~Little Tokyo High~ : The Math Homework of DOOM!

[KyoZaber]

The sun began peaking over the hilltops of Little Tokyo...
Throughout the city... life could be heard awakening from slumber...
Alarm's buzzed... Radios blared with music...

Kyo : *Walking to Little Tokyo High.* ... No! Summer break! It's gone!!! WAARRRGGG!!!

... And Summer Break had come to an end. School would soon attack with a vengeance.
Evil laughter seemed to echo throughout the street Kyo was walking on...
Soon... out from the shadows emerged Eyah Osaka.

Eyah : Oooh~Ho ho ho! Yes class representative Kyo. Summer is gone! And thus we continue our year... full of plotting... scheming... and nefarious things!

Kyo : *Sighs* ... Good morning Osaka...

Eyah : Don't call me that! I'm Eyah! E-y-a-h!

Kyo, Eyah, and a young armadillo named Panzer had spent the better part of Summer Vacation working with their homeroom teacher Ms. Anari on various cooking projects. Unfortunately... this proved to be quite a trial due to Eyah's constant ramblings on her next big evil scheme...

Kyo: *Sighed, continuing to walk as Eyah babbled on.* -=Why couldn't she be the same, QUIET, ditz we all knew and loved before summer break?=-

[Romero Anchovy]

Romero was still fast asleep in his bed until...

SPLASH!!

Romero siting up all soaked and wet: What? Where?

Romero looked up to see his brother stood above him with a now empty bucket of water.

Guido: Alright, Time to go to school.

Romero: What, School already?

Guido: Yeah you better get a move on to. Little Tokyo high is a ways from here.

Romero gave a groan as he got out of bed and got ready for school. He put on his favorite Nismo Shirt and some pants, and made his way for the door. Romero took out the map that Guido gave him to try and navigate his way to school.

[DashStPierre]

Dash slept soundly, with visions of his girlfriend in his head (OOC: For those of you who dont know read the last two or three pages of my Off Beats story for the details on that one) when he was very rudely jolted out of his dreams by two feet landing squarely on his stomach.

Dash: OOF!
Kia: Hey big brother! Time for school! Time for school! Time for school!

Kia repeated that phrase as she jumped repeatedly on her big brother's stomach.

Dash: Ok ok OK!!! Im getting up...youre gonna break my ribs if you aint careful.

So with that Dash pulled on one of his many red t-shirts and a pair of pants and packed his orange boots in his backpack (similar in style to his armor boots but softer so he could walk around due to some foot trouble he was having.) Then he strapped on his skates, grabbed his lunch, kissed his grandmother and other sister and was on his way out the door.

[Mechadon]

"Wake up, pigglet! It's first day of school, remember?" Panzer's mother had popped her head in his room. Of coarse using her pet-name for him. Panzer grumbled to himself "I'm not a kid anymore" and, quite literally, rolled up into a ball under his blankets. A minute later, his clock radio blared on with Little Tokyo's morning forecast.  An oddly cheezy weatherman's voice declared "A beautifully warm morning and afternoon, but with a slight chance of Panzer being late for his first day of school."

"Uhhh... Shut up Leon."

"I'm sorry, I can't do that Dave." The line from a popular classic sci-fi movie was perfectly mimicked, by Leon: the ever ubiquitous family A.I. and Panzer's school "aid".

Panzer, uncurled as he had finally been roused to the state of never being able to doze off again. He checked to see if his bedroom door was still closed, as he was completely naked under his sheets. He pulled the covers off, splayed his arms and legs out and gave them a good stretch. He sat up on the bed, scratched his bare chest, and gave out long yawn. Time to get dressed first. He stood up, pulled off his shell and leaned it on a wall. He moved over to his bedroom closet. Before pulling open the mirrored sliding door, he looked at his reflection, flexed his arm, and wondered if the girls in his class would find him attractive. He found a solid blue shirt and a fresh pair of jeans. When he finished clothing himself, he took his shell back and replaced it on his back; it meet the socket with an electromagnetic click that Panzer had long made no notice of.

