Highschool E×C:Volume 0

Life.0 Prologue

Part 1

Hyoudou Izumi—that's my name. But my mother and aunt, as well as the guys at school just call me Izumi. A few exceptions get to call me Izumi-ane.

I'm a second year highschool student who is experiencing the time of her youth, well, I experienced it last year.

You see, I was held back a year and had to repeat. Why? Ufufu, you'll find out soon enough.

No, it isn't because I am famous for being lecherous and is thought to swing both ways.

No, it isn't because I am the "Queen of Perverts", either.

Being held back a year, I met two second years who share the same lecherousness as me.

Those two are Matsuda, a sporty girl with short black hair reaching up to the back of her neck, and Motohama, a four-eyes girl with hair as long as mine. Matsuda has the ability to take awesome angled pictures of boys or girls alike, from panty-shots to the swimming team putting on their trunks or showing their bare abs, you name it and she can capture it with her camera. Only 5 yen each picture if you're interested.

And then there's Motohama, she can use her glasses to measure the bust, hips, and waist of a girl AND a boy. She measured me from the time we first met.

And then there's Aika Kiryuu, who can measure the size of a man's thingy, period.

Motohama, Matsuda and I are known as the "Perverted Trio", and both the girls and boys avoid us.

There's also Hiro, Akihiko Hiro. I'm his big sister figure by the way. He's quite famous for being the kindest soul in this academy, he also excels at his studies—but not because he's a naturally skilled student, but because he always studies hard. Even staying up late at night, reviewing old topics and studying new ones.

Unfortunately, he's also the most unpopular guy in school. In all his time studying and living in Kuoh, he didn't have a single girlfriend. Even his mother who is my aunt and is also the school nurse, is getting worried.

Well, enough about that anyway. Onward~

Part 2

[WAKE UP! WAKE UP! IF YOU DO—]

I furrow my eyebrows with my eyes closed, my alarm was cut off even before I woke up?

"Izumi-ane! Hey, wake up! You're gonna be late for school if you keep sleeping like this."

"...umm. Hmph..."

I pull the covers over my head, and then I heard a sigh before the tugging of the covers returned again.

"Izumi-ane? Come on, Obaa-sama's already prepared breakfast downstairs. I also have to eat my breakfast!"

"Hmm... Go eat by yourself!"

I raise my hand and shoo away the irritant in my room, he sighs again and I hear a couple of footsteps from around me.

"Hey, Izumi-ane! Wake up, please!"

My eye twitches as I open them, I turn to see a youth with brown hair and red eyes sitting on my bed side. He has a cute impatient look on his face, my day is complete~

He sighs and says "Finally...", while holding his chest.

"Wake up, please?"

Haha, let's play a little, Hiro-kun.

"Hmm... Umm... Make me~!"

"Uwaaah!"

I reach my arms forward as quickly as I can and tug with all my strength.

MUNYUU~

"Mmph!"

I giggle to myself as I wrap my arms around his neck, his face buried in between my breasts.

As usual, his face is the reddest. He then shouts in a muffled voice.

"I-Izume-ane! Wake up! Pleaaase! And put a shirt ooooon!"

I smile with a bit of drool flowing from my mouth as I tighten my embrace even more.

Yeah, I'm a pervert.

—-

After a while, Hiro was sitting on the bed with a red face while I was putting on a red tank top, I liked wearing this since it always got Hiro flustered at home. Yeah, I like playing with this guy a lot.

After getting dressed, Hiro fixed his uniform which I ruined in front of the mirror.

"Good morning, everyooone~!"

After reaching downstairs, I greet the world...er, my mom.

"Geez, you really are a sleepyhead. Hiro-kun had to come over to wake you up, again!"

She scolds me again, geez! Of course I'd have a lack of sleep, Matsuda made me watch a porno with a story longer than the actual sex last night! I hit her for it, even Motohama hated her!

"It's fine really, I also came here to borrow one of Izumi-ane's textbooks."

