Chapter 3
For the whole day I didn't get to listen to the teachers. My mind kept blanking out of nowhere. I kept thinking about where I came from. I see fragments of it but I can't make it out.
Tenma
When I was almost near on remembering Shuujin talked to me. Snapping me out.
"Shinichi!? You look tense.. ohh I know must be one of those girls ehh? You been imagining one of them?" He teased
"Ohh! Btw let's both walk home later I'll show you my house, so if you want to hang out, you can just go there" he told me while smiling widely. He then stopped talking and listened to the teacher.
Sweat then flowed down my body "Aghh why can't I remember anything" I whispered to myself. I was about to slam my desk in frustration, until Kochu went up to my desk
He chuckled "Why are you sweating".
He then pulled out a handkerchief, and wiped the sweat slowly off my face. He then kneeled down. His forest green eyes looked directly at me. And with a soft whisper he said.
"Let's both go to our teacher's office later, I'll show why you can't remember anything"
"Kochu! Why is your face so close to the transferee? Are you both lov-"
The teacher shouted across the room before Kochu cut him off. He stood up holding his hair, walking back at his chair he then exclamed to the whole room.
"N- no homo!".
I sweated more because of Kochu, but this time it was because I was uncomfortable. But because of that I remembered, what Shuujin told the class earlier, Kochu also said the same thing on his first day.
(Ring) when the bell rang, the teacher abruptly ended his discussion about alexander the great conquering the earth. The discussion sounded wrong, and the map he showed us, has only one single country on it and he's calling it "earth".
The students then stood up all in sync and greeted the teacher goodbye. After that they all went outside in a single line, exactly 5 feet apart from each other, not making any noises when doing it.
The eerie silence slowly creeped up on me, luckily Shuujin went inside the classroom again and called me up
"Shinichi! Let's go, I'll be waiting for you outside the teacher's office"
As I was about to go out, I noticed Kochu looking outside of the window.
"Isn't it weird that everything here is soo, perfect?" He asked me while having a serious tone.
He then, looked at me and smiled.
"That sounded cool doesn't it?" He then laughed afterwards. And proceeded to walk outside of the room
"Let's go, I still have to show you something so that you wouldn't sweat so much anymore"
he smiled proceeding to walk out the hallway. I followed right behind Kochu, and walked along the empty corridors that's devoid of any life. It's only been 4 minutes since the bell rang, but the corridors and school grounds are silent. No trace of human life anywhere.
We arrived outside the the teacher's office, and I saw Shuujin standing next to the door. A tint of the orange sun shining against his head.
"I'm not actually allowed inside, so I'll be waiting for you here bro"
he said to me while Kochu were opening the teacher's office.
Before Kochu fully opened the door, he leaned in to me with an excited face. His eyes are wide open, pupils enlarged and he's giving me a wide smile, like a kid on his birthday party.
"Prepare to get your mind blown!", He exclamed while slowly opening the door.
I prepared my mind on what I'm about to see behind this door. Seeing the enthusiasm in Kochu's eyes made me believe that my mind is gonna be blown. As he opens the door, my eyes adjusted to the light inside, and I processed what I was seeing behind it. My eyes them widened,
And it was... A normal room.
A normal room that looks like a mini library with a second floor balcony on the middle.
"I thought my mind was supposed to be blown?" I asked Kochu.
"I-It was, but it seems the others are just chilling today" he answers me while sounding disappointed. The door then creaked as Kochu closed the door behind us.
"You'll understand later why, you're here" he said while walking away from the door.
As soon as he finished talking, I felt again as of someone's piercing me with a stare. It's like searching for something inside of me, and not leaving a single area unchecked.
The person staring at me is in this room somewhere. I looked around the first floor, seeing nothing out of the ordinary. But as soon as I looked up at the bookshelves on the second floor, I saw someone with red hair, looking at me directly.
I ran towards the stairs, and hastly made my way unto the second floor. As soon as I was able to make my last step. He looked at me directly in the eyes with his, cold and pityless stare.
