A/N: Welcome back to Another: The Call For Blood. Enjoy Chapter 3- Elevator.
Chapter 3- Elevator
A few weeks had passed since Yukari's near-death incident, and Izumi filling Adam in about the curse of 3-3, and since then, Adam had spent almost all his time researching the history of the class, and trying to figure out how to stop the curse. Now, the class had entered the month of June, and when it came to the class, Adam had noticed that one of the students, called Kouichi Sakakibara, had been spending a lot of time with the eypatched girl, and after asking about, he learned that Sakakibara had transferred into the class shortly before he had arrived himself, and thanks to nobody explaining the countermeasures to him, he had started to hang around with the eyepatched girl. This, most of the members seemed to think, broke the rule of pretending the eyepatched girl didn't exist. Along with all of this, Adam had started to hang around the Countermeasures group, and had started to forge a close friendship with Yukari and Izumi, despite the previous hostility the two had shown towards him.
One day, as the students entered the class, Adam's eyes immediately went towards Kouichi, who kept shooting glances towards the eyepatched girl, causing him to smirk. "I'll need to see what this Sakikabara kid's all about." he thought to himself, before he sat down at his desk. As he leant back in his chair and shut his eyes, he felt a presence walk up to him. Cracking an eye open, he saw Yukari standing before him. "Hey, Yukari. What's up?" he asked, before Yukari smiled, and held out a note. After Adam took the piece of paper, Yukari smiled again and walked away. Unfolding the note, Adam read…
I'm going to need some help with my English studying tonight. Not my best subject.
Care to join me?
Looking up, he looked over to Yukari's desk at the front of the class, before smiling and nodding. Folding the paper up, he tucked it into his jacket, before he saw Yukari blush and look back at her desk. Soon after, he saw the door slide open, and Kubodera walked in. "Good morning, class." He said, before he cleared his throat, and looked at Adam. "Mister Robertson, since you don't need to be in English class, would you mind going down to the running track? The gym teacher needs some helping hands." He asked, before Adam nodded, packed up his things, before exiting the class.
After running down the halls, Adam reached the running track, where he saw the gym teacher standing over a large number of wooden planks. Walking over, he asked, "You okay, sir?", causing the teacher to spin round, and smile at him. "Robertson, isn't it?" the man asked, causing Adam to nod. "Kubodera sent me down here, since I don't need to be in English class." The boy replied, before the teacher nodded. "Fair enough. Well, if you're wanting to help out, I need to get these planks out of the way." He said, before Adam shrugged his bag off his shoulder, knelt down, and hoisted a large number of the planks onto his back. "Careful, Robertson! You'll put your back in!" the teacher said, before Adam smiled at him. "I'm good. I eat a lot of protein." He said, before the teacher sighed. "Fine. Just place them over there." he said, gesturing behind him. Nodding, Adam walked over to the specified area, and dumped the planks onto the floor. Going back over, he took another batch off the ground, and repeated the process. Eventually, all the planks were where they needed to be.
"Well, Robertson, I have to hand it to you, you're not a normal student. Most people couldn't lift that much." The gym teacher said, before Adam smiled, and flexed his arm. "I guess. Where I'm from, we have to be tough to get by." He said, before the teacher nodded. "I'll bet. Say, you a good runner?" the older man asked, before Adam nodded. "Yeah, I run from time to time. Why do you ask?" he asked, before the teacher smirked, and nodded towards the school. "Three laps round the school. Think you can take me?" he asked, before Adam shrugged. "Sure. Just let me get changed." He said, before picking up his bag, and entering the changing room. Quickly, he changed into his gym clothes, shut his bag in his locker, and went back outside. "Ready?" the teacher asked, before Adam smirked. "Always." He replied, before the teacher nodded. As the two got ready to run, the teacher counted down, "3, 2, 1…", before looking towards Adam. "Go!" Immediately, both of them took off running…
The sounds of the pair's run had reached the classrooms, and a large number of students had gathered at their windows to watch. As for the pair themselves, Adam had won, with an entire lap's worth of ground between him and the teacher. Now, he was leaning against a wall, as the teacher crossed the line and collapsed in exhaustion. Sighing, Adam pushed off the wall, and walked over to the teacher, and held out a hand. As he picked the teacher up, he said, "Guess I win.", before he heard the bell for break ring. "Right, well, now I know better than to take you on again, Robertson. Thanks for helping me out, by the way. I suggest you get going." The teacher said, before Adam held up a hand. "Please, call me Adam." He said, before the teacher nodded. "Very well…Adam. Now get going." He said, before Adam nodded, and took off to the changing room. After changing back into his uniform, he headed back into the school, and headed up to class 3-3. As soon as he entered the class, he was almost deafened by the class cheering.