"You really study a lot."

I replied to him, he put the said book onto his black shoulder bag. I notice the keychain attached to the bag, I gasped slightly.

"You actually kept that?"

I point to the said keychain, his face reddens.

"Of course, it's a special gift, so I'll keep it."

I sigh, I seriously envy the one who gave him that.

I observe the keychain, it was a simple emerald-colored diamond-shaped crystal attached to a gold chain and then onto his bag.

"Ufufu, looks like someone is in love?"

His face reddens further than it already has suddenly.

"What!? No!"

If she heard you, she'd be really surprised.

After that, we ate breakfast, showered and headed to school.

Part 3

"Seriously? You're reading a book, even on the way to school?"

He turns to me and smiles apologetically.

"I seriously need to do this, this will be this topic for today."

I sigh and avert my gaze away, resisting the urge to call him a nerd.

Then I notice a silvery white color in the distance, or more precisely, behind a nearby streetlight.

—!

I see a girl with white hair peeking from the side of the streetlight, clutching to it with her hand as if for dear life.

"Hey, Hiro."

"Huh?"

"Your stalker's here again."

"Huh, where?"

Hiro turns and surprisingly(not), he doesn't see her.

"Don't joke like that, it's not like anyone will like me..."

He puts on a fake smile and turns back to his book with a sigh, a lonely expression on his face.

Jesus, Hiro.

"Ah, Izumi-senpai!"

I turn to see a girl with short black hair and a camera hung around her neck, Matsuda.

"Dumbass!"

As she ran towards us with Motohama behind her, I punch her in the face.

"What was that for, huh!?"

She shoots up with a bruised face.

"Thanks to you, I wasn't able to sleep that much last night! You stupid pervert!"

"Huh!? Aren't you a pervert too!?"

DON!

We bump our heads while having veins pop in our foreheads.

"I'm not the same as you, I'm a smart pervert!"

"So you're calling me dumb, Izumi-senpai!"

"Yeah, at least I've actually seen a real pair of breasts, as well as a real penis!"

"Oh yeah! Aren't the pair of breasts your own!? And don't brag about peeking on Hiro-kun, it's like adding salt to my wounds!"

While we were fighting it out like two actual pervs, a sound reaches our ears.

"Oh~, I wonder what you're reading about, Hiro-kun~"

We turn to see a glasses girl with her head on Hiro's shoulder, although she isn't equally blessed on the mammary portion of her body as mine, she still has boobs and is rubbing them against Hiro's back while wrapping an arm around Hiro's torso and the other around his neck. She also has a lecherous expression with a bit of saliva drooping from her mouth.

Damn, MOTOHAMAAAAA!

"I-It's about h-history and a-also literature—"

Hiro who seems to be troubled starts panicking while having a red face, Motohama opens her mouth wide and bites down on Hiro's neck.

"U-Uwah..."

She starts giggling, this bitch!

"Hey—!"

"Motohama—!"

Both Matsuda and I shout while pointing our fingers to her.

"Oh~? What is it?"

[GET OFF!]

We both punched her in sync, knocking her out with a satisfied smile on her bruised face.

Part 4

After arriving in class, I—Hiro Akihiko, settled myself in my seat.

I sighed and placed a single book on the table, intent on reading it and reviewing the topic we are about to tackle today.

After fixing myself on my seat, I take the book with one hand and read it while holding the spine of the book, flipping the pages with my other hand.

"Good morning, Hiro-kun."

I look up from my book to see a girl with blonde hair and blue eyes, a beauty mark underneath her left eye and a smile on her face as she sat down on my desk.

I close my book and put it down, I can read it later.

"Good morning, Kiba-san."

Yes, this person, is Kiba Yuuki-san. One of the girls from this school leaning on the more popular side, she's widely known by her nickname the "Princess of Kuoh", and is often admired by a lot of guys, and girls too.

"I see you're studying again, am I bothering you?"

