The Chrononaut
Location: Japan
Year: 2017
Time: Spring
This story takes place on the first day of Esper high, a school for teenagers who have the potential to gain extrodinary abilites and some even posseses them already, where the goal is to learn how to use their powers for the society.
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- Sky, wake up or you will be late for your first day at school!
- Don`t worry mom, i`m already awake, there is no way i would miss this day!
Sky takes a good look at himself in the mirror, with his school uniform on point and teeth brushed.
- Bring the luggage down, i will drive you to school, my work starts in 30 minutes, so we need to leave now!
- On my way!
Ugh, this luggage is heavy, do i really need all this stuff? Better safe than sorry i guess, today is the day i become my own man!
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- You sure you will be ok on your own? 3 years is a long time, if there is anything you need, don`t be afraid to call, got it?
- Yes mom, we have already talked about this, i will be fine!
- Well if you say so, it`s going to be wierd not having you around the house anymore.
- You still have Yuki, take care of her while i`m gone!
- Your sister and i will manage, atleast she is good at studying, good thing you have esper traces in your blood or else i woulden`t know what would have become of you!
Mom always have a point, but i feel like this is my destiny! Ever since the doctor found traces of esper powers in my blood, i knew this was the school for me.
The school bell rang.
Time to start a new chapter in my life, the one i have been waiting for these last 5 years!
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The classrom was filled with students, some younger and some older than me, this school is not like a regular one, there really aren`t that many people with speical abilites, it`s just been 6 years since the first adult unlocked his powers at random, the power to control fire. After the discovery he agreed to expriments to test his ability, that was when they found the esper gene in his body. To make a story short, everyone who wanted could get a check up, but everyone under the age of 25 would have to get tested, although people rarely had this gene, guess i was one of the lucky ones, but i have yet to find out what i can do!
- You are all gathered here because you have the esper gene in your bodies, this class is for those who have yet to unlock those powers. We will conduct various test to trigger your powers, do not worry, the test are not dangorus, but in some cases, very stressful!
The teacher was an old man, bold, glasses, nothing special about him, wonder if he got powers?
- As some of you already know, we have 5 diffrent classes.
The teacher started to write on the blackboard.
- Class A, Class B, Class C, Class D and Class E.
- What do you mean 5 classes? This class is not one of those you listed. A Random female student noticed.
- Those are the classes for those with powers, the class you are in right know is known as Class X, a temporarly class used only to manifest you powers, if you do not manifest your powers withing 1 month, you will be expelled and have to try again next year.
- What are you saying? That is absurd! I turned down every other school for this! The same student shouted.
The rest of the class got angry and consurned, me included.
- You better not fail then! The teacher smiled.
I had heard rumors about this, some say its because they try to flush out the weak ones and use those promising for either high production value when it comes to whatever job your ability works best with or military purposes.
- Huh! I have no intention of failing!
Who is she? Such determination, kind of encouraging.
The teacher cleared the blackboard and wrote "Phase one"
- Phase one have now officialy started! The teacher handed out 1 piece of paper to every student in the class.
- What is this? Some kind of test already? Some other student questioned the teacher.
- Find your dorm rooms and greet your roommate, the dorm number is on that paper aswell as information that could trigger your abilites, read all the information and feel free to test it out, all the school training grounds are open until midnight, now get moving! Be back here tommorow at 08:00!
-Excuse me, sensei. Some cute girl shouted as the class was about to leave.
- Yes, ehmm....Asuna, is it?
- That is right, but what is your name? Her face turned red, was she embarresed? Shy maybe?
The teachers face got red aswell, he clearly forgot to tell us his name, is he gone senile?
- Uhum! The teacher wrote his name on the blackboard.
- Hayate Sensei, is my name, i have been a teacher here since the day the school opened 5 years ago! If you got any questions meet me at my office at anytime during the day or ask other students on campus! Getting to know people is a good way to help yourself! The main class starts tommorow, see you then, Dismissed!
Hayate sensei left the class before any of the students, was he in a rush? or is he simply a wierd teacher? Guess time will tell, anyways i should get to my room and meet my roommate, can`t wait to meet him!
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Hmmm, what does room F mean? This school really is big, didn`t really think about it until now, sigh.
