Mugen Gakuen Shorts
| Title: | Mugen Gakuen Shorts | |
|---|---|---|
| Author: | Matt Bjorkman | |
| Date Written: | 09/3/15 | |
| Continuity | SSEU Earth 1337-A | |
| Time Placement | 2015 | |
| Synopsis | Short tales from Mugen Gakuen. | |
| Rating | PG | |
| Additional Notes | ||
The morning class was of course a busy as usual, with people chatting with each other over the latest thing or spreading rumors of a classmate or some other business which tended to happen during those early hours. Matsumi leans back in her desk, staring thoughtfully at the ceiling.
“You sure she’s going to be ok? She didn’t seem all that happy” Saki said, looking concerned.
“You’d think she was heading into a battle field or something” Masaki added, trying to balance a pencil on her head.
“you guys need to really believe in me!” Matsumi said, looking a tad annoyed, “she’ll be fine! You’ll see!”
Kiku glanced at the three talking and bit her thumb. She had stopped her investigations after being put to task by Matsumi’s guardians but she still couldn’t help be feel uneasy about the three of them.
The conversations ended as soon as the teacher, the rather smartly dressed Ms. Kishi, walked in. The routine went on with the usual morning gestures and respects to their educator before the entire thing was interrupted as a new face entered the classroom.
“Class, please be quiet. Introduce yourself to your classmates”
“I’m Kailey Sunrise..nice to meet y’all”
The girl calmly bowed and soon the class was filled with whispers and quiet murmurs.
“Another foreigner, how wonderful” Mai said, tossing her long hair, something which made Asha slightly archer her eyebrow at her friend.
“She’s kind of cute!” Shuji said admirably.
Goro simply kept glancing at Matsumi, trying not to make it obvious.
The teacher glanced around the room then paused.
“You can sit next to Miss Suminaka.”
Saki smiled as Kailey calmly walked over and sat next to her, the class beginning in earnest.
“I think this is a mistake” Kailey said, frowning a bit. Masaki was about to interject but was stopped by Matsumi.
“The day has only begun! Just you wait, it will be great!” Matsumi said, giving the girl a sudden pat on the back.
“Ms. Shin! Are you going to pay attention to the lesson or do you have something else to discuss?”
Matsumi quickly snapped to attention and shook her head but then glanced at Kailey and winked. Kailey sighed at this. It really was going to be a long day, she thought to herself.
Yoko Kanda and Aikko Izumi looked up at Date Katame, who silently glared down at the two girls, standing in front of the high school level lab.
“Um…excuse me but we have class here.” Yoko said, trying not to look too intimated by the bigger girl. She got no answer except for a silent look from Date’s one good eye. Aikko looked at Yoko and took a deep breath, remembering what she learned from her brother when it came to acting.
“Look her-“ Date took a step forward, causing Aikko to back away a bit. “N-n-nevermind!”
Yoko adjusted her glasses, sighing slightly. “Now what do we do? We’re going to miss our course!”
“Trust me, you don’t want to go in there” Masaki said, walking past the girls, causing them to look at her in confusion. After a moment or two, the sound of a loud explosion rocked the floor, leaving the two girls looking a bit frazzled and Date, though still stone cold staring outward, looking quite a mess.
“….maybe we can just go to lunch instead” Yoko said, Aikko nodding quickly in agreement.
The clock ticked away in the club room, broken by no noise. Matsumi was leaning on the table, looking completely bored. Masaki was leaning back in her chair, her feet up on the table. Saki had fallen asleep on the desk, snoring a bit. Kazue quietly read a novel, scratching her nose for a moment, while Ayami sat near the small collection of manga, reading and giggling to herself. Matsumi quietly looked around the large room. It had been chosen by her for the Sailor Senshi Fan Club and had been supplied with various posters of sailor senshi, a small book shelf filled with various manga and other things to make people comfortable stopping in the room. The clock ticked again as the hour passed. Matsumi had begun to try and build a card castle, while Masaki was staring out of the large window in the room. Saki was still asleep and Kazue had begun to work on her homework. Ayami sat, reading another manga and chewing on a cookie.
The door slowly opened, as Ryoko Fujiwara poked her head in. Instantly, Matsumi scrambled to her feet, Masaki sat up, Saki kept sleeping, Kazue looked over and smiled and Ayami jumped to up to greet the new student.
