James groaned lightly, feeling sunlight beating down on his face from the window above his bed. He reached to his pants pocket and pulled out his cellphone, seeing that he still had an hour before he had to get ready for school. He sighed while letting his arm flop down, letting his phone go. He looked down to see he was covered in burger wrappers, letting out another sigh. "Time for the real first day.."

James stood in front of the mirror, battling with the ribbon to his uniform before letting out a soft sigh then raising his right hand and wiping steam off the mirror. He then grabbed some gel and slicking his hair back. He looked to himself in the mirror. "I look like a jackass…" He said softly before sighing once again and stepping out of the bathroom, walking into his room and grabbing his book bag and phone off the charger along with his headphones. He grabbed his black and red jacket, putting it on his shoulder.

He turned his head towards Dana's room and peeking inside. He smiled softly at the sight of his sister fallen asleep at her desk, laying her head on her arms. James chuckled lightly and set down his bag and walked up to Dana, placing the leather coat over her. He then leaned down and hugged her gently, putting his chin on top of her head. "I'm off, Dana….I love you, sis.." He said softly before letting her go and walking out the room. Dana had a smile on her face as she slept, nuzzling the jacket.

James walked out the apartment, eating one of the burgers that Dana got as he put on his headphones and walked down the road. The young man soon walked up to the school, closing the wrappers before tossing it away in the trash. He could see that it wasn't time for classes yet, because of the groups of students that stood around discussing.

He put his headphones and walked closer towards the school, seeing a small crowd of girls and boys crowding around three women. One of them he remembered was Souna, the girl that gave him the school tour along with waking him up yesterday. Then he could see two more girls, one of them had long crimson hair. He heard a group of girls speaking.

"It's Rias-senpai!" They cried, Rias is a beautiful young woman with white skin, blue-green eyes and a buxom figure. She was about 5'8 and beautiful under the school uniform that she wore. James wouldn't lie, but he did blush a little bit when he saw her smile. Rias Gremory was her name, he thinks her name is. He then saw another girl and she was quick to notice him.

He knew who she was, she was the girl that helped direct him around the outside of the school after Souna had to go because of council duties. He clicked his teeth and snapped his fingers as he tried to remember her name, looking to the ground as he tried to guide himself through the crowds. Shit! He couldn't remember her fucking name! "Dammit!" He said softly to himself, not noticing that he had walked through the crowds and was now next to the three Great Ladies of the school.

"What seems to be wrong, James?" Souna asked him, stopping right next to him and gaining his attention. James removed his earbuds and put them in his jacket pocket. He adjusted his bag before awkwardly rubbing the back of his neck, feeling embarrassed that he said the inside part on the outside.

"Nothing, just think that I left something at home." He said with hope that they would take it. The three girls nodded their heads, but they knew he was lying.

"Very well, I see that you're wearing your uniform and you are inside the building too, I hope that you will be awake for the remainder of the school day?" Her voice had a edge that reminded James of Dana when she's angry and it made a chill go up his spine and he quickly nodded his head. Rias could see the fear behind his ears and decided to chime in.

"Souna, don't be so harsh on him. It's his second day here. Hi, My name is Rias Gremory, it's nice to meet you." She said with with a charming smile that made some small pink form on James' cheeks. "I'm sure you know, Akeno." She raised her hand to the girl next to her and that's when it clicked in his mind.

Akeno is a beautiful young woman with a voluptuous figure at the age of 18, with very long black hair and violet eyes. Her hair is usually tied in a long ponytail, reaching all the way down to her legs with two strands sticking out from the top and sloping backwards, with an orange ribbon keeping it in place. She looked at James and smiled softly, letting out a soft laugh.

"Ara Ara~ I know him, I guided him through the school with Souna." She said while looking at James with a small smile, putting a hand on her cheek. "You look a lot better in uniform then you do in those many layers.."

James began to blush heavily, coughing into his hand while turning away in an attempt to play it cool. "Thank you...I should be getting to class now, It was nice meeting you, Rias." He said with a bow of his head before quickly trying to push through the crowds, trying to hide his shyness. Must get away...from such beauty!

