《The Ultimate Classroom》 Vol.1 Ch.1: Entrance Exam School belltune "Monkey''s don''t eat sh*t, they throw it at you." ALTaccounti Aioi, Hy¨­go, Japan A boy was sitting on the bus by himself which was moving towards the Danshaku High School, it is said that it was funded by private investors. They wanted to make a top tier school that fit their needs without the government butting in. The school was solely made to get the most elite/skilled people to their private University in order to create the highest functioning individuals in Japanese society. But all that didn''t interest the boy called Naibu Henko in fact, he just wanted to get into the school his brother graduated from. The strange thing is at the time he still lived at home he told absolutely nothing about his experience there. He started thinking as he looked around the bus as multiple adolescents his age were talking on cheating on some tests. I guess people are trying to find their way around huh? The test is insanely hard after all, but I have studied the hardest I could so I can only hope for the best. After 30 minutes the bus arrived they moved through a massive green forest until they reached the humongous open gate door. When Naibu and the rest left the transport vehicle, they saw the grey with a little gold school building with 3 buildings surrounding it, assuming they must be the dorms. A lady came up to the students. "Everyone please follow me in order to take your entrance exams, make sure you have your ticket with you." The lady said. Naibu checked his bag and had the ticket with him. It had a number 221 on it as that would probably show either somewhere online or on some scoreboard to see whenever he passed or not. Everyone followed the Lady into the school building, that alone took 10 minutes. Geez this school is massive, but for some reason it gives me goosebumps, eh I must probably just be nervous for the test, I have to calm down though this feeling won''t help me with anything. After walking through some grey mixed with white hallways they finally entered a big auditorium having room for at least 80 people. "Alright everyone choose a seat, the exam will start within 5 minutes." The lady announced. Naibu decided to sit in the corner of the auditorium. It had a huge window on the left side that let all the sunlight in. Thankfully it was morning and the sun wasn''t strong on the eyes yet. Naibu looked at the other people as he kept hearing whispers. They are probably going through their plans again, well I just have to do my best by doing my best! Naibu pulled a pen eraser on the table and waited. After 5 minutes the lady announced that the test was going to begin. Everyone sat down, some kids being very nervous while others had smirks on their faces, but Naibu was relatively calm as stressing out only made it for oneself. When the teacher finished giving out the tests she went to sit at the desk in front of the auditorium. "You have 2 hours to finish this test!" "Hajimeru!" With that said, the students started to work while the teacher started to read. The people who took the exam started to notice after 10 minutes that she wasn''t looking up from the book. Some had suspicious looks on their faces while others were rubbing their hands. Naibu saw that but he quickly returned to his test. Enjoying the story? Show your support by reading it on the official site. Whatever they do is their responsibility, I just have to focus on my own battle! Meanwhile Naibu was focusing on his test. The people around him threw cheat paper around while others held up their exam papers to do as if they were reading to let the seat behind them read their answers. "10 minutes left!" The lady said while she looked into the class, she gave a slight smirk while going back to her book. Darn it, I am still missing half of the answers! There is no way I can completely finish this in time! After the 10 minutes passed the lady stood up from her desk and sat on it facing the with her book closed in hand. "Time is up! But.. don''t bother handing them in." The lady smiled. A boy had a confused reaction. "What do you mean by not handing them in?" He asked. The lady opened up her book and turned it around, her smartphone was put inside a hollow cut space in the middle of the pages on the screen were various changing shots of the auditorium. "What no way!" A girl reacted. "Exactly there are various hidden cameras in this place, the test was to see who would be stupid enough to cheat on this exam, I think that you people would use such obvious elementary school tactics, truly despicable." The lady clapped her hands. "Everyone who cheated leaves the school grounds right now, if you still stand here after this announcement will lose their 2nd attempt to take the exam next year, meaning that you won''t be able to ever attend this school, so don''t make me look back on footage." The lady warned. "Ah man!" One of the boys shouted and left the auditorium, others quickly followed suit. "There is someone in the hall that will navigate you out of the building, have a nice trip and until next time." The lady smiled. She started to count the students left. "Only 15 huh? Lesser then normal, seems that you kids get more idiotic every year. Anyways congratulations everyone here made it through the entrance exam, but before you go I would like to say something." Some students went from smiling and cheering to a questioning face while others just smirked, as if they already knew something which the rest had no idea of. "Like what?" A girl said. "If everyone made the exam fairly the 20 highest scores would pass, but this year that pretty much never happened due to the high cheating rate. Do not think that I don''t know what you know, where some of you are obvious about it, others are holding up a fa?ade." She said with sharp eyes that sees through their souls. All the students suddenly gained serious expression, except Naibu he was just confused. What is she talking about? "Anyways all of you can go now there is a person waiting in the hall for everyone here too. Be sure to check your mailbox as he will send you the next procedures regarding attending this school, now everyone have a nice weekend." With that said the rest of the students left the auditorium, when Naibu was about to leave too the lady stopped him. "Hey boy!" Naibu turned around. "I want to have a chat real quick." "Okay sure..." Naibu replied walking back to the desk the lady was sitting on. "To start off I noticed that you were the only person that took the exam seriously, meaning that you genuinely didn''t know of the ridiculous failing rate due to the mentioned issue." The lady said. "Well, that is true. Until I heard people on my way here about it, but to think so many people would do it is beyond me." Naibu replied. "Unlike you, the 14 others that passed didn''t write down a single word, as they did know about the rates, meaning they didn''t study in order to make it to this school." "Okay... good for them, but I just want to do things the fair way." "Hmm you must be a very honest person and probably kind too, which is nice in a normal situation, but at this school could mean a very tough road ahead or even yourcomplete downfall." "Huh?" Naibu reacted. "Our idly chat has ended, move along now." "Tell me what you meant by that." Naibu demanded. "That is for me to know and you to find out." The lady said while she signaled with her hand to leave. Naibu turned around without saying anything and moved towards the exit when the Lady said one final thing. "I am curious how you will survive here, Mr Henko. Good luck because you need it!" The lady shouted. She knows my name?! Naibu shook his head and left the auditorium, it took him 30 minutes just to get out of the school grounds since the rest were already gone. It would take another hour for the next bus to come, but thankfully a man at the entrance was about to leave, saw Naibu and was nice enough to give him a ride home. