"Enough talk, we have arrived" Mr. Kozlov said in his usual harsh tone, they were at the target range there were an assortment of weapons locked up in cages at the back, across from them individual booths of varying ranges. "Simple target practice is your next lesson, Dmitri informs me some of you are lacking in this department," he looked specifically at Anya and Jeanne, the two returned a blank look as if they didn't realise they were being singled out. "Choose your weapon of choice and the range, pistols and automatic weapons should head over there" he waved in the general direction of a low distance open target range. The class looked over the various weapons, it was mostly an assortment of different caliber pistols, there were a few mid range hunting rifles an assault rifle and a combat shotgun. Jon took the assault rifle while each of the girls took pistols, Aleksi decided he wanted to try out the shotgun, Darren continued to wander and came to a weapon just outside of the longest range both, it was a proper marksmen rifle, fairly decent quality too. "The top scorer wants to go for the furthest range I see" Mr. Kozlov said a hint of annoyance in his voice, "You should join the rest of your class, marksmen are cowards" he spat derisively, Darren refused to take the hint and pulled the rifle out of the cage. The guns were heavier then what they used in the office building, since they weren't shooting at each other they were provided live ammo guns for target practice. Anya and Jeanne struggled, they managed to hit the targets for the most part but their shots were wild and didn't get further then the outer ring, Ito hit the bullseye on most of her shots, while Jon was mostly in the inner rings. Aleksi didn't really need to aim that much the it took him a while to get used to the shotguns recoil but once he did he destroyed most of his targets. Darren was disappointed with the range on the marksmen range, he felt it was to close back in Canada he used to practice at 200m for the mock battles using air guns him and others his age participated in.
After the class was half over Andre stopped them and had them unload and return the guns to the cages and led them to a field next to the shooting range, "Hand to hand training, you can fight barehanded or use basic weapons like combat knives." Most of the class weren't to proficient fighting close quarters and Mr. Kozlov mocked them relentlessly, Aleksi was paired with Jeanne and he kept helping her up when she fell. "Don't help her you tool!" Andre yelled, "Kick some dirt in her face, its not effective training if no one gets hurt" the man barked at him, Darren had to fight Jon last and wasn't looking forward to it. Jon was already an ass and with all the insults their instructor had been throwing at them he looked set to cause some serious damage, "Alright last round, Jon against Darren." Darren was sure Mr. Kozlov set this up intentionally he had been giving him angry looks since he chose the marksmen range earlier, he put that out of his mind and decided to put his full focus into the match.
Lunch followed the close combat training, Darren was pretty sore, he didn't fair to well against Jon on an open field, he was for the most part able to deflect and dodge the majority of Jon's attacks, but the guys unnatural strength flung him around quite a bit. They had a meeting in the council room soon but he needed to take a shower and change to get all the dirt off, after getting a fresh uniform he left the washroom and bumped into Jeanne. "Sorry, didn't think anyone else would be down here," Jeanne had just as rough a time as him being paired with Aleksi so she got knocked around quite a bit as well. "That Mr. Kozlov such a brute no?" she asked "telling Aleksi to kick dirt in my face has he no shame" she asked, of course Aleksi didn't actually do it but she wasn't wrong the pairings for everyone seemed askew. "Its to bad we didn't win today, to be honest I hadn't thought Ito would pose much of a threat" Darren admitted "non non, don't apologize, I was at fault, I did nothing to prepare thinking I was lucky to have you as a partner" Jeanne replied.
They met up with everyone in the student council room, Jon had a self satisfied grin on his face but Darren just ignored him, "You're late," Anya said in an annoyed tone, "That was my fault no?" Jeanne admitted. "Oh what did you do" Aleksi said a wide grin on his face, "I distracted him when I got out of the shower" Jeanne admitted, Aleksi started laughing, Ito looked away flushed from embarrassment and Anya looked mad. "No she meant she bumped into me outside the washrooms" Darren exclaimed quickly, "That is what I said no?" Jeanne asked a puzzled expression on her face. The meeting didn't take long there were no important events scheduled for a while it was called to discuss issues brought forward by a few clubs, some of the foils used by the fencing club had broken and the general martial arts clubs mats were starting to wear out. "The mats will hold out for a few months so the broken foils take priority, I'll discuss it with the faculty at the next opportunity" Anya said "That's all for todays meeting."
