9 It all started with an Ed

Later, after returning to the inn, most of Group 4 gathered around and watched Kanzaki in amazement as she had beaten the highest score in an arcade game.

"Hot damn! How are you dodging all of those?!" Exclaimed Sugino, as Kanzaki's left hand moved the joystick and her right hand pressed the right buttons skillfully.

They were in the in-house game corner of the inn they were staying at. Each of the students was wearing green and white Japanese robes that were provided to them by the hotel.

Kanzaki smiled a little with a blush. "You're embarrassing me."

"I mean, look at the way she's moving like a pro, all while gracefully smiling!" Sugino continued to compliment the shy pretty girl.

"Wow! I never would have expected you to be such a video game pro," Yada said with an excited look.

"I've kept it a secret mostly," Kanzaki told her. "With a family like mine, they don't approve of me wasting my time on stuff like this. But maybe I've been worrying too much about what those around me think. I've grown up worrying about how people saw me that I had no confidence in myself. But then Korosensei made me realize that what's important is inwardly looking forward and trying hard."

Eric smiled at her, as Kayano freaked out about Kanzaki being killed in the game. It was an unexpected side of her, but the fractured-eye boy was starting to see that maybe all the others were like that. Maybe in time, they could all grow closer to each other.

Meanwhile, Karasuma was sitting down not too far away looking over the files of other snipers. The sniper that was assigned to this assassination bailed out just moments ago, halfway through the mission, and most of the other ones saw how difficult this job was going to be. No one was taking the offer.

'So, in the end, this was the extent of the Kyoto sniper plan.'

"Hey, Agent K!" Knowing that was Eddy's nickname for him, Karasuma looked up and saw the short Ed-boy at a Ping-Pong table with Isogai and Mimura.

"Think you could take us on?" Eddy challenged him.

At this point, Karasuma decided that they couldn't tax their school trip any further. "You're on, Eddy," he said with a smile. "But I warn you, I'm pretty good."

'From here on out, this was their time.'

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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 #8 — "It all started with an ED"

"I'm just gonna say it! This place is a dump," complained Okajima, as he, Nagisa, Eric, Sugino, and Ed walked down the hallway. "the boys and girls are separated by gender, while all the other classes have hotels that provide for them their own private rooms."

They were about to turn a corner as Nagisa said, "It's livelier than...way?" They all stopped for a moment when they saw Rio and Fuwa walking down towards the men's bathroom.

When they followed the girls, they came across them crouching next to the Japanese door to the bathing room. "Hello?" Ed said, starting the girls a little.

"What are you two doing," Eric asked before Fuwa quickly shushed him.

"Exactly what it looks like," said Rio, as both girls smiled mischievously. "We're sneaking a peek."

"Huh?!" Okajima looked surprised and pointed at himself. "Wait, that's a boy's job!"

Nagisa and Eric looked at him, while Ed didn't seem all that bothered. "It's not a job," the blue-haired boy told the pervert.

"Either way, can you really resist," asked Rio, as she opened the door. The girls entered first before the boys decided to follow. Upon entering, they saw Korosensei's uniform neatly hung up, with his white shirt folded, his tie rolled up, and his hat set down. "Look at how that outfit is hung. That could only mean one."

Ed thought for a moment, before saying. "He is pooping."

"No, Ed. It means we're about to see what he looks like naked," Rio said, as they made their way into towards the closed bathtub door. "Does he have a proper body or is it tentacles all the way down. And it's not creepy because we need all the information we can get."

"Can we all agree that this isn't the least bit sexy," Okajima asked. Rio then grabbed the handle and slide open the door...

What they saw was Korosensei in the tub, taking a bubble bath.

The way he was scrubbing one of his tentacles with a brush, and his skin turning pink made Rio shout, "IS HE A CHICK!?"

"Oh, hello children," Korosensei said, not bothered by the fact that his students were intruding on him.

While Rio was too busy being shocked, Sugino asked, "Why the heck are you taking a bubble bath?"

"We're not supposed to put anything in the water, sir," Nagisa told him.

"Worry not, this is just my mucus," Korosensei insured the kids, but it confused them more. "On contact with water, it bubbles up and removes microscopic particles of dirt."

"Something tells me Double D would love to have something like that," muttered Eric.

Rio chuckled. "Yeah, that's fascinating and all, but you're too naïve," she said, before pulling out her knife from her sleeve. "We're blocking the only exit. When you get out of the tub, you'll definitely have to pass by us. Even if we can't kill you, we'll see you naked."

"This simply will not do!" proclaimed Korosensei, before taking them all back in shock when he stood up from the tub. Around his entire body was a giant, green square mass of an unknown, jellylike substance.

"WHAT THE HELL'S THAT!?"

"Jelly broth, my dear! Now if you'll excuse me." Korosensei then made his escape by jumping out of the open window behind him. Fitting the jelly through it, and disappearing into the night, all while giggling.

The others were still as they stared at the open window. "Boy, that is some good writing, huh guys," Ed said with a goofing smile

Nagisa then smiled embarrassingly. "We've learned all sorts of things about everyone on this trip, but..."

"Yeah, we're not any closer to knowing about Korosensei's true form," said Sugino.

"Might as well go back to the common room," Eric said before leaving.

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When they returned to the boys' common room, Eric, Ed, Nagisa, and Okajima saw that most of the guys were in a circle around a piece of paper.

"What's going on," Eric asked, as they walked on over.

"We're doing a ranking of girls that we're interested in," Isogai explained to the boys that just came in. "Right now, Kanzaki's in the top spot."

"Well, yeah," replied Maehara. "Everyone likes her." He then looked over at Sugino. "So? How'd it go, since you managed to get her into your group."

"Well, I was hoping that we'd have a chance to talk to one another," Sugino told the other boys, placing his hands behind his head. "But then all the crap that went down with the girls and Eric getting kidnapped, so no dice."

"Ahh." Maehara nodded as he understood. "Sounds like you had it rough."

"Dudes, you're killing me!" Mimura reached and grabbed the list. "Can we just get back to who has the hots for who?"

"DON'T ASK ME TO CHOOSE!" Okajima shouted, freaking out as he grabbed his head and paced around. "I CAN'T DO IT! NO! NO! NO!"

"You're exempted." said Maehara

Eddy then looked at Nagisa and grinned. "So, what about you," he asked, making the nervous blue-haired boy flinch. "You got the hots for a special lady?"

"I-I don't really know." Nagisa shuddered.

"Now wait just a moment, Eddy," said Eric with his hands on his hips. "If you're going to ask, you've got to tell."

"He's already said Nakamura," Maehara explained. "All we need is Ed, Double D, Nagisa, and then you, Eric." Karma then walked into the room with a bottle of lemonade. "So, who do you like?"

"Well, that shouldn't be too hard to figure out," said the redhead. "It's obviously Yada."

Eric's face blushed and started to sweat. "Wait, what?!"

"Oh, come now, Eric," Double D said with a knowing smile. "It's clear that out of all of our female classmates that you enjoy Yada's company the most. When we're not partnered, she's your next pick. And you were the one that wanted her to join your group."

"Not to mention I saw you went completely berserk on Scarface after he grabbed her," Nagisa pointed out. "It's okay, man. Yada's like the big sister of the class. She's perfect for you."

"And besides, we're agreeing to keep these ranting between us," Isogai said, picking up the list. "Right guys."

"Of course, we're not stupid," Eddy said. "Except for Ed."

