2016-03-06
Well color me happy.
-Isamu Hyoudou
First School Day
2025 A.D. April 1
Issei Hyoudou was a very happy seventeen-year-old, his father had finally caved in a few months back and agreed to transfer him into a new school, Kuoh Academy and today was his first day. Now admittedly the only two reason he had agree to do so, was because Issei had insisted on it being a chance to foster and build better relations with the devils, fallen angels and quite possibly even the angels if they were lucky or played their cards right.
Second reason was quite simple really, because Issei wanted to go to a non-company owned school. Isamu Hyoudou loved his son to a fault, even being the head of Hyoudou Enterprises, the world and extra-world spanning corporation, did not change that.
So here he was, watching the gate that leads into Kuoh proper, feeling the raindrops impact his face and cloths. Painting the city streets wet. It didn't usually rain this time of the year, but with mother nature you couldn't know what was coming. Taking in all the people that tickled in at the start of this new semester.
Releasing a deep breath, since he knew what was going to happen, before making his way over and walking thru the gates. The first humans that saw him, when he walked past them, stopped in shock and just gawked. They recognized him as the heir to the powerful Hyoudou Enterprises. The domino effect continued and even people that he hadn't passed yet turned around and froze. To say that Issei Hyoudou was well know, was an understatement of the century.
He had, had his face and body plastered in magazines and done interviews on television and radio, both foreign and domestic. Been there at the launch of the Mars settlement plan, two years ago and the inauguration of Hyoudou Enterprises first office complex on the moon a few years earlier.
Releasing a sigh, Issei speed up and made his way past all the frozen, gawking people. Entering the academy after casting a quick glance at the old school building. Making his way to the principal's office, too finalize his transfer.
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Issei was standing outside his class room, waiting for the teacher to call him inside.
He watched the people that passed him in the corner of his eyes. Mind wandering. When he heard the teacher call him. Issei shook his head gently, smoothed out his uniform with both of his hands before he opened the door and walked in front of the class standing on the teachers left side, while he cast a glance across the classroom.
Most of the student's seemed shocked at seeing him there. Issei noticed the red-haired girl, the fear she radiated, Issei narrowed his eyes slightly at that, he understood why she was afraid, he didn't like it though, it would hamper his plans, before moving his gaze toward the black-haired girl with a ponytail, with a curious expression plastered on her face. He looked at both a few seconds longer. 'So, they were here, just like the specters said they would be.' Issei began to turn his head towards the teacher, when he saw two other girls, one with short light brown hair, with a neutral expression schooling her well-proportioned face. Issei moved his eyes and looked at the silver haired girl with almost catlike pupils that where red colored.
Issei smiled slightly, before moving his eyes back to his new teacher, when she told him to introduce himself. "Class, this is our new student. Introduce yourself."
Issei gave a small nod, before turning back, looking at the class again, clearing his throat. "Hi. I'm Issei Hyoudou, I'm seventeen. Nice to meet you and please take care of me." He finished with a small bow. After he was done, he noticed a lot of raised hands. His left eyebrow climbing as well as the right side of his mouth at this, for an instance before he schooled his expression again. He glanced at the teacher again. "Do you mind Mr. Hyoudou?" the teacher asked.
Watching the other students again he answered. "It's fine, ask away." With a neutral voice. "Oh, and teacher, call me Issei and not Mr. Hyoudou." He gave her a small smile when he told her that. Issei watched her cheeks blush lightly. She nodded. "Alright Issei." She pointed at the girl with the ponytail. "You first Akeno.".
Issei watched the girl with interest. Long black hair tied in a ponytail, violet eyes and a figure a lot of straight and lesbian people would want. Issei was no different, even though he had gone through specter training. His personality had not disappeared like it did for some, less these days than when his grandfather was running things.
Issei had pushed away his own personality at the time, back into a small corner of his mind and locked the metaphorical door, for those hellish six years. Issei had released that part of him again when his training was over, the old and new personality had merged together just fine.
So it was no wonder when his gaze settled around Akeno's chest area a little longer than planned. Issei heard the girl clear her throat. He snapped his eyes back up to her face. He saw the smile she had. Her eyes sparkling and playful. Issei couldn't turn his eyes away. Something tugged at the corner of his mind. An old memory, something long forgotten. Issei's eyes opened wide when the specific memory finally came rushing back to him like an avalanche.
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Issei six years old was standing in front of a shrine while his father was across the street doing business at the Mid Bio Informatics tower. Both of Issei's bodyguards placed themselves at each side of the steeps that lead up to the shrine, watching him like a hawk watching its prey.
Something about the shrine had caught Issei's attention. It sounded like someone was crying, inside his mind.
