I sort of wanted to introduce the class.

Chapter 2 - Sensei has a secret

Hideaki walked to class late. It would have been weird for him to show up on time. He wasn't that last person in the room either. He suspected that some of them weren't coming at all. Not that it mattered. He was only here because he was allowed to beat up a teacher without getting in trouble. Well, he would be able to if that little twerp weren't so slippery.

He looked around when he entered the room. It looked like Shichiro and Yuuto were hanging out in the corner. Some of the others that he hung around from time to time were there as well. But Shiota Sensei wasn't there. That was really weird. He was always in the room before he came in.

He sauntered over to his friends and sat next to them. "Looks like we really did scare him off?" Yuuto laughed.

Shichiro nudged him, "Who do you think they'll bring in next?"

"Maybe some hot teacher."

"Yeah right!"

As they were laughing Shiota Sensei slowly walked into the room. Dark rings were under his eyes, he looked dead tired. He was carrying papers that looked too heavy for him. When he sat them on the teacher's desk he pulled out his clipboard.

He always called roll at the beginning of class. Hideaki didn't think that he even needed the list but he held it anyway.

"Hideaki," Called the teacher. He rarely used last names. Hideaki didn't say anything, he never did. "Shichiro,"

"Yo teach!" Shichiro waved, "Late night?"

Shiota Sensei gave him a half smile. "Something like that."

"Yuuto." Yuuto raised his hand slightly but continued with gossiping with Shichiro. "Akio, Daisuke, Hachiro," Shiota Sensei was just reading down the list, not really paying attention to who was answering. He didn't acknowledge that Diasuke wasn't there. "Hachiro," He finally looked up at his class, "Hiro, Iwao, Junichi, Ken," No one was answering him. "Kyuo, Masanori, Michi, Nobu, Osamu, Ryuumi, Ryuu, Sadao, Tadashi, Takashi, Yasuhiro, Yoshino, Yuu?"

He finished and put the clipboard back on his desk. He looked like he was about to fall asleep where he stood. He looked everyone over for a moment. "Well," he started, "it's Monday again." He looked about the room at each of them. "So, beginning this week the rest of the school is studying something new but I don't really think that this class is ready for it. That's why," he put his hand on the stack of thick binders on his desk, "we are going to spend this week catching up."

Shiota Sensei was being really weird. Normally he would be full of energy and more than ready for class to start. Now it seemed like he wasn't even really there.

As he started walking around the classroom, passing out papers to each student, even to the people that weren't there. Hideaki watched him out of the corner of his eye. He felt the knife in is pocket, ready for this.

He had always thought that if he actually did kill someone it would be by accident. This little pipsqueak was making a fool out of him though. He had pictured himself killing Shiota Sensei over and over again. He was going to do it. He needed to do it. He wasn't going to slip away this time.

Normally Shichiro and Michi would help him out with but he wasn't going to ask them. He needed to do this on his own. That little pipsqueak Sensei told them to kill him without consequence but he thought that it was a lie. He didn't think know if he could get away with this but he couldn't live like this. This mockery was burning him up inside.

"Sensei," Daisuke said as he was being handed his paper, "what are you doing to do for lunch?" Sensei smiled at him, "Well, I brought my own lunch, so I guess that I'm going to eat it up on the roof. Would you like to join me?"

Hideaki growled at him, "Who would want to eat with you?"

If he actually did eat lunch with him, he would have a good opportunity to kill him but he didn't want to do that. Pipsqueak Sensei would probably see an attack coming if he did accept. Pipsqueak sensei did this annoying cheeky smile and continued on.

Ever since that first day, when he that Pipsqueak sensei showed him up, he's been annoying him with everything he did. He was going to take him out during lunch.

He wasn't paying attention during class. All he could think about was killing Sensei. He was actually going to kill him, a real person. He closed his eyes and pictured it in his mind.

When lunch came he went up to the roof where sensei was supposed to be eating lunch. Unfortunately, he wasn't the first to get there. Osamu, Tadashi, and Yuu were waiting for him there. They were going to ambush him. Hideaki growled as he sat in the corner, out of sight, and watched with go down.

It didn't take long for him to, not only dodge all of their attacks, but also knock all of them down. He didn't expect them to win, but he didn't see what he wanted he needed to find, a weakness. Despite him obviously being tired, he wasn't really slowing down that much.

He slid down the wall and closed her eyes. He needed to think of a plan. "Not eating lunch?" He nearly jumped out of his skin when Pipsqueak Sensei appeared next to him. He didn't even look at him. "You know," Pipsqueak Sensei continued, "If there's something on your mind, you should say something."

He practically growled at him, "Why don't you mind your own business!" Pipsqueak Sensei nodded and yawned. "What? Late night of making up stupid tests or something lame like that?"

Pipsqueak Sensei smiled to himself for a moment, "You've no idea." He got up and left.

What the Pipsqueak Sensei said gave him a really good idea. He was going to have to be sneaky about it but he bet he could follow him home. Then he could see what was going on.

xxxxxx

Hideaki led the way as Yuuto and Shichiro followed closely behind. Pipsqueak sensei was walking so slowly. He was getting irritated, "Hey," Yuuto whispered to him, "are you sure we are going to find some weakness this way."

"Shut up!" Hideaki snapped. He was half afraid that Pipsqueak sensei was going to fall asleep as he was walking.

All of a sudden Pipsqueak Sensei perked up and looked around. A tall, intimidating man appeared before him. He looked like some a weird mix between Dracula and Frankenstein. They spoke for a moment before they both looked toward were the students were hiding.

Yuuto and Shichiro didn't waste a second running away. "Cowards!" he called to them, running as well. The man somehow appeared before them, out of thin air. "Where do you think you're going?"

"Oh, Mr. Lovro," Pipsqueak sensei appeared beside him. Hideaki was surprised that he hadn't even seen him approach. "You're early." He turned back to Hideaki, smiled politely and bowed slightly, "Sorry Hideaki, I have some business to attend to. I'll see you tomorrow."

This 'Mr. Lovro' smiled in a way that sent shivers up his spine. "This is familiar," Pipsqueak sensei smiled happily, "A student of yours? Makes sense." Mr. Lovro clapped a huge hand on Pipsqueak sensei's shoulder. His hands looked even bigger on his tiny shoulder.

Pipsqueak sensei smiled happily and nodded before turned to Hideaki, "Yes, they are my precious students."

He glared at them as they left. He didn't know that he had just stumbled into something that will changed his life even further, he will never be the same. He felt like his feet were caught in place as they walked away together. He never did figure out what they were up to but he tried his hardest.