7 Big trouble in little Ed
"Hey, Nagisa," said Kataoka as she walked up to his desk, while he was packing his bag. "Have you decided on the members of your group?"
"My what," he asked, looking confused.
"It's mine, Isogai's, and Double D's job to keep track of who's with who, so let one of us know." Kataoka left with a wave. But Nagisa just continued to look confused.
"Didn't you forget," Kayano chippered when she walked over to him, holding up a guide book.
"She's talking about next week's school trip."
The Eds and Eric were talking to each other near Eric's desk when Kataoka approached them. "So, you boys going together," she asked, though the answer was probably yes.
"Of all the-!" exclaimed the unhappy voice of Korosensei as he entered the room before any of the Eds and Eric could answer the girl.
"Who in their right mind schedules a class trip this early in the year!? Unbelievable!" Korosensei was now dressed up as a geisha girl and had brought in a large, overstuffed bag with what looked like everything a person could own.
"I can not say that I approve." said Korosensei, trying to act flamboyant.
"THEN WHY ARE YOU DRESSED LIKE THAT!?"
"FOR A SCHOOL TRIP, YOUR BAG IS WAY TOO BIG!"
"GEISHA, REALLY?"
"I'M STARTING TO QUESTION YOUR SEXUALITY!"
"IT'S KIND OF HOT!"
"OH GOODY. THE CIRCUS IS IN TOWN!"
"SHUT UP, ED!"
After some of the students voiced their opinions, Korosensei turned out of the outfit and got back into his casual clothes. "Alright, I'll admit it. I'm looking forward to this trip with all of you," he said, with two blushing circles and scratching his head.
Eric laughed nervously, along with Nagisa and Kayano.
'First the midterms and now this? Even for assassins, the events planned for us all are packed. It certainly wasn't going to get boring, that's for sure.'
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Cue Seishun Satsubatsuron by 3-nen E-gumi Utatan)
{Intrumental}
{Seishun... Satsubatsuron!}
(The opening starts with the crescent moon as it gradually change to Korosensei's head. Then Ed, Double D, Eddy and Eric appeared upside down with their names shown as they fall and tried to attack Korosensei as he panicked before dust picks up around them as the title appeared.)
Welcome Back, Mr. ED!
{Kuchi ni dasu no wa jikkō suru toki}
{Sore ga kakkoī koto shitteru sa}
(The scene start with Eric waking up in bed as he gets up and gets ready for school. As he walk out of his room, Eddy and Double D were at the living room while the latter was preparing breakfast. He look around only to see that Ed's not up yet so he went to his room to wake him up, only to find that he was not here and saw his window was open.)
{TARGET, sagashite bokura wa satsubatsu}
{Omoi wa mayou mayoedo susumu}
{Migite to migiashi issho ni de sōda}
(Eric panicked and ran out of his room to tell Eddy and Double D that Ed's gone. Eddy groaned in frustration while Double D worried about him, Eric ran back in to his room and came out with his uniform on and a toothbrush in his mouth. Double D quickly pack small breakfast along with their lunches before they head out to find Ed.)
{Nan nanda iraira no hadō wa}
{Bokura no sonzai no shōmei?}
{Tsuki wo miagetakamaru}
{Sā sā! Satsu satsu sattō START!}
(Scene changes to Eric opens a fridge of their neighbor's house and found Ed sleeping in his underwear and half eaten food. Eddy laughed while Eric took Ed out of the fridge and slaps him back and forth to wake him up. Double D look at the time and finds that they are going to be late for school, Eric and Double D panicked while Eddy groaned as Ed woke up from Eric's slapping before he was pulled by Eric and ran out the door along with Eddy and Double D.)
{Yari kittenaikara yarikirenai}
{Yari kittenaikara yarikirenai}
{Genjō daha wo chīsana koe de yagate zekkyō shitaku naru}
(The Eds and Eric, with Ed now in his uniform, rushing to the train station but they missed the train. As Eric and Double D mope in depression, Eddy yelled at Ed before he had an idea as he grabbed Ed the the other two. They're now at a park as they sitting in a box with a tree that is cartoonishly pulled down like rubber below them while Ed was holding the tree down by sinking his teeth in another tree. Double D was calculating their trajectory while Eddy was getting impatient and Eric was starting to regret it. Double D conclude that they would land in the field behind the building but isn't sure about it. Eddy isn't surprised as he signals Ed to let go as they're launch in the air heading to towards school.)
{Yari kittenaikara yarikirenai (Yareba dekiru sa)}
{Yari kittenaikara yarikirenai (Kitto dekiru sa)}
(Eddy, Double D and Eric screamed while Ed laugh as they flew through the sky. Then Eric saw Korosensei flying by as he pulled out his anti-sensei knife and tries to kill him but no avail as Korosensei sped up ahead of them.)
{Dōse, to iu no wa kantandakedo}
{Ima wa agaite mitainda kimi to hajikete mitainda}
(Meanwhile in E-Class, Yada was sitting by her desk and glance at Eric's desk in front of her as class was about to start. Korosensei arrives through the window and begun roll call, Yada asked him if he seen the Eds and Eric this morning making Rio teased her about it as she blushed in embarrassment. Korosensei answers as the Eds and Eric crashed through the roof and landed in the floor next to Korosensei, surprising the students.)
{Saredo seishun wa mirai he GO!}
{Sā sā sā! Seishun satsubatsuron!}
(Ed recoiled from the floor as he pulled the other three out with him as the class aside from Korosensei look at them with white eyes and jaws dropped. Korosensei tells them to take their seats as Ed lets go of them and went to their designated desk thus begins class.)
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EDventure #7 — "Big Trouble in Little ED!"
When it was P.E, Karasuma had the class sit before him on the field. "As every one of you knows, next week is our big 3 days, 2 nights field trip to Kyoto," he said. "Not to put a damper on the fun, but your mission extends to this as well."
"So are we supposed to try and kill him there," asked Okano.
"That's the goal. The vast difference between Kyoto's streets and the classroom extensively complicate matters. Still, your individual groups' sightseeing routes determined in advance and the plan is for him to accompany you," Karasuma explained.
