During a Zexal live stream (or an Arc V stream), the host was streaming episodes of Tonari no Seki-Kun. I randomly started matching them up with Zexal characters. I just felt I should explain the randomness of this. Please read and I might do more.

Topple the Flag

"Now, let's move on to past progressive tense. I trust you all have proper understanding of present progressive by now."

My name is Cat-Chan. I'm a first year student at Heartland Middle School. At the moment, I was studying English grammar.

Suddenly, I saw something in the corner of my eye. Someone was pouring sand on their desk.

Ve-Vector! What does he think he's doing? Especially with that expression! No one's insane enough to play with sand in school! Wait, I forgot who I was talking about.

I saw him reach into his pocket and pull out a little red flag. He placed it on the sand pile.

He must be daydreaming about being a Barian again. Or when he was a prince. I bet it would have been so cool to see him as a prince. Either why, this might be fun.

He dug his fingers into the sand and pulled handfuls out.

Oh, I get it. It's "Topple the Flag." I used to play that when I was little. But is it really worth bringing sand to the classroom just to play with it?

He just dug him fingers in and pulled more sand out. He placed a bucket between his legs to catch the sand he pulled out. I saw the flag move a little before he stopped. He seemed tense and not just because there was sweat coming down his face.

I looked at the sand and noticed a darker part than the rest. He leaned over to get in his bag. When he came up, he had a spray bottle.

Mrrrrow! Don't you know better than to pull one of those out?! And why are you spraying the sand? Wait. Water hardens sand... You cheater! That's not how you play the game at all!

He chipped away bits of it. Probably to see how hard it was.

This is so annoying. Why can't he just be a man and play the right way?

I wasn't relieved when he put the spray bottle away. Knowing Vector, something worse was coming. I was right!

He put on a headband with a magnifying lens!

What is he doing?! Isn't that the kind of equipment you use for precision work?! How could he have something like that?

He picked off pebbles and dropped them in the bucket. I tried staying with the class, but I glanced over to see Vector chipping down the hill.

He leaned back after some time and I looked again.

So thin! Is this tower for real? Just a few minutes ago, it was a mountain and now it's a tower! There's no way it can be just sand!

I went back to the lesson, but I couldn't stop thinking about how thin that tower was.

If I make the slightest tremor, it'll crumble, and then he'll be really mad. I hope he doesn't challenge me to a duel as revenge if that happens.

"Now for this question. Vector, come up and give it a try."

He wasn't paying attention to the lesson at all, but that's the least of his problems. He can't stand at all! Pulling his chair out would be way too risky!

He was slowly inching out, but it was too slow.

"Hey, if you don't know, that's okay. I'll just ask the next person. Cathy."

I quickly stood up at my name. I realized how quick I was too late. I looked next to me and saw that the tower was in shambles. I looked away before he could shoot me his signature death stare.

It's all my fault! I'm the one in the wrong!

I felt a fist being raised to my chest. I moved it over Vector's side of the desk and slammed it before shooting his death stare back at him.

This isn't my fault! You are the one in the wrong for not paying attention in class!

He seemed so surprised at my actions. He avoid any more eye contact with me until I sat down again.

Today, I grew a little stronger.

"Just a little, mind you."

Cats

My name is Rio. I'm a second year student at Heartland Middle School. At the moment, I was studying second year Algebra. I quietly took notes while sitting next to Astral. Astral decided to spend more time on earth and took human form. He can switch back whenever he wants. I looked up to see how he was doing and saw him with a cat on his desk.

Don't scream. Don't scream! The whole class will look at you and know that you're scared of cats. Not to mention how much trouble Astral will be in. We aren't allowed to have pets on campus after all.

I was never so relieved that Gilag sat in front of Astral, which still made no sense.

But the problem isn't just if I screamed. That cat could jump off the desk. If that happened, the class would be in an uproar. Astral would be the only one with more cat hair than the rest of us and get in trouble! I have to stop him!

He was scratching under its chin. It was incredible how easily he handled the cat. I looked down at his lap.

NANI?! He has another cat on his lap!

I quickly got my stuff and acted like I was paying attention before I completely panicked.

He must be skilled if he can handle two cats at the same time.

I couldn't help but watch him. He flip the cat in his lap over and scratched its chin. It started purring and so did the one on his desk. They were kind of...cute.

What am I thinking?! Cats are scary! But the way Astral is handling them makes them not so scary. Am I...getting over my fear? That must be why I'm not scream for Ryoga right now.

I did have a point. I scream for my brother when I see a cat. I looked back at Astral to see him squishing the paw pads of one cat. I wanted to test my theory. I reached in my bag and searched for something to wiggle at one. I found something long and thin. It was perfect.

I pulled out and fanned the one in his lap. It looked at the ruler almost instantly. I continued to fan the cat, hoping it wouldn't scratch my face like when I was little. I slowly turned my head to it.

Come here, little cat. I'm not scared of you.

That didn't last long. The cat was about to pounce and Astral pulled out a feather toy. He was determined to keep the cats no matter what! I went back to my bag to see if anything could help. Suddenly, I felt my lunch.

I'm pretty sure I got fried shrimp in my lunch today. If I use that, I could get one on my lap!

Tiny thuds came from Astral's desk. I opened my eyes to see the cats eating sardines!

Oh, they're already being fed. Looks like they love it. I'm happy for them, I thought as I felt tears come to my eyes. Why can't I touch one? I wanna touch and feed them too!

Astral must have seen me crying some because he tapped my shoulder and made a gesture.

He'll let me have one?!

I nodded and smile. I thought of picking up one of the cats and rubbing its face. It was so cute! But instead, he kept both cats. One on his desk and one on his lap. All I got was...a SARDINE!

This isn't what I wanted!