Gakuen Alice (Role-Play)

Cinia Pacifica · 2013-12-25T18:29:58-01:00

"With this, it should be enough to pull her to this side," this reassuring line was said in such a professional manner that one would think this person is a secretary. Her voice-tone, and the very way she presented herself before her apparent 'boss' was accompanied with flawless acting. Except that, while her composure seemed to be perfect, what remained behind her glare was fiery hatred. This was the blond-haired middle school student perceived to be 'dangerous' by the academy. "With this, I have most of the pawns assembled, with the last two piece, I'd be set to put my plans in motion once again," the boy standing before the girl spoke with a hint of glee exuding from his grinning expression. "Persona, I leave the rest to you. I don't care however you do it, just get them to be on this side," he ordered. "Of course," Persona answered. No hint of feelings could be felt from his extremely cold way of speaking. However, a corner of his lips rose; a smile filled with blood-lust could be seen. ↑ Prologue ↑ Ladies and Gentlemen - prospective role-players and viewers alike - I welcome you all to my next Role-Play (RP). An RP based on a great old anime/manga series, it's something I didn't think I'd do myself, but did it anyway. This one is made mostly because I wanted to, there is no particular reason, it was actually supposed to be Zero no Tsukaima RP this time, but my mood changed, and so did my plans. I do have exams soon, so I'm going to be slightly slower with the writing than usual. Gakuen Alice is a manga (also had an anime adaptation with 26 episodes, years ago) about a girl that chases after her childhood friend, who one day enrolled into the mysterious academy known as Alice Academy (we'll refer to it as 'Alice Academy' instead 'Gakuen Alice' in this RP from this point on). All the students in said academy are known as 'Alices', each possessing the unreal power called Alice. Alice is a special power that those are born with, they are treated as national treasure by the country; they'd do whatever they can to have children with such power enroll into Alice Academy, so as to keep them protected from terrorist organizations and kidnappers. In this RP, we're going to take a different approach to this. Most of the main characters from the manga will not be taking part in the story of this RP. There will be however; a few of them taking part regardless: Persona, for example. I'll be trying to make the story of this RP funny, yet dark just like the manga, not sure how much of that I can actually accomplish, though. Rules: If you're new to RP'ing, give the old RP guide a read, if you're too lazy to bother, at least check out the munch section. Please, no spamming. Don't post a question, comment, or anything pertaining to this RP or anything related to... well, anything. Send me a Private Message (PM) instead. Only post your character's profile before the RP starts, and make RP posts after the RP itself is start - there will be an opening post when it starts. Please use OOC to speak, comment or ask about something while not in-character (but you're allowed to use OOC only in your profile post, or RP posts). Keep all posts under the Third Person Writing format, the reason is that we'll be doing joint posts with multiple users quite often. Common sense is essential, imagine yourself in your PC's shoes with both the personality and the background in mind, and play out your PC properly, I'll be supervising joint posts sometimes, but I'm not going to be -always- around. Keep your posts neat and clean! Make sure your English is proper, and try to avoid making grammatical errors. Of course, this includes grammar, punctuation, etc. English not being your first language is an excuse not good enough, stop being lazy, only I can do that. While you're writing RP posts: please note that you're not allowed to control important NPCs without permission, control of unimportant NPCs should be kept minimal. Make sure you literally have time to post everyday, otherwise please don't consider joining, I personally want active players who come online everyday only. Even if around an hour per day is good enough, if you have enough time to make a post or make additions to a joint post, and I'll be content with it (life suddenly causing unexpected problems is a different issue, of course). That said, after some time, we'd be joint posting more than anything (probably), remember that you have to try to be consistent with everyone's writings when joint posting. Character creation: Spoiler: Character profile - fill out the necessary details of your character and write up the profile, then post it in the thread when completed. You also have the option to PM me the profile before posting if you want me to check if you've written it properly according to the instructions provided by the thread. Well, you'd have to PM me the profile either way, especially if you want your character to have a star rank and Alice form. As you're disallowed from assigning them to your Player Character (PC). ----------------- Basic information: Name: The PC's name, write down the full name. Since the RP takes place in Japan, you'd have to come up with a Japanese name, unless it's a foreign student transferring into Alice Academy. Speaking of Japanese names, Surnames comes first, then comes the Other names. Alias(es): The PC's nickname, or aliases, if any. Gender: State whether the PC's sex is male or female. Age: How many years old your PC is. Note that the age limit is strictly 13-15 on this RP, because some of the important NPCs, and the PCs would be students of the Middle School Division of Alice Academy. Appearance: How your PC appears to look; whether attractive, ugly, or passable... well, whatever you decide to cook up for your PC. Please provide a picture, you may opt to describe via words alone, but I'd prefer an image regardless. Personality: How your PC acts in general. Please do write about how your PC's mind works, and what type of a demeanor the PC shows in front of others, as well as the usual inner workings of the mind. Think carefully before you fill out this part, there were RP'ers who sometimes found it hard to play out the very personality of the PC they made. Background: Your PC's past; a summary of how he or she got by life before transferring into Alice Academy. It can be short or long, write it however you like, but don't make too much unnecessary story up about the PC's life after enrolling into the academy. If the PC has been on Alice Academy from when he or she was very young, then you may write about their past life in the academy's grounds, if such is the case, do include how said student is treated by the classmates, though. This goes without saying that you should try to be as creative with your PC as possible, I don't mind a normal-ish 'just another guy' type of character too, though. Make sure the background of your PC justifies the amount of points you put in the statistics' attributes. Affiliation: Any group or particular influential figure your character is affiliated with. Note that most NPCs would be affiliated to one group or the other, but most of the PCs will not be. ---------------------------- Statistics: Much like some of my previous RPs, we're following a game mechanic that defines a PC's talents and abilities via statistics (just like Toaru Kagaku no Railgun RP's mechanics). The statistics in this RP consists of a set of attributes which the PCs would have - most of the important NPCs (profiles on the post below) has such attributes as well. Speaking of attributes, there are five (6) attributes. When creating a PC, you'll have fifteen (15) points to spare for distributing to each of the base attributes. Assuming you wish to make sure your character is mostly decently balanced (well, I sure as hell do), you may evenly spread out two (2) points each to every attributes, and still have three (3) extra points to have an actual field of expertise, and thus finalize the PC's statistics. Note that you cannot have more than 5 points in any of the attributes. The attributes are as follows: Strength: Combat and physical capabilities. It may also pertain to how trained the PC's body is for fighting. Dexterity: This includes speed, finesse, etc. It also includes the PC's stamina. Perception: This regards the PC's sharp senses. Natural intuition that allows them to pick valuable hints, that points towards danger that is sometimes unnoticed till it actually occurs. It also regards how good the PC is at noticing coming attacks, especially in dire situations. Alice: How strong or useful the PC's Alice is. It may be to use the Alice to add additional statistical points (either permanent or temporary) to the other attributes. Intelligence: How smart your PC is, and how fast the PC's brain works. Charisma: From Socializing, persuasion, to having a talkative nature, to even having actual leadership skills - is what this attribute is all about. (Note: Alices can be used to forcibly increase points in certain attribute(s) up to an extent temporarily, depending on the effects of the Alice. There are some Alices that can passively increase attributes permanently, as long as the PC or NPC of the Alice is alive.) --------------------------- Alice: Alice is an innate supernatural ability that one can be born with. Once discovered by the government, they'd be forced - via one way or the other to transfer into the Academy. Depending on the Alice's effects, it is possible to determine a student's position in the Academy as well. Albeit extremely rare, there are few who are known to possess up to three Alices, you'd need special permission if you wish your PC to have more than one Alice. Of course, when an Alice's second or third Alice usually stays dormant until an event occurs and the second or third gets forcibly awakened unintentionally due to the pressure from the situation... or something like that. Most Alices born with two or three Alices had their second or third Alices awakened as they got older; they're mostly High school students, moreover, with Special Star ranking. Anyway, in this section of the profile, you're to add every bit of details regarding the Alice you come up with, or take from the wikia (you can use that page if you're really uncreative). Regardless of the Alice you make or pick, I'd have to speculate and judge if that's something your PC should be allowed to have. Basically, getting something over-powered won't be so easy for the PCs of this RP, they'll likely come with disadvantages even if it does happen. Name of the Alice: Write the name of the ability. Type of ability: There are five types of Alices: Latent type, Technical type, Somatic type, Special type, and Dangerous type (alternatively, you can find explanations regarding the types in the Terminology section below). Alice's Effect: This part should explain how the Alice itself works. I.E: How it works, how much and how often it can be used (this must be adjusted to the Alice Form that I assign to your PC), whether it has any conditions before it can be used properly (if any... an Alice usually doesn't have conditions though), in what manner it works, range or limits (if any), in what ways the ability can generally for used for, and lastly, it's very effect, and side-effects (if any). Also try to include: up to what extent the Alice is controlled by the owner should also be mentioned, as not all Alices can be fully controlled, especially when they're particularly powerful, if not properly controlled, there may be passive effects from the Alice (this includes passively additional points added to the statistics). There is no actual need to point out the pros and cons of said Alice. Star Ranking: One of the ways in which the power level of an Alice gets categorized is through the Star Ranking system of Alice Academy. It is determined not solely by the owner's Alice itself, but also involves the student's grades and good behavior. (Note: This is something I'm going to be deciding for you guys via using a dice that will randomly assign the Star Ranking to your PC, because I suspect most prospective players may choose Triple Star without any prior thinking.) Alice Class: Classes based on Alices are where students explore their powers in their designated class. Classes are separated in five categories: Latent, Technology, Somatic, Special, and Dangerous. Form of the Alice: All Alices have a form or shape, which dictates how often, and how much the Alice can be used at a time. An individual is born with one of the four following form, so it can't be controlled or changed: Childhood, Diffuse, Intermittent, and Limited. (Note: This is something I'm going to be deciding for you guys via using a dice that will randomly assign the Form to your PC.) Alice Restraint(s): Commonly seen in the form of accessories; earrings, necklaces, hats, bracelets, masks, etc. If the Alice is currently uncontrollable for the owner and has unavoidable passive effects, these are used to make them non-passive, and thus controllable. This is done to reduce harm done by the out-of-control Alice, or so the Alice doesn't run out (especially in the case of Alices with Childhood Form). (Note: If your PC's Alice has a passive effect, it may passively give additional statistical points to the attributes at all times. Put the additional points in a bracket beside the actual number of points you put in the attribute [I.E: 2(+3)]. I'll specify how much additional points the passive effects with provide via PM or Skype. Do note that if the extra points from the Alice's passive effect goes beyond five, it'll not count. Any higher extra is simply a waste. This applies only towards passive effects working without Alice restraints.) Mechanics: Spoiler: This section is dedicated to explaining how the RP works in the background with the mechanics that I've set (which is similar to the few past RPs I've hosted, derp). The gist of the whole deal is that in order to find out the result of an action that a PC performs, or attempts - attributes from the statistics of said PC (this applies for an NPC with a proper posted profile) will be used to determine whether it succeeds or fails - in the case that it does succeed, the exact number of the result is also used to figure out the particular result. This is done by me, the GM. I throw a dice (the dice from random.org) whenever I feel the need to, in order to confirm whether an action or attempt initiated by a PC is successful or not. The result of the dice plus the number taken from the certain attribute (attribute which relates to the attempt or action best) are added, and if it exceeds the requirement for success; it succeeds. If it over-exceeds the requirement, a beneficial occurrence may happen as a bonus. Of course, the requirement number is picked based on the situation, depending on how hard the certain attempt is to accomplish. Example: when a PC attempts to do something as simple as punching another PC (or NPC), a dice may be rolled by me to determine whether the PC manages to actually hit the other PC. The dice is rolled due to the possibility that the other PC may be able to respond in time to evade, or even counter; totally dependent on that PC's statistics. To further elaborate with the attributes themselves, here is a more proper explanation (with included examples) regarding how each points on an attribute may effect the PC: Zero (0) - The PC can't do anything in this area. For example: if a PC's Strength is 0, this must mean that the PC has a very weak and slim body, who can't fight, and is unable to carry or handle pressure from heavier objects. This would apply to someone sick with an illness. It could also mean that the PC simply lost their means of fighting, in other words, losing arms or legs in an accident, or a fight. In a case that a PC has zero Dexterity, it could that the PC is complete immobilized and hence may be due to being hospitalized, or can't walk due to permanent injuries. One with zero Alice attribute is most likely someone who lost his or her Alice from heavy usage. One (1) - This means that the PC is really bad for whatever the attribute stands for. A single point in Charisma may mean that the PC is very shy or rarely speaks to anyone, and is terrible at communicating with others, there could be other reasons for it, such as being a mute. A single point in Perception may mean that the PC has terrible senses, it could even mean that the PC is somewhat deaf, or can't see too well. A single point in the Alice attribute may be due to it having the Diffuse form, or it being simply very weak or borderline useless. Two (2) - This is the average level of capability. If you want to make a PC who manages to have an average life, you'd be putting at least 2 on every attributes of your PC. This is the gray spot where a PC is nothing special, yet he or she is not noticeably bad at doing something, whether it is communicating with others, or running, or getting average grades at school. However, this also means that the PC makes no effort to improve him/herself in the attribute in which he or she has 2. Three (3) - This implies that the PC's capabilities are above average. This could perhaps imply that a PC is slightly good at pulling clever tricks or can hack programs or a software or websites via the use of a computer; due to having 3 points on Intelligence. Four (4) - The character is exceptionally good at the activities that involves the use of the attribute. For example, with 4 points of Perception, a PC will have a good chance of dodging an attack at the right timing, or have premonitions of danger from hints alone. Five (5) - The character is a true expert, a genius, or perhaps even famous for how unbelievably good he or she is, at performing something, which is related to the attribute; the character is at the pinnacle at his or her expertise, and has almost no more rooms for improvement (well, at his or her current age, anyway). Alice attribute with five points may imply that the Alice is very powerful, yet hard to control. Some of the graduates of Alice Academy, combined with their Alices, are apparently at said pinnacle of greatness due to how needed and demanded their Alices are, this is one of the reasons why the students are protected as national treasures; which is done by forcibly making them transfer into the Academy when an Alice is discovered. Next, we'll have an in-depth look into the attributes themselves; Strength: Other than physical capabilities and combat abilities, it also determines your PC's current physical state. If you put one point on your PC's Strength attribute; you're implying (as supported by your character's background or personality), that your PC is crippled, or have even lost an arm, or has some kind of a disease that makes his or her body extremely weak, as one point specifically means that a PC has below average Strength. However, this can also imply that the PC's body hasn't developed properly so far, due to being very young. Four points may mean that your character is either very skilled, have learned something such as martial arts - or any other school of fighting techniques - or he or she has developed lots of muscles in the body through harsh amounts of