Sano and Eizan are eating lunch together in the classroom. “He man why does, Shimada and Sakurai keep looking over here? They look a little unhappy. Did you do something to piss her off?”
Eizan giggled “The swan is just trying to protect her chick again.”
Sano gave him a weird look “You always say things in a weird way man. Tell me what’s going on.”
Eizan looked over at him and smiled “I will let you know when the time is right.”
Sano gave him a slightly angry look. “Damnit, ok. As an apology you have to buy me lunch tomorrow.”
“OK. OK.” Eizan tried to calm down his friend.
A few minutes later a tall good-looking boy entered the classroom. Shimada waved “Towa over here.” He walked over to Mio and Ren giving a quick glare towards Eizan and Ome.
Sano whispered to Eizan “What the hell is that all about?”
“Don’t worry about it.” Eizan sighed he stood up from his desk. “It smells like garbage all of a sudden I need to get some fresh air.” Murata shot him a look as he walked to the class room door. Just as he was about to exit the room. “Do you have something to say to me?”
Eizan turned towards the voice that came from behind. Eizan glared at Murata as he closed the distance. Murata is now less than an arm length away. “Do you want to say that to my face?”
Eizan smiled a mischievous smile “Say what to your face?”
Murata reached up and grabbed him by his shirt. “You implied I smelled like garbage.”
Eizan still had a grin and in a hushed voice, so no one else could hear. “I wasn’t sure if you were the cause but now that you’re this close.” Eizan sniffed “You should really wear some deodorant.” Murata balled up a fist raised his arm intending to punch him. Just as Towa was about to hit him a lovely voice came from their side. “WHAT ARE YOU DOING TOWA LET HIM GO!” Eizan and Towa turned their heads to see an obviously angry looking Mio. Her face was red with rage. “I never would have expected this type of behavior out of you. I think you need to leave.”
Murata had an angry look on his face. “Fine, ill let his rude behavior go.” As he let go of Eizan’s shirt he whispered “This isn’t over.” Eizan whispered back. “Oh, it is, I’ve already won.” Murata glanced over at Mio and then walked out of the classroom. Mio ran over to him. “Eizan, are you ok.” She immediately put a hand over her mouth. He started shaking his head. “You idiot.”
Shimada approached from behind Mio. “Since when are you two on a first name basis.” She had what appeared to be an angry smile. But really going through her head was nothing but pure joy. "If they get together, I’ll have a better chance to steal Murata away."
"Crap how are we going to get out of this situation. A screw it I’m pretty much healed as it is." He finally came up with an excuse “Well, we have been friends for a while as you know Ren.”
“Don’t call me by my first name too.” She looked miffed.
“Really, I thought after I fed you both dinner and you both have hung out with me in my apartment a few times I thought it wouldn’t be inappropriate? I guess I was wrong.” He hung his head like he was sad.
Ren was red up to her ears. “Stop messing with me you jerk.” Mio was giggling behind her.
Mio sighed and patted Ren on the shoulder “Eizan stop messing with her she’s about to blow her top.” She then turned to him with a bright smile but her eyes seemed angry “Besides I don’t think Ren wants you to call her by her first name.” More like she was unhappy about him using Ren’s first name.
Eizan waved his hands in front of his face. For some reason he was afraid of that smile. “OK, OK, I’ll be nice.” Ren stormed out of the room chasing after Towa. Mio and Eizan watched her leave. “You know you weren’t supposed to talk to me at school/ This is going to cause so many problems.”
Mio puffed out her cheeks angrily “Maybe if you weren’t stirring up trouble I wouldn’t have had to intervene.”
From the side “Ehem, Eizan would you like to explain what’s going on?” He looked over to see Sano staring at him with a look of confusion.
Eizan was scratching his cheek “Nope I’d prefer not to explain.”
Mio “Eizan.”
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He sighed “Alright, Sakurai and I have been hanging out recently. That’s why the swan and Murata are not happy.”
Mio tilted her head “Since when has Murata known we were hanging out.”
Eizan smiled “Since the day you got caught in the rain storm.”
“Hey you two stop flirting for a second.”
Both in unison “Were not flirting.”
Sano laughed a little “Sure, sure, so that’s what’s going on.” He put a hand on Eizan’s shoulder. “I get the picture now. Good luck man, if you need any help just let me know. I’m sure Yuuto and the other guys would help if you asked.”
Eizan smiled “I should be able to handle it on my own, but thanks I’ll keep that in mind.”
Mio looked a little frustrated “What are you two talking about.”
Eizan turned towards her and smile “Nothing, did you enjoy your lunch.”
Mio blushed “Yes it was very good. Hey don’t change the subject.”
Eizan smiled “I’ll tell you later. I’m headed out, I still need to use the restroom.” He turned around and left leaving Mio standing there with Sano.
