Rei, Last name unknown, 17 years old, attends XX Highschool Academy in YY Prefecture, Japan.
Approximately just a year ago a rich girl suddenly moved into town, but nobody knew her address.
She arrives by a car in the morning, and walks home after school. Her fans...or rather stalkers tried many times to tail her up until she reaches her house.
But for some reason they always lose track of her down in the narrow alleyways or just lose sight of her after she merges with a large group of people like a ghost.
Her demeanor is what you would call, extremely cold, and extremely rude but at other times she is extremely mellow. Her grades are perfect, and when I say perfect I mean they ARE perfect, she doesn't study, yet she scores a perfect 100 in every exam, not only academics but she's national-grade on physical sports as well, even beating the multiple aces of clubs throughout the school, Karate, Archery, Volleyball, Basketball. Her movements perfectly mimic a professional who looks like they've had decades of experience. Her looks...oh her looks don't even need to be mentioned, well there is a scar under her left eye which is shaped like a barcode but most people...including me would think that that was part of her charms.
She was unrivalled in every way possible.
But although Rei seems like a perfect girl, there are also many weird things about her, for one is her unnatural red eyes. They look like a colour you'd only see in anime.
And the guitar case she always has close to her, nobody has even ever seen what's inside it, not only that but Takeshi, a 190cm student nicknamed "Goliath" tried to lift it once but could barely even bring it off the ground, because of this there have been multiple rumours about how there might be a dead body, weapons such as guns or knives inside it, one claim supports the weapon storage guitarcase because of a student's report "I definitely heard metal clanking around inside it when she lifted it, I swear!".
But this was dismissed because the idea of bringing weapons to school was something that only happend in anime and American Schools.
There was also one scandal that happend almost a year ago, back when Rei wasn't well-known in school yet and was only seen as an "Overly-pretty stuck-up rich girl". It happend during a field trip almost a year ago, the whole class was resting from the activities they did in the day and were now in a motel in WW city. The students were grouped into 4 and were sent into one room, but coincidentally Rei was the only one who got a room to herself due to there being an odd number of students. In the middle of the night, screams and death throes were heard from Rei's room, everybody in class got up and quickly rushed into Rei's room. And upon arriving the teachers and students were met with the scene of Rei holding a bloodied broken piece of wood in her hands, it looked like it was torn off from a chair and it was covered in blood as well, the floor was drenched in blood and broken teeth, 2 men were seen on the ground half alive and groaning, barely conscious. Rei was staring at the window, and the her voice that said 'How unsightly' was heard.
Upon seeing this, the startled teacher mustered up his courage and asked Rei what happend, and Rei responded with 'What does it look like to you? 2 men invaded my room saying vulgar things like they'd violate me and steal my chastity.' And upon hearing this, the 2 men groaned as if denying what she said, but then at that moment Rei stepped on their unrecognizable faces as to shut them up. Afterwards she said to the still dazed teacher 'Hey when are you going to call the police? What would your superiors say if they learned that a student's room was barged into and her chastity was almost stolen on YOUR watch?' The teacher's face quickly paled before he finally came to his senses and called the police. The field trip was cancelled before one of us could even know what happend next, the issue was quickly brushed off like nothing ever happend after all.
But despite all this, I don't care, because to me Rei is merely a normal highschool girl who is a little weird, and a little excellent at the same time, a little weird excellent girl who just also happens to be one of my closest friends.
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A bright Tuesday morning.
As always, a male student with brown hair and bodily features that would certainly be considered 'above average' by human standards arrived at his classroom carrying a heavy bag filled with god-knows-what.
an hour before his first period began, The classroom was always empty if you go early in the morning and it became a habit to enjoy the 60 minutes of pure peace and tranquility paired with the relaxing morning breeze.
Well during this time the classroom was supposed to be empty, the brown-haired student sat down on his desk next to the window and opened up his math textbook, and as if waiting for something his fingers tapped anxiously on his clear wooden desk.
...
...
...
'Right on schedule' the brown-haired youth thought.
"Good morning Rei."
"Good morning Ryuuji."
Sure enough right on schedule, a dazzling female beauty with long black hair and red eyes walked through the door carrying a guitarcase on her back and another bag on her right hand. She sat down on the desk next to Ryuuji and rest her face on the desk before putting her guitarcase and eco-bag on the ground, indicating that she was still quite tired.
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Ryuuji always wondered why she would always go so early to school if she was so tired. It didn't make sense at all really, however Ryuuji was not one to complain.
The first 10 minutes of the class were almost like an everyday thing between the black-haired girl and the brown-haired boy. It was time where the two could freely converse with one another. It was a moment which was like his sanctuary in his everyday stressful life.
