Infinity: Rising of the Soul Weavers

*ILLENIUM, Tom DeLonge, Angels & Airwaves- Paper Thin *

Raven was confused at how fast things have escalated, but she still chose not to interfere for now.

'Kay?' Raven mutter in her mind

Nodding as if reading her mind, her avatar smiled. 'It appears that our trouble makers are A++ for the blue haired one, and A+ for the blond. Amira on the other hand is just an A ranker and I have a feeling she's not a fighter, from her words.'

"Well, I obviously can't let this happen then?" She muttered to Kayla more than anyone else.

Flickering from his spot, the blue haired kid launched himself towards Amira who only smirked in return.

Snapping her fingers, dense magical thorned petals materialised in front of him, forcing him to stop his advance, but not before leaving him with many scratches across his face as it wasn't protected by the armour.

'Kay? You said he's an A++?' Raven seemed confused. 'And his friend was supposed to be an A+?

'How are they being contested by an A ranker? And a healer at that!?'

'Err, I guess rank doesn't determine experience. We've always known that but here's a clearer demonstration.' Kayla seemed as confused since the kid could have just cut the thorns apart with his water blades, yet he didn't.

'Ranks are an indication of how much mana their bodies can withstand, but if they don't practice enough, they'll be just like mana batteries with no real function.' Kayla said and Raven face-palmed. 'But… I can feel that the blue haired boy is afraid of exerting too much power, I'm not sure why…'

'With each passing second, I'm believing more and more that this is just a prank from Scott,' Raven sighed. 'Does he actually expect kids to fight and protect his a*s?'

"If you stop now, I can still be nice and heal your pretty face, what do you say?" Amira asked in her little cute voice.

Her personality was like a more polite version of Maya since the latter would have just bombarded her opponents with curses and attacks, rather than being this kind to them. Thinking that, Raven smiled.

Suddenly, the blue haired kid gritted his teeth as condensed water vapour created a mist screen around him. 

Flickering from his spot, he appeared in front of Amira who was caught off guard. 

Watching the sharp water blades heading towards her throat, she instantly flared her healing aura all around her body in an attempt to protect any upcoming damage, but the hit never landed.

While everything was covered in the mist screen, a pained scream could be heard as the blue haired kid was suddenly launched away from Amira.

The sound of him cracking his bones and the wall he ended up being glued against shook the room and everyone inside.

"Oi," Raven called out, her eyes flaring with a dangerous golden radiance. "Are you out of your mind? Attacking to kill? Just because she made fun of you?"

With each step she took towards him, the boy felt his consciousness fading away. Just when she was a couple of feet away, he closed his eyes as if he'd given up, and dropped to the floor, completely unconscious.

"Tch, what's the meaning of this?" She asked Scott who was watching all of that unfolding from the sidelines. "You didn't bring me here to babysit idiots like him, now did you?"

Seeing how she talked to the EDA official, especially someone that's known to be the Deputy General, everyone was surprised at her attitude, but still chose to stay quiet.

Bella, Sara, and Albedo seemed concerned for Raven since her aura indicated that she was ready for a fight between her and Scott.

"SHIN!!!" Amira's cute voice seemed terrified as she suddenly screamed.

Running towards the unconscious blue haired kid who now had his blond friend trying to shake him awake, she instantly flared her aura and healed his broken bones.

*Sigh*

"Not at all. Your job here is only to observe, and I've told you that, no?" Scott answered Raven's question calmly. "You chose to defend the little girl."

"What was I supposed to do then? Watch the idiot slit her throat open?" She answered, her voice rising. But even so, she felt that suddenly, nothing made sense.

Why did the girl run to help the blue haired boy who just tried to kill her? Why is everyone else so quiet? What's happening? 

"Absolutely not, even if you haven't moved, no harm would have come to young Amira," he reassured while pointing at a couple of people in the room.

The first one was Albedo that had waved back in response to her glare. "Our fellow here, was ready to teleport Amira the moment she was in actual danger." Scott said while pointing at the duo that had caught Raven's attention earlier.

"That kind girl over there, Jina, had created a mana barrier around Amira that she would not have been in any danger whatsoever," he said. "And her boyfriend, the one resting his hands in his knees, was moments away from sending his sword companion to block the strike. And those are just the obvious examples.

"Even Shin himself, the blue haired kid, has limited the use of his powers and substantially slowed himself down to avoid any unfortunate accidents.

"Out of almost everyone here, you were the only one who attempted to attack Shin, instead of just protecting little Amira." Scott smiled. He mainly wanted to point out that she could trust others here.

While they haven't all been under the same circumstances she had to go through, everyone here was strong in their own way.

In addition, Raven's teamwork abilities were close to none, and Scott wanted to change that. 

His thoughts were simply having her as the leader of this force. But with her current personality, that was simply impossible.

"Let me ask you this," he smiled and asked Raven who was clenching her fists again. "What would you do if you were all suddenly attacked by a strong monster?"

Before she could open her mouth and answer, Scott continued.

"Let me guess, you'd probably just leave a barrier around everyone and deal with the danger on your own, no?" He asked.

Raven kept quiet since that was exactly what she would have done. The biggest example was her last fight where she protected Maria and the rest with a barrier while attacking her enemy.

"I'm aware that this may have seemed harsh, so I do apologize in advance," Scott said with a sheeplike smile. "But this has all been staged…"