Chapter 2: Yasogami High

(Narukami Yu)


12th April 2011. Tuesday. Early Morning.

It is the first day I'm going to my new school in Inaba, Yasogami High. According to Nanako, it'll take about twenty minutes walk from Dojima residence to reach my new school. Nanako's school is in the same direction until we reach Samegawa river's flood plain, so we decided to walk together till then. I wake up a little late this morning, so I ignore my messy room for now and go downstairs to get ready to go to my new school. It seems Uncle had already went to his work, leaving only Nanako and me. I see there is already breakfast for me in the table and Nanako have already ready to go to school and is watching TV. I know she's waiting for me. Such a dependable girl for such a young age. I give her a big smile that morning.

It is pouring rain this morning, yet it still somehow have a pretty thick fog. We walk together with our own umbrella while having a little chat until we have to split ways. On the way to school from there, I can see a lot of students wearing the same uniform as me walking in the same direction. There's this one particular student I'm sure I'd remember from now on. He is riding a bike while holding an umbrella in his right hand. Naturally he can't keep his balance si well, so he crash a pole and fall from his bike. "Better leave him alone," I thought as I continue walking. He have slightly unkempt fawn colored hair and brown eyes while wearing a white V-necked with long sleeves under his uniform.

Finally I reach my new school, where I have to attend for a year before I return back to Tokyo. It is a pretty small school if I am to compare it to my old school. It only has a classroom building with 3 floor and a practice building for school's after school activity with two floor. All other things about my transfer had already been taken care of by my Uncle last week so all I have to do is heading to administration room to meet with my new homeroom teacher. According to my Uncle, his name is Kinshiro Morooka. Finding him in the administration room is not a problem, as apparently he's waiting for me. He is a middle-aged man, with straight black hair in a bob-cut, hazel eyes, and buck teeth. He's wearing a dark navy suit with white lines, white collar long-sleeved shirt with a yellow-and-light orange checkered tie.

After walking with him to second floor of classroom building, we finally reach my new classroom. It's second year class 2. I am a bit surprised to see the student who crashed a pole and fell from his bike earlier in my class. Morooka-sensei had me writing my name in the blackboard while he begin my introduction.

"Against my will, I'm going to introduce a transfer student to you," he said to began my introduction reluctantly as I write my name on the blackboard. "He's a pitiful guy who's been exiled from the corrupt city to the sticks, in the middle of nowhere. In other words, he's fugitive."

I couldn't tolerate his verbal abuse any longer, so I interrupt, "Who are you calling a fugitive?"

The whole class seem very surprise, including Morooka-sensei. As he's ready to raise his right hand, but I grabbed it and shook his hand. "Nice to meet you," I said with a smile.

As if understanding the situation is getting dangerous, a girl in my class immediately raise her hand. She is short and have light brown, bowl-shaped hair, and brown eyes. She's wearing a modified Yasogami High uniform with a light green, high collared athletic jacket adorned with several decorative pins (including a smiley face). Underneath her mini skirt she's wearing short black compression shorts. "Sensei, may the transfer student sit here?" She said as she pointed to the chair beside her. Unwilling to prolong this matter any further, Morooka-sensei said, "Go and sit down already! But remember, you're already in my list!" He warned. List? I wondered what list that is.

As I sit in my chair, the girl who saved me immediately informed me that Morooka-sensei is often called "Morokin". According to her, he also often express his hatred towards what teenage culture has evolved into, and scorns his students for being dull and obsessed with technology. And I'm pretty much screwed to already insde his "Shit List" on day one. I let out a sigh. What a luck to be placed in this class.

And so the homeroom and my life as a second year Yasogami High student begin.


12th April 2011. Tuesday. After School.

Finally my first day of school has ended. I didn't really know when it started, but I always find my time in school always longer than it should. During lunch break almost all of my classmates comes to me, most of them praise me for stood up to Morooka-sensei this morning, the rest is just teasing me about how screwed I'll be. I only response them with a smile. I decide to go home so I stand up to go to home, but an announcement suddenly can be heard from my class' speaker.

"Attention all students."

"There's been an incident in the School Zone."

"Please remain calm as you leave the campus."

Okay then, I don't know the detail, but it's time for me to go. As I walk towards the door, the girl who "helped" me earlier this morning approach me with her friend. Her friend have long eyelashes and black eyes. She is wearing her Yasogami High School uniform along with a red sweater and black opaque pantyhose. She also has long, straight black hair that is kept neat with her red hairband.

"Narukami-kun!" She shout as she approach me.

"Going home by yourself?" She asked. "Wanna walk with us?"

"That thing's pretty scary, huh?" She said. I'm surprised. I wondered why she's inviting me to walk home with them. I guess people in rural town really have different personality than those who lived in Tokyo, so I only managed to give her, "Y-Yeah...," while stuttering.

