18 Studying for EDxams

In a random theater room

"SURPRISE" yelled a high pitched voice.

"Hey its Kunudon" yelled some random children.

"Hey ya kids, are you ready for this" said Kunudon, a weird chestnut looking thing, as it stood behind a crappy drawing of the school.

"Sir yes sir" yelled the random kids

"Look sharp its finals, the most important test of the year. I hope you studied" chanted Kunudon.

"Here at Kunigoguwa academy grades are everything. And we all know what happens to boys and girls who fail" he said in a mocking way.

"They become gutter trash" yelled the kids.

"Speaking of which, how do we think E-class will do on the final" said Kunudon as another crappy drawing of E-class showed up behind him.

"They'll bomb hooray" cheered the Kids.

Suddenly the drawing of E-class behind them began to move and then the wall was torn apart as Eddy came out in a blaze of fury and anger.

"Who says that we're going to bomb this time. You trying to start something, you little turd stain" yelled Eddy as he rolled up his sleeve as steam was coming out his ears and stomping his way over to Kunudon. The chestnut fell down in a panic as Eddy was about to slug him but he was stopped by the rest of the Eds and Eric.

"Come on, Eddy. How many times do I have to tell you to stop listening to them. They're purposely trying to rile you up, so be better than them" Said Eric as he held his arm, while Ed wrapped his arms around him and began dragging him away, while Double D grabbed his other arm and began dragging him back into the hole he came out of.

"Eric is indeed correct, Eddy. Its getting close to finals and we need to be serious, not silly" as they then stepped through the hole in the "4th Wall" as Eric let go to stay behind.

"And we seriously need to stop doing this to the fourth wall. We've hurt it enough already" Said Eric as he looked at the damage.

"Well now that he's out of here, lets get back to the actual thing we're suppose to be focused on" said Eric as he then moved his left arm to the side and pulled in the next frame.

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The Forest, outside of E-class

It was 4 days after Eric and Toka's "Hangout" and everyone was back at school and the were studying for final exams coming up in a few days. They were outside in the forest, studying for exams because it was nice out and why waste it inside a musty old building they thought.

Korosensei was using his speed and running around crazy to help out everyone to study hard for the exams and to be prepared.

"Nuruhuhuhuhu. You've got the basics down, no questions there, and if your performance first semester has anything to go on, I believe that we can believe that your scores will skyrocket" chanted Korosensei to the entire class as he continued to run around, still wearing a different head band for each subject.

'It makes me wonder what exactly he did for every time he had to change each headband. Was it doing one subject at a time for each student or did he change it constantly?'

Eddy was over by a tree with Rio while they went over English together with the help of their teacher.

Fuwa was with Ed as she loved how Korosensei was using comics to help Ed with his studies. It seemed to do the trick for him as she thought she would help him too.

'It maybe be odd to others how he uses comics to help Ed, but it seems to be helping Ed a lot so I'm not complaining.'

Double D was with Okuda as the two of them were going over everything, but mainly in the science area since they both loved it so much.

Eric was with Toka as they were both helping each other with Japanese as Nagisa was sitting next to them as well.

"So what's the deal this time, Sir. Will it be like last time and we have to get into the top 50 or you pack it up and go" asked Eric as he looked at the blurred image of his teacher running around crazily.

"Nope with, midterms I've come to realize that my focus on rank was too short sided. Phoowe to that" said Korosensei as he held up some flashcards over his eyes with the two of them saying "total" and "count", but they then changed to "fit" and "target."

"Far better that each of you have individual goals tailored to affect perusal academic growth. Therefore, I devised the perfect target. An objective customized to your needs as assassins" said Korosensei as he opened his mouth to show more cards popping out of his teeth to spell "Lucky Chance." Eric, Toka, and Nagisa sweat-dropped at the cards in weirdness.

'I swear, he and Ed must have the exactly same type of mouth and/or stomach. And I'm not sure if that's not a good thing or not.'

Korosensei then stopped as he had something to say but not before he moved to Ed and Tersaka while he wore a Naruto headband around Terasaka but wore all of the actual class headbands and said "Not to worry Terasaka, my boy and Ed, dear old chap. Even you both can do well if you "Believe it" chanted Korosensei as he said the familiar phrase.

'Does this guy do anything but reference shows all the time. Seriously, it was starting to get old.'

Terasaka just groaned in annoyance but Ed just smiled as he said "Yes sir, inspector Heath."

'Seriously, Ed. Where did you even hear that.'

Korosensei then stood out in the middle of everyone as he then pulled out one of the air-soft guns we were given as he said "Now then. You'll recall Shiro revealed to us that the loss of a tentacle results in diminished speed" as he then shot off his arm tentacle and began moving around at high speeds, while his tentacle flopped on the ground.

"One less appendage and already the integrity of my doppelgängers is compromised" said Korosensei as suddenly smoked enveloped around him and now...... he was a lot smaller than before.

