"Shit." Morita cursed as he lowered his hand from his head blood present on his fingers, a stewardess had done her best to bandage up his head but there were those with more critical injuries then his and he had told her to leave it and to help the others, since then he had held a shirt to his head to stop the blood. It wasn't that bad and from what he knew cuts above the eye always bleed worse than what they actually were.
Looking around he saw some of the teachers going around, after everyone had disembarked from the plane everything was in turmoil for hours, only now had the teachers started to take roll call. It didn't take a genius to see that there were students missing. The moment Morita had come to he had looked everywhere for Takashi, not a single person had seen any sign of him.
"You look like hell." Imamura commented slumping down next to Morita, plucking the cigarette from behind his ear and placing it in his mouth before lighting it.
"I could use one of those." Morita chuckled.
"Last one on me." Imamura shrugged placing the lighter in his pocket as he offered the smoke to Morita who took it. "The rest are in my bag on the plane, pilot won't let anyone else back on. The others and I might see if we can get in later." Morita nodded as he handed back the smoke to Imamura blowing smoke form his own mouth. "I thought you were like Komuro and didn't smoke."
"Situation kind of calls for a stress reliever." Morita chuckled as he coughed slightly. "Not going to make it a habit." Imamura shrugged as he reclined against the log that Morita was sitting on simply watching everyone freak out about what was going on. The so called adults were freaking out more than the teenagers. Morita and Imamura simply remained quiet before a teacher walked over to them, it was Koichi Shido or more commonly known as Shido-sensei, a creepy guy that most students tended to keep at arm's length.
"Names." Shido instructed.
"Fuck off Shido." Imamura growled making Shido scowl slightly as he pushed up his glasses. "You ain't our home room teacher, our names aren't on that list of yours. We'll wait for Hayashi-sensei." Shido was about to say something before noticing that Imamura was a renown trouble maker in Fujimi Academy. Simply huffing the man turned and walked away. "God that guy gives me the creeps." Imamura growled as he took a drag from his smoke before blowing it out.
"Same here." Morita sighed. "Glad that we got Hayashi-chan as our home room teacher this year." Morita grinned. "She's such a babe."
"I bet she's an animal in the sack." Imamura grinned. "Does anything and everything." Morita had to grin at Imamura's fantasy. Hayashi Kyoko had just turned thirty her home room having thrown her a surprise party one time, usually by now a woman her age would be married however far as they knew, she was still single. She along with the school nurse were the attention of most of the males in Fujimi High School.
"Think she'd do a student?" Morita questioned.
"If she were desperate enough." Imamura laughed making Morita shake his head in amusement. "Any sign of Komuro yet?" Imamura asked scanning the faces of the passengers who were all confused on the situation, seeing no sign of Takashi.
"Nah, none." Morita sighed. "People don't up and disappear like that man." The blonde sighed.
"He ain't the kind of guy to leave his friends behind either." Imamura muttered having come to find Takashi someone that he could rely on these past few months. While most saw Imamura as a trouble maker and thug of Fujimi High School he was actually an alright guy. He treated his friends with respect and looked after them. Morita use to be picked on before Imamura stepped in and they soon became friends.
After Takashi's break up with Rei, Morita had suggested that Takashi come hang out with them. Imamura and Takashi knew each other, both having looked after Morita in the past and Imamura had been happy to have someone else to chat with. Finding out what happened between Rei, Hisashi and Takashi, Imamura started to annoy both Rei and Hisashi whenever they acted to friendly around him. There were times when he knew for certain that Rei was just doing it to make Takashi jealous.
"Yo, Morita-kun, Imamura-san." Both looked up to see Hisashi approaching them his usual smile on his face, Imamura scowled slightly as Morita got to his feet. "Still no word on Takashi yet?" He questioned placing his hands in his pockets.
"Nah, not yet." Morita confessed, Imamura glaring from behind Morita seeing that Rei was looking over them from a distance. "I'm a little worried, it's not just Komuro missing is it?" Morita questioned making Hisashi frown slightly.
"Nah, not just him." Hisashi confessed. "A few other Sophomores, a handful of seniors not to mention the middle school students and other passengers." Hisashi sighed. "The teachers and pilot's aren't giving us anything either. I don't know if it's because they don't know what's going on or if they're just trying to keep everyone calm."
