And as always, I would like to say that my chapters are "The best things in the world!" :D -Edited by Child At Heart Forever
That wasn't what I was going to say, but whatever... "This story is simply splendastic!" Edited by Princess Toady
Anyway, the disclaimer is pretty much self explanatory. Except now, you can formally welcome another new cool OC to this "awesome" (Edited by Mechanical Oven) story: Mega who is owned by Megaman1998. And 19 soon becomes 20. ^^
Now on with the story. B)
Chapter 23: The Twelfth day; Third Block
Shaggy brown hair, gray eyes, red hoodie with wold painted (How does that work without staining the hoodie) on the front, blue jeans, and white athletic shoes. If I didn't know better, this person could be...
"Hi-ho Chris!"
Well what do you know? It is Mega – a sophomore buddy of mine! I wouldn't think he would attend this school, but stranger things have happened. Mega is calm (For the most part) and sometimes lazy (But who isn't these days). Of course, he could be feisty and upset when provoked but that doesn't happen as much. He likes to hang out with friends – whether or not his appearance makes him seem like the quiet type.
Mega is also a very accomplished writer, which also brings up the thought of why all my friends here tend to be writers? Anyway, he has a couple interesting stories I would not have think of including one called "Super Mario Bros. Alternate." Plus, he has a sequel to that book, in which is superbly cool!
"What's up, Mega? I didn't think you would have this class either."
He only shrugged, pulling out a blue Nintendo DS XL (In which made me a bit jealous because I only had the first Nintendo DS to ever come out). "I never took this class during my freshman year, so my guidance counselor recommended I get it done this year." I could hear the traditional dinging music coming from the DS so I knew right then and there that he was getting ready to play Phoenix Wright. He then looked at my face and studied it for a second. "What? This is an addicting game, you know."
"Yeah I know. You have what you like." I personally didn't see the joy in games that require too much brain activity to figure who did this and who really done that. But that was just me; Mega was good at deducing and figuring people out.
The door to the classroom opened and in walked Iggy and the good professor. Both took one look around and asked a very simple question: "Where are the others?"
Mega and I shrugged; being the only two students in the classroom.
"Well, they will soon come in, I assure. But we seem to have quite a change in the classroom today."
"I find it strange that everyone who did attend this class suddenly switched classes," Iggy agreed. "And how a whole new world of subje... I mean students are enrolling." Iggy giggled his weird laugh once again. He does that a lot for some reason. Mega and I can agree that something like this happening was strange indeed.
"So who are the new students?" I asked.
"Well, we have..."
A small piece of the floor suddenly darkens near the professor, causing nearly all of us to jump in shock. Soon, a figure emerged from that same spot as quickly as it came. "Is this room 134?" she asked.
"Why yes it is... Ms. Vivian, please have a seat now."
I've seen Vivian around the school before. I didn't know she would attend this class at all. I wondered what happened to her pink striped hat that she always wore. She looked pretty with her hat, but she looked stunning without it.
But she wasn't as stunning as Z... Anyway; I wondered who else might show up.
My question was answered when the front door burst wide open and all anyone one of the four of us could see was a white blur, and a trail of fire behind it, that eventually collided with the furthermost wall. It took us a while to see who made the impact and more importantly if the person lived, but seeing as how this was a robot – a certain robot – I knew he would be just fine.
The professor chuckled as he looked over his clipboard of people going to really attend this class. "You must be… Mech, the mechanical oven."
"I am," the polite robot politely stated, still not noticing the others in the classroom.
"Very good performance there," Iggy giggled creepily. "At least we'll have fresh air today… Because you may need it…" I wasn't even going to begin to ask where he was getting at.
Mech started to say something but the professor cut him off. "Stranger things have happened in this school, young lad. Now, you need a partner so… I presume Vivian would be a nice one, no?"
I had to use pure muscle and willpower to sustain my laugh. Vivian would be the one he would be paired up with. Mega knew this as well, but he couldn't help but chuckle (Because he was seldom paying attention to his surroundings that were not on his Nintendo DS) and that was all I needed to start laughing myself. It was then that Mech understood that there were others in the room, including the stunning Vivian herself. He did say hi to us, but shyly as he took a cautious sit on his seat. Vivian looked the other way; Mech was too embarrassed to look – it was golden. TSO and I probably had to get them hooked up or something… Except Princess because she is too young and wouldn't understand romance.
