----------Amaterasu's Perspective----------



That woman with the purple hood. What was her name... The Morrigan. She sat next to me in class. Professor Guan Yu said that she will just be observing as she came far too late for the exam, but as I'm writing down my answers on this sheet. I feel so uneasy. She's not looking at me, in fact I've probably looked at her far more often. What is it about her..? I finish the written portion of the test and turn my paper over. She slowly turns her head to look at me. "Is there something wrong with our appearance Amaterasu?"



I'm shaken just from her speaking my name. "Nothing wrong at all." How did she know my name.



She hasn't looked away yet. ". . . It would be quite difficult for me not to know one of the most prominent goddesses of the Shinto Pantheon."



Bellona who has been scratching her head for the past few seconds turns towards us. "Will you please be quiet. Some of us are trying to take a test!" It's quite strange, we've been talking with out a hushed tone and Professor Guan Yu hasn't- Oh, he's asleep. He looks like he's meditating. Sitting in his chair with his arms crossed and a serious expression on his face, but I know what slumber looks like, and he is 100% asleep.



I wonder when the second part of our exam will begin. It's a sparring match against the Professor.



A few minutes pass, I hear the last pencil being put down, and Professor Guan Yu opens his eyes. "The second part of the exam begins now!!! All of you vs me!!!" Oh my.



----------Hou Yi's Perspective----------



I hate exams. I do just fine on them, and I don't get nervous. I just hate all the waiting. You have to wait for everyone else to finish, and then you have to wait days just to find out how you did. Our class meets out on the battle field. Hunter vs Hunter tends to take more space than a class room provides.



It bothers me that Professor Ullr teaches this class as oppose to Professor Chiron who is a much better shot and has far more teaching experience, but I suppose it can't be helped. So the exam for hunters works like this. Two hunters are selected at random they stand 20 meters apart, and must hit their opponent five times. First to land five hits wins. Our arrows and other projectiles are obviously padded to make sure no one is severely injured during. Now just because you get hit five times, or don't hit your target five times, does not mean you don't pass.



Professor Ullr interrupts my train of thought. "Stop! In the match of Skadi vs Apollo, Skadi is the victor."



Apollo storms off. "This is total bogus!" Skadi was only hit once, she used her ice to increase her maneuverability, whilst also throwing off Apollo's balance and aim. Pretty smart.



"Next up, Rama and Hou Yi!" I take my position. I honestly forget Rama is in this class. "When you're ready. . . Begin!"



I start off firing two arrows at once. Rama turns his body to the side avoiding them both by standing in between. Clever bastard. He takes a lunge forward and fires for my leg. I leap over him and fire backwards just before I land, striking Rama in the back. He recoils. "Not bad Hou Yi, not bad at all."



"Thanks I've been working on that one for a while-" PAIN! He shot me in the foot!!! Who does that?!



"Haaaaah!!!" Now Rama is about 15 meters up. Just floating there. I quickly fire as many shots up at him as I can. Three of them hit, but Rama doesn't flinch, still up there he fires down at me, and even though I dodge and fake, and leap all over the field he lands three shots on me in return. He lands gracefully. Now we're both down to our last hit.



I won't lose to him! I draw my arrow and let it loose, it ricochets off the ground and flies perfectly into his face hitting him- and at the same time... His last arrow hits my chest.



"Stop!" In the match of Rama vs Hou Yi, the match is a draw!" Dammit... I guess I still need to improve... "Next up Xbalanque vs Anhur!" Xbalanque looks intense.



----------Sol's Perspective----------



I manage to beat out everyone in the class. Well except for Freya who I honestly can't believe didn't show up for exam day. I hope she's okay whatever she's doing. As I walk back to my dorm, I notice Professor Guan Yu's class being released, they all look so distraught. I'd talk to them to find out why, but I'm ready to pass out. I soon hop in my cozy little bed, but I keep thinking about what Xbalanque said... I told him I would think about it. . . I think he's sweet and all, but... I just don't know if I want a relationship, I haven't done one of those in so long. Actually com e to think of it... What ev er, just go to sl e ep. . . My door op ens. I'm almost too tir ed to look, but I do, and it's H el.



"Sol... I'm a littl e ups et." I... sort of d estroy ed H el during our match. Sh e said to not go easy on h er, and w ell... I didn't. "Not only did I los e to you, but I lost to Nu Wa, Ao Kuang, and Isis!"



"I don't know what you want m e to t ell you." Wow, sh e got b eat by Nu Wa? I wish I'd stay ed long enough to s e e that.



"I n e ed to b e strong er than this! I'm th e godd ess of th e und erworld, th e only thing s epa rating th e living from th e d ead, and if I can't ev en k e ep a dragon in ch eck, th en it's no wond er I could g et d ef eat ed so easily!"



"Still not sur e what you'r e g etting at."



"I want you to h elp m e g et strong er."



"But H el, you'r e alr eady th e strong est godd ess I know..."



"How could I b e wh en I lost to ev eryon e I fought."



"B ecaus e you'r e not a just a fight er H el. You'r e much mor e than that. You support your fri ends, k e eping th e r est of us from giving up , and making sur e to cov er for us wh en w e m ess up. That's what you do H el, and no on e do es it b ett er than you." I can b e so inspiring wh en I want to b e.



". . . I still want you to train m e."



I groan. "Fin e, can I just sl e ep for lik e a f ew days first?"



"Of cours e." Sh e starts to h ead out th e door. "Oh, and Sol. . . Thank you. It m eans a lot to h ear that."



I wav e my hand at h er as sh e go es.



----------Fr eya's P ersp ectiv e----------



I'v e had enough, I'v e s earch ed lit erally ev erywh er e. I drop to my kn e es in front of th e gat es of th e univ ersity as th e sun s ets. I pound my fist on th e ground and scr eam. "Ood!!! Wh er e ar e you?!?!?!"



I h ear th e gat e op en and I look up, som ewhat hop eful it would som ehow b e Ood, but... of cours e it's not. . . It's- actually I'm not sur e who that is. . . A lady with a purpl e hoodi e, and a kill er gaz e. "Fr eya, Godd ess of Lov e and War. Are we correct?" Is that the royal we, or the crazy we?



"I'm Goddess of a few more things than that, but yes. Who are you?"



"We are The Morrigan. Celtic Goddess of Fate." Frigg's words echo in my head. ' A god of death, a god of fate, or even a god of time' Could this Morrigan b e the one who took Ood from me..?



There's only one way to find out, and I am way too sleep deprived to think of a better way, so I draw my sword. "You wouldn't happen to know where Ood is, would you..?"