Ready To Rumble?

[collapsingeclipse]

Shroud's eyes looked weary as he looked all over the training area in the headquarters. He had gotten here a bit late, at least not within the exact 6 hours. He had taken about 6 hours and 5 minutes to finish everything, and 10 more minutes to get back here. In other words, he's 15 minutes late. On top of that, his wounds hadn't completely healed, and thanks to some very generous white magician who decided it would be too much to heal a poor fish, he felt almost certain he was going to get the second fight of his life.

Injuries had been sustained, however, and let's not forget that Shroud's fatigue and bleeding were gone. It wasn't all too bad, with the only thing being bad here were sores in his more gravely wounded areas. He was almost too afraid to report in, given firsthand experience with Seifer's punishment. However, it might be stacked up if he didn't step up anyway, so he was willing to get hurt here. He looked all over for Seifer with his fish eyes, and then went to him.

"Sorry, Commander. The walk took a while." Shroud had nearly swallowed some of the words as he spoke. However, it might be better to just say something like this rather than wait and get his attention by the Commander's own accord. Regardless, it wasn't going to be a pretty day.

[NPC]

The tall scarred Commander looked at his watch.  Glaring at the chicken wusses ahead of him, his icy gaze studied the new recruits he was given to train.  The fear in their eyes fed his ego and arrogant nature.  They all looked pitiful to him because of their trembling.  It was sad and almost pathetic.  Watching most of the recruits, he got the typical mostly male students with two females.  There were ten students in total. The gender of them didn't matter though.  Seeing them all, he smirked to himself because he would get to have fun again screwing with their minds and toughening their pathetic asses up.  There were nine recruits meaning one was missing.  Gritting his teeth, he already knew who was fucking late.  It was the fish wuss.

He heard the gossiping from the students as they marveled at how menacing he looked.  Not caring for their remarks, he waited for the fish wuss to show himself.

"Estrella owes me for this favor."  Smirking to himself, he had impure thoughts of what favors she owed him.  It wasn't everyday he gave students some slack like he did with the fish freak.  Considering the fish freak helped a little in the Stephen incident, he had given Estrella's proposal to train the fish some thought.  Remembering Estrella in a bikini, his devilish smirked was seen by the students disturbed them.  Estrella owed him big time.  Reminding her, would be pleasurable.  Then he remembered that he was in class about to train some new cadets.  His smirk was replaced by an murderous scowl.  He hated waiting on people.

"This fish wuss is late already.  It's the first fucking day too.

The other students gossiped about how unlucky they were to get Commander Almasy as their training officer.

"I have the worst luck.  I should have never signed up for this."  Shaking nervously, a scrawny recruit whispered to a female student who looked intrigued by Seifer's physical appearance. 

"He is so scary.  He is worse than I imagined.  How can they let any girls in here with this guy?"  The girl's voice said in pure fright.

"I got to pee."  Another recruit behind them whispered shakily.

"I heard he cuts every student with that gunblade on his back.  Some kid told me he sliced his ear off."  The whispering was never ending with rumors.

Staring at his watch again, the scarred commander gritted teeth angrily.  The fish wuss rushed into the room just as he was about to hurt one of the other cadets.  He had someone to use as an example what happened when someone disobeyed him.   It was no secret that he was on the disciplinary committee at Balamb.  Looking at the other cadets menacingly and ignoring the fish kid's excuse, he wanted to scare all the little shits with his aggressive nature.  He wanted to make them cry before the day was over.  They were in hell now.

He grabbed Shroud by the shirt and pulled him to him to glare into his eyes.

"You come in here late again, and I'll make you feel fucking miserable." Deepening his voice, he wanted it to sound like a death threat. He wanted to set the record straight.  The fish wuss wouldn't get special treatment.  Doing this, would also frighten the other freaky cadets into submission.  There was no softness from him.  If anyone crossed him, they were dead.  Making his point, he pushed Shroud back and spoke out in a demanding tone.

"There is only one fucking rule in here.  What I say fucking goes got it?"  There was a resounding "yes sir" after his question.

[collapsingeclipse]

In many an embarrassing tale, this surely must happen to him. Held by shirt, eye contact being the first thing the big fish does to Shroud, Seifer gave Shroud a fair warning that if he fucks up twice, it won't be pretty for him. It isn't pretty looking into his eyes, either, but it was likely much worse. Regardless, Shroud made sure to take that to heart with him, to the grave and to the trash bin. Of course, he'd be sent to the trash bin quicker than the memory Shroud will have over this very fun experience.

