Author's Quick Note: Some of the characters may act a bit OOC, not all but some. The only character I own is Talon, everything else belongs to the creator of Senran Kagura, Kenichiro Takaki.

Story Begins Now...

You know, stories like these would start off nice with children laughing and adults conversing all around the park right?

Well… no.

This was not one of those nice mornings.

*Whack*

"Ugh!" a boy cried out in pain as he was hit to the ground once more. A four-year-old boy with dark skin and short black hair hissed as the skin on his arms drew blood and was cut open after being hit with a wooden plank. He looked up with a small sniffle and glisten eyes, staring at a random boy with black hair, same age as him and was surrounded by 3 others.

"Stop it."

"Why should I, you're a villain, no a monster and monsters like you need to be put down.

"I... I'm not… a monster." Shu said before crying out in pain as he earned a kick to the stomach, causing to him to cough up blood on the dirt.

"Shut up, you freak!" Another kid shouted, being the one who kicked him in the stomach.

"Leave him alone." Turning their heads behind them, they saw a girl with brown skin, dark green eyes and shoulder length black hair staring at them.

The group of bullies were stunned at her arrival that they never felt noticed that she move over to Shu and kneeled to him.

"What do you think you're doing, helping a monster!?" The first one shouted

"Monster? the only monsters I see are you stupid bullies. You're picking on a someone whose done nothing wrong to you." The black-eyed girl fired at them with her fists clenched.

"So what, he's a freak. He comes to the playground all by himself, and never goes home to his mommy and daddy. Oh wait that's right, he doesn't have any." They says mocking the downed boy.

The girl glanced at the younger boy who didn't make any movement when the word freak and the mention of parents were announced but she did hear a silent whimper, that was enough for her to retaliate.

"Why don't you run along and-?" The bully never got to finish as the girl punched him straight in the cheek causing him to stumble as the others were shocked at her actions. Suddenly she cracked her knuckles as she glared at them with eyes burning with anger.

"Anyone else…" She asked and none of them were brave enough to confront her as they stared at her with fear in their eyes.

With them distracted and frozen on the spot, it allowed her to pull the younger boy away from there and out of sight.

The boy remained silent as the girl dragged them to another area of the playground, away from the bullies, away from the people.

"We should be fine here." She announced, stopping their movement before setting him down next to a tree and sat beside him. She reached out to touch the boy, but he flinched a little, thinking that she was going to hurt him like everyone else, but instead feeling a hard grip or a punch, he felt a soft hand laying on his shoulder.

"It's okay, I'm not going to hurt you." She spoke with a soft and kind tone, as she slowly inspected the scrapes and cuts all over his arms and the blood that started to drip from his head down to the right of his face.

"Are you okay?" She asked him slowly as she reached for his face next, causing the boy to look at her with shock. No one ever asked if he was okay, it was a new feeling to him.

"Hold still." She ordered as she started wrapping the bandages around his arms. The boy looked at her with confusion, she was helping him, helping and not hurting him. He still feels scared of her, thinking that she might hurt him any moment after she was done healing him.

As if she was reading his mind, the girl spoke to him with reassurance. "If I wanted to hurt you, I could've left you alone."

"Then why didn't you?" The boy froze as soon as those words left his mouth, fearing that she would respond negatively but to his worries, the girl just let out a small sad smile.

"Because no one deserves to be bullied." She finished wrapping the bandages around her arms and faced him once more. "I know what's like…"

"Oh… I'm sorry." He apologized shortly.

"It's okay. No one wanted to be around me because I'm a hothead, or I rather get into fights a lot and other kids are usually afraid of me." She explained with a frown.

The boy looked at her in shock as he realized that she was alone. She had no friends because people avoided her while he had none because of his powers and what he did to animals. They both were avoided like the plague.

"Do you…. do you want to be friends?" he asked her slowly. He was afraid of what her answer would be, but he was in a surprise when he felt his hands being grasp by something soft. Looking up he saw her own hands holding his and her gazing at him with a surprise expression.

"You… you mean it? You really want to be friends?" She asked him, earning a slow nod in return. A smile made its way to her lips as she released his hands and grabbed him in a tight hug.

He froze at the contact as he breathed in her scent, usually when he was being held it meant being chocked or face planted into the ground.

This girl however, her soft touch made him feel… warm and safe.

"I'm really glad I have my first friend." She smiled at him as she held out her tiny hand. "I'm Homura."

"I'm… I'm Talon." He replied as his own smile grew.

