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"Speaking"
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Doubts/Darker Thoughts
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Tsukune's Perspective
I found myself lazily walking to school early today. Looking around, there was no one else along the pathway. I chuckled to myself as I realized that my tendency to leave early for tests may have just saved me from getting myself into another fight. The thought of what I had to go through so early on in the school year made my right hand grip the new ice potions I bought last night.
Though the glass feeling in my hand should have calmed me down, I just ended up feeling more anxious because I knew that my tricks with them wouldn't be able to last much longer. At best, the next fight that I would inevitably get caught in would be the last time it would work. I would have looked for something else, but the convenience store didn't sell anything that I could turn into something for self-defense. Well, nothing that I could weaponize that wouldn't point out that I was a human. The only other options were nowhere near as inconspicuous as the small vials. The only other thing I could think of was the makeshift flamethrower, which required me to have both hands to use and still had the problem of revealing that all the supernatural powers were smoke in mirrors.
I wasn't even sure if the ice potions would last through the next fight. Given that someone was clearly watching me during my one-sided beat down, she would have some clue as to what I had done. What's worse is that she very likely harbors ill will towards me.
I shook my head. It wasn't good to get myself so riled up before the assessment exams. Worrying would just defeat the purpose of coming to school an hour early. I can't even do anything about my survival at the moment anyways. I just need to get through the test first.
Though, the whole prioritization of the test over my own survival seemed quite strange. Was I actually starting to get used to having my life in danger or did I just never really cared too much about my death? Liz-sensei even commented about how I should probably take my health into more consideration. I guess that I do need to worry about it more considering how I had friends in the monster world that cared about me. Before it would have mattered less since Mikogami-san would just wipe any memory of me from the human world if I had died here.
Would he do the same for my friends or peers? It wasn't explicitly stated in the contract and I found it doubtful that such a task would be that much of a challenge for Mikogami-san. It would certainly be easier for him to just wipe everyone's memory so that it would be impossible for a complaint to be filed and questions to arise about the school's competence.
I really need to stop thinking about my own death. I'm still in high school and was going to a school that I had always dreamed of. I looked up to see the clear blue sky. It was apparently quite rare here. It seems that the magical barrier over this school had the effect of making the skies grey most of the time and extremely red as the sun hovered over the horizon. The change in atmosphere was quite relaxing. It reminded me of the human world only for the fact that I was more used to a blue sky.
A breeze caused a whistling sound to resound throughout the black forest lining the path to school. The air was fresh and crisp. My exposed face and hand felt a slight chill from the wind, but it served to wake me up from any remaining drowsiness I had from being up so early. The brisk feeling also served to whisk away the rather morbid thoughts I had from earlier. It was quite a calm and peaceful morning.
"Aono-kun! You're here early today. School doesn't start for another hour. Why are you here so early?"
I broke out of my thoughts about the morning and looked around. I eventually managed to spot to Liz-sensei. She was holding a clipboard and several papers. I didn't want to appear rude and responded to her questions.
"Good morning, Liz-sensei. Today's actually the assessment exam. I just have a habit of coming early to school when something like this pops up."
She just gave me a sly grin and said, "Oh? Is that so? Since you are here, would you mind helping me fill out an inventory report?"
I got the feeling that her request was more of a demand. Looking at myself, I only had one good arm. My back was a lot better compared to the first day, but she should have seen how bruised it was when she was looking at my arm two days ago. She seemed to want to talk to me about something important.
"Uhhh… sure, Liz-sensei," I said hesitantly.
"Then let's head to the office. I have a lot of things to check over and I don't want you to be late for your tests," she said with a smile on her face.
We began to walk to the office. A few moments passed as I realized how well this school actually mimicked the human world. I never really was able to appreciate the details until now since most of my time here has been spent trying to survive or just simply getting through the day. Though, I did feel that some of the designs made it feel like the school celebrated Halloween on a daily basis. The school only looked like a fortress on the outside, but inside I saw that the school was built with the same structure as most of the schools I visited and went to in the human world.
Was this sense of normalcy actually due to the need to simulate an environment for the students to learn, or was this just a normal thing even for monsters? It was an interesting thing to think about since many of the monsters seemed to have found the outside gothic and rundown appearance to be quite lovely. If they did just find the rundown image to be more appealing, I can only imagine how much of a drag school is for them and_
Liz-sensei snapped me back to reality when she asked me, "Did you hear about Komiya-kun yet?"