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- My first chapter everyone I hope nailed it in regards to giving COTE vibes lmao. I hope all of you enjoyed it and until next time! Vol.1 Ch.2: The Classical Shock Shimogy¨­-ku, Kyoto, Japan (Friday 12:00 AM) "Is it here?" The man who gave Naibu a ride asked. "Yes." "Well, good lord is it massive." "Yeah." I mean I am from a wealthy family that owns a construction business in Kyoto. The man parked in front of a giant traditional 3 story mansion type house decorated with black brown and white colors with in front of the main entrance 2 cement pillars with 2 identical youkai standing on top of it. "I guess this is goodbye huh." The man said. "I guess so mister, thanks for giving me a ride home." Naibu said leaving the car. "No problem!" The man said with a smile and left. Naibu made his way through the garden and opened the door with his keys, his parents instantly greeting him as they were clearly waiting for his arrival. Hey son!" His father greeted. "Hey." "How did it go?" His mom asked. "I passed the exams, due to mass disqualification of people who cheated." Naibu answered. "Huh, I guess it''s still the same." Naibu''s father said under his breath. "Hm?" "Uh nothing." "Anyways it''s great to hear that you passed, but that means you are probably leaving us very soon." Naibu''s mother said. "Yeah, but I am just really excited to go there, oh I almost forgot. I need to tell my brother the news! I''ll be upstairs in my room if you need me!" After Naibu ran upstairs his parents had a little chat. "Honey, do you think it was a good choice to let him attend that school?" Naibu''s mother asked. "To be honest Katsura totally changed after he graduated from there and we chose to raise him in a more modern friendly way, but then again its his wish to go there so I will not stop him." "Hmm that is true, I just hope he stays himself in there." Naibu was in his room. He pulled out his phone and sat on his bed which was in a white room with a study desk, a walk-in closet, personal bathroom and its own small balcony. It''s been half a year since I contacted him, after he finished high school he was at home for a year. He never told anything of his life in school and didn''t like to talk in general. His eyes were filled with some type of anger back then. He finished the private University program a while ago and now has a high position within the construction company. Naibu called his number and his brother picked up. Naibu: Katsura? Katsura: Naibu, it better be something interesting or else I am hanging up. I got better things to do then talk about general topics. Naibu: I made it to Danshaku High School. Katsura: Pfft hahaha. You must be a real imbecile, the fact that you even passed, since I damn well know you didn''t know about the rates, but then again you only had to not cheat to get in, so it''s understandable, anyhow listen here little brother that school isn''t for happy go lucky types like yourself. Naibu: I don''t care what you tell me, I will attend that school and I will experience the same things you did, as you never wanted to tell me! Katsura: You know what? Suit yourself, it only means less competition for me. Call me again after half a year, let''s see if you are still normal by then. Naibu: Why are you always so pessimistic?! Katsura: Why are you always so optimistic?! Naibu: Why are always so wannabe realistic?! Katsura: And why are you always so damn unrealistic?! You know what? I don''t have time for these stupid games. Katsura closed the call. Even though we ask each other every time we speak, we know that the answer lies within our different way of upbringing and the school too in my brother''s case. Naibu had a normal Friday with playing some games together with his former middle school friends, eating together with his parents, walking around a bit in the garden when bored and watching some UsTube until he fell asleep. (Saturday 10:00 AM) Naibu did the usual morning procedure and went downstairs to have breakfast. He had some miso soup. When suddenly the doorbell rang. "I''ll get it dad." Naibu said. "Okay." Naibu walked over to the door and opened it, it was a postman with a box in his hand. A case of theft: this story is not rightfully on Amazon; if you spot it, report the violation. "This package is for Mister Naibu Henko?" The postman asked. "Yeah that is me." "Then could you please sign here." Naibu signed the paper and received the box, the postman went back to his car and Naibu closed the door. "What is that package?" Naibu''s mother asked. "I don''t know, let''s open it I guess." Naibu opened the box with a knife he took from the kitchen. A blue school uniform with the letters D.S.H with golden angelic wings were perfectly sewn into it. "It''s the school uniform!" "Oh let me see." Naibu''s father stood up. Naibu took it out of the box. There was a winter and summer version there. "They look nice." Naibu''s mother commented. "Yeah." After breakfast he took the clothing and went upstairs again. He was about to game again with friends, but he decided to check his mail. A got a new mail and it was from the school. He clicked on it. From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Subject: Procedure Greetings Mister Henko, On Monday we ask you to bring nothing else, but your uniform and a bag. That means also you must leave your phone at home, as we will give you a new one, because as you know, students will live on campus for the next 3 years. (if you make it that far at least) You are placed in class 1A at the entrance. There will be various people with a paper that reads your class name on it, please wait until the rest of your class arrives so that you can be guided to your classroom as the rest will be explained there. We expect you to reach here before 9:00 AM and hope you will have a fun time at our school. With kind regards, Dachi Densetsu Danshaku High School Chairman "Okay..." The phone part seems weird, but whatever and what am I going to wear there then? Unless they give me clothes there, which is the only possibility I can think of. Eh too much thinking I will play some games with my friends. Saturday and Sunday passed in a normal fashion. (Monday 7:00 AM) Naibu got his things packed, well more like he has his uniform on and has a bag with him. He went to the mirror in the bathroom one last time. He had dark gray long spiked hair, brown eyes, pale skin and a rather skinny body type. Alright I look eh.. decent enough? Naibu went downstairs and hugged his parents one last time as they wouldn''t see each other for at least 3 years. Naibu then waved goodbye as he walked to the bus stop and took line 54 that would take him straight to Danshaku High School as the end destination. He picked a seat next to the back next to the window as he looked at all the people walking on the side of the street and saw the cars racing through. After another bus stop a boy stepped in. He had dark brown spiky hair till his shoulders, bronze eyes and a semi trained build, wearing the same blue uniform as Naibu. The boy noticed him and sat next to Naibu. "Hey dude!" He called. "Hi?" "I remember you from the day at the entrance exam." "Oh, I barely remember anyone as everything went so fast." I mean I was busy with the test and that lady said something really strange to me, so I couldn''t really focus on the people around me. "Yeah my name is Tenshi Keiken, Class 1B!" He introduced. I have a urge to ask why he knew about the cheating rates, but I feel that it is dangerous territory, so it''s better to just not mention it. "Well, I am Naibu Henko, Class 1A. Nice to meet you." "Oh different class from me huh? But that doesn''t matter, we can still be friends right?" Tenshi asked. "Sure, I wish I could have added you on Bine, but we had to leave our phones at home." "At least we are getting new ones." Tenshi added. "Yeah." After an hour and a half the bus reached the massive open school gate, both Naibu and Tenshi stepped out of the bus and looked around. There were a lot of students wearing different school uniform colors and they were either conversating, being lost or just alone. "I love