Anyway! Resounding cries of "yes sirs" were heard, and as Shroud was busy rubbing at his own shirt again, a habit he has developed to access his shirt's health every time certain big fishies take hold of his clothes. He followed suit with the rest of the kids, with a sound of "Yes, sir!" soon after. This was going to be a hard day, especially since he had already been told in front of the class. Oh, well. His appearance would be the only strange thing here. Or so he'd think, anyway.

[NPC]

"I can't fucking hear you." Wanting the class to repeat "yes sir," he wanted all of them to shout it this time, and they did. The whole class shouted yes sir. Getting the loud and obedient respect he deserved, he nodded at them to get them to shut up. He was going to take his time with this class. Staring at the students he got this time, he saw how pitiful the class was.

The recruits stood in a line facing the Commander. They were nervous because the watched the fish recruit almost get killed before their eyes. Shaking anxiously, the cadets waited for what was in store for them.

"I'm going to see which one of these freaks piss in their pants first." He smirked inwardly to himself. Today would be a fun day.

The scarred commander walked slowly towards the 10 weak freaks that were lined. His shoes made a noticeable clucking sound intimidating them further. One by one he would test who would be the first to break.

The first cadet he stepped in front of was somewhat overweight and as tall as the commander.

"What's your name?" Seifer said calmly, but his jaw muscles clenched showing that he wanted a straight answer. Leaving his hands behind his back, he waited for a response. The other recruits would get their turn soon enough.

"K-kev" Avoiding eye contact with Seifer, he gulped after he answered. He was more-so nervous about the commander finding out that he had a candy bar hidden in his shirt. If the commander was pissed about someone coming in late, he didn't want to imagine what he'd do to him.

Seifer studied Kev's face. The punk's eyes traveling around the room when he answered irritated him. Reaching for the punk's shirt, he was about to do the same to him as he did to the fish wuss when he heard a crinkle sound. His cold, green eyes narrowing at the sound showed he heard something. Knowing the kid had something on him, the commander ripped his shirt and grabbed it.

Kev's lip began to shake. Closing his eyes when his shirt was ripped, he didn't know what was about to happen. The recruits standing next to him tried not to stare.

"What the fuck is this?" He held the candy bar out for Kev to see.

Kev mumbled when he explained himself.

"It...i..it's a candy bar s-sir. I-I get...h-hungry s-sometimes."

Seifer smirked at the stupid answer.

"Your chicken wuss ass is going on a diet. Since you brought this shit into my room, start running until I tell you to stop." The kid didn't know what he was in for. Knowing how cold and ruthless he could be, he'd probably forget.

Kev didn't like the sound of that. Nodding obediently, he left the line and ran as best as he could. He hoped that it wouldn't be a long run.

Holding the candy bar in his hand, he unwrapped it. He took a bite out of it tauntingly. His smirk disappeared when he tasted it.

"Fucking worst chocolate I ever had...this kid's taste is awful." Seifer was irritated by the bad choice. He was pissed about the kid bringing it, but his choice in candy was what set the scarred man off. Not liking how it tasted, he chucked it across the room almost hitting the kid jogging in the process. The cadets closed their eyes as he tossed it because of how hard he threw it.

"I don't want this nasty trash in my training room. If I see this shit again, all of you will have hell to pay." Making his demand clear, it was time to unwillingly get to know the other cadets.

[collapsingeclipse]

Shroud had done what needed to be done. He simply got in line, so as to go through a likely eventful lookover from the man himself. First came a fat man named Kev, whom needed to go on a diet. Seifer, being the very kind man he was, took it in him to eat the poor man's chocolate bar and have him run. Long hours of running seemed to be checked off of Shroud's book. This was just wishful thinking, however. The commander was a surprising individual. Whatever the big fish had in mind for the others, Shroud couldn't quite predict.

Shroud's eyes, noticeable in that it has heterochromia, looked over the other people. They weren't all too great. There was one beside him, which was worth taking a note of. Not because he was powerful or anything, but because the one currently next to him had the wildest appearance Shroud had seen on a regular human being. Seriously.