exercises. Strength attribute can be increased regardless, via the use of Alices, or through specially made food imbued with powers of Alice from the Central Town, the amount of additional points that gets added varies. Dexterity: This shows how fast a PC is. From how much or how far the PC can run, or how fast, to having more stamina through each points of Dexterity, it can also be used to allow a PC's mind to concentrate faster to use his or her Alice faster, and speaking of that, this also implies that the PC may have fast-thinking as well. Alices such as Flying Alice can help to temporarily increase Dexterity as well. Perception: Particularly the attribute that helps to have strong senses, keen ones that gains premonition of danger, either via hints or the PC's eyes and ears. The use of Perception varies. Taking proper guesses through hints from words or certain happenings alone, or strong instincts that allows the PC to feel blood-lust, killer intent, violent aura, evil vibes, etc. or simple feeling of a coming attack, or someone about to make a move. It is necessary for either figuring things out, or taking action at the correct timing. Alices such as Cat-Dog Alice can be used to help temporarily increase Perception as well. Alice: An attribute that clearly shows how strong or useful the Alice is. The higher the points added into this attribute, the stronger it is. However, this may also make it harder for the owner of the Alice to control it. If the user is unable to control it properly, the Alice may: go out of control at random times, may give passive statistical effects at all times, may cause health of the user to deteriorate if the user's Alice form is Limited. Intelligence: This attribute determines whether your PC is illiterate, sane, a genius... or one of whom who is known to be insanely intelligent. Above three is required to have the career of a Teacher, and also to be a Scientist, Doctor, and the many fields of expertise that requires knowledge of any type of science. This includes even the skills and fast-paced mind required for being a software developer, to being a cunning hacker. In this RP, due to the age restrictions, PCs may not have more than two points on this attribute unless they're skilled at fields such as software development, hacking, historian, or just being a clever tactician as a middle school student. Additionally, one with higher Intelligence can use their Alices more faster and efficiently, this also means better control over their Alice. This of course doesn't include some of the members of the Technical Alice type, as they have passive intelligence supplied by Alices such as Invention Alice. Charisma: An important trait your PC would require to delve into the society. Points in this particular attribute may be used to get acquainted with others, making friends, showing leadership skills, impressing, deceiving, or even scooping information out of people via thorough persuasion. These can all be achieved through careful use of Charisma; depending on the PC's personality and the base value of the Charisma. Three or above will be required to make speeches that appropriately catches others' attention in several situations, the purpose may even be to move a person's heart, or for even acting - the motive may vary - it all ultimately leads to manipulating people with proper ways of dealing with them, and the effects can be magnified through the use of Alice; such as Sound Alice, or Pheromone Alices for example. Note: Do note that you shouldn't put points on attributes carelessly. You have to carefully explain why your PC's statistics is the way it is through the background or personality (loose implication is okay). Putting three points on Intelligence doesn't mean the PC is above average in terms of being smart, good with grades, with computer, planning, and anything. Each extra points (above 2) are meaning that your character is particularly good with something related to the attribute (I.E: three points on intelligence to mean that the student is very good at memorizing, or a good tactician). About the RP: Spoiler: - You start in this RP with your PC who is at the age of a middle schooler (13-15). The country is Japan, but area in which the events takes place is Alice Academy, where all the PCs and NPCs will be in. The time is set in the same era that we're living in. We'll go with 2009, April 10th (Spring), Monday (please guys, don't bother me so much with days like on previous RP; it's not that important). - You can't play a non-Alice. Unless the Alice of your PC has the Childhood Form. - Your character can't be a member of the Dangerous Ability Class without permission (I'll also have to confirm that the Alice of the PC can be used for harm). - Star Rankings are assigned by me, I'll be carefully looking through the PC's profile before making a decision. Most PCs will be Double Star students regardless, because a students of the Elementary School Division are required to be Double Stars before they can graduate to the Middle School Division. - I know I said I'll be assigning Star Ranks to the PCs, but I'm probably not giving out any Special Star. Mainly because most of the Special Star students are from the High School Division (except for a few exceptions like Natsume Hyuuga from the manga), and that they're known as the 'true geniuses' with formidable Alices. Hence, they'll only be there are NPCs. - Most of the Special Stars are on a league of their own (hence NPCs), either with more than one Alices, or a really strong Alice. Their statistics' limits are broken by me... because I couldn't make sense of their abilities and capabilities with 15 points (sorry about that, thought I could keep them balanced). - Forms of Alices are determined by dice rolls done for each and every PCs (this includes few of the NPCs). This is how it's done. Once a dice is rolled, if the result is: one, then it's Childhood Form. If two: then it's Diffuse. If three: Intermittent. If four: Limited. If five: I decide (hooray?). If six: you get the chance to decide (boo... ?). - The currency on Japan is usually Yen, but in the case of Alice Academy they're called 'Rabbits' ('RT' for short). Each Rabbits are worth 100 Yen. Alice Academy gives allowances to the students every month: 5 Rabbits for No stars, 30 Rabbits for Single Stars, 50 Rabbits for Double Stars, and 100 Rabbits for Triple Stars, and 300 Rabbits for Special Stars. - Every PCs will have to play as middle school students. However, you can have your PC either recently enter Alice Academy as a middle school student (so it'd only been an year or two since the PC transferred to the Academy and said PC may still be unfamiliar with some things in the Academy), or make it so that the PC has been transferred into the Academy many years ago, and naturally graduated from the Elementary School Division. - Age limit is 13-15. - This is more of a request: try to make the character creative to contribute to the uniqueness of the RP itself. There will be a few special NPCs made for the sake of the plot, but I want more interesting things in this RP. What I want are actual interactions between characters and perhaps some battles that won't drag on till the end of time. - I'll be posting results of the dice rolls whenever possible and also may give explanations as so what happens why, and for what reason - after rolling the dices. I may get lazy when I have to write too much for too many dice rolls, though. - Please don't try to make an overly-super-capable character with an overpowered Alice (unless discussed with me about it prior). - The RP will start (there will be an opening post) some time after we have the minimum amount of character profiles submitted in the thread. Minimum number of players required to have the RP started in seven (8), including me. - Please don't make an NPC on your own, unless it's your PC's relatives, if said relatives are siblings who appears on Alice Academy... well, we'll have to talk that out. - Yes, I'm making a Skype chat like every other time I do for an RP. If you don't have Skype, go get it. - It's probably obvious by now, but it may as well be a good idea to PM me the profile of your PC before you post it. I'd have to see if it's properly done and would have to assign Star Ranking and the Alice Form anyway. - Lastly, I'm not your ideal Game Master (GM) who's always right about everything. But my calls does hold weight (because I'm the GM, derp). I'll try to play this out as fairly as possible, I ask all of the prospective players to bear with me. Above all things, let's all have fun, but within the reigns of the rules. Terminology: Spoiler: Note: Ignore this section if you've watched the anime or manga series (because it's a wall of text). However, I'd ask people who haven't watched the anime or manga series to take some time to get familiar with some of the terms and systems that have been adopted into this RP via the series. Most information are given in order to avoid confusions (pretty much spoiler-free). The Gakuen Alice wiki still has much more information, so you may visit that site if you want to learn more. However, be warned that the wiki's pages definitely contains spoilers here and there. This section is for those who barely knows anything about the terminology of the series Gakuen Alice. So basically, this section contains some basic facts from the series. I might have missed a thing or two though, I'll add any such thing if do I realize it. ----------------- Alice: In Alice Academy, each student has a special ability, or power, called an "Alice". This is something special one can be born with, whether they like it or not. It is speculated that most of the Alices' parents are also Alices. Alices can be grouped in several ways, such as in types, which describes the affect of the Alice, and Form, which describes how often the power can be used. The power level is categorized via Star Ranking. There are five Alice types: Latent, Technical, Somatic, Special and Dangerous types. There are four Forms of Alices: Childhood, Diffuse, Intermittent and Limited. Alice Academy: A school in Tokyo, Japan for children born with Alices. When they (government or the academy) find one, they would try to bring the child to this school. Students of Gakuen Alice may not leave until graduation or they if no longer have their Alice. They may write letters, but letters leaving and coming to Gakuen Alice are being screened. The school also gives money to the parents of the students who attend the school. Gakuen Alice consists of four main parts: Elementary School branch, Middle School branch, High School branch and Central Town. Also, there are a lot of forests around the buildings, with names like 'Northern Woods' etc. The Northern Woods is a place feared by many children. Gakuen Alice's school courses are no different from any other school, there are regular courses such as Math and History. However, the big difference is that the students and teachers have Alices. The students can not use their Alice ability during class without permission. There are also Alice based classes for students to attend to learn how to use their Alices. Students are ranked in a Star Rank system by good behavior and grades. The school is separated from the outside world with a tall gate that surrounds the whole area. The gate is dangerous to cross over, because those who do are electrocuted. Once someone passes the gate, the teachers are notified and actions - to return the student to the school - are taken. Other than the gate, the school is also protected by a powerful barrier. Not much is known about the creation of the school and its history. What is known is that the three principals: Principal Kuonji, Himemiya, and Kazumi Yukihira, have been the Elementary, Middle, and High school principals for as long as anyone has remembered. The school is intended to be a place of protection for young Alice users and where they learn how to use there Alice powers. The high security precautions are due to Alices getting kidnapped for their abilities; having them be regarded as "national treasures", as such, the academy has continued to have strict policies of protection for the students from since a very long time, probably from when it was formed. Elementary School Branch: This is the part of the academy where children from the age of 3 to 12 study. Class A (for kids from 3 to 9) and Class B (characters from the anime or manga series were in this class) are in this branch. Middle School Branch: This is the school for students whose age range from 13 to 15. It is also known to be the gossip nest of the academy. This is the division in which our RP will be focused on, as most of the PCs and student NPCs (even teachers) are of this division. High School Branch: The school for the oldest students. No one else except the high schoolers are permitted to go there. No one exactly knows what happens there. There's a rumor that a warp-hole exists in there. There are also strange looking sculptures around the school, which were apparently made by Alchemy Alice, which attacks anyone uninvited. Central Town: A place (image) where Gakuen Alice students can go and spend their money, but must get permission to go first. Strange and unique items can be bought there from Alice merchants. It is stated that it was made by people with Carpentering Alices for other Alices. Students' I.D medals: The students carry I.D. medals that fit in a wallet along with their respective I.D. cards. The I.D. medal has the student's I.D number and a transmitting device in it that was created by someone with an alchemy alice. This can be further explain via an image: click here. Rabbits: The currency which the academy follows. They're only usable in the academy, especially the central town. Each Rabbits are worth around 100 Yen. Star Ranking: In Alice Academy, every student is ranked on a Star system that is based on the individual's Alice power, grades, and good behavior, among other things. Students can receive one of five ranks: No Star, Single, Double, Triple, and Special (here is an image to further describe it). Their rank is displayed by the appropriate number of stars pinned on their shirt or cuff (wherever the student decides to pin them), and may grant them extra privileges or discipline depending on the rank. No Star: Students with No Stars are generally the youngest students in the academy (7 years or younger). They have weak Alices and poor behavior, basically being sub-average students. Since they have a No Star rank, they do not wear any pin on their shirt/cuffs. Since No Stars are generally young, they are not treated worse because of their low rank. However, some older (age 10+) Alices who manages to become a No Star ranking, they may get discriminated in many ways, it may result in the student to be: unable to go to Central Town without a chaperone, subject to extra chores, small food rations, and a general dislike by the teachers. No Stars receive a 5 Rabbit/500 yen (image) monthly allowance (about 5 dollars). Single Star: Single Stars are usually in the Elementary Division, possessing weaker Alices, good behavior, and good grades. Basically, they are slightly below-average students. Although still a low rank, Single Stars are serious students and can possess much future potential. They are represented by one star pin on their shirt/cuff. A Single Star ranking is needed to enter the Elementary Division. Single Stars revive a 30 Rabbit/3,000 yen (image) monthly allowance (about 30 US dollars), as well as regular food portions and not many benefits. Double Star: These individuals are above average, but still not particularly brilliant or special. Most students possessing a Double Star rank are in the Junior Division, but some have been seen in the Elementary Division (such as Sumire). Double Stars have strong Alices, good or great grades, and good behavior. The are represented by two star pins on their shirt/cuff. A Double Star ranking is needed to graduate into the Middle Division. Double Stars receive a 50 Rabbit/5,000 (image) yen monthly allowance (about 50 US dollars), as well as larger food rations and some extra privileges. Triple Star: Triple Star students are above-average students that have very strong Alices and great grades. It is almost unheard of for anyone other than a Senior Division student to possess a Triple Star, and so they are well regarded around the school as powerful and studious individuals. Triple Stars are shown with three star pins on the shirt/cuff. A Triple Star is needed to graduate into the Senior Division. Triple Stars receive a 100 Rabbit/10,000 yen image) monthly allowance (about 100 US dollars) with very large food portions and other multiple benefits. Special Star: Also known as "Principals", Special Star students are the true geniuses of the Academy. There are only six Special Star-ranked students in the entire Academy known currently, posing as truly gifted individuals with formidable Alices and grades. A Special star student is represented by one pin on the shirt/cuff: a single star enclosed in a circle. Special Stars receive a 300 Rabbit/30,000 yen (image) monthly allowance (about 300 US dollars) as well as many benefits and extremely large food rations. Form: Each Alice has one of four possible forms, or shapes. The form cannot be controlled by the individual, and it specifies how much the Alice can be used, and how often: Childhood: The Alice will appear in the child normally at the beginning, but disappears as the individual ages into adulthood. Once the person's Alice has completely disappeared, the individual is dismissed from the academy. Diffuse: The Alice can be used at any time but in relatively low levels of power. Intermittent: The Alice can only be used for a short period, at any time, but at a high level of power. But every time the Alice is used, the Alice shortens until the time when the user loses his or her Alice completely and is let go by the academy. Limited: The power level of the Alice is great and powerful. The Alice may be used as often and as much as desired. However, every time the Alice is used, the user's body deteriorates. Eventually, because of the overusing of the Alice, the user dies an early death. Alice Class/Types: At Alice Academy, classes based on Alices are where students explore their powers in their designated class. Classes are separated in five categories: Latent Type: Latent Alices have to do with "ESP" abilities, and are commonly associated to superheros. Most of the students of the Academy have Latent-type Alices. It's class is the most popular one in the academy. Technical Type: Alices with technical abilities usually has Alices which creates something. Those in this class tend to work independently and sell their works to sponsors. These sponsors help support the club. Inventions by this class are very popular during the Alice Festival. Somatic Type: Somatic Alices include powers related to physical and pheromone manipulation. Basically, these Alices physically change or enhance their users, or the person the Alice is targeted at. Special Type: Students with Alices that do not quite fit in the other groups are put into the Special-type, and so the Alices in the class are usually rare and one of a kind in the Academy. It