Coming from his room and into the kitchen, he found his mother had already fixed him some cereal, and a wrapped turkey sandwich for his lunch. His mother, of course, was out of the apartment, having already left for work. He found a sticky next to the cereal. "Don't let it get soggy. Have a good day."

Panzer finished his breakfast and packed his lunch and notebooks into his backpack. He moved to the wall-mounted interface of the apartment's central CPU, and retrieved a small rectangular wafer from it. He thumbed it into a slot that was embedded within his arm, which contained a silicon crystal matrix that could support a complex A.I.

As Panzer walked out of the apartment door and closed it behind him, Leon's voice resonated out of a small speaker in his arm, "Ready for another adventure?"

Panzer smiled as he press the elevator button. "You bet."

[DashStPierre]

Dash was skating along the road when he saw Romero with what seemed a confused look on his face. He stopped right next to him with a small cloud of dust.

Dash: Hey bud, I guess youll be stickin around for a while...you look like your tryin to find Little Tokyo High. Come on, I'll take you there...but youre gonna need this (hands Romero a helmet) Alright,grab my backpack and hold on tight...

With that Dash hit a button on his skates and the wheels were replaced with rocket boosters.

Romero: EEP...

Dash assumed a speed skater start position then the two friends blasted down the road toward Little Tokyo High.

[Romero Anchovy]

Romero held on for dear life as Dash skated through Little Tokyo.
Little Tokyo was a blur to Romero as he passed by place after place wishing that the ride would be over.
Then up ahead Romero saw a long flight of stairs quickly approching

Dash: Hold on!

Romero yelling: I'm already holding on! What are you going to do?

Romero looked over Dash's shoulder to see that he had a look of determination on his face. Then it hit him.

Romero: No...No! 

Dash jumped into the air and started to grind down the guardrail.

Romero still yelling: DASH YOU ARE THE CRAZIEST TIGER I'VE EVER KNOWN!

Dash just laughed as he cointuinued on towards school.

[DashStPierre]

Dash smiled and said, "It took you that long to figure out Im crazy?"

The two friends careened through town on the way to the school. When they arrived Dash raced down the hall and then came screeching to a halt in front of the principal's office...but Romero flew over him and landed face up about another 300 feet down the hall.

After picking himself up and making sure he hadnt peed his pants at some point during the crazy trip, Romero came back down the hall and walked into the principal's office.

Dash: a fair warning, Proncipal Tio is a good guy, but a little on the...eccentric...side."

[Mechadon]

Meanwhile, Panzer rode Little Tokyo's Kagoden (<-- Watch the third episode sub) transit while a old dirty badger wearing a grocery bag on his head tried to sell him an assortment of twigs which he claimed to resemble famous celebrities.

[KyoZaber]

*** Inside the Principal's Office... ***

Principal Tio : *Comes walking in behind Dash & Romero, smirking.* I've been called many things Mr.Pierre... Eccentric I must say is a new one.

He gently moves the students aside, and moves over to his desk while wipeing his hands off with a rag. He looks a little dirty & un-kept for a principal on the first day of school.

Principal Tio : *Sits down in his chair.* Please excuse my appearance... My dang motorcycle broke down on the way here. Had to dang-near take the whole thing apart on the road to just get it started again. *He plucks a letter out from his shirt pocket, and hands it to Dash.* Sir, this I believe is for you. It was delivered by a representative of the Kyoko LTD. group. *Looks at Romero.* And you young man must be our new student... Mr. Romero Anchovy. *Extends a slightly clearn hand towards Romero.* Welcome to Little Tokyo High.

*** Inside the LTH Computer Lab. ***

Ms. Anari and Mrs. Efields were hard at work finishing up cleanup work on the new computer systems the school had just purchased.
The beginning of this semester was going to be spent on difficult subjects which... well were going to require the aid of new hardware. Thankfully, after scraping together enough money from the last big bake sale... Everything seemed to be going their way.

