Chapter 7
1984, side B track 6 and a vampire
Time travel means nothing Minato, you are in your 30s now.
No, I am not I'm 18.
Me and Ryoji have been arguing the technicalities of my age since I woke up this morning, when I made a comment about my new smart phone being a little hard to figure out, and he called me an old man.
Thus, the pointless argument.
That I was absolutely right about.
"Arisato Kun! Can I speak with you really quick?"
I turned to look at the source of the question and saw Nekonome Sensei jogging towards me.
"of course, what do you need Sensei?"
She smiles and hands me a satchel.
"We had a staff meeting last night, and I was asked to make an integrated study chart for the other teachers, basically just ways to help other classes connect with my own so that students see things in a more human associated way. I finished a little while ago, but I still have preparations for class to do. I was wondering if I could ask you to do a trip around the school to the other teachers with thew printouts for me while I get ready for class? I'll write you a pass to miss first period if need be."
She looks at me with a pleading look, and I find myself agreeing rather quickly.
"Alright Sensei, I'll take care of it for you."
"Thank you so much Arisato Kun! Here's the list, please be quick!" she says with a big smile.
As I walk away I get the distinct feeling that I have been duped.
-P+V-
My first stop is the Math teacher, Kagome sensei.
She is an average height woman with brown hair. Who seems to enjoy riling up her students, if my personal observations are accurate.
"Kagome sensei, I have paperwork for you from Nekonome Sensei." I say as I enter her classroom.
"Ah, Arisato Kun, thank you for that, I'm not surprised she sent someone else, she was complaining last night about how much work she was going to have to do." She said as she looked over the files I handed to her.
"Was nobody willing to help her?" I ask, a bit of displeasure coloring my voice.
"Partially, but that's only because among the staff, Shizuka is the only one of us who actually lives in the Human world. So really, she's the only one of us qualified to do that kind of work." Is her casual response.
I suppose that makes sense.
"Where do you live Kagome Sensei?" I find myself asking.
"Oh, I live in Makai. I lost my home a few years ago to a fire, so I live with my uncle there. He's leaving me his house when he dies, so I figured it made sense." She says as she sits at her desk.
"Why the sudden curiosity? Are you developing a crush on me Arisato Kun~?" she asks as she leans towards me, exposing and pushing up her cleavage.
"no."
And I walk away, to my next destination.
-P+V-
"a list of human sports and games? Tch, I guess I have no choice. The headmaster insisted after all." Came the voice of Okuto Kotsubo, the Physical education teacher.
He was a tall man with a passive expression, blonde hair, and a general disregard for anything too 'human'. Something he made abundantly clear in the way he referred to students who did poorly as human wannabees.
"There are several fun games humans play sensei, have you heard of rugby?" I ask.
"Yeah, but the headmaster won't let me set it up for classes. Sets bad expectations or something." He replies as he continues reading the paperwork.
Isn't he just a bundle of sunshine?
Yeah, I get ya.
As I go to leave the PE office, he says, "oi, Arisato."
I turn to look at him.
"Why do you constantly hold back in my class? I may not be the smartest person in the school, but I can see when somebody is holding back." He says, leaning back in his chair while he stares at me.
"I have the highest scores in most of my classes, I'm smart enough that I find it uncomfortable to hold back Academically. But Phys Ed is more beneficial to me to hold back in." I reply.
He looks at me with annoyance.
"Why hold back. You are strong, just about everyone can tell that. Why hide it when it's pointless?" he asks.
I shrug.
"If I can play games and do sports with my friends, without accidentally hurting someone, then I think I'm doing things right."
He gets a dark look on his face, before saying. "Take some advice from someone who was in those shoes before. Yer friends, they won't last long. So, forget about them. Be everything you can be, before someone tries to take everything from you."
He goes back to reading the paperwork and ignores me.
Wow sounds like he needs some therapy.
It's likely something to do with the way the monster world is. Life experiences we have no frame of reference for.
I guess. Oh well, lets get back to playing paperboy.
I lack a bike, so I can't be paperboy.
What?
Sometimes I forget you weren't actually human back then, then you say things like this, and it all comes back.
