It was another beautiful day out in Tokyo, Japan. The birds were singing, the wind blew through the city as wind chimes could be heard, and many people were busy going about their days, doing their own things and enjoying life...

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...and then there's the Eds and Eric, who were currently running down the sidewalks as fast as they could.

"Come on, guys. We're going to be late. And on the second day of school too" exclaimed Eric as he was ahead of the Eds, with Eddy right behind him, with Double D behind him while panting heavily, and Ed running while leaning back while reading a manga book. It was the next day after their first encounter with Korosensei and they were already running late, literally.

"It's monobrows fault. He just had to stop by that manga shop without saying anything. And it took us a long time to finally realize it was too quiet and soon realize we left him behind" yelled Eddy in anger as he was getting tired already.

"But Eddy, it was the newest edition of Slimy Bobber Flinger from Planet Planet: The 4th coming. I had to buy it" replied Ed in defending himself.

"You and your accursed comics are the whole reason we missed the train, Ed. And now we have to run to make it in time for class. And I can't keep going on. Curse these flimsy limbs" complained Double D as he began to slow himself down.

"Don't give up, Double D. We can make it if we keep running" said Eric as he slowed himself down to be beside Double D.

Double D was still panting very hard as he then said "I doubt that Eric. Class starts in" as he raised his watch and gasped as he then screamed "10 MINUTES?!", shocking the rest of the groups.

"10 minutes?! We'll never make it at this rate" exclaimed Eric as the 4 friends kept running down the street.

As they made their way down the sidewalk, Eddy walked by a buildings alleyway and soon saw something out of his eye and immediately halted in an instant, causing the other Eds and Eric to bump into him, one by one, causing Eddy to lean forward but suddenly spring back, standing up, causing the others to fly back and hit the concrete.

Eric groaned as he rubbed his head and looked at Eddy, still looking towards the alleyway and soon yelled "This isn't the time for a rest, Eddy. We're going to be in trouble if we don't run" but Eddy didn't pay attention as he soon gained a smirk as he looked at the alleyway.

Eric caught this as he said soon stood up and said "What is it?" as he soon walked over to Eddy and looked in his direction.

There in the alleyway was several bits and pieces of boards, tires, and a single broken shopping cart laying in that same alleyway, and it was at that moment that Eric looked back at Eddy's smirking face and knew exactly what he was thinking.

But before he could say anything, Eddy stretched his arm out towards the still fallen and exhausted Double D and yanked him towards him, crashing into his side, but Eddy wasn't fazed by it.

Double D groaned as Eddy soon looked at Double D and pointed at the pile of junk in the alleyway and said "Alright Sockhead, start making us a ride" as he kept his devious smirking face.

Double D looked towards the pile and knew that he could easily create a ride in seconds but he wasn't sure if they would make it in time. But he knew one person was the only one he could truly ask about this endeavor.

So he turned to Eric and said "Well Eric, should I?"

Eric contemplated on if it would be a good idea. He wasn't sure cause the last time they had Double D create a ride for them in a hurry to get some place, everyone but Eddy got Kanker kissed in their jawbreaker journey, "Don't rain on My Ed."

Eric looked at his phone and saw that time still wasn't on their side so he pocketed his phone and said "At this rate, we're desperate Double D. Plus you hate running so work your magic and make us a ride" as he pointed at the trash heap ahead of them.

Double D then stood up as he cracked his knuckles and said "Follow me gentleman to victory" as he ran into the alleyway as the rest of the Eds and Eric followed suit and ran into the isle.


E-class

During that time, all of E-class had made their way to their classroom and awaited their octopus-tentacled teacher. But while they waited, they couldn't help but notice that the newcomers weren't in class already.

"Uh, does anyone notice we're short a few classmates?" asked Maehara to the rest of the class as to break the silence of what everyone knew about.

"Yea, its almost 2 minutes until bell time. I figured they would've been here by now" said Kayano as she looked out the window to see if she saw them.

"Eh, who cares about those freaks. Who needs them here to look at their ugly mugs" said Terasaka in his carefree attitude as he leaned back in his chair as a handful of the class looked at him in slight annoyance.

"Now come on Terasaka. They may be...odd but they aren't a bad bunch. Just more strange. You can't be that mean to someone you just met" said Nagisa as he sighed in an annoyance.

"Not to mention that you almost blew up Eric and Nagisa yesterday, so you have no right to ridicule someone like that" said Meg as she looked at him in annoyance.

Terasaka just looked away from them in slight frustration as he just went "tch" in annoyance.

WHOOSH

Suddenly, the class was met with a sudden gust of window shaking the building, which everyone knew that meant that their teacher had just arrived to the classroom.

Hearing a few slithering sounds, the doors to the room soon opened and out crawled in their teacher, Korosensei, as he closed the door and slithered his way to the front of the room.

"Good morning boys and girls. Hope your ready for some fun activities today" said Korosensei as he made his way to his podium and set his books down. As he looked out towards the class, he immediately noticed that the four newcomers weren't in their seats, where they were supposed to be.

"Would any care to tell me where exactly Ed, Edd, Eddy, and Eric are? Class starts in a minute" asked Korosensei to the entire class.

"Uh, we're not sure sir. We figured they would be here already but nothing yet" said Nagisa as he sat up straight in his chair.

"Has anyone tried contacting them?" asked Korosensei to the class, but everyone just kind of sat in silence.

Korosensei looked around and no one had seemed to answer his question, but their silence also answered his question.

"*sigh* No even bothered to give those four your contact info? They're your classmates. Let them be a part of your social circle. I mean, all of you have each others contact info already. Why did none of you bother to give it to them?" asked Korosensei as he waved his finger at the class.

The class sweat dropped a little in embarrassment that they didn't do that, but with how their new classmates acted, it was kind of hard to think of giving them their phone numbers when those 4 were nothing but weirdos. Not to mention how Eric freaked them out a little with his teeth and eye. Some of the class felt bad for thinking these things, but who could blame them? Those 4 were the strangest kids they had ever met. The adult side of it went to their teacher.

"Come on teach. Do you really expect us to give those 4 freaks any info about us? We can't be seen walking around with those 4. Considering what they did to the school, we're better off leaving those 4 to themselves. I wouldn't be caught dead walking around those 4. Especially shark boy there" said Terasaka from the back as he leaned in his chair in his carefree attitude, making the class look at him in annoyance and anger.

Korosensei's face soon turned to his red angry face as he said "Now Terasaka, that was uncalled for! I will not have you talking such awful things about your classmates, especially when they are new ones, in fact. Regarding what happened with the trophy case as an accident, those 4 may be odd but I think that its those quirks of theirs is what makes them unique" as he waved his tentacles in frustration at Terasaka's comment.

But he soon calmed down and spoke in a low voice and grave voice but still loud enough for all to hear as he said "Need I remind you that all of you and those 4 are in the lowest grade at Kunigoguwa. So I don't think you have the right to talk about not being seen with anyone, as I'm sure that all the students D-Class and above wouldn't like to be caught being seen with you" as the class fell silent at the words their teacher said. It stung a little but they knew that he was right.

Korosensei soon coughed a little as he said "But regardless, you all shouldn't be so judgmental just because of their looks. They may be odd but I think that they fit in perfectly in with all of you. Now I ask that you all give them a chance. They may not be as bad you all claim them to be" as his voice soon changed to his calming voice, as the classroom still hung heavy in silence.

Toka hung her head down as she heard his words. His words hit hard for her because it reminded her about how insensitive she felt when she first met him. She was one of the many people the gasped in shock at Eric's features and then asked about how he got his eye and felt guilty about asking him. It clearly was something sensitive to him and it seemed to make him mad. She felt bad but maybe she could try and fix that.

Soon Korosensei let out a sigh as he then opened his book and said "Well, class is about to start soon. Guess Ed,Edd, Eddy, Eric are..."

CRASH

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In a sudden moment, the window's to the left of the students, facing the front, burst open as dust and debris blew up. In a small moment of sight, the class saw the Eds and Eric riding a shopping cart with handle bars on the front of the cart, tires of different sizes on the bottom, a trash can on the right side, and a wooden barrel on the left side, blowing fire out of their ends, with Double D holding the handle bars and Ed, Eddy, and Eric holding onto each other while screaming in the back of the crammed shopping cart, as they zoomed past the students and crashed through the door as more dust blew in from the crash, causing the class to cover their faces from the dust.

They kept their heads down as the dust calmed down and the class soon heard groans and footsteps could be heard. They turned their heads to the crashed door and saw the four friends walked into the room, but they looked at mess.

Ed's suit was torn and ripped as his head was stuck in the trash can and missing a left shoe.