"The location is ideal for a sniper. It appears that the government has already made arrangements with professional snipers. Should they be successful, the reward will be divided up according to the contributions of those involved. I'm leaving the choice of an assassination-oriented route in your hands."
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There were to be four groups and the original number of people per group was six. However, with the arrival of the Eds and Eric and Karma, the numbers have been brought up to seven, and the friends had to be separated and join one of the four groups, but two groups would have one more person.
"But wait, wouldn't it be easier to divide into 5 groups since there's 30 of us" asked Double D.
"What and ruin the plot" said Eddy in an annoyed tone.
This caused some of the students to look at them with squinted white eyes and sweat on their heads internally saying "what in the heck are they talking about."
So, Eric walked up to Nagisa, Kayano, and Sugino and asked if he could be in their team. They agreed happily, and the fractured-eye boy was now a part of the group.
"So, who else are we going to have," Eric asked the three.
Nagisa thought for a moment before seeing Karma and called him, "Hey, Karma. Wanna be with us?"
Karma turned to them and smiled. "Count me in," he said.
"Ehhh, you're gonna behave yourself, right," Sugino asked the redhead, not sure about the problem child being in their group. "While we're there, you can't be getting into fights."
"It'll be fine." Karma then took out a photo of him smiling happily with a beaten-up boy and a nervous girl. "Don't worry, dude. Let's just say when I stir up trouble out of town, let's just say that I know how to keep witnesses from reporting it," he said with a devilish smile, with devil horns and a tail.
"Oh great," Sugino complained angrily to Nagisa. "And now he's our group! Way to go, Nagisa!"
Nagisa looked away sheepishly, as Yada walked up to their group. "Sounds like you all are having fun," she joked with a smile.
Eric turned his head to her and smiled. "Hey, Yada. You want to join our group," he asked, really hoping that she said yes.
"Sure!" She replied with a smile. Kayano, for some reason, didn't seem all too happy about it as she glared at her boobs.
"There are 6 people per group, three girls, three boys, and one Ed or Eric," Karma said. "So, all we need is one more girl, right?"
"Ehehe~" Sugino chuckled confidently, stretching under his nose with a grin. "No sweat, I've invited someone a while ago for just this occasion." He then moved to a girl that had just walked up to their group and gestured to her as if he was presenting the girl. "Ladies and gentlemen, may I present class idol, Kanzaki."
Eric looked at her and recognized her from their first day in E-Class. A very beautiful girl with long, straight black hair and light brown eyes.
"Oooh! No objections here!" Kayano said with wide eyes. Yada nodded in agreement.
Nagisa's told me a bit about her after that day. Diligent, ladylike, and on top of that, beautiful. Kanzaki doesn't stand out, but everyone in the class is crazy about her. There must not be anyone who would dislike being in a group with her.
Kanzaki bowed her head at Nagisa and Eric, before smiling gratefully at them. "Thank you for letting me join," she said. "I'm flattered."
"Pleasure's all ours," said Eric with a smiled. Professor Bitch watched the class while leaning against the winds. "So, where in Kyoto would be a good place to go? What's even in the city?"
Irina scoffed in amusement. "You're all so cute. Going through all this sort of trip at this point, for someone like me, who has flown all over the world..."
"Then stay here, Professor Bitch," said Maehara, as he and his group were planning their trip.
"Be sure to water the flower bed~?" said Yada.
"Yeah, and watch out for that one stupid weed," Eric said. "We should also think about where we're going on day 2."
"We should think of a route that balances sightseeing with assassination."
"I forget to wear my underwear." (AN: Guess who that was.)
All while they were talking, Irina was at first a little taken back by the class ignoring her. But then her feeling turned to anger before she snapped. "OH, NO!" She yelled and wiped out her pistol and pointed it at them.
"IF YOU BASTARDS THINK YOU GONNA DEAL ME OUT OF THIS TRIP, THINK AGAIN!"
"OK, JUST TELL US!" Eric yelled, scared by the pistol. "YOU COMING OR NOT!?"
The door then opened, and everyone looked towards it. Image their surprise when they saw Korosensei walking in with several of his tentacles holding up a stack of red books. However, their surprise came from the books. Each of them was the size of cinder blocks, with well over a thousand pages.
"One for each of you," the teacher said to his class.
"What are those, sir," asked Ed.
"They're Field Trip Guidebooks," replied Korosensei, before he super-speeded and put a book in every one of the students' hands. It was so sudden, and the books were so heavy, that they nearly dropped them. Ed didn't have any trouble, Double D's weak body was sent crashing to the ground from the weight, Eddy had to lift his up onto his shoulder, and Eric's were stretched all the way down and when the book landed, his fingers were crushed under the book.
"YEOW!" He yelled in pain, before pulling his hands out from under the book. He looked at his finger, as they were pink, bruised, and flattened like a pancake.
"What are these things made of, bricks?!" He shouted angrily at Korosensei.
Korosensei flipped through the pages of one of the copies. "Just a little something I threw together last night. Including our Illustrations of major local tourist attraction, The top 100 local souvenirs and where to find them, travel self-defense techniques from basic to advanced, oh and best of all ," he explained, before holding a miniature Japanese palace. "The first addition comes with a preassembled paper crafted model of Kinkaku-Ji!"
"You are way too excited for this trip!" Eddy yelled. The rest of the day was spent with each group planning out their routes in the city.
'As you could already guess, Korosensei likes to keep us prepared. And if all of the things that have been going on lately are any indications, this is going to be an educational trip.
Can't believe I'm saying this, but I was actually excited.'
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When the day of the trip finally came, all of the students from Class A to E traveled to the train station. They were now boarding the train that was heading for Tokyo.
Each of the Eds was in their groups.
Eric, Nagisa, Kayano, Sugino, Karma, Yada, and Kanzaki were Group 4.
Double D joined Group 1: consisting of Isogai, Kimura, Maehara, Okano, Okuda, Kataoka, and Kurahashi.
Eddy joined Group 2: consisting of Mimura, Okajima, Chiba, Sugaya, Rinka, Takebayashi, and Rio.
