"Hyahahahhah!!" Jack The Ripper's manically laughter echoed throughout the dark space Hijiri was running through. It seemed like the light she saw at the end was getting farther and farther but the Monsters' voice was getting closer with each step.
Hijiri continued running without ever turning back because she knew she would see his ugly face. Her hands felt like they were on fire and when she looked down they were. Hijiri screamed falling backwards into what felt like a bottomless pit with just her flame lit hands lighting the area around her. Hijiri's tears came out like a stream but never touched her own face because of how fast she was falling.
"Sesui?! Sesui!?" Someone unfamiliar was shouting her surname from above the pit. "Sesui Hijiri!"
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Hijiri woke up in a cold sweat, her cheeks were streaky with tears. Her vision was blurry for a couple of seconds but the girl could tell she was in an unfamiliar room. A hospital was her first guess because of the white light and the IV tube stuck in her hand. But the room was way too small to be a hospital.
"Oh good," A tired looking man with long messy hair sighed relieved. He looked like he never even closed his eyes or even touched a bed. His face was rough looking especially with all the stumble that was supposed to be a beard of some sorts. The man also had a huge scar across his cheek right under his eye. "You were probably having a nightmare... still...." He muttered looking at his clipboard.
Hijiri sat up but quickly looked down remembering her clothing had gotten torn from the Monster. Strangely enough, she wasn't wearing clothing that belonged to her. The clothes on her looked like they were meant for gym.
"Um--"
The door was then blasted open, a blonde student with a bunch of earrings came flying into the room. Hijiri just sat there dumbfounded as the whole scene unfolded.
"Giving up already, Hiro!?" A slender student with messy crimson hair and golden eyes asked with a cocky grin. He cracked his knuckles getting ready to attack again when the student named Hiro began standing up. He spit out some blood but was still able to fight.
"I'm just getting started, Seven!" Hiro then charged at the red haired male.
"You two!!!!" The tired middle-aged man yelled creating a loud frequency in the room. The glass cabinets that carried all sorts of medicines all cracked. The two boys that were about to fight suddenly became paralyzed with fear and also because of the sudden frequency of the man's Sariyoku. Of course, the fear was probably the main reason too. Strangely enough, Hijiri could move just fine but she was too scared too because the man looked like he was ready to kill someone.
Seven and Hiro began to nervously sweat when they realized who they just angered. "Dr. Isen...." The two boys said in unison, their voices cracking despite being high schoolers.
The middle aged man put one hand on each boy's head picking them up with ease. His tired green eyes seemed deadly - resembling a snake almost. The boys sweat even harder, hoping that the doctor would have some mercy on them.
"Now," He squeezed their heads hard so they wouldn't give any dumb answers. "Why are you two lovely boys fighting in here - in fact why are you fighting at all?" He had emphasized the lovely part a little too much.
"Just - Just some friendly fire!!" Hiro answered quickly looking at Seven. The crimson haired boy nodded knowing that playing friends was better than being crushed by the doctor.
"Yep! Just a friendly fight between friends! Sorry Doc, we were having a bit too much friendly fun!" Seven rambled on like an idiot.
"Well as you can see," The Doctor turned to Hijiri who was frozen with fear. "I have a patient, so take your friendly fire and stick it up your--"
"Um excuse me, Dr. Isen--" A short girl with messily cut hair styled into a bob walked into the room. Her messily cut bang covered her left eye. Sweat immediately formed when she saw the doctor still lifting up the two boys by their heads. "Uhh -- Um, I'll come back later!" She squeaked out of the room with tears in her eyes.
"Just get out." Dr. Isen sighed, dropping the two boys who dashed for the door. He then realized the girl from before was supposed to take Hijiri to Sir. Pumpkin. "Not you, Hiro."
"HAHAHA! Sucks to be you!" Seven stuck his middle finger up, picking up speed so that he wouldn't get called back.
