Highschool Wars: The arrival.

THE DEMON ARRIVES. DAY ONE.

"A special school?"

"Yes that's right. It's a school in another country where your own, well, unique talents and traits."

Tyler looked at his parent's smug looks with both confusion, and a sad understanding, So they finally found a way to make me disappear then? He looked at the two supremely smug adults. HIs Mother had the biggest grin on her wide face, and his step-father had more a relieved expression at the thought his headache would finally be removed.

"What was the schools name again?"

The sad, though secretly excited, high school freshman asked with a quiet voice.

"Sakamiya's Academy"

Sakamiya Academy eh? Well I guess it can't be worse then the last place .At least he'd hoped, no he'd prayed that was the case. Tyler walked down the long, wide path to the school campus. His brown eyes were both sad and with a guarded excitement for when he would get to see his new home. The flight was rather cool through, never been in a plane before so that was cool. As he walked the mile long path, he took in the sights around him as he did so. The path itself was wide enough that two yellow school buses could park end to end and there'd still be enough room for a car on either side. Their were hill banks on the sides of the paved section, and lining them were tall skeletal trees that Tyler didn't recognize, along with some maples and good old-fashioned oak. The entire walk had a strange, almost mystical vibe to it, as if he was walking through a forest vein rather then a man made setting. Tyler walked silently along, his work boots clomping in the still morning air. He was a tallish individual, approximately 5'7, and had a rather slender built with his 150lbs frame. He was practically skin and bones, but that was both a mixture of his family's disdain for him, and his own rapid metabolism. He could eat an entire 24 inch pizza by himself and not gain a pound. He had a squarish face and chin, with a pair of hooded brown eyes that always seemed to sparkle with either unshed tears or loneliness. He wasn't athletic and preferred the company of books and 2d characters on a screen to interacting with actual humans, and he'd much rather not leave his room. All in all not the most impressive person to be around, and most chose not to. He was used to the solitary lifestyle, and since his family had tried to actively do everything in their power to make his life hell, he'd had to learn the art of self-sufficiency. He didn't mind though. In his mind, he was the only person he'd have to worry about, the only one to hold himself accountable to. He didn't need anyone else, nor did he want them. He held his head high, content to spend his high school days alone, But wouldn't it be nice if you had someone to watch your back every once in a while? The little voice in his head had returned to needle him again. He sighed,

"Just shut up,"

"I'm sorry, I didn't say anything"

Tyler jumped as the new voice spoke up behind him during his internal monologue. He spun around suddenly, spooking the speaker, a small, petite girl with back-length orange hair done up in a triple braided rope. Her unusual silver eyes grew wide with fright as he turned on her, her small mouth open into a little O, and she pulled her small hands into her modest chest, as if praying for protection from the much larger boy's wrath.

"Holy hell!"

He stopped and hunched over, as he sought to recover from his near heart attack. His backpack fell to the ground with an audible thud. The girl ran to his side,

"are you okay? You seem pale!"

Her small, high-pitched voice sounding both cute and funny to listen to. Tyler waved a hand at the smaller girl,

"I'm fine, you just caught me by surprise is all."

He replied breathlessly. He recovered quickly and straightened back up and realized that the girl's head came up to his chest.

"I'm fine really. You just snuck up on me while I was lost in thought. My names Tyler, I'm a freshman at Sakamiya."

He held out his hand to the strange-colored girl. Her silver-eyes grew wide when he said he was just a freshman. She timidly took his hand, finding in enveloped in his comparatively massive mitt.

"Nice to meet you, Tyler, My name's Yukiohama Sakaimoon. But please call me Yuki. Are you really a freshman? You seem a bit....big"

Tyler smiled at the smaller girl. He then pointed to his uniform, the standard black shirt, grey collar, grey pants of a freshman, and his insignia, a small yellow circle which was also required by freshman to wear. Yuki wore the girls uniform, a black sailor suit and tie, with a black-grey skirt, leggings and the soft black shoes required by the school. Tyler wore work boots since he hadn't received his shoes yet.

"I'm really a freshman, Yuki. The scary thing is that I wasn't even the tallest in my class!"

Yuki's cute face lit up with shock that other freshman could be so big.

"Anyway, Yuki, wanna walk to the school together?"

He asked as he swung his backpack on his shoulder Yuki squeaked,

"Really? Sure!"

Tyler smiled and the two set off for the school. Tyler had to shorten his strides, as little Yuki had trouble keeping up with his longer legs. But they found a happy pace and walked on the campus together. Sakamiya academy was a large, well-established campus. The main campus was roughly twenty square acres of educational buildings of all sizes and courses. There was a massive one-solid acre hedge-maze just behind the main hall. The hall itself seemed like it'd be more at home in medical Europe then in the middle of a school campus. The buildings were made of white stone, Marble, perhaps? There were pillars supporting the flat rooves, and arches over the main walkways between the buildings. The building directly to the left of the main was a massive gymnasium, easily the size of Tyler's entire old school! On the direct right was another, equally large stadium, reminiscent of a football arena. guess this place puts a big emphasis on sports Little Yuki was looking around mesmerized by the grand sight. Tyler was equally stunned, but for a much darker reason, Okay what's the play here? why did my parents send me to such a magnificent place? There is something definitely wrong here, only question is what? He poked Yuki in the shoulder as they approached the main hall,

"Hey, there's something not right about this place, so watch yourself."

Yuki looked up confused to the suddenly on-guard boy,

"What do you mean? what's wrong with this place?"

Tyler kept looking around the area as he replied to the now nervous girl,

"I got a bad hunch, and mine are usually correct...What the hell?"

Tyler had spotted a small hole in a pillar near the grand double doors. he leaned in to inspect the hole, only to find his suspicion was warranted Afterall, That's a goddamned bullet hole! The whole pillar's covered in em! Wait the walls too! Just what the hell happened here?" Sure enough now that Tyler knew what he was looking for, he could see that the walls, pillars, and even the floor was riddled with countless little holes. Some were filled, others filled by blowing dirt, but the overwhelming majority were simply left un filled. Reminds me of a photo I once saw from a war book after a large-scale battle!

