Hotel Kumi, April 3rd, 10:47 PM.
"HAHA, so we attack tonight?" a dark green haired guy says.
"Yeah, it'll be tonight, in about 30 minutes." Another dark green haired guy says licking his lips.
"Which level should we take tonight, brother?" the first guy says.
"I was thinking the innocent level ones tonight. And let's take males." the second brother says.
"Sounds like a plan. HAHAHA, I love playing this game!" the first guy replied.
Kumi Academy, April 4th, 8:26 AM, Girl Dorm 26
"AHHH, late late!" I shout. I'm changing into my uniform, not caring that Tomoko was in the room. Why would I care about changing in the bathroom right now? I bet Tomoko's going to get detention today.
I quickly take a leak, spray that teeth thing, and run out of the dorm with a quick bye to Tomoko. I did try to wake her, really, but it was hard. Last night, all 4 of us were practicing for our exam this Friday. Every three months, every teacher gives you an exam, on the same day! Well, not for enrichment, that's an extra.
I was practicing my wooden sword, Katsumi was asking me questions while I was practicing, Emi was practicing her wooden kunai aim (yes, shinobis get wooden weapons on the first year too), and Tomoko was playing her guitar that really didn't help in my time of stress.
I pass by the E.A., which is short for eating area, when the first bell rings. This made me more frustrated, so I run faster. I run all the way to the back of the school and into my classroom. I see Katsumi waving at me. I give a sigh of relief as I sit down. The final bell rings.
"Pretty close this time." Katsumi says smiling.
"Yeah, I didn't even get to go to the E.A., I'm starving." I replied.
"Then you can have this." A voice- Tanaka says. I looked up, and there she was. That was almost like a ninja even though we're swordsmen. Tanaka has a mini-milk carton. I take it while smiling.
"Thanks Tanaka." I say. She mumbles a small 'you're welcome' and starts class.
So, in swordsman class we finally got our bokkens last month. I still remember that day, when things broke in the classroom.
We're careful now, plus if you harm someone with it for fun, you don't have your sword for a month. I don't have it today because we can only bring it to class when Tanaka tells us to.
I mentioned that a wooden sword's power is weak to Tanaka. And she says this: "A wooden sword can hurt as much as a real sword if you want it to!" For some reason I know, I'll never forget those words.
Today, we're reviewing about what techniques you can use in different situations. This whole week, we're reviewing for the exams.
"Okay, Katsumi." Tanaka called.
"Yes teacher." Katsumi says as she stood up.
"What method do you use in the dark when you are targeting someone?" Tanaka asked.
"You use something to distract the person and then go for it." Katsumi says.
"Very good, and on the test I just need the keyword, distract." Tanaka says. Katsumi sat down.
Class went on and the bell rang. I sighed, time for Kanezawa. I say my goodbye to Katsumi and headed to room 6. As usual, Genji was already there and Daiki was.
"Hey the- WOAH."I say freaked out. Genji's eyes were outlined with dark holes. He looked dead, and by that I mean tired. "What happened to you?" I asked while laughing a bit.
"Haha, very funny. Well, it seems my egg was whining all night." Genji says. (A/N: Remember that savagers have animal companions. Genji, Daiki, and Tomoko are all savagers. They take care of their egg until it hatches witin 10-12 months.)
"Then I have a feeling the animal will be just like you." I say teasing. Genji just glares and I hand him my homework for him to copy again. Then Daiki came with the same eyes as Genji. Okay, this time it was reasonable to laugh.
"It's all that guy's fault." Daiki says as he pointed at Genji. "His egg ruined my beautiful eyes! Homework please~" What a mood changer. The second bell rang and Kanezawa was going to review math today.
"This is the vice principal of Kumi Academy. Level one and two report to the MPR this period. Level three, four, and five report to the MPR next period. This is mandatory. I repeat. Level one and two report to the MPR this period. Level three, four, and five report to the MPR next period. This is mandatory. Thank you." The announcer suddenly says.
Kanezawa sighed. "Class will be dismissed here then. For homework, make an example of the two graphs: line graph and bar graph. Write explanations for each too. I'll collect yesterday's and today's homework tomorrow. Dismissed." Then we got up.
"Yes! So we don't have to turn in the homework!" Genji says excitedly as if he'd just been revived from the dead.
