Sighs of relief erupted amid the women of Shokushu departing from their final classes of the day before diving straight into their highly desired leisure time throughout the remainder of whatever they had left of their afternoon and evening. With it being winter there wouldn’t be a whole lot of daylight left and the temperatures had fallen to the point most if not all donned a navy jacket with the school crest as long as they intended to head outside at some point. Students now mingled in the halls with smaller groups chatting and making plans for the evening which oftentimes left plenty of room for conversations to be overheard.

Some of them turned out to be quite curious over the course of the whole week though certain hints at the more prominent subject of an amazon attacking students which seemed to be an ever recurring theme popped up even sooner than that. Similarities existed whenever one of the girls spoke about it, whether serious or jokingly though most saw to the latter considering how ridiculous it was to assume it to be the real deal, thus one could easily subtract the more unlikely suggestions and wind up with something useful. A few more creative minds hoped to put their own spin on the whole tale although given the number of similarities every time students talked about it, they never really became part of the mystery surrounding the exotic femme fatale prowling the school grounds for prey.

Thus far it appeared the mystical woman wasn’t human and possessed characteristics Vanessa had come to associate with a monster which repeatedly shamed and raped her in the past, but there was never enough attention being drawn to Ania that students actively talked about her. Freshmen were often subjected to the tales of monsters on Shokushu when they first arrived, the usual routine of telling them the tales everyone thought were nothing but a joke in an attempt to intimidate them. These appeared to be no different. If only they didn’t describe the hermaphroditic alien that claimed her time and time again.

It wasn’t too difficult to find people talking about the tale and today was no different. A dark skinned woman spoke of the attacks, her curves and charms the likes of which many monsters would no doubt love to get their hands on. She looked to be fit to work as a model or porn star, depending on how one decided to look at her exquisite physique. Graced with a voluptuous body with flesh in all the right places, remarkably large breasts and honeyed locks of long, golden hair which reached down to the succulent nature of her rear beneath that short skirt, the girl certainly stood out from the crowd.

She conversed with a few other girls although things didn’t seem to be going too well with her fellow students even though a few laughs were heard before one got close enough to listen. “.. I’m not bullshitting, I’ve seen her just yesterday. I know where to find her.” Ania had altered her vocal cords, of course, as that was well within her abilities now. It wouldn't have done her any good to be found out by anyone actually encountering her in the wild.

The brunette shook her head in disbelief. “Yeah, right. Just stop spreading this nonsense. I’ve got better things to do than chase after some figment of your imagination.” As if on cue one of the others leaned in, speaking in a softer tone to her fellow student. “Maybe the amazon should come visit you so you’re not so damn dour all the time.” It got a good chuckle out of the assembled group due to the fact encounters with her revolved around sex more often than not.

“Tell me why we’re friends again?” The other girl just laughed it off and decided to depart from the scene shortly after. Her friends quickly followed suit. With the girls leaving her behind, the well-endowed student was left to her own devices for now, leaning back against the wall behind her with a sigh of disappointment. Perhaps she was just looking for someone to believe her? After all, someone like her must’ve been quite the feast for any sex crazed monster out there. She might have been attacked and looked for others to see that she wasn’t going insane by thinking some inhuman creature took advantage of her.

If one thing was made clear through her first year, it was that monsters attacked the same girls repeatedly. Vanessa was a constant target of monsters. Prideful looks aside, it meant that the redhead had to come up with a different approach to tackle these monsters. They all seemed to recognize the attacked girls and focus in on them. How else would the monsters know to attack the same girls? She had, after all, been attacked by them. Curiously enough though, she had never seen monsters attack one another. Did they have some sort of community?

However they were operating, it was working. Individual girls were plucked from the safety of their campus and preyed upon. If they spoke out, they would be ostracized and laughed at by the students and faculty. Vanessa had to change up her approach. Many times, she had attempted to overpower the monsters through brute force. Yet... what if she tried something different? Monsters clearly recognized the redhead as a prey of the monsters. If she could disguise herself, then perhaps it would give her more room to investigate monsters before being attacked. An ordinary disguise wasn't quite enough. She'd need a complete transformation.

Vanessa had faked being sick to stay away from classes today. When most students were in class, the redhead went to the bathroom with a washable violet hair dye. The girl went to work, scrubbing in the dye as much as she could into her hair. She avoided staining anything else that would give away her identity. It took a while, but finally, Vanessa's transformation was complete. Her amber eyes, however, couldn't be covered. With her disguise complete, Vanessa headed to the main campus. It was time for 'Veronika' to do some undercover investigation.

Rumors had spread about an amazon woman assaulting the students of Shokushu. While a few students had spoken out about it, the rumor was taken as merely a joke - a joke which never seemed to get old for the student body. Veronika forced her way through the hallway of teenagers, eventually running into one particular group talking about the amazons. It seemed to pique the girl's interest. She stood against the wall, quietly listening to their conversation from a short distance away. Veronika wanted to step in and tell the girls that monsters were real, but it wouldn't do anything for the busty woman. It was clear as day that this woman had been attacked before. With such an alluring figure, she had no reason to draw attention by faking her encounter with the amazon. Still, Veronika bit her tongue and waited until the friends had left her.