"Yuki?"

"Yeah? What is it?" |

Tyler turned from his inspection of the bullet-ridden walls to face the now scared tiny girl,

"Stay close, this school is covered in bullet holes."

Her sliver eyes blew open at the word bullet hole, stretching so wide, Tyler was afraid they would roll out of her eye sockets.

"B-bullet h-holes? you sure?"

Her voice quivered pitifully. She moved closer to the larger boy, as if seeking protection, gazing at him with plain fear in her eyes,

"Sure enough, so stay close, okay? I'll look after you."

He placed his hand on her orange head and gave her a reassuring rub. She seemed to screw up her courage, and decide to trust the larger freshman, and when he withdrew his hand, she seized it holding it close to her heart. Tyler smiled and walked into the building with the much smaller freshman clinging to him for dear life.

Unbeknownst the two freshman, two other pairs of eyes were watching them from a large window near the top floor. A tall, muscular woman with a patch over her left eye lowered the telescope she had peered at the oblivious duo through,

"That big one's sharp, he picked up on the scars from that last battle extremely quickly."

"And realized their implications too by his concern for that girl,"

the second speaker was a not-as-tall woman with a pair of large stripes on her shoulders.

"Yes he did seem to, but what about the other one? She seemed about to cry."

"But he calmed her down, but I do see your point, she'd better toughen up soon or..."

"Yeah, they'll be here soon."

Tyler and Yuki were the last to arrive it seemed as they were led by an upperclassman with a large star on his chest to the auditorium. If that star represents what I think it does, then we're ALL in some real deep dark shit. Tyler had kept Yuki at his side as they took their seats in the auditorium. well this is new, looking after someone rather than myself for once. I mean she is cute and all, but I've never gone out of my way to actually comfort someone, or offer to protect them as I did with her. Guess the new scenery is making me go soft. Yuki had not let go of his arm once the entire time. The little carrot head was clinging to the arm of the larger guy like it was a lifeline, which in a way it kinda was. The pair sat on the soft velvet movie theater seats amid the other freshmen. On Tyler's left was a tall-board shouldered boy with sand colored hair and dark blue eyes that seemed to be smoldering for some reason, while on Yuki's right, was a statuesque, blue-haired goddess, with sparkling crystal-clear blue eyes, decent cleavage, and a strange sense of elegance about her. Tyler figured her the daughter of some big shot somewhere, Either that or she's got a stick up her ass, or both. The dude however, seems like someone pissed in his cheerios this morning. With these two, I get the feeling things are gonna be very interesting around here. Yuki was staring wide-eyed at the glorious ceiling, which was covered in glittering stars, stripes and planets. It was a perfect representation of the night sky, and it would sparkle and shine in the lights from below. Seeing her clearly entranced with the simple paint trick, Tyler nudged her back to reality,

"Hey, space cadet, earth is down here,"

Her face went beat red, and she looked at her feet, clearly embarrassed

"I'm sorry, I just love the night sky."

Her voice a tiny squeak.

"Tch, such childishness, grow up your at Sakamiya Academy now, Carrot"

The Blue-haired girl snapped at Yuki with a prissy, soprano of a voice. Yuki looked at her feet again, crushed and hurt, tears welling in her silver-eyes.

"Hey, Yuki, Later on, wanna go stargazing? I think I can find us a decent spot nearby, whaddya say?" Tyler asked the saddened girl with a cheerful smile on his face. Yuki looked at him in shock, then nodded happily,

"I'd love too!"

Tyler smiled, then turned a cold gaze to the glaring-daggers bitch next to her,

"Sweet! oh and little miss bitchy over there, I would NOT make the mistake of fucking with my friend here, it could prove to be rather unhealthy".

His voice was like an ice-cold breath of wind in mid-winter in antarctica. The blue-haired girl shuddered and looked away. Yuki blushed when he'd called her his friend, her pale skinned filling with reddish color, as she stammered out,

"U-um, T-thanks f-for being my f-friend, Tyler."

Tyler smiled at the small shy girl, but before he could give a reply, a set of trumpets blared from up on stage. Tyler identified the sound as parade music. this gets better and better Everyone assembled watched as a tall, muscular woman with an eyepatch marched on stage. She had her long black hair tied in a neat ponytail, had evident muscles on her forearms and legs, wore a long white jacket with stars and stripes, a pair of white shorts that stopped above her knees, and carried a long katana on her hip. She took the sheathed weapon and banged it onto the wooden floor of the stage, and gave a loud announcement in a clear, strong voice well-accustomed to such a display,

"welcome first-years, to Sakamiya Academy! I am your student council vice president, Major Fujimara Sakaimoon. You first years are known as privates, and depending on your actions and achievements on the battlefields, can climb the ranks here. Welcome to the war everyone!"

She said all this proudly and with the conviction of one certain in their words. There was silence in the auditorium, as everyone processed what the Vice president had said. Then the entire freshman class started laughing at the absurdity of the Vice presidents words; War? Ranks? A student council vice president referring to herself as a Major? This had to be a joke. Tyler, Yuki, the blue-haired girl, and the big sand haired guy were the only ones not laughing. Tyler's eyes were narrowed, and Yuki picked up on his serious attitude,

"Tyler, she's kidding right? We're not really in a war? Right?"

She asked him, leaning in close to be heard, a hint of desperation in her voice. Tyler sighed, his suspicion proving accurate once again,

"I'm afraid not, Yuki, I think she's being completely serious here, and look at her sword. I know the real deal from a fake, that's the genuine article. That eyepatch? I don't think it's just an accessory. And she said her last name was Sakaimoon, isn't that your last name, Yuki?"

Her eyes grew dim, and she slumped into her seat, as the reality of who the person on stage was.

"It is, but please can you let it go? I don't want to think about it anymore."

Her voice had lost it's luster and it's spirit, much like the girl it belonged to. Tyler rubbed the girl's shoulder with a kind hand,

"Sure thing Yuki, but only if you can give me a big smile,"

She did smile, and he nodded approvingly,

"That's it, I like you much better like that Yuki, depressed is not your look."

