it. Even though she'd only had a few hours of training in today, she still felt grimy. As shewashed her hair she started singing.

[sassy1085]

"Yasha! w-what are you doing here what going on?!" I say "remember the time when we first met in the garden we talk, we laugh and we train to be the greatest swordwomen in this academy could ever have...how foolish that was" "w-what?..." what she mean foolish, that was the great moment in my life having a friend for once. "well you know Scimitar Academy standards don't let the weak win-" "NO! we promise that if we become join the Student Council we could make Scimitar Academy better place we promise remember that?" there was a long silence and then yasha laugh "oh please that promise that childish don't you think?~" and I just stood there she think that was childish?! she start walking toward with her wooded sword I look at my hand I also have a wooded sword and then she attacking me, I dodge every attack, I remember her attacks were faster back then. I was tired from fighting her "THIS IS NOT WHAT YOU WANTING YASHA REMEMBER YOU SAID YOU WANT TO MAKE THIS ACADEMY A BETTER PLACE!.....remember...?" I yell as tears fell down from my eyes. yasha stood there looking down with her cold eyes "...we are friends..right?" I say with a bright smile "....we were never friends" and for that her wooded sword turn into her real sword and swing and chop off my head...I wake up with a gasp I was huffing but I stand clam. I still have my headphone on I look what I listed and it was listed to Pythagoras by Emezie Okorafor I sigh I walk down to cafeteria to get something to drink I get some water I sit down in some table there I was in my pj in a dark cafeteria thinking about my promise. what am I going to do...should I give up brining her back or...keep on doing it?

[Rusalka]

@sassy1085

If there was any sound that people grew to hate and utterly despise over the years, it would have to be the shrill, cantankerous ringing of an alarm early in the morning. Such a ruckus awoke Tohru, pulling her from her cryptic, bizarre dream, her phone on the nightstand beside her buzzing off the hook. "Ugh...okay. Okay! I'm up." She muttered weakly, a hand reaching from under the covers to silence her alarm. A minute or so she laid there before peeling the covers back and shuffling out of bed with a stretch and a yawn. Her vision, at first blurry, adjusted shortly while she glanced around the room, realizing that her roommate had already gone. "Hmm? Where's Rin-san?" Tohru pondered aloud. If anything, the girl must've left early to beat the rush at the cafeteria. Tohru figured then she would meet up with Rin later. Besides, it was a bright and beautiful morning outside, the perfect time to go for a run around the school.

Slipping into her athletic clothes, she grabbed her phone and stuck in her earbuds, the sound of Something Good by Alt-J treating her ears to musical bliss. Then, she was out the door, a swift jog down the hall, down the stairs, and out onto the school grounds, the warm sun and brisk morning air feeling great as she ran.

@Otaku95

She had been awake for some time after getting ready for the day, fixing her hair up in her accustomed ponytail and touching up her good looks before venturing out to greet the morning. Last night...she couldn't describe how it made her feel. How a girl like Ryuko-chan somehow penetrated the cold boundary ensnaring her heart in its black talons was beyond her, but in that very moment, the moment she felt the girl's hand clasp onto hers, the moment she felt...such warmth, for once Asuka felt like she was...special, cherished. By all she had been hated for so long, by both family and students alike. The only one who honestly cared for her was Chizuru, and...she wasn't here anymore. She was dead.

Quietly she strolled across the school grounds, ignoring the snide remarks and ghoulish gossips being whispered about among the gaggle of girls flanking her on all sides. Try as she may to dismiss them however...they were still jagged, poisonous thorns lodged into her aching heart. Damn them....every last one of them. The Princess of Devils, once an honorable title, but it bears no weight or merit to me anymore. It's a stigma upon me, a loathsome moniker I want to be rid of. Hmph...even devils have sympathy...

[Jurassic Weeb]

@Rusalka

Ryūko had slept well, dressing in her uniform and fixing her hair in the morning. Unlike most girls, she barely ever put on makeup. She donned a hoodie as well to guard against the morning chill. She put her headphones on outside, as a kind of impromptu earmuff. She hit the Shuffle button on her uPod. Coincidentally it began playing the song she's sung in the shower last night. She sang along quietly: "Please allow me to introduce myself, I'm a man of wealth and taste..." She thought she was singing too lowly to be heard, but she couldn't tell.

