Chapter Five
The students quickly found a map of the academy on a wall and started walking towards Hall A. Upon arriving they found a room full of sleeping mats and students. Scarlet and the twins headed off eager to introduce themselves, while Damian and Ryu went on the look for the huntress they had been told was in charge. As they walked along a tall & muscular Faunus boy gestured for him to come closer. Damian felt like he shouldn't just ignore him so he told Ryu to keep looking while he asked around. He walked up to the boy. He was almost as tall as Damian, with thick matted grey hair and pointy ears on the top of his head.
"Ugh hi, what's up?"
"Hi, names Ulrik, I'm thinking about starting a Faunus only team, currently looking for members, you interested." Ulrik's voice was quite deep and he spoke in short bursts.
"Well, I mean I'd love to but I've already been shoehorned into a group." Damian replied trying to sound as sincere as possible.
"It's ok blood, there are a couple more I can ask." He sounded fine but looked a tiny bit disappointed.
"Oh have you already got some members?"
"Yea. A girl, her names cheesier and I've asked another boy named Ross, he didn't seem to like the idea to much tho."
"I see well why do you want a Faunus only group?"
"I can't stand some of these humans," Ulrik held back a growl, "they just do whatever they want, to whoever they want to. They treat us like trash, sometimes I just want to show them that they are no better. Damian didn't know how to react, he didn't quite share Ulrik's views and he could understand why that Ross guy might think that he was a bit extreme. Though it was true he had been treated badly in the past by human kids just because he was bigger and different.
"That sounds like a very aggressive way to think about things." A voice spoke out to the two boys. They both looked to see woman with curly orange hair and a set of pointed ears.
"I am Miss Sherwood, your biology and racial studies teacher. You," she looked to Damian, "Must be the Damian kid I've heard so much about, am I correct?"
"Yes Miss Sherwood, that's me." He replied. She then pulled out an envelope with a key card inside.
"This is a temporary key card for your team's room. It's in the West wing." And without another word she walked off to monitor the rest of the students. Ryu who had been standing behind her walked forwards.
"Want to get going Damian?"
"Yea one sec. Sorry Ulrik I got to get going."
"See you around." He replied, with ill intent. As the boys walked off to meet up with Nathan and Gagana Ryu decided to speak his mind.
"Damian you like humans right?" Damian was a little taken aback.
"Yea of course, I mean I've had people I've disliked, but not because they were humans just because they were jackasses."
"So you've had some bad encounters with humans?"
"Hasn't everyone," Damian paused for a second, "I'm sorry that sounded better in my head."
"Don't worry I know what you mean it's not about where your ears are, it's about where your heart is."
"That's a very good way of putting it." Gagana – who had just joined them – said.
"Okay Damian what about the White Fang?" Nathan ask.
"Wow, Nathan you can't just chuck that can of worms out whenever you feel like it." Ryu said agitatedly.
"I am not surprised." Gagana sighed
"Well Damian?" Nathan continued.
"I mean I like their ideals, of course I would but I think they have gone too far in recent years." Damian replied carefully.
"Well that's good enough for me." Nathan replied and the group collectedly felt a weight lift off their chests.
"Why would it have been a problem if he did support them?" Ryu asked and the tension immediately returned.
"Well you see I'm not too fond of them since they…" He took a breath and looked like he was trying not to shake. "Since they killed my father." Nobody felt like continuing the conversation so the group fell into silence until they reached their room.