Double D trudged into the room with some bruises and cuts on his cheek, his right sleeve was missing, a couple of splinters in his hat, and his suit was also torn

Eddy walked in using a board as a walker, his jacket was missing, his three hair strands with tied up in knots and his suit was also torn with scars on his face.

Eric trudged in with his suit torn, both shoes were missing, wooden splinters in his jacket, and he had the handle bars wrapped around his head and neck.

The class was in shock at the 4's sudden entrance and how messed up they looked now as well as how much damage they did they then saw the Eds and Eric lifting their right arms up and then saluted to Korosensei as they lightly groaned saying "...Present and accounted for."

They then groaned as they all fell backwards in unison and hit the floor at the same time, causing the class and Korosensei sweat dropped at their random action.

Soon the bell started to ring, signifying that it was class time.


(Cue Seishun Satsubatsuron by 3-nen E-gumi Utatan)

{Intrumental}

{Seishun...Satsubatsuron!}

'Young people's discourse on bloodthirst!'

(The opening starts with the crescent moon as it gradually change to Korosensei's head. Then Ed, Double D, Eddy and Eric appeared upside down with their names shown as they fall and tried to attack Korosensei as he panicked before dust picks up around them as the title appeared.)

Welcome Back, Mr. ED!

{Kuchi ni dasu no wa jikkō suru toki}

'We speak only of it when we're getting into action.'

{Sore ga kakkoī koto shitteru sa}

'Because we know it's cool that way.'

(The scene start with Eric waking up in bed as he gets up and gets ready for school. As he walk out of his room, Eddy and Double D were at the living room while the latter was preparing breakfast. He look around only to see that Ed's not up yet so he went to his room to wake him up, only to find that he was not here and saw his window was open.)

{TARGET, sagashite bokura wa satsubatsu}

'We'll find our target and unleash out bloodthirst.'

{Omoi wa mayou mayoedo susumu}

'We hesitate, but we proceed nevertheless.'

{Migite to migiashi issho ni de sōda}

'We can barely walk straight.'

(Eric panicked and ran out of his room to tell Eddy and Double D that Ed's gone. Eddy groaned in frustration while Double D worried about him, Eric ran back in to his room and came out with his uniform on and a toothbrush in his mouth. Double D quickly pack small breakfast along with their lunches before they head out to find Ed.)

{Nan nanda iraira no hadō wa}

'What is this wave of nervousness?'

{Bokura no sonzai no shōmei}

'Is it proof of our existence?'

{Tsuki wo miagetakamaru}

'It surges as we look up into the moon.'

{Sā sā! Satsu satsu sattō START!}

'Now, let's get this assassination started.'

(Scene changes to Eric opens a fridge of their neighbor's house and found Ed sleeping in his underwear and half eaten food. Eddy laughed while Eric took Ed out of the fridge and slaps him back and forth to wake him up. Double D look at the time and finds that they are going to be late for school, Eric and Double D panicked while Eddy groaned as Ed woke up from Eric's slapping before he was pulled by Eric and ran out the door along with Eddy and Double D.)

{Yari kittenaikara yarikirenai}

'We can't stand still because we're not done.'

{Yari kittenaikara yarikirenai}

'We can't stand still because we're not done.'

{Genjō daha wo chīsana koe de yagate zekkyō shitaku naru aa}

'We start off whispering about overthrowing the status quo but soon enough we'll feel like crying out, "ARGH!"'

(The Eds and Eric, with Ed now in his uniform, rushing to the train station but they missed the train. As Eric and Double D mope in depression, Eddy yelled at Ed before he had an idea as he grabbed Ed the the other two. They're now at a park as they sitting in a box with a tree that is cartoonishly pulled down like rubber below them while Ed was holding the tree down by sinking his teeth in another tree. Double D was calculating their trajectory while Eddy was getting impatient and Eric was starting to regret it. Double D conclude that they would land in the field behind the building but isn't sure about it. Eddy isn't surprised as he signals Ed to let go as they're launch in the air heading to towards school.)

{Yari kittenaikara yarikirenai (Yareba dekiru sa)}

'We can't stand still because we're not done. (We can do it if we try)'

{Yari kittenaikara yarikirenai (Kitto dekiru sa)}

'We can't stand still because we're not done .(Yes, we can)'

(Eddy, Double D and Eric screamed while Ed laugh as they flew through the sky. Then Eric saw Korosensei flying by as he pulled out his anti-sensei knife and tries to kill him but no avail as Korosensei sped up ahead of them.)

{Dōse, to iu no wa kantan dakedo}

'It's easy to say it's all futile to give up.'

{Ima wa agaite mitainda kimi to hajikete mitainda}

'But for now we want to fight it. We want to have a blast with you.'

(Meanwhile in E-Class, Yada was sitting by her desk and glance at Eric's desk in front of her as class was about to start. Korosensei arrives through the window and begun roll call, Yada asked him if he seen the Eds and Eric this morning making Rio teased her about it as she blushed in embarrassment. Korosensei answers as the Eds and Eric crashed through the roof and landed in the floor next to Korosensei, surprising the students.)

{Saredo seishun wa mirai he GO!}

'And we will still reach the future.

{Sā sā sā! Seishun satsubatsuron!}

'Let's go, young people's discourse on bloodthirst!'

(Ed recoiled from the floor as he pulled the other three out with him as the class aside from Korosensei look at them with white eyes and jaws dropped. Korosensei tells them to take their seats as Ed lets go of them and went to their designated desk as Korosensei turns around and writes the chapter's name on the board, thus begins class.)


EDventure #2— "Group-Ed Projects"

Eric groaned in pain as he slowly began to open his eyes as the sunlight struck him and he groaned in pain as he held his hand over his right eye. Bright lights were a bad thing for Eric since his eye was broken, and bright lights hurt worse for him than a normal person.

He soon sat up but as he did, he was bonked on the head by someone he didn't see and fell back to the ground in pain.

The sudden noise of pain suddenly woke the other Eds up as Eddy sat up and said "Jawbreakers!"

Double D shot up and said "We're going to be late!" as he held his head in his hands in panic.

Ed sat up and yelled "Gravy!" as he had his goofy smile on.

Eric groaned again as he sat up, rubbing his head, and looked to see who he hit, which turned out to be Nagisa, with Isogai and Maehara standing next to him

"Oww" groaned Nagisa as he rubbed his forehead.

Eric saw this and said "Sorry. Didn't know you were there" as he soon stood up from the ground as the Eds did the same.

"No, its fine. Should've been paying attention more" said Nagisa as he stopped rubbing his head and faced the four.

Eric rubbed his face in tiredness as he soon saw that they were at the front left side of the classroom and the hole they made in the wall and door was fixed. He also noticed that the entire class was looking at them with concerned faces.

The Eds also noticed this as Eddy decided to break the ice and ask "What?" to the rest of the class as they wanted to know why they were staring...but then...

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"JUST WHEN IN THE HELL WERE YOU FOUR THINKING?!" yelled the entire class in unison, scaring the Eds and causing them to cover their ears as they were blown back by the sudden outburst.

When the class stopped their yelling, the Eds and Eric removed their ears and looked at the class as Eric said "What do you mean?"

"Dude. You four were almost late to class and you crashed through the windows and into the door and you all act like that's not nothing to be concerned about!?" said Meg in confusion and bewilderment at the 4's regard towards the damage they did.

"Well, it wasn't on purpose" replied Eric, trying to defend their actions.

"Then what the hell happened out there?" asked Maehara as the class kept staring at the group in anticipation.

Eddy then grew an annoyed expression as he reached over and grabbed Ed by his monobrow and yanked his head over to him while pointing at Ed saying "It's all monobrows fault we were late. If anyone is to blame, it should be him" as he let go of Ed, causing his to spring back to his spot, bobbing back and forth.

Eric faced Eddy and said "Come on Eddy, you can't be mad at him. You know how much he loves manga and comics. He couldn't help himself. Plus we're also at fault for somehow not noticing he wasn't with us" in defense to Ed as Eddy still grumbled.

"What exactly happened with you 4 out there?" asked Kayano as the class kept listening.

"Oh, we were walking towards the train station we take to get to school but when we got there, we noticed that it had gotten a little quiet for us and before we knew it, we found out that Ed wasn't with us. We back tracked our steps and found him buying some book at the manga shop that we walk past on our way to the station" informed Double D as he took off his tattered jacket and brushed off the dust on him.

"And when we finally got him to leave, we had already missed our train ride and we had to run here to make it in time, which we all hated" grumbled Eddy as he still glared at Ed, who wasn't even paying attention and was reading his comic.

