The Letter – Chapter 10
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It was lunch time after the first lesson with Akita-sensei, who gave a more satisfying session for a second time. However, all everyone really cared about was their partner. The task didn't bother them; just read a mid-level English extract from 'Jane Eyre' and answer up to nine easy questions. The pairs and groups were also given a rewritten copy of the book itself and read a bit through it to absorb the real plot of the classic love story. Then again, all they were truly concerned of were the people they were working with.
The pair who mostly didn't seem bothered were Aoi and Oga (duh!), since they were close enough to be honest to each other. Not literally, based on Aoi. Oga had no problem being honest, seeing as he was naïve on this topic. And I wasn't talking about the English task.
Akita-sensei went as far as asking for Kimura to keep personal watch on her partner, Natsume, Yuka with Kanzaki and the same thing from the first time she went to cover for the class, and to tell the truth, she was in love with the class. She was just one of those people against stereotype, and from the way she 'motivated' them, she thought they weren't such bad people, and continued to refer to them as 'my lovely cupcakes', which Kanzaki just couldn't argue about, only because he had a small fear of her.
So far, all the girls actually liked how she judges the boys, especially when they don't follow instructions the first time, though, they weren't too fond of how she was so confident calling everyone by their first names. Some thought it was beneficial, because they properly got to know everyone's first names, expect for Kimura who was considered as 'Mura-mura-chan'. Well, actually, they all knew her full name was Kimura Murasaki (or was it Murasaki Kimura?) but could never really confirm her surname. Like Yuni had said, 'it was like a pun'.
"Maybe her parents married in the street, and joked with names for her." Kanzaki had said, when she went to the toilets midway through the first session. He would have been sent directly to New Zealand if she had heard that. But it was no question, it was a statement. A low-level hypothesis, more like.
Akita-sensei currently sat in the teacher's lounge with her co-worker Misako (remember the woman who had a crush on Saotome? Yeah, but this was before she mistook him for asking her to marry him).
"So how is it with the special class from Ishiyama High, Saeki-san?" asked Misako, after swallowing a small piece of sushi from her bento she had bought before coming to school.
"Oh, I'm glad you asked! There are such a pleasure to teach, honestly." Akita-sensei smiled through her glasses with meaningful green eyes. "I have no idea what Sadohara-senpai was complaining about when he said they were a nightmare."
"Really?" Misako blinked. "What about...Saotome-san?"
. . . . .
Meanwhile, the whole class decided to have lunch together on the rooftop. A few tiny cracks and ruins could still be seen from where Oga and the others fought with the Tohoshinki. Still, it began with a silence flying between the group of delinquents. Until Himekawa broke it by yelling at Shimokawa, telling him to stop humming a lullaby.
After that, the others began eating.
Most of them were sitting with their partners, or group, half engaged in deep conversation. Usually about how they thought their project was better than others.
Kimura sat crossed-legged on the ground, her back against the wall as she eats through her bento of only tekka maki sushi. Twenty-four of it, to be exact. *
She wasn't really disturbed when the wind blew her skirt upwards a little, in spite of her new partner that was Himekawa. And Natsume? He was working with Chiaki, and Hilda was with Shiroyama to...motivate him. Furuichi, however, was forced to work with Ryoko, probably the second most diffucult member of Red Tail. Nothing good has really been happening to him lately. For some reason, Akita-sensei consciously put Yuni together with Tojou. Even though she didn't know her, seeing as she was only new to the class, not the people. Nevertheless, Kanzaki continued to work with Yuka. There was one more Red Tail member Kaoru Umemiya, set with Shimokawa. Sad or what?
Nene chose to work by herself, which, for once, the brunette teacher had allowed because she was secretly testing Nene's true individuality.
Aoi, Oga and Baby Beel sat at the head of the group like the King and Queen of England. Sadly, Oga didn't noticed that but every once in a while, Baby Beel would rise his tiny arms in the air and Aoi would blush. It really looked like a family. Hilda was obviously unimpressed, but if she wanted to avoid a ruckus, she had to live with it. She may be grumpy at times, but she had her principles.
"Good night, Murasaki-dono! Mind if I have one?"
Yuka sweatdropped as Kimura angrily threw one towards Shimokawa, which was meant to hurt his eye, but actually ended up going down his throat, as he kept his mouth open dramatically, part of his signature.