He walked through the hall scanning for his next target. Standing there talking to a girl is one of the boys who attacked him. Eizan knew this face and had found out the boy’s name. He was Harada Hanzo the enforcer of the basketball team, known to be quick to anger. As he walked past “Damn, something smells around here.” An angry look appeared on the boy’s face. Eizan laughed to himself "why does that always work on idiots." The boy immediately yelled at him. “Hey you stop.” Eizan stopped and turned around pointing at himself innocently. “Me?” "Got him." “Yeah, you. What did you just say?”
Eizan looked at him innocently “I said that it smells around here.”
The angry red headed boy walked straight up to him. He was taller than Eizan and had a fairly athletic build. “What are you implying.” Everyone in the hallway is watching.
Eizan whispered to him. “I’m implying that garbage smells.”
The red headed boys face grew red as his hair, he immediately threw a punch at Eizan. Eizan dodged acting like he stumbled backward in fear and fell to the ground on his butt. “Why did you try to hit me are you crazy?”
“I’ll kill you, you bastard.”
From down the hall Yokoyama Izumi yelled “HEY WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON HERE?” She ran over to the two boys.
Eizan looked up at her from the ground. He replied like he was the victim “This crazy guy just attacked me out of nowhere. Everyone around saw him attack me.”
Izumi looked around and a few kids were nodding their heads to confirm Eizan’s story. She grabbed the red headed boy’s collar. “You’re coming with me!” She looked down at Eizan and gave him a knowing disapproving look. But he didn’t care, this was all according to his plan. “Eizan come meet me in my office after school.” He nodded to affirm that he would. Eizan was giggling to himself "playing the pig to eat the tiger is fun."
"Next act, the big bad wolf." He stood up and looked over at another black-haired boy from the basketball team who had participated in beating him. He stuck out his tongue and headed in the direction of the bathroom. He could feel the boy following him. He laughed internally "What a sucker and from my research he’s supposed to be intelligent." Walking into the bathroom farthest away from most classrooms Eizan looked around the room and noticed it was empty. "Perfect this will do nicely." He waited around the corner near the door. Takayama Neji is Harada’s best friend Eizan knew his provocation would infuriate him. He heard the door open and waited for Neji to pass by him. He swiftly kicked him in the back of the knees causing Neji to fall to the floor. He then kicked him in the back forcing the boy to lay flat on the floor. With his foot firmly planted on Neji’s back in a cold voice he said “You know following me into the bathroom was a foolish decision.”
In an angry voice from the floor “You bastard, I’ll get you for this.” Eizan swiftly stomped on his back trying his best not to injure him too much. Neji wailed in pain. Eizan pressed a knee on his back and grabbed the boy’s hair lifting the boys head from the ground.
In a cold and ruthless voice “You know the only reason you five won the fight last time is because I didn’t fight back. The last group of people who attacked me didn’t fair well. I had chosen to be a pacifist but after you guys attacked me, I changed my mind.” Neji’s blood ran cold, he could feel the ominous aura from Eizan. “This is your last chance, from now on you leave Mio and I alone. If you mess with either of us again, I will end you.” Eizan slammed Neji’s face into the ground. He stood up removing his knee from Neji’s back and left the bathroom. Neji was lying on the ground with is nose bleeding. He slowly rose from the floor and stared at his bleeding nose in the mirror. “What kind of monster did we awaken?” He thought to himself "I’ve never felt such a bloodthirsty aura from someone before. I don’t think I’ve ever felt terror like that before. Murata you are on your own for now. No way in hell am I going to mess with someone like that again. I thought he was going to kill me." He wiped the blood from his nose and stuck some tissue in it to stop the bleeding. "I have to warn Murata, Hanzo, Ryoma, and Toru to stay away from him."
Eizan returned to class shortly after his altercation with Neji in the bathroom. Ome questioned him for the next few minutes, Eizan only answered with what he thought was necessary. The news of Harada throwing a punch at him had already made it back to the class by the time he returned. Mio kept glancing over at him with a worried look on her face.
Mio was sitting in her seat her mind was racing. "Did Towa do something to Eizan? Why didn’t he tell me about it? I had a feeling something was going on, but now, I am sure. Was it Towa and his friends who put Eizan in the hospital? Why did this happen? Is it my fault? Am I the reason Eizan got the crap beat out of him? Is that why he didn’t want to talk with me at school until he was fully healed? How could I have been so blind? What the hell is Towa doing? How could he do that? Does Towa like me is that why?" She slightly blushed then anger could be seen on her face. "That’s still no reason to resort to violence." The questions kept coming one after another. As soon as Ren walked into the room one last question appeared in her mind. "How did Towa find out I stayed at Eizan’s house that night? Only one person knew." She glared daggers into Ren as she sat down in the seat next to her. “Ren after school we need to talk.” Ren looked at her curiously until she saw the serious look on Mio’s face. She nodded “Ok, after school.”