When (y/n) got back to her dorm room, she was tired but had energy left.
She went to the woman's bath to get cleaned. Thankfully she found a cold bath to use so she could clean up. The water was relaxing to soak in, there were few others in the bath as well. It was quiet, peaceful. She could fall asleep in the tub if she allowed herself to.
But no, she had to get out after washing herself off and doing the skincare ritual that Kiji taught her.
She was finally clean and changed into her sleepwear.
The female chuckled to herself, she was walking around in her sleepwear while the night shift workers are in their uniforms.

Her body was still feeling energetic.
She was not sleepy in the slightest.
(Y/n) went to the observation platform to look at the stars, she did not mind the funny looks she got from the night guards.
The cool night air was refreshing and clean, the sky was beautiful.
It was late and the stars were sparkling in all of their splendor, she smiled at the sky and blew a vapor of cold breath into the air.
The cold bodied female felt good, she felt like nothing could hold her back anymore.
Not Elf, not her past troubles, nothing!
A wide smile was present on her face as she looked into the moon, the same one as she saw a long time ago. The same stars that she and her family loved, the same sky that she and Shiro watched those years ago.

Her pocket buzzed as she got a late night call on her cell.
She looked at the number, it was the secure family emergency line.
The woman picked it up, her father was on the other side and breathing hard.
"(Y/n), Listen to me. Your mother and I were attacked, I fear they are looking for you.," the man said and coughed, "Please, stay where you are. Don't come home. I'm going to have to bloom again to save your mother and myself. Listen closely to what I have to say."
The female knew this was serious of the family last resort was going to be used.
"Our family's last resort is when we use our own blood in the ice to strengthen it, it is called a bloom for its color.," the man said, "The red of a blooming flower, earning our name. Yukinohana. That is the last secret of our family I have to share with you."
She heard shouting of the other side of the line and her mother yell, the sound of ice braking could be heard.
The line went dead and the female looked down at her phone, she was shaken.
The feeling she had earlier was gone, replaced with a fear for her parents' lives.
Did Elf decide he wanted to kill her parents anyway? Was there a riot? What the hell was happening?

Her heart was racing, it hurt.
She felt scared. Cold. Light-headed.
She shakily made her way to her dorm room, she stopped to look at the stars again in a hope for comfort.
She did not realize that she had been out all night at that point, not until the sun was coming up. She needed to get back to her dorm to change her clothes and go to her office to do the morning paperwork.
The cold bodied female walked to her dorm and changed quickly before heading to her office.
The office was clear and clean, no unexpected visitors. Little Shiro was on the desk where she left him.
The female sat down and began to fill out the paperwork, her heart did not quit beating fast. She felt dizzy.
It was enough that she doesn't get enough sleep, now she was worried by Elf and her parents.

She signed the last bit of paperwork and checked everything over for mistakes from fatigue, she found a few and corrected them before filing the papers away.
She looked at the dolls of her and little Shiro that were sitting on her desk, she admired the work that went into making them.
Her eyelids felt heavy as her head fell onto the desk, she had fallen dead asleep.
She did not hear the knock on the door or it open.
"It seems like she is asleep at her desk again.," the soft voice of Seitarou said with a small laugh, "she must have stayed up all night to catch up on her work again."
"That is too bad.," the voice of the man with Seitarou said, "And I came all the way out here to meet her."
"We should leave her be, she needs her rest. Especially with health conditions.," the blue haired male said and led the guest away.
Half an hour later, Jyugo and the others walked in to see the same sight.
"She's gonna get a bad neck cramp from sleeping like that.," Uno said, "Hey rock, help me move her to the couch."
The purple and red haired American helped his British friend put the female on the couch as the green haired American placed the blanket over her.

