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Titanmaster 117 = Grades are important, just see the real point of going to school. I almost got in the honor roll last week, my math was just a downer. Even if I have a bad grade, I compensate with my best ones. To get a good grade, just pass your homework. That's how I got my good grades overall even if I didn't do my best in the exams. Hope to see your review.
Shina Kina - Owned by Twirltheflag
Others more will follow for diversity.
On Your Knees.
"AARRHH!"
I hear the sound of somebody groaning the sooner I hear the sound of our class boss opening the metal door. It followed with bright yellow light shining through my eyelids and I felt the heat on my face. Thankfully I was prepared for it because I sort of predicted where we were exactly heading (the roof); keeping my eyes closed and slowly opening them so they could adjust to the light. Still, I kept a hand up to cover my eyes.
While the others were still adjusting their eyes, Rino looked like he would die from the sun's heat. If he looked like a homicidal maniac before, he looked like a fucking vampire right now. He was groaning as if he was literally burning to death, he also had his eyes covered with his hand. But is that even necessary? He had really long bangs, he pretty much had natural sunglasses. How he sees from that is way beyond me. His hair was so thick that I cannot even see his eyes.
"Doing alright there, Dracula-san?" I chuckled, "Forgot to bring an umbrella? Bad time to be on the sun? Still looking for Bella?"
"….Shut up! This is not 'Twilight', Numbnut! And who the hell are you calling 'Dracula'!? Do not desecrate his name!"
"Bahahaha! You know I'm kidding!" I chuckled more and patted him roughly on the back, which made him slip in his step and he fell to his knees.
Right on the edge of the stairs.
"AAGGAAAAIIIII!" He howled a hoarse cry, his body tipping over to the steps, curling as he hands clawed over his right knee.
I would have laughed but the realization struck me harder than a wrecking ball that he was not the type to exaggerate.
I actually broke his knees. Oh no.
"What happened?" I heard Akihisa's concerned voice.
"Are you alright, Shimuya-kun!?" Then Mizuki's.
"Oh my god, I'm so sorry!" I reached over to help him up but he caught my wrist with the quick speed of a snake bite, stopping me from lifting him up by the arm. His grip was too tight.
He turned his head towards me, and I cannot miss the glare he shot at me behind those bangs. He looked utterly horrifying now, just like when we first talked, "….Do you have no restraint...!?" He growled, although his words felt like they didn't come off as harsh, it was more like he was asking a question under the pain.
I was thankful for the small sign of anger he was giving me but it isn't actually calming me down, "I'm sorry. I didn't think you would fall."
"….I'm blinded by the fucking light! How would I even expect you to do that!?" I winced by his grip on me tightening before he let go—throwing it at me before he righted himself and placed his good leg on the step.
Ow. I rubbed my wrist, feeling the damage. He actually let go before he left a bruise, now I'm just a little confused here, how mad is he?
After a few short seconds of breathing sharply and more scratching on his knees he began to stand up with his hands. Not even half-way and he already winced, falling back to the ground (or stair ground) on his hands, keeping himself from hitting his knees the second time. Now I was starting to feel my stomach falling down on me.
"You need help?" I offered softly behind him.
He more or less ignored me as he tried to stand up again, keeping upright by putting his hand against the wall and raising himself up by putting his other hand by one able knee. Then again, he fell this time as well. I think he fractured his knee, and it was so obvious he was hiding how much it hurts, a sharp rhythmic breathing his only indication.
"You know you can't get up on your own." I earned myself another glare from him, still rubbing his aching knee while putting all his weight into one foot. "I know, I have no excuses and I am sorry." His response was to snap his stare away from me, not in the least happy with what I did.
Oh shit, what the hell have I done?
This time he was starting to struggle, forcing himself to ignore his pain and trying to make his way up with one arm and two legs, the free hand remained clutched at his fractured knee. He only managed four steps up and he sat on a single step to rest, massaging his right knee with both hands this time, the effort of the climb was way heavier for him with a hurting joint.