"ZOMG! That was awesome flying, Mech," a little girl's voice was then heard, followed by many footsteps. No sooner had Child, Vinny, Champ, and TSO walked into the room.
"Where did the hole come from?" Champ asked.
"Don't ask," Mech told him.
"Okay…"
"Child at Heart Forever, The Smart One, and Champ, correct?" The professor asked them, in which they nodded. "Splendid youngsters, please take a seat with your partners: Vincent and Child in one group, The Smart One will be with Mega, and Champ, you will have to find a table with an empty stool so your partner can sit there.
"Mega is here?" TSO asked as Mega waved to him.
"Hi-ho TSO, Child, Champ, and Vinny."
"Didn't expect this," TSO concluded. "But this is awesomely cool!"
"I didn't expect Princess, you, or Champ to show up." I grinned. "But strange things do happen." Princess and Vinny found their way to an empty table (Both seemed content, especially Vinny), TSO took his seat next to Mega, overlooked his shoulder, found out he was playing Phoenix Wright, took out a DSI of his own, and wirelessly connected with Mega (Even if that is not possible with that game), Champ was writing on a piece of paper while in deep concentration (I assumed he was writing a chapter or something), Mech and Vivian actually started making small talk (Pretty cute if you ask me), and now Laguz entered the classroom… Through the broken wall of course because she was weird like that.
"I'm-a here," she cried out happily in the best Mario impersonation she could do. Unfortunately for Bowser Jr., who now also entered the room the same time Laguz did, he tried to walk straight back out the room but was forced back into the room when he bumped into Quinn.
"Watch where you're going," Junior spat.
"Don't talk to my Quinn like that," Jada retorted before Quinn had a chance to speak his mind.
"Now settle down, youngsters," the professor warned. "Fighting gets you detention if you had not noticed."
"Not like my younger sibling stands a chance," Iggy scoffed; Junior blew a raspberry.
"I can kick your butt any day, Iggy!"
"Anyways," the professor cut in. "Jada and Quinn, sit together near an empty table. Junior, your partner is Laguz so..." Professor E. Gadd never finished his sentence because Laguz is a pretty loud when she is extremely happy or motivated. Junior groaned as he made his way to where the eager and excited Laguz sat. He looked at her and all her smiling self. She was a different Yoshi, no doubt – a weird Yoshi; but the attention he got from her made him feel special.
Just a little bit special though.
I wasn't really paying anymore attention to any more newcomers because I was more interested in TSO and Mega's game at the moment.
"Look alive men 'cause our destination awaits!" Pretty soon, Rugtugba, Dash, Ace, and Will all entered the room at the time; Sheri, on the other hand, showed off her ninja skills by teleporting into the classroom in a puff of smoke. Laguz's kept twitching for some reason - she was probably jealous of Sheri or something.
Then, a girl's head popped from behind the wall. She took a long look at broken wall."The wall is broken," she concluded.
"Yes," Iggy responded.
"Great, several of you showed up on time," the professor stated. "Sheri and Will, find and empty table and sit there. Ace and Marioliza, it looks like your partners are not here today, so Ace you pair up with Rugtugba and Marioliza you will pair up with Dash. The groups merged, at the same time, my brother and his girlfriend finally showed up.
"Ah Michael and Kirlia," the professor greeted. "You two pick a spot, please." Kirlia nodded in acknowledgment, whereas my brother just simply went to take a seat. Typical.
Then, Iggy beamed when he saw his brother, Ludwig, walk in the room. I was skeptical when I saw the Forever Late Queen (Yorkie) show up with him. And Zeena was suspicious of the very tiny, barely visible shade of red on Ludwig's cheek.
Wait, when did Zeena show up?
"Too bad Lemmy isn't here," Iggy practically sang.
"What's that mean?" Ludwig questioned.
"Nothing," Iggy said quickly, stressing the G at the end of his sentence.
"Ah, Yorkie and Ludwig. Please take your seats somewhere; and now we wait for..."
"I'm here!" Suddenly, a girl dragon koopa out of breath came running in. She wasn't the only one when Roy Koopa came in carelessly as well.
"I told you, we would make it on time anyway," Roy said with a mouth full of air. Wonder just glared at him, still breathing heavily.