[Rusalka]

@Otaku95

So embroiled in thought was she that she didn't even hear the soft melody of a girl singing to herself, nor did she expect that she would bumble into said girl. The impact of two bodies was sudden, eliciting from Asuka a surprised gasp as she stumbled backwards trying to regain her grace and balance. ~"Ah! Gomenasai, I didn't-"~ Humble and quiet was her apology as she bowed, her cheeks blushing a bright shade of rose, but she paused mid sentence upon view of who she had bumped into. ~"Ryuko-chan."~ Happily she purred the girl's cute little name. Her bitter scowl became an inviting smile in an instant. ~"Good morning."~

[sassy1085]

after I went back to bed and then I wake up, it was 07:51, Tohru and the other girls was still sleep I guess I could walk to class early so I did and I wait when all the girls come in they were all here. i was tired from that dream i have i take nap..."Hey!" i look up it was Yuuko she was holding two maid outfits one red and one blue. she have a embarrassing angry look on her face. "well?!" she yell ".......Well what?" "WHICH MAID OUTFIT DO I NEED TO WEAR YOU IDIO-....i mean mistress Kumori~" i have question look on my face until it hit me "...you were serious about that?" i ask her "YES I WAS THAT WAS YOUR DEAL I MADE FOR YOU REMEMBER?!" "oh well...the deal is off" i said to her. she gave a shock look "WHAT?! I GOT THIS FOR NOTHING?!" "yeah pretty much" i give her a smile. she growling and walk angrily to take back the two outfits where they belong.

[Jurassic Weeb]

@Rusalka

Ryūko fumbled with her words, the only way to describe it being "Japanglish". "Hanazono-senpai!" she stammered. "I'm so very sorry--!" She blinked, finally realizing something. "My glasses! I can't see past my nose without them! Crap!"

[Rusalka]

@sassy1085

After she had finished her morning run, following a quick shower and getting dressed in her uniform, Tohru walked into the classroom with a confident smile and a spring in her step, but upon lieu of a rather...humorous argument catching her ears, her smile shifted to a bewildered glance towards Rin and Yuuko, the girl Rin apparently bested in a duel just a day ago. As the flustered drama queen stormed past her muttering to herself, Tohru just giggled to herself and took her seat, giving a cheerful good morning to Rin. "Ohayou, Rin-san. I'm not sure what that was about, but I do believe Yuuko-San will probably be challenging you again."

@Otaku95

Her face, so round and adorable, those doey amber eyes gazing at her so flustered, she enjoyed it, every second of it. Asuka giggled softly, leaning to snatch Ryuko-chan's glasses before someone stepped on them. If she knew anything of Claymore, it was how cruel some girls could be. ~"There, you clumsy thing."~ She teased, obligingly slipping them back onto her, her hand seeming to touch Ryuko's cheek for a moment. ~"It would be a shame for you to lose them. You look so cute with them on."~ Pleasantly she mused, her smile so affectionate. ~"Oh and Ryuko-chan, you don't have to address me so formally. I assure you I won't be offended if you call me Asuka."~

[sassy1085]

@Rusalka
"a another duel? nah I hear in the drama club they are doing practice after school so I guess i'm safe. and for what was that about? well before we duel yuuko made a deal if she win I be her laydog but if I win she will be my will be your maid and call me mistress Kumori...I didn't know she was serious I turn down the deal and she got upset and walk off."

[Jurassic Weeb]

@Rusalka

"O-Okay, Hana-- I mean, Asuka-senpai," Ryūko stammered. Her sweet words, kind actions, and gentle touch caused her to flush a bit. Her headphones had fallen around her neck, and the Stones' music was still playing. "You're okay, right? I was distracted. My music, I was so focused." She gave a sheepish smile.

