Elfen High 2: Skin to Bone, Steel to Rust

[Ameriganastan]

Turning to William, Sari-chan smiled and hugged him.

"Sure! You're nice! I like nice people! I think we'll be great together!"

She then picked up William and threw him into the air, catching him, and throwing him up again, giggling the whole time.

"We're going to be such great partners!"

Maria smiled at the two teaming up. He'd probably be a better match for her than Maria's simple brute strength.
Maria turned back and sat down next to the wall. She didn't really know why she felt so jealous for him, having fun with people. She was still far too scared to have something like that until Laz started yelling in the middle of the room. She slowly got up and shaking violently she made her way toward Laz,
"I-I-I c-c-c-c-a-an. I-i-i-if y-you'll t-t-t-take me."

"Well, look at this. Looks like my confidence building exercises are working already."

Laz knelt down and got about 3 inches from her face, snapping his teeth at her.

"Tell you what, I'll be generous, and give you one free shot. It's only fair after all."

He closed his eyes, and tapped his chin.

"Gimme your best shot."

[Amon and Friends]

Pierre smiled. In charge? Excellent.

He briskly strode to the front of the room, and grabbed a microphone off a stand.

"Alright, listen up! I'm in charge now, so you should listen. Otherwise, you'll spend the rest of this class period getting your ass kicked by your peers, which, really, probably sucks. My name is Pierre. I work as a security guard here. Of course, this is probably why I'm up here right now. I'm going to give you guys a few pointers, and then I'll start making you fight."

He paused for a moment. Were Laz and the young boy fighting? Wait, he had to see this.

"Okay, actually, never mind. Let's watch this fight. I want to see what happens right now. Give him your best hit, boy!" he said, sounding amused.

[Hetland 2]

"Well, look at this. Looks like my confidence building exercises are working already."

Laz knelt down and got about 3 inches from her face, snapping his teeth at her.

"Tell you what, I'll be generous, and give you one free shot. It's only fair after all."

He closed his eyes, and tapped his chin.

"Gimme your best shot."

Maria's eyes had started to water and she'd wet herself a little when he'd snapped his teeth at her. But still she took a step back with one of her feet and tightened her fist.
"R-ri-rider... PUNCH!" She brought her fist up in a full force uppercut into his chin.

[Ameriganastan]

"Well, look at this. Looks like my confidence building exercises are working already."

Laz knelt down and got about 3 inches from her face, snapping his teeth at her.

"Tell you what, I'll be generous, and give you one free shot. It's only fair after all."

He closed his eyes, and tapped his chin.

"Gimme your best shot."

Maria's eyes had started to water and she'd wet herself a little when he'd snapped his teeth at her. But still she took a step back with one of her feet and tightened her fist.
"R-ri-rider... PUNCH!" She brought her fist up in a full force uppercut into his chin.

Aw, she names her attacks. That's ador-

Laz didn't get to finish that thought. What he expected to be some featherweight tap turned out to be a solid punch. Really solid. He had time to ponder the solidness, as he sailed about five feet into the air, and landed flat on his back.

...What in the hell?

He snapped his jaw back into socket, and looked up.

"Well...looks like you got a little bite to you."

He stood up, and spit about 9 teeth out.

"Well, I bite back!"

He howled at her, and charged back, cupping his fists together, and bringing them down in the direction of her head.

[Hardened Pyrokinetics]

"Gee thanks for the compliment." Rayne said sarcastically. "Yeah, I am part succubus, and hardly proud of it. Comes from the wrong side of the family for me to care about them." She clarified a bit, shrugging. She didn't technically rely on sex to live, it was just a possibility for her. Which she used, more or less as much as possible.

"Totally welcome." He replied sarcastically. "If you want, I could easily eliminate the side of the family you don't like, although being a wanted man will make it a little harder to do. Might end up a mite expensive." He reached into his pocket and pulled out a business card, handing it to Rayne. "Think about it. If you want it, we can talk later." He kissed her on the lips, briefly, then started walking off. "In private."

[The Inritus Extraho]

Jade grinned, and raised a hand, slamming Laz back into the wall. "I didn't ask you to start sparring, Laz." she said sweetly, then stepped. Jade smiled, and stepped down onto the sparring mat. "Okay, everyone!" she said.