The girls watched as James was pushing through the jealous crowd of boys, running up the stairs soon after. Akeno chuckled softly to herself before they started to walk down the hall once again. "Ara Ara~ Well, He seems to be shy, It'll be fun to have a kohai to tease." She said happily. The other two looked slightly worried for James as being in the eyes of the sadist wasn't always a good thing.

James sat outside the classroom, waiting for the teacher to call him in so that he could introduce himself. He then stood up once he was called over, grabbing his backpack and putting it on. He walked inside with a light sigh, putting his right hand in his pocket while he listened to the teacher introducing. "My name is James Mercer, I'm 17 years old and I'm from New York City, please take care of me." The mention of New York and Mercer caused many fearful looks, even the teacher took a couple steps back.

James sighed lightly and walked down the aisles of desks, sitting down at the desk next to the window. He put on his earbuds and laid his head in his arms, clenching his fists tightly. Around him, student's were moving their desks away from him while they looked at him with fear, disgust and hatred. "...Dammit.." James muttered softly as he clenched his fists tighter.

Once the lunch bell rang, James damn near leapt from his chair with a want to get out of this classroom. He put his earbuds on and put his hands in his pockets, walking through the crowds. He had a deep scowl on his features, remembering directions that Akeno and Souna gave to the outside during lunch. He hated the glares and the looks like he was some sort of fucked up science project gone horribly wrong. What happened in New York is something that scarred the world.

This happened in countless schools all around the world, first it was the looks, then came the bullying and the threats, finally James would end up either beating up a large crowd of grief stricken people or being beat half to death or into unconsciousness.

This process could happen in the matter of days or in this case, All in one day. He just needed to get to a narrow place so he could handle the crowd. He was so absorbed in thought that he couldn't care about the group of boys that had even more hatred than before that was developing. He walked outside, turning towards the crowd, continuing to slowly back. "Come on! Come on! I'm right here!" James screamed out to them as he pulled out his phone, changing his song before raising it to max volume.

The Great Ladies were walking down the hallway discussing about the newest student, well, mostly Rias and Souna, but Akeno would chime in from time to time, but she would mostly enjoy the show while laughing softly. "Souna, You should let me claim him, if you don't think he has anything then let me do it and we'll find out." The Student council president thought about for a few seconds before finally nodding her head, relenting.

Rias smiled triumphantly, feeling glad to have beaten her childhood friend. Akeno chuckled lightly, covering her mouth with her right hand. She noticed a small group of girls looking outside the window. "Hm?" She hummed before walking over and looking, her eyes widened before she turned to Rias and Souna. "President! Souna!" She called out to the two and they quickly ran over.

"What's wrong, Akeno?" Rias asked as she looked to her friend, not seeing any wounds or damage. Akeno simply looked to the window once again. Rias looked to the window as well and her eyes widened. Souna was silent, but her wide eyed expression said it all.

"It's james." Akeno said softly as she could see James standing in front of a lot of angry boys, his bag was tossed to the side and his clothes were a little disheveled. Around him were three unconscious bodies of boys with blood splattering his clothes and some on his face.

James saw that there was only fifteen of them and one of him, but some of them appeared to have weapons. Four of them had Kendo practice swords, four had large sticks from the nearby tree. He cracked his knuckles and his neck, looking directly towards the ones with the kendo swords. "Well, let's get this over with, shall we?" He said with a dark tone in his voice. He watched as two of the ones with fists charge directly at him, getting in a boxing stance.

"Die, you damn monster!" "You killed my niece!" The two shouted before one on the left threw his right fist towards James' cheek, but he ducked and quickly punched the boy two times in the face, making him stumble back. James then looked to the one of his right, blocking two punches with his forearms before grabbing the raging boy with his left hand and punching him in the stomach multiple times with his right hand before raising his fist and slamming it into the boy's nose, causing a large squirt of blood to splatter against his chest while letting out a loud scream.

"You bastard!" The one of the left had recovered and once again charged at james, attempting to kick james in the chest. The American raised his hands and caught the foot before quickly yanking him towards him, letting him go while he was going towards him. James slammed down his right fist directly into the boy's cheek, slamming him into the concrete.

"That's five, motherfuckers!" He shouted, turning to them before he quickly stepped back and avoiding and attempted slash from one of the kendo swordsman.

