All right…second chapter. The first chapter might have been crud, but whatever. Here we go!
Chapter 2
Isamu dragged his feet as he walked the long trek to the dormitories. The sudden construction of the dorms had to be so far away…
'And…' Isamu thought. '…to make things worse, I got picked on today. Kasai's been on my case lately. Thank goodness Ikazuchi was there to help me.'
But then his face turned sour. 'And then Katashi Aisu had to be there. I heard he hasn't smiled since the Aisu clan was murdered.'
He didn't hear much, but Isamu collected the fact that Katashi witnessed the annihilation of his family. For once in his life, he thought he was lucky: it was only his mother's side of the family that was slaughtered. Isamu barely saw her after his parents got a divorce. And now his only family is the Gogyous.
Isamu noticed he passed by the Ohgami Shrine, home of the reigning popular Souma Ohgami. Although he graduated from the academy, Souma continued to stay connected as the main gym instructor. He was one of the youngest teachers, but still respected as an equal.
He looked up at the shrine, admiring its wonder, when Isamu noticed a skulking figure before it.
'Who's that?'
Following his positive yet one-sided instincts, Isamu walked to the shrine steps and crept closer to the mysterious shadow.
"Gogyou?"
Isamu looked behind him and found Raido Ikazuchi giving a concerned gaze.
"What are you doing here" Raido asked.
"I saw someone sneaking around at the top. He might disturb the Ohgamis, so I though I might stop him." Isamu's explanation seemed kind of weak, since he used a little under average tone.
Raido chuckled and shook his head. "Souma's gonna catch you." Isamu's expression turned to melancholy and was easily noticed by Raido, who didn't mean to put him down. "I mean…catching someone needs more than just one person. Come on, I'll join you."
He walked ahead and ascended the stairs with Isamu following close behind. What they didn't know was that both of them were being followed by someone else.
Hikaru snickered as he tiptoed across the Ohgami grounds. After hearing rumors of a secret cave, he couldn't help but 'explore' to fulfill his curiosity.
'Awesome!' he thought. 'I haven't had this much fun since my first prank on Gogyou. This late at night, no one can-'
"Stop right there!"
Hikaru felt his nerves go numb while sneaking through the trees. He turned around to find an intimidated Isamu and the ever-righteous Raido, who glared with proud purple eyes. But Hikaru only groaned as their presence was meaningless.
"What do you want now?" Hikaru whined.
"Why are you trespassing here, Kasai!?" Raido demanded. "Souma will throw you out in no time flat."
"That will only happen if he finds out, which he will not."
"You mustn't do this!" Isamu exclaimed.
"Look: I only came here to check out this 'secret cave'," Hikaru explained. "If you guys keep your traps shut about this, I'll never come back."
"You bet you won't."
Raido and Isamu spun around ad gasped at the sight of Katashi Aisu beaming down at them.
"Aisu!!"
Katashi examined all three of them and froze when he saw something slither behind Hikaru's feet. The prankster remained oblivious to the danger curling around his shoes.
"K-Kasai…" he stuttered. "D-Don't move a muscle." Raido and Isamu followed his gaze as their eyes widened.
"Snake!!" Isamu screamed.
"No, really?" Katashi asked sarcastically. Hikaru looked down and saw the slithering terror with his own eyes. He had no time to move once it wrapped around his ankle with surprising strength.
"Shit!!"
The serpent tugged and left Hikaru hitting the ground. As the other three ran to his aid, more snakes appeared ad coalesced right before them. They hissed and entwined, creating a pillar of snakes.
"What the fuck!?" Hikaru shrieked as he stood and watched the snakes take form of a young woman in her early twenties. Black hair draped down to her shoulders as she swayed around like a hunchback. A tan cloth covered her body and a purple rope was carelessly tied around her waist. She wore black pants and blue shoes, but what attracted the boys' perplexed gazes were her sharp-slitted eyes.
"Oh," she said coolly, "what charming boys do we have here?"
"Who the hell are you!?" Raido asked frantically."
"Hebiko's the name. I don't intend young boys to know me, since they will die, anyways."
Hebiko's face turned disgusted and tormented as the thought of the adolescent populace ran through her head. "Children such as you are useless in the world. I should bring an end to the world's suffering by taking your lives!!"
"Run!!" Katashi immediately dashed back to the shrine, followed by Hikaru, Raido, and Isamu. Hebiko watched them like a predator before releasing a baneful grin. Her body lost form and dispersed into a pile of snakes as hisses filled the night. One primary desire drove them all to hunt and kill:
The need to feed.
After a long day of teaching, he finally found a chance to relax. Souma Ohgami stepped out on the porch and looked into the night sky, thinking of only one person. One girl.
'Kurusugawa…Himeko…I haven't seen her since graduation.' His reminiscing made him worry. 'She said she was finding that special someone. He must be one lucky guy. No way would she ever like-'
"Souma!!"
His hazel orbs shifted to the entrance as Souma found two girls running towards him. Brushing his black hair out of his eyes, he recognized the radiant goddess with blonde hair.
"Kurusu—Himeko!" Souma got to his feet to welcome her, but noticed the other female by her side. "It's good to see you. Who's your friend?"
But as he took note of her cascading hair, perfect breasts, and excellent cured body, a dark memory buried deep within his mind slowly resurfaced and changed Souma's first impression…
The fall from the second floor took a toll on his body as crimson blood mixed with the pelting rain. He struggled to rise up, but her sudden power was too great.
'What is this power!?' Souma frantically thought. 'Is she an Orochi?'
"What do you think you're doing?"
He turned to look up at the roof despite the pain and water keeping him down. Staring down at Souma, she wore the uniform of the solar priestess with bow and arrow in hand.
