As Osaka and I closed the door to the roof behind us Yomi and Tomo's yelling became muffled and soon faded as we descended the staircase.I followed Osaka through the crowded halls and into a classroom near the end of the hall.The room was filled and the only other person I recognized was Kaorin.Kaorin looked terribly disturbed and I was soon to find out why.Osaka took a seat in the second row,second from the front.I sat behind her.Everything seemed in order until the bell rang and every female in the room seemed to get a bit more tense.The door swung open and a fairly tall man with messy black hair,fogged glasses and an expression of utter calm on his face entered the room.
"Good morning class!",he said confidently.
"Good morning Mr.Kimura...",came the mumbled reply.
He surveyed the classroom with slow precise movements of his head.How he could see out of those glasses is beyond me.
"Ah..it appears someone I have yet to meet has joined my class.",he nodded toward me.
"Ah..Mr.Kimura.that's Mr.Prior he'za angel.",Osaka answered.
"Is that right Miss Kasuga?",Mr Kimura asked,suspicious.
Osaka nodded and Kaorin looked like she was about to roll over and die.
Kimura walked swiftly up to Kaorin's desk,kneeled down and looked her in the eyes.
"Oh,my sweet Kaorin...you look like you have something to say.",he said.
Kaorin hesitated,"Uh...I just..uh..wanted to say that Mr.Prior is an angel...",she said.Shaking in seeming fear the entire time.I can see that Mr.Kimura had an inordiate interest in Kaorin.
He stood up.
"Well then my sweet little Kaorin,if you say he's an angel.I believe you.",he smiled what can only be called a pedo smile.
"Greetings,Mr.Prior...the angel.",Kimura greeted me.
I nodded in approval.The class continued unabated.Kimura seemingly unaffected by the fact that I was an apparent "angel".He seems to live in his own little world anyway.
The bell finally rang.
"Have a nice day class.",he called,"Have a lovely day my little Kaorin.",he said and his jaw dropped as he stared off into space,possibly dreaming perverted thoughts.
Me and Osaka made sure to escort Kaorin out of the classroom.
"Man,that guy is fucked.",I said with a disturbed look on my face.
"...You don't know the half of it.",Kaorin said,staring wide-eyed as she walked off.
"Mr.Kimura hazza thing for high school girls.",Osaka stated.
"Well if that wasn't obvious enough.",I chuckled,"Where are we off to now"
"Ah..we gotta go ta PE.",she said.
"Oh!I'm a pretty good runner.",I was proud of my running ability when I was in school.My skills have been honed due to my need to run from horrible beasts on a daily basis.
"I'm the slowest girl in tha school.",Osaka said with a bit of disappointment in her voice.
I patted her shoulder,"I'm sure there's someone who's slower than you"
"Probably.",she said,"Hey...if I ran slow enough...could I stop time?Oh..,but how would I get time rollin' again?...I could invent a machine...",she stared off into space as she walked.I had to guide her slightly so she didn't run into anyone.
We turned down a hallway and emerged near the locker rooms.
"Ah..ya can't come inta the girls locka room.",she giggled,"You wud be as bad as Mr.Kimura.",she laughed again,"I'll be back in a quick sec.",she said and entered the door with a stylized picture of a girl upon it.The kind that you see on bathrooms and stuff.
As I stood against the wall a group of boys emerged from the men's locker room and stood in a circle laughing.I could see what they were laughing at.Me.
They didn't even make an effort to hide their pointing fingers and jeers.
"Hey!Jackasses!Ya think I'm a zoo animal?Meant to be stared at?Keep laughin and you'll have those fingers shoved under your eyelids.",a very nice threat on my part.
They laughed even louder after I presented my threat.
I frowned and began to walk towards them.I summoned up a very small bit of magical energy.My eyes burned a deep crimson.Their expressions changed to that of utter terror.
I stopped a few feet from them and spoke,"So you like the idea of your fingers tickling your optic nerve?Didn't know that was a fetish.",I sneered a malicious sneer.
The boys backed off and stood huddled in a corner.I turned my back and let my eyes return to their normal brown hue.Osaka stood there looking as confused as ever in her white shirt and blue...short..shorts.They were some very odd shorts to wear to PE.I then noticed that every other girl was wearing them too.Uniforms up the wazoo around here.
"Whatcha do to scare them boys?",she queried.