Tyler turned his attention back to the stage to find the "Major" nodding approvingly at him, pff, shove it lady! I know why my parents sent me here now, THEY SENT ME DO DIE HERE! Tyler sighed at the thought. As he did so, another woman appeared on stage. she wasn't as tall as the vice president nor was she as well-muscled as her, but she did have the bigger rack. The newcomer had long flowing brown hair, and sharp-seeming hazel eyes. She wore a green jacket, emblazoned with medals, ribbons, and there were a large pair of stripes on her shoulders. Her pants were also green with a pair of black combat boots on her feet. She approached the vice president, who stood to perfect attention, her feet together, her back straight, sword standing straight in front of her with both hands resting on the handle. The green-jacketed girl ascended the small podium in the center of the stage and faced the crowd of now-silent freshmen. She gazed over the congregation with an appraising look in her hazel eyes. I'd know that look anywhere, she's sizing us up as recruits Tyler gazed steadily back, and kept a hand on Yuki's shoulders to help her stay calm. The newcomer waved her hand towards the side of the auditorium, and in filed a line of suited teachers and faculty. They then all took places at the foot of the stage. One teacher, with a clean three piece suit, then stepped forward and addressed the congregation.

"Attention Ladies and gentlemen, if you would be so kind as to reach underneath your seats and open the boxes stashed there, we'll save us all a very long and arduous explanation."

Tyler and Yuki both looked at each other and did as requested. Tyler reached beneath his seat and pulled a medium sized wooden box with a lock and key. He placed the box on his lap and took the key and opened it: Inside were a bunch of papers, his school ID which had his name, rank, dorm number, class number, and his picture, a pair of dogtags with his name and blood type, a small pamphlet, and a gun plus three extra magazines. Tyler took the weapon out and examined it. It was a colt M1911, with a silver slide, 7-round mag, a polished wood grip, and was already loaded with a full magazine already. Tyler immediately ejected the mag by pushing the button on the side of the grip, putting the mag in the box, he also pulled the slide back, ejecting the round loaded into the chamber. He then placed the now safe weapon back into the box and turned to see what Yuki had in her box. She was gazing horrified at a small black Glock. She didn't seem to know what to make of the boxes contents. Tyler reached over and took the weapon, and ejected the magazine and extra round for her, and then placed the extra round back in the magazine and put both the weapon and ammo back into the box.

"Hey, Yuki, remember to breath, okay? Unless you intend to pass out, in which case I'll have to preform mouth-to-mouth on you."

His voice combined with his statement brought the scared girl back to reality with a vivid blush. "Pervert"

"Ah, welcome back to earth, Commander Carrot!"

She huffed, and looked away. Tyler noticed the Blue-haired girl had a berretta M9 in her box, whereas the sand-haired guy had a 357. magnum revolver. The other freshman, some of whom, were still treating this as one big joke, were pointing the weapons they had found at each other and pretending to shoot people. Seeing where this was going he grabbed the smaller Yuki and pulled her to the floor, and covered her with his body,

"Sorry, but stay down! This can only end one way! You two, get down as well!"

Yuki had been scared by his sudden actions, but trusted him when she heard the intensity of his voice, which both the sand-haired boy and the blue-haired girl also heeded.

They got down not a moment too soon, as a loud gunshot rang out overt the laughter, which quickly turned to screams and mass panic as a student fell to the ground with a new third eye on his face, his smile still on his face. The shooter a girl with her own 1911, dropped the gun in shock, and it went off again, hitting another student in the thigh. She screamed and the rest of the students also dropped the weapons, resulting in more accidental deaths and wounding. Yuki was crying under Tyler's body, terrified by the screams of pain and horror, the blue-haired girl was deathly pale, and Tyler could also hear the guy behind him whimpering. Tyler was not whimpering, or crying, or even alarmed in the slightest, which struck him as odd, You'd think that, since this is my first time in a situation like this, with death and bullets everywhere that'd I'd be terrified, but I as calm as a cucumber. Strange that. he dismissed it, as the screams and gunfire died down into low moans of agony. Sensing the worst of it was over, Tyler stood back up slowly, gazing around to make sure there were no more idiots with guns. He stood up straight, the first and only one to do so, then once assuring it was over, he pulled a still-crying Yuki to her feet. Bluehair and Sandhead also followed suit. Tyler pushed Yuki's face into his chest, shushing the poor girl.

"Shhh, it's over for now, sshhh, you're okay. You're not hurt, come on."

He also rubbed her hair softly, and she eventually quietened down. She took a big sniff, wiped her eyes, and stepped back from his embrace. She still seemed shaky, but at least not bawling her eyes out. Bluehair looked over at Tyler from the corner of her eye,

"How'd you know that was coming?"

her formerly prissy high-strung voice replaced with a small fear-stricken whisper, Tyler just sighed as he looked at the shell-shocked students, some of whom were being hauled out on stretchers, while others were put in body bags, and the uninjured were sitting against the walls, their heads in their knees.

"I knew for two reasons: 1, they were treating this as a big joke even after finding the guns, which is why I unloaded ours immediately, and 2: The way the man explained it as a faster way to explain, no, reinforce what the Vic-Major said. Do you think anyone doubts her now?"

Tyler picked up his box, which he'd closed and put under his seat when he'd protected Yuki. Reopening the box, he found a shoulder-holster and strapped it under his left shoulder. He then reloaded his Colt, engaged the safety and placed it into the holster. It fit like a glove, and he noticed his uniform jacket had a small patch, whereas once opened had enough room for his gun to fit while holstered. As he did so, the Lady in green now starting speaking.

"Once again, Welcome to Sakamiya Academy. welcome to the war. You four who're first up, please step forward to the stage. and bring your boxes with you."

The girl in the jacket had a voice like a bell, clear, warm, and strong. Tyler grabbed his box, and Yuki's, helping her through the seats, and hunched over students. Sandhead and Bluehair followed the as well, their boxes under their arms. Tyler led them up the stage steps, as he was the most together at that point. As he passed the Major, he heard her whisper under her breath,

"You have good awareness, well done."