"Idiots, the lot of them." Both Morita and Hisashi turned in surprise to see Saya walking over to them, obviously annoyed over what was going on. "You, blonde guy where the hell is Komuro?" She ordered.
"Ah... Takagi-chan, he's missing like so many others." Morita tried to say but instead she turned to Hisashi, completely ignoring Morita's comment seeing he didn't have the answer.
"What are you doing over here?" Saya questioned.
"I was just seeing if Morita-kun was doing alright, he bumped his head when the plane went down." Saya turned to Imamura who grinned in return shaking his head before pointing to the blonde causing Saya to turn to the now deflated blonde, she had forgotten who he was... again.
"What ever, I need your help." Saya told him making Hisashi tilt his head slightly before Saya looked over both Imamura and Morita. "Probably take the three of your morons to pull it off successfully though." She muttered.
"Is the prissy little princess doing something against the rules?" Imamura questioned as he rose up, a grin on his face. "Oh I've got to hear what this is about." Saya huffed as she crossed her arms, and looked away from the three male teens in annoyance.
"I need something from the plane." Saya told them. "I heard you speaking with some others that you were going to go back and get your bags right?" Saya questioned making Imamura nod, although the teen was surprised that Saya had overheard them. "Well, I'll cause a distraction. You guys can get on the plane then, just grab my bag from row fifty six's overhead compartment, it's a Pierre Cardin designer bag." The three teens before her blinked owlishly at her. "Idiots." She muttered as she rose a hand to her forehead. "It will be the most damn expensive bag on the plane!" She growled. "If it looks fancy, bring it!"
"What's in it for us?" Imamura questioned catching both Hisashi and Saya off guard slightly. "Why should we grab your bag? You're just causing a distraction, anyone could do that."
"I don't have anything to give you." Saya told him as Morita scratched the bag of his head, Imamura was right they were risking getting in trouble sneaking up onto the plane.
"Hmm..." Imamura looked Saya over, a grin forming on his face. "I could think of something." Saya glared at Imamura as she covered her chest with her arms, Hisashi quickly moving in front of Saya with a glare at Imamura. "Whoa, calm down Igou." Imamura chuckled. "Just joking around, but I do have something in mind." He continued placing a hand on Morita's shoulder making the blonde jump in surprise. "She has to at least acknowledge this guys existence."
"What?" Morita questioned surprised as Imamura grinned down at him.
"Fine, whatever." Saya nodded. "Just bring my bag back from the plane." Imamura nodded as he wrapped an arm around Morita's shoulder and leading him away.
"What do you need from the plane so bad?" Hisashi questioned as both he and Saya headed over to Rei.
"I've lost my contacts." Saya huffed in annoyance. "My vision all blurry right now, I need my glasses." She explained making Hisashi take her by the arm to help guide her. "I don't need support you idiot! I'm not blind!" Hisashi immediately let go of her arm.
"Sorry." Hisashi apologised causing Saya to huff once more. "But I never knew you wore glasses Takagi-san."
"Yeah, well I do." She muttered as they came up to rei. "Miyamoto, I'm going to need your help." Saya sighed. "We need to cause a distraction with the adults so that these moron's can sneak onto the plane and grab our bags."
"Hisashi, you can't do that!" Rei shouted at him.
"It's better than sitting around waiting for the teachers to tell us what to do." Hisashi told her. "We'll grab our bags and be off the plane before you know it." Rei sighed but nodded her head in understanding. She would like to get her own bag back.
"I have to talk to Igou for a moment, do you mind?" Saya questioned making Rei frown slightly, her eyes narrowing. "Don't worry, I'm not trying to steal him away just need a word with him."
"It'll be fine Rei." Hisashi assured her placing a kiss on her lips making Saya roll her eyes before Rei walked a few feet away from them. "What's up Takagi-san?" Hisashi questioned causing the pink haired teen to sigh.
"Firstly, I recommend you come out of the cargo hold when you exit the plane. I'll be able to distract the pilots and attendants for a while but not long enough for you guys to get out. The main doors will be electronically locked and they'll probably be unusable right now. Find a maintenance hatch and come out through that way."
