"Sir. Pumpkin!!" A woman around her twenties rushed into a dark room. There was a single chair and mirror in the dark room. Wilted orange leaves seemed to endlessly fall on the already covered ground.
"Pom~?" The questioning voice belonged to a short black figure with a big pumpkin as a head. You couldn't tell what he was thinking or what he was going to do next. The pumpkin may have a carved face but it didn't really have a varied expression. "Tokicchi, I don't believe you have an appointment." Sir. Pumpkin tilted his head teasingly which annoyed the women.
"Sir," The woman pushed up her circular glasses with annoyance. "Please stop joking around. I'm not a student anymore - I haven't been for about 3 years now. And please, my name is Tokiru Yoruzo not 'Tokicchi.' What if a student hears you calling me that?"
The short figure let out a laugh, his Pumpkin head shook viciously with its expression not changing. Only its eyes closed but immediately opened after he stopped laughing. "I'm just teasing Tokicchi~ Pom!" Sir. Pumpkin climbed onto the single chair that was obviously way too big for someone who was as tall as a doll. "What's troubling you?"
"It's Shimizu, Sir." She let out an exasperated sigh just thinking about the troublesome teenager. "He's escaped out in the city again. He's not an official student but still... this sneaking out business is forbidden. Especially when he doesn't know how to control his Asagao Transformation."
"Oh that Arumigi~" Sir. Pumpkin took a moment to figure out what he should do with the now teenaged boy.
He remembered when Tokiru first brought the boy to him. She was 18 and a B-Rank Special Human getting ready to graduate. It was no surprise to anyone when Sir. Pumpkin had requested her and her partner Akiraka to work at the Academy.
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"So who's this little guy~?" Sir. Pumpkin asked as he (ironically) looked up at the boy. He was covered in dried up blood, most of which didn't belong to him. Sir could tell that Arumigi had been through a lot even when the young boy hadn't said one word to him.
"We're not sure of his name, he hasn't been talking. Even Akiraka tried talking to him but nothing." Tokiru explained giving the boy a cold glare. She didn't really like children - especially the troublesome ones. On the other hand, her partner Akiraka secretly loved kids and was surprisingly good at talking with them."I have no time for snot-nosed brats. I only brought the kid because I don't know how long he was in contact with the Witch Deliah."
"Speaking of which," Akiraka interrupted throwing something at Tokiru. Arumigi barely got to glance at it but he saw its shape. It was a circular object with a strange dark substance swirling in the inside. It had a sharp pin going through it. This strange object was known as a "Dark Seed."
"Speaking of Witch, Pom~" Sir. Pumpkin corrected with a head tilt which just annoyed Tokiru and Akiraka.
"Bad joke." Akiraka rolled his blue eyes slightly looking at Arumigi to see his reaction. Normally kids were swarming around Sir, but for some reason Arumigi just stood still. Akiraka could feel Arumigi's bundled up anger from where he was standing yet he knew he'd be unable to cheer the boy up.
"Clearly." Tokiru followed Akiraka's gaze to the kid. "So? What are we doing with the kid?"
"Well, why don't you two clean him up? He's covered in a buncha blood, pom~" Sir. Pumpkin then looked at Arumigi whose gaze wouldn't leave the floor. "How would you feel if I said you could say here at the Academy? Pom."
The young white haired boy finally looked up off the ground. "I...." His red eyes were filled with hot tears ready to fall down his bloodied cheeks. "I just want to see Mama..." He sniffed loudly, surprising the three.
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A teenage girl humming to herself walked down the dark streets of the city named September. Her long dark hair was pulled into a low ponytail tied with a pale purple bow. She wore a backless black white collared dress that seemed to be a stylish version of a Nun's dress. Her shoes had small black crosses on the front of them and a cross necklace hung from her double tied belt. Still, she looked like she was in cosplay more than looking like an official Nun. She didn't even have a Habit on.
The moon had come up early that day for some reason - there were several possibilities of why but in that moment the girl didn't seem like she cared. She casually walked down the street until a toy store caught her attention. She pressed her face against the display window, frowning when she saw the high prices.
"800 Sol Coins...." She whimpered looking at a cute porcelain bear that had still been up for sale since last week. The price didn't drop, however. "The Church can barely afford to pay food expenses, but I wanted to find a nice present for Sister Rachel's birthday." The girls face reddened, thinking about all the orphans that were waiting for her return.
"Pretty creepy smile you got there." Arumigi appeared next to the girl with his face pressed against the glass. His dark glasses became smudged as he did so but he didn't care. He wanted to know what was so interesting inside the window, even if he was being nosey.
"K-Kyaaaah!!" The girl shut her brown eyes and threw a punch right at Arumigi's stomach with all her might. The force was so great that it caused not only him to fly backwards but any litter on the floor was moved because of the wind created. "D-don't kill me~!" She screamed running away in a random direction, dropping her brown paper bag.
"Kill you?! I almost died with that punch...." Arumigi choked trying to catch his breath. "Note to self; never sneak up on girls in cosplay ever again. Even if they're cute." He then realized the girl had dropped all her belongings in her panic. Some apples and a thin book peeked out from the bag that was on the floor. "A picture book...?" The male bent down to pick it up. A wave of nostalgia hit him when he saw the cover - a drawing of a small boy in a cape. His mom used to read this book to him every night. He quickly shoved the book into the bag, trying to forget any memories of his mother. "I should return this to her....
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"Creepy..." The teen shuddered when she looked at the hand that she used to sock Arumigi in the stomach. "I hope he's okay...." She suddenly stopped when she heard a high pitched scream. The moon above was in the shape of a crescent and was a ugly translucent yellow color. Its eyes were bright red as it looked down on the world.
'Witch....? Or Tainted Human....? Maybe it's a Monster...' She thought to herself as she stood incredibly still. 'Think Hijiri! Think!'
"RRRRRRRRRAAAAAA!!!" A loud growl came from behind the petite girl. When Hijiri turned she was met with five sharp gleaming claws ready to tear into her untouched skin. The monster, Jack The Ripper stood on all fours - his torso was too big for his lower half to carry. He was a monster that's been on the news lately; killing young females and eating their life seeds. Even if he was after their life seeds, he dismembers their bodies when eats them.
Hijiri Sesui; an orphan girl now (not really) Nun who works at the Shirono Hato Church to take care of the other orphans. She was now face to face with a fearsome Monster who has yet to be killed by Professionals. She was going to be added to the list of Jack The Ripper victims at the age 15.
"AHHHHHHHH!!!!" Hijiri let out a horrified scream as the Monsters' claws slashed and dug into her breast, ripping her clothing in the process. Her blood now on its face and the floor.