"Here's your homework then Shizu." Daiki says as he handed it to me. Then the two were off. I went over to Tomoko.
"So were you late to homeroom?" I asked Tomoko as we were walking to the MPR. She gave a small smirk, which was a lot coming from Tomoko.
"Nope." She says. I gave her an uncertain look.
"Isn't that impossible? I mean you'd had to run. Plus, you had to drop off your egg at the daycare. Unless…" I say as she opened her school bag and there I saw an egg. I gasped. "You did not!"
"Well, I did." She answered. "So I was thinking we sneak the egg right now."
"Gasp. Is Tomoko asking me to accompany her? I am shocked." I say mockingly.
"Yeah, well, just accept the offer already." Tomoko says a little impatient.
"Well, we're already behind! We have to make sure no one spots us! How can we get to the daycare which is below the stairs that lead to the MPR?" I asked.
"I don't know. Have any shortcuts?" Tomoko asked. I was surprised she didn't look distressed, but I knew she actually was.
Okay, I did have the teleport card. The dorms are right next to the school store and daycare. I bit my lip. If Tomoko's egg was found, she'll get detention and if we try to sneak it, it'll be double detention. Whatever! School is about making mistakes and taking chances!
I took Tomoko's hand. "Tomoko, you gotta trust me. Ask me no questions and keep this a secret! Now, close your eyes!" I say. She closed her eyes and I took out the card. I tapped it thrice and we were right in front of Ken's dorm. Tomoko opened her eyes.
"Where are we?" Tomoko asked, looking around.
"Remember, no questions." I say. "Come on!" We went out of the dorm area and into the daycare. While the daycare people were looking away, we quickly and quietly dropped of the egg in an egg bed thing. We then ran to the stairs leading to the MPR.
"Hello Sanu and Watanabe." A voice says on our left. Our heads turned like we were dead. It was the principal. He looked at us- mostly me with piercing eyes.
"Good morning sir." Tomoko and I say in sync. We were both extremely nervous.
"Late for the meeting? I won't tolerate this the next time." Takeda answered. Stupid principal who has a son that's a douche bag.
"I won't happen again." Tomoko says as I nod.
The principal then nods and went up the stairs. We both sign and go up the stairs moments later. We go in and everyone looks at us. The lights then dim. We figure out the level ones were at the left side, and level twos at the right. Emi was waving at us and we sat down next to her and Katsumi. Takeda went to a podium in the front.
He cleared his throat. "As many of you know by now, we've had weird things going around once a month. Two students who don't have any similarities are taken at night to this very room. One is unconscious and controlled, while another has no choice but to fight. The doors are locked from the inside, so you can only go in, not out. Unfortunately, the people who did this did it again last night. After the fourth time around, we will start to acknowledge this." Wow, he talks a lot. All around the room, you can hear murmurs.
Principal Takeda clears his throat again. "We've named this case the monthly mystics. If anyone has information on anything about this, contact a staff member immediately. This is a green alert." A few people gasped, and I roll my eyes.
There are 3 alert colors: red, orange, and green. Green is mild danger, orange is great danger, and red is extreme danger. Seriously, green danger is not that bad.
"We will have guards now, around the school at night. I'm sure you student are capable of protecting yourselves during daytime." Takeda says. "Now a few guidelines…" And on and on he went. The bell rang, as did the assembly. 2nd period supposedly ended, so time for 3rd period- PE. Fortunately, the level ones had PE to themselves, so it wouldn't be as crowded.
"The new curfew is terrible!" Tomoko says as we walked out.
"True, 9 PM is early, but at least we get more sleep." Emi says.
"No, I'll just be staying awake, lying in bed." Tomoko folded her arms. We were about to turn in the hallway leading to the classrooms that lead to the locker rooms. For the first time I noticed another hallway going straight.
"Hey, guys. Where does that hallway lead to?" I asked.
"That", Katsumi says, "leads to the teacher dorms. Rumors say they have one dorm our size all to their selves." I pouted for a second until someone shoved me. I almost fell, but got my balance.
"Move it! People are trying to get through, Sanu." I turned around, and it was Mana. We came face to face. I roll my eyes, and she squints hers.
"I don't get intimidated by eyes with makeup on them, girl. And please, call me Shizu." I say in a mocking tone.
