I do not own Fate/Stay Night or anything related to Type-Moon whatsoever, except only the OCs of the story. Also, spoiler warning: M is in case of sexual themes and stuff. Anyway, other than that, enjoy!

Chapter 0: Prologue Part 1

The story began in Fuyuki City, years after the end of the Fifth Holy Grail War, where the city was filled with livelihood, the people living their daily lives and dealing with problems of their own, children and teenagers going to school every day, but most of all things, living in their peaceful lives in a peaceful world. One of those people was a boy living the same normal life like everyone else, and he loved his life the way it is. This is where his story began.

In an apartment complex, which was a very old and very messy apartment building complex, the boy of this story, woke up from his bed and got off to brush his teeth. Afterward, he got dressed up in his Homurahara Academy uniform, packed up his school bag, and prepared to leave, by trying to move past through a rough and crowded hallway, which was filled with empty boxes and lots of trashes. After he got out of his apartment, he made sure he locked the door and then leaves for school.

His name is Yuzuru Shindou. He has neatly combed yet somewhat messy black hair and dark brown eyes, and he has an averagely built body and stands about 5'5" tall. He wears a standard Homurahara Academy uniform, with a blue t-shirt underneath the brown blazer, and wears blue sneakers with black accents and yellow trimmings.

Yuzuru's POV:

My name is Yuzuru Shindou, I'm 17 years old, and this is my story. I moved to Fuyuki City and I transferred to Homurahara Academy High as a second-year student because of some family reasons. I live in an apartment complex where it was…well, let's just say it was a pretty crappy apartment, and it still is. Why is it crappy? Well, when I first came to that apartment, it was already crappy from the beginning. It was filled with big piles of unnecessary garbage in each of the apartment rooms making them cramped up. And what's worse was that these rooms haven't been cleaned up for God knows how many years and each of them almost reeks like hell. Knowing about that, I filed a complaint about it to the owners of the complex to clean up the whole place because of the mess the apartment was. Unfortunately, the manager of the apartment was heavily sick and was sent to the hospital for that reason, and the only one left to watch over the complex until he fully recovers was his niece, Yukitsuki Hisakawa, and there was no one else in their family that would come over and help due to their work and stuff, not even her parents since they were away by the sea. So, until the manager comes back fully recovered, I had to make do with how I live in the apartment with what I have. Oh, and in case you didn't know, I am the only resident living in the apartment complex, and no one has been coming and living in the apartment rooms for years. Anyway, today is my first year of Homurahara Academy, since I transferred as a second-year 3 weeks ago, and I'm well prepared for this year to become the best of it.

"Wait, Shindou-kun!" a girl shouted, "Wait for me!"

"Huh?" I said, as I turned around, "Oh, Yukitsuki-san."

The girl who just ran to catch up to me is Yukitsuki Hisakawa-san, who is the current manager of the apartment complex, stopped to catch her breath from running. She has short and wavy bright red hair and green eyes and stands about the same height as me, and her chest size is about average. Like me, she also wears a standard Homurahara Academy uniform, only that hers is the female uniform with, instead of the standard red ribbon, she wears a blue one instead, because she doesn't want to stand out to be like everyone else in school, and wears black lace-less shoes and black socks that go up to her thighs.

"Jeez, Shindou-kun, you should've just waited for me!" she scolded, "I'm a student in your school, too, you know?"

"Sorry, I kinda forgot." I said.

"Jeez, I know you're still new here, but at least have some consideration about the people you live with that are helping you around in Fuyuki." said Yukitsuki-san.

"My bad, sorry." I said, apologetically.

Yukitsuki-san sighed and said, "Oh, well. I'll forgive you. Anyway, we should go, we can't be late."

"Right." I said, "Let's go."

Then, out of rush, we hurriedly went off running to reach our school.

Oh, right. In case if I didn't mention it, Yukitsuki-san is also a student of Homurahara Academy and is in the same class as me. Since I live in the apartment that her uncle manages, and since she's managing it in his place, and since we were both in the same class, she and I quickly became friends. Not only that, but she was also the one who showed me around Fuyuki City, just to return a certain favor for me when I helped her out from a certain complaint and a certain incident, which was almost about 2 weeks ago. Thanks to her, I now have full knowledge and understanding of Fuyuki City.

As soon as we made it through the school gates, we stopped to catch our breaths.