Tyler didn't react and approached the girl in green, She extended her hand, a warm smile on her face despite the recent carnage,

"Pleased to meet you, I am commander Milo Sakurahara, and the student council president. And what are your names?" Tyler took the offered hand, noting the hard callused fingers,

"My name is Tyler, no last name."

His voice firm as he distanced himself from his family.

"I am Yukiohara sakaimoon Ma'am"

Her voice a shy quiver. Sand head was next,

" My name is Leo Gilfreed, Ma'am,"

His voice was a deep baritone, but he still seemed shaken by what he'd seen.

"I am Shiro Sujimara, be grateful a goddess like me came to this school,"

She seemed to recover a bit of her previous arrogance. Commander Milo looked at each of them in the eye has they'd introduced themselves, and Tyler thought he'd seen a glimpse of satisfaction, but he wasn't too sure brief as it was.

"Tyler, Yukiohara, Leo, Shiro, pass me your School ID's,"

They handed them over, and the commander pulled a stamp from her jacket pocket and stamped them once each. then handed them back to the waiting students. There was a large seal on the ID's, a flying eagle with arrows aimed at it in a circle of red. Tyler spoke first, his voice filled with suspicion

"And what does this seal mean, exactly?"

The commander looked the taller boy in the eye,

"It's means you have the Commander's seal of approval! It also means that I have marked you as potential commanders, either at the squad level or higher. But that is something for you to work towards and earn if you want it."

her voice was cheery and confident, which only made Tyler that much more unwilling to trust her. He was about to ask another question, when a boy wearing a white jacket, pants and helmet with a large red cross ran over with a clipboard, he saluted the Commander and presented her with the board.

"Ma'am all dead retrieved, and all wounded delivered to sickbay."

His voice crisp. The commander's eyes narrowed as she took the board,

"how many'd we lose this time?"

"Not as bad as last year Ma'am! only twenty-three Doas this time, ma'am!"

"Only twenty-three dead? how many injured?"

"Ma'am! about fifty, all said.!"

The commander went into deep thought at the number,

"So seventy-three casualties out of a grand total of three hundred students? that is an improvement, plus we have four of officer material, which is a big jump from last years none."

Seeing the four students in front of the commander called officer material, the medic turned and saluted the group, before turning back the commander, who stamped the board and sent the man on his way.

"alright, then, now to talk roommates, I want Tyler and Yuki to room together, and Shiro and Leo to room together. These pairings will also be for your trainings, your meals, basically everything to do with life at the Academy. Your partners now, and squad mates. Work together and get stronger together."

At the news that she would room with Tyler, Yuki's eyes grew big, and worried, while Tyler breathed a sigh of relief, thankful he at least knew his roommate. While both Shiro and Leo immediately began arguing,

"Why do I have a share a room with a gorilla? I mean seriously, how can you expect a goddess like me to share a domicile with such a brutish looking specimen?"

"And why do I have to share a room with a bitchy little princess?"

"Who you calling bitchy, you big ape? Address me as either Goddess, or Lady Shiro, ogre,"

They continued fighting, while Tyler patted Yuki on the back,

"Well, guess this mean's your stuck with me, right Partner?"

she seemed a little nervous at rooming with a boy, but she still smiled regardless,

"Guess so, Partner.'

She held out her fist, and they fist bumped before Tyler turned to the commander,

"It okay if we check the room out now?"

Seeing her as the main authority figure, he guessed not much happened without her go ahead. Milo nodded at his acknowledgement of the chain of command,

"Yes, the four of you are dismissed for the day, classes and training start tomorrow at 0800. So be ready for that. and make sure to review the documents in your boxes."

Tyler nodded and he along with Yuki left the bloodstained auditorium. Leo and Shiro still fighting.

Tyler and Yuki headed outside, where Yuki just collapsed. Tyler caught her before she hit the dirt, and carried her to a nearby bench. He started to tap her face,

"Hey Yuki, wake up, come on, wake up! Don't make me do CPR"

poor thing, I'm amazed she lasted this long. A girl like her shouldn't have had to see all that, or carry a gun. Her eyes flickered, and opened slowly,

"Wha-, what happened? T-Tyler?"

Her voice was slow and weak, making her seem even smaller then she was, Tyler smiled,

"Hey welcome back. You fainted. Are you okay now?"

She looked confused,

"I fainted? I thought I was having a nightmare where people were shooting each other and screaming..." Her voice trailed off, until she saw the gun under his arm, and then she started screaming, going completely hysterical as she realized it WASN'T dream. Tyler didn't know what to do, so he just bearhugged the freaking out girl, enveloping her completely with his greater size, hoping that his presence would be enough to calm her. Yuki had a great deal of lung power in her small frame, and a great deal of force as well. She was squirming, screaming and crying incoherently. Tyler was starting to worry he'd end up hurting her if he squeezed any tighter. As he was wondering whether to take her to the sickbay, a shortish girl came running up in a white medic's uniform. She hurried over to the pair, and started speaking,

"Corporal Silvia Kriegsman, what's the problem?"

Tyler slowly released his grip on the smaller girl as he explained,

"we're freshman and just finished that entrance ceremony, we exit, she faints, she comes too, and goes into hysterics from the shock of it all."

The medic nodded sadly,

"Poor girl, I did the same thing at mine. Don't worry I know what to do."

The medic then grabbed the still-screaming Yuki and hugged her and started singing a children lullaby. Her voice rising and falling with the tune as she rocked the calming girl back and forth. Tyler sighed with relief as the Orange-haired girl finally calmed down. Yuki blinked an couple of times, as if coming out of a deep sleep, and pushed away from the girl holding her,

"Um, excuse me, but who are you?"

Her voice was tired, but polite, as she asked the question. The corporal, introduced herself and explained what had happened and what she had done. Yuki seemed embarrassed at hearing how she'd been acting.

"I'm sorry, you two. It won't happen again."

Yuki was trying to be brave, and Tyler patted her on the back,

"relax Carrot, it just shows that your still human enough to care about other people. I lost that a long time ago."

