Note: This one contains spoilers about Sachiko's past and special skills. You should probably read the Kyoto arc before this.
Meet the New Class – Student Number 24 – Nakamura Sachiko
"Sachiko, have you packed everything you'll need?"
"Yes, mother."
"You have your spare uniform?"
"Yes, mother."
"Underwear? Socks? Your special products?" This was her mother's code word for the various goods designed with feminine hygiene in mind.
"...yes, mother."
"You aren't planning on going around the school wearing a short skirt like some floozy, are you?"
*sigh* "No, mother."
"Are you sure? I know how those all girls' schools are, you know. There are wild girls there; they'll take anything as an invitation." She spoke the word 'wild' as if it held some sort of mystical power.
Nakamura Sachiko, not-yet-class rep of Negi's new class, sighed again and did her best to hide her rolling eyes from her mother, who had been lecturing her about the dangers of life in a faraway girls only boarding school for the past three days, a subject upon which she apparently considered herself very well educated.
"You aren't going to wander around town alone after school, are you?"
"I can defend myself, mother."
"Oh? The way you so handily defended yourself against those boys at your other school?"
Sachiko's face went red with fury and humiliation and she didn't answer for a moment. How dare her mother bring that up! She had almost...almost... She could have gotten out of the situation! But...they were all bigger, older boys, and she was still a young girl. There were eleven of them...three, she could have handled with ease. Four...sure, why not. Maybe as many as five or six, if she had room to maneuver...but eleven? The situation had been such that she would have been forced to use the skills her teacher had expressly forbidden her from using; if she had tried to fight back, some of them would have died...she had almost been ready to... It was a miracle that a teacher had stumbled upon the scene before any of them had started something. She had been stupid, naïve, far too trusting of the boy who had lured her to the ambush spot, and all involved had almost paid a very hefty price for her mistake.
"H-how could you say that?" she finally asked, her voice incredulous as she tried to process how her mother could possibly have thought it was a good idea to bring up the subject so flippantly.
Her mother was quiet for a long moment, apparently only then realizing what she had said, and no doubt thinking the wrong thing. Sachiko, for her part, was worried that she had nearly lost control and had been on the verge of killing other human beings; her mother thought she was terrified about being trapped in a situation where she could have been raped. Sachiko, for her part, couldn't decide which outcome would have been worse. After a moment she moved closer and tried to put a reassuring hand on Sachiko's shoulder, but Sachiko shied away.
"Honey, now listen-"
"Go away, leave me alone."
She waited a long, long moment, staring down at the things on her bed, before her mother finally left the room, closing the door behind her. Sachiko took a series of deep breaths, using the calming exercises her teacher had taught her until she got her pounding heart under control and the rage subsided.
Her mother thought she was helpless.
Those...those bastards had thought she was helpless.
She was far, far from helpless. Had she been willing, she could have killed half of them within a few seconds; the problem was the gap in her skills. She was quite good with the basics of her art, enough to receive the equivalent of a black belt in karate, a tremendous feat for someone so young. She had tons of stamina and was extremely fast due to her small size, but her size also worked against her. She had no heavy hitting attacks that weren't possibly fatal, while her mastery of the basics would do little more than leave an adult bruised and angry. She could hold off several people until help arrived, but due to her size and build she lacked the heavy blows that would knock a man out of a fight without killing him. And her rage...she had worked hard, all her life, to keep that monster under control. If her mother had known the true extent of the anger she felt at those stupid boys, at herself, at her mother for putting her in that school in the first place, well...Sachiko had no doubt her mother would try to lock her away in her room 'for her own good'. She had no intention of letting her mother know the true extent of her training, either. She was pretty sure her father knew, since it was a friend from his side of the family that had trained her, but he obviously trusted her enough to use her judgment properly, because he hadn't put a stop to her training or spoken much about it to her mother on his rare visits home.