The teen approached the brunette girl. She brushed her violet hair behind her ear and nervously rubbed the side of her cheek. "You were... attacked by an amazon?" Veronika asked. Normally loud-mouthed, Veronika spoke in a quiet voice in an attempt to conceal her true identity as Vanessa. The teen looked around at the surrounding hallways, finding this to not be the most suitable place to speak. Without another word, she reached and grabbed onto the brunette's hand and pulled her along. Veronika lead the girl into an empty classroom. The sun was still up, though within an hour the sun would set. The violet-haired girl leaned against one of the student desks, and crossed one of her legs with the other. It revealed a bit of her smooth thigh underneath her skirt. She crossed her arms over her chest. "I-I'm Veronika. I want to hear all about it. All about this... amazon."

Snatched from the safety of the corridor and the crowd therein, one thing noticeable about the student had been her hesitation to break free from her grasp. She must have figured Veronika didn’t mean to harm her, or the amazon preying on her the other day wasn’t using any kind of disguise. In any case, it must have taken a great deal of composure to trust nothing bad would come of this, or she just wasn’t too much of a fighter in the first place. Judging by her rather generous measurements and lack of toned muscles, there was no doubt this one didn’t really work out. Still, the two were left alone for the moment. Speaking to her now might earn her some kind of result whereas having the school catch onto her behavior would have the young woman sent to the psychiatrist where they’d provide treatment for such vivid hallucinations as they’d undoubtedly refer to the vile attacks.

She wound up watching her, not having said a word or moved a single muscle since being brought here. Her fingers had been intertwined, resting amid her lap while Veronika leaned against one of the desks. She exposed the smooth texture of her succulent thigh and while the hesitant woman could take a peek from the corner of her eyes, her focus remained elsewhere. It must have been quite the struggle to explain the encounter in any great detail, let alone mention it for a second time after coming to the realization someone listened to her earlier conversation.

“Kate.” It sounded as though she’d been holding her breath the entire time they spent in the classroom so far considering how quiet her voice was before drawing another deep breath, obviously expecting worse things to happen than being asked about the mysterious amazon. “I’m Kate.” The sheen of her emerald hued eyes explored Veronika from head to toe. She brought her own arms up, crossing them over her chest in much the same fashion which accentuated their luxurious swell quite well, but in hindsight Veronika noticed it actually helped in hiding her rather deep, soothing breaths. “Y-You’re not just going to laugh at me, are you? Nobody wants to believe me, but I’m telling you that I’ve seen her, that I’ve- ..” She paused, her gaze drifting to the floor in recollection of the terrible memory before coming back up moments later. “I’ve met her in person. I can tell you everything about her, every little thing I’ve noticed. Some things you just can’t forget ..”

Akin to recalling a nightmare, Kate felt as though she relived the horrors of her encounter all over again and one could see the flare of emotion running across her face with every word that was leaving her lips. She pressed on, however, for what the girl lacked in physical strength, Kate appeared to make up in other ways. Still, there was another pause when she thought about where to begin. “Um .. She .. She has an impressive body, hence the title everyone’s given her .. Amazon .. She .. Err .. I don’t- .. She’s not exactly .. human .. I-I know it sounds crazy, but she’s gotta be something else. I don’t know what she is, but I know it’s nothing I’ve ever seen before.” In response to that her hands clenched into fists, mostly resulting in her fingers lightly digging into her arms the way she crossed them over her chest. “Um .. She has that .. vibrant blue skin and braided black hair, a drop dead gorgeous face to go along with it, too. I-I don’t admire her or anything, it’s just .. how I’d call a girl’s if I ever saw one like that.”

She was fidgeting then, doing everything in her power not to look Veronika in the eyes as the well-endowed woman turned to the windows. Staring out onto the blue sky seemed to calm her some, distracting her from the fact her soft voice could be heard by someone else, too. She swallowed hard before moving on. “Then there are the tentacles .. She has a whole lot of them attached to her shoulder joints. They replace her arms, from what I can tell. Some can even grow out of the bigger ones. She has a tail, too, long and slender. You wouldn’t think of her as much of a monster if you hadn’t met her in person, I suppose .. When she attacked me .. I didn’t know what to do.”

“I always thought the stories you hear from upperclassmen are just there for laughs and giggles, you know? Just some immature ritual they keep pulling off year after year, but having one of those things standing right in front of you, cutting you off ..” A gossamer film of moisture washed over her eyes, once more averting themselves further away from Vanessa. She practically looked away from her now, her words echoing throughout the room rather than being directed at her. “At first I tried to run away from her, but compared to the amazon I wasn’t even a match. I tried fighting her off right then, but she was far too powerful. She even told me that-” Another pause, filled with silence other than the few panicked breaths Kate took. ”She told me that I’d be punished for resisting her.”

