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To say the beginning of the year at Kunugigaoka was hectic would be an understatement. Between getting year ones to their classes, consoling students who were bumped down to Class-E, and getting all the paperwork in order for student council; Life was literal hell for Gakushuu these first couple weeks.
Thats why when he saw a strange man and women in suits walking up the mountain to Class-E he simply kept on walking. It was only 7:30 and he hadn’t had his third cup of coffee yet. To put it bluntly, it was to early for this shit.
When some underclassmen came whining to him about strange things around third period he ignored them. They were mostly from 2-D so he didn’t pay their complaints any mind. Students in danger of slipping to E-Class often exaggerated situations in hopes of attention being brought to them, people seeing how they were actually assets to the main campus and didn’t deserve the be lowered a level.
Unfortunately for them it doesn’t work that way. If you wanna try to go up a level you gotta talk to the principal, most would rather die then spend a minute in that mans office. Including Gakushuu himself.
However, when a fellow 3-A student, Hirofumi he believed it was, came running towards him a few days later, horror struck look on his face; he was inclined to listen.
“Asano, there's a fucking monster on the E-Class hill! Hes like two meters tall and can climb on walls and ceilings and-.”
Gakushuu raised a hand to cut him off. Apart of him that was curious about what he had just heard became overwhelmed with questions, the logical part however, wanted to rationalize these silly delusions.
“First of all, why in god's name are you even near the E-Class campus?”
“Thats not whats important here.” Hirofumi scoffed. Gakushuu raised an eyebrow only making the other whine.
“Fine, I was in the woods looking for a basketball I threw up there, don’t give that look I know its ridiculous. Anyways I was in the woods when I heard an explosion, then there was a really strong wind and the trees went ‘woosh’ and were shaking like crazy. A few seconds later it happened again. When I went to check out where the explosion came from I saw all the 3-E kids staring up at this huge slimy monster on ceiling. It had glowing eyes and everything! It also had really creepy smile, its mouth didn’t move the entire time!”
By now there was a few kids listening into their conversation. Gakushuu glared at them and that was enough for most to disperse to class.
“Hirofumi, you do know I’m to old for ghost stories, right?” Gakushuu turned to head to class, for some reason Hiro followed.
“Come on man! I’m being serious! Why the fuck would I lie about something like this?”
One of his friends from 2-D looked up from the book he was reading.
“Because you're an attention whore.”
“Tokei!”
The entire hallway burst out laughing, Gakushuu just rolled his eyes and walked away. He didn't have time to deal with these imbeciles. There was still much work to be done regarding the student council.
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Thankfully he went the rest of the day with few complaints. The only one that really caught his attention is when 2-A’s class representative told him about the monster she saw coming down the mountain at the student council meeting.
“It was huge and really muted yellow. It seemed to think it was being inconspicuous, but it's quite obvious isn't exactly human.”
“Ohashi, did Hirofumi get you in on his elaborate pranks?”
The girl in question just looked at the other girl, the 3-C representative, with confusion.
“Hiro? I haven't talked to him all day. Why? Did he also see something strange? “
Madoka, he thinks that's her name, snorts and shakes her head. “Yeah, he said the strangest things about a slimy wall-crawling beast.”
“Oh! Maybe we saw the same thing then!”
Gakushuu cleared his throat, getting the two girls back on track. All he had asked was if things were going well or not. He didn't need to hear any more made-up fantasies about strange beasts, he just needed to finish up this meeting and get home. God knows how much homework he has already.
“Sorry, Asano!”
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Later when asked why he opened the Kunugigoka teacher registry, Gakushuu would say he was trying to find out who the new chemistry teacher was and that he happened to find 3-E’s teacher and recognize his face from earlier in the day.
In truth the things he had heard that day were starting to get to him. He figured he could just check quickly and have it be done with It. Besides, there was no harm in doing a little research, it's not like he was stumbling into some big government secret
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Gakushuu had stumbled into a big government secret.
He hadn't meant to dig that far, he really hadn't. But when he saw the teachers face, Mr. Karasuma it said, it looked like he would kick a baby. In fact after figuring out his background Gakushuu wouldn't be surprised if he had kicked a baby. With a quick internet search Gakushuu was able to figure out the guy is ex-military Air-force. He was considered a war hero among many of his comrades though not recognized as one by the country. After an honorable discharged he moved to working with the Ministry of Defense.