"See? That means that absolutely nothing of want we said leaves this room. If this information got out, we'd have a real...problem..." Isogai stopped when he saw something. All the boys followed his gaze and saw Korosensei looking into the room from the door slightly opened.

"Don't mind me," the teacher whispered. He then pulled out a notebook and wrote in it. "Just passing by."

He then closed the door.

Right after listening to everything the boys talked about...

And writing it down...

"OH, NO HE DIDN'T!"

"KILL'IM!"

The group of angry boys ran out of the room and chased after the octopus-like teacher. Korosensei, however, was using Mach 20 to make his escape, laughing maniacally. "If I can't get the load down on juicy gossip this, what's Mach 20 good?!"

Korosensei's Weakness #12: Loves Juicy gossip.

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"Why would we want to talk about boys," asked Kataoka in the girls' common room. Rio had decided that the girls should talk about the boys in the class they like.

Rio stood in the middle of the sitting group and scoffed at Kataoka's question. "Come on, it's what girls talk about on these kinds of trip. Don't be a party pooper."

"I'll start!" Kurashashi raised her hand with a beaming smile. "I've got a huge crush on Mister Karasuma."

"Honey, there's no one here who doesn't have a thing for that man," Rio replied with her arms crossed. "I'm talking about guys in our class that we think are hotties."

The orange-haired girl lowered her hand. "Aw."

Rio sighed. "Whatever, I'll get the ball rolling, I guess. Eddy's half-decent, I guess."

"Gross, you actually like one of the Eds," asked Kataoka, as some of the girls were also a little surprised by the blonde's answer.

"Why not? Let's face it, out of all the people in the classroom, the Eds and Eric are the most interesting. Eddy is kind of like their leader, and he brings a lot of personality."

"Out of the four of them, I think I like Ed the most," Fuwa said. Now the girls were looking at her as if she was crazy. She blushed and quickly waved her hands. "NO! NO! I just think of him as like a giant, huggable dummy."

"Yeah, Ed seems to be the friendliest of the bunch," Kanzaki said.

"I mean, the four of them are nice" said Hara.

But then they all remembered all the things they told them about on the train.

"Even if they're human time bombs," Okano said in exasperation.

"True." They all said.

"Come on," Okuda said with a smile. "I don't think they're that bad. I mean Double D's calm and collective. And he's like the smart one of their group."

"Yeah, and they do keep things interesting. So there's never a dull moment with them," Kayano said.

"Especially when they defy all the laws of physics." Rinka countered.

"Speaking of liking the Eds and Eric, are we just going to forget a certain someone?" Rio grinned mischievously and looked over at Yada, who was sitting with Kayano and Kanzaki. All the other girls looked towards her, making feel a little uncomfortable.

"Umm, what is it," she asked, sweating a little.

"Don't you think it's a little odd that we're sitting here, talking about what boy we like? Then we switched over to which one of the Eds and Eric we like, and you haven't even said a word, about the one boy we haven't talked about?" Rio clarified, with a grin and her hand under her chin.

Yada was quiet for a moment. Trying to figure out what they were all talking about. Liking one of the Eds and Eric? Rio would like Eddy, then Fuwa thought that Ed was friendly. Okuda said something about Double D. That would mean...

Her face instantly turned pink. "Uh, I don't know what you're talking about," she quickly lied.

"I knew it! You totally like Eric!" Kayano said, grinning and pointing a finger at her.

"HUH?!" Yada yelled with her face turning even pinker. "It's not whatever you're thinking! I don't think of him like that!" She scooted back, as the girls moved closer to her.

"Oh, please. Liar!" Kayano then jumped at her and pushed Yada to the ground. Yada screamed, as Rio and Kanzaki joined in and started tickling the helpless girl. "You can't hide the truth," said the green-hair, as the busty student was at their mercy and laughed uncontrollably.

"You don't have a choice," Rio joked.

"Come on, admit it," giggled Kanzaki.

"Come on, you guys! Knock it off!" Yada cried out, unable to stop laughing or get them to stop tickling her, as they held her arms and prevented her from moving them.

But then they stopped when they heard the familiar voice of Professor Bitch. "Okay, girls. Settle down." The four looked towards the direction of the voice and saw Irina at the open door. She was wearing the same robes as everyone else, though it showed a bit of her cleavage, and she was carrying a pack of beer.

"I'm supposed to tell you lights, so I don't know, at least pretend to be asleep." she said nonchalantly.

"Wow, what a great guide you are," Rio said, as Yada stood up.

"We all know that you're just going to say up jibber-jabbering, just keep the antics to a dull roar, okay."

She was about to close the sliding door when Kurahashi crawled over. "Hang on! How come you get to drink beer, meanie?" The orange-haired girl complained.

"I'm an adult, sweetie," Irina told her. "Adults get to drink beer."

"Why don't you stay up with us?" Suggested one of the girls. "You can tell us some adult story." This surprise Irina.

"We'd probably get more out of them than your usual classes," Kurahashi joked happily, as Yada got up and approached Irina.

"Why you trashy little..." Professor Bitch was going to insult, but Yada got behind her and started to push her towards the other.

"Now, now. Don't get bent out of shape," the busty girl said with a smile. Secretly thanking god that the conversation about her and Eric was changed.

(About three minutes later)

After bringing in all sorts of junk food, the girls all gathered around Professor Bitch for stories.

"EEEHHHH!?"

"No way, you're only 20?!" exclaimed Rio, as Irina was sitting against the wall.

"You look great," said Kataoka, "it's just that you're so experienced."

"I know, right?" Kurahashi said.

"And the whole black widow vibe." Okano then commented.

"Ladies, I wouldn't have gotten far in this line of work if I wasn't—" Professor Bitch was boasting at first, but then she snapped angrily. "—WHO THE HELL JUST CALLED ME A BLACK WIDOW?!"

"Delayed reaction, much."

"Whatever. The points, if I teach you nothing else, a woman's beauty is fleeting." Irina reached over and grabbed a snack. She looked at the piece of food before continuing. "In a place like the country I was born in, you learn that all too quickly. Being graceful and use everything you have to make yourselves shine as a woman," she told them with a genuine tone.

The girls all looked at each other a little surprised. "Professor Bitch actually said something profound for a change," said Okano.

Rio looked at Irina with doubt. "Sounds like BS."

"I HEARD THAT, YOU HUSY!" Irina snapped.

Yada then leaned in. "Oh, just ignore her. Tell us about all the rich men you seduced to kill," she asked with anticipation.

"Ah, I'm interested in that, too!" Kurahashi excitedly raised her hand.

Irina seemed pleased that they were taking an interest in her and giggled. "Fufu. Well, if you insist. Be warned, I life story might be a bit spicy for girls like you," she told them with a smirk, before gazing from left to right at each of the girls. "It all began at the tender age of 17..."

She halted her story when she saw Korosensei sitting with the girls, face turned pink.

"I DON'T THINK SO PAL!" She yelled, as the girls next to him, Kayano and Hara, turned to him with shocked expressions. "You've got a lot of balls helping yourself to our girl talk!"

"Aww, but I want to hear your stories too," he insisted, but the pink face of his was saying that he was there to hear something else. "Why can't I learn all about those sorts of love affairs?"

Rio scuffed. "I don't what to think of a teacher like that," she retorted. "I mean, he doesn't talk about his love life."

Then all the girls started to point at him, as they said their points and demands, making Korosensei increasingly nervous.

