-Episode 6: Hebijo Clandestine Girls' Academy-
-A Few Days Earlier-
"Where good accepts few, evil accepts all" Homura's voice spoke, narrating as the scene cuts to Hebijo Clandestine Girls' Academy, a vocational school for Evil Shinobi and is considered by many to be the opposite of Hanzō National Academy's heroic image. Because the school was located in the mountains, it was extremely difficult to find. The sky above was blood red, conveying the seemingly sinister nature of the school. As the camera panned on the academy, Homura continued to narrate.
"Even if that's the motto of Hebijo Clandestine Girls' Academy, that doesn't mean it's easy to get into here. You still gotta work your ass off to prove yourself, devote yourself to the cause, that kinda stuff. So, like any other school if y'think about it."
Homura is then seen slashing her way through a series of training puppets and flawlessly tackling an extremely difficult obstacle course. A series of shurikens were shot at Homura from a series of turrets; something that she sees coming immediately and deflects all of them with the swing of her left hand's triple Ninjatō before landing, running through and jumping over the obstacles as shurikens continue to fire at her rapidly.
After much ducking, diving, jumping and running through the course, she reaches the finish line where she is greeted by a woman holding a stopwatch.
"You were too slow, Homura." the woman said. She adorned a tight black miniskirt with black stockings rimmed with black paisley, attached to a garter belt. She also wears a long-sleeved, classy, white dress shirt which reveals much of her bust; while wearing a black camisole underneath.
"Wait where did I go wrong, Suzune-sensei?" Homura asked, puzzled and a little annoyed by her teacher's words.
"When you deflected the shuriken, that cost you valuable time. Time that could be given to the enemy to strike you down. You must keep moving, even if situations like this arise." Suzune explained calmly.
"Gimme a break.." Homura sighed, scratching the back of her head.
"Your enemy won't 'give you a break', Homura. If you're too slow, if you're indecisive, even a split second of lost time will cost you your life. You will do well to remember that, my student. You're dismissed." Suzune sternly instructed, marking her time down. Homura could do nothing but grumble a little, feeling a little bit of her pride was dented by what her teacher just said to her.
Some time passes and Homura is seen hanging around in the Hebijo ninja room, sulking on a couch in the corner as the TV flashes in front of her.
"Tch, 'evil accepts all' my ass.. that was frickin' impossible! How the hell can they claim to accept anyone when their bar of entry is even higher than those damn goody-two shoes at Hanzo?!" Homura ranted, clearly angered by the grade Suzune gave her on the obstacle course.
"You need to calm down, Homura-chan.. that anger will give you wrinkles, you know.~" cooed another voice from behind her, one that made Homura yelp and jump back, almost jump out of her seat even.
"H-Haruka! Jeez, you can't frickin' scare me like that!" Homura gasped as she jumped back. She looked up to see one of her friends; Haruka. This girl had blonde hair that is curled at the ends with a large pink bow on top, and she adorned the same Hebijo uniform as Homura.
"My friend looked really grumpy, so I came to see why she was yelling so loudly. Did Suzune-Sensei give you another scolding?" Haruka asked, to which Homura simply tisked in annoyance.
"I'm right on the mark, aren't I?" Haruka chirped a little. After a little bit, Homura calms down a little before beginning to ask and Haruka sits on the couch next to her friend.
"Say.. Haruka.." Homura begun.
"Hmm?" Haruka hummed questioningly, turning her sultry gaze to her friend.
"What's the difference between 'good' and 'evil' Shinobi, really? We're always told to oppose Hanzo, because they're 'good shinobi' while we're 'evil shinobi'.. who decides what's 'evil' and what's 'good', after all?.." Homura wondered, looking down with a doubtful expression on her face. Haruka simply sighed and looked at Homura, slightly bemused.
"Are you philosiphising about the nature of good and evil again, Homura-chan? If we have to be 'evil' to stand for what this school believes in, to protect my friends, then I'll take being 'evil' any day of the week. Do you doubt what this school, your friends stand for?" Haruka simply said.
"No, I'm not doubting what this school or my friends stand for.. it's just.. never mind.." Homura sighed, clearly feeling that it would be no use for her to explain her position further.
"If you've got time to sulk and cry about your sad fate as a Shinobi, then you've also got time to work on the things Suzune-Sensei scolded you about. After all..." Haruka said, cooing her last sentence as she slowly sneaks up behind Homura.
In that moment, Homura yelped and blushed furiously as Haruka is seen grabbing her chest from behind.
"We wouldn't want our brave leader to fall behind in her studies, riiiiight?" Haruka cooed teasingly while massaging Homura's chest from behind.
