Hope you all had a great 4th of July!
Chapter 2: First Day; First Troubles
"Tatsumi…." A voice sang softly to him.
"Oh god, please don't let it be Leone." Tatsumi thought to himself.
As he slowly opened his eyes, he noticed a set of pink messy hair. Looking further down, he noticed a pair of pink eyes and a pink dress.
"Oh thank god it's Mine." He thought before his eyes shot wide open. "Mine?!"
Sitting straight up, he noticed Mine sitting on his bed next to him. Her hand was on his arm, slowly stroking it. To him, he was embarrassed and nervous and scared, all at the same time. He began to wonder why Mine was in bed with him. However, Mine looked at him, confused on why he was panicking.
"Tatsumi?" She asked. "Are you alright?"
"Ye-NO! I mean….why are you in my bed?" He finally asked, covering himself with his blanket.
Mine sighed as she pulled the blanket away from him.
"Dummy, I told you I'd spend the night with you tonight." She said irritated. "Anyway, good morning sleepyhead." Her mood changed. "How are you?"
"Huh?" Tatsumi could only asked. "I-I'm fine. H-How are you?"
"I'm just wonderful!" Mine excitedly tackled him with a hug. "Getting to see you first in the morning is always the best!"
Tatsumi didn't know what to do. Should he ask what's wrong with Mine? No! The one thing he knew better than anyone else was never, ever, question Mine about her sudden mood changes. Then again, it seems all females tend to have sudden mood swings, even Bulat sometimes, but it was probably nothing.
As Mine let go of him, she snuck in a quick kiss on the cheek before jumping out of bed and stretching her arms.
"Ah, today feels so wonderful!" She happily stated. "It's a shame we have the first day of school though."
"Uh, right." Tatsumi replied, unsure of himself.
Mine looked at him curiously. "Are you sure you're alright?" She asked as she got closer to his face. "You're never like this when you wake up."
"Yeah, um, well you see." Tatsumi tried explaining before the door to his bedroom busted wide open.
"Tatsumi! I'm here to wake you up!" Leone cried as she jumped on top of his bed, bouncing him off and onto the ground.
"L-Leone!" Tatsumi screamed.
"How'd you get out?" Mine asked astonished.
"Get out?" Tatsumi asked.
Leone nodded her head and pointed intently at Mine. "You thought I wouldn't get out of there but I did!" She proclaimed.
"But how?" Mine asked. "I made sure no one else would help you. I even did things for Chelsea that I'm not proud of!"
"Hehe, that's where you're wrong." Leone smirked. "You see, Lubbock had a small hole in the wall so he could peep on me, thinking I wasn't aware. However, when you barricaded my door, I decided to make a new entrance from his room."
"But..But that means!" Mine hollered, holding her hands to her face.
Suddenly, Lubbock came bursting in the room. His face red with anger while his shorts were slightly lower from his waist.
"You!" He pointed and shouted at Leone. "What kind of wake-up call was that? I was in the middle of-" He immediately froze after noticing Mine and Tatsumi in the room too.
"Middle of what Lubbock?" Leone snickered. "It wouldn't have to be about you spanking the-"
Lubbock immediately tackled Leone, placing his hand over her mouth only to make Leone sick and start throwing up all over Tatsumi's bed.
"My bed!" Tatsumi yelled.
"Ugh, the smell." Mine closed her nose before walking out. "Next time, I'll definitely be sure to keep you locked in your room." She looked at Leone who was just about finished puking.
Tatsumi fell to his knees. "The first class hasn't even started yet." He teared.
"Ah, don't worry Tatsumi." Lubbock said. "I'm sure you'll have a great first day."
"Yeah." Leone agreed. "Come on now, let's get breakfast!"
"You're willing to eat after what you just did on his bed?" Lubbock asked disgusted as they walked out of his room.
"Oh by the way Tatsumi," Leone poked her head back in the door. "We no longer have uniforms. Great isn't it? Now people get to see these lovely ladies." She smiled as she squeezed her breasts before taking off.
"Alright now everyone, take your seats!" Najenda commanded.
Tatsumi immediately sat in the desk next to Akame, she was wearing the school uniform unlike everyone else who wore regular clothes. For him, it was a basic sweater and blue pants with his only pair of brown boots. Mine wore a pink dress and Sheele wore a sleeveless purple dress. Leone decided to wear a slightly revealing outfit that gave Lubbock the nose bleed of a lifetime. He didn't seem to be any different from Mine or Sheele as he wore a long green jacket with a basic white tee and black pants underneath. Although, he did have a pair of goggles on the top of his head just like Leone wore a scarf.
Tatsumi assumed that sitting next to Akame would work out just fine like last semester, so why not again this semester? Only this time, instead of Bulat sitting in the desk behind him, Lubbock sat there. Mine even went out of her way to force a girl out of the seat next to him. Sheele and Leone were the only ones to find spots closer to the windows.
"Alright class, my name is Najenda." Najenda introduced herself. "But then again, I think you all know who I am. Now to start off this year, I'm going to- LUBBOCK!" She yelled at the green hair kid who was trying to hide himself.
"Y-Yes Miss Najenda?" He tried asking innocently.
"Did you just try and take a picture of my rear?" Najenda asked angrily.
"What? No. No way, you're not even my type." Lubbock froze after saying that.
The entire classroom went silent with several desks, including Tatsumi's, slowly moving away from what they label the danger zone.