is the smallest class by far, and the rest of the students think low of individuals with Special Alices. Special-type Alices include, but is not limited to, Nullification, ability to 'live in the mirror world', or even Shadow Manipulation. Dangerous Type: Students with Alices of this type are put into the Dangerous Ability class and forced to do secret missions for the school. The Dangerous Ability class is moderated by the mysterious masked teacher, Persona. The students in this class are also unable to participate in some of the events of the school. One example of a student with a Dangerous Ability is Aoi (the Fire Alice user of this RP) whose Fire Alice has the Latent Type, but is so strong and potentially harmful that it is in the Dangerous Ability Type. Alices Stones: Also called brinjals, those with Alices are able to make Alice Stones, which are stones that have their Alice power in them. These stones are differently colored and the deeper the pigment of the stone, the more feelings and Alice power is applied to it. A legend in Gakuen Alice is that if a couple exchanges Alice stones, they are soul-mates. Also, by using the Stealing Alice one can steal an another's Alice ability and receive an Alice stone(s). Those with the Stealing Alice can further utilize these stones by inserting it others using the Insertion Alice, giving them a "Temporary Alice". Restraints: If one's Alice is considered too strong and a danger to themselves or others, they are usually expected to wear Alice restraints. They come in many forms, commonly seen as accessories; earrings, necklaces, hats, bracelets, masks, etc. Wearing these items will limit the Alice power of the wearer. There is apparently a Black Cat mask which is said to be the strongest restraint, and can only be removed by a teacher. Alice Festival: The Alice Festival is one of the three main events at Alice Academy. The Ability classes (except the Dangerous Ability class) each host a booth. At the end of the festival is an Alice Festival dance, which is a masquerade dance where a legend says the last pair to dance becomes soul-mates. Booths hosted by each Alice classes: Latent - Haunted Mansion, Peter Pan Ride. Technical - Auction of various inventions. Somatic - Snow White in the Woods Play, Alice in Wonderland ride. Special - Aladdin RPG. Sports Festival: It takes place in Spring time, and is a major event that all Alice Academy students look forward to. The school is split up into two teams, the Red team and the White team. The Red team consists of the Special Ability group and the Latent Ability group. The White team has the Somatic Ability group and the Technical Ability group. The Dangerous Ability types are aloud to choose which team to join and are split around 50/50. The Sports Festival includes events such as an obstacle course, relay race, a borrowing race, a cheer-leading contest and "horse race". During the festival all Alices are only allowed to use their Alice three times. They have a sticker on them that keeps track of the amount of times you have used your Alice. Once a student uses their Alice three times, the sticker automatically becomes an Alice surpresser. If the Alice if used anyway the sticker will burst, causing the user to faint. That team is then disqualified from the event. If someone removes someone else's sticker on purpose their team will also be disqualified. Violence is also not allowed, and if you hurt someone, with or without you Alice, your team will be disqualified and you will receive a punishment. Not included in the rules at the beginning, but another way to be disqualified from an event is to have the wrong person participate in an event without permission or notification Christmas Ball: The Christmas Ball preparations are done on December 23th the day before the Christmas Ball. The student body including teachers are divided into two teams, the "Decorating Team and the "Cake Team". It is a choice on what team one wants to be on, but if one team gets too many volunteers, a drawing is done. The preparations are all done in the building of the ball itself. The Cake Team's job is to make a giant cake for the Christmas Ball, and other various desserts such as a solid chocolate cake. The Decoration Team's job is to decorate the ballroom, as well as the giant Christmas tree. The ball officially starts on December 24th or Christmas Eve. Students are dressed in Christmas outfits to celebrate the occasion. The schedule of the day as followed is Free Time, the Gift Exchange, a Pie Competition, Caroling Teams, and the Masquerade Ball. Students are given Christmas outfits to wear to the ball. The girls outfits have two types for each division and boys only one type for each division. Although, the Elementary section boys have two types of Christmas outfits for some reason. Hana Hime Festival: The Hana Hime Festival or Flower Princess Festival is a special event hosted by the Middle School Principal, Himemiya. Due to Himemiya's preference, men are not allowed to go. The invitees are expected to go to the Hana Hime Den where the event will be held and dressed in kimonos. Treats and desserts will be served at the party. At the event invitees will receive a Hana Hime name. The nicknames have a flower meaning to it. Hana Hime Den: Hana Hime Den is the location the Hana Hime Festival and where Himemiya resides. It is incredibly large and spacious, so someone not familiar with the den could easily get lost. The den is safeguarded by Himemiya's Barrier Alice and, because she lives in the den, her Alice is at its strongest at lowering Alice power of Alices. Deep within the Hana Hime den is a dungeon which apparently has a rumor which says that a monster once locked inside it due to it being very dangerous. Alice Compendium: Spoiler: This following contains a list of Alices of all the PCs (scroll doooown) and NPCs. Each entries made regarding the Alices will contain a brief summery of how the Alice works, effects on statistics upon use (or from passive effects), their type and shape: [size=15]NPCs:[/h] Vocal Enchantment Alice: User: Hoshimiya Ichigo Attribute: 5. Type: Special. Form: Limited. Effect: Vocal Enchantment Alice allows the user to bless her listeners with strength, dexterity and perception along with a feeling that brings warmth to the heart. Inversely, it can also be used for the opposite effect if the user of this Alice wants to cause harm via her voice. Range of Effect: Long. Statistical Effects: Strength +1, Dexterity +1 & Perception +1 (to self and others) / Strength -1, Dexterity -1 & Perception -1 (to enemies) Life Drain Alice: User: Hoshimiya Ichigo Attribute: 5. Type: Special. Form: Limited. Effect: Life Drain Alice allows the user to transfer health from others in order to heal the user. It can also be used to 'store' the health into the body, which has it's own set of aftermaths. The user's body will be immobile when the healing effects are applied into the body by the Alice. Range of Effect: Intermediate. Statistical Effects: Dexterity -2, -1 Alice (to enemies) Starlight Alice: User: Hoshimiya Ichigo Attribute: 5. Type: Special. Form: Limited. Effect: Unknown. Range of Effect: Unknown. Statistical Effects: Unknown. Plant Manipulation Alice: User: Amelia Attribute: 4. Type: Technical. Form: Limited. Effect: Plant Manipulation Alice allows the user to control and mutate plants. Due to her mental state, plants usually turns into harmful and scary monsters. Range of Effect: Intermediate. Statistical Effects: Strength +2, Perception +1, Dexterity -1 (to self) Plant Growth Alice: User: Amelia Attribute: 4. Type: Technical. Form: Limited. Effect: Plant Growth Alice allows the user to make plants grow at an incredibly fast rate. It can be combined with the Plant Manipulation Alice by the user for stronger and near-instant effects. Range of Effect: Intermediate. Statistical Effects: Dexterity -1 (to self) Fire Alice: User: Hyuuga Ai / Hyuuga Aoi Attribute: 5 / 3 Type: Latent. Form: Limited / Intermittent. Effect: Fire Alice gives it's owner the ability to create and manipulate fire at will. Range of Effect: Intermediate. Statistical Effects: Strength -1 ~ -3 / Dexterity -1 ~ -3 (to enemies) Acting Alice: User: Kiriya Aoi Attribute: 2. Type: Somatic. Form: Diffuse. Effect: The Acting Alice allows it's user to make any act, pretence, or show believable, it also allows the user to act it out perfectly. The user is also able to temporarily adopt any personality she imagines as a facade which may be used to accompany the user's act. It can rarely make a whole situation appear frighteningly real. Range of Effect: Small-Long. Statistical Effects: Charisma +1 (passive effect: to self) Sound Alice: User: YamanÅ�chi Shizune Attribute: 3. Type: Technical. Form: Diffuse. Effect: The Sound Alice allows it's user to control people by creating a sound. It can't be used to control members of the academy's staff due to the difference in Alice control. Range of Effect: Intermediate-Long. Statistical Effects: Unknown. Healing Alice: User: Yuki Kazuya Attribute: 3. Type: Latent. Form: Diffuse. Effect: The Healing Alice allows it's user to heal anyone who is hurt upon putting touching the injury, it can also be used to heal the owner of the Alice, even when unconsciousness. Range of Effect: Small. Statistical Effects: Can restore statistical point loss. Pain Alice: User: Yuki Kazuya Attribute: 3. Type: Latent. Form: Diffuse. Effect: Pain Alice has the opposite effect of the Healing Alice, which allows the user to transfer pain that the user has stored in his/her body from others (by using Healing Alice) simply via the touching. Range of Effect: Small. Statistical Effects: Strength -1, Dexterity -1 (to an enemy who is touched) Girl Pheromone: User: Shirayuki Ayane Attribute: 4 Type: Somatic. Form: Diffuse. Effect: The Pheromone Alice allows the user to control the hearts of girls via pheromones, when not in control, it controls the hearts of any females in vicinity. Range of Effect: Small-Intermediate. Statistical Effects: Charisma +1 ~ +3 (to self) Soar Alice: User: Shirayuki Ayane Attribute: 4. Type: Somatic. Form: Diffuse. Effect: Soar Alice allows the user to temporarily spawn a pair of white wings, the speed at which the user can fly with the wings are considerably higher than even Flying Alice. Hence, it is considered a more upgraded version of the Flying Alice. Range of Effect: Long. Statistical Effects: Dexterity +3 (to self) Musical Composition Alice: User: Chiyode Maya Attribute: 3. Type: Technical. Form: Diffuse. Effect: Musical Composition Alice is allows the user to compose various mysterious musical composition which apparently gives different effects to the listeners, depending on the music itself. Range of Effect: Small-Long. Statistical Effects: Random attribute +1 (to self and/or others) Mind-Reading Alice: User: Kokoro-Yomi Attribute: 3. Type: Latent. Form: Diffuse. Effect: The Mind-Reading Alice allows it's user to delve into the minds of any number individuals in his sight and read their minds. Range of Effect: Small. Statistical Effects: Perception +2 (to self) Soul Sucking Alice: User: Koizumi Luna Attribute: 4. Type: Special. Form: Limited. Effect: The Soul Sucking Alice allows the user to control others and leave a bite-like mark behind after sucking some of the person's soul out. The victim does not remember the events happening while being controlled. If the user sucks all of the person's soul, that person will die. The user can also control multiple people with this Alice. Range of Effect: Small-Long. Statistical Effects: Unknown. Doppelganger Alice: User: Harada Misaki Attribute: 3. Type: Special. Form: Diffuse. Effect: The Doppelgang Alice allows user to create replicated clones of self, a process by which the user can make copies of him/herself. The power is not limited only to creating perfect duplicates of self, but also all the items the user is wearing (clothing, shoes, etc.). Each of the duplicates carries very distinct personality individually. The doppelgangers can also be absorbed back which also makes the user gain: memories, knowledge, and skills of the duplicate. Range of Effect: Small-Intermediate. Statistical Effects: Unknown. Telekinesis Alice: User: Shiraishi Seira Attribute: 2 Type: Latent. Form: Diffuse. Effect: Allows levitation of objects and people within a small range based on eye-sight. Range of Effect: Small. Statistical Effects: Strength -1 / Dexterity -1 (to enemies) Mark of Death: User: Serio Rei Attribute: 5. Type: Unknown. Form: Unknown. Effect: The Mark of Death (Corrosion) Alice allows it's user to leave marks on anyone who touches the user, and also leaves a cross under the left eye of the owner. These marks will get worse if the person keeps touching Persona or if the marks continue to spread and worsen as time passes. This Alice may be used to also rot away not just living things, but buildings and floors as well. The user may also 'absorb' objects stabbed into him/her and can slowly heal with the Alice's power. Range of Effect: Small-Long. Statistical Effects: Strength -1 ~ -5, Dexterity -1 ~ -5 (to enemies) ???: User: Kuonji Attribute: 3. Type: Unknown. Form: Unknown. Effect: Unknown. Range of Effect: Small. Statistical Effects: Unknown. Barrier Alice: User: Himemiya Attribute: 5. Type: Latent. Form: Unknown. Effect: The Barrier Alice allows the user to create a force-field of protection around him/herself. When the Alice is of a very powerful level, it can cover a large piece of land. The barrier can then inhibit and weaken other Alices inside; the closer they are to the user. Range of Effect: Large. Statistical Effects: Perception +3 (to self) Longevity Alice: User: Yukihira Kazumi Attribute: 3. Type: Special. Form: Unknown. Effect: The Longevity Alice allows the user to live forever, the user's appearance will be that of his/her younger form due to the use of the Alice. Range of Effect: None. Statistical Effects: None. Detection Alice: User: Yukihira Kazumi Attribute: 3. Type: Special. Form: Unknown. Effect: The Detection Alice that allows the user to know what Alice or Alices a person has by meeting them in person or by looking at them in a picture. It is also possible to verify whether an Alice is about to disappear by simply looking. An unborn child's Alice can be detected by looking at the mother's stomach. Range of Effect: Small-Long. Statistical Effects: Perception +2 (to self) [size=15]PCs:[/i][/h] [b]Wish Alice: User: Akizuki Ine Attribute: 3. Type: Latent. Form: Intermittent. Effect: The Wish Alice allows the user's particular dream, desire or... 'wish' in mind to come true when the user desperately wishes for it, the effects varies based on the user's imagination and psychological state. Range of Effect: Small-Long. Statistical Effects: Unknown. Shadow Marionette Alice: User: Kage Sono Attribute: 5. Type: Special. Form: Limited. Effect: The Shadow Marionette Alice allows the user to create strange objects or monsters replicated from the user's visual imagery in his/her mind, said objects and monsters can cause harm to others in vicinity, but can be dispelled via light. The Alice can also be used to stop or control the movements of anything or anyone, by connecting the user's shadow with that of his target's. Range of Effect: Small-Intermediate. Statistical Effects: Strength +1 ~ +3, Dexterity +1 ~ +2 (to self) / Dexterity -2 (to enemies) Shout Alice: User: Fushiki Shouta Attribute: 2. Type: Somatic. Form: Diffuse. Effect: The Shout Alice can be used by the user to amplify his/her voice into an ear-deafening noise, which can even create knock-backing force anyone that can effect anyone - with a range of five feet - in front of the user. Anybody within a twenty foot radius will be affected by the deafening effect of this Alice when used. Range of Effect: Small-Intermediate. Statistical Effects: Dexterity -1, Perception -1 (to enemies who takes direct hit) / Perception -1 (to others effected by the noise) Nullification Alice: User: Hiiragi Sakura Attribute: 3. Type: Special. Form: Intermittent. Effect: The Nullification Alice, is an Alice that allows the user to completely negate - for an undetermined amount of time - the powers of any Alice in close proximity to her. It may only appear during cases of extreme danger when not fully in control, or it may appear when the user desperately tries to stop the activation of an Alice. Some passive effects of other Alices may be dispelled by the user through subconscious use of the Alice, one of said effects makes the user immune to Pheromone Alices. Range of Effect: Small-Intermediate. Statistical Effects: Can negate extra statistical points gained via an Alice from self or others, vice versa (to self and or others). Invention Alice: User: Kouzuki Ing Attribute: 4. Type: Technical. Form: Diffuse. Effect: The Invention Alice, gives the user the ability to invent many unusual and/or helpful things depending on the user's mental state and mood. Range of Effect: Small-Long. Statistical Effects: Unknown. Seal Breaker Alice: User: Amahane Mio Attribute: 3. Type: Special. Form: Diffuse. Effect: The Seal Breaker Alice, allows the user to break any seal, lock, barriers, or even digital security locks. Range of Effect: Small-Long. Statistical Effects: Unknown. Map of Alice Academy: Spoiler: Alice Academy is the place where your PC is going to be living in. Despite this fact not being largely known to the general public; it's a very large campus, to the point that it's awe inducing to those who first enters it. An academy which is backed up internally by the Japanese government, one would think that the way the academy is, is rather befitting. The following image is the map of the academy provided in the manga: There are many unique places in the academy: A: National Alice Headquarters - The place where the teachers apparently reside in. Meetings between teachers, or even principals, as well as officials from the government in charge of the Academy - for making decisions for anything important also takes place in this place. B: Central Town - A town that is mostly comprised of shops, and places that provides entertainment services of many kind. It may not seem like it, but it's made with the use of Alchemy Alice alone. C: Elementary School - The school branch that teaches children from the age of 3-12. D: Elementary School Dorm - Where elementary school students stays in. E: Mr Bear's Guard Cottage - Home to a mysterious bear in the Northern Forest, of which it's builder is unknown... As one of the 'strange things that exist in the Northern Forest', the bear is known to be a guardian of the forest. It is rumored that the bear is dangerous, despite it's appearance. F: Middle School - The school branch that teacher students from the age of 13-15. All PCs are students on this particular school branch, as well as some of the NPCs (and some NPC teachers as well). G: Middle School Dorm - Where middle school students reside in. This is where the PCs and student NPCs will have a room in. H: High School Dorm - Where High school students will stay in. I: High School - The school branch which teachers students over the age of 15. Only high school students are allowed to go there, any uninvited guests are attacked to keep them away. If you have any questions, send me a PM.

