I'm sure that a lot of you have been wondering, what exactly do they study at the Chrysalis academy? Well, here you go, with Team Natsu on their first day undercover as students of the Red, White, Blue, and Black squads!
Class R5, Mrs. Haley, Squad Black, problematic anatomy.
Erza took a seat at the very top desk, thankfully, someone had forgotten their school books in a bag down the hall, and Erza had stealthily claimed the black bag for her own.
She was in a room that had the desks slanted upward, almost like a stadium, but instead of bleachers their were long desks.
Erza sat at the top with several other kids, but none were very close to her.
She had learned that the name of the teacher in this class was Mrs. Haley, and greeted her with the name when she entered along with her new classmates.
So far, so good. She thought, no one thought anything of her yet, she was just another student in this insane academy, and she had hopes of keeping it that way.
Mrs. Haley had curly black hair bouncing around her head in frizzy curls, tanned skin, and several scars across her cheeks and above her eyes, she wore a green and black long sleeved top and a green skirt on top of black leggings, along with a pair of plain black flats.
"Today, we will be going into greater detail of the last lesson, which one of you can tell me how many strikes it takes to render unconscious three wizards, without use of the full body paralyzing blow or the magic tapping attack?"
Erza stared, what kind of class was this?
She watched in astonishment as all of the kids opened up their notebooks and began to work out the problem that their teacher had presented.
Erza knew she had to blend in, even if she had no idea how to calculate the problem presented, she reached into the bag at her side, found the notebook and pen, and began to draw out the problem.
Three wizards, I have no idea what a magic tapping attack or a full body paralyzing blow is...maybe you have to go for the neck...
These thoughts buzzed about in her head as she drew out the figure and began to mark off places that couldn't be an option.
By the time she was less than halfway done someone had raised their hand.
Erza glanced up as Mrs. Haley called on her.
"The answer is 19, and depending on the defenses of the wizards, could be added up to 27." The student stated.
Mrs. Haley nodded, "Correct. Now."
She turned to the chalkboard behind her, where a complex map of the human body was printed out, she raised a small pointer and tapped at the display.
"When battling a magical being, how many points of tapping to you have?"
The girl sitting next to the girl who had answered the first question raised her hand.
"Two possible points of tapping are available, but the points location vary depending on the magic the wizard performs."
The teacher nodded, "I am fighting a fire wizard, he is rather powerful but lacks defenses, where should I strike to his tap his magic?" She asked.
"If your enemy is a fire wizard, your entry points are located under the left shoulder blade and beneath the bicep of the right arm." The girl continued.
"Very good, Anne, you two have been studying." Mrs. Haley said.
"Thank you, ma'am." They both said.
"Now, onto our newest topic..."
Erza leaned forward a bit in her seat, she was stuck in this class for the next two hours, after all, might as well learn something, right?
Combat course Y6 level five, Squad Blue, Master Kayla, stealth.
"Alright, now you are all aware that in a mountain surrounding, the best option for your hiding spot would be boulders or enclaves, right?" Master Kayla asked, standing in front of a line of fifth year students, all were standing straight backed with their arms at their sides, Lucy was on the end, attempting to copy their posture. Soon enough her back was stiff and her shoulders wished to be moved.
A boy at the end of the line raised his hand.
"Shawn?" Kayla addressed the boy.
"Master, isn't it a safer option to find a peak on which you can observe your surroundings?" He asked.
Kayla shook her head, "No. If you had been paying attention in our last lesson, dear, you would know that in a barren terrain, your best bet is to take shelter behind a large enough hill or rock to cover you, but not obscure view of your opponents. If you are on top of something, there would be nothing to dive behind or shield you if your enemy had, say, hired a sniper."
Shawn winced, "Yes, Master." He said.
"Good. Now we will begin the exercise." Master Kayla said, then she gestured to the open assault course that was set up in the cliff drop setting.
"Shawn, Celina, Riley, Dawn, and Katharine. You will be the hunters, you will attempt to locate the other half of your class, the rest of you will be hiding. Find a secure place, and you are allowed to move from spot to spot to remain unseen. If a hunter finds you you must engage in battle until one of you falls. Basically, it's a more dangerous game of hide and seek!"
Master Kayla seemed to be quite the cheery woman after you got past her frightening appearance.
"Hey, Master?" One of the more daring girls asked, she had light brown hair pulled into a ponytail and a sort of reckless look about her.
"Yes, Dawn?" She asked, she appeared to be used to this girls antics.
"Why don't we have a prize for the winner?" She asked.
Master Kayla scowled, "Dawn, for the final time, we have NO REWARDS!"
Master Kayla raised her voice at the end of this, cause all of her students to stand up straighter, if this was even possible considering how straight they were having to line up as it was.
"Dawn...if you give me they sort of sass in my class one more time, your next sparring practice will be with me instead one your partner." Master Kayla's voice now lowered threateningly, Lucy was horrified.
How can Romeo and Wendy possibly want to stay in this place, this teacher is terrifying! She thought worriedly.
"Now...BEGIN!" Master Kayla shouted, slicing her arm to one side as if it were the starting flag, then she leapt an amazingly high distance off of the ground and landed on a nearby peak to observe the drill.
"I thought you weren't supposed to go on peaks." Shawn grumbled sarcastically.
The next thing the class knew, Master Kayla was down off of the peak and right in front of the poor doomed student.
