Hey guys! Welcome to chapter 6! I've managed to get this one done a little earlier than I expected, which is great because I won't be around on the weekend to do any writing. As a consequence the next one may be a little later, but I'll still try and maintain the weekly schedule I seem to have fallen into.

Thanks again to PrincessShotgun and Varjotin for your lovely reviews!

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It was early afternoon by the time Hana finally awoke. She pushed the blanket away from her and stretched her arms above her head, hearing the familiar crack and pop in her back. She laid where she was for a few moments, enjoying the comfortable warmth of the room around her, before she heard her stomach growl loudly. She was starving. She'd have to venture out to find a cafeteria of some kind soon.

After a quick shower she returned to the bedroom, surveying the uniform that she had disregarded on the floor the previous night when she went to bed. Moving it back onto the bed she picked up the purple bodysuit in-between the nails on her first finger and thumb, and held it up to her eye level, keeping it at arms length as she grimaced at it.

Dropping it back onto the bed she turned her attention to the armour and gloves. This was probably worst bit. Who even came up with this colour scheme? Signing she strode into her wardrobe retrieving a fresh set of underwear, trying not to think too hard on the fact it had been put there for her by someone who clearly knew her size, and got dressed into everything she had been provided. Turning to look at herself in the mirror she almost had to stifle a laugh.

She looked even more ridiculous than she had thought she would, which quite frankly was really saying something. Pursing her lips she mulled over her options. Cooler had said she had to wear it all the time, but he had never specified that she had to wear all of it. Right? Unclasping the chest armour she let it fall back to the floor, kicking off the white calf level boots as she peeled the matching gloves off her hands.

Pulling a face Hana plucked at the fabric that clung tightly to her hip. There wasn't much she could do about the bodysuit, but she could at least improve the rest of the uniform. Digging through the pile of her ruined clothes she grabbed her sturdy black boots and put them on. Returning to the mirror she gave herself a final glance over. It wasn't great, but she looked far more like herself than she had before.

Hana moved over towards the desk and glanced over the map Cooler had directed her to the day prior and quickly found a canteen, down two levels and straight ahead to the last door on the right. It looked to be opposite a training area of some kind, and she was keen to see what an actual training area looked like. It simply wasn't something she had ever seen in person back on her home planet. She and Zee typically had to go out to the wastelands if they were to do anything that required space. Not that it was a regular occurrence, time simply wasn't a luxury they had.

When she left her room she found the corridors on her level to be completely void of life. Yet as soon as she had moved down two levels the hallways were full of beings of all kinds of species. She seemed to get quite mixed reactions as she moved down towards the cafeteria. Some beings seemed oblivious her presence entirely, while others gave her strange looks as they surveyed her clothing. A few seemed to have some idea on who she was and whispered amongst themselves. Hana ignored all of them, too hungry to care much. She allowed her Ki to cast out a little, detecting the various power levels of the beings around her. There was quite a range between them all, although none were anywhere close to what Cooler had been. Not that that was a surprise.

A small female suddenly darted past her, turning their head to glance at something over their shoulder that was somewhere behind Hana, their cat like features painting a picture of concern. Hana didn't get the chance to frown when someone large shoved past her roughly, pushing her to the side.

With one hand on the wall to her left to steady herself Hana glared up at two additional retreating figures that had just passed her. One appeared to be a Brench-seijin, with long white hair and light red skin. The other she wasn't all that sure, he was a tall, heavy set being with dark grey brown skin that almost looked like it was made of rocks and debris. They both appeared to be pursuing the feline like creature.

Pausing for a moment Hana chewed the inside of her mouth as she watched the two males get further and further away, as the petite cat like female darted into a door to the left, only to be followed moments later by the two males. Hana inhaled and then exhaled in a sigh, storming forward to catch up before bursting through the door the others had just passed through.

Hana slammed the door open, casting her eyes around when appeared to be a locker room. This must lead to the training facility she had spotted earlier on the map. Casting her eyes back over her shoulder she saw the bustling canteen behind her. Her stomach growled in protest as the smell of food wafted past her nostrils, but when she heard a crash somewhere in front of her she knew the food would just have to wait.

She knew where the three of them were of course, just round the corner to the right. As she passed the first line of lockers her eyes settled on the three figures, her face critical. The cat like creature looked as though she was frozen in fear, her back pushed up against one of the lockers, she was held there tightly by her throat by the red skinned male. The creature with the stone like skin, stood behind the other male, arms folded and a cruel smirk on his face.

