Extra Chapter 2: First Week of School

Juan stood outside the door, looking at his feet. The sign on the door read 'DETENTION.' He sighed. His Ate Tina was going to kill him once she found out (and she would find out somehow, if he didn't tell her). But even more than that, Juan was worried that Kuya Alfred would be disappointed in him for getting detention. On the first week of school, no less. He sighed again and decided to walk into the room. He didn't know if you could get detention for being late to one.

"Juan? What bring you here?" Juan looked up from the floor, only to be greeted by Alfred, who was already seated, waving at him. At first, Juan got anxious that Kuya Alfred now knows he got detention, but then that feeling disappeared when he realized that if his Kuya Alfred had detention, it means it was okay for 'Heroes' to get detention.

"Oh, I was late to one of my classes because I didn't know where the classroom was." Juan explained, sitting down next to Kuya Alfred. "By the time I found the room, the teacher, Mr. Adnan was it?, he was already really pissed off."

"Figures it was that Turkish guy. He hates kids."

"Then why does he teach kids, then?" Juan wondered aloud.

"I dunno. Apparently, he took care of a couple of the seniors when they were younger."

"He babysat Elizaveta and Heracles once upon a time." Yong Soo explained, entering the conversation. The Korean freshman had his iPod on the whole time, but he had been listening to Alfred and Juan talking. "Adnan knows Heracles' mom, that's Mrs. Karpusi, and Liz's uncle, that's Mr. Csontváry. All three of them teach here."

"Wow, you know so much Yong Soo." Juan commented.

"He's been going to World Academy since his elementary years. He even stays here during some summers." Alfred pointed out.

"Hm? I didn't know World Academy had an elementary school..."

"You see that little kid over there?" Yong Soo asked, pointing at a small blond kid, around eight or nine-years-old, sitting at the back of the room, playing with a DS. His eyebrows looked familiar. "He's in the Academy's elementary school right now." When he heard mention of him, the little kid paused his game and ran towards the other three, excited that his existence had been acknowledged.

"Hey, hey! What are you guys talking about?" the small child began asking, jumping up and down.

"Calm down, Peter. We were only telling Juan about the elementary school." Alfred said, placing his hand on Peter's head.

"Juan?" Peter cocked his head towards Juan's direction. They had never met before.

"Uh...hello Peter. I'm Juan Andres Samuel de la Cruz." he said, offering to shake hands with the younger boy. Peter beamed, and shook Juan's hands with both of his. Finally, someone wasn't treating him like a little kid! "You're an awesome guy. I'm Peter Kirkland!"

"Kirkland? Are you related to Mrs. Kirkland by any chance?" Juan asked.

"Oh, that's my mom." Peter began, but before the conversation could continue, the door opened again and Wang Yao walked in.

"ANIKI!!!!" Yong Soo shouted, getting up from his seat and groping the older Chinese.

"If I knew you would be here, I wouldn't have agreed to watch over this detention...aru." Yao sighed. Yong Soo let go and pouted, pretending to be hurt. But Yao was just relieved Ivan Braginski wasn't in this detention too. That would have created more problems too, especially since Alfred was in the room. After Yao got Yong Soo to sit back down, the door opened again and in walked Matthew. He went straight to Yao, looking a bit annoyed.

"Some teacher gave me detention thinking I was Alfred again." he said, giving his detention slip to Yao. Then he turned to face Alfred, whom he knew would be in detention at the moment. "Al, you promised me you wouldn't get in trouble so much. I can't keep serving your detentions!" There were very few times Matthew was ever angry, or at least could express it properly.

"Sorry Mattie. I don't even really know why I'm in detention now either..." Alfred admitted. He didn't want to get yelled at by his younger brother. Even though he was usually soft-spoken, Matthew insulted Alfred for three hours once until Alfred cried.

"You can leave now, Matthew." Yao interrupted. He told the Canadian that since it wasn't his detention, he could leave. Alfred would just have to serve two detentions that day.

