I stayed up late waiting for him. It was past midnight when he finally came into the room. Pan and Ash had long since fallen asleep. Their bickering had come back a little bit after we talked. But I could feel that what I had said got through to them, at least I hope it had. Susanoo did what he had done the night before: he sat down against the wall, put his weapon down beside him and then went to sleep. Why didn't he just use the bed? That I suppose is a question for later. After that I slowly dozed off, and when I woke up there he was making us breakfast again. And it appears that Pan and Ash are both still asleep, so I get up and decide that if I was going to get through to Susanoo and get him to open up a bit to the team I have two real choices: I can either talk to Renata who scares me, or Professor Port who I don't really know what his relationship with Soos was actually like. I internally shrug at that, I can figure this out later. After that internal discussion I get dressed and begin eating with Soos. Pretty soon the other two joined us. All of us were pretty pumped for today, since today we had combat class. It was going to feel good to spar with someone. And as happened yesterday Susanoo left before us, I sigh a little at that. Once the rest of us had finished up we began our walk down to the amphitheater still pumped for the chance to let loose. "Hey Ash, you still haven't really told us what your Semblance is," Pan asked with curiosity in his voice. "And you will see it when you have to see it," Ash answered nonplussed. At that Pan pouted a little bit. I wrapped my arms around the two of them. "Calm down guys or I'll have to use my powers as your fearless leader," at that I give a little squeeze. Pan starts tapping my arm. "You're choking us mate," he mutters out. I quickly let go of both of them. "Sorry guys," I say rubbing my head. "Sometimes I forget my own strength." They both wheeze for a little bit. "So is there anybody that you want to fight in class. I mean I can't wait to let loose on anybody, you guys will get to see your amazing leader in action again," I say flexing my arms a little bit for effect. "Eh I don't know, nobody really sticks out in my mind. Who knows I might not even fight today. Hey Ash who do you want to fight?" Pan asked with curiosity in his voice. "No one that matters, we haven't been here long enough for anyone to have gotten onto my shit list yet," she said brazenly. Pan and I both look at her at that.

"What?" she asked. "Nothing Ash," I say with Pan wheezing a little bit. When we finally get to the amphitheater we are thankfully not the last ones to get there. We sit down next to Susanoo, who actually saved us seats. Strange, very strange. He looks his usual stoic self. I lean back into my seat as the prof walks in. "Hello class as you all know name is professor Goodwitch, and I will be instructing you in the way of combat. In order to do this you all have two choices: be brave and volunteer, or allow me to choose two of you that I feel like. So any volunteers," and surprising no one nobody volunteered. She seemed to be unsurprised by this anyway as she just looked down at her scroll. "Alright then will Mr. Lagartija come down here please." At that I could see Verde from the other side of the amphitheater jump down to arena. I wonder what loser will have to fight him. "And will Mr. Gurren also come down here," God I hate myself sometimes. Pan gave me a pat on my back as I too jump down across form Verde who had already gotten his double headed scythe out. I, not wanting to seem like I was late to the party, bring up my drills and give Verde a wink. He shakes his head at that and gets back into his stance. "And begin," Goodwitch says to signal us. The only advantage I will have is to stay close. So I rush him, but when I got close enough to him he shot his leg down to trip and then grabbed my outreached arm in one swift gesture. When he had leverage he tossed me to the other side of the room. As soon as he got away to swing his scythe, I shot my drill out at him catching him off guard. When it hit him in the head I moved to get back in my range. Now that I knew what he could do it was far better for me as I just laid into him. I was able to get in a few good hits on him before he was able to get me off him, and he began to get some combos off me. We kept going back and forth for a while until he actually got me down low. I was down on my back which was, obviously, a horrible place to be. He stood over me with his scythe up, and as he swung it down I shot my drill out right into his gut. I laughed in victory until his scythe landed on top of me, and both of our Auras got into the low zone. Everybody laughed and clapped at the double KO, I groaned as I felt my image going down. "Well fought both of you. Though for future warning Mr. Lagartija you should always remember what your opponent can do, it was sloppy to get so close when you knew that your opponent could extend his range. Besides that you both did well," and with that said she whisked us back into our chairs.

"Good try Mate, maybe next time you'll actually beat somebody," Pan said still laughing, Ash was beside him trying to stifle her laughter, and Susanoo as always showed nothing on his face so of course it was really surprising when he actually spoke. "You were careless, you should have paid more attention when he tried to get behind," He said stoic as ever. "Ha, I'd like to see you do any better," I say just a little bitter. "Very well," he said getting up and volunteering for the next fight. He jumped down when she nodded at him, he just stood waiting as this big swordsman jumps down, and after a second I recognize as the guy that Susanoo was sitting next to yesterday. "I bet fifty lien that the big guy wins," Pan says to me with a hand out. I smirk a little as I take it. "Deal." I could see Ash roll her eyes at us. The Prof signaled that them to begin, but instead of doing that they both first bowed to each other and then proceeded to get out their weapons and begun fighting. And what I saw was the same thing I saw yesterday, and that is that Susanoo fights with a grace that can put dancers to shame. Daichi swung down on Susanoo, when he blocked it we could feel the shockwave from it. The one thing that troubled me was that Susanoo only used one of his swords, why wasn't he using both of them? They seemed to be an even match with them keeping up with the others blows. Neither of them seemed to actually have an edge over the other as they locked blades. They continued to trade blows for a good while until Susanoo sees an opening and sweeps Daichi off his feet. Susanoo then immediately got on top of him, and positioned his sword over his throat. "Well done Mr. Odayakanaumi, and Mr. Daichi use this to remember to work on your footwork," and with that being said she whisked them all back to their seats. Pan had just finished giving me my winnings when Susanoo sat back down.

