"So,I'm going over to Yuuki,Soma,and Nagisa's apartment and if I have time I'll be going over to your place,okay Kurogame?" Tomoe told him at the end of school.
"I thought you were meeting with our parents?" asked Nagisa.
"I usually would but your parents are on the weirdest places on Earth."
"You're calling my home country weird?" asked Soma seeming slightly mad.
"I mean the fact you guys are from completely different corners of the planet. Yuuki's from mainland-Japan, Nagisa -despite her name- is from United States and Soma's from Italy."
"Well,I was just born there. We moved to South Korea when I was 5." replied Nagisa.
"Anyway,I plan to meet your parents when the PTA meeting comes so,for now I'll check on your living situation. You guys should probably go first. I have to go get some food."
"Why don't you just eat at our place?"
"I can't ask a student for food, -even if they're about my age- plus,after I check on your situation I have to go to Kurogame's place."
"Oi,Tomo."
"What's wrong,Kurogame?"
"I'm not gonna be at home today so,come another day."
"How nice,and unusual of you but,I'll find you. One way or another. I'll drag you back if I have to."
"Do what you want." Kurogame walked away.
"Though I might be late! I heard there were some good bakeries on the way there so,let your guardian know!" After hearing Tomoe say that,Kurogame just waved at him. Without even looking at him.
"Tomoe. He actively hates anything bitter and loves everything sweet. He once said, "Never eat black chocolate. It's the devil's food and tastes like sin. So...why are you eating black chocolate in our house!" shouted the trio.
"Feta..." Tomoe was crying while eating it. "She gave me a free chocolate bar and put it in a milk chocolate wrapper despite it being dark chocolate..."
"So why are you eating it?" asked Nagisa.
"I can't waste food... I wish I was a dog! Then I could refuse eating black chocolate!"
"Well,you wouldn't be able to eat regular chocolate either."
"Can I eat some?" asked Soma.
"Will you really?"
"Yeah!"
Tomoe thought that day that Soma was an angel. "Anyway,most of your rooms are fine. All of them are clean. The only problem is that,Nagisa,you have way too much stuff."
"I don't have that much."
Tomoe went into Nagisa's room and came back into the living room with 3 huge boxes. "These are just for video games. There're a bunch of old computers and some CDs."
"That's a lot of game-WAIT YOU HAVE CDs?!" asked Soma.
"I didn't mention it?"
"Where did you get them?!Show them to me."
"I...asked Tomoe to replicate them after I couldn't."
"It's hard to find plastic so it was difficult to make them." said Tomoe. "You sure are being quiet Yuuki."
"Well,I don't have much to say..."
"'Not having much' also means that you have a few things to say so,say whatever you like. By the way,where did Soma and Nagisa go?"
"They both wen-" Yuuki was interrupted by a certain person shouting
"WHOAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!I'VE NEVER SEEN A CD IN-PERSON BEFORE!"
"Well,that answers my question. Do you want to ask me something,Yuuki?"
"You could tell?"
"People always have questions to ask. No matter how stupid they may be,you should just ask them. So?"
"...Teacher,since you're so strong,why didn't you fight Wrath?"
"Oh,well I may be strong but,Wrath is what you would call a shogun."
"Isn't that an army general?"
"To be exact they're military dictators. I've fought him thrice and have only beaten him once."
"Real-" Yuuki was interrupted by a certain person again shouting,
"NAAAAAAAAGIIIIIIIIIIIISAAAAAAAAAAA,LET ME PLAY FF6!!!!!!"
"Heh. As much as I'd like to join them,I can't so,can you go in my stead?"
"You...sure you don't want to play?"
"I have to go to Kurogame so,bye!" Tomoe then leapt out the window and- Just kidding. He walked through the door and went down the stairs like a normal person. But once he got on the sidewalk,he started running.
"Is there something you need,young boy?"
"Umm,is this 'Shinuso Orphanage?" asked Tomoe.
"Ah,yes. Have you come to see a friend?"
"No,I'm here to see my student."
"My,you're a teacher? You look so young."
"May I ask where's Kurogame?"
"He's at St. Aster."
"The hospital? Where is it?"
"Just head that way and it should be right in the middle of the mountain path." the middle-aged woman then pointed at a nearby mountain. "The mountain is a tourist spot and there's lots of food there."
"Hmm. I'll keep that in mind. Thank you!" Tomoe then ran toward the mountain and in no time at all,he arrived at the hospital.