Issei made his way around the right side of the shrine and spotted a dark-haired girl lying on the ground in the fetal position. weeping. Issei knelt close to the girl and gently shook her while saying "Hey are you alright? what's wrong?" He heard the girl sniffle a few times before turning her head to the side too look up at him. "W-who a-are you?" The girl stammered in a low voice.
Issei blinked a few times before giving her a big smile. "Issei, I'm Issei. Who are you?" The girl whipped her last tears on her shrine outfits sleeve. Then answered in a quiet voice "A-A-Akeno, Himejima Akeno" Issei's eyes shone brightly and he gave Akeno the biggest smile he could. "Nice to meet you Akeno" Akeno's cheeks turned light red, Issei stood up and stretched out his right hand to the girl. Akeno placed her hand gently into his and got up with Issei's help.
"Want to play? I have sometime before dad finish his work?" Issei was still smiling. "R-really? You would play with me?" Issei frowned at her response and then look at her eyes. He smiled again and nodded "Yes we are friends, right?".
"Friends" Akeno whispered so quietly that he almost couldn't hear it, almost. Issei grabbed her hand and walked back to the front of the shrine. "Yes friends" Issei said again. There was a light breeze that fluttered Akeno's hair. Without thinking, Issei moved his other hand and tucked the hair behind her right ear while they watched each other's eyes. Issei's heart jumping inside his cheast.
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The memory played out inside his head in a hearth beat. So, no one noticed.
Issei frowned. 'Could it be? after all these years? Was he finally meeting the very first person he ever called a friend all those years ago, the one girl that did not want to befriend him because of his family name and wealth?' That had been a problem for him, most of his so-called friends where not his friends because of him, but because of his name, status and money. Before the girl could ask her question, Issei spoke "Himejima?"
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Rias Gremory, second child and heir for prestigious Gremory family. Feared for her life and her peerages life and the other supernatural beings that where students at the school. She could feel the tremendous psionic power outside the gates, thanks to the silver wolf head medallion on her chest.
That at this very moment, were wildly vibrating against her ample-bosom. She had never felt anything like this from the medallion before. Psionic potential among humans where quite ordinary these days to say the least. But most where not at the level where they became a real threat for the devils or other supernatural beings without training and even then without sufficient level of power they couldn't read their thoughts and as such couldn't identify them as devils that way.
The human beyond the gate could, easily do so. Rias knew this and if the human was anything like other high level psionic humans on the planet. He or she would identify all of them. At that point they would at best, be told to pack their bags and leave or get eliminated if they didn't comply with the request. 'request' Rias almost snorted at that thought.
Rias musing ended when the psionic was standing outside her class room door. She knew this was it for her and the others. When the teacher called the human inside. Rias watched with rapped attention when the male entered and walked over to the teacher's side. Light brown hair, purple colored eyes, well-toned body, Rias and most of the other girl's eyes roamed over his body after their shock settled down, his very, very well-toned body. That's when she felt his eyes on her, she radiated fear and she knew it, the medallion on her chest cracked at the psionic force. A sharp intake of breath later from her, she watched his eyes move on to Akeno where they stayed for a few seconds also.
To her surprise his eyes stopped and watched a girl with light brown short hair also. She didn't have any knowledge of that girl belonging to any supernatural faction. Then she saw his eyes move towards the vampire, which was no surprise to her.
She heard the teacher tell him to introduce himself, which he did "Hi. I'm Issei Hyoudou, I'm seventeen. Nice to meet you and please take care of me." When he did she almost fainted. This was bad, the heir to Hyoudou corporation. No wonder he made it into Kuoh. The principal had tried to make this place a safe haven for supernatural beings, psionic humans were not allowed to join.
To her utter surprise she heard Hyoudou speak Akeno's last name with a hint of familiarity. She had to talk with her queen, as soon as they could get away from class. A class that had gone quiet.
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Issei glanced quickly around the class since they've gone all quiet, before settling on Akeno again. He saw surprise, confusion and a few other emotions come and go. He cleared his throat to get her attention again.
When she returned her eyes upon his own, he asked. "You are Himejima Akeno? Right?" He scratched the back of his head with his right hand while briefly looking at the roof tiles, he could hear the rain smatter against the roof. Since he never did get an answer out of her, he sighted, 'Maybe I'm wrong, best to apologize' he thought before he did. "I'm sorry Akeno." He gave her an apologetic shrug and continued. "I thought that perhaps you were someone I knew from my childhood." He sighted. "It was around nine years ago, before we moved to Europe for a while, I knew this girl for about two years, I was six when I meet her." He gently moved his hand through his hair. "Again, I apologize if I made you uncomfortable".
Issei made eye contact with the teacher again and was assigned a seat at the back window. Class continued at a slow pace. A few people glanced at him. Issei watched the rain paint the environment in its embrace while the teacher droned on about math.