the liveliness around here already!" Tenshi commented. Naibu nodded. After they passed the school gate there were 5 different people with each a plasticized paper with the Class 1A till 1E on it. "I guess we have to separate here bud." Tenshi said. "Yeah, but I am sure we will have another chance to meet." "Right, see you around." "Bye." Naibu waved. He went over to the man holding the Class 1A sign, it seems Naibu was the last one who arrived as the rest was already waiting for a while. "Follow me." The man said. Everyone followed the man into the school building when they reached the main entrance, they turned left where 5 classrooms were located. They were let into Class 1A. "Okay everyone please sit down as your assigned homeroom teacher will come very shortly." The man left. Hmmm where should I sit? The rest already sat down and there was only one seat left. Well, never mind in the corner against the window it is. After Naibu sat down a boy stood up. "How about we introduce ourselves before the teacher comes in." A boy proposed. "Sure, but let''s just keep it short. We have plenty time to get know each other." A girl sitting on the first row in the left corner replied. "Alright then I will start, I am Fujimura Sora." He introduced. He had short black hair, red eyes, pale skin and a tiny scar on his left cheek with a semi trained build. All the people stood up and said their names in turn. "Shigeru Sugimoto" "Jin Yuudai" "Obara Matsume" "Kyoko Murayama" "Hinata Furuya" "Hiroko Yasui" "Yuure Sasao" "Ai Umemoto" "Sayuri Ozaki" "Minori Oishi" "Naibu Henko" "Sato Akiro" "Bito Serato" He had a black curled hair, yellow eyes and pale skin with a birthmark above his left eye; he also had a loop in his left pocket. The rest looked at a girl that has yet to say her name while she was reading a book, she looked up, quite annoyed and introduced herself. "Fine... I am Sawada Gina, can you all stop staring and let me be now?" She asked while she went back to her book. She had light blue long hair which had a fed flower hairpin in it, blue eyes, pale skin with 2 freckles on her left cheek. "Sure." Fujimura replied. Suddenly the door opened. It was the homeroom teacher alone with 2 men that put 2 boxes down and left. Everyone sat down. "Hello students, my name is Mizu Jigoku and I am your homeroom teacher." She introduced. She had long blond hair wrapped in a ponytail, black eyes, pale skin and wore a white dress shirt along with some white jeans. "Before we start with class I will explain to you some things that you need to know, in the first box are your new phones, since you are not allowed to contact anyone outside unless it''s an emergency, the phones automatically block outside numbers. All of them are already personalized, so you don''t have to worry about setting them up. Your phone also holds the info of your Room number at the dorms and in the back of is a keycard in order to enter your room, you can keep it there or hold separate whatever you desire. There is also a box with basic clothes in your room, but of course you can always buy new ones at the stores. Now this school is based on real money, but until mid term everything will be free. Oh and do not think that just because your Class A means having a better experience as every class is equal, at least for now." "Wow, that is awesome!" Sato said. The class started to smile and cheer. "BUT!" The class quieted down. "The 5 students with the lowest midterm grades averages will get expelled, so enjoy time here while you still can, oh and do not think that just because your Class A means having a better experience as every class is equal, at least for now." "Welcome to Danshaku High School." Mizu laughed. Holy crap, that is so cruel! And what does she mean by that last sentence?! "What this is ridiculous!" Jin shouted. "Yeah what kind of school does that!" Ai added. "We have to protest!" Kyoko slammed her hand on the table. "If you all don''t calm down right now, might as well send you all back home. How about that?" Mizu said with a deep tone. The students said back down with clear anger and confusion on their faces. "Now, one by one take your phones and in the other box are the books." Everyone grabbed their new phone and books and sat back to their seats. "Alright, let''s begin with our first lesson!" Vol.1 Ch.3: Sudden Encounter School Bell OST "1+1 = not 5" Altaccounti After the first half of the classes were over it was break time. Everyone left the classroom including Mizu, but Naibu stayed behind as he saw Sawada unpacking her novel again. "Uh Gina-san was it?" Naibu asked. "Drop the honorifics, just call me Sawada and what do you want?" She answered. "Umm everyone left already, so why are you staying here?" Sawada moved her chair a bit back and now put her legs on her desk. "Because I like being alone, now don''t you have a place to go to?" Well, not really but since I am kind of hungry, I should check out the cafeteria. "Umm yes I will head to the cafeteria, want to go with me?" "You probably know the answer to that right." "Haha I tried at least, so uhh yeah I am gonna go." Geez that was awkward. Naibu left the classroom as he now tried to find the cafeteria in this massive school, when he looked at the website of the school he read that It has it own dorms, athletic/sport field, a swimming pool, cafeteria, own stores from food to clothing, various dojo''s and a privately owned forest. After a while of being lost he asked one of the students to show him the way. He explained it multiple times, but Naibu was still lost, so instead he just told Naibu to follow him there. Naibu went along with the guy and after 10 minutes they reached it. "Thanks man." Naibu gave his thumbs up. "No problem." The student replied walking away. Naibu looked around, the cafeteria was a large white space with various places to sit at as well as a counter to order your food while it is being prepared in the kitchen behind it. Naibu walked over to the counter to order food, he looked up where a tv screen with the menu can be seen. Hmm I guess I will have some beef udon, damn 900 Yen huh? Good thing its still free for us! "Hello, how can I help you?" "Uh yes can I have a beef Udon please?" "Sure coming right up!" Not asking for any money? How does she know I am a first year.. wait I am stupid its my uniform, so I guess I don''t have to prove them anything. They just know. After 15 minutes of waiting Naibu received a tray with his beef udon on it which comes with apple juice. He sat alone at one of the tables and started eating, where a while later, 2 boys sit in front of him. "Hey Naibu was it?" One of the boys asked. "Yeah." "I am Fujimura and the guy next to me is Sato." Damn I am really bad at remembering names, it''s just the first day cut me some slack. "Hey bro." Sato said. Naibu gave a slight tilt and nodded. "You, these past lessons were really boring." Fujimura complained. The tale has been illicitly lifted; should you spot it on Amazon, report the violation. "Almost sleep inducing haha." Sato added. "You know, I wonder how they expect us to get good grades for the midterm, when things are probably going to stay as they are right now." Fujimura tapped his finger on the table. "Maybe we need to think of something still to pass it, I mean the fact that 5 students will leave at the end of mid term, really scares me." Sato replied. "Yeah who thought that was a fair idea, but I guess the elite image is really showing." Naibu said. "Anyways let''s see if we can come with something." Fujimura put his hand on his chin. After brainstorming for 10 minutes all of them seem to have come up with nothing worthwhile. "Anyone got anything?" Sato asked. Naibu and Fujimura shook their heads. "Well, we can always figure it out next time, wait Fuji look, girls from our class!" Sato pointed at them in the distance. "Dude pointing at people is rude, but let''s go!" Fujimura replied. "Oh Naibi, want to come with us?" Fujimura added. "Hmm nah, maybe next time." Naibu rejected. "Alright bro see you in class." Sato waved. Wait, I forgot to