Angel sighed as she brushed her black hair out of her mint green eyes. She was on the bus heading for school and as always she was alone. Even the transfer students didn't seem to want anything to do with her. Though it's not like she tried to get them to sit with her or anything. Hell she'd be surprised if any of the students knew she could talk. Oh well, it wasn't like Angel hated being alone or anything. She was use to it after all. As an orphan who was never adopted she learned not to get attached to anyone since they always end up leaving at one point or another. However she also is open minded towards things most don't think about. Her parents had taught her that before they died. Her mother had actually been male, at least in his head he was. She had no idea who her birth father was since it seemed he hadn't wanted any part of her life. But that was his lost. The only thing she knew about her birth father was that he had still been alive before her parents died and that she had gotten her messy dark hair from him. He was also smart, least that's what her mother had told her when Angel had begged her to help her find out things about her birth father. Though Angel isn't overly smart she was at least a straight A student. A fact that she figured her birth father would be happy about if the guy every looked in on her. Ok, she did care a little about him. But why shouldn't she? He's family and she's alone. Why shouldn't she want him in her life?
The bus pulled to a stop along the side the school and everyone started getting off, Angel was the last as no one payed any attention to her and if she tried to get off before everyone is off she more often then not ends up getting knocked down into almost every seat. So she learned to wait until everyone else is gone from the seats around her before she headed off the bus. Not noticing the man at the park on the other side of the street that was both watching her and snapping photos of her. He wanted to meet her face to face, but there was no way he'd be able to do so without attracting attention to himself. So for now he would watch from a distance. At least until he is sure he wanted that attention. Once Angel was inside the school he walked over to his car and drove off. He'd be back at the end of the day, with a different car so he would be harder to notice. He also made sure Angel got to school alright as well as home. If people know just how much he really was watching her it would be considered creepy and he'd likely get arrested. Or maybe not. It depends on who reports the story and just how much they learn before reporting it.
Math, Angel's most hated class. Not because she struggles with the class, but because the teacher spends the first half hour yelling at them about how they were all perverts and needed to spend less time thinking about who's cute and hot and more time on making themselves into normal human beings. And whenever one of the students would answer a complex math problem on the board he'd tell them that they shouldn't get so smug. However there were chimps being taught to solve problems twice as complex and how they were still rejects. If her teacher would spend more time teaching them, like he's being paid to do then maybe they would do better in his class. But nope! When they struggle in his class it's because they are too busy thinking about sex to study. Everybody else is at fault and he's a perfect teacher in his eyes. He's even tried to get the rest of the teaching staff to lecture the student body everyday as he does. And when it comes down to the sex ed teacher he rants till he's red in the face and panting about how it's all people like their's fault that students think more about sex and dating, and get pregnant at early ages. He's even started petitions to get sex ed banned from every school and when ever parents argued with him that students need to know these things he'd start ranting how they are horrible parents who don't care if their kids end up flipping burgers for the rest of their lives with a bunch of kids they can't afford. Parents would want to complain about him but after listening to him ranting they start to fear that people would listen more to him about how poor they are as parents. So, Mr. Aki gets away with his behavior.
Class was almost over. Mr. Aki had settled down and had everyone working away at problems in the text books. The only sounds in the room was the sound of pencils on paper and the random curse being muttered as someone noticed they'd messed up. This is when Angel can almost forget that she's in Mr. Aki's class, for he would just sit at his desk and read from a book that she had long discovered was a carefully hidden porn book. Angel doesn't know if the other students know what the book is and are too afraid to point it out or if they've somehow managed to not notice it. Which ever the case is for the rest of the class it doesn't matter. Mr. Aki reads his book and leaves them alone, and that is more then enough to make her leave the porn alone.
"All that talk about how everyone else needs to stop thinking about sex and what does he do, but read about it when he's suppose to be teaching. How pathetic!" Someone growled.
