Chapter 13 - A Certain Preliminary Fest
Tedashii with Li Mei following behind stare down his cellphone in hand, after the following GPS app states "You have reached your destination."
Li Mei stare at Tedashii's back as he scratches his head annoyed, "Hey Tedashii I could have paid for you if... you know since I step on your food the other day and all and it was pretty messed up that Mara did that but I don't think she did that on purpose... I think hmm?"
"Of course, it's nice." Tedashii mumbles while observing the well defined house with decorations of many cultures.
"Oh! Yeah! Not too shabby, and also not so overly dramatic fancy huh?" Li Mei replied with a smile. "The panda jars were only thirty-five point thirty-six yuan, well in five hundred thirty-seven point thirty-nine yen to japan's standards. And it's also said in America that football is like America's favorite sport I think, so in term the football prop relic over there is only seven, US dollars, so in Japan I'm guessing that's..?"
"Seven hundred thirty-five point, fifty-two yen."
"Yeah! Tete you see now you can stop being so jelly all the time." Li Mei catapults her head with her hands in a chill pose.
"So you've been to all kinds of places outside China?" Tedashii applied while staring at the other culture relic props.
"Oh no! Not me! My family have though. My dad is a very important businessman who goes wherever his job requires, he travels a lot... that sounds fancy huh? But I assure you he's not rich but decently wealthy as someone who takes care of himself."
"Taishiro Taiyo?" Tedashii reads the initials of the mailbox out loud. "Oh, my fault I didn't mean to..."
"It's okay, I'm pretty sure you were just curious about how a male chinese name is, but..."
"That's a Japanese name." Tedashii answered looking back at Li Mei.
"Yeah, I'm adopted." Li Mei's answer surprised Tedashii as his eyes widened. Li Mei smile then nodded, "I was born in China no doubt, but uhh yeah I'm not some princesses from China you know, and no city is perfect, people tend to hear you're from Beijing and assume they have you figured out, as some golden choice are something, just because I excel at my grades and my quickly excel fast growth in my esper ability. But before daddy and momma adopted me, the people at the orphanage didn't like me and called me some freak, the adults there were nice but I could tell they felt the same way as my peers did. They told me to keep my distance from the others to stay safe. But remember what I said as I can sense and perceive the invisible fields of energy that surround every living thing. Well it felt more like a curse keeping me from trusting anyone."
Tedashii pauses, then stares deeply into her light sea green eyes as if his soul was in harmony with the waves of the ocean. He wonders to himself what is she saying? And what does she really mean by that? Despite the idea of espers he knew one actually thing that made sense. "Are you saying the Beijing Golden child was just some bull shit rumor?"
"It's funny I felt like I'm being treated differently ever since I came here. Like I'm in a place with super powers kids just like me, but... in the end why do I feel the same as if no one likes me? My friends... I don't trust them, and that only makes me mad at myself. Jeong-Min and Mara are nice, great people that are also outsiders that got a pass here just like me. We had the same problems so we decided to be friends after fortunately crossing paths at the same school... however." Li Mei paused, then clenched her fist while grinning, "There are such nice people that did so much for me, and even had my back during rough times... but there aura... It's like there... bad guys." Li Mei notices Tedashii's dissatisfied frown, and starts wavering her hands, "Oh! I didn't mean to go that far! Th-There great!"
"Li Mei... what about my aura? Am I bad?" Tedashii asks with an apologetic tone.
Li Mei pause then pounder, "well, you know this world is very corrupt in my honest opinion, greed, shady ideas, people with intentions to rise above others as if it's a man eating world, everyone's probably broken some rude of the seven deadly sins in the end even me... as a ability passive ability such as mine, when I walk around all I senses are dark vibes everywhere."
"I see... I get it." Tedashii said, tilting his head away from her eyes.
"However! Tedashii you're a meanie! A jerk!" Li Mei spouts out. Balling up both her fist with a stomp.
"Eh..." Tedashii sighs while scratching his head reminiscing his scuffles moments with her.
"But... That's why..." Li Mei backed up then blushed while fidgeting her fingers together.
"Hmm?"
"You're so mean and you don't hide it... and because you don't hide your dark vide, well I feel like I already know the real you... like your someone I can trus-"
"You can't trust me." Tedashii interrupts, clenching his fist and staring down the ground.
"...Tedashii?" Li Mei's eyes widened the look of her spooked shock, only putting shame on Tedashii's face.
Turning around and scratching his head once more, "Man what a long day, and late once more, Geez I'm kinda scared to go home because of my new strict roommate..." Tedashii said to himself while raising his backpack case up his back shoulder.
