It was the next day after Takaoka and Eric fought each other, but it was also the day that all of E-class and the Eds learned the truth about Eric's past. How he got his eye and why he hates the word "freak".

Needless to say, Eric was very full of emotions that day.

Rage. Frustration. Sadness. Regret. Grief.

He was just a mess.

But when he was down, The Eds and E-class came in to try and cheer him up. They all went out to dinner to try and cheer him up. Eric tried his best to cheer up. He knew that everyone was trying their hardest to make him feel better but Eric's deep emotions to yesterday still hung heavy in his heart.

No matter how much he wanted to dismiss them and forget them, it was impossible for him.

Which was why he still was in bed, still feeling down, even with Double D on the other side of his door saying "Come on, Eric. We're going to be late."

"Yea, come on. We'll miss the train again, and I'd rather not have to go through what happened on our second day" said Eddy on the other side.

"Wakey wakey, time for eggs and bakey, Eric" said Ed on the other side.

BAM

"Shut up, monobrow" said Eddy as he bonked Ed on his head.

Double D groaned as he turned the knob and opened the door to Eric's room. The rest followed to see their friend Eric, with a depressed look on his face as he was still in his clothes from last night.

"Eric, you didn't even change out of your clothes. Do you know how unhygienic that is?" exclaimed Double D as he pinched his nostrils together.

He waited for a response but Eric just kept his face lodged in his pillow. His expression didn't change, even though the Eds only saw half of his face.

"Eric?" asked Eddy.

He waited for a response but all Eric said was "You guys better get going, or you'll miss the train."

This surprised the Eds as they thought he was ready for school but it seemed he wasn't. Though, they already figured what was wrong. It was only yesterday that they learned the truth about their friend, about his past with Akira, and what he had gone through for 6 years until he met them. They knew that it was all hard on him and even though they and E-class spent dinner with him, they didn't do much after that.

They hoped that that was enough to brighten his spirits but it seems they were wrong. He was still distraught over the whole thing and he was still depressed.

Eddy wanted to help Eric so he said "Come on, Eric. You can't be serious. You can't let this get you down. If you want, we'll stay until you get..."

"No" interptuped Eric.

This surprised Eddy as he didn't expect a quick response.

"You guys need to go to school, but I'm not feeling good. Go on and just bring whatever homework Korosensei has for us home for me" mumbled Eric through his pillow.

Double D didn't like seeing Eric said so he also wanted to help as he said "Eric, you can't be..."

"Just go to school. I need some time to myself" interrupted Eric as he turned over on his side and faced the other side of his bed, away from the Eds.

Seeing this made the Eds feel sad. He was their best friend and he had been with them for more than 2 years but they had never seen Eric so depressed before. It hurt them but they didn't know what to do. They had never been in a situation like this before. It was difficult for them to figure out what to do.

"I'll be fine. I just need some alone time" said Eric, as the Eds listened to what he was saying.

"You guys need to go to school. I'll be fine but you guys need to work on your classes. Don't worry about me. Worry about you" said Eric as he never turned to face them, still facing the other side of his bed.

Hearing this hurt the Eds, but only because that sounded like something he would say. In the past 2 years, Eric always worried about the Eds. That's how he always was. He was always more worried about the Eds than himself. It was something they respected about him. Hearing his words reminded them of the first time Eric stood up for the Eds from the kids of the Cul-de-Sac from their episode, "Eds-aggerate."

It was when they first worked with Eric for his first scam. They created an amusement park scam called ED-land, and there they created a swinging ride with one of Ed's chairs. They sent Eric on the ride but it broke and sent him flying into Kevin's window. He was angry but Eddy managed to fool him and the whole Cul-de-Sac that it was a group called the mucky boys.

It worked but when they were found out that it was a lie, Eric knew that the Eds were going to get into trouble, but he didn't want that to happen so he stepped in and said that it was his fault that his window was broken. He said that he came up with the idea and broke Kevin's window. This shocked the Eds as they didn't expect him to do that. Eric knew that this would ruin his chance of ever margin friends with the other kids but he didn't want the Eds to be punished for an accident.

Kevin didn't care as he stuck Eric into a giant cement block. And the kids just mocked him for what he did. Eric groaned as he wondered if he should've kept his mouth shut, but the Eds soon showed up after the kids left and got him out and they thanked him for what he did. They didn't expect that he would stand up for him but they said that they were grateful for what he did and spent the rest of the day getting Eric out of the cement block.

And that's how it was for the rest of their time together in Peach Creek. And they appreciated Eric was standing up for them.

But now that same person was now down and depressed in his bed and they didn't know what to do. They had never had to deal with a situation like this. But they knew they could ask someone.

They soon mustered up their courage to do as he said as Double D said "Ok, Eric. We'll bring you the homework we get from school. You just get better and we'll be back."

Eddy grew a somber look as he soon followed Double D as Ed did the same as he closed the door behind him, leaving Eric alone with his thoughts.


E-class

"And he still seemed depressed that he told us just to go since we needed to work on our class grades. And we did just that" said Double D, finishing their explanation to the whole class.

After making it to class on time, everyone noticed that they were one short. Korosensei asked where Eric was and they soon explained how even after they had their time together yesterday at dinner, Eric was still depressed and didn't even change out of his clothes from last night.

Everyone began to feel bad for Eric. He was still feeling sad after what happened last night, and to be honest, they didn't blame them. If they had suffered as much as Eric, they too would be depressed as well.

Korosensei pondered in thought as he felt sad that Eric still wasn't feeling any better.

"So he still isn't feeling the best... I see. Then I'm sorry, you three" said Korosensei in a somber voice.

This surprised the Eds.

"What are you sorry for, sir?" asked Double D.

"I thought that our little dinner gathering together would've been enough to cheer him up, but I guess I failed to fully understand the pain that Eric has been through. And for that, I'm sorry I didn't work harder last night to make sure he truly felt better" said Korosensei with regret in his voice.

"Its fine. I guess we didn't know about how much he's suffered either. And we've been with him longer than any of you" said Eddy with slight sadness in his voice, as Ed was just sniffling and crying in his seat with his head down.

He then sat up and cried saying "Eric is sad. And its all the bad man's fault" as he ripped off his blazer and sneezed into it, covering it snot.

All while the Eds talked about Eric's situation, Yada simply sat behind them and began feeling sad as well. What she heard what Eric went through from last night still played over and over in her mind. Hearing what he went through and how he got his eye really hurt her. Now she began to feel even more guilt. When she asked about his eye, she knew that it must've been a difficult subject for him to talk about but she had no idea that It was as bad as what she heard from him yesterday. Now she began to feel her guilt coming back at when she asked about his eye. She hated hearing that Eric wasn't better than last night but she wasn't sure what to do now.

How can you help someone who's suffered as much as Eric?

"So what should we do sir?" asked Eddy, which made everyone turn to Korosensei to see what he was going to say.

Korosensei pondered in thought at what to do. Eric was in pain and he was his student and he needed to find a way to cheer Eric up. But how?

As a little time passed, he faced the class as he said "It seems I had made a miscalculation. As I said before, I thought that our little dinner gathering together would've been enough to cheer him up, but I guess I failed to fully understand the pain that Eric has been through. But now I see that his pain and depression is bigger than I thought" as a hush fell over the class.

"Eric needs our support and he needs it now. If we don't cheer him up, he'll never get better. We need to cheer him up and we need to do it now" said Korosensei with determination.

"How do we do that, sir?" asked Double D.

"Well, it'll take me some time but I have a few ideas in mind" said Korosensei as he then began explaining his plan to the students.

All while he explained, Yada began to think on her own thoughts and ideas.