-Excuse me, do you know where i should go?
- Oh, hi there, room F huh? That was my room last year! Follow me! I`m Aiko, nice to meet you!
He was in the class with me, in the front row, i remember his wierd orange hair.
- Nice to meet you, my name is Sky!
- Sky huh? Let`s be friends, my room is next to yours, must be fate right?
- Maybe you are right! What`s with this guy? Seems a bit wierd, but friendly, atleast i have made contact with someone, that usually is the worst thing the first day of school.
Aiko smiled and carried his luggage towards the dorm area.
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Teacher meeting....
- Good, you are all here on time, except on ofcourse.....
- Im here! Im here!
-Hayate! You are always late! The principal got angry.
- Sorry, my bad!
The principal was not happy.
- Anyways now that we are all here, let me start by telling you this. We have information from the millitary that other nations have started their own esper programs.
All the teachers seem suprised.
- What? No other esper users or gene carriers have been found outside of Japan, this can`t be true.
- That is what we were told, but it seems the russians and americans have been keeping it a secret, some information even go as far as saying that they have captured esper carriers from Japan.
The teachers got more nervous.
- What are we suposed to do? We are just teachers after all. What about the esper military we already have? Isn`t this a job they should handle?
- i would like to think so too, but even if you can bend fire or manipulate water it won`t stop a bullet to the head, an esper user is only as good as their skill to keep themselves alive and follow instructions, there have been cases where esper users get to cocky and get themselves killed, this is nothing new.
The teachers sigh.
- Principle Kenji, if i may.
- What is it, Hayate?
- Should we teach the students differently?
- That is the main reason i have brought you all here, the higher ups have given us orders to change the school plan, from now on we will chose the right class for the students.
-What, seriously? Hayate and the other teachers are shocked.
- Yes, from now on we will have twice the amount of classes, we will still continue to have Class A all the way to E, but now we have 2 of each class, one for the working espers and one for the millitary. Class A of the millitary will be of most importance as of the current situation, we will put the most promising esper users in that class and they will be tested differently than before.
- Differently how?
Principle Kenji gazes out the window.
- To make sure they don`t become cocky, they are to be trained as soldiers, it probebly won`t be as easy for them as previous.
- They are just kids! We should let them make their own choices! Hayate wouldn`t accept the new school plan.
- This is how it will be from now on, no more easy school life!
Hayate and the others didn`t have a choice.
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- Here we are, this is your room and here is mine!
- Thanks for the help Aiko!
- No problem Sky, by the way, i can show you around later if you want, i was here last year, but i had to leave becuase i coulden`t develop my abilites within the 1 month period.
- Sure, you must know the school grounds well enough.
Sky and Aiko got interupted by the cute girl who asked about the teachers name.
- Excuse me, is this the right room?
- Let me see your note. Room E? Wait, isn`t that....
-Room E? That is my room! Aiko thought outloud, his face turned red.
-Nice to meet you, my name is---
-Asuna- chan was it? I remember. Said Aiko.
Now Asuna`s face turned red. It got quiet for a second, but the silence was interupted by a thud coming from my room.
-Seems like someone is already in your room. Asuna pointed out.
-It would seem like it, take care guys, see you in a bit Aiko!
- Sure!
I took a deep breath and opened the door to my dorm, at first glance i coulden`t see anyone even though the room was lit from the slight sun light coming from between the curtains.
Again i heard a thud coming from the middle section of the room.
Sky brought his luggage to the mid section of his dorm room.
-Aghh!
My roommate feel from the top bunk bed, i didn`t have much time to react so i dropped my luggage and manage to get a hold of him before he hit the floor.....somehow.
-Thank you, but could you let go of me now?
Wait....That smell, that voice. it took me longer than it should have to relize it was a girl!
- Now could you help me with that one? It was the girl from earlier, the one who questioned the teacher, the one who didn`t want to get expelled.
-W-what? I was too dazzed to realize what she was asking for.
-That.....She pointed towards something behind me, it was a abnormal sized teddy bear.
What the hell? Did she carry that all the way here? How am i even supposed to give her the teddy bear when she is at the top bunk bed, that thing must weigh a ton, well here goes nothing.