I guiltily looked away. I knew she already knew I had something to do with the incident two days ago. Though she knew that I already knew, she continued to act as if she didn't know.
"I heard that over the weekend, Komiy-kun was found in his monster form and with his head frozen."
I was curious as to what happened to him after I had just left him there that night. I was worried about whether or not he was going to be fine after having his head frozen so long.
"So what happened to him?" I honestly asked.
"Welllllll, I heard that the new safety committee officers from Fairy Tale were the ones who found him. They apparently punished him severely for breaking the rules and he will be in the hospital for awhile. Sadly, his punishment was a lot lighter than what he would have received a few hours before."
I was glad that Komiya-san was still okay, but Liz-sensei had pointed out a disturbing fact to me. An orc was beaten so badly that he couldn't come to school, and his punishment was a light one for this school's standards. While I didn't know where Komiya-san lay in the whole monster hierarchy, he was pretty intimidating and looked like he could take some punishment. This and the fact that his injuries were considered lenient made me wonder how cruel Kuyou must have been. How bad was Kuyou that anything other than his punishments were considered a blessing, and how was he able to get away with it? This mystery also made me wonder if Kuyou would really just let things go as they stood now.
"I'm glad to know that the new safety committee is doing their job and are acting leniently as you say they are," I said as I pondered what a harsh punishment was with this new staff.
Looking to my left, I saw the Liz-sensei was no longer smiling. She was giving me a stare as though she wanted me to spit something out. This nurse really wanted me to admit that I was involved didn't she. She continued to prod me with questions to get me to talk.
"Did you hear that the committee also looked into why Komiya-kun was found in such a state?"
I didn't tense up because I already knew the rules fairly well. I hadn't violated a single one, so I had no reason to feel guilty.
"Really? Did they find anything interesting?" I asked nonchalantly.
I could see a look of disappointment in her eyes. It seems that she really was trying to get me to confess. Despite the disappointment, I could see that she had something up her sleeve.
"They did. They found several bits of glass around. The committee determined that Komiya-kun had attacked someone and they used some ice potions for self-defense. Because of that they decided to drop the issue, but it seems they are starting to look for people who frequently buy the potions now."
I could actually start to feel sweat start growing on the back of my head. How did I manage to pop up on the new PSC's radar when I wasn't even at school since the incident? It also looks like I need to be more careful in using the ice potions. I really did not want to have to deal with the PSC trying to take away my only real weapon at the moment. Liz-sensei resumed speaking seeing at how little my thoughts had actually shown through my actions.
"In any case, I'm just glad that no one really got hurt… or at least not the point that they had to come see me during the weekend!"
I felt a light jab at my ribs. Liz-sensei was angry that I had gotten injured again and so soon after I had promised her that I would watch myself. Though the jab sent a wave of pain throughout my body, I managed to keep walking and only show a slight shudder. I don't even know why I was still trying to hide the fact since we both knew what was going on. Was I really that much of a sore loser that I didn't want to show Liz-sensei that I got hurt?
"You're pretty good at hiding things, Aono-kun."
Liz-sensei was giggling at my desperate attempts to maintain my image. I could tell I was already falling apart.
"How long did you know that I was hurt anyways?" I asked with an exasperated gasp.
"Please don't look down on me. I knew the moment I saw you. No matter how good you are at hiding, I can tell after working at Yokai Academy. Do you even know how many injured students I have treated?"
She was confidently boasting her knowledge in reading injuries. Liz-sensei was good at her job if she knew mine immediately, but she did not seem the least bit remorseful about just hitting an injured student. In fact, her very statement seemed odd given her profession. Was she really taking pride in developing a skill based off the suffering of her patients? Did I really make her that angry by getting my ribs fractured? Did she derive pleasure from aggravating my injury?
Oh dear god, the school nurse is a sadist.
We were soon at the office when she resumed talking again.
"You know I just asked you to come to help me because I have something to help those fractured ribs right?"
"I got that impression after you told me that you knew I was hurt again."
"I'll get you the medicine if you would explain why you got yourself into another fight in your condition."
I saw that the nurse was no longer sporting a smile. She was now giving me a serious look. It was her job to care about the health of her students, and I was just making her life harder at the moment. I at least owed her an explanation. I looked at her and just told her the simple truth.
"I got into a fight with Komiya-san because I was trying to protect one of my friends from being raped. As much as I know it pains you to see a student get hurt, I would do it again because I wouldn't be able to live with myself knowing I had just abandoned someone for my own safety."