Shaking her head in protest, one could almost hear her soul falling apart at the very core. “She .. took advantage of me in ways I .. I .. I cannot explain. I’m sorry.” She wiped her face with one of her sleeves, taking a moment to recover before finally turning back around to face the other student. “Look .. You probably think I’m nuts like everyone else does, but I can see her before my inner eye just like I’m seeing you now. You’ve got to believe me. I-I .. I know where she’ll be. I’ve heard of another student getting attacked in the same area I was ambushed in, at about the same time.” Suddenly her eyes widened in horror. She was pacing now, bringing her hands up in a dismissive gesture. “Actually, no, no you don’t want to go there. You don’t want to see her or her to see you. You just don’t, trust me. Please forget I ever mentioned that last bit. Oh, fuck me, I never should have agreed to tell you more. That was stupid of me.”

Veronika nervously tugged her skirt down. It was hard to read what was going through the girl's mind, but she appeared timid enough. "Nice to meet you, Kate." She held her hand out for Kate to shake it. The busty girl was no doubt a top target for monsters. Monsters pried on girls whom they lusted over - Vanessa had learned this much. Yet, it was clear that this girl wasn't used to being attacked. She probably felt frightened and scared. It was up to Veronika to look after her. "Did you find a weakness?" She asked immediately. "Some sort of thing that could hinder this amazon... or slowed her down."

She noticed how Kate seemed to practically break down from her recollection. She had an urge to comfort the girl and show her that Veronika could be trusted. She rose from her position and made her way over to the girl. Veronika wrapped her arms around the girl and pulled her into a tight embrace. Veronika's bosom pressed against the Kate. The violet-haired girl brushed her hand against Kate's head to calm her down. Veronika had to admit that it was her knightly side coming out. She had an uncanny urge to protect the girls of Shokushu. That meant comforting victims from their attacks as well. She pressed her index finger against Kate's lips to silence her. "Shh..." She let go of Kate. Veronika took a few steps back and placed her hands behind her back. "I've been there too. Attacked by monsters on the island that were supposed to be a joke. Something's happening on this island, and I'm not too sure what it is." She grasped her arm shyly with her hand. Veronika avoided the gaze of the student. "I want revenge." She whispered so quietly that Kate would barely be able to hear. "So please, take me to the amazon. We'll defeat her together. I promise." She extended a hand out for the frightened girl to accept.

"If we don't face these monsters now, they'll be after you. More than just an amazon. Your first attack makes you available for all sorts of monsters. We have to fight back, unless if we want to become victims of these monsters. But, you must promise to not speak of monsters. The girls and faculty at Shokushu don't believe in it. Be careful with who you share your information with." Veronika used her free hand and brushed some of her violet hair out of her eye. "So, lead me to the amazon."

Sometimes just talking about the problem at hand made worries disappear and in their case Kate seemed to fare far better once Veronica not only appeared to believe her, but tried to comfort her as well. She eased into her warmth and didn’t seem to mind their soft mammaries mashing together in the process. In the end, however, Kate took her hand with a nod, giving it a light squeeze before moving on to meet the amazon. Fear motivated her, that much was clear, mainly the fear of being singled out and taken again and again while her friends and classmates were none the wiser, maybe even laughed at her for trying to open herself to some of them. Still, they were up against something that was not of this world. Standing up now was just one step in the right direction. Now, they had to make it count.

Sadly not even Kate knew anything on how to beat the amazon, no weak spots, nothing. She explained how her putting up a fight didn’t result in more than trying to push her away, to run past her, but that the amazon was too strong for her to overcome and that was the end of it. She then led her newfound knight in shining armor out into the hallway and set a course for the art department. They had their own classrooms that were lined with easels among other necessities and were a fair distance away from the most populated areas of the building at this hour, but that was likely the reason why one of the monsters set up there in the first place. Trapping a lone student would come easy to anyone under these circumstances and judging by the empty rooms and corridors, none of that would come as a surprise.

Kate hadn’t been keen on coming here and walked slowly the entire way without uttering a single word, but the voluptuous young woman downright slowed to a crawl as they drew near, practically walking on her toes to remain as silent as humanly possible before casting her eyes unto the other student once more. “She’ll be in the art studio, right down the corridor.” She looked in the direction it was, her fingers tightening about Veronica’s. “I was finishing up some course work and got jumped. I didn’t hear any doors opening or closing, so I figure the amazon is hiding somewhere on the inside.”

Shortly after, Kate let her hand go completely and backed off just a bit, first one step, then a second before the student froze in place, fidgeting. “I-I’m not sure we should be doing this. We should turn around and walk away while we can.” She barely managed to look her in the eyes. Was it shame for coming all the way out here only to want to quit? Maybe out of fear of actually being insane and not encountering anything once they entered the room and its adjacent gallery that held paintings of talented students? She didn’t want to disappoint the only one willing to believe her, or rather risk her well-being because they were foolish enough to think they had a snowball’s chance in a fight. “Are you really sure you want to do this? We don’t even have anything to defeat her with.”