[Rusalka]

@Otaku95

She is just so innocent... What better word could describe her, her actions, her emotions, just all too endearing to Asuka. She giggled lightly, her sapphire eyes shimmering in the gilded glow of the early sun. ~"You're such a darling, Ryuko-chan, but yes, I'm perfectly fine my dear. It's quite amusing how entranced you become in your music."~ The song of which she knew, such irony. Was it even possible for any to give sympathy to such a vile, loathsome creature as she? Someone who was born to instill fear into her enemies, to crush and to dominate with her sword clenched in her bloody hand? Was it possible to show compassion for such. Asuka...she didn't believe so. I can't take it... Ryuko-chan, she's just so beautiful, so adorable, I can't wait to hold her in my arms, but...in my heart...I know... When she discovers the real me, the true Akuma no Hime...I know she will run from me. Ryuko-chan...I don't deserve you.

@sassy1085

"Eh...?" She had to tilt her head at the mention of such. Why, in all her duels, never had she heard of such outrageous terms, and dare she say quite humiliating as well. A dumbfounded face she wore for the duration, unable to comprehend such, until she shook herself out of it giving a reply, "Well..umm...that's definitely outlandish, Rin-san, but at least you did the honorable thing and spared her further humiliation. I respect you for that." She smiled giving Rin a friendly wink. "Still, I find it strange that Yuuko-San would make such bizarre terms, even going so far as to deface herself should she had lost the battle." Tohru guessed they would never know why. Leaning back in her chair she stifled a yawn and looked around the classroom, suddenly her eyes going wide with the color draining from her face. They were here...in the room....the both of them. "Rin-san...whatever you do, don't look back." Hoarse was her whisper, her eyes so full of fear.

They may not have had their masks or their blades, but still, the two deadly assassins intimidated Tohru...just by their presence alone. She was praying to Amaterasu above they didn't spot her and Rin, when in fact...they did.

[sassy1085]

@Rusalka
"Hm?" and then I spot the two assassin. I quickly look away to hope they didn't look at us.

[Jurassic Weeb]

@Rusalka

"Music is kind of my escape, Asuka-senpai," said Ryūko. She fidgeted nervously. "Even though I was raised in a military family, I've been bullied a lot. I don't really know how to deal with people in normal situations very well; combat on the other hand..." She trailed off, her expression going blank for a split second. However her eyes lit up like a gleeful child. "Anyways, I use music as my escape. Music, games, reading..." She trailed off again, examining Asuka's expression. "Asuka-senpai? Are you okay?"

[Rusalka]

@sassy1085

She warned her not to look at them, but even so it didn't matter. Kaname and Yuki knew they were there. Tohru could feel their eyes upon her, like two glinting, insidious daggers to stabilize into her back. Surely they wouldn't be so foolish to attack now, not when far too many eyes and ears were present to bear witness, but the glimmer in the eyes of the white haired third year said otherwise, casting a glare and a smirk akin to a hungry serpent ready to devour her hapless prey.

Then, much to Tohru's dismay...they moved closer.

"Ah, good morning to you, honorable Prince." Kaname purred taking the seat beside her and scooting closer, Yuki doing the same with Rin. "I see your wounds have healed quite nicely. That's good. It would be shameful to kill you in your weak state."

Tohru, it was clear Kaname was digging into her flesh with her false sincerity, what a pitiful ruse when she knew all along this girl intended to kill her. How uncomfortable it felt, the two terrors leering over her. "You're luckyI don't report you to Higuchi-Senpai, especially after what you did." She hissed back at them, both only scoffing at her heated threat. "And what, dear Prince?" Yuki added snickering. "Have Higuchi-Senpai give us detention, get us expelled? Like that will stop me and Kaname-Sama from slitting your throat." Then she grabbed Rin by her hair, a twisted, childish grin. "Yours too you little brat."

"You leave her out of this dammit! Tohru suddenly growled slapping Yuki's hand away from Rin, gaining her a mocking sneer from the creepy pink haired girl. "Your fight is with me, understand? I won't have you dragging Rin-San into this!"

"If that is your wish, Tohru-san. Kaname sighed stretching and yawning. "Then by all means, we won't harm the girl. You..on the other hand...will be dead before sundown. Enjoy the rest of your day, honorable Prince, because your last breath here...will be your first in Hell."

((EDIT: Fuck you spellchecker! <.<))

@Otaku95

Heavens... she must have been in some sort of trance, some euphoric state induced by her constant languid eyes upon Ryuko-chan. Though she indeed hung onto every word spoken by the girl, her mind seemed to drift, escape to a world of her own design where she felt safe...and above all things...happy. Twas as if experiencing a visual representation of what she explained.

