Junko

That reference though. Now pierce your human vessle and get the golden milk

Use willpower dammit! Oblivion-sama cannot be stopped!

Milk is power. Go drink some now

Aw I thought you had milk. It's a strong drink man

Ahahaha humans ejecting bodily fluids. Such fun

Was the bedroom floor too good for you?

Eh. Not angry about it one bit. Or even all that shocked for that matter. I mean I'm sorta used to seeing unreasonable stuff happen on a daily basis, just something different each time. Yeah it was shit about what the kid went through and the people that didn't do anything should burn in hell and all that stuff but I'm not going to go and scream my head off over it. I'm waiting for the school to make some sort of an apology statement due to all of the negative criticism they're getting due to this news getting out. Because that usually happens but if they don't, oh well. Either way they're screwed along with the kids that wanted to bully the child in the first place.

Alphonse narrowed his eyes at Colonello's comment before turning around in the direction towards the hospital. "Fine but I'm walking there on my own." he said without bothering to look back and started down the small path towards the hospital. "Shouldn't we follow after him in case he falls down from his injuries or something...?" "A wise suggestion. After you." Reborn said as Claude narrowed his eyebrows at him a bit along with a slight nod before following after Alphonse quickly in order to catch up with him. Once they got there, Alphonse seemed to have spooked one of the nurses with his sudden appearance and she quickly dragged him down the hall with a face of worry. Alphonse, however, didn't seem to try and resist and just followed behind her as she pulled him by the wrists. Claude was going to say something, a bit worried before he saw Junpei witha cup of coffee lingering in one part of the main lobby. "Junpei, what are you doing down here?" "Oh I just thought I'd get some fresh air." "But we're still indo-" "Shut up. Besides, this coffee tatstes like shit. Is this the crap people have to drink to stay awake? It's basically torture." he said as he made a face and tossed the beverage in the garbage. "So I heard Alphonse won. All that's left now is you." Junpei said with a smirk as he poked him in his chest, which seemed to anger Takushi a bit. "Shouldn't our boss get some rest tonight or something. It's going to be a big day after all." "Of course. I'm feeling a bit worn out after all." "Of course you are. Well I'm going to sleep. Goodnight." And with that, Junpei left to the elevators that lead upstairs to his room. Claude turned to the others. "We should probably call it a night too." Meanwhile After almost falling asleep for sitting there for quite a while, Elliott seemed to have snapped himself awake at the feel of Veronica's head moving, which was a good sign that she has awaken. At the sound of her calling his name, his mood was kicked back up. "Vivi..!" he said excitedly as he kept his voice down but noticed that something was wrong. Elliott's smile faded away yet again and his crimson eyes softened at her words. He remained silent for a moment in thought as the girl turned her head away from him, probably trying her best to hide her tears, but things like that usually never worked with him. Elliott was too quick to catch onto things. "That's a lie. You should know that." was the first thing that came out from him before he pushed his glasses up and continued. "Over my dead body he will. I wasn't there to help you with your battle but I won't let anyone harm you." His hand that was entangled in her hair moved over to her teary cheek as his thumb wiped them away. "So don't cry. That's what others should be doing at the sight of your power." he said with a slight chuckle, remembering that this little girl is very destructive when it comes to certain things.

Minutes passed by. All he could hear was the sound of the blood throbbing in his head and his heavy breathing. Alphonse stood there, about to lose his patience with his opponent any minute now. The fact that he can remain calm in his current condition was quite impressive. Eyes remained averted downwards to the ground, as if he was in deep thought. There was a small faint sound of movement. Whether he was just hearing things or not, Alphonse gripped his blade tighter and quickly turned around, ignoring the numbness in his torso. Before Oz can land a blow towards the male's neck, Alphonse flipped the bade around in his hand and side stepped to get out of and danger Oz was going to bring on him...and then. Bam. A direct hit in the back of the male's neck with the base of the handle part of Alphonse's weapon. That was one method he was taught in order to knock people out, although he rarely used it. Alphonse watched as Oz fell flat on his face to the ground with a thud. Still in pain, he slowly made his way over to Oz's fallen body, still keeping his guard up in case he were to quickly recover from that, which he didn't. Alphonse knelt down and slid the ring right off of the unconscious male's finger with ease before clicking it together with his own. He then got up and proceeded to make his way towards the exit of the fun house, leaving Oz to lie there. A few minutes passed before he walked out, appearing as if that was nothing but child's play, although his injuries says otherwise. He slid his weapons back where they belonged and walked over to Claude and the others. Everyone was pretty speechless that he was able to take the boy down without any bloodshed. "The winner of tonight's battle is Alphonse Cevasco. The final battle, the sky match will be tomorrow. Bosses, prepare yourselves. Goodnight." was the reply of one of the Cerevello women before the two of them left the area. Sonya slapped a hand on Claude's shoulder. "You're up tomorrow champ." she said cheerfully as Claude nodded in response before looking towards Alphonse. "Wow, you made it look easy." Alphonse shrugged his shoulders before glancing away. "Eh. Just wanted to get it over with already." "Are you..okay?" "Just tired." Meanwhile "Are you shitting me? He lost to one of the oldest tricks in the book...." Lukas said as his face darkened. "That's bullshit. I'm not going to be the one to scrape him out of there. One of you bastards do it." Lukas said before he began to walk away angrily. Danet looked over to Raiden. "Well you two do have a good love hate relationship, am I right?" Meanwhile Usami was curled up under her covers in the hospital bed. She has been listening to most of Alphonse's battle from the television. She would have been happy that they got another win but her mind was too clouded with other thing for positive emotions. for the hours that she's been asleep, she's been piecing together exactly what happened to herself during that battle. Now that she knows, she been like this ever since she woke up. What was making her mood worse was that Kaede didn't contact her once ever since she was knocked out at the end of the battle. Dry tear marks streaked her face, only to be replaced with new ones. Teary eyes went over to the completed mist ring that was sat next to her head on the pillow. It was the whole reason why she went ballistic in the first place. She had the urge to get rid of it but that would only lead to trouble with Reborn. A small breath drew out from her lips as she turned on her other side, facing away from the ring.

