Chapter Three: The Student Body
Before he knew it, Lupin was outside the academic building and was being dragged towards the Male dormitory. His thoughts were still on the Deans punishment as they passed the founder statue. Trying to clear his mind, he noticed the moon was still high in the sky, but the wind had died down a bit. The only thing stirring the leaves this time was his body being drug down the sidewalks.
"What a terrible night to have a curse." He sighed, but the guards paid no attention.
They passed by the Female dormitory and as he glanced at it, he could see girls giggling at him and waving from their windows. He smiled and waved back. Never ignore a woman, he was taught. Standing on one of the balconies was Emi, looking triumphant. When their eyes met, she stuck her tongue out him. "Bitch", he thought to himself. "The Zenigata's will know my revenge one day." He attempted to glare but his head bumped a rock and he lost focus.
A few minutes later he was in front of his dormitory. Most of the students were asleep so it had a desolate, dead feel, but a lone body sat (actually it was kinda just laying there) in the shadows. Smoke rings rose from the cigarette it was puffing.
The guards dropped Lupin's feet and left him sprawled on the ground. The tall one yelled at the smoking body. "Hey Kichiro! Make sure this bum doesn't cause any more mischief tonight or else we'll be coming after you next!"
The body stirred a bit and stood up. A tall man with shaggy black hair and a trim goatee emerged in the light. He wore a pair of slender, rectangular sunglasses, which the light from his cigarette reflected in, black pants and black vest, and a white, warm looking long sleeve shirt. His belt buckle (which was a bit large) sported the words "Bad-Ass". He stared at the tall guard silently, unimpressed by his threat.
"Whatever." he said tonelessly.
The tall guard looked cross for a second, then turned around and led the rest of the guards back to their posts and away from the body they had just deposited.
Lupin sat up and dusted off his shoulders.
"That's it Jigen, no more favors for you." He addressed the man crossly.
Kichiro Jigen walked over to Lupin and offered a hand. "That's okay. I never ask for any." He said while pulling Lupin to his feet. Jigen took a final drag from his cigarette and flicked the butt into a public ashtray twelve feet away. "Though I'm curious to know what you've done on my behalf." He added.
"I decided our friend Richard Dangler needed some payback." Lupin said while grinning.
Jigen perked his ear in interest. Richard Dangler had beaten him in the Judo Championship with an illegal throw last weekend. The ref should have noticed, but Richard's girlfriend Mercedes flashed her boobs at him at the crucial moment and distracted him. By the time he looked back, Jigen was floored and Richard was declared the winner. Furious, Jigen's been sulking about it all week.
"What'd you do?" he asked curiously while pulling some candy out of his vest pocket. He offered Lupin a piece, but he declined politely.
"You'll find out tomorrow at the unveiling." Lupin said, smiling malevolently. The smile faded a little bit. "I just hope it was worth the cost."
Jigen chuckled.
"Madam Zenigata's had her way with you huh?" he grinned. "I was wondering about the black body stocking." He poked Lupin teasingly. "Very form fitting. I guess old ladies like their meat on display, hmmm?"
"Screw you!" Lupin chuckled and socked Jigen in the arm. Jigen laughed and shrugged it off.
"No, much worse than that, I'm afraid." Lupin said in a more serious tone. He reached for his pocket, noticed he was wearing the pocket-less stocking, and frowned.
"Er...got a smoke?"
Jigen pulled a few cigarettes from his pack, put one in his mouth, and handed the other to Lupin. A match appeared from nowhere in his hand and with one deft swipe lit both cigarettes and disappeared.
"Thanks." He said and puffed slowly. "No, I'm going to be very busy the next five months thanks to Miss. Zenigata. You're looking at the new custodian, dishwasher, and." he paused, and added silently "member of the glee club."
Jigen bust up laughing. His cigarette fell from his mouth and he clutched his sides out of hilarity. Lupin puffed his smoke silently till he finished.
Calming down a little, Jigen wiped a tear from behind his sunglasses and said "That's (chuckle, chuckle,) that's some pretty bad luck there. At least the custodians are cool and the dishwashers get free food, but man, the glee club? You can kiss any date you planned for the next five months good-bye."
Lupin frowned.
"Tell me about it. Still..", he paused considerately, "no use dwelling on regrets. Who knows, maybe some opportunity will come out of it." Lupin shrugged.
"Always the optimist." Jigen remarked. A few leaves scattered across the sidewalk, marking the winds return. Lupin shivered a little and tossed his cigarette. Jigen followed suit and they both headed inside the dorm.
The dormitory lobby had a half-assed kind of cleanliness to it, due to the fact that its inhabitants were the ones responsible for its upkeep. Sports banners and miscellaneous school pride posters were tacked up everywhere and once nice furniture lurked menacingly by the dingy walls. Fake tree's bent under crippling amounts of dust sagged in the corners and the student mail slots stood, defiantly clean amidst the mess of the room, against the right wall.
Lupin wandered over to check his mail. He found three letters: a credit card application (which he promptly threw away) and two lovely smelling letters in pink envelopes. His heart skipped a beat and he bragged at Jigen.
