1 week after the events of Gyutaro and Daki...
It had been a week since Isekai had been poisoned, and he made a full recovery. He joined his friends in the cafeteria, ready to finally eat something that wasn't udon for the first time since coming back from the fortress beneath Yoshika's.
Tanjiro saw that he came back, then went to greet his friend. "Hi there! How's the recovery?" he asked. Isekai smiled, replying: "Fully ready for another fight. The poison wasn't severe, but it was gonna take a long time to get it out of my system. I took no internal damage, so there was a really slim chance of me dying."
Kanao chimed in, saying: "That's good. Anyway, what did you eat during the time you stayed at Nurse Kanroji's?"
Isekai shivered, answering: "Salty udon. Ugh... I don't like it when I get udon and there's salt anywhere but in the egg-" as he was interrupted by him accidentally bumping into an upperclassman.
Isekai tried to apologize, saying: "Oh, sorry, wasn't watching where I was go-" as he was interrupted by the person he bumped into. "You're the one who was the final winner of the A.T., right?" the upperclassman asked. Isekai nodded. He then scoffed, adding: "Well, you think you're better than us just because you have more real-thing experiences, eh?"
Tanjiro got a little worried, replying: "N-no, not at all!" with Isekai's words overlapping, his reply being: "Dude, when did I say that?"
The upperclassman yelled: "Shut up! Anyway, we're about to prove who's boss. We're your superiors, we should have more glory than you!"
Isekai got a little confused, replying: "You know that's not how it works, right?" The upperclassman shook his head, then answered: "That IS how it works, idiot. Those who are at a higher class than others have more power, more wisdom. Boys! Prepare yourselves. We aboutta kick some kiddie ass today!"
Kanao was getting a little freaked out, asking: "How about we don't do this?" as the upperclassman cut her off, replying: "This is the only way we can prove our dominance over brats like you jackasses. We're about to send you to elementary school, bitches." as 5 more upperclassmen surrounded Isekai, Kanao and Tanjiro.
Isekai sighed, then said: "Well, Mr. Rengoku once told me. If you want somethin' done right... You do it yourself." as he tossed the Yaksha mask up in the air. An intense pressure filled the silent area as the Yaksha mask fell down... and the silence was broken by Isekai kicking the mask onto one of the lad's cronies.
Tanjiro was stupefied of Isekai's rash decision, lightly yelling: "Dude, what was that?!"
The group's leader yelled: "Get 'em boys!" as the group charged in to take down the three first-years. Isekai sighed, then began to fight his opponents. He punched the one in front of him, then flip kicked the one behind him. Then, he tossed the first one behind him, forcing both of them to collide. They crashed into a trash can, and before one of them could get up, Isekai hit him over the head with a tray, and precisely hit his stomach with a knee strike.
Tanjiro sighed, muttering: "Oh my god..." as he quickly reacted to an incoming strike, and dodged it quickly. He returned with a spin kick, then struck the one behind him in the gut with his elbow. The upperclassman lurched over, and the one in front of Tanjiro tried to run at him, fork in hand. But, before the upperclassman could jab Tanjiro, he threw the one behind him, making the two crash into each other, fully knocking them out.
Kanao dealt with her adversaries swiftly, first by grabbing a tray and instantly knocking out the one behind her with it, then got on and leapt off a table to axe kick the one in front of her. Soon enough, eight more members of the group got up and began to rush towards the three from the front.
Tanjiro questioned Isekai about his decision to bang up a battle. "Did you really think this was a good idea?!" Isekai answered with: "Hey. Either we did, or they did. I'd rather have the upper hand first." Kanao sighed and put up her arms for guarding. When the eight of them rushed towards the three, Isekai just facepalmed, muttering: "Why are we doing this...?" as he creates light walls that enclose an inescapable space for all eight of them.
The upperclassmen were banging on the walls, yelling at them to set them free. Some tried to break free using their taught magics, but it was useless. Isekai refused, and walked away. Tanjiro and Kanao looked at each other, shrugged, then just followed him. Their leader got up, clutching his stomach in pain. He was grumbling something along the lines of "I'll kill that kid, even if I get expelled for it..."
Later...
When the three finally got their lunch, it went from seriousness and battle talk to humorous quotes and making memes on Isekai's phone. "Well, I mean, who doesn't like My Hero Academia memes?" Kanao questioned. Isekai shrugged, replying "Well, obviously, people who don't like the entire thing in general." as Kanao pouted, muttering: "Fine, I'll give you that."
Zenitsu, Aoi and Nezuko ran up to the three, as the gold-haired boy asked: "Isekai, the hell'd you just pull off?! You set off a fight on the upperclassmen, now they're gonna wage whole WARS on us!"
Isekai dropped his chopsticks in his bowl, and sarcastically replied: "Oh, yeah, let's let THEM show us who's boss..." as he dropped the sarcasm, and yelled: "Like hell I'll let that happen! I'm no pussy, mate. I'll fight if I wanna, and you ain't gon' stop me." as he picked up his chopsticks, muttered: "Aw man, now it's all soaked..." wiped them on his currently unprotected haori, and got back to eating his ramen.
Later...
Ten minutes before the bell rang, the school's principal and the temporary leader of the Slayers Corporation, entered the cafeteria. He looked around, and lightly remarked: "Quite lively here today. It really is such a massive shame I'll have to break it with this announcement." as he picks up a microphone, and calls out: "Attention, please." Everyone stops what they're doing and diverts their attention to the principal.
Kagaya took a bow, then greeted the students. "Good afternoon, students. I have an announcement to make."
Everyone was waiting for him to continue, keeping fully silent as to not disrespect the very kind man that was willing to listen to everyone's words and thoughts. He continued. "I would like to announce, that the staff decided to hold another fun time event!" The entire cluster of students cheered at this, very excited that they were going to begin having fun at this school once more. There hadn't been any form of fun since the First Years' Athletics Tournament at the beginning of the year, which the second and third-years didn't even get to join.
Kagaya chuckled, adding: "Alright, I see that this has you great children excited, but may we please settle down so that I can begin explaining what this activity is?" as the students' cheering began fading off, and them eventually settling down into their seats.
The man smiled in gratitude, then went on to explain. "This one will be a battle royale type. You will be using paintball guns as weaponry, and there are many different types of weapons you can use. Whether it be snipers, pistols, assaults, you may name it. We had some people replicate guns that were built from other companies, and replaced their bullet magazines with paint."
Isekai nodded, seeing as this was going to be safe. Kagaya continued. "You will be wearing protective equipment while these events happen. The entire school's worth of students will be playing, but the players are divided by sections. Section B will play first. Section E will follow, after that is C. Section D is next, and finally, Section A."
Makomo was a little disappointed, muttering: "Man, we go last? Shaaaame..." as Sabito responded with: "Kinda didn't want to roll for last as well. Oh well, you get what you get, I suppose."
Kagaya stated more rules of the game. "The teams will be 5 teams of 4 per section, minimum 3 people. There will be a gas-like border that will continuously damage you. Don't worry, you can safely breathe it in. If none of you have questions, you may continue eating." he said, looking around to see for people who wanted to ask something. No one raised their hand, so he bid the students farewell for now, and left the cafeteria. In not long, the cafeteria banged back up into chatter, instead this time about the upcoming event.
"What do you think about this, Murata?" Ozaki asked. Murata nodded in excitement, trying not to lose grip of his senses. Even Kaigaku was hyped for it, but he was great at hiding it.
Isekai thought about who he would pick. "5 teams of four or minimal three... eh? Wanna be on my team?" he asked. Both Kanao and Tanjiro agreed to join.
To be continued...