What the hell are you talking about pandas will never die out

Alphonse blinked as Oz's body seemingly disappeared at the start of the battle. What the... He glanced around before hearing the male's voice echoing through the building. At this, Alphonse drew out an annoyed sigh as he drew out his two black hand blades from their holster under his jacket. He then slowly began to make his way down one hallway in the fun house cautiously. Oz was bound to strike at any moment now. He needed to be ready. But to his surprise, there was no sign of anyone here. No breathing, footsteps, anything. Alphonse had sensitive hearing so the slightest moment he would have been able to hear by now. But there was nothing. Just what is that guy planning to d- His thoughts were immediately cut short at the sharp feel of a blade digging itself against his skin. !??! Alphonse tried to move his arm past the pain to turn his blade on him but Oz was just to fast for him. What was only a good minute of that string of attacks felt like an agonizing hour. By the time Oz was done striking and retreated, Alphonse was already a bloody mess. Various sizes of cuts going along his back, arms and chest, some of them already beginning to bleed. Alphonse felt his entire body throbbing with pain as he pushed himself to stay on his feet. He stood there for a second before beginning to walk forward, further down the hall of mirrors that were reflecting his injuries. While he was walking, eyes went back and forth from mirror to mirror, trying to find some sort of blind spot. Just how is he moving so quickly? If only I can find a spot where he can't jump at me with ease. Just then the hallway began to open up into another larger area in the fun house. It was in a shape of a wise circle, mirrors lining the walls. It was better than a narrow hallway at least. Once he got to the center of the area, Alphonse stopped walking and glanced around, eyes narrowed. There was still no sign of Oz. Meanwhile "Well damn. When this guy said he wanted to take care of this quickly, he really means it. More like a ninja than an assassin really...." Sonya commented, a bit of shock crossing over her face. "You think he's going to be okay in there? That guy is moving too fast to keep up with." There was still a hint of concern in Claude's voice after having to witness the previous battle. "That may be true, but remember he's still human. Alphonse's opponent is just manipulating the shadows so it can appear that he's moving so quickly. It's mostly just a game of hide and seek for him." "But that's not fair. That's only making it harder for Alphonse to catch him, especially in his current condition now." Claude said as he gestured to the screen. "Did you already forget?" "...Eh?" "The only rule was for one of them to obtain the full ring. How they did so doesn't matter. Basically there is no rule to this battle." Meanwhile "Well looks like he's less of a slow bastard and more of just a lazy one." Danet commented as he took out one of his ear buds, his interest going up as he saw a badly injured Alphonse on the screen. He glanced down at his phone that he pulled out of his pocket and happen to be listening to music from. "A minute and twenty four seconds into the fight. Let's just see how long this guy lasts against Oz." "Shit, it's only been that long? Gahh, Oz needs to hurry the hell up so I can go to sleep already." Lukas said as he let out a yawn, not even bothering to cover his mouth as he did so. He wasn't major on manners but didn't care nonetheless.

The door slowly crept open as the blonde simply let himself in as he found the girl's room. He was more calm now and he stayed silent as he walked into the dimly lit room, the only light source being the moonlight that was leaking in from the window next to Veronica's bed. Slow steps were taken after he closed the door as he inched his way over to her bed, hoping that she was still breathing. Once he was close enough, he could see from the small machine that she was hooked up to, the bright green line was still going up and down, just faintly. A small sigh of relief passed his lips. She was still with the living. Elliott would have went after Usami if it was the opposite. He looked over her to see that a small breathing mask was attached to her face and her hood and other clothes were set aside on a small table on the other side of the room. Without all of that on, she could have passed for another harmless looking girl that has been badly assaulted by God-knows-who. Elliott's usual lively red eyes dulled down as he wen to sit in the chair next to her bed, the side that was closest to the window. He leaned over and stroked her snow white locks that scattered themselves across the pillow. "You did your best today.....that's all that really matters..." he muttered under his breath. Meanwhile The elevator doors slid open and he found himself in the main lobby. Just a few minutes ago, he came across one of the Cerevello women that has been controlling all of their battles. A small slip of paper was handed to him and the woman left before he could say anything. So..this is the last one before it's Claude's turn... he thought as his eyes went down to the slip of paper in his hands. The battle was going to be at that fun house that they visited before, when they were confronted by Lukas and Danet. The place was pretty big but he doesn't see why they would hold the cloud guardian battle there of all places. Alphonse walked out of the hospital, the feel of cold air rushed onto his face, which only caused him to pull his scarf up over his mouth. Damn, when did the temperature drop? Although, the chill was bringing back bad memories. From that night that it happened. Before any images can flash into his mind, Alphonse just quickened his pace and kept walking for a few more minutes before he reached he fun house. It wasn't too far from the hospital, surprisingly. As the raven haired male stepped in, he was met with a familiar amount of mirrors that were all around him, as walls. His eyes glanced around to see that it was dead silent, only his won breathing could be heard. "....Nobody else is here yet..." Meanwhile Danet placed a hand on Raiden's shoulder. "You don't have to act like we all didn't know." Lukas crossed his arms behind his head. "Yeah, you think we wouldn't notice? You damn sicko." Lukas began walking over to the door and pulled it open. "Well, let's get going." "What about Elliott?" "The fatass is gonna want to stay with Veronica for a while. Best to not bother him before he kills you. Besides, he has Zeru to deal with later on anyways."