"She's right. It's only fair, you know!"

"We know you've got a romance in there, somewhere!"

"You like giant boobs!"

"You must at least have a crush on someone!"

Korosensei laughed sheepishly, as he tried to think of a good explanation or even a good lie. But in the end, he couldn't. All he did then was sonic out of the room.

"Oh, no he didn't!" exclaimed all the girls angerly, as they glared towards the opened door and quickly pulled out their knives.

"Catch him!" Professor Bitch ordered all the girls, and they actually obeyed and charged out of the room. "Make him sing, and then cut his throat!"

Outside in the hallway, Korosensei was able to escape for a moment and backed up into a corner in the hallway.

"There he is!"

Korosensei felt himself almost jump out of his skin when he heard Eddy's voice. He looked to his right and saw all the boys charging down towards him from one way.

He then turned back to the way he just came from and saw all the girls charging at him too. He was trapped in the corner. "Oh, crap, caught in a pincer attack from both sides!"

When they got close to him, all the kids that at the front of the angry mobs jumped at him. Then the scene stopped.

I'm not going to go too much into details, but basically, we didn't kill him. The manager then got complaints from the other guests. And so, we were all forced into one common space.

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The next scene shows all the girls and boys in one common room. The room was understandably divided, with each gender on one side of the room. Some questioned how this was better, but seeing as there was an awkward silence in the area, the idea didn't seem all that mind-boggling.

"Way to go, boys," Kataoka groaned, sitting on her sleeping bag while hugging her legs to her chest and resting her chin on her knees.

"You also chased after him," Isogai pointed out.

"So, what are we going to do now," asked Maehara.

Just then, Ed got an idea and stood up. "I know, let's tell a story!" Ed proposed. The students all looked at each other as if wondering if they were all cool with the idea. But then again, this could be their chance to finally know about one thing that's been plaguing their minds for a while. The only reason they didn't bring it up was that the opportunity never presented itself.

"Okay, then how about you tell us something," said Isogai, as the girls moved over to the boys' side. They all gathered around the Eds and Eric, staring at them with great interest. "How did the four of you meet?"

The Eds and Eric stared at them a little taken back, before glancing at each other. Have they really not told them how they meant.

"Oh! Oh! I remember!" Ed exclaimed excitedly, before grabbing the edge of the screen. "As if it was only yesterday." He was about to pull in another scene into the frame, which would have brought everyone into the flashback when suddenly...

BONK!

"NO!" Eric shouted after slamming his fist on Ed's head, pushing it back into his body. The fractured-eye boy then pushed the flashback scene back away. The other students of E-Class just watched with eyes as wide as they could go, beyond astonishing by what was happening. "We are not going through that bullshit again!" Ed's head popped back out of his body, with a bump on it. "Let's just tell them and go with this."

"Well then, I guess I'll start." Eddy then started off the story. "So basically, I and Ed were the first ones to move into the Cul-de-Sac when we were still babies. We only had each other, so we hit it off easily."

"Then I came into the picture," Double D said, taking over as a storyteller. "I can across my fellow compatriots when Eddy was doing his first scam."

"Oh yeah! My Bottomless ED scam!" Eddy exclaimed with a grin.

"Bottomless ED?" asked Kanzaki. Eddy snickered like he usually did, before getting up and running out of the room.

When he can back, the short Ed-boy placed a TV he pulled out of nowhere in front of Ed and handed him a fork. "Be amazed, kids. Watch Bottomless Ed eats this humongous TV set!" He said the schtick, grabbing Ed's lower jaw and pulling it down, stretching it all the way down to the floor. Ed smiled and looked down at the TV. "For you, only a quarter."

The other students looked at him like he was crazy. "You're crazy!" Kataoka exclaimed in a matter-of-fact manner. "There's no way—GOOD LORD!" She and the others were suddenly shocked and freaked out at the same time.

Ed had actually eaten the TV. His left cheek held it, with his cheek having a similar shape as the device, before swallowing it down in one gulp. "Tangy," he said with his dimwitted attitude, before using his robe as a napkin and patted his lips.

Everyone but the Eds and Eric stared at him with blank, white eyes. "Okay, that is a ligament superpower," said Fuwa.

"I've seen him do it to a bed," Eric said with a smile and shook his head. "And so, because they all shared the same name and were the only kids at the time, these guys became friends and were practically inseparable. I would come years later, about two years ago." All heads were turned towards him. "It was also the day I would meet every kid in the Cul-de-Sac. It's an event I like to call..."

"Why do you like to give many of the adventures you guys go on a name," asked Nagisa.

"Yeah, and why is Ed always in the title," asked Kayano.

"Trust me, if you don't, then you easily forget them," Eric explained. "Plus, it's fun to use Ed in the title. Always, it's an event I like to call...Who, What, Where, ED."

(Two Years Ago)

It was a sunny day for the residence of Rethink Avenue. For a place that is known for the personal playground for the kids living there, the Cul-de-Sac was oddly silent.

At around late morning, the front door of the new\ house opened, and Eric stepped out of it.

He was wearing a brown V-neck T-shirt with a screwball image on it (basically a screw and a baseball), blue shorts, black and red sneakers.

Eric looked around the Cul-de-Sac for any of the kids. He was told by his mom to go out and make friends. He didn't want to, feeling that no one would ever want to be friends with a kid with a fractured-eye. It's been almost a month since it healed, but his mom would still tell him that he's not going to find people who'd like him despite his looks if he didn't try.

But Eric saw no one.

However, when he looked to his left, he saw a person running down the street in his direction. It was Ed.

Working up the courage, Eric held up a hand and waved. "H-Hello!"

Just as Ed was about to run past him, he stopped in place right in front of him. Ed stared at him with wide eyes, and it made Eric feel uncomfortable. "Woah." Ed turned his body to face him completely. He then smiled. "You look so cool!"

That really took Eric by surprise. "Really."

"You're like a Mutant Brain Infester from the Beyond Land!" Ed then stated in his classic Ed way.

But for Eric, he looked at the tall boy with a weirded-out expression. He was called many things after he got his eye, but he's never been called anything like that. He really didn't know how to even react to the stranger.

"Hi, there. I am Ed!" Ed held out his smelly, dirty hand. "You want to be friends?" Eric looked at the unclean hand with disgust, before smiling nervously at Ed.

He reached out a hand slowly, before grabbing the dirty hand and gave it a shake. "Eric," he intruded himself. Eric then tried to pull away, but Ed didn't let go. He really had a strong grip.

"Come on, new friend," Ed said, before pulling Eric off his feet and ran off down the street again. Eric was hovering off the sidewalk like a kite. "I've got to show you to my friends."

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Ed then opened the door of another house, dragging in Eric. The new kid was on his stomach and was having his face dragged across the floor.

They were in the kitchen of Double D's house. The two remaining Ed-boys were at the kitchen counter cooking. "It's about time, Ed," said Eddy, wearing a chief's hat as he stood over a stove.

Double D then looked towards Ed and noticed Eric, who was still lying face down on the floor with Ed holding his arm. He groaned in pain. "Ed, who's that," the smart Ed-boy asked.

"This is my new friend, Eric the Mutant!" Ed proclaimed as he held up Eric by his arm to show the other two.

While Double D gasped at the sight of Eric's eye and teeth, Eric glared at Ed. "I'm not a mutant!"

"Then what's with your eye and teeth," Eddy demanded, rudely.