"How did you become fast enough to beat the gym teacher in a race? Not even the other teachers could do it!" a member of the class called Naoya Teshigawara, who was the class jock, demanded, before Adam chuckled. "In Scotland, we have to be tough to get by." He said, before Teshigawara leant back and laughed. "Fair enough, Adam, I'll take your word for it." He said, before Adam walked past him, and dumped his bag at his desk, before slumping down onto his chair. "I'm knackered." He said, before leaning back slightly. Too far, in fact. Almost as if it was staged, his chair came out from under him, and he landed flat on his back, causing the entire class to burst out laughing. "Son of a bitch!" he groaned, before Yukari ran up. As she helped him up, Adam felt his face heat up. "I'm fine, Yukari, just spaced out for a second, and wasn't watching what I was doing." He said, before Yukari smiled. "Well, if you insist." She said, before walking off, as the teacher entered the class. Pulling his chair back up, Adam sat back down as Kubodera started the next lesson…
After school had finished, Adam was squatting on a low wall in the school courtyard, waiting for Yukari to meet him, when he spied Kouichi Sakakibara and Teshigawara talking, before Izumi stormed up. As he watched, he felt a hand tap his shoulder, and turning round, he saw Yukari had walked up. "Hey, Yukari." He said, before jerking his head towards the now-rowing trio. "Those three are getting rather rowdy." He said, before Yukari nodded. "Shall we see what's going on with them?" the girl asked, before pulling Adam over to the small group. "What were you thinking?" Izumi yelled to Teshigawara, who backed away in fear, while Sakakibara was on his phone, in the middle of a call. "What's going on over here?" Adam asked, helping Yukari peel Izumi off of Teshigawara, who was currently curled up in the foetal position to protect himself from Izumi's wrath. "This idiot told Sakakibara here that he'd explain everything to him this month, without asking the Countermeasures group if it was okay. Now, I'm about to pummel him into next week!" the auburn-haired girl yelled, before Adam sighed. As he went to open his mouth, he was cut off by Kouichi shouting, "Sanae? Are you okay? What's going on?" Spinning round, Adam and the Countermeasures group could hear a loud crashing from the other side of the phone. Little did they know exactly what was happening on the other side of the call…
At that very moment, on the other side of the city, a nurse, the same one who was on the phone with Kouichi, was standing in the hospital elevator, when suddenly, the cables holding the elevator up gave out, and the metal box fell. As the box jerked, the phone flew out of her hand, and landed on the floor of the lift. "Sanae? SANAE?" the voice of Kouichi yelled through the phone. Looking up, the nurse saw the floor numbers above the door flash down, and her eyes widened as the light flashed on B2. As the metal box crashed into the bottom of the shaft, the nurse was sent flying face first into the floor of the lift, sending blood all over the floor, and an instant later, the walls of the lift caved in, and crushed her body, as well as creating a giant dust cloud. All that could be seen through the wreckage was the mangled hand of the nurse, as well as the cracked screen of her phone. The voice of the boy continued to cry out…
"Sanae? Sanae? SANAE!"