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Claude was silent and parked on a chair in the room, his head down and not uttering a word. He didn't want to talk about what just took place at that battle. The whole thing could probably leave him scarred for a while. He didn't necessarily hate Usami for what she did, if that was even her doing that by her free will, but it was all scary to him. So this is one of the things a Vongola boss had to witness... Alphonse glanced over to Claude before looking back at the others who seemed to have engaged in a small conversation. He, too, was still in shock from the whole ordeal but letting something fog up his head would only hurt his chances in winning the battle. "Something influenced to get the way she was during that battle. Maybe Kaede would know something about that. He's probably going to talk to Usami about it when he can reach her." "Are you saying that he couldn't speak to her during the match?" "Probably not. He would have snapped her out of it if he could." Junpei sighed as he sat back in his chair, arms crossed. "Well you said she snapped herself back to normal right? Then I'm sure she'll be fine. Besides, we won another match didn't we?" But nobody in the room seemed to replied to him with the same amount of enthusiasm that he had. The smile on his face went down a little before Alphonse spoke up. "Junpei is right. More than likely, she's back to her normal self and we got another loss. There's no need to still be hung over about that." "Did that whole scene not bother you one bit...?" Alphonse raised his eyebrows as he looked over to Claude, the boy's head still down. "You say that like it's nothing. Did you not give a damn that she was about to murder someone!?" He was silent for a moment before adjusting the scarf around his neck, releasing a sigh. "Don't dismiss me to be a heartless bastard." he started, his tone of voice getting a whole lot serious. "This isn't the first time I've been through something like this, so it wouldn't phase me much." Alphonse walked to the door before stopping there. "There's still a lot you don't know about me. Keep that in mind. I'm going ahead." And with that, the male was out the door. Sonya couldn't help but let out a small grin. Making me the only exception of course, but he wouldn't know something like that~ Meanwhile Elliott didn't answer to Raiden. He probably didn't notice him, Lukas or Danet coming in. Even if he did, he wouldn't give a damn anyways. Veronica was badly injured and Zeru was going to get on her case about it. His head was still down, a hand against his head in frustration, before he finally looked up at the destroyed TV screen again. "Shit man.....why the hell did you attack the TV?" Lukas asked as his eyebrows were raised at the sight of the damaged monitor. Elliott didn't answer him. "But good to see that you healed up fast enough to do that." Although Lukas didn't sound like he actually cared, but was just saying it for the hell of it. The room then fell silent, the only sound that could be heard was the faint sound of music that was coming from Danet's headphones. "......Where's Veronica's room?" "Huh?" Elliott slid his legs out of bed before touching his bare feet onto the cold floor. In his hospital gown, he walked around the bed and went towards the door. Pushing his glasses up the bridge of his nose, he turned back to look at the others, a sort of gleam coming to his red eyes, as if they were demanding an answer from the three of them. "Where is she?" The three of them blinked as they glanced at one another before Danet answered him. "I don't exactly know but she should be in one of the nearby doors. Just read the labels on the door. They should tell you." "Unless you didn't have that much common sense to figure that out..." Lukas muttered under his breath but when he looked up again, Elliott was gone and out the door. "...Tch."

too many OOC posts here guys go to the other thread for that K thanks A small groan escaped the girl's lips. Scarf and jacket was tossed aside and she was lying on her back on the bed. Since school was released early today so there wasn't exactly any homework to do. Nimue flipped open her phone and saw that there was no response from Cesare. It was expected of course. No matter how much she texted him, he would never reply. What the hell am I suppose to do? Do some research like everybody else? It's no point. A small vibration came from her phone and she quickly looked at it to see that it was from Ceasare. The message read. [so I asked around a little bit and it turns out that most of the people I asked doesn't want to talk about that topic so lightly. Some would just leave as soon as I said 'Curse of Rose'] Nimue narrowed her eyebrows as he began to type back a response. [Are people really that scared to catch the curse or some shit like that? There was nobody that would give you a straight answer?] [No. I'm going back home. And stop spamming my phone before I block your number] Meanwhile "All these cases have something in common, but I just can't make the connection." "What? That people die?" "No, not that. And stop spinning in that chair over there. I'm trying to focus." Lucy drew out a sigh as she looked over at her textbook, which seemed to be stuffed with papers. That was expected since she was a freshmen in college but she was still a child at heart. "Well out of the people in your class, try taking these into consideration when looking for your ghost student or whatever." Lucy got up from the chair and began pacing. "Interrogation. Question them but not to the point that it will drive them away. Ask about their life, emotional state, anything that they're willing to tell. From past ghost stories, people usually have a reason for staying on earth to haunt a certain something. Like they're chained to the earth because they have 'unfinished' business that they need to deal with. And a person that would fit that description would be the person that's dealing with something very deep internally or maybe even externally." Ryo didn't say anything as he considered all of this. "I don't really know any of my classmates like that, so I'll try that. Are you sure this will work?" "Hey, I'm not some ghost hunter. This is sorta like a mystery right? So take a forensic approach to all of this. And another thing." "What?" "Get off of the computer before your eyes turn to shit. You've been sitting there all afternoon." Meanwhile Out of fatigue, Rose decided to call it a day and went to sleep a lot early than she usually would, but Mary would probably come out any minute now. Next to her slumbering body on her carpet on the room floor was her laptop of course, now on the desktop screen, and stack of paper everywhere. They were all tidy and each had a different label. One labeling cases that happened already and the deaths of the students ever recorded. One with the list of suspects that are still residents here and the rest were just people she should start interrogating soon. Mary was right, she really was an ace when it came to research. A job well done, but now she needed to rest.