"Ah, no! No, not really! Hehe…."

I laugh awkwardly and scratch the back of my neck.

There's really nothing to talk about, let alone a reason for her to approach me.

"Is there anything I can do for you, Kiba-san?"

I ask her, and she sat down on the seat beside me, leaning her cheek on her palm as she smiled towards me.

"Nothing really…. I just wanted to greet you, that's all. You can keep studying if you'd like."

A single bead of sweat slightly drops at the back of my head, I pick up my book again while glancing at her. She was still smiling at me!

"Okay then… Kiba…-senpai…"

I began to sweat profusely, she's still smiling, isn't she?

That can't be, what reason would she be doing that, anyway?

I swallowed as I couldn't even understand what I was reading anymore, slowly turning my head mechanically, I tried to be discreet as I could as I tried to see if she was still smiling—

"Oh right, Hiro-kun,"

—!

What is it now? Why am I so nervous, it's only Kiba-san!

"Yes? Kiba-san?"

I smile wryly with a bead of sweat going down my cheek.

"I was wondering where you'll be eating this lunch."

Eh?

"Eh? Why?"

Hearing that, Kiba-san's cheeks slightly redden as she looks down with a smile while poking her fingers together as her lands were on her lap.

"Well, if you'd like, you can come over to our clubroom. We can eat lunch together and…."

She starts to mumble the rest, with such a face—that's unfair, Kiba-san!

—

Wait, what is this…..

My body tenses up as I feel malicious intent from all around me, I quickly glance around to see that most of the guys in class are glaring at me!

(Damn it, why does he get to have Kiba-san act like that towards him?)

(Kiba-san has been like this for a while now.)

(Die already, Akihiko!)

Uwah—!

My heart…..

"Anyway, Hiro-kun, how about it?"

She resumes to her usual self and raises her head, I turn back to her and clear my throat.

I'd like to Kiba-san, but I can't do that.

"I'm sorry Kiba-san, I'm really glad for your invitation, and I'd also like to see the Occult Research Club's building someday. But I can't take you up on that offer,"

Hearing me, Kiba-san gets shocked for a second, and then she straightens her body and leans it on the seat, putting her legs back underneath the table as she faces the blackboard.

"I see, I understand entirely why."

"I'm really sorry, Kiba-san, but I promise I'll definitely go so—"

"It's fine, it's fine. I understand…. It's Rudori-senpai, right?"

Hearing her, my cheeks flair up and I quickly cover my face with my book. She chuckles slightly, patting me on the shoulder.

"No need to be flustered, it's okay to pursue your feelings, Hiro-kun."

She read through me—!

I turn to her, she silently gazed towards the front of the class, and then she sighed.

We were like this until class started.

Part 5

[KIN KON KAN KON~!]

The school bell signaling the start of the lunchbreak rang, I quickly put my things back in my bag and took out my lunch.

A strange sensation envelopes my body, a weird feeling felt by me. I suddenly get the urge to look out the window, and a turquoise-haired beauty looked up to me with her emerald colored eyes as I looked through the window.

She looked well-endowed and wore the females' uniform of our school, with an addition of a witch hat placed above her head. She was so beautiful as the first time I saw her.

She placed a hand on the side of her mouth, raising her wrapped lunch with her right hand. I read the words she mouthed.

[Let's have lunch, Hiro-kun.]

I was filled with enthusiasm all of a sudden, I grab my lunch and walked fast out of the room. After exiting the building, I was greeted by the sight of the same turquoise-haired beauty standing in the shade of a tree surrounded by a wall small enough to sit on, her emerald eyes shining in the dark as well as her hair.

I breathe in and out before walking towards her, she watches me and smiles.

"I was wondering when you'll get here."

I was taken back for a moment, nervousness struck me. But then I saw her smile, and it looked like everything was fine.

Nervously sitting beside her, I catch my breath. She bumps her shoulder to mine.

"So, what are you having for lunch today?"