"Get ready to spar, okay? Everyone already appears to be in partners, so, I've got your first assignment." She smiled, nodded, and then laughed at the viciousness of her idea. "The smaller - sorry, the shorter - is the attacker. Your job is to penetrate the opponent's..." She trailed off, then shook her head. "Sorry, break the opponent's guard."

[Metanih]

Rayne took the card, her thoughts more on the kiss. Mostly, her reaction was repulsion, and a little anger. How dare he, doesn't he know I don't do that? Especially not with random assholes like that. I wish Sari-chan saw. She would be able to kick his ass for that... Rayne fumed a bit, beautiful pictures of James being hit by Sari-chan's hammer going through her head.

But that ended after a bit, and she glanced at the card. Without another thought, she threw it on the ground. "Have fun sweeping up your trash janitor..." Rayne muttered, barely intelligible, even to her.

[Amon and Friends]

Pierre scowled at Jade, and then pushed her to the side.

"No, actually, keep fighting, Laz. Show the class a live demonstration of a real fight." he said, quickly, before any sparring could start.

Sighing, he turned to Jade.

"I know what I'm doing. I can teach them how to actually fight. Sparring in nice little pairs never taught anyone how to fight. Jade, you spent two years here. I spent two years travelling the world. I fought an ice giant. And won. I think I know what I'm doing here. Maybe you should just step to the side and help me out. Anyway, a live demonstration might actually teach them something."

He snapped his fingers.

"Resume."

[Hetland 2]

Jade grinned, and raised a hand, slamming Laz back into the wall. "I didn't ask you to start sparring, Laz." she said sweetly, then stepped. Jade smiled, and stepped down onto the sparring mat. "Okay, everyone!" she said.

"Get ready to spar, okay? Everyone already appears to be in partners, so, I've got your first assignment." She smiled, nodded, and then laughed at the viciousness of her idea. "The smaller - sorry, the shorter - is the attacker. Your job is to penetrate the opponent's..." She trailed off, then shook her head. "Sorry, break the opponent's guard."

Maria squeaked as Jade smacked Laz into the wall. She was sobbing and had fallen on her knees, shaking violently.
"I'm sorry! I'm sorry! I'm sorry! B-but we've got to practice... I'm sorry! I'm really sorry! Please don't hate me. Please."

[Ameriganastan]

Jade grinned, and raised a hand, slamming Laz back into the wall. "I didn't ask you to start sparring, Laz." she said sweetly, then stepped. Jade smiled, and stepped down onto the sparring mat. "Okay, everyone!" she said.

"Get ready to spar, okay? Everyone already appears to be in partners, so, I've got your first assignment." She smiled, nodded, and then laughed at the viciousness of her idea. "The smaller - sorry, the shorter - is the attacker. Your job is to penetrate the opponent's..." She trailed off, then shook her head. "Sorry, break the opponent's guard."

Maria squeaked as Jade smacked Laz into the wall. She was sobbing and had fallen on her knees, shaking violently.
"I'm sorry! I'm sorry! I'm sorry! B-but we've got to practice... I'm sorry! I'm really sorry! Please don't hate me. Please."

Laz peeled himself from the wall, rubbing his jaw a little.

"What is it with me, and females smacking me around like a sack of wet flour?"

Taking a second to admire the him shaped imprint in the wall, he walked over to Maria.

"Hey, lesson 1, remember? No more crying. Hell kid, I'm proud of you! You just successfully slugged The Great and Mighty Lazrian. Don't mope, be proud!"

[Olthar]

Suddenly seeing a large demon soaring through the air, Sari-chan looked over and realized that Maria had just punched him. Resisting the urge to run over and hug her as Laz had just gotten to his feet to fight back, she, instead, ran up to the edge of the circle forming around them to cheer for her new second best friend.

"WOO! GO MOE-CHAN! KICK THAT MEANY-MEAN PANTS' BUTT!"

This was probably the first and only time that she was going to approve of watching someone get the shit kicked out of them, and she was going to enjoy every moment of it. However, just then, Jade ended the fight, and Sari-chan felt a sense of disappointment. She decided to head back to her sparring partner when Maria collapsed onto the ground. This time, she couldn't hold back and ran up to Maria, hugging her.

"It's okay, Moe-chan," she said calmly, "You don't need to cry. I'm here for you."