A red-orange type of hair, or something--- Shroud had no idea.. Either way, that mane seemed to have it's own laws of gravity. The magnetic force in that hair must be unusually high enough to look like it's floating. On another note, that's a lot of hair. His face was fairly white, though any beauty it had was lessened by a mark on his cheek. Whatever it was, Shroud was certain his cheek got burned by something.. but what? His clothes was a green coat that made him look fatter than what his lower build implied. It was decked out with various materials, colors beige or green. He had cargo pants on him. Lastly, are his military boots and green collar. Before finishing up the general description :: WHAT IS UP WITH THAT HAIR!?

He almost forgot about the commander, but that attention was soon restored. Shroud had the feeling the poor guy was pissing himself.

The man in the green coat just had his hands behind his back, looking over at the psycho that was going to be their "drill seargent." he felt legitimately bad for the obese man. He was now running for Commander-knows-how-long. He, probably like all the others, had a tingly feeling in his stomach as the scarred commander was going to get closer at them. He gave a bump to the one besides him, who wasn't the weird man with heterochromia, so they would pay attention to him. "Wouldn't want to cross that guy.. He's a crazy mofo." he whispered to one of his fellow soldiers-to-be. Now all he hoped was that::

A- Seifer wouldn't notice him.

B- Seifer wouldn't hear him.

Those were his only conditions. Oh god, please let them be fulfilled.

[NPC]

Sending the candy bar freak on a jog, he went onto the next student who happened to be the one of two females in the class.  He towered over her keeping his glare upon her.  She was intimidated like all the other students.  Shaking his head, he showed her he was dead set in scaring her.  He tended to be more respectful towards females than males due to chivalry reasons, but that didn't mean he'd be easy on her.  Looking at her, he realized that he'd treat her like anyone else.  This was until his memory lingered on Estrella.

The girl gulped and tried to keep her focus on the scarred man's eyes rather than his scar.  He was scary as hell.  Staring at him, she thought she had seen him one of her nightmares.

Towering over her, he didn't see how scared she was yet.  He was about to ask her what her name was when he had a flashback at what happened when Estrella and himself were cadets.  Commander Blitz walked down the line in the same fashion trying to scare the piss out of the cadets.  He smirked remembering how the Commander had no chance of intimidating him.  He probably intimidated the Blitz freak back then instead.  Estrella stood right next to him.  Remembering the Commander before him who dared glare and intimidate Estrella in his presence, he snapped and choke the stupid fuck out.  He was sent to the disciplinary area shortly after when it took the whole class to stop him.  Realizing that he was too vital for Limitless' future, they let him off with a warning.  He would do it all over again to anyone who dared mess with....

Whimpering nervously, the girl saw that the Commander had his jaw clenched and his eyes were cold.

Hearing the whimpering, he shook his head.

"What hell is your name?"  He tried to calm his flaming temper.

The girl mumbled quietly.

"S-shana...sir you're not allowed to talk to me that way unless a female soldier is here."  She tried not to stumble over her name.

Recalling the protocol for female students, Seifer was pleased because he wouldn't have to suffer the chicken wusses alone.  The recent classes have had all chicken wuss boys.  His nostrils flared once he overheard two chicken wusses talking in the background.  Seifer smirked devilishly because he was crazy mofo apparently and he was about to prove it.    When she said her name and went on to be a smart ass by explaining what he had to do, he acted like he had a heart for a second.

"Shana is it?  Thank you for reminding Shana.  I will bring a female."  Saying it in a soft voice probably caught the snotty girl off guard.  He almost chuckled too.

"Thank you sir."  Shana smiled because Seifer was nice to her.

Seifer's softened expression changed.  Looking pissed, he shouted.

"Then I can say whatever the fuck I want to your smart ass got it?"  Sounding rude, he then flicked her nose to add emphasis that she was dirt like all the other scrub cadets.

The girl yelped and covered her mouth.

Taking out his cell phone, he pushed some numbers.  The call was less than a second because he didn't have to say much.

"Get over here"  He flipped his cell phone closed.

Hearing more whispering from the two before, he looked over at the two who were doing it.  Gossiping away, they were.  It was no surprise that fish wuss was behind it too.  The freak was starting to get on his nerves.

"You two punks got something to say to me?"  Looking pissed off, it wasn't wise to make him lose his temper.

[Estrella Divina]

The peaceful princess slept angelically. She was in her room alone with guards everywhere. The other half of the bed was empty and replaced by a pillow. Nevertheless, she had a smile upon her face as she was in heaven. Seifer knew her well to allow her to feel as if someone was next to her. She had a fear of sleeping alone. After the terrible day she had yesterday, she was able to sleep comfortingly even with her terrible. The rest did wonders for her as it healed her and washed away the nightmare that Stephen was.