"What was that, Shawn? I couldn't really hear." She said with a voice that made it perfectly clear that she had heard and was just daring him to repeat himself.
"I-It w-w-was nothing M-Master K-K-Kayla." Shawn choked out hastily.
Master Kayla's eyes narrowed and her blue irises drilled into her student.
"You may have heard what I said to your classmate Dawn, I will not tolerate any sass in my squad. If we are to have any shot at the tournament this year, we must be stronger, faster, and have more discipline." Master Kayla said this while slicing her hand down onto her open palm.
Shawn looked like he was about to faint.
"Now then, where were we..." Master Kayla leapt back up to the peak and Shawn let out a sigh of relief, apparently Master Kayla had decided to let him off with a warning.
"Ah yes..." The Master's cheery aura seemed to have returned.
Whoa, she's totally two faced! One second she looks ready to rip someones head off and now she's all sprinkles, butterflies, and rainbows! Lucy exclaimed in her mind.
"BEGIN!" The Master shouted, this time now one so much as dared to make a peep, and so the drill began instantly.
The group that had been designated to hunt turned their backs, and the others ran quickly into the rocky terrain.
Lucy followed, but then she slipped quietly away from them and found a small cave, she wriggled into it and sat to wait. Several minutes passed and Lucy thought that just maybe she might have won the drill.
When she heard someone coming, calling.
"Come out! Come out! Where ever you are!"
Lucy gasped, it was that daring girl, Dawn! She was closing in on Lucy.
Then Lucy majorly panicked.
"Open, gate of the virgin! Virgo!" She whisper screamed.
Virgo appeared at her side.
"Punishment, princess?" She asked at once.
"NO!" Lucy shouted, then she caught her breath, listening for Dawn's footsteps, they were coming this way, and growing closer.
"Virgo! Dig me a burrow to hide in, please, hurry!" Lucy cried.
"At once, Princess." Virgo said, then she tunneled down into the ground beneath them a few feet deep, then she turned off and hollowed out an area large enough for Lucy to sit in comfortably.
"Finished, Princess, now is it time for punishment?" She asked again.
"No, no, no, Virgo, no punishment! Thank you! You can go back now!"
Lucy ordered, Virgo disappeared into golden light at once.
Dawn was now skirting the enclave, careful of a surprise attack, wondering if someone lay within.
Lucy scrambled down into her makeshift hideout, curling up until she heard Dawn peering into the enclave.
"Hmmm..." She murmured, Lucy held her breath, praying she wouldn't see the hole Lucy had crawled down in the half light of the cave.
"Guess I was wrong." She grumbled to herself, then she left the cave to search elsewhere.
Lucy let out a sigh of relief, deciding to hide down in her hollow until the class was over, then merge back into the group later.
What kind of school gives out exercises like this? She thought as she snuggled down to wait.
What school? Why, only the school that has Stealth Operative as a major.
Class J9, Master Kalem, Squad Red, Tactical strategy.
Natsu felt his brain cry out for help as he stared at the exam paper in front of him.
Of all the days for Natsu and his team to infiltrate the academy, it had to be the day the red squad had exams in what was quite possibly the most confusing subject in the entire curriculum.
Tactical strategy dealt with when, how, and where to enter an enemies place, be it a skyscraper or a military camp or a submarine, all of which this class had covered at one time or another. Natsu normally just punched a hole in the front door, he was not made for a subject like this.
Natsu took up the pencil with the look of a condemned man.
Ok, Natsu, you can do this, just have to get fired up!
Natsu mentally attempted to pump himself up.
Ok, first question.
He studied the paper.
You are leading a covert operation into an unknown enemy headquarters disguised as a villa on a empty beach, you have three possible entry points, which is most likely to be unguarded?
A. Back gate used for delivery.
B. Window on top level leading into an uninhabited bedroom.
C. Underwater entry unused for several decades.
What the heck kind of exam is this? Enter what? Unguarded by who?
I HAVE NO CLUE WHAT THE HECK THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT!
Natsu screamed inside of his head. To most people this would have been a weird yet simple question, but Natsu's never been all to bright...
Class A3, Master Monterez, Squad White, Underground History.
"...and so, Samuel Johnson effected an attack on the Fiore royal palace through smaller partner units, this has before been called the buddy system, many other names are also given to this, such as partner combat, couple units..." Master Monterez rattled on and on about Samuel Johnson and whoever the heck was his partner and the different names for partner combat.
Gray sat in one of the top desks, and he groaned softly, allowing his head to slide down and come to a rest on his arms, which lay on his desk, folded over a half filled piece of note taking paper.
He had attempted taking notes, like the rest of his white garbed classmates, but he had eventually lost interest. Many other students seemed to be dropping out as well.
Gray felt himself dozing off to sleep when he heard.
"ATTENTION!"
Gray let out a cry as sat bolt right up, several other students had also been shocked.
"I expect each and every one of you to write a full six page report by the end of this week! If you do not get a appeasable grade, I will not be happy."
Master Monterez growled.
"Yes, Master!" All of his students cried hastily, Gray was quick to follow their example. This man was terrifying, he was tall and muscular with a scar through his right eye.
Gray stared forward, snatching up his pencil and jotting down all he could remember about good old Mr. Johnson while thinking.
What the heck kind of school is this?
What kind of school indeed.
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