Despite all the screaming that was going on, all of it was muted out from her head. The sheer urge to kill now was driving her. With a swift swing of the arm, the whip moved moving itself upwards and towards Veronica's chest. Before the blade can deeply dig into the girl's body, one of the blades on Usami's whip knocked something off of the small necklace that Veronica was wearing. The necklace that help her other half of the Vongola ring. There was a small and quick moment as the necklace broke and the ring flew off. As it fell, it grazed Usami's finger, where her ring was. At that moment, Usami stopped moving. Her mind stopped moving and she stood there, as if frozen. Her eyes, still red, went wide as she stood there, which seemed to baffle everyone. Flashes of previous mist guardian generations all ran themselves through head. Battles, struggles, and also happy moments. It all played like a movie on fast forward. As if they were all count up from the very first Vongola family generation. Finally, there was Decimo's generation. There was a girl, a bit younger than her, there. Struggling through pain but somehow making it through all of these hardships. There were slight flashes of a guy that seemed to be with her when she needed him, although Usami couldn't make out this person. You're not alone, Usami. ....!!! You're in good hands. Claude will be a strong boss and as the mist guardian, it's your duty to follow him. The shadow that was talking in her head revealed themselves to her in her mind, which happened to be an older version of Chrome. She laid a hand on the girl's shoulder. So, for your family's sake, don't stay in your misery and move forward. .....Forward...? Chrome simply nodded before leaving Usami there before everything went black. Outside of her body now, her eyes seemed to dissolved back into its soft brown color, but they were pale. The illusions that was corrupting the area disappeared, the rotting sky, the vectors that was choking Veronica to death, everything. The blade disappeared from her whip as Usami collapsed to the ground, that huge flash knocking her out cold. Veronica collapsed as well, a gash going through her side from the whip semi slashing her. Veronica's half of the ring was sitting next to Usami's head. Everyone was silent and waited before seeing that neither of them could get up. "Er...The winner for the mist guardian battle is Usami Inoue. The final battle before the battle between the bosses, the cloud match, will begin in an hour." The lasers disappeared from the cage and the two of them began to walk off, leaving the groups to tend to their mist guardians. Claude was the first to run out and towards the fallen brunette. He looked down to see that she wasn't moving, but she was still breathing. Her legs were still badly burned and some blood was still tricking down her face from that blow to the head earlier. Although, the ring was sitting right next to her. Claude looked up to Sonya, knowing that he was too weak to pick the girl up, and she nodded as she scooped her and the other part of the ring into her arms. Alphonse stayed silent as he stared at the girl in Sonya arms. She may have been a victor but she was close to being a murder. Alphonse slightly glanced down as he adjusted his scarf. "Let's...hurry back to the hospital...." he muttered as he glanced at the Riviello group rushing their way over to Veronica. He wouldn't want to stay too long around them before one of them lashed out at them. Meanwhile Danet, Lukas, Raiden and Oz broke out at a run towards the fallen girl. Danet was the first to reach her and immediately got down on his knees and listened for a pulse. "She's...she's alive..." he said as he tried to catch his breath. "That girl...she's was so close to ending her. I didn't think that such a thing was possible. To defeat Veronica in such a brutal way...." Lukas picked her up and placed her on his back. she reeked of blood and dirt. "We need to get her to the hospital now." "Zeru won't be too pleased about this...." "He's not the only one you should be worrying about this time..." Meanwhile Teeth gritted and fists clenched. The male has his head down. Just a few minutes ago, he was yelling like mad as the last few minutes of the battle went on, as if his words were going to give her strength to beat Usami. But he was badly mistaken. And now he couldn't watch the rest of the scene, watching his small soldier being taken out of there hardly in one piece. The remote was sticking out of the screen. With the amount of strength that he managed to regain, he broke the television with the chuck of his remote. He wouldn't be able to watch Oz and Zeru's battle now but it didn't matter. Revenge....what is some shit like that going to do for me now? How will that fix anything. A hand was placed on his face out of frustration as he leaned forward on his bed. "Veronica...."

As the dark dome shattered, Claude looked up and his eyes widened. "U-Usami.....?" he said as he couldn't believe the girl went as bad into this state. "What the hell happened to her while she was in there....!?" "Oi! Usami! Are you okay?!?" Sonya shouted over Claude's head but she didn't seem to say anything in response, or even acknowledge that they were standing nearby for that matter. "....Claude you were right. Something didn't seem right since the dome went up. Maybe her opponent did something to her while they were in there." "If that's the case, then why does she look like she's having a hard time dealing with her?" Alphonse said as he pointed over to Veronica as hot tears streaked down her cheeks. It was actually the first time any of them got a look at her face. Meanwhile "Holy shit, the girl lost it...." Junpei breathed as he saw the dark aura swirling around Usami. "Do you think that her opponent had something to do with this?" Meanwhile Elliott watched the battle from his hospital bed, another potato chip sliding into his mouth. "So you finally got your hood knocked off.." he slightly muttered as he looked at the screen. Him along with the rest of Riviello were probably the only people that saw Veronica's face before, although Elliott was the only one that seen it more than once or twice. The others probably forgot how she looked since its been so long since they saw her hoodie off. Elliott's eyes drifted to Usami and his eyes narrowed. The same petite girl that he lent money to for foo before this whole ordeal started....it was like she completely transformed into a monster. Maybe...this is her true colors. At the sound of Veronica's last statement before she launched another attack at Usami, Elliott stared as tears trailed down her cheeks. A small sigh drew out from his lips. And I always will....Don't lose to her Vivi. Meanwhile Lukas bilnked in shock as the dome fell apart, revealing the two girls, dark auras surrounding their bodies. Both appearing like demons. It was quite a scary sight. "Damn...it's been so long since I've seen Veronica like this. Or even seen her go all out for that matter...." "Looks like she finally found her equal." "Are you shitting me?! That girl didn't look like that before this fight began. What the hell happened in there?!" "If anything, that can't be Veronica's doing. The girl would have killed herself by then." "So....what is it then?" "I have no idea..." Meanwhile As Veronica's face was revealed and she started to yell at her, Usami's expression remained unchanged, really as if she didn't give a damn about what the girl was going through due to the battle between Azumi and Elliot. For a second, she appeared a bit dazed. Her red eyes gleamed as the antique dolls began to rush at her all at one. She moved to step to the side to avoid the but one of the dolls was one step ahead of her and head butted her right in the stomach, the fire spitting from its mouth burning her legs and lower torso. The brunette's body was flung back and skidded across the hard ground, scraping her skin, before her body came to a stop, appearing limp like one of a dolls. Claude could he screaming from afar. Usami lied face down on the ground, motionless. The Cerevello women looked at one another before one of the were about to speak up, believing that Usami was done for, when the ground started to shake. Just as that was happening, the sky began to appear as if it was melting, the white stars starting to disappear and being replaced with red ones. As the ground was quaking, it also began to shift a bit, causing the gravity to almost disappear. Everyone in the air started feeling themselves elevate off of the ground slightly. The cracks that appeared at Veronica's feet opened up wider and a dark purple glow shined from the inside. Out came visible vectors (http://static.comicvine.com/uploads/original/12/125404/3631924-5712881154-elfen.jpg), about ten of them, and began to grab at Veronica's arms, legs and neck. Usami finally lifted her head up and staggered to her feet. The burns on her body appeared bad but she seemed to ignore it and began to slow walk her way over to Veronica. A small amount of blood from the impact of that attack trickled down her face from her head. Whip was being dragged along the ground, blades shining brightly, ready to strike at her next prey. Tsubasa seemed to have stayed where she was, most likely on command. Usami planned to deal with Veronica on her own. "уσυ нανє ησ ρℓα¢є нєяє ιη тнιѕ ωσяℓ∂" Usami finally spoke, another dark, ghostly voice seemed to be echoing hers as she spoke as she raised her whip. the vectors still restraining Veronica harshly. "∂ιѕαρρєαя" "Usami...Stop! Please!" Claude was being restrained by Sonya and Alphonse as they were still slightly floating off of the ground. Tears could be seen running down his face. He couldn't stand to watch this any further and tried to pull out his guns to destroy the cage, but that would have only ended up in Usami being disqualified. "Let go of me dammit. LET GO OF ME!" "You idiot, you know we can't do that!" He hung his head, more tears streaming down his face. "But Usami....I can't watch her like this. This...this is all a nightmare." "We can't do anything until the battle is ov-" "BULLSHIT. SHE MIGHT END UP KILLING THAT GIRL!" Both of them grew silent. He has a point but all they could do was watch from where they were. Claude grew silent as well.