"Sorry," Dr. Isen turned towards Hijiri who was doing a bad job at hiding the fact she was frightened by the doctor. "Erm..." He reached his hand out which made the poor girl flinch. Dr. Isen looked disappointed for a second but just rubbed the back of his head. "Sir. Pumpkin most likely wants to see you. Hiro, take her." He instructed, sitting down on his chair typing something. "Get going!"
"Right sir!!" The two rushed out the door so that they wouldn't get Dr. Isen mad anymore.
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"Transfer Student?" Hiro asked curiously as he led Hijiri to Sir. Pumpkin's room. He shoved his hand in his pockets, the petite girl kept a close eye on the blonde boy. She remembered what Sister Rachel warned her about boys like Hiro. They have piercings all over their ears, they don't ever tuck in their shirts, and will wear outside clothing under their uniform, and the final thing was they always have their hands in their pockets. Oh yeah they get into fights all the time too.
"Delinquent..." Hijiri hissed at Hiro scared that he would taint her pure soul.
Hiro then let out a laugh which surprised Hijiri. He laughed so hard he started crying a bit.
"Hahah.... Sorry..." He waved his hand apologetically. "It's just that you're the first girl to react like that. Normally they would keep their distance after calling me such a name."
Hijiri thought about it for a second, "Well you are supposed to be escorting me somewhere so of course I wouldn't avoid you right now."
It was like an arrow shot through the blondes' chest. "Jeez, you sure know how to break a guys heart." He joked about making Hijiri blush.
"No, no!" She shook her head frantically. "I've never dated anyone at all! So it'd be impossible to break their hearts!"
"Who exactly are you?"
Hijiri stopped in her tracks and saluted, "Hijiri Sesui! Nun Class!"
"Nun Class!?" Hiro bursted out laughing, confusing the girl. She could have sworn that was how Arumigi did it.
"Arumigi....!" Hijiri gasped as flashes of what happened that night overtook her.
Hiro scowled at the name Hijiri just mentioned, "Ugh, you know that jackass? Poor excuse for an Asagao." He felt like spitting. Hiro remembered the hell he went through being Arumigi's partner. Even though Hiro was a Special Asagao, Arumigi acted like he was in charge. It pissed Hiro off everyday because he couldn't figure out how such a low-level Asagao had the balls to boss others around. Sure, Hiro's Percentage wasn't high but at least he was in the double digits unlike Arumigi who only had a fraction - not even.
"You're his partner...?"
"Was and thank god for it too!" Hiro exclaimed with a smile.
"Yes thank God!" Hijiri smiled creating an awkward silence between the two. Even though all she did was repeat, Hiro felt like she meant it in a different way. "So that means you're a Special??" The girl asked hoping she got the term right.
"I'm a rare case," Hiro scratched his cheek. It was pretty rude of a question but he let it slide because Hijiri was a cute girl. "I'm a Special Asagao." He blushed; it was pretty embarrassing to tell people his Classification.
"So then what's your speciality?" Hijiri asked, creating another awkward silence between the two as they took several different turns to go to Sir. Pumpkins room. Hiro didn't know if she was playing stupid or was actually like that.
"You're in a C Class aren't you?"
"Huh? C Class?"
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"Fufufufufu~!" Sir. Pumpkin greeted Hijiri who just stood in amazement of how tiny he was. She didn't even care to say hello to Arumigi who was covered in bandages. His small black body pointed up with confidence but the expression on his pumpkin never changed. "Welcome to the Academy!"
"So~cute!" She squealed as she jumped to hug the small little pumpkin head.
Arumigi coughed up blood surprised at her informal actions. Tokiru's glasses slid down as she was surprised that Hijiri would even touch such a God like Sir. Pumpkin. Akiraka was dumbfounded like the others at Hijiri's behavior.
"Don't kill her! Please have mercy!!" They all yelled in unison reading to remove Hijiri off of Sir. Pumpkin.