I get flustered a bit, but no! I can't be like this, I'm a man!

I clear my throat. Like this, I spent my lunchtime with Rudori-senpai.

Part 6

After school ended, I was currently walking home with Izumi-ane and her friends.

While they were chatting, I was some distance away since Izumi-ane told me to get away from her friends a bit. And they began arguing because of that.

I chuckled a bit and tried to calm them down, only to no avail.

Then suddenly, I turned to my right to see a familiar emerald-haired woman walking into a park.

"Rudori…-senpai?" I muttered.

Suddenly, my heart skipped a beat. I didn't have a good feeling about this.

Is she walking alone? If so, something bad might happen!

I have to…. I have to….

"Izumi-ane, I-I forgot, there's somewhere I have to be right now!"

Izumi-ane stops arguing with her friends and turns to me, surprised. "Eh?"

I waved slightly while walking away. "Please go on without me!"

I ran past the fountain, and into the park. I have to make sure nothing bad happens to her.

Fixing my shoulder bag, I resorted to walking at a fast pace.

Part 7

As I ventured further into the park, I eventually stopped in front of a fence. This was the open field most people practice sports on, a fenced court.

What would Rudori-senpai be doing around here?

[DOOOON!]

I quickly duck as a lime-colored beam suddenly fired towards the sky in a slant angle. I looked to my left, to the source of the beam. The wind shook.

"Kuhuhuhu, surely if I was hit, I wouldn't be able to survive!"

I hear a voice, I then look up to see a large black object leaping past the fence, and crashing onto the field.

With dust scattered everywhere, I cough slightly and cover my mouth.

"Kukukuku…."

When my sight grew clear, I couldn't believe what was in front of me, I look up to see a very abnormal creature.

An upper body of a woman, but the lower body of an abomination.

I swallowed, a bead of sweat trailing down my neck from my chin.

"Hnn…. I wonder…. I smell something else…. Something, tasty!"

"What?"

Towards the direction she was facing, a figure floating in the sky was there. It had wings and was eminating a lime-colored aura from itself.

"There he is!"

To my shock, the woman's gaze was already directed right into my eyes.

She turned her large body, I couldn't move. I felt like a mouse petrified by a snake's gaze.

"What are you—No, it can't be!"

I heard the voice of the figure once again, a beam of energy was once again fired. This time, towards the monster in front of me.

"Ketaketaketa! Yes it can!"

I tried running, but as I turned my body I felt a large hand get a hold of me.

I turned to see that it wasn't her upper body's hand, but it was her lower body's large, thick, and clawed hand.

"Kukukuku, what do we have here?"

My body began to shiver as she held me close to her upper body, she licked her lips and held my head with her hands.

"Hehehehe, looks like you'll be a fine meal—"

"LET HIM GO!"

[DOOOOON!]

I feel the wind once again as the monster leaps in time to dodge the beam.

Then, for a second. I saw the figure's features.

"…."

I was taken back, it was definitely her. I try to deny it, but it was her.

That lime hair, those emerald-colored eyes. She wasn't wearing her uniform, but she retained the witch hat, except it was more detailed now.

In her hand, she was holding a broom pointed towards the monster, on it's tip was a crackling lime-colored light.

For the first time, I felt fear upon seeing her. Upon seeing…. Rudori-senpai.

"Let him go! This is between us! Viser!"

Another beam was fired. This time, I was repeatedly smashed to the ground as the monster ran.

"Kukuukuku, so this boy is important to you? Well then, let me eat him, okay? I'll definitely take care of him, so it's okay, right?"

"NO!"

A beam was fired, but she easily avoided it again.

"Stay still!"

"No, YOU stay still. If you don't surrender and let me kill you, this boy will die instead!"

She held my in front of her, I'm being used as a shield!

My eyes met with Rudori-senpai, at that moment, I stopped moving. We both looked away.

This is the worst.

"Hiro-kun….. Fine, but let him go first."