Usami didn't hear him, more like she couldn't hear him. Her eyes were focused the figures tat began to rush at her. The same dark smirk stayed on her face as Tsubasa started charging towards them at full speed. "нα! ∂ση'т мαкє мє ℓαυgн!" Usami responded as blade aura began to surround her whip and blades began to stick out of it. The first one that seemed to have rushed at her and made it closer was Takushi. He appeared with full rage as he was about to shoot at her with his crossbows. Although, Usami was surprisingly faster now and swung her whip down on the male, the blades dragging through his chest as he let out a piercing scream. Tsubasa went to jump for Junpei and Alphonse, claws and teeth ready to dig into their skin. Usami noticed that Claude simply stood there and raised her eyebrows. "нυн? ¢ℓαυ∂є ∂єαя, ∂ση'т уσυ ωαηт тσ נσιη уσυя ƒяιєη∂ѕ?" She asked as she clutched on a fist full of Takushi's hair, holding him up by his hair. The boy's body appearing damaged. She slashed her whip again as the others advanced closer towards her. "∂ση'т тєℓℓ мє уσυ'яє gσιηg тσ ѕιт тнєяє αη∂ ℓєт уσυя яιgнт нαη∂ мαη тαкє тнє вєαтιηg ƒσя уσυ." Usami let him go, almost tossing him to the ground before rushing at the others since that one attack wasn't enough to take them down. A while later, the nine people she considered to be close to were laying on the ground, a bloody mess. Deep gashes and cuts all over the bodies. Red eyes gleamed as she looked at Tsubasa ripping an arm off of Sonya after she attempted to shoot at it. More screams just filled the area buut none of it seemed to bother her. The brunette reached up to wipe some blood that was on the side of her mouth with her finger, which was stained as well. "тнєу ∂ση'т мαтєя тσ мє. ι'м ѕтιℓℓ ωαιтιηg ƒσя уσυя αρρєαяαη¢є" Usami has completely lost it. If they weren't illusion, this could have passed for a full on slaughter. Meanwhile "......Something doesn't feel right.." Claude muttered as he stared at the giant dome. "What do you mean?" "I hear.....screaming coming from in there, a lot of it. And...it's not just from one person either." Sonya crossed her arms and closed her eyes to focus. "Well I don't hear anything. Are you sure you're not imagining things?" Claude simply didn't reply and glanced down, his eyebrows narrowed. Maybe it was all just in his head. Meanwhile "It's been a while and neither of them has come out." Junpei said as he finally leaned back in his chair. "Just what is going on in there..."

"I'm...I'm ho-" Ryo began to say as he walked in through the door of his home before a sharp pointed dart zipped past his head and nailed itself into the door, the dark just missing his head by a few close inches. His face immediately went pale in color as he slowly looked at the dart that could have hit him in the head. "Did I get it?" A girl's voice echoed from the small hallway that lead to the living room from the front door. "Goddammit Lucy, that could have killed me!" he ranted, his voice shaking as he yanked out the dart from the door. The blonde haired girl with a long braid slung over down one of her shoulder pulled off the blindfold to see that Ryo was standing there. A surprised expression came to her face as she came over to Ryo. "Oh my gosh, are you okay?" "Well just barely. What are you even doing here anyways." Lucy crossed her hands and she walked back over to the set of darts that was sitting on the table. "It's boring at home so I came over to your place~" "But my parents aren't even home." "So? Do you know how long I've been your neighbor, Ryo? I'm pretty much family." She picked up another dart and twirled it between her fingers. This, however, only made Ryo a bit nervous. "Well whatever. Just go find a dart board somewhere to do that. I'm going to go do some research." "Whaaa!? Ryo actually studying and it's not a test night?! Am I dreaming!?" Ryo sighed as he went to go sit down in the computer chair in front of the desktop. "Of course not. I'm just doing some research of my own." "It doesn't happen to be physics, does it?I just love that stuff to death. I can teach you about some facts if you like. Maybe Schrodinger's cat-" Lucy stopped talking when links having to do with the Curse of Rose pulled up on the computer. She leaned over next to him to get a better look. "....Curse of Rose..?" "Yeah, have you ever heard about it?" "Nope. You know damn well I don't believe in that stuff." "Well....it's real alright.." Peter's face flashed in his mind. "Let's get to work." Meanwhile "....Eh?" Rose looked up to see that she was back at home, and on the floor. Her laptop was sitting in front of her with some quickly scribbled notes in pen next to it. She looked over to one of these notes. It read: Hiya! Mary here. Some girl asked me to do some research on some 'Curse of Rose' crap since some kid in our class died. HA! Can you believe that? What a clutz he was! Anyways, I'm just going to leave you to do that work. You're pretty smart when it comes to that crap, right? Or at least I hope so anyways. But for now, Ciao~ Mary's signature was scribbled at the bottom of the note and Rose resisted the urge to crumble it. She never liked her other self and she always seemed to surface without warning. Rose simply sighed as she pushed herself up to sitting position and looked at the laptop screen. There was an article pulled up on the Curse of Rose story and it was written today, earlier this morning to be exact. Her eyes widened as she read the article. "This guy really did die...." A cold chill went down her spine as she clicked off and went to go read some more about this Curse of Rose since she seemed to miss out on all of it earlier today. She felt her heart sink lower and lower as she read about each case that ever happened. She was fearing for her life.

