15 Emotion

Jennifer was similar to how she was in her She-Hulk form, just smaller and without green skin and hair.

She still had a curvy body, with defined muscles on her abs and legs. But right now, her body was drawing into itself.

Her shoulders were brought inwards as her arms were clasped in front of her chest. She wouldn't meet either mine or Anna's eyes and overall she seemed to exude guilt, remorse, and anxiousness.

"Anna...I-I'm sorry...I didn't mean to get that angry over such a little thing..." Jennifer's voice trembled as her eyes went a little red.

Seeing her in this state, Anna instantly stood up and rushed in front of her with a flustered look on her face.

"You don't need to cry, Jennifer! Michael stepped in before it got any worse, so I'm fine! See!" Anna smiled while pointing to her face.

But Jennifer's face dropped a little when she heard my name. She turned to me and had an awkward apologetic look on her face. Before she even said anything, I spoke up.

"I don't care if you're sorry," my words seemed to daze her as she flinched before going rock solid, "Just don't try and hurt my friends again," with that, I got up and walked away, leaving both Anna and the frozen Jennifer.

As I was walking away, I heard Anna trying to comfort Jennifer but I forcibly cut it out as I was still angry over what happened. Unreasonably so. I went over to an empty part of the room and sat down before calming myself.

The heat and the tattoos on my body slowly started to recede back into my cells and I started to think about some worrying information about Nephilims.

Apparently, the Human side is usually more concentrated on pure Emotion, while the Angel side is more to do with anything physical. What this means is that I've got the volatility of Human Emotions and none of the control most Humans have. Sure I can work on the control but I'll always be a bit flawed emotionally.

So, take just now for example. When I saw that Anna was about to be hurt, my emotions went fully berserk and they still were rampaging in my head.

This could have something to do with my lack of memories. Ones which would give me more emotional maturity were also taken from me before I came here.

Haah~ This memory business is causing me a lot of troubles...

Before I could go deeper into the subject, I closed it down. I didn't need to let my emotions take control right now, I could end up hurting someone. Remember what Cap said...Calm, always.

Letting out a deep breath, I opened my eyes and looked around me.

"Ah, you're finally out of your Jedi Meditation, huh?" I saw Gwen squatting in front of me with Miles next to her doing the same thing.

What the hell is a Jedi? Was all I could think but I humored it and thought I'd look into it later...

"Yeah...I just had to calm down a little," I smiled at the two of them before standing up and stretching my arms a little.

"Good thing too, I thought you were gonna kill someone with the anger you were giving off earlier...So, do you like like Anna or something?" Miles scooted over to me before nudging me in the side with his elbow.

I raised an eyebrow at him before laughing, "I've only known her for a day, dude, can't say whether I do or don't. All I know is that she's my friend and she needed help. I'd do the same for you two," I patted his shoulder before noticing Gwen was looking at me weirdly, "What?"

"...What was that power earlier? It felt like you were giving off some serious heat...and those tattoos as well, what's the deal with those?" Gwen crossed her arms in front of her before giving me a questioning look.

I rolled my eyes before answering, "Well, they're both to do with my powers...I did say I wouldn't talk about this stuff, right? Anyway, neither of you have told me your powers--" before I could speak, both of them spoke in unison.

"Spider-powers, like Spider-man," "Spider-powers, now tell me yours!" the former was Miles and the latter was Gwen, and I could only look at the two with a twitching eyebrow.

"Are you two idiots or something?! Don't go spouting out about your powers about like that!" I instantly covered their mouths with my hands, not wanting them so loud about their powers. We didn't know who was listening in.

Both of them rolled their eyes at me before removing my hand. Gwen stepped forward a little and looked up at me.

"We saw how you stepped in to protect Anna and if you truly would do that for us...aren't you trustworthy enough for us to tell you about our powers?" she posed the question, but my face still said 'no'. She sighed before carrying on, "Plus, we're in this class together, right? You'd find out eventually. So what's the problem with talking about it now?" both her and Miles smiled like professional salespeople to which I could only drag my hand over my face.

I let out a sigh, "Haah~ Then I'm gonna have to apologize, my powers come from a more sensitive source than I'm willing to talk about at the minute...you'll just have to trust me, okay?" I had an awkward look on my face as I did want to tell them, I just didn't know how they'd react to knowing I wasn't fully Human.

Even if I knew how they were in the comics I had stored in my 'memories', this wasn't a comic. It was real-life and they could react badly for all I know.

Both of them seemed a bit down with my answer but eventually, they perked back up, accepting what I'd said and respecting my privacy.

I felt lucky that I had friends who trusted me so quickly. It'd have gotten annoying to have someone who constantly questioned me.

After this little talk, the three of us walked back over to the line where I was instantly called over by the four teachers.

