A/N: Again, I'm not sure why I'm updating this even though there hasn't much people liking it due to how rushed and weird the first chapter was. I mean, I could have update Midoriya's King Crimson but instead I'm writing this. Oh yes, that one will be updated next. So look forward to it for the fans of that series.
So, this chapter will be Jin's enrolment to Sobu High, and his experience in the school with some extra room com situations although since it's Jin Mori we're talking about, it will be much more bizarre than your usual roomcom comedy.
That aisde, if there are other authors reading this, what's the font size you guys used? Mine is 12. And some legends for new dialogue of writings.
"Greetings," Speaking in Japanese.
'Greetings,' Thought in Japanese.
"Greetings," Speaking in Korean (or other language).
'Greetings,' Thought in Korean (or other language)
"So that happened,"This means something that happened in the past, or a flashback.
Disclaimer: Respective works belong to their respective owners, and I do not profit from writing a fanfiction of their works.
-Chapter Start-
(8Man POV)
It's the start of my second year in Sobu High School, and as usual in my daily life as a loner, nothing too interesting happened. It's the usual bland events of the students enjoying their youth time.
Ew, youth.
I can't help but grimaced in disgust over the word. Youth is indeed where some of your important moments in life happened, so I can sort of understand why adults told us to enjoy our youth, however, there's just one problem I have with youth.
It's full of fakes and masks.
It's a skill of mine from my 108 Skills of Hikki, perception beyond what normal human can comprehend. I can read between the lines, read the atmosphere, or tension in the air during conversation. These youths spend their lifetime with friends by giving an obvious fake smile, mask wore on their face. I'm disgusted by it, truly.
It makes me wonder what I wish is attainable or not.
Even so, I will keep on searching for it.
Anyway, regarding youths' friendship. It's a friendship built upon Mountain of Lies (1). Some are genuine, although its rare and I've never seen one face to face before. Usually, their friendship are built upon the idea of 'I scratch your back, and you scratch mine' mentality. One party stopped scratching, and the other will stopped as well.
Source: Me.
If such relationship are built upon something like that, then is a genuine relationship exist? It doesn't have to be the usual boyfriend and girlfriend type of relationship. For example, take them. My eyes glanced behind towards the biggest and the loudest clique in the class of 2F.
Hayama and his friends. Damned riajuu.
From what I observed, they've become a clique because of that riajuu bastard himself. So, the million dollars question would be…
Would the clique stay or will they go their own separate ways if Hayama abandoned them?
No, I don't think so.
Before I could dwell on my thoughts even further, the door of the classroom opened, and our homeroom class session began, as Hiratsuka-sensei walked. Rather annoyed, if I may add.
Her face contains exasperation and, a little bit of excitement…? I may have hallucinated that one, so take my words with a grain of salt. She went to hear desk, before laying down her folders and files on it. She cleared her throat before saying loud and clear for the class, "Good morning, class."
"Good morning, Hiratsuka-sensei!" The class replied back clearly, earning a proud smile from the lab-coat wearing teacher. Some of the students began gossiping again, specifically the females' majority.
Now that I've noticed, the gossips are frequent than usual. Wonder what the cause is…?
"Now, with how much you girls are gossiping based on a rumour…" her words cause the girls to quiet down and gave their focus on her, "Let me confirmed that rumour. Yes, there will be a new student transferring in our school, specifically in this class."
Oh, so that's why. Let's count up to three for the outburst…
One…
Two…
Three…
"A new transfer student?!"
"I wonder if it's a cute girl!"
"Pervert, maybe it's just a random boy."
"A new boy to pair with Hayama-kun?!"
Alright, that last comment is a bit too far. As much as I hate that riajuu bastard, he can have my sympathy for being someone's BL fetish.
"Alright, quiet down, damn it!" Sensei, I'm not sure if you can swear in the class. "HE should be in this class right now, but obviously he's qui-" The door opening for the second time interrupt her and she was about to have her way before the person spoke up.
"I'M SORRY! I OVERSLEPT, AND IN A NOSTALGIC WAY, I CHASED A ROBBER WITH MY BIKE!" I couldn't help but notice the accent in his Japanese and some struggle in his words. It couldn't be…?
An overseas student?!
"Right, right, don't do it again. I'd rather not fill my free time with problem children." Hiratsuka-sensei dismissed the boy's claim with a wave, before continuing. "Anyway, why don't you introduce yourself?"
Ah, and now I found the reason for her exasperation, this transfer student was late.
The overseas student walked ahead to the centre of the class, in a comical way, while saying'I'm the strongest fighter!' As he stopped, he eyed the entire class, and when his gaze met mine, I couldn't help but be surprised.
Impossible, I even activate one of my 108 Skills, Stealth Hikki! And again, it may be a hallucination but is that fondness I see?
