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"!!!"
He was alarmed when the lioness faunus shot through the hole in the wall only to crash through the space of wall near him.
She didn't seem to have good aim.
Taking a few steps away from the new hole, he watched and waited as the debris cleared. Seeing the faunus emerging from the new entrance she made, she didn't seem to suffer so much as a scratch. He was impressed, she was durable. Strong, for sure. The faunus reached out towards him as a few words escaped from her lips between ragged, drawn breaths.
"Release... Kitty..."
She wanted him to let Michelle go?
What was she going to do to her?
"Not a chance. he thought.
He had taken responsibility for Michelle. He wasn't about to just hand her over to this violent individual and just pass her off. Hefting Michelle and making sure she was still held close, Kuhaku bounded through the hole directly at the lioness. Getting enough height, he used the lioness' head and face as a springboard for his feet and launched off off her. As he quickly padded out of the room and utilized the shortcut the lioness made for him, he hoped she had lost enough steam to stop pursuing him. To be honest, he was already starting to get tired himself. At least he was closer to his objective. Recalling the layout of the academy strictly from memory, relief washed over him when he saw the Red Cross denoting the medical bay/infirmary.
Pushing the door open, he stopped as the nurses and doctors within all looked up and stared at him. Someone dropped something on the ground, making a raucous crash. Freezing, he again took notice how bad he looked carrying Michelle in nothing but a towel. To him, it wasn't a big deal. But, to others, like the lioness, it probably looked horrible. As he began to break out in a nervous sweat from so many judgemental eyes piercing into him, he cleared his throat and padded over to an unoccupied bed to lay Michelle down gently. After looking her over to make sure she didn't suffer any new injuries from the hectic dash over here, he looked around for some paper and pen as a female doctor approached him.
"E-excuse me, sir. But, what happened to her and what are you doing here?
He turned around to face her and his eyes snapped from the doctor's face to the faces of the others in the room, even a few students.
They all had differing expressions of horror on his face. Yeah, yeah, he got it. He was sweating and wearing nothing but a towel. He had barged in with an unconscious female in his arms. He got it. It looked extremely suspicious. Frowning, he took the doctor's clipboard from her hand. Thankfully, it had a pen clipped to it. With pen and paper, he quickly scribbled on it and handed it back to the doctor.
It read, "She passed out. No one helped her. I brought her here. The damage is the lion faunus' doing."
The doctor's brows came together as she read what he wrote, confused.
Kuhaku had delivered her. She was in their care now. He was done.
Walking past her, he left the infirmary and slowly made his way back to his room. He was sweaty and filthy again. Any bit of relaxation he had gotten from his long shower was wasted as an unnecessary amount of stress had been placed on him. He thought of taking another shower, but he decided against it. He just wanted to go to bed now. A small part of him regretted helping Michelle as it brought him more trouble. But, at least he had peace of mind knowing that a fellow faunus would be taken care of. His ears and tail drooped as he sighed heavily.
He hoped he wouldn't run into that lioness faunus again.
To her surprise, Leona became a platform for the Tiger Faunus to leap off of, causing her to collapse after his departure. Still motivated and concerned for the Cat Faunus girl's safety, and possibly her chastity, Leona gave chase once again. Kuhaku was nowhere in sight, however. As she frantically searched, she regained her head, starting to panic about what would happen to Kitty girl. Noticing the increasing number of perplexed students, some of their gaze focused elsewhere. He must be somewhere that way!
Dashing through the hall, although at a slower pace than before, the fatigue catching up to her, she resumed her quest to save the girl. Then, she noticed him step out of the infirmary, tired and sweaty. Kitty girl was nowhere in sight though. Her fatigue immediately forgotten, Leona jumped onto Kuhaku, catching him a little off guard while she grappled and held on for dear life. "Nooo! Where's Kitty, you vile pervert?! You did something to her didn't you!" she then had him in a headlock, grip tightening every second. "Must... Save... her!!"
Only then did she notice that kitty girl was laying on a bed, seen through the glass door. Her grip loosened for a moment, allowing both relief. "She's safe..." Then remembered what she was doing. Surely, she shouldn't show him mercy, who knows why he was half naked and holding her like a princess! Throttling him, she yelled "What did you do to her?!". No mercy, no mercy, no mercy, No Mercy, NO MER-
Suddenly, she was lifted into the air, held by the neck of her shirt. Holding her stood Saurodrinn, scowling and irritated. "I told you you would get lost. What are you doing to him??" Flailing in panic, Leona replied "That guy! Mr Tiger did something to Miss Kitty!" "Mr Ti-what??" then he glanced over at the boy, catching his breathe, sweaty and only wearing the towel. His gaze fell upon the Cat Faunus in the Infirmary still. Saurodrinn couldn't help but give the boy a doubting gaze, but despite this said "Did you give him time to explain?"