Homura was at the bus stop with a neutral look on her face as she waited for her friend to meet up with her. She was leaning back against the railing with a scowl on her face and her arms crossed under her bust.

"Where the hell is he?" She asked as she looked all around the street looking for her childhood friend, her voice filled with worry.

"Homura!" Turning her head over, she saw a teenage boy with black hair in a short sleeve collared grey shirt with long black pants and brown loafers. "Sorry… I'm… late…" he panted, trying to catch his breath.

Homura leaned off the bus pole and aimed her gaze at him. "And what the hell were you doing? I've been waiting for you, it's 10 minutes past 7:30 and you are never this late."

"Sorry…" he apologized chuckling nervously at her. "I fell asleep earlier than I thought last night and woke up veeeeerrrry late this morning." He explained.

Shu was then met with a disapproving frown from the older girl as she pinched his cheek. She took notice of his eyes and saw the dark circles laying underneath.

"Ow."

"Talon… no lying." She warned him causing the latter to sigh.

"Alright… I stayed up late going through photos and editing them." He revealed causing Homura to sigh.

Talon was taken back by her sigh, wondering what she was thinking before the bus came around and stopped in front of them. He was about to walk in until Homura suddenly pinched his ear with her two fingers.

"Ow, ow,ow, ow, ow." He yelped in pain as the older girl had her eyes close with a tick mark comically bulging on her forehead as she walked onto the bus dragging the younger boy with her.

15 minutes later they arrived at their school as they walked off the bus stop, her right hand still clutching his ear and dragging him along the way.

"Okay, okay, uncle! Uncle!" he yelped as he repeatedly tapped her shoulder making her let go allowing him to clutch his left ear.

"If you do anything that stupid again, or lie to me about it, I will find some rope, tie you up and make you wake up on the beach surrounded by nothing but crabs." She threatened causing him to nod her head at him repeatedly in fear.

"Yes ma'am!"

"Good." Homura said as she released a small breath before giving him a smile and flicked his forehead.

"Ow."

"Come on, let's get to class." Homura said as Talon followed, rubbing his forehead soothingly at where the older girl flicked him.

After walking down a few corners, two flights of stairs and three hallways, both teenagers finally made their destination to their classroom.

"And here we are," Homura announced as she turned her head to meet his eyes. "You ready?"

"Yeah, you."

"I was born ready." She replied before raising her leg and kicking the door in as it slammed into the wall behind it, earning the attention of a few students in the class.

As they entered the classroom, they only noticed that there were only about five girls in the class and the rest were empty. As Homura looked around the room she noticed a familiar face, that met her gaze before that figure suddenly bounced up and ran over to them.

"Homura-chan!" The figure that called out her name was a girl with black hair tied up with a white string bow, hazel eyes and fair skin.

"Asuka." She greeted as she ruffled the girl's hair. "I didn't know you were coming here as well." She then turned her head to Talon before wrapping an arm around his neck and pulled him over. "Asuka, this is my friend Talon."

"Oh!" Asuka eyes lit up in excitement. "It's so nice to finally meet you. Homura-chan always talks about you and your hobby with photography. What type of photos do you take?"

Talon instantly froze up at her greeting as he looked at her hand curiously, before slowly shaking it with his own.

"Likewise, and um… nothing much really." He says in a nervous tone, his gaze meeting the floor every now and then.

"Little chibi here is a bit shy towards others but he means well." Homura explained as Asuka nodded her head in understanding.

"Oh, okay. Well," Asuka paused as she grasped both of male's hands with her own and gave him a soft smile. "I hope we can be great friends, Talon-chan."

The said boy slowly nodded his head at her as his face slowly turned red.

"H-H-Hai."

"Aw, he's blushing." Homura teased as she put her hands on his shoulders. "Alright, let's get settled into our seats before you pass out on me." She says guiding him to his seat and sat him down at a desk on the far right near the window, which was the last seat in the first row.

Homura sat beside him with her arms crossed as she saw him look around the classroom as more students came inside.

What they noticed is that most of them were females as more of them entered the classroom. It wasn't long before all seats in the class were full of female students.

Homura blinked three times as she noticed the desks were being

She then remembered her friend as she turned her head and saw that he had his head in his arms and steam was coming out of his ears.

Her eyes widened in shock as her thoughts came to a realization, Talon was in a classroom full of females and he was the only male in the classroom.

Her childhood friend, who has trouble interacting with people, is the only male in the shinobi class and was surrounded by the opposite gender.

…Well… this will be an interesting school year.