Usami cringed her nose at the strong scent of blood in the air. As Kaede's voiced echoed in her head along with the screams of her friends, she couldn't remove her eyes from the amount of blood that was suddenly stained on her body. Her whip that sat in her hand was even stained as well. She placed a hand to her face and leaned against the blood stained wall as she tried to remain calm, although it wasn't working much. How am I suppose to get out of this?! The thought angrily back to Kaede as a response. Tears began welling up in her eyes but she tried her best to hold it back. She wasn't going to give Veronica the satisfaction of seeing her about to break down like this. Taking a deep breath, Usami moved off of the wall and tried her beast not to look at the bodies on the floor. "Claude.....gotta look...for Claude." she muttered as remembered that that was the only person alive running around here. As she turned the corner, however, he was nowhere to be seen. The screaming that was going on in her head only got louder, which started forming a headache. Usami's walking slowed as she went down the hallway, stepping over more bodies, before falling onto her knees and clutching her head in both hands. Her arms and legs were shaking. She could feel the blood in her head throbbing harshly. "Just...shut up. ALL OF YOU SHUT UP!" but of course the screaming kept on going. ι ¢αη нєℓρ уσυ, υѕαмι... At the sound of the voice that stood out from all of the screaming, Usami looked up and saw that everything was dark again. "What the..." she muttered before a pair of bright purple eyes shined in the dark. "W-who are you??" she asked as she stood up and took a step back from the eyes. There was a small chuckle. мє? ωєℓℓ..ι ∂ση'т ραятι¢υℓαяℓу нανє α ηαмє вυт ¢αℓℓ мє ωнαтєνєя уσυ ℓιкє. ι єχιѕт ιη уσυя нєα∂, αℓℓ σƒ уσυя ∂αякєѕт тнσυgнтѕ тнαт уσυ ѕтσяє∂ αωαу ιη тнє вα¢к σƒ уσυя мιη∂ ¢яєαтє∂ мє. Usami stayed silent, the pain in her arm from earlier was still present. αηуωαуѕ, ιт'ѕ яєαℓℓу ѕα∂ тσ ѕєє уσυ ℓσѕιηg ℓιкє тнιѕ. ιт кιη∂α вяєαкѕ му нєαят, ιƒ ι нα∂ σηє. αℓℓ уσυ ηєє∂ ιѕ α ρυѕн. "....A push?" The eyes appeared as if they were grinning in response as dark purple aura began to form around Usami. уєѕ! уєѕ! тнαт ѕнσυℓ∂ ƒιχ єνєяутнιηg! вєѕι∂єѕ, уσυ ωαηт тнιѕ gιяℓ ∂єα∂, яιgнт? ∂єѕтяσує∂? ∂ση'т уσυ нαтє нєя ƒσя тяуιηg тσ ρυт уσυ тняσυgн нєℓℓ? "...Yes....I do." Usami muttered as she stared at the bright eyes that were hovering in the darkness. The purple aura formed into hands and cupped Usami's face. ωнσ кησωѕ? συтѕι∂є σƒ тнιѕ ιℓℓυѕιση, уσυя ƒяιєη∂ѕ ¢συℓ∂ нανє вєєη мυя∂єяє∂ ву нєя. ℓσηg gσηє. αη∂ уσυ вє αℓℓ αℓσηє αgαιη. αη συт¢αѕт. тнє σηℓу ρєσρℓє тнαт υη∂єяѕтσσ∂ уσυ....∂єα∂. Usami's eyes widened at the last statement, tears welling up in her eyes. The purple aura that was surrounding her turned dark as it began to swallow up her body. вє ¢σηѕυмє∂ ву уσυя нαтяє∂, уσυя ∂єѕραιя тσ ѕανє уσυя нαρριηєѕѕ. Back in the illusion high school, where Usami has been crouched up on the floor motionless for the past few minutes, she opened her eyes that were once brown turned into a dark red shade. Her breathing seemed to calm down as she stood up to her feet. A dark grin ame to her face as she uncoiled her whip again. "....Tsubasa.." as the name escaped her lips, the tiger began to form next to her but in a different appearance. It appeared more wild, the purple stripes on it more sharp and jagged, and its teeth much more sharp and menacing. Usami climbed on its back before clutching her whip tighter, fire starting to flare from the tips. "αн, ι'м тєяяιвℓу ѕσяяу αвσυт тнαт νєяσηι¢α." Usami nearly shouted as she motioned Tsubasa to move forward before destroying the wall illusion of the building with a swing of her whip, her soft tone completely changed to a much darker one. "ℓ̳̹͖̘̳͎͎͓̜̠є͖̦̣̜̫̥̬̫͓̻т̡̢͇̭̮̣͕̜̙͓ ̢̣̫̞͖̠̮̥̬͖т͉̭͍̮̗͓̼̥̱̪н̹͕͇̤̤̫̖̯͓ͅє̤̬̞̩̩̗̠͈̦̪ ̢̯̼̖̰̟͎̮͉͜я̣̫̲͈̮̣̱̣̫͕є̜̯̝̝̝̹͕̞̼̫α̨̞̬̩͚̼͓͉͇̠ℓ̫͈̭̦̟̭̬̰̭ͅ ̠̖̗̦͍̫̯̺͎̻в̧̖̤̜͍̦̼̳͜ͅα̰̣̱͖̬͙͚͚̫̪т̹͍̰̯̫̹̯̲̥͇т͓͚͈̗̦̰̗͍͓͍ℓ͈̙̻̗͙̣̻̬̹͖є̢̢̥̜̻̰̲̱͓͎ ̺̗͕̩̫͈̣̗̙̣в̨̻͚̫͙̙̦͖͈̠є̠̜̖̩͍̰͎͇̘͈g̢̖̺̘̦̟͓̯̼̺ι̩͇̖͙͉̪̠̳̯̤η̨̡̜̩̭̱̳̳͎̳"