"Got it, anything else?" He questioned, he figured that she hadn't led him away from Rei for just that reason.
"After you get your bags back, what are you going to do?" Saya questioned making Hisashi raise an eyebrow. "We've been here for several hours already, the pilots have barely re-entered the plane since we landed and the fact they're not letting anyone on the plane. Meaning either they've made contact or the radio's broken, I'm putting my bets on the fact that the radio's dead." She told him.
"But they said it was working fine." Hisashi stared at her in disbelief.
"I'm also not an idiot." Saya huffed in her annoyance. "It wouldn't be the first time someone's lied to keep the situation calm, imagine if everyone knew the radio wasn't working?" She whispered under her breath making Hisashi's eyes widen. "Exactly, mass panic would ensue." She sighed. "If the radio's dead, our time here in this jungle is going to be a lot longer than what it would take for an average rescue. Could be weeks even, if some people aren't mentally stable some might commit suicide, others might turn violent." She explained, Hisashi looking over the group of passengers, currently they were all scared relying on the pilot's words alone that the radio was working. "Not to mention all the passengers that were missing."
"Takashi among them." Hisashi muttered as he ran a hand through his hair, Saya nodding. "So, what do you suggest?" Hisashi asked quietly, he saw a few other students giving them a questioning gaze, they never really talked at school and now they were having an in-depth conversation? Of course it would attract some odd looks.
"I don't know about you." Saya started. "But I want to try and convince those other two." She gestured with her head to Morita and Imamura that were looking up at the plane, talking with one another making Hisashi raise an eyebrow.
"Convince them of what exactly?" The teen questioned turning back to the pink haired girl.
"To help me go find Komuro." Saya told him simply making Hisashi's eyes shoot wide open in shock. "In truth, I'd rather not go with them since I don't know them that well and don't know how much I can trust them. But I'd rather trust them then wait for the initial break down that's going to happen here." She growled lightly as she rose her thumb up to her mouth, chewing slightly on her finger nail. "The only one I can trust in this damn jungle is lost in it." Hisashi smiled slightly, he only knew Saya because of Takashi. From what he heard from Rei, Saya and Takashi had met a year after Rei and Takashi had. It was kind of funny, even though no matter what he had always seen Saya and Takashi arguing with one another. To see that Saya saw Takashi as the only one she could trust in a situation, he had to laugh. "What!? What's so funny!?" She snapped at him.
"How much do you have a crush on that guy?" He teased, Saya's face heating up instantly as she recoiled slightly at the comment.
"What!? What the hell are you saying Igou! Gah! Just do what you're supposed to do!" She shouted storming off making Hisashi chuckle lightly as he watched Saya walk away, Rei giving him a confused look to which Hisashi simply grinned in return before Saya dragged Rei away. Hisashi sighed softly as he turned his attention to the jungle with a frown on his face, he was worried for Takashi.
"Rei's worried about him too, even if she won't admit it openly." Hisashi mused to himself as he headed back to where Morita and Imamura were. "Takagi-san is pretty smart, sticking with her throughout all this might be the best bet. Plus she's the only one dedicated enough to start up a search for anyone... even if it is just Takashi." He continued. "I'll see if I can help convince Morita-kun and Imamura-san and head out with them."
"Yo, Igou." Morita smiled seeing Hisashi approach. "We ready or what?" He questioned making Hisashi look over his shoulder to see Saya nod at him before heading over to the group of pilots talking with one another.
"All set." Hisashi grinned.
"Do you know who my father is!" Saya shout echoed across the entire area, grabbing the attention of not just the pilots but numerous others.
"Guess that's the signal." Imamura grinned hearing Saya's shout. "Let's let the bratty princess have her temper tantrum, she must have a lot of practice." Morita simply grinned as the three rushed for the dense jungle, having come up with the plan to run along the clearing out of sight and up to the slide they had used to come down from the plane. Coming up from behind the large slide Hisashi poked his head out of the side to see Rei having joined in on joining Saya in her tantrum, he had to grin both girls were letting of their gathered stress it would seem, shouting at the adults that had said they had everything under control. Not a single person was looking over at the slide.