I shrugged,"Made a few threats,made them question their sexuality.that sort of thing"
"Ah..those are summa the tuffest boys in tha class.Ya musta made one helluva threat.",she stood there staring at the cowering boys with her mouth slung open.
"It was no big deal",I said modestly.
Osaka looked like she was about to answer when a powerful voice called out,
"Good afternoon class!".It was a PE teacher voice.PE teachers have the loudest voices in the known universe.It's a fact.
This PE teacher though was not the normal run of the mill fat man or lazy,plump old lady.She was a cute blue haired woman.Slim,taut and with her hair in a sort of sideburns from hell look hanging by her cheeks.
"Good afternoon Miss Kurosawa!",the class answered.The boys answered the loudest.She was obviously a favourite among the male population.
She read off names and checked them on her attendance list if they were present.She finished the roll call and began to speak.
"Ok,guys..today it's track and field day!",she announced.This was answered by a few groans of displeasure.
"Oh,it's not that bad,Mr.Kubara!",she said,singling out one of the students who was displeased,"Ok,outside!",she called and led the way out the doors of the school.
"Guys like Miss Kurosawa cuz she has a great figya.",Osaka whispered to me as we walked outdoors.
"I can see.",I stated,grinning.
"Her figya is almost too good..maybe she's a alien!",Osaka postulated.
"I'm not so sure about that.",I answered.
"Ya neva know...",she said as we were bathed in sunlight.The heat felt comforting after being indoors all up with wack-job teachers.
As we appraoched the hardened clay track Miss Kurosawa stopped and turned to face the students.
"Ok,first is the 100 yard dash.Any voulenteers?",she asked,her hair swinging in the slight breeze.
Four athletic looking guys and one tanned,short haired girl raised their hands and took their places on the track.
"Any more voulenteers?We need one more.",Miss Kurosawa said,pacing before her assembled students.
She grinned,"You all afraid of losing to Kagura.
I assumed Kagura to be the athletic girl who stood in lane three stretching.
Osaka nudged me with her elbow."Go race.Ya said you were good at runnin"
I hesitated.
"Errr"
"Ah..c'mon Mr.Prior.",she smiled.
"Ok,then.",I said and slowly raised my hand.
"Ahh!I see a taker!",Miss Kurosawa said,pointing to me.
I walked my way to the front of the crush of students.
"Where,may I ask,are your PE clothes?",Miss Kurosawa asked me,looking me up and down.
"He's not a student of this school!",piped up Osaka from the rear of the pack,"He'za angel"
Soon the whole world was going to know I was an 'angel' if she kept this up.
"Uhh...huh..",Miss Kurosawa nodded very slowly,"Well,at least take that robe off Mr.Angel"
"His name is Mr.Prior!",Osaka spoke up once more.
I removed my robe and handed it to Osaka for fairly safe keeping.I stood in my brown boots,pants and white sleeveless shirt.I'm not scrawny.I have some muscle mass.I thought it might impress Miss Kurosawa who looked around my age level.
"Go stand in lane six,Mr.Prior.",Kurosawa said with a small sigh.I could tell she didn't believe I was an angel and was used to Osaka's rambling.
I observed my competitors.They looked formidable.I'd have my work cut out for me.
I didn't even have tame to warm-up when Miss Kurosawa said,"Go on the whistle"
There was a slight pause followed by the sharp bleat of a PE whistle.
I tensed my legs and began to take long,quick strides.I could hear the other students clamoring for their favourite to win.I was off to a fast lead.I pumped my legs and breathed in time with my steps.I couldn't look behind me,but all I needed to know was I was in the lead.The finish line was visable ahead of me.The race had been a line dash down a straightaway.I was about 30 yards from the finish when all of a sudden a blur passed through my peripheral vision on my right.I only had a moments notice to register the fast moving form as Kagura.She sped far ahead of me and crossed the finish well before I could.My focus was so interrupted by her passing that I guess fate decided to embarass me even more.My right ankle twisted and my left foot tripped upon it.I was sent in a flying tumble across the finish line.Throwing up dust and rolling terribly I finally came to a stood up and brushed myself free of clay dust.
A multitude of girls had crowded around Kagura,cheering her win.She was flushed red behind her tanned cheeks.
Two fingers formed in a 'V' flashed in front of my face.I looked down to see those fingers connected to Osaka's hand.
"Ya got second!",she cheered.
"I almost won...",I frowned.
"Ah..Kagura is crazy..maybe she's a robot...",she stared off into space once more as in the distance,a bell rang.