Chapter 5: First Day of School
"I can't do it," said Calvin, looking at Adrians motorcycle and sidecar.
"You got a problem with Harley Davidson? Or the sidecar?" Asked Adrian, folding his arms in front of him.
"Vehicles in general," said Calvin, and he explained, "Whenever I sit in any type of car, truck or bike, anything that is made of metal AND runs on gas, it has a habit of exploding." Adrian then understandably placed his keys back in his pocket, and wrapped his arm around Calvins shoulders, half being a friend, half getting him away from his bike,
"So, do you want to just walk to school? Because we can all walk if that's what you want," said Adrian.
"Maybe we can take the train?" Suggested Katrina. Calvin then smiled, and turned to his friends,
"You guys take the bike, I'll take the train." Adrian furrowed his brow,
"I thought you just said-?"
"Anything metal AND gas fueled. The trains around here are all electric." Adrian stared for a moment, and nodded,
"I like it. You got cash for it? Do they even take cash?"
"No need. I got my ways," said Calvin with a cocky grin. Katrina then folder her arms,
"THIS should be interesting."
Before long, Adrian was riding his motorcycle with Katrina holding onto him, and along the way, they saw the train passing them by, and lo and behold, Calvin was riding ON TOP of the train! Calvin saluted them as he passed, and Adrian refocused on the road,
"Showoff," he muttered.
Before long Adrian and Katrina parked the bike near the school entrance, with Calvin already at the entrance, leaning against the doorway and legs crossed,
"What kept ya?" He teased. Adrian rolled his eyes,
"Ha ha, next time make sure no one sees you, I don't want a bunch of camera people following us around nonstop."
"Hmm, good point," said Calvin, noting his error.
"Uh oh," said Katrina, and they saw several students coming towards them, and all three were worried that they saw Calvins stunt. They were soon relieved when they found out that they simply wanted to meet, and of course, the three kept quiet about their powers and abilities.
"So what's your names?" Asked one girl to the three, and each of them answered politely,
"Adrian Michaels."
"Calvin Hicks."
"Katrina Lagos."
"Are either of you boys seeing anyone?" One girl with glasses asked, wearing a rather lewd expression.
"Uh...no, we just got here," said Adrian, the girl with glasses making him uncomfortable, while Calvin shook his head negatively.
"Lagos...is that a Greek last name?" asked a third girl to Katrina.
"It is actually," she said, slowly gaining confidence, and happy that no one asked about her ash grey skin. That was soon gone as there were several screams heard, and the group of students saw three boys, one with a shaved head, one with glasses, and one with spikey brown hair, all running from an entire team of girls weilding kendo sticks.
"Get back here you dirty perverts!" Shouted one, and the boys tried to run even faster, until they came to the group of students that Katrina, Calvin and Adrian were in the middle of. Adrian glared at the three, and told the group to move to the sides, while he stayed in the middle, and as soon as the bald and glasses one got close enough, he raised his arms, delivering a double clothesline to both of them, and knocking them onto the ground.
As the two who were clotheslined clutched their jaws, the third stopped in his tracks in front of Adrian. The spikey brown haired boy then realized he was trapped between one of the new students and the entire kendo team!
"Waitwaitwait! I can explain!" He shouted, and soon his two friends were starting to rise up, and they were both instantly drawn to Katrina.
"Motohama? Have you ever seen a girl like her before?" Asked the one with the shaved head.
"Never seen her before Matsuda!" Said the one with glasses, "But after a quick analysis, I could get her sizes in a sec-!" His gaze was shifted from her bosom to her eyes as she hooked his chin up,
"My eyes are up here," she said in a mock-friendly tone, and almost in a blur, she gave him a quick headbutt, snapping his glasses in two and shattering his nose.
Matsuda didn't seem to notice his friends injury as he fell to the ground,
"She's feisty too...I like it!"
"Then you're gonna love this," said Calvin, and he brought a swift kick to Matsudas' jaw, knocking him down. With the duo unconscious, Calvin turned back to Katrina, "I'm sorry I just didn't like the way he was looking at you."
"Well if that's all said and done," began Adrian, turning to the third boy, "The third one still needs a little justice."