"Well, at least we made it in time." I said, breathlessly.

"Yeah, barely." said Yukitsuki-san, also breathlessly, "At least we got here early on time."

"Well, well, well." said a cool student who was passing by, "Aren't you two in a hurry."

"Huh?" I said as I looked up, "O-Oh. Kurosawa-san."

"Yo, Yuzuru." said the cool student.

"Did you get here before us?" Yukitsuki asked, just as she caught her breath.

"Nah, I just got here." the student smiled, "I just happened to have seen you two."

"Really?" said Yukitsuki-san, somewhat irritated, "Jeez, you really…"

This cool male student who just came by to school is named Ryouya Kurosawa. Like Yukitsuki-san, Kurosawa-san is also my classmate and one of the friends I made since moving to Fuyuki.

He's a pretty cool guy who is, well, pretty much cooler than me, having a cool light brown spikey hair hairstyle, dark blue eyes, a tall and strong body, and all that stuff that any guys could dream of wanting to be, and I am sort of part of that. He wears a standard school uniform as we do, but unlike us, who put on our uniforms nice and neat, he wears his blazer open to reveal his red and green t-shirt, kinda like a lazy way to put on his uniform and like a delinquent of some kind. Unlike Yukitsuki-san, who is hard working as a manager and dedicated to her school life following the school rules, Kurosawa-san is somewhat of a slacker and a little less motivated with school and prefers to sleep around a lot rather than learning some stuff in class. Still, just like Yukitsuki-san, he was kinda nice enough to show me around Fuyuki City and help me and her with some things by stepping up from time to time.

"C'mon, cut me some slack." Kurosawa-san laughed, "It's not like it's a big deal."

"Not a big deal?!" said Yukitsuki-san, somewhat angry, "Really?! You know you slack off most of the time! You could just take this seriously, you know?!"

"Hey, guys?" I said, "Sorry to interrupt, but shouldn't we be going now?"

"What?" said Yukitsuki-san, gaining my attention.

"I mean, if we don't hurry, we gonna be late." I said, "And you probably don't want that."

Yukitsuki gasped and shouted, "Oh, no! We'll be late!"

Then, she quickly grabbed me and ran hurriedly to class while pulling me, leaving Kurosawa-san behind as he calmly walked to class while whistling.

"Whoa, wait!" I panicked from her running, "Slow down, I was just kidding! We still have some time left!"

"There is no time, we have to go!" Yukitsuki-san shouted, while running, "We have to go, or will be late!"

"Oh, man…" I thought to myself, "Maybe I shouldn't have said what I said."

Fortunately, we arrived at class way earlier than we thought we would. Unfortunately, Yukitsuki-san was already tiredly trying to catch her breath from running, while I was lying down on the ground from running along, trying to catch my breath.

"We…we…finally…made it…" Yukitsuki-san gasped heavily, with both her hands on her knees.

"Yeah…at least…" I wheezed out.

Then, a homeroom teacher, Emilia-sensei, arrived to see the two of us who were tired from running. Yukitsuki-san gasped and gasped again for air and then tiredly said, "G-G…Good morning…E…E…E-Emilia-sensei…"

"Oh, good morning, you two." Emilia-sensei smiled, "You're early to class. Are you both tired from running?"

"N…n…no…" Yukitsuki-san breathed heavily, and then she shouted, as she got up from her knees, "…Not at all, sensei! I'm…not tired…at all!"

"Eh…" Emilia-sensei said with a sweatdrop, "Do you…maybe need some water?"

"Nope, I'm good!" Yukitsuki-san shouted, then tiredly said as she walked slowly to her desk, "I-I'm gonna…I'm gonna go…to my desk now…"

"Uh…okay." Emilia-sensei sweatdropped again, "If you say so…although, our class hasn't even started yet…"

I then slowly and tiredly got up and said tiredly and weakly, "Good morning…sensei."

"Ah, good morning, Shindou-kun." Emilia-sensei smiled, "Uhh…so, did Hisakawa-san drag you into running? Do you perhaps need some water?"

I looked up at my teacher and weakly wheezed out, "Yes, please…"

The school bell had ranged, meaning that 1st class has ended and that it was time for lunch.

"Alright, that's all for today." said Emilia-sensei, "Chikako Asada-san, may you please dismiss the class for lunch?"

"Yes." said a female student named Chikako Asada-san, "Everyone, stand."

