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Chapter 7: The first day continues.
"Nice to meet you. I'm Kenneth McCormmick. I'm from America." Kenny introduced himself to the rest of the class who consisted solely on females. "Please take care of me." Kenny finished giving the classic Japanese introduction with a nervous smile since his classmates were mostly glaring at him.
'Not the most welcoming of situations.'
It wasn't a surprise really. This been an class exclusively for girls meant that he was intruding on what was a "safe place" for girls to talk and act without having to worry about any guy. But now that he was here, the place wasn't a safe place no more.
'Just my luck.'
That and the quick scan he did of his classmates let him know that Marjorine wasn't in this class either.
"Now, now girls." The teacher said before any objection arouse. "The chairman has approved of this decision, so please try to be friendly with your new classmate." Thankfully, the glares Kenny received lessened but there were still few that looked at him as if he was toxic. "Now, I better assign you a partner if you're going to be in this class." The teacher said to Kenny before she looked down to a piece of paper with the names of everyone in the class. "Let's see…"
"Sensei, I'm the only one without a partner." Said one girl, who was by far, one of the prettiest girls Kenny had ever met.
"Ah! Akashiya Moka, yes…" The teacher said acknowledging the pink haired girl. "Since Shirayuki seems to never come to class you are the only one left without a partner." Had it been any other school that statement would've worried any other teacher, but being a school for monsters meant they weren't all strict regarding certain things, so a student not coming to classes didn't raise many alarms. "McCormmick-San, please sit next to Akashiya-san! She'll be your partner from now on."
"With pleasure." Kenny said surprisingly without any sarcasm whatsoever. Not when he gets to sit next to a beauty like Moka. "Nice to meet you, I'm Kenneth but friends call me Kenny, please take good care of me." The blond finished his introduction, using another formal Japanese expression, as he sat next to Moka.
"Nice to meet you too. I'm Akashiya Moka and please take care of me too." Moka replied formally with a genuine smile. Unlike the rest of the class she wasn't all that bothered by the boy's presence. In fact, she took it as an opportunity to make a friend.
'I wouldn't mind taking 'care' of you.' Kenny thought cheekily but didn't let any signs of his thought show on his face.
"Now that everyone's settled, we can resume where we left off." The teacher said as everyone in class took out their materials. "Now class, we shall begin our hand sewing project for this week."
As the teacher explained the project and what she wanted to see, Kenny couldn't help but think it was too simple. But then he was reminded himself that his classmates were monsters and probably never learned things like sewing before. So the project focused mostly in the basics.
"So…what do you want to do?" Moka asked her new partner. The teacher gave them several options to work for, and she wanted to know which one her partner preferred.
"Uh? Well, I'm fine with whatever…" It really didn't matter to him. "Whichever you prefer I'll help you."
"Oh, Okay." Moka then thought for a few seconds before suggesting. "How about a small quilt?"
"Sure."
Upon agreeing to their project, they both began working by cutting different colored fabrics for their quilt.
"So you're from America?" Moka asked trying to make some small talk. "What is like over there? All I know is what I read in books or seen in movies."
"It's…different." Kenny replied with slight hesitation. He wasn't really one to accurately describe how life was on his home country, nor have the most pleasant experiences to tell. "Actually, I'm from a small town in the mountains, so it is very different from the big cities you see in movies."
"Oh! Kinda like another student here." Moka said. "She also transferred here from a small town in America."
Now that caught Kenny's attention. "Really? So I'm not the only one?"
"Yes, her name's Marjorine, and she goes in a different class." The pink haired girl revealed as she cut another fabric with her scissors and arranged it in a pattern with the others.
"Are you friends with her?" Kenny asked casually to get more info. If Moka knew Marjorine, then she could help him locate her.
"Y-yes, sort of." Now it was Moka's turn to answer with slight hesitation.
After waking up from the "incident" with Kurumu, Tsukune explained to her that after removing the Rosario that sealed her powers, she kinda went out of control and attacked both Kurumu and Marjorine. Thankfully nobody got seriously hurt, still Moka went on and apologized to the both of them. And now that Kurumu no longer had intentions of taking over the school's male population they had establish a truce.
"We kinda just met." Moka ended up saying not really wanting to go into any specifics of the previous incident.
"That's nice…" Inwardly Kenny was disappointed thinking that he wouldn't get more info from Moka without making his intentions known.
Before coming here, Kenny debated how he would approach Marjorine about this whole situation. He would've preferred to just walk to her and get the whole thing over with, but Damien's explanation about Marjorine's "power" still resonated within his mind.
Unbeknownst to Marjorine herself, there was an ulterior motive for why Damien approached her with the idea of enrolling in Yokai Academy; and that was to get her away from South Park for some time to a "secure" place while her "power" grew, which if left unchecked could cause troubles to the whole world.