Here his voice took on a hollow tone, which vanished almost instantly. Yuki and Silvia glanced at each other, before the medic stood up,

"well, you should be fine now, I have to see to some other wounded so you take care, okay?"

she hurried off to her next task as the pair waved her off. The partners then headed for the dormitory listed on the ID. Tyler was walking slow so Yuki could keep up. The dormitory was behind the main hall. It was a large five-story building, resembling a large mansion. The building was made from the same white marble as the rest of the campus. There was a large entrance way between two bullet-scarred white pillars. The main lobby was a grand affair, with a massive chandelier hanging above their heads, five stories up. The center of the structure was circular in style, and was hollow in the center, so when you walked into the center and looked straight up, you could still see the sky around the chandelier. The light fixture itself was a massive affair, the size of a large fir tree, and having about as many lights as one too. Both students were impressed, Yuki more so then Tyler. They gawked at the sight for a few more moments, before someone hailed the pair,

"Hey there, Privates Naam-"

"Call me Tyler, Private Tyler, nothing else."

Tyler cut the speaker off, rounding on them with a voice of iron. The speaker was a mousey girl with large bifocals, who turned pale at his harsh tone,

"I-I'm sorry, sir, Privates Tyler and Sakaimoon, I am First sergeant Maria Von Druken. I-I'm your dorm's superior officer so If you have any requests, complaints, or other problems come to me please."

she was clearly intimidated by Tyler's cold gaze. Tyler DID feel bad for scaring the poor girl, but he wanted this nipped in the bud.

"First sergeant Maria, could you please make sure the others know to address me as either Tyler or Private Tyler Please, I hate my last name and refuse to respond to it."

His voice was still cold, and his gaze hard. The poor first sergeant nodded quickly, eager to get away from the bigger guy. Yuki, though had a request,

"umm, excuse me, Ma'am, could you please show us to room 5/G?"

The first sergeant perked up at the gesture of respect,

"Yes, yes of course right this way."

The mousey girl led them to a large elevator near the back of the large circle. Tyler inspected the girl as they went, wondering what kind of person would make a first sergeant, The girl had bright green eyes, neat black hair braided down her back, her glasses were clean, a decent bust size easily discernable through her uniform, which was the same as Yuki's but with a gold border along the front buttons and on the soldiers. Her insignia was a set of V's with a star set in the middle. She seemed nervous and jumpy, easily intimidated, and kinda timid, but all-round likable. I have to apologize, that was mean As they stepped into the elevator Tyler was about to speak up when a yell from further in the hall interrupted him,

"Hey, hold the Elevator, Hey Marvon!"

The first sergeant jumped at the yell, but held the door as a skinny, olive-skinned girl in sheer-black tights and pig tails breathlessly entered the elevator.

"Thanks Marvon, C'mere!"

The pig-tailed girl pounced on the sergeant, and started fondling her breasts through her uniform, the sergeant could only stand there and be assaulted in front of the others. A lusty grin on her face, the pigtailed girl was teasing her friend,

"Ohhhh, they're even bigger then last time, Marvon, wats yur secret? C'mon spill! man they're so soft and squishy!"

The sergeant just squealed at the attack,

"Aww, c'mon Sherie, not in front of the recruits, ouch! that hurts, c'mon leave em be,"

'Sherie' stopped her assault when she saw the freshman standing there, or more specifically, saw Yuki standing there. The pervy girl let the flustered sergeant go and began stalking the smaller girl, a look of excitement on her face, Maria fixed her glasses as she introduced the new passenger,

"That's second lieutenant Sherie Lindibran, she is quite harmless, but she does take some getting used to."

The lieutenant ignored the introduction intent as she was on Yuki, who had hid behind Tyler, using him as a shield from the pervy Sheri's eager hands.

"Pleasure to meet you Sherie, I'm Tyler, and this is my Partner Yuki. Yuki say hello."

He stepped out of the way, exposing Yuki to Sheri's attack. Sheri leapt onto the now helpless Yuki who squealed at the betrayal as The pervy girl's hands found her modest cleavage and began exploring.

"Hey, lemme go, That tickles! Stop! eeek, Tyler how could you?"

Yuki was red-faced as Tyler just laughed,

"Oh now how Could I pass this up? seemed like she really wanted to meet you anyway, Yuki, so be polite and greet her properly."

His voice had a teasing edge to it, and he'd already gauged the boob-addict to be a nice person. Sheri, let go off her, seemingly having lost interest in her small bust, and turned with a sad smile to Tyler,

"well, I'm sorry, but the verdict is...consolation prize. I'm sorry"

Her voice was a cheery, happy sound, like she spent more time laughing then talking. Tyler shook his head sadly,

"Is there anything that can be done, Doctor?"

He had instantly taken a liking to the wild girl and her fondling tendencies, which were harmless fun. She sighed, in mock deep thought,

"Well, I'd recommend daily breast massages, and nightly examinations, we don't want them getting smaller, do we?"

"No we do not!"

The pair just burst out laughing, no longer able to maintain the teasing with a straight face. Yuki was blushing, and angry at their teasing, Maria seemed happy to be out of the crosshairs for the moment. Yuki was also smiling at the antics of the just-plain-cheerful Sheri, despite having her nipples rubbed raw,

"well, in any case it's a pleasure Ma'am."

Sherie's laughter died to a easy-going chuckle as she shook the Girls hand.

"Pleasure to meetcha, Yuki! Welcome to the fight! We're gonna be besties for sure, And tall, thin and scary over there, nice to see a man with a proper appreciation of the finer things in life,"

Tyler smiled at the incorrigible rogue, "

"Nice to meet a proper woman of culture here, I'm sure we'll get on just fine."

"How was your ceremony? I heard less people died this time,'

"Yeah, only like twenty somethin died this time, I guess,"

"That few? well, I guess that's a good thing. I'm eager to see you showing off your guns skills later,"

"Well, you already won the battle for superior firepower in this elevator, so I'll at least try to measure up to YOUR good example!"

She started laughing again,

"Oh, man I like this one Marvon, I think I should get off here, otherwise I'm liable to go on an attack run! Cya, Crayon! Marv, Cya big guy, we'll definitely have to hang sometime,"

"Anytime, just be sure to bring the cannons! I'll bring the guns! Yuki here can bring the bullets."

