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Chapter 2: The Lion Boys

The red haired Leon stared at the newcomer. Then it dawned on him that the girl standing before them was the same girl that was standing beside him at the reopening of the school. He now noticed that she was dressed in

"You think her hair can get any weirder looking?" The boy next to Leon whispered.

"Be nice, Akesh." Leon growled to the kid beside him. Leon thought she was very unique and slightly more attractive than other people. "Your dread head stands out more than her hair anyway." He laughed nervously as Akesh gave him a look of irritation.

Akesh and Leon knew each other before coming to the academy. In fact, they grew up together. Leon's parents adopted Akesh after finding him beaten and almost dead in an alley when he was three years old. He didn't remember anything before the incident but was grateful for his new family. Akesh and Leon were instant friends when Akesh was well enough to play and they were inseparable ever since. When they found out that Akesh could wield Leon's weapon form, they immediately sent the two of them to DWMA.

Akesh was a lean muscled boy with slightly darker skin than his olive skinned friend Leon's. He also had a head full of pitch black, butt length, hair that was all dreads and had a gold chain woven throughout them. Everything that he wore was black. He had a sleeveless turtleneck with cargo pants that were tucked into knee length, lace up boots. He also had a tattoo that was sticking out of the sleeves of his turtleneck for others to know it was tribal.

"Looks like she finally found a seat." Leon said under his breath as he watched her take a seat across the room from them. He looked over at her and her silver-blue eyes met his large amber eyes. He immediately averted his gaze to the bird being dissected in front of the class.

After class was dismissed, Leon and Akesh were the first to leave. They stood outside of the door and waited for a few new friends that they met at the re-opening of DWMA.

"Hey guys," he said and waved to a weapon meister pair. "Want to go out and spar?" He asked and they agreed eagerly. "Okay then. You two are going down!"

"Yeah, me and my buddy here are not new to the scene like you two… So I guess we can take it easy on you." Akesh bragged and laughed as they all ran outside.

Dr. Stein followed them in his chair. He muttered something about a teacher being there for every battle as he passed a downward staring Niyara.

Niyara had heard the whole thing. She was disappointed; not only did he have a partner already, but she still had to continue her search for a potential partner.