So why the fuck was he at Kunugigoaka.
Even if he was retired, which he is not, he would be way overqualified to teach some junior high kids, not mention E-Class. The whole point of the Principals system was to keep E-Class at the bottom in order to motivate the high classes. So why the hell would he hire and over qualified government agent?
The sudden exhaustion that washes over him urged him to shut his computer and go to bed. As he lay there he only had more questions than answers. Why was there a government agent at Kunugigoaka, how does this tie into the creepy slime monster, and why the fuck is the principal coming home at 2 am?
Wait, why was the principal coming home at 2 am?
He heard the front door close quietly and the principal walk to his room.
What the fuck is happening. Has that man gone mad
Gakushuu gets out of bed and walks out to the kitchen, looking around. He see's wet footprints leading to the principals room, then, going out.
"Asano."
"Jesus Christ!"
Gakushuu jumps turning to glare at the other man. Only to be met with a blank stare. He immediately straightens up.
"What are you doing up so late Asano? You have school tomorrow and should be in your room."
Gakushuu just scowled. Since when has this guy cared about his sleep schedule. If anything he would should be scolding him for not being in his room studying, or for being up this late doing simple homework.
"I was just up getting a glass of water sir. I finished my homework a few hours ago and was asleep until I hear the door. The real question is why are you coming home so late? Don't you have some precious schedule to pay attention to?"
The Principal just lazily blinked his eyes before rubbing his face.
"Asano it's late. Go back to your room."
"But-
"Now."
Gakushuu tensed, swiftly going back to his room. He locked his door on the way in. It wasn't like he thought the principal would hurt him or anything, he was very against the idea of violence, but he was acting strange. It was simply a safety precaution.
A safety precaution.
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The next day if any of his peers noticed his eye bags were more prominent, they didn't say anything.
For the most part that day went on without incident. No complaints were brought to him, not a single word. It would have been alarming if not for the fact that he was to tired to care. Maybe he really should start going to bed earlier.
There was something strange going on though. Whenever they would walk past a group of students they would immediately put their phones away while giggling and whispering. If he were any less of a man he would assume it had something to do with himself, but he was Asano Gakushuu. The idea that they were laughing at him was preposterous. He was ranked number one in popularity and academics. There wasn't even anything to laugh about. He just glared at people, that shut them up real quick, and continued on with his day.
Finally the school day ended and everyone went home. He still had a student council meeting to attend, but he didn't mind. He quite enjoyed these meetings (not that he would ever admit it).
Upon walking in the door his mood immediately dropped.
"It's all over Instagram and Twitter. I told you it was real!"
Inside Ohashi was standing up shoving her phones into everyone's faces.
"I told you all! Suck it!"
"Ohashi, please take a seat."
The girl looked like she was about to argue but thought better of it and sat down.
Everyone began taking out notes and papers passed out yesterday. They were able to work efficiently and get all their work done with thirty minutes to spare. By the end of the meeting Ohashi was out of her seat once again freaking out over some social media post, rambling on and on about how she was right and how Hiro was telling the truth.
"Ohashi."
The girl seemed to deflate as she walked over to him, holding her phone behind her back. Everyone in the room seemed to be looking around waiting for him to yell at her.
"Please show me the post that seems to be distracting you from your ever so important student council duties." He had a joking smirk on his face, she smiling a little as well before passing her phone over.
He read the caption and glanced at the picture,
what the fuck.
He clicked the translate option at the bottom of the page to make sure he read it right.
“Y’all I just met the coolest dud! Says he teaches in Japan and that his name is Korosensei, anyway LETS GO YANKEES!”
In the picture there was the alleged “Korosensei.” He looks like an average guy, definitely a little strange, that is until you see the FUCKING TENTACLE!
It’s right on the guys shoulder, where a normal human hand is supposed to be.
“Uh Ohashi,” Ren came up and took the phone out of Gakushuu’s hand, “I think you broke home.”