Ed joined Group 3: consisting of Terasaka, Yoshida, Muramatsu, Fuwa, Hazama, and Hara.
But even on the trip, E-Class was subjugated to the second-class cars. Waiting to be allowed on, they watched as the other classes were boarding the first-class cars. "Uwaah... lucky bastards," groaned Sugaya.
"And just like always, we get the short end of the straw," said Rio.
Kensaku Ōno, the douchebag-looking homeroom teacher of Class 3-D, stopped and sneered at E-Class. "Our school has those sorts of regulations after all," he stated, with a look that made Eric want to break Ōno's nose. "It was explained when we first entered, wasn't it."
And just as if they were his little minions, Fatty and Four-Eyes popped out of the train's doorway to sneer at them. "Those with excellent scores get priority in the use of school expenses," said Four-Eyes.
"My, my. You guys really give off the poverty smell," mocked Fatty, while eating chocolate.
"Yeah, say that to my face, and I'll have you smelling like a dead man!" Eric growled with a glare.
"Sorry for keeping you idling," said a familiar voice. They all looked and saw Professor Bitch walking towards E-Class, wearing fancy and expensive-looking clothing. The assholes went nuts for her looks. "Good day, everyone."
"Uh, Professor Bitch," said Kimura, as Irina approached them. "Why are you dressed in some Hollywood Celebrity Getup?"
Professor Bitch giggled amusingly for a moment, before pulling down her glasses to look at them with her eyes. "When you're an assassin, it's only natural to take advantage of being a woman," she explained.
Eric looked at Yada to make a joke, but saw that she was focused on Irina as if she was soaking up all the information she was giving them.
"It's perfect for when a target invites you along on a vacation. If he becomes disillusioned by you wearing unfashionable clothes, the chance you've been waiting for will be lost. A good woman pays special attention to her traveling fashion."
Karasuma then walked up from behind, stopping a few feet away. "You stick out like a sore thumb. Go change," he ordered her. "You're a teacher, not a runway model."
"Oh, come on! Lighten up!" Irina said, turning to him with a smirk. "What's wrong with a little style? These kids are going to the city."
Karasuma's face then turned into one of rage, as he glared daggers at Irina with throbbing veins on his forehead. "Shut up. Get change. Now!"
Professor Bitch gulped as she sweated nervously.
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Turned out she didn't pack anything else to wear and was forced to wear her sleepwear. A sweater with sweatpants. The students looked at her as she sobbed, while Karasuma was sitting casually in front of her, reading his tablet.
"Well, that's just sad," Eric said, as the train started to move.
"Since she's rich and just came to our school to kill, I'm guessing she's out of touch with how the masses think," Double D gave his hypothesis.
Just then, Sugino looked around as if he was looking for someone. "Hey, where's Korosensei," he asked.
"I don't think so. I don't even remember seeing him at the train station" said Eric until he looked around and then to the window. He and almost everyone in Group 4 screamed when they saw Korosensei on the other side of the window. Sticking to it from outside with a large backpack on.
Eric quickly pulled out his phone and called him. Korosensei answered it and the fractured-eye boy shouted, "For crying out loud! What are you doing out there!?"
"Well...I was stocking up on sweets at the station, lost track of time, so I missed the train," said Korosensei, clinging onto the outside of the train. "It's okay, I'll just stay until we reach the next stop. Cloaking engaged." He then turned invisible, but not completely. Only his skin was invisible. His clothes and oversized backpack were still to be seen.
"Nothing to see here. Just some random clothes and luggage hanging from the side of a train."
"Oh, just get inside!" Yelled Eric through the phone.
About a few minutes later, Korosensei was sitting in one of the chairs with his bag next to him. He panted exhaustedly and wiped his forehead with a rag. "Wheeew, traveling so you don't stand out is certainly rough."
"Might have been a little easier if you didn't bring along such a huge bag," said Okajima.
Kurahashi then said, "No offense, but you weird people out as it is."
"A lot more than the Eds and Eric," said Rio.
"Oh, come on. We're not that weird," Eddy defended.
Eric looked at him with a look. "I'd have to question that statement. We've been hurt countless times with things that should have killed us, and yet we're still here," he exclaimed, throwing up his arms. "Need I remind you of the Hairy Chest of Resilience Badge?"
"I rather not" replied Eddy in a quick and nervous way.
"The Hairy what," asked Yada, as the students all looked at each of the Eds and Eric. Even Korosensei, Irina, and Karasuma stared at them.
"Okay, now we've got to know," said Mimura. "We know that you guys caused a lot of problems back where you came from, but we don't know these adventures..."
"EDventures?!" exclaimed Ed as he jumped up and down on his seat.
"Shut up Ed" said Eric as he turned back to Mimura and said "Now what was it you were saying."
Mimura gained a sweat drop on his forehead as he said "We know that you guys have caused some mischief, but we hav never heard of your adventures before you came here. And with a weird name like that, we have to know what went down. So what did you do?" he said as the Eds and Eric saw that the class and teachers were staring at them with anticipation.
Eric groaned and patted to the seat next to him. "You guys might as well sit down, because we've bene through a lot of crap in our life for the past 2 years. Truth be told, I don't even know where to start," he told them, as Yada sat down in the seat next to him, as well as the rest of Group 4 sat around him. The other three groups sat around their Ed member. "After a whole summer with scams and shenanigans, we were ready to go back to school. But Eddy tried to trick everyone into thinking it was still summer." Said Eric.
"I was in charge of hamburgers," Ed said.
"They were just pieces of a tire Ed," Eddy said. "Well, that backfired, and we all went to their first day of school. Turned out that the school was going to put us in different rooms. We then made a deal with these girls called the Krankers to be in the same class. Should have just dealt with being separated."
"Then there was that whole thing where we ended up getting lost in flashbacks within flashbacks," Eric exclaimed. "I'm still trying to figure that out!"
"Then I and Eric were given the task of delivering Ed and Eddy's report cards to their parents, but they were determined to stop us, so we raced all over the cul-de-sac," Double D explained, simplifying things.