"And we were running out of time to where if we kept running, we'd still be late. But Eddy found some junk in an alleyway and had the idea to have Double D make us a ride in order to make it here on time. I wasn't all for it but I knew that we didn't have a choice. We were desperate to make it on time, so we had Double D create us that cart you saw us driving in. It didn't take long since he's a science/engineer savant and we drove as fast as we could to get here. And when we were close to being late still, Double D kicked that cart into maximum overdrive and we came driving in too fast. And when we tried to stop the cart to not crash, the brakes snapped. And that lead to us breaking the window and the door, and leading us to now" said Eric as he crossed his arms, finishing their story.

The class was both shocked and a bit awkward at the situation. They talked about how creating a fire powered cart in a matter of seconds like it was nothing. They didn't seem to be worried about how they just crashed through their classroom windows like nothing at all happened. And their story seemed silly to believe but they didn't want to press the topic any further since they already had so many questions.

"Well, I would've created better brakes if someone didn't bug me to create turbo engines for our ride and not care about the safety and precautions of not having fully functioning breaks" yelled Double D as he looked at Eddy in annoyance.

"We at least made it in time. Be happy about that, brainiac" said Eddy, nonchalantly, as he began walking over to his seat and sat down.

Double D then grew a freaked out expression and said "Oh dear! Is Korosensei upset about our destruction of the building?! Please tell me that we're not getting detention already on our second day" as he began looking around the room in a panic, trying to find the teacher. But surprisingly, he wasn't there.

"Yea, where is that tentacle teacher?" asked Eddy as he looked around the room.

Nagisa gave a slight chuckle as he said "Well, after your... entrance, he took it upon himself to fix the damage you guys left behind with his speed. Then he saw how your clothes were ruined so he headed to the school to find you new ones. And he told me and these guys to take care of your guys injuries, which thankfully wasn't much" as he held up the med kit he had with him.

"Yea, you guys really had us scared there. Didn't expect you guys to come flying in like that. Or riding in like that. At least you guys are ok" said Isogai as he packed up the other med kit they had.

Eric rubbed the back of his head as he said "Yea. Sorry about that guys. We didn't intend to crash into the building. We're sorry if we scared you" as he bowed his head in apology.

Double D soon reacted as well as he bowed his head and said "Yes, we are indeed sorry. Forgive us for our rudeness."

Eric then looked over at Ed, who was still reading on the floor as he coughed a loud cough towards Ed, which he didn't even react to. Eric then walked over to Ed, grabbed his collar and lifted him off the ground, which made Ed lift his head from his book.

"Anything you would like to say, Ed?" asked Eric in a slight irked manner but not by much.

Ed kept his dumb looking face on as the gears in his head and they then suddenly fell apart in his mind as he smiled and said "When's lunchtime?"

Eric groaned as he slapped his forehead with his hand and dragged in down his face and said "No, tell the class your sorry."

"For what?" asked Ed.

"For us breaking through the classroom and causing a mess" said Eric as he was getting annoyed already.

"But Eric, nothing is broken" said Ed as he pointed at the window being completely, forgetting that Nagisa said the Korosensei fixed the door.

"Your brain cells are broken" mocked Eddy to Ed as he pulled out a workout catalog and laid his feet on his desk.

Eric groaned as he yanked Ed's comic book out of his hands and said "Tell the class you're sorry, or I'm taking the book back to the story" as he held it away from Ed.

Ed panicked as he said "No Eric, that is the newest edition of Slimy Bobber Flinger from Planet Planet: The 4th coming. I needed it Eric" as he tried to grab the comic but to no avail, but Ed's outcry of the comic caught the attention of someone in their class. A girl, by the fact, with short, purplish-brown hair styled in a bob cut, light colored skin and purplish-black eyes. Her name was Yuzaki Fuwa.

She heard the name of the comic and was surprised.

"It came out! But when?!" she thought.

"Then say you're sorry to the class" said Eric as he pointed at the class.

Ed reacted quickly and jumped up towards the front of the class and landed on his knees as he said "Oh forgive me. For I have committed a great sin. Forgive me, my friends" as he slammed his head on the floor and through it.

The class was shocked at his sudden action and more shocked how he slammed his head straight through the wooden floor and didn't even say, "oww."

Kayano chuckled nervously as she said "Oh, its ok, Ed. As long as you aren't hurt, that's all that matters" as she waved her hands at him.

Ed then yanked his head out and ran up to Eric as he held out his hands, waiting for his book, to which Eric gave back, letting Ed go back to reading it.

WOOSH

Suddenly, the whole class room shook with a great force of wind, the class shielded their eyes and then turned to see their teacher, back with several school clothes in his tentacles.

"Ah, good to see you 4 are awake. That was quite the entrance you made" said Korosensei in a cheeky way, but that just made the Eds and Eric hang their heads in embarrassment.

Korosensei then gave the new school suits to the 4 friends, to which they received, as he then said "While I am impressed at the little..." as he then zoomed away and then came back with their handmade cart in his tentacles as he continued saying "...ride here, especially with how amazing the mechanics are with just a few junkyard items..." making Double D blush as how he praised his ingenuity, he continued saying "...I will not tolerate destruction of school property, even if to get here on time" and that made the Eds and Eric gain a sense of dread and depression hang over them like mistletoe on Christmas.

Korosensei then set the cart down as he said "Now go change your clothes and then we'll start class" as the Eds and Eric simply nodded their heads and left the classroom to change their clothes.

As they left, Korosensei grabbed the cart and set it off to the left side of the room, away from the door, Nagisa asked Korosensei "Sir, is all of this what you meant by how their quirks made them unique?" as the class listened to what he had to say.

Korosensei pondered in thought as he said "I guess in some respects, yes. After all, when you look at the design of this cart, its clunky and full of random parts, not to mention the tires aren't even the same size..." as Korosensei as he held the cart in the air and pointed out its design.

"And yet, those four managed to create a super fire powered cart that got them here in the nick of time, though I suspect that Double D made it more than the rest, but still. When you hear the story they say, it defiantly shows how each of them operate as a group" said Korosensei as he placed the cart down.

The class was a bit confused as Meg raised her hand and asked "Uh, sir. What exactly do you mean by that?"

Korosensei soon turned to his wise sounding voice as he said "Think about it. The whole reason they missed the train was because Ed has a love of comics and decided to buy it, though he seems to enjoy horror stories a lot more. Its obvious he's not the most intelligent boy, but his bright eyed smile and goofy demeanor always seems to bring a smile to their face, even if they never show it" as the class stayed quiet as they listened.

"Double D was the one that created the cart and even though it looks like it couldn't move worth a crap with their misshaped tires, it still was able to get them from point A to point B in the span of a few minutes. So its obvious that he's the brain of the operation but he's not the operator himself. No, that goes to someone else" said Korosensei as he made his way over to his desk.

"And who is that?" asked Isogai.

"Why Eddy, of course. Eddy came up with the idea of having Double D create this cart as he knew that it was their be plan of making it on time. Plus his love of money and scams seems to show that he's a planner. A schemer. He's the one that orders the group around but they still seem to follow him even if it sounds crazy, what he suggests" added Korosensei.

"Then there's Eric. He may look intimidating but when you look at it, he really does look after the Eds and Eric. He was opposed to the idea of the cart as he feared something would happen but he knew that if they didn't, they would be late so he let them do their thing and went with them. Plus, he seems to care about others as well. Just take Terasaka's suicide bomber attempt yesterday" said Korosensei, making Nagisa rub his head in embarrassment as Terasaka looked away from the class.

"He saw the threat his classmate was in and took the initiative to save him, even if he wouldn't have made it. It shows that Eric is a caring person, even if he looks intimidating, he'd do anything for the Eds, even if he can get annoyed by them. I think that those 4 are simply inseparable. Which is why I ask all of you..." said Korosensei as he paused for dramatic effect as the class waited for his question.

"Don't be separated from them just because of their strange quirks. They're a fantastic group of friends, who are complete opposite of each other and yet work so well together. So work together with them so that you all work well with them" said Korosensei as he finished in his caring sound voice.

The class fell silent at his words. His talk about the Eds and Eric really made them think differently about the 4, a little bit. It's true that they were weird and were complete opposite of each other and were odd, yet, they seemed inseparable and the very best of friends. Even after crashing through a building, they still seemed happy with each other. Maybe they should follow their teachers advice and not be so judgmental.

Even hearing this, Toka Yada began to rack her brain about her situation with Eric. She still felt bad about asking him about his eye as it was obvious that it was a sensitive topic to him so she had to think of a way to apologize. But would he accept it? She didn't know. But maybe with what Korosensei had in mind for today, maybe she could fine a way to apologize to him.