"Well, well! Looks like I've got a couple of admirers!" he said snidely. Jigen mumbled something incoherent and thumbed through a Guns n' Ammo magazine that occupied his mail slot.
Lupin ripped through the first of the envelopes and pulled out the card within. As he opened it, rainbow colored glitter gushed out the sides and covered him head to toe. Jigen glanced from behind his magazine and chuckled.
Lupin scowled and read the letter:
"Dear Lupin, Ha ha! Hope this glitter fills your heart with GLEE! Good luck getting it off!
-Emi Zenigata"
Lupin crumbled up the letter and threw it over his shoulder. It bounced off the wall and promptly hit him in the back of the head. Grumbling, Lupin tried to dust off the glitter, but it wouldn't budge. He flailed around a bit trying to knock it off, but to no use. Sighing in defeat, he sat on the floor and whimpered.
"Gee, you just can't catch a break, can ya?" Jigen remarked, tossing his magazine on a nearby end table.
Lupin just grumbled. He looked at the other envelope cautiously. It's the same color as the glitter one, but it smelled different. He caaaarefully opened the top of the envelope and sloooowly pulled out the card. Before opening it, he turned it around a few times and shook it to make sure nothing decided to gush out like before. Finding nothing wrong, he flipped it open, and it promptly exploded in a blast of purplish gas.
Dumbstruck, Lupin stood there in a purple haze. After a minute or so, the smoke began to clear.
"What the hell was that?" Jigen remarked as the lobby regained visibility.
"I.don't know." Lupin said stupidly. He looked at the letter, and as he did the glitter started to fall off his body like snowflakes.
"Lupin, Ignore her. She's just trying to make her momma proud.
-Akari
P.S. sorry for ratting you out."
"Ah." Lupin said and scratched his head and bits of glitter flaked off like dandruff. He was still a little confused. Jigen glanced at the letter over his shoulder.
"Hmmm. That was nice of her." He said nonchalantly. Glancing at his watch, he jumped a little.
"Christ! Its almost 2:00 am!" Jigen exclaimed, "I've got to get some sleep."
Lupin yawned in agreement. He gave the room a quick glance. Everything was covered in purple dust and rainbow glitter.
"Think we should clean this up?" Lupin asked.
"Nah." Jigen said simply, "Let some other turd worry about it. Seeya in the morning." And with that he walked off to his room.
Lupin grinned to himself. He grabbed the crumpled up letter off the ground and straightened it a little. He sniffed it a little and had to admit that Emi at least smelled good. He tucked both letters in his palm and walked off to bed.
Before he knew it, Lupin was outside the academic building and was being dragged towards the Male dormitory. His thoughts were still on the Deans punishment as they passed the founder statue. Trying to clear his mind, he noticed the moon was still high in the sky, but the wind had died down a bit. The only thing stirring the leaves this time was his body being drug down the sidewalks.
"What a terrible night to have a curse." He sighed, but the guards paid no attention.
They passed by the Female dormitory and as he glanced at it, he could see girls giggling at him and waving from their windows. He smiled and waved back. Never ignore a woman, he was taught. Standing on one of the balconies was Emi, looking triumphant. When their eyes met, she stuck her tongue out him. "Bitch", he thought to himself. "The Zenigata's will know my revenge one day." He attempted to glare but his head bumped a rock and he lost focus.
A few minutes later he was in front of his dormitory. Most of the students were asleep so it had a desolate, dead feel, but a lone body sat (actually it was kinda just laying there) in the shadows. Smoke rings rose from the cigarette it was puffing.
The guards dropped Lupin's feet and left him sprawled on the ground. The tall one yelled at the smoking body. "Hey Kichiro! Make sure this bum doesn't cause any more mischief tonight or else we'll be coming after you next!"
The body stirred a bit and stood up. A tall man with shaggy black hair and a trim goatee emerged in the light. He wore a pair of slender, rectangular sunglasses, which the light from his cigarette reflected in, black pants and black vest, and a white, warm looking long sleeve shirt. His belt buckle (which was a bit large) sported the words "Bad-Ass". He stared at the tall guard silently, unimpressed by his threat.
"Whatever." he said tonelessly.
The tall guard looked cross for a second, then turned around and led the rest of the guards back to their posts and away from the body they had just deposited.
Lupin sat up and dusted off his shoulders.
"That's it Jigen, no more favors for you." He addressed the man crossly.
Kichiro Jigen walked over to Lupin and offered a hand. "That's okay. I never ask for any." He said while pulling Lupin to his feet. Jigen took a final drag from his cigarette and flicked the butt into a public ashtray twelve feet away. "Though I'm curious to know what you've done on my behalf." He added.
"I decided our friend Richard Dangler needed some payback." Lupin said while grinning.
Jigen perked his ear in interest. Richard Dangler had beaten him in the Judo Championship with an illegal throw last weekend. The ref should have noticed, but Richard's girlfriend Mercedes flashed her boobs at him at the crucial moment and distracted him. By the time he looked back, Jigen was floored and Richard was declared the winner. Furious, Jigen's been sulking about it all week.