"Yo! My name is Jin Mori! I'm from South Korea, nice to meet you! I'm also strong, which in Korea, I have a record of 300 wins and 2 defeats!" So his from Korea, huh? Long way from home, aren't you?
Ah, no, I'm not being hostile. I'm actually curious, especially about the fondness in his eyes when he saw me.
"300 wins?! That's crazy!"
"Nah, no way I'm going to believe that shit!"
As a teacher, you would be responsible for silencing all this ruckus, but instead, Hiratsuka-sensei merely laughed boisterously. "That's an impressive claim, Jin! Maybe you could join a fighting club or something."
The newcomer looked at her with his star-cross shaped eyes brimming in joy, "THERE'S A FIGHT CLUB?!"
Wait… now that I've just noticed, his eyes are a bit peculiar. Is it contact lenses?
"Yeah, yeah, now go take a sit will you? Homeroom session is about to start, and after that, it's the first class of the day."
-Line Break-
(Jin POV)
"Okay!~" I walked to the person sitting near the door, smiling at him as I laughed a little upon looking at his eyes. It awfully reminded me of someone…
The owner of said eyes, looked up at me in surprise before speaking out, "Is there something you need?"
I shook my head in response before answering his question. "Nuh-uh, your eyes just reminded me of my dear friend. He has the same disinterested eyes like yours!" I walked pass his seat going for the one at the end, the only remaining seat. Mhm, the seat looks a bit disorganized compared with the rest… Could it be?!
They went as far as to break their well-organized seats for me? I'm flattered! Sobu High is the best!
As I went to sit on my seat, I remember the morning incident which brought a huge smile on my face, mainly because of the nostalgia. But then, my head drooped a bit as the only missing thing about the incident, was Mira and Daewi joining in to help me.
-Line Break-
Flashback before his arrival at the school…
(Third POV)
We went towards our protagonist empty yet humble abode, in which he currently slumber. His breathing remains in rhythm, signalling a good sleep, a very good dream, or although rare, both at the same time. I'm just bullshitting on this one, don't take it seriously.
However, near him was an alarm clock, which kept on ringing for the past thirty minutes (Of course, it shut down, before resounding once again). Now, usually, us a reader, we wouldn't be too concern of someone oversleeping.
But there's just two factors of what make it important.
First, it's Monday.
Second, it's his first day at his new school in a new dimension.
As if our fanfiction gave him a startling realization, he stood up awake, glanced at the alarm clock before emitting one of the manliest shriek known in Earth.
"I OVERSLEPT! WHY TODAY OF ALL DAY?!" In a record breaking move, Jin Mori took a quick resounding five minute baths, WHICH include brushing his teeth. One can only wonder whether he used his clones to help him bath. A certain fujoshi would love to imagine that scenario however.
Upon finish dressing up, he quickly made his way out of his home, before riding his bike, breaking the sound barrier, a resounding boom could be heard and a huge shockwave was emitted through the area.
An old woman passerby took notice of a shadow above her before wisely getting out of the way. Not a moment after, a crash happened, which is Jin's dramatic landing strategy (2). An affectionate smile creeped onto her face, before calling out. "Be careful on your way, Mori-chan!" A quick wave answered her call as she watched him speeding faster than a Kawasaki Motorcycle.
Back with the protagonist. He took a quick glance on his watch, and saw that he have three minutes left before homeroom session starts. Hope began to embed within him, as the view of Sobu High School entered his vision.
However, at the side of his vision, another granny, was crying. Jin followed her gaze and found a manic smile etched upon his lips. A faint memory overlapped the present of how Daewi, Mira, and himself were late for the G.O.H Tournament because of a thievery. While there's no sobbing backstory, the time Jin spent with the granny however was sweet and important to him.
Despite not asking her, she still offered her help to teach him some more on Japanese Kanji. Then a memory of walking with her, carrying her things for her, another memory popped which is her gifting him a sleep mask, a bit familiar to his old one.
"A MOTORCYCLE THIEF?! SURE, MAKE IT INTERESTING!" Once again using his superhuman strength, he sped his bike faster than the thief, surprising the latter, considering the latter going in a speed haunting 105km/hr.
"W-WHERE YOU COME FROM?!"
"GIVE IT BACK, OR I'M GONNA MAKE YOU REGRET MAKING THIS DECISION!"
"SCREW YOU, ASSHOLE!" Jin was momentarily surprised, with the thief sending a quick middle finger, before making a quick corner.
He remembered back then surpassed this obstacle by having Mira shoving her sword on the ground. But this time, he will have to overcome this on his own.
His pride as The Great Sage Equal to Heaven demanded it.
Acrobatically, and humanly impossible unless you're Jin Mori, Jin jumped from his bike, before pushing his choice for transport, another resounding boom appeared. The push was strong enough for the bike to crash on the motorcycle, making the latter off balance.