Tina stood outside the door, looking at her feet. The sign on the door read 'DETENTION.' She sighed. What kind of example would she be to her brother if she got detention? How could she even forgive herself for getting her first detention ever. On the first week of school, no less. She sighed again and decided to walk into the room. She didn't know if you could get detention for being late to one. But just as she was about to take hold of the doorknob, it turned and and door opened. An annoyed-looking blond guy almost walked into her, but stopped just in front of her. His expression immediately softened.

"Oops, sorry." he said, closing the door behind him.

"It's fine." she smiled, being courteous. He nodded at her and began walking away.

"Ve~ Tina, who were you talking to?" Feliciano asked from behind her.

"I...didn't ask his name..."

"Who's name?" Feliciano tilted his head, but Tina didn't know what to answer after that. He reached over and opened the door for her and Tina walked into detention. Everyone turned to look at the door that just opened again.

"Ate?" Juan wasn't sure if it was really her since this was detention. Alfred was even more surprised since she always lectured him on obeying rules, even more that Matthew did. But he managed to say "Welcome to the dark side."

"Y-you...!" she scowled at Alfred's comment, but was surprised at Yong Soo having jumped off his seat towards her, shouting "TINA!!" Alfred grabbed Yong Soo's sleeve, and Yao held him back by the back his collar.

"I didn't think you'd get detention too...aru." Yao started saying, making Yong Soo sit back down.

"Sorry, Kuya Yao." Tina said, taking a seat on Juan's other side. "But I really don't think I deserve this."

"Hm? What is your detention for anyway?"

"I was late to class---"

"Oh, so was I." Juan interrupted. He figured if he told her about his detention while she was talking to Yao, she wouldn't lecture him then and there. But she turned to look at her younger brother and told him that he had to be more responsible and know where all his classes were. He mumbled an apology, and she continued to tell Juan about how she saw Feliciano trip in the hallway.

"He had hit his head, so he wasn't waking up. Nobody else was doing anything, and I could only do so much with my own first aid kit, so I brought him to the Nurse's Office." she explained.

"And when Mama Hassan woke me up, Tina had stayed to wait for me." Feliciano contributed. "Then she dropped me off my Music class. Mr. Beilschmidt gave me detention for being late."

"Which he shouldn't have. You should've explained the situation to him, Feliciano. You didn't deserve a detention. And neither did I!" Tina lectured to nobody in particular. "But that Mr. Adnan didn't even listen to what I had to say! He just gave me a detention the moment I came in!"

"He hates kids, you know." Alfred laughed. He didn't mind having this conversation all over again.

"Then why does he teach kids, then?" Tina asked, exasperated.

Meow:

This was what Alfred was talking about in Chapter 2: "He didn't think Tina would ever be late for any class (at least not after what happened in the beginning of the school year)."

Some of this is from a previous RP experience, and the whole scene just became basic back story in my head...

Mrs. Karpusi is obviously Mama Greece, Mama Hassan in Mama Egypt [I figured some student would me more informal], Mr. Csontváry is Magyar, and Mrs. Kirkland is, uh, the Celts? Mr. Adnan is Turkey, of course. Haha, but am I using him as a bad guy too much?

Well, I know Peter is supposed to be twelve...but since everyone's ages were changed to fit high school ages, I decided to make him younger too.

Gah...I was gonna make Matt and Al twins, but then I realized Matt's birthday was before Alfred's even though Al is supposed to be older. So I just made Matt a year younger...but they were in the same grade... I guess Matt's just really smart and skipped a year...or maybe they entered school at the same time? [Don't think about it...]

Also, I assumed even though she only transferred to World Academy recently, Tina and Juan know all the other Asian nations, with some more than others though. It works out since both Yong Soo and Tina refer to Yao as an older brother. But of course, Juan only recognizes Alfred as his older brother. Also, Tina would actually be a little older than both Al and Matt since her birthday is June 12, and both of theirs are in July. The cool this is, since I made Tina's birthday her independence from Spain, I wanted Juan's birthday to be his independence from the U.S., which happens to be July 4 [June 12 had been celebrated as Flag Day, but some people suggested that the Independence Day be moved from July 4 to June 12].