I saw Liz-sensei just sigh and begin to scratch her head. I guess she was trying to decide between commending me for actually doing the right thing or scolding me for doing it with one foot in the grave. She just went in for a few seconds and came back out with a small vial.
"I'm glad that you are willing to do the right thing, but that sort of chivalry can get you killed quite quickly here. Anyways, here is the medicine I was talking about. It will speed up your ability to heal from those bone fractures."
I couldn't help but give a wry smile to her comment. She was right, but it didn't matter.
"Like I said, I wouldn't be able to live with myself if I just ran away," I commented as I took the medicine and gulped it down. It tasted bitter and I could instantly feel my sides warm up. Seeing as I wasn't needed to help with the inventory, I just turned back and started to head to class.
"Thanks for the medicine, Liz-sensei and talk to you later."
"Oh before you go, have you decided what clubs you will be joining?"
I looked back to see that Liz-sensei had a small gleam in her eyes. She was definitely expecting me to join whatever club she was supervising. I just shook my head to tell her no.
"If you don't know what club to join, think about the pre-med club we have. I'm sure you would be an excellent practice model."
I just laughed at the last statement. It seemed like it would be a club that might save my life though. The only thing I was worried about was whether the medical techniques would kill me by accident.
"Why are you laughing, Aono-kun? I really think you would be a good member of the club," she commented with a not so innocent gleam in her eyes.
"Nothing. It's just that I thought it was kind of funny how you said you wanted me as a practice tool rather than a member."
"But you do make the perfect person to be the dying patient. It would be really helpful if you became the practice example for the other students. Plus, we can easily bring you back from the brink of death. I am a professional."
I get it now. Her gleaming eyes weren't for scouting a new member, but for someone who can be used for practice. I guess I got hurt so often that I would be a good real life patient that the members would have to deal with. Unfortunately for her, I planned on not having a monster accidently crushing my chest when performing CPR.
"Sorry, Liz-sensei, but I think I am going to go for a club where the idea of me being hurt doesn't drift into people's minds too much."
My response just caused the nurse to scratch the back of her head out of disappointment. I resumed walking away when she called out to me once more.
"Even though I know it's probably pointless to tell you, just try to stay out of trouble okay?"
"I got it, Liz-sensei."
I soon made my way out of the faculty building, and meandered to my classroom. As I rounded the corner to my classroom, I saw a small student with a cloak quickly vanish into one of the classrooms. She must have come early to get some time to think before the test too. The only thing that bothered me with the image was that the girl was much too small to be a high school student. It's not like it mattered though. For all I know she could just be really short or a real genius.
I finally made it to my room and sat down at my desk. Looking at the clock I noticed that there was still thirty minutes before school started. I could already hear some of the early students start walking onto the school grounds. I waited in that room quietly as students soon flooded the room in anticipation of what was to come.
The bell rang and Nekonome-sensei came skipping into class.
"Good morning class. I hope you are all ready to take this assessment test now. I just want to let you all know that though these test are to assess what you already know, they won't be added into your final grade. So don't worry too much now. After the test, we will be having a club fair. I'll go into more detail after the test."
The papers were soon passed around and we all began the tests that would last the majority of the day.
Gin's Perspective
I can't believe that I can't have a booth set up because I'm the only member left. I figured that with Kuyou gone for who knows how long, the committee here would let me set one up.
Whatever, I just need to get enough members. The school won't be able to shut down the newspaper club as long as we have three members. The only problem was that I have to go find my prey now. It sucks at how much easier it is for clubs to attract people when they have a large stand to call out to the new freshmen. Writing isn't exactly a popular activity to begin with. The deadlines of making a paper on time only make the problem worse since everyone will just think its another writing assignment. It certainly was what I had initially thought the club was like before getting set straight.
While thinking about who I would have to set my eyes on, one particular student came to mind. Aono Tsukune, the self-proclaimed human who humiliated that prick, Kuyou. Actually, I'm pretty sure he is human just from his smell. How exactly did he survive a fight with that tyrant in the first place? Whatever he did helped me in the end. It felt so good to see Kuyou finally fall.
In any case the freshman probably has to deal with a lot of muscle heads aiming for the top, though Tsukune was probably well-liked by many students for doing everyone a solid. If I could get Tsukune to join, I'm sure his popularity would convince some fine ladies to join the club. Worse possible outcome that could happen is having only his gal come to the club as well. That in itself wasn't too bad of a deal since I would still get to keep the club (though the idea of being the third wheel doesn't sound like a fun time). The only problem now was actually convincing Tsukune to join the club in the first place. That shouldn't be too hard though.