"Eddy! Please! Be sensitive," Double D scolded his friend with a glare. He walked up to Eric, who was placed on his feet and smiled at the new kid. "Welcome to the neighborhood, friend! I'm so happy to be meeting a new member of our community. My name is Eddward, only it's spelled with two D's. You can call me Double D."

Eddy then came over with a smile and held out his hand, which hand a joy buzzer. Double D saw it and yanked it off. Eddy grumbled and held out his hand again. "Names Eddy," he groaned, having his fun ruined. Eric shook his hand.

"So, what are you all doing," Eric asked.

"I'm playing with my yo-yo," said Ed, before pulling out a yo-yo toy and started swinging it around. "Boy, I'm good! Yo-yo, yo yo yo, yo..."

"We're making omelets for breakfast," Double D said, walking back over to court where a stick of butter. He then picked up a teaspoon and scooped out some of the butter. "Just as I thought. One teaspoon of butter, perfectly measured. Eddy?"

"Got it, Double D." With a mitten, Eddy grabbed the entire stick of butter, instead of the teaspoon. Eric watched from behind, as Eddy threw the butter onto a pan and started flipping and cooking it. "You guys haven't lived till you've tried one of my omelets," he proclaimed, before shacking salt onto it. "Ed, eggs, I need eggs!"

"I got 'em, Eddy!" Ed ran towards the refrigerator while swinging the yo-yo, only for him to tie himself up in the string and fell over with a thud. The dumb boy laughed and picked himself up, still entangled in the string. "Almost there, Eddy!" Ed attempted to walk forward but fell over again.

"Ed! You're pitting the floor!" Double D complained.

"Aw no way, Double D, not since I had my braces removed," Ed insisted as he hit his back to the fridge, as he was able to get most of the string off.

"Eggs, Ed, eggs!" Eddy exclaimed.

Ed opened the freezer. "Eggs, eggs, eggs, eggs, eggs, eggs, eggs." He looked around the inside, before stopping when he noticed a popsicle. "Pop freeze!"

As he was putting in way too much salt in the pan, which was now a mound of salt, Eddy turned to Eric. "Make yourself useful and look in the fridge for the eggs. It's next to the milk."

Eric shrugged and walked over to the fridge. He opened the door to the fridge, while Ed had his tongue stuck to the popsicle. Eric then pulled out the egg carton. "Got them!"

"Bring 'em over, I'm starving!" said Eddy.

"Come on, Ed," Eric said, smiling as he walked back to the others.

"I'm Ed!" Ed ran to follow Eric, but his tongue was still stuck to the popsicle. And the popsicle was stuck to the inside of the fridge. This caused the fridge to knock over. It stopped Ed with a yank of his tongue, and he was pulled back.

The reaction caused one of Ed's feet to kick Eric in the butt, which caused him to fall and release the eggs. Sending them flying all over the place towards Eddy and Double D.

One egg knocked off Eddy's hat. Eddy then used the pan to protect himself and Double D was holding a cookbook over his head. However, they were pelted to the floor by the barrage of eggs, making a large mess in the kitchen.

After the mayhem ended, Eddy got up and looked towards Ed. "Hmm. Ed? Oh, Ed?" He fake-smiled and walked over to the large boy, holding a frying pan behind his back.

Ed was on the floor, holding his treat. His tongue, however, was still stuck to the popsicle. "Banana flavor, Eddy! Wanna bite?"

"Hold that thought." Eddy then smashed Ed in the face with the frying pan.

As that was going on, Eric and Double D got up from the floor and tried to clean off the egg yolk and shells. "No eggs, no omelets, Eddy," said the smart Ed-boy.

"Well, it's not like we've got any chickens with us," Eric said, scratching his head. "If we did, then we'd be having an endless supply."

However, this unintentionally caused Eddy to get an idea. "A chicken!" He exclaimed with a grin, moving up close to Eric. "That's it!"

Ed then suddenly leaped onto Eddy "A chicken! Oh, please Eddy, can we get a chicken? C'mon Eddy! Oh, please Eddy let's get a chicken. Can we please?" He continued to beg and plead while jumping up and down on Eddy on all fours, making Eddy squeak like a chew toy. "I love chickens, Eddy!"

"Sure, Ed, you can have a chicken," Eddy said after recovering from the multiple jumps on his body. Ed smiled happily, while the short Ed-boy smiled sinisterly. "But I get to keep the eggs."

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"That was how I first met the Eds," Eric explained. "Afterwards, we headed over to Rolf's place to get the egg."

"Who's Rolf," Isogai asked.

"Rolf is one of our neighbors," Double D took over to explain. "He's an immigrant from a faraway land and culture that he refers to as the Old Country."

"He's a complete nut!" Eddy exclaimed, throwing his arms up. "Wherever he came from, they do the weirdest things you'll ever see."

"But out of most of the kids, he doesn't seem to mind us," Eric said. "Well, unless we do anything to provoke him, and let me tell you. You don't want to get him mad."

"And so, the Eds and Eric arrived at Rolf's to get a cute and cuddly chicken," Ed said, starting back up the story.

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Then the Eds and Eric came to the home that would be known as to the latter as Rolf's home, Eric was surprised to see that the whole backyard was like looking at a mini-farm. There was a shed, with many animals either out free or in their pens.

Stand at the wooden fence with his new friends, Eric looked and saw another kid, which would be Rolf.

Rolf walked to a sleeping chicken, sitting on its nest in a bucket, and suddenly grabbed it and picked it up. With the animal held up, he reached into the bucket. "The hay is warm and tells Rolf all," Rolf said, before pulling out a perfectly laid egg. "Ah. The fat has been creamed, and I will sleep well." He then looked at his chicken. "A fine egg. Rolf will remember."

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The scene froze when Nagisa asked in confusion. "Wait, what?"

"It's just how Rolf talked," Eric said before the story continued.

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"Look! Chickens!" Ed shouted happily.

"And they lay eggs!" Eddy exclaimed with a joyful grin. Ed went between the fence, as Eddy and Eric jumped over. "Hey, Rolf, fire over that egg-maker!"

Rolf just watched as Ed chased around a chicken. "Chickens are fast."

Eric walked up to Rolf and attempted to greet him. "Hi, I'm Eric, and I'm new to the neighbor..." he stopped talking when Rolf leaned in close to Eric's face and examined him.

"Ho-ho! A new face in these parts who bears the mighty black eye, Eric the black-eye boy," Rolf told Eric, which only confused the fractured-eye boy. "I am Rolf, and I am the son of a shepherd."

"Yeah, yeah." Eddy impatiently pushed Eric out of the way and held out his hands as if expecting Rolf to give him the chicken. "C'mon Rolf, give us a chicken!"

"Has your brain turned to custard-like half-priced pastry, Ed-boy? I give you no chickens!" Rolf's unwillingness made Ed drop all the many chickens he's picked up and carried. "It is very simple, like yourself. You hatch your own fowl."

Double D thought about it for a quick moment. "An opportunity to nurture the life and future of a domestic fowl seems appealing," he said.

"Eh, sounds like a lot of work." Eric shrugged.

Ed then asked, "Where do eggs come from, Rolf?"

Rolf responded while also picking up a chicken. "Let me show you exactly where the egg comes from–"

"NO!" Eric zoomed over and stopped Rolf from going through with the demonstration. "Um...eggs come from chickens, Ed."

