1. Wait, Do I know Him?

A girl sat by the widow in the corner of class. She was average and she had long white hair that came to the middle of her back, which was complimented by the black blouse and skinny jeans she was wearing. Looking out the window, she was dreaming of finally getting her hunting license, adventuring around Minegarde in search of fame and fortune. Sadly, she was only in her second year of the hunting academy. She was still learning but she was confident in her abilities.

Her friend let out a loud yawn next to her, pulling her out of her daydream. She had purple hair that went all the way to her waist with matching color eyes. She wore armor, a set of Jaggie pieces, instead of civies, like her friend."Jeez," The white haired Huntress said in an annoyed voice, "I think you broke your record Macie. That was a little over 10 seconds." Macie gave the girl a smirk as she leaned back in her chair.

"Yeah, top that, Rika. Bet you can't."

The girl in question let out a little sigh. "I told you to be quieter when you yawn. You know how many times you've gotten in trouble for interrupting class. I mean jeez!" She exclaimed, annoyed. In actual, Rika was more annoyed that Macie had interrupted her daydream.

Her friend smirked again. She knew why her occasional hunting partner was irritable. "You were fantasizing again, weren't you?"

"What? No!"

"You are a terrible liar, Rika," the young huntress laughed. "Anyway, what was it this time? Was it a glorious hunt, where you come to save the day?" The girl in question frowned. Macie was really starting to get on Rika's nerves.

"No, it was not entirely that," Rika mumbled. She was not one to discuss her fantasies with her annoying friend, "why do you care?"

Macie got a mischievous grin on her face, "Oh? Well then what was it about? Tell me!" she exclaimed as she started to tickle Rika. No one paid them any mind. It was a usual exchange between the two friends. The only ones annoyed by it were all the boys wanting to ask Rika out AGAIN, hoping that unlike every other day that she would say yes. It was hard being popular and having a great body and pretty face.

Macie began to pick up the pace with her tickling. She ran her wiggling fingers up and down Rika's stomach and to her armpits, the most ticklish spot on her body.

"Okay, okay, STOP! I'll tell you," the girl managed to get out between her laughs.

Macie stopped tickling her and leaned back in her seat again. "Ok, if it's not about be a valiant huntress, then what could it be about?" she questioned. "Oh I know now," getting another mischievous grin. "It was about a guy wasn't it?"

As she looked at Rika, she could see the blush starting to form on her friend's face.

"OH MY GOD IT IS! WHO? TELL ME WHO!" the huntress yelled at Rika. Said girl cringed back at the volume of the girl's voice. She could feel the red crawling onto her cheeks. The sudden stares were not helping either.

Just then, a boy walked in. He was tall, average build, and hade dark brown hair. The thing that was most noticing about him was his pale grey eyes, opposed to the normal brown or green of the area that the students lived in, while Rika had yellow-orangey eyes. He was also the top hunter in the class. Though everyone thought it was bullshit because he always messed up on training exercises. Everyone failed to notice that he was beat up before these exercises.

Everyone was silent as he stood in the doorway, his path blocked by two boys. They were glaring at him while he stood there and just stared blankly back at them. You could feel the tension in the two guys as they squared off with the new arrival. Why does this guy never talk? Why doesn't he tell them to get out of the way or walk by them? Because it will start a fight? Rika thought to herself. Even being in the same class, she never learned his name. And she never got a chance to approach and ask him. She didn't know why but she just wanted to know his name.

The tension only broke when the teacher arrived and told them to go to their seats. As they took their seats, it ended up with the mystery guy sitting behind her today. A lot of the guys in class were throwing him dirty looks and glares, because he was lucky to sit so close to Rika.

As the teacher started class and told them to partner up. Today they were going to quiz their partner on monster biology. Almost instantly, half the boys were asking here if she wanted to partner with them, while Macie held the other half back. She noticed the only guy not trying to partner with her was the mystery boy. This only made her determined.

"S-sorry guys," she stammered, "I already have a partner."

"Yeah, and who would that be?" a random guy asked.

"With this guy," she stated as she grabbed the arm of the boy behind her, making said hunter look up from his book in surprise.

Every boy instantly glared and silently spat venom at him. They were NOT happy that the most popular girl in class was partnering with him. Their body language and obvious looks of dislike towards him made it obvious. The look on said boys face went from surprise to 'why me'. He did not like attention

"Ok everyone, break it up," the teacher ordered. Disappointed, the boys went to find other partners. A couple of the other girls looked rather annoyed that all the boys went to her without even considering them. They were mad at the boys, not her. No one could ever seem to get or stay mad at her.

"So, what's your name?" she asked simply. He just sat there and gave her a confused look. "Uh…"

He then removed his wrist from her grasp. She didn't even realize that she was still holding his arm. He then seemed to give her his almost-full attention.

"Uh, I was wondering if you could tell me your name. I'm Rika, your-"

"I know."

Whoa, she thought, having heard his voice for the first time in the 2 years they had been class mates. "I-I was wondering if you could tell me your name."

He sat there and looked as if he was deciding to tell her or not. Eventually he made up his mind. "Kodah."

"Oh. Nice to meet you, Kodah."

He just gave a tiny nod in response. Then he opened his monster notes back up and looked at Rika to do the same.

"Oh yeah, give me a sec." her white hair saying slightly as she bent down to reach into her blademasters pouch. He sat there patiently as she searched for her own monster notes, fixing the sloppy parts. When she resurfaced, they traded notes. When she saw his notes, she gasped. Almost instantly 5 boys had rushed to her, two of them pinning Kodah against the wall. They looked like they were itching to beat him up. The other 3 boys were asking her if she was okay and if he had done something to her. But she was more worried about poor guy pinned against the wall.

"Why'd you have to pin him against the wall?!" she exclaimed as she tried to pry the 2 guys off of Kodah. "He didn't do anything."

"That's bullshit. He did something," the hunter behind her said.

"No he didn't," Macie agreed with Rika as she walked up to the group, "it looks like you just want to beat him up." Rika was glad she had a friend like her, always reasonable and ready to rush in to defend people. Kodah just sat there pinned, as he watched the argument happening.

"Come on Rika, just ditch this guy and go on a date with me," the boy in front of her said smoothly. He winked at the end of the sentence.

"Ew, no, you perverted creep."

The boy instantly had an angry look on his face as he stepped forward to slap her.

Then, everything happened so fast, if you blinked, you'd have missed it. The two guys pinning Kodah to the wall were on the ground and he was standing between Rika and the boy, having caught his hand in midair. The look in the boy's eyes was furious and Kodah's were blank and unemotional. "No need to resort to violence," Kodah stated calmly.

Rika then realized that this was familiar. Do I know this guy?

Sorry, this one was a little dialogue heavy. The next chapter won't be. Anyway thank you for reading. Please leave a review. And go easy this is my first story. See ya next time.