Sunday
The next day he makes his way to school, trying not to wake up Arhiyan on her day off. Maiman trots by his side until they reach the school. They head inside and down the strangely empty halls, Maiman on alert and Takeshi glancing into empty classrooms.
"Is there an assembly or something? I know we have school today," Takeshi mutters, confused.
"Takeshi! Hurry up!" Mr.Himu walks up from behind them, catching both Takeshi and Maiman off guard.
"What's going on?" Takeshi turns and looks at him confused.
"It's a drill. Come on," Mr.Himu leads Takeshi into his classroom where all the Level Ones sat quietly in a corner. The three make their way over to the group and they sit down next to them. After a few minutes, a voice comes on over the intercom.
"The drill is over," the intercom crackles before getting quiet. By this time, Takeshi was sitting, staring out of a window while Maiman enjoyed getting pet by the other students who were all too happy to have Takeshi and Maiman in their class with them for the drill. As soon as everyone gets up, Takeshi and Maiman make their way to the door.
"Thanks Mr.Himu. Don't know what I would've done without you getting me," Takeshi smiles at Mr.Himu then him and Maiman leave the room and head down the hallways, leaving Mr.Himu's room buzzing with students talking.
"Carne Morta. Glad you decided to show up," Mr.Norio looks over at Takeshi as him and Maiman walk in the classroom door.
"Sorry sir. I didn't know about the drill," Takeshi runs his hand through his hair.
"It's ok. Just get over there and start training," Mr.Norio nods towards Ren who stood reading a board by a training mat. Takeshi makes his way over towards her as she turns and faces him with an annoyed look.
"Why do we always get paired together?" Ren grumbles then lets out a long sigh.
"If you don't want to be paired with me, ask Mr Norio to get us new partners. Otherwise, you can deal with it," Takeshi sighs and drops his jacket next to Maiman who sat at the edge of the mat.
"Now, if you don't mind, I would like to start training so we aren't wasting time," Takeshi fixes part of his bandages on his arm then looks up at Ren.
"Sure," she looks him up and down then quickly rushes at him. Takeshi grabs her and flips her over his shoulder, slamming her onto the mat on her back.
"You must've had a bad morning or something," he sighs and turns to her.
"Come on. You're better than that," he outstretches a hand towards her to help her stand up. She glances at his hand then quickly grabs it and yanks him onto the mat, quickly crawling onto him as soon as his back hits the floor.
"What's up with you today?" He lightly laughs, slowly catching his breath.
"You said you wanted to train and not waste time. That's what," she huffs in return and stands up.
"Well, you don't rush at someone," he sighs and stands up too.
"Why do you have those bandages? And Maiman?" Ren looks him up and down.
"Cause I can. You don't need to know everything about me," Takeshi sighs and grabs his jacket off the floor.
"Still. I can ask questions. And you can answer them. If you want to of course. I can't force you. But. We are partnered together all the time so we might as well know stuff about each other and at least be able to ask each other questions," she sighs as he pulls his jacket on.
"Ok then why are you so curious about me?" Takeshi looks up and meets her eyes.
"You went from Level One to this level in a single day, you always have those bandages, you always seem to know what monsters are what, and…" she gets quiet for a second.
"And? And what?" He gives her a slightly annoyed look then looks down at Maiman as she walks over and sits next to him.
"And, I heard your conversation in the lunchroom with the headmistress the other day, about how you have a "relationship" with the Church," Ren looks away from him and stares out the window.
"Lunchtime!" Mr.Norio yells.
"Don't worry about that. The less you know, the better," Takeshi turns to walk away.
"Takeshi," Ren starts to say but he's already left the room.
"So how was school?" Arhiyan looks up at Takeshi as he walks in the front door.
"Boring. Lunch was annoying," he sits on one of the stools in the kitchen as his aunt rushes around the room.
"How was it annoying?" She stops and looks at him.
"All these people were all over Maiman saying how cute she was and how they wish they could bring their, pets, to school," he grumbles and lays his head on the counter.
"She's not my pet. Why is it that they don't understand?" He growls then lets out a sigh.
"Just go upstairs and lay down," Arhiyan smiles at him and ruffles his hair with her hand. He slowly gets up and heads to his room where he drops onto the bed and falls asleep.