"Note that several of them have now become childhood clones of yours truly" said Korosensei as his form seemed to be smaller to about Eddy's height.

"HEY" yelled Eddy.

'Ok I don't get it. How does losing a tentacle result in him getting smaller. He never shrank before when he lost a tentacle in any other fight he's been in. Is this for real or is he just playing around.'

"Lose another and presto" said Korosensei as hot shot off one of his many legs. Then suddenly the smaller versions of him had little kid clothes on as the began cheering and running around.

"Even more child clones thrown into the mix along with fretful parent clones struggling to make ends meet" as everyone looked over to see several normal sized Korosensei's talking to each other and it seemed to be about a family dilemma.

'Ok now I know he's just playing around. Is he going somewhere with this or is he just showing off again.'

"Lose another" said Korosensei as he fired another shot. Suddenly the whole room changed as they saw an open door as another doppelgänger was walking away from them as some kid clones and a mother looking one were crying.

"And the father clone has walked out leaving the poor beleaguered mother clone to fend for latchkey brood. However she can" said Korosensei as he began to cry a little.

'Sheesh. Talk about brutal.'

Korosensei then stopped as he said "The main takeaway here class is that each tentacle "kerpluweed" represents 10% reduction in my agility. Which brings me to my proposition" he said which made everyone focus on him.

"Those of you who get the highest scores on your final and or get the best ranking in each individual subject are vouch saved the right to obliterate exactly one tentacle a piece" chanted Korosensei, trying to get everyone hyped up.

They gasped at his proposition as they knew the reality of their situation when it comes to the finals now.

"This is how we do finals here boys and girls. This is the Assassination Classroom. Ask yourself. Are you prepared to inch ever closer to grand prize?" yelled Korosensei, riling up everyone to get them ready to work hard as they all gazed at him in amazement. Eric and Yada looked at each other as they smiled as they knew what they had to.

'Got to hand it to him. The one thing that Korosensei does better than anything is motivate. I know Double D is a cinch to win but how will me and the rest do.'

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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 #18 — "Studying for EDxams"

Kunigoguwa Junior High School

Principal Asuno's office.

"Frankly your suggestion appalls me. I'm an educator. I have no vested interest in seeing E-class fail" said Asuno as he was talking to Professor Bitch and Karasuma.

"Well obviously, I know that. It's this stuffed shirt who needs convincing" said Irina, trying to defend herself.

"Let me be perfectly clear. The chief aim of this institution is to foster student autonomy. Our students determine their own level of achievement. My role is ancillary. I do nothing. only monitor" said Asuno, nonchalantly.

Karasuma just sighed as they finished their conversation and began walking down the hall, passing by several of the other students in the hall.

"Hard to trust a man who throughs ten dollar words in your face. That crap about autonomy. Ugh" groaned Irina.

"Yea, well. All we can really do is hope that the tricks he pulls this time are new" sighed Karasuma.

Irina sighed but then began to beam with excitement as she said "Hey since Korosensei is rewarding their test scores with tentacle takeouts, we need to get in there. What do you think about me teaching Phys Ed for a while" said Irina as she then hugged his right arm and pleaded "Oh come on, Pwease. I could give them an edge" begged Irina.

Karasuma just groaned as he said "Just stick with language arts. And stop that" as he tried to push her off of him.

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Back at E-class, some of the class were talking about the goal for finals.

"A tentacle for each personal best on our finals" said Nagisa.

"I know its exciting huh" said Okuda in a cheering voice. This took everyone by surprise as she was normally the quite one in the class.

"Well I must say, Miss Okuda. I don't believe I have ever seen you like this. You're really fired up about this aren't you" said Double D in surprise.

Okuda smiled as she said "Of course, Double D. You know that I know science backwards and forwards just as much as you. This is my shot. Well, I knew you would pass since you got called to D-class last time. But this time, I finally get to contribute to the cause" in a happy tone.

"What's cool is that everyone is good at something on the test. Korosensei will loose so many arms, he'll just be squiggling log" Said Kayano.

"Not exactly how I would put it, but maybe. But I wouldn't be too sure there" said Eric, gaining some of the students attention.

"What do you mean" asked Sugino.

"Well since we'll be going up agaisnt the rest of the school mainly with A-class and if I had to take a guess, they are going to be pulling their stops to try and stop us from beating them so its going to be very tough" said Eric, as he looked down at the ground.

Yada saw this and said "Are you ok Eric. Something else seems to be bothering you" as she stood near him.

Eric sighed as he said "I guess I'm just nervous. This could be our big chance to gain an upper hand in taking down Korosensei, and I would like for all of us to get all 5 subjects but considering what school we're in, its going to be hard to try and pass them" said Eric.

The students around him then realized that things weren't going to be easy, since it was Kunigoguwa Junior High School.