"I wonder why she did not get sleep this time.," Jyugo said with a yawn.
"We can ask her when she wakes up.," Nico said but was waved off by the black haired Japanese teen.
"Perhaps later, I have an eye exam appointment to get to.," he said and walked out, "Later."
"Guess we escaped for nothing.," Rock said.
"Not nothing, Yukino-chan got help from us and we can get a soda from her fridge.," Uno replied.
"Ooh, I want strawberry!," Nico cheered and went to the fridge to grab the drinks.
Rock was right with him, "Let's get them and go before Hajime finds we were out again."
The three left after getting a drink for each of them.
They still ended up getting scolded by Hajime.

(Y/n) slept until noon, she woke up confused but refreshed.
This was a paperwork day and she had done all of the paperwork she needed to do, so what else was there? She looked around.
She was on her couch when she swore she was at her desk before. Someone had to have moved her.
The cold woman got up and put away the extra bedding that was put on her, she had to get some exercise now.
Perhaps building five would not mind if she trained a little with them, she did want to speak to Samon again.
She locked her office door and went to the active building, she found the inmates there already engrossed in their training.
Inori of course was slacking off again, this time with an adult magazine in his hands.
"You're a pervert.," the female said and made him jump.
"Yukino, what are you doing here?," he asked.
She shrugged and leaned against the wall, "Came here to get some exercise and some pointers for fighting if the need arises."

"So you came to train with the inmates? You could just go to headquarters for training.," the boar like Inori spoke.
"I could, but they just want me to use my ability.," the female said, "I want both my ability and My body to be strong for when the need for action arises... which I fear may be soon."
"Bad feeling?," the boar guard asked and got a nod in return,"Well, I'm watching the inmates train right now. I'll keep a lookout for you."
"I feel you'd be doing something other than looking out for me.," (y/n) replied and crossed her arms over her chest.
"Yeah, you're probably right.," Inori responded with a chuckle, "But you can't blame me for trying."
He received a flick to his head, "Pervy old man."
"Hey...," She heard from another bench and looked over to see Qi. The silver-green haired male waved at the icy woman.
She walked over to the purple jumpsuit clad man, "Hey there Qi."
"You're here for training? Good on ya.," he said, "But I think you need a few things."
"Really, what?," the female asked.
He pointed to her with his green nails, "You are lacking in several vitamins. I could suggest a diet change or make a few supplements for you."

(Y/n) shook her head, "Qi, that is against the rules."
"I was just giving an offer.," Qi responded and laid back down in the bench.
Upa shouted, "You better ignore that trash!"
"Will you stop calling me trash?," the silver-green haired man asked.
"No.," Upa replied and floated over with his qigong, "Because that is what you are."
The cold bodied female smiled at the smaller male, "Hello upa."
"May I ask why you are here Yukino?," the little qigong master asked.
"Some training, I feel like I need to improve both my body and my own ability.," the female replied.
The white skinned male nodded, "You can start out by running with us. Then you can ask one of the guards for pointers on anything else."
She nodded and began to jog with the inmates, Qi actually got up to go with her to talk some more.
She ran and found it was pretty good, Qi kept giving some encouragement as he jogged beside her. Liang was passing them with Upa every so often.
The cold bodied female did not feel her body warm up, but she could feel the warmth from all of the other exercising inmates.

She stopped when she heard Samon call to her, she went over to speak to him. "What the hell are you doing?," He asked her.
"Getting some exercise and training in.," (y/n) responded to the monkey like supervisor, "I want to get physically stronger as well as stronger with my ability."
"So you want to train with us? I don't know if you can handle it.," the monkey like male said, "For one, you're weaker than us physically. Your ability is the only thing that keeps you strong. Two you are a female and these are male inmates, I need to look out for everyone's safety in my building."
The pale female nodded, "I got it. Too weak, female, can't keep up."
"I'm not saying that. You are just not at the level the rest are at.," Samon said, "But If you do want to get stronger than you are now, I'll give you a few things to do. The process will be slow, but I think it will be worth it for you."
"Really?," (y/n) asked and made an excited expression to the supervisor.
The monkey like male nodded, "Yep. You've come to the right place."
"Thank you Samon!," she smiled and gave the supervisor a hug before letting him go, "I'm sorry! I shouldn't be touching anyone, I'm too cold to touch."
The supervisor shook his head, "It's fine, I kinda needed to cool down anyway."