Her cell phone rung. Groggily, she reached over to the night stand and picked up her cell phone. She flipped it open and pressed it to her ear. Before she could respond and say hello, the person on the other line already hung up.

"Get over here...

"You could at least say hello Seifer." She spoke into the receiver of the phone even after he hung up. He was most likely hurried by the cadets he had to deal with. Sadly, she would have to deal with them too. There must have been females in the class. Without second thought, she got out of bed and dressed in her white military uniform. The bottom half of the uniform was a skirt and to accentuate the outfit she wore thigh-high boots.

Her fingers braided her hair quickly. To make sure she was okay, she looked at herself in the mirror.

"Beautiful." She kissed the mirror, grabbed her long bow, and headed out the door of her room. The two guards at the door greeted her as she passed by, and she nodded to them to acknowledge their greeting. It was unusual for her to be in a pleasant mood especially in the morning. After the day she had, the night sleep did wonders.

In a minute, she was a distance from the mansion. The mansion had several workers repairing it after the damage it had taken. The damage done to the house was the least of her problems. The workers would fix it right up, but she had to make a good impression on the cadets. She sped walk to get to the headquarters in time.

As she walked, she thought about her time as a cadet. The memory of the first day was quite the horrific one as she remembered a man almost dying. What was horrific was not the man almost dying, but it was her not being able to prove herself. Her husband was overprotective and went over the top with it too.

Flashback

Blitz walked into the classroom. Estrella was lined next to Seifer and Troy next to her. The trio would be in the field exam together. Glancing at the Commander, he was loud and angry. He attempted to scare the cadets. There were some who were scared, but not her. She stood there with a smirk upon her face. If anyone knew her, she was not scared of anyone.

Commander Blitz yelled and pushed to intimidate fellow classmates. He met with each cadet. In her memory, she recalled Blitz stopping in front of Seifer. Seifer's trademark smirk met with Blitz's scowl. It almost looked like Blitz was the one who was worried that day. Blitz saw Seifer's size and demeanor. Rather then try to push Seifer, he tried to keep in line with a simple phrase.

"Don't test me." She remembered Blitz's saying to Seifer who probably liked the challenge of testing Blitz.

Then it was her turn. She forgot about Seifer's overprotective nature and went along with the Commander's test. Her husband eyed the Commander with a glare that could kill when the Commander, Blitz, stepped in front of her. It was as if her husband was giving Blitz a warning not to get too close to her. Blitz used his size to intimidate her, but she looked at him with a smirk on her face too. When he took a step too close to her, his ice magic caused her skin to tingle. It was cold, yet nothing she couldn't handle. The slight shiver sent the wrong signal to Seifer. In a flash, Blitz was slammed into the wall behind him with a hand clutched around his throat.

She blinked and realized what had happened. To help the Commander, she rushed to Seifer and grabbed at his arm. Seifer used his free arm to lightly push her back. Then he pulled out his gunblade and pressed it against Blitz's neck. He was set on killing the Commander before they were emitted into the Limitless' organization.

"Seifer no!" When she shouted, Limitless guards ran into the room and grabbed Seifer before he could do anything. Her worried expression said it all when Seifer was taken away that day. Luckily, the Limitless organization saw Seifer's outburst as a tool they wanted to utilize. He was only given a day of suspension. They also placed a new rule that day that a female soldier had to be present to keep female cadets in check. It was probably because of what happened.

End Flashback

Her flashback ended. Once she arrived to the headquarters, she walked straight to the room where Seifer held his classes. She walked until she respectfully lined slightly behind him where she kept quiet to let him continue without interruption. As she stood behind him, her eyes observed the cadets. There was one overweight cadet that was painfully jogging around the room. He looked like he was about to pass out. She shook her head at the thought and tried not to laugh. It was Seifer's doing alright. While observing, she then noticed Shroud and waved to him behind Seifer. She was proud of having at least one recruit in the new cadet class. What she didn't know was that he arrived late. It was fortunate for Shroud that she didn't. Her husband wouldn't notice her waving since being behind him was like standing behind a brick wall.

[collapsingeclipse]

When they were called out by Seifer for gossiping, the guy with the wild hair cringed and stopped. The guy with brown hair didn't look quite shock or afraid, more like displeased. He was displeased with how the guy next to him had totally just got the Commander's attention. The guy in green was concerned, while the man in brown was displeased.