Angel looked around he carefully, not wanting to be yell at for not focusing on her work. But no one seemed like they had spoken.
"People like him are the reason I hate the human race." The voice spoke again.
Now Angel really was confused. She'd still been looking around and not one person had been speaking when the person spoke.
"To your left." The voice whispered.
Looking to the left Angel was confused, everyone to her left had their heads down. But then she looked out the window. There on the power line a young man was squatting, staring right at her with a smirk. He looked to be in his earl 20s with short curly silver hair, slightly pointed ears, pale skin, and grey eyes. The clothes he worn reminded her of a Japanese male student uniform and was dark blue in color. He was fit with a thin body. By all right's everyone in class should be staring at him, for he looked like he belonged in an anime. And yet no one was looking at him, not even the ones by the window who tended to look out it the most.
'What the?' Angel thought.
The guy seemed to chuckle. "They can't see me. Only you can Angel."
'Why me? And just who are you?' Angel wasn't sure if he could hear her, but she had a feeling he could.
"You're special. That's why you can see me. As for who I am." Here he stood up and bowed, some how remaining balanced on the power line. "I am Kai. Prince Kai to my subjects, but to you I am simply Kai." He then returned to his squatting position.
'Ok then. Why are you talking to me? And what are you even doing here?'
Kai reached into his pant pocket and pulled out what looked like a ball of light. "Because I am here to make a monster. Don't worry Angel, you're a good person so I have ordered it to leave you alone."
Before Angel could question him about what he was on about Kai threw the light into the class room. It passed through the glass like nothing and then circled the room before diving into one of the male students near the back of class. Angel recognized him as Tyler, the leader of the baseball team.
Tyler let out a sharp gasp as the light entered him before he wrapped his arms around himself, shoulders shaking.
"What's going on here!?" Mr. Aki demanded as he threw his book into the bottom drawer of his desk and stood. "You better not be fucking around Tyler." Mr. Aki then stormed over to him.
"Oh this is going to be good." Kai said as he leaned in for a better view.
Angel had only turned away from Tyler for a second before screams drew her back to him. What she saw made her gasp in shock. Standing over Mr. Aki was what looked like a mutated cross bred of a gorilla and a shark with light purple fur. It's mouth seemed to stretch nearly all the way around it's head and was full of row upon row of shark teeth. It's clawed hand snapped a shock Mr. Aki up and brought him up towards it's mouth.
'Kai stop this! This isn't right.' Angel demanded, not taking her eyes off what was happening while the rest of her class was busy trying to get as far from the monster as they could by crowding the back of the classroom.
"No. Look at them all. Not a single one of them even notices you standing there is what would be harms way. None of them care about anyone but themselves. This is what they all deserve." Kai growled.
'What gives you the right to decide that? You don't know anything about any of them and yet you are passing judgment on them. They can't help worrying about themselves, it's human nature.' Angel argued.
"All the more reason to kill them." Kai reasoned.
'I'm human too. By rights then you should kill me too, regardless of your thoughts that I'm good.' After thinking that Angel wanted to kick herself.
"You are a rare bred of human my dear sweet Angel. And there for it is in my best interest to protect you from harm." The way Kai said that, it was as if he had deep feelings for her or something.
Angel went to comment on this when a new voice reached her ears.
"Hey Ugly! Much as I hate school I can't let you just go about killing teachers."
Turning to the front of the class Angel couldn't help but feel like she'd transported into an anime. For the guy that had appeared had black hair with dark red highlights that seemed to move along his shoulder length hair when light hits it differently, he also had dark red eyes and caramel colored skin. The outfit he was wearing had a red and black theme. He had on a tight fitting vest with the top two buttons undone, fingerless gloves that ran up to his elbows, khaki shorts and boots. But what really stood out the most to her were the fox ears on his head and the fox tail that were black with dark red tips swinging back and forth behind him.
"Ugh! Mew Black Cherry. What is he doing here?" Kai groaned in annoyance. "Forget the teacher. Kill Mew Black Cherry!"