"True, but have faith in everyone here, Eric. Korosensei's been working hard to help us all. Heck, even Ed's been getting better than before" said Double D.

"Yep. I am getting smarter, Eric" chuckled Ed as he poked the top of his head b

"Yea I know, its just....." but he was cut short by a phone ringing, which turned to be Sugino's phone.

"Its Shindo" said Sugino as he picked it up and answered it.

"Hey whats up. How ya been. Still licking your wounds" joked Sugino.

"Yea, hell of a tournament huh" said Shindo as he was talking to him in the hallway. "Remember how I said paybacks a bitch. Best make it to high school so we can actual go head to head" as Sugino laughed on the other end.

"Doesn't sound like you hold a lot of hope for me" said Sugino on the other end.

"Listen there is something you should know. Right now as I'm talking to you, A class is hold up in one of the main campus conference rooms doing an independent study hall. It's being lead by a bunch of genius's. The schools finest. They are called the big five" said Shindo as down the hall, was the actual A-class studying hard for finals, with 5 people at the end of the square table.

Everyone gave slight gasps at what he said about these so called group of people called "The Big 5."

"Coming in at second place on the midterms, awkwardly mobile, ruthless multinational, social network  and conglomerate, CEO in training, media club president and social engineer, Teppei Araki" boomed an announcer.

"In third place and the other humanities department, inevitable wordsmith, student council secretary and Perspicacious Poet, Ren Sakakibara" said the announcer again.

In fourth place, a true sorcerer of science consumed by fantasies of retributions against Akabane, Biology Club president, Natsuhiko Koyama" said the announcer again.

In 5th place, an infamous wit who sharpened his tongue on west coast vernacular by kicking it in LA., Student Council Meeting leader, Tomoya Seo."

boomed the announcer, which turns out the announcer was Shindo talking in a booming voice.

Everyone sweatdropped at how random the boy was acting. Yada saw out of the corner of her eye and saw Eric was scowling at what Shindo just said. She knew why.

When they went to the meeting at the main campus a while ago, Eric came face to face with one of the Big 5, that Tomoya Seo guy. He had talked down to Eric and tried to push him around but Eric didn't go down and Seo tried to fight him but he had his butt handed to him.

Yada was worried about what would happen but she was happy that Eric didn't stay and fight. And considering what had happened that past few days, she would've been even more worried about what he might've done. So she understood why he was growling at the mention of his name.

"Um quick question, what are you doing with your voice" asked Sugino in an awkward tone.

Shindo soon realized what he had just done and just had a comedic face of shrunken eyes and was sweating. "Oh I've always wanted to be an announcer. Just practicing. Anyway lording over these guys, is the grand over achiever......."

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A-class study Room

"We are the best and brightest, the sun around which the whole student body orbits. Alas storm clouds are moving in ladies and gentleman, casting their pawl over our brilliance below. We know E-class attempted to bite and scratch their way into the top 50 percentile on midterms. Now that finals are upon us, measures must be taken to drive the untouchables out. We must see to it that the clouds evaporate, that our in-condense slices through. After all, those storming clouds struck thunder and lighting on our precious trophy case. So we need to strike back at those and make them learn where they belong. Who's with me" chanted the man in charge.

"YEA" screamed the whole class.

"In first place, hoisting his flag on the top spot of the nationals mock exams with perfect scores in every subject, the man with genetic disposition to lead, Student Council President Gakushu Asano" boomed Shindo again.

"The principals only son" said Sugino.

"You got figure high scores are a given with this bunch. The head honchos have ambition, charisma, reputations to uphold, and above all, the desire to keep you down. They've done it before but they've been more fired up about this than before" said Shindo.

"Why do you say that" said Sugino.

"Its because of those new four kids in your class. You know, those three with the weird looking heads and the freaky one with that eye and teeth..." but then suddenly Eric slammed his hand down on Sugino's phone, grabbed it, and then slowly pulled it up to his face.

"I am standing right. Do you really want to finish that sentence" growled Eric in an angry tone.

This made everyone worry since they knew how angry Eric could be. Yada then placed her hand on his shoulder to try and calm him done. He nodded at her and laid the phone down again.

"Oh, uh, sorry man. I was just being specific" said Shindo, feeling guilty.

"Could've just said 4 new kids and stopped there" said Eric in a more calm manner but still sounded annoyed.

"Sorry man. Anyways, if you ask me, these guys are bunch of creeps and jerks. They keep talking down to those that don't understand one problem" said Shindo but then continued saying,

"Asano has perfect scores in each subject, the other 4 are experts, man. You can't be messing around. It's serious business. They're hard core. They don't want you guys back on the main campus. It's a point of pride" said Shindo.

Shindo looked around as he said "Thanks for the tip, Shindo. They don't have to worry for now. We're not looking to go back. It's kind of personal. I'd explain but I really can't. Let's just say beating A class is in our best interests. We're fighters you know this" as everyone smiled each other as they needed to prove what Sugino was saying while Korosensei just chuckled in the background.