Are you making old person references?
I 'm not in my 30s!
-P+V-
"What does she mean my cooking isn't acceptable for humans!?" shouted Apsara Sensei.
She is a blonde woman of Indian decent, adorned in a variety of revealing and sheer clothing, rather unsuited for food service honestly.
I'm certainly not complaining. She looks great!
I said she wasn't dressed for her position. Not that she was dressed poorly.
Point.
"My cooking is leagues better than anything that mangy cat can cook! How dare she!" she fumed as she went back to her cooking station.
"I'll prove it, here Arisato San, have a bite!" she says as she hands me a wooden spoon filled with curry.
As I take the spoon I sniff the curry, and I hear every persona weak to fire cry out in terror.
Um, are you sure that's safe Minato?
Yeah, just a moment.
Surtr, to the forefront please.
Of course, Minato.
as I eat the curry, I am assaulted by a variety of flavors, each of them more complex and intertwined then the last.
The overall flavor profile is wonderful, however…
Aaai! That burns! How can that burn!? AAAAAH!
Even Surtr can't handle this much heat.
"Sensei, did you know that many humans cannot handle spicy food and can actually die if they ingest too much capsaicin?" I say as I wash off the wooden spoon.
"Eh?" se says as she stares at me.
"It's what makes food spicy. Some people are allergic to it even. And if I wasn't both capable of using an ability of mine to nullify heat damage, as well as being used to over spiced foods, I wouldn't be able to taste the excellent blending of flavors in the curry." I say as I return the spoon to her workstation.
"I- I had no idea spicy food could hurt people. Spiciness has always been something I loved. I never knew it hurt people. I suppose my family has always been big on spicy food, so I've never eaten anything without spice to it. Is that why some students don't like the dishes I teach?" she babbles.
I nod and say, "spice is an acquired taste, like everything else. You are probably so used to it that you cant even feel it's effects unless there is far too much of it for the average person."
She seemed to be having a mental breakdown of sorts.
She made a fire giant... no, THE Fire Giant, scream from spice overload. What kind of cooking did she grow up with?
I mean, Surtr is from Musplheim, it's not like there was an abundance of spicy foods in a land of no vegetation.
Oh, good point.
Wait does that mean you brought me out despite knowing I was vulnerable to its spice!?
Anyway.
"Maybe you should take some time off to try some food with less spice. That way more people can taste the deep and complex nature of your cooking?" I ask.
She looks to her cooking pot for a minute before she takes it off of the burner and puts a sign up on her classroom door.
"Thank you for this, Arisato Kun. I'm going to take some time off to rediscover my palette." She says as she starts cleaning up the cooking classroom.
"That sounds like a good idea. Though I wonder who they are going to have take your place in the meantime?" I say.
She smiles and says "I'll recommend you take my place. You certainly know what you are doing after all."
What.
-P+V-
"Focus on more common English phrases? Excellent, that sounds easy enough." Said the English teacher, Excellent Maki Sensei.
He was a tall man with a pristine white suit, long slick black hair, and a pair of ever-present sunglasses.
He also seemed to say excellent in nearly every sentence he speaks.
Do you think it's actually his name, or does he say it so often that it's just taken his name's place in his own mind?
Who knows?
"Thank you for your Excellent assistance with this Arisato Kun. And Your Excellent performance in class. You are truly Excellent at English!" he says to me as he gets the paperwork squared away.
I want to ask him, but I don't think I want to insult him either.
Just accept it as a quirk of the monster world?
Yep
-P+V-
"Try to use more examples of how my lessons help in students lives, and how it can help keep them safe in the human world? It's not like I don't already know that, but most students don't pay attention in my class." Says Squele Sensei.
Sorry did Mommy- I mean Mommy- I mean.
That would be why.
Cthuly Squele is our science teacher. Covering everything from Biology to sociology, she is one of the smartest teachers in the school.
She also has long red hair, an incredibly curvy figure, and legs that, to quote a flustered Kurumu, 'just keep on going!'.
Also, like Ryoji said.
Big 'Mommy' vibes.