“What the fuck…”
Maki, secretary for the student council, snickered from her seat. The rest of the Big Five took to looking over Rens shoulder to get a look at the post. The way each of their faces paled was the most satisfaction Gakushuu had gotten all day.
It was at this moment that Hirofumi burst into the room, phone in hand.
"Asano! I-
"I know Hiro. I just saw it."
Hirofumi glanced around the room to see Maki, Madoka, and Ohashi laughing at Ren and the other Big Five. Gakushuu was still in his seat.
"Oh. Well you believe me now don't you prez?"
Gakushuu looked at him with his eyebrow raised. "You mean to tell me that that's the same slimy black monster you saw in the classroom?"
"Well, its not black and as slimy anymore, but it has the exact same expression. So either we have two smiley slime beasts teaching in Japan, or it's the same creature."
Gakushuu was confused. There was no "Korosensei" on the school registry. Just...
"Uh oh, you got your thinking face on."
"Well, the teacher labeled on the registry-."
"Mr. Karasuma. I saw him walking up the mountains. I asked him what he was doing here. He seemed way to dressed up to be a teacher." Maki said from her seat.
"Yes, him. Apparently he has background in the military and is employed by the ministry of defense."
Everyone was silent for a moment before chaos broke out.
"The government?!?"
"Asano did you discover a government secret?"
"What if they're here to take us away and experiment on us?!?"
"Oh no, they'll make us into a gross slime creature!"
"Silence."
Everyone shut up looking to their leader for guidance. If anyone had an idea on what to do it was Asano.
"I know you're all freaking out right now, but everything will be fine. Mr. Karasuma might just be a retired agent," he's not, "looking to have an easy going job. The guy at the baseball game could just be a really tall guy in a cosplay," that is certainly not true, "And the slime you saw in the 3-E classroom could just be a failed lab. They are all idiots so it would be no shock that they have chemistry fails all the time."
"But Asano," Ohashi speaks up from her seat, "The guy is the same one I saw coming down the mountain."
That could easily be explained by,
Nothing. There was no possible rational thing to explain that.
"Listen guys. Everything will be fine. It's probably nothing, just a weird coincidence is all."
Everyone let out a breath of relief. If Asano was saying it was fine it would probably be-
"But, on the off chance this isn't all explainable by logic, if this really is a government secret, this information cannot leave this room."
Well, there goes any reassurances. Everyone was really quiet. No one really made a move to do anything but give a weak nod of the head.
"Alright, you heard the man, meetings over. Go home, and NO leaks."
Everyone, albeit hesitant, grabbed their stuff and left the room. Kyoama, Seo, and Araki offered to stay after and help pick up. Gakushuu just shook his head saying it was his and Ren's responsibility. They were the President and Co-President after all. After about an hour they had all the work done and the room cleaned up. They could finally go home.
"So, do you honestly believe that this is all some big strange coincidence?" The two were walking in the parking lot sharing an umbrella.
"Honestly? Not a chance. But nobody can know that. It would cause panic, and if the Government finds out we know anything about whatever strange operation they're doing who knows how they'd react." Gakushuu knew a lot about powerful people and how they liked their secrets. He lived with one for god's sake's.
Ren sighed next to him.
"So whats the plan now man? I mean is it just damage control, getting the student body to forget about everything? Between rumors of Hiro's little breakdown and that social media post that's a lot harder than it sounds."
Gakushuu sighed.
"Hey cheer up man. if thats what you really want, then I got your back one-hundred percent. Anything you need I got you."
"Thanks Ren."
He tried to suppress his smile, but eventually gave in and let it spread across his face.
"Hey, whose car is that, over there."
Gakushuu followed to where Ren was pointing.
“Why they hell is anyone here this late at night?”
Ren looked around before hearing the door to the school open. He grabbed Gakushuu’s hand and yanked him behind a wall.
“Ren, what the he-dbjdksidj!"
“Quiet, someone’s coming.”
The two looked passed the wall, seeing three figures come out of the school.
“Please remember what we talked about, this cannot get out to anyone.”
“Aye Aye, sir. You can count on me.”
Wait. Gakushuu recognized that voice. He pushed passed Ren, getting a better view of who was in the parking lot. He caught a glimpse of the red hair and his thoughts was confirmed.
“Is that…”
“Akabane.”
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