Right?
Knowing that he's just a human, most sports clubs are out of commission as well as that pre-med club. Now I just need to find a way to stop him from joining other academic/art clubs. That would probably be difficult if I have to consider why a human is here. I mean, what normal human would stay in this school after being attacked twice. The kind that wanted to explore and see what he would never see in the human world. Why wouldn't he find something like true divination to be interesting? It would sate whatever insane curiosity he has. Sure he wouldn't excel in clubs like that, but hardly anyone could given that a true practitioner had specific dispositions that allows them to truly succeed. No one would bat an eye if he were unable to perform at all.
But the question was if he knew that. He's a human, so his knowledge on that would be severely limited. Human common sense, scratch that. His common sense most likely did not match up with my own. Maybe he would find such a venture to be an unnecessary risk since it would just give more ways for his identity to be exposed. Assuming that, the number of available clubs for Tsukune becomes quite small. Yet they would still be a hell of a lot more interesting to a human trying to see more of a secret world. Journalism would be nothing new since it happens in the human world as well.
And it all boils down to the writing. No one ever wants to join because of the writing. I didn't even join for the writing.
I wish San were here to at least put a nice smile on for everyone. It would certainly brighten my day.
I sighed. The only thing I could really do now was just go look around the other stalls. Maybe if they did such a bad display, I might be able to convince others that the newspaper club was worth a try. It would certainly give me a lot to see while... I'm... here...
Well problem solved.
Also, I'm an idiot for not thinking of this before.
Tsukune's Perspective
"Okay class. Test time is now over. Please pass the papers to the front."
I could hear a majority of the students let out a sigh of relief. Even though we had all been told to not take the tests too seriously, we all knew that it would be bad if any of us wound up scoring low. No one wanted to have a bad score be posted up for everyone to see. I shuddered at the thought of what Moka-san would do if she didn't get first. I got the slight feeling that she would consider murdering the students who actually did better than her.
Just as I was thinking off Moka-san, she passed her test to me. I saw a bored look. It seems that she just felt that the test was too easy. Looks like the casualties will be low when the results come out. I was about to chuckle at my own thought, but Moka-san shot me a small glare. She must have developed mind reading powers from drinking my blood. That would be bad. Or she just knew me well enough to know what I was thinking and was about to do. As much as I ignored her pride, I thought it would be best not to laugh and confirm her thinking.
In the corner of my eye I saw Kurumu-chan had her head buried in her arms. She must have done really badly. I'll be sure to study with her next time.
Turning back so that I could hand the papers to Mizore-chan, I saw that she was already looking at me and giving me two thumbs up. I'm glad she did well on the test. It made me feel that my effort did pay off. The only thing that worried me was whether or not the look of happiness was just for passing the bar or because she actually did as well as I hoped she would.
Please let it be more than just passing the bar. Moka-san would kill me for associating with underachievers because by association, it reflects poorly on her.
...
I'm having some rather strange thoughts today. I don't think the medicine Liz-sensei gave me was exactly meant for human biology.
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I'm an idiot for just downing that medicine in addition to the pain killers she had given me earlier.
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I may have bombed that assessment test.
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Shit! I may have possibly given Moka-san a reason to murder me.
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At least I feel pretty good right now.
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Would eating all the remaining pain killers make me completely numb to the inevitable beat down Moka-san would give if I were to have failed?
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I wonder if she would be merciful given our blood agreement.
After a few moments of shuffling and paper passing, all of the tests were collected. Nekonome-sensei counted them all and made sure that the number matched up.
"Okay class. Now that all of the tests have been collected, let's talk about clubs. As you all remember, this school is designed to teach you to adapt with the humans. Because of this you are all required to join a club at this school. Now before you all start asking why you have to join a club to understand humans, club activities do educate on the values that many humans hold dear to them. All of the clubs are centered on human made activities be they normal or more mythical in nature and many focus on stressing individual values. Some clubs emphasize furthering one's own abilities, while others focus on a group effort. But in all cases, the clubs are meant to be fun. So please visit as many clubs today so that you can get an idea of where you would like to spend a lot of your time here. Be sure to consider the newspaper club. I'm its advisor and we would really like to have more members."
I could actually feel everyone giving Nekonome-sensei a blank stare at how shameless she looked trying to recruit members for her club. Her desire for more members sounded more of a need than a want. I still wondered how fun the newspaper club could be. Thinking about it, wasn't Gin-sempai in that club. I guess I might as well take a look at his stall since I did promise to do so.