I grimaced, feeling my guilt becoming heavier and heavier in my stomach. I walked up to him and bent down to his level. "I'm sorry, Rino. I really mean it." I apologized, hoping to have my words get into his head.
"Please forgive her, Shimuya-kun." I was surprised to see Mizuki beside me. "She didn't really mean to hurt you." She said in a very gentle voice, quite soothing.
But I doubted Rino to even feel it when it's her, he raised his head up to give her (what could only be in her perspective) a pointed stare. Because of those bangs Mizuki had no idea just how he was looking at her, only I knew. If looks could kill, Mizuki might have suffocated by now.
I noticed his sneer growing, something harsh and violent was about to come out of his mouth. I stopped him before it got worse, "Let me help you up." I wasn't requesting at all. "I'm not asking you, Rino. You can't walk and you know that." I feel like I was threatening a UFC fighter, the firmness of my voice could be replied to me with a punch to the face.
Thankfully, he didn't roundhouse my face and instead growled animalistically, sneering at me.
"Take it as an apology duty from me." I added.
His facial expressions are blocked save for his gritting teeth but I could imagine the 'where the hell did you come up with that word' look on his face. I just gave a wimpy smile, just not really sure how I came up with the damn word.
He stared and stared, I was getting even more uncomfortable with the glare that I couldn't bear to stare back. After knowing that he was making me feel stupid with his stare, he slowly turned away, extending his hand to me, finally taking my offer. I smiled and I took his hand (so cold), and his hand was bigger than my own that it nearly crushed mine but I took it as punishment and I pulled him up to his feet as steadily as I could. Turning himself around, I wrapped my hold around his right bicep, his bad knee in between us, and we slowly walked our way up, step by step.
I also noticed how much weight he was putting on me, not that he was bearing me down but he was showing full reliance to me. I thought he'd be so sour with me that he could've just make this task even harder for me, making himself heavier than he already is, I guess not. I kind of like the gesture, I always like it when people rely on me.
"Does it still hurt?" I asked, matching his walking pace so we don't end up toppling over because of someone going ahead and have us end up having more than a fractured knee.
"….Never. Do that. Again." He warned in a growl.
"Okay, I promise I will never do it again." I just annoyed the fuck out of him, had myself bothering his study hour, made him my friend afterwards (which was nice) and I already broke his knees. What's next that's gonna happen because of me, throw him off the roof?
What a day.
Midway, he placed his hand on the wall as an extra push and we got up on the roof faster. Looking around me, Damn we are really high above the ground.
I belatedly realized that we left Yuuji a little impatient. The Class President looked at us with slight annoyance as soon as we neared him, "What took you guys?" When he saw me holding Rino like this, including the fact that he was not showing any limp and standing perfectly upright as if I didn't even left a crack to his kneecap, hiding all evidence of me committing 'assault' I knew what he was about to do. The Redhead began to smirk mischievously, "Didn't know you guys were that close already, were you two hooking up back there?"
Instead of countering (because no one usually believes you if you do), I should be telling the truth here, not like telling the truth wouldn't shut him up, right. "Nope, we already did in class." I'm well aware of what I had said: There are a lot of meanings by the word 'hook up', one of 'em is synonymous to two people getting along and one of 'em is synonymous to something dirty, and despite meeting them just for 5 minutes, I know that Hideyoshi and Yuuji knew that it was the former, everyone else thought of the latter instantaneously. One of the boys escalated to nose bleeding, another began to have the look of murderous jealousy and the girls just escalated to blushing profusely. Not that I cared if they misunderstood, it's their fault for having dirty minds.
But Yuuji was playing dumb, "Whoa, this is the public, Kina. You two should be doing it at a hotel or something." His smirk was getting even more smirkier. How was that even possible?
Once more, the reactions behind me are stepping up a notch. The blood on the floor is seriously gonna leave misunderstandings once the Police saw this. Akihisa, if you keep glaring at him like that, you're gonna bore a hole in him. And girls, if you ask some questions later about this, you're gonna get it.