After the Eds and Eric changed clothes, they made their way back in and listened for what Korosensei had to say.

"Alrighty class. Its another day of school, but its also the second day of our 4 new arrivals" said Korosensei as he pointed at the four in the group.

"We were going to go over The Great Gatsby and why people say its great but I decided to change our plans and do something different, since we have 4 new students here" said Korosensei as he began fishing through his desk.

The class was surprised by this new announcement as Double D decided to ask and say "Umm, sir. What exactly do you mean by something different since me and my friends are here?"

Korosensei then pulled out some clipboards, glass jars, butterfly nets, and pencils.

"Since you 4 are new to this class, I figured that this would be a good time for you four to spend time with your classmates and get to know one another by pairing off into 4 different groups" exclaimed Korosensei as then used his speed and soon handed out all of these things to the class and then zoomed back to his spot.

Everyone was surprised by the sudden offer of tools as Eric then asked "Sir, what exactly are we doing today with these things?" as he held the net up and then asked "And what exactly are we doing as a group?"

Korosensei then began writing on a piece of paper and then tearing it up and then placing the pieces in a basket.

"Each one of you is going to draw from this basket and since this is about you 4 getting to know your classmates, you'll be the group number that everyone will be assigned to. Ed being the 1st, Double D being 2nd, Eddy being 3rd, and Eric being 4th" said Korosensei as he stirred around the bucket filled with paper.

"So there will be four groups, though since we have 29 students here, one group with have an extra member. You'll be grouped by the sheet of paper you get in this bucket. And your group will venture out into the forest and find one animal and you will then work on how they work either as a single animal or as a group. It'll depend on the animal you choose" said Korosensei as some of the class began to internally groan at the assignment.

"Once you have that animal, you'll have the rest of class time to work on it. Now let's get these groups underway, shall we?" said Korosensei, cheekily, as he then began walking around the room and had the class take out a slip of paper and the class began to pick out their numbers.

As this happened, Yada began to think on how this could work for her. If she ends up in the same group as Eric, maybe she could apologize for her actions yesterday. She didn't want any bad blood between them and wanted to make things right. She felt bad and wanted to apologize to him

This was it. This was her plan to fix things with Eric.


Too bad that plan failed as she ended up in the group that Double D was in. And these were the groups choices for the Eds and Eric.

Group 1= Ed, Nagisa, Terasaka, Fuwa, Isogai, Chiba, Okajima, Meg

Group 2= Edd, Yada, Muramatsu, Kanzaki, Hayami, Hazama, Sugaya

Group 3= Eddy, Rio, Sugino , Hara, Okuda, Takebayashi, Kurahashi

Group 4= Eric, Kimura, Yoshida, Maehara, Okano, Mimura, Kayano

Korosensei then zoomed to the front of the class and said "Alrighty everyone. Now that you all have your groups, go out there, find some lovely specimens to right about and come back with something beneficial to all" as he reached for the door handle and opened it up.

The class soon gathered their belongings in crates and headed outside, to where the Eds and Eric separated themselves and went to their designated Ed or Eric and stood together.

"Alrighty everyone. Head out and find your animal. You have until lunchtime. Then the rest of class time will go to you all working on your animal report. Now go out there and have fun" exclaimed Kerosensei as he pointed his tentacles towards the forest.

The class hummed in acknowledgement and then soon ventured off into different parts of the forest to find their animal.

Ed's group to the west side of the forest, Double D's group headed to the spot in between the North and west area, Eddy's group took the North. And Eric's group to the path between the North and east side since south led to them going to the main campus.

All off for a crazy time with just one of the Eds and Eric.


Nagisa was leading Ed's group as he held the map of the forest and led the group through it, while Ed still stuck his head in his new comic.

"This is totally balls. Why did we have to go out into the hot sun and find some stupid animal?! And with the stupid one out of those 4 of all things?" complained Terasaka as he walked behind the group.

"Oh, shut up, Terasaka. Korosensei told us to spend time with our newest classmates and that's what we're doing. Besides its rude to call someone that" said Meg in annoyance as she slapped him on the shoulder.

Terasaka just grumbled as he said "Yea whatever. He's not even listening to us, so why should we bother trying to "bond" with him if he won't pay attention?" as he kept on walking.

"Look, he's just very invested in his book. I mean you saw he distraught he looked when Eric took it away. So it means a lot to him. We can't fault him for liking something" said Nagisa as he looked back at Terasaka from over his shoulder.

Terasaka just went "tch" in annoyance.

Ed didn't hear them as he was too invested in his book, but he soon turned his head as he felt someone tap his shoulder, to which he turned his head to see Fuwa, walking up beside him.

"Umm, hello there, Ed" said Fuwa, a little bit nervous.

Ed simply stared at her with his dumb expression for a while, to where Fuwa became a bit nervous and awkward, but Ed soon grew his big grin and said "Hello."

Fuwa still felt awkward but soon shook it off as she then said "Uh, I see you have the newest edition of Slimy Bobber Flinger from Planet Planet: The 4th coming."

Ed still smiled as he said "Yep. It just came out this morning and boy oh boy is it awesome" as he jumped up and down in excitement.

Fuwa chuckled as she said "Umm, is it ok if I take a look at it. I'm kind of a fan of this book series as well" as she rubbed the back of her head.

Ed beamed with happiness and said "Oooo. Another fan of this series. I've been dying to talk to someone else about this book series" as he jumped up and down as he held onto Fuwa's shoulders, freaking her and the others out.

Ed then let go of her shoulders and said "Ok, so what happens when Bobber made his way to the third planet he visited?" as he was testing her knowledge.

Fuwa wasn't weirded by the strange question and just laughed in a mocking way as she then said "Trick question. It was believed that he was on a different planet but it was really the hallucinogenic gas the Squid King released from his sacs to lure in prey" as she pointed at him with a smirk on his face.

Fuwa then asked Ed "What did Bobber swear on his life he would never do when he lost his pet raccoon?"

Ed just smiled as he said "That he would never get garbage again since it was his pet raccoon's treasure meal. And that that meal belonged to his pet and his pet alone" as he pointed at the sky in revelation.

Fuwa and Ed simply laughed loved how the both of them knew a popular book while the rest of the group let them fall behind and left them to themselves.

"Well, she seems to be getting along with Ed" said Isogai as he chuckled at the two's conversation.

"Yea, its kind of sweet to see Ed making friends. I mean, we should be too with him but they seem to be preoccupied" said Meg as she chuckled at the two's interactions with themselves.

Nagisa heard their conversation and couldn't help but chuckle as well. The group kept going, but as they made their way through some bushes, Nagisa stopped the whole group in their tracks.

"Uh, why did we stop..."

"SHHHH" said Nagisa as he shushed Ed's question as he bent down and pointed at the rabbits ahead of them. The group looked forward and awed at the site in front of them.

There sat an adorable family of snow white rabbits cuddling together as they slept under the trees. The group soon kept quiet as they saw the rabbits happily sleeping.

Nagisa then said "Ok, let be quiet and observe them. Its best not to..."

"BUNNIES!" exclaimed Ed in a loud voice as he jumped up in the air, scaring the others as he landed on the ground and then ran over to the rabbits, but ran through a tree that was in his path, surprising everyone.

"ED! WAIT!" yelled Isogai, scaring the rabbits awake to see the giant figure running towards them.

They soon scattered off but not before Ed managed to capture two of the rabbits and then hugged them to death.

"Oh I love bunnies" said Ed as he began to rub the bunnies on his face and then said "Bunnies are so furry and so soft" as he kept rubbing the rabbits over his face.

The group sweat dropped in awkwardness at Ed's weird affecting towards the rabbits as Nagisa grew a nervous chuckle and said "Well, at least he caught two so we can observe them."

"Not before he rubs the fur off of those things. What a weirdo" groaned Terasaka as he leaned against a tree.

Fuwa grew a slight irked expression as she said "Leave him alone. He loves rabbits and there's nothing wrong with..."

AACHHOOOO

The group was startled as Ed let go of a gigantic sneeze and shook the trees.

"I sneezed" said Ed as he felt dizzy.

"Well, that was quite a sneeze. Now let's hurry and take notes so we can get this done" said Meg as she reached into the crate and began fishing for her note board as everyone else did the same.

But as they had their backs turned... a sudden shadow began to illuminate over them, which the group was confused by.

They turned around and gazed up at the strange shadow...

...And were completely frozen with fear.

"Umm, what the heck is that?" asked Meg, meekly.

Terasaka mustered up his courage and said "I think that's..."