"Quiet the fuck down, you idiot!" he whispered to the man with the green uniform. "Alright, alright, sorry.." the one with the wild hair told his brown-haired fellow.



There was a man in a brown uniform, with a belt, straps, and a lot of buttons. He had pink eyes, simple brown hair, and a scruff framed on his contours. He also had quite the sideburns. He looked rather plain-looking, compared to the one with the mane. Particularly because of the GODDAMN MANE.

Shroud had looked at both of them, taking note of their appearances. Definitely much less interesting than the man with the mane. He did also note, however, the uniform they both had. While the man with the mane wore a green uniform, this one wore a browner one. The fat one in particular wore a gray one, and the woman named Shana wore a red one. Shroud had perked his eyebrows up at the mention of a regulation of not being able to do anything with the women unless there was another soldier. When was something like that made? Why was it necessary for the extra attention to the ladies? Was it just a simple code?

Everyone, however, came to their more disciplined stances. Everyone but Shroud had done it. Shroud wasn't too familiar with it. There was nothing about discipline..only kneeling to the big fish. But, he was so scared of Seifer that he up and copied exactly what they did. Even when Estrella had come in and waved at Shroud, well.. If Seifer was a brick wall, then he would be a brick wall covering the second brick wall. Shroud didn't wave or change from his position. It was the same way with the big fish of Parfloss. It would be the same way with anyone he respected enough. He closed his eyes and remembered exactly what caused him to respect the big fish.

~~Flashback~~



Shroud had opened the doors, as he walked in to the throne room. No matter how Shroud looked at it, he always found it splendid to his eyes. It was a beautiful room, with smooth rocks. The wide hallway which led to the throne had a big majestic chair. It was fit for the big fish, whom had the power to deserve such a thing. Between each glass panel were pillars of the same smooth rock. This blocked the water flow, and it was somehow strong enough to keep it that way. Not that it would prove fatal to the species. The clam..the symbol for Parfloss was quite simply a blue clam. Shroud looked to see that there were already 3 people..and the big fish.



Sitting on the throne was the big fish of Parfloss. His hair was also a mane, much like the green uniform guy.. On a better note, what's with people and these manes? Is that even possible? What the fuck does their hair gel do!? How was such a thing even accessible down there!? All meaningless questions. All he knew was that the big fish looked displeased at Shroud's being late. He himself had the clam on his grassy green pant. He wore a white jacket with lighter green outlines, and a yellow shirt. He had turquoise eyes, 2 gold chains around his neck, and silvery hair. Adorned on his head is a light tan crown shaped like a conch, with a red addition to the crown itself. He wore boots with turquoise gems, too.

The people at Parfloss were people who followed a fish rule.. Small fish, big fish..it was a scaling for power.. Each one had a "gift" of varying power, related to fish. Shroud's was the cold fog, though he could find little relation here. It seemed to be a rare deviant to the gifts. Shroud's father..he could manipulate kinetic energy.. This was very useful for him..and it was likely that reason why his dad always fought bare-handed.. He trusted his body far more than a regular projectile. Or, at least, that's what Shroud believed. The hunters generally just went outside and killed animals for food. Sometimes even went to bring some fish. It was enough to sustain them, if anything..

Either way, the big fish looked displeased, and it was likely intended for Shroud. The other 3 fish just stood there, silent. As the big fish walked to the group, he looked at them with narrowed eyes. "Kneel." the big fish said. Shroud knew his name.. It was Jhakol Ocphoda. Everyone kneeled at the big fish, and Shroud did the same. He half-assed it, though, until he just stood up. The big fish's eyes then quickly looked into his. "I said, kneel down." Shroud shook his head at the order. Jhakol himself perked his eyebrows up at the refusal. It was generally Parfloss tradition to not kneel down if the big fish still needed to prove more to them in some way. Jhakol responded it in kind, then. Quickly, he released all 8 of his tentacles and constricted Shroud. The tentacles squeezed so hard Shroud might as well have been immobilized. One in particular gripped his neck, squeezing hard to the point of leaving him without air. He would be dropped unconscious within minutes. When the first few seconds passed, he spoke up. His teeth were sharp, too..