"If his ideas were going to help Eric, then I needed to be there for him always. He needed love and support so I needed to be there to help him through it."


(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 #16 — "When in doubt, ED-it out"

After explaining his plan, the Eds took what Korosensei told them and went to Eric and told him that he needed to be at school tomorrow because Korosensei said so, but didn't say anything about Korosensei's plan.

Eric was reluctant, but the Eds managed to create a contraption that shot them all through the air and land straight at the E-class school in the span of a few seconds.

Eric groaned that they did something so stupid like that but also at how the landing hurt him. That was one thing he missed, being immune to most impacts like that. He used to be able to just leave them with minor cuts and bruises but after his change after their Big Picture Show, he didn't have his cartoony attributes anymore.

Anyway, when he shook it off, he saw the rest of the class standing and waiting with gaping mouths at their sudden entrance but he also noticed how everyone had changed into blue outfits, with the boys having blue jackets with blue shorts while the girls also had the same jacket but seemed to be wearing a sort of one piece swim suit.

Eric wanted to ask why but Korosensei simply gave him a similar outfit and told him and the Eds to go change.

After changing, Korosensei began leading the group down the mountain and through the forest, while fanning himself with his green striped face as a fan.

'Seriously, we know the guy can travel and mach 20 and can do all kinds of things but what's with him making so many products of himself? Its not like he's going to be selling those things.'

"Phew. Talk about healter swelter, am I right boys and girls? Quite a heat wave we've got" said Korosensei as everyone kept walking with him.

"Yea, it sure is" said Eric as he followed the group. But as they kept walking through the forest, Eric couldn't help but wonder where they were going. So he decided to ask his teacher.

"So where exactly are we going, sir?" asked Eric, but silence was the only thing that filled the forest as he waited for the response, but Korosensei simply kept walking.

But the silence was then broken by Ritsu saying "Its a surprise, Eric" which caused Eric to look over and see Ritsu on Double D's phone with a smile on her face as she was also wearing the same uniform as the girls.

'It was funny how she also was wearing the same thing the girls were wearing but I didn't understand the need for her to do so. Guess she just wanted to be a part of the group. Its kind of cute, strangely enough.'

"Indeed. Korosensei said that he was creating a surprise for all of us" said Double D in a slightly nervous manner. Some of the class hummed in agreement at what he said.

Eric could see that Double D was hiding something, but just decided to let it go as he kept walking while carrying a pail down the mountain alongside Eddy, as he was still feeling glum after yesterday.

But his thoughts were stopped by Karma coming up to himand saying "Hey Eric. I heard you really did a number the other day with our coach and nearly did a whole step ahead of us would-be assassins. I sure wish I was there to have seen that assassination of yours. Sounded badass" in his weird manner.

'Hard to tell if he was being snarky or serious. But he meant my fight with Akira. And...It still hurts. I still wonder if I did do the right thing. The man who ruined my life was right under my grasp but I let him get away. But why? Was it because of seeing the Eds scared faces or was it..'

"But I also heard from the others about what you went through because of our rotten coach. And all I can say is...sorry that happened to you, man" continued Karma with a slight somber tone, but no one seemed to catch it.

Eric simply turned his head away from Karma as he grew a somber look.

Yada could see his head moving away after what Karma said and she decided to go over to him.

"Are you ok Eric?" said Yada as Eric turned to see Yada standing next to him. Eric caught a glimpse of what she was wearing and tried his best not to blush, but failed cause...

.

.

...she was just too cute not to blush at in the school swimsuit.

But he shook it off as he said "Yes I'm fine. Just feeling a bit stressed is all" said Eric, still feeling down. Yada could see that Eric was still bothered by what happened yesterday. She felt really bad for him.

Well, everyone did but her more than others. She hated that that man was the cause of Eric's suffering. How much pain he went through because of what he did.

She wanted to cheer him up so she asked "Is there anything I can do to help?" in a hopeful way.

Eric could tell that she was concerned for him. He knew she was a caring person but he wasn't sure that she could so he said "I don't think there is a way, Yada."

Hearing that made her feel a bit down but only because she thought more on it and knew that she didn't know what could help him after hearing what she heard yesterday. But she wasn't going to give up.

Nagisa heard their conversation and knew Eric was still hurting after what happened yesterday. He saw Eddy and Double D were walking together down the hill but noticed they were missing someone.

"Hey guys, where's Ed?" asked Nagisa and soon everyone stopped and looked around but saw he wasn't with them.

Korosensei began to worry as looked around until Eric said "Calm down everyone. He's right here" as he held up the pail he was carrying.

Everyone was confused by what he meant so a few of the students walked up to the pail and some of the girls screamed while the boys stepped away in panic. Sure enough it was Ed alright, but he was now a puddle in a pail in the palm of his hand.

'That's nice alliteration, huh?'

"Hi guys. I am a goopy mudman. Don't spill me" chuckled Ed.

"Oh my god! What happened to him?! "asked Kimura in a panicked way.

"Oh, he's being a big baby. Once we stepped outside into the hot weather, he melted at the heat so I had to get a pail to keep him in one piece" said Eric in an annoyed tone. Everyone just sweat dropped at how Eric was being calm about how his friend basically melted away and wasn't freaked out.

Korosensei's face and body then turned red as he flung his tentacles around saying "Hey, I'm the only one that should be allowed to have a liquid form. You stole my idea. That's cheating, this isn't fair!" in a yelling and angry manner. That just added more awkwardness to the matter.

Korosensei then cooled down and just gave an unsteady "uh..."

He then turned around and continued down the mountain as everyone followed. Soon he stopped as everyone did the same.

He soon turned around as he turned his attention Eric, making Eric pay attention.

"Eric...I know that what happened a few days ago is still hard for you to forget about and I blame myself for thinking that spending some time during dinner would've been enough to make you feel better but, it turns out, I was wrong. And for that, I'm sorry" said Korosensei in a somber tone.

Eric's eyes widened a bit as his apology but he didn't know why he was apologizing. He didn't do anything wrong. It was just hard for Eric to get over what happened.

"Its fine, sir. I appreciated the help but its still hard for me to get over is all" said Eric as he turned his head to the side, not looking at Korosensei.

"I know that, Eric. I see that all of what happened was hard for you but you are my student and its my responsibility as a teacher to help you it your time of need. So I decided to not do school for one day..." said Korosensei as he moved his tentacles to move away some shrubbery and they gasped at what they were looking at.

There was a giant looking pool, created by the giant rocks in the mountain, with pool lines running through the pool. A few sun tanning chairs with a life guard chair on the other side. And a few pool toys and floats to the side.

Korosensei then outstretched his tentacles as he then said "...and spend this whole day to working on making you cheer up. So behold! Your very own swimming hole. Compliments of moi" in his boastful manner.

Everyone's mouth still gaped in awe at their awesome new pool and before anyone could jump in, Ed's liquid form suddenly jumped out of the pail and flew into the air and he came back down and Ed was back to his regular human shape.

"Yaaaahhhoooooo" yelled Ed and jumped into the pool.

Everyone but the Eds and Eric were surprised at what they say, but then they all did the same. They cheered that they had their own swimming hole and threw their coats off and jumped into the pool. Even Eric was still amazed at the new pool he made. And all to make him feel better.

'Its so crazy that he does stuff like this for us but we're not complaining.'


And with that, the class had begun having fun with their pool.

Yada and her friends were playing with a beachball, Eddy was trying to flex off to everyone and show that he was a fast swimmer even though he was slow, and Ed was creating whirlpools like when Eddy thought it be fun to make a giant washing machine in the lake. Needless to say, not everyone liked it.