Meanwhile

Double D was leading his group through their section of the forest as Double D was mesmerized by all the creatures he saw on his way, but they soon found an amagaeru, also known as a Japanese tree frog. When he found it, he began spouting off many facts about the frog, so the group just decided to go along with him and do this frog for their animal, since he knew so much.

"I must say, this forest has such a vast variety of colorful species and specimens. Its truly remarkable how many we've already seen. And I'll bet this only scratches the surface" exclaimed Double D as he kept writing down things in his notebook as everyone sweat dropped at how he seems to love nature a lot.

"He seems to be like Kurahashi in a way" whispered Kanzaki to Yada, to which she lightly snickered.

"I know. The similarities are almost uncanny" whispered Yada back to Kanzaki. But as Yada began to think on Double D being in their group, she then reminded herself of another group member she feared she made an enemy with, Eric.

She wanted to apologize for her rudeness, or what she believed to be rudeness, yesterday but wasn't sure how. He seemed angry when she asked him about his eye so she feared that he hated her now for asking about his eye, and figured it was a bad topic for him to talk about. But she still wanted to apologize for asking such a sensitive topic to him. But how?

She then decided to ask one of his friends about what she should do. So she moved over to Double D and tapped him on the shoulder as she said "Double D?"

He turned around and said "Yes, how may I help you, miss...?" as he waited for her to tell him his name.

"Oh, I'm Yada. Toka Yada" simply said Yada.

"How may I help you, miss Yada?" asked Double D to Yada.

Yada tried to talk about her problem but she couldn't figure out how to say it. Double D was his friend but she didn't want to say something that offended him or Eric. But she knew she had to ask, so she mustered up her courage and said "So yesterday, I asked Eric about his eye and it seemed to have angered him. You guys are new here and I'm already scared I made him hate me. I mean, I saw it in his eyes" as she looked down at the ground in worry.

Double D heard her words and understood why she felt as she then said "And I want to make it up to him, but I'm scared to. Is there something I can do to make it up to him?" as she rubbed her hands together in nervousness.

Double D was surprised at her words as he didn't know that she felt this way. He remembered she asked Eric about his eye yesterday and he was angry but he knew he wasn't mad at her. But he thought it was sweet that she didn't want to be enemies with Eric.

"He wasn't mad at you, miss Yada" said Double D, which surprised her.

"He wasn't?" she asked in question.

"No of course. Its just that his eye is a sensitive topic to him and he doesn't like to talk about it. Heck, me and the Eds still don't know about. We asked once and he asked that we leave that alone. We respected that cause it was his life, his decision not to tell us" said Double D as Yada kept listening as the others did as well.

"So he's not mad at you, your question just must've brought back those bad memories he has. So I'm sure that if you face him in good faith, he will forgive you. If not, just find some time to be alone and apologize to him. He's a nice guy, just has been through some things that makes him have a short temper. So its not you he's mad at, just the subject of his eye" said Double D, finishing his response to Yada's comment.

After hearing that, Yada felt a bit of relief wash over her. Her guilt seemed to lessen a bit as she felt glad that it wasn't her he was mad at, just about his eye. But hearing this in her mind made her realize something else.

"Wait, not even the rest of you know about his eye?" asked Yada, as the rest of the class paid attention to his response.

"Indeed. He never has told us about his eye. Trust me, we're just as curious as you but when we first asked him, he seemed just as angry and we feared it was of us, but it was more on his eye that he hated. So he asked that we leave that subject alone and we respected him for it. I'm sure he'll tell us one day, but we just had to be patient. He's not very comfortable talking about it" said Double D as he stared back at the map.

Everyone was pretty shocked by this as they were surprised that not even they know how Eric got his black eye. He figured he would've told them but no. But as they kept walking through the forest, a sudden shadow floated over them through the trees.

They all looked up and saw something big, floating past them as they also heard cries from the large object. As the class looked above them, they heard rustling, to which they turned and saw Ed's group running towards them at high speeds.

They then stopped in front of them as Yada asked "Guys, what's wrong. Why are you running?" as the group stopped and panted.

"Because *pant* we're chasing that giant balloon up there" panted Isogai as he rested his hands on his knees.

"Why?" asked Double D.

"Because that ballon is..."


Meanwhile

Eddy's group made their way through the forest with Kurahashi leading the way since she loved walking through the forest and seeing all the animals.

"Great, another nature lover" complained Eddy as he walked beside Rio Nakamura with his hands in his pockets.

Kurahashi led them down the path as she then suddenly stopped by a river and internally gasped as there ahead of them was a Tancho, also known as Flying Japanese crane.

"Oh wow. These birds are hard to find. Let study this one" exclaimed Kurahashi in a hushed voice.

Eddy just grumbled as said "Nah. Lets find something more useful than a stupid bird" as he then jumped out of the bush and scared the bird away.

The group was shocked at his actions while Kurahashi grew an irked face and said "What's the big idea? That was an animal we can study. why'd you scare it off?"

"Cause birds are useless. They always make annoying noises in the morning and all they do is peck at the food you have when you're eating outside and crap when their in the air, meaning it could land of you. So I'd rather look at something that won't cause me problems" said Eddy as he kept walking through the forest. (Fun Fact, that actually happened to a classmate at my school)

They kept walking for a while until Kurahashi soon saw something amazing. It was a shiny, green beetle with a slight ting of red in its shell.

"*gasp* A Chrysochroa fulgidissima!" exclaimed Kurahashi in excitement as the group sweat dropped at her excitement.

Eddy decided to break the ice by saying "Yea. Its a shiny bug. So what?" in his annoyed/carefree voice.

"So what? SO WHAT?! Eddy, this is a rare insect to find in the world. They're commonly called Jewel Beetles. Some subspecies of the jewel beetles are extremely rare, and some may be found only in specific locations. There are various types of jewel beetles around the world and not all are found everywhere, which makes them rare, like this guy right here" said Kurahashi in excitement.

"What exactly is bug like?" asked Sugino in question.

"The Chrysochroa fulgidissima is a rare type of insect with iridescent wings. Their matured body has a green metal shine with horizontal rainbow streaks. Birds are afraid of things that change color, so they stay away from insects with iridescent wings, which change color in different lights. They are highly popular among insect collectors for their beauty. Myself included" informed Kurahashi as she reached into their crate and pulled out a small bug jar, and managed to capture the bug.

But before she could look at it, Eddy snatched the jar away from her as he then stared at the bug with a devious look in his eye. His eye's then changed to dollar signs, with the classic Cha-ching sound, as he then said "Rare means hard to find. Hard to find means lookers. Lookers means buyers. Buyers means mu-lah. Mu-lah means we're rich. WOOOOOO" as he jumped up and down in excitement, shaking the bug around in the jar.

Suddenly, he was shoved to the side, losing his grip on the jar as it flung in the air and then landed in the hands of Kurahashi with a freaked out expression.

Eddy groaned as he sat up and said "What's your deal?!" as he rubbed his head.

"You were shaking the jar with the bug inside! You were killing it" exclaimed Kurahashi as she held the jar close to her.

"Ok so I got a little excited, but tell me. How much is that little sucker worth?" asked Eddy as he rubbed his hands together in deviousness.

Kurahashi held the jar close to her as she said "NO! I want to keep this little guy. He's valuable and a rare creature to find. I'm not giving him up like that.

Eddy groaned as he rubbed his face in annoyance as he said "Look, that little guy can do more good for us sold and bought than cooped up in a jar. You got to know what's profitable and whats junk. If that bug is rare, we can find some sucker that would love that shiny bug and see if he's willing fork over an entire house for this. So hand over..."

But before he could continue, a dark shadow flew over the group. They all looked up at the sky and saw a grey and yellow balloon looking thing floating past them as it soon moved away from their sunlight and kept on floating by.

"What was that?" asked Rio in confusion as everyone else felt the same.

Soon they heard leaves rustling and they turned to it to see Double's D and Eds group, running towards them and stopped by them to catch their breath.

"Yo sockhead. Where's the fire?" asked Eddy, meaning he was asking what they were running for.

"We're *gasp* chasing that blimp" said Double D as he pointed at the sky in the direction of the blimp.

"Why?" asked Eddy.

"Because that blimp is..."


Meanwhile

Eric's group had made their way down to a river that was close by and made their way to it.

"I believe it's this way" said Eric as he followed the map's directions.

"Why exactly are we going to the river?" asked Maehara.

"Because a lot of animals go to river to replenish their thirst. Meaning we're bond to find multiple animals there and we'll decide on which animal was the best" said Eric as he led the group to the river.