"I've heard about you, Althul. Your genetics set you off to be a shark..and I'm an octopus. Y'see.." Jhakol smiled. "Octopi...eat sharks." The tentacles suddenly squeezed harder, which left Shroud completely motionless. Shroud's eyes looked right above.. He felt the room grow brighter for a second. "Now.. KNEEL!" in an instant, Shroud was pinned to the ground, the tentacles positioning him into a kneeling positiong effortlessly. After Jhakol had seen that resistance was over, he'd contract his tentacles again, leaving in a dark smoke. He turned around, looking at his kneeling lower-ranking fish.

"Good. Let's move on.." The big fish was chosen to give advice to 4 small fish. Shroud was in one of them.. Needless to say, Jhakol was blunt with their weaknesses and strengths. To deal with their weaknesses in some way--that was the big fish's objective.

~~End Flashback~~

Shroud stared blankly around him, unaware of what was happening.

[NPC]

Standing firm and tall, he didn't notice Kev stop midway after running fifteen minutes. He was too focused on the duo freaks that dared talk while he was. He was about to boot one of them in the chest, and then Estrella walked in. Restraining himself, he stood in front of the cadets and waited for her to settle in. During his waiting, his muscles flexed underneath his black Commando uniform because he saw the little shits eying her.

The young male students, for the most part, gulped at the sight of the woman. Standing a distance behind the lined group, Kev's jaw dropped at the babe that walked in. Rubbing his sweat, he started to jog again because he was looking to impress her.

Shana and Diana were the two girls in the class. Looking at Estrella, the both of them look relieved to see another woman. Admiring the female soldier, they took notice to how the boys in their class reacted well most of them. There were 2 or 3 who were occupied with other things. The shark looking boy was day dreaming for sure.

The two girls kept from giggling.

Clenching his jaw, he was struggling not to break some of the cadets jaws. He saw it in their eyes how they were staring. He needed to draw the fucking line,

"This is Estrella. I expect you punks to treat her with respect or else you'll have to deal with me." He warned threateningly. Looking back at Estrella, he didn't see her wave to the fish wuss. Turning back to his students, one unfortunate soul waved at him. Standing in front of Estrella, he assumed the wuss was waving at him.

"Is this a fucking waving class to you? Who the fuck are you waving at?" He stalked forward to the kid who waved at him.

"Uh uh I was waving to Estrella" The kid dressed in blue stuttered. Wetting himself literally, he couldn't control his water abilities and Seifer scared him shitless.

Seifer hated the answer he gave.

"You don't wave at her. You dont say hello. Don't even look at her. Keep your eyes on me...What the hell is your name?" Glaring at the kid, he didnt care if he pissed his pants.

The kid whimpered because he was he smallest one in the class.

"My name is Pewee..and I am very sorry sir." His voice choked.

Hearing Pewee's name, he pushed the little kid to rough him up. This cader class was the worst hed seen. The freaks were mixed with weaknesses he hated.

Pewee fell onto the floor and began sniffing. Looking at the commander, he had a long two weeks of hell ahead of him.

[Estrella Divina]

The Commander wanted everyone to know he was in charge. His rough class wad to prepare them for the difficult challenges they had ahead. She understood Seifer hated weakness. From thw moment she entered into the class, she realized this class had cadets that were scared. She had a feeling she would be cringing often.

The spoiled Estrella did not notice the stares of teen boys. She had trouble seeing the class because Seifer blocked her view. Her attention was on Shroud who did not wave in return. Instead, he looked like he was in deep thought.

[He better not be chickening out] Estrella thought to herself. Shroud hadn't waved at her, but another kid had. She spotted a boy in blue wave at her. When she saw this, she pinched the bridge of her nose in shame when Seifer caught the kid waving back at her. The blue kid was no doubt a water magic user, but seeing his small stature, she felt bad.

[What an idiot. I wasn't waving at his stupid ass.] She thought to herself to relieve her bothersome conscience. She hated that she had one. Quietly, she watchrd an angry Seifer confront a scared kid. She cringed at Seifer's harsh words. His protective nature was showing itself. At the end of Seifer's confrontation with the kid, he shoved thr poor pre teen to the floor. The Commander was a cold and sometimes heartless man.

A big teen, in the background, jogged. He was leaned over and covered in sweat. Then she noticed the kid's eyes on her. She ran a hand across her neck to get tye kid to cut it out. Seifer would certainly do worse to the fat brat. She didn't want more on her conscience. Rather then the kid give up, he jogged again and looked determined to prove to her he was worth it. Her eyes rolled at thr gesture. She remembered how ridiculous teen boys were. When she met Seifer as a teen, he was the same way. It's probably why he looked irritated.