"Oh, I'm sorry. But I really have no idea if you'll still attack me or not. So you go first, kukuku."

T-This monster! Surely Rudori-senpai won't—

"Fine,"

I gasp, turning to see Senpai dropping her broom to the ground, at the same time extinguishing the aura eminating from her. Her body glowed, she was now wearing her uniform.

"Now let him go."

"Kukukuku, okay then. But first—"

Suddenly, my vision darkened.

Is this it?

Part 8

I open my eyes. I see a sideways view of the park. Eh? Did the world turn sideways? Or was it just the park?

TREMBLE!

Feeling a slight tremor, I shot up and tried to stand. Only to feel pain on my leg and on my whole body.

The feeling of needles piercing my leg was close enough, but there was a large pointed tooth piercing through it instead.

I couldn't stand, and tried to drag my helpless body around. Looking around, I find another tooth instead. This time, it was piercing my shoulder, rendering my left arm useless. I try to move it, but it only causes more pain.

[DOOOON!]

I hear another loud sound as the ground trembles once again.

"I told you before, it's futile! When you tried to stop me from eating that boy, you already used up most of your power. You may be a High-class Devil who is on her way to being an Ultimate-class, but your power is useless if you get exhausted! I also figured you'd get damaged somehow if I killed him, but you only prolonged his suffering instead!"

I look to see the monster using one of it's lower body's thick arms to hold Senpai down on the ground.

"N-No! Shut up!"

Damn it, this is because of me. If I hadn't come here, Senpai wouldn't have been distracted.

And now, I can't even help her. Because I'm too damn weak!

I desperately try to crawl towards her, but she's so far away.

Like the truth, Senpai is… So far away from me. I, I even dreamt of marrying her.

But I guess, it was always impossible. In the past, and in the future.

I felt doubt, now that I realized that Senpai wasn't human. Was, Was she a monster as well?

Cursing myself, I realize that I was speaking ill of the person who was always a friend to me, and just now, was the one who saved me.

I'm the worst.

"Guhah! Aaaaah!"

Senpai's scream fills the air, she was slowly being crushed.

I reach my only movable arm towards her, I can't save her. I began to cry.

Senpai is…. Rudori-senpai is….

DOKUN!

I open my eyes, wiping my tears. Something was eminating from inside me, it felt warm.

No, something was BURNING from inside of me.

I clench my fist. I don't accept this.

It can't be!

Senpai can't die!

I deny my fate, and the burning sensation inside me began to spread throughout my whole body. To my shock, I didn't feel pain anymore.

I stood up.

Some would accept things as they are, but not me! At this moment, I will change my fate!

[Gooooo…]

I hear a sound of something starting up, like a machine.

[GACHAN!]

While making a metallic sound, my right arm gets clad in light. Blue-green, nearly the same color as Senpai's turquoise hair.

Once the light fades, my arm turns black. Or rather, it was covered in black material. It felt metallic, but it was light.

[Goooooo….!]

Once again, the sound of something charging up was heard. This time, the circuits on the bluish-black metal armor covering my arm began to light up a bluish-green color.

I felt light.

[Trace!]

I took a single step forward, and then another. I clenched my fists, and I began to run. As light as my feeling was, the faster I went.

I quickly closed the distance between me and the monster.

"Let go of Senpaiiiiii!" My pseudo-battle cry rang throughout the park, I prepared to punch the monster upward. It was as if time stopped, and I was the only one moving.

My fist made contact with her monstrous lower body. And in an instant, her whole body shocked upwards.

"W-What?"

I then leapt forward, punching her back.

[DON!]

The punches' sound were heard throughout the surroundings.

"Eeyyyyaaah!"

I muster all my strength and release one last punch. I targeted the very center of her entire body, and threw my fist forward.

"This is impossible!"

Her last words echoed as she was sent flying back, my punch evidently being stronger than the previous ones. Stronger enough to send her flying.

My vision darkened, and my body gave in. I lifelessly fell to the ground.