"….Rep!" Rino's voice was more than a growl, drawing Yuuji's full attention. He really didn't have the time to be bothered about being teased right after an injury, "Be serious."
"Don't make me let him go apeshit on you." I felt like I was trying to threaten him with a fuckin' doberman in hand, seriously meaning to have his face eaten.
"Okay, okay!" Yuuji submitted playfully, putting his hands up in defense. "It's just that you guys look so fit together."
""Not happening."" Rino and I said in perfect unison. We stared at each other in surprise (even he looked surprised), then I felt the heat coming to my face as we both turned away, him being my boyfriend is a little...
"….Rep, can we have this meeting in a shade? I dislike the heat." Rino still had a little bit of strain in his voice, he's still breathing sharp but not intensely like a few moments ago.
We walked over to a shaded part of the roof, the shadow created by the water tower. We sat down and formed a circle with Yuuji resting his back at the poles, I lowered Rino to another pole without aggravating the knee, just beside the Redhead so he can relax his back and legs.
Exhaling in relief, I mocked a sweaty-brow wipe with my right hand, "Are you really that light, Rino? Or was it just you being considerate as to not weigh me down?"
He lifted up his blank stare towards me, giving me the impression of a raised eyebrow or something, "….How about you ask how much restraint you have instead?" His voice was lined with irritation, gesturing to his propped up knee that I broke because of a friendly pat in the back.
I felt my stomach losing its eagerness for food since morning (I skipped breakfast) because of it tightening. "I said I was sorry!"
"….Hope for this fracture to heal soon, then I will give you pardon."
"Can't you do it now!? I didn't actually mean to hurt you or anything!"
"….I will have a limp in my stride for the next few days, do you think I will simply accept that, especially on the first day?"
"Uh, guys?" The two of us turned over to Yuuji who now looked concerned. "What actually happened down the stairs?
"Um..." How was I gonna explain this? "Uuuuuu..." My stare went over to Rino, not sure if I should send a 'help me out here' signal or just expect him to make me feel even more guiltier by being blunt, but he didn't, he just sat still, looking at me like 'How are you gonna explain this?'
"Kina-san accidently knocked Shimuya-kun to the floor of the stairs." Akihisa out of all people had to say.
I rounded over to the blonde, "Do you have really have to say it!? Are you trying to kill my appetite for good!?"
"Twast an accident at first, then 't escalat'd to being a serious incident."
"Seriously, stop sending me to a guilt trip!"
"...It isn't good to hurt friends."
"So now you say something!?"
It just escalated to everyone laughing at me, making me feel even more embarrassed than guilty, or maybe both. The combination was way too horrible for my ego. The only person who didn't laugh was Rino, but I swear to God that he was laughing at me on the inside.
Giving his knee a gentle rub, he gave a satisfied sigh (he actually was laughing at me on the inside), "….I forgive you now, Shina. Mental embarrassment serves as better compensation." His voice was more wholehearted this time, shifting his position to feel comfortable.
"Mrrmm" I grumbled before I sighed in resignation. "At least, we're friends again, right?"
He nodded. "….All is well."
A loud clapping resounded, "Alright, now that's settled, let's get on to business." Yuuji placed his hands on his knees.
"….A question, Rep." Rino raised his hand, which caught me off for a bit, considering what I know of his attitude earlier towards me I thought he wouldn't have such courtesy. Just as Yuuji was about to acknowledge his question, Rino's raised hand suddenly became a raised finger as to stop him from saying anything, "….A moment," He politely requested before facing me, "You demean me too much, my friend. You should know me better before you consider how polite I am."
I tensed, shocked at what I just heard, "Did..." The words barely came out but trying to, "Did you just fucking read my mind?"
He snorted a silent 'hmph', "….No." He said as if the answer was something everybody knows, "….It was an obvious guess, too many people before do not see me as polite. You had the same face as them."
Still shocked, I said nothing.
"I see, thee seemeth not to beest the mannerly person because of thy compliment extern." Hideyoshi mused.
Tsuchiya nodded.
The confusion on Rino's face was very obvious now, "….What?"
