Power High 2
Kitsu woke up and looked at his clock. It read 2:00PM. He got out of bed and took a shower. His mind was still filled with thoughts of what had happened that morning. "Wow, so much has happened. I hope this week is a little less hectic." he thought to himself. A loud knock on the stall shook him from his deep thought. "Kitsu, you've been in there for at least an hour man, hurry it up!" Miwaku said. Kitsu quickly got out of the shower and got dressed.
He could hear the PA system come on saying "You are all invited to a picnic on the courtyard lawn. Please join us at 4:00PM for free food and a pleasant afternoon". The group left the room and headed out towards the courtyard. As they were walking down the halls, Kitsu noticed someone was watching Anei very closely. He wore a white polo shirt and a pair of dress pants. He had short black hair that fell just above his eyes.
"Who is that?" Kitsu whispered to Anei.
"Oh, that's Senbou. He always watches me like this. It's kind of creepy, but I got used to it after a while." she replied.
When Kitsu turned back towards where Senbou had been, he was gone. The group walked out into the courtyard and saw that most of the school was already outside. Kitsu saw Bekutoru and sat down next to him. Anei and Waza followed. Kitsu laughed as he saw the two girls following him, trying their hardest not to be seen.
"So, Kitsu, how are things?" Bekutoru asked.
"Everything is great. Another week to relax, being known throughout almost the entire school, and the only thing that could make this any better is free food. But this is a picnic so, I guess it is going to get better!." Kitsu said jokingly.
"Oh, look. Benzaiten brought his DJ booth. I wonder if he'll play any slow songs." Anei said as she grabbed Kitsu's hand.
Unbeknownst to them, Senbou had been watching from a distance. His heart filled with rage as he saw Anei pulling Kitsu off to dance. "She's mine, and mine alone. There isn't room for you in this picture Kitsu. It's time to cut you out of it!" Senbou thought.
Kitsu and Anei continued dancing on the lawn of the courtyard, along with a few other couples. Waza stared admiringly at Kitsu. As the song ended, one of the massive lights strung above the courtyard came loose and plummeted towards Kitsu. Waza dove into Kistu, knocking him out of the way of the light. Everyone stood in shock, realizing how catastrophic the incident could have been.
"Wow, you saved my life." Kitsu said.
Waza was speechless. She hadn't even realized the danger in what she had done, but acted more on instinct than anything else.
"Can I talk to you for a minute?" she asked.
"Sure, what is it?" Kitsu replied.
"I kind of meant in private." Waza said.
"Oh, sure." Kitsu replied.
Kitsu and Waza walked off towards the corner of the courtyard. Senbou weaved through the crowds unnoticed. Kitsu and Waza sat down in the corner of the courtyard.
"So, what did you want to talk about?" Kitsu asked.
"I know you and Anei have a really good thing going for you, and I'm happy for you, but um...." Waza began.
"But what?" Kitsu asked.
"Well, if you two need anything feel free to ask." she replied hastily.
With that, Kitsu helped Waza to her feet and they walked back to the crowd. Everyone stood at a distance from the impact site of the light, and glass covered the area around it. The school administrator ushered everyone back inside, canceling the picnic because of the incident.
The school administrator pulled Kitsu aside on the way back to his room.
"I was wondering, have you ever built anything that can work on its own?" he asked.
"No, not really." Kitsu replied.
"Well, I have some schematics here, and I think you're up to the task. Want to give it a try?" the administrator asked.
"Why not, I'm up for the challenge." Kitsu said enthusiastically.
The administrator handed him the schematics and told him that the supplied are in the mechanics lab in room 401. Kitsu walked off to his room As he walked down the hall he noticed Senbou peering through a crack in the door to room 502. Senbou saw Kitsu and ran. Kitsu gave chase, but Senbou locked himself in the janitor's closet before he could catch up. Kitsu walked in his room and looked at his clock. It was 8:00 PM.
Kitsu walked into the bathroom to shower and change. "What was with that light falling today, it didn't look loose at all. If not for Waza I would be dead. Who is this Senbou guy, what is he up to?" Kitsu thought. He lost himself in thought, pondering what Senbou was doing and what was his obsession with Anei.
Suddenly there was a scream from the womens bathroom next door. Kitsu quickly got out of the shower and got dressed. He ran out of the bathroom and looked around. As he turned towards the door to the womens bathroom, the door was pushed open as Senbou was flung out by a massive wave of shadow. Kitsu picked him up off the floor by his collar.
"What do you think you're doing? What is it with your obsession with Anei?" Kitsu yelled.
"You really don't know what you're getting yourself into....." Senbou began. His eyes started to glaze over as Kitsu suddenly began to float in the air. Kitsu flew into the wall across the room and Senbou walked out the door.