"Oh, yea. That makes sense" said Kayano as they group kept on walking until they made their way to the river.

It was a beautiful bit of the forest as the group saw many trees surrounding the river as the sky was open in the middle with many rocks and stones alongside the bank.

"This will be the perfect place to find animals" said Eric as he walked alongside the bank, with Kayano behind him and the rest followed.

Eric looked along side the bank and as they came to a log in the river, Eric soon saw a family of red shelled turtles, playing each other in the moss and water.

"Hey guys. Here's some turtles. We could write about them" said Eric as he got out his notebook and began writing down notes.

While he wrote away, Okano looked behind her at the rest of the group as she said "Do you think this is a good time to apologize to him?"

"Why?" asked Maehara, to which Okano stepped on his foot, making him flinch in pain.

"You know why. We all basically judged him based on his looks. You remember what Korosensei said. We're supposed to make friends with our new classmates. We should apologize for us freaking out by his looks" said Okano as she saw that Eric wasn't listening.

"Yea I guess that we should do that. Its the right thing to do" said Mimura, a male student with light brown hair styled in bowl cut and light brown eyes.

"You especially need to apologize to him" said Okano as she pointed at him, objectively.

"What did I do?" asked Yoshida in a surprised manner.

"You almost blew him up and killed him and Nagisa. You're lucky you're not in jail for that" said Kayano in a silent annoyed and angry manner.

"Hey that was Terasaka that made the bomb and put it on Nagisa. Eric was just in the way" said Yoshida in a carefree tone, only to be met with a slap on both sides of his face, courtesy of Kanyano and Okano.

Eric heard the slap and turned towards the group to see both the girls slapping Yoshida as he fell down as he rubbed his cheeks.

"You know damn well what you did. You nearly killed him with the grenade and you think that we should just forget that. You could've killed a new classmate with that irresponsible stunt" yelled Kayano in disbelief at her classmates actions.

Eric heard this and knew that they must've been talking about him from the grenade stunt yesterday.

"Guys, whats going on?" asked Eric as he wanted to know what they were talking about.

The group became worried as the cat was out of the bag of what they were talking about but they knew it would happen eventually.

The group turned to face him as Yoshida brought himself up as Kayano stepped up and said "Listen Eric... we..uh..." as she stumbled with her words until she took a deep breath and then the whole class bowed their heads in unison, except for Yoshida so Okano reached up and yanked his head down, as they all said "Please forgive our rudeness. We didn't mean to be rude to you on your first day here."

Eric then said "Um, guys what's this all about?"

The group then lifted their heads as Kayano stepped forward and said "Look Eric. We're sorry that we judged you based on your looks when we first saw you. You were new and we treated you poorly. And for that, we ask for your forgiveness" as she had a sad look on her face.

Eric was surprised by this as he didn't expect them to apologize. He knew that some of the class was freaked out by him. He expected it to happen. He's been through it before. But never had anyone ever apologized before.

He then set his stuff down, stepped forward and placed his hands on Kayano's shoulders, causing her to look up at him.

"Guys, its fine. You're not the first group to do something like that and you won't be the last. I expected people to be freaked out by my looks. But you guys are the first ones to apologize for that. So for that, I accept your apology" said Eric in a sincere voice as he smiled at the group.

Seeing his smile made the group feel a bit better about themselves as Yoshida soon began to feel the guilt of yesterday coming back to him as he then stepped forward and said "Look man, sorry about last night. We were just so gung ho on getting that money we put you and Nagisa in danger. Sorry man" as he rubbed the back of his neck.

"Its fine, man. Believe it or not, that's not the worst way I've been...hurt" said Eric as he became quiet at the end of his sentence, which everyone saw.

But he soon shook his thoughts as he said "Anyways, lets get back to our task and study those..."

"HEEEELLLPPPPPP" cried out a voice from a far.

The class heard this and looked around to see where that came from.

Soon a shadow appeared above them as the sun glared off the ballon so they couldn't see what it was. Eric covered his right eye and looked closely at the balloon and noticed something.

"Wait, is that..." he wondered. But as it sailed away, they heard rustling behind them, to which they turned and saw the rest of the class running towards them and stopped to catch their breath.

"Guys, whats going on?" asked Eric.

"ERIC. We need to stop that balloon!" said Double D as he panted loudly.

"Why?" asked Kayano.

"Because that blimp thing...

...is actually Ed. And he's flying away with the wind" informed Eddy.

Eric's eyes grew wide as he then turned towards the direction of Ed and yelled "Don't worry Ed. We're coming to save you" as he jumped over the some of the river, landed in it, and then kept running after Ed as the rest of the class followed.


"Help. I am floating away" yelled Ed in panic as the rest of the class followed the puffy Ed.

"What happened out there?!" asked Eric in a panicked mode.

"Apparently Ed's group found a group of rabbits snuggling together and of course Ed would forget he's allergic to them" said Double D as he tried to run as fast as he could but was slowing down.

"Oh course he would forget" said Eric in an annoyed manner as he stared at Ed floating away.

He knew they were never going to get him down from the ground so he knew just what to do.

Eric then reached over to Eddy and yanked him by his coat, bringing him over to him and holding him in the air.

"Eric, what the heck are you doing?!" asked Eddy in a freaked out manner.

"Just shut up and hold still" said Eric as he reached for Eddy's pocket chain and that made Eddy's hair suddenly started to whirl like helicopter blades.

"Hop on, Double D" said Eric as Double D understood the assignment and clung onto Eddy with Eric as Eddy then started to go up in the air, as the class run and stared in awe at Eddy, Double D Eric were now somehow flying away by Eddy's hair, towards their friend.

"Don't worry Ed. We'll save you" yelled Eric as they flew higher and higher into the trees after Ed. As they sailed closer, Eric could see now that Ed had lumps on his body as well as purple spots. He defiantly came into contact with rabbits.

"This better not mess up my hair, Eric" complained Eddy as he remembered the last time they pulled this trick in the journey, "Ed, Ed, and away."

"Oh shut up" said Eric as they kept flying faster and faster towards Ed.

"Almost there" said Eric as he reached out for Ed's shoelaces as Double D reached for the other side too.

"Almost..." said Eric as he reached up closer and closer until he finally caught Ed's laces. Double D then reached out grabbed his other shoe lace.

"We got him" said Eric in success at their mission.

"Woooo" cheered Eddy as he stuck his hand up in success but his hand soon got caught in his hairs, causing them to get tangled and making them lose their flight power.

"Ah crap" said Eric as the group then began fall down as Eddy clung to Eric's blazer as they fell to the ground.

"Brace for impact" said Eric as they saw the class was still right behind them as they all then hit the ground with a slight BUMPFH.

Ed then sprung back into action and went back into the air, taking the others with him. They bounced around while the class kept chasing after them with so many questions in their mind.

"How exactly is being allergic to rabbits able to turn you into a blimp?"

"How did Eddy's hair turn into a helicopter?"

"Just what are these guys?"

All of these things went through their minds but they just kept following them.

Soon the Eds and Eric bounced their way through a thick bit of branches as they went through them as they were scraped and scratched by the branches. They soon passed all the way through it, but before they could celebrate, they had even bigger problems ahead.

"Oh no. A cliff!" exclaimed everyone that saw that the 4 friend were heading for trouble.

"Quick. Slow him down" said Eric as they came to the ground and tried to grab onto something with their feet but no luck. They were just a few bounces away from going off the side and Ed wouldn't stop bouncing.

Eric began to panic. Was this it? Was this the end of the Eds and Eric. Doomed to die a horrible death on a cliffside?

No, he wasn't going to let them die. They were his friends and he wasn't going to let them die.

The next bounce came around and Eric dug his heals in the earth as hard as he could. He skidded on the ground until he hit some rocks. Ed was moving forward over the cliff but Eric held with all his might and with one strong pull, he yanked the three back towards the class who made it out of the forest to see what was happening.

Ed floated slightly up but they soon came down and the rest of the Eds and Eric landed on their feet as they kept their grip on Ed.

Eric then panted in exhaustion at his sudden pull of the balloon Ed.

They then pulled Ed's shoes towards some logs and tied him to it as they all then collapsed in exhaustion. The class did the same as they were glad they didn't go over the edge.

"Ed *gasp* one these days, I'm going to kill you before I kill that octopus" said Eddy in a serious/joking manner as he kept panting.

"Come on *pant* you know how short term memory is his weak spot" said Double D, defending Ed's actions.

"He's got too many weak spots" said Eric as he laid on the ground.

The class soon joined them as they too were tired from running.

"Man, you guys are a crazy bunch" said Maehara as he laid on the ground.

