The fight with Winter Schnee is fast approaching by 3 days, Yuusha and Harriet were now in crunch time pushing him past his limits. With repeated swipes of his sword, he noticed that he was becoming faster than he was before when he tried to tag Harriet in earlier training sessions weeks prior. Harriet was happy to see the results over the course of a few days.

Harriet: "Not bad hero! Keep this up and you might actually beat Clover, or any of the Ace-Ops including me".

She places her hands on her hips giving off an aura of pride. This could be seen as her way of saying that there is little left she could teach you. But your knew better, Harriet wasn't leaving your side no matter what. You think back to what Clover said a few days ago: about how Harriet was only interested in you specifically.

Y/n: "Well...I wouldn't have gotten this far in this training partnership without you backing me up. Thanks Hare".

Not too far away, Team KNOT was watching the training match between Yuusha and Harriet high from the balcony. Turquoise was gently waving her fan while giving Yuusha a very lustful stare. She licks her lips while thinking of how much pleasure she'll gain by watching him squirm in humiliation. The thought really gets her going. The rest of the girls smiled when they know their leader is plenty excited about the fight coming up.

Turquoise: "Darlings. The time to destroy the Abysmal Hero, and Harriet Bree is steadily approaching, and I can hardly wait for it".

She begins to wave her fan in a sped up manner. Krystal, Noté and Octavia couldn't help but each give snide remarks about Yuusha.

Noté: "So what do we do now Shell? Push this even further? I can't wait to see the Abysmal Hero get broken by Winter".

Krystal slaps Noté upside her head and reprimands her for her comment about Yuusha.

Krystal: "Idiot! The plan is not to break Yuusha, but to break Harriet Bree. Remember? The skank who is too high and mighty".

Octavia: "And the best way to do that is to steal him away from her, by any means necessary. Turquoise really wants him for some reason other than just humiliate Harriet".

Turquoise: "Right you are darling. I want that boy to be our personal plaything. At first I payed him no mind, but once my good friend Hare found herself a scrumptious little thing, I just have to break her even more than I did last time".

Turquoise continued to look at the duo as they kept training with Harriet running circles around Yuusha. Then unexpectedly, Turquoise just thought of an ingenious plan to make things more complicated for the titular trainee.

Turquoise: "Girls. I'll be headed to the General's office. I just thought of something truly diabolical too make this whole scheme worth while".

Training was now over, You and Harriet began to pack up each of you own equipment and head back to the dorms, she turns towards you with a satisfied look on her face due to your progression in all the days, and hours of training together. Briefly, Harriet began to remember her masturbation episode while looking at you, she immediately turned away from your field of view. You look to see if Harriet was was doing ok. You saw from her ears that she was beet red, but you didn't know the cause of it.

Y/n: "Hey Rabbit. You feeling alright? Ya look sick".

Harriet: "I'm j-j-just fine! Why, you don't need to worry about your favorite and only mentor".

She replies flustered but also with confident smile while still blushing. You could sense something was off with her, so you decided to probe a little bit.

Y/n: "I don't think so. You've been acting weird since I called you yesterday. Hare. What's been goin-"?

Elm: "Harriet. General Ironwood would like to speak to you at once".

Out of nowhere, Elm Ederne the 'Amazon' of the Ace-Ops as you called her appears before the two of you. And from the looks of things she means business, you hope that Harriet wasn't in any trouble.

Y/n: "Whoa whoa whoa! Is Harriet is in trouble? I hope I wasn't the cause".

Elm: "Calm yourself (Y/n). Harriet is not in trouble. That is from what I know at least".

Harriet: "Well if I'm not in trouble, then why is the General requesting to speak with me"?

Elm: "I don't know, he just says he needs to see you".

Without questioning the situation further, Harriet just walks with Elm to the Generals office. But she couldn't help but feel that something might be off with this summons. With Harriet leaving before you did, you decided it was time to hit the showers, after all Hare did rough you up quite a lot.

Elm and Harriet were rounding the hallway to the Generals Office but upon arrival she sees Turquoise Shell along with the Winter Schnee, this could only mean one thing: trouble. After Elm escorted Harriet, she left per her orders. Winter stares at Harriet with a confident smile as if she was impressed at something.

Winter: "Harriet. It's good to see you. I hope you're in good health".

Turquoise jumps into the discussion between all 3 of Atlas Academy's leading ladies.

Turquoise: "I couldn't agree more. How've you been, old friend? I can still see you're having a "little" problem given your current stature".

The Tortoise gave off a mocking glare in the Hares direction as if the battle in the coming days between The Hero and Ice Queen is already decided. But Harriet kept her composure as too not give Turquoise the satisfaction.

Harriet: "I'm fine. Little miss "back heavy". I can see you have a "enormous" problem given your back pains".

As Harriet makes a snide remark about Turquoises' breast size, the sparks began to fly as these two fierce rivals stare each other down. The contest was cut short when General Ironwood greeted the elites. After taking a seat at his desk he begins to discuss the upcoming battle with Winter, and Yuusha which he plans to call off. But of course, Turquoise boldly rejects the Idea of the thought. Ironwood gave his reasons for calling off the battle and frankly Harriet was happy to hear the news so much she give small yet noticeable smile from Winters field of view. Winter then speaks up to the General.

Winter: "General sir, permission to speak"?

Ironwood: "You may".