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*Deep Breath*
- Put your back into it, its not that heavy!
I manage to lift it up, but my whole body was shaking.
-Almost there, now let me get a hold of it so i can get it on the bed!
She managed to get a hold of both the teddy bear`s ears.
We both struggled to lift it any further.
-Ugh!
- Great job! You look stronger than you look.
She complemented me, but really my body wouldn`t have lasted one second longer!
As i was catching my breath and about to complement her back we heard a.....
*Crack*
- Oh oh....!
The wooden pillars holding the bunk bed up snapped on all sides at the same time, the teddy bear and the girl landed on the bed underneath.....
- Are you ok? I asked, although i could see she was fine, but she looked more embarrassed.
- Sigh...I think you should have the top. She said as nothing embarrassing happened.
You don`t say!
She reached her hand out to me.
-Huh?
- Naoko...
-Huh?
- My name is Naoko, nice to meet you, now would you please lend me a hand?
- Oh, my bad! My name is Sky, nice to meet you, Naoko!
As i pulled her up i notcied she was acutally quiet shorter than me.
- You guys ok? Aiko and Asuna opened the door, worried, only the see Naoko and i holding hands.
We quickly notcied the misunderstanding and let go of eachother.
-Uhum! I am ready to go Aiko. Looks like Asuna is joining too.
-Naoko, you want to join us? Aiko is going to show us around, he was here last year.
- Sure!
We all headed out of the dorm area as some workers came to our room to fix the bed.
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-This is the closest and usually the main event at this school.
"The esper arena"
- Everyone can write themselves on to the list and join in battels to improve your abilites in battle.
- Amazing! Asuna was amazed as someone was already fighting.
- But it is always under the teachers watch.
- That would make sense. Naoko replied.
We headed deeper into the school, but someone caught our attention.
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-Well if it isn`t Aiko? How have you been!? The guy said as he shoulder bumped Aiko.
The guy did not give off a good vibe.
- Ohh, Genji, its been a while....
- What`s with that face, you don`t seem happy to see me, jealous of me perhaps?
- Just becuase you already got your powers means nothing to me.
- Is that so? If i remember correctly you would always try to make your powers manifest, you did everything you could on the paper sheet and look, you even carry it right now. Haha, let me see that!
Genji rips the paper sheet out of Aiko`s hand.
- Give that back! Aiko nervously asked.
- Take a really hot shower for 5 minutes, take a really cold shower for 5 minutes, practice holding your breath for as long as possible, like what is this shit?
Genji kept on reading as he coulden`t believe his eyes.
I took the paper from his hands and gave it back to Aiko.
- You are? Genji gave me a death stare.
- Someone who treats people with respect. i replied with a hint of anger in my voice.
- Respect? Is this the way you show it? I am older than you, now give me back Aiko`s paper.
Who does this guy think he is?
Asuna was holding around Aiko as he was in clear discomfort.
Naoko stepped up.
- How about you leave Aiko alone?
- So the little one can talk, why don`t you back off before i make you?
Genji`s eyes started to glow, is he going to use his power?
- Not here...Some mysterious guy put his hand on Genji`s shoulder.
- Huh, guess its not worth my energy, cya later normies.
They walked away, still feeling like they won the argument or something.
-Tsk, what a douch. Naoko said as she coulden`t believe a guy like that.
- Normie? What is that? Asuna wondered.
- It means people who are normal, following the mainstream, just becuase we have yet to unlock our powers we are just a random normal person, not worthy in his eyes. Aiko replied.
- Just he wait, when i unlock my powers i will kick his ass. Naoko replied while tightning her fist.
- You better get a good power then.
Naoko looks at Aiko.
- Genji has the power to increase his strength aswell as making his body more durable, he is in class c, the third most powerful class.
What a troublesome power.
- Anyways, lets keep moving, there is still a lot to show you guys. Aiko got his barrings and we kept moving.
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The school was huge, most of it was normal with a lot of empty class rooms for future preperations, as the school could see a steady growth in students every year.
Outside was a huge track field with several obstacles and courses, both for those with powers and without, even a swimming pool!
Akio and Asuna went to the library for most of the day to read about esper users.