Ed looked up and thought for a moment. "Where does a chicken come from?"

"Uh..."

"An egg, slowpoke Ed!" Rolf said, walking away from the four boys. "My day is half over and you are half full. Goodbye."

"Wait! Rolf!" Eddy called out urgently and rushed over to get in front of Rolf and place a hand on his chest. Stopping Rolf. "How bout that egg?" He attempted to snatch it out of his hand, but the much taller boy held it out of his reach.

"You must trade for the egg, greasy Ed-boy," Rolf told Eddy.

"Trade? For what?" Eddy questioned unhappily.

"Sawdust. You want this egg, yes, Ed-boy?"

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"And so, after that, we would go and attempt to get the sawdust," Double D said. "But then we were stopped by another kid named Jonny."

"Why did he stop you," asked Hara.

"It's because of the hunk of wood he's always carrying around," Eddy responded.

The kids all tilted their head. "Huh?"

"Jonny is basically your public nuisance. Frequently getting on the other's nerves," Eric explained. "He's this weird kid that carries around this wooden board he named Plank, around. That's by he's called Jonny 2x4."

"So, like an imaginary friend." Yada assumed.

"Yeah, but there are times that I've questioned if Plank's alive or not. I even got a few theories."

"Oh, is it that Plank was once part of an evil tree," Ed guessed with a grin.

Surprisingly, Fuwa also pitched in on the idea. "An evil tree that was cut down to be used in the construction of the house," she said with an excited smile. Ed and Fuwa looked at one another and grinned happily.

"But they didn't use all the piece, leaving only one piece behind! So, using his evil powers, he made contact with Jonny telepathically."

"But Jonny was the only one who could hear him, and so he's been using him as his puppet, pretending to be his friend!"

Ed and Fuwa then looked at Eric with smiles. Eric looked at them with wide, shocked eyes. Though the girl wasn't like Ed in many, many ways, Fuwa appeared to have the same big love of comics. And he was surprised how well Ed and Fuwa were agreeing and make up an outrageous theory. "Anyways, back to the story."

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In another place, the Eds and Eric were ready to begin collecting the sawdust for the trade. Ed and Eric were on each side of a two-person saw, that was in the position to cut a log that was elevated off the ground on two wooden stands.

Double D and Eddy were the ones that were going to be collecting the sawdust. The smart Ed-boy had a measuring cup, while the short one held a funnel. "We'll have a chicken in no time!"

"I love chickens, Eddy!" Ed said.

"So, I've heard, Ed," Eric groaned, feeling his arms going numb as he held onto the saw handle. "But do know that my arms are falling asleep here!"

"The sawdust collector is ready," said Eddy, as he and Double D got down on their stomachs and laid under the log. Eddy then placed the funnel in the cup. "Let's go boys!" Ed then started sawing into the log. The dust of wood slowly collected in the cup, going into the funnel and being transferred in the cup. "I'd hate to do this for a living."

But while the big Ed-boy was having no problem, Eric, on the other hand, wasn't prepared for the godlike strength Ed had. He was being pulled back and forth. Getting his face and torso slammed against the log on every pull.

"Stop!" cried out a new voice running towards them. Eric looked and saw a bald-headed boy running towards them. But what was most strange to Eric, was that Jonny was carrying a yellow piece of wood that looked like it had a simple face drawn on it. With a blue curved line for a mouth, red circles for eyes, and blue dots for pupils. There was also a chip in the upper right corner of the "head".

"Stop sawing that log!" Jonny demanded with a pointed figure.

"How else are we supposed to get sawdust?" Eddy questioned him. "Maybe Plank'd like to contribute."

This seemed to frightened Jonny. "Oh no." He held the hunk of wood tightly. He then held Plank close to his ear. "Plank says–"

"..." said Plank. Which was nothing at all.

"–Kevin has lots of sawdust!" Jonny told the Eds and Eric.

"Kevin's got sawdust?" Eddy asked excitedly. He then came up to Jonny pointed a finger into his chest. "Remind me to thank you!" He then ran past the bald kid. "Later!" Double D followed after Eddy, and finally, Ed ran while carrying Eric on his shoulder.

Eric was backward as Ed carried him, so he was able to stare back at Jonny. He pointed at the kid. "Was that kid talking to a piece of wood?"

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"And so, after that, we went to go see Kevin, who was the local jock," Eric said. "And the one person who for the longest time hated us the most."

"Why would he hate you," Karma asked, but with his voice, the Eds and Eric couldn't tell if he was being sincere or joking.

"I'll give you a few guesses," Double D said rhetorically.

"Yeah, before last summer, Kevin wasn't the biggest fan of us because of the scams we did. Most of the time when he wasn't dealing with us, he was always on his stupid," Eddy said. "But don't worry, we're on better terms now."

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In Kevin's backyard, the boy lugging out a trashcan filled with sawdust out of his shed.

"Sawdust bites," he complained, stopping for a moment to wipe his sweaty brow. "Doing chores bites."

"Excuse me, Kevin," said Double D, as the Eds and Eric stood behind him, "but we would like to offer our services and help you dispose of that–"

"Hey, dorks, who the new freaky kid," Kevin mocked, pointing at Eric. He chuckled, making Eric look rather uncomfortable.

Double D, however, didn't like the remark towards his new friend. "Well, I don't think that was very—"

He was interrupted again when Eddy jumped in front of him. "Give us your sawdust, Kevin!" He then calmed down for a moment and used his experience as a scammer. Eddy walked up to Kevin with a sly grin. "I mean, sawdust is so heavy. And it's just lying around, doing nothing," said Eddy, as he placed a hand on Kevin's shoulder. The jock didn't look all too impressed, as Eddy pointed at his chest. "Useless dust. From a saw. Eh?"

"And our respect for wood by-products will ensure it will be distributed to a loving home," Double D ensured before the Eds grinned nervously. Eric, however, just scowled at Kevin.

"Fine. You can have the sawdust," Kevin said.

"YEAH!" The Eds and Eric cheered. They could complete the task.

"Now we can get my egg!" Eddy exclaimed happily.

"And I can hug a chicken." Ed wrapped up his friends into a big, bone-crushing hug.

"I'll trade you for..." Kevin the pointed towards his shed. "...painting my shed."

When Ed let them go, Eric got irked. "Forget it! Do it yourself!"

"No sweat," said Kevin as he was about to take the sawdust away. "I'll just take this sawdust and–"

Eddy quickly covered Eric's mouth, annoying the fractured-eye boy. "No, wait um...so where's the paint?"

"What paint?"

"How do we paint the shed with no paint?"

"You figure it out," Kevin smirked arrogantly, before walking away from the Eds and Eric, leaving them shocked. "Dork!"

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Yada frowned at how Kevin mocked Eric. "I'm really not starting to like that guy."

"Then we went to Jimmy's," Ed said.

Eric, who was trying to remember that point, snapped his fingers. "That's right, we did," he said, before explaining to the others. "Jimmy was the crybaby of the Cul-de-Sac. He was accident-prone and the weakest of anyone there. Throughout the entire time, I knew him, Jimmy's always wore a retainer to rest his teeth."

"What happened to him," asked Kimura.

"I don't know, Eddy. What did happen to him?" Eric glared at his shorter friend, making Eddy's eyes widened.

Eddy then saw all the kids looking at him with suspicious looks and some raised eyebrows. If the way Eric said it was anything to go off of, then Eddy had something to do with Jimmy's conduction. The Ed-boy laughed nervously. "S-So anyways, we walked over to good old Jimmy's house!"