She gave a little 'hmmp' and walked on with girls following her. One of them was the scarf girl, obviously surrounded as usual. We looked at each other for a split second and looked away. After those groups of girls past us, we continued walking without saying a word. We reached the locker rooms just as the second bell rang.
In PE, we're doing track and field right now. Our exam is to run a mile in less than 11 minutes. Now that, I can probably do, I'm going to run a mile tomorrow morning to make sure. Today, we're doing hurdles. I still remember during tryouts for the academy, there was a hurdle section. Good times~
"Whew, that was a lot of jumping, don't you guys think?" Emi says while we were changing back. I nodded. We were all breathless from it still, well most of us at least.
"I'm going to the bathroom." I say as I finished changing. I went into the locker room restroom; while I heard two other girls come in.
"Did you see Arisa try to go through the hurdles?" a voice I recognized as Mana says. They were probably putting on more makeup.
'I know, she looked like a retard." a voice says. I knew the girl from her voice, I just forgot her name.
"And we had to go encourage her! I swear we should just ditch her." Mana says.
"Come on! We need to get closer to her so we can get connections though!" the no name girl says.
"Fine, but we will ditch her eventually." Mana reassures. Then the two idiots left.
I came out of a bathroom stall, and so did the scarf girl. Okay, I'll just call her Arisa now. I knew she knew what they said, and she knew I knew. But I say nothing. We just washed her hands, and out of the restroom. I'm sure she'll take care of it. Right?
Lunch passed, and so did enrichment. Study hall was getting a bit quiet these days, since exams are in a few days. So, I get more peace and quiet.
I luckily finished all my homework by the time the bell rang. I went into the bathroom, and put on my mask. I had red hair tied with low pigtails. I tapped my teleport card thrice, and nothing happened. What?
After a few seconds, I concluded that the teleport card only works once a day. I sighed. The stupid principal didn't each mention.
I went out of the bathroom, and looked up, down, right and left. So many people were walking because school ended. I'm not going to try running with this on. Plus, most people are running towards the dorms, which are next to the boy special dorms. I guess I'll just stay in this bathroom stall for a bit…
Okay, 20 minutes passed, that must be enough. I looked around the outside of the bathroom. All clear. I ran super fast, straight to the dorms. I ran so fast I bumped into someone. The person dropped stuff.
"Oww!" the person says. Wait. I know that voice.
"Daiki?" I asked. He had on the same mask as me, and the same red hair color. He looked at me, examining me.
"Shizu?" he asked. We both laughed at the same time.
"So you have to work for someone to?" I say still laughing.
"Mhmm." Daiki says as we both stopped laughing. I helped pick up his things, which belonged in a bag.
"You went to the school store?" I questioned.
"Yeah, for the person I serve. She's pretty nice, but silent most of the time." He replied.
"Lucky ducky! I have a stupid idiot." I say in response. Daiki laughs.
"Well, you two make the perfect match then. I'll see you then." He says. I pout.
"Okay, you too. Bye~" I say. He waves to me. Well, meeting with my cousin might make me feel better of what I have to do next. I was in front of Ken's door, knocked, and opened it. Ken was drinking coffee while sitting on his couch.
"Ehhh, you're late today. Were you scared to come?" Ken asked.
"Just a mishap sir. How may I serve you?" I replied. And then Ken went on and on about something totally unreasonable for me to do. I swear, this guy is a huge douche bag. He does look kind of hot, but still, he's an ungrateful arrogant bastard.
I sigh, this is not me, I don't act like this. Why am I even being self-conscious? I sound like my whole life is dramatic.
"Hey! Are you listening Mask Maid?" Ken asks, snapping me out of my trance.
"Sorry, how much cream did you want in your coffee again?" I ask.
"Listen carefully! I want the square root of 100, multiplied by 2, and divided by 5 small cups of cream. Now move your ass!" he says, smirking.
"You could have just said 4." I answered smugly. He gives a different face.
"So you do have some brains under all your crap." Ken replied. I walked over to his coffee machine station to make his.
This whole routine of him cussing and me trying to half-ignore half-fight back is getting old. Only time will tell if this after school life with him will ever change.
"Hurry your ass up, Mask Maid." Ken says.
"I'm on it sir." I replied.