"Damn monster!" The boy yelled, still wearing his kendo uniform while lunging at James with swings towards his knees and arms. James grit his teeth at the intense stinging pain that was from the hits, but he lessened the pain by using the more fleshy parts of his arms and legs.

"I don't understand, Why are they attacking him?" One of the girls said to the others, watching as the other kendo males joined in.

"Didn't you hear? His name is James Mercer, the younger brother of Alex Mercer, the one that caused that virus in New York. He a monster just like his brother" The girl beside her said with a horrified tone.

James lunged forward, grabbing the wrists of the first swordsman with one hand before punching him in the jaw with his other hand then hitting him with his backhand. He then put his back to the swordsman before yanking his arm down, breaking the limb. The swordsman wouldn't have a chance to scream because, he would be silenced by being hit in the jaw with his own kendo sword and causing him to fall into unconsciousness.

James took the weapon and twirled it in his hand. "Who's next?!" He roared before quickly entering a one sided sword fight with the other kendo students. He blocked the blows and strikes with his own blade, clenching it tightly with both hands.

"I heard that the kendo was all for girls, but I seem to be looking at all of their boy members. You would risk such a great opportunity just to assault an innocent man?" James asked with a grunt, letting out a groan after being hit on his right side. He then put his blade horizontally, getting into blade lock.

"You damn monster, you killed my cousin!" The boy on his right shouted directly into James' face, the young man went silent and looked to the ground, his slicked back hair was now a curly mess that hid his face. He gripped his blade tighter with both hands while a wrathful look soon entered his eyes as he looked back at the boy. He stepped forward with a deep anger, easily beginning to push the boys back.

"I. DID. NOT. KILL. ANYONE!" Mercer shouted as he pushed them back, breaking the bladelock before suddenly swinging hard to the swordsman right of him. The sword smashed against his skull with enough force that the blade broke in half, shattered. The swordsman fell to the ground instantly, a pool of blood slowly forming. James looked to his hands covered in blood, sighing shakily before he clenched his fists and got back in his fighting stance.

"Is...is he dead?" One of the girls asked her fellow spectators, looking pretty terrified of what was happening. They watched as James grabbed the second to last Kendo member by the throat and simply punched him in the face repeatedly, breaking the nose and causing blood to splatter his clothes even better.

"He's a monster…" Another said as James let the boy fall to the ground, grabbing his sword before catching the last member's blade before simply beating him in the head with it before tossing him towards his fallen comrades.

The three Great Ladies watched this with growing worry for James, despite how he looked, he was hit and had to be injured in several locations. Despite Souna's cold exterior, it could be noticed that she was getting worried too. Akeno and Rias both had growingly worried expressions on their features.

"President, what do we do?" Akeno asked her, the silence finally being broken between the three. They watched as James was tackled by three of them at once, sending him to the ground. They quickly grabbed his arms and the third put him in a headlock before standing him up.

"Come on, you damn cowards, stand me up and fight me like men!" James taunted, keeping his head looking down so the person trying to put him in the headlock can't get his arm around his neck. He watched as the remaining 10, seeing them beginning to converge on him with one standing in front of him already.

Mercer quickly gathered his bearings after he was punched in the side of his head, followed by a second punch that caused his world to become really bright for a second. They were to knock him out, but in his current position there wasn't much he could besides wait for his attackers to make a mistake. The hits went for minutes, each getting worse and driving, James closer to the edge. He then smirked at the taste of his own blood, getting an idea. If they hated him and his brother, then they must be terrified of the virus.

"What's so funny, demon?! What gives you the right to smile at our hurt?!" The one punching him asked, giving another hard hit to his temple. James began to chuckle lightly.

"Monster this, demon that….shut the fuck up!" James said with his ocean blue eyes fading in color. He could feel something within him snap, could it be the years of anger and tears that finally broke out of him? Or could it be the years of the same situation over and over again, finally breaking him? "I'll show you a monster...I'll show you the Devil!"

James did something that will mentally scar those that fought him and those watching, he opened his jaw and slammed his teeth into the arm of his attacker. He bit down hard as he listened to the screaming of his captor, tasting the blood in his mouth. He yanked his head back and ripping out some of the flesh, letting it dangle from his mouth as he looked directly into the eyes of the one that was punching him previously.