Anari : *Sighs, resting her head on her arms.* Uggg... This was a bad idea... I can feel it. *Closes her eyes.* People weren't meant to get up before 12-noon on the weekdays.

Efields : *Finishing up a few entries on the new server, preparing to bring it online.* Oh Anari... *Glances over.* You really need to become a morning person... you know that?

Anari : Yeah... Whatever. How do you recommend I do it?

Efield : *Ponders* Well... I find that a complex equation that has no apparent solution always perks me up & makes me alert in the mornings...

Anari : Nahh... *Yawns* Thinking about math makes me sleepy.

[Romero Anchovy]

Romero gave Principal Tio a solid hand shake

Romero: Thank you, Sir. I hope this school will be better than my last one. Actually I think i've heard about this school in the news back in the states, with something involving a student, potatoes, my brother and clowns. I look forward to meeting all the laides...I mean students in class. By the way, Principal Tio, my brother said that this school has a drivers Ed program. Is that true?

[DashStPierre]

Dash took the letter from Principal Tio and thought "Oh yeah I almost forgot about that." He walked to his homeroom as he perused the contents of the letter (I'll leave it to Kyo to come up with what the letter actually said)

[Blackcat]

Jack, wearing his school uniform, falled from the sky into the roof top of Little Tokyo High

AHHH!!!

CRASH!!!!

Yeah, the Summer break was over...

Jack: cats dont allways land on their feet...OUCH! THIS HURTS!

He had vague memories about a little girl wearing something like a power ranger villain costume,  who had what it looked like a big gun in her hands. And pain, lots of pain... but it wasnt the time to think about that.

*Jack got up, cleaning himseft a bit, and went downstaiirs, he saluted the Janitor, who have him an odd look, Jack decided to find out some of his so called "friends". Really, who was Jack friend here?

[KyoZaber]

*** In Principal Tio's Office... ***

Principal Tio : *A quizzical look appears across his face at Romero's mentioning of the Potato Clowns incident.* Yes... Well... *Adjusts his glasses, continuing to wipe his dirty hands with a rag.* That's what the tabloids say anyway. I can't believe that any mere student would have the demonic ability to transform people into zombie "potato" clowns.

Principal Tio clears his throat...

Principal Tio : In any case, please keep in mind Mr.Anchovy that while young relationships are encouraged, there will be no funny business on school grounds. ... If you catch my drift. *His face brightens up a bit.* As for our Drivers Education program, that traditionally is a class that is held during summer break. However, Coach Miniac has been bothering me for more work to do. So I tell you what.... *Pulls out a clip-board with an attached pen, and a blank sheet of paper, handing it to Romero.* If you can find at least 10 students, including yourself, and get Coach Miniac to sign off on teaching it, I'll get an evening class set up that you 10 students can take. Sound like a deal?

*** Outside the School... ***

Kyo : *Walking into the school courtyard... looking around.* ... *Takes a deep breath, slowly letting it out.* Ahhh... Well... At least it'll be good to see everyone again.

Eyah : *Following behind, looking around as well.* Yes... *Points at a few different locations on the school grounds.* That'll be strategic point1... that'll be strategic point 2... that'll be strategic point 3... and that'll be strategic point 4. *Giggles mischievously with glee.* Yes, it will be good to see everyone again!

Kyo: *Rolls his eyes, looking back at Eyah.* You know... if you keep talking like that... People are going to think you're plotting somethiII~!

*It was only a brief moment... Kyo felt his chest begin to bump into someone else's... his head turned around quickly... meeting face-on with another's... There was a loud OOOFFF! ... Followed by the sound of two people falling to the ground...*

*** Inside Ms. Anari's Homeroom... ***

Dash began to read the letter...

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Mr. St. Pierre,

While I hope you had an excellent trip, I thought it would be prudent to remind you of your commitment.
It was my hope that we would have already had at least 1 week completed on your new workout regime, however, this unfortunately did not happen as you can tell.
Also, to my horror, I was too focused on you as an individual, that I forgot the fact that you are still an adolescent.

