I had to kinda retcon things a bit for this one... But I am absolutely certain that you guys will appreciate this.
Quote:Before Haruna left at the end of first period, she advised us that she needed to see the class reps in the faculty office during lunch break. So, rather than join our friends on the roof, in what was starting to become known amongst the rest of the student body as ‘The Junior Student Council’, Naru and I promptly arrived at the faculty office.
To our surprise, Kaname and Kubiak were there, as well as four other students we didn’t know. The first two were a rather severe looking pair. The boy had a sharp looking face with aviator-style bifocals and his hair lightened to a warm-brown color. The girl, on the other hand, had no eye glasses and chest length hair that was somewhat untidy, but otherwise in her native jet-black color. Her features were softer, but it was her expression that made her seem as severe as her male counterpart. I picked up a vibe from these two that I should tread carefully.
The other two seemed much more friendly. The boy was typical - solidly built with carelessly trimmed black hair, but he seemed friendly and had a aire of dependability. The girl that was with him, though, was ridiculously tiny. I almost mistook her for a grade schooler, save that she was wearing the school’s uniform with a first-year’s neckerchief. Her hair was lightened to a rich Mahogany color that was almost red. It was cut into a tomboyish bob, except for two chest-length locks that streamed from either side of her head. The two most striking things were her eyes and her passenger. Her eyes were a piercing deep-sea-blue, and her passenger was a brilliantly colored Angel.
This tiny slip of a girl was a Dues.
“Hey guys. You know anything about all this?” I asked.
“Oh, Zee-kun!” said Kaname, greeting me with a smile. “Not a thing. Kubi-kun?”
Kubiak simply shrugged. Oddly enough, I think the fabric of space warped to give him room to do it.
And people call me weird.
I then looked to the strangers and decided to try the friendly approach.
“Morning folks. I’m Ezekiel Darkwood, male rep for Class 1-C,” I said with a proper bow. “My friend is Naru Osaka, my female counterpart.”
“Nice to make your acquaintance,” said the glasses wearing boy. “I’m Yoshito Kikuchi, male rep for Class 1-N. This is my female counterpart, Miyabi Aizawa.”
The dark-haired girl gave us all a disinterested side-long look and replied, “Hnn.”
Right. I now know who not to bother trying to socialize with.
“Good morning!” chirped the tiny girl, who suddenly seemed pleased to have met some friendly faces. “I’m Misaki Suzuhara, and I’m the female rep for Class 1-D. We’re Neighbors! Oh, and this is our male rep, Kotaru Kobayashi.”
As the boy gave us a nervous smile and handwave, Miskai’s name suddenly clicked in my mind.
“Hold the phone! You’re THAT Misaki? Three-time Japan National Champion of Angelic Layer Misaki Suzuhara?”
Even Miyabi took interest at this. “Well well then. So we have ourselves a bonafied celebrity.”
Misaki positively fluoresced on the spot.
“I... don’t like to brag.”
The Angel on her should suddenly sighed. “Of course you don’t. I keep telling you, you’re too much of a wallflower! You should be proud of yourself - you may be small, but you’re beautiful!”
Everyone was silent at that pronouncement as we all focused in on the Angel.
“Eh-heh,” replied the Angel sheepishly. “I’m Hikaru, Misaki’s Angel. But you all knew that. I apologize for my outburst, but Misaki’s mother installed an app that makes me encourage her when she’s acting too shy.”
Suddenly, the homeroom teacher for Class 1-M, Eri Kagurazaka, stuck her head out the door and smiled cheerfully upon seeing us all present.
“Oh wonderful! You’re all here already. Please, come inside.” And then she disappeared back into the staff room.
I looked to the others and shrugged. “Well, here we go.”
We went inside, and found a somewhat crowded space of open cubicles packed with binders, books, and paperwork. At a table at the end of the room, Haruna Sakurada and Eri Kagurazaka sat together with two other teachers and waved us all over.
“Hey everyone!” started Haruna-sensei. “I’m sorry to bother you all during lunch, but we all felt it was best to let you all know as soon as possible. But first, some introductions since you may not know all of us. I’m Haruna Sakurada, homeroom teacher for class 1-C. Of course, some of you may have met my good friend, Eri Kagurazaka, who teaches homeroom in class 1-M.
“Over here we have two new teachers that just joined us this year: Azusa Fuyutsuki of class 1-D - you may have seen her around - and Eikichi Onizuka, who teaches homeroom in class 1-N.”
The two new teachers stood and bowed to us - that was rare!
Onizuka looked like a rough-around-the-edges kind of guy, with his bleach-blonde hair and tough-guy looks. I got the impression that I should be wary of him, but otherwise he seemed like someone I could count on when it really mattered.
Fuyutsuki, on the otherhand... if there was a Japanese version of ‘The Girl Next Door’, then Fuyutsuki owned it, lock, stock and barrel. She had a sweet, almost heart-shaped face with sporty, yet very feminine shoulder-length hair. This lady was a serious go-getter and a sweet-heart all at once, I could tell.
“Yo,” said Onizuka-sensei.
“I hope we worked well together,” said Fuyutsuki-sensei.
Respective of their students, I would say that these teachers had been paired of very well.
That introduction out of the way, we moved on fairly quickly.
“I’m glad that all of you were so timely in getting here,” went on Sakurada-sensei. “Because we have big news and we’re gonna need you guys all to move on it pretty quickly.”
Fuyutsuki-sensei nodded her head vigorously. “You see, our classes have been authorized to take a trip to Okinawa during winter break! It’s gonna be Christmas in Paradise!”
“HEEEE-EEEEEHHHHH!” we all cried out in excitement - myself included!
“Winter break in Okinawa!? That’s so COOL!” said Naru excitedly. “Oh, I wonder if I’ll get to make some Winter memories with a cute boy!”
“Hoi, hoi!” said Haruna-sensei with a glare. “The only ‘memories’ you’re thinking of had better be suitable for a family audience!” We all broke out into nervous laughter while poor Naru-chan positively radiated embarrassment.
I made a mental note to watch myself around Rei. The very idea of her in a swimsuit... the Senshi Seifukus were bad enough!
“At any rate, Miss Chidori?” said Kagurazakas-sensei.
“Yes?” answered the blue-haired girl.
“It shows in your student record that you were in charge of the class trip at your previous school last year. Do you feel up to helping the other class reps out since it’s their first time?”
“Not a problem at all, Sensei,” said Kaname with a smile.
“Wonderful!” said Haruna happily. She then handed us all sheafs of papers. “That’s all the information the two of you need to get started. If you have any questions at all, feel free to ask us. Now go on, then! You know what to do.”