'Chance!' The Monkey King thought. Quickly, he sprinted towards his bike, noticing it with a cocky smirk as the bike haven't fell down yet, merely keep accelerating as if someone was riding it.
Jumping on it himself, he caught up to the thief. The latter looked to his left and his eyes bulged wide open because of what he sees. And it will be the last thing he saw before darkness.
A clenched fist met its way on the thief's face.
-Line Break-
(Still Third POV)
While he did daydream about the morning incident, he IS paying attention to what Hiratsuka-sensei is teaching them. He found himself enjoying the way she teaches her subject. Jin is not sure why, but surely it's because of how passionate she is, and how she can be comedic and serious in the blink of an eye.
And so, his first class in Sobu High was an enjoyable one if he may do say so himself. Oh yes, there's one big reason for that.
"By the way, my class is called Japanese Literature. But I have read this classic Chinese literature, translated in Japan of course." A smirk graced her lips, grabbing the entire class' attention.
"Journey to the West."
A smile appeared on his lips. It's interesting how humans interpreted the way his journey to the west was with his brothers. A manic grin, along with a dangerous glint in his eyes replaced his expression.
Though, they obviously put away the part that Tathagata's remains of his skull levitating in space, just above the moon.
'That bastard had it coming for hurting her.'
"Other than Sun Goku, who are the others-"
A raised hand from Jin Mori silenced the teacher, grabbing her attention along with his classmates. A smirk graced his lips, "Garuda, the Roc Demon King, Uma, the King of Minotaurs, and Junior, the Dragon King, to name a few of them."
Hiratsuka-sensei's face was one of shock, before it developed into a wide grin. "You're pretty smart, aren't you? What do you call Sun Goku in Korean, Jin?"
She noted with great interest how his unique yet beautiful pupils had an excited glint, "Son Oh Gong, or his other title, Jaecheondaeseong, which means The Great Sage, Heaven's Equal (A/N: I forgot the Japanese Romanji Translation, so I went for the English word)."
"Oi, Jin-kun, you're pretty knowledgeable about Journey to the West, huh?" One of his classmate, Yuigahama Yui, asked him.
He turned towards her before nodding his head like an excited baby given a fresh milk, "Yeah! It's like one of my favourite classical novel!" He noted how the one with Daewi's eyes looked at them, 'We're probably being too loud.'
A side character went to approach him. "I can't blame you for that, man. The story is pretty good, even though the live action of it is kinda lacklustre." Jin gave a hearty laugh at that, as he wholeheartedly agreed with that one.
"What if I tell you, there's another ending of this story?" Jin intentionally spoke loud enough for the whole class, stopping everyone's conversation, exactly what he wanted.
"W-What do you mean?"
"Another ending?"
"It can't be that shocking, is it?"
"Naaaah, it's not that shocking." Relief sighs came from everyone before it was shattered in a second. "Just that Son Goku ate Xuanzhang's flesh, became stronger even beyond the likes of Tathagata, and killed the Buddha in space."
"WHAAAAAAT?!"
Jin laughed internally, as he quite enjoyed this new world already. He wonders how long this peace will last."
-Line Break-
The class resumed as usual after the head-turning story Jin have told them. He can't help it, because apparently, almost the whole novel told him how there was no second fight against Tathagata. It kinda infuriated him, if he was to be honest.
Not long after, lunch time has arrived, and Jin Mori was one of the student to scramble out of the classroom to hunt for food. He checked his pocket to see he have enough money to probably a secure a good food followed with a drink. As he arrived at the cafeteria however, doubt started to fill his mind.
To say the least, it was overcrowded. WAY overcrowded.
'Will there be even enough for me?!'
Hence, cue the struggle of the Monkey King to secure his food, else he will starve in his next class and so on.
He cut off some students when he saw them not paying attention, merely checking their hand phone, well serve them right for not paying attention.
Slowly, but surely, he walked forward, before arriving in front of the food seller. He checked the price and find them to be quite expensive, 'As expected of cafeteria food.' he thought. Even with that, he still bought a pair of sweet bun, leaving him with enough for two cans from the vending machine.
Walking while eating his hard earned bun, he began to tour around the school, particularly the classroom area. To be honest, he wonders if the students in the class was filled in randomly or according to their grades. If that so, wouldn't Class A be the smartest? Mhm, details, details.
He found one particular class that caught his attention however. 'Class 2J, huh? The people in there look smart!' he thought in amazement. Then maybe, it's according to their grades but the alphabets are reversed?! Agggghhh, all this thinking make his head hurt. It's as if the power binding was clutching his head.
His internal conflict was broken however, by a soft elegant voice. "Excuse me, but you're blocking the way."
