• Shrieking echoed throughout the empty, moon lit halls, reaching the ears of a classmate, Munenori Yamagata. Upon hearing a young female calling for help, Munenori dropped the mop he was washing the classroom's floor with and ran towards the cry.
    Running as fast as he could, Munenori was closing in, now hearing impacts of either a fist or foot against someone's body. Skidding around a corner, he see's a large group of Seniors mobbing the hall.
    Oh please don't let it be, please please... Munenori repeated this in his mind. Before he started thinking of what to do, he shouted.
    "STOP!" Munenori then started to shrink back as part of the group turned and spotted the Freshman.
    "Hey! Hey you, get over here." One of the thugs said in a deep voice.
    Turning away, Munenori spotted a gap between the Seniors, just enough to be shocked at what was seen. A classmate and someone who is dear to him,
    Hitomi Higurashimi, Munenori's girlfriend. Hitomi is covered in dark bruises and driplets of drying blood on some parts of her arms, side and forehead.
    The thug grabbed Munenori by the wrist and dragged him into the center of the crowd. Struggling was in vain as the thugs grip became nearly bone breaking. Soon enough, Munenori was surrounded, being seperated from his injured love.
    "Boss, we got ourselves a runt here."
    "Oh? I want to see their face."
    Again Munenori struggled, only to get kicked to the back of his head, nearly knocking him out. "Hrm...That face, a mix of fear and anger. Interesting. So you must be Yamagata Munenori, this girls lover? A shame."
    Munenori spoke out, getting the Seniors angry. "Let...her go!" They all started to laugh at the pathetic attempt.
    "Boys, deal with them." Said the leader, who with better obversation, sounds to be also female. With smiles and chuckles, both Hitomi and Munenori recieved more beatings. As each hit was delievered, as each cry came from Hitomi, Munenori's rage built, raising to high levels.
    "Let her go, let her go, let her GO!" Bursted out Munenori, right before a huge hit to the his head again, silencing him.
    "Heheheheheheheheh......"
    Everyone stopped and looked around confused.
    "Well I supose you need my help eh? Also you are of proper age now and will handle what you will be put through momentarily...Hopefully." Shortly after the eerie voice was quiet, a violet orb exited from Munenori's chest and engulfed him, emitting a strange power as it seeps into his body.
    Munenori is dropped to the floor as the Seniors' backed away. "Let...Hitomi go, or....you'll suffer." Munenori growled as his body structure started to shift. The pain took him by surprise, it was unbelieveable. Rolling, turning, shaking, Munenori yelled out in terror.
    Soon enough, the body structure shift was over and a half demonized body arose. Stunned faces are all around the creature. Fear is stricken upon sight of the creatures face. Forehead along with two horns on either side pertruded outward, around the left eye and down the left side of his chin; while the right eye is covered in a curved triangle shape with some hardend armor metal like, red tainted material.
    The creature looked down and saw his right arm completely changed, also with horns sticking out, as so with his left shoulder and legs. It's head quickly jerked back up and looks at the two thugs who was holding him with gold, piercing eyes.
    They stumbled back up against the walls. A loud, deep voice spoke from the bellows of what used to be Munenori. "I said let her go. Stop beating on her, on my love!" An echoed voice followed, seeming to sound like Munenori, as though he is still there, somewhere. Yet the grip on Hitomi's arms were tightened and she shrieked, while a small group of three came up behind the half demon-human.
    Their tactic failed as they were thrown down the hall or out the window. After seeing the quick work done to thier comrades, a gap opened between Hitomi and the beast. Hitome was badly wounded and clothes were torn, her school skirt nearly gone. Tears streaming down her bruised, pretty face.
    More rage built up and gold eyes widened as Munenori saw or at least realized what they were about to do. In a fast paced resolve, bodies were laying on the floor and blood on the walls.
    Soon enough the leader's head was grasped in Munenori's right armored like hand. A light wet trickling feeling was felt down her thighs as she begged, pleaded in pure terror, that her life would be spared. It was and she ran off into the darkness of the school's halls. Munenori turned to face his girlfriend, only to see her back away in fright.
    The eerie, echoed voice sounded again. "Hitomi, are you okay? What did they do?!"
    "St-stay back..." Hitomi whispered, being too terrified to speak properly. Munenori was hurt by this, but he continued to get closer. Desperately, Hitomi grabs a knife from a unconscious thug and points it towards her horror. Taken aback, now even more hurt, the half demon-human stopped and lowered it's head.
    Head raised again and not a moment later, Munenori's hand was around Hitomi's knife weilding arm and her eyes grew wide. "Hitomi, my dear, I am sorry you had to see that, but..."
    Hitomi's eyes started to close as her vision blurs and darkens.

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    Next Morning


    An alarm clock abruptly woke up a young beautiful girl and she screams in pain as she lays back onto her bed. After the shock had passed, a quick examination of her body seemed necessary. Slightly lifting up her shirt, a bandaged and wrapped stomach was notced. Slowly taking the shirt off, she didn't believe what was seen. Her entire torso was bandaged and wrapped.
    "D-did Munenori put these bandages on?"
    The bandaged girl blushed and grew a bit mad, knowing that by wrapping bandages around her, he could've most likely saw her-- She shakes her head in hopes to remove the thought.
    But she also shook her away her anger as she realizes that he had to do what needed to be done, to make sure she'd be okay. The young girl looked around her room. A vanity in the corner, a dresser and window along the left wall. A few stuffed animals Munenori got her from festivals or as holiday gifts. A basic female room.
    Getting out of bed, she turns towards her vanity and see's her face is bruised along the right cheek. Also, noticing a letter caught between the frame and mirror. She opens the letter to read:
    Dear Hitomi,
    I'm sorry for what happend to you. I did the best I could to fend then off. But what I transformed into, I don't even know. As I'm writing this, I am back being a human again. But listen, my love, I know you can't forget what happened and what you saw. Seeing as what I became, how you reacted, how you threatend me...I still saw and heard what you said and were doing, or about to do to me. I am truly saddened by this, so this is why I'm asking you to forget about me. The times we had, shared, enjoyed, hated, all the memories of me and us. This action, this request, is for your safety. I know it'll be hard, but please, for me, do this and forget me like we never met.
    -Munenori Yamagata.

    Tears welled up in her eyes as she recalls last night's event. Hitomi crawls back into bed and cried herself back to sleep.