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She-Wolf

Chapter 1

Lamb to the Slaughter

"Run, girls!" a girl screamed, her voice shrilled with panic. Her golden hair fluttered wildly, her breath was short and ragged, and her heart was beating increasingly per minute. And her entourage of friends was not fairing any better. "Run as fast as you can!"

"As if we didn't already know that!" a girl with dark-blue, nearly black hair shouted back, desperate to keep up with the group of runners that consisted of five girls.

It was at the start of lunch-break for Kamizono Academy and, as per usual, whenever there was a moment of spare time, there was one thing you had to look out for—

"Wait for me my wonderful, fair maidens!"

—and that was the class-president of class 1-6: Nene Andou—a fiery redhead who always wore her heart on her sleeve.

… Especially when it came to her warped sense of "strong fondness."

While some saw it as harmless and, to an extent, cute, the truth of it was that it could be seen as a crass method to get into other women's underwear.

Nene was a self-proclaimed bisexual, but none had actually seen her target boys—in fact, all her remarks, flirts and gropes had solely been on girls, i.e. her classmates. The very same people that was currently running away from the lust-struck redhead; the blonde, Torako Kageyama and her friends Suzume "Suzu" Saotome, Ayumi Nonomura, Tatsuki Iizuka, and Ushio Makunouchi.

Over the short span of their first year together, they had become Nene's prime targets for what she simply referred to as "strengthening their friendship."

"Like hell we'd wait!" Ushio yelled back fiercely. "Fuck! Why do we even have P.E classes?!"

Ayumi whimpered, "T-Torako-san, I'm scared!"

The group turned around a corner and followed the corridor. While the campus was insanely large – hosting buildings for every grade – it only provided escape-routes with no solid sanctuary. All they could hope for was for Nene to either give up or run into someone else that she could harass, though it was starting to look grim: everyone had already headed towards the dining hall or stayed in the sanctuary of their homerooms.

"She seems awfully more persistent than usual…" Tatsuki muttered. "And a lot more… amorous."

"She's starting to get desperate, damn it!" Ushio yelled back, clearly still frustrated over their situation.

"Dear girls, the sooner one of you bites the bullet and becomes my girlfriend/lover, the sooner I'll leave the rest of you alone!" came Nene's calling, as if in response to her classmates' inquiries. "We're all maidens here, yearning for the warm and loving embrace of a significant other by your side!"

"Save your bullshit Nene!" Ushio bristled. "Seriously, what's with her nowadays?!"

The blonde who lead them glanced back, a small grin tugging the corners of her lips. "I've come up with plan, but…"

Ushio scowled. "But what?!"

"It'll come with a heavy price. I'm not sure if I could do it."

"If it can stop our class-president, then you ought to do it." Torako looked over at the dark-haired girl beside her. "Otherwise she'll just harass us to no end."

Turning to look back in front of her, the blonde remained silent at first. There was a determination in her eyes, a silent contemplation in azure orbs even as she was running for dear life. She was going to decide soon and the outcome would be crucial not only for her, but for all of them. As the amorous redhead caught up with them, Torako turned to her friend and classmate, grabbing her by the shoulder. "You're right. I'll do it. I'll do it, and end this once and for all."

Tatsuki eyed Torako with a hint of when the latter's hold on her shoulder suddenly tightened. She felt Torako's hand push her down—

"Forgive me."

—and a leg swept at Tatsuki's feet, robbing her of her balance. Tatsuki's confusion turned into horror, then animosity, then back to horror as she fell forward-

"Your sacrifice won't be in vain!"

-and listened to the sound of her classmates' footsteps passing her by. They slowly became fainter and fainter as she struggled to get back up. Her features twisted into a dark scowl, the urge to curse out loud suddenly becoming irresistible and vanished only when another sound of footsteps – these ones slowing down but becoming louder still – caught up to her.

Her scowl turned into an expression of terror.

"So you've seen the light, Iizuka-kun…" The voice was smooth and flirty. Tatsuki's body tensed up as she was yanked up and brought to her feet, now standing face-to-face with Nene. The redhead's eyes were focused on Tatsuki with such intensity, widen with yearning. So enraptured was she that she couldn't seem to tear her eyes away.

"You know, Iizuka-kun, I've never noticed how much…" She licked her lips as she gave her classmate a crass eyeballing. "Appeal you actually have… To think that such a beauty has been right under my nose for so long…"

Tatsuki couldn't move—she didn't dare to. The redhead would just catch her again. There wasn't any escape this time and, with the class-president's sudden "desperation," there would be no respite for her anymore.

Nene kept eying her seductively; she had grown bold as her knuckles caressed Tatsuki's skin so gently. Tatsuki wanted to flee entirely, but as soon as she stepped back, she felt a hand gripping her wrist and another burying its fingers in dark locks of hair and pulled her back into –

…a pair of soft lips. They claimed hers with both tenderness and dominance, underlined with passion that had the dark-haired girl breathless. She felt it – that unknown feeling – hit her like an arrow and her body grew warm with the brief contact.

Nene smirked. "…I've decided. You're definitely the one for me." She slung an arm around Tatsuki's waist, pulling her closer. "What say you if we declare our blooming relationship official?"

Breathless, flushed, and utterly confused Tatsuki could not do (or say) anything but sigh.

Just a short story I decided to write and will continue doing so occasionally. I hope you liked it! :3

To be continued...