Sheri was wheezing hard from the back and forth as she got off the elevator.

"o-o-oh, s-s-s-stop, you win! Later!"

The doors closed and the still-wheezing Sheri was lost to sight. Maria was smiling,

"Well, it's been ages since someone's managed to make her laugh that hard, and even longer since someone could hold their own with her roundabout flirting, and actually beat her at it too! She's a nice person though, so try to remember that."

Tyler had enjoyed the company of the spirited girl, and Yuki, while embarrassed at the turn of events, found the wild-hearted Lieutenant fun. The elevator reached the top floor, and the trio exited. Here Maria took the lead, showing the freshman around the circular floor,

"Okay, that's the floor common room, everyone can use it, and everyone is responsible for cleaning. There's a large-full stocked kitchen so don't be shy to show off your skills, just be sure to clean up after yourself. This rooms the floor armory, it has weapons and ammo you're not allowed to have in the room, and if there's gun you want or attachment and it's not here, you could send in a request to me and I can try to get it. Next we have one of the lookout platforms, they're about eight around the circle, for the points on a compass. we use them for extreme-range sniper practice. Oh and here's your room 5/G. Oh now I remember this one! You're lucky to have it, as to why, well, I let you figure it out. Oh the locks are key-operated, but for today, you use your ID's as a keycard."

Tyler took his ID out and slid the barcode-like segment through the scanner on the side. There was a click and the door slid open. Yuki hurried inside, and Tyler thanked maria,

"Hey thanks for the info, and I'm sorry for barking at you earlier, I have problems with my family name, so i don't want to be associated with them."

The first sergeant laughed it off,

"don't worry about it, we all have baggage, otherwise you wouldn't be here. Just stay strong and do your best."

Tyler nodded but as he turned to enter the one the sergeant gave one last piece of advice,

"Oh and just so you know, in this school, anything you achieve here will come from your own strength, and your strength alone. Remember that."

She left with those words. Tyler filed them away for future dissection and entered the room. It was a large teardrop-shaped affair. The bottom of the drop was the hallway to the door, he noticed that Yuki had removed her shoes and followed suit. He walked to the end of the hall, where the room opened up into a wide living area, with a long island bar on the righthand side, complete with kitchenette, there was a small refrigerator, sink, prep area and stove. On the left-hand side were a set of bunkbeds, complete with blankets, pillows and sheets. In the direct center of the room was a soft-red swede loveseat/twin recliner facing a large flatscreen TV complete with BLURAY DVD player, there were large speakers on either sides of the TV, and small ones around the room. Behind the loveseat was a large open area, about a good half the size the entire apartment, for whatever extra the pair wanted. By far the coolest part of the room was the large wraparound balcony and window outside a set of double glass doors. The Balcony was a good ten feet wide, and had a three foot railing. Tyler could see clear hook-ons for various equipment, from climbing gear to mounted weapons if he'd had to guess. The view from the Balcony was striking, There was a large snow-capped mountain in the background, with a large forest to the left, and to the right was part of the campus. The center was a large grass plain that extended all the way to the mountain. Tyler was amazed at the entire room, but the one thing he missed was Yuki, who was nowhere to be seen. He looked around the room, before finding a door near the Apartment door, and knocked,

"Hey, Yuki, You in There!?"

He heard a muffled

"Yeah, Don't come in,"

"Kay!"

He then walked over to a set of boxes against the wall. He put his backpack down and took a long switchblade from a pouch, and cut open his belongings. Or what was left of them anyway. His family, happy that they'd gotten rid of him, had destroyed all his clothes, down to his last sock. As he put the shredded strips of fabric to the side, he heard the door open and a towel clad Yuki step out. She watched him place strips of cloth on the floor, but as she was naked beneath the towel, she had a more pressing problem,

"Hey, don't turn around, kay? I'm gonna get dressed,"

He grumbled a yes and kept sorting if anything was salvageable. he went through the two clothes boxes he'd packed and hadn't found a single sock able to be saved. He sighed and opened his backpack, thankful he'd though ahead. He pulled out his favorite pair of sweatpants, three sets to socks and underwear, a pair of denim jeans, and three shirts. That was the extent of his wardrobe. He had also managed to save his book collection, as he'd had them downloaded onto his laptop, and he'd had the computer in his bag, along with his extensive music collection, as again the laptop. The only thing he'd not been able to save was his video game collection, but he'd dumped all the data onto the cloud server his family didn't know he'd had. So all he had to do was get a new system and download everything and he'd be set, the only thing he'd truly lost was his clothes. They needed replacing anyway. He could wear the soft groans and sighs as Yuki dressed, and figured they'd have to set a few ground rules for the room. He closed his knife, and went to his third and final box, which he noticed was different from the other two. for one it looked untouched, and for another, was duct taped shut, which was strange, as his family had used cheap scotch tape. He reopened his knife, and found a letter from his neighbor, Squirrel as everyone called her, and a few classmates, which surprised him. Seemed that they knew where he was going, why, and what kind of place Sakamiya Academy was. Putting the letter aside, he found inside the box an envelope with about two hundred dollars, three full sets of clothes, both in his size and style, a brand new game system, the exact same one that was lost, he'd factory reset the one in his room back at the other place, a brand new 4k camera with fiver 8gig memory cards, all the necessary wires and cables, and a large photo of his class, which was recently taken, Everyone was smiling, the attached note said that they'd never known just how bad his homelife was and that many of the people who picked on him were sorry and had even signed written apologies on the letter. Tyler was surprised that they had done this for him, surprised and extremely moved as well. Yuki called out to him then,

"Okay it's safe."

Tyler got up, taking the shredded fabric box and was going to throw it out when he saw what Yuki was wearing and stopped dead in his tracks. She had donned a light blue top with flowers down the middle, a pair of black short-shorts and was barefoot on the thick carpet. She'd also let her Orange hair down, and it fell to her back. Tyler was amazed at just how cute she looked like that. She blushed at his clearly admiring stare, and she shuffled her small feet nervously, looking down as she did so,

"Do I look that good to you?"