"Hey Tedashii," Tedashii looks back at Li Mei once more as she speaks again avoiding eye contact with him. "If you wanna get stronger and level up, you gotta earn exp. So tomorrow at the Daihaseisai Festival you gotta try."
Tedashii closes his eyes and smirks before looking away from her, "Tch man you going back to that jibber jabbing nonsense? And for once we were just starting to get along, hmph oh well. You know everyone's a esper there right, yeah no promises." Tedashii waves away leaving.
"I'm seriously Tedashii if you don't try I'll kill you!" Li Mei shouts as Tedashii continues on until she could no longer see him.
Tedashii made his way home with a smirk on his face, "Man what's the deal with that girl... when she's not going around shooting me with death beams...She's kinda... cute. Aw man what the hell am I saying she's just some crazy trigger happy esper In the end.
"You're so mean and you don't hide it... and because you don't hide your dark vide, well I feel like I already know the real you... like your someone I can trus.."
Tedashii clenches his fist from his thoughts about Li Mei and then remembers a certain bandanna delinquent with the "C sign with the V behind the C emblem, tool."
You think you can just live a life leaving the fuck up shit you've left behind guinea pig rat!
Tedashii quickly turned around to the thought of that empty voice with nothing at sight. "Right... Tedashii answered back, ''You can't trust me either, because I'm even more of a piece of shit than you imagine."
After I've done some things... even now that are definitely unforgivable.
Tedashii's careless scroll led him back to the same lab from his previous night. "Well there's something I can do at least just in case."
"Well today's the day..." Tedashii announced taking a deep breath before turning around to the short scarlet red hair girl behind him. He was afraid, afraid to look her in the eyes due to his lack of yen. He gulped, staring deep at his wallet. Sweat drifted from his forehead as the scarlet red hair girl creeped up behind him, with her dull stare. Tedashii's imagination spiral imagining the girl's head cartoonishly growing big as her dull stare appeared more cartoonishly with red fire of hell as a background. "Umm... something occurred yesterday, and I had to spend some yen, so I kinda don't have much, but here." Tedashii pulled out his leftover yen and placed it into her hands.
Akahana stared down the chump change in the palms of her hands. Tedashii looks away, but to his surprise she nods. Tedashii scratches his head irritated that she didn't act on towards him like he pictured in his head. Akahana looked puzzled to his concern expression and said, "Did you not observe or pay attention to my express gratitude to you?"
"I did, but you should... no never mind, hey what else do you want? Whatever it is, whatever you desire I'll make it happen!" Tedashii said while sitting down to put on his athletic running shoes, after sliding his arms into the white track jacket.
After blushing from his comment, Akahana studies his outfit, "I see, from those elastic compression garments worn around the leg, compressing the limbs to reduce the diameter of distended veins and increasing venous blood flow velocity and valve effectiveness. The light white clothes all in turn avoid dark color schemes such as black, effectively absorbing and evading retaining more heat... but if that is the case then why is the other sock is black?"
"Oh you notice?" Tedashii said while staring at the black lace shallow eye.
"... Then again... you seem to have the settled regular tendency to practice, to wear a way or at a level that is considered inadequate."
"Okay you didn't have to go that far! Anyways!" Tedashii saids while scratching his head.
"... I see... taking into consideration your intellectual information, and skills acquired through experience, education, theoretical or practical understanding of subjects, I suppose to be the case theorized that you have a scientific purpose behind your interest in unrefined distinctive appearance, typically determined by the principles according to which something is designed.
"Actually not this time. I really don't have a reason I just thought it was cool." Sweat drifted above Tedashii's head alongside his close smile as the girl continued to stare until he gave in to his thousands of thoughts. "Fine I'll just wear white, though it won't matter regardless, after all I'm not taking as many athletic events as others due to my other role." Tedashii looks back at the flag that represents his school but then smirks, "though the improvements actually look nice. Anyways yeah I'll just lose and get it over with, so we can watch the rest of the events together."
"... Lose?" Akahana quotes with a concerned eyesight, among her dull stare.
"Well, what do you expect? I'm facing a bunch of other espers and I'm a level "0" there's way too many fire power everywhere else since abilities are permitt-"
"Win." Akahana quickly quoted.
"Uhh, Huh?"
"Win!" To Tedashii's surprise it didn't even take her a pause of stating that rather besides her dull stare her hands clench up, showing her feelings.
Grand Champion Star Festival", alt. "Daihasei Festival." The daihasei is an annual large-scale sports festival which takes place in Academy City. Occurring between September 19th and September 25th, during which Academy City is partially open to outside visitors, the week-long, city-wide, inter-school sporting competition sees students from all schools competing in various athletic events, with the use of esper abilities permitted.
