Hello all fellow readers and writers out there. Welcome to Ace of Spades, a supernatural story in first person voice of Ryoma. I do hope you all enjoy it and reviews, criticism or any ideas for the future are all accepted!

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Angelus S-R Dragomir

Ace of Spades

Prologue: Welcome to Spades

Dark sky, Gloomy weather. What a great way to start a new school.

"Hey brat, we'll be there in ten minutes."

Rolling my eyes with annoyance, I glanced away from the figure sitting next to me. Echizen Nanjiro, the memorable samurai, the well-known hero who saved the population from a national threat is my father. And yet, he wasn't just any random father off the streets, but instead, a father who urges his own son into joining some supernatural school that would "brighten" up his life.

And well, by now, I hope you all have guessed that this 'supernatural' school is exactly where I am heading.

Located around the coasts of Japan and hidden secretly inside the Aokigahara forest, this 'school' as my father describes it, is one of the most dangerous, but yet fascinating places ever discovered in Japan. Nevertheless, I am not too thrilled about attending this school despite all the encouraging information my family feeds me.

"And here we are!"

Raising an eyebrow as the greenery disappeared from the windows, I was alternatively welcomed by heavy gothic looking iron gates. Painted in a glossy black color and carved into swirls with two lion sculptures standing proud on either sides of the fence, the whole idealism screamed like a horror movie to me.

Gulping as the gate split into two and swung open, my eyes widened as the car advanced and travelled steadily into the school.

This is going to be the start of hell.

-Ace of Spades-

"Please, have a seat."

Sighing and flopping down onto one of the beautiful velvet seats that were carefully placed out in front of a long wooden table, I stared at the old women sitting behind the desk. She gave me a cautious glance before clearing her throat.

"Welcome to Spades School of Supernatural Research and Training," she announced, "It's always good to see a new student enrolling at our school."

I snorted and looked away. Next to me, my father shook his head at my behavior.

Nonetheless, the old lady continued, "I am the principle, Ryuzaki sensei," she remarked, "Nice to meet you."

Biting my lower lip, I managed to suck in a breath of air, "Echizen Ryoma," I uttered back, trying not to sound too uninterested

Ryuzaki sensei sharply nodded, "I see," her hand shifted to a stack of paper, "Certainly a worthy student."

A cough was heard from the person sitting on the couch beside me. I raised a brow at him, but ignore the warning look my fatherly figure gave me.

"Here is your timetable," a sheet of paper suddenly appeared on the wooden desk, "You're in room 215, building four and a member of House Topaz." Ryuzaki sensei informed, "Your roommate is already waiting for you."

-Ace of Spades-

Damn my family for sending me here and damn my father for leaving me all alone here in this stupid school. After the principle dismissed and escorted me back out her office, I was thrown my own luggage before the car left with my father looking pleased at his son. And after wondering around the school looking for building four, I eventually arrived at the student boarding house before being lead in by the supervising teacher.

Knocking on the door that was clearly labeled the numbers '215', I was soon greeted by a wide brim of light and a extremely cheery and excited looking face figure.

"Hey! My new roomy!" cried the boy that stood in the doorway.

First impression: Over excited freak with spiky hair and muscly arms.

"Come on in!" he stepped aside and grabbed my arm before pulling me in

Regaining my balance after being snatched like a ragdoll, I steadied myself before looking up. Surprisingly to say, the room was relatively clean. Two-study desk with lamps, two separate closets, bunk bed, a shared bathroom and lastly, a curtain drawn window.

"Make yourself at home!" my new 'roomy' exclaimed with his arms wide open, "Oh, and you can take the top bunk."

Glancing up at the top bed that laid empty, I lightly frowned and climbed the first two steps of the latter before chucking my bags onto the bed. Jumping down, I turned back to my roommate.

"Hey," I finally spoke up, "I am Echizen Ryoma."

The boy grinned and lifted up a hand for me to shake, "Momoshiro Takeshi," he introduced, "But everyone calls me Momo here."

I took his offering hand and gave it a shake, "Nice meeting you then,"

"Yeah," he replied, "Though I hope you can stay long enough here to graduate."

Giving him a confused look, I sneaked my hand back, "What do you mean?" I asked

Momo scratched the side of his spiky hair, "Not much first years live through their first year here," his grin widened, "Though you look pretty tough."

"Thanks?"

He chuckled, "But don't worry," Momo insisted with a assuring wink, "I am sure you'll beat some of the other house members here."

-Ace of Spades-

"So what even is this school?"

Both dressed in our school uniforms combining with a inner white blouse, black dress pants, ebony blazer with a golden lion crest embodied on the breast pocket and a cross tie that hung by our necks, Momo and I made our way down to the school hall.

"Don't you know?" he laughed, "This is a supernatural research and training school!"

I rolled my eyes, "I know that part," I snorted, "And I know that the world we once knew is gone. Vampires are now the major threats to human species."

"Ehhh, you know your vampires." Momo uttered

I sighed, "My dad hunts them."

A grin fell upon his lips, "Vampire hunter huh?" he says, "Lucky you."

"Lucky?" I managed to raise an eyebrow

Turning his head back around to face the path we're strolling on, Momo folded his arms across his chest, "Most of us come from families that have no vampire hunters or defenders," He explained, "Many families fled and escaped the possible chances of being captured by vampires. Their sons or daughters are then usually sent here in order to be protected."

"And I am guessing this school has a lot of students," I uttered, moving past a group of people as we itched closer to the hall

Momo snickered, "We do have two campuses. One for the girls, another for the guys, which is the one you landed yourself in." he replied, "But not everyone can come here."

"How come?"

A grunt was heard as we squished past more students, "You have to be somewhat, wealthy to be here," Momo sighed as he smoothed his blazer sleeve down, "We have some students from rich companies, some overseas and some with high academics and scholarships."

As we walked on, Momo nodded towards a few just to list examples, "We have siblings here as well," he gestured towards two boys standing on the right hand side of the hall, "They're the Oshitari cousins." Momo whispered to me before moving along, "And the Fuji brothers." He pointed at two honey colored boys chattering away

I frowned, "And they're all rich?"

Momo chuckled, "The Oshitaris are," he answered, giving me a small glance, "But the Fuji brothers earned scholarships."

"Looks like I have a whole heap to learn," I mumbled with a roll of my eyes

A fit of chuckles loudened, "Honestly, you do." Momo ushered before turning around to face me, "But first," he motion to a row of seats, "You have to be in the correct rows for assembly."

Feeling my frown deepened, I stepped into the row and casually founded a seat at the very end, "Where're you going to sit?" I glared at my roommate, or 'roomy' as they like to call it here

He laughed, "I am a second year," Momo pointed his thumb to a few rows back, "I don't sit under the principle's nose."

I sighed. Great, no one for assembly.

Twirling back to walk away, Momo managed to flash me one last wink before trotting away, "Welcome to Spades Echizen," he remarked

"Like hell I want to be here…"

-End of Prologue-

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