Chika Damon was a diligent, eager young student. Parents often held her up as the child everyone else should emulate, unwittingly making plenty of enemies for her.
Parents were not the only source of trouble. Chika Damon's older brother, Marcus Damon, also brought danger her way. However, his enemies did not dare try anything underhanded before defeating him.
Lately, Marcus seemed to have found a new interest and had been showing up less and less often. Some of the malice he had kept firmly in check slowly began to sprout.
That day, a group cornered Chika at the far end of an alley. "Kodachi, if you dare try anything, my brother won't let you get away with it." Chika hugged her schoolbag. She looked frail and timid, but her voice was firm.
"Who knows what that bastard Marcus Damon has been doing lately? While he's away, it's time we collected some interest on old debts," Kodachi said viciously.
During Marcus's absence, a gang of students led by Kodachi had formed the Twenty-School Student Council. It was certainly no legitimate student council, but their numerical advantage had already made them forget the scars they had earned by opposing Marcus.
Chika bit her lip, still looking timid, but her hand had closed around the Lion Statue inside her schoolbag. A strange masked man had given it to her. Despite his odd appearance, Chika trusted him deeply.
Just as a bloodbath was about to begin, a shrill scraping sound came from the sky. A burning meteor flew toward them and struck the back of Kodachi's head with a bang, bounced more than three meters into the air, then shot straight toward Chika.
Chika did not even think to dodge. Instead, she reached out and caught the meteor. The impact she had expected never