"I'm Satonaka Chie, and this is Amagi Yukiko." She then introduce herself and her friend. Based on what I saw during break and a little time after school, I could see that they are pretty close friend.

"Sorry for troubling you." Amagi suddenly apologize.

"Yukiko! Don't apologize!" She nervously shout. "It makes me look like I got no upbringing. I just want to talk to him a bit."

"Hey now Satonaka. Could you please stop bothering the transfer student?" A girl with glasses suddenly approach us, accompanied by accompanied a lazy-looking guy. "I'm sorry for her behavior. I'm Yamagami Saya, and this is Hasebe Taishi. We're this class' representative. Nice to meet you."

"Nice to meet you." I answered with a smile.

"Oh come on! Even you now Saya-chan?" Chie complained to her.

"Anyway, we have a meeting to attend to," Yamagami-san said.

"Don't you dare skip the meeting this time Taishi," she said as she's dragging Hasebe-san by tweaking his ear out of the classroom. "Good luck Narukami-kun, you'll need it now that you're now on Morokin's list."

"Okay okay. Now could you let go of my ear Saya-chan?" Hasebe-san said as he tried to let Yamagami-san to let go of her hand of his ear.

"Nice to meet you Narukami-kun! Bye~" He wave his hand to me while still getting his ear tweaked.

"See you tommorow. Now let's go home!" Satonaka said farewell to both of them and we then ready to go home together.

At first sight, I wouldn't expect Hasebe-san is a class rep. He has slightly long messy brown hair and slightly droopy eyes. He's wearing his uniform very sloppy. He kind of remind me of Kurosawa. Meanwhile Yamagami-san has a black short hair and black eyes with glasses. She wears her uniform very neatly and has the. I guess she's your classic "model student". They're like exact opposite. I wonder how they got elected. And I can see Satonaka is an energetic and outgoing tomboy, not to mention she had a bright and upbeat personality. While Amagi is very introverted, however I can sense the aura of a rich, elegant young woman who is popular with boys and girls alike from her. As a beautiful, feminine, respectful and fair-skinned teenager, I'm guessing she had attracted many males in Inaba. While we were having a little chat, the guy who crashed himself to a pole calling for Satonaka.

"Hey there Chie! This was way cool!" He said as he handed a DVD box to Satonaka. It was Trial of the Dragon Movie. I watched it before, it was pretty good martial art movie.

"Thanks! See ya!" He said with a really worried face, and then he rush himself out of the classroom. However before he can pass us to the door, Satonaka trip his foot so he fall once again. Poor guy.

"Wait a minute!" She then opened the DVD box and found it's already cracked. What a shame. "What the hell?! You cracked it!"

Realizing his fault already found out. He lower his head to the ground while apoligizing,"I'm sorry. It was an accident. I'll pay it back as soon as I get my next paycheck."

He said it as if he was really scared of Satonaka. I can related to him though, you don't really want to make a girl like her mad at you. Amagi looked worried and said, "Are you okay?" Satonaka seemed really enraged.

"Don't mind him, Yukiko!" Chie said as she shrugged and holding Amagi's left hand. "Just forget about him. We're going home."

As we get passed him, Satonaka kicked his butt once again while his head still on the ground. "I better leave him alone," I thought. I got the feeling that involving myself with him won't bring me any good.

When we reach the school's gate, there's a guy wearing other school uniform, a black, with a green and orange emblem and a green tie slouching and standing there as if he's waiting for someone. He has disheveled black hair that is parted slightly in the middle and extremely deep and pitch black droopy eyes.

"Yukiko!" He called out Amagi's name as he approached her. "I've been waiting for you Yukiko!"

"Eh? Who are you?" Amagi asked. She seems confused.

"Hey Yukiko, let's hang out and have some fun." He said as he's holdiing Amagi's right hand. "Come on, Yukiko!"

"Hey, stop it!" Satonaka shout as she tried to keep him away from Amagi.

"Well, are you coming or not?" He asked, and still not letting go of her hand.

"I-I'm not going." Amagi answered.

"Just come with me!" He begin to shout as this time it seems he pulls her hand really hard.

"Hey, she said no." I can't just stand there doing nothing so I pulled his hand so he let go of Amagi's hand.

"Tcchh. Damn bitch!" He then run off quickly.

"Who's that creep Yukiko?" Chie asked.

"I don't know. I just met him." Amagi said with a really scared face.

"Thank you Narukami-kun." She bowed head head towards me. I guess I'm right. Amagi's a really popular girl around here after all.

"No problem." I replied with my usual smile.

We then walked together about halfway to Uncle's home. Amagi split way first, then Satonaka not a long way after. On the way home, we talked about why I transfered in and I will just attended to this school for a year. Satonaka told me that Amagi owned the only big inn in Inaba, so she often didn't have time to relax cause she had to help her parents. Amagi also told me that Satonaka was obsessed with kung fu and often worked out by herself every now and then, but despite this, it seemed she didn't join any club in the school. I also managed to learned the poor guy name. His name is Hanamura Yosuke.