Yuni and Tojou, acting as friends, were transfering little pieces of food into each others bento. Sly enough for no one to notice, due to their swift movements. During that, Yuni just had to shoot a glare towards Shimokawa. He just naturally got on her nerves. It was as if they were born like that. By that, there was simply no real reason for why they never got along, as part of reality.
"I have a feeling it's just getting colder." said Nene, clutching onto her coat.
"It is!" Yuka exclaimed, waving her hands in the air with her chopsticks and food remaining in hand. "I even wore two extra layers of thermal today!"
"You didn't have to shout, you know." said Kanzaki, rubbing the back of his ear.
"Be quiet!"
"Says the person who had just been told not to be so loud."
"You too, Himekawa-senpai!"
"Dear God..."
"Pardon, Yuni-san?"
"Can you all just shut up!?"
"OKAY!"
"Sheesh..."
With the exception of everyone else, Chiaki, who sat at the end just near the stairs, noticed a hint of spiky hair on the stairs. It was sunny, but dark at the stairway so she couldn't actually make out who it was. One thing for sure, it wasn't something that would make them happy.
"Intruder." she said straight, catching attention as she reaches out, grabbing something and throwing it over her small figure, towards the centre where people had cleared, landing it in front of Oga and Aoi. Or in this case, the King and Queen.
"Aren't you..." Aoi began.
"...from MK5?" Oga finished.
"Mind you, his name is Hikari."
"It's Ikari!"
"No one cares! Now shut up and let me eat my lunch." Kimura snorted as she looked back down at her remaining food. "Piece of sh-"
"Why don't you tell us why you're here?" Oga asked, standing up with the visible evil glint in his eyes. Actually that evilness could be felt all around him. He cracked his knuckles as he grinned, along with Baby Beel who had the same presence, only slightly smaller.
"Hee!" Ikari flinched. "S-s-someone paid me to s-spy on y-you! Alone!"
Awkwardly, everyone turned to Himekawa suspiciously.
"I-idiots! It wasn't me, I swear to Kimura!"
"Hey!"
"Liar."
"How did you know he was here, Chiaki?"
"I just felt a strange presence, Nene-san."
"I see!" Yuka said in interest.
"Not really..." said Yuni, referring to the interest in Yuka's tone.
"Who was it?"
"It was a blue cap saying 'R', and another was a woman with a bandana."
Oga was silent for a while.
"What's wrong, Oga?" asked Aoi, turning to him.
"I swear his description suits something I've seen before."
"Really?" she blinked.
Out of the blue, Oga grabbed Ikari's shirt and brought his dark face to his. "Take me to them."
"Wait, Oga! We don't have time for that! Class starts in ten minutes!" Aoi exclaimed, clutching onto his shoulder. Baby Beel winced. Since the first assignment with Oga given by Akita-sensei, she had been making attempts to discipline Oga in most things such as . Unsure if fighting counted. "We were supposed to present our work first!"
"Kunieda..." Aoi paused at the seriousness in Oga's smooth tone. "If these people are going as far as paying this midget to spy on us, they probably won't leave us alone 'til they get what they want. If they won't leave us alone, I can't settle and go on with Akita-sensei's assignment and we'll end up getting a bad grade."
"Daboo!"
Aoi blushed as Oga took both her hands in his, looking at her straight in the eyes with tints of concern in them. The wind blew her hair into his neck, deepening her blush. She looked down, fixing her gaze on her feet.
"What's happening?"
"Is she going to confess for real!"
"Shh!"
Aoi had to ignore the whispers from the class in order to pick the right words for the moment. In the end, she had to reply, "Okay then. But don't force yourself!"
Oga grinned, putting Aoi's hands towards her chest gently. "I won't."
"How cute." Yuni whispered, loud enough for only Tojou to hear, who shrugged, secretly thinking Oga should understand more on what he just did: he melted Aoi's heart.
Oga turned for the stairs, with Tojou, Kanzaki and Furuichi following him. Himekawa turned his heel to follow them until something grabbed the back of his shirt.
"Oh no, you don't, pretty boy."
Himekawa coughed. "What the hell, Ki-!"
Kimura grabbed for Ikari's red shirt and dragged them both with her down the stairs, trailing Oga and the others, causing Nene and Yuka to sweatdropped. Hilda, in the background, smirked, eager to watch Oga fight again after a while. He still had yet to master the Zebel Spell professionally, marked on his right hand.