But Kayano seemed to be bummed out as she said "Not to be ungrateful, but this is a little depressing. First of all, I can't even swim. Second of all this bathing suit makes me feel self conscious" as she was holding a beachball with Korosensei's face on it while looking at her suit while on a ring floater.

But her complaints were stopped by Okajima saying "Don't worry, babe. Take my word for it. There are plenty of guys out there that go for your body type" in a creepy way while holding a big camera with a long lens.

Kayano just grew an awkward expression as she said "Gee thanks and I'm sure plenty of people find it weird you're taking photos with a long range lens."

But Nagisa was also having a tough time in the pool.

"Nagisa, oh snap" said Nakamura in surprise.

"You're a boy?" said Okano in shock.

Nagisa grew an annoyed face as he said "You didn't know that?!"

"You can't really blame us" said Okano.

But the one the was probably the biggest bummed out was still Eric. He was just standing alone in the corner of the pool, still feeling down about yesterday.

'It still hurts. I know that your suppose to get over your problems but its hard for me, ok. I just met the man that made my life hell after he broke my eye and made the word freak forever label me. How can I move on from that when I could've gotten my revenge? But if I did, I'd no different than him. Why did I stop. I could've...'

Eric's thoughts were stopped when he felt someone lifting him into the air. He was taken by surprise as he went higher in the air a little. He looked down at the culprit and saw it was Yada, holding him up on her shoulders. She smiled as she then leaned backwards and the two splashed into the water.

Eric came out of the water and coughed as he swallowed some water down the wrong pipe. He turned to see Yada also coming out of the water and wiping it off her face as she turned to Eric and just giggled.

"What the heck was that for?!" he said in questioning manner.

Yada just giggled at his reaction and said "I did it to cheer you up, silly" she said in a playful manner but then her expression changed when Eric looked down at his feet. She could still tell he was in pain. She water walked over to him, and then grabbed his face with her hands and made him look at her, which she now had a worried face.

She let go of his face and said "Eric, I'm worried about you. I don't like seeing you sad and I know that you have every right to be but we're here for you to help you through your pain. I mean, Korosensei began telling us detailed plans about what we were going to do to make you feel better but you're still not looking happy" in a worried manner.

Eric knew she was trying to be helpful but he then said "I know but its just hard. You don't know what its like to labeled a freak most of your life. To be an outcast your entire life."

Yada knew he was right but she still said "Maybe not but I still want to help you. Its not healthy to keep you emotions bottled in like that. Eric, I just want you to be happy. I don't like seeing those I care about in pain" said Yada in a caring manner.

Hearing this made Eric's heart flutter a bit at what she said.

'I was someone she cared about? But we haven't known each other for very long and she already cares about me. Why...'

His thoughts were interrupted again by a loud whistle. They turned to see Korosensei wearing a lifeguards uniform in red and white stripes with a red cap on. They then saw him lift a blue bullhorn to his mouth and aimed it at Kimura across the pool.

"Kimura! Absolutely no running around the edge of the pool! That's how accidents happen!" shouted Korosensei as Eric looked over and saw Kimura on the other side of the pool.

"Oh uh sorry" said Kimura in awkwardness.

'You think him getting paranoid like that was bad. It was getting worse from there.'


Nakamura were playing a game of who could stay underwater the most but then Korosensei blew his whistle again as loud as he could.

This made the girls come up as Korosensei then yelled "What do you two think you two are doing?! Absolutely no holding your breath under water! How am I suppose to tell the difference between horseplay and drowning?!" as the girls just sunk their heads down in the water in embarrassment at his rant.

Okajima continued being creepy and taking photos of the girls as Korosensei said "Absolutely no sneaking pictures" and swiped his camera away, which made Okajima mad.

Kirara had been sitting in the lawn chairs, reading a book but that didn't sit well with Korosensei as he yelled "Put down that book and enjoy the water for heavens sake!"

Ed was getting thirsty so he began drinking the pool up and began to grow more and the pool water was starting to go down.

Korsensei then flew next to Ed and said "Stop that right now Ed! This water was specifically made for the rest of your students to enjoy. I'm still mad about you stealing my thunder so stop drinking the water up like you're a sponge."

'Ok, that one was ok but he just kept blowing his whistle constantly throughout the whole thing.'

"Man what a pain" thought Eddy in annoyance as everyone just stared in annoyance at their teacher, who just sat smugly on his seat.

"I guess being a lifeguard really goes to some peoples heads. Depends if they're a type A personality" said Nakamura in annoyance.

"Yes but it seems to be at the expense of our fun. Someone needs to tell him to tone it down" said Mimura in annoyance.

Korosensei kept sitting high and mighty on his pool seat as he looked over the pool and said "Nuruhuhuhuhu. I've gone through a great deal of trouble to make this pool is in harmony with its natural surroundings. Proper enjoyment of it must be disciplined and orderly" chanted Korosensei as he looked over the pool.

Korosensei weakness #22: Super strict about pool rules.

"Aww come on. Don't be such a stick in the mud. You need to loosen up" cheered Hinano as she threw some water at him but all that made him do was go "EEEEKKKKK" very loudly.

Korosensei just looked to the side of him as everyone that heard the "EEEEK" grew a sweat drop at the awkwardness. Hinano then stood back as she was just confused as she said "Uh"

"Did he just scream like a chick?" asked Rio in question.

"That's probably his normal scream" joked Eddy to Nakamura, which she giggled at.

But then their laughter was stopped by Karma shaking the chair back and forth as he yelled "Karma, stop that. Stop it. I'll fall in. I said stop please" as he kept begging him


He finally got off his chair and he was now acting like he just had a heart attack.

"Woah, are you ok?" asked Maehara.

"Don't tell me..." said Isogai but then was stopped when Korosensei tried to look cool but failed as he said "Oh don't read too much into it class. I just didn't feel like taking a swim. It's not like my tentacles get swollen when I'm in water."

'Real subtle man. Real subtle... Wait. He can't swim. Maybe this could be his most promising weakness.'

Korosensei weakness #23: Can't swim

"If you were never intending to get in the pool, why even bother bringing that kick board along" said Mimura was he pointed to the thing in Korosensei's tentacles.

Korosensei lifted the board and said "This this isn't a kick board. Its my afternoon snack" as it was revealed to have a bite taken out of it.

"Naturally" said Mimura.

'Well, it was a crazy and annoying way to start our day, but what can we say. It's just our own crazy way. Oh god, I think I'm turning into Dr. Seuss.'

Up above, Terasaka just looked at everyone being all happy and just walked away "Tsk"

'Wonder what his deal is.'


After spending a few hours in the pool, all of the students dried themselves off and began heading back to the classroom. They soon all began to wait until their teacher came back to the room.

Suddenly, the door opened and Korosensei came swooshing in as dust blew up around the room.

As the dust settled, the class soon saw that their desks had several art supplies had been placed on their desks as well as some canvas's been put up, some wood shop tools and wood being placed in the back of the room by the door, and clay blocks placed near the window leading outside.

Korosensei then faced the class at his podium and said "For our next activity for today, we're going to try different variations of art groups, of course by your own choice" as he outstretched his tentacles.

"What exactly are we supposed to be make?" asked Eric, holding up a paint brush.

"That is for you to decide, Eric my boy" bolstered Korosensei with pride.

After that, the class began to separate and begin to work on their own art pieces. Double D went to do some clay works, Ed went to a canvas and Eddy decided to do some wood working, while Eric sat at his desk, not really sure what to do. He wasn't sure what kind of art piece he should work on.

But he soon saw someone stand near him, causing him to turn to see it was Yada, standing over him.

"Hey Eric" said Yada with a smile on her face.

"Why don't we work on an art piece together? Just the both of us" said Yada, hoping to try and make Eric feel more happy. She could see that the pool was sort of working for him, but could still see that he was still having trouble getting to smile.