"Why did you volunteer?" I inquire. "You asked me to," He responded. That was surprising. I gave him a quick look to see that like usual there was no emotion on his face. "Now we have time for one last bout before we run out of time. Now any volunteers?" professor Goodwitch asked. Pan popped up to volunteer. "If you guys can do it, then I can show you how a master fights," he said with enough confidence that I somehow believed him. When he hopped down to the arena floor Ash and I exchanged looks. "I have the feeling this is going to blow up in his face," Ash said. "That's kind of a stretch. I'm sure he'll do fine," I respond with a small smile. I've got confidence in my bud, and I'm am totally certain that he will kick his opponents ass. His opponent Ran Plum jumps down, and then pulls out one of the silliest weapons I have ever seen. He pulls out a freaking Paddle ball that he began to play with. Pan has got this in the bag. "You're going down mate," Pan says just full of confidence. "What do you mean "Mate"," Ran replied in his light voice. "That's just what I call every guy I meet" I could hear the confusion in his voice at that. "Okay I am going to destroy you now," Ran said in tranquil fury. "And begin," Goodwitch states. As Pan ran forward to take on his foe Ran just kept playing with his giant paddle ball. Once Pan got into range however Ran hit the paddle ball over at Pan. It then exploded right in his face. I hear Ash mutter something, "Called it." Pan is lying down on the ground dazed while Ran pops a bubble from his gum. "Mr. Voskós this should teach you not to rush in so haphazardly like that again, and well done Mrs. Plum you were very calm and assessed the situation accordingly," Wait that's a chick. "Good work all of you that volunteered. Next time I hope that more of your decide to come up to learn, and with that said you are all dismissed," she said just as the bell rang. Ash and I hop down to Pan who is still dazed on the ground. Ash begins to lightly kick him. "Hey, you okay buddy," Ash says in a bored tone. "…..zing," we hear him mumble. "What," I respond. "She was amazing," Pan said bouncing up with a gleam in his eye. "What," I say for the second time. "That girl was one of the most amazing people I have ever seen. Mates, I think I'm in love," Pan says in excitement. "Dude this chick just kicked your ass and now you've fallen in love with her," Ash says kneading her forehead. "Glorious isn't it," Pan says with a flutter in his voice. Ash and I exchange glances, and I shrug at her. Let him have his fun.

I look around finally noticing that as usual one of us is missing. "Now to play everyone's favorite game: find Susanoo," I say. "Dude, why do you even try with him?" Ash asks. "Because if we are going to work as a team we need to actually communicate," I say with the confidence that only a leader can have. They both shrug at that, and they join me in searching for our missing teammate. It took us about an hour to find him. We found him meditating on the cliffs overlooking the forest. I cough to get his attention, which he ignores. I cough louder, and again he doesn't stir in recognition. Ash not waiting for my third try went over to get his attention. She never got close enough. When she got close enough Soos whirled in a blur of motion, and had his blade right in front of her throat. When he realized it was her he put it back down beside him and looked like he was going to return to his meditation, but he actually spoke to us. "What do you want?" he said not turning back to us. "We want talk with you," Pan says in his chipper tone. "No, I have no need to talk with you," he says back. "Look can you answer me a question for me?" I say. "There's something I need to know." At that he turns around to us. "Fine, I will answer your question," he said in that same neutral tone he always has. "Okay my question is this: when I asked you why you volunteered for the fight you said it was because I asked you to. What did you mean by that?" He looks just a little puzzled at that. "You told me what you wanted, and so I did it. That is all there is to it," having said that he turned back around. "Why?" "I told you I would your answer your question. I did, now leave me be." Okay this is going nowhere. "Fine, but we are going to talk later, and we're going to work this out," Ash and Pan both start walking away, and I am about to join them. But one thing makes me say no. "Actually answer me one more question," I order. Once he heard that Soos got up and turned around to me. Both Pan and Ash are staring at me confused. "What do you want to know," Susanoo responds. "Why are you here at Beacon? Why did you want to become a Huntsman?" I say these in my most commanding voice. He has to answer me. He tilts his head at me before he answers. "I chose this life to repay a debt, and when that debt is paid I will do what I have to," once he said that, he picked up weapons and walked back to campus. "Is it just me, or did that make everything even more confusing?" Pan said in bewilderment.