At the sound of the Cerevello women commencing the battle, she couldn't help but keep her eyes on Veronica. Although she couldn't see her face, she could feel that dark aura seeping out of her. It was all a bit too scary but she stood her ground either way. She wasn't going to forfeit or lose this match. But all of a sudden, the girl simply vanished and Usami's eyes widened, becoming more alert. Her hand instinctively went to her whip sitting at her side as she looked around for where Veronica could have went. A dark voice echoed in her head as everything began to go dark. The burnette quickly looked back behind her to see Claude and the rest of her group before they disappeared into darkness as well. The last bits of moonlight was also swallowed up. There she stood, nothing visible within her field of vision. Although she has gotten over her fears of the dark a long time ago, a cold shiver went down her spine as yellow orbs began to appear around her. "What the...." she muttered under her breath as these orbs began to come with small figures, which soon began to lunge at her. Usami unraveled her whip but the small shadows were faster, one digging their teeth into her arms. Usami held back a yelp of pain as she threw the creature off and lashed her whip at it, the creature then disintegrating. More began to lunge at her and again, she cracked her whip down at the creatures. Although after some time has passed, it seemed to be no end to them and her arms were starting to feel numb. Usami stopped moving, disregarding the next swarm of shadows coming at her, and focused her eyes at the ground as the came. From the darkness, molten lava began to crack from the earth as the ground began to shake. Within seconds, lava erupted from the ground, destroying the shadows that stepped on it. Even though it was just an illusion, it was pretty impressive. Usami focused harder and a molten rock shot out from the ground, like a comet, and towards the sky of darkness. She was hoping to hit wherever the dark barrier stopped to bring Veronica out again. Usami bit the bottom of her lip as she grabbed her arm that was bit earlier, which was starting to leak some blood. "Just come out already instead of hiding...." she said as she narrowed her eyebrows. Meanwhile "Oi, did the TV break down or something??" Junpei asked curiously as the screen went black and there was no response. He squinted his eyes and stared harder but only to come up with nothing. Meanwhile Claude only saw a flash of Usami, her eyes filled with confusion and worry, before she disappeared behind the black dome. He was going to reach out to her but Sonya quickly grabbed his wrists and gave his a dark stare since he was foolish enough to try and do that while he was inside of the laser cage. Claude shook her grip off of him and looked back at the huge dome. "Do you think that she'll be alright in there?" Alphonse asked as he stared at the huge thing. "All we can really do is hope whatever is thrown at her in there. She did a lot of intensive training with Kaede today so she should be prepared for this match." Claude slightly glanced down. Being contained in darkness was one of his fears that he never told anyone. Imagining himself in Usami's place simply frightened him. He couldn't help but be a little impressed that she could go through being in there, although he can't say that for sure since none of them could see what was actually going on from the outside. Meanwhile "Oh. So Veronica seems to be going all out on this one." Danet said as he observed the giant black dome the girl has encased Usami in. Lukas simply crossed his hands behind his head as he stared at the battle past the laser cage that they had to wait in. "Seems like it, although it's been a while since she used that on anyone. Oi, Raiden. How long do you think that little girl will last against Veronica?"

Junpei narrowed his eyebrows. "Of course it's not a sport! It's a game of some sort. You two are just clueless." The boy crossed his arms and he glanced away, appearing a bit annoyed. "Besides....that animal was cheating somehow. You wouldn't understand because you weren't there. Just turn on the TV before we miss any of the battle." Meanwhile Reborn's eyes narrowed as he continued walking ahead of the group, not bothering to say anything. Within minutes, they were leaving the amusement park portion of Mafia Land and were entering the mountainous and rocky area. Just nearby that area was a wide plain. "Uh...Reborn? Where are we going exactly?" Reborn simply sighed as he stopped walking. "Usami's battle's arena of course. And looks like we're here." Claude cocked his head to the side in utter confusion before Reborn pulled the paper out of his pocket and showed him the directions that lead them here. The boy blinked, still confused before looking back up at Reborn. "So she's going to battle out here? But it's so dark." The only lighting that was available to them was the moonlight in the sky, which happened to be a full moon out so it was shining a whole lot brighter than it would normally be. "Ah, quit whining Claude. It isn't all that bad out. It's actually a bit beautiful tonight." Usami looked around, a bit anxious but also confused. "Where's Riviello?" she slightly muttered and the rest of them looked around to see that they were not in sight. Alphonse squinted to see small figures starting to appear from the distance. "Well would you look at that. Here they come now." Meanwhile "Are they serious battling this far out tonight?" Danet complained as he stuffed the small paper back into his pocket. "Heh. Looks like they were expecting the hooded devil to be a bit too destructive tonight. I really can't blame them, especially considering what happened to Elliott." Danet sighed as he saw Claude group come into view. "Huh, looks like thy already beat us there. How am I not surprised." Seeing Takushi, Lukas couldn't help but slightly raise an eyebrow. He wasn't particularly happy to see the guy he defeated a few days ago but he wasn't outraged either. The same went for Danet, although he slightly glanced away at the sight of Hiro not being there. He didn't feel the need to thank him for what he did. The male was still disgusted by Hiro's act of kindness out of the blue like that. "Let's just get this over with..." he muttered under his breath. "Oi, Veronica. Isn't that girl your opponent tonight?" he asked as he noticed Usami.