"Let's go." Hisashi said running around the slide, gripping the ropes that lined the side he began to pull himself up, Morita and Imamura right behind him. It was definitely more difficult to climb up it then slide down but the three had managed it. Both Imamura and Morita were slightly puffed after the climb laying on the plane floor while Hisashi having more stamina thanks to his martial arts training was leaning up against the doorway glancing out. He saw Rei look up and gave her a slight wave, he heard the pink haired teen scream some more at the pilots before Rei grabbed her and began to walk away from them.
"Let's get our bags and get out of here." Imamura grunted as he pushed himself up from the floor, Morita following. Hisashi followed after before he stopped turning back to the cockpit of the plane.
"I'll catch up." Hisashi called out, Imamura didn't bother to respond however Morita looked over his shoulder to see Hisashi heading towards the cockpit, opting to follow Imamura they headed down the plane. Hisashi ducked past the door of the plane they had entered through and dashed up the aisle towards the cockpit. Taking a deep breath he gripped the handle before opening it slightly, the moment he did his heart sank. Saya had been right, the radio wasn't working. It was damaged somehow, presumably in the crash.
"Takagi-san was right." Hisashi grit his teeth. "If the pilot's were honest with everyone, it would have caused less of a commotion. But people are now going to freak out, it will be just as Takagi-san said. Mass panic, chaos... complete and utter anarchy." He closed the door to the cockpit, both Imamura having grabbed their bags were now rummaging through the flight attendants cabin for items.
Heading to where he had been seated with Rei, he opened the overhead compartment and grabbed his bag out slipping the straps over his shoulders before grabbing Rei's bag out, slinging the single strap over his arm before closing the compartment. He had seen Saya seated near and remembered her seat number from when she had told him earlier. Finding row Fifty Six he opened the compartment overhead and sweat dropped, Saya's bag stood out among the others. Grabbing the designer bag he looked at the other bags within. Toshimi's and Misuzu's. Figuring that the pilots would have to let them on eventually he left the girls bags there and headed down to where Takashi and Morita had been seated with one another, opening the compartment he frowned there was only a single bag left within.
"Komuro's bag wasn't there." Morita informed him as he walked over, Hisashi noting that he didn't have his bag and saw Imamura stuffing food in it down the aisle. "Just before everything happened he was pulling it down since he had some snacks in his bag." The blonde informed him. "I searched all over for it down the aisles but no sign."
"Maybe he's got some food with him then." Hisashi smiled making Morita grin in response. "Takagi-san said we should head out through the cargo hold, find a maintenance shaft or something." Hisashi told him. "Going back down the slide is just asking for trouble."
"Sounds good." Morita grinned as both headed back to where Imamura was, stuffing several items into his own backpack. "He's a good guy after you get to know him." Morita told Hisashi softly.
"I have nothing against Imamura-san." Hisashi told Morita. "He just seems to have a grudge against Rei and I." Morita slumped his shoulders slightly.
"No matter how many times Komuro told him to leave you guys alone, Imamura just feels bad for Komuro is all, don't take it to hard. Imamura is just trying to look out for Komorou." Morita explained making Hisashi smile.
"Glad that there are people looking out for him, I was getting worried about him." Morita frowned slightly but remained quiet causing Hisashi to sigh, how was he to convince both Imamura and Morita that he wanted to make up with Takashi, to try and settle things with him? Then there was Takashi, how the hell was he supposed to talk to him about all this, after all Takashi wasn't the easiest guy to talk too about this kinda stuff, he usually just brushed it all off.
"Yo! Imamura! Find anything good?" Morita called out as the two approached.
"Yeah man." Imamura grinned at the blonde. "You have to love international flights, look at all the booze in here." Hisashi sweat dropped slightly as Morita bounced over to the rebellious teen like some kind of giddy kid, nobody would even think that they were worried about the current situation if they saw them. "We also got ton's of food, there's plenty left so I doubt anyone will notice this much gone." He shrugged.
"Hey, Morita-kun, Imamura-san." Hisashi started making both teens look up at him. "I was going to head out with Takagi-san, to try and find Takashi, I was hoping you guys might come." He told them.