Naoko wanted to test out as many obstacle courses she could before night time.
I went back to the dorm to unpack my luggage and make up my bed.
The room was not to big nor to small, it had a good view over the trackfield and the bathroom was decent sized.
- What is this? A note in my last bag.
The note read.
"Stay at Naoko`side, the school is not as it seems. From 122134"
Is this some kind of joke? If it weren`t from the numbers at the end of the letter i would have thought that, but those numbers.....Only i know them, it is a random bunch of numbers that have been stuck in my head for as long as i can remember and i know for a fact i have never told anyone about it, or have i?
Sky got paranoid and started to look around the room and outside the window.
Who is that guy?
A strange looking guy all covered up in a robe and hood approched the track field, some teacher approched him, but he suddenly got thrown of his feet backwards!
Suddenly the school emergency alarm started to ring!
- This is not a drill, we are being attacked! They have esper abilites! Get to the underground vault and meet up with the teachers, they will protect you and handle the situation! GO! The principle announced.
The announcment kept on repeating itself as the alarm was ringing.
I need to get going!
Sky ran as fast as he could towards the underground vault in panic, luckily Aiko showed him where it was earlier.
-Sky, you alright?! Aiko shouted as Asuna was right next to him, scared.
They had managed to get here safely.
- Yeah!
We rushed down stairs and everyone was panicing even the teachers were shacking in their boots, thats when i noticed.....
Naoko is not here.
I stopped moving, what should i do?
- Sky what are you doing, come! Asuna shouted.
- You there, hurry! Get in the vault with the other students!
Screw this!
Sky ran back up stairs towards the trackfield, towards Naoko.
If that guy could fling a teacher away like that, i dont want to know what he will do to Naoko or the other students.
On my way out i could see esper users fighting, teachers versus those with black hoodies.
I accidently ran right into someone, knocking me down on my ass.
It was Genji!
- What are you doing here? You want to die?
I gave him a dead serious look.
- I need your help!
- Help? Why would i help someone like you? I just killed someone and i will do some more to protect the school and test myself, now get out of my sight!
Genji started to walk off.
As i was still on the ground i grabbed his foot.
- Please follow me! One of them was heading towards my roommate! If you want to kick their ass, why not do it over there? on the trackfield!
As Genji was making up his mind we both look out towards the trackfield and we could see him flinging people around like ragdolls.
- Tsk, fine! Only becuase i am the one who get to toss people around like that!
Good enough...
Genji picked me up by my neck color.
- Here we go!
With one thrust from Genjis feet we flew right through the window and with another jump we landed behind the hooded badguy.
- Hey you!
The bad guy turned around, but before he could see us he was slapped in the face, flying a bit before bouncing on and off the ground for atleast 20 meters!
I now see why Aiko is afraid of Genji.
- Go get your friend, i will handle this guy!
-R-right! I looked around to find Naoko, thats when i saw her, on the ground, not concious.
- Naoko! I ran towards her, she was still breathing, but she was bleeding from her face, it looked serious.
Several other students lay scattered around the trackfield. I grabbed Naoko ontop of my shoulders and made a run for it, back to the vault!
That was when i heard a huge bang behind me.
-Genji! He was suddenly getting his ass kicked! The enemy seem to have a strong telekinetic power.
- Run, idiot! That was the last thing he said to me before he was forced even further into the ground.
I Ran as fast as i could!
- Where do you think you are going!
No! He is coming for me now!
- Take this!
With his telekinetic power he flung a huge piece of rock towards me, i was to exhasuted to dodge it!
Is this it?
I felt a wierd sensation in my whole body, is this what it feels like when you know death is around the corner?
- Not so fast!
Hayate sensei used some kind of kinetic barrier to block the rock!
- Thank you!
- Get to the vault, the other teachers are there, guarding the students!
Hayate noticed that the hooded guys attire was diffrent from the others, as in a higher rank of some sort.
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Sky got back into the school.
-W-what is going on? Naoko was gaining conciousness.
- Naoko, you feel ok?
- Sky, what happened?
- We are under attack by esper users, we need to head to the safety vault underground.
Sky fell to the ground slowly as Naoko managed to stay on her feet by herself.