[AETEN II]

Malal stepped up behind Nyarla and started to rub her shoulders, which likely wasn't as comfortable as it sounded due to his bony exoskeleton.
"So... how was your time with Jade? From what I guess my pushing her in your direction went quite well.." Malal noted as he then stopped and stuffed his fairly lethal appendages into the pockets of his robe.
"Had an idea with what to do with the Spawn in an attempt to make it like us. It might find it enjoyable if we gave it a chew toy that can't be killed. Like Pierre or Laz. We lure them down and then lock the doors, and allow the Spawn to work off any of its alien anger. It might be one of those creatures that enjoys violence and sees it as an art. If we were to give it a virtually invincible being to toy with, it may burn off anger. Sorry for bringing up the touchy subject after what I assume was an enjoyable 'counseling' session, I just can't help but think of it. Like I said last night- it's through attempts that we prove our worth. We can't stop. Though it's an extremely tiny chance, there remains one to redeem the beast. I'm willing to go to Oblivion and back just to ensure that creature is released from its tormented state." Malal said to Nyarla while growing 'teary' at the thought of the Spawn.

[Amon and Friends]

Pierre scowled.

"Are you two going to fight or not?"

As he realized that they wouldn't, he sighed.

"Alright then, just get in your little sparring sets, I guess. Sarina, you take the dude with the green eyes. Laz, you get the chick with the weird nose. Class-skipping chick, you take the stoner guy. Flute girl is with me. Young boy, you fight the shapeshifter. Actually, pairing all of you would be a horrible waste of time, so the rest of you can just pick whoever you want. Have a brief match, beat your opponent, and then I'll give you some pointers."

He paused.

"Now get on it, would you? We don't have all day."

[Zarkenis Ultima]

Ciel was still trying to find a partner for the self-defence class, when suddenly Jade clapped her hands, the sound loud enough to make her look over. However, upon noticing that it was nothing important, she continued her search for a partner, which was promptly interrupted yet again by the sound of the gymnasium's doors slamming open. She looked over yet again and saw that it was Pierre who had entered the gymnasium. Remembering her rather eventful encounter with the security guard, she simply turned away and tried to continue her search for a partner, but then she saw him point at her. Out of respect, she stayed where she was until he was next to her and grabbed her by the shoulder.

She then simply listened to what she said to Minh, and raised an eyebrow. "I knew it. This man is delusional. Somehow it doesn't surprise me that he's a security guard here, though." She thought to herself as Pierre spoke to Minh.

The next moments were rather... Eventful. All while the other students made up their pairs, Lazrian made Sarina run away, with William and Maria after her, then all three came back and Sarina started tossing William into the air. Then, much to her surprise, Minh decided to go away and leave Pierre in charge of the class, along with Jade. Sure, Jade seemed like a nice enough person, at least thus far, but Pierre? >.>.

Ciel then simply watched as Pierre encouraged the girl that had just knocked out nine teeth from the burly thing called Lazrian to keep on hitting, but Maria was too nervous for that, something that Pierre obviously didn't understand. Sighing, she sat down on the floor, cross-legged, and watched what had become of this 'class'. That was, until she heard that Pierre was actually going to have her spar against him. She then stood up and looked at him, sighing inwardly.

[The Inritus Extraho]

Jade turned to Pierre, hissing a whisper into his ear. "If you think that 'sparring' won't get them anywhere and they need to watch a live fight, we could show them. I could just take you down..." she said quietly. She shrugged, and went back to watching the group, keeping a careful eye on Pierre.

In a slightly off-topic part of her mind, she wondered how Nyarla was doing. Maybe she was spending time with the Spawn again?

[Hardened Pyrokinetics]

James, failing to wander into either Malal or Minh, ended up strolling past the gymnasium. Hearing a ruckus inside, he decided to investigate. Opening a door, he was greeted by the sight of students fighting, apparently being watched over by Jade and Pierre. Silently he walked inside and leaned against a wall, watching the class unfold with interest.