"Huh?" Imamura questioned. "Why would you do that? Not like you have any reason to go find Komuro, you already got his girl now you want to act like a big hero so Komuro thinks you're some kind of saint, to make him forget about all that happened?" Hisashi frowned as Imamura stood up. "Leave it to his real friends to find him, you just stick with your girlfriend."
"Wait, you were already going to go find him?" Hisashi questioned with wide eyes.
"Better then sticking around with all these other useless morons." Imamura told him. "They're freaking out over every little thing, over fifty people are missing and not a single search party has been sent out. If we're going to find Komuro we're going to have to do it ourselves."
"Then let us do it together, it'll be better then separating." Hisashi tried to say.
"Like hell, if you come along that bitch Miyamoto is just going to drag us down!" Imamura shouted.
"Maybe splitting up's not such a good idea Imamura." Morita told him. "After all, we have no idea what's out in the jungle."
"Maybe some big cats or something, nothing that deadly surely." Imamura told him. "We'll find Komuro and be back before anyone even knows we're gone." Morita simply sighed as Imamura slung his bag over his back, filled with his own personal items along with food and booze from the flight attendants cabin. "Here Morita, I stuffed some food in your bag as well. Let's get off the plane and go find Komuro." He instructed making the blonde nod before looking over at Hisashi who sighed.
"Let's get into the cargo hold and get outta here." Hisashi told them, both following after Hisashi finding a hatch that would lead them below from the flight attendants cabin. It was slightly dim within but Imamura had found a flash light within the cabin above and they easily found a maintenance hatch. Imamura gave the torch to Morita while both he and Hisashi went to open the hatch. Casting the torch around Morita spotted something making him grin.
"No way! Awesome!" Morita instantly moved over the cargo hold.
"Gah! Morita!" Imamura shouted, now being shoved into darkness since the light was no longer on them. "The hell are you doing!"
"I found it!" Morita laughed making both Hisashi and Morita look over to see what Morita was going on about, both sweat dropped seeing him pull out his guitar case. "I can't believe it survived I was hoping it would! It's brand new too my parents said not to bring it on the trip but I just couldn't leave it behind!"
"There is no way you're lugging that thing through the damn jungle!" Imamura growled as he and Hisashi went back to opening the hatch, both sweating and groaning, the maintenance hatch being harder to open then that had first originally thought.
"Well I'm not just leaving it here!" Morita cried slinging the guitar case over his back and pulling his backpack over it adjusting the straps so it fit properly before making his way back over to them, light in hand. A creaking sound was heard before the leaver gave and both teens sighed in relief as they opened the hatch. Hisashi stuck his head out to see that they were further back along the plane then where everyone was gathered. The three moved outside of the plane, stretching from the tight space fo the cargo hold.
"Should we close that?" Morita questioned gesturing to the open hatch.
"Nah, leave it be." Imamura told him. "I'll let some of the others know that they can get up through there and they can get their stuff should the pilots continue to be stubborn." Morita simply nodded as the three headed back towards everyone. Imamura grabbed Morita by the shoulder. "Put the guitar in the trees, if everyone finds out we were in the plane we're in shit! We'll get it later."
"R-Right, got cha." Morita grinned before he turned and headed off to place his guitar case in the jungle. Imamura sighed as he turned to Hisashi who scratched the back of his head awkwardly.
"We're going to find Komuro." Imamura told him. "You want to come along, that's fine." He explained. "We'll even take Takagi, she seems more level headed about this than anyone."
"That's an understatement." Hisashi chuckled.
"Understand this Igou." Imamura glared at him. "I don't like you, or Miyamoto." Hisashi frowned at that. "You just don't get how much you guys hurt Komuro, Miyamoto practically flaunts you in front of him." Imamura growled. "Komuro's my friend, Morita said you're trying to patch things up with him?"
"Trying too." Hisashi told him. "He was kinda scarce on this trip, I only caught a handful of glimpses of him."
"What ever, if you're bringing Miyamoto along make sure she isn't going to act like a bitch." Imamura told him. "I don't know about you but I've got no patience for a girl like that."
"I'll talk to her."
"Whatever." Imamura turned seeing Morita walk out of the trees, the three headed back into the clearing.
"Where have you three been!?" A voice shouted making the three turn to see Kyoko Hayashi walking towards them.
