School Chapter 9:

Assembly

A few days later, Ichigo, Kisshu, Moe and Miwa were called into a meeting with the principal and their parents.

As soon as everyone was settled in the school's conference room, the principal said, "As you know, the girls in particular have been a problem at this school. Currently about half of them are suspended for attacking Ichigo, Kisshu, Moe, and Miwa, but they do have to come back. I sent out a memo to the parents of everyone in this school, and made it clear that they should tell their children that it's not okay to attack people. I also told parents that their children come to this school to learn, NOT to harass people. I informed all the parents that if there is ever a repeat of last Monday, they'll be picking their children up at the police station. I'm holding an assembly today, and some of the police are going to be there. You four-" he nodded to Kisshu, Ichigo, Moe and Miwa- "are being given permission to beat people up if they do anything. You still can't kill anyone, because that's illegal, but the police have agreed to it as well. They will announce it to the school today. I've also sent out a memo to the teachers and other staff here. They will no longer stop you unless it looks like the person is about to die."

"What happened with the girl who gathered that mob?" Shintaro asked.

"She was interrogated by the police, and admitted that she had done this simply because she was jealous of Ichigo," the principal said grimly. "She's been sent to a jail for juvenile delinquents, since I told the other schools in this district that she was a danger to have around. I didn't want a repeat at another school, and her parents were extremely angry with her, so they were fine with sending her to jail. Apparently she was trying to teach her younger sister to take people down if they got in her way. Luckily her younger sister is a very shy child, who hates hurting others, so when she gets here, hopefully we won't have the same problems. Anyways, the girl who gathered that mob is in jail, and I expelled her two accomplices, then suspended the rest of the mob for a month."

"You mentioned new rules when we spoke," Sakura commented.

"Yes," the principal said. "The original rules of no note-passing and no talking out of turn will be far more strictly enforced, but the teachers have been told that anyone not paying attention, or staring at Kisshu- which apparently happens a lot- will be in detention for a week. Those rules have already been gone over in class, but they will be mentioned in today's assembly."

"We sometimes have problems at recess; is there something you can do about that?" Kisshu asked. "I'm worried someone will find out about my allergy."

"Allergy?" the principal asked.

"I'm severely allergic to bananas, and a lot of kids bring them," Kisshu said. "I can't even be near them; the smell alone makes me sick."

"We've been eating on the roof, but it's not going to be fun in winter," Ichigo said.

The principal looked thoughtful, then said, "If I had the janitors clean out the little classroom that's being used for broken desks and chairs, would that work as a lunchroom?"

"I think that would work fine," Ichigo said.

"Good," the principal said. "I'll have them do that, for now you might as well eat in the classroom you're in before recess. I have to get ready for the assembly and greet the police officers who are coming, you four might as well come with me. It doesn't really make sense to send you to class for five minutes." He turned to the four's parents, and said, "Thank you all for coming; I'm going to make sure that these four are safer."

"Thank you," Sakura said, as she, Shintaro and Moe and Miwa's parents headed out.

The principal followed them out, followed by the four friends. They reached the office as the principal said, "I'm going to have you on stage, since I think in the audience won't work too well."

"Thanks," Ichigo said.

The principal smiled and went into the office, where they found two police officers waiting. "Sorry I'm late; we were having a meeting with their parents," the principal said.

"That's fine," one of the officers said. "Should we get going?"

"Hai," the principal said. He turned to the receptionist, and said, "Call all the students to the auditorium, we'll be waiting."

"Hai," the receptionist said, and went into a small room at the back of the office.

"So that's where the loudspeaker system is?" Miwa asked.

"Why are you asking?" the principal asked suspiciously.

"Just in case," Miwa said. "Don't worry, we'd ask permission before locking ourselves in there and telling whoever needed to go down that they were going down. It would be handy if someone really crosses the line- announce to the whole school that one person is about to be taken down."

"You're insane, aren't you?" one of the police officers asked.

"Yup," Miwa said. "Moe, tell them about the party!"

Moe smirked and said, "We had this party to celebrate the disappearance of Aoyama, and we made this effigy of him, then lit it on fire, and danced around it screaming, "Burn in hell!"

"Did you now?" one of the officers asked.

Ichigo sighed, and said, "We dreamed about it, but we actually just sat around eating popcorn and cackling about how he's gone."

"It'd be a crying shame if he was still alive," Kisshu said. "He was a total jerk."