Later on…
After Adam and Yukari had split off from the rest of the group, they decided to head towards Yukari's house, promising they would see them the next day. Currently, they were a couple of streets away, in the middle of a conversation. "Again, I have to thank you for doing this, Adam, I really do appreciate it." Yukari said, looking over to Adam, and continuing to walk forward, eventually stepping out in front of an incoming car. As the headlights blared, and the driver honked the horn, Adam grabbed Yukari and pulled her in towards him, hugging her close, as the car continued driving. "You're making a habit of this, Yukari. You alright?" he asked the girl, who nodded, before noticing how close to Adam she was. Her face erupting in a bright blush, she pushed away from Adam, and cleared her throat. "Yeah, I'm fine, Adam." She said, before Adam nodded. "At this rate, I might need to become your personal bodyguard." He said, before Yukari smiled. "I guess so. So, shall we continue? We do need to study, after all." She said, before Adam nodded and gestured forward. "Lead on." With that, the two continued on their way.
Eventually, the two reached Yukari's house, and as the girl fished in her pockets for the key, Adam looked up and down the street, and his eyes narrowed when he was certain he saw a figure duck out of sight. "Right, that's the door open." Yukari said, causing Adam to turn round to see the front door open, and Yukari standing inside. "You coming?" she asked, before Adam nodded, and entered the house, shutting the door behind him. Kicking off his shoes and following Yukari into the living room, Adam placed his bag on a chair, before he spied the TV. "Mind if I stick on the news for a second?" he asked Yukari, who smiled, and nodded. Picking up the remote, Adam turned on the TV, then switched to the news, and was immediately met with the reporter saying…
"Tragedy struck the town of Yomiyama once again tonight, at Yomiyama Hospital, when an elevator came undone from its cables, and plummeted to the bottom of its shaft. Now, normally, an incident like this wouldn't be a cause for alarm, but unfortunately, the elevator had one occupant: a nurse called Sanae Mizuno. Her body was crushed as the elevator impacted with the ground. This tragedy has no explanation other than the building itself being fairly old, and our condolences go out to the family of Miss Mizuno. Back to you in the studio."
As the reporter finished talking, Adam turned off the TV, and looked to Yukari. "Am I wrong, or is there not a member of the class who goes by the name of Mizuno?" he asked, before Yukari thought for a second and nodded. "Yeah, there is. Takeru Mizuno." She said, before Adam sighed, and put his head in his hands. "You don't think…" Yukari went to ask, before Adam nodded, and looked to her. "That this was a result of the Calamity? Yeah, I do. Last month, you nearly died, your mother died in a car accident the same day, and now, Mizuno's sister has died in this accident. It's too convenient." He said, before Yukari nodded. "If Sakakibara hadn't broke the rules, we wouldn't be in this predicament." She said, before Adam looked to her. "We'll speak to Izumi tomorrow, see what we can do. Sound good?" he asked, before Yukari nodded in agreement. "Well, even given the mood whiplash, you still want to get some studying done?" Yukari asked, before Adam nodded, and pulled his books out of his bag. With that, the two got down to work…
A few hours later…
After a couple of hours, the pair decided to call it a night, and Adam packed his things back into his bag. It was then he noticed the weather outside. "Ahh, shit." He said, before Yukari grimaced. "If you want to avoid getting wet, you can always stay over." She said, blushing slightly, before Adam shook his head. "Nah, I've got to get home. Got something to do." He said, slinging his bag over his shoulders. "Okay. Just, be safe, okay?" Yukari asked, as the pair walked to the door. "Always am." Adam replied, before opening the door. "See you tomorrow." He said, before Yukari nodded. Exiting the house, Adam started to walk down the street. When he was out of the view of Yukari's house, he pulled up his hood, grappled up to a rooftop, ran all the way to his house, and slid in through the window. Dropping his things off on the table, he sat down at his desk, before pulling out the file he had compiled about the Calamity, picking up a pen, and scrawling "Sanae Mizuno, died in elevator crash. Sister of Class 3-3 member Takeru Mizuno.", onto the page marked, "Victims." Putting his pen down, the Assassin leaned back in his chair, and thought to himself…
"Right, so, we've got another person connected to 3-3 dead. How many have to die before we can end this thing?
How many?"
A/N: Hope you enjoyed the chapter! I must admit, I am loving writing this. Also, I just want to say, the rule I set in chapter 1, the one where I don't want to use other OCs, I want to clarify. I don't want to use any of the OCs I concieved for RoTA. If I create a new character for this story, I technically won't be breaking my own rule. Review if you think that I should. Anyways, see you next chapter. Madman out!