"H-Huh?" He looked towards the doorway of the class and found no one, before turning to the other side. The sight that greeted him is simply mesmerising. The girl in front of him was breathtakingly beautiful. Long raven hair reaching her waist, cool icy blue eyes, although her expression was one of annoyance.
"Are you deaf or you merely do not understand what I've just said?"
"S-Sorry for blocking the way, here you go, miss…" Jin hurriedly moved to the side to allow the girl move inside her class. Halfway to the door, she stopped before facing him.
"Are you that transfer student everyone been talking about?" She questioned him with a cool gaze. Jin couldn't help but be nervous in front of her.
"Y-Yeah! M-My name is Jin Mori…" Cursed his stuttering, is this how the Monkey King supposed to act?!
She nodded her head before curtly replying, "I welcome you to Sobu High, then. I recommend you to head back to class as there's about…" She glanced at her watch, "15 minutes before lunch break ends." With that, she soon made her exist (or entrance), resuming her way to enter her class.
Softly taking a bite, Jin resumed his walk, but this time to return to his class. "That was intense, even for me…"
-Line Break-
Ding Dong!
The bell tolls for who will take a last look at the sky (3). It's finally, the end of school! Jin noticed how the person who have Daewi's eyes stayed for the cleaning duty. Decide to make a good impression, he went to him, grabbing his attention from his footsteps.
"Hey, um… uhhhh…" Our protagonist turned into his chibi-self as he internally smacked his head repeatedly. 'Stupid, stupid, stupid, Mori! How dare you forget his name?!'
Yes, dear readers, Hikigaya's name was mentioned a few time during class. Not for answering questions, but to pick up his work or submit it.
"…It's Hikigaya."
"Hikigaya what?" Jin Mori asked him with a tilt of his head.
Hikigaya gave a noticeable sigh, making Jin sweatdropped. "Hachiman, Hikigaya Hachiman. Now, what is it that you need, Jin?"
"Well, Hachi-"
"Oi, who told you to use my first name casually?"
The loner's call was ignored however as Jin kept on talking. "I saw you on cleaning duty by yourself, although I see another name alongside you." Jin pointed a finger toward the name alongside Hikigaya on the board.
"Well, I'm used to it, anyway. No big deal."
"Let me help you out!"
"…It's fine if you do- wait, huh?"
Jin laughed boisterously, "Hahaha, baka-Hachi! I'm offering to help you out, not that I care whether you say yes or no!"
Hikigaya released another sigh, reluctantly accept his current fate. "Whatever, just don't make trouble for me…"
"Aye, aye, Hachi-taichou!" A popped vein appeared on Hikigaya's forehead but he ignored it, and started cleaning duty, wiping the board first, while Jin started sweeping the floor clean. Their relentless cleaning was quick yet efficient. One people got wrong about Hikigaya is this.
Hikigaya maybe a lazy man who dream to become a househusband, but he is not someone who do his job half-heartedly.
Jin noted this, smiling lightly as he didn't expect him to be someone like that. His respect for Hikigaya went up.
Another quarter of an hour or so, they finally stopped cleaning the class. Damn riajuus not properly taking care of their trash, was what going through Hikigaya's head. Talking about our resident loner, he turned towards Jin, before speaking in a quite tone. "…Thanks for the help, Jin."
Jin patted him on the back, rather strongly I might add, before replying. "Hahahahaha! Of course, Hachi, it's what friends do!"
"Since when you and I are friends?"
"Since now, the moment I decided you and I are now friends!"
With the amount of sigh Hikigaya have let out, one may wonder if he have asthma. "…Have it your way."
"Oh, yeah, Hachi," Grabbing the loner's attention, Jin resumed his words, "Friends exchange contact numbers right? Give me yours!" The Korean handed his phone to Hikigaya, which the latter sighed, then reluctantly added his contact number.
"There, you happy?"
Jin laughed boisterously, before wrapping an arm on Hikigaya's neck, bringing him closer. "Baka-Hachi, of course I'm happy!" Following his declaration, he rubbed the head of the loner with his knuckled.
"K-Knock that off!"
Our protagonist kept on laughing, ignoring Hikigaya's cry.
-Chapter End-
A/N: I think it's good to end it right there. Honestly, I want to continue a bit more but I'm not sure about where to end it, so there you go. I'm surprised that this managed getting about 17 follows, and 12 favs (last I checked anyway).
References for the chapter:
It's an Oregairu fanfiction, created by ZeroXSEED. The full name is I Exist – On The Mountain of Lies.
RWBY's references when they were launched into the sky and to think of their own landing strategy.
Metallica's For Whom the Bell Tolls.
With that said, I bid you all goodbye. And as promised, Midoriya's King Crimson will be updated in the next 48 hours or sooner.
Silver III Jhin, out!