"Haruka-senpai! Quit being lewd towards Homura-senpai!" a voice squeaked, one belonging to a girl that approached the two of them. Her appearence was that of a short black haired girl in gothic lolita fashion. She sported a Hebijo uniform, albeit with a much longer skirt than Homura and Haruka.
"Oh, Mirai-chan!~" Haruka chirped, clasping her cheeks at Mirai's adorable tone that showed a clearly failed attempt at being assertive. She then hugged her kohai tightly, affectionately rubbing her cheek against Mirai's.
"Do you wish for me to be lewd to you, then?~" Haruka cooed teasingly, causing Mirai the flail her arms wildly in a comedic fashion.
"QUIT THAT SHIT RIGHT NOW, HARUKA-SENPAI!" she shouted, though this added more fuel to the fire as Haruka found her reaction to be adorable.
"Soooo cuuuuteee!~" Homura squealed with delight.
Homura watched this, twitching her brow with a mixture of bemusement and disgust. It was at this moment that two more girls entered the room.
"Umm.. were we interrupting something?" a blonde girl inquired. She is shown to be a fair skin girl with long blonde hair with a small green clip in it. She, just like the other three girls, sported the Hebijo school uniform.
"Oh, hey Yomi.. just these two being goofballs again." Homura sighed, bemused.
"It's never a dull day with Haruka and Mirai, is it Homura-chan?" Yomi said, letting out a small giggle.
"..." sighed the green haired girl next to Yomi. She was a pale skin girl with medium length green hair and amber eyes in a furtive or feral glance and an emotionless expression. Her eyes very much resembled that of a serpent's.
"Is something up, Hikage?" Homura asked, clearly unnerved by Hikage's lack of reaction in this situation. As the girls continued to talk amongst each other, the scene cuts to Suzune walking down the school hall as she makes her way to the principal's office, where she is greeted not by the school's principal, but by one of the academy's most generous investor's; Dogen. He is a tall, sculpted man who's muscular body is apparent even when fully-clothed. He wears formal attire consisting of a red coat with black furred trimming, waist-high pants of the same color, a dress shirt, and a blue and green neckerchief. He is a blonde and bearded man, and has a long scar going down his right eye.
"I take it you recieved my call, Suzune?" he said, turning the chair around to face the woman before him as he sits at the principal's desk all sporting a cigar in his mouth.
"Where's the principal?.." Suzune asked, clearly annoyed by Dogen's presence.
"Oh, she's out on important business. Moreover; you and I have some.. important business to discuss regarding the latest development at Hanzo Academy." Danzo said, letting out a puff of smoke.
"About the student that just turned up in their ranks days ago?" Suzune inquired.
"Indeed. That young man whom our own Miyabi was supposed to kill.." Dogen said, leaning back in the chair and looking on with a sinister grin.
"Miyabi's awake after all this time?.." Suzune gasped, her eyes widened as surprise spreads across her face upon hearing this news.
"Indeed. Let's just say I'm keeping her in my back pocket.. for if this current crop of the elites decide to revolt against us." Dogen said, letting out another puff of smoke from his cigar, causing Suzune to wave the stench away in digust.
"Besides.. I wish to see what this young man is truly capable of." Dogen chuckled, his grin wide and sinister as he continues to chomp on his cigar.
-Present Day-
A few days later, it was now Thursday. Haruka and Homura were seen outside of the school grounds, both of them crossing their arms as if they're waiting for someone. Suddenly, A bush rustles and Hikage emerges.
"Hikage.. why are you out so late?" Homura asked, to which the serpent-eyed girl tilted her head in her friend's direction.
"Had to.. kill.. the good Shinobi.." Hikage simply uttered.
"Ara, so you found someone from Hanzo Academy wondering around at this hour?" Haruka asked.
"One of them was a blonde pervert.. the other.. was an average-looking boy." Hikage emotionlessly explained. Homura crossed her arms and turned her gaze downwards, before then having a flashback to the encounter she had with a boy from Hanzo Academy.
"Good Shinobi, Evil Shinobi.. I think it's all just how you look at it.. can someone really be evil if they believe in somethin' different from you?.. What makes a 'Good Shinobi'.. and someone an 'Evil Shinobi'? Shouldn't that be somethin' you judge for yourself?" Homura said, thinking out loud to herself.
Flashing back to the present day, the episode ends with this narration from Homura as she looked to the night sky.
"I want power, more than anything.. but is it really for Hebijo's sake?.. Or is it for mine?.. Hebijo.. 'Where Good Accepts Few, Evil Accepts All'.. but what does that mean, really?.."
-To Be Continued-