That being the case, I visited with your legal guardian while you were gone over seas.
Your grandmother had a few changes she wished made on your behalf. Nothing major, just extra time to adjust after getting back from your trip.
Seeing as how the added time would be preferable as opposed to loosing you, we agreed to your grandmother's conditions.

So you are aware, the beginning of next week will mark the start of your training.

- You will begin each day bright and early at the crack of 5:00 am. A vehicle will be awaiting outside to deliver you to the Gym.
- At 6:00 am you will begin your workout regimen.
- At 7:00 am you will eat, clean, and be transported to school.
- At 9:00 pm on every Friday, you will report to the Gym for testing, photo shoots for before and after pictures, and a series of questions will be asked regarding the week's workouts & meals.

We've worked with your school, so that today you will begin eating only meals we provide for you. These will coincide with your workout.
In case your grandmother has already given you lunch, you may have it only on today. Please remind her though that you will be eating lunch via the High School as we agreed upon. (Also do not worry about who will be cooking your meals. This change was also made by your Grandmother.)

This concludes all that needs to be reviewed with you.
Thank you again for agreeing to this.
Have a great first day back to school.   

Ms. Sumi Kyoko 

P.S: As soon as you lay this letter down, it will self destruct in 5 seconds.

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[DashStPierre]

Dash after reading that last line, walked out of the school then skated as far away from it as he could before he set it down, then he raced back to the school so he could be in his seat for the first class.

Dash: Well I dont know what Ive gotten myself into but Im sure its for the best. I'll at least give them some time.
Romero came  into the classroom, walked over to Ms Anari and whispered soem words in her ear. SHe then turned to the class:

Ms Anari: Anyone interested in taking drivers ed see this young man right here after first period...if you sign up now you get 50 points extra credit.

[Mechadon]

Panzer arrived at school.

(What do you want? A poem? Let's get this story rollin. I gotta get to work now.)

[KyoZaber]

*** Inside Ms. Anari's room as Class began... ***

Ms. Anari : Ok kids... SETTLE DOWN! ... Glad to see you back and safe and yeah... *Picks up a clipboard, slowly reading it.* Oh... It appears we have some new students.

She looked to her side, and at the front stood Romero, Sheena, and Camma.

Ms. Anari : We've got Mr. Romero Anchovey. A recent transfer from abroad. And we have Ms. Sheena and Ms. Camma Hadski as transfers from a different school here in Little Tokyo. *Smiles, gesturing to them.* Let's give them all a big welcome!

The entire class claps, then the 3 new students are shown to their seats.

Kyo : *His eyes open wide, as the two new female students pass by... a glare from one of them was shot his way... while everyone else got... somewhat a smile.* Ugg... Eheheh....

*** Later that day... Inside the Little Tokyo High Computer Lab... ***

Ms. Efields : Ok everyone... Listen close... We're going to be trying something new this week. *She brushes her hands over what appears to be a brand-new top of the line, server.* This high-powered Turbo X-3 server system is going to be used to develop a series of mathematical equations, homework, and lots of other fun stuff for you all to work on!

Kyo : *Raises his hand.*

Ms. Efields : Yes Kyo?

Kyo : Ma'am, may I ask what the purpose of this is?

Before Ms. Efields begins to speak, the server comes to life... Buzzing... Clicking... and Whirring...
It's lights begin to glow... and blink... faster... and faster...
Finally... there's a loud CRACK!... POP!... and the lights in the entire school go dark.

Sheena : ... Thank goodness it's the middle of the day! ^_^

[Blackcat]

*Jack looks at Romero... mm extra credit...

*Then the lights go out!

-Dont worry students, just open the windows, this is just a minor setback because- Ms. Anari took out her LTH excuse book-. We are tryng to save money due to the school having to pay the new computers-

*** In Principal Tio's Office... ***

Tio: Now... "Doctor"... I dont mid you playing with the students a bit, the extra cash is really welcomed, having to pay the new computers and all, but when it comes to damaging school propety... well, repairs arent cheap, you know?