[Amon and Friends]

Ciel was still trying to find a partner for the self-defence class, when suddenly Jade clapped her hands, the sound loud enough to make her look over. However, upon noticing that it was nothing important, she continued her search for a partner, which was promptly interrupted yet again by the sound of the gymnasium's doors slamming open. She looked over yet again and saw that it was Pierre who had entered the gymnasium. Remembering her rather eventful encounter with the security guard, she simply turned away and tried to continue her search for a partner, but then she saw him point at her. Out of respect, she stayed where she was until he was next to her and grabbed her by the shoulder.

She then simply listened to what she said to Minh, and raised an eyebrow. "I knew it. This man is delusional. Somehow it doesn't surprise me that he's a security guard here, though." She thought to herself as Pierre spoke to Minh.

The next moments were rather... Eventful. All while the other students made up their pairs, Lazrian made Sarina run away, with William and Maria after her, then all three came back and Sarina started tossing William into the air. Then, much to her surprise, Minh decided to go away and leave Pierre in charge of the class, along with Jade. Sure, Jade seemed like a nice enough person, at least thus far, but Pierre? >.>.

Ciel then simply watched as Pierre encouraged the girl that had just knocked out nine teeth from the burly thing called Lazrian to keep on hitting, but Maria was too nervous for that, something that Pierre obviously didn't understand. Sighing, she sat down on the floor, cross-legged, and watched what had become of this 'class'. That was, until she heard that Pierre was actually going to have her spar against him. She then stood up and looked at him, sighing inwardly.

Pierre walked over to Ciel.

"Okay, girl, I'm going to go easy on you. You're probably wondering "well, why the hell is this stupid security guard pairing himself with me?" Well, I'll tell you. Do you know that my job essentially consists of doing all the nasty shit that nobody else wants to do? Except for cleaning things, and that's for the janitors. For example, this morning, I was attacked by a piano that tried to eat my arm. I spent all morning wandering around the school, making sure you kids didn't skip any classes. Now, you're probably wondering what the hell all of this has to do with anything. I'll tell you. Last night, I got approximately two hours and five minutes of sleep."

He scowled at her.

"Consequently, I've been miserable and tired all day. And you didn't help at all. Your stupid flute playing kept me up for at least an hour. I don't get much sleep anyway, and you took away an hour of it. So, basically, my day already kind of sucks, and you made it worse."

His scowl deepened.

"Anyway, now, you get to fight with me. I'm not a complete asshole, though, so I'll let you take the first hit, and I won't really try to hurt you. I want to see you how can do. Despite playing that instrument, you do have potential as a fighter. I saw that dodge at the banquet. Pretty impressive, actually."

Suddenly, Jade walked over to him, and whispered in his ear. Pierre scowled at her, and looked at Ciel.

"Actually, I'm not going to fight you now. Sorry. I'm just taking out my stress on you, and I should probably apologize for that. No hard feelings, okay? Just don't play your awful vuvezela flute thing when I'm trying to sleep. Now, if you'll excuse me, I need to show another teacher a real fight. Go do something else."

He turned to Jade.

"Sure. Let's do this. You could take me down? I doubt it. But, hey, let's do this. Let's show the kids a real fight, shall we?"

Smiling, he clenched his fists. This would be easy.

[Hetland 2]

Laz peeled himself from the wall, rubbing his jaw a little.

"What is it with me, and females smacking me around like a sack of wet flour?"

Taking a second to admire the him shaped imprint in the wall, he walked over to Maria.

"Hey, lesson 1, remember? No more crying. Hell kid, I'm proud of you! You just successfully slugged The Great and Mighty Lazrian. Don't mope, be proud!"

Maria nodded, still crying, but it'd turned into a happier cry. She laughed a little as Sari-chan picked her up and hugged her. It was an oddly strained laugh but it was adequate enough for Maria to show that she wasn't unhappy.
This'd been the first time she'd ever received positive reactions for her strength. She was happy. She'd had a minor break down and she'd wet herself again, but she'd enjoyed the day so far. It wasn't so bad.

[The Inritus Extraho]

Jade spotted James out of the corner of her eye, as Pierre took his stance, and she dropped back into her typical fencer's crouch, drawing James' old rapier. It was in surprisingly good condition, having not been drawn for two years. She beckoned with her empty left hand, already twirling bits of force around herself to protect her, then lunged suddenly, stabbing towards Pierre.

If he got hit, Jade reckoned she could find a healer in time. Maybe.