"Then there was that time that the neighborhood had a power outage, and somehow, Ed was able to convince everyone that it was 'mole mutants,'" said Eric.
"And then there was that time Double D went insane because he couldn't get a shower!" Eddy laughed.
"Then we told baby sister and Jimmy that babies come from storks," Ed told his group.
"They still don't, Ed," Double D told Ed, before turning back to his group. "There was also that time Ed got a variety of wolf-themed gifts from his pen-pal, which triggered one of our classmates to act violently."
"I still say that Rolf has PTSD," Eric replied. "Anyways, after a few weeks of boring classes, and PE, we tried to break out of school with this weird kid name Jonny. Short answer, it didn't work."
"Then I won a Spelling Bee." Ed jumped happily in his seat. "Because I'm smart. And then, I got to take care of Rolf's lovable, huggable animals as he went to his family reunion."
"Speaking of animals, remember when we had that animals cleaning station and Ed was allergic to rabbits and blew up like a blimp" laughed Eddy.
"Eddy then tried to go undercover to get the person who's been writing 'Eddy is a no-neck chump' on the walls," Eric said, trying not to laugh.
"Then I started this whole newspaper thing," Eddy said with arrogance.
"Which was filled with lies!" Double D scolded him from where he was seated. "And that's not the worst thing you did! Remember when you discovered that Kevin had a fear of needles, and you took advantage of his fear and told the school that it's booster shot day, making Kevin scared to death."
"It was worth it at the time." Eddy fired back.
"Really?" Eric looked over his seat with a glare. "Like that time that one scam made Jimmy stop believe in fairy tales, only for it to turn out that all that time trying to make him happy was just a prank? I was wearing nothing over that tunic, man!
"And then Eddy got the Crybaby Boo-Hoo Badge," Ed told his group.
"After he was nearly mangled trying to complete the tests for the Hairy Chest of Resilience Badge," Eric said. "And don't even get me started on that time we joined the football team!"
"I'm still surprised that any of us survived that ordeal," Double D said with a shiver.
"I and Eddy were the mascots!" exclaimed Ed. "And we had a never-ending party with Jonny and Plank!"
"Right before I knocked out Jonny with that hunk of wood," groaned Eric.
"Then there was that time we made a bet with the other students that we to go one day without doing any of our annoying habits," Eddy said.
"Then we managed to convince all the kids in the culd-de-sac that there was a city in one of our alleyways. And it worked. And I still don't know how. The people weren't even moving and they still believed it" said Eric.
"And let's not forget the time Kevin ruined Eddy's photo from picture day," Double D said. "And we caused much more school property damage when you and Eric fought Sarah and Jimmy over the front seats of the school bus."
"That's what you were concerned about?!" Eric exclaimed. "How about the fact that we also managed to BREAK THE SKY! I MEAN HOW DO YOU EVEN DO THAT!"
"And then Eddy found that he had clones and founded Peach Creek," Ed said, being a simpleton.
"To clarify, Eddy's ancestors founded our neighborhood," Double D told the others. "He tried to exploit it until we found out that it was taken over by the ancestors of the Krankers. There was also a time in which Eric was thought to be the school's violent tough kid become of a series of misunderstanding."
"So, I had to fight Jimmy to prove my innocence," Eric continued. "Don't let his appearance fool you. That kid has a lot of pent up rage. Things died down after a while until we attended our first school dance."
"That was a good one," Ed said.
"Unlike when sockhead restarted that stupid safety club again," Eddy said.
"Do I need to talk about that crazy Valentine's Day event?" Eric groaned, pinching the bridge of his nose.
"And during the next summer," Ed said happily, "We had our Big Picture Show. Ah, good times. Good times!"
While Korosensei's face looked about the same, all the students, Karasuma and Irina, stared at the Eds and Eric with funny-looking anime face. Blank white eyes and hanging jaws, as they stared in awe, shock, wonder, and most of all, disbelief. Looking at the four friends as if they were in inhuman. To them, they are inhuman!
"It was awful!" Eric exclaimed, grabbing the side of his head. "Instead of a peaceful school year, it's been the same damn shit with the same damn idiots!"
Kayano was the first to recover and giggled awkwardly. "Well, those certainly are some,Uh, tales to tell, I suppose. But I guess you guys have the time of your lives together. It's kind of awesome that you've done all those things in 2 years. And still are living" she said, while the rest of the class nodded at her words. "But I suppose this is awesome too" she said, getting most of the students to look at her in confusion. "When you're traveling, you can see somewhat unexpected sides to everyone."
Nagisa then smiled. "Try really unexpected," he joked. Eric started laughing, before the Eds and all the other students.
"Trust me, we haven't even scratched the surface of our crazy misadventures, but give it the and you'll probably be seeing even more about our odd and crazy life," joked Eric, making Yada laugh.
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Turns out that the Eds and Eric telling their stories was long enough that about a few minutes later, they were in Kyoto. While the upper classes were staying at five-star hotels, E-Class was sent to stay at a small, family-owned inn.
Korosensei was lying back on a sofa, with his head looking like it was deflating. He groaned groggily and didn't look too well.
"For a super being that can break the sound barrier ten times over, he sure gets sick riding trains and buses," Eric commented, as Nagisa wrote Korosensei's new weakness in his notebook.
Korosensei's Weakness #8: He gets motion sickness
"You'd probably feel better if you rest in our rooms, sir," Okano told Korosensei, as she stood behind the sofa, with Kataoka and Isogai. Then three of them then started to try and stab Korosensei with their knives, but the teacher dodged all of the repeated attacks with ease.
"Perhaps later," Korosensei groaned. "I need to head back over to Tokyo for a moment. I ended up leaving my pillow behind."
Eddy looked at the giant bag before glaring at Korosensei. "You packed everything you could think of, and yet you couldn't remember a stupid pillow?!" Nagisa wrote that down.
Korosensei's Weakness #9: He can't sleep without his own pillow
Eric sighed. There was another problem that needed to be dealt with. He turned around and looked down at the girls in his group. They were all searching in Kanzaki's bag. "Any luck finding the itinerary," he asked.