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In his bedroom, Jimmyhad just finished setting up a bowl of fruit. He was a scrawny kid with pale skin, wore a dull green shirt, grey pants, and black shoes. He had a wire brace bracket that ran around his head.

He was about to do a still-life and was now using his paintbrush to measure the size of the orange. However, he noticed a smug on an orange. He went up to it and started polishing it. "Darn waxy buildup. Perfect," he said after getting the smug off. He was ready to start and zoomed over behind his canvas. Jimmy then started painting. "You're a pretty dog–huh?"

When something wasn't right, he looked back at the still life.

The Eds and Eric had taken over his studio. Eddy was posed lying on his side, as Double D and Ed were behind the table, Ed ate a fruit, Eric was sitting in front of the table. "How's it going, Rembrandt," asked Eddy.

"Don't forget my good side," Eric joked.

However, Jimmy surprised them by grabbing his pants and ran away. "My fresco is ruined!" He cried, before running into a closet and locked the door.

"Jimmy, wait!" Eddy jumped towards the door and tried to pull it open. "Just give us some paint! Jimmy, c' mon!" After no reply from Jimmy and unable to get the door up, Eddy rammed his body against it a few times. He then grabbed Ed and used him as a battering ram, but when Ed hits the door, he was sent out of Eddy's hands.

Eric then stopped him by placing a hand on Eddy's shoulder and gently pushed him aside. "Hello Jimmy," he greeted, as Jimmy heard him from behind the door. "My name is Eric. I'm the new kid here. I was hoping that you could help us."

"Oh, a new friend?" Jimmy seemed to be excited. He opened and smiled at Eric. "Hello—" His positive attitude was diminished when he got a look at Eric's eye and teeth, as the boy grinned happily at him. "AAAH! MONSTER!" He slammed the door close.

"Oh, come on! I'm not that scary!" Eric pleaded, before reaching under the door and tried to feel and know where Jimmy was. "Look, if you just take a moment to know—"

Pained exploded from his hand, right as Jimmy bit down on his hand.

"YOW!" Eric shouted as he pulled out his hand, which was red and throbbing. "He bit me! He bit me! Jimmy bit me! Jimmy bit me!"

"A starving artist, I suppose," Double D joked, making Eric glare at him. The smart Ed-boy snickered and marched over to the closet. "I couldn't resist. Pardon me, Jimmy, perhaps we could interest you in a trade?"

"A trade," asked Jimmy. The Ed-boy placed his ear to the door to hear what Jimmy's response was. "Clams!"

Double D was instant taken back. "Clams?"

"Clams?" Eddy exclaimed.

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"Clams!?" E-Class exclaimed, just as taken back as the Eds and Eric were back then.

"Where the heck do you get clams in a suburb," Mimura asked.

"That's what I said!" Eddy threw up his hands.

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Eddy walked up to the door. "Where the heck do you get–" His shouting was interrupted when Jimmy opened the door, slamming him into the wall next to the closet.

"No clams, no paint," Jimmy stated, before slamming the door shut. Leaving Eddy imprinted into the wall to groan in pain.

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"Clams? What's with clams," Eddy asked, before the Eds and Eric rushed over to a house and rang the doorbell. "Could you spare some clams?" When they didn't get clams, the four of them ran to another home.

"Pardon me, you wouldn't happen to have any clams, would you," asked Double D, before they went off to another house.

"Say, you haven't seen any clams around here, have ya," Eddy asked before they went to yet another house.

"Could we borrow a cup of clams?" Double D asked, and again they rushed to another house, which was the house Eric's family moved into.

"Can Eric come out to play," Ed asked.

"Ed, look to your left," said Eric.

"Hi, Eric!"

When the door closed, Eric sighed and shrugged his shoulders. "Well, no one has any clams," he said, before walking up to his door. "All that's left to do is quit and have lunch."

"We can't give up now!" Eddy said, stopping Eric from grabbed the doorknob. "There's got to someone who's got clams."

"No, because we've asked everyone in the Cul-de-Sac, and not a person said that they have clams," Eric responded, really wanting to give up the task. He wouldn't call himself lazy, but more likely knowing when to call it quits when the going gets tough. "Besides, no one in their right mind is going to have clams!"

Just then, a sudden noise came from behind the four friends. They looked and saw a manhole cover being lifted and pushed aside. Out of the sewers, Jonny's arm reached out while holding Plank, who was wearing scuba gear. After placing his friend down, Jonny followed suit and climbed out of the manhole, dressed in scuba gear too. "Boy, Plank, you're hard to beat when it comes to gathering clams!" said the bald kid, before pulling up a bucket filled with live clams.

Eric looked at Jonny, flabbergasted. "Clams?"

"Is that Jonny," Ed asked, before running over to Jonny.

Eddy followed after him. "The clam master has arrived."

While Eric was in disbelief, Double D scratched his head. "My, how convenient."

"Just what we're looking for," Eddy said to Jonny. "Toss a few of those clams our way, Jonny boy."

Jonny held the bucket away from him. "Trade ya, Eddy."

At this point, Eddy really shouldn't be surprised. "Oh sure, why not." He put out, as Eric walked over to join them.

"We'd like an anchor!"

"A what!? Are you nuts!?" Eric shouted, now starting to get upset. "You know what, screw you guys! I'm going home!" He turned around and walked started to walk away, only to fall right into the open manhole. The fractured-eye boy screamed until he hit the bottom.

Ed and Eddy peered down the sewer. "But I love chickens, Eric," Ed pleaded, as Jonny and Plank looked into the manhole too. Eddy groaned.

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"And there was only place that we were going to get that anchor," Eddy groaned.

Then the Eds and Eric sighed and moaned, irked. "The Kankers."

"Who are they," Nagisa asked.

Eddy had a crossed look. "A nuisance."

Double D shivered with fright. "Horrible."

Eric face-palmed. "Rapists."

Ed grabbed his head as he looked like he was going to go insane with terror. "Demon formed from Satan's smelly bellybutton!"

The shocked students of E-Class turned pale white, with blank white eyes, and hanging jaws. Eddy's description wasn't really anything to go on. Double D's started to give them a picture of the Kankers. What Eric said was enough for the students to be taken back and scared for the Eds and Eric's health. Ed...his was just supernatural, but they were close to believing it.

Eric felt as though he may have described the Krankers, though there was no doubt in his mind that the sisters would go that far if they were older back then. "Okay, they're not rapists. Just let me explain," he said, holding up his hands in a gesture for the others to calm down. "You see, the three Kranker Sisters, Lee, May, and Marie are the bullies of the Cul-de-Sac. They live in a trailer park, and each of them likely came from the same mom, but a different father. They are strong, brutal, and extremely abusive to anyone they catch."

"The worst part about it is that each of them has this massive crush on the three us," Eddy said, pointing from himself, to Double D, then Ed. "To the point that they were also stalkers. Lee had a thing for me. Marie liked Double D. And Ed was May's crush."

"Well, I don't see what the big deal is," Nakamura said.

"Yeah, you guys got three girls practically throwing themselves at you," stated Okajima.

"Oh, trust me, it might seem like a nice thing to you guys, but I had to learn it the hard way," Eric said dramatically. "Especially since that was the day I had my..." He shivered. "...first kiss."

