Strawberry Werewolf Prologue: The Overture

Me: Hi, guys. I know I'm supposed to be writing my other fic "The Death Race", but I simply cannot find the motivation to continue it, after all the exams I have gone through. So I think I would write a SP fanfic instead, featuring one of my earliest OC.

Akane: That's me! Actually, I'm Beginner's first OC. Ever.

Me: Anyway, let's get on with the story now. Oh, please R & R.

Ookami Akane was seemingly your average high school student, except for the fact that her hair was naturally black streaked with red. Akane was a newly transferred student in Astrea Hill, where she would be attending St. Spica this time.

Now that Akane had finished unpacking, she loved to go for a long walk, especially in the Hill's forest. It reminded her of her good old Kagoshima Prefecture with plentiful of national parks. The black-haired girl strolled slowly deep in the unknown forest, completely engulfed in thoughts.

"I wonder if I am really safe away from them?" she thought "I hope that this the last school I have to go to, because I'm tired of running away."

As Akane went on, she heard some rustling sound. It was very faint, but she still caught it, along with the scent of two other beings. Since Akane was pretty much insecure, this led her to a safety check. She, after all have to make sure that those jerks weren't right behind her.

With that thought in mind, Akane began heading for the source of the sound. She moved as silently as a shadow, looking left and right. Finally, she managed to approach the cause of her paranoia. To her utter amazement, none of those pests were following her. She just saw two fellow students from St. Spica Girls' Institute: one was dark-haired, and the other was blonde.

"Kaname-sama, please s...stop this." pleaded the petite blonde

"Hikari-chan, I told you. Just forget Amane and be with me instead. Only I love you with all my heart." The other, presumably Kaname, pressed Hikari against a tree.

"No, I don't love you, Kenjo Kaname." screamed Hikari. "Someone please, help me!"

"Amane would be away for her competition for another two week, and I doubt that anyone would be here this time."

"Hey, the young lady said no, so you better let her go, would you?" Akane decided to step in. More than anyone, the transferred student understood the feeling of being forced to be with someone she didn't like, so she wouldn't let others suffer the same fate.

"Oh look. A new student, eh?" smirked Kaname as she turned to the offender. "I believe that you have no right to interrupt our precious... loving time, missy."
"It doesn't look like any loving in the air to me, duh." Akane shrugged tauntingly. "And you can quit callling me 'missy', because I'm already in fifth year, missy." She added, mockingly. This insolence of a newcomer totally got on Kaname's nerve, especially when Akane lifted the corner of her mouth to form a disrespectful and annoying smile.

Kaname was greatly enraged. She would tolerate no transferred student making fun of her. She grabbed Akane's shirt. Unfortunately though, the very moment she did it was the moment her wrist was twisted painfully, and the next thing she knew, Akane threw her over Akane's shoulder. In the end, Kaname was knocked down to ground on her back. Akane locked Kaname's wrist with a perfect kotegashi for a moment or two, then let go.

"Oops, my hands slipped." Akane said, however, her tone was smug. "I have been a shihan for 2 years, so don't ever start a fight with me." In her eyes, there was no emotion, just a same cold expression when she said so

At this point Kaname was absolutely mad, but there was nothing she could do, so she limped away. At least she had found herself an interesting opponent.

The timid Hikari approached Akane: "Thank you senpai, for helping me out this time."

Akane smiled politely: "Ah, it's nothing. It's something a righteous l... I mean person should do it, right? Just... be careful next time"

"Still, thank you. You're very nice. Oh, it's almost curfew. I have to go now. Bye, senpaai!"

Looking at the retreating figure of the younger girl, the shihan smiled bitterly: "If only you find out about my true slef, Hikari-chan... I doubt you'd call me nice..."

Author's Note: Well, "kotegashi" is basically a type of wrist-lock in aikido, it's quite painful, trust me; and "shihan" is used to refer to someone who has black belt with 6th dan or above ( Akane had 7th dan)