Shindo just smiled as he said "More power to you. Just remember, this is your fight so keep me out of it" as he hung up the call and proceeded to head to his class.

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It was after school times and everyone was beginning to head out. The Eds and Eric were walking out with Sugino, Nagisa, Kayano, and Yada as they were talking about the "Big 5."

"First in every subject" said Kayano in slight bewilderment but also nervousness.

"Yea. Like I said, this is going to be tough. So we need to be ready. Right, Ed" said Eric to Ed.

"Duh, yep. I will do my best Eric" said Ed as he stuck his tongue out.

They kept walking away until they were stopped by Isogai shouting "Hey guys wait up."

"Whats up, man?" asked Eric.

Isogai stopped near them and said "You want to hit the books at the main campus library tomorrow after class" as he reached into his bag and pulled out a ticket. "I reserved us a spot. I've actually been holding onto this for a while. Normally we're dead last on the waiting list so this little miracle is like a platinum ticket."

The gang, except Eddy and Ed, gasped at what the ticket was and were excited that he had something like that. Eddy was bummed it meant more studying but he knew he had to do it if he wanted to be better than before. Ed was just Ed but he probably knew what they were saying.

"Count us in" yelled everyone.

Korosensei just leaned out of the window as he ate some pop rocks, or I guess they were called Pop Ocks, and just chuckled at the kids antics.

"Look how fired up they are. It was certainly worth putting my tentacles on the line" said Korosensei as he watched the kids walk away with gleam in his eyes.

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Principal's Office

Gakushu Asuno was currently in his dad's office as he was talking about finals, while he was playing around with a soccer ball.

"Yes sir. As instructed, I've raised the bar considerably  with regards to A-classes test scores. I trust that you're satisfied" said Gakushu to his dad, while the principal was staring out the window.

"Sadly no. I require results young man. A status report in of  itself is meaningless" said Asuno as he turned around in his chair to face his son and continued saying "You know as well as I. Excellence is not reward so much as expected, son. If you and your classmates rank in the top 50 and secure the top spot in all subjects, you pass."

"All to keep the E-class upstarts firmly in line. But it seems that you've been pushing it more and more this year. Then again, after what those new students did to our trophy case, its understandable. I understand the principle all too well, pardon the pun" as he began kicking the ball around in the air.

"Why, you cling to it is somewhat lost to me. Yes, granted their grades may be on the upswing but they can only get so far. They won't trump their betters, its unthinkable" said Gakushu in confidence.

"Don't let that confidence be your undoing, my boy. Things change. The scales can tip in favor of the ravel in an instant. The elite do well to take heed. Those at the top must mind their balance" said Asuno while Gakushu landed the ball on his shoulder.

"An excellent point very well made. I will see to it that we get results, sir. You may rest easy. One more thing a simple question. Not asking as a student but as your son" he said to his dad.

This didn't seem to sit well with the principal as he said "Oh dear. I do hope you don't expect special treatment" in normal manner but anyone else would've a but more irked by their own kid saying something like that.

"Oh no. Wouldn't dream of it. It's just simple curiosity. What is it about e-class" said Gakushu as he kicked the ball in the air but then turned to face his dad in a quick manner as he said "It's almost like you have something to hide" which seemed to strike a nerve with the principal as his eyes widened a bit, but then Gakushu kicked the ball as hard as he could towards him.

Luckily, he caught it in his hands while smoke came off it.

"You haven't raised an idiot, father. Any fool can see the loners have more claim to your attention more so now than in pervious years. Hard as it is to give credit to....." said Gakushu as his head was facing down while having a smirking manner as he said "I just can't shake the idea that you're involved in something shady."

Gakushu then lifted his head as he faced his dad and said "At first, I thought it was that because the new students that wrecked our school's beloved trophy case, you wanted them to be another example of your studious teachings and ways. But recently some things have made me think differently. Rumors of strange happenings" he said in a mocking way.

"Eye witness accounts of a flying octopus, a ridiculously disguised man buying large amounts of junk food, well endowed co-eds hearing suggestive disembodied whispers. What gives, mass hallucinations or something else."

Asuno kept his stoic face as he said "If I didn't know any better, I'd say you were digging for something to use against me."

Gakushu turned to face him as he said "Why on earth would I do that, but you could hardly blame me if I were. I am your protégé" as the principal threw the ball back at him.

"Nice touch, indeed. Spoken like a well trained dog" he said in a mocking way.

Gakushu just chuckled as he said "Careful one day the master might find himself on the leash."

Asuno laughed as he said "Or the dog might find himself enthralled to his master, as a corporate slave till the day he dies."

The both of the just laughed at each other as the screen cracked around them.