The coldness of it traveling all over my body, making my hairs sharp as he stood up slowly. His blood red hair, dancing eerily with his movements, he then walked past me and said,
"They've made a mistake bringing you here" while sounding monotone and lacking any care in his voice.
"W-who are you? And why have you been watching me the whole day?"
I asked him, while trembling.
He then turned around, showing me his expressionless face, and dark drowning eyes.
"I sense a dangerous being within you, I'm only keeping an eye to ensure my survival".
He then continued walking down the stairs while putting his hands in his pocket. As soon as he arrived at the first floor, Ms. Ivy came out of the door that is located at the center of the second floor, and proceeded to look down the balcony.
"On Wednesday, Mr. Shida will visit us here in the school. He said that he would like to meet the 6 of you and reveal to you exactly why you're here"
she announced to us while, leaning against the balcony. She then looked at me and said
"Shinichi, I guess that at this moment, you're confused on what's happening so instead of explaining I'll show you"
She then stared at the student with glasses "Akira, explain to Shinichi why he's here"
Akira then fixed his glasses, and smiled menacingly. My body then began to move down the stairs as if I was being dragged. I tried to fight the force, but it kept dragging me to the center of the room.
"W-w-what's Happening!?" I shouted at Ms. Ivy. My body's still unable to move, like an invisible force was forcing it to stand still.
"A perfect way to awaken your abilities is a small triggering of your fight or flight" she answered, then chuckling afterwards.
Akira chuckled with her, while gazing at my eyes, his smile getting wider and wider and his violet hair dancing as if a strong gust of wind is blowing near him. He then looked away at me for a split second, then looked back.
When he looked away, the movement of his hair slowed down.
"What the fuck is happening?"
I muttered to myself, and as confusion was engulfing my mind, I saw a pipe moving at my direction really slowly, as if something made it slow down. I still can't move my body, and while struggling the pipe slowly came near to my face. my heart beating faster and faster, and my vision becoming sharp. As it was near at hitting my face I closed my eyes.
When I opened my eyes, I was suddenly behind akira. My body was now moving on it's own, I then kicked akira at the back of the knee, making him kneel down. As I was about to hit him again, I finally took control of my body and stopped myself.
Ms. Ivy then paused and looked at me for a second. She then laughed and said
"Teleportation? Interesting... He'll be impressed with this" she again laughed like a maniac "You kids can go home if you want" she exclamed while walking towards the door and laughing nonstop.
Her laughing echoed throughout the room leaving off an unsettling feeling.
"How dare you" akira muttered as he was standing up. He kept muttering it, over and over, increasing his volume each repetition. "How dare you, how dare you, how dare you HOW DARE YOU"
"HOW DARE YOU LAY YOUR DIRTY FEET ON ME!?" Akira then screamed at me, his eyes full of rage, and his venom colored hair stood up. I wasn't able to react in time, so as he was screaming he punched me in the face, making me lose my balance and tumbling down the hardwood floor. (Bang) It made an awfully loud sound.
I looked at him, while my vision was becoming sharper and sharper and my heart beats faster and faster. Then something inside me screamed like a monster, as He kept walking towards where I was, he stared directly on my eyes, and me staring back at him, while my eyelashes met each other I felt as if I was going to black out.
But suddenly, a huge deformed hands, with long blade like nails slammed into akira, making him crash into the wall and lose consciousness (SLAM). Following the hand was the red haired guy jumping in my field of vision.
Akira's friends then tended to Akira, who now has his eyes rolled at the back of his skull, and completely out if it.
The red haired guy then, turned to me while I was on the floor. The negative aura around him vanished, but his face is still blank, and holding no emotion.
"Oh by the way, to answer your question earlier. People here call me Saikou"
He kneeled in front of me and stared at my face piercing through it like an animal inspecting their foe. He then gave out an unsettling yet hollow smirk.
"That was close... Don't get the wrong idea. It's for my, and their own safety".