ask them for their contact info! Sato and Fujimura left to head over to the others in his class, while Naibu finished his food and left the tray on the table, where he is now wandering aimlessly in the cafeteria until he saw a familiar face sitting alone at one of the tables. The person looked up from his phone and greeted Naibu. "Hey Naibu, how is it going?!" "Tenshi!" "Yeah bro, come have a seat." Naibu sat in front of him. "So how are classes?" Tenshi asked. "Umm pretty boring, but it''s not like we can do anything about that, oh wait more importantly did you guys get the same news about the the lowest 5 scores leaving the school?" "Yeah we did, it''s really messed up for them to do that. Listen, how about we exchange contacts, now that we have these phones. We can be brothers in arms helping each other in need." Tenshi proposed. "Sure man." Naibu and Tenshi added to each other soon after the school bell rang. "Well, I guess this is our cue." Tenshi said. "Yeah." "See you around Naibu!" Tenshi left the table. Naibu headed to the classroom and followed the rest of the lessons, which were boring again as half of his classmates were dozing off while the rest were on their phones. Except Sawada she was the only one actually paying attention. After the classes were over the rest left the classroom, they seem to already have formed some groups as Naibu is alone again. Darn it, I should have gone with them to the cafeteria earlier today. Naibu looked back into the class and saw Sawada packing her stuff. "Hey Sawada how abou.." "No not interested" "But I didn''t even-" "I said nope." "Okay I will just go alone then." Man this girl is hard to talk with, maybe I should just stop trying. Naibu moved out of the classroom and while walking through the school''s hallway, he pulled out his phone and went to the Danshaku App. It told his name, student number, grades, dorm number, attendance and special challenges page which was empty. Naibu''s dorm number was 54 and the location was portrayed on a map, which made it easy for him to locate his room. Along the way he noticed 3 girls from his class talking in a distance, but Naibu ignored the chance to talk to them. After walking for about 10 minutes he finally reached his room at the boys dorm, but a girl was leaning against the door of his residence. She had short red hair, red eyes, pale skin and a bandana around her neck, wearing the same blue uniform meaning that she is a first year. "Ah there you are." "Umm who are you and why are you blocking the entrance?" "Class 1C, Chisa Ida. I have just come here to give you some advice." "Advice?" "I saw you with Tenshi today and let me just tell you, If you''re smart and value your somewhat normal school life. You should keep Tenshi at a distance." Chisa said while starting to walk away. "Hey, wait up! Why are you telling me this? What do you know!" "Listen boy." "Naibu." "I am not telling anything, you either take my advice or not." She waved and left. Naibu had a confused look on his face. What the heck was that about? There is no way Tenshi is bad , if he was I should have known already. Like what is the deal with these people, first that lady, then Mizu and now Chisa. I feel like something is off.... ugh whatever time to enter my room. He opened the door by holding the keycard in the back of his phone against the sensor pad, which gave a green light opening the door. It was a simple room with light brown wooden flooring and white walls, it had a small bathroom as well as a small kitchen, but there was no TV in sight though. On the bed in front of him laid a box, he headed towards it and opened it carefully. Oh wait, these are the basic clothes our teacher was talking about. It had boxers, socks, plain t-shirts in different colors, a tie, 2 extra spare pants and blue pajamas, all in his size. Hmm these are good for now I guess, but I really need to buy new clothes later though. I know this school has its own mall with different stores located in it, so I will have to take a look there on the weekend. Crap! I also need to head to the convenience store to get some food. Eh I am too lazy today, I will do that tomorrow. Naibu packed out the clothes and put them in a closet next to his bed. After that he went to take a shower and was now in his pajamas. He jumped on his bed and looked at his contacts on his phone. I only have Tenshi huh, but I don''t want to bother him right now, so I might as well watch some videos and play some games. Naibu sighed. "Well, let''s see what these next weeks have in store for me." Vol.1 Ch.4: An Angel That Offered His Help School bell OST "Whenever you get a 1 on your test, just add a red 0 next to it." ALTaccounti 4 weeks later Naibu was sitting in the classroom along with other classmates, waiting for the homeroom teacher to arrive. In these 4 weeks Class 1A''s motivation had reached an all time low, as they not really understanding anything of the lessons and the people that do have an idea do not wish to share. The atmosphere was starting to get a lot more competitive along with the selfishness which was slowly becoming more apparent in each of the students. Naibu stared out of the window as he could see the massive track field from afar. Fujimura thought of a plan a week ago, he said that there was a student named Moudo Kaji, a 2nd year student, who sold mock exams to first year students. Fujimura is supposed to tell us how that went, but he sure is taking his time. "Man, he sure is taking a long time." Sato commented. "Just have a little more patience." Yuure replied. "I really just want to get this over with." Minori said. "Pfft and you are the one saying that, while you have been keeping all the homework notes to yourself." Shigeru crossed his arms. "What about, instead of being lazy and wanting MY notes that I worked hard on, maybe, JUST maybe you should start doing something yourself!" Minori countered. "Damn you!" "Shigeru, don''t worry, her notes are barebones. I''ve gotten a glimpse of them." Sayuri put her hand in her pockets. "Oh then keep them, it''s not like you will get a good score with them anyway." Shigeru laughed. "Shut it you two, both of you are just salty that I won''t give my blood, sweat and tears away to unproductive people like you!" Minori turned her head with an angry expression on her face. This has been going on for 2 weeks already, just when can there be put an end to this hostility? The Classroom door opened, it was Fujimura and he didn''t have the happiest look on his face. Everyone''s eyes were fixated on Fujimura. "Uh okay.. I have bad news." Everyone sighed. "The 2nd year student Moudo Kaji has already sold the exam to someone from a different class, but he does not wish to tell me." He explained. "Great now what?" Sato asked. "Well, I guess all hope is lost now." Sayuri stretched her arms. Hmm, I think I will ask Tenshi about his situation. The homeroom teacher came in and everyone sat down, while the lesson was busy Naibu started to text with Tenshi. Naibu: Yo Tenshi you there? Tenshi: Yeah what''s up Naibu? Naibu: Nothing much. Tenshi: I see. Naibu: But I do want to ask something Naibu: What is your class''s situation in the upcoming mid term? Mine is doing horrible and the person we were going to buy the previous exams from already gave it away. Tenshi: Well I am the one who bought them. Naibu: Really?! Tenshi: Yeah bro. Tenshi: Listen I don''t mind helping you out, so I will give you a copy too because we''re friends. Tenshi: Whenever you want to keep it for yourself or give your entire class is up to you. Naibu: Well, you know what I am doing right? Tenshi: Hahaha I know you''re going to help your classmates, that is just who you are. Naibu: Yep! Tenshi: How many people are in your class right now? A case of theft: this story is not rightfully on Amazon; if you spot it, report the violation. Naibu: 15 Tenshi: Okay I will print and deliver them to you tomorrow morning 7:00 AM Naibu: Thanks, but where should we meet? Tenshi: Just come to the park at the back of our dorm. Naibu: Right, I''ll be there! Naibu: