New Beginning
"I swear to all that is good, Issei, that I will castrate you with a smile on my face if you rant about breasts in my hearing range on our first day." I said to my elder brother who was transferring into the now co-ed Kuoh Academy just as I was entering my first Year of High School. I love the idiot, I really do, but there is only so many glorifications of breasts a girl can take. The only amusing part was Issei take great offence to anyone remotely looking at me as a woman, the fact that I was rather large for a Japanese woman, in height and breasts, only added to his misery.
"Only on our first day?" Issei asked after wincing at the threat. I sighed knowing that the explanation I was about to give would screw me over at some point.
"I would prefer it to be until you Graduate but we both know you would never be able to so all I ask is just one day, just one, where I don't have to listen about your breast fetish." I said adjusting the bag I had on my back as we entered the Academy grounds.
"As much as it pains me…I promise you won't hear me today." He said looking at the rest of the students which were mainly female, with a mixture of Japanese and Foreign girls. I smirked knowing he was going to torture himself today while doing his best to ensure I didn't hear his little rants. I watched as some of the students suddenly huddled around a group of new arrivals.
"What the hell is going on?" I asked bewildered as the new group was treated like celebrities.
"I take it you're new." A passing girl with a bokken said as she stopped. "Due to the lack of interaction with boys some of the traits of the girls around here are rather exaggerated compared to elsewhere. One of which is Hero Worship and that group is made up of Rias Gremory, the redhead whose father owns the school, Akeno Himejima, the Yamato Nadeshiko, Yuuto Kiba, who is known for helping the kendo club, and Koneko Toujou, who is just starting this year but Rias asked us to help her out if needed."
"So they're the Princess of the Academy and her groupies." I said dryly since my last school had a group that was similar and were it not for me attending the Karate Tournaments in the schools name I would have been expelled due to nepotism.
"While true I have known them for many years and know them to be kind if naïve people." A voice said behind us making me turn to see a blond with blue eyes smiling confidently at us. Issei and I stiffened at the sight of him for different reasons, Issei due to the fact he was a pretty boy and I did because I felt he was dangerous. "I'm Ronin Phenex, it is a pleasure to meet some of my peers." He said with a bow while the girl that first talked fainted with a bright red face.
"Rin Hyoudou, this is my elder brother Issei Hyoudou and the girl that fainted didn't introduce herself." I said with a bow while watching him carefully, something both males caught but only Ronin seemed to know why.
"Nice to meet you but we must be off." Issei said with forced cheerfulness as he grabbed my arm and dragged me away. "I didn't think you were the type to be interested in the pretty boys."
"It wasn't his looks I was watching him for Issei. Something about him puts me on edge so whatever you do don't piss him off." I took a small glance back to see Ronin watching us leave with a bit more of a hungry tint to his smile. It was only later I realised he wasn't looking at Issei at all.
KAC
I ignored the watchers as I moved through my Karate Kata with deliberate slowness. I had started taking self defence lessons at my Father's behest when I was four and had grown to love attaining unity between my body and mind. The thrill of the spars with others wasn't anything to scoff at either. I stopped suddenly midblock as I felt someone attack the back of my head. I rolled under the attack and launched myself at my attacker.
"So you really aren't a poser." Ronin Phenex said as we traded blows that was always blocked by the other until I landed a spinning back kick to his gut that separated us. "Nice kick, we should spar more some time."
"Do you make a habit of attacking people from behind?" I asked ignoring the invitation and the feeling that he was holding back against me. It didn't help that there was a hungry glint in his eyes.
"Just the ones that interest me and practice martial arts." He said with a grin that had caused more than one girl to faint. "I've been negotiating with the Academy Governor about creating an archery club but I need a Vice-President before he even thinks of allowing it to be an official club."
"You attack me and expect me to become Vice-President of a club you hope to get off the ground? You come from a rich family that rarely if ever says no, don't you?" I asked completely deadpanned at the sheer ridiculousness of the situation making him pause for a moment.
"When put like that it does sound ridiculous and yes I do come from a well off family even if I have four siblings. Out of everyone I have met so far you are the only one with the brains, discipline and physical talent to earn my attention and I refuse to surround myself with people I don't like."