She shook her head to clear it as she put another set of underwear in her bag and zipped it shut. With this, she was ready. She gathered her bags and stood there beside her bed for a moment, looking around at the room she wouldn't see again for quite some time, if everything went well. She knew every inch of that room, all the small marks and dents any room gathered through the years. To be honest, she was relieved to finally be leaving. Without her mother's constant questions and interference with anything she tried to do on her own, she would be free. She smiled a little.
Yes, things were going to change soon.
"Sachiko! Are you ready yet? It's time to leave for the train station!" her mother called out from downstairs.
"I'm coming!" Sachiko replied. What was the name of the school? 'Mahora Middle School', or something like that? She liked the sound of it. She opened the door and stepped out of the room, turning off the light as she went.
Nakamura Sachiko
Born - 7/17/1994
Height - 5'5"
Tea Ceremony Club
Likes – Tea cups, training, baseball
Dislikes – distance between people
Roommate – Sato Gin
Little Known Facts – She is a person of many skills
Titles: Student Number 24, Class Rep/Iincho
Close Friends: Urashima Taro, Mochizuki Kagami, Kagurazaka Asuna
Enemies: None, but often butts heads with Miyoshi Youko over the latter's pranks
Notes: First off, Sachiko is not like like other girls. Nakamura Sachiko, designed from the beginning to be class-rep material; from a fairly well off family, quiet, pretty, elegant, fancy sounding name... Well, she mostly turned out right. Sachiko was one of my favorite characters from the start. She's a quiet and thoughtful person, and even though she tries to be nice and talkative to her classmates, she's incredibly awkward in social situations and prefers to quietly stand off to the side where she can't embarrass herself or accidentally offend someone. She also trusts a very small number of people to behave properly, and therefore is likely to take on too much work herself in order to ensure it gets done correctly. She is actually quite popular among students outside her class for her calm, elegant appearance and occasional act of kindness. Those actually in her class know how quiet and standoffish she is, and that it takes a while for her to warm up to someone. As for her mysterious fighting style, it's a secret modified form of Capoeira designed to take down the opponent quickly. Sachiko is incredibly good at it, but as it was designed for a larger, much stronger man, a whole group of powerful blows end up little more than a distraction when performed by her. Her teacher recognized this problem right away and encouraged her to explore other fighting styles and incorporate what worked best. Sachiko took his words to heart, especially since the incident at her last school, and has been doing her best to improve her repertoire. Physically, Sachiko appears to be just your average girl, except prettier and more serious. She has long, dark red (almost black, actually) hair that she wears loose, and dark green eyes.
Appearances: First Appearance- chap 3 (New Beginnings 3)
Kamo's Negi Love Chart
Motherly - 4
Sisterly - 4
Friendship - 18
Crush - 8
Love - 10
H - 8
Kamo's Comments: "She really likes you and she's got a bit of a dirty mind, but mostly she just wants to be friends with you, aniki. I think you should be careful around this one, though...if you lead her on and she finds out you aren't serious, she seems like she'd be likely to snap."
Haruna's Stat Chart
Friendliness - 9
Courage - 17
Attractiveness - 14
Intelligence - 18
Athleticism - 17
Instincts - 18
Anger - 20
Loner - 20
Outgoing - 3
Popularity – 18
Attributes – class rep, quiet, pretty, dark red hair, peaceful, unreachable
Haruna's Comments: "This is one lonely girl. I say take it easy when dealing with her until she's comfortable, then go in for the kill...!"
Comments From The Rest
Kagurazaka Asuna: "Sachiko's pretty good. She'll be a real lady some day, I think. Unlike some other class reps I knoww..." *smirks at Yukihiro Ayaka*
Anonymous Underclassman: "Nakamura-sama is as an angel fallen to Earth...!"
Anonymous Young Biker Gang Member: "Yeah, I'll admit it. I stopped her in the street one day and tried to mug her. Next thing I know, I wake up in the hospital with a killer headache and my face swelled up like a blowfish. If you take my advice, you'll steer clear of her. She's trouble, big time."