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"Gah! If I feel anymore pain I assure you, my wrath will rain from the heavens above and plunge the earth below!
"Gundham please! Hold still!"
Sonia once again wrapped a bandaid around Gundhams arm. sighing out of relief once she got it done perfectly after re-trying over and over again. Gundham scoffed and began to rub on his arm, examining the perfect wrapping. Why didn't Sonia just call Mikan to do it? For Gundham Tanaka, requiring assistance from these mortals and their.. sickening medicine was preposterous. He could easily just cast a healing spell if he wanted too. Or he could've simply gone to the Ultimate occultist demand she assist him (as he had done many times before).
Gundham absolutely hated to be touched, but he..kind of didn't mind removing his invisible barrier to allow the school nurse or Sonia to tend to his wounds, mainly composed of bites and scratches all along his arm from various animals. You see, Gundham wasn't just an occultist and a powerful God who would soon take over the entire universe, he was also a breeder. He loved animals, and wanted to study animal science after his high school days were complete.
And so far, it was only his third year of highschool meaning he'd accomplish that goal pretty soon. He had hoped his highschool years would go by smoothly, but fate had other plans for him.
A main reason was because Gundham was a known trouble maker.
He was told by staff that he couldn't bring animals into Hopes Peak because of the fact the building could become dirty and smell. The next day, he brought a bear and terrified everyone, including the former ultimate boxer.
Another reason was due to his Godlike personality. Gundham would insult others and even threaten them. No one was spared from the Overlords wrath. Even on the first day, he managed to terrify two freshmens.
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"Woah! are those hamsters?"
Gundham turned around to be faced with a short boy with purple hair. He grinned devilishly at Gundham which made the overlord uneasy. Behind him, A much larger muscular boy with tanned skin and green hair awkwardly stood behind him. The taller boy smiled and waved at Gundham, not keeping his eyes off the hamsters.
"Yes. These are the Four Dark Devas of Destruction! One wrong look at them shall shatter you into oblivion, so i advise you to cool your glance Tall one."
The boy had a confused expression and frowned. "Ah! Well-"
"Hmmm they look a little weak though! I don't think they can do anything! too bad!" The shorter freshman snickered, interrupting the student. This enraged Gundham who pointed an accusing finger at them both and furrowed his brows.
"How dare you!" He closed his fists shut and got into a weird battle stance. "CURSES! YOUR WORDS TO THE DARK DEVAS ARE NOTHING BUT MOCKERY! Maledicta stultus qui verba potentes offendunt tenebras devas perditionis" Gundham began to chant curses he had come up with in latin while staring into the other boys soul. In response, the shorter immediately began to cry fake tears and the two had a stand off while the taller freshman attempted to stop them.
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It wasn't like the sour reputation destroyed his school life. After all, He had many admirers and women who would swoon after him, isn't that what all boys wanted? All the girls wanted to date the nonchalant mysterious tall boy who's surrounded by cute animals all the time. And he was good mannered and generally well liked, just known for causing trouble and having staff on his tail almost all the time.
In all, Gundhams dream school life was to be quiet and undisturbed. That's how he liked it.
If only it turned out that way
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"GAHHHHH!"
Kazuichi yelped upon the sudden touch on his shoulder. He spun around to see his friend, Mikan Tsumiki, behind him. Due to him yelling out of nowhere, she screamed aswell. Tears flew out her eyes and she began to run around the hall spewing out apologies.
"WAAAH! I'm s-so s-s-sorry Souda! P-Please forgive me!" She wailed, finally coming to a stop in her movements and putting her hands together in a pleading motion.
"I-It's okay Mikan! Just calm down!" Kazuichi looked around at the other students that gave him weird stares and Mikan pitiful stares.
'Great..now i'm gonna be known as the dude who made a chick cry..' He thought as he watched Mikans tears slowly stop. She wiped her tears before breathing and recalling what she needed to say.
"I-I'm sorry Souda! I j-just wanted to know..uhm..i-if you'll a-attend class today.." Mikan shyly asked, fiddling with her fingers as she spoke.
Kazuichi thought about it for a bit. Since he's been in this school, he hasn't really gone to class like other students. It wasn't required as a student in hopes peak to attend classes, so he never really cared.
He preferred to spend his days in the large garage the school had gifted to him along with others with similar talents. Since he had really only interacted with the school nurse, Mikan, since he constantly hurt himself with machinery, she was really his only close friend in the whole building. Sure he definitely had other friends, but none knew a whole bunch about him the way Mikan did.
The mechanic brushed his thoughts away before shaking his head. "Sorry Mikan, 'm just gonna stay in the garage today." Mikan shot him a disappointed look and sighed. "M-Ms. Chisa isn't gonna l-like this.." she mumbled frowning. Kazuichi closed his eyes and exhaled slowly. He really didn't want to attend classes, but if it'd keep the teacher off his back it would be alright. Ms. Chisa would always scold him after her teaching as over, asking him to attend at least 3 times a week at most. But since she couldn't punish him or anything, he didn't really care. If he attended today, it'd be his 3rd time.
"I mean..I guess i'll go if it makes ya happy Mikan.." Kazuichi shrugged. He then decided to change the subject, since he was actually unsure of if he'll actually go to class or not. It was relatively easy to steer the conversation since Mikan would be to scared to speak up. She always went along with the flow of the conversation with anyone. They conversed a bit more before Kazuichi abruptly stopped upon hearing the sound of familiar boots behind him. A scowl grew on his face as he bumped shoulders with none other than Gundham Tanaka.