[Zarkenis Ultima]

By the time Pierre was done speaking, because I'm not going to list Ciel's every reaction to that, Ciel didn't think of Pierre as such a bad guy anymore. Sure, he still didn't seem very good at his job, considering she overheard him giving Hilde permission to attack her (Though luckily by then she was already pretty far and getting farther away). And he was still a bit of a self-centered asshole. But, he wasn't so bad. Nobody could blame someone for being grumpy (Or grumpier than normal) because said person missed some sleep, and she recognized that that bit was her fault.

So either way, she simply stood there for a few moments, wondering what to do next. She looked over at the other students, and noticed that all of them had already formed pairs and were either sparring or watching the fight between Jade and Pierre.

So, since there was nobody else, she simply walked over to the wall and sat with her back against it, near the doors of the gymnasium, watching the class and humming to herself.

[Amon and Friends]

Jade spotted James out of the corner of her eye, as Pierre took his stance, and she dropped back into her typical fencer's crouch, drawing James' old rapier. It was in surprisingly good condition, having not been drawn for two years. She beckoned with her empty left hand, already twirling bits of force around herself to protect her, then lunged suddenly, stabbing towards Pierre.

If he got hit, Jade reckoned she could find a healer in time. Maybe.

It hit Pierre straight in the chest. He probably could have dodged, but he sincerely underestimated Jade's strength. He found the wind knocked out of him as the sword hit him, and it even stabbed two inches in. Pierre was shocked, and he fell to the ground, clutching the blade of the sword in his hands.

Of course, he was fine. Relatively, of course, seeing as it's hard to be "fine" when you have a sword in your chest, but he was fairly sure that nothing was majorly injured. The sword had stabbed right into his sternum. Of course, he didn't want to look like an idiot in front of the students, so he fell to the ground, holding the sword and gasping. He knew that Jade would bend over and help him. And then he could attack. On the ground, Jade was much weaker than he was. He would have the advantage.

Admittedly, this wasn't the greatest fighting strategy ever conceived, but, really, he hadn't expected the sword to actually break his skin. That was unexpected.

[The Inritus Extraho]

Jade spotted James out of the corner of her eye, as Pierre took his stance, and she dropped back into her typical fencer's crouch, drawing James' old rapier. It was in surprisingly good condition, having not been drawn for two years. She beckoned with her empty left hand, already twirling bits of force around herself to protect her, then lunged suddenly, stabbing towards Pierre.

If he got hit, Jade reckoned she could find a healer in time. Maybe.

It hit Pierre straight in the chest. He probably could have dodged, but he sincerely underestimated Jade's strength. He found the wind knocked out of him as the sword hit him, and it even stabbed two inches in. Pierre was shocked, and he fell to the ground, clutching the blade of the sword in his hands.

Of course, he was fine. Relatively, of course, seeing as it's hard to be "fine" when you have a sword in your chest, but he was fairly sure that nothing was majorly injured. The sword had stabbed right into his sternum. Of course, he didn't want to look like an idiot in front of the students, so he fell to the ground, holding the sword and gasping. He knew that Jade would bend over and help him. And then he could attack. On the ground, Jade was much weaker than he was. He would have the advantage.

Admittedly, this wasn't the greatest fighting strategy ever conceived, but, really, he hadn't expected the sword to actually break his skin. That was unexpected.

Jade, however, did not follow Pierre's expectations. "Pierre~" she chimed happily. "You appear to be in a bit of trouble! Show the students how to recover! After all, recovery is important after anything strenuous..."

She let go of the handle, and stepped in, holding one hammer-fist wrapped in her other hand, as bringing it down towards Pierre's shoulder in a murderous arc. He had interrelated her class and countermanded her orders. Plus she didn't really want to be here. She saw three possible outcomes:
A) Pierre dodges, and she's slightly off balance, but recovers quickly. After all, she's faster than him.
B) Pierre doesn't dodge, and takes the hit. Ouch.
C) He tries to dodge in the wrong direction, getting smashed down into the sword again. It'd likely break. Despite being custom made, she could tell it was tempered oddly.
Any which way, Jade knew there really wasn't a downside. Plus she got to taunt Pierre. Really no downside.