"He said you don't look like the type to be polite." Rep explained, did Rino not spend a bit too much time with his elders? They have the same vocabulary as Hideyoshi, well, almost. The latter's archaic Japanese was quite refined.
"Shimuya-kun does seem scary at first."
"I thought of him to be like a delinquent at first."
Rino swiveled his stare to the two girls and the sneer he gave them (plus his No-Eyes face) made them pale, "….I thought you know better than that, German." He ignored Mizuki, sigh.
"Ge-'German'?" Minami parroted, caught off-guard for being referred as that than her name. "I have a name, Shimada Minami! And I'm a full blooded Japanese girl!"
"If it makes you feel better, I didn't see you as an impolite person, Shimuya-kun." Akihisa (that's his name, right?) added with a kindhearted smile.
The Goth boy switched over to the blond with a bored yet critical stare, the expression was quite obvious to see because of the intensity I could feel from it. "….You should know better than to presume such a thing when you only know me for less than five minutes." Akihisa's magic couldn't quite reach the stubborn guy.
"Why, can't take the compliment?" I chimed.
He shot his stare towards me with a curled lip, completely annoyed, "….Were you even listening?"
"Wh-What!? I know you for more than five minutes!"
"….You are only my friend for five minutes." He countered quite easily.
"Well, we talked during roll call, doesn't that count!?"
"….You have done nothing but annoy me with an unhealthy amount of bad behavior that average people would not consider allowing in their circle of friends."
"You've been avoiding the subject!"
"….Does not change the fact that you have been involving yourself into my business."
I sighed exasperatedly, this conversation was getting nowhere, "Do you really want to have a Dic—" I clamped my hand over my mouth, successfully stopping myself saying it. Mizuki was still in the vicinity, she'll be traumatized for life if she hears it. Clearing my throat, I rephrased in a straight tone, "Do you really want to have this DM contest now?" Looking over to the girls, their confused looks told me they didn't know what the hell I was talking about. But I saw Yuuji and Hideyoshi's eyes widening in recognition, a slight blush on their faces, but otherwise said nothing. I was actually surprised to see Tsuchiya having the same confused look, and for the love of god, why does he look so cute like that?
I can't really tell if Rino even gets it, because his hair is all over the place! How does he even see in that?
He was giving me a long stare but he didn't make the attempt of making me uncomfortable, "….No." He rested his head back against the metal pole. "….This talk is over."
"Thanks." I really wish I was in his position because I can't believe how exhausted I am, not just from this endeavor but also from embarrassing myself moments ago. "What were you going to ask him?" I asked, supporting myself with my hands behind me.
He nodded, he diverted his stare to Yuuji and asked, "….Not that I complain, but why must we be here out of all places?"
"Well, I thought we should be somewhere comfortable if we're going to talk about a battle strategy. Our dump of a classroom was too cold for meetings."
Now that I think about it, this place sure feels comfy with the warmth of the sun alongside the fresh air, didn't quite notice it at first since I was hauling the guy. So this is what it feels like, the sensation of the warm sun and cool wind combined felt so nice, the roof to my old school is rarely unlocked whenever I wanted to go there and relax, listen to some music and feel the cool breeze. Knowing that Yuuji just opened the door to this place without any problem definitely confirms my hopes: this is my territory. I can be at this place whenever I wanted. There's also a good view all around the edges, I bet I could even see my house from here.
"….Well, that is pretty much all I wanted to know. Do proceed." He dismissed, still rubbing his knee.
Yuuji looked over the blonde, "Now, Akihisa, did you declare war on D-Class yet?"
"Uh, yeah. I told them we'll fight this afternoon."
I raised my hand, "Uh, isn't that a little too soon, not that I mind though. But shouldn't we prepare, like, you know, study? Since you guys said grades are the strength of those 'Soukanjuu' whatchamacallit?"
Why was I suddenly talking about preparation now? I just told Rino that I could go by without a problem, am I backing out already? I see you looking at me over there, Rino. Don't you fucking say anything.