He then looked to the arm he had taken a bite from, seeing that he ripped out some of the muscle and even the veins from the forearm. James then looked back to his horrified attacker and spat out the piece of flesh on to him along with some blood. "But let me warn you, the Devil doesn't play nice.." He said as he was released from his headlock.

"Ahhhhhhh! He bit my fucking arm!" The student screamed as James stood straight up, his lips and mouth dripping blood on his already bloodstained clothing. He looked to the right back to the one that was previously punching him.

"You said that you wanted to know what was so funny? I'll tell you what's funny. It's that this is the fucking hundredth time this has happened to me all across the planet. Cuba, mexico, jamaica, China, Russia. They all gave me the same reaction when I went to the best schools." James said as he looked to the ones that were holding his arms and was surprised to see they were gone.

"I have been shot, stabbed, almost ran over three fucking times! So if you think that a few punches and sticks are gonna do anything, then God, you need to try harder! So stop talking shit and hit me." James said with a light chuckle before spitting blood on the floor, crossing his arms. The group of attackers looked terrified by what they saw, some beginning to run back inside the school until it was just the one that attacked him first and the one that punched him while he was being held down.

"And then there was one." James said as he started to walk towards his attacker as he realized that he was alone, beginning to back away as James got closer.

"You're crazy! You're fucking crazy!" The boy said with pure fear and panic in his voice, beginning to step back with each step that James took forward.

"Crazy? Do you know the meaning of insanity?" James asked while he tilted his head to the side, tapping his chin with a chuckle. "Insanity is doing the same fucking thing over and over again and expecting a different result!"

The attacker grit his teeth before charging towards James, starting to punch at him wildly and angrily. "Shut up! Shut the fuck up!" James was simply dodging

the attacks, tilting his body from side to side before starting to block attacks with his right hand.

"Didn't I say try harder!" James responded before suddenly punching the man hard three times in the face with his right hand then suddenly grabbing him by the head and slamming his forehead into his nose, splattering blood all over him.

James finally slammed his fist into his attacker's face repeatedly with blood spurting with each punch until it was finally over, letting him go and watching him drop to the ground. He stepped back, panting heavily while dripped off his fingers and body. He sighed softly as he fell to his knees and looked to the ground, looking at his hands with a sad expression.

That's when the bell rang across the school, signalling the end of lunch and within seconds the crowds were gone and some students came out to pick up James' attackers and brought them to the nurse. Through this exchange, James was still sitting with his depressed expression, looking at his hands that were dripping blood.

He lifted his head up and could see running towards him was Rias, Akeno, and Souna. That's when he felt even worse about himself, knowing that his only chance at making friends were ruined. His hair shadowed his eyes as he looked back down to the ground.

"James.." Akeno stood next to Rias and Souna with a worried expression on her features. Despite not knowing much about him, she could tell that he was a good person and didn't deserve this.

"I did not expect this to happen, James, I'm sorry." Souna said softly as she looked at james with sad eyes, watching as James would attempt to stand before falling back to his knees. "You're hurt.."

"Must've gotten hit in the ribs, feels like two of em...are broken...It's fine, Souna, I don't blame you in the slightest…" James said those words softly as he forced himself to stand and walked over to his backpack, falling back to his knee to pick it up.

Rias was silently watching the scene, not knowing what she could do in a situation like this. She heard his story and wondered how is it that he stayed so strong and kept going?

James slowly stood back up while holding his stomach, feeling completely sad about this situation. They looked like they cared for him and were worried about him. "Thank you three for the very brief time I was here, I had a feeling if I wasn't such a monster….we'd be great friends." He said with a sad smile before he turned and started to walk away, holding his ribs as he walked.

Rias put a hand on his shoulder and gently rubbed it, stopping him as he let out a soft groan of pain. "You won't make it back home, James, you need to get some help…" She said in hopes of stopping him. James stopped and let out a breathe only to hear a wheeze.

"You're right….I need to….need to…" James couldn't finish his sentence because of his body finally fading, his knees and arms feeling heavy as he collapsed to the ground face first, unconscious

"James!" The three girls said as they quickly surrounded James.

"He's unconscious, but his pulse will fade unless we do something, Rias! Now's the time!" Souna said as she put a hand on his neck, looking to the crimson haired woman who quickly nodded.

"Right, we need to get him to the clubroom!"