Ying remained motionless, lost for a reaction. She watched Jug get up, blood streaming from his waist, her eyes widening. “That’s not nice,” remarked Jug.

  “You’re the tank, you should’ve been lucky if you still breathing,” Myke said. Soon, Myke looks at Ying, who is trembling in the middle of the room. “Ah, Ying, you made it,” “Uh... I should take a bit of walk if I disturbed you,” she said as she was about to go out. “Nope, not at all. We’re just done warming up,”

  Ying hesitates as she looks at Jug tries to cover his wounds. “It won’t stop, Myke.”

  Following that, Hennah appeared, water dripping from her towel-covered form, clutching a scroll. She looked for Jug and his wounded. “Juggy boy, can you talk in Hellaghan?”” she asked.

  “Hoolagoon?”

  “HELLAGHAN, GOD DAMMIT!!”

  Ying soon looks at Hennah’s scroll with dark cryptic words, that it seems far more dangerous. Hennah soon opens the scroll and finds the words like she wanna find something cool. “Ah, let’s try this,” she said. “Ehya shu- Ehy....Ehya shulhu... Ah, found it,” then she began rapping. “EHYASHULGHU FHALHU DALALALA GHA NYANYA SH-“

  The scene fell quiet when Ming suddenly appeared, covering Hennah’s mouth with her right hand. “In battle, idiot,” she calmly said yet tensed.

  “You could’ve killed us, Hennah!” Jug said. Confusion furrowed Myke’s brows; He didn’t understand what had happened. Meanwhile, Ying trembled again, much trembling than watching Jug bleed. Soon she fainted.

  “I thought it could be cool if it’s a song,” Hennah said as she’s being nonchalant after soon later she realized Ying passed out. “Oh, she seems tired finding you, Myke,”

  “I see,” he said.

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  In the locker room, Hennah sit right next to Ying's unconscious body while plotting to prank her again while Jug telling her to stop. Meanwhile, Ming and Myke are having a little discussion about Ying whether she's ready or not.

  "I don't think she's supposed to be here," Myke stated. "She's not completely ready,"

  "I thought it's your idea to bring her in,"

  "I know, but it seems she's too vulnerable to fight with us,"

  "Myke, I trust you choice, and I believe you made a great choice. If not..." she looks at Ying. "How she managed to take down Jug and Hennah in the first place,"

  "They just putting they're guards down too soon," Myke scoffs.

  "See? You see it too. Ying had an opportunity to escape, but she's not. She sees the behavior of both hooligans, and she knows where to start and where to end them,"

  Then Hennah and Jug stares at them sided-eyes. But Ming didn't bother. "You can still teach her how to fight, not like us, but with us," Ming continues.

  Myke thought very long, calculated the possibilities if she joined his team, Valirion. Meanwhile, Ying finally, again, awakes from her faints, and she saw a large shadow man standing above her. She begins to scream, while Ying laughed maniacly. Ming then goes to Hennah and smack on her head. "Enough is enough, Hennah,"

  "Fine..." she pouts.

  Ming leans on Ying, tries to calm her down by hugging her. "It's okay, Ying," she said. Ying still feel fragile at that point that she wants to relief what just happened.

  "Ying," Myke calmly say her name, and as she looked at him, "Wanna start from basic?"

  Ying hesitates at first, since she saw how brutal the 'warm-up' is, but in the same time, she wanna prove herself that she wants to find her purpose to be in her new team. "So, I'm in?" Ying concerned.

  Myke warmly smiles and nods. "Come, to the training room," he said.

  Ying then stands up, cautiously to make sure she can walk. "Thanks, Ming," then she followed Myke to the training room.

  "Jug, Hennah, go have some tea at the Tavern," Ming said and also leave the locker room.

  "Huh, a date?" Jug said.

  "Fuck you, soft arms," Hennah said and immediately went off, leaving Jug alone in the locker himself.

  "Not fair, pink hair. Not FUCKING FAIR~!"

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  Somewhere in the market, it's dark yet bright with warm lights that keeps the town from dim. Hennah walks around with her unusual outfit. Misfit outift that make an odd face for most women around her. They stare, they disgusted, felt like she's not being one of them. But that's Hennah, and she didn't bother and thought her clothes is cool for her. At the alley, she dwells in, chanting some spells like a song, pointing her finger up and a small fire lights on it. She walk through the dark and found a huge leather jacket. "Ooo, a jacket," she immediately takes it, remove her current clothes, that seem risky to show her exposed body, and then cover it up with her new jacket. "Ah~ so warm."

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  As she continue walking towards the tavern by using the alleyway, she heard a voice, a pleasure voice, the voice she can't even forget. Her body suddenly reacted to it. Her legs trembled as if it urges for something for herself, and her fingers begin to force her will to trail to somewhere forbidden for her to touch. Yet she resist it. "OI, TURN YOUR VOLUME DOWN, WILL YA?!" she shouts and continues to walk faster to the tavern. Yet the moaning is getting louder, but not pleasure, but much darker. Much louder that she even have a hard time to resist. She begins to run. Run as she could get out of the dark.

  As she's outside of the alleyway, she gives a heavy exhale of relief. "Finally," she said and continue marches forward to the tavern, with a big smile like nothing happened.

  In the Tavern, it's warm, cozy and busy but friendly. The bartender talks to their customers like an old friend, laughters deafening from other tables as if their friend cracks some jokes. And soon, Hennah enters in, sits down on the bar table and relaxed herself. "TWO SHEIN SODAS PLEASE!!! OH AND DON'T FORGET ABOUT MY FAVOURITE BREAD~!" she said.

