Meeting other students

It was almost nightfall before the beatings that both Tristan and Crim were receiving from Instructor Green finally stopped and she dismissed them for the day, Crim who went last received far worse than Tristan did, Crim really didn't have any experience fighting and his instincts simply weren't as good, so he ended up just getting beat left and right. Both boys were exhausted and sore, right before they left Green instructed them to go to the cafeteria for dinner and to meet some of the other students, both Crim and Tristan were about to object before Green interrupted them. "Look, as it is most of the other students are either scared of you or hate you because of you being selected as scouts, it is seen as a prestigious position because you get your own one on one training and a more private dorm, you need to at least meet some of them and try and make some friends otherwise later on in your career whether you stay with the military or go off on your own you won't have any backing, those students will end up being generals high ranking political officers and such so you can't have them all hating you or being terrified of you, I know neither of you are really great at dealing with other people so take this as another part of your training, even if you don't like them you will eventually have to learn to at a minimum blend in so go and eat dinner with all the other students."

Tristan sighed as he realized she was right, while he mostly detested being around others he found he had no problems with Crim, so maybe there would be others that he wouldn't mind.

They quickly made their way back to their house to get a quick shower and wash off their blood and all the dirt that they had accumulated. As they left Crim asked Tristan " Hey what do you think Instructor Greens ability is? she just beat the shit out of us all day and I don't think she used it once".

"I haven't a clue, but I am pretty sure she is very powerful, it wouldn't surprise me if she was the strongest Instructor here" Tristan replied, he was also curious about that, he hoped he would be strong enough to force her to use it soon.

"Also do you suppose all the female instructors are as attractive as Instructor Green?" Crim asked before laughing.

"Really you find a woman attractive that just spent almost twelve hours beating us black and blue?" Tristan replied, "She must have hit you too hard on the head"

"Hey, I like a strong woman" Crim replied sheepishly

Tristan just shook his head. They had finally arrived at the cafeteria and walked in, there were rows and rows of tables to sit at along with several different stations to get different kind of food, Tristan used his nose and walked towards where he could smell the best meat, as he walked up the cooks working at the station recognized him, "We didn't think we would see you here, all we have heard about wolf abilities is they eat alone, since they normally like their meat raw and other students can have a hard time handling watching that."

"Yeah, well I figured I should come and thank you guys for the meat, and attempt to socialize a bit" Tristan replied, the cooks just shook their heads in agreement, they were happy their hard work was recognized. Tristan then ordered a large chunk of meat and asked if they could cook it extremely rare, it was true he found himself preferring it raw and fresh but, in an attempt, to not seem too freakish he would make the sacrifice and have it barely cooked. Crim ordered the same thing much to the surprise of the cooks.

"Do spectral ability users also like their meat raw?" The head cook asked.

Crim just shrugged and said, "I'm not sure I have never heard of anyone else like me, however I do like lots of meat, and I prefer it on the rare side" While the cooks seemed to take a liking to Tristan, they seemed genuinely scared of Crim, and nobody could blame them somebody that seemed to have powers based on purely the supernatural would scare anybody.

Both boys gathered their food and started to look for a table to sit, they found one empty that was almost in the middle, they sat down and were about to start eating when they were interrupted.

"These spoiled scout trainees think they can just sit wherever they want don't they"

"Yeah, we will have to teach them a lesson, show them that they aren't so high and mighty"

Tristan and Crim turned their heads and looked, it was two boys with their tablets proudly displayed on their chests reading their numbers as 10 and 12, which was considerably higher than both Tristan and Crim's.

Tristan just sighed and shrugged "This table was empty, so we sat down here, I don't see anybody's name reserving it, and as far as teaching me or him a lesson I really doubt you two idiots could teach anybody anything other than how to make a fool of yourselves." Tristan had dealt with people like this his entire life, and he decided he wouldn't take it anymore. As he spoke those words the entire cafeteria went silent as everybody stared at number 10 and 12 ranked boys seeing if they would allow somebody lower ranked than them disrespect them like that.

The number 10 ranked boy was shaking with visible rage "You won't act so tough if we take it outside to the sparring ring, you will chicken out and just run away, both of you wouldn't stand a chance against us two"

Crim started laughing in the two boys face " We will gladly kick your ass, but I am going to finish my meal first, you two aren't worth missing a meal for" the two boys seemed to get even angrier about neither Crim nor Tristan being intimidated at all "Why don't you two go find an instructor to ensure we don't kill either one of you out there while we finish our meal" as he said it he laughed some more.

The number 12 ranked boy replied, "I see you are afraid and need an instructor there to keep us from hurting you very well we will get one and wait for you outside." As he said that both boys stormed off fuming, they were ready to humiliate Tristan and Crim and they were sure it would be easy.

Everybody in the cafeteria started whispering about how the two scouts were about to be killed on their first day, they were already shuffling outside to watch the beatdown that was about to occur.

Tristan took a look out the window and saw the sun going down and smiled "Well this will be easy, after we beat the shit out of these two nobody will mess with us, they might be more scared but at least they should respect us after this"

Crim smiled "that is if the instructor keeps us from killing them, I mean be honest those two have no potential to help anybody they are so dumb that getting rid of them would be a gift to mankind"

"Yeah, you are probably right, but I won't actively try to kill them, I will give them a chance to learn...However I won't be pulling any punches either" Tristan said with a grin already showing his wolf canines.