After having another reoccurring nightmare, Silverton left her room to go bother Kanda. Before she got the chance, she met Miranda Lotto. Shortly after their meeting, Section Leader Reever showed up and told Silverton to go to the training area, offering to escort her there himself.
"Here we are." Reever said as he walked into the training area with Silverton and Miranda close behind.
Inside the room were four men, two of them familiar to Silverton. "Welcome, I've been waiting for you. How are you Silverton?" General Tiedoll spoke as he noticed his newest disciple enter.
*"Great…THIS idiot again…"* the young girl thought as she crossed her arms and scowled at him.
"I'd like you to meet your new comrades." He stated as he signaled to the other three men standing in the room.
One of them darted over to her and grabbed her hand, much to Silverton's surprise. "Hey there, the name's Daisya Berry." He said as he kissed the back of her hand. "And who might you be?"
Silverton growled and used her free hand to slap him across the face, leaving a satisfying red handprint on his cheek. She then wiped the back of her hand off on her pants.
The two remaining men both face palmed. "Daisya, leave her alone." One of them demanded. The man was tall and black, and his eyes seemed to be closed. He bowed to her respectfully. "I am Noise Maurie. I've heard a lot about you. It is an honor to finally meet you." He greeted her.
General Tiedoll waited for the remaining man to introduce himself to her. "Come on, Kanda, your turn."
The samurai rolled his eyes. "We've already met."
"Oh?" Tiedoll began, "and when was this?"
"Never thought you had it in ya! I didn't expect you to put the moves on her before me, good goin' Kanda!" Daisya teased.
Kanda shot him a murderous glare. "Wanna live?"
"Now, now, you two! Not in front of these two lovely ladies." Tiedoll turned his attention to Silverton. "I didn't just call you down here so you could meet these three. I also wanted to begin training you today. I was informed that your innocence seems to be quite unstable."
*"UNSTABLE?! Who the fuck is this guy, anyway?"* She thought. *"I'm gonna make this bastard eat those words."*
A few minutes later, the training area had more than just Tiedoll's unit in it. Sitting on the sidelines were Miranda, Allen, Lavi, Bookman, Lenalee, Reever, Johnny, and Komui; all there to witness the first training session with the new recruit, Silverton.
"Here's how this will go," Tiedoll explained, "You're going to spar with each of your teammates individually, and I will grade your performance. The use of innocence is allowed. First up is Maurie."
Kanda and Daisya sat on the sidelines with the others. Maurie and Silverton stood across from one another in the center of the room.
"You may begin whenever you see fit." Tiedoll instructed.
Maurie wasted no time and quickly activated his innocence. "Noel Organon, activate."
Silverton watched as thin wires whipped out from the rings on each of his fingers. The wires began surrounding her loosely in the air. It didn't take long for her to figure out what his next move was. Just in time, she flipped backwards, barely before the wires could wrap around her and constrict her. She slid back upon landing and lunged towards him at top speed. As she ran, she was forced to dodge left and right as Maurie's wires were snapping like whips at her every time she left an opening. When she'd gotten close enough to the tall man, she did a quick flip that sent the heel of her foot crashing into Maurie's jaw. Maurie took the hit and quickly took advantage of the situation, wrapping the wires around her ankle and lifting her into the air. Now she was hanging upside down like a piñata. This severely pissed her off.
Before Silverton could really lash out at him, Tiedoll interrupted. "That's enough. This match was won by Maurie."
"WHAT THE HELL? SERIOUSLY?!" Silverton yelled, still dangling upside down. She hadn't even gotten started, and yet the General already called her loss. This severely pissed her off even more. However, she planned to take her fury out on her next opponent.
Maurie gently set her down on her feet. "My apologies, I didn't mean to humiliate you."
For once, he felt lucky to be blind, since the girl had just raised her middle finger to him.
Daisya leapt up from his seat and went to the middle of the room as Maurie took his place. "Watch out, I'm not goin' easy on ya just because you're a chick." He said, winking an eye at her.
She hungrily accepted his challenge, ready to redeem her pride that was slowly slipping away.
Tiedoll signaled, "You may begin whenever you-"
"CHARITY BELL, ACTIVATE!" Daisya hollered as the bell began to enlarge as he kicked it into the air like a soccer ball. "Take THIS!" He sent the bell hurtling in the brunette's direction.