"Most are distracted by you, I imagine." I say in a moment of poor filtering.
I blame you for this Ryoji.
Me too.
"I know. And I've tried wearing more concealing clothes, but it never seems to help." She says, completely unphased.
"Ah, I see." I say as I casually observe one of the diagrams on the wall.
"I never asked to be this curvy you know. But my tentacles can only condense so much, and the only way I was fitting in any human clothes was by condensing them like this. I still look ridiculously tall." She commiserated.
Big Mommy.
Ryoji, shut up.
"Maybe lean into it? Tell students that if they get a high score on tests or homework you will compliment them or something?" I say.
She scoffs, "like the promise of a compliment would make any of them try harder. Besides, that would never work on any of the girls."
I beg to differ.
The sound of my thoughts being echoed by both Ryoji, Cthulhu, and Succubus momentarily surprised me.
"You would be surprised. Either way, if you try it and nothing happens, no harm no foul, right?" I say as I walk back to the door to leave.
"Wait!" she shouts, and I turn to look at her.
She walks up to me in a deliberately sensual way…
"Minato Kun~"
Oh dear.
"Could you do me a favor~?"
Aegis thoughts. Focus on my GIRLFRIEND.
"Yes Sensei?
OOOOOOOOH!
Please stop Ryoji.
"Could you tell me what the chemical name is for common table salt? If you do, I'll do something really nice for you if you do~"
What would aegis do!
React as bad as you are probably. She was really open to her own emotions last we saw her.
Point.
"Sodium chloride, composed of one sodium atom and one chlorine atom. Displayed as NaCl." I say in an almost unintended manor.
What would Moka and Kurumu do?
Melt.
Damnit, you're right.
"Very good! Thank you Minato Kun~. Now let's see about a reward. How about I give you a nice body massage next time you need some… limbering up?"
…
Ryoji?
Are you there?
He passed out.
Odin? HELP.
"If I ever do need a massage, I'll consider speaking to you."
She smiles and says, "Wonderful! Feel free to invite your girls, I will love using my tentacles to help you all feel REEEEAL relaxed."
Oh my.
"Thankyousenseiithinkineedtofinishmydeliveriesnowbye!"
The last thing I heard from her was an amused, "I guess it will work."
-P+V-
After that cavalcade of poor decisions, I continued my rounds, with the History teacher Skadi Dregenfelt.
"Hm… I suppose the focus on more modern history makes sense, few live as long as dragons, so what's recent to me is still rather far in the past to others. I'm going to have to speed things up in my curriculum." She says as she flips through the paperwork.
Dregenfelt Sensei is one of the most paradoxical members of the school staff.
She looks like a petite teenage girl with blue hair, and an unusual fascination with robes, but she is also well known to have been the one to teach the headmaster world history when he was our age.
She is a dragon who has peacefully watched over the world for millennia. Even though she doesn't have a single violent bone in her body.
Indeed, I recall meeting her long ago, even when the world was in turmoil, she was always peacefully watching from the sidelines.
Seth?
The demon, like with Odin.
I was looking forward to meeting you. When I took my place in your soul, my Persona self had filled me in on everything I need to know. And with that in mind, I highly advise you to expand your harem to include Skadi.
Excuse me?
She is easily the oldest still living being on the planet, her wisdom was once sought after by kings, among men and demons alike. And to top it all off, she has only ever taken human lovers in the past. With her by your side, the future looks far more prosperous.
"Arisato Kun?" Dregenfelt Sensei suddenly asks.
"Yes Sensei?" I respond, pretending to not have been think/talking about her just a moment ago.
"I noticed that you have been doing exceedingly well in my class. What do you think of my teaching style?" she asks as she sits at her desk.
I think for a moment before responding. "The way you tell history is somewhat rigid, since you were there for a fair bit of it yourself, you witnessed it as an active observer right? So, you would naturally choose a side you want to come out on top. While that makes for an engaging narrative, it also means that the subtle nuances of the situations are lacking. When you mentioned the fall of Constantinople, you seemed happy. Because of that, we see the situation as a bad guy losing a fight. However, when I learned this at my previous school, it was an impartial approach, so we saw how this led to more severe issues such as the loss of many historical artifacts and treasures. Something you gloss over because of your personal connection to the events."