The cold bodied female nodded, "So what is first?"
"Well I promised a sparring match between me and number 2.," the orange and green haired supervisor said, "Want to watch?"
"Sure!," the female said excitedly,  "A friendly spar between you and Liang would be amazing to see!"
She had her cold hands clutched at her sides as her pink and blue eyes sparkled.
The monkey like supervisor smiled and motioned her to follow, she did and found Liang talking to Upa.
"Number 2.," Samon said and the inmates looked over.
"Supervisor. Oh... miss Hana.," the Chinese male said.
"Hello Liang.," the young woman greeted.
"She's going to watch our match.," Samon said, "Ready?"
"Yes sir!," Liang replied and looked happy, "Always ready sir!"

(Y/n) sat next to Qi as she watched the match between Samon and Liang, Upa floated next to her.
Liang delivered quick and powerful strikes from his arms and legs while Samon deflected them. The monkey like supervisor countered the final strike and sent Liang flying. The Chinese male got up and went right back to the fight.
The cold bodied female watched in awe of their ability.
She felt herself be pumped up as she watched their sparring match.
The two ended the match with a bow, Liang lost of course but had great ability.
"Hey, (y/n). You want a turn?," Samon asked.
"I-I don't think I'm at your level yet.," the female responded.
"You can use your power.," The green eyed supervisor offered, "Just to show me what you can do now."
"I don't want to cause a big mess.," the female said and was nudged by Upa.
"Do it.," the white skinned Chinese male said, "We had to clean up some of your mess before, I want to see what caused it."
Qi nodded, "We only saw a little of it when you were defending us."

With a little pushing from the inmates, she finally caved and stepped into the ring with Samon.
A few of the other inmates and guard came to watch.
"So, what should I do?," She asked Samon as both paced the ring while studying the other's movements.
"Just attack. I'll block, I won't retaliate.," the monkey like supervisor answered, "If you do mange to hurt me, I'll be fine."
"What if someone else gets hurt?," the female asked.
"Then they will have to learn how to avoid attacks like yours.," the green eyed male answered.
(Y/n) continued to pace and watch Samon, was he going to keep his word and not attack back?
She saw the other guards were now watching her and Samon in the ring.
Her eyes went back to Samon and she finally drew up enough nerve to attack with a blast of icy air to freeze the supervisor on the spot.
Samon was surprised by the sudden attack and used his arms to block the kick given by her, he noted her boot was also covered in ice. Probably to add more impact damage.
"That combination would be good for a surprise attack to stun a target, but your body is too weak to do much physical damage at the moment.," He said as he analyzed the attack she gave. He tried to move and found his feet were frozen to the ground, "What the hell?"
"Dad told me that I should always immobilize the target first.," (y/n) explained, "So I froze the humidity around your shoes."
"That's good for arresting but we're talking about an actual fight.," Samon spoke and broke the ice, "You did do well for a first strike though. Come on, show me some more."

After about an hour, both were panting from the efforts they were giving. The ring was covered in ice.
The guards and inmates were scattered after dodging flying ice.
The female's sweat dripped from her face as it froze and dropped to the ground as flurries.
"That's enough for today.," Samon said and picked up his jacket, "You did well. But you need to clean this up now."
"Yes sir!," the female said and stood up straight.
"Get some of the inmates to help you.," the supervisor said and walked away, "I'll get some treats for everyone."
(Y/n) got to work cleaning the ice mess she made.
Liang kicked some larger pieces to break them in order to help with cleanup.
Some of the other inmates helped as well.
"That was pretty impressive.," Upa said as he helped with the cleanup, "You do have a long way to go before you're as strong as the supervisor, but you have a good start."
"I can still give you those supplements.," Qi offered from his seat on the bench.
Liang and Upa spoke up, "Shut up trash."