Doctor: Dont worry, since Mr Dash got buyed by a private company, I will just focus in this Jack guy... are you okay with that? *Hands him a suitcase full of cash*

Tio: Yeah, Im Ok with that

PS: The doctor is back!

The doctor and the Nurse: Just try to avoid them, or you may be the subject of torture and strange experiments. Thery may or not work for the palace in a proyect dedicated to create the new generation of heroes who will defend Little Tokyo in the future.

[KyoZaber]

*** In the computer room... after the lights went out... ***

Mrs. Efields : *Looks quizzically at Ms.Anari.* Anari!? What're you doing in my class!? ... And why are you using such a fallacious excuse!?

The lights begin to flicker back on... all of the PCs in the room light up... except for the server...

Mrs. Efields : Oh good... *She presses the server's power button... Nothing happens.* Oh no... *Pushes it a few more times... Still to no avail...* No no no no no no no~ *She opens up the server's casing... her lips silently moving... *

Moments quickly pass by... With a defeated look in her eyes... Ms. Efields finally stood up.

Mrs. Efields : ... The server's toast... *Shrugs* Oh well... I guess that means we'll have to bring the old mainframe online. *She waves to the students.* Children, follow me to the old Data Center. *Points at Kyo.* Will you please make sure Ms. Anari goes straight to the teacher's lounge? She's supposed to be working... As in not interrupting my class.

Kyo: O_o... -=Why do I get stuck with Anari duty!? I'm a student!=-

Sheena & Eyah : *Stand up and point.* HA~ ha~! ... *Both proceed to then glare at each other.*

The rest of the class and Ms. Efields exit the computer lab, and begin working their way downstairs into Little Tokyo High's Unified Network Infrastructure Data Center. ... A fancy name for something that is more than likely older than dirt.

*** Meanwhile... Inside Little Tokyo High's Garage... ***

Principal Tio : *Turning a wrench.* Ugg... there... Give it a try Coach.

Coach Miniac : You got it... *His foot slams down on the kick-start. For a few moments... an engine coughs... and sputters... a loud CRACK! Echoes through the area... Followed by silence.*

Principal Tio : Blast this bike! *Throws a wrench to the ground.*

Coach Miniac : Sounds like something's still loose in there. You want me to tear into it?

Principal Tio : No... No... I'll keep hammering away at it. You go and make sure everything's alright in the main building. See if you can check out the lights, would ya?

Coach Miniac : *Nods* Will do.

As Coach Miniac leaves, Mrs. Berry walks in.

Ms. Berry : *Blinks... Her eyes darting back... and fourth... between Principal Tio... and the Dis-assembled motorcycle.* ... Wow... This is... Weird...

[Romero Anchovy]

As the whole group of students made there way to the Data Center Romero decided to share some information with his classmates.

Romero: Hey everybody, my brother is going to be working late tonight and said i could have some friends over for a party. I was wondering if you all wanted to come?

after saying what he needed to Romero saw Sheena walking with Eyah and decided to join into there conversation.

Romero: Hi Sheena what's up? Didn't think i'd see u again... sorry for hitting you in the mouth.

then Romero addressed Eyah.

Romero: Hi my name is Romero, but you can call me Rome. And what's your name? Would you care to have lunch with me?

[KyoZaber]

Sheena : *Grumbles from the memories of their first encounter...* Hello Panzer. Don't worry about Sheena. *She makes a fist, then beets her fist against her chest.* Sheena's a tough cookie!

Eyah : *Her eyes move up and down.... up and down again.... up and down a 3rd time.... Slowly... her mouth opens up... her lips quivering in anger and fear.* You.... YOU!!! I... *She blinks a few times... a smile spreads across her lips.* I'll consider it... My dear... dear Anchovy... *She turns around, facing away from Romero... a mischievous grin spreads over her lips...* Kee~ Kee~ Kee~ Keeeeee~