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It was the next day after class and some of the students, consisting of Okuda, Nagisa, Toka, Kayano, Isogai, Rio, Fuwa, and Kanzaki, along with the Eds and Eric were out in the campus library, trying to study for the exams. Eric looked up from his books and looked at his best friends studying.

Fuwa was helping Ed studying as Korosensei had given him a lot of comic stories about each subject and she loved his attention to detail in the art style and colors in order to help Ed understand. Since she loved comics as well, she loved this way of teaching.

Eric looked next to them and saw Double D and Okuda working through other subjects. Eric knew that science was the thing that they both excelled at but Double D remembered that Okuda had trouble with other subjects since she talked about how they go over her head so he decided to help her.

He then saw Eddy next to Rio and they were going over English since it was something that she was good at English and it was something that Eddy needed to work on.

And he and Yada were working over Japanese since it was something that Yada struggled with. Eric decided to help her as thank you for the carnival date. I mean, hangout.

'It was nice to see Eddy and Ed taking studying

seriously for once. I knew Double D took it

seriously. I mean, I couldn't even begin to talk about how organized his whole house was and how he always tried to talk Eddy and Ed into studying. Had this been before, they would've tried flying away from the school like that one time. I was proud to see them wanting to change from our old ways, a little bit. But hey every moment counts, I guess.

Eric's thoughts were sadly interrupted by a voice calling out "Well look at that, its the e-class crew. Why even bother this place is wasted on you. Pearls before swine as the saying goes" said Teppei Araki, the kid with the green hair.

Rio internally groaned as she said "Don't tell me."

"The big five" complained Kayano in thought.

Eric looked at the group and then saw someone he hated out of the many people of this school. At least, D class and above, Tomoya Seo.

"Oh how cute. They're studying. Hey, scrubs playtime is over the big kids need their spot" he said in a demanding voice.

This just made Eric growl in anger but he let it go and said "Hey look, its the shmuck that got his ass handed to him by his underclassmen. If you don't want to ruin whatever reputation you have left after that loss, then you'll beat it. We have just as much right to use this place to study" said Eric in a defending tone.

"Don't go thinking that because you won that fight, that you're better than us" said Seo in an angry manner.

"Oh I don't think, I know. You swung the first punch and I was defending myself. How would that look that an upperclassman is beating younger students. Bet that'll look good on your resume" said Eric as he grinned his sharp teeth at him.

Seo just grunted in angry as he couldn't think of a comeback for that.

"Now will you leave us alone. We're trying to study here" said Eric as he turned back to his books.

"Yea, we're trying to fill our heads with knowledge" yelled Kayano as she held up a book.

"Yea, we're trying to be smart" yelled Eddy as he too held up a book. But the covers of their books came off and Kayano's book was actually a magazine for different puddings around the world while Eddy's book was a body building book.

'Are you two serious right now. You're just proving their point, you morons."

"We're not going anywhere. We reserved these seats in advance" said Isogai, trying to make their stand.

Rio laid her head on the table as she said "Yea, you don't know what its like to study in air conditioning until you don't have it. Move along please" in a non-caring way, specifically towards them.

Then the kid with the messy black hair, Natsuhiko Koyama, came in adjusted his glasses and said "Well, what do we have here guys. Are the hard luck cases defying their upperclassmen. I mean I knew they were stupid but this is a new low."

Eric growled at how rude the guys were still being, but then something unexpected happened.

Okuda stood up from her chair and stormed over to the group as she said, "Hey, he said these were ours!"

This took everyone by surprise.

"What?" said Koyama as he looked down at her. In both sense of the phrase.

"You're not the only ones allowed to have good grades. Everyone has a right to them if they work hard. Try bossing us around when we kick your butts on the finals" yelled Okuda in a stuttering but firm voice.

'Woah. Who knew she had it in her. Why can't

Double D be like that.'

"You sure have some gall talking to me like that, you little twerp. And nice glasses by the way. They make you look like a total nerd. Am I right" said Koyama as he looked back at his other groupie..... who had glasses just like him.

"Uhh I guess" said Araki in an awkward voice.

"That's enough out of you guys. Leave her alone" yelled a voice, to which everyone turned to see Double D standing up and walking over to them.

"I don't know where you get off telling us that the library of all places is your place, but you do not go around belittling people for little things like glasses and stuff. You and your friends have glasses too, so you admit that you are nerds as well, you simpletons" yelled Double D as he gave a slight glare at the man.

'Woah. Guess he does have it in him. Here was the awkward man of our group and yet he's standing up for himself and I dont even see him

acting all nervous or even sweating. Guess this place has changed all of us.'

"Well, well, well. If it isn't the reward ruiners. You know, we're still quite peeved about our trophy case if you forgot" said Koyama to Double D.

Double D groaned as he said "For the up-tinth time, that was an accident. How many times do we have to say it until you get it through you thick pubescent skulls" yelled Double D.

"Well regardless of that, you belong right where you are. In E-class" said Koyama as he adjusted his glasses.