Kanzaki shook her head.
"It's got to be in there. You work so hard on it too" said Kayano trying to lift Kanzaki's sprits.
"I admire you going through the trouble of putting together an itinerary, Kanzaki," said Korosensei, still dodging the three students' attacks. "But if you can't locate it, don't worry. I have just the solution." He held up one of his guidebooks. "If you take a guidebook with you, everything will be fine."
"Yes, but each group put our own groups organized and detailed itineraries to save us the trouble of having to carry those heavy books around," Double D said, pulling out his group's itinerary from his bag.
Eric looked back at Kanzaki and smiled. "Don't worry," he told her with encouragement. "We'll just play things by ear."
"Yeah, but I was certain I put it in my bag, and yet..." she shared down with a troubled look. "...I guessed it fell out somewhere."
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The next day began and Eric's group started off early. While the others were mostly calm, Eric was staring at almost every building in sight with amazement. The city, the ancient buildings, and palaces. It was like he's stepped into another world. He was almost tempted to forget all about assassinations.
But it turned out that Kyoto had its far shared history of assassinations. Nagisa started explaining some of the assassinations that took place in the city, some of which would go on to change Japan's history forever. It was like the Jerusalem of secret killings. It was all almost symbolic to Eric. As they came here with Korosensei, their target, whose death would mean the safety of the earth. Truly, this was a perfect place to do it.
All they had to do was lead Korosensei into the sniper's crosshairs.
Right now, the group was heading down an alleyway that wasn't really on the path. "If you go this deep into the Gion District, there's really no signs of life," said Kayano, and she wasn't that far off. The sunlight was barely shining in the alley.
"That's because it's only made up of shops that always turn first-time customers," Kanzaki explained. "The people who came here don't aimlessly wander around, so we won't have to work around them."
"So that's why you placed this route down on your itinerary," said Yada in realization.
"Yup, it's just the right place for an assassination."
"Then it's perfect," Eric said with a grin. He then suddenly stopped and held out his arms to stop the others when a group of teenagers came out from cover and the shadows in front of them.
"It really is just perfect," said one of the thugs with an ugly sneer. "Now why would you walk in an area like this, where abduction is a piece of cake~"
The group of kids then heard footsteps from behind and looked. More teenagers were approaching, blocking their backs. This was bad. Eric got into a defensive state, as he knew that this wasn't going to be good. There was no way to escape, all they could do was fight back.
However, Karma wasn't frightened at all. "I hope you don't take this the wrong way, but something tells me you aren't tourists," he said.
"All you boys have to do is leave your lady friends here and go home." The high schooler was then pushed right in the face by Karma down to the ground.
"See that," he boasted to his friends. "If there aren't any witnesses, then there's no problem if I even the fight."
Suddenly he was hit in the head by one of the high schoolers with a pipe. He fell to the ground and was knocked unconscious. "You got that right kid," said the ringleader. "This place is really well-hidden. Grab the girl!"
Kayano was the first to be grabbed from behind. Then Kanzaki. Afterward Yada, and she was grabbed by the leader. The busty student tried to scream, but her mouth was covered by the teenager's hand before she or the other girls could make a noise.
"Hey!" Sugino yelled as he and the other boys charged. "What are you doing...!" He was kicked hard in the stomach by the teen holding Kanzaki.
The leader snickered, but he was suddenly hit in the face by Eric. The fractured-eye boy's rage-fueled his punch, causing it to feel like he was breaking the kidnapper's face.
The leader lets Yada go as he fell down on his back before Eric jumped on him and started mercilessly beating him. However, he was pulled off by two more high schoolers and they threw him to the ground.
"Eric!" Yada screamed for the odd boy, before being grabbed from behind again.
As for Eric, he was being held down by the two kidnappers. The first one sneered and punched at him. But Eric moved his head to dodge it, before biting down. Hard. The teen screamed in pure agony as the boy's sharp teeth dug into his arms, drawing blood.
The second was so shocked by Eric's barbaric action that he let go of the boy. Eric took the opportunity to grab the teen he was biting and throw him into the other one.
"Bring the car around." Eric sat up and saw the other high schoolers taking the girls away. The ones he's been fighting off ran away in terror, with the bitten one holding his arm in pain. They ran past the ring leader, who looked back Eric with a sneer. "Thank for you..."
Eric got up and ran at him full speed.
This shocked the ring leader and he bolted down the alley, but not before Eric lunged at him and tackled the teen.
They landed in the middle of a street, and Eric grabbed the teen by his shirt. He roared loudly as he threw the leader onto the ground, causing him to cry out in pain. Eric then straddled him and started beating the life out of him. "Give!" Punch. "Me!" Punch. "Back!" Punch. "My—"
The sound of a car's tires shrieking was heard, before he was knocked out.
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Another punch.
"GAH!"
Another punch.
"UFF!"
Another punch.
"AGH!"
"Stop it!" Yada screamed. She and the girls were taken to an unknown building with a large space inside with all the lights turned off. Expected for the one. Under that light, the girls had their arms tied behind their backs as they were forcefully sitting on a sofa. A high schooler stood behind each of them and held down their shoulder to keep them from getting up as they struggled.
Normally, they wouldn't be struggling and try to keep calm. But the only reason they were trying to stand up was to stop the horror show in front of them.
In front of them, Eric was tied down in a chair, having the crap beaten out of him by the ringleader. All of the other high schoolers laughed, as another punch hits the boy in the face. The ring leader backed away to admire his work with malicious pride.
"What can I say, boys," he said with a sneer. "When it comes to beating elites, I'm an artist at it. I just can't seem to break that other eye of his."
Eric was close to passing out, and he looked like a mess. His nose was bleeding profusely. He had some bruises all over his face, with some swelling. In a sick game of the ring leader's, Eric's left eye took several hits because the teen wanted to make his eyes be the same. Blacked out. He's been used to being beaten up by the neighborhood kids, but this was something else. The boy was able to handle it, but he'll not last long with the pain. But he had to. If Eric could just keep them focused on him, and him alone, then the girls were safe.
"So you look older. I take it you've gone to school."