Remembering the request as he looks up above to see her sitting at the stands amongst the crowd with a dull stare leaving chills down his spine. "Eh... damn it." Tedashii mumbles looking away and staring back towards his group holding a flag.
Tedashii sighs peering at his surroundings, "Why outta all things she asked for me to win...also she said that too didn't she..."
"Win! That sounds like a good idea Tedashiiii!" Tedashii turned to Jeong-Min who followed up with a Sarcastic tone as if she was trying to sound like Li Mei wavering her blond dye hair. "So this is it? They really out done themselves. But then again it is the Daihaseisai after all. Which comprises a wide variety of athletic events, held throughout the week at various points across the city. Being held in stadiums, sport grounds, on roads, and across entire districts. I would have to say, being a major milestone in Academy City. Also with every school and most of its students are involved in the competition, with over 1.8 million participants.
"Why are you talking to me?" Tedashii's comment made Jeong-Min grin.
She clench her fist then said? "You looked chinpoko! All I'm saying is that the risk is pretty big today. You should just take caution in case Gunha-Sama mes-"
"Oh please!" Tedashii saids with a cocky smirk, "Wasn't I told not to underestimate the rank 7th level "5" for his ranking? Remember he's a brain of a level "5." And with my formulas any weaknesses he would have, especially as simple as some memorization could easily be modified."
"Formulas again? I don't think you took my advice at al—"
"Why would I take advice from a jealous girl like you."
"Why you damn chinpoko!" Jeong-Min's furious rising anger was cut short by a ruthless rude shove by a certain golden starry-eye girl with a shoulder bag with a star adorned in the middle. "Why you who the hell do you think you are?!!" Jeong-Min roared at who in turn the girl didn't bother to give her attention, as her existence was completely irrelevant. "Oh yeah I'll show you-" Jeong-Min shut herself completely down when she watched the girl go up to the top center stage.
"Oh it seems she's the 5th rank level 5, Shokuhou Misaki, also known as mental out..." Tedashii comments with a chuckle, "It seems you got super lucky she didn't bother to give you attention!"
"Shut up!! Shut up! I'll kill you!" Jeong-Min cried out completely embarrassed with a red face.
"If you kept talking with that shitty mouth of yours it might have cost you a complete mental shutdown probably fufu."
"Didn't I say shut up! Shut up-"
"Hmm... is she really... Mental Out though? And isn't she also a Tokiwadai Middle School kid..." Tedashii said with a red face taking a look at the attractive girl's elegant beauty, sporting long straight hair of golden color. Wearing pairs of white gloves and stockings, both adorned with laces with her P.E shirt seemingly being stretched by her large breasts. Tedashii's face burns up as his abnormal mind, circulating "Is this like some joke first that scarlet red hair girl... and now this?"
"What the hell are you staring at, pervert!! You keep this up and I'll definitely start recording this!" Jeong-Min's threat won causing Tedashii to look up and away." Jeong-min sighs in the end while rubbing her small chest. "... Damn it why did the gods have to torture me." Jeong-Min came to her senses then looked back at Tedashii, "Hey it's starting but where's Gunha?"
"Good question, seriously where is he!? What's the point in us putting all that hard work in if he doesn't show up! I swear! After all this is a golden opportunity for my credit to substance."
"Having regrets?"
"Like I'll ever!" Tedashii rose up his flag and stuck his nose into the air.
"Alrighty let's do this!!" A certain amazing level "5" shouted out running through the crowd.
"Well speak of the devil, hey hurry up and get your ass over there." Tedashii shouts as Sogitta runs by.
Sogitta nods with a thumbs up jumping up the stands. The starry eye girl flops slightly then forms a fake smile. "Well are you ready? I'm ready whenever you are?" Misaki said, wearing her smile as a facade. Gunha's nod left Misaki agonized, she pierced Gunha, and said, "I normally don't conduct in such ways in large crowds like this, or rather I'm not too experienced, so sort of go easy, okay."
"Oh I see! No problem I practice for two hard gutsy days for this so get right to it!" Sogitta's reassure stretching.
"... Two days?" Misaki smirk, and thought to herself, "Well I guess winning the appeal is all in my favorite after all."
"We," "We,"
"In accordance with sportsmanship wish that this years Daihaseisai..."
"In accordance with sportsmanship wish that this years Daihaseisai..."
Behind the stadium within a faculty meeting, teachers observed from the tv monitor.
A kind wrinkle elderly woman, with a pulled up hairline, tilts up her oval glasses as she observes closely of the monitor. as a pink hair girl in a cheerleader outfit, with a height of only 135 centimeters the size of a twelve year-old approach to the elder lady.