She stares at me in surprise before blushing and saying, "I just meant whether or not you thought my lessons were too outdated…"
Oh.
Smooth one.
Shut up.
She continues by saying, "I never really thought of it that way. But you are right. I should probably do some reading of human textbooks to fill in the information I may have unconsciously ignored at the time."
She turns to look at me, "thank you Minato Kun, you helped me a lot with that. If you ever need a favor, leave it to me!"
As she says that she smiles cutely at me.
That settles that.
Pardon?
Last time I saw her give that look to a human, was when she spoke with Alexander 'the great'.
She wants your babies.
I want to go back to sleep.
You haven't even started classes.
I know.
And with that I left the room.
-P+V-
"Share more books written by humans. And there's a list of books often read in high schools. These are good. I can get some lessons around these." Was the only thing said by Kunai Zenow, the literature teacher.
She was a quiet individual and didn't talk much other than her lessons.
It seemed like I wouldn't have any interesting conversations this time.
Probably for the best. I heard what happened after I passed out.
Hey Ryoji, feeling better?
Yeah, now let's get this last two visits taken care of.
Before another teacher propositions me.
Good luck with that buddy.
Shut up Ryoji.
-P+V-
Surprisingly I found the last two teachers in the infirmary.
"I keep telling you to use the eye drops when you work late, and you keep letting your eye get dried out." Said the head nurse Neikes Sensei. To the computer education teacher Manoko Sensei.
Saphentite Neikes Sensei is a white-haired woman with a modest nurse outfit on, and red eyes. She is very professional and well known for her bedside manner. Manoko Sensei is an average looking woman with short black hair and an appearance that makes her seem rather normal.
Well, normally at least.
At the moment her human disguise is down, and she is blinking rapidly as her one large eye soaks up the eye drops that Neikes Sensei is giving her..
"I know, but I'm trying to get ready for this year's big class project and I need to make sure I have all my bases covered to ensure nothing goes wrong." Manoko Sensei Whines.
I intervene and say, "hello, I have your paperwork from Nekonome Sensei."
"Ah, the humanization paperwork. Lets see, make sure to cover safe sex with humans. Already expected that. Act as supplementary to Sensei's biology and anatomy lessons, sounds good. Thank you Arisato Kun. How's Moka Chan doing?" Neikes Sensei asked.
"she's doing well, she hasn't had much time to be without the Rosario, so she hasn't had any of the resulting fainting spells." I say, recalling how she helped on that second day.
"a fantasy RP server, that's perfect! She solved my problem for me! I owe her a drink. Thanks for delivering me this Arisato San. I'll see you in class Friday right?"
I nod and say, "I try not to miss classes unless something outrageous happens."
The three of us share a chuckle, knowing that outrageous was an all to common type of situation for this school.
"Have you already spoken with the rest of the staff already?" asked Manoko Sensei.
"Yes, the only two staff members I haven't seen today are the headmaster, and Ishigami Sensei, since I wasn't given any paperwork for her." I say as I get ready to head to class.
Suddenly Neikes Sensei stops me. "Hold up Arisato Kun. Since you only have one teacher you haven't been to yet this morning, why not do me a favor and bring Ishigami sensei her care package for me. She needs it for her hair, and I have to make sure 'somebody' hasn't injured her eye."
I see Manoko Sensei flinch and awkwardly chuckle.
"I can do that for you Sensei." I say as I wait for the care package.
"Wonderful, let me just gather it up really quick." She says and starts gathering a few bottles from the cupboard.
At this rate I wouldn't be surprised if you end up finally meeting the headmaster today.
Me neither.
"Here you go, just tell her who it's from and I'm sure she will know what's in it." As she says this, she hands me the box,
"Alright, I'm off." I say as I leave the infirmary.
-P+V-
As I approach the art room, I notice that first period is in full swing, and I politely knock on the door.
One of the students opens it and I come in.
"Arisato San, what are you doing here?" asks Ishigami sensei.