“Sorry, wrong room”
As the door closed, Matsumi quietly kept working on her card tower. Masaki worked to try and balance a pencil on her nose. Saki kept sleeping while Kazue went back to her homework. Ayami had gone to read another manga and giggled happily.
Masaki quickly got into position, ready for her next attacker. As soon as the bigger student made his move, she quickly slammed him into the ground, the sweat flying off her face in the process. Jun nodded and clapped his hands.
“Alright, good work, Masaki. Keep that up and we’ll do a great at the meet” Masaki just gave a slightly dismissive hand gesture in response to this and pulled out her water bottle, drinking. Not far off, a younger male student quietly clutched a folded note. He knew she was his sempai and he was below her grade, but he couldn’t help it. He had admired her from far away for too long. Now it was the time to make a move, now it was the time to confess how he felt to her.
“Hey, Jun, I’m going to head home, ok?” Masaki said, picking up her bag and still dressed in her Judo gi. “Alright, I expect you back here tomorrow for more practice.” He said, turning back to make sure the other members of the Judo Club were continuing their practice. The younger student quickly realized he was about to lose his chance and quickly races after her. Taking a deep breath, he closed his eyes and held the note forward.
“Please read my letter! I love you!” he said and opened his eyes slowly.
Date glared down at him, frowning deeply, causing the boy to lose all color in his face.
A few blocks down the street, Masaki hummed a tune to herself, completely oblivious to what was occurring back at the school.
“Alright, students.” Joanna Smithson paused from her writing and turned to face her class. She frowned a little bit. She was currently teaching Class C English for the day and this meant only one thing. “Can someone tell me please what the proper way of making an order in a restaurant is?” She glanced around the room and then saw a single hand shoot up. She decided to pretend she hadn’t seen it. “Anyone? The proper way of ordering.” The arm started to wave. Jo frowned and decided to take a chance on one of the other students being able to answer the question. “Mr Hattori. Can you please tell me what is the proper way to order food from a restaurant in English?”
“Well, I-“
“I know the answer!” Matsumi said, waving her arm as hard as she could. Joanna grimaced, gripping her piece of chalk.
“I am well aware that you know the answer, Ma-Ms Shin. However, I think it’s best that you give the other students a chance to answer.”
“So? Why not just let me answer the question!” Matsumi said, leaning forward in her seat a bit. Jo walked over and looked at the younger girl, frowning deeply.
“You know English better than most of the students here! You don’t have to learn it! They do!” Jo said, getting face to face with Matsumi.
“So? Maybe they want to learn from me rather then you!!!” This then caused the entire conversation to fall apart in a mass of arguments.
“Here they go again.” Hiromi said, watching the two go at it.
“Have you ever noticed how much they look alike” Asha said, looking at both Jo and Matsumi.
“Not really no” Hiromi answered, opening her workbook and getting some study time done.
Kaily sighed as she walked down the hall to her next class. It had been a rough day so far, even rougher when Matsumi wasn’t nearby. Seeing all those familiar faces made her slightly home sick and even worse, the fact that they all treated her like strangers didn’t make it any better. She would just be glad when the day was done and she could relax back ho-
“Hi there!” The girl quickly popped out of nowhere, her long hair bouncing along with her. “I hear ya’ll’s from Texas! So am I!” Kailey blinked. It was Sally Foster. Back in her home universe, Sally was pretty close to her and in fact had helped her out a bit when she first came to Mugen. She was always cheerful and almost never had a bad thing to say. Seeing her here though…
“Sorry, I have to get going to class” Kailey said, trying to brush the girl off.
“Oh yeah me too! Say, How about yuh and I hang out after class and compare notes! I bet there’d be nuthin like talking about the good ole lone star state!”
“Well I-“
“Shucks, yuh don’t have tuh be shy about it! I’ll bring lunch too! Yuh, know Mats? She’s not bad fer a Midwest gal, yuh know?”
“Yeah but-“
“Shoot! We’ll talk about it more later! I gotta get to class! Can’t wait to seeya there!” Humming, Sally ran down the hallway for the next class, leaving Kailey standing where she was, blinking very slowly.
“…..What the heck just happened?”