Everyone did what she said. "And bow." she said, and everyone did the same. Then, as the teacher left first for lunch, everyone did the same.

"Hey, Shindou-kun." said Asada-san, gaining my attention, "Do you have time? I need your help with some things in the faculty office."

"Oh, sure." I said as I got out of my seat, "Give me a second."

"Sure." she smiled, "Take your time."

This girl with straight black hair with a nice pink hairpin and reddish/pink eyes who is very nice and polite to everyone with a friendly smile, and who asked me for my help now is the class representative of my classroom named Chikako Asada-san. She is about slightly shorter than us and, unlike Yukitsuki-san, not to offend her, is flat-chested. Like Yukitsuki-san, though, she's a hard worker, being the class representative and helping classmates and the school faculty with stuff that they needed help with. And like the other two, she's one of the friends I made since I got here to Fuyuki City, and she was also kind enough to show me around the school when I didn't know where my classroom was. Although she doesn't hang out with me, Yukitsuki-san, or Kurosawa-san in class very much often since she often goes to help the school faculty and other classmates with problems, she does, however, ask any one of or even all of us for a helping hand when she needs us, and while we, or at least each of us, help her out, we do tend to talk about some stuff very often.

"I'm glad you could help me out every often, Shindou-kun." Asada-san smiled, "I've really been having a lot of stuff to be handling with to help out everyone these past few days."

"Not at all, Asada-san." I smiled back, "I'm just glad I could give out a helping hand."

Me and Asada-san were both carrying heavy boxes from the faculty office filled with books and multiple types of equipment for each of the classrooms to use for laboratory classes, and walking to where the heavy items should go while they were talking.

After taking care of what was needed, we returned to class to meet up with the others to have lunch. I brought out a bag of melon bread from the grocery bag and opened it, while everyone else made and brought their own lunch boxes.

"Melon bread today?" Kurosawa-san asked, "That's pretty cheap."

"Well, it can't be helped." I said, "The apartment where I live is still pretty crappy, and I can't cook anything with some trashes in the way." Then, I took a bite of my bread.

"Really sorry, Shindou-kun." said Yukitsuki-san, "I really feel bad that I can't do anything because I'm too young to be a manager and I'm all worked up with the class."

That made me stop eating and look at her saddened face.

"If my uncle was around, he'd be able to have some people do it right away." She continued, "And plus, you're the only resident in our apartment complex. No one's ever come over to live in our apartment for years. So, sorry."

I swallowed my bread and said, "No, don't worry about it. I mean, your uncle hasn't been feeling well lately, and it'll take him time to recover. So, don't worry. I'm fine."

"I-I see." said Yukitsuki-san, surprised, and then smiled, "Thank you."

"Man, you sure know how to make a girl smile." Kurosawa-san teased.

"Oh, c'mon, it's not like that." I said. Asada-san just stood and giggled at our interactions.

Then, a wild girl suddenly appeared from running from another class, ran over to our classroom, and shouted, "HEY, YUZZUCHI!"

"Huh?" I said as I looked over before I then recognized her and said, "Oh, Hiiragi. Hi. What's up?"

The girl named Hiiragi quickly approached me and said excitedly, "Hey, Yuzzuchi, I got something to tell you and it's really important!"

"Huh?" I said, "Oh, sure…okay."

This super hyped up and exciting girl with short orange curled up hair, bright orange eyes, and weird glasses who is a little bit…eccentric, is another friend of mine, but from another classroom, is my nearby classmate named Hiiragi Hamasaki. She's known around the school as a skilled computer hacker, an info breaker, a gadgets engineer, and an intelligence freak with a crazy exciting personality. She always often comes over to my classroom from her class whenever she has something good in store for me or everyone to see and hear, like some cool weird gadgets, some information that she found, some stuff that she fixed, pretty much all some crazy stuff we could imagine. Or, if she wanted, she needed people to help be her…well, let's say volunteer, to help her try out some of her weird or cool stuff like gadgets that she built in her science lab, although it's mostly me because no one else wanted to approach her due to her weird personality. Which I was okay with, since I was mostly able to get along with her quite well, and since I like to help people out. Plus, I was kinda interested in what she made or even what info she had found.

"So, what is it, Hiiragi?" I asked, "Did you find something good?"

"OH, YEAH!" Hiiragi shouted, excitedly, "And it IS huge! Yuzzuchi, tell me! What is your favorite historical myth or fairy tale?!"