"Class is dismissed now so go out and have some fun!"
With that, Nekonome-sensei skipped out of the room with the tests and possibly my certificate of death. Her exit also signaled to the three girls sitting near me to suddenly look at me expectantly. The first one to speak was Moka-san.
"So what club are you going to join, Tsukune?"
We all just whipped our heads to look at Moka-san. As much as Moka-san and I were starting to get along, it just surprised everyone that she wanted to join the same club as me. Noticing the evident confusion in everyone's face, she just gave a small smirk before speaking again.
"I can't just let my meal ticket run too far away. How else will I get some fresh blood and watch you try to get out of your predicaments."
There it was. It was kind of sad that I have come to expect Moka-san to say something like that. It seems that her comment did nearly set something off in Kurumu-chan and Mizore-chan, so I hastily started talking.
"Well, I was thinking of joining a club that didn't have anything to do with sports or major physical activities. I was hoping to go for something where I could relax a bit."
I was getting a different look from all three girls from my decision. Mizore-chan was giving me an approving look. She knew I was human and that I had really thought things through. Kurumu-chan was looking with worried eyes because she was just worried over how bad I was already looking in a few days. Moka-san just gave me a bored look.
Unfortunately, the vampire quickly thought of something to get rid of her boredom.
"That sounds so boring for you, Tsukune. You're a strong guy. You should be able to go to a fighting club and prove whose boss. You're already doing a swell job at it when confronting Kuyou in an actual duel."
This comment was just pushing the other two over the edge. Moka-san didn't know that Mizore-chan knew I was human and that Kurumu-chan knew that I wasn't as strong as the rumors said I was. I guess she was expecting the other girls to act like fan girls and just edge me into proving my worth as a man. Not wanting blood to be shed, I interjected once more.
"In any case, let's all just go around and see what club we can all join okay? Who knows, maybe we'll all find something enjoyable that doesn't encourage people to try to crush my ribs."
We were soon walking around looking for a club to join. Though Nekonome-sensei said that the clubs were focused on human activities, she was wrong. They were very loose interpretations of the real thing at best. Several of the clubs such as the photography club and chemistry club would have looked normal, but they weren't very convincing human clubs when the president of the photography looked like he sprouted out of a picture himself or when the whole premise of the chemistry club was to make love potions. Actually, the chemistry club sounded quite normal for a high school club after thinking about it a little more.
Aside from the abnormality presented by the club stands, the actual clubs themselves seemed quite interesting. There was an alchemy club, divinations, magical artifact research, etc.. Even the swim club was quite interesting given its...
Stop with that train of thought. The enticing images are like a Venus fly trap. Very appealing to the unsuspecting prey until the trap decides to take a bite out of you. Joining that club will be the death of me. Both because the club members (who I suspect to be mermaids) and my friends would do unspeakable things to me if they ever found out the reason I was even remotely interested in the club.
Maybe not Kurumu-chan since she would probably say something that I was awakening to my inner playboy.
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If it weren't for the fact that the medicine worked wonders, I would stop taking them this instant.
As I was thinking about what club I could actually join with the others, a towering blonde haired student in workout clothes stood in front of me. The student was even taller and beefier than Komiya-san was when he had transformed. He had weights in both of his hands and I could already tell what he had wanted.
"Are you Aono Tsukune?"
He asked me seriously. I really did not want to deal with another fight, especially with a monster who was so obviously focused on proving his strength. I tried to see if I could trick him into believing I was someone else since he might not have been all too smart. Worst case scenario, he would be smart enough to realize my lie and just take my comment as sarcasm.
"Ehhh, you mean that Aono-san? I actually get that a lot. Come on look at me. How could I be the guy with all of those rumors? I literally have one foot in the grave right now," I said as I tried to point out how impossible it was to be what everyone actually saw me as.
Clunk Clunk
I looked down to see he had just dropped both of his weights, which were now sinking down into the ground. I may have actually touched a nerve by trying to pull a fast one over this guy. He was cracking his knuckles and had a look of bloodlust in his eyes. He was starting talk once more, but his voice sounded more like grunts as he got ready.
"You can't fool me, Aono-san. I'm Chopper Rikishi and I'm in the pro-wrestling club. Now, you are going to fight me right here and now."