She's an average looking blonde woman wearing painting gear with her hair done into dreadlocks.
"I have a care package for you from Neikes Sensei. She said you would know what it is." As I say this I approach the front of the room and hand it to her.
"Ah, my hair care supplies, she remembered. Thank you Arisato San. You should get back to class, first period is almost over you know." She says as she puts the box by the storeroom door.
"Yes, thank you for your time." I say as I leave the art room.
Well, that was simple enough.
Yes it was.
Let's see what makes this day complicated.
-P+V-
After class I got ready to go to the newspaper club room.
"Minato?" came the voice of Moka from behind me.
"Yes Moka?"
"Um… I'm not going to be at the club meeting today. I have something else I'm going to be doing." she says nervously.
"nothing's wrong though is it?" I ask.
"No! I just have to do some Modeling for Ishigami sensei this week." She says with an exaggerated movement.
"I'm not quitting the newspaper club or anything, I'm just doing this as a favor since she's helping me with something I really needed the help with." She clarifies.
I nod and say, "I'll tell the others, have fun."
As she went to head to the art room, I waved after her.
I wonder what kind of modelling she's doing. You don't think it's…
Ryoji, even if it was nude, it's unlikely we would ever see the results.
She's in your waiting harem you know. Once Aegis comes here and meets her, she's going to probably be your number 2, you know. So, any saucy things she does now, will absolutely end up in your hands after that.
That's not what I mean, I mean that if she is modelling for Ishigami Sensei, then the decision of whether or not anybody sees the resultant project is entirely up to her.
And why wouldn't she let you see it?
Because doing a nude painting of a student is a good way to get fired. So, in the event it was a nude picture, she would keep it hidden at all costs. Though that also means it's most likely not nude to begin with.
You really got to be a killjoy, don't you.
Only when it amuses me.
As I walk into the club room Gin says "you're late today. Where's Moka?"
I shrug and say, "Moka had something else she had to do today, so she's not going to be coming to club for a week."
Yukari pouted, "aww, I just got here. I was hoping to do some club stuff with the two of you…"
Kurumu rolled her eyes and said, "what's she doing that's more important than club time? Did she say?"
"She said she was doing some modelling for Ishigami Sensei as a favor for helping her with something. I didn't ask for specifics." I say as I sit at my little office area.
Gin shrugs and says, "well newbie, guess you get to pick up Moka's slack for your first week. Go take her seat for now, I'll walk you through the programs we use."
Yukari saluted and hopped into Moka's chair.
-P+V-
The next day, we were in the clubroom when Deshi barged in.
"you're late Deshiko." Said Gin from his desk.
"Sorry, but I got a lead." At this, we all perk up, curious as to what she heard from her contacts in the PSC.
"Alright, lay it on us." Says gin as he leans toward her from his seat.
"Right, so, we've got seven girls who have disappeared just this month. All in different classes, all in different years. The PSC doesn't want anything to do with it, since there's nobody to extort," at this she looks close to snarling, "so they haven't looked into it any further. But I did manage to get pictures of the girls from the yearbook committee."
As she said this she said that she started posting the girls pictures on the board.
"Is it me or are all of them really pretty?" asked Yukari.
"I'd say more photogenic." Says gin as he gets a closer look.
Kurumu looks at him funny. "what's the difference?"
Gin was looking at them intently while he said, "Pretty and hot, and all those general terms for attractive apply to active traits. Like how you can find the bounce or jiggle of a woman's form to be 'hot' or 'sexy', or the visual movement and flexing of a man's muscles the same way."
He starts looking through his camera as he continues. "Photogenic refers more to the still image, things like faces that make attractive expressions, or features that make for good dynamic images, like longer hair that can get photographed in motion, or pigtails, or braids. Or- aha!"
He says as he dashes over to the main computer.
"What is it?" I ask as we crowd around the computer.
"I thought some of these girls were familiar. So, I checked my old camera, from before the curse, and I found them."
He pulled up a couple pictures on the computer screen.
"These three seniors were girls I had photographed for my professional portfolio. See!" he said as he pointed them out.