I will go back to trying to understand these boring lessons. Tenshi: hahaha sure. Naibu put his phone away and looked at the smart board as Mizu was explaining something on the Japanese subject. Now let''s try to understand this for once. Next day (Tuesday 7:00 AM) Naibu left the dorms and met up at the park behind it. It was a massive grass field with stone pathways running through it and a line of trees around the place. In the middle was a huge white fountain surrounded by wooden benches that people could sit on. Naibu found Tenshi sitting at one of the benches with his bag next to him. "Hey." Naibu greeted as he sat next to Tenshi. "Yo Naibu, I got the goods." Tenshi pulled out a big pile of exam papers and gave them to him. "Thanks bro!" "No problem." "Um by the way, what do I tell my class if they ask me where I got these exams from?" "Oh that is not a problem, just tell them that you received them from me." Tenshi gave his thumbs up. "Ah okay." "Well, I will head back now, see you around Naibu." Tenshi stood up and walked off. "Okay, bye dude!" Naibu returned to his dorm and readied his bag, putting his books in for today as well as shoving the mock exams papers in there. Phew it just fits. I would have become a very difficult situation if I had to walk with them under my arm. Naibu left his room and headed to the main school building, where he walked towards his classroom. "Minori, just give us your notes damn it!" Shigeru shouted. "Just stop it man, she is clearly not giving it to any of us." Yuure said. "Stay out of it Yuure! Your calmness and protectiveness is nothing but a damn lie, you are just as scared as all of us! If you give up then sure, but do not put the rest of us in the same boat." Sayuri gave her a pissed look. "I am just stating the truth, you trash wannabe tough girl." Yuure insulted. "Hey, isn''t that a little mean to say that to her?" Sato commented. "Does it look like I care? She started it." Yuure slightly tilted her head. "Do you want your head bashed in, wait we are getting off topic." "Minori, just give us the damn notes, so that all of us have a fair chance of passing the test." "Uh no, like I said you lazy people have got to work yourself." Minori replied. "You selfish bastard, want me to bash your head in! I kick all of your asses." Sayuri threatened. "Please everyone you will have to stop, this is starting to get out of hand." Fujimura tried to extinguish the heat in the classroom. "Shut it useless boy, you weren''t able to get us the tests, so now watch from the sidelines as I will get what I am looking for." Sayuri replied to him. "Hey, at least he tried to get it for us, don''t be mean to him!" Ai spoke up. "Besides, it''s all your own damn fault for not studying during this time! You all reap what you sow!" Minori added. Sato just watched silently as the heat in the classroom reached boiling point. "Damn you!" Sayuri was heading Minori ready to give her a slap, when Naibu suddenly came in. "STOP WHAT YOU ARE DOING RIGHT NOW, AS I GOT GREAT NEWS!" Sawada who was reading in the back looked up and gave a slight smirk, all the students now focused their attention on Naibu. Man it was really close to getting out of hand, glad I made it in time! "You better have something interesting to say right now, or else you will be eating my fist." Sayuri walked over to her seat waiting for an announcement. Naibu went into his bag and pulled out the mock exams. "I was able to get my hands on the mock exams and I have a copy for everyone to study!" The entire class got rid of all the negative emotions and started cheering. "Naibu you''re a god!" Sato was bowing at seat. "Awesome!" "Thanks Naibu!" "You''re a real hero!" Suddenly Sawada interrupted the praise. "Sorry to interrupt this euphoric moment, but where did you get those exams from, didn''t the guy already give it away to another class?" She asked. "Yeah, he gave it to someone in Class 1B, but luckily since we are friends he gave me a copy. He told me that I could help my class out if I wanted, so I did, which is why I have a copy for all of you now." Naibu explained. "Can I get his name?" Sawada followed up. "Tenshi Keiken." Sawada''s face showed a hint of slight suspicion, but quickly changed into a slight smile. "Enough with the interrogation, Sawada, give us the juicy content Naibu!" Sato exclaimed. Naibu walked around the classroom giving each of them a copy, where after he finished got back to seat. ''You are very lucky Minori. if mister savior didn''t butt in, I would have bash your skull in by now." Sayuri crossed her arms. Minori waved her hand at Sayuri implying that she does not care. I can feel that the tension in our class has lowered by a massive amount, but now there is also a fair chance for everyone to pass the test, as there are no advantages anymore. The homeroom teacher came in and the lessons began, now all of them were paying attention, since all they had to do was study from sheets since the answers were also in it. The bell rang, meaning that it was break time, Naibu got asked to hang out by some of his classmates, but he said he had something to do. He went to the cafeteria and searched for a place to be alone, which turned out to be the stairs to the school''s basement/storage room. Naibu for some reason didn''t want to hang out with his classmates outside of the lessons, almost as if his gut feeling was trying to say something. He returned to class after the break ended and did nothing in class again like the rest. The school day ended and everyone was heading to the dorms or library to study for the tests. Naibu wanted to go back to his room, but decided just to take a stroll around the school exploring a bit. He passed along the track field and made his past and old rundown locked dojo, he kept walking as it didn''t interest him. A bit further, new well maintained dojo''s could be seen as a person walked out with flyers in his hand and moved towards Naibu. "Hey dude, have you joined any clubs yet?" He greeted and asked. "Hi, uh no." "Well my name is Tane Bokuya Class 1E and I am in the Kendo club, feel free to visit us anytime if you are interested to join." He introduced as he gave the flyer. "Yeah, I will think about it." "Awesome! What is your name?" "Naibu Henko, Class 1A." "Ah okay nice to meet ya." "Umm I am going to continue walking okay?" "Oh yeah sure man, see ya around!" he waved as Naibu was walking slowly out of his sight. A club huh? The thing is that I never joined one back in middle school, I was too busy playing games together with my friends. I wonder how they are doing as I can''t contact them. I can not help, but to feel a bit sad, anyways it''s time for me to head back to my room in order to start studying. Lets just hope nothing bad happens in the next 2 weeks. Vol.1 Ch.5: The Unexpected Betrayal School Bell OST "Sometimes life is like top 10 Anime Betrayals, fun to look at but depressing to be in." ALTaccounti 2 Weeks Later For the past 2 weeks nothing out of the ordinary happened, doing nothing during the school day and studying by night. Everyone was having a confident feeling that they were going to make it. It is now one day before the mid term exams. It was a Sunday night and Naibu just finished studying the sheets behind his desk in his room. Ah finally done, I am feeling that I can make it now. Hmmm but just be sure I should check the books, I have never really looked into them, I am pretty sure that only Sawada and Minori are the only ones that actively studied it. Naibu pulled out the books and looked at their exercises as well as explanations, when he compared them he realized something. Wait?! . . . A different method is being applied at the mathematics test which has a slight error making every answer on here wrong. In social studies multiple answers describe the definition in a slightly different way leaving out a keyword, making them all wrong! All of these exams have tons of mistakes even if the questions are altered, the only way you would have noticed it if you had studied the book! These mistakes are way