"Don't be so quick to judge" said a voice from behind them, to which they all turned to see Ren Sakakibara, the kid with the weird brown hair, behind Kanzaki as he was touching her hair and being all weird around her.

"Look at her. Oh my, Pearls before swine indeed. hey there. Something tells me your the sort of woman get her thrills from a sonnet. You make me wonder if my standards aren't to high" said the man, being such a sleaze ball.

"Um, could you get out of my ear please" said Kanzaki in an awkward voice.

"She attracts the worst kind of guys" thought the class.

But while they were looking at Kanzaki, Koyama looked at the kids and some of them seemed..... familiar.

"Wait a minute. I know who these kids are" he thought as he looked at everyone.

"Yukiko Kanzaki, ranked 23 in Japanese.

"Rio Nakamura, ranked 11 in English."

"Yuma Isogai, ranked 14 in social studies."

"Manami Okuda, 17 in science."

He then looked at the Eds and Eric and just sneered "And the infamous Eds and Eric. Possibly the first group in E-class to be hated by the whole school. And rightfully so."

He then chuckled as he said "Oops, my bad. Turns out these aren't your average everyday dumbasses. They actually have some academic chops" as he knocked on Okuda's head a few times.

Seeing what he was doing, Double D slapped his arm away and said "Shame on you. You don't hit a lady. You should be ashamed of yourself, sir. And you say that you're better than us. Well quite frankly sir, I have yet to see it" yelled Double D as he stood in front of Okuda, while she was slightly cowering.

Eric just sat there in amazement at what was happening.

"Huh, how about Double D was standing up for someone and not be nervous. Got to say, I'm proud of how he too has changed, a bit.'

"Is that a fact. How interesting, you say you have yet to see it, hmmm. Well as long as we are all here, why not make it more interesting wager their academic chops against something more than bragging rights. Whoever scores lower has to do what the other class says. Sound fun" said Araki as he placed his hand on Isogai's shoulders.

Seo worked his way over to Eric and said "Yea. Come on, don't be a wuss. Where the hells that attitude all of sudden that you had a while ago, freak. If you wanted to, we'd even put our lives on the line."

And saying that really started a chain reaction. Hearing this, the class gave each other quick glances at their enemies and decided to toy with them with what they've learned. Faster than you could say "AFLAC", the class used their quick moves to scare the members of the big five.

Eric and Toka quickly moved their pencils underneath and near Seo's neck.

Kanzaki moved her pen and stopped just right in front of Ren's eye, just one move from losing his left eye.

Rio and Eddy had moved up quickly with their pens and scared Koyama by swiping in front of him, into falling on his butt.

Isogai had moved his finger right underneath Araki's neck in the 'form' of a knife to the neck.

Eric smirked as he said "Poor choice of words. I'd be more careful about betting my life if I were you. That might be a downfall for you" which all of these things freaked the 4 out as they panicked and moved away from them

"You don't scare me, freak. We have ourselves a deal kids" said Seo as he turned and walked away.

"You don't even know what you were going to do if you were going to lose" said Koyama but in a sacred high pitched voice now.

"Don't try backing out now" said Ren as he joined them running away.

"You're going to regret this" yelled Araki in a high pitched voice as well.

Everyone that wasn't part of E-class just stood there in amazement at what just happened. E-class managed to scare 4 members of the big 5.

'Well we just opened up a can of worms. Wait till everyone else catches wind of this. Hope this doesn't make things worse for us.'

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A-class Homeroom

"I know it was stupid, but....I was just trying to make a point. come on, I didn't think they would actually take us up on it. And I'll admit, I was trying to back at freakzoid there from the last time we met. I mean you saw what he and his friends did to our trophy case. I thought that....." said Seo trying to defend his actions, but he was stopped by Gakushu saying,

"It's alright. You're not in trouble. In fact the could be a good thing to inspire A-class" which made the 4 guys calm down.

"But for now, let us focus on clarifying the terms. We don't want confusion down the road. I propose that the winners are allowed only one demand, to be specified after finals are done" said Gakushu calmly.

"Not to rock the boat but seriously only one" said Koyama in a questioning way.

"Not a lot we can do with that" said Ren.

Hearing this, Gakushu pulled out his computer, opened it up........ and broke the world record for fastest typer in the world.

"Woah. And I mean woah" said everyone as they saw how fast he was typing.

"Oh, I believe there is quite a lot we can do with that" said Gakushu as he laid his head in his hand as he turned his computer to the other 4 and said "If the demand is this.

The other 4 stepped forward and began reading what he had typed and were amazed by what had typed.

"Signing a contract that pledges their total subjugation to us in 50 separate clauses. Upon observance of full compliance, the constituents of A-class agree to act as role models for the constituents of E. Class status-of-forces agreement" said Gakushu in confidence.