"Are you sure? I mean, don't you want to work on a piece you want to work on?" asked Eric.

"Nonsense. Its always fun to do things in groups. That means you'll never be alone" said Yada, still smiling her best smile.

Hearing this made Eric feel light in his stomach. He couldn't explain it but her smile seemed to be very bright and honest. He figured that she really wanted to work with him so who was he to deny her that.

"Ok sure. So which area do you want to work in?" asked Eric.

"Whatever you want to do" said Yada, simply.

Eric figured she would've wanted to do something herself but he guessed she wanted him to take the reins and she'll follow him.

Eric then stood up as he began looking around at the different art areas and thought on which one to do.

He then saw one thing that made him think on an idea as he pointed over to it and said "How about this one?"

Yada looked over at the station he had picked, and it was the painting canvas station, where Ed seemed to be busy working on his own idea.

Yada then smiled at Eric as she said "Sure. Lets go" as he grabbed his hand and pulled him over to a canvas to begin their work.


TimeSkip

After a few hours of working, everyone had begun to look at everyone's art work. Ed, Double D, Eric and Yada had finished their works but Eddy seemed to be covering his, with the help of Korosensei.

Soon everyone began showing off their works, but they all seemed to be glued to one piece in particular. It was the piece that Eric and Yada had worked on.

It was a horizontal art canvas of the whole building of E-class, with the over grown grass, and the trees growing behind it. But what surprised people was that there were 4 people standing with their backs facing the audience and they looked pretty banged up. But when they looked closer, they could see that it was the Eds and Eric. They also say that piece had a title below it called,

"A fresh start."

Everyone was impressed with the piece as people began praising the two friends on the piece. TO be honest, painting pictures like this wasn't hard for Eric. With the amount of scams they did back at Peach Creek, he had a lot of work painting things and tried his best to at least make them look for the kids at the Cul-de-Sac. If they were going to scam them, they should at least be given a nicely designed scam. That may sound wrong, but Eric enjoyed painting from time to time. And the fact that Yada happily volunteered to help him made him feel a little bit happy.

And this piece was to represent their new found life here in E-class, something he thought of that brought his spirits up a bit.

"I will admit that's a good piece Eric. But wait until you see what me and the Octopus have put together" said a voice, making everyone turn to see that it was Eddy.

Beside him was his secret project, under a tarp, as he had a smirk on his face.

Eric was curious as to what his project was as he asked "Oh, really. Then please do show us what you made" as he waited to see what it was.

Eddy smirked as he stood on a desk as he pulled a bullhorn out of his pocket as he yelled "Ladies and Gentleman. Creation has been something that all humans have been blessed with but no such creation can prepare you for what I have crated" as he was hamming everything up as everyone could tell.

"Behold..." said Eddy as he grabbed the tarp and yanked it off.

Under the tarp was Korosensei who was wearing a motorcycle uniform in the colors of red, black, and white. He was also on what looked like a wooden motorcycle.

"...My art project" finished Eddy as he yelled into the bullhorn with pride.

Everyone was amazed by his and Korosensei's work but Yoshida seemed to be the most excited about it

"That is awesome" said Yoshida in amazement.

Soon the door opened and Eric saw Terasaka had come through the door, seeing everyone was standing around Korosensei.

"That's crazy, you even got the side flares right" said Yoshida in an excited way as he looked over at Eddy as he said "Nice work, Eddy. I'm impressed by this."

This made Terasaka's eye twitch as he said "The hell are you so stoked about, Yoshida?" as he had a look of displease on him.

Yoshida could see his friend was angry so he tried to defend himself by saying "Oh hey Terasaka. Well you know how we thought I was the only who was into motorcycles and everything, well it turns out even Korosensei and Eddy know about them just as much as me" as he pointed at Korosensei and Eddy.

"I may be an adult but I'll never outgrow the need for speed. I've dabble in many manly hobbies for years" said Korosensei in his attempt at a manly impression. It was silly but then again so was he.

"Did you know this baby can hit 300 kilometers an hour? What I wouldn't give to ride the real thing one day" informed Korosensei as he got off the motorcycle and then changed out of the clothes he was in into his school clothes.

Yoshida chuckled as he said "You kidding. You could get this thing to mach 20 without even hitting the gas pedal" and hearing this made the other students laugh.

"If I had a bike like that, I'd be super fly" said Eddy in his cocky attitude.

"Yea I bet you would" teased Rio, which made Eddy not prepared for that so he blushed a little.

Everyone was happy at how things were going with their teacher and couldn't help but laugh. Well, not everyone.

Terasaka had had enough of this nice stuff and just stomped over to Korosensei's motorcycle sculpture and just gave it a swift kick in the side, knocking it over.

This made Korosensei and Eddy flip out as they screamed at their creation being besmirched as Korosensei's face went blue as he ended up crying while Eddy just grew a red face of anger.

Everyone was shocked at this too and just looked him with faces of disbelief as they stepped in front of Korosensei as he cried in sadness behind them.

"Geez Terasaka. What was that for?!" asked Meg in an angry way.

"The hells wrong with you?!" said Yoshida.

"You apologize to them immediately. Korosensei and Eddy worked very hard to showcase their art work and you just reduced Korosensei to tears!" said Rio in annoyance.

"Yeah, what she said!" said the rest of the students.

Terasaka just kept facing the opposite of them and said "You guys keep talking and all I hear is a swarm of freaking locusts."

He then reached into his desk for something and then turned back to the class and then said "It's time for some pest control!" and then threw a can onto the ground but then something began coming out of it in the form of mist as it blew around the room and covered the students.

"What is this? A bug bomb?" asked Okajima.

"Oh, are we having a party. I brought crepes" said Ed as he reached into his mouth and pulled out a soggy half-eaten crepe.

"Ed. For heavens sake, put those away man" yelled Double D.

Korosensei stopped his crying as his whole body turned red as he then yelled "That's it. I enjoy pranks as much as the next man but..." as he put his tentacles on Terasaka's shoulders but he just swatted them away.

"Get those disgusting things off of me. You're a monster. You're beyond creepy and anyone that falls for your nice guy BS is stupid. That's right, all of you are stupid" yelled Terasaka as everyone had their heads down or looked at him in surprise at his outburst.

"Especially giraffe neck there" as he pointed at Ed.

That was a bad thing to say as Ed began to whimper in sadness as tears began to well up and out went the water works as Ed began to cry at the insult with water fountain tears and began to spray on some of the classmates. Terasaka just looked at the class in disapproval and was about to turn away until he was met with a slap to the face by someone.

It was Yuzaki Fuwa.

She slapped Terasaka across the face as he stumbled a bit at the hit. He then held his cheek and yelled "What was that for?!"

Fuwa just looked at him with a disapproving face and said "That's not nice to call him names. He may not be smart but he's still a good person" as she glared at him.

"Yea, she right. What's got your jock in a tangle today? If you don't like him, just kill him. I mean that's kind of what we're here for last time I checked" said Karma in his nonchalant way.

Terasaka didn't appreciate his tone so he said "You aiming to start something with me tough guy? Fine by me. From day one, I've been wanting to bash your stupid face in since..." but he was stopped by Karma grabbing his face while holding a finger to his own lips saying, "Look, you've got it backwards. You've got to bash my head in before you run your mouth. If you want to fight actions must come before words."

Terasaka didn't want to deal with him and said "Let me go. Bunch of idiots" as he left the classroom and stomped down the hall.

"Whats with him?" asked Maehara.

"I don't know. Maybe he just does it for attention" said Isogai.

"He just has to stir things up" said Eric in an annoyed manner.

