Chapter 10: Raffina VS Schezo: Negotiation Situation by kirbymanx/huskynator

F2 - Biology, Zoology, Oceanography, and Sex Ed

This hour's class went off without a hitch for the third-year students such as Raffina. She blessed her stars. It was humanoid-biology today. Any non-humanoid organs make her gag more than humanoids'.

But she'd never say that out loud, regardless of how common that sentiment is on any side.

At the moment she's bored. She finished the test already, one out of a few. Sure to get a 10 on her rapport card. 8 at worst.

"Oh, dear." The bashful blonde teacher muttered.

Dr. Otomo (Biology/Zoology/Oceanography and Sex Ed)
Perpetually Embarrassed Teacher

"Um…" Otomo eyed for students who are done with their work. Raffina spotted him playing eenie-meenie to pick a student. But he spotted Raffina looking at him funny. "Miss Raffine." He jumped. Trying to shrug off the more weird looks from other students. He picked up an envelope off his desk. "C-Can I entrust you to deliver this to Principal Akuma? H-He should be at the teacher's lounge."

"Of course." Raffina said in a subtle suck-up tone. "I could use the exercise." She picked the letter in a cool way that dazzled some of her classmates, pondering how she pulled that off. "Ta-ta~" She left in an equally dazzling way.

F2 - North-East Hallway Corner

Standing in the corner of the two hallways where the class' entrance she was just in is. The trendy pinkhead looked to the empty hallways leading to the West and South. "Hm?…" She tried to recall. "Which of the hallways was that lounge at again?" In the end, she just started to walk further West to the North Hallway. "It's somewhere on this floor. I know that much." And the hallways circle around. She'll find it eventually.

F2 - North Hallway

"Lessee." Raffina said to herself reading the room names out loud. "Photocopy room. Drama Clu-" Raffina stopped in her tracks. She heard people speaking in the former of those rooms. It was a white room, so it's off-limits to students. So it's nothing to worry about.

If two of those voices weren't Schezo, Carrie, and undoubtedly their latest victim. Carrie must've lock picked. Raffina stealthily opened the door, and yup, it was the ""demon"" Schezo and Carrie bullying what seems to be a freshman. No sign of the ""Demon Servant"" though.

Schezo kept the girl at bay by the collar while Carrie just dangled a necklace (or something like it) in front of the little redheaded 1st-year student.

None of them have noticed the pinkheaded beauty peeking in on them.

As the unsuspecting people kept talking, Raffina was figuring out the best course of action to save that presumably innocent elf-ish demihuman girl.

Said girl sobbed. "Come on, please!" The crying girl tried her best to get her thing back while the gang kept smirking at her misfortune. "That's grandma's!"

And with that cry, Raffina recognized that girl. She saved her earlier this week from the whole trio's bullying.

And now there are just the two non-combatants of the three.

She put the letter she needed to deliver quietly down.

F2 - Photocopying/Paper Storage

And that's when Raffina ran up to them and before they could process her being here all of the sudden, and properly attempted to defend themselves the pinkhead somersaulted upon the flummoxed Schezo's shoulders, gripping the cloth firmly as she did a handstand on him.

When she landed between the school's thugs and slammed Schezo into Carrie and her chameleon

"Ouch…"
"AAAAAAAaaaaaaaachie…"
Chameleon squeal.

The pile of garbage winced in pain.

Raffina had done it once again. As the only martial artist in this school who uses it to fight these bullies. She had saved the girl.

"Oh, Raffine! Thank you for saving me again!" The girl hid behind the 3rd-year student from the 4th-years. "But they still got Grandmother's pendant!" She pointed.

Chico
The Creator's Diligent Soldier

"I-In…" Schezo strained standing up. He held his neck as he hissed in pain. Doing his best to shrug off that slam. "Indeed we do." The ghostly haired 17-year old 4th-year student said. Grabbing a sheet of paper, rolling it up, Schezo pointed it at Raffina's face like a sword with the paper's corner sticking it out. The pendant was in his other hand pointed away from the school hero.

While Chico kept cowering, Raffina scrunched her face holding back her laughter, but ultimately failed. "Ohohohohohohoh, La-Ti-Da, Schezo." She couldn't take her fellow 17-year old's desperate actions seriously. "Too bad you stopped using knives, Schezo. Or you might be a challenge." The pinkhead taunted, swaying her hip to be extra condescending.