"It's also a shame killing him is illegal," Miwa sighed. "He would be better off dead, in our general opinion. It would have been nice to do the honors."

"Jeez, what on EARTH did he do to you four?" the same officer asked.

"He broke Ichigo's heart," Moe said, shrugging. "We told him while we were beating him to a pulp that he was a jerk with no brains. It was fun seeing how miserable he was. He missed that big kendo tournament because we sprained his wrist, and it was funny seeing him jump every time we looked at him. What a coward."

"Let me get this straight," the officer said. "He broke your friend's heart- and you think he deserves to DIE!?"

"It was also a week after I saved his miserable life from this thug who attacked us on the way home from school," Ichigo said. "One week after that, he said, "You're nothing, Ichigo." Then he dumped me for this total idiot."

"I still don't think that's really adequate cause to want him dead," the police officer said. "But I guess you've got a different outlook."

"We sure do!" Miwa said cheerfully.

The principal sighed and said, "We're here. Let's wait backstage for a bit."

The others nodded, and waited for about five minutes, until a teacher came backstage and said, "Everyone's here."

"Good, thank you," the principal said. He led the way onto the stage, and stepped up to the microphone. He waited a minute, then said into the microphone, "I called you all here because of the events of last Monday. As I'm sure you were told, Tarani Miki gathered a mob to kill Momomiya Ichigo, Honjou Miwa, and Yanagida Moe. She is now in jail for attempted murder. I want to make it extremely clear that I refuse to allow bullying and/or attacking people in my school. You come here to learn, NOT to harass people. I've asked the police to speak as well, so I'll hand the microphone to Officer Kobi." He stepped aside, letting Officer Kobi step up to the microphone.

He nodded, and said, "Thank you, Mr. Izika." Then he turned to the students, and said, "As you all should be aware, killing people, for any reason, is illegal. The police force here in Bunkyo will not tolerate killing. As Mr. Izika has said, a school is a place to learn and further your education on the world we live in. You do not come here to harass people, and you do not come here to kill people. You've all been told by your teachers that rules about harassment will be far more strict from now on. There's one more thing, however, and that is that the four students on stage with me- Ikisatashi Kisshu, Momomiya Ichigo, Yanagida Moe, and Honjou Miwa- now have permission not only from the principal, but from the police, to beat up anyone who harms them, whether it's physically or emotionally."

This caused the entire auditorium to shout, "WHAT!?"

Officer Kobi waited till they were at least semi-quiet, then said, "You heard me. Those four students have had enough, and so have all the teachers, the principal, and the police. There is not a teacher in this school who will help you if you're being beaten up by one of those four. They now only have one rule; they just can't kill you. The police force should not have to be called out here on a regular basis simply because the rest of you think it's okay to harass and try to kill your fellow students. You are all old enough to know better. I've also been informed by several teachers and the principal that the main problem at this school is a bunch of lovesick girls, who apparently can't handle the fact that Kisshu here already has a girlfriend. Therefore, the girls here will be kept under stricter watch. That does NOT mean the boys can run free, it simply means the staff here are going to make sure the girls here don't go overboard."

Suddenly Kisshu went up to Officer Kobi and said something that no one heard. Officer Kobi obviously heard it, though, because he handed the microphone to Kisshu. Kisshu nodded in thanks, then said, "Aside from Ichigo, Moe and Miwa, I frankly think all the girls here are creepy." The principal facepalmed as Kisshu continued, "I'd like the lot of you to understand that I'm not going to dump Ichigo to be with someone I hate- which would include the whole population of creepy girls who spend all their time staring at me. I just want to do my work and learn in peace, and I'm more than happy to beat up anyone who disregards that and tries to hurt or annoy me or my friends."

The principal came up and took the microphone back as Kisshu went back to Ichigo, Moe, and Miwa, who were snickering. The principal glared at them briefly, then said, "Thank you for that, Kisshu. Let's hope it helps. This assembly is now over, so I suggest you all go back to class. Follow your teachers' instructions, and head out."

The students started to get up and leave the auditorium as the principal went to the four snickering friends, and said, "Seriously, did you have to?"

"Yes," Kisshu said. "That should keep 'em quiet for a while."

"You four are a handful," the principal said dryly. "Get to your fourth period class, please."

"K!" the four chorused, and left, still snickering at bit.

Well, that's it till I think up more ideas; I might work on Namida more, but I'm not sure. Review please!