Darren had forgotten about making his lunch that morning so he headed towards the cafeteria, Aleksi rushed over to catch up to him, "Headed to the cafeteria?" he asked, Darren nodded, "Great, I'll join you." The cafeteria menu was beyond Darren, most of the meals he had never heard of, he decided on borscht after Aleksi explained to him it was just a type of soup, "But seriously, did you have to tase me" he asked, "You let Ito off." "Would you have been able to tase her if you had her at a complete loss?" Darren asked, "With you I had no choice you had that big shield, what was Jon thinking?" Aleksi laughed "I know what you mean, the guy wouldn't stop throwing a tantrum till I did what he said, but in all honesty I don't think I'm cut out for espionage work" Aleksi admitted. "I'm hoping to get a gig as a bodyguard to one of the top brass," he said, "I don't remember why I decided to come here" Darren replied "My parents expected me to get a good job as some boring office worker and that just wasn't for me." They finished up their meal and got ready to leave, the rest of the day was general studies so the six would be split up into the various classes. Darren, Aleksi, and Ito were in the same group but Jon, Anya, and Jeanne were elsewhere.
The rest of the day went by fairly quick, Darren had completed all of his general studies back in Canada so it wasn't that difficult, the only thing he had trouble with was learning Russian, Aleksi had been pretty helpful with that. He decided it would be an early day and made his way back towards the dorms when he was spotted by Anya and Jeanne, "There he is!" Anya exclaimed as the two ran towards him. "The day is still early so you are coming with us!" she said not taking no for an answer, "Pvt. Jeanne capture the target!" Anya ordered "Ouis Madame" Jeanne responded and they both grabbed him by an arm and dragged him along with them.
The two girls dragged Darren around to look at the clubs with them, apparently they had invited Aleksi but he said he already had a club in mind to join, neither of them could find Ito but saw him while they were looking for her. They went to the fencing club first, "This looks like something you could do non?" Jeanne asked Darren, "Not so much" Darren replied, his mother and grandfather had insisted he learn kendo growing up and he enjoyed it but he couldn't see himself practicing with the flimsy foils the fencing club used. "No I didn't think so" Anya said, "I see him swinging around one of those samurai swords, Darren and Ito are like ninja's," "That's kind of racist" Darren replied, "Nin nin" Anya responded smiling. They went to the general martial arts club next, it had a fairly large number of students, the various styles astonished Darren just at a glance he noticed at least ten different forms. Anya went over to the head of the club to discuss the matter of the training mats that they put forward, "Maybe I should join this club non? Jeanne asked, it seemed the office battle was still bothering her. "You were in gymnastics in France right?" Darren asked, she nodded, "Fighting and gymnastics share some similarities, discipline is key, flexibility is also important, you'd probably do well if you decided to join" he said trying to cheer her up. She looked around thoughtfully, "Maybe I will join then" she said happily, Anya came back "That man has such a bad attitude!" Anya whined, I explained the situation but he just kept barking his complaints at me." The girls decided to go to the swimming and gymnastics clubs next, Darren made up an excuse to get away, it took some convincing with Anya specifically, he really didn't need the looks he expected to get going to those two clubs.
Darren started heading back to the dorms, when he spotted Jon and Ito, Jon had her cornered and was saying something to her, Ito looked really uncomfortable, "What's this about?" he asked approaching the two. "Mind your own damn business" Jon snapped at him, "Are you alright if I make it my business?" he asked Ito, she nodded looking like she was about to cry, "Well you heard the lady" he said. Jon glared at him "Butt out you louse," Darren was really getting sick of this guys attitude, how do you have to be raised to turn into scum like him, "Let the lady go about her business, I don't want this to turn ugly but if you continue harassing her I don't see any other way" Darren said coldly. Jon looked at him and chuckled then turned away like he was going to leave then leveled a punch at him, expecting it Darren got under it grabbed him at the elbow flipped him onto his back put a foot on his neck and dislocated his arm. "Grow up!" Darren spat at him, Jon cursed at him so Darren kicked him in the side of the head before escorting Ito towards the dorm building.