"Ack!" she blurted, realization dawning upon her. She hadn't, to be honest. Then again, he probably wouldn't, given how she was chasing after him like that. She started sweating nervously, hanging limp from his hand. "M-Maybe..." A heavy sigh erupted from him, and he gave Kuhaku a pitying look. "So. What happened? Surely it wasn't something so complex or embarrassing that you'd give all no explanation?"
His hopes were dashed quite expertly.
Having lowered his guard after successfully delivering Michelle, the lioness appeared out of nowhere and tackled him. Being taken to the ground, he felt the faunus then set in a headlock after his initial shock, his eyes reddened again and white stripes appeared on his skin as he snarled and flailed against her.
"Nooo! Where's Kitty, you vile pervert?! You did something to her didn't you!"
Pervert? So she did think he was up to something malicious.
How dare she. He thought himself an absolute gentleman and would never do such an unforgivable thing to another female.
As her headlock tightened, he found it harder to breathe. His face began to turn red from the blood rushing to his head as a result of him fighting and struggling against her. She was ridiculously strong. Pushing away feelings of inadequacy, he tried to recall techniques of breaking out of headlocks. Unfortunately, grappling wasn't a strong suit of his.
"Must.. Save... her!!"
Save her? She's fine! He made sure of that!
He felt the world around him spinning as he grew dizzier and dizzier...
Then, for some inexplicable reason, her lock loosened and he was able to breathe momentarily.
"She's safe..."
Kuhaku was able to muster up the courage to explain what had happened when she started to resume her assault on him by striking him repeatedly. Forcing him to put up his guard to defend himself.
"What did you do to her?! she yelled at him.
Damn it, he didn't do anything!
Just as quickly as her attacks on him began, they stopped. Lowering his guard slightly, he panted as saw the faunus being lifted up by the neck of her clothing. Blinking to clear his vision, he recognized who it was.
"I told you you would get lost. What are you doing to him??" the large male student said.
"That guy! Mr Tiger did something to Miss Kitty!" she flailed, pointing at him.
"Mr Ti-what??" the young man looked at Kuhaku.
Kuhaku's cheeks burned again. The way he must have looked absolutely crushed him with embarrassment. The doubtful look he shot at him didn't help either.
Turning back to the faunus he held in his hands, he asked her "Did you give him time to explain?"
"THANK YOU" he blurted in his own mind. Finally a bit of common sense somewhere.
"Ack!" she made a noise, then grew silent and limp as she hung in the air.
"M-Maybe..."
Kuhaku shot her an angry glare.
"How about, NO?"
The young man sighed loudly and gave Kuhaku a look of pity. The look stabbed into him painfully. He hated that look.
"So. What happened? Surely it wasn't something so complex or embarrassing that you'd give all no explanation?"
Even more filthy and disgusting from having an impromptu grappling beatdown, Kuhaku lowered his guard and got to his feet. His stripes still visible and eyes still crimson, he had enough residual anger to fuel his words and cause him to speak. Chest heaving from exhaustion, he roared his words at the two of him.
"I CAME BACK FROM THE SHOWERS. SHE PASSED OUT. NO ONE HELPED HER. I TOOK HER HERE TO BE TAKEN CARE OF."
His rage was fueled in part from having been 'rescued' by a human, the same one from the examination too. Some part of him appreciated it, but his faunus pride did not in the least. Gritting his sharp teeth, he turned away from them and stormed off. Desperately wanting to curl into his own bed and be left the hell alone.
Kuhaku, driven by fury, spat at them his brief explanation, shocking and kind of scaring Leona, while simply surprising the human. And yet, he thought to himself as he stared at the broken down walls down the hall, it didn't surprise him. Pinching the bridge of his nose in irritation, he sighed again. "And there you have it. Now. What's your explanation for all that disaster?" Saurodrinn shifted her to view fully the destruction of the feline Faunus, to which she did not respond happily, almost shrieking at the realization. Hesitantly, she mumbled "U-umm... Collateral... damage from... a noble quest...?" Leona chuckled nervously, trying to lighten the mood, unfortunately for her Suarodrinn's response wasn't so friendly. "Submit yourself to the faculty, tell them what happened, and suffer the consequences, o great team leader." He told her as he dragged the poor Faunus to Ozpin's office. They say the grim shrieks of regret and terror still echo through the halls...