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10 years ago

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“I hope you all know what this means. You all will probably be sold off somewhere, if something isn’t done about this situation,” Hyuuga explained with a disdainful tone of voice. The group - of course - already knew this.

“Probably, that’s why we’re talking here! How long do you think any help would come in?” Shiraishi replied, feeling slightly irritated due to the almost hopeless situation.

“Soon, apparently. It took some time for the academy to even listen to us. Those goddamned laid-back staff!” Amelia informed, annoyed at the teaching staff of the academy. She'd scoff them all day if she had nothing better to do after this.

“May we know where you all are? What do you all see around there?” Miya cut into the conversation, asking. She felt great anxiety despite her usual demeanor she displays towards her students. As a teacher, she genuinely cares for her students - more than they realize.

“Ah, Miya sensei!” Relieved, Aoi was very happy that a teacher was finally getting involved. It'd be a helpless situation without a teacher's guidance now.

Shiraishi reported after a nod as she looked around intently. “We see lots of cargo boxes here, and well, from the environment, it’s probably a warehouse. We’re all tied up together here.”

“This is just a guess, but we’re most likely close to the sea,” Aoi guessed, it was most likely true due to the place being a warehouse of all places.

“Is Hoshimiya-kun with you all?”

“Yeah, we woke her up and she’s listening too!” Shiraishi happily informed, relieved that Ichigo was at least awake now.

“She… doesn’t look fine, sensei. Was she even treated in the hospital?!” Aoi asked with teary eyes, worried.

“Aoi... ” Ichigo looked down. She had no clue that they noticed about her state, till now.

“She was treated, but Hoshimiya-kun needs time to rest, she had been pushing herself far too much recently.”

Ine looked at Ichigo worriedly, tightly squeezing her hand. ”I knew it” Ine said quietly.

“Alice overuse right? Hyuuga-san mentioned it, earlier.” Shouta wanted confirmation. “Why does she need to use her Alice so often, though?” He still only knew of Ichigo’s Vocal Enhancement Alice, but, after seeing Shiraishi’s second Alice, he suspected Ichigo had some number of additional Alices, as well.

“I’m afraid I don’t know that much myself Fushiki-kun, and even if I knew; I’d not be allowed to talk about such confidential information. I’m not even sure if Hoshimiya-kun is a Limited type and thus has the case of Alice overuse.”

“No way… She actually pushed herself that far...”

“It’s very Ichigo-like for her to do that,” Aoi angrily frowned.

“I know she’s sick but, Hoshimiya-kun… “ Miya called out to Ichigo with a hint of disdain from her voice. “I was informed that you have a method with your Alice to †˜burn’ things. Please, use it to burn the ropes.”

“Are you sure about the permission?” Ichigo narrowed her eyes, asking for a confirmation.

“Yes, the authorities have decided. You may use your other Alices.”

“Understood.” Ichigo replied with a very cold and bland face. Her cheerful expression was replaced with a cold-hearted expression, it was the first time that Aoi witnessed this face.

“Whoa…” This was an unexpected expression from Ichigo to Shouta. She wasn’t the upbeat idol he knew from watching television. She was gravely serious.

Although Ine couldn’t see Ichigo’s face, the tone of her voice sent shivers down her spine.

“Everyone, listen carefully while pretending to still be tied up and asleep!”

Blue flame rose from Ichigo’s ropes, as they burned away, she then poked her finger with Ine’s ropes, next was Shiraishi, then Shouta, and, lastly, Aoi.

“Oh? So you did had transmitters after all? To think such devices would work even under Mark’s barrier, that’s impressive.”

It was Reo, who seemed to have found out that everyone was awakened.

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“You sunnuva…” Shouta glared at Reo.

“Huh?!” surprised, Aoi gasped, she hadn’t even heard any sounds of approaching footsteps like she did before, nor did the others. Were they too engrossed in the conversation?

“Yo, Hoshimiya Ichigo-san,” Reo said, walking towards her, “It seems like you have been treating my companions really well,” he said, ruthlessly stepping over Ichigo’s abdomen with his right shoe.

Having Reo’s foot pressing against her belly roughly, Ichigo groaned in immense pain loudly. Combined with the headache that originated from her sickness, this added a new level of suffering for her. “Ahh… AHH!! Urghh, arghh!!”

Reo took off his leg casually with a playful smirk, instead he kicked Ichigo’s face mercilessly. Much to her pain, Ichigo only seemed to be bearing with it, as if she was fine being treated like this.

“Mother fucker!” Shouta burned with rage. Every fiber of his being wanted him to jump forward and beat Reo. The only thing stopping him was the knowledge that it’d only cause Reo to harm Ichigo even more.

“What a feisty face for a brat! Good, that’s the expression I want to see!”

“Ichigo!! Please stop, stop hurting her like that!!” Aoi pleaded with tearful eyes, after losing all composure.

”Scum” Ine said shaking with anger, ”you’re absolute scum”

“If I’m scum, then this bitch is ten folds worse,” Reo replied with a gleeful face, truly happy to see some angry and teary faces.

”Don’t you dare talk about my friend like that” Ine said unable to do anything but lie there, furious.

“Then let me tell you guys what this innocent looking girl had been doing for some time now,” Reo said, now stepping on Ine’s slender legs. “She killed countless men with her bizarre Alice. All at the whim of the academy’s commands.”

“You’d think she’d go against the academy with all the power she had, but no! She took pleasure in killing!” Reo claimed. “Right, Life-sucking Vampire, Hoshimiya Ichigo-san?” Reo again resumed to stepping over Ichigo’s body. He seemed to be deriving pleasure from just stepping at the girls thoughtlessly.

“Stop it!!” Shiraishi yelled. Wait… what?

”There’s no way, that’s not Ichigo, no matter what anyone says, even if I hear it from her own mouth, that isn’t Ichigo” Ine said firmly, blindly believing in her friend.

“Aki...zu...ki...san… ” Ichigo spoke under her breath, not being able to breath properly with her stomach getting forcibly pressed with Reo’s foot. Unable to hold it in, she groaned in pain yet again.

“Oh dear, what strong belief you have of her. Do you know how they ended up naming her the Life-sucking Vampire?”

“Life-sucking-”

“Vampire?”

”I don’t care, Ichigo is Ichigo!”

“It’s because she has this Alice that directly lets her take others’ lives. Apparently she killed over hundreds with this Alice alone. Accumulating lifeforce is a part of her job for the school, I hear. She also uses her concerts as an excuse to slowly draw lifeforce from the audience. To think you people like a bitch like her, makes me want to puke!”

“That can’t be true!!”

“Shut your fucking mouth, Reo!”

“Face the facts, already!” Reo shouted out, then lashed his anger out by kicking Shouta, then Aoi, without any hesitation.

“You fucking bastard… !!”

Shiraishi was kicked and stepped on next, regardless of how much she tried to use her Alice, nothing would happen.

“Dammit! Why won’t my Alice work?!!”

“That’s because we have a barrier here. Did you really think we’d come unprepared?”

“Fuck you!”

“That’s one vulgar mouth for a little girl! Gotta show the elders some respect, you know. Otherwise… ” Reo said, smirking. “You deserve to be punished,” directly stepping over Shiraishi’s mouth.

“Mff!” Shiraishi angrily made noises from behind his foot, but the pain soon made her stop. It was the first time she was ever treated this way, it was most likely the same for the others.

“Bastard, you let her go!”

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“And you,” Reo looked at Ine, abruptly stepping over Ine’s cheeks. “Don’t think you can call me names without having to pay for it.”

“I’m the… bad one here… right?! Let go... of them!! I did it - as I was tasked - I killed those people... we both know that… so let them go!” Ichigo yelled out, despite her state, she somehow forced the words out her throat.

”Don’t… Ichigo, don’t touch her” Ine said despite having Reo step all over her face.

“You’re right… you’re!” Reo walked over to Ichigo angrily. “The worst for hurting our boss!” he stepped over her frail injured body again, making Ichigo scream out. He then leaned down over towards the girls, and pulled out the snake-earring voice-transmitting device from Shiraishi.

“Sorry, but we’re gonna be taking your students now.”

“Mouri Reo… why?! Why did you join such an organization. You’ll pay for this dearly!”

“Heh, as if missy. Why ask when you already know? You know how the academy treated us.”

“What… what are you talking about?!”

“Oi, oi. You used to work with us and did the academy’s dirty works, remember?”

They used to work together… ?!

What’s up with this conversation?![/b]

“Eh… ? I… don’t know what you’re talking about.”

“Did they manipulate your memories? HAHA! That’s genius of them!”

[i]Memory… manipulation?! Can Alice Academy do such a thing?!

“I don’t care about all that now! Stop treating my students with violence!”

“No can do, they’re all too annoying!” Reo said with glee, then tossing the earring towards his subordinate who stood behind him.

Reo walked over to his subordinate, talking. “When do the boat get here?”

“Around tonight. We should be able to transport them before midnight,” Mark, the bald black man wearing black suit answered.

“We need to find out their Alices before then,” Reo whispered to him.

“Everyone, listen carefully,” Miya said, the earrings were still worn by Ine, Shouta and Aoi. “No matter what, you must not let them know what your Alices are, and be careful of Re-” as Miya spoke, Reo pulled the earrings out, as well as his subordinate simultaneously. “That’s the most troublesome item so far, after the Alice Badges.”

However, it was pure luck that they didn’t notice how the ropes were burned. Only titbits of them remained over their wrists, and it helped to fool the eyes of Reo and his subordinates. Usually, Ichigo would be able to perfectly burn the ropes to a crisp, but that was not possible in her condition.

“We’ve put the barrier,” Reo stepped over Ine yet again, “down.”

Reo leaned forward towards Ine, and shoved her up by pulling on her ear. “Now use it… your Alice,” Reo’s Voice Pheromone Alice was active, and it made Ine feel dizzy, and for some reason, she felt like being more obedient and caring towards Reo. How impossible, but it was actually happening, as Ine questioned even herself, her thoughts were being shoved aside by a strange warm feeling that took birth in her heart.

“Stop it, you freak!” said Shiraishi, as Reo was pushed away by an invisible force.

“Reo-san!!” Mark called out, and ran over to Reo while the blond man in black suit punched Shiraishi without any hesitation. “I’m putting the barrier back up!” he said, then concentrated on his Alice. The Alices of the middle school students were sealed yet again.

Seeing Shiraishi being hit the first time already almost tilted Shouta, but this second time caused him to scream. “Bastard!” intending to use his Alice, but it was sealed off beforehand.

“Hah, so there we have it - a Telekinesis Alice user - we could always use more of them,” Reo said with a smirk that conveyed his satisfactory, Shouta’s screams were music to his ears.

“What do we do with the others?”

“There’s plenty of time, we’ll slowly unveil their Alices in time,” Reo calmly whispered to the man in black.

Meanwhile, Ichigo and the others were aching all over due to the merciless kick from the barbaric man.

Aoi’s face was littered with dirt, bruises and tears, and so were the others. Except that Shouta was filled with rage instead of tears. It was unknown what kept him bound to his sanity.

BagMan

10 years ago

(This is a joint post between Cinia Pacifica, BlinkXPoke and BagMan

“So… what to do?” Shiraishi said, feeling burnt out.

“I’m… not sure anymore. I’m so sorry, guys,” Aoi said, crying. “I-I… didn’t think that communicating the academy would be so bad an idea…”

“It’s… okay, it’s better than doing nothing… waiting to be sold off.”

”Don’t worry Aoi-san” Said Ine in an attempt to cheer her friend up, ”it was a great idea, I never would have thought of it, we’ll definitely get out of this,” Ine smiled.

“For sure. There’s no way we’re letting that bastard have his way.” Shouta was still shaking in anger.

“I’ll take over command, now,” Ichigo calmly said, her expression was fully devoid of emotion. It was the personification of coldness itself. “We’ll wait till I wake from my slumber.”

“Slum… ”

“... Ber?”

“Anyway, I’ll be asleep for hours now. We’ll make our move after I wake up… well, more like, after the side-effect is over,” Ichigo said coldly, showing disdain at the mention of the †˜side-effect’, she paused, and then continued. “Rest assured, as a Principal student, I shall save you all, do not worry. Simply pretend to be tied up till I may move again.”

Not sure how to react, the others could only weakly nod to Ichigo. Unsure of why Ichigo had such an exterior in her demeanor right now.

Gahald_Mills

10 years ago

(This is a joint post between Cinia Pacifica, BlinkXPoke, Gahald_Mills, and BagMan)

Having explained the situation to the staff, most didn’t believe in the story. Instead, Amelia and the others were accused of being sneaky intruders to the hospital.

Miya defended them, and said that she’d look into their case. Narumi would help, but he was already back to the Elementary School branch for taking a class. It was rather rare for Narumi to actually take a class, without tasking his assistant to do it instead.

Miya took Amelia, Hyuuga, Sakura, Ing, and Maya to a certain room, where another lady was also present.

“Yamada-san, I know this is sudden, but I need your assistance in this situation. The academy is only hellbent on finding those who went after Hoshimiya-san’s kidnappers, but they’re yet to confirm that Hoshimiya-san was kidnapped.”

“Indeed, it seems like the academy is quite skeptical about this. Then again, this story came from a bunch of students that infiltrated the hospital…”

“Anyway, we don’t have much time. Please help us,” Miya gave a deep bow as she made her request.

“I’ll try to locate them with my Alice,” Yamada nodded; agreeing to help.

”No need,” Ing said suddenly while pulling out a small box from his pocket. He continued. ”I made these Earrings for a reason, The tail is actually a transmitter and I need to remove the limiter for it to work. For now. . .” He pressed the box and a small keyboard appeared. ”I’m going to make all of our Snake Earrings to become a global communication device. It will affect the other earrings also.” Ing began typing on his keyboard. And I need my ride. Must get to a TV somehow. He pressed the sides of the keyboard to call his caterpillar ride.

“Eh?” Amelia then heard a voice from her earring.

“Hello?” When Aoi spoke, all the snake-earring transmitters were now activated, others would be able to speak through without having to manually activate the device by pressing on it.

“Hey, where the heck are you guys?!! They can’t even track you guys anymore!” Amelia’s spoke loudly to Aoi, who seemed to have made a sudden call from the other side, making everyone feel dizzy for a moment. Amelia then ushered Miya, who stepped forward to press her ear against Amelia’s snake-shaped earring, to join the conversation.

“What the hell happened?!”

“We were all kidnapped, we tried chasing the vehicle that carried Ichigo, but they outsmarted us and got us instead. I hate to say it, but it was an obvious trap that we didn’t consider about didn’t… ”

“I hope you all know what this means. You all will probably be sold off somewhere, if something isn’t done about this situation,” Hyuuga Aoi spoke, who also wore one of the snake earrings.

“Probably, that’s why we’re talking here! How long do you think any help would come in?”

“Soon, apparently. It took some time for the academy to even listen to us. Those goddamned laid-back staff!”

“We are always occupied with other things concerning academic studies everyday, Amelia-kun. Anyway, Kiriya-kun, may we know where you all are? What do you all see around there?” Miya spoke from beside Amelia, she assumed that her voice would most likely be heard, she was really close to the earring, after all.

“Ah, Miya sensei!”

”Miya sensei, I’m going to the technical class. I need a TV for getting the info of their locations.” Ing walked out of the room with his box after Miya gave a silent nod from her wheelchair. His caterpillar was already outside of the room, waiting. Ing quickly got on and wore the safety belt. Let’s go in amazing speeds, comrade. He thought as he pressed the two caterpillar horns. The legs suddenly moved inside mechanically, and two pairs of jets popped out from below. GO! Ing yelled internally. The Jetterpillar flew with amazing speeds.

“We’re seeing lots of cargo boxes here, and well - from the environment - it’s probably a warehouse. We’re all tied up together here.”

“This is just a guess, but we’re most likely close to the sea.”

“Is Hoshimiya-kun with you all?”

“Yeah, we woke her up, and she’s listening too!”

“She… doesn’t look fine, sensei. Was she even treated in the hospital?!”

“She was treated, but Hoshimiya-kun needs time to rest, she had been pushing herself far too much recently.”

”I knew it” Ine said quietly.

“Alice overuse, right? Hyuuga-san mentioned it, earlier.” Shouta wanted confirmation. “Why does she need to use her Alice so often, though?”

“I’m afraid I don’t know that much myself Fushiki-kun, and even if I knew; I’d not be allowed to talk about such confidential information. I’m not even sure if Hoshimiya-kun is a Limited type and thus has the case of Alice overuse.”

