After a few minutes of running, the two students finally reached their destination. The surveillance room within the staff room. Medaka had noticed that there was an undamaged camera that surveyed the area, and it was on all the time. She knew that this would be their best, if not, only clue that would lead them to the attacker.
"Medaka, you do realize that you'll have to skim through endless amounts of recordings in order to find the right tape, right?" Zenkichi asked as Medaka began to fish through the recordings.
"I am well aware of that, but if I don't do anything, what kind of example would I set as a student council president?" Medaka replied as she fast forwarded the tapes as quickly as possible to arrive at the right recording. It amazed Zenkichi how she could process so much info at once and how her eyes could focus fast enough to pick out the right recording. To him, it was all a blur.
Medaka finally stopped on one of the recording's, where it showed Oudo and a rather large, blue haired individual. Zenkichi raised an eyebrow as he had never seen someone like that, or someone dressed like that.
"Perhaps he is the culprit? Let's watch." Medaka said as she turned up the audio on the control panel. What they heard from Oudo was standard. Demanding and overly confident, but the blue haired man seemed to be even more so, but in a rather smug and mellow way.
What they saw next surprised them both, the man was able to resist Oudo's weighted words, with ease at that! Then what happened next confirmed Medaka's suspicions. The man wound up and unleashed freight train of a punch into Oudo's face and it sent him hurdling through the school like it was made of thin glass.
"W-what the hell. Who the hell is that, and how could he take out Oudo with just one punch?!" Zenkichi exclaimed as they saw the man walk towards the forest, just north of the school.
Medaka was indeed surprised, but she was used to things like this, the only thing she got from this recording was the mentality that this man needed to be stopped before anyone else got injured.
"He seems to be abnormal. yes, there's no doubt about it. The real question is, what are his motives?" Medaka thought to herself outloud as Zenkichi watched the recording over and over again. It was still astonishing how much power that one punch packed, and how Oudo could do nothing to stop it.
"Zenkichi, we must investigate this at once, and we shall start by issuing an alert to all classes that all students must stay within the building until the set dismissal time. Even then, we shall have supervisors monitoring every entrance to the school. We shall personally investigate this matter ourselves. It is my duty as the student council president to insure the safety of the students." Medaka added as she pulled out her fan and began to fan herself.
"I know you feel it's imprtant Medaka-chan, but you saw what that guy is capable of! For once, I think we should leave this alone." Zenkichi replied as he scratched the back of his neck.
"I'm surprised Zenkichi-kun. You always seemed to support me when I performed dangerous tasks that would make others feel safe and happy. What makes this case different?" Medaka rebutted with a confused expression.
"U-um... Uh, w-well..." Zenkichi mumbled, knowing that she had a point. All he could do was sigh and facepalm. "Fine, but be careful. Okay?" Zenkichi mumbled as he leaned against a wall.
Medaka giggled as she put he fan in front of her mouth. "Of course." She replied as she grabbed Zenkichi by the arm and dragged him out of the room.
With that, they made their way to the forest.
Azrael continued to aimlessly wander throughout the forest, punching random trees just for the hell of it, as there were no large creatures or anything else to punch. The punches knocked over each tree, roots and all.
Azrael couldn't help but contemplate the teen's words. That school could possibly be full of people like him, and that thought got Azrael's adrenaline pumping. If that kid could manipulate gravity by speaking, who knows what the others would capable of. Azrael thought ending up in this place was a curse, but it turned out to be a blessing. He didn't want to leave now!
"Thanks Kokonoe, not only do I have to deal with your crap anymore, but I have hit the mother load of training dummies. Again, thanks you freaky feline." Azrael thought aloud as he continued punching trees before him. This was going to be oodles and oodles of fun.
His train of thought was cut off by the sound of a branch snapping not far behind him. Was it animal? A person? A hybrid? Whatever it was, Azrael wanted to know what it was, so he decided to climb up a tree quickly and hide within the leaves. He wanted to see who he was going to slaughter before anything else.
"Don't you think uprooted tree's with knuckle marks on it are a bad sign?" A male voice asked as a girl with long purplish-blue hair appeared under the tree he was hiding in along with a blonde haired boy with black hair tips.
"He's just making it easier to track him. Why not use the gracious trail he left behind?" The girl replied as she turned around to face the boy.
They both seemed to be wearing uniforms, so Azrael concluded that they were from the school, but one question remained; Why would they follow him here after the scene he left behind him at the school. They must be really brave, really stupid, or both.
Not that Azrael was complaining.
"Now, the trail of uprooted trees and footprints seems to end here. He must be hiding above us. It's the only reasonable conclusion. Let us search the trees!" Medaka stated as she began to climb a tree in search of the man.
"Clever girl." Azrael thought as he pulled back his arm and made a fist in case one of them poked their head up through the leaves of the tree he was hiding in.
"Alright..." The male replied, sounding less than enthusiastic about the plan. He seemed to be a smart kid, he knew that it was dangerous and rather stupid to track him. If only that same message got through the girl's head.
There were just too many damn trees to hide in, this could take all day, or half if Medaka actually tired looking quickly. In fact, she could do this solo because she was so fast, maybe she liked the company.
"Anything Zenkichi?" Medaka called out from a different tree. "Nothing yet!" Zenkichi replied, poking his head through the leaves to try spot the man. He had a really bad feeling that this would end badly for one or both of them.
"Are you even sure he's hiding? What if this is a trap? It's risky to search with just the two of us." Zenkichi stated as he dropped down from the tree he was searching. It was just the two of them, and Zenkichi knew he wouldn't be able to do too much to that man. He took out Oudo in one shot. Zenkichi even contemplated if he was too much for Medaka to handle.
"That is a risk we must take to ensure the safety of the student's Zenkichi!" Medaka replied as she was searching another tree. He knew he couldn't argue with her ideals, or argue with her in general. So he clammed up and did as he was told.
Zenkichi began to climb another tree, hoping she'd call it off soon, but his train of thought ended when he poked his head through the leaves.
"Peekaboo." A male voice said as a fist flew into Zenkichi's face. He didn't even have time to blink. All he could do was feel the pain surging through his body as he flew through a couple of trees.
"ZENKICHI!" Medaka shouted as she dropped down from a tree and ran over to his side.
"Holy crap... That hurt like hell..." Zenkichi choked out as he felt his nose. Yup, it was broken...
A man hopped down from the tree Zenkichi flew out of and walked over to the two, staring at them with a dark smile. Medaka noticed that it was the man from the recordings, and she stood in front of Zenkichi to prevent any further injury.
"You... Why are you doing this? What do you seek to accomplish by harming other humans?" Medaka asked as she clenched her fists tightly.
"I do it for the shits and giggles lady. Nothing gets a laugh outta me like causing others pain. It's a real riot!" The man replied as he shoved his hands into his pockets. Medaka could already tell this man was no ordinary abnormal.
"Who are you..." Medaka grumbled as she looked the man dead in the eyes. Ready to defend herself or Zenkichi if need be. The man grinned, revealing his fangs.
"I'm the Mad Dog. Azrael."
Heya guys! PhantomWriter8 here! I apologize for not posting anything in like... Forever, but I assure you that I am alive and doing my best to update my stories. School has been slamming me lately and I just couldn't write a good chapter 2 in my opinion, so I took a little break to re-watch Medaka Box (Which you should all watch by the way. Great anime.) so I could get motivated again. I also played a bit of Blazblue to get back into character with Azrael.
Again, I apologize for the sudden hiatus. Expect more updates soon.
PhantomWriter8 out!