"Me?" I said, then I chuckled, "Well, isn't it obvious? The story about King Arthur, the Once and Future King of Great England; about a young man who pulled a magical sword from the stone and became a legendary king who led and fought to protect and save Great Britain. Why do you ask?"

"YES! THAT'S IT!" Hiiragi shouted, "THAT'S WHAT I WAS HOPING YOU'D SAY!"

"Really?" I said, confused, "Well, what about it?"

"Okay, so listen!" said Hiiragi, putting her hands on my shoulders, "This morning, I found some rumor that there was some strange sword, with a strange design, that was right in the middle of Fuyuki! And wouldn't you know it, I looked it up on my computer, and guess what – BAM! – You would not believe WHAT. I. HAD. JUST. FOUND. OUT!"

"Okay…" I said, "What did you find out about the strange sword? Was it weird looking? Did the design look strange? Was it…broken?"

"Broken?!" she shouted, "Heh-heh. Hell, no!" Then, she quickly brought out her phone and quickly searched in it, saying, "Check. This. Out."

Hiiragi showed me her phone and I looked at what she had searched up. Then, I suddenly gasped, as I was surprised at what I had just seen and what Hiiragi had just found. I was so surprised that I quickly took her phone and looked at it again to make sure. What I saw was exactly what Hiiragi just told me.

"Wha…" I said, surprised, as I got up from his chair, "Wha…no way! This is…is this what I think it is?!"

"Oh, hell yeah!" said Hiiragi, excitedly, "The one and only! The one, sword of the stone! Excalibur! Or…Caliburn? Either way, it's that!"

"Whoa!" I said as I was in complete awe, "No way! In the middle of Japan?! No way, how is it there?! And where did you get this from?!"

"Hehehe." Hiiragi laughed, "I hacked the info and took it upon it for myself. And seeing how you LOVE the story of the legendary King Arthur, I thought I'd bring it upon myself to give that info for you. And, if you wanna know where it is, I know just the location of that legendary thing! When we find it, we're gonna take it, AND we're gonna make MONEY out of it! HORRAY!"

"Wow!" I said as I was now excited and Hiiragi was, "Hiiragi, you freakin' crazy genius of a bitch, I freakin' love you right now! Now I'm really interested in this! And I totally wanna go with you on this one! I wanna see that sword for myself!"

"Yeah, right?!" Hiiragi shouted, excitedly, "I knew you'd be, Yuzzuchi! Let's go get this sword out, snatch it, and then we take it in so that we can earn tons of FREAKIN' MONEY!"

"Yeah!" I shouted, excitedly.

"Wee!" Hiiragi cheered, excitedly.

"Um…hey, you two?" said Asada-san, getting our attention.

"Huh?" we both said, "Yeah?"

"I really hate to interrupt, but…I think you two should tone it down…" Asada-san nervously said with a sweatdrop.

"Why?" said Hiiragi, confused.

"Well," said Asada-san, "We're kinda in the middle of a classroom."

We looked around to see everyone was giving us some weird looks, like we were being crazy, obsessing over something. Well, that was really…awkward. How awkward? So awkward that everything was quiet and somewhat tense, so I slowly and awkwardly sat back down on my chair with a bewildered expression and looked blankly at nothing, while Hiiragi just stood there with an awkward smile and a nervous laugh. Everyone in our spot just either sighed from our complete idiocy or just giggled at us because of how funny and ridiculous we looked in front of everyone in the room. Anyway, we finished our lunch and we decided to discuss it before our next class.

"So, Hiiragi, are you really sure it's that sword?" I asked her, just to be clear on it.

"Yup, I'm TOTALLY sure!" she said with confidence, then she excitedly and quickly said, "In fact, I even went to look for it before I even came to school. In fact, I found the sword and looked at it to see if it was real, WHICH in my eyes, is VERY real. In fact, I even touched it to see if it felt real, by touching the sharp blade of the thing to see if it hurts for real, WHICH it did, and I bled a little. IN FACT, I even LICKED IT, to see what it tasted like!"

"…what?" I blankly said. Everyone else was either disappointed in her actions or was completely grossed out about the last part.

"Oh, what the hell…?" Kurosawa-san spoke first, after finished being disgusted by Hiiragi's 'experience', "Did you really have to do that? Ugh, sick…gross."