[AETEN II]

Wilhelm meanwhile simply sat in a far corner of the classroom, curled up in a tight ball as a xenomorp. Occasionally a twitch of his muscles under the silicon shell caused him to shiver while watching the fighting. While he would love to participate in a match (for many reasons) the logical portion of his mind screamed against it and restrained him, forcing him to cower and hide. The teacher was too busy to notice him anyway, and a part of him was relieved at this fact. Hopefuly she remained distracted.

[Amon and Friends]

It hit Pierre straight in the chest. He probably could have dodged, but he sincerely underestimated Jade's strength. He found the wind knocked out of him as the sword hit him, and it even stabbed two inches in. Pierre was shocked, and he fell to the ground, clutching the blade of the sword in his hands.

Of course, he was fine. Relatively, of course, seeing as it's hard to be "fine" when you have a sword in your chest, but he was fairly sure that nothing was majorly injured. The sword had stabbed right into his sternum. Of course, he didn't want to look like an idiot in front of the students, so he fell to the ground, holding the sword and gasping. He knew that Jade would bend over and help him. And then he could attack. On the ground, Jade was much weaker than he was. He would have the advantage.

Admittedly, this wasn't the greatest fighting strategy ever conceived, but, really, he hadn't expected the sword to actually break his skin. That was unexpected.

Jade, however, did not follow Pierre's expectations. "Pierre~" she chimed happily. "You appear to be in a bit of trouble! Show the students how to recover! After all, recovery is important after anything strenuous..."

She let go of the handle, and stepped in, holding one hammer-fist wrapped in her other hand, as bringing it down towards Pierre's shoulder in a murderous arc. He had interrelated her class and countermanded her orders. Plus she didn't really want to be here. She saw three possible outcomes:
A) Pierre dodges, and she's slightly off balance, but recovers quickly. After all, she's faster than him.
B) Pierre doesn't dodge, and takes the hit. Ouch.
C) He tries to dodge in the wrong direction, getting smashed down into the sword again. It'd likely break. Despite being custom made, she could tell it was tempered oddly.
Any which way, Jade knew there really wasn't a downside. Plus she got to taunt Pierre. Really no downside.

As she swung at him, Pierre leapt to his feet, jumping several feet backwards, and in one swift motion, he drew the sword out of his chest and pointed it at Jade. It was a nice sword. Probably good enough to stab her with. He didn't really have very much skills in the line of "stabbing things with swords", but, on the other hand, it was Jade. She wasn't that good.

Of course, he was rather pissed about being stabbed, so his hand flew to his side, and he pulled out a his flashlight. It was a useful tool. He threw it at her, with the force of a bullet. It whirled through the air at speed faster than sound. It would probably do something or other. Then, he pulled a pistol out of his pocket. Generally, he always had one at his side. It tended to come in handy. At the moment, he just needed a second to recover, and, anyway, he was fairly sure that she could take a bullet or two. Stepping back a few steps, he raised the gun.

"Your move."

[The Inritus Extraho]

As she swung at him, Pierre leapt to his feet, jumping several feet backwards, and in one swift motion, he drew the sword out of his chest and pointed it at Jade. It was a nice sword. Probably good enough to stab her with. He didn't really have very much skills in the line of "stabbing things with swords", but, on the other hand, it was Jade. She wasn't that good.

Of course, he was rather pissed about being stabbed, so his hand flew to his side, and he pulled out a his flashlight. It was a useful tool. He threw it at her, with the force of a bullet. It whirled through the air at speed faster than sound. It would probably do something or other. Then, he pulled a pistol out of his pocket. Generally, he always had one at his side. It tended to come in handy. At the moment, he just needed a second to recover, and, anyway, he was fairly sure that she could take a bullet or two. Stepping back a few steps, he raised the gun.

"Your move."

Jade frowned, as she didn't have her sword, and then twitched to the side, hearing a sharp crack as the flashlight passed by her head, dragging some of her hair along with it, flipping it over behind her shoulder. She murmured a soft curse, seeing the gun and the sword, then mimed drawing a sword and raised her left hand. The invisible blade was made of force, and so she would now attempt to crush Pierre, instead of cut and stab him. She turned her lunging movement from dodging the flashlight into a curving assault, moving forward almost as fast as the flashlight had moved towards her, and struck out, three unhandled blades also helping her. These shots wouldn't hurt nearly as much because they had no mass behind them, but she could hope.