​Mary frowned a bit in disgust before crossing her arms. "That...sounds like too much work for me. Maybe I'll get miss gloomy to do that for you when she comes back or something." she said before hearing the sudden announcement over the intercom that was in the corner of the classroom. "Eh? Time to go already? Aw, but I just got here!" she moaned as she reached down to pick up her school bag that was sitting on the floor. She looked at the desk to pick up the small sketch book, pausing to stare at the picture Rose was working on earlier, before scooping it up in her arms. "There was a murder here. What do you expect the school to do when there are people still here?" Nimue said as she hear the girl's outburst, her eyebrows narrowed. Mary blinked before bringing a finger to her chin. "Gee, I don't know. Clean up the body and move on with the school day. Guh, people have transportation issues, you know. Do they every take that into consideration? "....Are you even listening to a single thing that I'm saying?" Mary simply poked Nimue in the forehead, a bit too hard. "Well of course silly, I'm not deaf. Whether due to a curse or some other crap, people die everyday. It's nature. Now stop bothering me about this shit and move." Mary then made her way over to the door, stopping and looking back behind her shoulder to the others. "Don't worry. i'll make sure Rose gets on the case with this. As for everyone else, be sure to listen to our chief here and stay safe. I wouldn't want anymore of my precious classmates dying before I meet them~" A chuckle escaped her lips before she left the room. "Why that bit-" Nimue growled before she stormed off after her. Before she could reach the door, there was a rough tug at her scarf, which choked her for a second, making the girl stop where she was. She quickly looked back to see that it was Cesare. "Why the hell are you getting in my way?!" "What good will it do you to pick a fight with a girl you just met?" "......" Ryo simply looked up and looked at Cesare, to Nimue and then back to Cesare but neither of them seemed to acknowledge that he was watching. "My point exactly. If anything, she'll go back to her other self eventually, no need to bother her. Besides, doing anything reckless could probably get you killed with our current situation in mind." Nimue simply walked back to her seat and grabbed her things. "Whatever. But are you just going to sit around and let those two do all the research?" Cesare slung his bag over his shoulder and slid his small book into it. "Maybe. Maybe not." "Ohh! And what's that suppose to mean?" Ryo said, suddenly butting in. ".....I might depending on if the other manages to find anything by tomorrow, although I doubt it." "What? You don't have faith in them?" Cesare began to walk to the door, not bothering to look back at the two of them. "You shouldn't have high expectations for people at first glance. I'm leaving." Cesare then proceeded out the door. Nimue looked down at Ryo and roughly shook his hand as she spoke quickly. "I'm Nimue by the way. Nice meeting you. Don't die on me, okay?" And with that, she dashed out of the classroom, shouting Ceasre's name as she left to catch up to him. "...Nice meeting you too..." he said, sounding a bit dazed, not even getting a chance to say his name. He sighed as he picked up his things and walked over to Jules. "I know I didn't exactly volunteer to be one of your helpers but..." his voice trailed off before he took a silent gulp. "But, I'll try my best to help you guys get rid of this curse! Peter....nobody else will have to die because of this..!" And with that he quickly walked out before she could respond. He really didn't need to hear it. He already had a good idea as to what she would say. 'Thank you for helping us out. Its much appreciated' or something along the lines of that. As he paced down the hallway, taking the other exit since the one Peter went down was apparently blocked with police tape already, he couldn't help but catch a slight glimpse of a body covered with a black blanket at the bottom of the stairs. Ryo quickly looked away before continuing down the hallway that lead to another set of stairs. I'll make sure that nobody else would have to die from this stupid curse. I'll find this extra student one way or another!

Elliott looked down at the slip of paper she handed to him before looking over to watch the girl leave after she gave him a small embrace. With his usual cheerful grin, Elliott waved goodbye and watched the door close before looking at the window. It was already getting late so soon. It was surprising how much time passes by when you're stuck in bed all day. Elliott let out a sigh before looking at the amount of food left on the table next to the hospital bed. A devilish grin came to his face. Within minutes, he went right away to consuming the food that was there. I have nothing to worry about. Those two will do fine tonight. Meanwhile Claude was completely taken off guard as the pinkette nearly crushed him in her arms, feelings his arms being squeezed tightly. The fact that she still had this much strength left while hospitalized was amazing. "A-A-Azumi-?!" His face began to go red as he felt her lips brush against his cheeks. He soon parted from the girl as Takushi got her off of him. He staggered back a little, feeling more numb than he was when he walked in after his hours of training. Usami couldn't help but giggle at all of this, Reborn even smiling a bit, happy to see that she was okay. While all of this was going on, Alphonse looked over to Junpei, questioning why he was dragged in her by Takushi. Junpei scratched the back of his head, a dry laugh coming out of him as he explained what happened not too long ago. "But forget about me. Look." Junpei said as a finger was pointed too the clock sitting on the wall. It was getting late. "Woah, it's already nighttime?!" Sonya said almost completely shocked and Junpei simply looked over at her with a raised eyebrow. "Well yeah. Today's been a bit quiet in my room all alone." His eyes glanced to the ceiling, a finger brought up to his chin in thought. "Well I was playing poker against some of the nurses here and a cat." "You wh-" "WELL ANYWAYS, yeah what were you guys even up to all day?" he said, quickly changing the topic. Sonya slung an arm over Alphonse's shoulder. "Training for tonight of course." "Yeah. Reborn and I were training as well!" "I was training as well, with Kaede." "Welp, eveyone was apparently busy today while you sat your lazy ass in bed. I'm not surprised." "H-Hey! Did you completely forgot what happened to me a few days ago?!" "If you're able to walk and run your mouth like that, I'd say you're just fine." Junpei was going to agrue some more with the two of them before Reborn cut off the conversation. "Don't really mean to interrupt, but we have to get going. While we were on our way over here, one of the Cerevello women handed me the directions to the place." He looked over to Alphonse and Usami. "Are you two ready?" "Yeah." "Mhmm." "Alright then. Let's get going." "Oh! And the battle is on the same channel as the previous ones have." she handed Azumi the piece of paper for the channel number. "Be sure to get some more rest, Azumi~" Sonya said before she walked out the door, in a surprisingly good mood despite the bad gash Alphonse gave her on her leg. Usami watched as everyone began to file out of the room, one by one. I don't even remember how my training went and Kaede didn't say anything to me. What is something bad happens tonight... There was a slight tap to her head and she looked up to see that it was Alphonse. "No spacing out now. Let's go." "R-right..!" she muttered as she followed behind the other male out the door. Junpei didn't leave with them however and went to go sit down in a chair next to Azumi's bed. "Ugh, I don't think the nurses will let me leave the building so I'll just hang out here to watch the battles. My room's too lonely." Junpei glanced away in disgust. "Besides, that damn feline cheated me out of my money..."