"Shyoukanjuus," He corrected, "And yes, we will. In the remaining hour, including lunch we're gonna have to study our brains off. Considering that it's the first day of school, the impact on the other classes we'll make needs to be perfect. You gotta make a nice first impression on the first day, right?" He smirked.
I rolled my eyes on that, but I clearly see to what he was thinking. Imagine, the lowest class managing to defeat a higher class, right on the first day, how would the school react to this? We could end up making our own reputation in a blink of an eye.
"….Do we fight before, or after lunch?" Rino asked, the wind around us was starting to kick up a bit and his hair was starting to fly. I tensed up, fully focusing on the area underneath his bangs. What eye color does he have?
His hand came up and dampened his bangs close to his forehead, crushing all chances of his hair going upwards and exposing his eyes. Well, not today. I will see those orbs sooner or later.
"Can I suggest 'first'?" Akihisa suggested.
The redhead gave it a thought before speaking, "My thoughts exactly. We'll need our full energy once we start fighting."
"Well, that's cool and all but," My stomach began to growl at the thought of lunch, and I did all that I could to not show the embarrassment on my face. This is fucking natural if you don't eat, don't feel embarrassed if its natural! "I don't know where the cafeteria is...so if you guys could point it out for me, that would mean a lot." Barely held down a stutter there.
"Yeah, sure." Yuuji nodded. "We could have lunch together there."
"Yes, we also want to know more about you, Shina-san." Mizuki answered.
"The knowledge of thee as an elite inhorn man isn't enow."
"It's 'elite inhorn woman', Hideyoshi." Yuuji corrected before facing me, "Oh, and 'Inhorn' means 'Student'."
I shrugged, "Yeah, yeah, I know." If they want to know about me, I should make a note for myself not to spill the hard details. I tend to blurt it out, sometimes by accident, a lot. "But not until I have something in my belly then you can start asking questions."
"Back to the matter at handeth. May Yuuji heareth mine own reckoning?" Hideyoshi asked, "Why must 't be D-Class? If to fight in order must we, should 't not be E-Class? And if to fight once and for all we should, should not 't be A-Class?"
What a sentence.
"I would agree with Pokerface here," I agreed. "But I suggest we go from bottom to top. I figured it would be like a head start, you know, just to see how good our comrades are."
"Makes sense," Yuuji shrugged. "But I have a different plan."
"What plan?" Mizuki asked before I could.
"Although my plan goes much deeper, the reason for not attacking Class E is simple: it's just not worth it. Which is why we're going to do this my way." Yuuji explained.
I'd get it if it's not worth the time but come on, Yuuji, you got three people who are A-Class candidates in your squad, just what could be the harm to test out our skills on this Exam Summoning whatever to a Class just 1 level above ours that could easily lose to the three of us?
"Huh? But isn't E-Class at a higher rank than us, right?" Akihisa asked, growing more perplexed.
"Ha!" Yuuji scoffed, as if the question doesn't even need an answer. "That's true according to test results, but in essence, it's not true at all." Hear, hear. "Look around you, Akihisa. Who we have around here is an obvious sign that we could win against them easy."
I frowned a little, just a little lost on what was he talking about.
Akihisa looked at each of us individually before he turned to Yuuji, "What do you mean?"
"Geez, Akihisa! And I'd thought this was easy for you to get. Tell me, who do you have around you." He ordered him.
"Er..."
All of us turned our stares, anticipation growing in our nerves as we awaited his words, just what do we seem to be to the eyes of an idiot?
"3 beauties, 2 idiots, 1 tall man and a silent pervert."
"Who the hell are you calling a beauty!?" (Yuuji)
Tsuchiya (forgot his first name) was blushing.
Rino really looked like he was wanted to drive his fist into the blonde's face.
"Oh my, didn't know we were this close." (Me)
"Wait a minute, why is everyone thinking they are the beauty!?"
"People! Order, please!" Hideyoshi reprimanded us.