One of the gang members chucked saying "yea but we didn't care about crap. Why. What's it to ya."
Eric tried his best to lift his head as he said "So then you must knew how to spell words, yes."
"Of course, we do. Ya think we're stupid."
Eric finally raised his head and tried to smirk saying "Well your mothers didn't know how to spell the word 'no' that's how they had all of you" and gave a slight chuckle at his phrase.
That was enough to anger all of the members and the leader, again. They began throwing more punches at Eric and kicked in his sides. The leader then punched Eric hard in the face again. "Got anymore more elitist bullshit to say to me?"
"Yeah, come on...impress me."
He was kicked in the stomach, causing his chair to fall back. The leader then sent his foot right into the right side of Eric's gut. The pool boy yelped in anguish, but it didn't stop his tormentor. The young man was enjoying the beating he was giving Eric so much, that it was almost ecstasy for him.
"I said stop!" Yada screamed again, begging with tears escaping her eyes. She knew what he was doing, but she couldn't stand seeing the boy getting hurt just to protect them. What they were doing to him wasn't just wrong, it was cruel. "Please just stop it!"
The ring leader did stop and looked at them. He then sneered sinisterly and walked towards the girls.
When he saw him doing so, Eric struggled to speak as well as break the rope. "Hey! HEY! I'm not done with you!"
"Relax, I'm not going to do anything to your girlfriend," said the leader, as two other high school boys picked up Eric's chair and turned him around to face the girls. "But when we do start to play, we're going to have a big audience. So, I called some buddies of ours, and we're going to set up a commemoration photo."
The girls only glared at him, trying to be brave against their kidnapper.
"You." The leader pointed to Kanzaki. "I've seen you somewhere before. Yeah, sure I have, last summer in Tokyo."
"What are you talking about," Eric demanded in a low, raspy voice.
"You really don't know? She was really popular in the arcade." The leader pulled out his phone and went to images. He then turned around and showed it to Eric.
At first, Eric couldn't tell the person was. All she looked like was some party girl. But when he looked closer, he was shocked to see it was Kanzaki, with the tips of her hair dyed in a dark brown color.
"Yeah, don't deny it." The young man, who Eric decided to call Scarface, then showed the picture to the girls. Even they were surprised to see it. Kanzaki was, of course, the most. "My boys spotted you first. Told me to be on the lookout for a party girl. I'd planned to kidnap you, but then you gave us the slip. Who'd thought that you were going to that school for geniuses or whatever? But I get it, about people with good pedigrees in some ways, they want to be ruined."
He brought his face close to hers, saliva dripping from his teeth. Eric tried to lunge at him, but was held back by the chair. And two high schoolers that decided to start their own fun and started beating on him.
"Stop. Please stop. You're killing him!" Yada yelled at them.
"It ain't nothing to be ashamed of," Scarface said to Kanzaki, who stared with wide, scared eyes. "Screwing things up is fun. If it's methods you girls want, we know all the ways to bring things to ruin."
Scarface then stood up straight again and walked towards Eric.
"You can watch too. Because after tonight, you're not going to see tomorrow."
Then he and his friends walked away towards a bar over in the corner.
Once they were away, Yada looked at Eric with worry and sadness. "Eric, are you okay."
"Not really," he groaned in pain. Looking up a little, the fractured-eye boy grinned. "But I'm not going anywhere too soon."
So, for a moment, the four students stayed silent as to not attract any attention to themselves. All the sounds they could hear was the high schoolers laughing.
"So that picture," Kayano said. "I have to admit, it's surprising that you went through a phase like that."
"Yeah, what happened," asked Yada.
Kanzaki looked down in shame and guilt. "My dad was crazy strict. He always demanded that I have only a good academic background, a good job, and a good title. It was so suffocating. I just couldn't deal with it."
"So, you just...snapped," asked Eric.
"In a way, yes. I changed my looks and went to play went where no one knew me," she smiled fake-like. "I'm a real idiot. Where did I expect to end up in? It was right to E-Class for me. I don't even know where I belong anymore."
Eric nodded. But then Scarface came around again and stood in front of the girls. "Sounds to me like you'd be right at home with us," he said with the same sneer, surprising them. "We also live by the belief that 'Prestige and all that can go die!' Mess up the elites. We taught them plenty of things with that sort of play. You can call us missionaries of ruination."
"You're pigs," Yada snapped. Scarface's sinister smile drop.
He then suddenly slapped Yada hard across the face. "I see how it is! You really think you're better than me!"
When Eric saw the slap Scarface gave Yada, his anger boiled over. He reached down with his head and grabbed the rope with his teeth and bit down hard. His sharp teeth cut the rope, and he picked up the chair.
"We're gonna drag you right down to our level," Scarface threatened Yada, who was gasping for air. Right before Eric slammed the chair down onto his back, breaking it into pieces.
Right before the leader could collapse to the ground, Eric grabbed him and threw him at so of his friends knocking them down. (A/N: Subaluwa!)
"Whoa, Eric, that was so cool!" Kayano exclaimed, as Eric panted and calmed down.
"Thanks, but we're not done yet," Eric said, as the other high schoolers surrounded them with murderous glee.
The ones that were knocked down, including Scarface stood up again. "That's it." He glared at Eric, rubbing the back of his head. "I don't know how you got out of that chair, but you're dead now!" His face grew a sinister and evil grin. "Now we're going to cut you up into tiny pieces in front of your friends, and it's not going to be pretty."
Suddenly, the door hit was something hard and it was sent flying off its hinges.
Some of the teens didn't have time to react before those that were in the way of the flying door were hit by it. The door picked them off their feet before it slammed against the wall. It then opened as any other door would, and the unconscious kidnappers fell through it and onto the floor one by one.
The high schoolers and junior high kids looked at what had just happened in shock and awe.
"School trip guidebook, page 1243," said the unmistakable voice of Nagisa. Kayano gasped and looked at the open doorway. Nagisa came stepping out of the darkness with the rest of his group while holding up his guidebook.
"What to do when a classmate has been kidnapped."