“No way… she actually pushed herself this far… ”

“It’s very Ichigo-like for her to do that,” Aoi angrily frowned.

“I know she’s sick but, Hoshimiya-kun… “ Miya called out to Ichigo with a hint of disdain from her voice. “I was informed that you have a method with your Alice to †˜burn’ things. Please, use it to burn the ropes.”

“Are you sure about giving the permission?” Ichigo said, asking for a confirmation.

“Yes, the authorities have decided. You may use your other Alices.”

“Understood.” Ichigo replied with a very cold tone of voice.

“Whoa…”

Cinia Pacifica Ojou-sama Writer

10 years ago

(This is a joint post between Cinia Pacifica, Katsucha, BlinkXPoke, and Gahald_Mills, and BagMan.)

“Everyone, listen to me carefully while you all pretend to still be tied up and asleep!”

It seemed that there were faint burning noises from the other side, Ichigo was mostly likely burning the ropes.

“Oh? So you did had transmitters after all? To think such devices would work even under Mark’s barrier, that’s truly impressive.”

It was Reo’s voice, who seemed to have found out that everyone was awakened.

Tch, he found it, Ing said internally as he entered the technical class using the Jetterpillar. He quickly jumped down and plugged the box that he was holding to a TV. Now where are they. . . He thought as he entered the command inputs to activate the earring’s Transmitter module.

“So it’s him after all… !!” Amelia muttered angrily.

“You sunnuva…”

“Huh?!” surprised, Aoi gasped.

“Yo, Hoshimiya Ichigo-san,” Reo said, sounds of walking could be heard. “It seems like you have been treating my companions really well,” he said, a rough sound of something solid landing against something squishy were barely heard. Amelia and the others were rather confused.

Ichigo groaned in immense pain loudly.

“Oh no, is he hurting her?!”

“Damn it… it seems that way.”

It seemed like more noises of hitting and kicking occurred. Everyone wearing the snake-transmitters in the academy heard thuds repeatedly.

“Mother fucker!”

“Haha! What a feisty face for a brat, good, that’s the expression I want to see!”

“Ichigo!! Please stop, stop hurting her like that!!” Aoi pleaded after losing all composure, her voice made it apparent that she was on the verge of crying.

”Scum” Ine said, very angry, ”you’re absolute scum.”

“If I’m scum, then this bitch is ten folds worse,” Reo replied gleefully.

Maya was absolutely displeased, after hearing the noises of pain and kicking, only she should be the one to do that! She came back from the toilet, and wore her earring which she took off earlier, only to know that serious matters were at hand. “Scum indeed, I am disappointed, Reo!” she said, losing all respect for Mouri Reo, who she was a fan of until now.

“That is why I hate famous people, they’re disgusting.” Ing said as he continued to scan the whole area. Come on, where are you guys!

”Don’t you dare talk about my friend like that” Ine said, furious.

“Then let me tell you guys what this innocent looking girl had been doing for some time now,” Reo said, another thud could be heard. “She killed countless men with her bizarre Alice. All at the whim of the academy’s commands.”

“You’d think she’d go against the academy with all the power she had, but no! She took pleasure in killing!” Reo claimed. “Right, Life-sucking Vampire, Hoshimiya Ichigo-san?” Reo did something, but Amelia and the others couldn’t tell until they heard Ichigo scream in pain yet again. Amelia cringed, Miya frowned.

“What is he talking about while harming my students… ?!”

“Lies, all of them!” Amelia shouted almost reflexively. Tch, to think this guy knows all that about her, but he doesn’t get the motive behind her actions, after all. Pleasure in killing? As if.

“Stop it!!” Shiraishi yelled.

”There’s no way, that’s not Ichigo, no matter what anyone says, even if I hear it from her own mouth, that isn’t Ichigo” Ine said firmly.

“Aki...zu...ki...san… ” Ichigo spoke under her breath. However, for some reason, she groaned in pain yet again.

“Oh dear, what strong belief you have of her. Do you know how they ended up naming her the Life-sucking Vampire?”

“Life-sucking-”

“Vampire?”

”I don’t care, Ichigo is Ichigo!”

“It’s just a stupid nickname they gave her!” Hyuuga shouted out, but her voice transmitted via the device would be unheard due to Reo’s voice; as he held everyone’s attention.

“It’s because she has this Alice that directly lets her take others’ lives. Apparently she killed over hundreds with this Alice alone. Apparently accumulating life-force is a part of her job for the school. She also uses her concerts as an excuse to slowly draw life-force from the audience. To think you people like a bitch like her, makes me want to puke!”

So he said it after all… damn this guy!

Just what is with this conversation? Is Hoshimiya-san really a person like that? If so, to hell with the people with special powers!

“That can’t be true!!”

Sakura stood behind everyone, silently. Not believing the conversation she was hearing through the earpiece. Is this what he meant when he said that the academy made them do under the shadows… ? Sakura couldn’t believe Ichigo was capable of doing something like that. She thought. How can someone live like that? How can she seem so happy and do stuff like that?!

“Shut your fucking mouth, Reo!”

“Face the facts, already!” Reo shouted out.

“You fucking bastard… !!”

More noises of Reo hitting the others resounded, so much that Miya and the others heard them loudly. They cringed and almost faced the other way.

Katsucha

10 years ago

(This is a joint post between Cinia Pacifica, Katsucha, BlinkXPoke, and Gahald_Mills, BagMan.)

Found them! Ing quickly returned to his Jetterpillar and rode back to the others.

“If only I could end this man right now… ”

“Dammit! Why won’t my Alice work?!!”

“That’s because we have a barrier here. Did you really think we’d come unprepared?”

“Fuck you!”

“That’s one vulgar mouth for a little girl! Gotta show the elders some respect, you know. Otherwise… ” Reo said. “You must be punished.”

“Mff!” Shiraishi angrily made noises, apparently stomped at, Miya was somehow able to figure it out.

“Bastard, you let her go!” Shouta yelled out angrily, seeing Shiraishi’s mouth stepped on like that.

“Shiraishi-kun!”

“And you,” Reo said, hitting someone else. “Don’t think you can call me names without having to pay for it.”

“I’m the… bad one here… right?! Let go... of them!! I did it - as I was tasked - I killed those people... we both know that… so let them go!” Ichigo yelled out, despite her state, she somehow forced the words out her throat.

”Don’t… Ichigo, don’t touch her”

“You’re right… you are!” Reo walked over to Ichigo. “The worst for hurting our boss!” Ichigo scream out, he most likely hurt her again.

“Sorry, but we’re gonna be taking your students now.”

“Mouri Reo… why?! Why did you join such an organization. You’ll pay for this dearly!”

“Heh, as if missy. Why ask when you already know? You know how the academy treated us.”

“What… what are you talking about?!”

“Oi, oi. You used to work with us and did the academy’s dirty works, remember?”

“Eh… ? I… don’t know what you’re talking about.”

“Did they manipulate your memories? HAHA! That’s genius of them!”

“I don’t care about all that now! Stop treating my students with violence!”

“No can do, they’re all too annoying!” Reo said with glee, then tossing the earring away.

“Everyone, listen carefully,” Miya said, the earrings were still worn by Ine, Shouta and Aoi. “No matter what, you must not let them know what your Alices are, and be careful of Re-” as Miya spoke, something happened…

“That’s the most troublesome item so far, after the Alice Badges.”

Hahaha. Too late, you freaks. I already know your location! Ing jumped down of his ride and quickly entered the room. He quickly told the teachers where the kidnappers are.

“Tch, so he took them off after all… !!”

“Unfortunately, I gotta go,” Amelia said, looking at the plant-like creature suddenly glued to the window, as silent as a ghost. “Seems like I’m being summoned.”

“Wait, what are you doing at a time li-”

By then, Amelia already opened the window, and jumped over atop the strange monster. “Don’t worry, I’ll come back. I’m probably being called for this situation, anyway.”

“Wait up, I’ll go, too!”

Upon seeing Amelia and Aoi leave Sakura left the room as well. She was not sure at that point on what to think of the situation anymore. She ran as fast as she could back to her room.

TheLoneGentleman

10 years ago

(This is a Joint post between: CreepyAssGent and Rice-chan)

“We’re having an emergency meeting. We’d appreciate it if you try to come faster, Amelia.”

“I was hurrying, but my speed of mobility has it’s limits.”

“Oh? You were hurrying? That’s rare,” a girl with long brown hair said, giving a smirk. She had black eyes, and wore the uniform of the academy, but she had piercings in her ears, lips, and even on her breasts… the extra small bulges over her well-endowed chest made that clear as day. A thin chain linked the ring pierced at her lips - attached to some inner-wears that was covered by her uniform. She was the Wind Alice user. A known fashionista, a bit unreasonable at times, but very cold and laid-back. She was nicknamed the Wind Sickle, Mira. Her surname was unknown, because she simply never revealed it.

“Now, now. Everyone has their own reasons,” Hyuuga Aoi calmly said, her eyes closed as she smiled.

“Oh, it’s Hyuuga-san. Welcome back!” Mira said, hugging Hyuuga Aoi.

“Thanks, it took quite some time for me to recuperate.”

“Well, let Amelia-san be, she has her own business, as Hyuuga-san said,” a man said, his face was almost completely wrapped in bandages. He was the known user of the Insect Pheromone Alice, Hajime.

“Not like we don’t know what we always end up doing anyways. Just point at the target, and release the hounds already,” said Sono with a smirk. The hospital was good practice, but a real mission was what Sono had been waiting for.

“Anyway, let’s move on with the more pressing matters, I’m dying to meet hot boys outside the academy today~!” a handsome, seemingly feminine person said, one would instantly know that he’s a man, and not a woman just from the voice, but not from the looks. He wore golden earrings, and there was an eerie feeling emanating from him. He had a ghastly aura, he was known as Rui, the user of the Curse Alice.

“Attention,” Persona said, his voice completely devoid of any emotions; perfectly calm and composed. “It’s time for your next, emergency assignment.”

“Hoshimiya Ichigo-san was kidnapped today. About an hour ago from now, the prime suspect is Mouri Reo, the singer from Hollywood who’d be performing for the Alice Festival soon.”

I knew that there was something else going on there. thought Sono.

“Kidnapping her? God, that takes balls. Gotta give credit to this guy for that,” Mira said, wondering if Reo could be used as a good sparring- no, death match opponent.

“That is one big feat, though,” Hajime commented.

“Hoshimiya-san was kidnapped when she was still recuperating in the hospital.”

“Yeah, I’ve heard about it after it happened, I was also spying on Reo, he undeniably vanished from the room was he supposed to stay in before leaving the hospital.”

“Oh, I take it back then, there is nothing admirable about what he did, then,” Hajime said, his voice gave away the feeling of distaste he felt currently.

“What a bastard, I’ll be sure crush him good,” Mira angrily said, her smile was suddenly gone as she grimaced with anger.

Rui shook his head left and right in a girlish manner. “B-But… Reo is a hottie! I’d love to have him for myself instead!!”

“Ugh,” Mira groaned. “Come on. Am I the only one who wants to break some bones here?”

“Anyway, the primary objective is to rescue Hoshimiya-san. You may use any means to bring her back to the academy grounds. If she - for some reason - refuses, kill her immediately.”

“Wha-” Mira frowned.

“A kill order?” said Sono quite surprised.

“Of course, I doubt she’d refuse, but the possibility of her being persuaded into joining the other side is also a possibility,” Persona smirked, which was rare. “Thus, permission to your Alice to the fullest is also granted.”

“Man, you just want us to spill some blood, huh?” the other shadow manipulator of the club spoke up, he wore an orange hat, and had black short, spiky hair. His eyes were black, and while his Alice isn’t as strong as Sono’s, it had it’s own quirks and advantages. Regardless, their Alices were similar, Sono’s still had more raw power. This person was known as the Shadow Trickster, Tsubasa.

Persona casually ignored Tsubasa and spoke on. “The mission shall now commence, dismissed.”

Sono stood up, smirking. “Lets get to it then. I’ll try to leave some scraps for the rest of you,” said Sono.

“Hah, we’ll see about that,” Mira said, smirking right back at Sono.

Cinia Pacifica Ojou-sama Writer

10 years ago

(This is a joint post between Cinia Pacifica, BlinkXPoke, and BagMan.)

“I wonder how long has it been since Ichigo went to sleep just like that,” Aoi thoughtlessly said. Countless hours passed, the lights were on, and it was clearly dark outside now. The spot where they were kicked would most likely ache now if touched even slightly.

“There’s something… different about her. I wonder what happened to Hoshimiya-san.”

“No kidding… it’s the first time I saw Ichigo like that myself, so I still can’t believe it.” Aoi then looked at Ichigo, who kept her eyes closed, and commented. “It’s like another persona.”

”Ichigo is Ichigo” Ine said again, ”right now I bet Ichigo is cutting off her emotions, I’m sure she’ll be back soon” Ine said with a broad grin.

“Aki… zu… ki-san,” Ichigo faintly called out to the girl that lied just in front of her. Her trembling, fidgeting hand slowly grabbed her’s. Her body was shaking like never before. “Listen... to me, and… take these,” Ichigo then ushered Ine to show her palm to her.

Ine’s eyes widened, before bending closer to Ichigo to hear her out.

“If anything… bad happens to… to any of you, use... these... Alice Stones,” Ichigo gave four stones, one for each.

“These look similar to what Shiraishi used earlier…” Shouta commented.

“I’m almost done… soon… go escape.”

”But… if we leave without you,everything we’ve done would be pointless” Ine said still worried about her friend.

Ichigo pulled her body up, almost mechanically smoothly, it felt rather unreal because she was fidgeting rapidly few seconds ago. “It’s okay, just escape while I distract them,” Ichigo answered, with her cold expression and a tone of voice. “If you don’t, you may regret it.”

“I won’t!”

Ichigo shook her head after closing her eyes. “What I’m saying is, you all will only get in my way. I’m pretty bad at fighting when I have to look after people.” Ichigo coldly looked around the place, possibly thinking of what to do next. “So that’s why, I want you all to leave as soon as I make the guards go down.”

”I don’t want to” Ine said firmly, ”and I don’t want you to fight”

“Yeah, we can’t just leave without you! Come with us, Ichigo!”

“I care not about such feeble feelings that disallows an inevitable battle. I apologize, but I have no intention of backing down. I suppose this is - all the more reason - for you guys to leave.”

”Ichigo…” Ine said reaching her hand out to the girl in front of her.

“Ichigo, what’s wrong with you?! This isn’t the you I know!”

“Do you really intend to fight?! Heck, can you - a small girl - fight?!” Shiraishi blurted out the most contradictory question, she only took notice after she said so.

“Let me help. I’ll beat the shit out of anyone who tries to stop us. I’ll stay out of your way as you proceed, too.” Shouta’s been surprised too many times by Alices and the students of the Academy. If Ichigo truly had some life-sucking Alice, he believed he could stand to see it.

“Maybe I should fight too, my Alice is good for combat!” said Shiraishi, apparently fired up.

“Not you too!”

“You two should protect Akizuki-san and Aoi, and escape,” Ichigo said, shaking her head.

Shouta groaned at the suggestion, as he was itching for a fight. He really hoped to get a shot at Reo after everything he’s done to his friends. However, Shouta decided, in the end, to oblige Ichigo’s request. He turned to the three and said. “We should wait for a good moment to run. Otherwise, all of that asshole’s goons will be after us!”

“B-But, we can’t just leave Ichigo here… ”

“That’s right!” Ine agreed.

“Well, let’s wait and see for now, I guess. I’m not sure how to deal with this situation, honestly.”

Ichigo stood up completely, stretching her arms and legs. “Now, since recovery is over. It’s time to get started.”

“As if you’re recovered! There’s no way!” Ine said with tears in her eyes, “you’ll only get worse if you use your Alices again, idiot!