"Anyway..." Yuuji cleared his throat, and continued his explanation. "What I'm saying is that if the three of these guys-" He gestured to me, Rino and Mizuki. "-can fight with us, E-Class is already a lost cause to fight against us, even if we go full blitzkrieg. In other words, E-Class is done before we even declared war on them. It's too easy, since our final target is Class A, it is meaningless to waste our time with them."
Rino hummed in agreement, "….I agree, I personally demand a more challenging opponent. The game would not be entertaining in such an easygoing fashion."
"Then how about fighting Class D head-on?" Akihisa asked.
"We don't have a one hundred percent chance of winning." Yuuji answered briefly. "Even with these three."
"If that's the case, we should target A-Class from the beginning."
Is it me or did Akihisa have an ulterior motive to this war thingy itself? He was focused on taking on the A-Class more than the other classes. And he doesn't really look like the type to even aim for A-Class at all. I held down myself from asking, asking too soon would leave vague answers or just straight up denial. Maybe time can tell me, and sooner.
"That's because it's our first battle. You guys want to have a great fight and grab everyone's attention, right? That's what I said moments ago, you gotta make the other classes fear us and get ourselves inspired later. Furthermore, this is what we need to defeat Class A."
"Okay. Cool?" I'm not sure if I should be sarcastic here. "Not really thrilling….but cool. I don't know, the plan seemed a little laid back."
"Oh, but that's not it." Yuuji didn't lose a beat in his voice. His face began to show a much more serious look. The way he looked so serious really compliments his role as our class president, especially about the ESB. "My plan goes much more in-depth, which I will explain later. Himeji, Kina and Shimuya, you guys are going to take a test for 4 hours once the war starts. Whatever subjects your good at, fill in those areas under that amount of time."
"….Rep," Rino politely interrupted. I'm starting to get that he is only polite to someone he considers his boss. "Not that I doubt you but can the class survive under that amount of time before we could deliver assistance? It is possible for our class to be defeated before we could even finish, especially against D-Class."
"Like I said, Shimuya, my plan goes much more in-depth. Just trust me, the F-Class are the best pawns I could ask for." Yuuji's voice was too nonchalant, as if it was normal for him to call them that. "Play them right, you can turn the tides with you."
"Isn't that a bit too harsh, treating your classmates like dogs?" Akihisa mused.
"Don't worry, Akihisa. You can go as the sacrificial lamb," He paused, pondering in thought with a finger to the chin. "Or maybe you could go as bait, that way we can breach in to the hallway while you kept them distracted, everyone else can press in to the Class Rep before he even knows we get there."
"Wait, did you just point me out as worthless in a secretive manner?"
"Well, I did remember you do have good control on your Shyoukanjuu, but still its hardly a loss if you die. Since your grades aren't gonna do jack, anyway."
"Yay—Wait! Did you just reduce me even lesser than dirt!?"
"Phahahahaha!" Oh, I love these idiots. They are making things so much fun. Everyone escalated to laughing as well, Akihisa was just getting the shorter end of it.
Yuuji had a very pleased look on his face, satisfied that he had a laugh from us. It seems he can go into serious-mode but he wouldn't miss the chance to make jokes once in a while. "Just kidding, you're gonna be a commander on the field. You're gonna need extra hands so Shimada's gonna help you out."
"Me?"
Yuuji nodded. "Yep, since math is the only thing you're good at, you should keep yourself out of the battle as much as you could, and only fight when necessary. Its a big loss of moral for the guys if one of their best females die too soon in battle."
Really, Yuuji? You gotta point it out like that?
"What of I and Mutsurinii?" Hideyoshi asked.
He turned over to the shorter boys, "Right, Mutsurinii shall maintain vanguard along with 5 others at the hallway. Whatever you do, don't die. Once the three of them gets out of the replenishment room, escort Shimuya to where I will point out later or in the field if there's going to be a change of plan."
Tsuchiya pondered it for a while before nodding, "...Okay, I have my orders."
Rino gave an approving nod, "….Do well, Tsuchiya."