Damien explained it all to him, and Kenny agreed that for now it was for the best if Marjorine was kept ignorant about the true nature of her powers, and that his mission was to protect her and make sure she, alongside people that knew her, remained in the dark.
'Why did things have to become so troublesome?'
Suddenly, he was brought back from his thoughts when he heard someone call his name.
"Kenneth!" Moka said as she tapped him on his shoulder.
"Wha? What happened?"
"You zoned out for a bit." Moka explained with a curious look on her face. "I called your name a few times, but you were busy sewing."
'Sewing?' Kenny thought in surprise before looking down to a needle and fabric in his hands. 'Must have done this in auto-pilot.' He mused for a second before looking back at Moka who was looking at his handiwork with interest. "Sorry, I was in "The Zone" so to speak."
"This are some very good stitches. They look so professional!" Moka proclaimed loudly casing a few heads to look at their direction. Then the teacher walked up to them.
"Let me see that." She took the sewn fabrics and look at the stitches with apt interest. "These are some very good stitching, young man." She finally said after a whole minute, putting the fabrics down. "I'm surprised. Where did you learn to sew like this?"
Curious as well, the rest of the class looked expectantly at the only boy there awaiting for his answer.
Kenny couldn't help but remember how he got good at sewing.
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Kenny was watching TV alone, thankfully his parents weren't home screaming at each other so he could enjoy some peace and quiet. But the quiet didn't last long, because soon after Karen came home crying while carrying something in her arms.
Instantly, Kenny was on his feet and went to console his little sister. "Karen what happened?" Not being able tostop sobbing, Karen presented him what she was carrying.
It was a bear.
A teddy bear to exact. An old and dirty teddy bear that once belonged to him when he was little and probably belonged to his older brother when he too was little. Being a poor family like them, meant that everything they owned were hand me downs or from thrift shops.
Seeing the old bear, Kenny could see why Karen was crying. There was a big gash on the side and the stuffing was coming out. Any other brother of any other family would've just laugh it off and tell his sister to go talk to mom about it; but with their family being who they were, Kenny couldn't have that luxury.
Kenny knew his parents would care. If they didn't flat out ignore her, they would just tell her to grow up, turning Karen's life even bleaker. He wasn't going to let that happen.
"Don't worry Karen, I'll fix this right up." Kenny told her with a smile. He had learn how to sew when he had refused to go to work shop class fearing that he might die a horrible death with all the machines and tools that littered the place. Sure, his teacher told him that his sewing and stitching was subpar, but it was better than nothing.
"Y-you think s-so?" Karen managed to ask between sobs, looking up to her brother with little eagerness.
"I know so."
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Ever since then, Karen would come to him every time she needed someone to fix her stuffed toys and ripped clothes full with holes.
"I kinda learned it on my own; mostly self-taught." Kenny answered while scratching the back of his head.
"Well, you have talent McCormmick-san!" the teacher praised before turning to the rest of the class. "Now everyone return back to your work."
Kenny sighed in relief now that he wasn't the center of attention anymore. Turning back to his partner who was still fixated on him, he gave a slightly forced smile. "Shall we?"
"Okay!" Moka nodded and returned back to her work. But on the back of her mind she couldn't help to thought back to something she had noticed.
'Was it me, or for a second it looked like he was sad.'
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Walking back to his regular classroom, Kenny couldn't help to sigh. He had forgotten how troublesome school was, and the day wasn't even half way done. Not only did he have to keep up his grades he had to catch up to everyone else thanks to his lackluster education back on South Park.
"Leaving school did come back to bite me in the ass." He groaned
After the incident, Kenny was too distraught to go to school and as the time went on, he never bothered to comeback. There was no point really. After losing Karen, life didn't seem to have a point.
'It should've been me.' But because of a fucking ritual, he was cursed with living.
Kenny depressing thoughts then were suddenly interrupted when he heard a small cry. Assessing his surroundings, Kenny noticed the small girl that sat next to him in class, Yukari, down on the floor while another student stood over her.
"You better watch your step next time, witch!" The way he said witch unnerved Kenny, the words had so much poison on it that he could almost taste it.
"But it was you who…" Yukari try to explain but she was quickly interrupted.
"Huh? Are you trying to accuse me of something?" The older student sneered. "Don't forget your place! You are nothing but a border being. You don't belong here." He mocked and all around them, Kenny could see the other students give nods in approval.
This whole thing made Kenny taste acid on this throat and all the way to his stomach. It made him remember.
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"And then, there was this part! It was like: pew! pew! pew! It was totally awesome!"
Kenny was silently waiting in line for some lunch in the cafeteria, hearing Eric Cartman talk about a movie he saw yesterday as they waited their turn to grab some lunch. A movie Kenny wanted to see but couldn't because he had no money to spend that week. So he had to conform to Cartman spoiling the movie for him.