“Recovered? How?!”

BagMan

10 years ago

(This is a joint post between Cinia Pacifica, BagMan and BlinkXPoke)

“I’d never be able to do my job as an exemplary student if I keep being selfish and monopolize my Alice by not using it for the sake of others when it is most needed!” Ichigo then looked at herself. “The restraints are still undamaged.” She calmly analyzed. Despite all the kicks she received today, her ring, earrings, necklace, headband, beads at the end of her gloves, and even her loosely fitted belt were still fine. She thoughtlessly took off her ring. “With great power comes great responsibilities. This way… I can never bring myself to hate my Alice… ” Ichigo said with a grim face.

“I know but, we’re talking about your health here, damn it! You’re sick!”

“Ichigo… don’t go… ” Aoi pleaded with eyes moist with tears.

“Just once…” Ine said tugging on Ichigo, ”can’t you be selfish just once?”

Ichigo shook her head in response. “I have my own circumstances, please stop this childishness. I must fight.” Ichigo sighed and frowned, and pulled herself away from Ine. As if I can tell you, that I have to end my life if I don’t do anything about this.

Ichigo then brought her hand closer to her face. “I suppose I’ll do it like this for tonight,” she put her ring back to her right hand’s ring finger, instead, she took off her right earring, and closed the fingers of her hand; clenched her hand, and held it tightly, “Starlight.”

“That barrier guy, Mark was it? That’s one, then,” Ichigo coldly spoke, raising her hand high up towards the ceiling. It felt like something snapped.

“My… my Alice is… is back again?”

“W-What do you mean?!”

“I think the barrier is gone!”

Ine looked at Ichigo, realising she had used her Alice.

“What just happened?” voices echoed throughout the walls of cargos.

“M-My barrier… it’s gone!”

“What do you mean gone, how the hell did it happen?!”

“I have no idea, but it’s not working at all!” Mark said, sweating. It was the first time he lost an Alice like this.

“Huh? Hmm, perhaps it’s those brats again,” Reo said, casually walking towards the place where the so-called kids were kept tightly bound.

Just as Reo took a turn after walking past an array of cargo boxes, something solid hit his left cheek hard. Stone? Fist? Steel? No, it was a: shoe. Ichigo gave a solid kick - the hit clearly stifled what little amount of meat Reo’s cheek contained - even her companions had no idea when she moved, or how she did. Reo’s body flew back as he fell down to the dusty cold and solid floor.

“Ohhhhh!” Shouta cheered from behind Ichigo when Reo hit the ground. “You feel bad, scumbag!?”

“The Life-sucking Vampire, is here to return the favor.” Ichigo smiled, it was the most lifeless cold smile she had ever shown. “I’ve used a small portion of the lives of your organization’s men to recover. Perfect way to remedy my injuries, wouldn’t you agree, Mouri Reo?”

“YOU BITCH!!” Reo, losing his temper instantly shouted back at her. His subordinates all caught wind of the brewing trouble.

As Ichigo carelessly walked out from the corridor that was decorated with cargo boxes on both sides, she fearlessly held up her fist before her face, “Come at me, if you dare.”

”Ichigo!” Ine called out, not wanting her friend to get hurt.

BlinkXPoke Cards and Hugs abound

10 years ago

(This is a joint post between Cinia Pacifica, BlinkXPoke, and BagMan)

“Tch, go get her, kill her if you can’t capture her!” Reo said, running back to his subordinates after moving past Ichigo hastily.

“R-Reo-san! Are you serious?!” Mark questioned, dumbfounded by the Reo who was clearly blinded by sheer rage and anger.

“It might cause many problems if we actually kill her!” the man with blond short hair pointed out, still not wanting to do something like that to a little girl.

“You fuckers need to understand that we’re not in such a position. She means business, if you don’t fight back for real, we’re all going to hell,” Reo stood up at last, then shouted. “If she’s gone, we’ll still be rid of a lot of troubles, it’s a win-win deal.”

Ichigo said with an expressionless face. “Put aside the tough talk, bring it on, I’ll take you guys on.”

“Ichigo, stop! You can’t possibly take them all on! You’re gonna get killed!” However, Aoi was ignored by Ichigo, who didn’t move even a muscle to respond.

Men in black suit started dashing straight for Ichigo. Their aim was to take her life.

Ichigo seemed rather robotic, almost as if she became a different person, as Aoi and the others looked on from behind her - in awe of her abilities. However, her bloodlust was made apparent via her eyes, the men could tell just by looking at her.

As the men crossed a certain line of distance, Ichigo looked down at them. “Your lives are better off than this,” Ichigo declared. The gem in the center of her ring glowed. Her face was decorated with an expression of blood lust, she was truly trying to take them out for the count.

”Eh…” it hurt Ine to see Ichigo like this.

An electrical stream of energy emanated from the men that went down to their knees. There were six of such figures. The streams all connected to the ring’s light, and they were soon sucked in. This was how the vampire drained others of their health.

“What… is that?! Is this why they call her the †˜Life-sucking Vampire?!” Aoi said, wanting to disbelieve what she just witnessed.

“A-Amazing, what the heck is that Alice?! I’ve never seen or heard anything like this until today.”

“Is that light… their life force…?” Shouta now understood the reason for that nickname: the †˜Life-Sucking Vampire’. He stared at the scene with wide eyes.

“I can… barely… stand… ” the blond man in black groaned. “Run… you guys can’t possibly beat that monster!”

“Tch! Well we have no other choice. It’s do or die, men!”

Ichigo found herself facing with even more targets than before. She didn’t react. Fear nor excitement showed; the enchantress was left unfazed.

Ichigo abruptly leapt towards the cargo to the left, then landed side-ways over it, and instantly pushed her legs against the cold metallic wall to jump and zoom herself to the other side - her body spun three-sixty degrees as she leaped to towards her enemies boldly. After launching herself straight towards the pack of apparently violent professional grunts of the anti-Alice organization - she gracefully, yet mercilessly fought the men. She’d never punch anyone aside from making light jabs, she avoided most attacks with ease, and seldom used her elbow for counterattacks. Despite the majority of their attacks being simple and predictable kicks and punches accompanied by Flying Alice, or the Teleportation Alice, or even a Barrier Alice - as well as Somatic type Alices such as Speed Alice or Strength Alice - they almost knocked Ichigo out and trapped her... or so her enemies thought. In return for their folly, she delivered solid kicks accompanied by strong pressure generated via momentum almost every time.

“Wow, I can never fight like that! Cool!” Shiraishi said, her opinion of Ichigo had only gotten improved, as she was a fighter herself when she used to bully others, and did bad throughout the academy, but she couldn’t believe the large gap between she herself and Ichigo in terms of combat capabilities.

“Man, even I haven’t been able to win a fight this one-sided…” Shouta mumbled, recalling times in his past where he needed to fight against entire gangs alone.

“...A-Amazing… ” Aoi blurted out, she stared at Ichigo with an open mouth, not sure how else to describe the battle; left speechless. Just how does she know to fight like this… ? Who taught her all this?!

Cinia Pacifica Ojou-sama Writer

10 years ago

(This is a joint post between Cinia Pacifica, BlinkXPoke, and BagMan.)

Jumping, then landing into a spot which was the epicenter of all her enemies, she brought her hand close to her face yet again. “It’s over.” Strands of light traveled towards her ring again, and were sucked inside of the gem, while the men screamed in pain; falling down to the floor.

Shouta averted his eyes. It was a painful sight to behold.

Aoi shouted out. “She did that… again!” She looked with pure surprise. “Does she really suck in others’ lives that way?!” Aoi asked to none in particular. However, she was very curious now, her worries started to subside as Ichigo seemed rather indestructible. There was one issue in her heart, though… was her friend the one she knew, or was that friend long gone?

Satisfied with how well things progressed, Ichigo sighed. However, much to her dismay, it was she who received a blow now. A punch delivered via Instant Teleportation. It was perfect for combat at the hands of a brute man, Ichigo believed.

Ichigo narrowed her eyes after pulling her body back up. A thin crimson strand of blood leaked from Ichigo’s lips as a result of her fist that lunged her cheek ruthlessly. She faced him without saying anything.

“Alright, we stalled enough time, do it!” the brute man yelled back towards the people who were preparing something for Ichigo - most likely a strong attack.

Ichigo took a glance to check what was behind the so-called †˜staller’ that she was facing.

Her eyes widened - brusquely - it was a big crystallized ice ball. “I see, so that’s what you guys are going for. I thought you guys gave up on trying to capture me?”

“Hah, we did indeed. Once you’re hit with that, you’d freeze up so much that you won’t live.”

“Is that… so?” Ichigo narrowed her eyes, eying the energy ball coldly with maintained composure. It seemed to be made up from Alice Stones, there didn’t seemed to be such a strong Alice user in the vicinity.

“Alright, take this, you monster!!” a ball of light was hurled in Ichigo's direction without hesitation, there were others behind it - once mostly the ones who conjured it - but they didn’t feel the need to steer clear or anything; confident that it’ll hit it’s mark.

“Ichigo!!” Aoi called out, fearing that she’d not be able to make it out alive from that. Perhaps it was wrong of her to think that Ichigo was invincible a few moments ago.

“Starlight.” Ichigo raised her fist towards the air as the spherical ball of icy energy approached her fearlessly, then stretched her right arm forward. A tiny blue flame sparked over the palm of her hand.

However, the round ball of coldness and icy energy was gone for some reason, as a strange blue projectile hastily devoured it, after appearing out of the blue. As if it wasn’t enough for it, the wave of flame speedily advanced forth - burning the floor black as it traveled forward - as soon as the cold round object was gone - it instantly incinerated Ichigo’s enemies in it’s burnt path - it struck a cargo before the walls, it seemed that something dangerous were stored in it, resulting in an ear-deafeningly loud yet small explosion. Debris flew out in all directions from the waves generated from the blast - in the air.

The wall - towards the direction - at which Ichigo shot her Starlight Alice was completely gone. †˜Ah, I almost forgot about it,” Ichigo sunk her hand inside her pocket and ruffled under it to take out a mask, and wore it casually. It was a white mask, shaped like a butterfly, and had black lines all over it; almost like a real butterfly’s wings. Due to these black linings, it was hard to tell where the opening for her eyes exactly lied.

Ichigo then looked to the right, finding Reo glaring angrily at her with a cranky look on his face.

Aoi looked closely, trying to figure out what Ichigo wore. “A mask… what for?” She thought out loud, pondering as to what it is for.

“Is that... another another Alice Restraint… ?!” Shiraishi thought back to when students would be punished, they’d seldom be given an Alice Restraint in the form of a mask.

“What’s wrong, you look like you saw a ghost right now.”

“Tch, enough of your yapping! Do it, guys!” as Reo commanded, some people beside him, including Mark - seemed to be holding guns in their hands - opened fire. If Alices wouldn’t work, they’d have to fight the more normal way.

Ichigo didn’t move, instead stood there; like a statue. Perhaps there was no time to evade. The bullets easily pierced through her clothes - her skin - her body. The repulsive force from the gunshots pushed her down towards the earth; she fell.

Ine, who had been completely unable to keep up with the pace of the fight and her inability to do anything, fell to the floor. She couldn’t accept the fact that her friend had been killed, so she just lay there in disbelief.

“ICHIGOOO!!” Aoi called out, tears flooded down her eyes as she yelled. Seeing her best friend shot down like that, Aoi begun to think if she’d even make it out alive tonight, and if she did… how’d she live on knowing that Ichigo left this world?

“Hoshimiya-san!! … T-This… can’t be, right?!” Shiraishi yelled out in disbelief. Crestfallen.

Shouta couldn’t hold back his hate for Reo. He lifted his leg, preparing to run towards him, blinded and numbed by his rage.

Aoi tried to run towards Ichigo, as well, but Shiraishi - snapping back to reality - desperately tried to stop both of them.

“Let go of me! Let go of me!!” Aoi screamed, wanting to be by her fallen friend’s side.

“Don’t hold me back! That fucker needs to die, NOW!!!!” Shouta roared as he tried to loosen Shiraishi’s grip on him.

“No! It’s too dangerous, they’ve got guns you know!” Shiraishi forcibly pulled the two back with her arms. Shiraishi spoke with teary eyes.

“Hahaha… HAHAHAHA!! We won!” Reo laughed out, the feeling of victory was almost addictive for him; ecstatic. His men lowered their guns; relieved. Reo walked over to Ichigo’s apparent corpse that lied a few odd meters in front of him. With a wide and happy smile, he had his foot stab at Ichigo’s chest. He felt like a winner; a true victor. Content with stepping over her - he looked down at her face, Ichigo’s eyes were shut closed.

Suddenly, a hand gripped his leg tightly - just above his ankles - Ichigo’s arm came to life. Her eyes abruptly opened to reveal her cold gaze; eying Reo with her cold and emotionless pair of crimson pupils. Reo’s body stuttered and shook violently, as if being electrocuted, his devastated face truly conveyed how much pain he felt, as an aura of light wafted off of him, and made way for Ichigo’s ring over her right hand.

“Eh?”

“Eh?”

Both Aoi and Shiraishi came to a realization in unison.

“You guys called me the Vampire, right? Have you ever seen a vampire dying from bullets? How preposterous,” Ichigo spoke as a matter of fact in a desolate yet sarcastic manner. “Or are you guys actually regretting not using something like what, a divine - god blessed bullet?”

Ichigo’s voice brought Shouta back to his senses, as well. “What the hell…?”

Ine’s head rose… ”Ichigo…? Ichigo!” tears streamed down her face in relief.

Ichigo’s left hand released Reo’s leg as soon as she was done stealing some of his life-force from him. As Reo’s body started to fall, Mark instantly teleported to his side and retrieved him, then teleported far back, taking safer distance.

“She’s… alive!”

“I’m… I’m so glad! But how would she live after taking shots like that?!!”

“I have no idea… !!” Aoi honestly replied, she truly had no clue how Ichigo survived the hit from those bullets, nor could she be bothered to think up a theory about it at the moment

“It’s gotta be some kind of a miracle… ” Shouta added, relieved.

”Ichigo is super strong… ” Ine said in amazement.

“I hate to admit it, but I was relieved to see her - of all people - fall after all the shots we made… to think she’d still be unaffected, what a monster! We’d better retreat, Reo-san!”

“No… fucking… way, not until… that bitch is dealt… with!” Reo forced words out his throat, completely burned out from Ichigo’s Alice.

“But it’s that Vampire, we can’t beat her!” Mark shouted, his arms and legs were shaking with fear.

“Mn, retreat? How would you guys do that?” Ichigo asked, as she did, a loud noise of thunder roared and rumbled out of nowhere from the sky outside, the flash from the lightning passed through the old transparent windows that lied closer to the ceiling above. The reflection from the blinding-light revealed several dark figures looking down at the battlefield.

The members of the Dangerous Abilities class were already here. With Ichigo present, the whole team was in one place, once again - after a long time. She didn’t need to look at them to know, she could simply feel their oppressive presence, their killer’s intent was good enough for her to take a guess without ever turning behind.

Aoi, Shiraishi, Ine and Shouta looked upwards to their left, finding the dark figures above - looking down at the enemies.

“Who… are they?!”

“Wait is that… Kage and Amelia?!”

“You’re… you’re right!” Aoi gasped immediately after recognizing the two familiar figures standing amongst strangers. But, why are they here now of all times? Even Amelia-san is here! Aoi thought, feeling a strange vibe from the entire situation now.

TheLoneGentleman

10 years ago

(This is a joint post between Cinia Pacifica,BlinkXPoke, and TheLoneGentleman)

Sono looked down at the scene with a smile. He didn’t get to see Ichigo this messed up often so he took in every glimpse he could. However he had a job to do. Pulling off his watch he slid it into a pocket. “Time to dig in.” he said as he raised his hands. Two black figures rose from his shadow. Thicker and stronger looking from his child shadows, but had the same appearance. Leaping off to join the battle. As they landed they began to duplicate over and over as they shrieked with delight.