too massive to call them accidents which means that... Tenshi deceived me! I am sure that he checked if the tests were correct in correlation with the books, so I am 100% sure Moudo didn''t have anything to do with it! The story has been illicitly taken; should you find it on Amazon, report the infringement. AHH! How could he, I thought we were friends damn it! Naibu pulled out his phone and went to Bine. Naibu: DUDE WHAT IS THE MEANING BEHIND CHANGING THE TESTS!!! Naibu: WHY DID YOU DECEIVE ME?! Wait, he is not replying, so that means that I''m blocked for sure! Now that I think of it I don''t know his room number either! I have to tell the rest about this, wait I have no contact info from my class since I always distance myself from them! Which means I can only do one thing! Hopefully I can find a classmate outside, I should stay at the boys dorm so as not to cause unnecessary commotion! Naibu changed from his pajamas into his school uniform and stormed outside running throughout the entire dorm in the hope to find someone. After running for 15 minutes Naibu finally found someone he recognized standing in front of the vending machine. "Fujimura!" He looked around as Naibu stopped before him panting heavily, "Naibu, what''s wrong?" "Dude the tests are wrong." Fujimura''s concerned face turned into a horrified expression. "What do you mean by wrong?!" "Tenshi, my friend from class B deceived me, he has altered the question and answers in a way that couldn''t be noticed unless you had studied the book!" Fujimura became furious and grabbed Naibu by the color. "Why didn''t you check the tests beforehand?!" "I don''t know, I assume they must have been right." "HOW could you trust someone from another class?!" "Listen, I thought he was a good person." "Naibu, this is not like your normal high school, nobody can be trusted, because of your stupidity will the entire class fail!" "And who said that he had done it, there is a chance that you changed the continuity of the exams yourself!" "Take this you traitor!" Fujimura gave Naibu a good left hook and he fell on the ground. "Wait I just realized something, Minori was the only one who had studied the book, which means she knew all along too DAMN IT, no time to waste. I got to study the books quickly!" Fujimura ran off while Naibu stood up. I totally understand Fujimura''s reaction, but to be honest it''s kind of their fault too. Why did none of them check it?.. Wait, it''s the exact same reason as me, they trusted me like I trusted Tenshi, which made all of us fall down the rabbit hole. Since I have nobody''s contact info I just have to hope that Fujimura tells the rest of the class. Time to head back! Naibu returned back to his room, took a shower and changed back into his pajamas, where he sat back behind the study desk. The only thing I can do now is study the books for the rest of the night. Naibu pulled out his phone again and looked to see if Tenshi replied. I figured that he didn''t. Naibu slammed his hand against the table. "Damn it, how could I have been such an idiot!" Vol.1 Ch.6: More Conflict (Monday 7:30 AM) Naibu just finished preparing himself as he looked at himself in the bathroom mirror. A slight bruise could be seen on his left cheek. Ugh it''s showing on my face, yesterday was pretty dramatic all do I say so myself and I have studied all I can. I know that my reputation must be non-existent right now, heck everybody might straight up hate me, but I have to convince them that it was Tenshi doing and not mine! Pfft look at me hoping for things to be set right, I mean you won''t know unless you try right? Right now is not the time to succumb to pessimism! Alright, time to head out! Naibu left his room and headed to the main school building, where he walked until he reached his classroom. Naibu deeply breathed in and out and entered the classroom, he was met with a tremendous amount of death stares. Sayuri stood up and grabbed Naibu by the collar. "You Idiot, I have heard everything from Fujimura! Why did you trust the man that badly?! Why?! I checked on Class 1B and the funny thing is that they do have a correct copy, but you know what even stranger?! That Tenshi guy has proof on why he didn''t sabotage the mock exams!" Naibu was absolutely shocked. The rest of the class was silently watching how everything would unfold. Proof! How?! "And why did you tell Fujimura this so late, like as if we could change anything at fricking 12 at night!" Wait, that is not true. I remembered going out at 7 which means Fujimura must have plotted something! I hate it when people are being dishonest! Naibu''s expression turned furious. "Get off me!" Naibu pushed Sayuri away. "Who the hell do you think you are to think you can touch me?!" "Shut up Sayuri!" "Fujimura, why are you lying?!" Fujimura stood up from his seat and gave a slight smirk. "I am not lying, Naibu." "You know that it was around at least 7:30 PM when we met, I told you everything and you hurried back to your room. Why did you not tell them?!" "Oh it wasn''t 7:30 it was at 12, I got proof to show it." Not again just what is this madness! I guess the only thing I can do now is try to debunk whatever he is about to pull! "Then show it." Fujimura pulled out his phone and showed a Bine conversation between him and Shigeru. "That is right everyone, I was talking with Shigeru from 8 to 11:30 where I decided to take a stroll to be exact 11:34 PM after I met Naibu and ran off to my room, I texted Shigeru at 12:03 AM about the info that he told me that day, so Naibu it seems that you are the one that is lying." Fujimura fixed his hair in a calm manner. "Yup that conversation did happen I remember it clearly as the light of day." Shigeru commented. You can''t kidding me I am double crossed, no even worse triple crossed! If you come across this story on Amazon, be aware that it has been stolen from Royal Road. Please report it. "What?! Then what were you doing between 7 and 8?!" Naibu countered. Take that you liar! "I was in my room finishing up my studies." "Have any of you seen him between those hours outside?" "Nope." Sayuri answered. The rest seem to keep silent meaning they too haven''t seen them. Darn it I am really backed into a corner here! Wait, I have an idea what about.... "Aren''t there cameras around the school? We could check for footage in the dorm, so that I can prove I am innocent." Sawada put her book away, sat on her table and proceeded to speak. "Naibu, although that is a good idea, only a few places have cameras which has to do with privacy policy. The dorms and certain spots in the outside area have no cameras, so unfortunately we can not check whether you were right or not." "See and with you clearly having no proof whatsoever means that you are a damn liar, traitor and bastard! And what happens to those kinds of people you ask? We beat them up!" Naibu''s expression changed into disbelief mixed with denial. No way... This can''t be happening right now! Why?! Sayuri grabbed him and pushed him against the wall, everyone just looked at them as if they were afraid to stop them or just enjoying it. Sawada was about to start hitting Naibu, when suddenly Sawada stopped them by running over there and pulling Sayuri on the ground. "Stop it Sayuri!" "Why are you protecting that traitor, do you want to catch these fits too or something?!" "Listen hothead, I might have told you about the visible cameras, but what about the hidden ones in the auditorium? Who says they are not in the classrooms as well to keep an eye on us? I mean if you want to hit the boy you can, but don''t start crying when you get expelled even sooner than expected." "Argh you are annoying! Fine I will just beat both of you up and get expelled then, I don''t have a chance to pass anyway!" Sawada was entering a battle stance ready to counter anything that may come her way. "Sayuri that is enough!" Fujimura shouted. "Fuji, what?! Why are you stopping me?" ''I don''t want you to get expelled for my sake, we all know that we can''t trust Naibu anymore, which for me is more than enough." "If