"I agree." Asada-san sighed, "That was disgusting, what you did."

"Well, it's not surprising, since Hiiragi is always super, super weird." said Yukitsuki-san, with a deadpanned expression.

I chuckled a little and asked her, "So, Hiiragi, I'm not gonna ask what it tasted like…but you said that you found it, right? What did you do with it after? And where is it now?"

"Heh-heh." Hiiragi laughed a little, "I hid it somewhere where no one could find it. Somewhere where no greedy people would ever dare try to lay a hand on that GREAT sword of the legend you love. Somewhere where I know where it is, in case someone DARES to find it! I hid it, where ONLY yooooouuu, Yuzzuchi, would find it and see for it yourself! Somewhere! Only I kn-!"

"It's at the riverbank under the Fuyuki bridge." someone said behind Hiiragi.

It made Hiiragi quickly and completely surprised and shocked to see who was behind her and that someone was listening to our conversation, so much so that it made Hiiragi scream, rather comically, to death. Hell, it even made her fell and fainted to the ground and made her look as if she had died. After seeing that funny comedy relief, we looked up to see who it was, and to most of our surprise, it was our teacher for our next class.

"Oh!" I said, surprised, "Matou-sensei!"

"Good afternoon, Shindou-kun." the teacher, Matou-sensei, smiled at me and kindly greeted me.

Sakura Matou-sensei is our next teacher for our next class after our homeroom teacher, Emilia-sensei. She is a slightly older, but still young woman with violet hair, which she styles with a pink ribbon on the left side, and violet eyes. Matou-sensei is about 5'2" tall, and physically, uh…ahem, appears to have a very large-sized chest, something that Yukitsuki-san and Asada-san lack and the very thing that they were jealous of. Like most of the teachers, she wears what looks like a business outfit, which consists of a white buttoned-up shirt, with…oh, God…the top unbuttoned shirt, revealing small parts of her cleavages, which no one, but I see it, and a dark purple blazer, which luckily for most of us, covers her chest to hide her large breasts completely (mostly), a blue ribbon on her neckwear, and a purple skirt that goes all the way to her knees, revealing her clear beautiful legs and wears high heel shoes.

Aside from being a teacher teaching for our next class, she is also the supervisor of the Archery Club and a guidance counselor for students. For in her case, she is mainly my guidance counselor, basically someone who I go and talk to whenever I'm in distress about some things. I took one of her guidance counseling once when I was stressed out about something, and when I talked to her, she was actually really nice to me, so much nicer; in fact, it felt as if she was like a caring mother to me. Hell, most students in school, mostly the guys, gave her the nickname of "The School's Mother", for always being like a caring mother to everyone in school, even when their angry or strict teachers cared less about them. Although, she can also be quite a teaser and tends to joke around, at least only to me, and no one knows about it. She mainly uses her body to tease me to look as if she was tempting me to touch her, and she would always laugh at my embarrassing reactions and my reactions from holding onto my urges and my hormones. Although it always gets embarrassing and tempting from time to time when I see my sensei, I had gotten pretty much use to it by now, and out of respect for her, I decided to keep what she does to me as a secret, because, trust me, I do not and WOULD not want to ruin her reputation as a teacher and have her become upset with me, or even worse. I do not know what happens when she gets upset or worse, and quite frankly, I do not want to know.

Anyway, Matou-sensei went up to us and smiled at us before saying, "I heard what the rest of you were talking about, and I couldn't help myself but just wanted to join in."

"Matou-sensei, should you really be here?" Kurosawa-san lazily asked, "Shouldn't you have other things to do before class starts?"

"Not at all." Matou-sensei smiled, "I was just about to come here to start class soon, anyways. Ah, that's right." She looked down at Hiiragi who still looked like she was dead, and said, "Hamasaki-san, you should return to your class soon, or you'll be late for your next lesson."

Suddenly, out of nowhere, Hiiragi shot up from her 'death' with her funny reminded expression on her face and said, "Ah, you're right! I almost forgot!" Then, she quickly and comically ran out of the classroom door while shouting, "I GOTTA GO!" But before we saw her gone, she poked her head out and said rather quickly, "Yuzzuchi, we'll talk more later! Gotta go, BYE!" Then she ran out the hall to return to class, and we all just stood there and listened to her running footsteps until they faded and she was gone.

After a few seconds, I spoke first by asking, "By the way, Matou-sensei, how did you know where she hid it?"