“Wait… those shadowy creatures, whatever they are, I feel like I saw them before… except they are, bigger?” Aoi said, reminiscing a few moments from her time in the Eastern Forest.

“Yeah, I think I’ve seen these before, too..” Shouta responded. “This is his Alice?”

“Huh? You guys didn’t know? That’s indeed his Alice, I haven’t seen him making any larger of those strange creatures, though. He uses them pretty rarely in the school. It should be prohibited for him, in fact.”

“Really?” Shouta thought back to that time in the Eastern forest. What was he doing there, then? He shook his head to that thought. It wasn’t the time to be thinking about those things.

Panicking, some of the men closer to the exit begun to run towards the exit, which was wide open for some time now. However, those cowardly men were frozen in their tracks.

“Jeez, stop being cowards, at least stick around till the end, it’s only proper courtesy to do so,” Tsubasa said, walking in from the outside with a playful smirk.

A gust of wind then violently rushed in from behind him, as Mira jumped down, “Yo Tsubasa-kun, I’ll be taking those guys if you don’t mind!”

“Sure, have fun,” Tsubasa replied, apparently bored and disinterested from his tone.

Hajime sighed. “Oh well. Go!!” bugs darkened by the shadows flew down towards their prey. Hajime used his Insect Pheromone to his advantage. It’s how he fights.

Meanwhile, Rui made way towards Reo. “Reo, you hottie, I’m coming for you!” he exclaimed shamelessly after jumping down for him, however, Mark teleported away; escaping.

“Your tastes are as strange as ever, how do you find an electrocuted bug so hot?” Ichigo asked, giving her usual idol-like smile. It made Rui broke in cold sweat.

“I-It’s not like he’s cuter than you! Yes, that’s right.”

“No, no, I can care less about what you think of me!” Ichigo spat out at Rui, not wanting him to compare her with him.

“Seems like you’re just fine,” standing atop her strange plant-like monster, Amelia flew down towards the floor.

“Ah, Amelia-san!”

“What a shame, Hoshimiya-san! You actually got hit by some grunts,” Amelia said with a smile, putting her hand close to her mouth as she gave a confident smirk, “Let me show you how it’s really done.”

“Right, please show me!” Ichigo immediately responded with her usual bright and cheerful smile. As if she reverted to her old self… but it was rather scary how she could act as though the situation was not noteworthy.

As his minions multiplied, they began to climb up the wall to Sono. Sono slid down them as they gently guided him to ground level. As he landed, he turned two of them into saw blades and sent them spinning off towards his targets - slicing off their legs as they traveled on the ground. The last things these unfortunate legless souls would see were the blades turning for a round trip like boomerangs.

Amelia’s strange and grotesque plant-like creatures appeared from behind her. Where they came from was unknown, but most of them looked slightly similar to flowers as they possessed large white petals at the top, with a ghastly mouth full of fangs at the center. It was possible that Amelia grew and mutated flowers from some random place before coming here. They screeched and roared violently - as if hungry - and used their vines to trap their enemies, and eat them alive.

The arrival of the members of the Dangerous class prompted Shouta to urge Shiraishi, Ine and Aoi to begin their escape. Throughout this fight, Shouta was tempted to jump in and provide assistance to Ichigo, but once she was reinforced by the other students, he felt that she would be safe at this point, and that this was the best time for him and the girls with him to run away.

“Calvary’s here. Let’s get out of here!” Shouta announced, motioning for Shiraishi, Aoi, and Ine to start running in a direction away from the battle and towards an exit visible in the distance.

Sono looked to his right to see three people with guns aimed at the children trying to escape. Moving his fingers swiftly he took over their bodies. Forcing them to turn their guns on themselves, he forced them to commit suicide. “Run while you can!” yelled Sono to the group trying to escape as he turned his attention back to the massacre.

“Yeah, we’ll hold them off, so run while you guys can!” Ichigo said, sucking life of some others that stood behind the ones who were stopped by Sono’s Alice.

“Head straight for the road after you go, there should be a black car parked outside for you guys! And no, it’s definitely not that same black limousine that Reo used!”

“Thanks, Kage-san, Hoshimiya-san, and Amelia!” He let Shiraishi, Ine, and Aoi run in front of him, so that he could take down any of Reo’s thugs who may try to chase them down.

“Hey! Why is it that only I don’t get any respect?!” For someone who had been trying to be the best role model student possible, this was taken as a dirt to her pride that she built up from years of effort.

Cinia Pacifica Ojou-sama Writer

10 years ago

(This is a joint post between Cinia Pacifica, BlinkXPoke, and BagMan.)

Aoi, Ine, Shouta and Shiraishi ran. Leaving the shady warehouse where they were brought to by the criminals, they now ran blindly with the dark cloudy sky as their witness.

Some of the men in black appeared from in front of them, before Aoi would try to use her Acting Alice, Shouta prepared to strike instead. Ine stood behind Aoi with a worried face. Using his Shout Alice, and receiving support from Shiraishi’s Telekinesis Alice, Shouta easily blew them away. However, one of them pointed his gun from the ground.

Shouta stared the man down, ready to attack the moment he found the right opportunity. As the man got up, Shouta made his move, diving behind a crate, and thus, avoiding the gunfire. He pushed the crate forward, keeping himself hidden from the line of fire, waiting for him to run out of ammo so he could fight him properly.

“Damn you, brat!” Just as the man was about to fire again, his hand was set ablaze. “W-What the hell!” he shouted and shook his hand repeatedly. The flame stuttered in the air as it burned brightly as the man continuously waved his hand to put it out; letting go of the gun - desperately trying to somehow put out the fire. However, the fire wouldn’t go...

Shouta wasted no time coming out of cover and lunging forward to collide his fist with the man’s jaw. He followed up kneeing him in the groin, and pushing him down to the floor with his elbow.

“Hurry up and go on, the car is still waiting on you all,” Hyuuga Aoi said, walking up to Shouta from the shadows. It was unknown how long she had been there, or where she had been hiding. She smiled, and took a ladylike posture as she looked down at Shouta assaulting the man mercilessly.

“Hyuuga… san?! What are you doing here?!”

“Oh? Did you not know? I am also a member of the Dangerous Abilities class. All of the members were sent here, specifically to rescue Hoshimiya-san. My Onee-sama is here tonight, she’ll be accompanying you all in the car. Please proceed forward.”

“Geez, it seems like a lot of people we know are in the Dangerous class… I wouldn’t have guessed…” Shouta chuckled as he spoke his thoughts out loud. Before he started heading for the car, he spat on the man he just beat down. “I’d much rather have vented out all this anger on Reo, but you’ll have to do…” He kicked the man one more time, and started making his way to the car.

TheLoneGentleman

10 years ago

(This is a Joint post with: TheLoneGentleman and Cinia Pacifica)

“These guys are lame, I can’t believe they wounded Hoshimiya-san up to this extent,” Hajime calmly said, upon observation, these goons were not very receptive with sudden ambushes.

“Not like I’m invincible, I had to begin my counterattack exactly after my Alice’s Recovery Implementation Phase. Mn… I guess that’s what they call a Vampire’s nap?” Ichigo said the last part with a cheerful tone, it didn’t fit her current image as she still wore the white butterfly mask. She was far more relaxed now.

“Heh, all that to protect some kids.” said Sono. “Still, this trouble you caused at least let me shake off the cobwebs.”

“Kids that you yourself protected too!” Ichigo pouted. “Mn, I wouldn’t say that I caused it! I’m innocent, I was peacefully sleeping in my room! Maybe… ” Ichigo said, as she remembered seeing nothing but nightmares at one point in her dreams.

”Gives me something to charge extra for.” said Sono smirking. “Those kids just love to get themselves deep in trouble that has nothing to do with them. Its kind of amusing.”

“That might be,” Ichigo begun, then spun her body, delivering yet another solid kick to a man that snuck up to her from behind, and then her Life Drain Alice was activated, “right about that.” She ended as the ring absorbed even more life-force.

Seeing as there were only a few left Sono took it upon himself to finish the job. After all, they couldn’t have people running around talking about it. “It’s like exterminating rats.” said Sono walking off to deal with the remaining enemies. The last three men ran for their lives away from Sono. Overwhelmed by the merciless attackers from the academy. Smirking, he sent out his shadows and grabbed each one by a leg dragging them back. Using a light that shown on the wall, he raised his hands in the form of a mouth. The form on the wall was a large maw dripping with saliva. As the men screamed the maw descended ripping them to shreds, deep red coated the walls and floor.

“Hmm, with that, I suppose we’re done here,” Ichigo sighed. “Time to go hitchhiking!”

“Wha-” Mira said, walking over to Ichigo. “Again? You sure love to ride in the cars, huh? How about you go about it the traditional way on foot for once?”

“I could, but I’m quite tired.”

“Well, just take care, Ichigo-chan. If you were anyone else I’d be panicking,” Tsubasa said. “Have a good time resting after you get back to the academy.”

“Mn! Will do,” Ichigo said, running off.

'Ugh, more walking?' thought Sono. “Amelia, mind if I hitch a ride?”

“Well, you did got me to the hospital the other day, so sure,” Amelia said, as her plant-like monster descended along with her. She had been having her grotesque pet levitating all this time while having her other plant-like mutations fight for her.

“That is far too convenient…” he said sighing.

Cinia Pacifica Ojou-sama Writer

10 years ago

(This is a joint post between Cinia Pacifica, BlinkXPoke, and BagMan.)

The weather was windy and stormy, thunder rumbled in the sky; flashes of bright lightning could be seen occasionally - as the group of four reached the road after leaving Hyuuga Aoi - a lone car could be seen parked in the road. Surprisingly, it was also a limousine?

“Deja vu?” Aoi said, looking at the car. When Aoi looked up-close after dashing up to it - there was someone standing in front of it.

A long blond haired girl, she held a scarlet umbrella as she stood close to the car’s door. Aoi couldn’t make out much of her appearance - as she was veiled by the darkness of the night - other than the fact that she had bright white skin.

“I’ve been awaiting you all, please get aboard the car. We shall make way for the Alice Academy immediately,” the beautiful tall lady spoke, in an elegant and admirable manner.

Everyone entered the car, after saying †˜please take care of us’ collectively, as they entered the vehicle prepared for them.

“Haah!” Aoi sighed, after taking a seat inside after hearing her voice; finally able to relax. “Please excuse me… ” Of course, she gave a curt bow to the glamorous young lady before getting herself inside the luxurious vehicle. She’s so amazingly pretty. Is this really Hyuuga-san’s †˜Onee-sama’?

“T-Thank you very much…” Shouta sunk into his seat in the car. He exhaled deeply, as he looked back at the warehouse, shrinking as they drove further away from it. He was relieved to finally be out of there. “Uhm… Who are you, might I ask?” Shouta asked in a polite tone.

“Greetings, I am Hyuuga Aoi’s sister. It seems that the entire situation was tiresome, please take your time resting now.”

“I-It’s the demon of the academy!” Shiraishi exclaimed, and crept up towards Aoi; scared. Her body trembled as she clung onto Aoi, as if clinging onto her dear life.

“Demon?” Shouta looked at Shiraishi, then back to the lady.

“There, there,” Aoi patted Shiraishi as she tilted her head with a confused expression, but wondered what this was all about.

“Oh dear - you may relax - Troublekinesis-san,” she responded with a graceful tone of voice, but Shiraishi felt an ominous aura instead, and fell silent. “My name is Hyuuga Ai. I’m pleased to meet you all,” she introduced herself with a polite bow, and offered everyone a cup of tea - all placed over a tray from which they could take the cups to their hands.

Hyuuga Ai wore the usual uniform of Alice Academy. She had bright white skin, fairly long - shiny blond hair, each of the hair’s strands had rolls at the end of them. She had beautiful purple eyes, and had attractive facial features, her height was somehow a plus to her appearance, she wasn’t as tall as Aoi thought. In fact, she’d be somewhat shorter than most students of the High School branch. It was regardless, the perfect figure a model would require - Aoi concluded from her assessment.

“Pleasure meeting you... senpai” Shouta bowed his head slightly. He still wasn’t accustomed to using that honorific; he felt that it has never before appropriate for him to use.

“You seem to be older than us, are you from the High School division?” Aoi asked, gladly taking a cup of tea from the offered tray.

“Yes, yes she is!” Shiraishi said in Ai’s stead, as she slowly took a cup of tea with fidgeting hands, it made the tea in it’s cup shake violently as well.

Shouta kept observing Shiraishi as he quietly accepted the tea. Why is she so scared of her? And why did she call her a demon?

“Troublekinesis-san, please. You make me look like the villain here,” Ai teased, then smiled. “Yes, I am indeed from the High School Division.”

“Ah, it’s my first time meeting a senpai, it’s a pleasure to meet you as well, Hyuuga-senpai.”

Ai took a sip of her own, rich tea. “Oh dear, your other name is the same as my dear little sister’s.”

“Yes! We do indeed share the other name.”

“Then, I assume you refer to her with our surname?”

“Eh? I suppose I do. In fact, I believe all of us do.”

“I see,” Ai smiled, her lips stretched only slightly, it was a beautiful and serene expression. “Then you may all simply refer to me as Ai-senpai,” she said, taking another sip of her tea. “I thank you all for taking care of my sister, even if it’s for not too long,” Ai then gave yet another courteous bow.

TheLoneGentleman

10 years ago

(This is a Joint post with: TheCreepyButler and Madame Cinia von Rice)

As the two flew through the air the night sky gave a slight romantic feel that made Sono feel a bit strange. At that height they could see far into the distance, and far away you could see tokyo city all lit up. With not being able to leave the academy, Sono almost forgot that sights like that existed.

As he moved around on the flower trying to make himself more comfortable he began to slip, and as a reaction he grabbed onto Amelia for dear life.

“W-Woah?!” Amelia stuttered as she felt both of Sono’s arms wrap around her belly. “W-What are you doing?!” she abruptly turned around as she asked. “Oh, is this the first time for you riding something like this?” Amelia’s flushed face was shadowed by the darkness of the night, the light from below would help little to illuminate her face. The sky remained cloudy, the rain stopped an hour ago, but it was still quite chilly and windy. It fit the two quite well in more ways than one.

Sono was embarrassed. “I do not fly often, my Alice is better suited for the ground“ said Sono not letting go until he again found proper balance. “How long until we arrive?”

“Oh? I thought you’d cross heights by making tall shadow creatures, or something,” Amelia replied. “D-Do you think you’ll be alright now, or would you still… y-you know, hold on to me?” Amelia shyly asked, indirectly ushering Sono to let go with words, she had no clue if he’d catch her drift, however.

“P-Perhaps it would be safer if I did,” said Sono blushing slightly. “I might actually fall off the next time so I’ll hold on. If you don’t mind?”

“I do mind! But it’d be more troublesome if you do fall, so I’ll let you hold onto to me, for now… ” Amelia said the last part of the sentence with lower volume before turning to face ahead again.

Sono felt himself get comfortable holding on to her, and almost fell asleep. The lingering smell of flowers didn’t help to keep him awake. He wondered if he was beginning to like Amelia. He hadn’t felt this way since entering the academy, and most people avoided him where Amelia even greeted him in the mornings. “Thanks…” he answered.

“Jeez, doing whatever he likes, as always,” Amelia muttered to herself with a cranky face. Soon, she felt Sono’s head abruptly resting over her back. She instantly turned to take a look again, and found a sleeping Sono instead of a pushing-his-limits Sono, and sighed. She smiled warmly. “I’ll let you off. Just this once, you better be grateful.”

Cinia Pacifica Ojou-sama Writer

10 years ago

(This is a joint post between Cinia Pacifica, BlinkXPoke, and BagMan.)