"What'd you do?" he asked curiously while pulling some candy out of his vest pocket. He offered Lupin a piece, but he declined politely.
"You'll find out tomorrow at the unveiling." Lupin said, smiling malevolently. The smile faded a little bit. "I just hope it was worth the cost."
Jigen chuckled.
"Madam Zenigata's had her way with you huh?" he grinned. "I was wondering about the black body stocking." He poked Lupin teasingly. "Very form fitting. I guess old ladies like their meat on display, hmmm?"
"Screw you!" Lupin chuckled and socked Jigen in the arm. Jigen laughed and shrugged it off.
"No, much worse than that, I'm afraid." Lupin said in a more serious tone. He reached for his pocket, noticed he was wearing the pocket-less stocking, and frowned.
"Er...got a smoke?"
Jigen pulled a few cigarettes from his pack, put one in his mouth, and handed the other to Lupin. A match appeared from nowhere in his hand and with one deft swipe lit both cigarettes and disappeared.
"Thanks." He said and puffed slowly. "No, I'm going to be very busy the next five months thanks to Miss. Zenigata. You're looking at the new custodian, dishwasher, and." he paused, and added silently "member of the glee club."
Jigen bust up laughing. His cigarette fell from his mouth and he clutched his sides out of hilarity. Lupin puffed his smoke silently till he finished.
Calming down a little, Jigen wiped a tear from behind his sunglasses and said "That's (chuckle, chuckle,) that's some pretty bad luck there. At least the custodians are cool and the dishwashers get free food, but man, the glee club? You can kiss any date you planned for the next five months good-bye."
Lupin frowned.
"Tell me about it. Still..", he paused considerately, "no use dwelling on regrets. Who knows, maybe some opportunity will come out of it." Lupin shrugged.
"Always the optimist." Jigen remarked. A few leaves scattered across the sidewalk, marking the winds return. Lupin shivered a little and tossed his cigarette. Jigen followed suit and they both headed inside the dorm.
The dormitory lobby had a half-assed kind of cleanliness to it, due to the fact that its inhabitants were the ones responsible for its upkeep. Sports banners and miscellaneous school pride posters were tacked up everywhere and once nice furniture lurked menacingly by the dingy walls. Fake tree's bent under crippling amounts of dust sagged in the corners and the student mail slots stood, defiantly clean amidst the mess of the room, against the right wall.
Lupin wandered over to check his mail. He found three letters: a credit card application (which he promptly threw away) and two lovely smelling letters in pink envelopes. His heart skipped a beat and he bragged at Jigen.
"Well, well! Looks like I've got a couple of admirers!" he said snidely. Jigen mumbled something incoherent and thumbed through a Guns n' Ammo magazine that occupied his mail slot.
Lupin ripped through the first of the envelopes and pulled out the card within. As he opened it, rainbow colored glitter gushed out the sides and covered him head to toe. Jigen glanced from behind his magazine and chuckled.
Lupin scowled and read the letter:
"Dear Lupin, Ha ha! Hope this glitter fills your heart with GLEE! Good luck getting it off!
-Emi Zenigata"
Lupin crumbled up the letter and threw it over his shoulder. It bounced off the wall and promptly hit him in the back of the head. Grumbling, Lupin tried to dust off the glitter, but it wouldn't budge. He flailed around a bit trying to knock it off, but to no use. Sighing in defeat, he sat on the floor and whimpered.
"Gee, you just can't catch a break, can ya?" Jigen remarked, tossing his magazine on a nearby end table.
Lupin just grumbled. He looked at the other envelope cautiously. It's the same color as the glitter one, but it smelled different. He caaaarefully opened the top of the envelope and sloooowly pulled out the card. Before opening it, he turned it around a few times and shook it to make sure nothing decided to gush out like before. Finding nothing wrong, he flipped it open, and it promptly exploded in a blast of purplish gas.
Dumbstruck, Lupin stood there in a purple haze. After a minute or so, the smoke began to clear.
"What the hell was that?" Jigen remarked as the lobby regained visibility.
"I.don't know." Lupin said stupidly. He looked at the letter, and as he did the glitter started to fall off his body like snowflakes.
"Lupin, Ignore her. She's just trying to make her momma proud.
-Akari
P.S. sorry for ratting you out."
"Ah." Lupin said and scratched his head and bits of glitter flaked off like dandruff. He was still a little confused. Jigen glanced at the letter over his shoulder.
"Hmmm. That was nice of her." He said nonchalantly. Glancing at his watch, he jumped a little.
"Christ! Its almost 2:00 am!" Jigen exclaimed, "I've got to get some sleep."
Lupin yawned in agreement. He gave the room a quick glance. Everything was covered in purple dust and rainbow glitter.
"Think we should clean this up?" Lupin asked.
"Nah." Jigen said simply, "Let some other turd worry about it. Seeya in the morning." And with that he walked off to his room.
Lupin grinned to himself. He grabbed the crumpled up letter off the ground and straightened it a little. He sniffed it a little and had to admit that Emi at least smelled good. He tucked both letters in his palm and walked off to bed.