"I knew I was forgetting to tell you something. I'm so sorry, I should have told you about his powers sooner. He uses telekinesis." Anei said.
"It's alright, I've been through worse. You okay?" Kitsu asked.
"Yea, I'm fine, just startled, thats all." Anei replied.
Senbou was hiding in the janitor's closet as usual, thinking and plotting his next move. "That Kitsu is constantly getting in the way. There has to be some way to get him to just disappear. I think I have an idea...." Senbou thought to himself.
Kitsu walked down to room 401 and pulled out the schematics the administrator had given him. It looked like this would be his most difficult project yet. It was schematics for a humanoid robot. Kitsu got to work, grabbing parts and welding them into place, testing gears, and adding his own personal touch. Bekutoru walked in while he was working.
"Hey Kitsu, I didn't know you were down here. What are you working on?" Bekutoru asked.
"Just some project the administrator gave me." Kitsu said.
"Same here. I guess he wants you to build the mechanical structure for the new artificial student. I was assigned to program the AI. Maybe we can speed up the project if we work as a team?" Bekutoru said.
"Sure. Sounds good." Kitsu replied.
The two of them worked well into the night, and they finally finished at about 3:00AM. Kitsu sleepily walked towards the door.
"Don't you want to test it out?" Bekuroru asked.
"I'm beat. Maybe we'll do it tomorrow. I need to get some sleep." Kitsu said.
Kitsu walked up to his room and passed out as his head hit the pillow.
The next morning, he woke up before everyone else, as usual. He turned his head and was startled. Waza was laying next to him. He looked over at the empty bed next to him and realized what had happened. He had climbed into the wrong bed the night before. He snuck out of bed and took a shower. Kitsu finished his shower and got dressed. By the time he got out of the bathroom everyone was awake. Waza called over to him.
"Good morning Kitsu. Where were you last night?" Waza asked.
"Just working late on a project, thats all. By the way, did you have any trouble sleeping last night?" Kitsu asked.
"No, not really. Had an interesting dream though." Waza replied.
Kitsu breathed a sigh of relief. She had no clue he was in the wrong bed last night.
Everyone stopped as they heard Anei yelling outside. Kitsu went to go check out what was wrong but Waza grabbed his shoulder, stopping him.
"Why won't you just leave me alone!" Anei yelled.
"Because I want you to be mine and mine alone." a voice replied.
"That's not for you to decide!" Anei said as she walked into the room.
She slammed the door behind her, catching someone's fingers in the door.
"Can someone give me a hand here?" the voice asked, struggling to keep from screaming out in pain.
Kitsu opened the door and saw it was Senbou, so he immediately slammed it again, just barely missing his fingers.
"Nice job getting rid of him Anei, I doubt you'll have any trouble from him now." Kitsu said.
"I'm sorry you all had to hear that. It takes a lot for me to get that upset about something..." Anei said.
"It's okay. If you need anything, we're here to help." Kitsu said.
"Thanks everyone. I really wish I wasn't such a burden like this though, involving you in my personal problems and all." Anei said.
"But you're not a burden at all. Friends help eachother in times of need, its only natural for all of us to be concerned." Kitsu said.
"I'm really sorry to have troubled you all." Anei said as she ran into the bathroom.
Kitsu walked down to room 401 to test out the new robot. Bekutoru was already there waiting for him.
"I've taken the liberty of naming him already. I though Nijuushin would be pretty cool, considering he is an artificial student and all. I also included a voice activated command system so he actually comprehends vocal commands rather than just a remote control. I now unveil the final product!" Bekutoru said as he pulled the sheet off of their creation.
It was tall and lanky, still just the metal interior painted red. It had artificial blonde hair that looked a lot like Kitsu's hairstyle. The face still looked very robotic, but could easily be mistaken for human from a distance. Bekutoru booted him up. Nijuushin sprung to life and began looking around.
"Who am I? Where am I?" Nijuushin asked.
"Hmm, I did a better job on the AI than I thought." Bekutoru thought to himself.
"You are Nijuushin, artificial student prototype android. Come over here, I have something for you." Kitsu said.
Nijuushin walked over to Kitsu. Kitsu grabbed a worn and weathered cape off the shelf. It had been used as a rag throughout the building process. He put it on Nijuushin and stepped back to take a look at his handiwork.
"You look great. The administrator is going to be amazed." Kitsu said.
Just then, Yakedo burst through the door. She looked like she was in a panic. She was out of breath from running all the way downstairs at full speed.
"Kitsu, look at this." She said as she handed Kitsu a note.
It read, "You have ruined all of my hopes and dreams, destroyed my life. I thought I'd return the favor. If I can't have Anei, then no one will, and I thought I'd make you suffer while I was at it, so Waza is here too. Better hurry Kitsu, their time is running short. If you value their lives, I will be waiting in the auditorium".
