Life is full of hierarchies. Factions, statuses, levels... They’re all ranked from first to last. Some are good, some are bad. Although, most probably, the bad supersedes the good. And that can be incredibly cruel.
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“HIRA-KUN!!!”
Wait, what?!
Like a bolt from the blue, there was an ear-deafening glass shattering noise in his bedroom! It made Hiraki spring up with his blanket, and his hair stood upright in shock and fear.
His crazy neighbour next door -- Kiriko Rinka -- swung in through his broken glass window and fished out a sleek and shiny silver shotgun, then poised for a “battle”. She pointed the aim directly at his forehead! And her expression was serious as ever.
[Kiriko Rinka -- Hiraki’s neighbour and childhood friend. Wields a shotgun and a sword. Born on Jan 24, sign is Aquarius. Faction: Imanity]
“STOP! STOP!! I’M COMPLETELY NAKED UNDER THE BLANKET--” shrieked Hiraki desperately, his hands clutching the blue and white blanket. He’s in deep **** if Rinka sees the you-know-what!
[Ekiguchi Hiraki -- the main male character in this story. Does not use any weapons. Best known for being a lil’ perverted. Born on Feb 22, sign is Pisces. Faction: Imanity]
“You dirty boy, what have you been doing last night~?” Rinka grinned suspiciously from ear to ear, and her eyes gave off a mischievous glint.
“Uh, are you in any position to say that I’m dirty after doing all these?”
“Of course! I’m one month, two days, six hours, four minutes and ten seconds older than you!” Rinka snapped with a “logical” reason. Aiming at Hiraki, she pulled the trigger and--!
Hiraki defended himself using his bullet-proof blanket, and the silver bullet rebounded and fell to the ground, leaving in its trail a swirly puff of smoke. “Hah, you didn’t expect that my blanket’s bullet-proof!”
“Smart enough,” She smirked. “See you in ten minutes!”
With that, Rinka slunk away to the outside corridor using the window, and peace was restored. Heaving a sigh of relief, Hiraki made preparations for school.
School. Ugh. I hate that place. Why did I even go to that damned place anyway? It’s full of crappy ****.
[Kaisou High -- the school in this story. Hiraki, Rinka and others attend this school. It’s known for it’s ‘special’ hierarchy, for it is unfair. But, this is only known to insiders -- outsiders’ memories of the hierachy are erased. So, innocent students unwittingly enter Kaisou High with the hierarchy fact hidden in the dark.]
Oh wait. Did Rinka say ‘ten minutes’?
...CRAP!! If I don’t hurry up, she’ll really kill me--
~Ten minutes later... thank you for reading this sentence just to kill time for ten minutes to pass through in the story~
Gasping vigorously for breath, Hiraki bolted out from his house, slammed the door close and quickly latched the gate. Breaking out in a fake smile, he glanced at Rinka who was waiting for him.
“Good morning, Hira-kun!” Rinka greeted with a wink.
”Ah.. Good morning.. Rinka...” Hiraki greeted back with his voice slowly fading away. He stared at this shoes and tried to “maneuver” his feet to wear the shoe properly. Well, because in his haste, he did not wear it properly.
“Your tie is crooked and your uniform is messy..” She scanned him with is eyes, picking out every unkempt place.
“What do you think?! You told me to prepare in ten-*******-minutes! Any idea how I was pressed for time in order not to get a hole in my body due to your bullets?!” Hiraki retorted with smoke coming out from his ears. “Spare a thought for me!”
“We have to be neat and tidy today so we can ‘pull’ new freshmen to join our faction! Good luck!”
“Don’t change the topic!”
[Factions -- groups that are ranked in the hierarchy. Freshmen can only choose it once, and once they’re in it, they can’t leave until they graduate. Since it affects in their academics ranking, they must choose it with great consideration and seriousness.]
Soon, Hiraki and Rinka arrived at school. Light-hearted giggles and chattering noises of the freshmen greeted them. At that moment, it was the time for club recruiting. Faction recruiting was in half an hour.
Looking at the happy and contented smiles of the freshmen, Hiraki rolled his eyes and turned on his relaxed mode. They’re going to suffer in this damned school if they choose their factions wrongly. And he could totally imagine their smiles turning into tears of depression.
“I know what you’re thinking, Hira-kun. Us second-years know the pain,” Rinka added, this time lowering her eyes. Unhappy memories flashed through her mind like a video recorder yet again, but her never-give-up spirit cheered her on. “I’m sure this time we can work our way through the ranks and defeat that ‘God’!”
“Yeah,” Hiraki smiled.
[‘God’. The main person in control of the hierarchy, and in order to remove it, they have to defeat the ‘God’. How? This will be revealed later on. For now, just know that the God’s real identity is unknown to everyone.]
After that, mustering all of their courage, Rinka slid open the door that led to the Imanity faction room and exclaimed, “Attention everyone! We’re gonna do our best in attracting new freshmen to join Imanity!”
...
The gloomy atmosphere that shrouded the room surprised the both of them. No one was motivated for the recruitment, and no preparations were made! Everyone had a melancholic expression, and some were groaning.
With a straight face, Hiraki facepalmed, “Knew it.. Imanity is done for.” Walking into the room, he placed his schoolbag in an unoccupied area and sat down on an empty seat, waiting for the faction recruitment time to come. Yes, he had a calm facade, but he was mentally breaking down inside.
Rinka pouted. Just then, something rang in her mind -- would “bribery” with the faction members motivate them? There was no time to lose.
“Members of Imanity! LISTEN UP!” She ordered authoritatively, and all of them turned their heads to her. “If you guys can pull in at least twenty -- or ten -- new freshman into our faction, I’ll... I’ll... I’ll...” Her face turned lobster-red. No!! I’m too embarrassed to say it out loud!!
Ugh, here goes nothing! “I’ll... K-k-k-ki.. Ki..ki.. Kis--”
“What’s going on here?” A voice interrupted from behind Rinka.
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