- I am so tierd, i don`t know if i can move an inch.
Sky was gasping for air.
- Let me help you!
Naoko helped me up as i held around her shoulder.
- Time for me to repay you for helping me, after this we are square allright?
- You--You got it.... I could barly breath.
Hayate flew right through the window behind us and was slammed right into some of the school lockers next to the wall, destroying them completly.
Hayate was either unconcious or dead, we didn`t have time to check before we were ambushed by the same bad guy.
- This is too easy, is this the best this school have to offer?
We are defenceless against him!
- Now join the others in death!
Just when Naoko and i were about to be massacred, something happened to him.
I felt a wierd sensation in my whole body as the bad guy froze stiff.
- Sky, what did you do?
- I don`t know.. Sky started to couch viciously as he was exhausted from running and using his power for the first time.
- Sky, hold on! Naoko carried me to the vault. To safety.
Everything turned black.
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Sometime later.
-W-what is going on? Everyting was fuzzy.
- Sky you awake? Naoko was shaking my body as i was sitting upright.
- I`m not feeling too good for some reason.
I took a look around me, all i could see was scared students and teachers.
- That door is the only thing between us and them. Asuna said as she approched me, Aiko was with her.
I took some deep breaths and gained conciousness fully.
- Thank you, Naoko, im fine now. She assisted me back on my feet.
We are in the vault huh? Is that the only way in here? Through that think vault door? Are we really going to be safe?
- Everyone be quiet! A teacher shouted.
The room actually got quiet for a few seconds, but we coulden`t hear anything.
- No one is answering the comms....
We could see the distraught in the teachers eyes as both the students and the teachers relized they most likely are all dead.
The silence was interuppted by several loud thuds coming from the vault door.
- Prepare yourselves for anything! Fight with whatever power god gave you!
Everyone backed away from the door in fear, waiting for what to happen next.
The thuds stopped for a moment.
Did they give up?
The door was suddenly ripped right open!
It was the same guy with telekinetic powers! Is he really this strong? Where are the others?
Several students rushed him with whatever esper ability they had at their disposal, but nothing faced him, people were slaughtered left and right.
- Why is he doing this? Aiko was tripping bad on fear.
We all knew we were done for.
- Sky! Freeze him like last time!
- I can`t! i don`t know how!
He was approching us!
- Just try i---! Naoko was suddenly lifted up in air!
- Someone do something! Asuna shouted!
I felt powerless, i coulden`t do anything!
- Enough! Aiko suddenly pointed his right arm towards the villain and somehow managed to get into his head somehow.
Naoko fell from the sky, Asuna manage to grab her.
There was something dark emiting from Aiko, some kind of aura.
The villain started to scream as if he was being tormented!
- Keep doing whatever you are doing Aiko!
Some of the remaining students lunged at the villain, but he was protected by some kind of barrier, was he subconciously protecting himself?
- Its not working, we have no effect on him! A Student shouted in despair as he kept on trying to smash the barrier.
Aiko was at his limit and passed out.
- Aiko! Asuna ran towards him to drag him away from the bad guy, but as she ran towards him the villain knew it was Aiko messing with his mind and he wanted revenge, he was charging right towards Aiko and Asuna, pushing everyone in his wake away from him, without even breaking a sweat!
Just as Aiko and Asuna was about to be crushed by the telekinesis, Naoko appeared at their location in and instant and managed to teleport herself and them back towards me.
The villain was determend on his revenge and kept coming towards us.
- That was amazing Naoko! Asuna praised her.
- Thanks, but we still have a big problem.
Is there really no one who can stand up to this guy? Those with the strongest abilites are dead outside from fighting, we are the remaining vermin!
- Quick, get us away from here, Naoko! Teleport us away from the school! Asuna shouted.
- I can`t!
I stared the villain in his eyes as he approched us!
- Freeze him Sky, its the only way! Buy us time to get out of here!
She is right, i have to make it work somehow! Here goes nothing!
- Stop! I Shouted as i put my arm forwards focusing all my energy to my hand!
My gut feels cold.
I look down to witness a huge hole in my gut, it was like i have been pierced by a huge invisable spear.
- Sky! Naoko shouted as i fell to the ground.