The monster dropped Mr. Aki and charged at the guy. Who just side stepped out of the way causing the monster to slam into the wall, creating a large hole into the next class and scaring the students and teacher there.
"I see you Uglies haven't gotten any smarter." The guy, Mew Black Cherry teased as he held out his left hand. What looked like glittering dust began gathering in his left hand before what looked like a battle axe appeared. That would've been cool if the red and black battle axe didn't have a large red bow with little cherries dangling from it on the shaft.
"You've got to be joking." Angel breathed. "Can this guy get anymore girlie anime super hero?"
"Cherry Arc Slash!" Mew Black Cherry called as he slashed the monster in the back with his, now glowing battle axe.
The monster howled in pain before transforming back into Tyler who fell to the ground unconscious looking like he'd just been through hell.
Everything was silent for a moment before the students of both Angel's class and the next one rushed towards Mew Black Cherry.
"That was amazing!"
"I can't believe you were able to beat that monster so easily."
"God you are hot."
"Who are you?" These were but a few things Angel could hear being said to him.
"The name's Mew Black Cherry." He answered as he flipped his hair to the side.
Angel turned to look at Kai and found him glaring daggers at Mew Black Cherry. "That foolish pretty boy! Thinks he's so great. He's just another horrible human that I can not wait to kill." Kai then turned his attention to her and sighed. "I'm sorry I failed you today Angel. But I promise next time I will kill some humans." Kai then blew Angel a kiss and disappeared.
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After the monster attack (really the school couldn't ignore the number of students who saw what happened or the two teachers that were having freak outs and ranting about monsters) the school was let out early. Mew Black Cherry had disappeared into thin air and every student who hadn't see what happened was asking anyone who did for the story. Several art students were even trying to draw what Mew Black Cherry (Who Angel was referring to as MBC in her head) looked like from witness accounts.
Angel however chose to leave the school. She knew no one was going to ask her about what happened and she really didn't care to think about it. What did want to think about was Kai's actions, or at least what he said before leaving. He had promised her to kill humans next time and claimed he'd failed her. To say she was confused was an under statement. But one thing was clear from what he said as well as the kiss he blew her was that he liked her, romantically.
"What did I do to earn this?" She asked herself.
"Wait up!" A male voice called before someone ran in front of here and blocked her path. "Man, you must walk fast or something. Didn't think you'd be this far from the school already." He panted while wiping the sweat from his brow.
Angel was surprised to see the person before her was Max, one of the most popular guys at school as well as one of the most crushed upon guys. With a tall runners body, caramel skin, honey blonde hair, and warm brown eyes he was every bodies dream guy. There was barely a student at the school who didn't fantasize about Max at one point or another. Angel wasn't one of them.
Once Max caught his breath he smiled at her. "I wanted to talk to you." He then looked around. "But not here. I don't want anyone listening in." Max then grabbed Angel's hand and began pulled her with him back towards the school. Angel didn't fight him. Partly from shock that he wanted to talk to her and partly because she wanted to know what he wanted.
*.*
Max brought Angel to the old shed on the edge of school property. Once the door was closed Max waved to the chairs some students had set up inside the disused shed. The air smelled a little of smoke, telling her that students were using this place for smoking.
Once both were seated Max fixed Angel with a narrow eyed stare that made her a little uncomfortable.
"What were you looking at out the window after Tyler changed back?" He asked her.
Angel frowned at him. Max had no classes on her floor during her math class. She would know as a large group of girls and guys follow him between classes, making him easy to spot. And there was no way he was using the bathrooms on that floor because they weren't working. So how could he have known where she was looking.
"What makes you think I was looking out the window?" She asked.
Max raised a brow at that before sighing. "Oh right. The change is so great people can't tell who I am." Max shook his head before smiling at her. "I know because I saw you looking out the window Angel. You see, I'm Mew Black Cherry."