Aoi put her hands up to disagree after taking a sip of the sweet tea. “Oh no! It’s her who has been taking care of us!”

“Yeah! Really!” Shiraishi nodded, still clutching Aoi desperately.

“Mmm!” Ine nodded in agreement.

“Yeah, she saved me earlier.”

“Oh, Ai-senpai, you also have the same Star Ranking as Ichigo?” Aoi asked, seeing the emblem over her parkar. It portrayed a golden encircled star; same as Ichigo’s.

Ai boldly and proudly declared. “Ah, yes. I am the Student Council President of Alice Academy, currently,” Ai would never miss a chance to show off what she possessed; the highest title a student may receive in all of Alice Academy.

“EHH?!” Aoi exclaimed in surprised. “W-We’re travelling with such an important person aboard?!”

“Oh dear, please feel free to loosen up, all of you.”

“Even if you say so… ”

“Regarding what transpired today,” Ai begun, placing her cup of tea down; leaning forward. “Please try not to speak about it in public, or with others. It’d be more troublesome for those who’d be working to control the flow of information.”

“Flow of information… what?”

“What do you mean, senpai?”

The two asked in unison; bewildered by the abrupt use of different language.

“It’s how the information spreads out. Truth, false, rumors can also be built up using this.” Aoi begun to explain, pulling her index finger up. “For instance, the incident that occurred tonight may just be labeled as a gas explosion or an accident by the government, but in actuality - it was caused by Ichigo somehow… So, if we suddenly tell what really happened, it’d contradict the official information, and thus create unnecessary rumors. This makes curious people approach things they never should. Am I correct, Senpai?”

“Yes, you’re fully correct, Kiriya-san. To add, Hoshimiya-san is an important asset to the academy. We cannot have her name mix into whatever rumors that may take birth due to this incident.”

Ine scratched her head, not really understanding anything other that that Ichigo was important to the academy.

“Shouldn’t we let people know about Reo’s crimes? He needs to pay for what he’s done to us.” There was still rage lingering in Shouta’s voice at the mention of Reo.

Ai sighed, then shook her head before replying. “Unfortunately, there is no actual proof. Since he is a big superstar from Hollywood, it’d be a disadvantageous case to the academy. I doubt his concert would be cancelled, either. Much to my disappointment, the academy still favors the attention it’s getting due to his name. Many sponsors turned up due to his name.”

This information was upsetting Shouta again. “What the hell do you mean!? Can’t they apprehend his ship or something? There’s gotta be evidence around that pier and warehouse, too! We’re just gonna let him walk free!?”

“I had a feeling it’d be like that, but I didn’t wanted to accept that… ” Aoi said, after finishing her tea, and placing the cup away.

”No way…”

“Tch, that cheap bastard!”

Ai lightly jabbed over Shiraishi’s head before speaking, making her groan silently, “Don’t make your mouth any more vulgar, a true lady never speaks such words. He isn’t worthy of your attention, anyway,” Ai said, showing a rather motherly smile. Then faced Shouta. “Oh, don’t look at me that way, it wasn’t my decision. In fact, I was ordered to burn down their ship just to get rid of potential proof. The academy still wants to use Reo. Inversely, we don’t know what Reo might do after he steps into the academy, either. I feel that it was a poor decision made by the authorities,” Ai answered, taking a sip of her teach after closing her eyes calmly. “However, they may have a way to stop Reo in his tracks, for which they’re confidently inviting Reo to do his job of singing in the academy. I wouldn’t know for certain, though.

“That’s bullshit! He’s kidnapping children! He needs to be locked up somewhere! We can’t have him running around, doing all this!”

“Fame is power, apparently. He also has the anti-Alice organizations backing him up from the shadows.”

“That’s… why…?” Shouta was getting frustrated. It’s not fair… Just because he’s popular, he gets to do whatever he wants and get away with it? He put his hand on his forehead. This was giving him a headache. I can never forgive that bastard… I’ll take him down, if it’s the last thing I do! He needs to be brought to justice!

“For now, I suppose that’s how it is, but if there’s more obvious proof, something could have been done about it.”

“That’s still terrible though… after what he did to us…” Aoi said, remembering how he kicked everyone like a beast.

Ine’s cheeks still stung, the news that Reo was getting off scott-free upset her more than she would admit. ”That can’t be right!”

“That bas-”

“Shiraishi-san.”

“...” Shiraishi groaned as she mumbled. She then silently turned, so as to not face Ai again. Instead she focused on finishing her cup of tea. It was rather surprisingly delicious. Due to how Shiraishi was brought up, she barely ever had the luxury to have tea. “T-This is so good… ”

“I could treat you if you visit me in our dorms one day,” Ai offered, but she immediately received Shiraishi’s disapproval from the rapidly shaking head. Ai felt rather defeated, but maintained her flawless smile. “Anyway, was Hoshimiya-san hurt throughout this incident?”

”She…” Ine started but couldn’t continue, all choked up.

“Yeah… I don’t even wanna start with that.”

Shiraishi placed the cup away. “Uh huh. It was a gruesome sight, even I haven’t done things like that.”

“Reo…” Shouta breathed deeply after uttering his name. “He physically abused her at first, kicking her while she was bound; kicking all of us while we were bound, on that note.” He clenched his fist as he recalled that time.

“Oh? That piques my interest,” Ai said, her lips stretched to form a smirk.

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Something about her expression made Shiraishi frightened even further. Ai was the most scariest rule enforcer she met in her entire life, next to Miya, third would be Ichigo. Ichigo may go up a rank and be the second most scariest - especially after she witnessed how she fought - who was clearly in a league of her own in terms of combat.

A fox? Just what I need! Aoi thought to herself. “Interest… you say? Does that mean you don’t know in details what happened today, either?” Aoi asked.

“Yes, I only know that you all, and Hoshimiya-san were kidnapped,” Ai replied, taking a sip of her tea yet again; finishing it. She immediately put the cup away into the tray.

“So basically Ai-senpai, you want us to tell you what happened, and then wish for us to lock our mouths about this, correct?” Aoi took a bold guess, almost showing disrespect for her upperclassman.

Ai nodded, her smile unchanged. “I’m glad that you catch on rather fast. How about an information trade, would you all fancy that?”

“An… information trade?” Shirashi said thoughtlessly. Aoi and Ai, a tanuki and a fox, no wonder. They’re both so sly when it comes to things like these!

“What are you gonna give us, then, if we’re giving you information about this kidnapping?”

“Hmm, I’ll be willing to share you all information about one person you all hold interest of,” Ai replied, leaning her face forward once again - this time, with a smirk. “Of course, I can share information about Hoshimiya Ichigo-san, if she is what you all are curious about at the moment.”

“We’ll accept that, then. You guys are okay with that, right?” Aoi said with a wink.

Shouta nodded, there were things he was curious about Ichigo. Shiraishi and Ine gave their nods too.

Ai nodded with a smile yet again. “Very well then. We’ll toss a coin to decide who asks the first question,” Ai stated, taking out a silver coin. It was 5 RT. Tossing it immediately, she saw as it flipped over and over in the air, until it finally fell back and approached her. Ai clasped it under her palms.

Slowly withdrawing her right palm, the coin revealed Tail, as the coin laid over her left palm. “That means?”

Ai would have spoken to her favor, but she decided in her mind that she’d be Head, and the rest would be Tail, so she didn’t change her mind before speaking. This was of course, to appear to be a trustworthy person; who’d make a bad first impression towards people who could become good friends, or information sharers in the future? Ai wouldn’t. “You guys get to be ones to start.” Ai answered, gesturing her hand towards the group.

“So what exactly is that Life-Sucking Alice? We saw her get shot several times by gunfire, and she was able to get up again. How is that possible? She even seemed to recover from her illness before the battle by using it.”

“Hmm, from what I had learned from my information network. Hoshimiya-san’s second Alice sucks life-force from those who are within a certain range, when she uses this Alice. I’m not certain if she may exclude any certain people - friends or allies, so to speak - from within her range when she uses said Alice.” Ai answered, thinking and ruffling through her mind to answer. “Shot several times? Was it that bad?” Ai asked, concerned. “I’m not sure how she did it. However, if you’d prefer, I shall offer my theory.”

“Of course, let’s hear it.” Aoi instantly answered.

“Hoshimiya-san may have used her third Alice to defend herself. Using heat to prolong the bleeding from occurring, as well as burning the bullets before they entered far too deep, all within a single moment out of desperation, perhaps. As for the miraculous recovery from her illness, it’s a temporary emergency measure. The Life Drain Alice - which is it’s official name - allows Hoshimiya-san to heal herself by using the life-force she robs from others. She is fully vulnerable when the Alice implements the healing effects, however.”

The information fits! First is the Vocal Enchantment, second is this Life Drain, we saw these plenty of times, and how it wiped out the men in a certain range. Third is… that thing which helped her block against that white icy ball? Just how gifted can one be?! Aoi thought to herself internally. “That makes sense then, the healing is amazingly fast if we consider how long a normal person would take to heal even with medicine, I suppose the vulnerability is a worthy side-effect.”

“Wait, she has three Alices!? What is the third one?” Shouta remembered Ichigo being able to dissolve the energy blast fired at her, but he didn’t see how. “Is it some kind of heat-based Alice?” he asked, recalling that the dissolved shot resulted in an explosion.

“Yes, it is a fire-type Alice to be exact, but I’m not too sure about it’s properties. It’s rarely allowed for her to use. You can say that it’s information is worth more than most government and military secrets in this country, even some of the bigwigs don’t know what it can do. In the academy, only two of the principals knows of it’s effects in details. The only thing I know is that it’s very destructive.”

“So that was her third Alice back then after all… ”

“How the…” Shouta was surprised by all this information. It’s more classified than a government secret…? He needed a moment to process this information about her Alices.

”Amazing, Ichigo really is amazing after all” Ine said.

“Damn, that’s one versatile person we got to know.”

“I’ve answered twice, so I’ll ask twice now, too. How and when was Hoshimiya-san kidnapped, assuming you all were in sight, what exactly did you all see there?”

“Reo and two other men came into her hospital room and took her away. A bald man merely touched her and they all teleported away to their car, near the outskirt of the school.”

“I see… Hmm, this occurred despite the lock the authorities put in place? Even Instant Teleportation could be blocked with it. It was a lock enhanced with Alice. How would one open that in the first place?”

“That was… uh…” Shouta remembered the girl clearly, but, “Damn, I forgot her name… She was this wacky girl who thought she was a hero from some manga.” He remembered she did some hand motion he saw in an anime. It was very strange and random.

“Eh? Well… ” Aoi hesitated, this was muddy water she stood on. She couldn’t just say that it was Amahane Mio, who knows what Ai may do to her later, after her name is mentioned. She couldn’t just betray her casually.

“It was Amahane Mio, who came out of the blue and opened it with her strange Alice!” Shiraishi casually answered as a matter of fact - not clinging to Aoi anymore - waving her hand as she dismissed the information through her mouth thoughtlessly.

“Shiraishi-san!” Ine said, amazed she would give out that information so freely.

“EH?! Oi! You sure you should just give her name away just like that?!” Aoi asked immediately out loud, perplexed.

“Ah, so it was that hero wannabe, I should see to it that she gets punished properly,” Ai said, still smiling. There was - however - a very ominous, evil aura radiating from her…

“HIII!” Shiraishi made a strange scream, frightened from seeing Ai’s expression. She instantly clung onto Aoi again, who seemed to be somewhat fidgeting from seeing Ai’s smile, too.

Ai’s dark aura dissipated as she jabbed Shiraishi’s head again. “Shiraishi-san, add a †˜san’ when you refer to others using their names, please. Give everyone a certain level of respect initially, only then would others start to see you in a better light.”

“Geez, what’s with their relationship…” Shouta said, witnessing this strange interaction with Shiraishi and Ai.

Aoi was scared, her body still trembled as she asked. “S-Senpai, you know Amahane Mio-san, too?”

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Ai answered with a graceful nod, displaying her pride. “There isn’t a student whom I do not know, Kiriya-san. It’s the least a Student Council President should do.”

“That’s dedication.” Shouta said, impressed. “How long have you been in the Academy?”

“How long? Mn,” Ai took some seconds to count. “Around ten years or so, I believe,” Ai herself wasn’t too sure, it could be an year more or less, she’d have to go back to the Student Council room to know for sure. She lost her sense of time after entering the academy, as she spent the majority of her time growing up within it’s walls that confined her indefinitely.

”A year more than me huh?” Ine said

“It’s still amazing how much you can memorize.”

“Again, it’s the least I am required to do.”

“Woah, you’ve been there for a long time!”

“Wow. I can’t imagine being stuck at the academy for that long… Don’t you have family waiting for you outside the walls somewhere?” Shouta asked, curious if she had similar circumstances he and Shiraishi had.

“Maybe, or maybe not,” Ai replied, seemingly disinterested in her parents. “But I have things I have to do here, as well as take care of my young sister, albeit she refuses my helping hand,” Ai sighed, Hyuuga Aoi was the largest source of stress to her. “I have met my parents after transferring to this academy, but they didn’t feel relieved to see me. Turned out that they’d rather see my younger sister. I suppose after that, I stopped wanting to leave the academy.”

“Your parents… had forsaken you?”

“Really? You’re parents favor your sister over you? That’s not right…” Shouta was surprised about all these unfortunate tales about why they were stuck at Alice Academy. How can you just abandon your children like that… He felt sympathy for Ai and Shiraishi. At least Shouta’s parents still correspond with him via letters.

“I feel as though there’s nothing waiting for me outside Alice Academy’s walls.” Ai coldly stated, with a tersely shown smug face. “I’m just a pitiful woman who was tricked into entering the academy. My sister came along because she liked me, but my parents saw it as me stealing their beloved cute daughter away,” Ai still smiled. At the end of the day, the people who didn’t really cared for her were better off being honest with her, and thus cut ties with her. Ai had no intention to ever go back home. However, she felt responsible for what happened to her sister, thus she wished to somehow send her back one day, or simply help her pass the exams so she may graduate.

“That’s… your parents only liked her, and not you?” Aoi looked down, she had no idea so many people with Alices led such sad and unfortunate lives. She thought Ichigo was the only one facing all types of troubles, but that was clearly not the case.

“Who knows, I didn’t pursue their feelings any further. I had no reason to do so. I just… couldn’t be bothered, I suppose.”

“You idiot, just be honest and say that you wanted to be loved just as much as your sister, too!”

“Wha-”

“I know how it feels! To be abandoned like that… it’s painful…” Shiraishi turned her face, remembering her grievous feelings after her parents sent a reply to her letters at last, recently.

Ine didn’t really understand the feeling Shiraishi and Ai shared. She had been at the academy for most of her life and her parent’s still sent letters often.

“Shiraishi-san...” Ai closed her eyes to ponder. “Perhaps…”

“Eh?”

“Just a little bit... Just a little bit, I felt hurt. I can’t be a proud Student Council President if I keep thinking about my parents, however,” Ai answered, a bead of tear rose up in her left eye - ruining her perfect smile - as she turned her face away, but she quickly rubbed it away. “Anyway, we should resume the information trade now. Next question, tell me how much injury Hoshimiya-san was inflicted with, before she recovered herself with her Alice?”

Shouta returned his thoughts to that moment. His expression became sour again, thinking about how Reo treated Ichigo. “Yeah, I mentioned that we were all being kicked around by Reo, but Hoshimiya-san got the worst of it. She was the first to receive the beatings, and Reo stomped all over her, stepping over her stomach, her face, and pretty much everywhere else on his body.” Shouta remembered it clearly, as well as the emotion of his overwhelming rage at that moment.

“Combined with her illness… and that,” Ai murmured as she grimaced for a short moment. At the same time, she felt somewhat worried about Ichigo.

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