A few students exited the university, carrying books and files in their arms and chatting the whole way. Boys were clustered in their own groups, joking and teasing with each other, while the girls traded life hacks and personal experiences with each other. A few intermixed groups of boys and girls hung around too, since there was no one to instil the toxic 'boys and girls cannot hang out with each other' rule and so they were free to be friends regardless of gender.
Then again, it wasn't hard to find small friend groups among the cluster of students outside, and one of them just happened to be the girl wearing a lavender jacket and carrying a fluffy white kitten in her arms as she walked along.
Ichika nuzzled the kitten in her arms gently, feeling it's soft white fur brush against her nose gently. There was only so much one could do when there was a kitty in trouble, and diving in the rescue a cat that had fallen down a drain wasn't all that revolting by Ichika's standards. The kitty needed to be saved, and she just did what she could to help.
But still, that didn't stop a few onlookers from shooting her dirty looks and shouting insults.
"Ew! What in the world did the cat lady drag in this time"!? gasped Rebecca Goldstein, an American-Japanese student at the university and the queen bee of the place.
"It's a kitten", Ichika told her, bringing down one arm to expose the kitten's face. "I rescued it".
"Bleah! That filthy thing"? Rebecca fake-gagged, her cronies Tiff and Brit laughing. "It should be in the garbage, not close to us girls. It might be sick"!
"Which is why I'm going to take it home", Ichika explained, her patience wearing thin. "And instead of insulting the poor thing, why don't you just frick off and look elsewhere? After all, I am some 'disgusting cat lady' in your eyes".
Rebecca just laughed maniacally at that, sending a wave of heat down her victim's neck and chest. Rebecca's parents were the richest yet in Mega-Tokyo, with plenty of assets to back up the claim. Her father, Jason Goldstein, was the mayor of Mega-Tokyo, while her mother, Noriko Ashikaga, was a world-famous fashion queen both at home and New York. Her mother wasn't often around, and to make up for her absence, her father often spoiled her with expensive gifts of all kinds. In a way, it just made Rebecca all the more worse.
Ichika ground her teeth and readjusted the kitten's position in her arms, trying to resist the urge to lash out and tear out a lock of Rebecca's bright flaming red hair. Why? It wasn't like she was anywhere near close to Rebecca's popularity. Rebecca had money and almost all the pleasures in the world, so why didn't she just satisfy herself with those? Was her life so boring she needed to torment others as a form of entertainment? What had she ever done to Rebecca anyway?
"Leave her alone, Rebecca"!
A loud bass voice bellowed out at the moment, shocking Rebecca and making Ichika turn to face whoever the voice belonged to. The person in question was a tall man purely of Japanese descent, with narrow dark brown eyes and silky black hair cropped in small tresses around his forehead and most of his cranium. He walked up to Rebecca and glared at her so hard it wouldn't have been a surprise if that glare he gave her just reduced that bitch to a pile of ash.
That is, if looks could kill.
"Oh, hey Endokins"! Rebecca purred happily, recognising the BMOC of the campus immediately. "Is basketball practice on to"-
"No, and that's not the point right now", Endo snapped, cutting her off right there. "What's your beef with Ichika over here"?
"Well, I, see"...
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ADVENTURES OF THE STAR SQUAD (PILOT)
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