Then out from the other room, Nagisa can from, two beaten young men were thrown over his head and in front of the high schoolers. They recognized them as their friends. "If you have no leads to the culprits," said the voice of Double D, as the smart Ed-boy step out of the other room to join Nagisa. He too had a guidebook open. "First, we will figure out if they are locals of the area from their discussion topics, accent, etc."
The Eddy stepped out of the darkness, grinning while he dragged a beaten high schooler. Surprisingly, he had a guidebook opened too. "If they are not locals, and, moreover, were wearing school uniforms, turn to page 1244."
Then Ed came out with a mad face. "As your opponents are also likely students on a school trip, they must be a group who causes mischief while traveling," he read out loud, as Karma and Sugino came out with him, ready for battle.
"Guys!" Eric exclaimed happily.
"You found us," yelled Kayano.
Scarface didn't look very happy and was also shocked. "You bastards! How did you know we were here!?"
"It's simple, really. That sort of group, who lacks a home ground advantage, will not flee far after the kidnapping," Double D explained. "They will surely look for a place nearby away from prying eyes. In such a case, let's turn to appendix 134." He, Eddy, Ed, and Nagisa all turned the pages of the large book to the right one. Double D then show the kidnappers with a flashlight shining on a map of Kyoto. "This map that our teacher created beforehand at Mach 20 will be a useful counter measuring against kidnappers in hiding."
Eric smiled. "That sly, octopus."
"I have to admit," Eddy said, looking at his guidebook with a smirk. "This thing's heavy, but it's incredible."
"No kidding," said Sugino. "What a perfect counter-measure against kidnapping."
"We really should carry those things around," Karma admitted.
"YOU'RE GETTING ALL OF THIS FROM A GUIDEBOOK?" shouted the high schoolers, while Scarface glared at them.
However, he and his goons didn't notice Eric secretly untying the girls.
"Alright, so what's it going to be, gentlemen," asked Karma, giving them all a calm smile that was radiating with danger. "Seeing as you went as far as to kidnap our friends and beat on one of them, you'll all be spending the rest of your school trip to the hospital."
After Eric untied the girls, they walked away from the high schoolers, before going around them. Scarface soon noticed them, but not before their victims rejoined their friends. Eric cracked his knocked his knuckles. He then heard the sounds of stomping coming from the other door to their left.
Scarface grinned. "Don't try and look cool, you Junior High brats," he said. "Those are the buddies we called earlier. Now our side's got 10 people."
However, when the door opened, a familiar tentacle appeared from it. It held a bunch of unconscious high schoolers by their necks.
"HUH?!"
"Correction, you don't have 10 people on your side," said Korosensei as he came into the room. His eyes were glowing bright red with a veil over his face. "But I should warn you, they wouldn't be hearing from you."
"Korosensei!" Nagisa exclaimed with joy.
"Forgive you for being late," he said, tossing away the high schoolers he knocked out. "After I brought the Eds over, I went about doing a thorough search of the other areas, so I left this place to all of you."
"Yeah, but why are you wearing a veil," asked Eric.
"I had to resort to violence, so I was scared that my face would be remembered as that of a violent teacher."
Korosensei's Weakness #10: He's worried about appearances.
"Since Nagisa had a copy of the guidebook with him..." Korosensei super speeded and handed all the students who didn't have a book their own copies. "...I was also able to get you quickly. However, it appears that I wasn't quick enough to stop them from hurting you, Eric."
Eric smiled. "I'll be fine. Trust me, they got nothing on Ed's sister, Sarah. She hits like a wrecking ball," he told the teacher, patting Ed on the back.
"Hold on, that thing is your teacher?" Exclaimed Scarface, before he pulled out a glass bottle of beer. "That's the biggest load of bullshit I've ever heard!"
He and his remaining goons charged.
"Such language." Korosensei appeared in front of his students and without warning, smacked all kidnappers in the face. "I'll warn you to not use it in front of my students!"
All the goons were knocked out, but Scarface was still conscious, as he head was almost twisted around by the great power behind Korosensei's hits. He fell to his knees, while his brain attempted to figure out what just happened. It was so fast, that he couldn't see it.
Korosensei's jaws opened slightly to release steam and his face turned black with rage. "And hurting one of my students with those filthy hands. Believe me when I tell you that I could do worse to you with my speed."
Scarface struggled, but he managed to stand up again. "Tch. So, the elites even have specially prepared teachers, huh," he said, before pulling out a knife. "You look down on us from your high horses too, don't you? Making fun of us, thinking we're some dumbass high schoolers..."
Eric suddenly punched him right in the face, knocking him down to the ground on his back. "Shut up, will'ya," he snapped with a glare. "It's bad enough that you beat the hell out of me, but then you had to go a preach all that shit."
"He's right," Korosensei said, as Scarface and his goons started to stand up again. "We're not the elites. In their school, they are the outcasts."
One of the goons rushed at Eric, but Ed came over and punched the young man in the face. Causing him to fly away into a wall.
"Their class is the target of discrimination."
Another high schooler rushed at the kids, but Double D pulled out a slingshot that he put together before the fighting. He shot a rock at the young man in the head, knocking him out.
"Even so, bleak as their situation may be, they stay truly positive."
A third high schooler held up a knife and rushed at Eric. The fractured-eye boy was prepared to fight, but then Eddy ran, jumped, and swung his book into the left side of the kidnapper's face.
"Never would they drag others through the mud as you do."
Scarface lunged at Eric with his knife ready to stab into the boy. However, Eric's brain worked into overdrive, and time slowed down for him. Thinking quickly, he stepped out of the way. Scarface, soon fell to the ground, face-first.
"School and status have nothing to do with it," Korosensei continued to say, as Kanzaki stared at her teacher in amazement. "Whether a fish lives in a clear stream or a water ditch, so long as it continues swimming forward, it will grow up beautifully."
Eric then walked over to the leader. Scarface looked up over his shoulder and saw the sight of the fractured-eye boy holding up his book over his head. His face shadowed from the light behind his head, and all that was clearly seen was his one good eye. "Hopefully that'll teach you."
He then slammed the face of the book down on Scarface's head.
