ChapterIII: First Day(1)
A/N: I don't own Tekken or its host of characters.
Please R&R...
Late August
Kazuya sat in Heihachi's swivel chair, looking about the spacious office. He sighed, turning back to reread the official documents before him; the products of his snooping around his father's study. The papers bore the crest of the prestigious school that Kazuya attended, of which his father was part Owner and Governor. He had at first mistaken them for Lee's registration papers, but that was not the case.
They were school forms recommending the induction of a new candidate into the 8th grade, more specifically, into Kazuya's section. This particular candidate seemed to have achieved excellent grades so far, and to have passed the Entrance Examination with flying colours. They also seemed to possess an " unblemished record" and a " superb conduct". The School Governors had not hesitated in signing their approval, including Heihachi himself.
Kazuya wracked his brain for an expression he had once read. What was it? Yes: The irony of fate. He tossed the papers away with ill-disguised contempt, the source of his revulsion permanently etched into his mind:
" Candidate's Name: Katherine Elizabeth Arnholt"
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September 1st
The fair-haired Katherine Arnholt was an odd sight among the sea of raven-haired students, but then so was the silver-haired Lee Chaolan. She arrived fifteen minutes before the first bell, and dutifully took her preassigned seat, pulling out the books in preparation for her first lesson ever. She did not speak to Kazuya, who was perusing a book two seats away, nor did she give any indication that she had even noticed him.
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8A's first period was Mathematics, the most boring subject to be devised by mankind, in Kazuya's opinion. The teacher droned on about how they were expected to cover the Geometry 2 course for about ten minutes, and then took the students off-guard with a question pertaining to their first lesson.
" So who can tell us the statement of the Pythagorian Theorem?"
Kazuya was stumped by the question, as was everyone else. He looked furtively to his left, and saw, to his surprise, that Katherine Arnholt's hand was raised, her textbook untouched.
" Yes, Miss Unhort?"
Unfazed by the mispronunciation of her name, Katherine rapidly launched into the answer." The Pythagorian Theorem states that , in a right triangle, the square of the length of the hypotenuse equals the sum of the squares of the lengths of the other two sides."
There was a pause as the class attempted to process this information. Kazuya, who had not understood a single word, took the opportunity to riffle through the textbook in search of a satisfactory answer. Kami, what an insufferable know-it-all!
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During the course of the following periods, Katherine Arnholt continued to demonstrate her sheer academic superiority to the rest of the class, including an increasingly irate Kazuya Mishima. But this was gaining her a lot of unwanted attention. For instance, during history class, one of the class bullies did a cruel but accurate imitation of her practically jumping up and down in her eagerness to answer a question. This was met by appreciative laughter, and even Kazuya smirked.
Another incident occured in the English class, when one of the students had deliberately read the word "election" as "erection", eliciting gales of laughter from the rest of the boys. Katherine had corrected the boy, oblivious to the hidden joke," It's election, not erection," which had resulted in more laughter. For his part, Kazuya was unamused.Bunch of clowns.
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" And then they all started giggling like children," Katherine said. She had just finished recounting her morning to Lee, with whom she was sharing a table, during the lunch hour.
" Toilet humour, Kathy," Lee replied, with sympathy. He was an outsider too, and his morning had been far from perfect.
" Hey, homo," Both Katherine and Lee looked up to see Takashi Misaki, the worst 8th year bully, passing their table with a loaded food tray. He leered at Lee, who glared defiantly in response. Not liking this act of rebellion, the bully proceeded to " accidentally-on-purpose" drop his tray and its contents all over Lee.
" Oops, slipped right through my fingers!"
Katherine was on her feet in an instant, her eyes flashing.
" Whoa! Homo's got himself a fangirl! So what are you gonna do, fairy princess? Put me in detention? Report me?"
Lee grimaced in his seat." It's all right, Kathy. He's not worth your time; I'll deal with him."
" Say that again, homo!" And the older boy lunged at Lee, but was blocked by Katherine, who aimed a sudden ,lightning-fast punch at his face, knocking the unsuspecting bully off balance. Not giving him a chance to recover, Katherine seized her own tray and dumped its contents over her fallen nemesis.
Cheers erupted all around, muffling the groans and curses of Misaki's supporters. Katherine blushed, unconsciously rubbing her bruised knuckles. She smiled shakily at Lee." Surprisingly, that felt good."
" Not good, excellent!" Lee exclaimed, grinning." Great reflexes!"
Katherine's smile evaporated, to be replaced by a grim expression. " I never imagined there would be bullies here too..."
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A/N: Did Lee seem somewhat weak or wussy? That's not how he is; it's his first day of school, and he sticks out like a sore thumb, so he gets singled out by the bullies, that's all.