3rd person pov

Walking down the halls of Beacon Y/N rubbed his sore face, wincing slightly causing him to quickly retract his hand, not at the point where he was suitably recovered just yet.

As he turned the corner he heard a set of quickly approaching footsteps and turned his head to see Pyrrh who was smiling a bit only for it to falter upon seeing his face, obviously concerned at his appearance.

Pyrrh: My word, are you alright?

Y/N: Y-Yeah, I'll be good. Just... don't touch it

Pyrrh: What happened?

Y/N: I fell down a flight of stairs. A long flight

This caused a look of hesitance to come from the red headed male, his gaze fixated on the teen while trying to figure out if he was telling the truth or not. After a moment or two he just let out a breath and offered a kind smile.

Pyrrh: As long as you're okay

Y/N: Of course, i feel better by the second

Of courses that wasn't entirely true as the same of having his ass beat in still stuck around, but it did give him motivation to get better. After all, he was ment to be Huntsman. He needed to be able to handle a couple of thugs like them.

Y/N: Have you seen Blake at all?

Pyrrh: Last I heard he had an arguement with his teammates the other day, I think they're made up now though

Upon getting to class Y/N noticed, that out of all of them it could've been, it was combat training. While sure, he wanted to get better... he was still healing after all, and the these kinda looks weren't exactly something he wanted to be getting right now.

Heading over to Glynn he took a moment as the teacher looked over, seeing the bruises and black eye causing him to sigh softly, beginning to do something on his scroll as he tried to say something.

Y/N: Can i be excused for today?

Glynn: Can you still activate your aura?

Y/N: Well, yes, but-

Glynn: Then no. Hunters will need to go through injuries on missions, this isn't any different

Relenting he went over to the the locker system and took out his sword, never being very creative when it came to weapons, but a sword was still cool nonetheless, even if it was kinda heavy.

He went over to where everyone else was, waiting for a match to be called out. However as he was waiting the mute came up beside him and offered a smile, patting his back gently.

While he understood the meaning behind the gesture, he still felt as of it was a bad idea. Then again, surely not everyone here was capable of kicking his ass, there had to be like a few who he was better then... right?

As if Glynn was doing this on purpose, his name was called along with Ren from team JNPR, not knowing much about him apart from the fact that he was Pyrrh's teammate, and didn't say much.

Beginning to head down, hesitantly might I add, Y/N began to prepare himself for how he could take the oncoming defeat in good spirits. Their auras appeared on a screen, displaying it everyone while the teen held his sword close.

While Ren's semblance was useful against Grimm, it was less so against people, so really this would be a test of skill. The buzzer went off for them to begin and Ren went to jump back, but for some reason tripped and fell on his back.

Y/N: A... Are you alright?

He went to get up but slipped once more, hitting his head on the ground causing Y/N to slowly relax his stance and just turn his gaze over to the teacher who could be seen pinching the bridge of his nose.

Beginning to slowly approach Ren, feeling this was maybe trick, he aimed his sword before pointing it at his head, the male slowly looking up as everything was a bit fuzzy from knocking his head.

Over with the others Y/N's teammates looked on before the two glanced over to where Neo was only to notice he'd disappeared... and the teen was announced the winner when his opponent forfeited.

Coming out the arena he sat down and rubbed his arm, feeling really weird about what just happened. And after a moment he was joined by Neo who offered a smile, relaxing beside him.

Mercury: Do you think that was his doing?

Emerald: Is that a question you need to ask?

Mercury: ...It's kinda weird

Emerald: Just don't say anything about it. I don't wanna get messed with by someone like Neo

Mercury: Still, he should be able to stand up for himself... hm

Timeskip

Y/N: Dude, it's like 5am. Where are we even going?

Mercury: I just wanna make sure you're able to carry your own weight on this team

The words did offend the teen a bit but he didn't say anything about it, instead just following Mercury until they stopped at a small training area, the door unlocked for a reason unknown to the teen.

As they stepped inside he looked around and yawned quietly, needing to wipe the sleep from his eyes. If this was going to be too much for him, then there was nothing stopping him from leaving.

The grey haired male stretched his arms above his head as he walked into the centre of the room, gesturing for Y/N to do the same. And after a moment he was there with him, unsure of what to do.

Mercury: I want to see how hard you can punch

Y/N: What? Come on, that's stupid

Mercury: Do it

Y/N: You're just going to say "I barely felt it" and make me feel-

He cut himself off when a fist came his way, the teen side stepping it in order to dodge before looking to Mercudy who retracted his arm, doing a "Come here" motion with his hand.

Taking a deep breath Y/N relented and cocked his arm back before throwing a punch into Mercury's open palm, there being a solid noise when they met, which one of them expected.

However the grey haired male's head rocked back a second or two later, rubbing his nose which made the teen stand there in confusion, his arm still sticking out, a bewildered expression on his face.

Mercury gathered himself and looked over to the door for a moment, wondering if what he thought just happened was true. To test this his leg curved, going to kick the side of Y/N's head making him raise his arms to block.

He stumbled slightly, not expecting that much force as well as how heavy his kick felt. Guessing it was his turn, he tossed another punch and Mercury raised both arms to his face to block it.

There was no reasonable way that anything could hit him like that again, and yet a second later he felt the impact once more even as Y/N's fist was still against his forearms.

Letting out a slight groan he held his nose after taking a step back, using his free arm to wave at the air to test to see if Neo was once again around and used his semblance to give the Illusion he was invisible.

Mercury: What's your semblance again?

Y/N: I don't know yet. Haven't awoken it or whatever the term is

Mercury: Guess not... hey, you know your weapon?

Y/N: What about it? And before you say, I know, it's boring

Mercury: I was thinking you could upgrade it. If not into a gun, then use dust to increase the power of your swings or something along those lines

Y/N: I wouldn't know the first thing about how I would even set about doing it

Mercury: I'm sure we can help you figure that one out

The teen slowly relaxed from how tense he was before as Mercury took a step closer, definitely noticing that while his strength was alright, he could definitely use some advise on his form and technique.

Mercury: I'm more of a kicking guy, but I can teach you how to punch. Okay, so you're gonna want to punch with your whole body, give a twist of your waist, bit if a step forward to

Timeskip

A bit after the day had ended Ying found himself driving around Vale, stopping outside a usual hangout spot which he had recently wrecked. Whether he was feeling nostalgic or wanted to rub it in, he decided to go inside.

There was no one at the door to stop him, and the door was bashed open which made him assume there was another scuffle here making him chuckle, of course any positive emotion was quickly shattered when he saw Junior and the Twins lying on the floor.

They looked like they were attacked by a madman, covered in slash wounds making him rush over and check for a pulse which thankfully there was. Beginning to look for any reason this might've happened, he observed the wounds.

Each cut wasn't aimed at anywhere vital or dehabilitating, like the whole reason this was done was to teach a lesson or non lethal vengeance. Slowly climbing to his feet he pulled out his scroll to call the emergency services.

Meanwhile with the cause of all of this, Neo was currently applying a few things to Y/N's face, trying to help cover up the black eye with make up along with getting it to settle faster, a smile on his face.

Y/N: Y-You don't need to do this. And this is weird, I'm a guy, I shouldn't have make up on

In response to this Neo slowly leaned forward and pecked his cheek before raising a hand mirror and showing the teen that he now had a lipstick mark on his cheek, causing it to turn red.

Y/N: Wait, huh? Y-You wear...

He just nodded as the smile stayed, a silent giggle leaving him as he watched Y/N try and wash it off without ruining what Neo had already done for him. Seems the mute had become rather attached, but is it for the better or for the worse?

(Lemme know what you think)