Midday. Class was out for the morning, the hallways of the dorms filled with chattering girls and plans for lunch. It almost seemed normal, save for the subtle undercurrent of fear that seemed to linger over the entire campus. Not so much now though, with the sun up and the day bright. From one room near the end of a hallway in the dorms, the smooth sounds of Incubus could be heard, not too loud, but loud enough for girl's passing to pull a face and speed up. That bloody music... the room was never silent. Were one to peer around the half shut door, they would see a slim girl sprawled in a chair in front of her computer, sneakered feet perched on the desk, slim fingers clutching an apple.

Rafael had gone to class that morning. Not her favorite thing to do, but it would not be wise to get on the bad side of the teachers more then she was already. On top of that, she hated this bloody uniform, the short skirt exposing a lot of leg and more than a hint of her black hotpants. On the screen, text flowed. It was a simple download. The network here had proved less than helpful and it was a point of contention for her.

Biting into her apple, she swung her legs down onto the floor and straightened in the chair, leaning forward so that she could see what had appeared on the screen. She scowled. "Error. Fucking figures, doesn't it?" she said to herself, her voice a silken purr that was downright sensual. Fingers flew across the keyboard and with a sudden smile, she typed in her name and sat back in satisfaction.

Flashing at the top of the screen was single word.

Genesis.

A bit of boredom had set Karin down at her computer, with her mind on one thing only for the afternoon fun: Screwing with people. She had sent out a mass E-mail to ever account she knew of at the school, save for the teachers and schoolmaster, least she be kicked out for what she was fixing to do. Sadly, only one person was on in the entire fucking school other than herself, which was a rather sad disappoint to the extremely feline girl. Either way...Out went the E-mail with it's rather simple attachment.

To: Rafael@shokushucampus.com______|______CC:
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Subject: Shokushu Teacher Caught In The Act !
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Attachments: Hidden_Camera_Snapshots.Rar
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Hey there Rafael. I heard you actually went to class for once! Well, knowing you, you must have hated it! Lol... Well...Anyways... I thought that this might cheer you up a bit. I happened to have put up a few home made cameras around school, and found something you might like. Lo and behold, your teacher was caught on camera doing something rather naughty!

I hope you enjoy this little piece of blackmail!

Karin ☼(\^_^/)☼
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With a satisfied smile upon her face, Karin sent out the fake attachment, knowing that nothing would happen on the other end of the connection when the file was downloaded, except some error of some sort or another. Even if the file was downloaded fully, it would appear to be a broken file of some sort, and would just have to be deleted. Nothing at all would be there to give the other girl any suspicion at all, not even a trace of the nasty code that was within the file. All Karin had to do now was wait for her to download to screwed up file and she would have full access to the other's computer.

A few minutes passed, when it happened. The other had downloaded the file, and as Karin entered the Telnet command, and gained access to the others computer, and watched the file error. It was then that she realized that this person knew a bit more than she had let on as she typed a code in to finish the download, and Karin npticed the name at the top of the screen flashed Genesis. With a smirk, Karin began her assault on the other's files, first making every single shortcut the other had into a fake virus with the same icon and name as the original shortcut had. When the other clicked one of the icons, a timer counted down the 10 second limit to deactivate the shutdown sequence of her computer, and poof, there went the power of Genesis' computer.

"Oh, haha...She must be pissed that happened and wondering why the hell her system crashed!"

Karin kept her connection to the computer open as she left her program opened; the rainbow spiral that shifted into other bright patterns swirled around on her screen, while one thing stayed distinct in the center of the window. A single word printed in bright neon glowing letters...GUARDIAN

The Incubus stopped and there was silence in the room for a full minute.
Then a screech of rage and the sound of furniture being kicked around. "Karin!! You bitch!!" Rafael's eyes were wide as she stood over her desk, staring at the blank screen of her computer. Her chair had been thrown back and the slender girl's body was tense and rigid as she slowly straightened. Breast rose and sunk as she took a couple of calming breaths and opened one of the drawers in her desk.

She pulled out a packet of cigarettes, taking a single white stick out and placing it between her lips, lighting it with a trembling hand. Her usually warm brown eyes were almost black with rage and alight with the unspoken challenge. She took took a step back and pulled her chair closer, lithe body sinking into it and relaxing as she pushed herself closer to her desk once more. The drawer was still open and from there Rafe removed a disk, plain and shining. Switching her computer back on, the CPU at least given that her monitor was still staring blankly at her, she inserted the disk and grinned.

It was a programme she had written herself, but had never had the chance to use. Back-up in a way, and soon the screen was full of code, letters and numbers. Rafe's fingers flew across the keyboard and there was silence for a full five minutes before the girl sat back in her seat, grinning in smug way. It was a trace programme, one of the most powerful around and as secret as her identity online. "I'll get you yet, you little troublemaker." she ground out, stubbing her cigarette into nothingness in the ashtray next to her speakers.

The virus would have to be dealt with. It proved a full half and hour before Rafe had her system clean and running smoothly. Class had started again, but there was no way she was going back. Not now anyway. Once that was done, she traced the code signature of the virus through the network, as shitty as it might be, and right back to Karin's computer. What she did was simple, the virus she inputted elegant and malicious in its construction.

Nothing short of annoying, it would not allow Karin to open anything. As if her mouse was not working, not a single new window would open, anything on already open windows rendered unclickable. And then she closed all channels connecting both computers to one another, at the same time opening a different one that was slightly harder to trace and infiltrate.

Another cigaratte was lit and soon enough, the Incubus was back on.

A light smile played across karin's face as the other continued the assault on her room mates computer, and with a grin as dark as the one the snake must have given to the rather innocent couple in the garden, she made her own attack upon the Incubus' own computer, using programs she had spent her days playing with, sending the code in with the rest of the numbers and such that was on the other's computer. There would be no telling of this, since the code was designed to mimic every bit of code inputted save for one pixel of code that read differently than the rest. A stuck pixel it would seem to the other, a random but unforunately, common problem for even the most experienced techie. As this micro code played out, an already stressed and isolated girl would find another blank computer screen staring back at her, but would notice that she could not turn the screen on. She either had to get another one, or try to stop all attacks without seeing the codes. A stoke of luck from the god(s) themselves would have to intervene for that to happen.

"Hm...I guess I should at least give her my real name, so she might consider knowing who she is dealing with."

With that, Karin made the others screen turn on, but only to show a techno swirl of colors that anyone could only describe as an artistic beauty in the hacker world. Fading in though would be three letters that would annoy the Incubus to no end, and without much more cause as the fact that the the only other thing that showed was that DAMNED STUCK PIXEL!

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(oh! if you didnt guess, I switched computers to my own =^.^= )