((Sorry for this shorter post. I don't know when I'll get back so I wanted to leave you with something))

The art studio was perfect for attacks. Of course Ania would do something as sneaky as this. The fiery girl held back her murderous desire to retain her persona as Veronika. The violet-haired woman crossed her arms. She nervously hid her hands underneath her armpits. She glanced over at the lonely room, then over at Kate. "I don't want you to be raped again. I'll deal with her, okay? I've handled plenty of monsters." She bit her lip. "You have to trust me. Come with me and you might only get in my way." Veronika reached for her side and pulled out a flip knife - one that highly resembled the one Vanessa had smuggled into the school. She nodded at her new friend. "We'll talk again after. I'll check the scene out." Veronika tiptoed towards the room. She kept her back against the wall and slid along stealthily. She made sure to slowly press her toes on the tiled floor, before laying down her entire feet. That way, the girl was ready to run at a moment's notice, while still being very quiet. As she edged closer to the room, her gaze slowly explored through the angles of the art studio. Everything seemed fine at first. The sunset was glowing through the window, dimming illuminating works of art. A professor's desk sat at the front of the room with some definitions scribbled up on the chalkboard. Veronika took a deep breath and stepped into the room.

Nothing appeared at first. It seemed like everything was abandoned for now. The girl slowly made her way through each canvas, checking for clues of disruption. "Ania... where... are you?" She whispered underneath her breath. If there was a monster she hated the most, it had to be the amazon. The knight was going to get her revenge today.

((Even shorter posts are great, coming from you. It's all good. ^_^))

Speaking of getting raped again colored Kate in a near chalk white complexion. Just the mere mention of it threatened to put her in shock. She was evidently nowhere near as strong as Veronika in that regard to at least transform her fear into determination. The incident obviously left her scarred for life and given what the student relayed to her earlier, her life would now forever be filled with similar incidents like that. When Veronika asked her to stay away, Kate didn't want to leave the one woman standing up for her, but after a moment of silence, it appeared to be for the best. "Alright, I'll .. I'll do as you ask. I'll be going back to the library, I think .. Some friends of mine will be there now." She responded meekly. "Y-You take care of yourself, okay? Don't get yourself hurt for my sake." With that the two finally separated. Kate cleared out as soon as humanly possible though it took her a good while to move after watching Veronika head down the corridor before finally getting a move on.

Silence enveloped the art studio in much the same way as the corridor outside. There was nothing here other than plenty of places to hide and checking through them would have Veronika realize that there was absolutely no one around to keep her company. After a good few moments it must have dawned on her that Ania might not even be here today. It wasn't too crowded in the area and catching the occasional woman for an amazon of her remarkable stature had been little trouble without setting up neither traps nor ambushes. Suddenly, however, the walls trembled beneath a piercing scream. She'd recognize the voice. It was coming from the corridor, with rapid footsteps heading to her location. Kate had to be running from something though before Veronika made her way to the door, the bootylicious young woman barged right in.

Kate wasn't much of a runner, that much was easy to tell or it was mere panic that caused her to be mostly out of breath by now. "No, no, no .." She fumbled for the door, locking it behind her before spinning about in an onrush of panic. Scanning the room for her new friend, Kate quickly made her way over to her in a few bouncy steps, pressing up against her flank while looking toward the door. "Veronika! Veronika, you have to help me! I-I was- Ungh .." She had to recover some fresh air before continuing. "I was trying to keep my distance and not get in your way, b-b-but .. She was right there with me! I-I think she might've caught us both coming here from a different room and cornered me on my way back." She gazed deeply into her eyes. "Please protect me .. I don't want to live through that again .."

Tears amassed within her eyes while her bodily warmth nestled up against the beautiful student, large opulent breasts practically trapping her arm between their glorious swell as their intense heat reverberated off Veronika. Outside, the setting sun bled into the horizon with ever escalating hues of crimson searing across the evening sky like one final captivating flare of light to impress the masses, waning and foreboding. Veronika knew what was to come if they got caught and didn't manage to fight Ania off.

Suddenly, after a few moments of waiting for someone as strong and powerful as the amazon to blast the door off its hinges, Veronika could feel the warm breath of her friend wash along the vein of her neck, then her ear as the slick, fleshy texture of her tongue touched upon it lightly. Whether the girl jumped in surprise, Kate hadn't moved one bit. In fact, the student resorted to smiling at her apparent surprise, an expression which became more mischievous by the second. "Are you going to take care of me for your friend, little one?" She teased in a most familiar voice, the one Veronika hated the most. If the girl came to fight, there was no way to change the scene now. The monster in disguise stood between her and the locked door that could lead to freedom. "For your first time with me I put up quite an effort, but to have someone like you .. Say, did you enjoy my performance? Was it any good?" Ania mentioned her first time while wiping off the tears. She obviously had no idea who Veronika really was as though her acting and desire blinded her from the familiar scent and taste of the student her body and mind picked up earlier.

Veronika had checked many corners, finding no sign of the amazon monster. Something was wrong. If Ania was truly rampaging through the campus in a fit of lust, then surely she'd show up here. With the sun kissing her fair skin, it was the perfect time to assault her. But why... why? Her contemplation was soon shattered as she heard a scream. The redhead glanced up towards the door. She felt her heart skip a beat. Her body told her to move. Adrenaline began to rush through her body. She began to fumble through until she grasped her lucky knife in hand. Suddenly, she felt something embrace her from behind. The knight's reaction was to stab whatever was behind her. Though as she turned her head she noticed that it was.. Kate!