Walking next to Gundham was Sonia Nevermind, Kazuichis ex-crush whom he had liked for two whole years. Of course, Gundham had full knowledge of this crush, and would embarrass Kazuichi in front of her which prompted the two boys to argue a lot.
Sonia of course, wasn't interested in Kazuichi. He wasn't the best looking and was a bit of a coward. Gundham was the exact opposite, if anything Kazuichi wished he were the guy.
Plus, Gundham and Sonia were best friends! It was absolutely no one's surprise but Kazuichis that they got together. So far, It had only been a week of them dating and Kazuichi couldn't get a break from seeing them. When they got together, him and Gundham just got along worse. Their arguments were more or less silent. It included Shooting death glares at each other and bumping each other's shoulders while walking past just to piss the other off.
Today, the mechanic was not having it. Kazuichi turned on his heel and opened his mouth to yell at Gundham, who stopped and turned around to face him. upon hearing his feet stomp the ground. Sonia too, turned her head and frowned upon realizing the two were probably just going to argue again. Just as he was about to yell, a soft hand landed on his shoulder. He looked behind him to see it was Mikan. She shook her head and gave Kazuichi a small smile, attempting to calm his attitude and hopefully stop the escalating.
Kazuichi sighed and smiled back at her, he was happy his friend was attempting to comfort him. After all, she usually had to hear about the Mechanics love for the princess and even said herself she hated it. Mikan blushed at the eye contact and moved her hand, placing it behind her back and looking towards the ground. Seeing he wasn't going to do anything, Sonia turned her head back around and continued walking, Gundham turned around as well, a bit disappointed he couldn't argue a bit.
"Souda must always starts something. Could he not just accept our relationship?" Sonia sighed and looked up at Gundham. Gundham just shrugged and looked away. If he was honest, he didn't quite hate Kazuichi. He enjoyed the small rivalry against them however. After all, Gods do have their enemies. A small smile formed on his face which confused Sonia. Though, she didn't really care herself. She continued to walk with Gundham towards the outside area, where they'd usually sit. All eyes of course, were on them. A beautiful princess and a mysterious boy.It was the perfect couple in everyone's eyes, but that was only to everyone.
Sitting on a water fountain, Sonia brushed dust off her skirt.
"So. Shall we discuss the problem?" She asked with a serious tone. Gundham hesitated but nodded. Did they seriously always have to have this conversation?
"Surely you don't think my reaction has changed Sonia.."
Sonia's cheeks puffed out in fustration. "I hoped that it would."
Yeah, Gundhams school life was overall peaceful. Quiet and undisturbed.
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"Class Class!"
Ms. Chisa clapped her hands, getting the attention of her students. The class stopped their conversations and put their attention on their teacher. Ms.Chisa looked around and smiled seeing Kazuichi at his seat.
"I see someone has decided to join us today!" Ms. Chisa smiled at Kazuichi who groaned and turned red out of embarrassment. He heard the giggles of his classmates behind him.
"Ew! So that's why the class stinks more!"
"Shut it Saionji!"
Kazuichi hated his class. Most of them weren't entirely fond of him, and for some reason Hiyoko Saionji, the ultimate traditional dancer, always felt the need to pick on him and Mikan. She was Mainly targeting them both to make fun of and bully since they were "easy targets" as she described. For such a cute girl, she was definitely a negative person.
And to make matters worse, her best friend, Mahiru Koizumi always came to her defense. While she did always tell Hiyoko to stop her cruel jokes, if you said an insult back to Hiyoko Mahiru always get upset and scold you like there's no tomorrow.
So to say the least, he was usually always scolded by Mahiru. Though, they were both not rude nor did they dislike each other.
As for the rest of the class, his relationship with them was..complicated. It's not like he talked much to them anyway, so why did it matter what he thought of them? However, he knew his feelings for one person perfectly.He glanced over at the boy next to him. Tanaka. Immediately his brows furrowed and he frowned, just thinking of the guy pissed him off, like seriously how could you go for another bros chick! And why'd you have to be a dick about it? Not only that but Tanaka was weird. His whole personality was strange and put the mechanic on edge. Kazuichi scoffed, accidentally getting the attention of his peers and teacher.
"Do you have something to share with the class Kazuichi?"
"Ah! N-No ma'am i'm all good!" He responded giving a thumbs up and ignoring Hiyokos snickers. He definitely wasn't coming back to class anytime soon, this was too embarrassing. He closed his eyes and tried to daydream the period off, unaware of the glances Gundham gave him.
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Gundham walked with ease across the halls. His boots clicking with a similar sound of heels. He wasn't going anywhere where he needed urgency so he took his time walking, taking note of the nearby students. Since he was a junior, he would mainly see seniors and sophomores in the hallways with him. The sophmores he was more familiar with and spoke too more. For instance, Celestia Ludenburg. They both shared a similar aesthetic and talked similarily aswell. The Seniors however, he was less familiar with. The only one he actually seemed to converse with was the Ultimate Occultist whom he usually desired assistance from.
Walking out of Hopes Peaks main building, Gundham made his way towards the animal area. In here, students with talents related to animals would usually work. Gundham got to meet the Ultimate veterinarian, Ultimate Marine Biologist, Ultimate zoologist you name it. And as the Ultimate breeder, he needed to keep up with his talents.
Entering the building, he said his hellos and made his way to his section of the building, the breeding area. There, he began to attend to his duties today which including checking on a pregnant cow and making sure she is doing okay.
Gundham began to grow lost in his thoughts while tending to the soon to be mother cow. The first few weeks of his Junior year were not going as he hoped, but something told him he was definitely in for a ride.