"Hm?" she looked at me.

"The sword, I mean." I said.

"Ah, that!" Matou-sensei remembered, then she giggled, "Let's just say it's a long story," and then gave a wink, "And a little secret."

I, however, did not believe my sensei as I gave her a deadpanned 'I don't believe you' look as I had guessed what she did. "I should've known…" I thought, "She must've followed Hiiragi on her way here…" Matou-sensei just stood there and giggled at my deadpanned face and my reaction.

Everyone else with me was just rather confused about the exchanges we were making before our next lesson started.

After our class was done all the way around close to the evening, our homeroom teacher dismissed us to go home. I was packing up my bag and was ready to leave, before someone at the door called to me.

"Shindou-kun." someone called to me.

I looked out to see that it was Matou-sensei, who was smiling and waving at me by the door. I guess maybe she must have needed me to help her out with something. Either that, or maybe she wants to tease me again. Probably both. Well, I guess I would have accepted either way. I finished up packing my bag and said to Yukitsuki-san that I would catch up to her to go home later. I went out of the classroom to see Matou-sensei as she was standing there patiently waiting for me with a smile on her face.

"Is there something you need, Matou-sensei?" I asked before I changed my expression to something to keep myself from being embarrassed by her or being caught by her teasing, or whatever urges she tempted me to do, "Or…are you here to tease me again?"

Matou-sensei just giggled and said, "Oh, goodness me, no! Why would I ever tease my own favorite student, especially when we're in school?" She leaned her head towards me, while revealing her chest, slowly and little by little, showing every bit of her cleavages under her top unbuttoned up shirt, despite the covers, and said seductively to me, "Or maybe~ You want me to keep doing this every day to you~ Hmm~? Well~ Shin-dou-kun~?"

"U-Uh…um…uh…uh…I, uh…" I nervously said, while I was trying to look away from her face and her large chest that was showing her cleavages, which were right in front of me. I had no idea what I should do or what to say, I was so nervous about this situation right in front of me that I felt like I could die from nervousness, embarrassment, and/or from resisting my sexual urges. And, I was so nervous that I was even making a face as if trying to control myself while keeping my eyes shut.

But then, when I opened my eyes, I saw Matou-sensei stop leaning herself towards me and just started laughing at my ridiculous face and funny reaction. "Oh, God…" I thought as I sighed, "I should've known…"

"Sorry, sorry!" said Matou-sensei, while still laughing, "But, it's just…your face is so cute and so funny when you react like that, Shindou-kun!"

"Sensei…do you really have to do this to me and tease me every day when we're alone?" I asked, and giving my teacher a tired look, "I mean, really, what if somebody sees us doing this acting this way and gets the wrong idea?"

Matou-sensei stopped laughing while wiping away tears from laughing and said, "Sorry, I just can't help it. You're really fun to play with, sometimes. Out of all of my students, I consider you my favorite when it comes to teaching you and teasing you. And besides, I already know that students and teachers can't be in a relationship with each other, so even if we wanted to, you and I can't go out on dates. Otherwise, it would ruin my reputation and career as a teacher and it would affect you and your life as a student here. I wouldn't want that to happen to you, or I wouldn't forgive myself. Also, even if someone did find out about us, I would give them plenty of reasons to not tell anyone about our relationship as student and teacher."

"Oh, okay." I said, "Well, if you know that, then why do you still keep on teasing me like that?"

"Hmmm…I wonder…" she said, playfully placing her index finger on her lips as if she was thinking to herself. Then, she turned to smile at me and said happily, "It's because it's fun, of course!"

I sighed at her response to my question. I figured that was her answer. I am literally like a freaking plaything to my sensei.

"And also…" Matou-sensei added, getting my attention, "It's because you remind me of someone I once loved back in my youthful days."

"Someone you once loved?" I asked.

"Yes." she smiled, as she motioned for me to follow her, and as I did, she happily said, "That person was very important to me back then when I was around your age. Just like you, he was very kind, caring, and was always there willing to help other people around him. He would even help those who were very close and dear to him, even when no one needed it. As for me, I was one of the people who was close to him, and I was always happy for him for always caring for me. In fact, because of his kindness, I was even falling in love with him." But then, she stopped and gave out a sigh of disappointment and sadness, then continued, "Unfortunately, and although I loved him very much, in his eyes, he only saw me as a family, and nothing else, and he already fell for someone else instead of me. After that, and as years go by, he left with her, and…he was already gone from my reach. And…I never saw him again. I was…too late…to ever even tell him how I felt about him."