~"Huh? Wha..?"~ She shook herself out of it, nervously fumbling her speech. ~"W-Why yes, Ryuko-chan. I'm sorry. I must not be feeling well. I wouldn't want you to think I was ignoring you."~ She said sincerely. ~"But you are right. Combat is indeed different. I...I guess you could say I've dealt with almost the same."~ She sighed, her lip lowering into a frown. ~"Akuma no Hime isn't the best title for garnering friends. In fact, just spoken it instills nothing...nothing but fear, disdain, and ostracism. At times, I too needed an escape from this world and its cruelty. Maybe that's why I enjoy the art of the sword and the rush of combat, because it makes me feel something....powerful."~

[sassy1085]

@Rusalka
why she overprotective of me? we fight pink assassin once although she was kinda hard to beat, we defeat her no problem.

[Jurassic Weeb]

@Rusalka

"Everyone needs to feel in control every once in a while," said Ryūko. "When I draw Olympia, I feel powerful. No bullies, just opponents. The rules of combat are clear; the world is more black-and-white." She took a breath. "Asuka-senpai, I want to be your friend. People should get to know you before they make conclusions." She chuckled, giving a smile. "People need to show sympathy, even if they think you're a devil."

[Rusalka]

@Otaku95

She...she what? Asuka blinked a few times, staring at the girl in disbelief. In all honesty...she didn't know what to say or to do. Never had anyone offered such to her, even when she was kind and considerate. They merely saw it as a guise for her supposed sinister intentions, the mask of joy that sheathed the sharp, jagged teeth of the ravenous monster dwelling within. Her eyes sparkling, her heart beating wildly in her chest she clasped her hand over in a gasp, she could barely manage to string a sentence together, let alone utter just a single word. ~"Ry....Ryuko-chan...."~ She had managed to pry that much from her lips clenched tight, her eyes affixed on that ever brightening smile she beamed towards Asuka. She sighed, ~"If...if you wish to be, then I suppose...I wouldn't mind it."~ A small smile of her own crept across her lips. A friend....was she deserving of such? Let alone a cute girl like Ryuko-chan as her friend?

@sassy1085

The two had returned to their desk they shared after issuing their death threats to Tohru, the honorable Prince now fuming on the inside with such anger. How dare they....how dare they try to drag more innocent lives into their macabre plot of assassination. She wouldn't let it happen again. She wouldn't relive that pain, that agony that once ate her heart with rotten, festering teeth gnawing into her flesh. She turned to Rin after Kaname and Yuki had gone, realizing she was being looked at kinda funny, as if the girl didn't want Tohru to protect her, but dammit... she couldn't. "I know what you're going to say, Rin-san." Sternly she muttered crossing her arms and peering down at her desk. "And no, I won't allow you to fight Yuki-san again, or Kaname-san. Those two...they don't care who they hurt or kill, just as long as their ill tasks are completed. I won't stand for it, dammit!" Hard her fist came down upon her desk, producing such a thunderous noise. "I won't let them hurt any more people....because of me..."

Chizuru-chan....wherever you may be....forgive me. It was my fault you died. I so foolishly led you into this web of death, and for such...I deserve punishment. I will avenge you, my love, but the pain of my burden will not cease...until I too leave this mortal coil and ascend to paradise.

[sassy1085]

@Rusalka
I almost Protest but I look at her. The look on her face she have some bad times before she got here. "...ok I understand I will try to stay out of trouble as possibly."

[Jurassic Weeb]

@Rusalka

Ryūko laughed. "If you'll allow me," she said. "I suppose I should be honored to be allowed in the company of a princess." She smiled sweetly. "So I spose we should go to class now, right, Senpai?"

[Framing A Moose]

Natalia groaned as she headed her alarm go off. She reached over to her nightstand and hit the top of it, turning it off. She hadn't fallen asleep until about two a.m. Jet lag's a bitch. She lazily pulled herself out of bed, letting out a loud groan. She slowly got dressed, putting all of her books into a messenger bag, before strapping her wooden sword and shield to her back. She had slid her real weapon and shield under her bed for emergencies. She brushed her hair and decided that she was ready for the day. She then exited her room.