"As for Hideyoshi," Yuuji turned to the brunette, "You should be with the offensives, I deal with your formation later once we have a meeting with the rest of the guys. And like Mutsurinii, you're gonna have to escort Kina. I'll tell you the details later."
"I'm in your care." I pledged to Hideyoshi.
He gave a nod to me in assurance, "Aye, I shalt doth mine own most wondrous best."
"And for Himeji," He finally turned to the last person.
"Ah, yes?"
"I'll have your orders planned out in the meeting later, okay."
Mizuki looked like she was at a loss, as though she doesn't really get what he was saying.
"What's wrong, Himeji? Something on your mind?"
"Err, that... what you were talking about just now is the Summoner Test War that Yoshii-kun and Sakamoto-kun discussed earlier, right?" Mizuki asked.
"That's right." He nodded with a smile, I easily predicted his next actions. "Just earlier, Akihisa came to talk to me about how you-"
The blonde in question jumped in front of Yuuji's view, "SO THAT MEANS!" Don't think that I missed out on you stopping Yuuji from saying something that shouldn't be said, Akihisa. "If we can't beat Class D, then what we said before is meaningless."
Just what the hell are you hiding, Akihisa?
Yuuji laughed out loud, not faltered at the slightest at Akihisa's words. "With all of you helping, we can definitely beat them." Yuuji grinned a toothy grin as he said the three words, "We won't lose."
'We won't lose'? Such words to hear from somebody in the lowest class. Things are actually getting weirder and weirder. Since getting inside the F-Class, I've just learned one thing about it: this ain't no ordinary F-Class. And I feel like there was more to it than that about my class. Not just idiots were there, but a whole variety of 'em. Around me, there was a girly looking boy with a good poker face, a straightforward pervert that doesn't know the art of lying, an ill-mannered member of the Goth faction, a very shy girl that can draw men's eyes and the jealousy of women, a German girl with only one good quality, an verbally abused idiot, and a smartass with lots of surprises.
'With all of us helping, we could beat D-Class'? In any normal mind, a group like this, especially in F-Class, had no hope at all. But what Yuuji said had a different effect when we heard it.
Hearing him talk about winning made me feel spirited and confident. The situation looked hopeless itself to the normal F-Class people here but still, we felt revitalized and confident. Yuuji must have a way with words, the F-Class deserves no better Class Rep than him.
He spoke again, the seriousness in his voice stood out the most, "If you guys work together with me, we can win this." Before anyone could have a say. He said these words with a wolfish grin: "Listen. Our class….…..Is the strongest."
Total silence, yet it was so significant than ten thousand Spartans battle crying. Our self-esteem skyrocketed to maximum the sooner he said those words and the majority of us cannot stop ourselves from smiling towards cockiness but who gives a fuck about cockiness now?
We're the strongest, bitches!
"Sounds fun!" Minami pumped a fist, winking.
"We shalt throweth the kings off their high horses." Hideyoshi said, the nobility of his words along with the determination fits so well.
"... (Nod)" Tsuchiya simply gives a thumbs-up but his face is exactly like that to a soldier ready to charge headfirst into battle with no regrets.
"I... I will try my best." Mizuki's face was etched with determination.
Pounding my fist to my palm, I proclaimed, "Count me in!"
Rino pounded his fist to his knee, then his chest and nodded, even this guy cannot stop himself from the excitement.
It might sound crazy to F-Class, it sounded difficult and would take more than a school year to get it done.
But it doesn't mean it is impossible. In what I believe in: impossible is an excuse for worthlessness. (Thanks a lot, Nanokawa Academy) And I—no, WE are NOT worthless. We will beat the A-Class and show them just how much the lowest class could do.
All of us here, we are all different people, with different interests, with different lives, with different personalities, and with different skills. But if we work for the same goal, many crazy but insane things could happen. Even something that rarely happens would end up becoming a common occurrence because of us. And I can't wait to see just how it would go.
"Alright, let me explain the battle strategy!"
We stayed in this rooftop, enjoyed the cozy wind, and listened to the strategy that would bring us the flag to victory.