Hana stood prone for a moment before she cleared her throat loudly making all three of them jump. The cat woman's wide eyes looked at her in surprise, while the the other two had a mix of shock and anger. It was the larger of the two who moved towards her, taking an intimidating step in her direction as he glared down at her.

Ignoring him, Hana kept her eyes on the female. She'd seen that hopeless look of fear before. She had the same exact expression as Jungo. Her Ki even felt almost the same. That same feeling of crippling fear. Judging from the power levels she could feel, the feline was utterly defenceless against her two assailants.

"Hey!" The large creature yelled as he shoved her hard in the shoulder, forcing Hana to take a step back to keep her balance. Apparently he had been talking to her, although she still didn't take her eyes off the feline creature.

"Are you listening to me you little runt?!" He half yelled, taking another step towards her and giving her another shove, moving Hana back up a further few paces.

Finally breaking her gaze on the feline Hana turned her ruby red eyes to look at the being in front of her.

"No" she answered bluntly, "I can't say that I was." She turned her eyes back towards the cat woman "are you alright?" She asked angering the being in front of her even further.

The cat creature didn't get to answer verbally, but a shift in her Ki told Hana all it needed to. She turned back to the stone creature in front of her, her eyes flashing dangerously.

"This is the only warning I'm going to give you both. Leave her alone, now" her gaze switched to the red skinned being as well, who looked utterly perplexed as he looked her up and down. The creature in front of her simply looked furious. Clearly these two made a habit of assaulting other ship members, and clearly no one ever did a thing about it.

"Are you threatening us!? You little brat!" He the stone like figure yelled, clenching his large fist and taking a swing at her face. A lazy half step back was all it took to avoid him as Hana moved her gaze away from the feline and smirked up at him.

He was strong, she'd give him that. Stronger probably than many of the beings that resided on the ship, but his Ki was still lower than hers, and his movement so far was nothing short of predictable.

Angered he took another swing which Hana dodged easily with a small step the the left, her hair blowing as his fist shot past the side of her head. She stepped forward and passed him, making her way towards the feline creature. Whilst she wasn't looking at the stone creature physically, she remained intently focused on his Ki. She had always had keen senses when it came to Ki, such a skill came naturally to most of her race, but it was safe to say she had taken to it very easily. At the moment though it felt like she could hone in on far more that location and emotion with this opponent. She could practically feel when he was about to move, before he'd even done it.

He swung at her again, but this time she turned, darting forwards and to the side she was quickly under his outstretched arm and her landed a punch of her own directly to his nose. She hadn't hit him all that hard, but none the less, he stumbled back as blood trickled through his fingers as he clutched his face.

In a few short steps she was stood in front of the feline and the red man, glaring directly at him she grabbed his arm and swung around, throwing him towards the stone creature. The cat like woman stared up at her in obvious shock before suddenly turning her head to glance over Hana's shoulder.

A large hand grabbed her by her shoulder and spun her round slamming her back into the lockers with a heavy thud. Feeling a strong hand make its way around her throat she glared up at the stone creature, as the red skinned man grabbed the feline, who had just tried to make a run for it.

"You little bitch!" the stone man yelled in her face as he applied more pressure to her throat. Hana lifted her hands, grasping firmly around his large forearms, and relieved the majority of the pressure from her airways. He seemed totally oblivious that the majority of his strength was pushing onto her arms rather than her throat as he pushed harder.

"She'll get it far worse now you've interfered" the stone creature spat, gesturing towards the feline behind him. She had been knocked to the ground by the red skinned man and had backed herself up against the lockers opposite, clearly terrified.

Hana grit her teeth as she watched the red man kick out at the feline, making her cower further, curling into a ball and seemingly trying to make herself seem as small as possible.

"Stop it," Hana seethed as she glared at the red skinned man, who kicked out again. Hana felt her back pulled away from the locker, only to be slammed into it again, hitting the back of her head on the cool metal. The stone man jeered at her as she watched the red skin male grab the feline woman by the top of her arm, drawing a cry from her as he dragged her back up.

Hana froze, her chest clenching with rage as she felt the stone creatures breath on her face as he moved closer to her, his body pinning her to the locker behind her.

"Yeah? And what are you gonna do about it?"