"No joke. I thought we'd lost you 4" said Kayano as she held herself up with her hands on her knees.

"Seriously, how can a man's hair turn into a helicopter?" said Nagisa as he chuckled to himself.

"I don't know but we always find a way to break physics" chuckled Eric as he sat up from the ground.

WHOOSH

A sudden gust of wind blew in from where they were as dust blew up, causing everyone to cover their eyes.

When the dust settled, the class looked to see Korosensei standing by them as he began asking "What on earth is going on here. I heard screams of panic and worry. And what on earth happened to Ed here?!" as he pointed at the lumpy Ed, who was scratching himself.

Eric sighed as he said "Can we talk about it at the school? I'm thirsty" as he stood up from the ground.

"Scratch me. I am itchy" complained Ed as he kept scratching himself.


One explanation later...

"And when we caught him, we bounced around to where we couldn't stop. But I managed to stop before we went over the cliff. And that pretty much leads to right now" said Eric as he took a drink from a water bottle.

After Korosensei found them, the whole class made their way back to the classroom and tied Ed to some cinder blocks they had outside the windows. They then relayed to Korosensei what happened on their trip into the forest.

"Ah I see. So he's allergic to rabbits, huh? And seems to be forgetful about it" said Korosensei as he began writing down in his journal.

"Yes basically. I didn't think about their being rabbits out there. Else we would've said something" said Eric as he finished his water.

"Second day and he almost kills us. Good grief" said Eddy as wiped the sweat from his forehead.

"Leave him alone, Eddy. You know that he doesn't remember stuff like that unless its a comic book so you can't fault him" said Eric, trying to defend Ed.

"Yea, yea whatever, 8-ball" said Eddy as he leaned back in his chair as Eric grumbled at the nickname.

"I see. Well that certainly is an interesting thing to deal with huh?" said Korosensei as he then chuckled "Nuruhuhuhuhu."

"Define interesting" said Eric in a sarcastic manner.

Korosensei just chuckled as he then looked at the clock and noticed that it was 2:45. he was surprised, though the more he thought about today, it was understandable.

When class was about to start, the Eds and Eric broke through a window and door of the school then passed out. Korosensei had to clean up after them and lay them over to the window side. Then had to rebuild the mess that they caused. Then had to fly to the school and get new uniforms. When the Eds and Eric got changed, it was already 10:20. Then after he told them what to do and they left for the forest. Then after all the stuff they went through and by the time they made it back, it was already 1:30. Then they tied Ed down, got drinks and after explaining everything that happened, it was almost the end of class.

"Well, I guess this didn't exactly go out as I had planned but I'm just happy that you all weren't hurt badly" said Korosensei as he slithered himself back to his podium.

The class was confused by this as Nagisa asked "Sir, what do you mean by that?"

Korosensei faced the class as he said "Well, I still wanted to have you guys present your animals but I feel like you've all been through enough today so we'll make this quick. Eric, what animal did your group find?"

Eric simply answered "We found a family of red shelled turtles by the river."

Korosensei nodded and hummed in acknowledgment and then said "Eddy, what about your group?"

"All we found a was shiny, stupid bug" said Eddy in a carefree attitude, catching the attention of Double D.

"I see. And Double D what did your group find" asked Korosensei.

"Oh well we found a delightful Amagaeru, also known as a Japanese tree frog for our group" said Double D in delight.

Korosensei then zoomed over to the window and said to Ed "And what did you find, Ed my boy?"

"Oh, little fluffy bunnies,-AH, AH, ACHOOOO" sneezed Ed as he flew to the ground, bounced off of it and then hit himself on the roof as he said "I sneezed."

Korosensei hummed as he then zoomed back inside and then said "Now, the rest of you minus the Eds and Eric, explain to me about your animals that separate them from each other. Apart from their names" as the class was confused by the request.

"Well, ours was a group of turtles and turtles live in water or the sea. And hide in their shells" said Okano for Eric's animal.

"Ours was a frog and frogs live in rainforest but also can be poisonous. They jump high and can stick to things" said Kanzaki for Double D's animal.

"Ours were a bunch of white rabbits. They too jump high, but also burrow underground and are adorable" said Fuwa for Eds animal.

"And ours was a special rare insect that just freaks me out" said Rio for Eddy's animal, or insect.

"Uh huh. And what can you tell is similar about them" asked Korosensei to the class.

The class thought on what he said but had a feeling it was a either a trick question or not

Kayano decided to try to answer as she raised her hand as Korosensei said "Yes, Kayano"

"Uh, they lived in the same forest?" she answered with a nervous voice.

"And they also were from the different animal groups?" asked Maehara.

Suddenly, Korosensei's face turned to his red circle face as he said "Correct. Those were the exact answers I was looking for. Well done" as he held his tentacles in a circle as well.

The class was confused by this as Eric asked "What do you mean that that was what you were looking for?"

As he said this, a hush of silence filled the air as Korosensei went back to his yellow skin and lowered his tentacles slowly.

"What I meant by this was that I wanted the entire class to become more open to you 4 then what they were before. To show that even through all your guys quirkiness, you still were welcomed as a student here in E-class. Even from a different part of the world, you still belonged here" said Korosensei in a grave voice.

"It was clear from the beginning that the class wasn't as open to you as I hoped so I took it upon myself to separate you all to spend time with each other and learn something through this assignment" said Korosensei as he picked up their sheets of assigned paper.

"What do you mean "learn"?" asked Double D.

"Like animals in a forest, we are all different, every single one of us. Some of us are turtles. Some of us are wolves. Some of us are birds but we all live in the same place. We are different in our own ways but we can still communicate to work together in harmony. Yes, there will be disputes and turfs, but that is a part of life. I created this assignment to show the whole class that you Eds and Eric fit in with us" said Korosensei in his sincere voice.

"It was clear to me that not everyone was as open as I had hoped. I won't name any names but you know who you are" said Korosensei in a slight stern voice, as Terasaka and his pals looked away from the teacher, while Yada had her head down. She had a feeling that she was one of those people he was talking about.

"So I figured that spending some time together would show the class how each one of you works" said Korosensei as his words surprised everyone, including the Eds and Eric.

"You 4, step forward and face the class. Ed has to stay where he is though" said Korosensei as he pointed the three in the classroom.

The three did as he said and faced the classroom from the podium.

Korosensei stepped off to the side as he then said "Those in Ed's group. What can you tell me about him?" as he waited in anticipation.

The class fell silent as Ed's group began to think on what they learned about him.

"Well, its clear he's not the brightest" said Meg bluntly as she continued saying "but he does seem cheerful when it comes to comics and manga."

"He also seems to be the strongest out of all of them since he literally broke through a tree to pet the rabbits out there" added Nagisa in awkwardness.

Korosensei nodded in acknowledgement as he then pointed at Double D and said "And what can Double D's group say about him?"

The class fell silent again as Yada decided to break the ice as she said "Well he's very smart and informative, though he sometimes says words that I've never heard of" as she rubbed the back of her head.

"He also loves nature a lot but a bit too much" added Kanzaki.

"But he's also a crappy runner" added Muramatsu, mocking him.

"Its true. Phys Ed..."

"What?"

"Not you Ed" said Double D to Ed outside but then continued saying "...isn't my strong suit."

Korosensei nodded at the classes words and then pointed at Eddy and said "And what about good old Eddy boy?"

The class fell silent again as Rio decided to break the ice as she said "He's very adamant on money since he talked about selling Kurahashi's bug online to anyone wanting to sell their house for it" as she gave a slight chuckle while Eddy smirked in admiration.

"He can also be very rude" said Kurahashi as she still clung to her jar.

"Heh, everything about you in a nutshell, huh Eddy?" laughed Eric as he nudged his shoulders while Eddy just grumbled in annoyance.

"But he's pretty cool and laid back so that's something good about him. Plus I admire someone with a love of money" added Rio again, making Eddy blush a little.

Korosensei hummed in acknowledgement and then pointed towards Eric as he said "And finally, what can you say about Eric?"

The class stayed silent as Eric expected this. He figured no one wanted to say anything as he was used to this. As he hung his head low, someone spoke.

"Well, he does seem to care a lot about the Eds" to which Eric lifted his head.

"He also seems to be considerate about them but also gets tired of when they do stupid things" said Okano in front of him.

"And he seems like a nice guy, if you spend some time with him" said Nagisa, even though he wasn't a part of Eric's group.

Korosensei hummed in acknowledgement as he zoomed back to his podium.

