《Different》Chapter 10 - The Clairvoyant
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Soro carefully tip-toed across the hallway trying to make little to no sound, he had no intentions of crossing paths with Rokoro or the blonde man again whatsoever. He heard a group of people talking on the side of the hallway where the toilet was located. Soro quickly went against the wall to spy on them.
"Haha, that's so slick dude"
"Yeah, I got even more where that came from"
Soro took a deep breath as he began to overthink how he would get passed them and into the toilet.
["Alright so from what I can tell there's around 4 of them. I should be able to walk right passed, once they are distracted. Timing is key in a situation like this"]
As soon as they began talking again Soro started to rapidly walk towards the toilet avoiding any eye contact with the group of 4. He put his hand on the handle of the door, however one of the students among the group with green spiky hair spotted him and spoke.
"Oi, you there!"
Soro froze in shock for a second then turned around and looked at him with a straight face that he obviously forced on.
"Yes....?"
"You can't go in those toilets"
"Why is that ?"
"Because we are using it ?"
Soro flinched his eyebrows.
"But, you guys are over there....."
"I said, we're using it"
He lifted up his hand as an almost transparent pink aura began to form a ring around it. He then smirked.
"Get lost kid"
["Oh come on, why is it so hard to go take a piss, it was never like this before so why should it be different now ?"]
One of the students called out to the one with green hair and showed him his phone.
"Hey check this video out, this guy is so powerful"
The aura from his hand began to disappear as the student turned around to see the video on the phone. They began to converse it with the others among them. Soro used this moment to quickly open the door and go inside the toilet. He grinned with a sense of relief.
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["Ah, finally I can pee in peace"]
After finishing his business, he walked over to the sink and attempted to lift up the handle to release the water, however it wasn't moving in the slightest. He grabbed it with both arms and started to pull it up with all his strength.
["Did someone block the water pipes or something ?"]
After a short while the handle jolted all the way up and water began to burst onto the sink creating a large rumble in the toilet. The green haired student from before heard the sound and called out to the rest of them.
"Hey, that little shit went to the toilet!"
"Who now ?"
"The one from before with the eye patch on his eye"
"What !?! I left my cigarette there, let's rush him out before he sees it and snitches"
The four students ran towards the toilet and slammed the door open. They looked inside each cubicle but couldn't find him.
"Where did he go ?"
"I don't know man, I heard the water running though"
"He couldn't of gotten out, check the whole place"
They began to spread out looking everywhere for Soro, at one point they even looked in one of the toilets to see if he was in there.
"He is gone"
"Eh, how ?"
"I don't know man"
The green haired student began to sweat from looking around the small place with three other people. He grabbed a tissue and raised his head as closed his eyes to wipe the sweat from his face, he then opened his eyes and spotted Soro hanging on the wire of a large thick lamp on the ceiling. The student grinned at him.
"Thought you could hide eh ? prepare for a bea-"
Soro dropped from the wire and fell on top his head making the student slam down on to the floor before he could finish what he was about to say. The other students were alerted. They turned around and spotted Soro nervously smiling as he sat down on top of the green haired students face.
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"GET THAT LITTLE SHIT"
Soro got up and ran out of the toilet and in to the hallway. The other students chased after him. One of them had hair beginning to rapidly grow out of his head, he pulled out large chunks of it and started to roll it around on his palms to form a ball shape making it harder, he began repeatedly throwing them at Soro completely ignoring the fact that he was missing almost every shot.
["This guy really needs to practice his aim. What is his ability anyway ? hard hair regeneration ?"]
Soro slowed down as he reached the corner of the hallway and quickly turned right, he bumped into a bearded man wearing a suit, however the man did not budge one bit. He looked up to see his face.
"Eh, teach ?"
Standing in front of him was a staff member of the school who taught in the science department. Soro caught a small glimpse of someone standing behind the teacher. He tilted his head and spotted Akame standing there with a relieved look on her face.
"Akame ? What are you doing here ?"
"I came here to help you deal with those guys"
She pointed directly behind him, a moment later the students who were chasing Soro arrived at the corner of the hallway. They began to walk up closer to him.
"There you are"
The teacher took a step closer to Soro.
"That's enough ! leave or you will be punished for violating the rules"
The three students looked at each other with an annoyed face. The one with hair growing out of his head took a step forward, he held a ball of hardened hair behind his back so it couldn't be seen by the teacher.
"Hey come on, we were just messing around with him"
"That's not what I'm seeing"
The student pointed at the ceiling behind the teacher.
"Hey teach, what's that over there ?"
The teacher turned around to see where he was pointing. At this very moment the student took out the ball of hair from behind him and launched it directly towards Soro's face. Soro's natural reflexes mad him duck down to avoid it. The ball of hair landed on the staff members cheek knocking him over to the ground. The student started taking steps back as he looked at the teacher with a scared expression.
"Shit!, we gotta bounce"
He ran off along with the two other students. Akame hurried over to the teacher who had fallen and helped him up.
"Are you alright ?"
He got up and rubbed his hand on the cheek that had been hit.
"They've done it now, those boys are in big trouble"
Soro looked at the teacher.
"What should we do ?"
"Just head back to class, I will deal with them"
The staff member walked off into the hallway and entered a nearby office. Soro glanced over at Akame.
"Akame, how did you know I was being chased ?"
Akame's eyes widened as if she had just remembered something important.
"Ah right, I didn't want you to find out like this but..."
She took a deep breath before speaking again.
"I have an ability"
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