Her first instinct would have been to dodge out of the way, but the last thing she wanted to do was look like a coward, especially after how ridiculous she looked when Tiedoll ended her spar with Maurie. So, instead of a speedy side-step, she kicked the bell back towards Daisya. Daisya returned the favor by doing the same. The bell whistled through the air back and forth. Everyone on the sidelines had trouble keeping an eye on it as it moved so quickly from one person to the next. Then, Silverton unexpectedly dodged, breaking the pattern. The bell began flying back towards her. *"Perfect"* she thought. Before the bell could hit her, she leapt up and placed both feet on it. The bell sent her flying straight for Daisya, who hadn't had time to react. Before he knew it, her fist plunged itself into his gut and his back slammed against the stone wall behind him. The bell stopped and rolled on the ground. She had him pinned and knocked senseless.
Just before she could punch him again, Tiedoll called out, "Enough, this match was won by Silverton."
She growled, wishing he hadn't ended it so early. *"Oh well, at least I won."*
She backed up off Daisya, who then slowly walked off, clutching his stomach. He passed Kanda on his way back to his seat and stopped him. "Hey, Kanda, this chick ain't messin' around, she's a feisty one alright…"
Kanda ignored him and walked to the center of the room and stood across from his irritated friend.
Again, Tiedoll called, "You may begin whenever you see fit."
Kanda smirked at her. "You need a chance to catch your breath?"
She smirked back and replied, "I'm ready whenever you are."
He gripped his sword's handle and pulled it from its sheath. He thought to himself, *"She hasn't used her innocence at all yet. Hmph. That's about to change."*
The two of them slowly walked in a circle, cautiously staring each other down, watching each other's every move. By now Kanda had figured out she wasn't used to making the first attack. She preferred to wait for her opponent to strike and then weave her way through their attacks in order to make her move. However, Kanda also fought the same way. He wasn't about to let her use his strategy against him.
Kanda's blank expression was making her nervous. She could tell he wasn't going to attack first and the idea of being the first to swing frightened her. She felt her legs shake and hoped he hadn't noticed. Yet, sure enough, he had. She knew this because the moment he saw, the corner of his lips curled into a taunting smirk. Now she was really pissed off. Not only was she pissed off at Kanda's subtle taunting, but at herself for being even the slightest bit intimidated. Then, as if on cue, the two of them both attacked one another simultaneously.
Kanda swung Mugen, aiming for her head, and Silverton slid her foot at his legs, hoping to knock him off his feet. His reaction time was flawless as he spun out of the way, much to her surprise. She quickly somersaulted away as Kanda swung at her again. She got back to her feet and faced him. He let himself loose as the sword sliced through the air over and over. Silverton nimbly avoided each attack. Although he had a sword drawn to her, she tried her best not to activate her innocence. She remembered how painful and shocking it was when he had first cut her hand a week ago when they met, and she never wanted to forget how her blood looked as it slid down the blade. She never wanted it to happen again.
Kanda listened to her breathing as she dodged. She wasn't breathing easily. He noticed beads of sweat flying as she spun out of the way. *"She almost seems scared...No, more like nervous. She was completely different when fighting Maurie and Daisya. Why is she acting differently all of a sudden?"* He swung at her again, this time with his fist instead of Mugen. She quickly grabbed his fist, thinking she finally had a chance to hit him, before realizing she been backed into the corner with him towering over her, holding his blade behind him. As she held back his fist, he noticed her arm was shaking and looked her dead in the eyes. He whispered to her through his gritted teeth, "What's the matter with you, Alyssa? Fight back, damn it! I know you have innocence in you, so don't wimp out on me just because of this stupid sword!"
Even though his tone was firm, she knew it was partially meant to comfort her. It was his way of telling her to calm down. She smiled at him and kicked him away from her. She knew she could win this fight, but to do that, she'd have to give in to Kanda's demands.
Kanda gave her a moment to step away from the corner before lunging at her again, this time with his sword. She didn't dodge out of the way; in fact she stood there and prepared for the blade to contact her skin. She smirked and grabbed onto the sword with her bare hand. No blood was drawn, in fact when her hand gripped onto the shining blade, a loud clanking sound rang throughout the room. It was the ring of metal contacting metal. Kanda and Silverton smirked at one another as everyone in the room was suddenly on the edge of their seats as they noticed her hair was no longer boring and brown, but shimmering silver. Finally, she'd given in and activated her innocence.