"Ha Ha Ha. 1 demand encompasses 50 lined items of servitude. Sounds like a win win to me, boss" laughed Koyama as he adjusted his glasses.

"I especially like this one. If E-class loses, the 4 members known as the Eds and Eric that ruined our schools own trophy case are to rebuild a new one, using their own money and tools, and to make it better than before" chuckled Seo, as he grinned for getting the chance to get back at those 4 for making a mess of their beloved trophy case. Especially Eric.

"Not bad. Did you come up with these off the top of your head. You're terrifying" said Ren.

Gakushu lifted his head off his hand as he said "What do you mean by that. I'm a little hurt" as he smile a little but he secretly glared with his eye as he continued saying "I'm just a student, humbly exercising his autonomy in a nurturing environment. Nothing scary about that in the least. If my grasp of civil law is such that I know how to crush a man, what of it" which he said the last words with a bit of anger behind them.

Gakushu then stood up as he faced the class and said "The point I'm laboring toward is this when we play we play for keeps. In school as in life, there is one rule. Only the weak show mercy. Our job is to light the way. Lets show them all what the game is about" to which everyone cheered loudly at his proclamation. 

Seo looked at the man and the way he motivated the class and thought "You have to give the man credit. He knows how to rally the troops. Is he a hypocrite, yes. Can we see through him, of course. Do we go along with him anyway. Absolutely. He's the undisputed heavy weighted champion of corrosion. Gakashu Asano. I don't think there is anyone is this school that can beat him.

'Well he would be wrong, if a certain someone wasn't sleeping on the job.'

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Back at E-class, Karma was taking a nap in class with a book covering his eyes while it was study hall time and Korosensei was running around helping the whole class study. But he was angry at how nonchalant Karma was acting and you could tell because Korosensei's whole body was red and he was fuming in frustration.

"Blast it all Karma. Wake and get with the program. Apply yourself for heavens sake. You could the best overall score" yelled Korosensei, as he was running around the class while also trying to motivate Karma.

Karma yawned as he lifted the book of his face and said "Calm down teach. You and I both know I'm going to do fine. My laziness is accredited to your study method. We can both afford to relax. You especially" as he looked around and saw how fast he was running around, helping the other students.

"I mean look at yourself. You're starting to come off as a regular teacher. Uptight and boring" which seemed to strike a nerve with Korosensei as he stopped to the side of Karma with a shadow look on his face.

Karma then smirked as he looked at Korosensei.

"We already have a plan of attack, right.  You should have a little more faith in it. Are you really that worried about A-class winning this" said Karma in his nonchalant way.

Okajima turned to look at the two and said "Why should we worry. Come on, man. We're us. We have absolutely nothing to lose. What can they do."

Kurahashi then stood up as she said "If we win, they'll do whatever we tell them to. I vote we force them to let us use the cafeteria" as she held her arms together in a happy way.

"Ha. You're thinking about the cafeteria of all things. Pfft, amateur" said Eddy as snickered at her demands as he held his arms behind his head and feet on his desk.

Kurahashi scoffed at what he said and asked "And what's that suppose to mean" as she glared at him while also pouting in an adorable manner.

Eric agreed with what she said as he said and looked at Eddy and said "Yea, I'm with her. What exactly are you saying Eddy.....Sorry, let me rephrase that....... What are you planning exactly Eddy. It worries me when you come up with something."

Eddy stood up from his seat and walked over to Eric and said "Eric, my man. Have some faith in me. Think about it, we've challenged those snobs that are ahead of our class, A-class to be exact, and the first thing to wager against them is the cafeteria. No, that's a fools bet in this game or war. To beat them and their reputation, you've got to think outside the box" said Eddy as he put his hand on Eric's shoulder and began making gestures with his finger.

This seemed to intrigue Korosensei as he giggled and said "Oh. And what do you mean by, "Outside the box" Eddy, my boy. Care to explain to the rest of the class" to which everyone turned their attention to Eddy.

Eddy smirked as he began walking forwards towards the chalk board and said "We're going to be fighting A-class and from what I've seen, they get the biggest rewards out of the whole school" as he made it to the podium and then reached down to grab something and said,

"So if this whole bet or wager thing is basically anything that we tell them to do and vice versa, then I say why don't we force them to relinquish their pride and joy" as he pulled out a book, which turned out to be...

"The school pamphlet?" asked Rio, in question but Eddy smirked as he then flipped over the pamphlet to show something on the back.

"We've been kicked around long enough. We've pretty much been labeled as the low man on the totem pole since we got here but I say that we fight our way, tooth and nail, all the way to the top. As the octopus has said before "An assassin aims high to bring him target low." They think that they're better than us. Well I say, why not knock down their egos a bit. And it starts with this" said Eddy as he showed them the back of the book.

'Woah. I knew Eddy had taken the reigns on a situation from time to time before but this feels different. He's acting like his confident self but its different this time, in a sense. Maybe getting kicked to E-class was the best thing for us. It helped change us.'

