Dean Hanson walked out of the purplish black swirling portal and into the common room in top floor of the Hunters/Witches dorm building. Most of his pack mates were there except Michael who was off with Diana doing who-knows-what. Olivia was in the kitchen working on something in the oven that smelt heavenly. Baking was a favorite pastime of hers, one of the many she had picked up over the years. On the couch at the back wall, Lee was lying upside trying to read one of the large tomes that were on the coffee table. Jade and Lisa were in the middle of the room, both girls seemed to be working on an extremely complex looking magic algorithm that involved several ethereal glyphs that floated in the air around them in a multitude of colors. "I got her," Dean announced in a completely bland tone as he dumped the unconscious red haired girl he had been carrying on one of the other couches. Jade barely glanced in the captive's direction and nodded in acknowledgement. Lisa on the other

"I've never really had to play bait before," Lisa murmured nervously as she ducked underneath an overextended branch from one of the trees on the sides of the paved walkway. "Neither have I," Leva who was behind her pointed out with a calming smile. "But I don't expect it to be too difficult." "I didn't either! But now this isn't looking that excited anymore," the other girl sulked. Her hand came up reflexively to push her glasses up her the bridge of her nose as she looked around with a frown. "I mean, how sure are they that this is going to work? Or that I'm going to be targeted at all? Maybe the assassins—" Leva laughed softly at her friend's jitteriness, prompting the witch to stop her nervous rant and fix her vampire partner with a pouting scowl. Eventually the vampire ceased her giggling and reached out to hold the other girl by her shoulders and looked directly into her warm brown eyes. "Listen to me Lisa. Do not forget that these Hunters have been doing these sort o

Olivia Hayes was not a fan of violence. That was an understatement. It could be better said that she despised all forms of actions that could bring harm, whether to others or to herself. There was a reason after all why her own Variant Ability had been so useful in providing aid to the body, among other things. Olivia was many things, but naive she was not. She knew that there were things in the world that would not, could not stop hurting others. People that lived to cause pain to other people. And sometimes pleading with them, even simply defeating them would be enough to keep them down. Even her very own pack mate Lee had been one of such people, but he had been able to concede in front of a higher power and restrain himself to reasonable extents. The lean Asian man in front of her did not look like he would be that reasonable. So therefore, as much as Olivia hated it, she equally knew that it was her duty as a Hunter to protect, even if it meant to destroy. To save e

As Mia Delgado accompanied Rin Sakai from the dorm building where the foreign exchange students had been allowed to stay, to the school football field where the Starlight Comets were playing their second game of the season, she could not help but feel like a total idiot. The signs had always been there. She had simply chosen not to see it. Right from the first day she had set eyes on Rin, something had felt very off about her. Whether it had been the confidence in her step or the condescendingly haughty manner in which she had scanned the entire classroom on that day that Mrs Rookwood introduced them, Mia was not sure. Back then she had resolved to simply do as she had always done with most of her problems early in life: avoid it until it disappeared on its own. Only this one not only did not disappear but rather ended up practically attached to her instead. It was so obvious now that she was aware of it. The almost deceptively pleasant smile that her perpetually fixed o

"You shut your mouth!" Rin yelled as she rushed in for a frontal slash that aimed to bisect the alpha Hunter. 'So she's sensitive about her brother huh?' Michael made the observation even as he effortlessly dodged her attacks before retaliating with a backhand that her sword flashed up to block. Successful as that was, it did nothing to mitigate the amount of force behind the blow. Rin was sent flying backwards where she righted herself in midair and kicked off towards him again. This time she aimed low, seeking to unbalance the Hunter. Rather dodge out of few way, Michael moved with a sudden burst of speed and brought his foot down on the flat of the sword. The unpredictable action nearly forced the weapon from the female assassin's hands but she recovered with admirable speed and lashed out with an overhead kick in an impressive show of her flexibility. Michael caught tee kick with his right hand and shifted to release her sword while simultaneously flinging her away like a ra