For the ring leader, this was insane. The teacher, the guidebooks, the four kids that defeated his friends. They were like something out of a cartoon!
Before he blacked out, he was figuring out that they picked the wrong kids to target.
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"Ow!" Eric yelped when Double D applied some medicine to a cut on his forehead. After exiting the building they were held up in, the group walked outside and Double D had Eric sit on the getaway vehicle so that he could treat him with a first aid kit.
"I know it hurts, but don't worry," Double D told him, wearing a face mask and latex gloves. He then smiled at his handy work. There was a patch taped to Eric right cheek, tissues in his nostrils, and an ice pack tied to his left eye. "You're all set."
"Are you sure, Eric," Sugino asked, as he and the others gathered around him, with some showing worried expressions. "You look like you took quite the beat."
"If you want, I could go back in and break the ring leader's arms," Karma offered.
Eric smiled at the group. "It's fine, really." He then turned to the girls. "I'm just glad they didn't do anything horrible to you girls. Well, except for Yada when Scarface slapped her."
"I'm fine, Eric," Yada said gratefully. Eric sighed in relief, before being taken by surprise when the busty girl came up to him and hugged him tightly. "I'm just glad you're okay." Eric smiled again and hugged her back.
Eddy and Karma grinned devilishly at the two. "Oh, la la. It seems you two are getting quite comfortable with each other," said the redhead.
Realizing what they were doing in front of them, the two quickly pulled away and waved their hands frantically. "It's not like that!" They said nervously with big blushes.
'Hit with that old cliché. How appropriate.'
Korosensei then came up and said, "I must say that all of you are handling this very well." Those that were kidnapped looked at him in confusion. "Most people would have been traumatized by what you've just experienced, yet each of you shook it off without batting an eye. In fact, I dare say that it's lifted much weight off of you."
Kanzaki smiled. "I guess it has. Thanks for coming to the rescue, Korosensei."
"It was nothing," Korosensei said with a giggle. "Why don't we all continue with our field trip?" They all nodded, before walking down the street towards their next destination.
"So, I take it no luck killing him for you guys," Eric asked the Eds.
"Nope, he just keeps making a fool out of us," groaned Eddy.
"Man, we didn't even get to try out our assassination attempt," Sugino complained.
"Then we'll try again tomorrow," Nagisa implied with a smile.
'Well, that was the problem with all of this. When your target is an outstanding teacher, you just want him to stay around forever.'
As the group kept on walking, Yada walked next to Eric and she managed to look at Eric who was talking with the Eds, who were still worried about him. But Eric was trying to tell him he'll be ok. And as she continued to stare, she began to think back to all the times she spent with Eric and the Eds.
As she walked down the sidewalk, Yada couldn't get Eric out of her head. Of all the people she's met at Kunugigaoka, he, along with the Eds, was the one that sticks out the most and it wasn't just because of his eye and teeth.
She remembered how he always seemed to be worried about others, especially when it came to the Eds. He always scolded them for acting all silly and tried to get them to stop it. Not to mention, from she remembered Eric saying about their adventures, he always wanted them to stop those scams they did but he always ended up going along with it.
Eric may think that everyone will always discriminate against him because of his features, but the more Yada got to know him the more she saw what really made him so special.
Eric was one of the nicest, caring, smartest, and bravest people around. Always watching out for his friends the Eds, the ones who never discriminated against him because of his looks but accepted him for him. A boy who's willing to risk his life to save his friends, family, even to strangers that's he only recently met.
But he wasn't perfect, as he had a short-temper and had trouble controlling his anger when called names, his recklessness would sometimes out wield his intelligence, and it kind of hurt Yada that he would let people hurt him like they did today just to save people. It really hurt her that he would do that. She admired his bravery to save people but it still hurt her. His biggest, fatal flaw was his excessive personal loyalty. He was willing to risk life and limb to save a loved one, or even a stranger in trouble like herself when she and the girls were kidnapped.
What she didn't know was that thinking all of this information about Eric, was making Yada feel funny. Like some making her stomach feel like...…
...butterflies?!
And all this was starting to become abundantly clear.
Toka Yada was starting to from a crush on Eric.
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{Playing Welcome Back by John Sebastian}
[Instrumentals] The opening of the ending fades into showing the old school building in the afternoon, as the sun was starting to go down.
[Welcome back, your dreams were your ticket out] The scene then cuts to show the kids of E-Class packing their bags and leaving. Eddy was asking Double D if he had today's notes, which Double D responded with a smile. Ed was packing his things, before pulling out an old piece of food from his bag and eating it.
[Welcome back, to that same old place that you laughed about] The scene cuts to show Eric exiting out of the room, only to stop when Yada ran up to him. She asked him something, to which Eric smiled and gestured for her to follow.
[Well the names have all changed since you hung around] The Eds and Eric, Yada, Nagisa, Karma, Kayano, and other students are then shown walking down the street to the train station.
[But those dreams have remained and they've turned around] The scene then cuts to show the doors of a train opening, and the kids walking out of it. They waved goodbye to one another as they went their separate ways
[Who'd have thought they'd lead ya (Who'd have thought they'd lead ya)] The view is then taken to the inside of the Eds and Eric's dorm. The front door opens and Ed runs into the dorm, followed by Eddy walking and tried, then Double D chipped, and then Eric, who closed the door behind him.
[Back here where we need ya (Back here where we need ya)] They are then shown eating dinner in the living room. Wide Eric, Eddy, and Double D ate their noodles normally, Ed slurped up all that was in the one go. This caused the others to laugh.
[Yeah we tease him a lot 'cause we got him on the spot] The Eds and Eric are then shown working on homework.
[Welcome back, welcome back, welcome back, welcome back] Just like in the intro, Eric is shown brushing his teeth in the bathroom. After a moment, he took the toothbrush out of his mouth and drank a glass of water. After swishing the water in his mouth, Eric spits it out and walked out of the bathroom, heading for his bedroom.
[Welcome back, welcome back, welcome back] Eric quickly came back in and turned off the lights, ending the outro.
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Next time: EDventure #8 "In the Line of Ed"