"Watanabe-sensei!" a pink hair girl shouts in a cheerleader outfit, with a height of only 135 centimeters of the size of a twelve year-old approaching the elder lady.
"Oh, Tsukuyomi-Sensei!" Watanable welcomes her cheerfully.
"It's been a long time! It's finally starting." This twelve year looking girl to be exact actually a teacher that's older than her appeal, announced standing next to her.
Watanable shocked by Komoe Tsukuyomi's look and said, "What's with that outfit?"
"Ehehe, I'm a cheerleader isn't it oblivious?"
"Umm, well you are quite the enthusiastic but..."
"Ah so Shokuhou-Chan was left in charge of the opening pledge this year."
"Indeed this year there were wishes to leave the demonstrations to the level 5's or something like that... but."
"There you are! How could you leave me out wandering around this faculty Watanable!?" A very attractive woman, with a slender figure, curly chestnut hair in a bun upward hairstyle said with her glasses, shining to be intimidating to the fellow elder lady.
"I yes! Sadashi Haru the traitor who left Tokiwadai to settle for less." Watanable quotes as her glasses shine as well to rival Haru. "I did say I help my fellow allies didn't I? I don't feel like I went back on my word."
"Wow heartless much, I didn't think I would get the cold shoulder so quickly."
"Tete, yes the children you use to teach feel quite betrayed by your sudden transfer around the daihaseisai timeline plate. And well since if you fuel their energy to crush whatever school that you assign to, well it's not in my place to contradict the successful progress of our, I mean my students."
"Even the students huh, how hurtful." Haru said while sighing.
"Ahh, yes little mrs. Hiroto was the most hurt by your departure and worked extremely hard on her fifth direct ability getting tips from Tokiwadai's ace.
"Wow! Really? Haru eyes shot up spoke, she reformed her face then smirk, "Well I'm glad then that only makes it more challenging."
"Is that why you didn't go to Nagatenjouki Academy? When they accepted you? For some sort of challenge?" Komoe asks puzzled.
"Hmm?" Haru looks down, blushing at Komoe's cute figure. "Uhh... yeah tete."
"Hmm?" Komoe being puzzled once more by Haru's suddenly shifted facial expression.
"How childish." Watanable comments as her glasses once again shine once more.
"Hmph!" Haru smirk again placing her arm on her waist, "let's just watch the results mrs. Watanabe.
Back in front of the stadium Tedashii had a confident smirk of his own while holding the flag with the other students below Sogiita, "Well this actually was a worthy opportunity to restore my curriculum. Simple and easy..."
"...And the unbreaking bonds will... The bonds will... Ah, what was it?"
It was at that moment Tedashii's soul escaped his body.
"Show what you learned from your everyday..." Misaki said mumbling and struggling to talk alongside Gunha's barking speech.
Ah, well. There was a bunch of stuff about the unbreakable bonds that you'll have to deal with while your guts overflow! Show the results of your everyday training and guts!
"YOU DUMBASS WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING!!???" Tedashii squealed, trying to climb himself amongst his peers.
"By showing how much you have progressed, show thanks to your parents..." Misaki sweating bullets helplessly trying to raise her voice but being overwhelmed by the pressure of her surroundings.
Gunha shouts with spirit alone, as he clenches his fist and an unknown unexplainable phenomenon that goes against everything of science of a quaking power, "Show off that splendor and guts to those weaklings without it! To make this tournament the best memory ever! By overcoming all sorts of obstacles through trial and hardship and getting up every time we fall down! OVERCOME EVERYTHING WITH GUTS!!!"
Sogitta swift his hand into a fist as a phenomena form into his clenched hand, he punches the air and a colorful explosion erupted, throwing a his supporting crowd into the air, among those kids a squealing swearing Tedashii flies into the air until a star flicker being blasted off as a cartoon character. "Blahhhhhh!! What the hellllll!!???"
Behind the stadium within a faculty meeting, teachers observed from the tv monitor.
"Well it seems I won round one!" Haru said proudly as the other two teachers sigh.
Meanwhile a certain starry eyes level 5 sat in the corner defeated. "I was beaten..."
"Wow now that's a way to start the festival, yo where those meatheads go?" A spiky blonde hair guy with sunglasses and a gold chain around his neck commented alongside a blue hair boy who had his eyes seemingly close.
"Yeah I guess but where's the boobie hot sexy cheerleaders?"
"We'll find them for sure but you notice him right?" The blonde hair boy commented with a serious glare within his shades, "Why is that asshole back? Whatever reason he's here must not be good."
"Do you want me to get-" The blue hair guy asks, pulling out his phone only for the blonde spiky hair guy to block him with his hand.
"Nah I'll take it from here."
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