The next few days proved to be a tedious occupation at Academy. Not that the school work was tough or the people hard to get along with, but it was the fact that—for Yuki, Len and Ren—their mother was nearly right around the corner, watching their every move. It was more uncanny and eerie than anything. As if having her breathe down their necks at home wasn't enough.

But that was to be expected, she was their mother after all and her plans were far more important than they were.

In a way, Yuki almost wanted a normal life. She didn't complain about her mother, but she didn't like her either. That wasn't to say that she didn't love her, she did in fact, a lot, but she didn't agree with everything she was doing. She didn't like being a part of everything her mother had in her mind, of all the plans she had in store and all the new ones she would come up with. She just wanted a chance to be like everyone else, to live normally.

But being Medusa's daughter, she wasn't going to get that chance.

No one else knew the witch like her children did; she was evil, vile, menacing. She didn't care for anyone but herself when it came right down to it. Her plans were her life, although they took lives in the process. The world was her laboratory and the people in it were her test subjects. The result simply depended on how long her subjects—her experiments—could wriggle and writhe before they died.

And all she cared for was how much enjoyment she got out of it.

If Medusa's children weren't such an asset to her, she'd probably kill them too. She was a terrible mother, why she had kids—and so many—was anyone's guess. But if you looked between the fine print, if you saw the words between the lines; you'd see that even her own children were a part of her experimenting. She didn't really care for them, what was there to care for? They were just children… four helpless little children in her own little playground.

Everyone sat in the classroom listening to the teacher—Cid—talk about the lesson. It was your average day, you average boring day. Though despite the fact that no one was interested in what was being taught whatsoever except for a few kids, Yuki found all this to be a breath of fresh air. She was actually enjoying being at the DWMA—Death Weapon Meister Academy. It was like, even though they were doing this for Medusa, she was enjoying having a normal life. Though it was a life inside a glass box, she could look out and envy those around her, but she could never truly have a normal because she didn't know how to escape the trap she was in.

It was a cold and cruel reality.

When class finally ended, Yuki was the last to leave. She had been leaning over her desk from her chair, one arm folded and the other propped up with her had resting on the palm of her hand as she just stared off into space. Even her siblings had left, they were off to hang out with the new friends they had made. Yuki, however, just wanted to be alone.

Too bad the guy who just walked into the room didn't know that. He leaned against the door frame as his red eyes stared in Yuki's direction, his white hair held in check by a headband that read 'Soul'. It was about a minute before she realized he was there, folding both her arms on the desk now and turning her head to look at him.

"Why are you in here all alone?" He asked. Yuki knew who he was, she had met him and talked to him over the days she had been at the Academy. Though talking to him alone, that was something that hadn't happened until now. She hadn't really had the chance to get to know him with all his friends and her siblings around, but now she had that chance even if it was just a small one.

"Just thinking…" She replied at length as he shrugged himself off the door frame and then walked over to her.

"Thinking about what?" He asked as he sat in the seat next to her.

"I just… I don't feel like I really fit in here." She started. "You all have friends and people you can trust but I feel so… out of the loop."

"What are you talking about?" Soul said in confusion "Since you and your siblings have gotten here and we've all gotten to know you a little better, you've joined the group. We all think you guys are cool so I don't know where you're getting all that from."

Yuki turned her head to face Soul and just smiled "Thanks Soul." Then he stood up,

"Now, no more of this mushy, depressing nonsense," He then held out a hand for her to take "Come play basketball with us." Her smile just widened as she took his hand and he pulled her up, but they didn't let go.

"Ready to lose?" She asked with a smirk.

He gave a smirk of his own "Only if you're the one losing." And with that, they both exited the room and joined up with everyone else outside in the basketball court.