"There you are," Iggy sighed. "Late as always."
"Can it, four-eyes!"
"Settle down, youngsters. Now Wonder and Roy, you two..." Before he had time to tell them where to sit, two more characters rushed into the room – one in pink and one in lime-green.
"Fantastic," the professor exclaimed. "Now we have everyone here..."
"Chopper!"
"Ack," the little lime-green puffball... Thing... Whatever he is shouted. "Don't tell me she has this class too!"
"Verily," Luvbi smiled, unexpectedly carrying Chopper to their table. Chopper groaned.
"And now that everyone is here." The professor stopped his sentence on purpose to make sure their wouldn't be no more entrances for the day. "Toadette, take your seat next to Champ so that we may get started."
"Okay," Toadette said giddily before skipping to her seat next to Champ. "Hi Champ!"
"Hi Toadette," Champ said without surprisingly stuttering even though he was totally incredibly happy that Toadette remembered his name.
"Here Chris," Zeena said a little quietly, handing me a 1-UP Mushroom. I smiled and graciously thanked her for it, eating it right away. My once broken right hand now felt like new! I was so happy, I could have kissed her... Not that I would, of course!
"Today, since the old class completely wanted to avoid it, we will be dissecting ancient lobsters of the fifteenth century."
"Fifteenth century lobster?" Mega asked.
"400 year old lobsters?" TSO added.
"Why?" ML simply put, in which was the single question all of us were trying to get at.
"You tell me," the professor and Iggy joked. "But seriously, this a new kind of lobster that Kolorado's exploration team discovered in the sands of Dry Dry Desert. His team has not found the time to look further into this new specimen, so they asked me to do it for them. I should tell you how the little bugger and I met. It all begun when..." As the professor calmly explained how he and Kolorado met back in the hippie era, Iggy dropped one lobster onto each table. Zeena and I closely examined the weird 3 foot long creature that lied limp on the table lifelessly. It was black, and it had like sixteen antennas, and had these gigantic, menacing pinsirs with sharp claw marks all over it. This was obviously a creature made to fight. It also had like one hundred eyes and twenty small legs to support itself with. Everything else about the lobster had the traits of a normal, everyday lobster you see in the present.
"Now careful, youngsters. We believe it had a defensive mechanism to expose a sleep gas when threaten..."
Nobody was really poking at it or messing with it, except for Laguz who was poking at it with a stick from outside.
"Ew," she commented as she continued to poke the lifeless creature. Before Junior had a chance to yell at her, their lobster puffed up and expelled a gas from its underside. It hit poor Laguz and Junior dead on and instantly knocked them into a deep slumber. Junior fell off his chair followed by Laguz, but it was quite cute to see Laguz fall right asleep on Junior's chest and Junior had one arm around her back saddle that made the scene seem really affectionate.
"Call the nurse, Iggy."
Shortly after Nurse Joy and Roll Light carried off Laguz and Bowser Junior out the room...
"They'll automatically get an A for proving a theory," the professor noted. "Now youngsters, to remove its shell without forcing yourselves into a deep slumber, simply hit the underside of the shell on one of its small crevices – those are its weak spots; do not hit its optic nerve or else you will fall asleep." And when none of us fell asleep, he was pleased and he continued on.
"Did any of you know? One of five hundred of these lobsters have unstable insides, but yet still live? A very rare case, I must say." When Chopper was able to cut through his specimen of a lobster, its insides all fell on top of him. He thought it was very disgusting; but Luvbi took it worse. She fainted into Chopper's stubby hands and among the spread insides.
So, shortly after Nurse Joy and Roll Light carried off Luvbi, Chopper went with them to make sure she would be alright (Not to mention wash up), and when Iggy finished cleaning up the mess...
"So, Chopper and Luvbi will get an A for confirming another theory," the professor chuckled, thinking this was going very swell. "The first thing we want to take a look it the intestines. These have been recorded to be as long as three football fields, which means that they would use the bathrooms once a month. Now if you notice when you cut through it, you will see hairs that..."
When Vinny and Child cut open the intestines, liquid gushed out forcefully and knocked them out of their seats. Then, there was a big mess of vomit coming from out their mouths because not only was the liquid sticky, but it smelled bad too. Poor Vivian could not take it so well, so she fainted dramatically; Mech caught her just in time though. But the closeness between the two must have been too great for him because his entire body must have shut down unexpectedly on him.
