Chapter 1
It was a day like any other, I woke up in my bed on the right side of the room, and walked down the hall to another room, to find my father's bed empty. My name is Kita, short for Kitarena Tsumiya, I'm 18 years old, and I'm a senior in high school. I attend Kenshodoujin High school in Japan with my father trying to find any work that he can manage to keep up rent in our tiny apartment. We live in an average neighborhood, but the crime has started to increase in my area recently, so my dad is constantly worried about me and my safety. My best friend, and bodyguard-slash-protector, Minami Koutaro, is my dad's "saving grace" as he calls her, as she assumes his role as guardian when he isn't around. Minami met me at school on my first day and, despite us not knowing the slightest thing about each other, she instantly took on the role of my protector in school and we've been "besties" ever since. She's taller than me, (by seventeen centimeters!), and much stronger too, so her role as my body guard actually kind of has a natural fit. I remember the way we met like it was yesterday...
"Hey freak!"
"Yeah, hey you! New kid!"
"Hey bitch, we're talkin' to you!"
Three gigantic boys were standing by the school gates hollering at me, after I had just crashed into the most popular boy in school, who had brushed me off like an insect with a "tsk" of his tongue to express his annoyance at my clumsiness, and I was now blindly searching for my glasses on my hands and knees.
I stuttered at the worst possible moment, "W-w-what?"
"Did you seriously just stutter?!"
"PFFT-! LAME!"
"What a loser!"
"You don't even have any friends do you? HA-HA!"
"I can see your panties under your skirt from here! Do you mind bending forward just a little more?"
"Ha ha, yeah! We'd like a view of you that's better than your face!"
I just stood there and took it like I deserved it, frozen in fear and embarrassment, until I heard someone walk up behind me.
"LEAVE HER ALONE," were the words the strong female voice thundered out around me.
"If you've got a problem with her, you have a problem with me, GOT IT?!" She instantly struck fear into the three of them and, with her foot stomped into the ground while her left hand cradled her fist-formed right hand, they scattered like cockroaches do when someone suddenly turns the lights on. But when I looked up expecting a monster, instead, I saw a beautiful girl with fiery yellow-brown eyes, long-curly brown hair to her hips, and a radiantly-defiant smile on her face.
"Hi! I'm Minami Koutaro, but you can call me Mina! I'm 16, and I should be a Second-year, but those bastards held me back a year for fighting... Oh! And I pledge to be your protector from now on, because you obviously need one!"
I was stunned.
How could someone I just met become such an amazing ally? How could a beautiful girl strike fear in the hearts of three boys, who looked like they all belonged on a college football team's roster? How did she do it? Why did she do it? Why did she specifically save me?
"H-Hey!" I managed to choke out, "W-W-Why did you save m-me back there?"
She stared at me confusedly.
Why is she looking at me like the reason is obvious? Is she split? Crazy?
"Because you're so obviously weak, I just had to help you! And, besides, I'm not about to let a beautiful girl like you, become those idiot guys' play-thing!" she replied with a smile. Say what?
I instantly felt weak, small, and also somewhat-annoyed at her blunt way of speaking, but little did I know that, the longer I hung out with her, the more I'd come to love her!
To be continued...
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