KARAKURA HIGH SCHOOL MINI-EVENT; Student Side: The Demon Arrives

August 21, 2412

It was the 21st of August, a rather strange day for anything to happen, that was for sure. Standing out near the gate of the high school, the girl quietly watched the students filtering through with quiet eyes. She didn't want to be bothered, but it wasn't enough for her to find a place around here. So instead, she would watch the people filtering through the gate while she waited for the bell to ring to announce the beginning of the day. Michiko knew that it would get quiet with about five minutes to remain, which was why she was willing to sit through the noise for those five minutes of quiet. Smiling to herself from her seat, Michiko's soft eyes kept watching those who passed with interest; shifting slightly if a somewhat-scary person passed her by, but also returning to the same spot when they left. This was something that she did every morning, as a girl who had little duties inside the Student Council, and never sought to actually join a club. Chuckling, she leaned back as the last of the students passed her by. Five minutes until the bell rang, and Michiko would then slowly head over to her classroom. Kariya-sensei was usually late to homeroom anyway, so she generally arrived before he did. For now, however, she would relax here in front of the gate with a smile on her lips, appreciating and enjoying the quietness that came with this place...

However, with great peace, there are times when it's replaced by someone who wants to destroy. Stepping through the gate at the last minute was a male that wore a black suit, standing there and watching from behind what appeared to be a gas mask. Michiko could only quietly watch as she got the feeling of intense worry from the being that had walked in. She did not recognize the race; nor did she feel like she should attempt to. It would've been smart of her to just get the hell out at that point. "Wh...at?" All of a sudden, the gate closed behind him with a loud clang that resounded throughout the entirety of Karakura High School.



With that noise, Michiko felt her heart jump through her chest, and she turned to start to back away. This was bad. She knew it was bad, and yet she also knew that her current state wouldn't let her do anything about it. The male felt powerful; enough to strike fear into the hearts of most. She swallowed back bile, and shook her head. She would watch, because that was all that she could do. A sudden shockwave spread outwards from the male's position, and Michiko felt something bothering with the air around her. With the shockwave subsiding, she saw that he was now gone. However, she also saw something completely different. The sky. The sky was red. Red as blood, in fact. Running for the gate where he had come through, she stopped in front of it and tried to stick her hand through--it came up against solid matter. She was stuck, and so were the rest of the students in the school. That wasn't the only thing going on, though.

Several beasts sprung up out of nowhere in the next second, beginning already to overrun the school in the hundreds. She peered carefully at them, trying to make out their shape, when... they started to surround her as well. She had nowhere to go, the gate was the only thing stopping her from getting out. And that was shut off from the world too. "What's going on...? What are these things...? Why is this happening to us...?" Feeling tears bridging the edges of her eyes, Michiko did the only thing she could. Kneeling down, she screamed her lungs out in fear...

NOTES: Alright, we're beginning! All demons overrunning the school are either 2-3 or 1-1 in tier, and can take any shape you want them to take. Students only. Badges don't work anymore. Karakura High is entrapped within a barrier field, and you cannot escape. There are no teachers.

You can make side-threads, and you must put that a) It's a student thread, and b) it's the mini-event. A title like:

[KARAKURA HIGH; STUDENTS] The Fight Begins

Will work.

Objectives:

• Find out the cause.
  
• Eradicate as many demons as possible.
  
• Keep alive.
  
• Save your friends.

You don't all have to be in the same place, and I'd rather we didn't all bunch up in one small group. BEGIN!

The name was simple, even though it sounded foreign here in japan - Serah Kirsche. Just a normal, blonde girl going to Karakura High... on first glance. She was one of the latest to arrive today - but it was still a miracle for her to have shown up so early to begin with. Since middle school, she had been known as a deliquent and troublemaker - but a kind-hearted one at that. A person that disregarded authority and rules - as seen by her lack to adhere to the dresscode - but was still a good person was quite rare, compared to the usual douchebags - and most of these douchebags feared Serah, who, even though she had no aparent spiritual powers, was known to beat up bullies twice her size without breaking a sweat.
Her eyes were staring blankly into the sky as she wandered towards the school building in the middle of the crowd - she had no real interest in being here, but there were STILL no leads to the whereabouts of the person she cared for the most, apart from her actual family. And just as she was about to enter the school...
She quickly decided to not go in today after all. Turning around abruptly earned her a few murmurs, but nothing was done to stop her, as the girl slipped out of the crowd to the side, away from the doorway. Walking away just as slowly... she looked directly at the person that entered right as the bell rung. A person in black, with what seemed to be... a gas mask. Just the sight alone rang all alarm bells within the mind of the Quincy girl, but what was she supposed to do? Someone didn't enter school dressed like that with good intentions, but first of all, she hid her powers constantly, and second... She didn't have any of her Quincy tools on her. Those were inside of her locker, in a secret compartment she had gotten approved by the headmaster once, thanks to the influence of her father. But before she could really think... All hell had broken loose already. And literally, too.