Tyler was enraptured at the sight of his adorable roommate, so the only thing he could reply was a meek,

"Yeah"

She squirmed happily at the simple word, before noticing his boxes,

"Hey, whatcha got there?"

Tyler was able to get free from the sight of the Goddess of Cuteness and returned to reality.

"It's he clothes my family destroyed before sending them over, I can't use them so I figured I'd trash them."

Yuki peered into the box and was saddened to see what his family had done. Tyler put the box by the door, then went over to all the possessions he had to his name. He took the game system to the TV and set it up. He had all his files downloading on the ultrahigh speed internet the campus had. Yuki watching him has he set up a small corner for himself near an electrical outlet, and began charging his laptop. He'd then set the camera charging. Once that was done, he headed over to the bunks,

"Which one do you want, Yuki?"

She frowned, and said,

"Top."

Tyler smiled at the thought of the girl climbing up there.

"Okay, cool, I'll take bottom then,"

He opened the small drawers on the bottom of the bunk beds and stored his clothes in them, the kicked them shut. With all his stuff dealt with he went and sat down on the loveseat with a sigh of relief. He took his wooden box out and opened it and started examining the documents inside, he also unloaded his Colt, and placed the weapon next him on the small coffee table in front of him. Yuki had also finished settling and sat beside him, pulling her legs under her and started to also examine her own documents. Tyler noticed she also unloaded her firearm. He looked at a clock on the wall, it was about 6. He pulled the sheet of paper explaining the War. Apparently Sakamiya Academy was one of about forty such schools in the country of japan, which was where they were. Guess that's mount fuji back there. According to the paper the forty school's students were at war with each other, and used real guns and live ammunitions to kill each other for the pride of their respective schools. The schools with the best kill counts, or best results of operations were awarded both more students and more funding for the school as a whole. The schools were ranked from 1 to 40, and the 40th, being Sakamiya Academy, which was a shame because the school was once ranked number one across the country. In order to be enrolled at the schools, your parents or guardians must sign over all rights and responsibilities to the school they apply to, and then the school has to approve, which it always did without fail. The schools served as a way for parents to remove unwanted or problem children from their homes without the hassle of government-funded programs. The students were sustainably sent to the schools to die, and they knew it. So basically every single person here's family abandoned them to die here. Tyler turned to see Yuki looking at him like she was about to cry. and Tyler wrapped an arm around her and pulled her close.

"Hey it's okay."

His voice warm and quiet,

"But our families'"

"Tch, Fuck'em. You got me maria, Sherie, Leo, Shiro, and everyone else here, we're your new family. And I won't leave you to die out there."

He held her against him and she relaxed, comforted by his confidence and strength. Tyler then got up and changed into his night clothes, a T-shirt and sweatpants. As he took off his shirt, he heard a small gasp from behind him. He finished changing before turning to see a look of shock on Yuki's face.

"What happened to you, Tyler?"

her voice low and horrified. he chuckled at her reaction.

"Well, Yuki, this isn't the first time my family have tried to kill me. As you can clearly see, they tried dozens of times."

His back, front, arms, and legs were covered in scars, some an inches long, some where a full foot long. They depicted the hell that was his family life. He smiled at his adorable roommate.

"Don't worry about them Yuki, none of them hurt, and some have cool stories behind them, like this one here."

He lifted his shirt and pointed to a three-inch line across his sternum,

"family pissed off a mountain lion at a zoo, and the big cat took a swipe at me. Luckily it only got one claw on me, but yeah this one's a cat scratch."

He was laughing at the memory, Yuki was amazed he could find humor in his family setting a frigging cougar on him. That just proves his strength, he take everything here in stride because he's literally been through worse. Tyler put his shirt down and sat back down beside the girl and started looking through another pamphlet, this one being about compensation and the allowances afforded each pair. Tyler was shocked at how much cash every two weeks they'd end up getting each, about five thousand dollars. They could spend the money however they saw fit, but they also had to buy their own ammunition for their guns, and the means to maintain them were also left up to them as well. This extended to their personal weapons, school owned guns were maintained by everyone, and emotions were purchased by the school. Owning personal weapons came with perks, like exclusive rights, such as balcony shooting, practice range access, and the peace of mind from knowing exactly where your equipment has been and who handled it last. Tyler glanced at his colt on the table next to Yuki's little Glock. Next was the frequency of attacks between schools and how they were to be conducted. The attacks could take place at anytime the school saw fit to launch it, morning noon, night, Christmas, and any other time. Once a school was attacked, that school could not be attacked for a period of 48 hours, or longer depending the severity of the attack or damage dealt to school facilities. If a schools commander was killed, the school was to immediately surrender. And be forbidden from attacking until a new commander was promoted by the school. Each school operated differently, Sakamiya basically giving it's students free roam on the grounds after classes and training were complete. Whereas other schools were dictatorships. each school was operated independently from each other and they were all separate from the main educational system of the world, everyone knowing it existed, but choosing not to at the same time. As far as rules of engagement went, the main rule was to kill the students at other schools. That was it, how was left up to each school. the only prohibited weapons were biological weapons. The schools were scattered across the region, some even being situated in major cities, as such skirmishes in the general public were frequent. when they broke out, that area was closed down until the fighting ends. Then the mess is cleaned up, and the city goes on with it's day. In essence, survival of the fittest as the way of the day.

Tyler sat back, overwhelmed at the amount of information he'd just swallowed. Yuki wasn't in much better shape, her eyes burnt out. As they were digesting the reality of their situation, a loud bang erupted from on the balcony next door. The pair surged to their feet, Tyler reloading his Colt and raced onto the balcony to see a tall, busty. topless blonde with a 50.cal sniper rifle hooked onto the Balcony railing. Tyler stopped and stared at the sight of beautiful topless blonde with a rifle of that size and caliber. She was unaware of his presence, as she chambered another round, took aim, and squeezed the trigger, BANGGGGGG The gun jolted into her shoulder, some of the impact being absorbed by the large sling attached to the railing, her massive breasts flopped around lewdly from the impact. Yuki came out then to see Tyler ogling the woman beside them. She promptly slapped the teenager across the back of his head,

"TYLER you pervert!"