I could feel the air slightly get colder as Mizore-chan seemed to get ready to help me. Kurumu-chan seemed to be looking for a teacher to interfere. Moka-san was just smirking as she watched me try to weasel myself out and failed to get out. I was half expecting her to actually try to protect her food from being crushed. There was no such luck. I just sighed at how uncontrollable my predicament was.
"I must say I'm impressed with how you try to get people to join your club, Chopper-san. I would applaud you, but I only have one hand free. Still, I won't join even if you beat me in a fight. I already know that I want to join something not involving too much physical activity."
My comment just made a vein pop up on the guy's head. He was shouting at me now.
"I couldn't care less if you joined! I just want to prove that I'm the strongest in this school!"
"Fine, fine. You can just say that you won. It really doesn't matter who holds the title of strongest."
He was getting red to the face at this point. It was a good thing that he was getting mad. I just hope he wouldn't kill me before I could reason with him to delay the fight until I could freely use my arm. He wouldn't be back for at least a year if I could convince him, though it might convince some others to come after me during my moment of weakness. It was definitely fortunate that he was one of those people who wanted to prove his strength. The pro-wrestler resumed yelling.
"You are quite the disappointment you know! I heard you were quite strong and saw you stand up to Kuyou's attack! Where is your sense of pride as a monster?"
"And where is your sense of pride, Chopper-san? I wasn't lying when I said I had one foot in the grave. We both know that if we were to fight right now, I would lose badly. How can you claim to be the strongest if you beat the guy holding the title when he can't fight back? What pride is there in essentially beating a cripple?" I retorted in an annoyed tone.
I was hoping that my comment would have convinced Chopper-san to at least delay the fight long enough so that I could find a new alternative method of dealing with him. Unfortunately, the monster found a way around my argument.
"It's because you are about to die that I have to fight you now. I can't just let another guy take you down before I do."
It looks like nothing I could say would convince him to push off the fight. My plan to convince him to let me recover backfired because he actually knew I was a vulnerable target for others. Unless I could guarantee my survival, he would not back down. But with my record for getting into trouble and the group of friends I had, there was no chance I could get him to believe I would live long enough.
I saw that he was about to charge me. My hand was now holding onto the vials in my pocket as I wondered what kind of monster he was. The only thing that came to mind was a troll due to his insane size. Maybe if I could somehow get him to crush the vial in his mouth, I could win the fight without too much problem. The only actually problem was getting the potion into his mouth. I could try to do what I did with Komiya-san. Trolls and orcs weren't too different in terms of the concepts behind them. The problem was that orcs were smaller. The troll in front of me looked like he would move too slowly to really be tripped up by the ice.
Maybe I could break one of the light bulbs in the roof. If I recall correctly, trolls were supposed to be scared of thunder and lightening. Maybe if I can get the bulb to spark, it would incapacitate him out of sheer fear.
Doubtful that would work. I'm pretty sure that the fear doesn't stem from the actual electricity. Their probably more scared of who lit up the sky or what bigger monster made the noise. Unless I could pull out some thunder god or make a deafening noise, I'm probably screwed.
"Hey there! I've been look'n all over for ya, Tsukune."
Everyone turned their eyes to the student who had just called out to me. The voice sounded familiar and I recognized Gin-sempai as he soon came out of the crowd. Chopper-san seemed to know the reporter as well. Chopper-san's aggression soon cooled as he directed his words to Gin-sempai.
"What do you want, Gin? I have business with this freshman right now."
Author's Note(s)
#1: Please favorite and follow if you liked this story. Any and all reviews help. Send questions and I will probably respond to some of them by the next chapter. I do read them and consider editing previous chapters for better flow or explanations.
#2: Changes mostly adding a bit more humor between Liz and Tsukune's interaction while giving a little more characterization to the OC since she is a new factor. At least with the original cast, people have developed a set image of them and the cast is given a majority of the writing to develop. Liz is slightly underdeveloped compared to what I would like, but she's getting there.
#3: A second change was that I decided to develop Gin a tad bit more. His character was largely unexplored in the actual series which felt disappointing since he's the only male that 'hangs' with the gang and he never shows up other than to be a punching bag for being a pervert. He didn't even play that much of a brotherly role for the gang in any way. The most we really get from him at all is that he had a bad history with Kuyou. It was kind of interesting trying to build on his more serious aspects with how little it ever shows up.
#4: Tried to add a bit more humor with loopy Tsukune to help balance the story out in that department since a lot of the time its more serious and heavy on the arguments. Tell me if the added humor was hit or miss for those actually reading these notes.