A big white building that is easily noticeable. Spanning 5 floors with roughly 60 beds per floor. -20 rooms with 2 beds each and 20 beds placed outside the rooms in a free area for people with minor injuries.-
Tomoe went up to the floor where the nurse said to go to. Floor 5,room 13,for people with terminal illnesses.
"Kurogame,I found you."
"Tomo?! How did you get here?" said Kurogame sounding completely different.
"I seduced the nurse at the front desk."
"Liar."
"By the way,what's with your voice? It's not as scratchy as it usually is."
"Ugh!" Kurogame had nothing to say.
"Akane,who is this?" asked the little girl sitting in bed.
"Ugh. This is my teacher Tomoe. Though he prefers being called by nicknames than his actual name."
"...Would...it be okay if I...call you Cloakey?"
"It makes me sound a bit too suspicious...Maybe you should just go with Tomo..."
"Tomo?"
"Right! So Kurogame,this is?"
"She's my little sister. Introduce yourself."
"My...name is Aria,it's very...nice to meet...you."
"There's no need to push yourself."
Tomoe put down his bag. "Hey Kurogame,could you stand in the hallway? I'd like to talk to you about something."
"Sure,let's go."
"You go first. I need to take something out of my bag."
"I can wa-"
"Go."
"O-okay..." Kurogame went out.
"...Okay,Aria."
"Yes?"
"I've got some chocolate,want some?"
"Is it okay?"
"Of course!"
"The-"
The door slammed open. "So,Teacher Tomoe...You wanted to talk,right?"
"Oh,you sound like your usual self,Kurogame. Well,see you later Aria."
"Bye-bye."
"What did you give her?" asked Kurogame with murderous intent.
"Just some chocolate."
"Seriously?"
"Yep."
"Oh,that's good."
"By the way,why is she here?"
"She has weak lungs."
"Plane crash?"
"H-how did you know?"
"Do you even listen in class? Thanks to technology,planes are much safer -by making the passengers wear armor as thin as paper but as strong steel- but,it's impossible to give protection to the lungs. You are up in the clouds in a metal death-box after all."
"..." Kurogame was silent. He had nothing to say. "I'll...be at the orphanage by nighttime.
"Good to know." Tomoe started walking but he remembered. "Oh yeah,my original question. Why did your voice change?"
"The other kids in the orphanage like it when I do this. They say "You'd be a cool villain if you did this!" and I started doing it out of habit. With,Aria I just switch back & forth."
"Heh. I'll see you at the orphanage."
"I'm ho-!" Kurogame got back to the orphanage and saw the kids all piling up on something. "What are you guys doing?"
"There was a man who said he was your teacher and everyone called him a liar. They're currently punishing him." said by one of the kids who weren't being a part of the pile.
"Oh...Well good luck Tomo."
"AT LEAST TRY TO HELP ME!" said Tomoe pushing away all the kids easily.
"Were you staying under there so I would help you?"
"I thought we were finally gonna have a student-teacher moment. 'Kurogame,thank you,'
'Oh,no problem Teacher.' Something like that!
"What kind of idiot would do that?"
"So you're a different type of idiot?"
"YOU WANNA FIGHT?"
"Anyway,where is the lady from earlier?"
"LISTEN TO ME!"
The kids were watching this all unfold and they just stood there. Tomoe asked, "By the way,what's her name?"
Kurogame sighed. "We all call her Madam but her actual name is-"
"Lilia." The Madam came out of nowhere. "Please call me Lilia."
"You don't have to interrupt me you know."
"And you don't have to put up this tough act whenever adults are in the room." Kurogame felt as though an arrow had stabbed him. "Sometimes I watch you in secret and I've seen how you play with the children. I have videos,would you like to see them Mr...?"
"Just call me Tomoe and yes. I would very much like to see them."
"I'M GONNA KILL BOTH OF YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
After everything had settled down,Tomoe had a nice talk with Madam Lilia about Kurogame and then he left.
<Earlier in the day>
"Hey Teach,how many affinities do you have?" asked Monzu.
"I thought I already told you guys. I have all 7."
"What?!" Everyone shouted.
"But didn't you say that it's impossible for someone to do that without dying?" asked Feta.
"It supposedly happens once every millennia."
"And you're the lucky one?"
"Basically."
"Ugh."
"Though I'm not that good with Earth magic."
Everyone all thought the same thing. "I think the fact that you were able to master 6 things which could bring the end of the world is amazing enough."
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