As Lubbock tried thinking of something to say, Najenda didn't hesitate to grab his phone he poorly hid under his arm. With one clench of her robotic arm, his phone cracked into several tiny pieces, nearly disintegrating it.
"My phone…" Lubbock said softly.
"My ass." Najenda said uncaring. "Now go to the counselors!"
"Yes ma'am." Lubbock said sadly as he looked at the ground, walking out of the classroom.
Tatsumi could hear several students in the back comment about Lubbock getting in trouble and him breaking a new record for Night Raid.
"I got 45 seconds. A new record." A boy whispered.
"Wow, he beat Leone's by just eight seconds." A girl commented.
"Now then, back to what I was about to say. This year is the year you all will take the final exam. Of course if you studied then you'll be able to graduate. Only those who don't take it or fail cannot move onto the next year. Anyone who does pass can move onto the next year or be allowed to graduate the way they are. Yes, Tatsumi?"
"Um, what do you mean by that?" Tatsumi asked.
"It means that you can go live your life, not having to go to school anymore. But in order to do that, you need to at least score higher than 80 percent. Those who score at least 70 percent will have to come back and start a new year."
"Wow, that's harsh." Tatsumi mumbled.
"But necessary." Akame told him. "Many students used to be able to go free but they caused a lot of problems in the capital."
"If it wasn't for Esdeath's policy, our dorm might never still be intact." Mine added.
"Policy?" Tatsumi questioned.
Akame nodded her head. "It's known as one of Esdeath's Five Grand Policy's. The graduation policy is number three."
"What about the other four?"
"Number one is the ability for the student council president to have a final say in anything when a teacher is not present. Number two allows for the events such as Spring Break Brawl to exist."
"That way, students can relieve their stress." Leone said.
"I still think it's because she's no more than a gladiator." Mine mumbled.
"Number four allows for dorms to declare war on one another." Akame continued.
"We can declare war?" Tatsumi sounded confused.
"Yes, but the consequence for either side results in the dorm being disbanded or several students expelled. She's the only one who's capable of winning a war, even if she loses." Mine replied.
"And number five is the separation of race." Akame said. "This act is to prevent anyone of foreign blood to not be treated as an equal. This in turn prevents revolts as the majority of the students here are from the capital."
"And it's the worse one of all." Mine angrily said, clenching her fist. "I swear I'll change it someday."
"Mine." Tatsumi said with a worried look before looking back at Akame. "Is that all?"
"Well, there's one more but it only pertains to certain situations such as murder or kidnapping." Akame replied.
"Why would there be such a rule?"
"Because with the rule, Esdeath has a grasp on the government too." Mine said. "This eventually will lead her to rise in power."
"But can't the principal do anything?"
"Unfortunately, he's all for the policy."
"We suspect the vice-principal is really behind it though." Leone whispered into Tatsumi's ear.
"Anyway, as long as we avoid those, we'll be fine." Akame summed up.
"Whew! Class felt really long today." Leone exclaimed as they walked out of the classroom.
"That's because you were staring at the clock the entire time." Mine said as she headed off towards her next class.
"Oh yeah." Leone laughed as she scratched the back of her head.
"Well, at least that's one down." Tatsumi told himself. "My next class should be that-"
He immediately froze after his arm made contact with the back of a girl's head; knocking her on the ground.
Slowly looking down, he noticed a small bag labeled "snacks". Soon he recognized the black hair as the girl attempted to save her bag from the students walking by to their next class.
"Uh, K-Kurome! I'm sorry. I-It was an accident!" Tatsumi attempted to apologize to the heartbroken girl after failing to save several cookies that were crushed.
Before Tatsumi could continue, he felt the full force of a fist make contact with his head. He immediately hit the ground, hard, as he dizzily looked up to see Wave cracking his knuckles. To Tatsumi, he could tell immediately that Wave must've thought himself a sailor captain. Wearing a blue jacket with a scarf and small anchor on it. Kurome wasn't any different from Akame, wearing the uniform the younger students were required to wear. However, his attention was diverted after noticing a seemingly small crowd around them. Several students had gathered to watch the fight, others tried to pay no mind to them.
"You dare hurt Kurome?" He menacingly asked.
"N-No, that's not it!" Tatsumi pleaded. "It was an accident! An honest accident! Right Kurome?"
Tatsumi looked at Kurome who only glared at him, holding her bag of snacks like a small child.
"Wave, he hit me." She bluntly said.
"Why you!" Wave angrily said as he was about to land another punch.
Tatsumi immediately put his hands in front of him to protect himself. But, just as Wave's fist got close, it was immediately withdrawn. Tatsumi slowly looked up to see Budo standing before them. Kurome had successfully snuck away while Budo grabbed both Tatsumi and Wave by their collars.
"What are you two doing?" He demanded.
"We-We were just um….." Tatsumi tried to lie.
"We were fighting." Wave said, unfazed by Budo.
"Oh? Is that so? Well then…..THREE WEEKS DETENTION!"
Poor Tatsumi. It's barely the first day of school and he's already got detention. Well I guess he's pretty used to it by now. Anyway, I hope you guys enjoyed this chapter and be sure to leave a review and also favorite or follow this story because you all wanted it. Heiwa!
Oh and one more thing. The poll I have set up ends at the end of this month so be sure to vote before the month's over.