Calmly, she goes down the stairs, following the faint scent of the delinquents she has been with a while now. Nene, Chiaki, Yuka, Ryoko, Kaoru remained after a good five minutes, where delinquent by delinquent followed Oga. One would glance at each other when the other wasn't.
"Should we go after them?" asked Kaoru.
"Dunno."
. . . . .
"Who are you?" Oga asked straight, scanning through the four people that stood before him. Three men, one woman.
The woman's eyes widened. Oga and co. had ended up at the back of the school, just near the tennis court. How did they even get in? Paralyse the guards?
"It's us! Orz3!" she exclaimed, waving her arms in the air. "We took you as hostages at the store!"
"Huh?"
Facepalm.
"At the supermarket! You were looking for diapers and we attacked!"
Oga grabbed his chin, trying to recall a supermarker scene, him and Baby Beel being held hostage by four annoying-looking people.
"Ugh! Zenko! Help me here!"
"Calm down, Omaya. I'll handle this." A man with a brown and blonde pompadour (smaller than Himekawa's, at least) stepped forward. "We-uh..."
"Dah!"
"What? You remember them?" Oga asked, looking up towards the demon baby. Baby Beel then began making confusing gestures, adding a few winces and groans inbetween.
Sannomiya, a man with shoulder-length dreadlocks and a green beanie, sighed.
"You know what? It doesn't matter because we're here for payback!"
"I don't g-"
"After you were taken hostage, they were caught and got arrested, idiot." said Hilda firmly, walking up to Oga's side. "Apparently they were released but insisted on blaming you for it."
"Makes sense." Oga replied, folding his hands behind his head, before pulling out a stiff fist. "Then I'll give it to them."
"Oh! Can I take the sket, Oga?"
"Oi!" Omaya gritted her teeth.
"Do what you want, Kimura." Himekawa and Iraki united 'ouch' as she let go of them, approaching Oga in excitement. Kanzaki, without speaking, made a mind to take out Sannomiya and Himekawa take Zenko. Made enough sense.
"Eh..." Aoi bit her thumb lightly.
Without warning, Oga threw a fist towards Ryuzaki's face, sending him flying towards the nearest wall. Aoi had to hold back a grin.
"Whoa...as expected from Oga!"
Oga, Aoi frowned. Please make it quick, or we might get expelled without getting one chance.
"You know, what you just called me wasn't very nice."
"You being here isn't very nice either."
"Says the one who looks so fake, she's probably made of plastic."
Kimura, furious, pushes Omaya towards the wall of the bulding where she came from, as to where Omaya struggled, pushing her off after a while and attacking her again, attempting to punch her until Kimura shoved her, causing her to fall to the ground, also for herself to trip backwards, only to hit someone's back. She looked past her shoulder, easily noticing the silver hair of her partner.
"You have to stay away from a lot of things there. First off, the pompadour just isn't a good look on you." Kimura sweatdropped as she heard this from the calm playboy. "And second, you should have stayed away from us."
"Is that so?" said Zenko, smirking as he reveals his cheekbones, one hand in his pocket, the other in
Kanzaki, unimpressed by Sannomiya's presence, easily dodged his attacks, giving him the chance to trip him over by swinging his right leg.
And I thought the orz3 were better than this...
Tojou briskly joined in, not only because he was a fighter, he was actually concerned about the teachers finding them like this, for a second time. He didn't want to go through anything to avoid expulsion, if they were caught so he just needed this over with. Then again, none of them could settle with a group of thugs watching them. As Ryuzaki recovered, Tojou just punched him again after he tried to hit them.
Yuni had half Tojou's mind, so she kicked in Oyama's face, the blonde with the green bandanna ending up passing out in the corner. One down.
Himekawa had no problem with Zenko, giving him a black eye with his bare fist. Nothing better than Oga's and Tojou's...magnificient strategy.
"Dah!"
Baby Beel held onto Oga's dark hair as he and Tojou produce a dark aura, hovering over Ryuzaki, whose cap tilting over his right eye. Though they had to cease...
"Hold it!"
Every person on the scene froze at the sound of the familiar voice. A very, very familiar one. They just heard it this morning.
All eyes turned to the source.
A...kita-sensei...
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A/N: I spent a lot of time working on time. Thank you so much to AquaticSilver for introducing me to LibreOffice!
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