Angel stared at him for a moment to be sure he wasn't joking. Then she frowned. "Yeah, and I'm Ironman." She got up to leave but he stopped her.
"I'll prove I'm him." Max stood and pushed her back into her seat before taking a few steps away from her. "Mew Black Cherry Metamorphosis."
To Angel's shock Max began to transform before her and when it was over he was Mew Black Cherry.
Smirking at her Max tilted his head, fox ears flicking slightly. "So, still say you're Ironman?" He teased.
"Oh my god!" Angel couldn't believe it. He really was the guy who fought the monster and turned it back into Tyler.
Take his seat Max chuckled before turning serious. "What were you looking at out the window?" He asked again.
"Huh? Oh! Kai. I was looking at Kai." Angel answered.
"Kai?" Max asked, ears tilting in confusion.
"That's what he called himself, prince Kai. He was the one who turned Tyler into a monster and he seems to hate humans." She explained.
"And you know that how?" Max asked.
Here Angel hung her head. "You won't believe me."
"Angel. I'm sitting before you, having just battle a monster and I have fox ears and a tail. I think you'd be surprised by what I believe in." Max pointed out.
Throwing caution to the wind Angel sighed. "Because he talked to me. I could hear him even though he never opened his mouth and he could hear my thoughts."
Max sat up straight at that. "He was talking to you? Why?"
Angel shrugged. "No idea. He seemed to believe I'm a good person. A rare bred of human that he wants to protect." She then added in a smaller voice. "He also acted like he's in love with me or something."
Max's eyes widen at the last part. "What?! One of those alien bastards is in love with you? Mean while his kind want to kill all humans." Max hung his head. "Just when I start to get the idea what is going on this happens."
Angel frowned. "What do you mean by that? Don't you know what's going on?"
Max gave her a sheepish smile. "Well in truth I'm going by instincts here and making the rest up as I go along." He admitted.
Angel gaped at him before sighing. "Great! So you really have no clue why I can see Kai?"
"Well at first I wondered if maybe you're like me." Max then leaned in and looked closer at her. "Have you noticed anything odd happening to you lately? Before today that is." He asked.
Angel thought on the question before shaking her head. "No, life's been pretty normal up till today."
Max leaned back in his chair with a pout. "Drat! I was really hoping for a partner in all this." He then sighed. "Well I guess you must just be special or something."
"That's what Kai said when I asked him." Angel sighed. "So what now?" She now knew Max's secret. What would he do with her now that he knew she wasn't like him.
"I don't know. I mean this is a first for me after all." He admitted.
Angel was really getting annoyed. Max was bring up a lot of questions in her and he had no answers.
"Hm?" Max's ears twitched and he stood up. "Do you heard that?"
Angel was about to point out she had normal human ears before she noticed that she did hear something. Screams.
Both Angel and Max ran out of the shed and headed towards the screams, which were coming from the front of the school.
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Students were running for their lives as three monsters were stomping around. The monsters looked like jesters with tall thick bodies and large sharp teeth and claws.
"Well that's new." Max committed.
"Are they students as well?" Angel asked.
Max frowned. "Maybe. They could also be teachers or some random adults."
"They are students." A voice answered.
Max and Angel turned and found Kai standing behind them.
"I know I said I would try again tomorrow but I just couldn't wait that long to make up for my last failure." He said to Angel. He then turned to Max with a look of disgust. "Mew Black Cherry. You've been a thorn in my side for a while now."
Max glared at him. "Oh yeah, good to know." Max looked like he was about to try to fight Kai before Angel stopped him.
"Max stop the monsters!" She shouted at him.
Max looked at her in confusion before turning. "Shit, right!" He said then ran to fight the jesters.
"Even the one who's suppose to protect them is no different then the rest of humanity." Kai said as he walked over to Angel. He then turned her around and wrapped his arms around her like she was his girl or something before taking a deep breath. "Mm. Your hair smells so good. And we fit so well together. This must be fate."