Finally I arrive at Dojima residence. I saw Nanako had already back and she's doing laundry. Uncle was nowhere to be found though. To show my appreciation, I tried making dinner for Uncle and Nanako.


12th April 2011. Tuesday. Evening.

It's already dinner time but Uncle haven't come back yet, so I and Nanako ate dinner together while watching TV. I see a local news about a terrible murder of Yamano Mayumi, a 27-years-old TV announcer. I think she was the women who had an affair with Namatane Taro, the City Council Member of Inaba I heard from the news yesterday on the train. Her corpse was left hanging on top of a pole and found by a girl who was wearing a Yasogami High uniform this morning. I figured this is why Uncle hadn't come back yet. He must be investigating about this case.

After finished eating dinner I straight back to my room upstairs to finished unpacking my things. Not long after I begin, the diziness I felt yesterday came back once again. So I once again decided to delay the unpacking and lay down in bed to go to sleep once again.


"Welcome to the Velvet Room," Margaret chuckles instantly after she said it. "I've always wanted to do that."

Ah. I once again is trapped in the blue room from my dream last night. The room is filled with the same people as before, but tonight it is the cold lady Margaret who did the greeting with her cold voice.

"Tonight, we'd like to introduce you to a new resident who will spice up your journey," she said. "Marie?"

She then called for the girl with officer's cap I saw yesterday in front of Yasoinaba Station. I'm starting to believe this is not just an ordinary dream.

"I know. I can hear you," girl with officer's cap said. "Nice to meet you."

Although she said that, I did't think she really meant it. I could felt that she is a very cold and antisocial individual.

"Please excuse her," Margaret said. "This is Marie. Her soul is still very young..."

"Shut up! Don't tell him more than he needs to know!" Before Margaret can finished her words, Marie seemed mad and interrupted.

"...as you can see," Margaret just giggling in response. "Her manners may leave much to be desired, but as she's in training, kindly look the other way, and forgive her rudeness."

"Huh? I don't get it. I hate you. You moron." It seems she's also cranky, sarcastic, irritable, very foul-mouthed and often prone to mood swings.

Margaret just responded with a deep sigh, "What a handful she is, acting like such a shrew."

"But the fact that she's her is also necessary for you," she said. "This room is integral to your fate."

"In this room, nothing ever happens without a reason," Margaret explained. "The place where you'll cross paths with those who wander aimlessly, with scoundrels.

"Who knows what these encounters will entail?" She sounds like she's enjoying herself. "Perhaps it is rude, but we, too, are somewhat intrigued."

Marie apparently kept staring at me with a really cold look while Margaret talk. Knowing this, Margaret then offer me a proposal.

"I have a certain proposal for you." Margaret said. "Although she came before you, it's not as though Marie has much knowledge of the outside world."

"Therefore, if you have no objection, please take her outside of this room," she asked. "Please take your time to think about this."

"Now then, farewell." She finally bid farewell.

As soon as she finished talking, a light brighten my eyes. As soon as I open them again, I'm lying in my bed. What a really weird dream. And yet, I'm really starting to believe that it was not an ordinary dream after all. Realizing it's already morning, I'm preparing to start my second day as a second year Yasogami High student while still thinking about Marie and ignoring my messy room for now.


Author's Note:

I added two characters to Yuu's class, Hasebe Taishi and Yamagami Saya. They are boys and girls representative of second year class 2 of Yasogami High School. If both name sounds familiar, that's because I "created" both characters based of main characters in Servant x Service, Hasebe Yutaka and Yamagami Lucy.

Hasebe Taishi have about the same height as Yosuke with slightly long messy brown hair and slightly droopy eyes, wearing a standard Yasogami High uniform, but very sloppily with white shirt underneath. He is carefree and slacks of at any given moment. Taishi is a prodigy and is good at everything he does, except getting the girl he likes, Yamagami Saya. He has a habit of collecting emails from anyone he meets, mostly from girls, because he makes him feel at ease, even when he never actually use them. He became class' representative because Saya insisted him to be one since they're friends since middle school, even became a classmate in first year. So Saya knows what he capable of and hate to see if it's going to waste.

Yamagami Saya is a very hardworking student making her the most ideal student. She can easily communicate with other people and is very naive. That's why she hates to see such talented person as Taishi just playing around, without putting his talent to good use. She is so naive that she's sexually harassed by Taishi, she's not even getting mad over it. She have about the same height as Chie with short black hair and black round eyes. She's wearing her uniform strictly according to school rules from head to toe, she also wears a glasses because her vision is pretty bad because she reads a lot of books since she was little.