"This is bad. How long ago did you find this?" Kitsu asked
"Not all that long ago, about five minutes maybe." Yakedo answered.
Kitsu ran off down the hall, and Nijuushin followed, but couldn't keep up with Kitsu's rocket blades.
"Thats what I forgot to add." Bekutoru said as he made a few quick adjustments.
Kitsu flew down the stairs at breakneck speed and finally reached his destination, the auditorium. Senbou was waiting for him on stage. He laughed maniacally as Kitsu charged at him. Senbou sent him flying back. Kitsu noticed something on the balcony out of the corner of his eye.
"I haven't hurt them, yet. Now, which to save, the one you love or your closest friend. Choose wiseley." Senbou said with a maniacal grin across his face.
The screams of the two girls could be heard as they began to fall.
"I'm choosing both of them!" Kitsu said. Nijuushin jumped from the balcony and landed next to Kitsu. The two of them sped towards the falling girls, both with rocket blades. Kitsy caught Anei while Nijuushin caught Waza.
"No! This wasn't supposed to happen! You were supposed to wallow in misery at your loss! Why! I'll kill you all!" Senbou screamed.
Kitsu and Nijuushin charged at Senbou, both landing a solid punch to the jaw, knocking him to the ground. Senbou sent Nijuushin flying into a string of lights. Kitsu finished Senbou off with another solid punch to the jaw, knocking him out cold.
Nijuushin twitched on the floor wrapped in electric wires. His eyes turned red as he rose to his feet. He looked around and focused in on Kitsu.
"Target tagged for termination, all life forms must be eradicated." Nijuushin said in an overly monotone robotic voice.
"Uh oh, those wires must have caused a malfunction. Kitsu, how bad is the situation? I never saw your end of the schematics." Bekutoru yelled from the balcony.
"Bad. Lets just leave it at that." Kitsu replied.
Nijuushin clenched his fists and revealed an opening in his arms. He began firing missiles at Kitsu. Bekutoru ran off in fear. Kitsu sped out of the way of the missiles and closed in on Nijuushin. He jumped up to deliver a kick to the head, but Nijuushin grabbed his leg in mid air and flung him into the wall. Nijuushin's chest opened to reveal a laser cannon. Kitsu leaped out of the way just as the laser fired, punching a massive hole in the wall. Kitsu dashed around the room dodging the lasers. He strapped on his extendable hand mod and began firing off long range punches a Nijuushin's face. After landing a few hits, he moved in and landed a diving kick to the face. Nijuushin fell to the ground. He got to his feet and drew an electrically charged sword out of his back. Waza quickly took out her sketch pad and pulled something out. She threw Kitsu a sword. He and Nijuushin charged at each other exchanging blows. Kitsu landed a blow to the neck, slicing off Nijuushin's head. His body fell to the floor.
"It's a shame it had to end like that. I was really proud of that thing. I just wish the administrator hadn't gone overboard with the defense system though." Kitsu said.
"What is going on in here!?!?" a voice yelled from behind them.
It was the administrator. He was in a rage at the ammount of damage that was done to the auditorium. There were holes in the walls and the floor, tapestries were ablaze, and the auditorium looked like it was in ruins.
"I can explain." Kitsu said.
"I'm waiting....." the administrator responded.
Kitsu explained everything that had happened to the school administrator. He looked around and noticed Nijuushin's body on the ground.
"Why did this have to happen. Well, one thing is for sure, this place needs to be repaired. Senbou, since you were the cause of this whole mess, it's your job to organize a cleaning crew and get this fixed up by next week. Everyone else, you are all dismissed." the administrator said.
Kitsu, Anei, and Waza walked back to room 502. Kitsu lied down on his bed and just relaxed. After a few minutes, Waza walked over to him.
"About what I was going to say before, in the courtyard. I was worried you might end up hurting Anei, I don't know why. I guess it was because she had gone through some pretty rough times before, which is why she's so distant in the first place. I just didn't want that to happen again. This whole thing made me realize that there's no need to worry. Thanks for looking after her." Waza said.
"So thats what you were trying to say. I'm just glad the two of you are safe after all that. I really need som rest though." Kitsu said.
"Okay, I'll leave you alone then." Waza said.
Kitsu looked over at Anei, who was still trembling from the whole ordeal. She hadn't said a word to anyone since they left the auditorium, no matter how hard Kitsu tried to get her to talk to him.
"I hope Anei will be alright after all this..." Kitsu thought.
Kitsu dozed off to rest up for the busy week ahead. His time to relax was coming to an end with the start of a new school year, and his abilities advanced in one week more than he could have ever imagined.