Angel wanted to fight against him, to run away from him. But she didn't know what he would do if she did. So she stayed where she was and hoped Max would make the fight quick. However as she stood there watching she noticed that Max was struggling against the monsters.
"He won't beat them so easily. These ones will make sure that he doesn't get a moment to think. He'll soon make a mistake and then he will die. And with him out of the way killing humans will be must quicker." Kai smirked into her hair.
He was right. With no time between attacks there was no chance Max could beat them. They just kept coming at him.
"But no matter how many monsters I let lose on the Earth you needn't worry Angel. They all know not to hurt you." Kai assured her.
Angel's eyes widen as an idea hit her. But she couldn't do anything until she shook Kai off her.
"Ow." She whispered.
"Huh? What's wrong?" Kai asked.
"You're holding me too tight." Angel told him, making herself sound like she was uncomfortable.
Kai quickly loosened his hold on her. "Sorry."
With his hold looser Angel took a change to pull free. She then bolted towards Max. As she neared him the monsters began backing away and stopped their attacks.
"Angel what are you doing." Max demanded as he forced himself back up after having been knocked down.
"Max they won't attack while I'm near. Kai made sure of that."
At first Max didn't get what she was suggesting. Then he seemed to clue in. "Alright then. Stay close but out of the way." Max summoned his battle axe and attacked the monsters.
Angel did her best to stick close to Max, a couple times she wasn't able to keep up and Max got hurt but after a while they found a rhythm that kept them near to each other and allowed Max to attack.
*.*
The monsters turned out to be some students from another school that had been walking by their school. With them back to normal Max and Angel walked over to Kai.
"You failed again." Max pointed out.
Kai sighed. "So it would seem. I failed because I over looked the fact that Angel might take advantage of my order not to attack her in order to help. But next time I won't make that mistake." Kai promised before disappearing.
Max glanced around before nodding to the park. "Come on. I can't change back here." He then started running for the thick patch of trees at the park with Angel following him.
*.*
Max rolled his shoulders with a grimace. "Man, those things were tough. Good think you came up with that plan Angel, or else that might've been my last fight."
"Yeah but next time there's no chance it will work again." Angel pointed out.
"True. He might try to remove you before attacking. Or have one of his monsters keep you out of the way." Max sighed.
"So what are you going to do?" Angel asked.
Max shrugged. "I'll figure something out. Or rather, we'll figure something out."
Angel frowned. "We?"
"Well yeah. After all we are friends now."
Angel's eyes shot wide opened. "What?"
"Aw come on Angel. We both are in this together whether we want to be or not. Why not be friends as well?" Max asked with a smile.
Angel wasn't sure if she wanted to be friends with Max. After all any girl that got too close to Max tended to end up facing the wraith of his fans, and that wasn't pretty.
"Yo Max! There you are." Turning the two found some of Max's friends walking towards them. The one that spoke was Tristan, a member of the baseball team.
"Hey guys. What's up?" Max asked, as if everything was normal.
"What's up? Two monster attacks in one day. And that guy Mew Black Cherry stopped them both." Tristan answered.
Angel wasn't surprised they said nothing about how MBC needed someone to help him. She figured no one would remember her being there next to him.
"What you doing here with Angel?" Jack asked. Jack was in the baking club but was also Tristan's boyfriend.
Angel froze. She hadn't thought that any of them would know who she was much less that they would notice her.
Max threw his arm around Angel's shoulders. "She and I are friends. We were hanging out here since school let out after the first attack."
"Oh? Ok then." Jessie said. "Well we were planning to go grab a bite to eat. You two coming?"
Now Angel was really shocked. They were inviting her?
"Hell yes. Let's go." Max then led the way, pulling Angel along with him.
Angel just following along. Too shocked to do anything but follow along. Max's friends noticed her, knew who she is, and had asked her to join them.
'How did this happen?' She asked herself.