She smirked at this because the class would be consumed with pain due to Seifer's jealoussy. The only two individuals he didn't have to worry about were the teen girls and two of the boys. Shroud looked too lost in space to care about what wad going on hormonally.

With her arms behind her back, she observed the class respectfully. There were a variety of elemental magic users. She wondered how many of them would pass. While she observed, her bored mind wandered to her days as a cadet. She went into a flashback...

Flashback

Her second day in what she referred to as the "boot camp" involved a series of physical tests. These included push ups, squats, pull ups, running, strength training, and other taxing work outs. The trouble-making Seifer was paired with her to keep the scarred hot head in check. Captain Blitz assigned them in groups of two because he probably feared that Seifer would attack him again. This is how Estrella perceived his move anyway. She recalled how Blitz spoke to her before her husband returned from being thrown in the disciplinary for his outburst.

Captain Blitz, before Seifer walked into the room, whispered into Estrella's ear. In the background, she remembered Stephen watching the scene. It was a hard reminder that the fucker was in the same classroom as her. Nevertheless, her flashback continued.

"Has your husband always been quick to get angry when someone talks to you?" His icy blue eyes gazed into hers.

She nodded at Blitz question.

"Yes, yes he has Captain Blitz. He means well." She answered respectfully, but looked annoyed that the focus was on her husband and not on her. He already made her look defenseless. She hated appearing weak.

Capatin Blitz ran a hand through his silver, slick hair.

"Well the Limitless higher ups liked this display of defiance from your husband. It's good for him, but what about you? Can you prove yourself?" He touched her chin with his finger. Since he was an ice magic user, he liked testing the waters. While it looked like he didn't know what Estrella was capable of, he read her files. She would be as useful if not more than her quick tempered husband. Her white magic element was rare, but this didn't mean she had a free pass either. She needed to show something to him which he was positive he'd see.

She glared at Blitz when he touched her chin to reveal she was unhappy with his assumption that she had little skill. Her head pulled back from Blitz's touch. She had useful skills including her ability to heal even if she hated using it.

"You'll find out won't you." She said in a determined tone.

Blitz removed his finger from her chin the moment Seifer walked into the room. The hot head made his way over to Estrella the second he entered. The walking psychotic bumped his shoulder into the ice captain.

"It's nice to see your back Seifer." He said coolly. His icy eyes stared endlessly at Seifer's cold green ones. He found it ironic that a fire man was as cold as him. The two men eyed one another. In order to keep Seifer's hot veins cool and from choking him out again, he complimented the hot head's wife. He apologized too.

"Your wife is a very nice woman. I hope you take this as an apology for stepping over the line with her. I should be more respectful. I will remind everyone in this classroom to keep their distance from her. Again, I was only doing what the Captain is required. One day you will understand." He hinted at Seifer's ascension to Commander. The hot tempered man was perfect for the job.

Seifer, who stood next to Estrella with his jaw clenched fiercely, didn't say a word when Blitz commented. Him moving in front of Estrella was indication enough of what Blitz questioned. It was his protective nature and her needing to prove youerself.

Estrella looked away from Captain Blitz as her chance to prove herself would be more difficult than she imagined.

End of Flashback

Estrella remained quiet and observed the class.

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[collapsingeclipse]

Shroud continued glaring right in front of him, still very much in a day dream. Shroud was sent right back into reality when he heard Seifer scream angrily at someone. It wasn't him, even though he was in just the right position to get yelled at like he was the world's personal speaker. Now with fish designs. Shroud looked around him to see who got yelled at. A poor, meek boy of blue who got on Seifer's bad side the first day. Pewee was literally about to cry.. Poor sapling.

Either way, the girls seemed to be giggling as Shroud had dozed off. He had looked at the, blank expression. One of them, Shana, was one of those giggling at him.



She was wearing her light-reddish uniform with knee-high laced boots..with equally-high socks it seemed. Shroud couldn't see them, but she had red fingernails, and just seemed to like red in general. She had a lot of it, though they were lighter- probably pink or crimson..

Shroud would soon look away from them to see the tragedy with Pewee, seeing how it resolved.

[NPC]

"Get your weak ass up."  He pulled Pewee back onto his feet by his collor and then glaring at the other students he stepped in front of the line again.  He didn't feel like finding out the rest of their names considering he was having a shitty day already.  Looking back at Estrella, he saw that she was thinking.  Teaching these classes, was humorous to him because he got to pick on the chicken wusses.  It was his wife that made it harder for him to like this class because he couldn't stand other fuckers looking at her.