"Hayashi-sensei!" Imamura's face instantly heated up making Morita grin, raising a hand up to his mouth to stifle his laughter. He knew Imamura's choice in older women and how he viewed Hayashi-sensei. Hisashi was trying to hide his grin but was failing to do so, to see the rebellious teen become so flustered was amusing.
"Just a toilet break Hayashi-sensei." Hisashi told her making the woman push her glasses up. "Nothing to worry about."
"I didn't know you three brought your bags off the plane with you." The busty teacher stated eyeing their recently recovered belongings.
"Last minute decision." Hisashi told her.
"Alright, that's fine then." Kyoko continued as she rose her folder up using a pan to mark their names off for roll call." Have any of you seen Komuro-kun? I have yet to mark his name off."
"He's one of the missing passengers Hayashi-sensei." Morita spoke up surprising her slightly. "We looked all over for him, no one has seen any sign of him since the plane came down."
"I see." She continued, a frown on her face. "That makes eighteen students all together."
"Is there any plans for a search party or anything?" Hisashi quickly asked making the teacher look up at the three.
"Not yet, we're just trying to figure the situation out right now. After everything has calmed down then we will set up a search for the missing passengers." Imamura grit his teeth but nodded, he hated how disorganised everything was. They were suppose to be the calm adults but here they were and the adults were panicking out more than the students. "I'm sure that Komuro-kun and the others are fine." Kyoko told them. "Now, try not to wander off again boys."
"Yes Hayashi-sensei." The three chorused as she walked away from them.
"I'm going to let Takagi-san know that we're heading out." Hisashi told them, surprising Morita. "When do you think you'll be ready to leave?"
"Give us ten minutes." Imamura told him making the martial artist nod.
"They're coming with us?" Morita questioned Imamura.
"It'll be easier to find Komuro this way, you saw how dense the jungle was from up in the plane. This island's massive." Morita nodded in understanding. "Let's just hope Miyamoto isn't a total bitch."
"I don't get what Komuro ever saw in her." Morita sighed causing Imamura to shrug before they looked over to Rei who was standing with Saya and Hisashi.
"Gotta be the tits." Both muttered.
Hisashi walked over to where Saya and Rei were sitting with one another, Toshimi and Misuzu were sitting with them the usually talkative two were rather quiet. Rei perked up seeing Hisashi approach making him grin as she got to her feet rushing over to him wrapping her arms around him in a hug. Saya huffed slightly as she got to her feet walking over to the hugging duo, holding her hand out Hisashi passed the pink haired teen her designer bag. Somehow Kyoko had totally missed it when she had scanned over the other bags in their grips.
"Thank you." Saya said before opening it pulling out her glasses case and placing them on her face before placing the case back in her bag.
"Imamura-san and Morita-kun are on-board Takagi-san." Hisashi told her making Saya cock an eyebrow. "I want to help out as well."
"Help with what Hisashi?" Rei questioned as Hisashi passed her his bag.
"To go find Komuro." Saya said causing the taller girls eyes to widen in surprise. "Better than panicking about nothing. Did you check?" She questioned Hisashi with narrowed eyes, Hisashi simply nodded knowing that Saya was asking about the radio.
"You were right." He sighed making her scowl.
"I was really hoping I was wrong about this one." She muttered under her breath. "We should leave soon then."
"Takagi-chan, you're going somewhere?" Toshimi questioned as both she and Misuzu approached.
"We're going to look for Takashi." Hisashi told the two.
"Komuro-kun?" Misuzu questioned. "So he's one of the missing as well."
"Yeah." Hisashi nodded. "Don't worry, we'll find him and bring him back, you guys should head over to Marikawa-sensei." He explained. "Try and keep her focused." He smiled having suffered numerous martial arts injuries in the past he knew of her rather clumsy nature. "She could use some help probably, and it'll keep you two busy."
"Right!" They both cheered, their voices in sync. "Count on us Igou-kun!" They cheered together making Hisashi smile before the two rushed off.
"You're kind of too friendly with other girls Hisashi." Rei said hugging his arm.