"Calm down, Kate. What happened?" Veronika asked in a serious manner. She pursed her lips at her friend's statement. By running back into this room, Kate had signed a death sentence for both of them. Though she wasn't going to blame the busty girl. She had done what she did out of fear, and it was up to Veronika to protect. She closed her eyes, feeling a subtle heartbeat against her arm. "I'll protect you, Kate. You won't be the amazon's victim." She reassured the girl. The crimson-haired girl smiled. She raised her hand up and lightly ruffled her hand through Kate's hair. "I'm a professional when it comes to monsters. Trust me." She winked sweetly at her friend. With her free hand, Veronika held her knife up and gestured for Kate to approach the door slowly. With her friend in her arms and the door just inches away, she was going to have to reach deep inside for as much as courage as she could get. The knight tried to regulate her breathing and prepare for the assault. But... it had never come? Veronika nervously looked towards the window. Perhaps Ania would attack through there? Or perhaps a vent? The possibilities were endless. "Just don't let go, Kate." She whispered.

The knight nearly jumped as she felt a strange sensation brush against her neck. She looked over at her friend. The knight's cheeks were flushed. "W-w-what are you doing, Kate?!" She yelled in a whisper-like voice. Amber eyes gazed over Kate's strange countenance. Something was wrong. She wanted to pull free from Kate, but Veronika found herself paralyzed in fear. Her feet wouldn't respond to her command, nor would her arms. A chilly voice caused her eyes to widen. Ania. Blood began to flow through her body rapidly, and bloodlust filled the knight's mind. Still, she was disguised. If Ania figured out Veronika's true identity, then her entire cover would be blown. "Y-you bastard! What did you do with Kate?" Veronika hissed. With blood finally flowing through her system, Veronika ripped herself free from Ania's grasp. She backed up a few feet and held out an oh-so-familiar knife. "I'll skin you! I'll kill you!" Veronika hissed.

She looked to her side and grabbed onto a stand from an art canvas. Veronika tipped it over towards 'Kate'. The violet-haired girl used this opportunity to hide amongst the various artworks and desks. Resting behind a large painting, Veronika quietly listened. If she could keep Ania on her toes by moving about the large room, perhaps she'd have a chance to kill the monster. The knight nodded to herself. She gripped her knife until her hand began to hurt. An attack from behind was sure to work. Even with those tentacles, Ania probably couldn't see behind herself. Veronika would stealthily navigate the room to sneak up behind Ania.

Such a cute reaction nearly made Ania laugh, but the huntress refrained from mocking her bloodlust. She didn’t even move from the spot once Veronika pulled free, merely observing her movements for now. "Skin me? Kill me? Sounds like a gruesome thing to do, especially coming from a girl as sweet and charming as you.” From one moment to the next, Kate began to transform into the familiar aquamarine monster whose tentacles twitched and quivered with anticipation. She flashed a grin while her eyes dipped to the knife, but everyone could tell her demeanor oozed a more playful rather than concerned nature. In that moment, Veronika ran. "Why do you want to kill me? I have done nothing to you. You're free and unharmed as we speak. Your friend has not been harmed, either, not yet anyway. I won't touch her unless you decide to escalate the situation. You have no reason to kill me."

In any other case there would have been a hot blooded amazon hot on her heels, but not today. She found the specimen armed and equipped with a desire to end her life at once. It reminded her of another incident that occurred a long while back, one of the crown jewels thrown in her path to this day. Vanessa was hoping to do the same thing Veronika threatened to carry out right then and the very thought brought a playful grin to her features. Such fighting spirit was rarer than hell among the girls and for once Ania could look forward to the confrontation. Stumbling across the likes of her, the more defiant and fierce types of women, had been one of the few greater pleasures a true huntress could enjoy on the school grounds without pursuing other monsters.

Sadly, the knife resembled the one used against her back when another student sought to claim her life. It dawned on her that Vanessa might have encouraged Veronika to set upon her most despised adversary, but it didn't matter. Perhaps if they came together they could hope to team up against a vastly superior foe, but the outcome would've been the same. In essence Ania didn't truly cherish the engagement that was sure to come, but the process of breaking her prey down in the process that followed with utmost certainty. She looked to be more reserved than Vanessa, too, so matters might play out in her favor. Some apologies and begging to remain unharmed would sweeten the encounter a great deal.

Slowly but steadily, Ania began to pursue her latest object of desire. The idea was not to catch her, but prevent her from sneaking up behind her. After all, there were some things Veronika had not known about the amazon and that was how sophisticated her senses truly were. "Are you going to hide from me now? I thought you were going to skin me alive, little one." She pretended not to know where the girl was, merely keeping her appraised of where her own position was to make things easier for her. "You've come here because you heard the stories of my victims, haven't you? I've heard them, too. Have I ever harmed anyone in the way you intend to harm me? I don't believe I've given anyone a reason to include that in their telling of the story. Still .. If you want to come out and face me, I'll give you a fair chance to fight me."

After a brief while, Veronika finally managed to line herself up with the curvaceous alien whose school uniform skirt swayed lightly in the wake of her cautious steps. All that was left had been one straight line to reach her. It appeared to be that realization which caused Ania to stop dead in her tracks, but the creature had not yet turned around. "You do realize I know where you are right now, don't you?" She grinned. "I could have chased and captured you at any time, but I chose not to. I've given you ample opportunity to change your mind and either face me or make a dash for the door. You wouldn't reach it, mind you, I'd never let you, but you had the chance to do so."

