"Hey look, it's Kazuyuki-san."
"You mean the one who took out Koishi and his Course One buddies?"
"Yeah. What kind of monster is he? I hear he also has Sonic magic."
"Sonic magic? So he's the jerk who blew out all of our eardrums."
Kazuyuki walked on, completely ignoring all the ridiculing whispers from the people around him as he went to school the next day. All the freshmen, both Course One and Two, gave and made space for Kazuyuki as he walked down the hallway to class. It had been less than twelve hours after he had given the Koishi and his friends a thorough beating after school and yet Kazuyuki was already isolated. It's just like every other school I ever go to. I've always been the odd one out, scorned by others, and been given the name of 'monster'. If I hadn't beaten Koishi, would this have happened? I couldn't help myself, I got caught up in the heat of the moment and then…
"Um, Kazuyuki-kun?" a voice from behind, definitely one from a girl, called out to him. Kazuyuki spun around and saw a Course One student standing directly behind him. Kazuyuki saw the flower pattern and instantly began thinking of an excuse to justify his actions.
"Uh, hi…" Kazuyuki began. "About yesterday….um...I didn't mean to do that. Uh, it was an accident...I really didn't want to fight…" The girl laughed.
"No, I'm actually grateful that you gave them a beating. They were really bringing down the name of Course One students. Actually, that's the reason why I came here to talk to you."
"Huh? But why? Shouldn't you be calling me a monster and yelling 'I'll never forgive you!' to me after the incident?" Kazuyuki then realized the questions he had asked had already been answered. "Oh...sorry for not listening before. Anyway, sorry for being rude but you are?"
The girl turned bright red, to which Kazuyuki didn't know was in embarrassment or in anger. "I'm so sorry! I completely forgot to introduce myself to you. I'm Kataoka Kaida. Nice to meet you, Kazuyuki-kun!"
"Yeah, nice to meet you Kataoka-san." Kazuyuki tried to wrap his mind around that someone was actually talking to him, even after the incident. He then felt his face getting hot so he decided to switch topics.
"Um, anyways, what did you want to talk about?" asked an obviously flustered and embarrassed Kazuyuki to an equally red faced Kataoka.
"Uh, well, you see, I've been having problems with these guys from my class who are extorting favors and I would like you to help stop them. Of course, I can pay you for helping me solve this problem, though I don't have a lot of-"
"No, please no money or it will look even worse, so instead could you accompany me to dinner tomorrow?" Kazuyuki got an approving nod from the request and then Kazuyuki decided to ask one more question.
"So where do you go when they want a favor from you?" Kazuyuki definitely didn't want to make this girl suffer any more. He had seen too much suffering, and didn't want Kataoka to suffer too.
"Hey, you! Kataoka! Come over here!" yelled one of the boys on top of the roof. This was where Kataoka had told Kazuyuki to come to help her out with her extortion problem. Kataoka came very timidly.
"Um, can I help you?" she squeaked. The boys laughed and Kazuyuki, who was hiding in the shadows, trembled in rage. This was unacceptable. Then he heard the boys talk to Kataoka again.
"So this time I want you to-" one boy started.
"NO! I don't want to do this anymore. Besides, I brought him like you asked. He's over there." Kataoka pointed right at Kazuyuki, who was hiding in the shadows. What the hell? he thought.
The boys grinned and rushed over to him. "Oh, well looks like we have the boy who messed up Kioshi pretty badly. Let's show him what happens when he messes with the Blooms."
Kazuyuki froze and feebly tried to run off, only to be blocked off by some of the other boys. I have no choice. he thought as he activated his sonics. The boys just stood there. Nobody was on the ground clutching their ears in pain. The boys all laughed.
"I'm sorry, but did you do something?" One of the boys asked. He turned his head and Kazuyuki saw some wax stuffed into his ears. Kazuyuki realized that the boys had stuffed their ears with wax in order to prevent themselves from being hurt from his sonics. The boys laughed as they slammed Kazuyuki into the floor. Kataoka screamed.
"What are you doing? You said you just wanted to talk!" The boys all laughed and the leader looked at her.
"Yes, we are talking to him...with our fists. Also, he attacked us with his sonics first, so we can call this self-defense." And with that statement, the boys all started to punch Kazuyuki. Punch after punch, Kazuyuki sent waves over waves of sonics, trying desperately for anything that could be of help. However, all his attempts were futile as the wax was still in their ears.
Is this how it ends? Kazuyuki let out a little sigh, which was all he could manage, considering that he was getting the stuffing beat out of him. Sorry Mom, Dad, I couldn't do anything again. He felt himself losing consciousness. The boys stopped and the leader said something. Suddenly, he was in the arms of a bunch of people. Kazuyuki's head rolled back and he saw the edge of the roof. His hearing returned just barely enough to hear the boys yell.
"One, two, three, and throw!" Kazuyuki flew off the roof, and onto the hard pavement that awaited him. So, goodbye world. I guess I'm just too weak since I'm a Weed. He felt a hard jolt and lost consciousness.