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Inside of their trailer, the Kankers were sitting on their sofa giggling, as the anchor that the Eds and Eric needed was hanging on the wall. The reason they were giggling was because they were reading a copy of "Tire Iron Weekly" magazine. Looking at it all together as if it was a dirty magazine.

Then the doorbell rang. "Visitors!" The maternal sisters shouted excitedly, and they rushed to the door. Trying to be the first ones there.

"Out of the way!" Lee demanded.

It all then broke out into a fight, as Marie was being held back by her sisters. "How's a knuckle sandwich sound?" Marie snapped, before being able to push them away while standing on the door. "Ha!" She fell off the door and on the floor. After getting back up, she opened the door, as Lee and May joined her.

Standing in front of their trailer was the Eds, wearing a poor disguise. They were supposed to be a tall man in a trench coat. They were standing on top of each other, with Ed at the bottom, Double D in the middle, and Eddy was the head. Sitting at their feet was a leather bag in which Eric was hiding in. "Greetings, ladies," Eddy said, as Double D's arm waved at the sisters. "Um, we're doing a survey, and–"

Double D tapped him and whispered, "Eddy!"

"Oh, I mean, ahem–" Eddy cleared his throat and then continued in a deeper voice. "I'm doing a survey, and–"

"Our mom's not home," Lee told him, holding up a bit of her hair to look at him with one of her eyes.

"Yeah, take a hike," said Marie, before the Kankers giggled.

"I was wondering, how many anchors do you own," asked Eddy with a nervous smile, still holding up the act.

"That's stupid," May said.

Lee then suddenly leaned close to Eddy's face. "You look familiar, mister."

"Huh?" Eddy quickly commanded the two under him to step back from the horrid girl, but this made the Eds stumbled a bit. Their costume beginning to shake. "Stop it, will ya?"

As the Kranker Sisters started to get suspicious of the disguise Ed-boys, May asked, "You were on an infomercial?"

"Um, no, yes. I'm very well known. Quite famous actually. Want my autograph?"

Ed then ruined everything when he stuck his head out of the coat. "I'm the legs," he proclaimed, before the disguise collapsed, with Eddy falling off Double D's shoulder. The fall caused the trench coat to be taken off, revealing Double D too.

Now frightened, Double D clanged to Ed. "Oh my. Exposed."

The bag started to move before Eric unzipped it from the inside. Half of his body popped out before he collapsed on the ground, finally able to breathe. "Finally!"

"It's our boyfriends!" the terrible voice of Marie brought Eric to look up. The excited Krankers were joyed to see it was the Eds. But when they looked down at him, then grinned like harpies. "And look what they brought."

"New boy toy!" The three shouted, before all three pairs of hands grabbed onto Eric.

Eric didn't have a second to react when the Krankers pulled him out of the bag and tried to get him into the trailer with them. But he was able to grab onto the edge of the doorframe and held on for dear life, as the sisters pulled his head in and began kissing and tormenting him.

His screams of agony and cries for help spurred Ed into action. With Double D still hanging on and the trench coat that Eddy was still around his torso, Ed reached over and grabbed Eric's body. With a quick yank, he pulled his new friend out of the trailer.

Carrying Eric, whose face had lip stains all over it and some bruises, Ed ran away, dragging his friends behind him. They all screamed as Ed continued to run, leaving the trailer park.

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After their escape, the Eds and Eric returned to Jonny and Plank. The two oddballs were at the park, sitting on a tire swing. "Listen to the clams gurgle in the bucket, Plank," he sang to his friend, as some of the clams actually gurgled.

Eddy then appeared out of nowhere and handed Jonny a rope. "Got your anchor, Jonny. Allow me." The scammer puts his plan into action and spun the tire swing hard in a circle. The fast-spinning caused the rope to wind around Jonny, tying him up. When he stopped, Ed came over, carrying a large rock before setting it down. "Wise trade, Jonny. Clams for an anchor. I'm such a sucker," Eddy said, picking up the bucket of clams and carrying it away, basically stealing it from Jonny.

Eric and Double D were standing a few feet away. Double D looked at his new friend with pity, as Eric pulled and stretched out his tongue with one hand while using the other one to rub a rock on his tongue. He was trying to get the taste of Krankers out of his mouth, but no matter what, it just wouldn't do it.

"Quick, let's get over to Kevin's," Eddy told the two. But then Double D noised and pointed to something.

Jonny had managed to get free and was clinging to the bucket.

"All right, all right!" Eddy shouted, letting go of the bucket. "We couldn't get an anchor. Can we trade for something else?"

Jonny listened to Plank and then told the Eds and Eric. "Plank wants to trade!"

Eric stopped rubbing his tongue with a rock and looked at Jonny with a doubtful look. "Oh, really? And what would a piece of timber want?"

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"Turned out that Plank wanted a badminton racquet," Eric said, in contrast to what he said back then. "So, we went to go see the only two girls in the Cul-de-Sac, Sarah and Nazz."

Okajima rushed and leaned into Eric's face. "What are they like!?" He asked excitedly.

Eric shoved his face away. "Get a hold of yourself," he snapped, as some of the students snickered. "Anyways, Nazz was the trendy and beautiful blonde girl that almost everyone in the Cul-de-Sac was in love with."

"Oh, is that so?" Rio looked at the Eds and Eric mischievously, while Yada couldn't help but feel a little jealous.

"Don't look at us like that!" Eddy said. "She was practically the only girl that could be dated."

"Besides, we're over her," Eric added. "We knew that it wasn't going to happen with any of us."

"What about that other girl, Sarah," asked Karma.

"She's my baby sister," Ed said with a happy smile. It kind of surprised the others that he had a sister.

"Yeah, and even if she was our age, you can forget it," Eric said shaking his head. "Sarah was easily the most hated person you could ever meet. She's a spoiled brat with a quick temper to back it up. The girl would use and abuse Ed, and their mom would always take her side over his. So, she basically had him in her control. The only time she isn't being a bitch is when she's with Jimmy, and the two of them are basically like a married couple."

"That sounds horrible," Fuwa said with a hand covering her mouth in shock.

"And yet I still love her," Ed said, still unable to think of anything bad about his abusive sister.

"I don't know to call it a miracle or if I should be worried that you still do, Ed," Eddy said.

"Yeah, and just like the Krankers, my meeting with her didn't go nicely," Eric said, as the story continued.

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They found Sarah and Nazz in a lane playing badminton with each other. Sarah hit the birdie to Nazz, who sent it back to her.

Sarah drew back her racquet, but when she moved to hit the birdie, Eddy grabbed it. "HEY!" she yelled with great aggravation, as the Ed-boy tried to pull the racquet out of her hand.

"Give me your racquet, Sarah," he demanded.

"My serve!" Sarah hit Eddy with the racquet and sent him flying into the net.

Then, as if it was a slingshot, the net threw Eddy back. Sarah looked like she was going to hit him again, only to sidestep, letting him fly right by and slam into his friends. The four of them were all flying back and broke through a fence.

Sarah stepped through the hole to yell at the four. "DON'T EVER TOUCH MY RACQUET!"

"Was that really necessary," Eric questioned her as he stood up again.

"MIND YOUR OWN BUSINESS, FREAK!"

That got Eric mad really quick. "Better watch your words, hippo mouth!"

"WHAT WAS THAT?!"

"You heard me, you—" Eric's mouth was instantly closed by Ed as he picked up the fractured-eye boy and held him under his arm.