"It's better then them coming with us, they drive me insane." Saya huffed. "Now let's go before anyone notices." Hisashi nodded as the three headed over to where Morita and Imamura were waiting for them. They made sure that no one was paying attention before the group of five students slipped away into the jungle, Morita sure to grab his guitar before they got to far away despite the argument it arose in Saya at the sight of it. The small group was unaware of the single teacher watching them, a grin forming on his face.
"Shido-sensei, this here is the last of the roll calls." Kyoko started walking up with her folder to hand it to him, Shido turning to her with a smile. "Is something wrong Shido-sensei?"
"Oh no, I just saw some birds fly away is all. They just happened to grab my attention." Kyoko frowned slightly, she never liked this man he seemed way to sleazy to her. "How many students are missing?"
"With Komuro-kun added to the list, it makes eighteen students all together from both Sophomore classes and Senior classes. Not to mention Teshima-sensei is also missing."
"It just leaves it up to the two of us to look after all the students then Hayashi-sensei." Shido smiled at her, shivers going up the woman's spine in response. "Oh, not to forget Marikawa-sensei also. I'm sure we can enlist the help of some of the senior students also."
"Some of the students were talking about a search party to find the missing students." Kyoko told him.
"We're the teachers here Hayashi-sensei, it's our duty to keep everyone calm." He explained. "When the time comes I believe we will be able to create a search party, but we have the duty to keep the safe students safe. Having them running around the jungle increases the chance of injury."
"That's true however..."
"We can talk about it in due time Hayashi-sensei, we should talk with the other adults so that we can see what we can come up with. I'm sure we'll think of something." Shido turned and began to walk away from her making her frown as she followed after him. She didn't like him one bit.
"No... frigging way..." Takashi breathed out as Saeko stood next to him, just as wide eyed as Takashi was. They had been walking for several hours as it was now afternoon. They had chatted idly as they searched for anything that could either lead them to the plane or some kind of civilisation however had yet to find anything. From what Takashi could gather, Saeko wasn't that much different from his own dream which didn't make any sense to him. Before now he had never really known Saeko, so how was it that his dream had been so vivid?
When they had first started off they had looped around in a massive circle coming right back to where they had started at the water hole where Takashi had fallen off the cliff. That had taken them three hours to do, after that they had headed in another direction for another few hours coming upon a massive clearing where they were now.
"Is that a herd of..." Saeko breathed out.
"Uh huh..."
"How?"
"No idea." The travelling duo was currently standing on the edge of the jungle looking over a massive grassy plane where they had caught sight of a heard of at least twenty Mammoths, at first they had thought that they were elephants but upon closer examining them they saw that they were indeed the extinct mammoth. The majority of them reached over four meters in height at the shoulders. Each had long, curved tusks and four molars. Unlike the more known woolly mammoths they were hairless much like an elephant which had brought the confusion at first for the two teens. They have a high, single-domed head and a sloping back with a high shoulder hump.
"This isn't possible." Saeko muttered her eyes still wide. "They're extinct, they have been for over thousands years." Takashi was just as shocked as Saeko was, the view they were seeing was indescribable, how could it be possible that they were seeing mammoths. Raising a hand up to his arm he pinched himself.
"So, not dreaming." Takashi chuckled making Saeko turn to him.
"You're unusually calm about this." Saeko told him.
"Yeah, I kinda am aren't I." Takashi chuckled scratching at the back of his head making the purple haired teen raise an eyebrow. "Want to get a closer look?" He questioned. "Not every day we see mammoths of all things."
"I don't think that would be a good idea, it's late and it'll be dark soon. We should keep searching for the plane and other passengers." Saeko explained. "If we can't find anyone before dark we'll have to set up a place to sleep for the night."
"Yeah... I guess you're right." Takashi nodded. "Pretty cool to see them though." Saeko had to nod in agreement, it wasn't everyday you saw something like that. But the older teen had to wonder, if Mammoths were here were there more dangerous extinct animals also? If so the jungle was going to be a dangerous place.
"Just where are we?" Saeko questioned herself as they walked across the grassy plain, the Mammoth's heading away from them in the distance. "Just what is going on, none of this makes any sense." Turning to Takashi the teen was looking over at the mammoths as they disappeared in the distance, a small smile on his face. "Why isn't he bothered by any of this?"