Korosensei just began to lose himself in thought as he held his 'chin' in his tentacles and began to think on Terasaka's actions.

"Hmm" he thought.


Later that night

After the little Terasaka banter, it was time for school to be let out, and the Eds and Eric had begun to head back to their dorms. All while they were walking away, the Eds looked over at their friends Eric who seemed to be in a bit of a better mood than the other day. But they wanted to see if that was true or not. So Eddy decided to ask.

"So uh, Eric. How are you feeling?"asked Eddy.

Hearing this, Eric stopped in his tracks as the Eds did the same.

They stood there in silence as they waited to see how Eric would respond. But Eric soon turned to them with a small smile on his face.

"I'm going to lie guys. What happened a few days ago is still ringing over in my mind, and its been the only thing in my mind. After all, before I met you guys, for 6 years I was alone and bullied because of what Takaoka did to me. And he just showed up and my 8 years of anger towards him had surfaced and a lot happened in that time. Plus after finally telling you guys what happened to me, its all too stressful and overwhelming for me" said Eric as he looked down at the ground, kicking up dirt and rocks.

But he soon lifted his head as he said "Its still hard for me to forget it but I really appreciate what you guys have been doing for me. No doubt you guys told everyone about how I felt the other day and that made Korosensei create all those activities for us to do. And its all been to make me feel better. And I appreciate it" as he faced the Eds.

"Its still difficult but the only thing I can do is take this one step at a time and forget Akira. He's gone and I need to forget him. And let go of all of this conflicting emotions. One step at a time" said Eric, as he finished with his small smile.

This made the Eds feel a little better as they were glad that he was feeling a little better. That's all they could ask for. What he went through was tough but they had to be there for him and break down his walls of emotions, one at a time.

"And we'll be there to help you through it" said Double D as Eddy hummed in agreement as Ed said "Yep, sir"

Eric couldn't help but smile at his friends. They may be odd, but he wouldn't trade them for the world. Which was ironic since they were tasked with saving the world. But he still cared about his three friends that he wouldn't be anywhere else. These past few days have been tough on him, but all he could do is take it easy. One step at a time.

He soon smiled as he and the Eds began making their way back to the dorms.


The next day

It was the next day after the classes activities and it was now lunch time. After the fun day yesterday, Eric began to feel better enough to go back to class with the Eds of his own free will. Now, everyone had gathered around their own tables and everyone was trying to enjoy their meals.

The reason that they were trying was Korosensei kept crying yellow gooey stuff and it was getting disgusting to look and made people lose their appetites.

Professor Bitch was sitting with Yada and her friends and had had enough as she said "Ok, can you stop? This crying business is getting ridiculous."

This seemed to have insulted him as he said in nasally way "Excuse me. For your information these are my nostrils. I'm not crying, my nose is runny"as he pointed to the difference in his face.

"How am I suppose to know that?!" yelled Irina in confusion.

"For some reason, my sinuses have been running amok since yesterday" said Korosensei as he continued wiping away his snot.

But then they heard a door opening and saw Terasaka opening the door and this seemed to make Korosensei happy as he yelled "Terasaka! Thank heavens" as he zoomed over to him and held his shoulders as he shook his body violently as he said "I had this awful feeling you abandoned our class for good" as his snot flew everywhere and coated Terasaka in his snot. This just made him more mad.

Terasaka just grabbed his teachers tie and wiped the snot off of him as he said "Hey Octopus. Its time we stopped messing around and killed you for real. Come to the pool after class. After all, we all know your weakness is water, don't we now?" with a confident smirk.

He then turned to his class and said "Hey, its alright. You guys can come help too. After all, you all horsed around yesterday so why don't we continue that today. You can watch while I shove him in. You can even help me out."

Everyone was shocked at how he was acting now.

He was never like this as everyone was quiet at his sudden act to join the assassination ploys.

Maehara then broke the silence by saying "Where exactly is this coming from? You haven't helped with any of the assassination attempts, Terasaka. And now you expect us to be on board with yours?"

"Dude, you've pride yourself on having the worst attitude in this class. You haven't even attributed to our Master Plan. So give us one good reason why we should help you" said Eddy in annoyance.

He just chucked as he said "Like I give a damn either way. Hell, I'd be happy to have the 10 billion yen all to myself" as he began walking away from the class.

"What's his deal?" asked Yoshida.

"I can't keep up with his mood swings" said Muramatsu in question.

"Well I'm not going" declared Hinano in a huff.

"Count me out" said Okano.

"Same with me. With his behavior, the plan would absolutely fall apart" said Double D as he rubbed his head.

Eric was about to agree but then saw Nagisa running after Terasaka so he went with them to see what was going on. For some reason, he didn't like the way Terasaka was acting. Truth be told, he still didn't like Terasaka with what he's done ever since he and the Eds came to E-class but he was still curious so he followed them.

Just as he left, Korosensei said "Oh, lets all go. It'll be fun" as everyone felt soemthing sticky on the floor and noticed that his snot was covering the floor and keeping them locked in place.

"Whoa! His snots hardening and locking us to the floor!" shouted Kimura in shock and disgust/

"By showing us some initiative, we have to be supportive. Here, Terasaka is ready to assassinate me. This is the perfect chance for everyone to kill and make up" said Korosensei as more and more goop began to cover his whole head.

"Why are you so gross?!" yelled Eddy in disgust.

"Oh, this'll never clean out" complained Double D as he hated the gooey feeling on his feet.

'Good thing I left in time to not see that.'

Eddy tried to get out of the goop but it wasn't working. He then got an idea.

"Oh Ed~" chanted Eddy as Ed turned towards Eddy.

"The teacher just sneezed Laffy Taffy on the ground. You hungry, boy?" said Eddy, as Ed's mouth then watered and began eating the gunk away, freeing everyone but also creeping everyone around him.

'Well that's Ed for ya. He has both taste buds and no taste buds to eat that crap without a thought in mind'


Outside

"Terasaka, hold up" said Nagisa as he and Eric found him walking past the shed outside. He stopped and turned towards them and just said "What?"

"Are you really going to kill him?" asked Eric.

"Well geez, Of course I am" scoffed Terasaka, feeling offended but sounded like he was faking it.

"Then maybe you should tell everyone your plan of action" said Nagisa, but then he grabbed Nagisa's collar and said "Aw shut it. You weaklings, always cowering together, terrified to make your own move. But I'm not like the rest of you. I got a vision for killing him. A wolf has eyes for prey, a cow has eyes for hay" as he let go of Nagisa and began walking away from the two.

This just left the two in a state of worry. Where was this anger coming from?

'Terasaka seemed confident enough in his plan, but not in himself. Even his words sounded like someone else's. The wolf has eyes for prey, the cow has eyes for hay. The disjointedness of it all was unsettling and made me fear the worst.'


Later that day

Everyone had changed into their swimming gear and also had their green knives with them as most of them where spread out in new pool. Terasaka just smirked as he looked out at everyone and said "Yeah there we go. Everyone spread out in the pool just like that, nice and far apart" and he moved his arms out, emphasizing everyone to move.

"Yea, we get it" said Meg in an annoyed manner.

"Who does he think he is?" asked Eddy, as he grumbled that the bully of the class was taking the lead.

"I have my doubts about your plan. How exactly are we going to get Korosensei in the water on his own?" asked Double D, who wasn't in the water yet.

Terasaka just grumbled as he said "How unlikely is it that I can get you in the water, huh?" as he pushed on Double D back and made him fall into the water.

This just made people more upset.

"Look at him. We cooperate and he turns downright tyrannical" said Chiba in annoyance.

"Just like he was back in first and second year" said Mimura.