They were excellent pictures, and honestly they looked far better in the pictures than they did in the yearbook photos.
"Holy crap. When you said you were a good photographer, I didn't realize you meant THIS good." Said Kurumu.
"Can you do one of these with me, Moka, and Minato?" asked Yukari.
"If it's for Boss, I'll do it for free, and bring my A game." He replied without hesitation.
I think he has a man crush on you.
I wouldn't be surprised, considering everything.
"Does this mean you know something about them that might help?" asked Deshi.
"Maybe, I mean it's not like I was their best friend or anything, but I spent a day with each of them to get the perfect photos. So, I know a bit."
Gin walked to the blackboard and started writing on it.
"Mary Richardson. American wendigo. She likes the color purple; I remember her insisting she wear something purple for her photoshoot. And she was most likely a lesbian, because she was always asking how 'she' would like her pictures. But she never actually mentioned who 'She' was."
"The other two were a couple, Anya and Liana, I think they were dating in middle school, so they were together for a while when I took their photos. It was only by agreeing that I would get them some pics together, that I was able to get the solo pics."
He remembers that very well.
"Why do you remember them so well?" asked Kurumu, unknowingly echoing my own thoughts.
"I remember every proper photoshoot I've ever done. It's important to me, since I'm doing what I love most." He said as he started texting somebody.
"Wow, that kind of dedication is almost like my dedication to Minato." She replied.
Both Deshi and Yukari nodded.
Dude, are you starting a harem or a cult?
First, I did not start this, they started it themselves.
Second, at this point I'm worried that I'm not entirely sure.
While I worry about the future of my love life, Gin exclaims, "got it, I found the common point they all share."
He writes it in big bold letters on the blackboard.
LESBIANS
We all stare at the board, then him, and I take the liberty of being the one to say, "you had to write it on the board because?..."
"Because it's our first and only real lead. We need to find out anything to do with this angle, if they all dated one person in particular, or if somebody has something against gay girls on campus. We don't have anything else to go off of yet." He says.
This is going to be fun.
-P+V-
The absolute last word I would use to describe the events of yesterday would be 'fun'.
After an afternoon of being slapped, accused of being a pervert, and otherwise accosted for trying to do my job, this next morning was somewhat frustrating.
Art class was a welcome break, as I was between Moka and Kurumu, as we were given the prompt to paint something we hold dear.
That's hard, after all, you already have a painting that satisfies that description at the house.
Stop tooting your own horn Ryoji.
Though he is right.
As I try to think of what to make, I hear an unexpected sound.
"Ishigami sensei! I skipped Gym to come see you!" came the voice of a girl with braids from the classroom window.
Ishigami sensei greeted her and started chatting with her rather animatedly.
She sure is popular with the girls around here.
Probably the tomboyish look she got going on.
As I get going from class I hear something about modeling from the girl.
Oh, Moka's getting some company today?
He he he…
Keep it up with the creepy old man giggle, and I'll let Alice chase you down with her card soldiers.
Sorry…
Anyway, let's reconvene at the clubroom.
-P+V-
"So, other than Me and Minato looking like pervs, did anything else happen yesterday?" asked gin as he sported a black eye and an ice pack.
The girls all shake their heads.
"Maybe there's something we missed? Have we questioned the teachers yet? Maybe they know something useful?" asked Yukari.
I nod and say, "that's a good idea. I'll speak with Ishigami sensei. A lot of girls seem to really like her, so there's a chance she might have talked with them at some point before they disappeared."
She also seems to be one of the few who isn't interested in getting in my pants.
There's always Kotsubo.
His anti friendship mindset kinda annoys me, I've got to be in the right frame of mind to deal with him.
Coming from you that's kinda shocking.
I saved the world through the power of friendship.
He says friendship is worthless.
It's hard to deal with that kinda polarizing affect.
Fair enough
As I go to leave the classroom Gin stops me.
"Hold up, one of my informants says a new girl seems to have gone missing. It's kinda early to be sure, but he says she never misses cooking club, and she hasn't shown yet so be on the lookout for this girl."
He shows us each the picture and I freeze.