Although Ryuuji seemed like a normal student, Ryuuji was nicknamed 'King of the School' and 'Enemy of all Men". not just for his looks but for his academics as well, but unlike the 'Queen of the School' Rei, Ryuuji studies for 6 hours a day to reach 2nd place in the rankings, and even if he is 2nd place...
'The gap is too big for someone with my limits'
'However, I'm fine with just this, I'm fine with this distance, I wish these times could never end...'
And after a few seconds of Rei groaning she spoke,
"Ryuuji, do you perhaps have..."
"I brought it."
"Good job."
*kashan*
*kajin*
They both placed the bags they carried to school on each others desks as if they were trading high quality goods.
Each of them looked into the other person's bag and both of their faces lit up in delight.
"Ahhh you brought red-bean bread again."
"Well I know it's your favou--"
*kriiiik*(sound of ripping plastic.mp3)
Rei didn't even wait before Ryuuji finished talking and opened a snack and started munching on it.
'Haaaaagh, she really is a glutton...'
For Rei, it was always an-pan(Japanese Red Bean Bread) that she always ate before classes began, bread brought by Ryuuji, of course Rei sometimes asked for something different, but that was quite rare in itself.
Ryuuji looked at the contents of the bag before him brought by Rei. He picked up what looked like the thing he was most familiar with...bread.'How do you even read this?'
"IshwreadashEcraire, Treyitishwreallygwood" Rei said while already eating her third an-pan.
Although that would just sound like gibberish to the average Japanese student, because not only did she say it in English instead of Japanese, but she also said it while chewing on food.
However Ryuuji knew exaclty what she said.
[It's read as Eclair, try it, it's really good]
'What the hell's an Eclair?' Ryuuji thought.
Everyday Rei would bring in high-class goods for Ryuuji that Ryuuji doesn't even know but Ryuuji just buys dirt-cheap an-pan from the nearby convenience store.
'Isn't this just basically like I'm exploiting her?' Ryuuji thought as he looked at Rei happily eating her 7th an-pan.
'Well as long she's happy it doesn't count!' Ryuuji thought as he bit into an Eclair.
After a short while both Ryuuji and Rei eventually finished the food, a trace was nowhere to be found.
And then those moments were met in silence...followed by.
"Good morning guys!"
"Good morning Shion, Takeshi, Uruka"
"Yo"
"Good morning."
3 people walked into the classroom, it was a sunshine girl with black hair, a tall giant with black hair standing at 190cm, and a meek-looking girl next between them. When Rei heard them coming she immediately pretended to be asleep, this was always how it went every morning, when Shion arrived after Rei finishes all her food.
"Rei-cchi good morning!"
"..."
"Rei won't you have another duel with me?? If I win you'll join the kendo club pretty pleeeeease!?!?"
"No."
"An immediate reply!?"
As Shion, the sunshine girl who is the captain of the kendo club kept pestering Rei, Ryuuji went on to talk to Takeshi and Uruka.
"The three of you came to school together again huh? Takeshi if you keep doing this you might be the next 'Enemy of all men' y'know?"
"Haha, that'll never happen, as long as there is the fact that you're the only one who can approach and talk to Rei freely that'll never happen."
"I-I also think so too..."
"I-I see..."
Ryuuji was depressed upon hearing that.
"Like I said Rei you should join the kendo club! Someone like you who moves like a Miyamoto Musashi when holding the sword shouldn't just be idling around!"
"And just like I said, I have no intention of--"
Just as the 5 of the students in the classroom were conversing, a bright light enveloped the floor of the classroom, the light patterned across the wooden floor seemed like something akin to magic circles one would find in a western black magic book bought in amazon.com.
"it's happening...It's finally happening..."
Uruka started mombling something incomprehensible.
"Wha-What is happening!?"
Shion was confused.
*BANG* *BANG*
"Shit the door won't open!"
Takeshi was trying to break down the exit.
"!"
I stared at Rei's direction as she bolted off her seat to grab her guitarcase.
The light grew brighter and brighter.
Until it enveloped the whole classroom and it was too bright to see anything anymore.
But I was still facing the direction where Rei was.
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"Welcome Heroes! Our Kingdom is in grave peril because of the Demon Lord, and I, King Lambert Afhart Priscia, in the name of the Goddess Ylen, humbly request you to save humanity!"
Shion and the others were surprised, they had many questions, Takeshi in particular had many complaints and Uruka was the one with many questions.
However I just silently kept staring.
Not at the King who summoned us here, not at the beautiful Yellow-haired girl standing beside him.
Not at the armoured knights which surrounded us, or the background which was littered with top-of-the-line architecture which belonged in the medieval ages.
But at Rei who just sat on the ground, hugging her guitarcase.
"Don't trust the monarchs..."
She mumbled something.
I was staring at her face, which was still expressionless, but when I stared at her eyes what I saw was..
A void full of deep seething anger, fury, hatred...and hunger?