"I think I've already gotten my fair share," said Katrina.
"Yeah go fuck him up buddy," said Calvin. Adrian simply turned back to the spikey haired boy, and cracked his knuckles.
"But wait! I didn't peek I didn't PEEK!" He screamed, and Adrian stopped mid stride,
"Excuse me?"
"I didn't peek," he said honestly. He sighed and explained himself, "Matsuda didn't tell us where we were going or what we were doing until we were already there, and once we were, both him and Motohama were hogging the peephole in the shower house, and even though they said I'd get a turn, I didn't get one because we got caught when it WAS my turn." Adrian folded his arms in front of him disapprovingly,
"You're really going to expect us to believe that?!" Asked the lead kendo weilding girl.
"He's telling the truth," said Adrian, after carefully glaring at the third culprit, gaining a look of surprise from the entire kendo team.
"He's a perv, for sure, but he's no liar. Which is why I've decided not to beat your ass HOWEVER," he quickly added, "For agreeing to go with them to see whatever, you are going to apologize to every single one of these girls. So, with that being said Mr...?"
"Issei Hyoudou," he answered.
"Issei...you better get started on apologizing," said Adrian, pointing to the kendo team, now looking alightly less angry, "I'd have these other two do the same," said Adrian, pointing to the unconscious perverts, "but I'm pretty sure they won't be getting up anytime soo..." his sentence trailed off when something caught his eye, and he turned, seeing a girl his age, with blood red hair, and shining blue eyes, briefly looking his direction as she traversed across the school yard. It wasn't more than a few seconds, but it felt like forever for Adrian, and Calvin and Katrina noticed.
"You know her?" Asked Calvin, to which Adrian shook his head no. Suddenly Motohama and Matsuda were on their knees in front of them, facing the red haired girl,
"That's Rias Gremory! 36-24-36!" said Motohama, holding up one half of his broken glasses so he could still see.
"You could have left out that last bit creep," said Adrian, glaring at the half blind pervert.
"Well," began Matsuda nervously, "Can I say that she is the hottest..." he paused as Adrian shifted his glare to him, "...I mean...most popular, girl in the shool?"
"My compliments on your backtracking skills," said Adrian, he then grabbed both of them by the back of their shirt collars, and stood them next to Issei, "Now you two are going to join Issei on apologizing to each and every one of these girls, in fact, you two should be apologizing more than Issei!" Neither of them said a word to Adrian, but both of them soon joined Issei on apologizing to each member of the kendo team.
Something in Adrians senses then began to spike, he turned back to the school, began using his hunter sense, and noticed that someone in the building, just like the previous night, that someone was not infected nor human. What made Adrian half relax and half tense was that whoever it was wasn't giving off the same feeling as the supposed Siren. The person giving off the sense then approached a window, overlooking the grounds, and Adrian saw that it was...
"Rias Gremory??" Asked Calvin, surprised when Adrian revealed that discovery after school that day. They were now hanging out on a bridge whilr Adrian explained what he learned.
"Yes, but she didn't give off the same sense as that Siren or whatever it was. So she most likely doesn't know about us and what's going on, but then raises the question, what is she? And what the fuck IS going on?"
"Then it's settled," said Katrina, "We speak with Rias, but we have to make sure we don't give ourselves away either." The two young men nodded in agreement, and they all looked up when they saw someone approaching them, trying to get their attention.
"Issei?" Asked Adrian to himself, and the spikey brown haired boy then stopped on the bridge, gasping for air as if he ran all the way there.
"Sorry...I was having...a hard time...finding you guys!" He wheezed.
"Well now you found us," said Katrina, not too overly fond of the pervert, "now what do you want?" Issei cleared his throat, and after a moment of catching his breath, finally spoke,
"I just wanted to say thank you," he said.
"For not kicking your ass?" Calvin asked snidley.
"For trying to better me," said Issei. "You guys were right, what I did (or about to do), was wrong. I shouldn't have let Matsuda and Motohama talk me into anything, I have no excuse and I'm sorry."
"Why are you apologizing to us?" Asked Adrian, who was a bit confused.