you say so man, but Naibu, if I see you alone in any area without surveillance, I am going to beat the living hell out of you!" Fujimura gave a quick wink to Naibu that only he could see and everyone returned to their seats. That monster just gave me a wink! Fujimura used the opportunity from yesterday in order to be ahead of the rest and get an easy pass far out of the reach of expulsion. Which is an unfair advantage! I am such an Imbecile, I should have listened to that Chisa girl! But even that advice is barebones as I just learned that you can''t trust no one in this school. Sawada saved me back there, but I do not know what her intention behind those actions were. I must not fall into the same tricks again and always assume the worst in everyone, hahaha I guess I know why my brother is such a pessimist now. The homeroom teacher Mizu came in with the first test of today which was mathematics. When the time was up she recollected the papers and told everyone that they may go now and prepare for later today. Apparently they do all the exams in a single day taking in-between breaks which is very hard for the human mind to comprehend, but this is an elite school after all. There were some angry faces pointed at Naibu. Alright it''s time to hide for the rest of the breaks, I can''t get beaten up or bullied this damn time around, as I need to focus on the rest of the exams! Naibu ran off in a lightspeed as Sawada gave him a quick look before returning to her novel, for the rest of the tests it was the same thing: make the test, run for it, hide and repeat. Each time Naibu was running he could hear more rumors about them as they were spreading like wildfire. He does as if it didn''t affect him at all, but deep in his heart a feeling of hurt resided, not being able to handle the injustice which was done against him. After the final exam he ran once more. "Hey come back here traitor!" Sayuri shouted at him. Like hell will I get the likes of them beat me up, I got to get to my room and quick! When he made his way to his room various comments could be heard. "Look, it''s the guy who betrayed his own class." Stop it! "Hey, look it''s the bastard!" Shut it! "To think that he would misuse the help of his friend for his own gain." All these people not knowing what truly went down! "This dude deserves to be expelled." Argh! "This man needs his ass to get kicked." "Shut the hell up man!" Naibu screamed at the student. "Oh look, the traitorous fiend is talking back." He laughed along with his friend. Tsk! Naibu resumed running. "Yeah keep running away from your problems I am sure it will solve everything!" The student shouted. But it wasn''t my fault, as I am the one who got deceived! Naibu reached his room and went inside it, closing it as fast as possible, where he jumped on the bed feeling relieved he made it back. A sound from his phone went off, so he pulled it out of his phone. It was a letter saying the student had a small vacation of a week while the mid term was being scored. But then another notification came in. Bine 1 message from Tenshi "What?!" Vol.1 Ch.7: From A Former Friend To Arch Nemesis School Bell OST "I rather have shounen cringe, then do a shoujo binge" ALTaccounti Naibu was shocked to have received a message from Tenshi and opened it. Tenshi: Come into the track field at the school building at 11:30 PM if you want to know why I did what I did, don''t worry it''s a blind spot anybody would see us. Hmpf you think you can fool me again huh?! Naibu: Who said that you won''t jump on me with multiple people. Tenshi: I guess you aren''t the trustful guy as you used to be huh? Naibu: I wonder who''s fault is that or more like faults! Tenshi: Seems that something else happened after my actions, but I do not care about that. Listen I won''t jump on you, since I alone am enough to put you down at any moment. I can''t just go there, who knows what will happen to me, I need something to redeem myself and put Tenshi down before he even hurts more people! Hahaha look at me thinking of others again, I guess no matter what I do I will always have a bit of a nice side in me. Ah I got it, I can voice record the entire thing and step up to the teacher, student council or even the chairman, and if things are getting out of hand I just need to run for it. Right, let''s do this! I cannot trust anyone and anything from now on, this is the only way to keep me safe from manipulating scum walking around this hellhole of a school. Naibu: Okay I will be there. Tenshi: I knew you would come. Naibu exited the Bine app. I guess the only thing I can do is mentally prepare myself for today. (Tuesday Night 11:15 PM) Naibu was wearing a simple plain black T-shirt and jeans to blend into the night in case he wanted to escape. I guess wearing black was a good option, I got started using a bit of brain since I haven''t used it for pretty sure my entire life up until that entrance exam. Naibu was breathing in and out and was clearly nervous, maybe even a bit scared. Alright, no time to back. I have to do this whenever I want to or not! He activated the voice recorder on his phone and headed out of his room, he made sure to look around when something quickly moved out of the corner of his eye. Huh? What was that? He looked around a bit more, but didn''t see anything. Eh probably my imagination, I can''t get distracted in a crucial moment like this! Time to get moving! If you discover this tale on Amazon, be aware that it has been unlawfully taken from Royal Road. Please report it. Naibu walked over to the middle of the track field which was lit up, he could see Tenshi in the distance and slowly headed towards him. "Ha so you really arrived! Splendid!" Tenshi shouted. "Cut the crap, tell me why you betray me, you manipulating scum!" "Straight to the point huh, but I want to explain or rather give some things away first before I tell you." I guess I will let him speak. Maybe what he says might be useful in some case or reveal something rather interesting. "Go ahead then." Tenshi smirked and started talking. "I was already prepared for all the recent events, the entrance exam and mid term conditions as I had various sources to help me." Hm that must mean he knows a lot about this school and is using that to his advantage! "Naibu, when I saw you back then at the entrance exam, I could already feel the honesty and kindness coming from you as I eavesdropped on the conversation between you and that lady. The idea to betray you came later as I didn''t expect to receive the test, but I am me after all, stupid to think that I wouldn''t get what I wanted. So I set up an alliance or group that helps me with alibis, videos, strategic camera appearances and rumor spreading, in return for a condition I have to comply with." Wait, I almost forgot about Sayuri! "How did you convince Sayuri that you were not behind it?" "Oh that, I showed her one of the video''s where I held the right exams papers and started printing them while another pile was already on the table, insinuating that I printed the right version. By the way that girl acted I could see that she was a hothead, so I knew that once she would see the video, she would calm down and believe me as those k people aren''t the type to question everything." Damn it, to believe he can easily deceive people like this! "I have so much proof that in a court case not even the student council could stop me, if that would ever happen of course, because I would not let it go that far." "I will tell you the obvious Naibu. This school is full of people with problems or are straight up toxic by nature." "Like you?" "Yes, like me." Tenshi laughed a bit. "And even if you might be normal now Naibu, you too shall be consumed by the system, but now that I told you everything, it''s time to destroy all the evidence, which means your phone." Crap, time to make a run for it! Naibu started to run and Tenshi went right after him. Tenshi quickly caught up and kicked the back of Naibu''s leg making him fall down the ground. Tenshi grabbed his phone in his pocket and