So after another intermission of Child, Vinny, Vivian, and Mech getting carried off to the nurse's office, Kamek and Kammy, the janitors, cleaned up the vomit mess, and then after waiting for the terrible smell to linger outside...
"So now that we know what the intestines do and what they are composed up," the professor continued. "Let's take a look at the brain. Although this extraordinary device may seem small, this is very crucial for the lobster. With it, not only could it perform regular and daily activities, but also extracurricular activity such as detecting motions in water, even in the deepest, darkest trenches. As an added defense mechanism, it could also emit a high pitch frequency that can only be heard by those sensitive to it, such as those of its predators, or little creatures that could emit special powers with their own brain."
I thought it was pretty strange how my brother and his girlfriend looked weak at their seats. "Um teacher, by special powers with their own brain, do you mean people like physics?"
"Good analogy, Christopher," the professor nodded. "Yes, in a sense. Those with PSI energy might be in trouble with one of these in close proximity..." Then realization suddenly hit the professor like a pile of bricks being forcefully stacked on top one another.
So, despite my brother and his girlfriend getting carried off to the nurse's office, I believed I was getting extra credit for today's assignment.
"Now Michael and Kirlia shall be getting A's for proving yet another theory," the professor chuckled. "Pretty soon, we might have all theories proven on this creature yet." The class gulped in nervousness, it may have been oblivious to the good teacher, but we were all dropping like flies with this creature. This was kind of like a surviving game with me, Zeena, Wonder, Roy, Mega, TSO, Champ, Toadette, Yorkie, Ludwig, Sheri, Will, Rugtugba, Ace, ML, Quinn, Jada, and Dash all left.
Speaking of ML, I was surprised she made it this far without... Nevermind. "How long was she out, Dash?"
He only shrugged. "I think since we began the lesson today."
So after ML was carried to the nurse's office and Dash merged with Rugtugba and Ace's group...
"Well, the next thing we'll cover will be the structure of the body, in particular the bones. Notice how that the bones are made of a sort of metallic structure. In essence, possibly metal merged with the bone. Now if you look carefully, you'll notice cracks all along the outline of the bones..."
Curiosity got the better of TSO and Mega.
"Don't tap them."
Too late, TSO lightly tapped the outline of a crack and... Gas leaked from it, forcing these two best buddies to fall into a deep slumber.
"That's where the gas resonates," the professor finished before realizing TSO and Mega were knocked out cold.
Shortly after the two were carried to the nurse's office...
The professor looked around the classroom, noticing that only about half his class remained. Nevertheless, he continued on with his lecture. "One last thing I want you all to look at before you go today, look at the lobster's heart. A very sophisticated organ, it is so large because it has to pump enough blood into its systems just to get through a day. Now, I want you all to cut through it, straight down the center of the heart."
When we did, we were all at once amazed by its design. It was like its own being all on its own considering it had several more hearts inside of it... But strangely, I noticed some of the hearts were still... Beating?
"Did you know that there is a mythological theory behind this creature? They say that if two people are near one of these creatures and are able to look inside its heart and at least one of the hearts are still beating, those two may be destined for romance in their future. This is more of a myth than an actual theory nonetheless." Iggy snickered to himself.
Yorkie and Ludwig's lobster still had beating hearts, so did Quinn and Jada's lobster, Champ and Toadette's, Wonder and Roy's, and mine and Zeena's. Yorkie and Ludwig were more freaked out with the beating heart than the actual concept of it, of course Quinn and Jada were already together so it didn't really matter to them because Jada cooed 'Quinny' anyway.
Champ avoided eye contact and continued to madly blush; Toadette was giggling at the sight of him. "Well, he is definitely cute," she thought to herself.
"This is so stupid," I said to myself. "What kind of myth is this?!" I really do like Zeena, but what kind of shot do I have if I don't know she likes me back? And what about those who don't favor a human/non-human pairing? I don't want others to laugh or look down at her because we would be dating and...
"Hello? Chris? Earth to you!"
"Whuzzah?"
"You zoned out," Zeena said.
"So it seems..."
Silence came in between us. This is a very awkward conversation.
"Do you believe it?"
"Believe what, Zeena?"
"The myth."