Isn't that the same girl we saw in the art room?
Yes.
The one who was going to do some modelling for Ishigami Sensei today?
Yes.
Who Moka is with right now.
Yes.
Suddenly it starts to fit.
Lesbians, Ishigami is popular with the girls.
Photogenic, Modelling, art teacher.
"Gin, was Ishigami sensei here last year?" I ask with urgency.
He looks startled. "Huh? No, she only joined recently, our last art teacher died near the end of last year. Why?"
"Gin, art started up at the end of last month right?"
"Yeah? Ishigami only reached the academy about a week before she started teaching here."
"a week before girls started disappearing." I say as I dash out of the room.
Do we have a plan of attack?
Yes, it's called get Moka the hell out of there, and if Ishigami looks for a second like she is going to cause trouble, we take her down.
I like it, short, sweet, and to the point.
-P+V-
As I approach the independent study building where Moka mentioned the modelling would be taking place, I get a chill down my spine.
Not good.
I burst through the doors, and shout Moka's name.
Everything is eerily silent.
I take the time to look around. Hopefully I'm wrong, and this turns out to be just some embarrassing moment.
Suddenly I hear crying.
Are we going to follow the creepy crying sounds?
Do you even need to ask?
Just checking so that if this goes bad I can remind you why acting like the protagonist in a horror movie is a stupid idea.
Shush.
As I follow the sound to its source, I see a locker.
Are you going-
Ryoji
Sorry, sorry.
I open the locker and see the statue of a nude girl, crying.
It's that girl. And she's actually crying despite being stone.
Ishigami is a-
"What are you doing with my art?" came a disturbed voice from behind me.
Shit I was too focused on the statue.
I turn around and without hesitation punch Ishigami sensei in the face.
"Minato! Why did you- "shouted Moka, but I interrupted with, "Run Moka, she's targeting girls and turning them to stone statues!"
She gasped and Ishigami spat out some blood before saying "you are too clever for your own good Arisato. Now I'm going to have to turn you into my art too!"
Her face changed to be more monstrous, as her hair turned into snakes.
A gorgon, a real one too. Be careful Minato.
You don't need to tell me twice.
There's not enough room to summon in here without major property damage, so it's down to my skills with weapons.
Easy.
I charge her while drawing my blade from my pocket space. She barely dodges, getting a few snakes severed in the process.
As she curses in pain, I make another approach, dodging her hair, while swinging at her.
She is surprisingly agile for a gorgon, though she is struggling, if her expression is anything to go by.
Suddenly out of the corner of my eye I see Moka charging in with a chair.
I keep Ishigami distracted long enough for Moka to smack her over the head with it.
Ishigami falls to her knees but uses the chance to send a snake to bite Moka in the leg.
As Moka cries out in pain, I swing at Ishigami's snake, and take it off.
While Ishigami screams in pain, I decide backup is in order.
As I tear the Rosario off of her, Moka undergoes her transformation, and Ishigami starts sweating.
When the awakened Moka opens her eyes, she asks "why has it been so long since you have let me out?"
"I'll take you on a date after this, just help my take down the gorgon first." I say.
She blushes intensely, but acquiesces, nonetheless.
With my and Moka's combined skill and strength, Ishigami was down and out in moments from a combined stone scissor kick to the head, and an abrupt haircut.
-P+V-
The next day after everything was settled, we published the article in the newspaper, and Ishigami sensei was fired.
The girls were all unpetrified when she was beaten, and Neikes Sensei checked them all out to make sure there were no lingering effects.
We were all in a celebratory mood, even Nekonome Sensei who thanked me for looking out for my fellow students (and upped our social link) when Moka, who had yet to put the Rosario back on, walked up to me and said.
"I believe you said something about a date yesterday?"
After a moment of silence, the girls flipped hearing that, however I simply said, "of course. When would you like it?"
She smirks and says, "now please."
I nod and say, "what kind of date?"
She says, "a spar, followed by dinner."
Now everybody went quiet.
I nod and ask, "anywhere in particular? For either?"
She smiles and says, "wherever you feel comfortable going all out."
Velvet room it is then.