threw it to the ground the damage being beyond repair. No! "What you think I wouldn''t notice? I am always thinking of potential scenarios and this was one of them, besides I needed to break it anyway to get rid of all the evidence. I like to spill out my tactics, why you ask? Because even when I do, I will always win by countering your plan of coming up with a new one." Naibu''s face turned into a painful expression. "I will tell you what I want to achieve, the only thing I care about is the same as everyone else in this school, which is standing on top with all the power in the palm of my hand. I will crush every class, even my own if they stand in my way and I will become the ultimate student. The one that stands above all!" With that said Tenshi got off Naibu and started to walk away. "Oh, just one thing, don''t try to attack me from behind. I will beat you to a bloody pulp. Bye Naibu see you around, if you not do not leave the school at least." Tenshi walked away in the distance while laughing when he was gone, Naibu got on his knees as he couldn''t hold in the sadness and despair that was accumulating in his heart anymore and started to cry. Tenshi, that bastard is getting away with his crimes and I am the one who is screwed! I don''t understand why everyone is acting so destructive against me. I never did anything wrong so.. Why?!! Damn it!!!!! Naibu was slamming his hands on the ground, as seems to realize something. I guess what the lady said to me back was right, Fujimura framed me and Tenshi betrayed me, because of my kindness and honesty and used that to their advantage, those traits were truly my absolute downfall after all and now I am in a mess that I have no idea how to fix. I feel so damn hopeless... . . . And I know that nobody will help me... Katsura, brother, just how did you survive all of this?! A silhouette appeared out of the Dojo area slowly making its way to Naibu who has still on his knees. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Well, well! There is an Ayanokoji amongus and it is Tenshi Keiken, an even more badass mastermind! Next chapter is the vol.1''s final chapter so stay tuned! I hope all of you enjoyed this chapter and until next time! Vol.1 (Finale) Ch.8: A Rough Time Ahead School Bell OST "Even if the entire world is against you, someone will always reach out their hand and pull you up, even if it is only to let you fall again." ALTaccounti The silhouette was now standing next to Naibu. "Naibu." Huh? "Sawada, what are you doing here?!" Naibu wiped off his tears. "I wanted to talk to you when you suddenly opened the door, I just went instinctively into hiding where later followed you." "Does it mean you have seen everything?" "Yes I even recorded it, but I was standing too far from the event to actually clearly hear something, although I do have the footage of you getting kicked down and your phone broken. If you want I can tell the teachers about it?" No, knowing Tenshi he can somehow use it against me to make my position even worse! "Please don''t." "Are you sure?" "Yes, but one thing I could do is get my phone fixed to retrieve the evidence." "I am sorry to break it to you, but that thing is beyond repair and this school has a privacy policy regarding the phones. If a phone breaks they are not allowed to fix it and the person in question will get a new one. The annoying thing is that only your numbers get transferred but pretty much lose everything else." Darn it, that was the last opportunity I had to prove my innocence! "Anyways, would you mind telling me what happened?" Wait, why is she so nice to me? It doesn''t make any sense as she is usually rude. There must be something she wants from me or is looking for an opening to betray me too. . . . Haha you know, why does this still even matter? I practically lost my normal high school forever anyways. I might as well just tell her everything now to see how it goes. Naibu went from being on his knees to sitting on the ground. "Sure, I will tell you." Support the author by searching for the original publication of this novel. After Naibu explained what happened between him and Fujimura and the latest encounter with Tenshi. "I see... so want me to help you?" Naibu''s expression quickly turned into a questioning look as the distrustful energy spat on his face. Help? Oh no you can''t fool me twice. "Why would you, a person that has been distant and rude suddenly want to help me?" "You''re saying that I didn''t help you when Sayuri was about to beat you up." "Maybe you just did that to earn my trust so that you can betray me later." "I get that you are hurt now, but stop making these assumptions." "Then tell me, WHY do you want to help me?!" Naibu said in an angry tone. "Because you might become useful in the future." "Huh?" "Naibu, can you fight?" "No, not really." "Because from tomorrow you will have a very rough time ahead. Your reputation will hit an all time low and other people outside Class 1A will be coming after you. I can say for certain that problems are bound to rise." Sawada reached out her hand. "So Naibu will become my pawn and I will teach you how to fight." "What benefit does it give me?" "Hahaha, as if you are in a position to ask that, but along with learning how to protect yourself, I will also make sure to protect where I can." I guess I will take this offer then even though I do not like the idea of being a pawn, but it''s not like I have any other choice. Naibu took Sawada''s hand and she helped him up. "You just made a great decision! From now on, meet me everyday at the rundown Dojo at 8:00 PM and don''t worry about someone else entering as I am the only one who got the keys from that place. Just make sure you aren''t being followed. I don''t want to beat up people every single day. We start after The Midterm results, see you then." Sawada was walking away but Naibu grabbed her by the shoulder. "Wait!" "What is it?" "Why would you go so far to protect me? I just can''t seem to believe this." "Listen, Henko, I know about your brother, meaning you must have the same potential as him." "You know about him, he never told me anything about his experience here!" "He probably did that to not let you worry or even to give off a signal that this place is bad, but yet you decided to come to this hellhole." Naibu looked away. I never saw it from that perspective, but what could I do? I was simply too curious and that killed the cat. "What does potential mean by potential?" "Since you don''t know I will not disclose any info with you now, I might at another time. Just remember that you are my pawn and do as I say, as I will need you to help me in the future to achieve my own goal." "And that is?" "That too is for another time." Man is being way too damn vague, but I guess I will have to hold off with the questions. I don''t want her to find me annoying. "Ah I see." Naibu nodded. This time Sawada waved goodbye and disappeared into the shadows. Naibu was now alone on the track field looking up at the sky. I can''t help but still have mixed feelings about this. I should still proceed with caution and not trust anyone other than Sawada for now, but one thing I can say for certain is that this little encounter gave just a tiny sprinkle of hope again. Volume 1 END! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Well everyone Vol.1 is finished, so to hype you up here is the summary for Vol.2: Volume 2 (Trimester Survival Arc): After the mid term events the all the first year classes got smaller by 1/3. Naibu, now having an infamous reputation after he "deceived" his entire class, is taught how to fight by Sawada, now that lots of people are after him to break his spirits and force him to quit the school. Naibu only has one goal now: survive the rest of the trimester, as he tries to somehow make it out sane and healthy, but a chance to succumb to a mental breakdown is also around the corner. I will now enter the process of outlining the rest of vol.2 and as soon as that is done I will begin to write the chapters and publish them again! See ya next time!