"Sarah, we need it to trade for a chicken. Please?" Ed pleaded with his sister, as Eric struggled to break out of the freakishly strong boy.

Sarah gave a sly smile, knowing that they weren't going to get what she wanted. "I'll trade you for a giant teddy bear."

"When will it end," Eddy asked in despair.

"Back to Jimmy's!" Ed picked up the other two and herded them away.

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The Eds and Eric were at Jimmy's doorstep and Eddy banged on the door.

"What do you want?" Jimmy demanded as he looked through the peephole.

"Giant teddy bear?"

"Plums."

Eric growled in frustration. "You know what, I really do hate this place," he hissed before walking away, and the Eds followed.

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And it was then that they ended up right back where they started, at Rolf's farm. "So, back again, wanting Rolf's plums, confused Ed and Eric-boys," the farmer boy asked. While Double D and Ed tried to remain positive, Eddy was almost at his breaking point. Eric at this point could care less. "Do you not want my egg?"

"Yes, we want the egg!" Eddy snapped, exasperated. He then grabbed the bag of plums Rolf picked and tried to pull it away, only for the taller boy to hold onto it. "But we need these plums first!"

Rolf yanked the bag, tripping Eddy off his feet and making him let go. "No plums, as I am still waiting for my sawdust," he said, tying up the bag. "Do not fool Rolf!"

As Ed was petting a chicken and making kissy noises at it, Eric had enough. "Oh, let me guess, you wanna trade?" He exclaimed sarcastically. He then took off one of his shoes and presented it to Rolf. "Fine! How about a nice shoe for those plums?"

"I have many, thank you."

"Let me guess, plus size?" He then surprised Double D by thrusting his hand into his pocket and started fishing through it. Eric then pulled out a book. "A 'Condensed Manners for the Advanced' book?"

No response.

Eric threw the book away and looked through Double D's pocket again. "Okay, a—" He stopped for a second when he pulled out an abacus. Eric looked at Double D with wide eyes. "How much do you carry?"

"I like to be prepared," Double D responded.

"I got a yo-yo," Ed said, pulling out his yo-yo and started playing with it, poorly at best. "That is called 'Walking the Dog'."

After everything, Eddy slapped himself in the face and finally gave into despair. "It's over, you two," he said dramatically, before adding to it by falling back and have Double D and Eric catch him. "No eggs, no chicken, no omelets."

But then, they got their break.

The three of them heard the sound of Rolf laughing. Looking towards the direction of the voice, they saw Rolf was laughing because he was happily playing with the yo-yo after Ed gave it to him. "It is so simple, I am enjoying myself!"

Eddy rushed over to Rolf. "Yo-yo for plums, Rolf," he asked with hope.

"Yes, Ed-boy. I have never seen such a thing. My family will sit around, telling stories of produce spread and Rolf's yo-yo for generations."

"Well..."

"Ya ya. Goodbye." He then tossed the plums to Eddy, before going back to laughing and playing with the yo-yo.

"Be right back." And with that, the Eds and Eric ran off.

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Feeling the enormous amount of stress and despair leave their shoulders, the Eds and Eric joyful began trading with everyone. They first ran over to Jimmy's house with the plum. After getting the giant teddy bear, they all carried it over to Sarah. After getting the racquet, Ed held it as he ran in the wrong direction, so Eric quickly got in front of him and turned him around towards Jonny's. After trading with Jonny, Eddy and Double D carried the bucket of clams back to Jimmy's, as Ed hugged and carried them. Getting the paint, Ed ran over to Kevin's place with Double D, Eddy, and Eric followed behind. Eric and Ed then carried the sawdust to Rolf's, with the other two friends following behind.

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Finally bringing the sawdust-filled trashcan to Rolf's backyard, Eddy stood in front of it with excitement. "So, here's the sawdust. Cough up the egg, Rolfy boy."

"Yes, the trade is complete," Rolf told the Eds and Eric. The Eds became more excited, while Eric sighed in relief. Rolf then held up the egg that they were promised. "Behold."

What a sight it was for the Eds and Eric. After all, they did and had gone through, that egg might as well have been the Holy Grail. "Splendid," said Double D.

"It's mine." Eddy took the egg and started talking to it. "What I went through for you, baby."

Double D leaned in. "I'll design plans for an incubator."

Eric then leaned in. "Let's just eat it."

Finally, Ed leaned in. "It has my eyes."

Eddy started to walk away with the egg. "And your thick outer shell."

"I want to hold it, Eddy." Ed suddenly jumped on Eddy's back, knocking him down, before grabbing the egg. "Let's play!" He jumped off and ran off.

"Ed, no! Wait!" Eddy screamed desperately.

"You must be so cramped in there," Ed said to the egg. "Fly, chicken, fly!" He then pulled open the egg, spilling its contents and ruining a whole day's worth of trouble and work. "Uh, the chicken's gone bad."

Eric slapped himself in the face. "Like my luck," Eddy moaned.

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"And that's how I met the Eds," Eric said, bringing the story to an end. "After that, we were almost inseparable." However, he heard snoring and looked at the other students.

All of them were now asleep. Only he and the Eds were still up.

He sighed. "Everyone's a critic." He then looked to his left and even saw Yada, sleeping soundly in her futon. While she did look peaceful sleeping, he still felt hurt she didn't stay awake. He figured she would've stayed awake for the whole but beggars can't be choosers.

"I like that story, Eric," Ed said, before crawling into his sleeping bag and getting comfortable.

"This trip was also quite splendid," stated Double D, as he and Eddy slipped into each of their own sleeping bags. "I feel as though we've really gotten to know the others greatly and on a more personal level."

"Too bad we go back tomorrow," Eddy groaned.

"Yeah..." Eric nodded his head, sitting up.

The tone of his voice caught the Eds' attention and they stared at him. "Is something the matter, Eric," Double D asked.

"...I was just thinking," he told them, before looking at them with a sincere expression that was a little serious. "I've been in Peach Creek for only two years, and yet it's as though I've spent a lifetime there with you guys. But now, our trip to Kyoto is almost over, and yet it feels like we've just got here. I'm kind of starting to feel the same way about life. We're finally able to learn about the world, and I don't know if it'll end next year or not. Even if we kill Korosensei and save the earth, all of this, all of the good times we've spent in E-Class will be lost when it ends next march."

Eric turned his head and looked through the window at the premiant crested-moon.

"Once this is all over and done, if we succeed, we'll be going back. But...the Cul-de-Sac just seems so much smaller. I want to live big and experience everything about the world. Back there, all we had were simple goals to get candy. No real purpose. Here, we're able to work towards something great. I want to live life with a purpose. So that I don't leave anything unfinished."

The Eds listened well to him. He was right. Their time in Peach Creek wasn't the greatest and they knew that. Though they were forgiven, all the trouble they cause couldn't really be forgotten. But here, even with all the craziness and assassination, they were genuinely happy.

The Eds were quiet for a moment, before Eddy said softly, "You know, I'd like just one more trip."

Eric looked at his friends as they lay their heads down. He gave them a smile, before lying down himself.

'And so that's how our trip to Kyoto ended. It felt short but it felt long too. It was there that I began to wonder more about the world itself. Before, it was just the cul-de-sac but now it was Japan and now Kyoto. So many places and we haven't seen it all. So many things boggled my mind that night but I knew I had to get some sleep. The next day, we would all be heading back to the "Assassination Classroom.'

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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 #10 "ED acquired"

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