Winter stepped forward to the General's desk with a proposal that the whole room was not ready to hear. Before she spoke up, she gives Harriet a sideways glance in her field of view with a smirk.

Winter: "Keep the match sir, but instead, let's make it a: Doubles Match. Me and Turquoise Vs. Y/n Yuusha and Harriet Bree. The stipulations remain the same, but if Yuusha's team wins, I'd like to recruit him into my Unit: The Titans".

Titans. Aka the most powerful unit the Atlas Military has to offer. Lead by Winter, The Titans have had every successful mission with no man or woman left behind. The training was intense for those that have the skill to qualify but in the end only the strong can be called Titans. It was worth every drop of blood, sweat, and tears for the men and woman who serve as Atlas' first and last line of defense. Harriet's face turned pale at the thought of you going to a every extreme like boot camp for those who are hand pick by the elite. In fact Harriet still has vivid nightmares about her time in the Titan Reserves. The training she went through was enough to break the spirit of anyone, no matter how strong one may seem. This option is way worse than Turquoise's first proposition to get You kicked out of Atlas as a whole.

Harriet: "HAVE YOU LOST YOUR MIND SCHNEE!? YOU'LL GET HIM KILLED"!!!

Turquoise: "Actually. That's just what the poor boy may need, considering you're training him without authorization from General Ironwood, who I dare say is present hearing about this now".

And Turquoise was not wrong. Some students who wish to train with an elite member of any military team has to get authorization from Ironwood first and foremost. Harriet kept her sessions with Yuusha a secret because everyone would suspect favoritism amongst the Ace-Ops with Harriet being at fault. Now Hare wants to know how she found out. Ironwood just now hearing this was not happy in the slightest.

Ironwood: "Bree. Is this information true? Has Y/n Yuusha been training under you without my knowing"?

She couldn't lie to Ironwood not without making the situation a lot worse then it already is. Turquoise was enjoying the spectacle as she watches Harriet tremble with fear with the General gazing daggers at her. This was better than the plan she and her team came up with before arriving at Ironwoods office. Harriet slumps her head and gives a shaky reply.

Harriet: "Y-y-yes sir. It's true".

with her voice trembling she feared what would happened next: Demotion from her current rank, or having Yuusha expelled by just training with her.

Ironwood: [sighs] "You're very fortunate that this was brought to my attention now than later going forward. But this doesn't excuse you at all! I'll be dropping you down back to trainee status once this little competition is over and done with. Also; Winter. Stipulation granted".

With all hope for Yuusha lost from Harriet's prospective she pleas with Ironwood to change his mind about the whole ranked battle and she even ask to train Yuusha officially, but he is still undeterred about it. James sits back in his chair placing his hand on his forehead. The General dismisses the girls out of his office, Turquoise was the first out of there as felt her job against the hare was done for her. Harriet with her chest fallen expression leaves behind her, with Winter close behind her.

Harriet: "...Why? Why are you doing this to him, haven't you seen he's suffered enough with people like you looking down on him?! TELL ME WINTER, WHY"?

Without warning Winter slaps her across her face followed by a rather disturbing grin. Harriet was taken a back by this change of atmosphere around Winter, as it felt like the hallway just figuratively became the tundra for split second.

Winter: Oh, sorry Harriet. I don't know what came over me. Maybe it has something to do with the fact that you stepped in where you shouldn't have stepped".

She moves into Harriet's left ear and whispered to her.

Winter: (whispers) "You should've just left him alone. Now thanks to you, My Yuusha has to suffer, All. Thanks. To. You. But don't worry, when I throw the match within five minutes after the call, Yuusha or should I say: my sweet (Y/n), will be in my care when he becomes a Titan. And I promise too take good care of him".

Harriet was stunned with unrecognizable fear as Winter speaks to her, it's as if a Rabbit was staring at a Fox whose ready to dine on its prey. She slowly glances over to Winter who is now giving off a rather chilling vibe as she slowly backs away from her.

Harriet: "Wh-What the hell are you talking about?! Your Y/n? Where did that come from? He doesn't belong to anyone!"

Winter: "Oh? That isn't from what I heard Bree. Word is that you and (Y/n) had a "wager" early this month. And If you won: he would have to be your Boyfriend. Is that right...Rabbit?

And with that, Harriet was caught. She began to question who would've know about the Wager between her and You in the early days of the month. Only she was present with you during that time.

Winter: "If you want to know how I found out? Then you're out of luck. That is my secret. Oh and don't tell (Y/n) anything about this, or I'll show him this".

Winter takes out her scroll and shows footage of Harriet masturbating while calling Yuusha's name before her raging orgasm. Harriet's face goes flushed when see's herself in the recording and couldn't believe she was being watched. In a blind fury Harriet charges at Winter only too be halted an unknown force. It was Winters summoned Beowolf that stopped her by grabbing her left leg. With one mighty swing Harriet was thrown down the hallway, but not without passing the Tortoise at high speed. Well shit. The Hare did in fact beat the Tortoise...down the hallway.

Turquoise: "Oh my word"!

She dodge just in the nick of time and can only laugh at Harriet's despair. Winter walks ever slowly towards the now floored Harriet Bree. creeping up to her ears and whispered three simple words.

Winter: "This. is. War"....

To be continued...

You thought Turquoise Shell and her team were the main antagonist, But it was Winter Schnee!!! Now Winter has her eyes also set on you too?! Damn there is no way this could get worse...or could it?