"I'll give you one shot at me, Veronika.” Ania remarked with growing disdain. "If you fail to eliminate me with your coward tactics in one blow, I'll snap your wrist like a twig." She was merely toying with her, back turned to the opposition to give her an easy approach. "I will hurt Kate when I return to her, too. How much I make her suffer depends on your behavior toward me in this very room. Surrender now and I won't think poorly of your threats and demeanor."

Veronika bit her bottom lip as she heard the monster girl taunt her. Indeed, Ania was a formidable foe. She had faced against the amazonness for only the third time now, and she still couldn't figure out how to defeat her. The violet-haired girl kept her body low to the ground. She knelt down, not caring if anyone saw up her skirt. She tightened the grip of her knife when she heard that Ania say she hadn't done anything to her before. She refrained from letting her blood-lust boil over. Veronika had to remain calm if she wanted to defeat Ania and rescue her friend. But what surprised Veronika was that Ania had not taken her friend captive. Normally, she'd expect Ania to invite Kate in for a humiliating threesome.

The girl tried formulating various plans to take down the monster. With various tentacles to defend herself, charging right at Ania was suicide. So was throwing her knife at the monster. However, it seemed like Ania had to consciously put thought to move the tentacles. Perhaps if she could distract Ania enough, she wouldn't be able to control her tentacles. The shy girl silently nodded to herself. Rather than surprise attack Ania, she stood up from her hiding spot. The innocent girl revealed herself. "Oh, you don't remember...?" Veronika asked in a shivering voice. It wasn't from fear, but instead a near uncontrollable anger at Ania. She was about to charge at Ania. Then, the monster mentioned harming her friend. Her eyes widened. Veronika took a step back. "What... have you done with Kate?!"

Before Ania had a chance to answer, Veronika made a run for it. At first, it looked like she was running towards the door. Then, it was apparent that she ran towards the chalk board. Once there, she grabbed onto two erasers and began to pad them together. A puff of white chalk exploded into the front of the room. It diffused through the room. Hoping to blind some of the amazon's vision, she began to run through the room and collect brushes. The girl began throwing them at the amazon, hoping she would have to defend them. With the dust in the air, she concealed her knife, which she targeted to strike at Ania's shoulder. Would Ania notice the knife among her barrage of brushes?

So much for common courtesy. Veronika didn’t leave her much of an opening to respond before clouding her senses with dust and tossing brushes at her. It would have encouraged her to laugh if the dust didn’t burn in her eyes as the huntress was forced to walk through it, much like the sand Vanessa once tossed into her eyes. Ania left herself wide open to her advances, however, expecting nothing more than brushes while languidly following Veronika through a curtain of chalk dust. She didn’t think of even swatting the brushes off to the side, her pride getting to her at the thought of leaving the girl nothing more than those petty attacks to delay the inevitable. Striking an effective blow against Ania seemed more likely than ever before. Victory might just be at hand!

When the knife made contact with the monster, Vanessa could hear the mighty amazon howl in agony. Slicing through flesh, muscle and glancing off bone, the girl could feel it all under the destructive motion despite not having her fist clenched around the handle. It thrust into her all the way down to the hilt, completing the attack the fetching young knight had been waiting for throughout former encounters with the graceful femme fatale before her. She nearly lost her balance, but managed to recover instead of toppling over, a lonesome tentacle from her healthy arm clutching the blade whereas the others from the bad one twitched and trembled in anguish. Blood soiled her stolen school uniform, drenching her top in crimson hues where the knife punctured her flesh.

Suddenly, Ania came rushing forward, almost too fast for the human to track though any hope of defense had been instantly annihilated when the sole of her clawed foot slammed into her chest region. Whatever furniture was in the way, Vanessa would have the pleasure of feeling every piece smack into her body until the girl came to a halt in the far corner of the room. Thus far, Ania toyed with her, but that was no longer an option. If there had been any more force behind her kick, no doubt a few of her ribs would have shattered at the sheer strength with which Ania returned the favor of getting stabbed in the shoulder and more was yet to come, no doubt.

One had to wonder if Ania might have been holding back to keep her conscious for a while longer, but that was as good a guess as any. Looking up, Vanessa would find the amazon had barely moved. Instead, a smile graced her features, a twisted grin promising greater punishment, downright sadistic matters even.

Initially, Ania chuckled, yet her amusement became all the more obvious until it regressed into a more inhuman state. Ania laughed maniacally as her appendage began to extract the knife from her shoulder, revealing bare, bleeding flesh. However, the flow gradually decreased in a matter of seconds. Fresh skin began to cover the former gash, closing it up little by little. In a mere few moments the wound healed completely, right before her eyes. She’d barely put a dent into the amazon and was left completely defenseless without the knife in her possession.