"And how do you know you would like me? For all we know we could be worst enemies and not yet realise it." I was put on edge as he gave genuine laughter.
"While that may be true life isn't without risks and some of the risks give the biggest rewards. If you want details let me know. Oh and take this, you never know when you might need it." He said handing over a leaflet with an odd symbol on it before walking away. I watched him go wondering if this was what flies felt like as the spider wrapped them.
KAC
"So how was your first day at Kuoh Academy?" My Mother asked as we sat at the dinner table that day. I had always enjoyed it as, despite my parents grumbling about Issei's habits and attitude, we were a close family.
"Rin got a stalker in the form of one of the new pretty boys." Issei said making our parents stare at me as I sighed in annoyance.
"He can't be classified as a stalker quite yet but he does seem to have taken a bigger interest in me than you would expect." I said honestly since I had yet to find him following me home or bribing people to get information on me quite yet. "He invited me to be Vice-President of the Archery Club when he makes it. It really is quite odd."
"Perhaps he has a fancy for you." Father said making me deadpan at him, very few people liked girls that could rival them in height, and caused Issei to start hyperventilating. Of course he ignored this and continued on. "You did say that you wanted to expand your hobbies and learning archery could do that for you."
"While the latter is a good point, why would I want to be around him if the only reason he invited me was to get into my knickers?" I asked ignoring the paranoid mumblings of Issei about my innocence. I rolled my eyes at that since I overheard him and his friends frequently and while they didn't talk about me when Issei was there they did when he wasn't.
"He might be a nice boy that wants something more for all you know Rin. Besides, you're almost sixteen now and you haven't even had a boyfriend yet despite being a lovely girl." Mother said making me roll my eyes since I knew that, while I wasn't anywhere near ugly, I wasn't exactly the most attractive girl out there. The only thing I had really going for me was the fact my breasts were larger than most girls I grew up with.
"NO!" Issei shouted having had enough of that talk and unable to remain silent any longer. "I will not allow any boy to defile my little sister even in the confines of their own head! If this stalker tries anything there won't be anything left of him to bury!" I banged my head off the table in annoyance.
"This is a part of why I haven't had a boyfriend. The last boy that was remotely interested was chased away by him and his pervy friends. I very much doubt that they wouldn't do so again no matter what I threaten them with." I said waving my hand at the now standing Issei. Why couldn't my brother be normal?
"You said it was only part, what's the other part?" Father asked ignoring his son's muttering.
"Guys like girls smaller than them, which I'm not, and none of them have caught my eye. They're either hot and complete jerks or nothing special in looks and complete doormats. How can you have a proper relationship if you always get your way?" I really couldn't see myself in a relationship like that and the less said about my preferences the better. Issei would have a heart attack if he knew I would sleep with anyone that overpowered me with the intention of bedding me. It wasn't like there were many interested in me and even fewer that could defeat me.
KAC
I blinked as I watched the homeless guy mutter to himself as he hid, badly, behind a tree and waited to ambush some poor soul. The only reason I had found him was because I had been practicing parkour in the trees to help keep my physical conditioning. I was about to speak up when the tree I was in was hit with lightning making me yelp and fall out of the tree.
"It seems my aim needs work." He said turning around as I picked myself up. It was then I noticed he had a staff in his hand, it had blended into the tree so I hadn't seen it. I fought off a shiver as he looked over me. "Yes, you will do nicely." I jumped behind the tree on instinct and avoided the bolt of lightning he sent at me making my eyes widen. "Do be a dear and stay still."
"Go to hell!" I shouted as I ducked under the staff strike and landed a powerful punch to his gut. I went to uppercut him but his free hand grabbed my wrist. I screamed as lightning coursed through me. As soon as it stopped I launched myself at him knocking him to the ground. I laid into his face as fast and hard as I could to keep him from doing anything else until I was pulled off of him.
"Now, now, Rin Hyoudou, there is no need for you to hurt your hands anymore on this filth." Ronin Phenex said as I tried to get out of his grasp. "When you used my flyer I didn't expect to find this." I would have asked what he was going on about but it seemed the damage from the lightning had finally caught up to me. I could see the edge of my vision darken. "You did a good job for an unaware human but just as you got him he got you." I looked down and saw that my skin was severely burned and blistered before the black was all I knew.