"Oh…" I said, surprised, "I'm sorry to hear…and, um…sorry that I remind you of him…"

Matou-sensei shook her head and then turned to look at me and smiled, as she then said, "No. Don't be, Shindou-kun. In fact, it makes me happy that you do. And it makes me happy that you, reminding me of him, brings me back old memories from back then when I was young. And see you every day with your friends, watching you always talking with them and always having fun together, it brings me joy to see you with them and bringing me back to the good old days."

"Matou-sensei…" I said, quietly.

"So, don't worry." she smiled reassuringly, "With you always here every day, being with the people you love…me always watching you is more than enough for me. So that's why, I don't have any other regrets."

After seeing that smile on my sensei's face, I nodded in understanding and said, "Okay, if you say so, sensei."

Matou-sensei nodded back and said, "Good. That's what I like to hear. Anyway, do you mind coming with me for a moment?"

"Sure." I said, "What do you need me for?"

"Well," she said, as she motioned for me to follow her again, which I did, "The archery club is in need of an extra hand to help out clean up the dojo and to put away all of the equipment. After a long day of practice, there were most of the members who needed to take a day off from practice from last week, so there are only several handfuls of the archery club members, including the club's captain and vice-captain, that needs help cleaning out the club."

"What happened to most of the members last week?" I asked as I moved up in front to open the door to the courtyard for her, "Did they have some sort of tournament coming up planning or something?"

"Not exactly." said Matou-sensei, "It's just the captain of the archery club has been becoming really strict with their practice lately that everyone became tired and sore from all the work that the captain gave them. I advised her not to be too strict, but she still insists on doing so because it would help them get better at archery. And she insisted that it would help them get serious at it for once, since everyone either hasn't been doing so well with it or they're all just lazing around, according to her, that is."

"Sheesh, that sounds rough." I said as I could imagine that happening.

"Yes." said Matou-sensei, "But, when I went to see how the club members were doing in the middle of that last week, I saw that everyone was just doing fine working hard in the club and that there were no problems in what they were doing, and no one has been making any mistakes or even slacking off during practice. When I asked them how they were doing and what was going on with their captain, they all said that they were doing fine and that she was being a…well, I think you know what that word is."

"Uh…yeah." I said, "I think I can picture some of them saying that to her, directly or not. Though, I think the captain's just working and thinking too much and too hard, that I think she's just overreacting over everything that she thinks is wrong in the archery club."

"Yes, I think so, too." said Matou-sensei, with a worried look on her face, "I think she's too dedicated to the archery club that it's been getting all over her head lately thinking that everyone should take the archery club seriously. At this point, if this keeps up, I'm worried that it'll cause every member of the archery club to leave one by one until it will eventually lead to the disbandment of the archery club. As its supervisor, I can't allow that to happen."

"So, you're just going to consult with her by being all "motherly" while I do all the dirty work of cleaning things up, clearing all the mess she made." I jokingly said, "What, am I a pet janitor or something?"

Matou-sensei laughed at my joke and said, "Oh, dear. You always know how to lighten up the mood, Shindou-kun. Even when things are in a very tough situation." Then, she answered, "Well, while I do appreciate you doing everything I ask you to help me on, you're not exactly a "pet", more like "an assistant" to me."

"Well, at least that's good to hear on my part." I said, and she nodded at my response.

Then she said, "Besides, you're your own person, Shindou-kun, no one is allowed to command and tell you what to do, nor is anyone allowed to control your life and how they should do with it. You do what you believe is the right choice, and you do so by your own free will."

"Right." I said, "Thanks."

We stopped to see a building that was right in front of us. It was a dojo for the archery club. The exterior of the building is like any traditional Japanese dojos, though I probably shouldn't try to get into further details on how it looks. Anyway, before we went in, we looked inside and saw that there were still club members inside talking, though it was more like they were arguing with the captain than talking with her.

Matou-sensei sighed and muttered, "They're at it again."

"Was it always like this?" I asked.

"Not always, just kept happening recently since last week when I checked on them." she said, "Although, it seems like it's getting much worse and worse."