"Because...I was hoping maybe we can hang out? Maybe I can be a better guy? Because you guys seem like good people." Adrian then wore a sad expression, and looked away,
"Issei...I can teach you a thing or two about respect, but I, personally, am NOT a good person." Adrian then leaned over the side of the bridge, while Katrina and Calvin gave him a look of pity.
Adrians thoughts were then shattered, as he looked behind Issei, and saw four figures, dressed in unfamiliar shool uniforms, that triggered his hunter sense.
All four of them feel like that Siren! He mentally shouted at himself. He felt ready for a fight, but then he remembered that Issei was still among them. I can't use my powers, not in front of him, Adrian told himself. Keeping his emotions in check, he approached Issei's side, with Calvin and Katrina following suit.
"Excuse me, are you Issei Hyoudou?" The darkest haired girl asked. Adrian turned to Issei,
"Yes?"
"My name is Yuma Amano, and these are my friends, Belinda Winters," she gestured to her blonde friend, "Cindy Fyre," points to her brown haired friend, "and Allen Wesker," gestures to her only male friend. Adrian and his friends carefully scanned the four; Belinda has shoulder length blonde hair, blue eyes and snow white skin, Cindy had brown hair with orange eyes and tan skin, and Wesker had fairly tanned skin, dishwater blonde hair, and sunglasses. "We saw you earlier, but we only remember Issei, what are your names?" It took a millisecond for Adrian to figure out that she was asking him and his friends for their names.
"Adrian Michaels, this is Calvin Hicks and Katrina Lagos. We're new here," said Adrian. Yuma nodded her head, and smiled big,
"Well then, I guess that leads to the main question...are any of you seeing anyone?"
Adrian and his friends were now on alert, but he answered calmly and bluntly,
"No. We aren't." Yuma then smiled again,
"Then in that case...would you four like to go on a date with us?" Issei's jaw dropped to the ground, while Adrian and the others saw it coming.
"What do you want us to do?" Asked Calvin in a hushed tone, to which Adrian answered,
"Just play along for now, but keep your guard up." He then matched Yumas' smile, "We'd be happy to!" He said, "It'd give us a chance to meet new people and see what this town has to offer." Cindy then approached Adrian, and laid a seductive hand on his chest,
"I know who I'm going with!" She said with a grin. Belinda then approached Calvin,
"Would you like to take me out?" She asked, and Calvin forced a smile,
"Sure, how could I resist?"
A vein popped in Katrinas head, but quickly vanished when she felt her chin hooked by a finger, turned right, and tilted upwards, making her look into a pair of eyes covered by sunglasses,
"I'll take the beautiful one," said Wesker, making Katrina blush, and even relax. Now it was Calvins turn to pop a vein.
"And that just leaves me and you!" said Yuma to Issei.
"A-awesome," he stuttered, "So when do you want to go out?"
"Would next Sunday afternoon work?" Asked Yuma.
"Perfect," said Adrian. Before long the four made their way back to wherever they came from, but not before Wesker blew a quick kiss to Katrina, making her blush harder than before, and it made Calvins blood boil with jealousy.
"DID ALL THAT REALLY JUST HAPPEN?!!" Issei shouted with joy, practically jumping for it, until Adrian grabbed his shoulder,
"Issei, we just branded you a pervert today, and just a few hours later a pretty girl who doesn't even go to our school asks for you BY NAME. Doesn't that sound a LITTLE suspicious to you?" Issei thought for a moment, and before he could answer, Katrian spoke up,
"Wesker...doesn't seem so bad," she said, trying to brighten things up.
"I will explain what's so bad about all four of them on our way home, but for now, Issei, go home, we'll talk more on Sunday," said Adrian, and the three new students began to walk home, leaving a confused Issei on the bridge.
"Three girls and a guy asking out three guys and a girl that they barely met seems more than a bit off," said Calvin with a grumpy tone, once Issei was out of earshot.
"What's worse, not a single one of them was human," said Adrian, gaining surprise from Calvin, and Katrina began to feel foolish for being so captivated by Weskers charm so easily, "Worser still, I'm pretty sure Issei's date is the bitch that hurt Comet."