Am i dying? Is this it? The last thing i am going to see is my friends and everyone else die? I can`t let that happen....I can`t.......................I...
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Suddenly i could see a light and i was back on my feet!
- Go get your friend, i will handle this guy!
What is going on? Genji?
Genji rushed the villain!
As i took a look around i could see Naoko unconcious on the ground, thats when i figured it out.
- Genji don`t! He will kill you!
He is too far ahead of me, he can`t hear me.
Suddenly Genji was lifted up into the air, rendering him useless.
What should i do? Naoko is unconcious, but fine, i have to do somthing before its too late!
- Pathetic, you sucker punch me with such force, but cannot finish the job? Now you have really made me mad! The villain shouted.
Just as the villain was about to fling Genji, i managed to freeze him in place like last time, somehow i had my energy back, because in this point in time i was neither exhausted nor had i used my ability, this was my only shot.
- Do not look down on me! Genji knocked the villain`s head clean off, it was only after my abilty lost its effect a few seconds later the body fell to the ground.
I headed over to Naoko and lifted her up like last time.
- Are you guys ok? Hayate sensei came running towards us, sort of like last time he was here.
- I will take Naoko to the vault, you should help the others!
My gut feeling is telling me he will be needed elsewhere.
- Count me in, Hayate Sensei! Genji shouted from afar.
- That settles it, take care of Naoko! We will handle the rest!
- Good luck! They both dissapeared quickly, to assits the others.
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Naoko regained conciousness at the vault.
- Where are we? What happened? She asked as panic kicked in.
- We are under attack by a group of people with esper abilites, they are trying to kill us, but we should be safe here. Asuna assured Naoko.
-W-What really?! I don`t remember a thing...
-We are safe in this bunker, the teachers and the strongest students are out there, fighting for us, all we can do is pray at this moment.
Sky drifted off a bit in the croud of students, Aiko followed.
This feels too wierd, last time i was in here it was a blood bath.
- Sky, what happened out there, you don`t look so good.
- Huh? I took a closer look at myself, i could see i was drenced in blood from carrying Naoko.
- There is somthing i have to tell you, i know we don`t really know eachother yet, but i feel like i can talk with you.
- Sure, what is troubling you? Did you see something you want to unsee? Aiko was more right than he could expect.
- We died, we all did. Right here, i died.....
- W-what are you saying? You are here now, alive and well, there is no way you could have died, i am here too! Aiko must think i sound like a crazy person.
- I know that, but it was like everything got reversed, one second i was dying, the next i was outside on the trackfield about to rescue Naoko for a second time.
- Wait, are you for real?
I gave Aiko a serious stare.
- We were trapped here, their leader barged in and killed us all, you managed to unlock your ability and somehow got into his head, buying us some time, but it wasen`t enough, it was like you made him feel fear.
- Really? I did that? Aiko seemed suprised, looks like he is starting to believe me.
- You passed out and he wanted to kill you for getting in his head, Asuna ran over to you to get you away from him.
- She did?
- But it was to late, you both were about to be crushed by his telekinetic power, that was when Naoko suddenly appeared next to you and Asuna, teleporting you both back to my location a bit further back, but after that, we died, or atleast i did, everything turned cold and black, then suddenly i was back.
- You think this is your power? The power to reverse time?
- Yes, but i also managed to freeze the enemy leader in time for a few seconds, but in this timeline i made it matter, Genji knocked his head off his body, killing him...
-Seriously? Wait, does that mean we are safe? Did you say Naoko could teleport!?
Last time when the vault door was ripped open, only their leader was there, my guess is everyone in his squad was killed and he was after revenge, then he killed all the teachers and students outside, then eventually all of us.
How come no other student could get into his head? Are there no one with psychic abilites here or what?
- We should be alright, but i don`t know about the others outside. I told Aiko.
- Do not tell Asuna or Naoko about this...
- I won`t, your secret is safe with me. For some reason i knew i could trust him about this.
Thanks for reading if you got this far! This is only my first draft and will be worked on later, some grammer errors and some things might change, give me feedback on this, hope it was worth a read! I am currently working on episode 2 where things calm down a bit and we dig deeper into some characters! :) Thanks again!