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Meanwhile

Out in the faculty computer room, Asuno was talking to his co-workers about recent events.

"My son has stirred up quite a blood frenzy among his peers. We must utilize his firming to improve our fine institutions firm standard deviation."

This seemed to scare people as one man had wide eyes and stuck his tongue out as he spoke in a very groggy voice "Worry not principal. The questions here will be-devil even A-class. My best work. Concentrated nuggets of specialzed knowledge. I hesitate to even call them exam questions at this stage. They become conundrums, riddles, outright beasts" chanted the man as he continued to type away at his computer.

"Satisfactory. No doubt they will inspire" said Asuno with intrigue.

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Meanwhile, with Gakushu

Gakushu was looking over the document of the things E-class would have to do if they lost.

"Nested among reams of legal jargon hides an item of special interests. A sub clause forbidding E-class from keeping even the tiniest of secrets" as he stared at one piece of info that stated:

"When A-class asks E-class a question, they will answer honestly, concealing nothing."

'Basically it meant that if they asked us a question about the weird occurrences that Korosensei has been a part of, we would have no choice but to answer. There was no way we were going to do that.'

"Whatever you're trying to smoke screen father, don't think I won't find it. Once they've sign this, the E-class dolts will be a cinch to shake down. Soon I'll have uncovered your biggest weakness. You'll be at my mercy. And we all know your thoughts on that subject" thought Gakushu Asuno.

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The Next Day

It was the next day and the Eds and Eric began walking towards the School as Yada and a few of the others joined them.

'It was Finals Day. The day that made all of is very nervous. We had no choice but to win. I was nervous but I had confidence in Korosensei's teachings.'

Eric's thoughts were broken by Yada walking up to him and said "Hey Eric. Are you ready to win this" she said while smiling.

Eric chuckled nervously as he said "I mean yea but I just hope...."

"Hey hey. A tad more confidence, please. We need it if we're shooting for the top spot here, so have more faith in yourself" said Yada trying to make Eric feel more confident.

Eric smiled and said "You're right Yada. We've studied for weeks. No backing down now" as he gave a smirk of confidence. Yada couldn't help but smile at how more confident he was.

"This is going to be hysterical" said a voice which turned out to be Fatty and 4-eyes standing in their doorway as they mocked E-class.

"So are the rumors true you made a bet with A-class" mocked Fatty.

"I wonder if you morons appreciate what you've gotten yourself into" said 4-eyes but just as the two of them walked by the two, Yada pulled out two of her pencils....

...and shoved them right up Fatty nostrils, causing to scream in pain as he bleed from his nose and yell in pain.

Eric was surprised by what she had done but just smirked and looked at her and said "That was really brutal and uncalled for. Nice" as he held out his fist and she bumped his. The gang made it to their expected class and opened the door.

"Huh, looks like we're the first one....huh" said Eddy as they turned to see a girl with purple hair sitting in the corner of the room. They looked closer at her to see who it was. But...

....it wasn't anyone they knew.

"Who's that" they all asked.

"Ritsu's proxy" said a voice from behind to which they all turned to see Karasuma leaning against the doorway.

"Yea I know. The principal said an AI taking the finals was against protocol. Hey, at least the man was ok with us using a stand in" said Karasuma as they began looking at the girl again.

"Ever had to deal with him giving you that look. You know the one right. It's so...I don't know. Its like he can't even be bother to pity you. Makes you feel like a child" said Karasuma with a sort of irked face.

"Thanks for dealing with him" said the group in unison.

"Anyway, Ritsu and I have a little message for you. Do your best" said Karasuma as he walked away from the classroom.

"You got it, Mr K." yelled Ed in in goofy way.

"Yea, relax man. This whole thing is in the bag" Said Eddy in his cocky way.

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A short time had passed as everyone had finally gotten there and had taken their seats. Soon the teacher in the room began handing everyone their tests and they passed them back to each other from behind. Soon Everyone took the test and began to get to work.

'Here we go, things are about to get interesting. Whats cool about it was that while we were taking the exams separately, we were all in this together. There are the people we fight along side, the people we fight against, the ones that want us to lose the ones who wanted us to win, almost like an arena.'

Suddenly the whole room changed into exactly an arena with lots of seats going up, almost like the Roman Coliseum.

'We might be assassins but right now we have to fight like gladiators.

Eric then picked up a hammer that was sitting on a rack as a giant green monster with horns with a number on its ahead appeared from the ground. Eric readied his hammer but he was a little shaken but then he saw someone out of the corner of his eyes. It was Eddy and Double D to his left and Ed to his right. He then felt a hand on his shoulder as he turned around to see Yada standing tall right behind him and saw the rest of class as well, ready to battle. He then turned back to the problem and readied himself.

Another day, another bell. Round one begin. Here we go.'

{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 #19 "Time to test our Eds"

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