"You're far too weak," she belittled. "Take a good look at yourself. I'll just do the world a favor and quickly get rid of you…Souma Ohgami."
She aimed the arrow at his limp form as he realized the horrific transformation. The girl that Souma always respected and treated like an equal drove off the edge of madness and sexually assaulted Himeko. To become an Orochi…he couldn't stand to bring himself to look at her.
"Himemiya!!"
"Fuck off!!" And with that, she blasted an explosive arrow before him.
The figure standing before Souma was entirely different from the one in the incident yeas ago. He knew that he was looking at the true person he respected and approved: Chikane Himemiya.
"Himemiya…" His voice was soft. "You're back."
Himeko's face lit up. "You remember her, Souma!?"
He nodded.
"AAH!!"
Souma wheeled around as Himeko and Chikane glared into the woods. "What was that!?"
"Himeko…" Chikane turned to her partner. "It's probably them!"
Himeko agreed: it was finally time to fulfill the mission assigned to them…the mission that could save the world.
All three of them ran towards the woods, hoping to work together once again.
Hikaru was almost out of breath, continually lagging behind the others. Even though he didn't look back, he knew the snakes were closing in on him. But Hikaru didn't know they were already so close.
A corn snake secretly crept up and wrapped around his foot, tripping him freshly. Hebiko quickly reformed and skulked towards Hikaru. He couldn't move with the snake holding him in place; squirming with fear, the boy raised his arms to defend himself.
"What…" Hebiko taunted. "No tricks up your sleeve this time?"
By then, he was scared out of his wits. Hikaru wanted to let everything go; he wanted it all to be over. In a final attempt, Hikaru opened his mouth wide and released s chilling shriek.
"AAAHH!!"
As Hebiko neared him, a sudden burst of wind lashed at her body and pushed her back. She felt like she was fighting a blistering storm fleeing out of the boy's lungs. 'Is he…the WIND ninja!?'
"Kasai!!"
Raido came up and helped Hikaru to his feet, watching the adversaries for any retaliation. Isamu and Katashi arrived as well before Hebiko recollected her cool and glared at the boys.
"Targets confirmed. You'll never get to the Nexus."
The boys were struck dumbfounded at her declaration.
'What the hell is the Nexus?' Katashi pondered. More serpents rose in assault and lunged towards the students with a thirst for blood. With no weapons nor a single idea of what to do, the boys waited for their demise. 'This is it!!'
Arrows whizzed past their heads in a flash, piercing the snakes in their wide jaws. Blood lightly tainted Hebiko's skin, but her main concern was her loyal servants that were being butchered. She whimpered like a child ad watched the snakes turn to ash. "My devils…"
The four boys turned around to see two older girls with flowing long hair. One of them had long blue hair and held a bow and arrows.
"Himeko…" She tossed her partner a tanto from behind. "Take care of some of these slithering freaks."
"Got it" was Himeko's answer. Unsheathing the tanto, she slashed to and fro at their heads, overpowering one snake at a time. Chikane continued to summon arrows and shoot them from her bow.
Not far ahead, Hebiko's rage intensified with every serpent slain. Words escaped her lips threateningly. "Children…ruin everything…you should all GO TO HELL!!"
"You wish!"
From up above, Souma Ohgami leapt high and crashed down on Hebiko with a mighty kick. The slithering opponent easily dodged it, but Souma came back up and tried multiple blows on the versatile woman. "These kids have nothing to do with you!" he cried.
"On the contrary…" Hebiko replied. "They're four of our worst enemies!"
Out of the blue, a massive anaconda shot out and coiled around Souma's body. Little by little, he lost his breath as the squeeze was getting tighter. His strength began to ebb and leave him helpless.
Himeko stopped her swings for a moment and watched in fear. "Souma!" She tried to run to his aid, but more slithering reptiles blocked her path. Chikane was caught up in a battle of her own. There was no one to help them.
The boys watched from a distance as their saviors were about to fall. Katashi felt a sense of weakness and shook his fist.
'We have to help!'
A golden light swirled around his fist and arm. It glowed with power and beauty as it came into the form of a chain of pure steel. Each link gave off spikes that resembled thorns, but it didn't hurt him. Feeling some strength emerge, Katashi rushed up and lashed the chain at several snakes. They were decapitated in an instant before dissolving into dust.
Chikane saw the numbers declining and headed straight for Souma. "Hang on!" She readied five arrows on her bow and shot them straight into the anaconda's head. As the last jolt of energy escaped its body, the serpent uncoiled from Souma and dropped to the ground.
Hebiko's rage and frustration reached the max. "Damn brats!!" Her body and spirit longed to thrash at them…but the loss of her beloved snakes told her to trust her instincts and retreat. Hebiko's remaining snakes slithered up her limbs and covered every patch of skin. Her body disappeared and the snakes slithered away.
Souma gasped for breath as he stared at the lifeless anaconda. Starting from the tail, it began to evaporate and disappear from the face of the earth.
"Souma!"
Himeko ran up, bringing a sense of joy within him. She began to pat Souma's back and comfort the young man. "Are you okay?"
"Yeah…" he replied. "No sweat."
They gave grins to each other while the boys continuously stood dumbfounded. The chain around Katashi's hand vanished as Isamu began to stutter. "Wh-Wh-Wha..What the hell…?"
He began to reel back until Himeko, Chikane, ad Souma noticed his state of shock. Isamu finally lost consciousness and fell on the cluttered ground.
"Gogyou!"
There you go: the first two chapters. I reeeaaaaaallllyyyy like reviews, so try to leave some, m'kay?It might take a while to update, but I'll do my best. Reviews give a big confidence boost. Hope you'll like this fanfic. Basically, from now on, I'll be writing Rated M fanfics. Let's se what happens with that. See ya later!