"It's good to always branch out and make new friends, even if they may seem odd. There may be more to a person than you could ever believe. After all, one shouldn't judge a book by its cover. Not everything is made to be perfect for us. So we need present ourselves, challenge ourselves, to try and learn from our mistakes. We try new things and make new friends. We challenge ourselves to be better than what society tells us how to act or feel. As with life, we must all meet new people and meet new goals, just like with accepting new students into our classroom. Even though the Eds and Eric are different from the rest of us, they are still your classmates. They are just like you all and you shouldn't outcast them already before you even get to know them. Judging things solely based on appearances is the wrong way to go about life" said Korosensei in his sincere voice as the whole class was quiet in surprise at his words, the Eds and Eric more than most.

'It felt weird, what he said to us. No one had every told anyone to be our friends nor seemed to make outcasts of us. Even if he is a teacher, the teachers at Peach Creek didn't exactly open to us much. But for some reason, his words made our spirits go higher a bit. I felt... happy again. Like when I first met the Eds. They didn't discriminate against me because of my eye and teeth. And he was doing the same thing. He may be an odd teacher but he seems to be a better one than any of the ones I had or the Eds have.'

"Here's a puzzler for you all. Say you were to assassinate someone that's been told to be evil. And when you come into contact with them, you see them doing a lot of good deeds around them. And that makes you wonder if you should kill them or not. Ask me this, do you simply base your opinions of them based on them doing these good deeds alone" asked Korosensei to the entire class.

The class looked at each other as they weren't sure how to go about this kind of question. It seemed obvious but no one seemed brave enough to answer.

Isogai decided to answer as he said "Umm, I guess I would still want to find out about that person. I mean, if they are bad and I think they're good, then more people could die If I don't kill the killer" in a slight nervous voice.

"Exactly, Isogai. Even though they may seem nice, its always best to know the truth about them rather than base our opinions of them based on appearances alone. As with your new classmates, its best to get to know them first before you base you opinions" said Korosensei in his sincere voice, as the class still fell quiet after hearing his words.

Korosensei then turned his head back to the Eds and Eric as he said "So boys, even if the class didn't accept you whole heartedly, how do you still feel about this classroom?"

Eric turned his attention back to Eddy and Double D as they did the same. Even though they didn't say anything, Eric knew what to say.

He turned his attention back to Korosensei and said "Its an odd class, but I think its a class we're going to like being a part of" as he smiled his biggest smile.

Korosensei's head turned back to his red circle face as he said in his sincere voice "That's the spirit, Eric. Never let a few words of discouragement dictate how you feel about this class. Allow me to fully and truly welcome the 4 of you to E-class, The Assassination Classroom" as he exclaimed the last bit of words in his cheerful voice.

A few seconds past before some of the students began to clap for their new classmates, until everyone, except Terasaka's group, clapped for their new friends.

After they stopped clapping, Korosensei then said "Now, I think you all have had enough of today, so I think its fair that you all leave class early" to which the whole class cheered in excitement.


After getting their belongings, Eric and the Eds began to leave the room until Nagisa ran up to them and said "Hey guys wait" to which they all turned to face Nagisa.

"Whats up?" asked Eric.

"Where are you guys heading to now?" asked Nagisa as some of the class payed attention.

"Well, we've got to head to the store to get talcum powder, cold cream, and giant bags of ice so we can get Ed un-blimpified" said Eric as he listed off the items they needed. But he then had an idea.

"Anyone know where we can find these things" asked Eric to the class.

Nagisa smiled as he said "Here, we'll show you the way" as he walked in front of the Eds and Eric as some of the class began to follow as well.

They collected Ed from the blocks and most of the class began heading towards the city to fix Ed.

All while this was going on, Korosensei looked out his window at the class walking away with their new classmates and couldn't help but smile.

"A friend is one who overlooks your broken fence and admires the flowers in your garden. A friend is someone that doesn't matter who or what you are but see the qualities of yourself that makes you unique. Those four certainly are strange and unique. They may have funny shapes for their heads, minus Eric, but yet, look at them, walking away with their new classmates smiling as they go off, no doubt thinking news assassination plans. Those 4 may be odd but I think they'll fit right in" said Korosensei as he then moved back into the classroom and slithered his way to the door and was about to take off but not before saying "Well, what do you think? Do you think I reached out to them...

...Aguri " in a hushed voice before he zoomed off out of the classroom.


As the Eds and Eric held onto Ed by his shoe strings, they felt the sudden wind blow of Korosensei as he zoomed away.

"Man, I've got to get used to that" said Eddy as he rubbed his head in frustration.

"Yea, no kidding. Its still pretty hard to get used to" said Nagisa as he looked at the Eds but noticed that Eric seemed to be thinking very hard about something.

"What's on your mind, Eric?" asked Nagisa.

"Well, its what he said in the class. About learning from our mistakes. It's made me thinking about something about Korosensei" said Eric, making some of the class listen to him.

"Like what, Eric?" asked Double D.

"Well its just that he's a crafty, smart teacher and seems to know a lot. Which means that along with his speed, how exactly is the government expecting us to kill him?" said Eric as he was still lost in thought.

"I question that as well, but I'm sure that with our knowledge and skills, we'll have that money in no time. You know, like he said, learn from our mistakes" said Double D.

Hearing this, Eric then got an idea as he then said "That is true, but I have the feeling we'll be doing a lot of things to try and kill him. We're probably going to have to think of something to keep notes on about them."

"Like what?" asked Kayano.

But before he could say anything, Ed then said "Oh, please scratch me. I am still so itchy" as he tried to scratch himself but his arms were too bloated for him to reach his body.

Eric chucked as he said "We'll cross that river later. Right now, lets get Ed back to Earth" as he, the Eds, and E-class head out into town, all as one group.

'This class is far from normal, but hey so are we. This may not be what we signed up for but it may be the thing that will help us. Only one way to find out. Go to class the next day and on until we graduate.'


{Playing Welcome Back by John Sebastian}

[Instrumentals] The opening fades into a scenery of Tokyo, Japan.

[Welcome back, your dreams were your ticket out] The scene then cuts to the Eds and Eric walking on a sidewalk. Eddy in front of Ed, who was in front of Double D, with Eric behind him. They didn't seek to each, as they went to school.

[Welcome back, to that same old place that you laughed about] The next scene cuts to them in class with the other students as Korosensei teaches the class. The camera was positioned in the back of the room, so all you saw was their back and Korosensei teaching them.

[Well the names have all changed since you hung around] Korosensei's attention was caught by the bell and his speed out and back in with an arm full of sweets and candies, making the students sweat-drop anime style at him.

[But those dreams have remained and they've turned around] The next scene shows the Eds and Eric gathered around Double D's decks, with the smart Ed boy discussing a new plan from assassination, pointing to a piece of paper in his hand as he talked.

[Who'd have thought they'd lead ya (Who'd have thought they'd lead ya)] Eddy points to paper and asks a question. Double D answers him with a smile.

[Back here where we need ya (Back here where we need ya)] With Korosensei out of the room, Double D was at the front of the class, stating the next plan for another assassination, as the class watched and listen.

[Yeah we tease him a lot 'cause we got him on the spot] The scene then cuts to Ed, Eric, Isogai, Kimura, Maehara, and Chiba outside in front of the open window of the classroom that Korosensei used to exit when he wants to go to a far off place, putting up a large sheet of plastic to cover the open window frame.

[Welcome back, welcome back, welcome back, welcome back] Double D, who was in the class as they worked, shows a description of the plan on the blackboard. Showing that when Korosensei came back, the sheet of paper would act as a trap to tangle him up, so they could jump him and kill him.

[Welcome back, welcome back, welcome back] The boys that were working outside came in through the classroom door, with Eric said they were done with a thumbs up. Everyone quickly sat down in their seats.

[Yeah we tease him a lot, welcome back, welcome back] Korosensei ripped through the sheet of plastic with his Mach 20 speed, and stood at the front of the class, shocking the students.

[Cause we got him on the spot, welcome back, welcome back] Korosensei then lectures them about their failed assassination attempt, as they all look down.

[Yeah we tease him a lot 'cause we got him on the spot] The camera cuts to a hand holding a small yellow notebook with the description of the assassination, and a number to indicate what attempt it was. It was crossed out by a red marker.

[Welcome back, welcome back, welcome back, welcome back] It is shown to be Eric who was holding the notebook, with the Eds around him. They signed in disappointment, as the sunsets.

[Welcome back, welcome back, welcome back] They look at each other and shrugged with a small in an 'Oh well' manner. Eric then flipped over to the next page and put down the next number for the next assassination plan.

[Welcome back, welcome back, welcome back] The Eds and Eric are then seen walking back home before everything fades to black.

Next time: EDventure #3—"Time for Plan ED"