  "Got it, Miss Hennah!" one of the bartender replies. He makes the Shein Soda with mints in it, sparkling water with lime and lemon, and he puts some special ingredients, crystal sodium. Then he takes out the oozing cheese bread with chicken floss as the topping. "Here you go, two Shein soda and a huge, Ghar Bread," he smiles warmly. Soon she can't to consume it, she immediately give him the coins and ready to bust it up. Then the bartender feel off. "Miss, I think there's extra coins here," he politely said.

  "Oh...kheep it," she said with her mouth filled with Ghar bread. The Bartender felt emotional for her kindness. Without saying a word, he bows as a gratitude for her and proceed to his work.

  As she was feasting, she heard someone moaning, but in pain. It was up stairs. She paused her feast as like her body reacts to it. Her mind flashbacks her past that she wished to forget.

  "GET BACK HERE, LEMME SHOW YOU HOW MANLY WE ARE!!"

  "HAHAHA LOOK AT HER, SHE'S WEAK, MAKE HER STRONG TO STAND UP!!"

  "WHY'S THERE TWO HOLES?! TWO GOALS?! HAHAHAHA"

  Those words, those cursed words, and her body still felt it. Her fingers once again taking control over her again. This time, she can't resist it. She can't think anymore, and her eyes started to show the water pouring out. She can't show emotions, as her ears keeps deafening inside her head, the voice of her masters. "Please...Please...stop..." she whispers. She's frustrated. She wants to go outside and scream as she wants, but she felt unsafe. Those memories of being violently to her lingers back, her obsession to find more, and have more and more pleasure. She begins to cry, helplessly.

  As if it's the end of the world, Ming sits right next to her and smack her back head. "Ow, Ming!" Hennah said.

  "What, you didn't finished you food yet and you're crying," Ming replied.

  "Am not..." she denied and wipe her tears away. "It's too delicious,"

  Ming gives a sigh, and ordering for Hysha Tea as usual. Then she look at Hennah again. Seem somehow, depressing face. "Tell me."

  Hennah snaps out. "Huh...what??"

  Ming stares at her.

  Hennah hesitates to open up for her. "Uhm...how should I say about it..."

  "Rape?" and after Ming said it, Hennah stunned. She can't say anything again. Even her madness fades. But Ming didn't care if she opens up like that.

  Hennah slowly leaned her head onto Ming's arm, and slowly to burst out. "I...I-I just can't move on, Ming...I just can't," her voice cracks.

  "It's okay." She pats her head slowly to ease down her tears.

  "I really need someone to understand me...I just want friends....I don't wanna trap like this...I feel...stolen..." Hennah continues.

  "Me too. But look..." Ming turned Hennah's head to face her. "You're not alone. Everybody went there. And you...You already here with us. No complains, no bullshit. Most important thing is, Myke is always there for you,"

  "Even...J-Jug?" she said. Ming nods with a small smile.

  Minutes later, Jug arrives, only found Hennah hugs Ming like a little child. "Seriously, Hennah? You being like a baby, baby girl," he scoffed.

  "Shut...up," Hennah whispered, and shows her small smile as Jug appeared.

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  Somewhere quiet, in a training room, can't be heard from the outside, almost a feather can't be heard. Yet what's beneath the silence is both Ying and Myke having a great friendly fight. Both shows their strength and scanned for weaknesses. "Keep it up, Ying. Don't let your arms down," Myke said.

  Ying tries to avoid Myke's devious yet effective attacks, as he keeps moving forward while swinging his dagger that strap it with chains. As he throws it towards her face, she immediately dodge, and straight to him with her spear for her to jump above and attempt to stab him on air, and she fails as he move his head and bring her down with his chains. As she's about to stand up, he throws a lot of fire ball towards her. She move quickly, and she throws her spear to him. As he grabs it, he realized she's already near him, holding it. Soon she kicks him down then she aim her's to his face. There she thought she had him, until Jug marches her and push her away, without realizing he flew her above the air. "Oh...I think I hit her too hard," Jug said.

  "Don't worry she'll be back anytime," Myke said.

  "What do you mean that?" Jug asked, and then suddenly, her spear is already on his head. Slowly, she appears above like she teleports there and where she about to stab Jug's head, Myke halt it.

  "Ying, Jug yield," Myke said as Jug slowly raise his hand as if he's yielding.

  She fell down with exhaustion. She couldn't believe she survive that hell. She looked at the door and saw Ming standing there, in her warm smile while crossing hands, and as for Hennah, she seems the one who is the most excited girl to see Ying can fight. Ying breathe out with relief, she's belong to Valirion after all.

  After the post-fight Myke goes out of the room, follow by Jug and Ming. "You should've just stab Jug's head," Hennah said.

  "Uh..haha," she laughed hesitantly as she feel guilty on doing so. Soon she noticed Hennah's outfit. "Don't you think that jacket is too big for you?"

  "What?! What do you mean? Are you jealous?" Hennah said.

  "Well..." Ying scratching her head as she didn't know how to say while chuckled.

  "Why? Do I look cool?" she said with a cool stance. Ying laughed a bit.

  "More like a clown to me," Jug interfered.

  "OI I DON'T TALK WITH YOU, YOU MOTHER-," then Hennah chased Jug and he ran away from her with laugh.

  As Ming goes near to her, acknowledge her potential, she said, "Tomorrow is the day."