Chapter 16!

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Team DHLA

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That night

"What are you waiting for?! Take the shot!" A voice shouted in his ear. Daien's hand shook, causing the gun in his hand to rattle, "I... I can't." Daien said into his earpiece. "You have to! Remember what they did to us!" The voice shouted again. "I-I'm sorry." Daien said into his earpiece, before ripping it out and crushing it under foot. Daien's hand settled as he raised it skyward and fired three rounds, violently waking the room's only other occupant from an otherwise peaceful sleep. "I didn't sign up for this." Daien said in a gentle voice that was filled with regret. He looked into the terror filled eyes and simply said, "Scream" before running at and crashing through the window.

Daien woke with a start and rolled forward on to one knee, pointing Strife and Fury around the dark room. After class Team DHLA had finished decorating their shared room. What was once Daien's bed was now a makeshift wall, with a bed sheet curtain door, that separated the boys from the girls. The walls were now spotted in posters and pictures of everything from weapons to childhood memories. Everyone had a desk dedicated to their interests and each was covered in tools and materials. In the corner under the window was a music stand next to a shelf with a clarinet, a harmonica, a violin, and a snare drum on it. Sitting on a stand next to the shelf was an acoustic guitar that Daien assumed was Dax's.

"D-Daien?" Daien turned to his left and saw Chichi staring at him, concern plastered on her face. "Y-you were t-tossing and turning and I was worried." She said taking a step into the makeshift room. Daken sighed and relaxed, popping the safeties back on and setting Strife and Fury down. "I'm fine, Chichi. Just another nightmare, go on back to bed." Daien reassured her, laying back down and pretending to go back to sleep.

"Why do you do that?" Chichi asked after a pause. "What?" Daien rolled over to look at her. "Why do you pretend to be okay?" Chichi asked. Daien was silent for a while. "I don't want people to worry about me." He finally said. "Why?" Chichi asked as Daien stood up. "I'd rather not say." He said as he closed the door behind him and went up to the roof.

The next morning Team DHLA ate breakfast quickly and went to class. Today their first period was taught by a round man with a grey mustache and a rather bombastic teaching style. From what Daien could gather the class was on the Creatures of Grimm, so instead of taking notes Daien set his Scroll to record and started to clean Fury, carefully disassembling the many complex mechanisms. A few moments later and Daien had cleaned, oiled, and reassembled Fury and finally tuned into the lecture, "The moral of this story? A true Huntsman must be honorable! A true Huntsman must be dependable! A true Huntsman must be strategic, well-educated, and wise!" The teacher paused before asking, "So, who among you believes themselves to be the embodiment of these traits?"

Daien did his best not to make eye contact with the over enthusiastic teacher, but was singled out all the same, "You there!" The teacher said pointing at Daien, "You're the leader of Team DHLA, correct?" Daien quietly groaned before politely confirming the man's statement, "Yes, sir, that is correct. I take it that I get the pleasure of taking on whatever's in that cage?" Daien said motioning toward the large, beat up metal cage next to the teacher. "Ah, how observant! Yes my boy that is correct!"

After being allowed to get whatever supplies he needed, which was pretty much a drink of water, Daien took his position in front of the cage. "No bullets, young man. We can't have any accidents." The teacher warned. Daien decided to show off, so instead of using Strife and Fury's axe form, Daien popped on the safeties and held the pistols by the slides. "Oh Ho! Confident are we? Well let's see how confident you are when you face your opponent!" Daien looked to his team and gave them a cocky smile.

"Let the match... Begin!" The teacher cut the lock off the cage with the most impractical weapon Daien had ever seen and a Boarbatusk charged out. Daien stood his ground as the Grimm ran at him. Once the monster was about a yard away Daien jumped up and tucked into a ball, allowing the beast to go right under him. As the Grimm went under him, Daien used the grips of his weapons to grab its tusks and literally mounted the beast like a rodeo star on a bull.

"Yeeeeeeehaaaaaaawww!"

Daien, only holding on by the grips of his guns, rode the bucking Boarbatusk while his fellow students cheered for him. Finally the grips lost their hold and Daien was thrown across the room. Groaning, Daien picked himself up. Facing the Boarbatusk, Daien transformed Strife and Fury into axe form. The beast began pawing at the ground and kicking up dust, challenging Daien. For some reason he couldn't fathom, Daien took great offense to this and did the same with his right leg. The Grimm charged and so did Daien. As they met in the middle Daien blocked the Grimm's tusks with the blades of his axes and held the creature there.

The Boarbatusk squealed and snarled as he and Daien were locked in a shoving match, then Daien did something strange; Daien got right in the monster's face and snarled just as ferociously and animalistically as it had, and then forced the blades of his axes through its tusks and clean through the rest of its body. As he was sprayed with Grimm blood, Daien felt a twinge inside him and struggled to collect himself. "Bravo! That was spectacular! Ladies and Gentlemen we are in the presence of a true Huntsman!" The teacher bellowed as the class cheered for Daien. Daien waved to his team, breathing heavy and feeling a strange tingle in his teeth.

After the teacher gave him permission to go get cleaned up, Daien examined his teeth in the mirror of the locker room bathroom. "Wht teh fwuk?" Daien muttered as he pulled his lips back to get a look at his teeth. His canines were longer, not by much, but enough so that Daien could tell. He also noticed that the rest of his teeth were a bit sharper and pointier, again just enough so that Daien could tell. "Son of a bitch. Guess I'm finally gonna get my fangs." Daien smiled to himself in the mirror as he filled with pride. "Yo, Daien, Chichi was worried so she asked if I would come check on you." Dax said as he walked into the bathroom. Daien's clothes had been laid out on the floor of one of the showers and the shower was turned on, cleaning Daien's entire ensemble at once of the black ichor.

Daien smiled at his partner's concern for his well being, "I'm fine. Grimm blood just takes some time to wash out." Daien said taking a step away from the mirror. "What were you doing there?" Dax asked pointing to the mirror. "Oh, I thought I chipped a tooth but I was wrong." Daien lied. Dax was satisfied with this explanation, but seemed uncomfortable all the same. Daien decided to get it over with, "What?" He said, indicating for Dax to get whatever it was off his chest. Now he was really uncomfortable, "Look, uh, I was, that is, we are..." Dax groaned deeply and loudly before just putting it out there, "What happened back there? It looked like you lost your mind or something." Daien was silent, weighing his options. "I don't know. It challenged me, and I got pissed. I guess I snapped or something, which is really weird. I'm usually much more in control." Dax just nodded a little. "Well if you need anything just, you know, holler." Dax said as left. "Yeah, sure."

Aaaaand, that's chapter 16!

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