August 24th 9:02
?; So, Mr. Tomodachi, You claim that the reason for your absence was that you were attacked, by one of the terrorists?
Jake; Yes, like It was written in the report that was sent to your email yesterday morning.
Teacher standing by in the office; Are you seriously going to believe this arrogant brat sir?
Jake with a slightly smug tone; Acting principal Yusuke, did you determine anything in my report that you deemed to be fraudulent?
Teacher; Shut your mouth you brat.
Yusuke; Mr Creed, you've done nothing but chastise this young man from the moment you stepped in.
Creed; Sir, you have to believe me, this boy is the devil! He comes late to class, has no respect, and has made my life hell since that brat, Josuke left.
Yusuke; That's funny because according to his records he hasn't shown up late even ounce, every other teacher has given him excellent scores for his respect, even the non-teaching staff as well praise him.
Jake; Acting principal Yusuke, have I done anything wrong to be attacked like this?
Yusuke; Of course, you haven't, however I would like to discuss the details of your encounter with said terrorist after school.
Jake; Yes sir.
Yusuke; you may be excused.
Jake then stood up and left the office.
Yusuke; as for you Mr. Creed, I recommend you take the rest of the day off.
Creed; But…
Yusuke; Now, or would you rather I take this as an act of insubordination?
Creed; *Sigh*Alright.
Yusuke; and apologize to Mr. Tomodachi.
Creed; What?!
Yusuke; I won't repeat myself, The Tomodachi family have sponsored this school for years and your recent actions is a threat to that their ongoing patronage now go apologize or else...
Creed with a click of the tongue; Fine.
Creed then left the office where he saw Jake in the hallway, Jake then stuck his tongue out at him while putting one finger under his eye, then walked straight to class.
Creed; then clenched his fist and walked away.
Jake then opened the door to his classroom, the Teacher stopped speaking for a second, then continued as Jake returned to his desk located at the back of the class next to the window. It was dim as dark clouds had covered the sky that day. Jake sat there, looking out the window for hours. Then during break time, he still sat where he was until…
Random male student; Hey Jake, is it true that you fought one of those terrorists?
I was actually shaken when I heard that, so I tried my best to hide my shock
Jake; What? Where did you hear that from?
?; that's what everyone's talking about? They even said you filed a report and everything.
Jake; *I said, I was attacked by them, I never said anything about fighting back, where did that get that from? Well, rumors do tend to be distorted overtime and since the confirmed truth is already out, I'll just let this die down* listen, I didn't fight, I was attacked, it's written in the report.
?; Oh, sorry in that case.
Jake; it's cool.
I then sat down and looked around noticing that all eyes were on me.
The eyes on me made me feel a bit uneasy, I was always just an average guy, not really, many people see me as a loser with a lot of money but I like to see myself as average.
A paper plane then hit me in the face.
Jake; *Huh, what's this? *
I then opened it and read,
"Please meet me behind the school after school"
Jake; *Sigh* *Look's like someone's gonna get their heart broken, where were these speedsters during my Jr prom? Hm,
If Nino could read my mind, she would kill me*
After school, Jake was walking around the school grounds when he felt a tug on his shirt.
? in a low, soft and high-pitched voice; excuse me, can we talk?
I had sensed her approaching me from several meters away, I just wanted to act cool and pretend otherwise, her tug was soft and gentle, I could easily assess that she didn't have much strength. I guess I can rule her out as an enemy, I then turned around to see her, from just that tug I could guess that she was frail and delicate, and when I looked at her, my suspicion was correct, she had curly hair brown down to her shoulders, that was lighter than the brown in our school uniforms which stood out a bit. She looked like she had just enough makeup on to look as natural as possible, at least I think, I don't know that much in that department.
Jake; Can I help you... --Nasaki?
Nasaki in a low, soft and high-pitched voice; I see, you know who I am already.
Jake; I know the names of everyone that goes to this school, I just had to narrow it down. Now what do you need? I have to meet with the principal soon.
Nasaki; I, I heard you fought a speedster. Isn't that, right?
Jake; And what if I did?
Nasaki then breathed a sigh of relief like something heavy on her mind had vanished.
Nasaki; can you help me?
Jake; What?
Nasaki; Let me stay with you for a bit.
Jake; ... *I'm sorry, what?!*
It's not like I was being rude but, my mind was so jumbled by that question that I didn't even know what to say.
Jake; Come again?
Nasaki; I don't have money or anything, however,
Nasaki then placed her hand on her school sweater
Nasaki; I can pay you with my body if you will.
Jake; Hold up, back up a second, first of all, I'm already taken, and my girlfriend will kill you if she found out. Second, where's all this coming from?
Nasaki then looked down for a moment then,
Nasaki; I see,
Nasaki then removed her sweater, she was wearing a short sleaved white shirt beneath it, part of our school uniform when she took off her sweater, I saw something, something that left my eyes wide open, and horrified beyond belief, it was scars, deep scars and they were all over, It then triggered a memory I ounce had, it was when I was locked in a cell, and brutally whipped to death, at that moment, I could feel it, the barbed whip digging into my skin, the skin being ripped out as the whip was drawn I felt it all again in that moment, Nasaki was about to remove her shirt to reveal more scars but I pointed my hand at her and told her to stop, I then fell on my knees and began to throw up my lunch.
Nasaki while running to Jake; Hey, what's wrong?
My heart beat faster and faster, I couldn't control my breath, my vision grew hazy, I couldn't hear anything, I couldn't see anything, I couldn't hear smell anything.
Am I dying?
EOC