"Wha... what is this...?" Looking up at the sky, Serah nearly fell flat on her backside. It had turned blood red! Even deeper was the color than her own clothes, which were usually sticking out amongst normal clothes easily. This was insane - how could something, or someone, suddenly change the sky above a part of Karakura Central? But once more, she had no real time to figure this out more deeply... As a scream called her attention downwards, just in time for Serah to notice more screaming. And the reasons for it - in the form of countless, swarming monsters. Demons. So many quivering, bestial creatures everywhere, and the evil aura surrounding them was astounding... But that didn't matter right now. Neither did it matter that they were about to attack Serah as well, or that this event might reveal her true origin, all of that was not important, because...
"...! Michiko!" With a scream, Serah suddenly darted forward. This was not simply a sprint, no. A simple sprint wouldn't allow a human to run past multiple demons easily. This was supernatural speed - like an arrow, Serah was flying forwards. The small distance that had taken her nearly five minutes while walking towards school would be bridged in the fractions of seconds - this was Hirenkyaku, the flash step of the Quincy - or half-Shinigami in this case. Collecting Reishi from the air and dashing off of it at break-neck speeds, this was the secret to moving like the wind. But there was more - during this dash, Serah had pulled out the one lone Quincy tool on her person. A small tube, filled with a single drop of what seemed to be water.


A crack, that was what this drop now created in Serah's hand. This spell was special, no normal Quincy could use it - but as a half-Shinigami, it opened a portal for Serah, one that lead right into her own locker! The secret compartment was ripped open, and a belt dragged out, one that was swung around her hips and clicked into position, right above the short skirt of the girl. And not a moment to soon, because now she arrived - and she did that with a flying sidekick right into the face of a demon about to devour Michiko. Usually, kicking a demon was ill-advised for people with human bodies - but surrounding Serah's legs was a golden, ethereal glow. Unseen to the normal eye, she had woven countless spirit threads into her muscles and flesh - turning her harder than steel. As she landed right infront of Michiko in a crouching position, her left and right hand both activated weapons - in each one, she was holding a Seele Schneider, and they extended into long, glowing blue blades made up from countless vibrating smaller blades - these spirit chainsaws were nearly impossible to stop, they'd pierce even demons stronger than the Quincy girl like a hot knife would go through butter. Staring down the demons, there was no fear in the eyes of the young fighter at all, or so it seemed.
"Hey, Hasegawa-chan! Get a grip, stay close to me!" Protecting a person was hard enough. Protecting one covering down on the ground as demons were closing in on both of them, from all sides, was not. The chaos was just starting, but the situation was already dire.

The crash from Akio suddenly appearing and ramming a demon away nearly knocked Serah out of her battle-ready pose, and even in this dire situation, she couldn't help but smirk. It was good to know someone of his strength nearby - and it was even better that she was able to FINALLY cut loose for once. Who cared about hiding powers when you were possibly not going to survive the day? Serah's Seele Schneider blades awaited the first demon dumb enough to attack her head-on. Her eyes looked at Akio from the side for only a moment.
"Can't remember asking for your help, but in this case, I won't complain. I was never that good at math, but I think that's a few hundred or thousand demons against the three of us?" With a slight bit of snark, Serah readied her posture more for the onslaught of demonic attackers about to collapse onto them... But the storm of demons didn't happen after all!

The reason was another member of Judgement showing up - in a burst, it was none other than Zero, possibly the strongest member of Judgement. While Serah was pretty sure that no Quincy could ever reach the levels of her father, this guy was indeed strong, and reliable, and possibly well-liked by many people - or in other words, something you wouldn't expect from the deliquents that had shown up slightly before he did.
"Correction, the four of us." Relaxing her stance slightly, the Seele Schneider blades in her hands deactivated - keeping spinning spiritual chainsaws active in your hands when not actively slicing apart a demon, and activation in need was incredibly fast anyway. She was also about to reply to his question for a place to possibly hole up and hold out, when Michiko spoke up - well, that didn't happen every day, but a giant horde of demons could make even the shy students talk, it seemed.
Distracted? What could possibly distract a trained Quincy from a horde of wild demonic monsters about to tear her apart? Well, the answer came before Serah even asked the question, and it did indeed shut her up for a short time completely, which was not something you saw every day. Girls kissing Serah, or Serah not having a witty response, of course.
Not that she would complain, though. This was not some little kiss on the lips, this was... quite something different. That Michiko had also stolen Serah's first kiss with that was not something the young Quincy was going to cry about, either. Her tense body stance actually relaxed a little bit - and when Michiko pulled away, not only she was blushing lightly. Of course, Serah would never admit that she was showing any signs of embarassment. But the next thing to happen quite surprised Serah as well, because... Since when was Michiko a Quincy?

Shaking her head for a second to clear her mind, she at least lost no time to follow the chance presented by Hasegawa.
"The inside of the building would limit how many can attack us at once, but all hell will be loose in there, thinking of the other students. We need to find a place we can easily fortify." Finally, she answered Zero - while Serah's face still had a slightly red tint, her mind was clearly set on the matter at hand, or so it seemed at least. With a burst of Hirenkyaku, the young woman dashed into the air now - coming to a halt besides Michiko who was bombarding the demons with their just rewards. Winking at her slightly with a smirk, Serah threw one of her two Seele Schneider blades over to the girl, putting the second one back into the utility belt she had grabbed out of her arsenal from afar, before adjusting the gloves she was wearing slightly.
"You're better at kissing than I would've imagined. Keep this one handy, you'll need it once those bastards try to get close and personal." Raising her right hand, she moved it downwards in a flash - and bursted a couple of spiritual pins downwards, which acted like supercharged arrows. At least three demons lost their heads, or what Serah assumed were their heads, from the small explosions.