“Oh, Vanessa .. You always were a bit more entertaining than the others.” Ania deciphered her little secret, that much was obvious by now. Fire raged in her eyes while her fleshy tongue traced over the blood stained blade in a sensual motion, collecting some of her own warmth from it before baring her teeth to the girl. “Still .. After we made friends earlier, I honestly thought you’d care enough for me to just submit right away. You’re the one who drove a knife into Kate’s shoulder just now, not me.” She grinned, wondering if Vanessa could connect the dots between the other girl and the woman before her now, but it didn’t matter all too much. “I owe you a broken wrist now, don’t I? You knew the terms, yet you attacked me anyway. It’ll be fun to see where this ends.”

“Amuse me .. See if you can make a run for it because today, when I catch you, it won’t be all fun and games between us. I’m not feeling that generous anymore. Instead, I’ll wear you out until there’s nothing left of you. I’ll enjoy hearing you scream for days to come ..” Where was Vanessa going to run now? She must have known Ania was barely exerting herself before, but now the student had given her a reason to dish out a great deal of pain. Or was she going to stay and accept her punishment? Was she going to fight? Ania didn’t care. It’d be the same to her, one way or another. “I’ll even give you a head start .. A few more moments for you to cherish your freedom before the game comes to an end.”

It was perhaps one of the most satisfying sounds Vanessa had ever heard. The sound of the knife digging into the monstrous flesh that had ruined her life for so long. Still, the redhead couldn't help but to wince and grab her shoulder in reaction. Could she have possibly have sympathy for inflicting pain on Ania? Though these monsters were lustful, they still expressed sentiments - they still expressed feelings. She hated having pity for these monsters. They didn't deserve it. They didn't need it.

The girl looked up in frustration at the amazon. Fingers curled around the rim of her skirt and pulled them down. She knew what the amazon was after. It was the purity which was held in all girls at Shokushu which monsters fed off of. Monsters would trick the girls in many ways, even creating disguises to lure them in. Even if she knew it was a disguise, part of her wanted to reach out and embrace Ania - no - to embrace Katie. Katie was a girl who was defenseless and sought for others to protect her. Vanessa couldn't readily accept the idea that Katie was an abstraction created by her foe. Vanessa felt her hand begin to shake. She reached other hand to grab her wrist. Part of her wanted to stop the shaking, and a part of her feared the pain Ania would do to her.

Even the suggestion of running away didn't seem too pleasing. In fact, that was probably what Ania wanted. The girl ran her hand through the strands of violet-dyed hair. "Why do you like to see me suffer so much, Ania?" Her voice rose and dipped with every word. It was as if Vanessa was about to cry on the spot. Hands curled around her shoulder. The knight hugged herself because she felt as though no one would be able to comfort her but herself. Always forced to be strong, Vanessa was growing increasingly tired. When would she be able to enjoy being the princess of the story rather than the knight? Once in a while, the girl wanted to be picked up and cherished by others. Was it selfish? Perhaps. But, did it matter right now? No. Ania stood in front of her. The amazon was ready to wreck and strip away every sort of freedom Vanessa held. Perhaps Veronika wasn't just a disguise. Perhaps it was a weakness that the knight had hidden for far too long.

Her teeth dug into her lower lips. Vanessa's arms fell to her side. Ember eyes looked at Ania. "No, I'm not going to play your game, Ania. I won't run." Vanessa brought her hands up and curled her fingers into fists. "Why, Ania? Why do you desire to attack me? To attack the girls of this campus? I just... I don't get it." The knight shook her head.

"Go on then. Count down. I won't run. I won't hide."

Strangely enough, the answer to her questions had been remarkably simple. “I love having sex with beautiful women and I just cannot get enough. You just happen to be extremely appealing to me.” Ania cracked a fiendish smile at that while scanning the young voluptuous woman with her azure eyes. Hugging herself only led to the swell of her breasts looking all the more full and delectable to the alien monster whose lust knew no bounds. “So .. naturally .. I’m after you.” A change of hair color didn’t change any of that. Seeing her close to tears, however, didn’t please her too much. She was hiding her remorse in that regard quite well.

Stealing tears from their eyes was a disgrace, there was no honor to it, no enjoyment if they didn’t deserve it. It felt awful now. Rhaine taught her a long time ago how much better it felt to be admired, to be known for pleasure rather than pain whereupon Ania had taken a more cautious approach with the student body. She didn’t want to make them that much more miserable throughout their encounter. Punishment for those who opposed her, however, very much became justified by their actions and Vanessa buried a knife into her shoulder earlier. She wasn’t going to let that slide, no matter her feelings. Even then, Ania kept a few secrets about why the deliciously sculpted knight had been a target of recurring visits. She wasn’t telling the truth when it came to why Vanessa ended up being chosen over and over. It was more of a half truth than anything.

Ania might have been less of a monster than others, even healed a few students who sustained injuries upon facing the more brutal inhabitants of the campus, such as a broken jaw or two, but Vanessa knew nothing about that. In a way, Ania never wanted her to know whatever good deeds the amazon performed on her fellow students. She remained one of the few who ever moved against her rather than taking their victim role for granted and that had to be the most exciting thing for a lonesome huntress among a sea of easy prey, someone who actually fought back. In this particular case, there was no chance of winning, but it definitely made the now violet haired knight stand out from the crowd.