"Kn-knives?" The reserved Chico repeated. Which her saviour ignored.

"What are you gonna do?" She taunts. "Are you gonna give moi a paper cut? 0,-"

"Exactly." Schezo said with conviction in his eyes. "It's enough to blemish the looks you value so much," He motioned cutting her cheek. "if you do not let us return it peacefully to this girl and let us go unscathed." He bargained. "If not, the pendant will also dissolve in Atai's stomach acids in addition to you getting a cut." He bluffed the first part.

The now standing Carrie pointed her Chameleon, Atai, at the pendant.

"No! Please don't, that thing's sacred!" Chico pleaded. "Give it back now and repent!" She cried.

Raffina rubbed her cheek. Schezo was right. If nothing else, the ""demon"" had proven to be quick on the draw, his hands move very swiftly and elegantly. A paper cut on her face is not something she'd want. She doesn't have anything with her today to elegantly cover it up.

Carrie pulled out her phone. "We can also call up Lawrence if you don't comply, ya pinkhaired prissy." Adding Lawrence, Schezo's complete gang together tips the scales significantly to make this is a fair fight. Something Raffina couldn't chance. Not while a kid's (or their precious item are) caught in the crossfire.

She didn't like this. But she had to swallow her pride a bit for once. "Fine." She paved the way for the white-haired and orange/redheaded bullies to leave while giving them a stern glare as well as making a cup out of her hand. "If you give me this girl's pendant back, I shall leave you two unpunished." She saw them unmoving. "You have my word."

"Deal." Schezo dropped the pendant in the pinkhead's hand. They haven't gained or lost anything but pain. Usually, their MO when it comes to stealing, it's only cruel teasing, they usually throw it back because they do wanna stay in school. No matter how much they want it. "We're off."

Carrie pulled her eyelid and stuck out her tongue. As did her chameleon.

And that left Chico and Raffina alone. "Oh, thank you again, Miss Raffine!" She said as Raffine handed her pendant back with her lovely 0,- face. "Can you make those sinners repent for me? I got no chance."

"I can try." Raffina smirked, not that she actually could. She's been at it for two years now. If they didn't "repent" now, they'd never "repent".

"Please do. You're like an awesome angel sent down by the Creator himself to save me." The girl with the sharp animal feet gushed.

"Pfft." The heroine took some amusement in it. "If I was I'd like to think he'd put me on this planet for more than just that."

"OH, of course! The Creator would never be as shortsighted as that. But I'm certain He's got a lot of plans in store for you regardless."

"Ohoho~ No doubt. But enough talk about religion." Raffina got a bit more serious. "Now please stop going after these three." She scolded. "Don't let me catch you being caught by them again."

"But what if they come to me?"

"That's fine. Just don't let yourself get caught."

"I'll try."

'You better.'

"I have something to give you again, Miss Raffine."

"Oh, another coin?" Raffina guessed, handing out her hand to receive it already.

Chico nodded as she searched her pockets and placed it in her savior's hand. "You can trade it at the local shrine for spiritual guidance and lemonade."

"I remember." She didn't. Now she does.

"I have to go deliver this letter from Vice-Principal Accord to Principal Akuma."

"Oh, let me deliver them so you can get safely back to class."

"Really, Miss Raffine? You're willing to do that for me?"

"I was seeing him as well."

"Oh, this is wonderful!" The freshman hopped. She gave Raffina the letter and dashed out of there. "Thank you!~"

"You're welcome~ 0,-" Raffina yelled back in the same tone. She picked up Otomo's letter. "Now. To the teacher's lounge."

On her counterclockwise trip to the teacher's lounge, she made an important stop in the southern hallway.

F2 - Girls' Restroom

To chuck that coin in the toilet.

F2- East Hallway

"Ah!" Mr. Akuma is still there in the lounge.

Authors' Notes:

HUSK: We made it boys! Double digits! Let's cancel it now.

Anyway, I sadly cut a lot out of it. Here's a bit:

Raina: My Pompom has a taser in it.

Schezo gang laughs.

I meant pepper spray.