Volume 1. First Impressions

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I don't like first impressions. It's a jarring experience. I gradually become more comfortable and open up to people who I meet.

Usually I'm the scared person who stutters under the pressure of being found out I'm from Ayster. Or meeting people who I haven't seen in a long time, I forget how to act.

But after a period of time, it does feel nice to forget personal worries and to be myself. Just me.

It's a nicer feeling than being constantly thought of one individual thing. But it does feel nice for people to overlook the timid and fidgety aspects of myself, then to figure out what I am capable of doing.

People don't have to rely on me. But currently at Beacon, a timid personality doesn't help anyone here really.

It is true that I am timid, but not to the extreme to how I portray that single first impression.

The academy's cafeteria has nice food selections, while having questionable choices as well but that's irrelevant.

A few weeks past since Ruby and Weiss' talk. And Weiss and I's relationship became more distant than it was before. We... sorry, I should apologize, I, me, Kyuushou have been the one to avoid any optional interactions. Only speaking on team matters and academic projects.

I'm not ready. Not yet... if I tell them, if I tell her, my accurate information and hypothesis' might be at a loss with involvement of others. If I reach a point in time that being the detective isn't at use anymore, I'll tell them. I'll shout it to the entire world. Which sounds kind of impossible thinking thoroughly.

I won't have to delay the wedding and I could live a happy life with them.

People act irrational when they want to change something. A person whose desire is to change something in the world, tends to behave irrationally because of their thinking not being fast enough to comprehend the other possible consequences of their actions.

That's why this process is slow. I don't want to cause any more problems that already occur.

I have only told Rie about my reason to be away. Because her probability of being involved with Trivia and Torchwick is number lower than 1.

Miwa on the other hand, would come to me, give me a passionate kiss, then tries to solve the formula without it being taught to her. I love that woman but her involvement would cause issues within the plan.

Currently, at this moment, both KYWR-B and JNPR sit at the same table.

Nora monologues about her dream, while Ren fixes her story that didn't add up.

Nora zips to Blake Belladonna, paying no attention as she is lost in her book, and Yang, who is hanging on her every word with her hands cupping her face. "We were surrounded by Ursai..."

"They were Beowolves. A lot weaker."

"Dozens of them!" She screams this as she stands at the table of both Team KYWR-B and JNPR, where Weiss is ignoring Nora and filing her nails, Ruby and Pyrrha are listening politely, and Jaune is messing with his food.

While I did the assignment that the hyperactive Doctor Oobleck gave us. The history of Vale, and how the past's methods of technological advancement, have impacted our lives currently and how that will continue to change and benefit the economy of Vale.

"Jaune? Are you okay?" Pyrrha asks interrupting Nora's bizarre conversation with herself.

"Huh? Oh, yeah! Why?" Jaune snaps out of his trance, turning back toward us.

"It's just that you seem a little... not okay..." Ruby worried for her friend.

Jaune laughs as the others stop their distractions and stare at him, "haha! See! I'm fine, totally, nothing wrong." He holds up a thumb while laughing nervously until his attention is focused on the members of Team CRDL.

"Jaune, Cardin's been picking on you since the first week of school!" Pyrrha looks at Jaune.

"Who? Cardin Winchester? Nah... He just likes to mess around! You know, practical jokes!" He tried to ignore the issue.

"He's a bully." Ruby admitted.

"Oh, please! Name one time he's 'bullied' me."

I still dabbled with the assignment. Without looking at Jaune, and the rest. I recite the latest incidents. "5 days ago, Professor Port's class. Cardin nearly spat a piece of gum into your hair, your lucky that the Professor did catch his intentions before he did follow up. 3 days ago, Cardin locked you in his locker. Without a way to escape you were stuck for 3 hours before Blake walked past and set you free. Not to mention the incident at Miss Glynda's combat class in which he taunted you for the entirety of it."

"I held him off!" Jaune said with a laugh.

I dropped my pencil and finally look at him, "Jaune. You. Have to stop him. And only you."

"Kyuushou... I think it would be a better idea to help him."

"Pyrr... listen, I'm not trying to sound overly pessimistic, but if we do help him—Cardin will only increase his brutality against Jaune. I'm only trying to minimize the damage of Cardin's bullying. Helping Jaune would only make him seem more weak and useless. He is a leader after all. Sorry Jaune. I meant no offense."

"I—no, no offense taken. Besides! It's not like I'm his current target, Kyuushou is probably right... if I did ask for your help, He'd see me more as a good target for his pickings. He doesn't JUST pick on me. He's mean to everyone!"

We all look over to a laugh that continues to grow louder, mixed in with cries of pain from the rabbit girl when one of her ears are tugged on by Cardin.

"Ow! That hurts!" The faunus stops struggling and grimaces as she says; "Please stop..."

"I told you it was real!" Cardin pulled harder in her ears.

"What a freak!" One of his teammates joined in.

Leave them alone. That's the best thing to do. It isn't the school from back then. I wasn't the girl who was able to protect a girl from people like them.

Sorry. I'm so sorry.

Cardin finally relents, and the girl stands up and hurries off, her head bowed and hiding her face from the watching table of heroes.

Who am I kidding, I'd call myself a hero... insulting. I'm not the heroine from back then.

That was the girl's first impression of me. And it definitely wasn't the best.

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