Chapter 2
As I quickly got dressed, still buttoning up my shirt as I quickly walked after Shiina, I started to notice something, there were people in these classrooms I was passing, and teachers as well. But not one of them tried to stop us or even paid attention to us, surely there not that engrossed in learning right? I tried not to think about it too much as I didn’t want to annoy Shiina anymore than I already had. She stopped at an open area, without even realising I bumped straight into her, knocking her to the ground.
“S-Shiina I-I am so sorry! I didn’t mean to! I was just not paying attention I should have been. Please don’t kill me!” I stated as I was stuttering over my words in a failed attempt to compose myself.
She stood up and glared at me with a look that was giving me chills, I knew not to do that again. She turned and kept walking.
“It’s okay. Accidents happen right?” Shiina said calmly as if it never happened.
I was confused, from the, maybe 10 minutes id known her, she was acting completely different. But I barely knew her so how should I know right? We kept walking until we came to a wooden door with stick person women, signifying a women’s bathroom.
“Come on in here” she said as she held the door open for me.
“Are you nuts!? I cant go into the girls bathroom!” I exclaimed, looking at her with a pleading look in her eye.
“Just go” was her only reply, her eyes with a slight twinge of anger as she stared at me.
My first instinct was to turn and run, so that’s what I did. I darted back down the hall and took a left and into the nearest locker I could find. I was used to hiding in lockers from bullies (or as I call them, Assholes) so I never really had any discomfort. Until I heard the chilling sound of a blade unsheathing, the hairs on the back of my neck stood to attention as I held my breath, willing her not to find me. Moments felt like hours as they passed until I saw her come into my field of view. Her sword was in her left arm, a knife in her right, she turned towards the locker I was in and I swear she was looking right at me. She turned away and walked off; the sound of her sheathing her weapon could be heard. I waited around 10 minutes before emerging from my hiding place, I slowly walked the direction I came from, I never got very far as Shiina pounced on me from above, pinning me to the ground.
“Really? You thought you could hide from me? Wow you’re dumber than you look Fujii” Shiina said in a quiet, but terrifying voice.
She hauled me up and pinned me against the wall and drew her knife, I was expecting to feel the cold steel cut through my neck or plunge into my chest but it never came. Suddenly I felt nothing but searing pain on the right side of my chest that wouldn’t stop. I screamed for help to be met with a hand clamped around my mouth, letting nothing but muffled screams to get through the barrier,
The pain slowly moved from one side of my chest to the other until one last cut was made, it felt like she was underlining something. She let go and I dropped to the floor, clutching my chest tightly.
“Seems accurate” she said, laughing to herself. “Now come on, follow me”
I stood up and pulled my shirt down, wondering what Shiina had done to me I followed obediently, I was defeated. Shiina pushed open the toilet door and I slowly shuffled inside, a sense of embarrassment and shame washing over me. As I looked up I first caught sight of Noda
“Wait! What the hell are you doing in here!” I shouted
“Duh, it’s the armoury” he said calmly
I looked around to realise this wasn’t a bathroom, on the walls were a range of guns, swords, armour and a whole manner of gadgets and guns.
“Hey why is your shirt stained with blood?” Noda probed
“Oh…I uh, I didn’t even notice” I said quietly
“Stop lying Akito, lift up your shirt, let him see” Shiina demanded
I complied, reluctant for her to inflict any more damage, Noda read it out loud slowly.
“B-I-T-C-H-! Bitch” he read “Why does your chest have bitch carved into it?” Noda asked
“Uhm, we-“ I was cut off
“Because he decided to run from me and hide, so I gave him a fitting sign” Shiina said, for some reason rather proudly
“Ohhhh” Noda exclaimed “I get it now.”
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I lay in the corner tired and exhausted hoping and praying I would be away from Shiina soon, the door burst open as Yuri and a girl I was yet to meet came running in, Yuri quickly closed the door and bolted it shut exhaling heavily, The two doubled over and started panting now that they knew they were in the clear. Yuri started to stand up and met my gaze, smiling at me she turned to Shiina and asked
“Was he much trouble?”
“Oh you have no idea, why was I stuck with him?” she said, annoyance colouring her voice
“Because! You killed him! Almost twice by the look of him, what did you do?!” Yuri shouted
“Simply made a statement” Shiina answered slyly
Yuri made her way over to me and knelt at my side, she started to lift my shirt. I winced and yanked it down, she looked at me with a look of reassurance and kindness
“It’s okay Akito” she claimed and reached for my shirt once more, I didn’t try to stop her this time as she slowly pulled it up to reveal my chest.
“Why is this carved into your chest?” Yuri said looking in disbelief
“Because it is an accurate description” the voice of Shiina announced from a corner of the room
This made Yuri’s face go from kind and caring to bloodcurdling rage and it terrified me. If I hadn’t known it wasn’t me it was directed at id be running long before now, as she stood up slowly turning towards Shiina she grabbed the closest thing to her. It just so happened to be a sleek, sharpened katana. Yuri quickly slashed at Shiina and was met with the clash of steel as Shiina retaliated, almost immediately, their faces inches apart from each other, both expressions as terrifying as the other. The sound of steel on steel filled the small room until Yuri pulled a gun and unloaded 5 rounds into Shiina’s chest. The body of the girl hit the floor with a thud and a puddle of blood began to outspread from the wounds. Panting with exhaustion, Yuri made her way over to me and began nursing my wound, not saying anything just concentrating on the wound and patching it up
“Hey, uh Yuri wh-“started Noda
“Shut up! Take her to the hospital and stay with her!” ordered Yuri
Silently Noda lifted the body of Shiina and hoisted her over his shoulder before leaving the room and disappearing round the corner, Yuri waited until the sound of the door closing before saying anything.
“I’m sorry this happened and that you had to see that. But I suppose you understand how this world works yet?”
“Uh…I suppose I do, I think?” I puzzled, trying to fit the pieces together in my head.
“Hey, Yuri. We’ve got shit to do remember?” rang the voice of the unknown girl from before
“Oh! Yeah. Akito this is Masami Iwasawa” Yuri said, motioning towards the girl.
Masami was tall and slender, dressed in the same school uniform as Yuri and Shiina but with her own little twist sporting black leather wristbands, with shoulder-length hair in a deep shade of pink and her red eyes she was attractive, more than anyone I had ever known before I died. My eyes drifted over her from her shoes to the top of her head, I was staring and not even realising I was doing it, I couldn’t piece together what it was about her that made me seem to go into a submissive mess.
“Uhh, why is he staring at me Yuri?” Masami questioned.
“Uhm... I wish I knew Masami, but I have no clue” Yuri answered eyeing me carefully before clicking her fingers infront of my eyes. I flinched slightly and stirred before being reassured everything was okay by Yuri. As she bandaged up my chest I noticed a guitar case in the corner with the name Masami scrawled across it in messy writing.
“She must play guitar” I mused in my head
“Yeah I do actually” she replied
Shit! That wasn’t in my head! My cheeks flushed a deep red and burned with embarrassment, Masami covered her mouth as she giggled, tears forming in her eyes. This just made my blushing worse and I raised my hands to hide my face, only for them to be forced back down by Yuri saying she needed to bandage me up first. Around 10 minutes passed and my blushing had subsided, my chest was covered and Masami was sitting in the corner strumming away on her guitar and singing to her hearts content. I was completely entranced by her beauty and her voice, everything about her was just perfect and I strained to hold myself back and not rush by her side. I needed to get these feelings under control.