Surprise washed over her features for a moment. “You’re not going to run?” She always fought. Ania loved that about her the most, even though Vanessa could expect to be punished afterwards. Apparantly, the huntress would have to do without that today. She wasn’t even going to get a brief chase to enhance her triumph over the human female. Soon, however, her expression changed back to her usual self, a downright mocking demeanor as Ania calmly headed for the one exit her prey could have chosen, leaving her to await her fate. “Shame. I thought we could have a bit more of a chase. I feel sorry for your wrist, my dear. I’ll enjoy the look on your face when it snaps.”

Slow steps carried the huntress with the knife in one of her tentacles toward the door, prolonging the suspense for her precious captive. Theoretically, Vanessa found herself able to move around, to do whatever she pleased due to the fact the monster didn’t bother binding her limbs quite yet, but the knight had given up the fight and Ania drew out her final moments of defeat by not claiming her straight away.

“Just hang on one more minute while I- Oh?” Little did Ania know what to expect when her gleaming eyes fell on the door given the sudden commotion in the hallway.

Ordinarily, Ania would have had an easy time with Vanessa. After having surrendered to the lust crazed amazon, there was nothing preventing her from taking the fallen knight over and over, but today was going to be different. "Ahhh!" They both heard the panicked shout outside. It came from another feminine voice, another student. She was closer than expected and came crashing through the door. It slammed open at once. Several brushes and cans of paint were scattered about in the wake of her rough landing, the latter partially spilling their contents on the floor. "Shit .. I dropped 'em." In the middle of everything, Vanessa found a frowning red head who looked very much like her own reflection, but not quite. Whoever it was, the lone student happened to be carrying far too much and lost her balance on the finish line. All she managed to hold onto had been the door handle, forcing it open.

Such was her pure dumb luck. Standing close to the door at the time, facing it even, brought it right down onto the amazon. It was too sudden for her to react in time and her tendrils squirmed in the pain Ania experienced at the time. Looking at her nose, which was bleeding for a few moments before the wound sealed itself up, one might even think the newcomer broke it by accident. For a moment, Ania even appeared to be quite dazed from the shock.

All the while, the nearly prone student looked up at the others in the dim light of the evening sun shining through the windows. Scanning the two women, her own mind had been fixated on deducing matters quickly. She saw the blood on the tentacle monster’s shoulder, the bloodied blade clasped amid one appendage. Whatever the student thought about the entire situation, Vanessa may never know. What she did know, however, was what happened next.

She grabbed one of the paint cans and tossed the contents at Ania’s face, almost completely covering it in a thick green sludge. It would have been foolish to many if it didn’t work for the time being, but her unforeseen savior cast Vanessa one last fleeting glance. “Run! Get out of here!” Clumsy in one moment, heroic in the next, Vanessa found the knight who jumped at the chance to save her from Ania. She didn’t want to get raped either, but it was the one right thing to do in their current situation. She wasn’t going to last long anyway, but maybe enough to let the other woman escape without living through a nightmare tonight.

In one final attempt to give Vanessa even more breathing room, the voluptuous girl tackled Ania with her entire weight. It wasn’t enough to even unbalance her while tentacles sought to restrain her, but the amazon struggled to even get the paint off her eyes. She may have a few seconds to actually escape Ania as there was no way the two were going to beat her, let alone kill her the way Vanessa intended.

Vanessa's expression darkened. Blood began to flow into her fists. She could feel them become warm. Bloodlust filled her mind. "Sex? That's all I am to you? Just something to bend over and rape? That's all I am to you?!" The redhead's voice raised with every word. For some reason, the knight seemed to be upset about her own predicament rather than the other girls that Ania raped. She lowered her head. Crimson bangs fell over her eyes. It was hard to tell if the girl was actually crying or not. "I hate you..." The crimson-haired girl whispered underneath her breath. "I hate you. I hate you!" Vanessa would be lying if she said her fingernails didn't hurt her. While holding up her fists, her nails dug into her flesh. She looked back up. A single tear trickled down her right eye. "Snap my wrist? Do it. I'll loathe you for it. I'll continue to hunt you. Even if I fail over and over, I won't stop. You're the worst, Ania." The girl said harshly. While many monsters had attacked Vanessa on this island, none of them could make her skin boil like Ania. Suddenly, the sound of another nearby female could be heard. A redhead stranger crashed into the room and sent a barrage of attacks on Ania.

Eyes widened at the sight of it. The simple moves this girl used had utterly confused Ania. Not even her tentacles could seem to prepare her for what was to come. Vanessa's fists uncurled. Instead, she crossed her arms and grabbed onto her waist. The girl collapsed onto the floor, sitting on it while watching Ryu take on Ania. "T-thank you..." She whispered. "Thank you..." Her shoulders rose every time she sobbed. The knight rushed over to Ania and pulled her knife from one of the tentacles. She quickly slashed at another one of Ania's tentacles and made a break for it. Vanessa ran through the hallways, eventually making it out of the fairly abandoned art hallway. She knew that if she made it to a public space with a bunch of witnesses, Ania couldn't touch her. Monsters had a strange tendency for staying away from public areas. The crimson-haired girl continued to navigate the school, hoping to find another student before Ania caught up with her.

As she ran, Vanessa dipped her head low. "Thank you... thank you...!" She whispered, hoping that her gratefulness would somehow become known to Ryu.