The woman then realized she had an audience and saw Yuki smacking Tyler again, the blonde sniper just laughed at the pair,

"Oh, let him be, I'm sure he meant no disrespect, I mean how could not stare at a gun this size?"

she spoke a strange accent Tyler didn't recognize, but her tone was friendly, and Yuki finally stopped smacking him. Now able to stand again he saw that the blonde was resting her head on her massive rifle, her glorious melons now out of sight. Tyler had picked up on her lifeline, as she knew he'd been checking her out, and she knew that he she knew. Tyler smiled in greeting,

"Damn straight, My name's Tyler, nice to meet you, And is that a m95 antimaterial rifle?"

The blonde's blue eyes sparkled a little at his knowledge of sniper rifles. She replied in her clipped accent,

"Why, yess it tis', an it's my pride and joy. My name is Officer Danelle petrokov, and this is Siberia's Bite."

Tyler was impressed at the beautiful weapon, it was six feet long, had a chromed barrel, a solid black stock, a red receiver and the mag was a slick yellow. Tyler had always liked sniper rifles in video games, and seeing one of the most powerful ones up close was causing him to nerd out a little.

"So then, Officer Danelle, what were you shooting at?"

His voice excited at the prospect of such a badass neighbor. The busty Russian could see the admiration for both her gun and her guns in his gaze.

"I was shooting at the sign done there about a thousand meters down the center, here take a look"

She tossed him a high-powered monocle scope, and pointed to in the general direction of her shots. Tyler sighted it without too much looking, it was a rectangle between three and four meters long with a five meter height. At the distance it appeared as a spec on the ground. As he looked he heard a click and looked to see the blonde had chambered another round, he watched with anticipation has she took the position behind the scope, focused, and squeezed the trigger, this time. The bang didn't get to him, and he put the scope to his eye, and watched it smash into the center of the rectangle, sending a spark in the air.

"Hit! Maybe adjust a degree to the left, near bullseye,!"

Tyler gave the sniper the verdict and suggestions, he heard her make the adjustment and she pulled the trigger, this time Tyler tracked the round during it's time in space and watched as it smacked dead center of the rectangle, send another spark on the paint.

"Hit! Perfect bullseye!"

He put the scope down to see the blonder lean over the rail separating their respective balconies, and peer deep into his eyes,

"Wow, you got a good pair of eyes on you, If you ever wanna spot for me again, my door's always open. An call me Dany."

Tyler wasn't used to people being that close, especially a topless blonde. He took a step back,

"Sure thing Dany, and please call me Tyler, I'd love to spot targets some time, and maybe you could teach me how to snipe too?"

The blonde laughed,'

"certainly, well I got to clean Siberia's bite, so cya round newbie"

She broke down the rigging and brought the weapon inside. The show now over, Tyler headed back inside as well, only to find Yuki sulking on the loveseat. As he entered she looked at him, pouting. He walked over to the kitchenette, talking as he went,

"Hey Yuki, you hungry? I can make something simple if you are."

He spoke a little louder, as there was a loud ringing in his ears from the big 50.cal. Yuki just hmphed, and rolled over on the loveseat. Tyler looked over at the small girl sulking,

"hey, Yuki, are you okay? Your not mad I was hanging out with Dany, are you?"

He was worried about his friend. Yuki just sighed and looked at him, a look of exasperation on her face,

"NO, I'm not mad at you, I'm just underdeveloped is all."

Her face a little red as she admitted her short-comings. Tyler just smiled as he took out a frozen pizza from the freezer over the fridge,

"Underdeveloped you say? That's odd, I thought you were already perfect to begin with, didn't know you wanted more."

Yuki balked at this statement,

"You don't think that, I saw you ogling that blonde's rack, don't try to cover up the fact you like em big!"

Tyler smiled as he readied the oven,

"Yeah I like big, I also like em small, as long as the person there attached to likes me too, then the size don't matter to me. And if you were to walk around topless like that, you can bet your cute ass I'd be ogling the hell outta you too."

He spoke with the confidence only one who knows he has a dirty mind can. Yuki was so hot in the face, there nearly was steam coming off her at his statement. She then threw the pillow she'd been cuddling at him, which he caught as she yelled at him,

"OOhhhh! You pervert! I can't believe you can say stuff like that with a straight face, idiot!"

She then ran to her bunk, climbed up, and threw the blanket over her head, and tried to calm her racing heartbeat. Tyler went over to the table and cleaned up the papers from their boxes. He took the extra mags for his gun and put them in the holster's extra pockets. He then checked his downloads, and found that they were completed, he went to his laptop, and set his anime collection to download onto his new system. He then walked over to the fridge and took stock of drinks available, plus to see if they had ketchup. They did, and they also had a wide variety of drinks. Before he grabbed on for himself, he tapped the quivering mound of sheets hiding Yuki,

"Hey pizza's almost ready, whaddya wanna drink, we got a bunch?"

Yuki poked her head out from the sheets,

"Umm, do we have coke or pepsi?"

She adding a whole another level to her cuteness factor. It took Tyler a moment to recover from this,

"Yeah, I think I saw a bottle or two., any way's foods ready in five, so don't fall asleep yet okay? You do and I eat your share."

"You wouldn't dare."

Her voice was deadly serious

"Ha, Try Me"

His voice also deadly serious, pizza was a serious business. The oven beeped and Yuki descended from her perch and sat at the island on the side of the small kitchen, she couldn't help as it was too small for the both of them. Tyler had grabbed some paper plates from a cupboard and cu the pizza into fours and gave her half. He took the other and they sat next to each other, chowing down on dough and cheese. After the meal, Yuki yawned, and seemed about to pass out on her stool. Tyler picked up the small girl and carried to her bunk, easily carrying her up the ladder and laying her in the bed. As he covered her with the blanket, she stirred and grabbed his arm,

"Good night"

Her eyes full of sleep,

"Good night, see you in the morning,"

"Don't remind me, you'll give me nightmares."

He chuckled softly at the little smartass. He held her hand until she drifted off. then cleaned up dinner, shut off the lights and turned in himself., setting the alarm for six, as classes and training started at 8. he was out like a light.