Korosensei then came walking out of the bushed towards the kids as he said "Ah I see. So I assume your plan is to knock me into the water and have everyone converge on to stab me, yes" as he then held his chin.

He then said "Then tell me this: How will you knock me in. Its only good sportsman's like to tell you that that pistol of yours won't make me move a single step" in a confident way but also a curious way.

Terasaka thought about what he said and looked at the gun in question as he remembered what it was. It was given to him by a familiar person in white.

Shiro.


Flashback

It was night time and everyone had gone home after their day of activates. Well, everyone except Terasaka, who was standing near a small stream. He was carrying a metal container full of liquid and just began dumping it into the stream. He hated how things had turned out for E-class as he began to lose himself in thought.

"The world in crisis, students training to be assassins like we're in some sort of self improvement camp. Give me one good reason I should care about any of that. I'm not going to smile and fall in line with the herd. I do things my way. And that's why.." as his thoughts were interrupted by a familiar voice saying

"Well done. Heres your rewards" as he held out 100,000 yen to Terasaka, which turned out to be Shiro, with Itona close by him in the trees.

"We got a lot of prep work done thanks to you. Phase 1 of my plan is complete" said Shiro.

Terasaka just smiled at the money as he thought "Now these guys have the right idea."

"The octopus has a good sense of smell on him, and that's why we can't return to campus on our own, unfortunately. Had he even picked up a hint of our scent, the game would be spoiled" said Shiro as Itona just sat in the trees, listening to them.

"That's why we had to ask an inside man, like you, to help us set the stage for Itona to really show his potential. Ryoma Terasaka, I understand all too well how you feel. Just relax. Follow my plan to the letter and he'll be dead before you know it. We'll put E-class back to what it was before he came" said Shiro.

Itona jumped down from the tree and snuck up from behind Terasaka and said "I know you. You're weaker than the redhead fellow and that oaf who thought tying his shoe was amazing" as he just gazed at Terasaka.

"Even though you've got more raw energy and a better physique, your eyes are a dead giveaway. There's no vision in your eyes. You see the path with least resistance. The wolf has eyes for prey, the cow has eyes for hay. One of them a killer, the other his buffet" said Itona as he began rhyming, for some reason.

Terasaka just looked at him with disbelief as he yelled "Why you little..." and almost swung at him until Shiro stopped him saying "Now now. Calm yourself. We're counting on you tomorrow" said Shiro as he continued telling Terasaka his plan.

"The so called bug bomb can you set off was a canister of concentrated pollen like allergens specifically designed to blunt our foes smell. Now we move to phase 2." said Shiro as he reached in his pocket and handed him a pistol.

"This is not a gun but a special transmitter that will send us a signal for whenever all the pieces will be in place. Once everyone is standing by the pool pull the trigger to tell us. We'll take it from there."


End of flashback

This plan all hindered on him firing the "gun" at the teacher and all this would be over. Who knows, if the octopus dies, then Eric would stop being all mopey and cheer up at the amount of money. Maybe even get surgery to fix his eye. That could be a factor if the octopus dies.

Terasaka dashed his memories away as he turned towards his teacher and said "Best say your prayers. You ready for this monster" as he aimed his gun at Korosensei.

"I'm ready when you are. My sinuses has even been cleared" said Korosensei in a carefree way.

"Just so you know, I've always hated you with a passion. I wanted more than anything for you to disappear" said Terasaka in an angry way.

"Yes I am well aware. After this assassination, we'll have a nice long talk, talk out our differences" said Korosensei as his face grew his green stripes, implementing that he was mocking him.

This just made him more angry as he thought "This'll wipe that smile off his face. You're up Itona" and then pulled the trigger.

Normally, something would happen right now. It did, but not near them. Just as he pulled the trigger, a little beeper went off and the dam that kept the water in went...

BOOM

This took everyone, including Karma and Terasaka, by surprise as the water began leaking out and escaping down the stream as the kids were getting swept away.

Terasaka turned to the sound and saw everyone was heading down stream as Korosensei gasped and yelled "Children!" and zoomed off to try and save them.

The class tried to swim up shore but the current was too strong as many of them said

"Help!"

"We're getting swept away!"


Down the end of the stream was Itona and Shiro, lying and waiting for their target.

The two of them heard the blast and saw that the water was starting to flow down faster.

"Surely, you can't let these people drown, can you? You'll have to jump in and save them Korosensei" said Shiro in anticipation at what was going to happen.


Terasaka was in shock at what had just happened "What the hell man? No way, they never told me about this. They never told me" he said, panicked.


Korosensei flew as fast as he could to try and save the students "There's a waterfall up ahead. If they fall, they're done for" as he tried scooping them up but his tentacles were getting swollen and red.

The Eds and Eric was still in the stream and were near the waterfall until Ed swam up to Double D and said "Don't worry. I have a plan" as he grabbed Double D then began blowing air into his hat through his mouth and it kept growing bigger and bigger until it plugged up the running water and made everyone hit Double D's blown up hat.

Double D just tried to hold in the air but was groaning as he said "I've been violated."

"Good job Ed" said Eric while Korosensei agreed and swooped in and tried save the rest of the students but he wasn't quick enough cause Double D began to turn blue in the face and couldn't keep the air in him and soon, he let go of the air and began to deflate like a balloon down the stream along with Hara, Yoshida and Muramatsu.

"DOUBLE D!" yelled Eric as he was then picked up by Korosensei and put on the side of the river.

He coughed up water and saw the rest of his class going down stream so he and the rest of the class began running down the sides of the river towards the others.


"He can't rescue them without getting wet and by the time it takes for him save them, his tentacles will be absorbing more and more water and will have become swollen" said Shiro, informing Itona.

"Normally he would use his mucus can protect them from a little water" said Itona.

"That's right, Itona, He can use mucus to solidify the water around him and tweak the permeation pressure but he's all out of mucus from using them so much" as he remembered all of the things they did to clear his mucus cells.


Karma came rushing out of the forest as he looked out and saw the pool was both empty of water and the students.

"This isn't good" said Karma as he then heard mumbling as he turned to see Terasaka, a stuttering mess.

"It wasn't me, it ain't like he said. I was supposed to get Itona over here and push him in" he mumbled to himself in worry.

Karma just smirked as he said "Oh I get it. It wasn't your plan. You were just being strung along by someone else. A pawn in a game you don't know the rules to."

Terasaka then grabbed his shoulders and said "Look I'm telling you, it ain't my fault. Come on you know I'd never sign up for something like this. I was played for an idiot. I'm not the one that swept away everyone away" but then he was punched in the face by Karma.

Karma then said "Hey idiot. They didn't get swept away, you did. You've got two choices. Keep making excuses to cover your ass or find a way to fix this" as he began running downstream towards his classmates, leaving Terasaka in confusion, anger and fury.


Yoshida began to fall down the water fall but he was caught by Korosensei as he said "He's the last one, whew" as he was about to pull him up the cliff, but then he was grabbed by a tentacle and then pulled him down to the bottom of the waterfall as he hit the ground with a thump.

"Long time no see, Korosensei" said a voice he hadn't heard of in a while.

He stood up and saw Itona and Shiro standing on the rocks above him "Ordinary water is bad enough but what's even worse is water treated with a chemical agent designed to slow you down. Your own student saw to it that things went swimmingly" joked Shiro as Itona jumped down into the water and grew his tentacles out again but with only three tentacles this time.

"Itona" gasped Korosensei.

Itona just kept his blank stare as he began walking towards Korosensei saying "How's it going brother? I think you and I are slated for another friendly rematch."


Terasaka began walking down the mountain in the forest as he began to think back on how he ended up here. But not just in his predicament but also how he ended up with E-class.