Trying to zone the fatass out, Kenny looked around the Cafeteria and saw Karen walking to one of the tables with her lunch tray in her hands. Cafeteria lunch wasn't very good, but it was far better than whatever trash they had at home and Kenny was thankful for that. His little sister deserved better.
Kenny then turned around to look at something else when suddenly a small cry and the sound hitting the floor made him turn back. Karen was on the floor with her lunch spilled on the floor.
"You better watch your step next time!" A larger girl mocked. Her mean tone and the pain of falling on the floor caused Karen to start crying. "Oh? Are you gonna cry over your lunch? Why? Can't you just buy another…oh I guess you can't!"
Kenny tuned out everything around him and walked towards the two of them. He could stand a lot of things. He could stand being mocked or ridiculed for being poor, stupid or a pervert. But making his little sister cry was way over the line.
What happened next was difficult for him to remember with clarity, but he ended up being yelled at by his teacher, then he was suspended by Principal Victoria and after that he was forced to attend counseling with Mr. Mackey for several weeks. But in the he didn't care, because no one dared to mess with Karen from then on.
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This whole situation was an extreme cause of déjà vu for him. And just like last time it happened he was pissed. Kenny then just walked up to the guy and grabbed his shoulder. When the bully turned his head around in surprise from the unexpected contact, his face received a painful blow courtesy of Kenny's fist.
The bully stumbled backwards and fell on his butt feeling disoriented. Despite the pain he managed to say. "What the fuck?!"
He wasn't the only one dumbfounded by the sudden punch. Yukari was looking at the blond with surprise written all over her face, while the students watching the scene started murmuring to one and other. But Kenny paid no mind to them and focused on the target of his ire.
"You! I want you to apologize and swear you won't pick on anyone else." Kenny chose his words carefully, not wanting any of this guys friends think he had done this sorely for the little girl and then target her in return.
"Apologize?! Are you nuts?! What the fuck is wrong with …" but the guy was interrupted by Kenny picking him up by the shirt and delivered another blow but this time where the liver was supposed to be.
"I said: apologize!" Kenny said with steel on his voice, but he could see by the look the guy was giving him that he wasn't planning on doing anything. 'This guy's tougher than I thought.'
But before anything else could happen, a voice intervened in the whole thing.
"Hey! What is going on here?" It was none other than Kani-Sensei, the crap person who was Kenny's former English teacher.
"Nothing." Kenny answered as he let go of the guy's shirt. "I was just helping a fellow student who happened to fall unexpectedly on the floor." He lied through his teeth. "Isn't that right?" he then gave the guy his punched a looked daring him to say otherwise.
"Y-yes… that's what happened." The bully ended up saying, keeping quiet not because he was intimidated by the blond but because he didn't want to look like a weakling who told on a guy to a teacher.
"Is that so?" The red headed teacher said not really believing a word both said, but if no one says anything he couldn't do crap. Not like he wanted to. "Then get moving, and go back to your classrooms."
With that said everyone began dispersing, and the bully reluctantly walked away not before giving a glare to the blond who dared to punch him. 'I'll make you pay you fucking gaijin!'
Now that it all ended and the rage he felt receded, Kenny mentally kicked himself for what he had done. 'Fuck! So much for laying low.' He cursed himself for his lack of self control. Then a small voice made him turn around.
"Um…t-thanks." Yukari said to the blond transfer student who came to her rescue.
"No need." He answered with a small smile. "The guy is pretty pissed at me right now so he won't pick on you for some time." He put on a cool demeanor despite the fact that he just painted a big target on his back. "Just try not to cross that jerk's path for a while just to be on the safe side, okay?"
"O-Okay." Yukari answered weakly, not really sure what to think of her fellow classmate. She was thankful he helped her deal with the bully, but she wasn't all that keen with the violence he displayed. Sure, she usually dealt with idiots like the guy from before by summoning washtubs to clonk them on the head, but that was for rightful retribution instead of really wanting to seriously injure someone.
"Good. Now let's head back to class before we are late." Kenny proposed snapping Yukari out of her thoughts.
"Yes." Yukari agreed with a nod and the two of them began walking side to side. While they walked Yukari couldn't help but to wonder about the strange transfer student from America who sat next to her in class and what sort of guy was he.
"Say…" Kenny said making the young with turned to look at him. "Do you happen to know which class is next? I sort of haven't read my schedule for the day and I'm kinda lost about it." He admitted slightly embarrassed with a silly smile on his face.
It was then when Yukari decided that no matter what sort of guy this transfer student was, he was kind of an idiot.
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Sorry no Marjorine or Kurumu this chapter. But don't fret, Marjorine will appear next chapter in
Chapter 8: Reunions
