Chapter 11
Naraka Live! Academy Huntress Project P1
"So, Naraka, do you have any other people to hang out with aside from us?" Berde asked, about to head out with Indie, "Sameko agreed to help Draco and Blue's weapon maintenance."
"Um... uh," Naraka was nervous, making Berde have a disapproving look.
"Nara, it's okay to not get involved with us all the time, but you should make some new friends," he presented her the desk full of organized books and notes, "We finished our work today, we're taking a break from training, so, you have no excuses to leave yourself with work."
Naraka growled in anger.
"I'm not telling you what to do, Nara. I'm suggesting that you need to get some new friends," he said, "Besides, what do you do when work or training isn't a concern for the future?"
Naraka was silent.
"Well, I'm not expecting an answer, I have to get going," Berde said, "Peace."
He shut the door. Naraka nonchalantly looks at her scroll and went to the Beacon website.
"Clubs Day?"
She scrolled through one of the pending clubs.
"Weiss Schnee fan club, Cosplay club, Idol Club, Anti-Semblance club..." she continued scrolling, "Academy Huntress Project?"
It showed an image of a red-haired woman doing a pose while wearing a frilly dress and a small top hat. She looked cute, but she wondered what she means by "Academy Huntress Project".
She puts her scroll back into her pocket and left the room.
"I'll just do some... um," she wondered what she was gonna do. She put her ear buds into her ear and played her Heart Alive! track.
She walked around, moving rhythmically to the song. It was upbeat, full of percussion and beautiful singing. She soon started to strut in a dancing motion. The song suddenly ended, and she found herself stuck in a dancing pose. She heard a dorm door open in the distance and ran away as far as she could.
Team ?'s room
"Honoka, are you sure about this club?" one of the members told the beautiful student on the desk, on the computer.
"Of course, Beacon is full of beautiful students," Honoka said.
The person groaned.
"I hope you can finish your homework in time," the man said to Honoka, "I don't see the point of this 'Academy Huntress Project'."
All of a sudden, muffled, but audible idol music was heard by the team's door. Honoka rushed out and looked at who was playing that music. All Honoka saw was the dust cloud left by a person running away.
"Who played that song?" Honoka wondered, "And despite that person listening to music, her voice was good."
Outside Beacon, behind a building.
Naraka panted. She would be so embarrassed if someone saw her actually dancing. It's okay to like that music, but if she dances to it, then it would embarrass her greatly.
She looked around for any people who could have tailed her. She groaned. She was skilled in dancing due to her parents teaching her that while she was a kid. Not only that, but she's easily able to adapt to certain dances, which she dislikes. She just wants to learn how to fight Grimm better, and do it for a living so that she doesn't have to restrain herself to her home. She loves home, but she doesn't want to be told what it plans her to do.
Naraka wondered what else she could do to kill time. The video game that Berde and Indigo played has grown old on her, she has not further study to worry about, and she completed scheduled training. She didn't want to play Heart Alive! all day, plus, she didn't make much friends at school.
She was about to begin dancing until she realized that she had her dorm room. With that in mind, she went back to her dorm.
BISN room
She spent hours dancing to the tunes of her song. She spent most of that time dancing to the rhythm, then choreographing and modifying the whole dance number. Despite her embarrassment of it, she enjoyed doing it alone. Good thing for her, she shut the windows and blinds, and locked the door, so, there would be no sudden distraction. She wiped off her sweat and decided to go to the shower.
As soon as she was done, she wondered if someone unexpectedly entered the room while she was showering. She wiped herself with her towel, put on her uniform and walked to her bed in her usual casual fashion.
No one was around. With a sigh of relief, she did a leaping flip into her bunk and lay down there. She casually started up her scroll and played Heart Alive! again. Once again, she got a perfect score, mostly due to her dexterity and rhythmic talent.
Berde came back with Indigo, still laughing from their trip to go-karting. Berde was persistent, but he still managed to score 2nd. Indigo was first place. Azure followed, having worked part-time at Tukson's. Sameko also came back, tired from helping the two boys.
"Aww man," Berde said with a relieved voice, "That was a hilariously fun race."
"You just needed to play a bit dirty," he said, "I used no Semblance or Aura whatsoever."
"I know, bro," he said, "Good game."
Azure walked up to Indigo's bed and flopped.
"Tukson had to make me carry a lot of books," Azure said with a tired voice, "Big bro, I need hugs."
Indie came to his little sister and embraced her, causing the Cat Faunus to smile. Berde looked at Naraka, who was casually scrolling through the internet.
"So, Nara, what did you do today?" he asked the girl.
"Oh... um... uh," she looked around, "I was napping for most of the day."
Berde nodded sarcastically.
"Uh huh. So, you didn't bother making new friends or anything?" Berde asked.
"E-elaborate!" she nervously rebutted.
"I don't need to. It's simple to understand," Berde said before going silent, "... never mind. You did what you did. But I'm sure you didn't do anything malicious... right?"
Naraka chuckled nervously and looked away.
"O-of course not."
His serious frown turned into a calm grin.
"Good. Well, let me say a few words to the team," Berde said as he sat down on his bed.
Sameko groggily stood up, hugging her shark plushie. Indigo sat up too, with Azure sitting on his lap. She purred as her ears were scratched by her big brother.
"Well, get on with it, boss," Naraka rudely said.
"Okay, so, next week is Clubs Day," Berde said, "So, because of that, I'm sure most of us will be joining our own clubs."
"Yeah... and?" Naraka continued.
"If we are to join a club, then you guys are gonna have to message the team on which club or clubs you joined, and when they'll happen. Indigo and I have already made a few outing plans, and Sameko also organized the training and studying time so... let's try to join a club if we can. We'll re-modify our whole schedule once we know of our times."
Berde stood up and bent his legs as if he was semi-crouching, standing on his toes. He used his left hand to grasp his tasset, while he used his right hand to pull aside some of his jacket's right side, revealing some of his chest. Most of his team were in confusion to his fabulous-ness.
"We can't always spend time together. We must expand our horizons, make friends with more people. It doesn't only have to be us or BNDS."
Azure chuckled at his silly pose and joined his side by doing a pose of her own. She faced away from him; facing to his left, standing on one leg while bending her raised leg. She folded her left arm inward while leaving her right arm hanging, with her right hand curved inward. Indigo remembered her doing this pose.
He came in front of her, a bit to her left and tilted his torso leftward. He used his outstretched left hand to cover his face while keeping his right arm relatively bent. His left leg jutted outward, while his right leg was bent inward.
Sameko and Naraka were surprised from their weirdly flamboyant posing. Sameko took out her scroll and snapped a photo of it.
"Heh, can't wait to PhotoMerchant this," Sameko sneered.