"I always thought I was strong. I set my sights on the weak-looking ones and put them under my thumb. That way I was sure to win" as he remembered the things he did before he came to Kunugigaoka Junior High school. He then remembered his first time coming to the school.

"But that didn't fly at this school. None of the usually tricks landed worth a damn" as he remembered the moment he realized that things were different here.

"Hey, lets skip class and hit the convenience store." He said to a random student.

"No thanks. I've got to prep for English exam" said the student, turning down the offer.

"Lighten up. Skipping one class ain't gonna matter that much" said Terasaka, trying to change his mind.

"What, does the ape not want to play hooky by himself?" said a voice out in the class.

"What?" said Terasaka as he looked up, demanding to know who said that but his eyes widen at what he saw. No one was paying attention to him. All of the classmates were busying working on their homework and not screwing around like him.

"But at this school, no one ever caved. No one respected me."

"You've got to get with the times, man. That whole alpha thing may have worked in middle school but its a different story here" said a random students sitting ahead of him. "Once you put in E-class, you're nothing and no one is afraid of you as they are of that."

"You're grades have been in a downward spiral, right? You'll soon be in for a rude wakening" said the student in front of him. "I cannot wait for the day I get to hurl rocks at you down in E-class."

That's when Terasaka began to see people laughing at him.

"Thats when I saw the reality of the situation. When I realized my tough guy act was a joke to these people, I was through. No one would ever take me seriously again. All the dweebs I made fun of were going to grow up to be big shots and push around directionless books like me. We would be under their thumb."

"When I landed in E-class, I figured everyone was the same as so I could afford to care less, but I was wrong again. That was when he showed up out of nowhere and everything changed. Suddenly, we had one huge goal. A purpose."

"And now, here I am a lazy good for nothing chump with not future, caught up in someone else's master plan. Dammit!" yelled Terasaka as he began to run faster down the hill.


Korosensei was trying his best to avoid Itona but it was a lot different than their first encounter.

"He's fast and a lot more stronger than before." He said as he continued his dodging.

"We reduced the number of tentacles, focusing the power and speed in those remaining. They're easy enough even a child could control them" Shiro simply said.

Everyone was standing at the top of the water fall and were shocked at how much Itona was making Korosensei work.

"Is this for real?" asked Suguya.

"That's only a foot of water. Can it seriously throw him off that much" asked Meg.

"It aint just water that's his only problem" said Terasaka, just know catching up with everyone.

"Terasaka. You've got some nerve" said Isogai in an angry way.

"Look, he just saved you from drowning. He can't go all out cause he just got finished saving you all. And his attention is still divided. Look" said Terasaka as he pointed down the fall and saw his friend hanging onto the sides of the cliff, but then everyone saw Hara hanging on a branch as well as Double D but he was deflated like a ballon and was just hanging on the branch like a towel on a drying rack.

"Oh no. That branch can't hold Haras and Double D's weight. They could fall at any second" yelled Chiba in panic.

"He can't focus on the fight cause he's too worried about saving them" said Hinano.

"I wouldn't worry about that guy. Dude's as light as a feather. If he wasn't human, he'd fit perfectly with that tree. Its fatty that will be toast soon" said Terasaka bluntly.

"We've got to help her" said Nagisa.

"How?" asked Okano.

"Wait a second. This wasn't you idea, was it? They roped you into doing this" said Isogai.

Terasaka just laughed as he said "Like a head of cattle. That's what happens when you have sight and no vision. Thing is, if I'm going to be played, I pick the tune. I've had it up to here with these jokers and I sure as hell don't like the idea of them walking off with the prize money" said Terasaka in determination.

He then turned to Karma and said "You're a smart guy, Karma. You be the puppet master and I'll be the puppet."

Karma was confused by what he said and said "Huh?"

"Gimme a strategy that's awesome. If you're the brain then I'm the brawn. Give me a plan and save all of them. Fatty, twiggy, and the monster included" said Terasaka in a confident way.

Karma just chuckled as he said "I don't know. Can you handle one of my plans? I'm pretty devious" he said as he unbuttoned Terasaka's shirt open and then turned back to him with a devious look and said "You might get killed."

Terasaka just chuckled and said "Oh big deal. I can handle devious. Just be sure you have a vision" as he heard Karma plan.


Korosensei kept trying to fight Itona as best he could but he kept dodging so much, his tentacles swelled up and were now big and fat, like an actual swollen limb. He panted at how much strength he had to use.

"All right. Time for the killing blow Itona" said Shiro in anticipation for the fight to be over.

But he was then interrupted by Terasaka jumping into the river as he then yelled "WHAT'S UP?!" to which Shiro replied by saying "Can I help you?"

"Bet you jerks think you tricked me good real good huh" shouted Terasaka in annoyance.

"Does that wound your ego? There's something to be said for being the perfect foil, my friend. Or are suddenly upset we endangered the classmates you care nothing for?" said Shiro nonchalantly.

"Laugh it up, man. Paybacks about to be a real bitch"shouted Terasaka as he took his shirt off.

"Itona, you and me one on one" shouted Terasaka as he turned towards Itona with his shirt like a bulls cape.

"Don't be ridiculous, Terasaka. He's not someone you can just win against. He'll throttle you" said Korosensei as he tried to reason with his student.

"Stay out of this octo-puff" yelled Terasaka in anger.

Shiro just chuckled as he said "He's tapped into his inner hero" but then grew his eyes glowed as he said "Shut him down Itona. For good" as Itona began walking towards him.

The whole class was scared at what was happening as Eric yelled "What have you done?"

"Its alright. They're not going to kill us students and because we're too valuable alive. As long as we're in trouble, Korosensei can't concentrate on the fight. Even Hara isn't that bad off. If she falls, either him or Itona will catch her. It may look like he's in over his head, but Terasaka knows exactly what to expect" explained Karma and just as he finished that sentence, Itona shot a tentacle at Terasaka's stomach and he held onto the tentacle for dear life.

"Tentacle boy may try and knock him unconscious but as long as he grabs onto it for dear life, then we will be ok" finished Karma as Terasaka did exactly what Karma and held onto it for dear life, even with a pained smile on his face.

"That's quite an impressive grip you got there. You held up well. All right Itona, give him another one" said Shiro as Itona pulled tentacle back, along with Terasaka's shirt. But before he could even launch another strike... he sneezed, surprising Shiro.

"That's yesterdays shirt. The one that got a point blank range attack from whatever was in that weird spray he set off yesterday. Unless he did laundry last night, theres still some residue from whatever went off in that can of his. Thats sure to have an effect on Itona so having made a chink in his defenses, the octopus can rescue Hara and Double D, or what's left of him" said Karma in his carefree attitude.

Itona was still sneezing as he saw his tentacles were now dripping wet as he heard noises and saw Korosensei had just caught Hara in one of his tentacles and Double D in the other, who was just flapping in the wind like a flag.

"You've got to love a plan that works" said Karma as he pointed at the waterfall.

"Karma, I like your thinking" said Eddy as he jumped down into the water.

"Yoshida. Muramatsu gimme a real big splash" yelled Terasaka to his friends.

They both just chuckled as Yoshida said "Seriously, he's out of his mind"

"Yea, I like it" said Muramatsu as they both then jumped into the water making a big slash.

"Logically, the both of them have the same weakness. Easy turn the kids tactic against him and voila" said Karma as he pointed his thumb and the class began to jump into the river.

This shocked Shiro as the whole class was jumping into the river and began slashing Itona with water. Eric joined them but then he had an Idea. He grabbed Ed, placed him on his shoulders, and told him to swallow a lot of water.