He clenched his jaw at the hormonal freaks that were taking a peak.  Ignoring them, he went back to business.

"I don't care to know the rest of your names today."  He said bluntly. 

A loud wheezing sound was heard behind the cadets.  It was the snack bandit.  Smirking at the kid's misery, he shrugged and didn't bother calling him.  It'd teach him a lesson in fucking with the Commander.  Gazing up at the fat kid who was about to pass out, he then looked at the rest of the class.  He didn't look at Shroud.  He was too pissed off at the fish wuss to talk to him.  Being late, was

"For the next couple of weeks, you're all under my command.  I expect you to listen to all of it.  If I tell your asses to jump, you better jump."  He paced left to right slowly to emphasize that he was in charge all while avoiding eye contact with Estrella.

"Now that we got that information out of the way I want all of you to drop down and give me one hundred push ups."  He said it coolly expecting everyone to follow.

The two girls groaned at soon as he mentioned push ups.  Glaring at them both, he stalked over to them and towered over the both.  Using his size, he wanted to intimidate them.  Estrella being in the room allowed him to do what he wished with the girls.  He could hurt them if he wanted too.  Looking back at her, he smirked because he had a better option. He would make them the class villains.

"Thanks to these girls the rest of you have two hundred push ups?  Does anybody else want to complain or challenge the Commander?"  His cold stare fell on Shroud thinking the fish wuss might challenge him.  Everyone else in the room didn't bother complaining.  Seeing the others get down on their stomachs, he chuckled sadistically when the other students were bothered by the girls' lack of enthusiasm for his rules.

"W-we didn't mean it!"  Diana groaned while Shana covered her face in shame.

"What are you waiting for Fish Wuss?  Get to it or I'll make it three hundred."  He pointed out Shroud to wanting to troll the fish wuss.  Remembering how he was late, made the scarred commander clench his fist.  He avoided confronting the freak yet.

During the push ups, he made his way to Estrella and whispered into her ear.

"That fish wuss was fucking late...he's lucky you brought him in or else I would have kicked his ass out of this class."  He thought she should know.  Knowing it wasn't her fault, he went onto what was annoying him further about the class.

Talking lowly in his voice, he continued on to a different subject.

"I don't like the way these teen freaks are looking at you.  If I see one more look at you, I'll rip them apart."  Talking lowly, he then stood talk and next to Estrella.  His arms folded across his chest in waiting for the cadets to finish.

"You fuckers are weak..."  He said it out loud as a motivation tool even if it sounded mean.  He was gifted at bullying.

[Estrella Divina]

The cadets looked scared. Quietly, she stood in the front of the class behind Seifer. Her arms were clenched behind her. She tried not to laugh when Seifer lifted the Pewee kid onto his feet. It was a nice gesture even for the ruthless commander. Once he helped the kid onto his feet, he returned to bossing the small fries around.

She inwardly grinned at the cadets being told to do push ups. There were two girls who groaned. She rolled her eyes at hem because they did not know Seifer. If one complained, he would make it worse. It was no surprise he added more push ups. The poor cadet losers would be sore at the end. Then Seifer aoproached her. Her eyes remained on the cadets when he whispered into her ear. The first bit of news caused her to gape and look offended. She looked at Shroud in disgust because he was late.

{Why the hell was he late?} She shook her head because it was a bad impression plus it made her look bad. Even if Shroud was late, she tried to be as calm as she could. He was already more experienced than the other cadets. This did not mean she would avoid yelling at him. After the class, she would definitely let her irritation be known.

There was more Seifer whispered into her ear. He pointed out the teens who eyed her, and what he would do to them. He was serious with his rip apart statement. She didn't notice the stares she was receiving by the hormonal teens. After he explained to her why he reacted to Pewee, she grew paranoid and studied the cadets. They were doing their push ups, therefore, she didn't notice anyone admiring her.

Seifer left her side to tend to the class. Instinctively, she took a step forward and stood next to Seifer. She peaked up at him to see he was hell bent on making this class suffer. There were other female soldiers in the building. She wondered why he called her instead. Was he trying to show off?

While she hated humanity and didn't care if the kids suffered, she thought easing Seifer's attitude would make the class more tolerable.

"Commander I was unaware that I was so attractive. I will leave the class if it is bothering you. You need to stay focused and help Shroud pass." She said in a respectful whisper.

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