Chapter One - Awakening


He awoke in what seemed like an abandoned, torn down house. No recollection of who he is, where he is or why he is there. He can instantly feels a stinging pain when attempting to stand up while also having somewhat blurred vision, which he simply writes of as side-effect of waking up. He finds a small notebook a few feet from where he's standing…

"If you are reading this it would seem that you've come to and is still very much alive.

Congratulations, Haise, you've escaped death, don't make me regret it… But let us skip the formalities and cut to the chase, shall we? You are what is called a 'Ghoul'. A being who lives of human flesh, and before you think of it, no. You cannot eat human food of any kind, it will only make you sick. Here's the deal. You don't eat humans, does not matter what you eat; be it ghoul, demon, angel or even dog, I do not care. Keep away from humans and we will not hunt you down and allow you to lead a normal life… if you can. Welcome back to the world, Sasaki Haise.

Best regards, Kishou Arima"

"Pfff, Andgels? demons? He surely can't be serious." Haise thought, putting the book to the side while putting on the clothes that had been nicely folded on the table in one of the room's corners. It was nothing special. A white buttoned shirt, pair of black jeans and an eyepatch. Inside the jean's backpocket he found a wallet with just enough money to buy another set of clothes or rent a motel room, though not enough for both.

The sun was blinding, it felt as if Haise hadn't been outside for weeks, but from what he knew that might just have been that case. He found himself just outside of town. He could hear all the people on the street talking to one-another, the children in the nearby playground, the married couple's dispute over what to eat for dinner.

"How can I hear all these people? I am nowhere near them. What did he call me? A 'Ghoul'? I guess there must be truth to what that Arima guy wrote me." Haise thought making his way down through town until seeing the gate to what appeared to be a school of some kind.

'Kuoh Academy' the sign read. Peaking Haise's interest, making him entered the school grounds. At first glance the campus seemed huge, booming with students of all types. He could hear the female students having gym class twenty feet away talking to each other.

"Hey, who's that guy? I haven't seen him around before…"

"No idea! But isn't he pretty handsome?"

"Yeah.. I wonder if he dyes his hair white."

"Excuse! Who are you? Are you here to enroll to the Academy?" A woman asked, catching Haise off-guard. Unable to give an answer, having a complete brain-fart. This was his first human interaction after coming to, after all.

"Come with me. I'll show you to the principal's office." Haise was still unable to comprehend the situation.

"Umm.. ummm… Yes, Ma'am!" he responded, following her, thinking what the hell he'd gotten himself into…

After a few minutes of walking through the school halls the lady stopped in-front of a wooden door reading 'Principal'. Haise was playing out scenarios in his head which would allow him to escape this perdicament, even the old and simple bathroom excuse would have done it, but alas it was already too late. Prepared to open his mouth the woman had already made the principal aware of their presence.

The principal was an older woman, probably not taller than five and a half feet. The room was decorated with old furniture including an old leather couch, leather office chair in which she was sitting and a few chairs for students or various guests.
"I found this young man standing at the front-gate. So I've brought him here thinking he might be a new student." said the woman who had brought him there before taking her leave.

"Hello, I am Kuoh Academy's principal. I've not been told that there's a new student. What's your name, young man?"

"Umm... Haise, Ma'am. Haise Sasaki."

"Hmm.. Why are you here, Haise? Here to enroll to the academy I assume."

"I... guess I am." he muttered.

"Very well. Usually we would not accept people who simply show up at the gate. But we have been below the quota for amount of students this year, so I guess it wouldn't hurt."

"I assume you are around the age of second year students. Are you okay with being in grade two?"

"Yes, Ma'am. Thank you for making such an exception for someone like me."

"Okay. We'll have you start in a two days from now, to give us time to alert the teachers and your classmates that you will be arriving."

After finally being released from the principal's grasp, Haise thought that he'd atleast have a look around the campus if he was to spend a large portion of his time there.
All the classrooms had the same layout. Wooden desks and chairs with the same design and the normal chalkboard. He could feel a somehow familiar smell throughout the entire campus area. It was the smell of books and coffee, he could sense how he was starting to feel nostalgic but couldn't figure out why for the life of him.

When he reached the girls' dorm, where they also changed for gym class, he could hear bickering from the back. Uninterested he figured he'd simply be able to pass the three men standing there trying to catch a glimpse of the girls changing. While passing by them, two of them started to argue over who's going to look next. It quickly escalated to pushing and shoving. One of the men, a somewhat tall guy with brown tousled hair was pushed right into Haise.
"Oh, sorry! ...Are you here to try to look too?"

"No. I wouldn't stoop to such a pathetic level." Haise responded. This angered the boys. The two others slowly turned towards Haise, trying to look as scary as they could, he had insulted one of their main hobbies after all.

"Who do you think you are, insulting us? We've never seen you around before!" the brown haired boy shouted, taking an aggressive stance. Unfazed by this Haise turned around calmly giving them an audible sigh while taking his leave.

"Hey, Issei! Who was that guy? You hang out with Rias-senpai and the student council president, right? You should know.", one of the boys asked, looking ready to run after him to start a fight.
"No idea...", Issei answered his friend.
"
...I should ask Rias about this. I've got a bad feeling...", he thought, leaving his friends and heading to the Occult Research Club house.


Thank you very much for taking your time to read this first chapter of the series. I do not know how fast this series will get updated since I'm not the best at coming up with plot points and how to move the story along.

Some of this chapter's content feels forced and not well thought through and I agree. But it is like this because I couldn't come up with any better way to get the story I've envisioned going. It will *hopefully* improve as the story continues.

This will not be a fast paced fanfiction. I will go into as much detail as I feel is necessary. If you have any suggestions on how to improve the quality, please do tell me!