Chapter 3 : The Queen

“Airi...san?” Jun said as he struggled to grasp the situation.

“Why are you crying? Are you hurt? What’s wrong?” He asked as he clasped the young woman’s hands. But it was no use. Airi wouldn’t answer, she couldn’t not after this betrayal.

“Ha ha ha. What a lame.” A woman’s shrill, piercing voice cut the peaceful silence of the moment.

“He’s actually concerned for the girl who set him up. Baka.” Another girl said, seemingly out of the blue. As Jun turned around he noticed shadows of women stepping out from behind the nearby stairwell structure. One, two, five in all and his blood began to run cold.

*Shit! It’s the Queen’s Army!* He thought to himself, his expression no doubt was enough to betray the emotions running through his mind at this point. The first of the young women he noticed was the red-haired Yukari, one of his classmates. She had a particularly strange expression painted across her face. It was one of a hungry scowl, almost as if she was sizing Jun up.

*What did I do to run afoul of the worst faction in the school? I’ve been keeping my head down. I haven’t bothered anyone I-- wait, did Airi set me up?* Jun’s mind began to run a mile a minute as he began to piece together the sequence of events leading up to this confrontation.

*Dammit.* He thought as he was forced to accept the truth of the matter.

*I should have known… ha ha.* Jun’s next thought was one of self depreciation.

*Wait -- why would they even be targeting me? I let them cheat. I haven’t done anything -- I know I haven’t so why? Maybe I can salvage this situation.* Jun turned to look at Airi and in the short few moments his attention was misdirected two more members of the Queen’s Army appeared behind them both. One of them was smelling Airi’s hair and groping her breast while the other had her arm draped around Airi’s shoulders.

“Good work Airi-chan.” The purple haired groping girl said, her voice was like a song as she spoke the words. Airi said nothing in response, a blush overcame her as the girl slipped her hand into Airi’s shirt and continued to play with her body.

“Hey Jun-kun. Long time no see.” Yukari said as she put her arm around his shoulders, pulling him closer in the process. Still Jun didn’t react, he dared not to until he fully understood the situation at play. Based on her words Airi didn’t seem to be doing this willingly, in fact she was beginning to look just as much of a victim as him.

Airi’s face was downcast, obvious disgust though she refused to shrink away from the advances of the two girls which were growing bolder by the moment.

“Hey. You two, not yet.” A firm voice rang out from the behind Jun.

*Shit. The Queen herself is here? There’s no way! Airi what did you do?* Jun thought to himself as his nerves caused a bead of sweat to form along his temple.

“Don’t worry Jun-kun, we won’t hurt you..too much..” Yukari whispered as she drew near to Jun. Her breath could be felt against his neck as she spoke and though her grip on him was rock solid, Jun couldn’t help but feel somewhat awed by the softness of her breasts pressing against his arm.

*She’s not wearing a bra?*

Yukari instantly picked up on the moment of his realization and flicked her tongue across her moist, red lips before biting her bottom lip.

“Hands off bitch.” A pink haired girl said, directing the phrase to Yukari. Yukair turned, clamping down on her arm which created a headlock as she pulled Jun to face the larger group of girls near the rear of him.

His glasses contorted, disheveled on his face as he struggled to maintain his balance against Yukari’s rough treatment.

“Jun-kun and I are old friends.” Yukari declared as Jun struggled to avoid his face pressing into her bosom. Yukair however didn’t seem to care and in fact purposely positioned his face even closer.

“Relax girl. If it’s not true then we’ll just let him go. We’re not animals...after all..” The young woman known as ‘The Queen’ said as she stepped forth. Jun was about 177 cm in height, but compared to the purple haired Queen he was just short.

*187 cm -- at least!* Jun thought as he strained his eyes to gaze upon the young woman standing just 2 meters away from him. Her face was emotionless, save for her fuschia colored eyes, one of which was covered by an eye patch with a heart on it. Her hair was long and reached down to the middle of her back. Her school uniform was the same as all the other girls, save for the fact that the top two buttons were undone. This and the fact that she was wearing a sports style spirit jacket across her shoulders. Due to her height, or perhaps because she chose to, her micro-skirt rose a bit higher than the other girls. The Queen was tall, and fit -- even Jun knew of her reputation as the leader of one of the school’s delinquent gangs.

Yukari slapped Jun on the top of his head as she released the headlock and moved to stand at his rear.

“Bring her here.” The Queen commanded as she motioned for her minions to bring Airi to her side. The girls did as instructed, only stopping their sexual assault of Airi when they were called upon by their queen. Airi took a place next to The Queen, she stared silently at the ground, a tear trickling from the corner of her eye.

Jun couldn’t help but feel a pulling on his heart strings, which in turn spurred him to speak.

“Hello. Begging your pardon Queen. I’m sorry if I did something to offend you but, could you please tell me what’s going on?” These were Jun’s words, but his thoughts were quite different. His highschool life had drilled into him the necessity to avoid trouble wherever possible and if he couldn’t do that he should just run. Even now he was calculating the best way to escape the situation he now found himself in -- but he would only take action if things became impossible to deal with.

*I still have one month left before graduation. There’s no way I will be able to survive here if I make an enemy of the Queen’s Army!*

“So well mannered. Unlike a lot of the other boys. Well, that’s one more thing you don’t have in common with them.” The Queen said as she smirked slightly. Jun couldn’t help but blush, she would be very attractive if she wasn’t so menacing.

“Thank you, Queen.” Jun said with a small bow, before he ventured to ask- “Is there something that Airi or I have done to offend you? If so, please tell me how I can make amends.”

*The die is cast. Maybe I’ll find out what this is all about.* Jun thought inwardly as he did his best to appear non threatening.

“And he’s caring too, he’s even considering you Airi.” The Queen said as many of the other girls nearby chuckled or laughed.

“Boy. I heard something curious the other day. I was wondering if you could help me with it.” The Queen said, drawing nearer to Jun by several steps.

“If it’s within my power to do, I’ll do it.” Jun responded, once again bowing his head slightly.

*I hope she doesn’t make any unreasonable demands!* He thought.

Within a flash The Queen bridged the distance and she was now towering over Jun, staring down at him. He could feel her imposing aura -- the title of ‘Queen’ wasn’t simply for show. She obtained it by suppressing the other two delinquent factions and making all of the boys kneel to her and her subordinates.

*This is the aura of someone with undisputed strength.* Jun thought as he steeled his resolve. It wasn’t beneath The Queen’s Army to resort to violence, going so far as to even threaten teachers openly. Taking down two bookish students would be child’s play.

*I can’t show weakness. I can’t show weakness.* Jun repeated this mantra as The Queen’s hand moved towards his face slowly, her fingers outstretched.

“You’re so accommodating.” Jun noticed a definite change in her voice as she spoke, her finger tracing along his jawline and resting on Jun’s chin. Her voice took on a silky, sensual tone as the look in her eyes shifted.

“You’ll do anything in your power--as long as it’s something you can do?” The Queen asked as her gaze settled on Jun. A feeling of unease was settling upon him yet he realized that he could not avoid the question.

“Y-Yes Queen.” Jun replied, fighting the urge to run away.

“Good. You see…” The Queen said as her face drew closer to Jun’s.

“I heard a rumor that you have a really big rod. Show it to me.”