Being the simpleton he was he did so and Eric then held him over his shoulders and then yelled "GET BACK" which made the others turn to look at him and saw he had Ed over his shoulders like a Bazooka so they knew things were about to go down.

Eric then pulled Ed's arm back and water came flying out of his mouth like a geyser, spraying Itona completely.

When Ed ran out, Itona's tentacle were now completely swollen like Korosensei's.

Karma hunched down on a rock as he said "Well that escalated quickly. Seems you have got a problem with water retention there, pal."

Seeing this made Shiro groan in annoyance.

"Ok so here's the deal. We're not ok with you hogging all the prize money. Or the fact that your plan involved putting our lives on the line. Slapping one of our own around doesn't fly either. So if you want to keep at this, you're going to have to face all of us and we're going to need to have a hardcore splash party" said Karma as the whole class began to gather water in whatever they could find and ready to throw it at them.

Shiro sighed as he said "Well played children. We withdraw. The slaughter of innocence was never our intention. Who could predict how his antimatter organs would react? Lets go Itona" said Shiro but Itona just grumbled in angry that he lost.

"Well, wasn't that fun time with everyone. And theres always room for one more. Why not join us for real this time?" said Korosensei, leaving him stumped.

"Itona" said Shiro in a demanding way, which made Itona jump onto the rocks and walk away with Shiro.

Everyone sighed in relief that it was all over.

"Whew. I thought we would never get rid of those two" said Sugino as he threw his water pail down.

Okano looked back at Korosensei with a smirk and said "We saved your bacon, huh? Good thing we're quick on our feet or you'd be a goner."

Korosensei just chuckled at what she said and said "That's adorable I still had a few tricks up my sleeve just so ya know."

Well everything seemed to cool down until...

"...That reminds me, Terasaka. In case you were wondering, I heard you're cracks about me back there about my weight. We fatties prefer the term full figured" said an angry voice, which turned out to be Hara's voice.

Terasaka grew a nervous expression as he felt Hara's sinister stare behind him.

He turned around and held up his hands and said "I didn't mean to be a jerk. I was just sizing up the situation. All objectively like" but that didn't seem to help his case as this made Hara more mad.

"Sizing it up?! Look here, I might be on the hefty side but I can still kick your ass" yelled Hara in anger as she began stomping towards him while pointing at him. His back was against the wall of the cliff as Karma just laughed at him get scolded at.

"You really are totally tactless, Terasaka. Hard to run from the wolves with your foot in your mouth. No wonder you let people wrap you around their little fingers" snickered Karma.

This made Terasaka mad as he yelled "Shut it. Why don't you get off your perch and say that to my face. You don't get to be up there, talking down at me" as he grabbed Karma's jacket and pulled him into the river.

This ticked off Karma as he yelled "Hey. I'm suppose to be your puppet master, remember" as he stood there soaked in his nice clothes.

"Don't even go there, that was a one time deal. What kind of boss would make someone take a tentacle hit to the gut? That's right, I was taking all the hits cause you don't have the balls to do your own dirty work" yelled Terasaka in anger.

Soon the others began to join in argument.

"True, you basically just sat back and kept your distance while we did all the work" said Meg in annoyance.

"I was just thinking the same thing" said Okano in agreement.

"Ah so you don't like to do the dirty work, huh? Then why not take this chance to sling a little mud?" said Nakamura as she and some of the class began messing around with Karma.

"We can all agree Terasaka's not cut out to be a master mind" said Korosensei, as he twisted his face around water began leaking out, "but when tasked to put someone else plan into action, he's invaluable. On the field, his confidence shines through and things get done. Its as simple as that. No self respecting assassination squad should be without him" said Korosensei.

'And he was right. Terasaka's pretty violent and hotheaded but he belongs here. And I'm still angry at him for what he's done since our arrival. But that aside, he does fit in well even if you couldn't tell that the first chance you meet him here. He's beginning to adjust well to our class. But with all that's been going on, we still all overlooked something major.

Korosensei's greatest weakness yet.'


Later that day

It was the end of the class and most of the students were still drying themselves off from their splash encounter. Eric had finished first and grabbed all his gear and began to leave but he turned back to his friends and said "I'll meet you guys at the train station" and then left the building.

The remaining students heard what he had said and just from his voice, he was still hurting. Toka knew this too and knew that this would be a good chance to talk to him. She reached inside her bag and pulled something out and began to follow him.


Eric had made it past the tree outside and continued to walk while he was lost in thought.

'I know to some I might be petty or stupid for still complaining about something that happened a few days ago but it still hurts. I know the phrase, its in the past, don't dwell on it, would fit with my problems now but I can't help but wonder, what would've happened to me had I not gotten my eye broken. Where would my life had gone, would it have changed? Would I have met the Eds? Would I have met...'

"ERIC" yelled a voice, stoping Eric in her tracks. He turned to the voice and saw Yada running towards him. He stopped walking and turned towards her. She came to a stop in front of him and seemed to be nervous.

"What is it, Toka?" he asked.

Yada was still nervous but knew that this was for him. She then took a deep breath and then exhaled and then looked at Eric again.

She came closer as she said "Eric, I can tell you're still in pain after seeing Takaoka again. I would be too after what you told us, but it worries me that you won't talk to anyone" said Yada in a worried manner.

Eric was surprised by this but then was about to say "Yada look i..." but he was stopped Yada saying

"No. I don't want to hear it. I want help you get better...and I thought... that... this would help you" sad Yada as she held out her hands and Eric saw that she had what looked like tickets in her hands.

Eric was confused and asked "What are those?"

"They're tickets for a carnival happening downtown and I was going to ask my other friends if they wanted to go but I figured that this would be a good thing for you to go to and get your mind off of Akira."

Eric looked at them with hesitation, but then he saw Yada reach for his left hand with her right and said "Eric. I'm worried for you. You're still bottling your emotions and I fear we might have another incident like with Akira."

Hearing this made Eric look away from her but she continued saying "I want to help you, Eric. I don't like seeing the people I care about in pain so let me help you. Let me be the light you need in your time of darkness. I know you said there might not be anything for me to do to help you but you're wrong" said Yada in a sincere way.

Eric's eyes widened at her words and was more shocked at how much she was wanting to cheer him up.

'I was some one she cared about. Why? What reason could there be. Why does she care so much for me. Could it be...'

He then turned back to Yada and saw that she had a smile on her face like a caring mother would have for her child and it sort of make Eric's heart flutter a bit.

"So please, accept my invitation" said Yada as she continued to hold his hand.

Eric was shocked at how Yada was acting. She was acting sincere around him and wanted to help him. No girl other than his mother wanted to help him. Before he met the Eds, his mother was the only he let into his life since he began to shut everyone out since his family became freaked out at his eye after what happened to him.

But here was a girl he had just met and she was giving a ticket to someone she could've given to anyone else but she chose him instead. He never thought that this day would happen. He then smiled at her gesture and took one of the tickets.

Yada smiled that he took and then surprised him with a hug. His eyes widen at the hug and was reluctant but then embraced her by hugging her as well. They kept each other in their embraces for a while until Yada let go and then smiled as she began heading back to the class.

She then turned back around and said "I'll come to your apartment at 11:30 am on Sunday and we can catch the 12 train to the carnival and we'll go from there. I expect you to be there" said Yada in playful, demanding way.

'I know that we've known each other for a few months but I didn't expect this from her. She wants to help me feel better and she gave me a ticket she could've given to her other friends but she gave it to me. She's going so far to cheer me up and I didn't even ask her. How sweet can one girl be. Here I thought I would never find a girl that wasn't afraid of my looks. Guess I was wrong that the Eds would be the only ones that didn't think any different of me cause of my looks.

Sunday was going to be interesting.'


{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 #17 "It's not a Ed!"