"Thanks for the offer.," (y/n) said then winced. She had been fighting so hard that she was overheating, "Dammit."
She felt her own forehead and it was warm, "Too hot."
"Are you overheating?," Qi asked.
"Yeah, I'll be fine though.," she said and kept cleaning up.
"Are you sure you won faint like you did when you fought Musashi and Jyugo at the tournament?," Upa asked bluntly.
Liang piped up too, "Or after the fight with Enki and Noriko?"
"If won't faint this time. I've not pushed past my limits.," the female responded and put the last bit of ice away, "Finally cleaned up."
She fell onto a bench and sighed.
The female closed her eyes and rested for a little on the bench.
She felt a hand on her cheek, "You feel like a normal human now."
"If need to drop my body temperature before I get sick, Samon.," She said and looked up to the monkey like supervisor.
"This should help then.," the male said and held out a popsicle, "I don't know what flavor you like so I just guessed."

She looked at the popsicle and took it, the cold treat felt good in her hands.
"Thank you samon.," She said with a smile on her face, "You're kind."
"You did well. This is a reward for your hard work.," the supervisor replied and sat by her, "I wanted to speak to you anyways."
"Really?," the female asked and opened the popsicle.
"Yeah. I wanted to talk about cell 13.," the supervisor said and looked at her, "You knew about their daily breakouts, didn't you?"
"So you did find out.,"(y/n) chuckled, "I did. But I don't mind them, they don't really want to escape. They just do it to annoy Hajime or kill time. Sometimes it is to come see me."
"Why did you not report them?," Samon asked.
"Because, like I said before, They don't really want to leave the prison.," the female responded and gave the supervisor a smile, "You did not report them either."
"I lost the bet with them.," the monkey like supervisor answered, "So I did not report them."
(Y/n) took a bite from the popsicle and found it tasted like green tea, it was refreshing after the exercise she had.
"You have something else you want to say.," She smiled at the supervisor, "Go ahead."

"Is heard from Kenshirou... about what happened to you.," He said, "I'm suprised you are able to work with that sort of trauma."
"I work so nobody else will have to silently deal with trauma.," she explained, "Like you work to change the lives of your inmates for the better, you give them a chance to start over. I give them a voice to let out the darkness that plagues the hearts and heal them that way."
The female stretched and took another bite of the popsicle.
She waved to the Daisens as the three walked by.
"(Y/n).", Samon spoke and the female looked back at him, "Why exactly do you want to get stronger? What is it that you fear?"
Her eyes widened at his words.
She looked down at the half-eaten icy treat.
"I want to be able to fight when Elf comes. It is inevitable.," the female responded, "I'm here, Jyugo and Musashi are here. He will come. If not he, those who are with him."
"That is a good reason...," the monkey like supervisor said and looked down.
The two were quiet before (y/n) had to go, she bid the guards and supervisor goodbye before going to her dorm room.

She had to take another bath as she was all sweaty from the day's exercise, she was going to be sore tomorrow.
She looked at the ceiling as she soaked in the lukewarm water that felt like a hot bath to her. She remembered the strange dreams she had before.
The sea. She was floating in the sea and there was a shark and a person. Or was it a shark person?
She dipped lower into the water and hugged her legs, she always got comfort from that dream. It felt like Shiro's spirit was visiting her through her dreams like that.
A small smile graced her pale face, she would love to see Shiro's face again. Perhaps tell him finally that she was in love with him when he was alive.
But now she had moved on, he was gone and her heart was ready for someone else.
(Y/n) got out of the bath and dried off, she changed into her nightclothes and got into her bed.
She slipped quietly into sleep.

"Yuki. I did this to protect you."