"Uh... No..." I was going to say I did believe in it, but I didn't want to creep her out or anything. "I mean, when are myths ever true?"
"Okay," she said, continuing to gaze at that still beating heart.
Five minutes later, the bell finally rung. Zeena and I said farewell to each other and that was it; I assumed she was too embarrassed or something. Wonder and Roy decided to put this little gross lab experiment behind them and move on, Toadette said goodbye in the most sweetest tone Champ has ever heard, Quinn and Jada went about their way as if it was just another day at school, and the rest followed suit – except for Yorkie and Ludwig who went out via the hole in the wall.
And what better way to see what they were up to then snoop around.
"Hey Chris," Ace nudged me. "I saw what happened between you and Zeena."
"So," I blurted out, blushing purple too.
"Dude, make a move on her," Rugtugba encouraged. "What do you have to lose anyway?"
Rejection was what I almost said out loud to them. I am so glad Zeena was not around hearing this retarded conversation. "It's... Complicated..."
"What's complicated is that you won't take the initiative," Dash grinned.
"Shut up, you three! Dash, go epically pass another class with an A, Rugtugba go and find another girlfriend or something, and Ace go tend to your women right now!"
"Whoa chill out," Dash assured. "We're just trying to help."
"That's cold bro," Rugtugba said quietly.
"She isn't here," Ace defended angrily while blushing.
"Sorry," I apologized. Why was I getting worked up all of a sudden anyway?
"So, you want to go to the cafeteria and eat some lobster," Rugtugba joked.
"Not now, I have to check on my little sis and bros now," I half-lied.
I weaved around the corner like a pro and checked the hallway. Nobody around, that was good but why would those two come into a secluded place like this? Tiptoeing my way into the open, I continued down the path; the sound of laughing becoming eminent.
This was quickly becoming interesting by the second, if my thoughts were correct, then Yor...
"What are you doing, Chris?"
I jumped backed in fright. "SHERI!"
Scaring me scared her too. "CHRIS!"
"What are you doing here?!"
"Following you, I was wondering what you were doing."
"Spying on a potential couple I thought of a long time ago."
"Oh! Can I come?"
"Sure, just be careful because I think they are right around the corner..."
"Hi Sheri and Chris!" Sheri was able to move out the way fast enough, but I wasn't so lucky. Will, who trying to utilize yet another new move of his, Rollout in an interesting way, collided with me and knocked me right out in the open.
"Chris? Will? Sheri?"
"Hi Yorkie!"
"And... Ludwig?"
"Here?"
"In this secluded hallway of the school?"
"By themselves?"
"Possibly doing things together?"
"You mean like lovey-dovey things?"
"This isn't what it looks like," Yorkie chipped in shyly.
Meanwhile...
Professor E. Gadd was putting the lobsters away properly in a freezer storage.
"Ahoy, chaps! I take it the exploration went well?"
"Ah Kolorado, nice of you drop by," the professor greeted. "And yes, all our theories about the 400 year old Crustaceans Aquarius has been proven. Quite astounding, I may say so myself," he added with a chuckle.
"Splendid, I could not have asked for better help than from you, my good friend," Kolorado said graciously. "And speaking of which, have you..."
"Kolorado, the truck is ready for departure now!"
"Good work, Kooper! I shall be there in a jiffy," Kolorado called out. "It seems the winds of exploration have called me once again! Farewell, old chum! Treasure beckons me this very second!"
"The same ol' Kolorado," the professor replied kindheartedly. "Don't be a stranger now." In a quick minute, Kolorado zoomed after the truck that almost left without him.
"So," Kooper started when Kolorado entered. "Did you have the good professor tell his students that myth?"
"You bet," Kolorado grinned. "I bet he had a good laugh, no?"
Kooper sighed and shook his happily, "I can't believe you two still use that same trick. I mean, you still have done it when I took your classes."
"Well, old habits die hard, I suppose, young chap."
"Sooner or later, someone is going to find out someday," Kooper smirked.
"Perhaps. But correct me if I am wrong, but I do recall helping someone get a date for the prom that year, right?"
Kooper blushed, "Yeah..."
"And that someone happened to be you and Bombette who, may I add, made that year's top ten greatest couples in the yearbook?"
"Alright, I get your point," Kooper happily smiled, remembering those times.
"Who know, chap? Perhaps this year, two more lucky ones will get together for prom."