"Yeah…" I slowly said. I looked through the window and saw that there were a handful of club members that were either consulting or still arguing with the captain, some asking her to take it easy on herself and the members of the club, others were calling her a bitch. The captain, on the other hand, was either not listening to any of them or doesn't seem to care what they think as she was continuously and angrily yelling at every one of them to take the club seriously and not to laze around. Hell, she was even beating one of them in the head for talking back to her. Yeah, I've seen a lot of strictness out of every teacher or student body leader, but…this was not normal, and it was not healthy for her to be angry all the time.

After seeing enough of the scene, I looked at Matou-sensei as she looked back at me and said to her, "We should probably stop this before it gets ugly. We don't want anyone to cause a blood bath here."

"Agreed." she nodded, "Ah, but, let me handle her with the talking. I know her well enough and I can try to convince her to stop arguing and being strict with them, just enough for her to calm down. You just go on and help out all the members with the cleaning."

"Are you sure?" I asked, "I mean, I don't mind leaving it to you, but…maybe I could lend a hand, just in case?"

Sensei, however, shook her head no and smiled sweetly, saying kindly, "Don't worry about me. I can handle her. You just focus on helping the members with cleaning."

I thought to myself for a minute. Well, I guess she could. She is called "the School's Mother" after all. I nodded in understanding and said to her, "Okay, if you say so."

"Good." She smiled, "Now then, let's-"

Suddenly, we heard some screaming in the dojo, as if something scary had just come in out of nowhere. Then, we heard some breakings, crashing, and lots of beatings that were going on inside. That immediately caught our attention as we heard someone yell, "SHUT THE FUCK UP, BITCH!" And then we suddenly heard some loud breaking, as if someone's arms and bones have been crushed, and a girl screamed out in pain, so loud that it would have hurt our ears.

This caused us to suddenly become concerned about what just happened. I looked at Matou-sensei with a concerned look as she looked at me with a serious expression. She turned to me said in a serious tone, "Shindou-kun, you wait and stay here! I'll handle this. If something goes wrong, find someone nearby and call for help; students, teachers, anyone you can find. I'll see what's going on."

"Wait, sensei!" I said, trying to stop her, "I don't know if-"

"Shindou-kun!" she said sternly, "I'm YOUR teacher! Let ME handle this! You do whatever I say you should do! Understand?!"

"Well, yeah…but…" I hesitantly said, "But, I think-"

"This is NOT your opinion right now!" she said sternly again, "DO you understand?! 'Yes' or 'No'?!"

Damn, she was being serious. I know that look very well. Hell, anyone knows that look well. That stern and serious expression that Matou-sensei gives when she becomes serious. It's like she has become a completely different person, instead of being the kind and caring teacher that everyone knows and loves. I knew that when she becomes this serious, I can't disobey her.

"Y-Yes!" I immediately said, as if trying to be clear.

Matou-sensei nodded and said, "Good. Wait here! Don't come in unless you've brought help."

"I will." I said.

Matou-sensei nodded again and went inside the dojo to see what was going on. Once she was inside, I turned around to see if there was anyone around, just in case. Unfortunately, while I was looking around, I saw that there was no one here, no students, teachers, nor anyone that could come and help us. It was as if everyone had already left to go home or go somewhere. Oh, great! This was just my luck!

"Hello?!" I called out, to make sure, "Anyone?! Is anyone around here?! There are people in the club that need help here! Hello?! Help us!" But there was no response from anyone around the school. It was as if no one in school really cared about the only people around here.

"Goddammit…" I muttered to myself, "What do I do now?" I sighed and muttered to myself again, "I could just go look around for someone, but then…I would just leave sensei and everyone else here…what's more, is whatever's going on in there, it can't be good, and I don't think…I really have a bad feeling about this." I looked at the door to the archery club and thought to myself, "Sensei is really gonna be pissed if I go in there without any help…" I looked down in defeat and sighed again.

Suddenly, I heard a scream again. But this time, it was not the other students who were screaming. This time, it was different. I knew it well, and it was Matou-sensei who screamed. After hearing that, I knew that something was wrong and that sensei was in danger. I looked around again to search for help, but still, there was no one around passing by for me to call for help. I grew frustrated and tired of searching for people, so much that I gripped my hands to a fist so much out of anger. Ah, Goddammit! Screw this! Screw all this waiting! I can't take another second of any of this anymore! Having enough of this, I turned around and hurriedly ran inside into the dojo to help.

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