"I'll speak to you guys in a minute, okay?" I nodded at the two before jogging over to the people who called me.

Standing in front of me was Logan, who looked pretty pissed off and Ben Grimm who, also, by default looked pissed off. But I could see that he really was a bit pissed at me in his blue eyes.

"What did you think you were doing getting involved in that fight earlier, huh?!" Logan took a step toward me, snarling a little, "You think you're a tough guy or something? Huh, bub?! You should've let the teachers handle that fiasco and stayed back!" a big hand rested on his shoulder pulling him back a little.

I looked a little guilty when I thought about the worry I probably put the teachers through, but I stood by my actions. If I didn't intervene, Anna could've been seriously hurt or even dead, who knows.

As if seeing my thoughts through my eyes, Ben shook his head, "Kid, I know what you're thinking 'You had to save her' 'She was gonna die', but the truth is no one can die in this room," my face was instantly full of confusion which made a grin break out on Ben's stony face, "Yeah, that's right, kid, no one can die in this room. We had magician...well kinda a magician anyway, he sorted out a formation for us. A person can take one deadly hit to their person and it will be nullified and they'll simply be knocked out," Ben faded off before sighing.

"It took him a while to do and it cost a hell of a lot of money but it's up and running right now, so that last hit between Jennifer and Anna would have simply knocked Anna out. You getting involved, however, could have had a worse effect...do you get what I'm saying, Michael?" his eyes bore into my own until I let out a sigh and my shoulders sagged.

"Yeah, I do, Ben...and Sorry for making things worse for you teachers...but maybe you should tell us that knowledge before we get into the arena?" I had a weak smile on my face as I looked at Ben.

Getting reprimanded by your hero sucks ass, that's all I can tell ya.

Ben put a hand on my shoulder before smiling at me, "As long as you realize your mistake, it's fine, kid! Now go back to your friends, your next match is coming up," I felt a bit of vigor just get injected into my body before I nodded and walked back over to Gwen, Miles, and now Anna.

I felt a bit down, both from allowing my emotions to get a hold of me and also because of not noticing that there was magic around but I pushed that to the back of my head.

When I was back in front of my friends, Miles instantly started to ask what they talked to me about.

"Ah...they were pretty much telling me to not be such a rash and hot-headed idiot, haha..." I let out a weak laugh as I scratched my head.

"But you helped stop Jennifer! What did you do wrong?!" Anna instantly stood in front of me and glared over at the teachers, her southern drawl really coming through just like it usually did when she got emotional.

But still, I quickly tried to get her to stop glaring at Logan as he looked like he was about to blow a gasket, "Anna, don't worry about it okay, they explained that you would've been knocked out and that's it. So I just made it possible for more people to get hurt, okay? So, please stop glaring at the teachers!" I got in front of her and pleadingly smiled at her.

Hearing what I said, all three of my friends seemed to calm down before Miles had the same reaction as me.

"Why didn't they tell us this? Seems a bit...stupid, I guess?" he scratched the back of his head before shrugging his shoulders, "Oh well, man, at least you're not in any trouble or anything!"

Hearing his optimism brought me a little out of my own mood, causing me to crack a smile and nod in agreement.

Before anything else could be said, I heard Logan's voice behind me, "Oi, hot-head, get up here!" I turned around and walked up onto the stage.

When I saw who my opponent was, I let out a sigh.

"Michael...please let me apologize! I'm sorry, okay?!" Jennifer was opposite me, back in her She-Hulk form. Her voice was a bit desperate and I gathered that she must have a sort of complex about hurting people badly in her Hulk form.

Which begs the question of why she got so angry that Anna was draining her power? I get it's annoying but going into a blind rage over it? Seems like an overreaction even to me and my emotions are all over the place!

She went to continue before I held up a hand to stop her.

"It's okay, Jennifer," she seemed taken aback by my calmness compared to my earlier anger at her. Seeing this, I continued, "I've calmed down and after talking to the teachers, I've realized Anna wasn't in any danger. So I forgive you, just don't let it happen again, okay?" I smiled a little at her and she seemed pretty happy about my forgiveness.

Before she could reply, I cut her off, "But for now, let's focus on the fight, okay? I've been raring for a good one lately!" as I said this, I let my emotions go and let them get washed away by my excitement from an incoming battle.

My handsome smile turned a bit manic in excitement as I entered the Burning State.

{A/N - So, I've come to the conclusion that most, if not all, of you don't find this book boring and that's a real relief I'm gonna have to be honest! It's good to know I'm not completely wasting my time after all.

And we've hit rank 29 on the Power Status, goddamn! Thank you everyone who's given me your stones, your support and obvious liking of my novel is incredibly heart warming and makes me want to continue writing this story!}