[u][center][color=6ecff6][b]Princess Suba's Wonderful Morning![/b][/color][/center][/u]
The scenery beyond the bus's window rolled by quickly, and Suba's face was practically glued to it. 

So many new sights! And so strange too! Especially those buildings made of coral that stretched towards the sky! It was totally unlike the thatched wooden houses the human fishermen back home lived in, and nothing at all like the caverns that her kin called home. Speaking of home . . .

Her excited mood died down somewhat as she recalled why she was here in the first place. War was brewing -- or had already boiled over, if some where to be believed -- and rather than risk her life in the struggle between kingdoms, her father sent her here, where it was known that no clan had the power to order her death, or turn her over to them. This "Yokai Academy" was neutral ground, and the perfect sanctuary from opposing forces. Suba didn't even have half of an understanding about the politics in play, but it was enough to know that she was safe.

She only wished the rest of her family was as well.

Shaking her head, the smile returned to her face, full force. This was a new beginning! She wouldn't be able to make any new friends if she was busy sulking, so she would throw in with a smile on her face and the seas wave in her heart.

As soon as the bus stopped, Suba got to her feet and rushed outside to greet the morning air. Taking a deep breath, she filled her lungs before giving a cheerful yell of:

[color=6ecff6][b]"GOOOOOOD MOOOOORNING!"[/b][/color]

Her voice echoed loudly as she tuned her voice to go supersonic, and she spread her arms wide as she wanted to hug the whole forest.
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[color=a0410d][u][center][b]Cabal Realizes That He's Been Had.[/b][/center][/u][/color]
On the way to the academy, Cabal realized two things:

One, the other children around him were not humans, even if the people he passed by outside were.

Two, they weren't [i]Aswang[/i] either.

Putting two-and-two together, he came to a third realization: He was, in fact, [i]not[/i] being sent off to war, as his Lord-Father implied. Now that he thought about it, he never really [i]did[/i] specify what he meant by him going to "a field of war like no other, where monsters of all kinds and walks of life gathered to hone their skills." In other words, school. Because this was a school bus, [i]clearly[/i]. That would explain the uniforms as well, now that he thought about it.

Bloody double meanings. 

However, he was still here under orders, so that meant there was a yet-to-be discernible purpose to his being here. Up until this point, blood and war were all he knew. Perhaps is Lord-Father wanted to expand his skill set? If that was true, he could see the wisdom in that, he just wished he told him about it in a more straightforward manner, rather than dancing around the issue and chucking him into a bus. 

Taking a look a the others on the bus, he was unable to discern their true forms. [i]Aswang[/i] could tell each other a part immediately, but the same could not be said when it came other races. He was worried about being surrounded by so many unknowns, and realized that this was another aspect of the battlefield. Unknowns were bound to be present, so it would be up to him to gather information, if he wanted to survive. 

As the bus crawled to a halt, Cabal took a look a his new surroundings and smiled. A forest with a dark sky as an ominous backdrop. Just like home then. Perhaps adapting to living here wouldn't be so difficult. 

Stepping off the vehicle, Cabal was greeted to sound of a girls cheerful yell.

[i][color=6ecff6][b]"GOOOOOOD MOOOOORNING!"[/b][/color][/i]

Her very, [i]very[/i] cheerful yell. His eye twitched as he fought a reflexive urge to pounce on her and tear out her throat in order to incapacitate a potential threat. It was a hard fought urge.