Chapter 78: Anyone else?

It had been a while, and the moment Kai feared the most had arrived. Now, he had to wear the U.A. uniform and go to classes with it, something that had him in a terrible mood. He felt like the uniform was too small for him and itchy, which only added to his irritation.

With a terribly irritated expression, Kai went down the stairs and arrived at the dining room of his house, where the Pussycats, Keiko, and Momo were having breakfast, chatting happily among themselves. Since Nemuri was absent due to a meeting at U.A. before classes started.

After Mrs. Yoshiko served him his sumptuous breakfast, Kai began to eat voraciously without uttering a single word, which only made the others smile bitterly. They didn’t like seeing him like this, although Keiko couldn’t help but look suspiciously at Shino and Ryuko, as the way they were looking at her Kai irritated her a bit. Not to mention that lately, they had been closer to him than ever, which made her a little suspicious and annoyed.

“Thank you, Mrs. Yoshiko, it was delicious.” Kai said after finishing, thanking Mrs. Yoshiko, who was collecting the dishes.

“It’s my pleasure, Mr. Kai.” Mrs. Yoshiko replied with a smile on her face, bowing respectfully before continuing with her tasks, at which point Shino asked with concern.

“Kai, are you sure you want to go? You don’t have to force yourself if you really don’t want to.”

“It’s fine, I’m just a bit irritable. When I get back, I’ll forge something, and it’ll pass.” Kai commented while forcing a smile at Shino, which only made her even more worried.

“Do you want us to come with you, Kai?” Ryuko asked with a small smile, to which Kai shook his head before replying.

“No, it’s fine. Nejire shouldn’t take long, and she’s very excited to go to school together.”

Recently, Shino and Ryuko had been trying to spend more time with Kai to strengthen their relationship, which had turned out to be quite satisfying for them. Being close to him, going out for occasional walks, or simply sitting to watch a movie while holding hands had been very happy moments for them, almost a confirmation that they were on the right path.

However, since they still hadn’t mustered the courage to confess, they had to do it in secret, which, in a way, had added an extra touch of risk to their relationship. Something they were enjoying quite a bit, especially Ryuko, who found the whole situation incredibly exciting, to the point that several fantasies started to roll through her mischievous mind.

After a while, Nejire arrived at the property accompanied by Yumiko, and everyone went out to greet them. Nejire couldn’t help but smile, incredibly happy to see Kai and Momo in their uniforms, then she ran over to give him a hug with boundless enthusiasm.

“Kai, Momo, you both look great in your uniforms! I can’t believe we’re finally going to the same school!”

“Fufufu, I’m excited too, Nejire nee-chan.” Momo replied with a small smile on her face, just as Yumiko reached them and greeted them with a smile.

“You really do look great. I hope you enjoy yourselves at U.A., fufufu.”

For his part, upon hearing Yumiko, Kai quickly disappeared from his spot and reappeared in front of Yumiko with an incredibly serious expression. He touched her face and asked with a trace of anger in his voice, which he was trying to hide.

“Why are you so exhausted, Aunt Yumiko?”

“It’s nothing, Kai-chan, just adult things that shouldn’t worry you.” Yumiko replied with a small smile, placing her hand over Kai’s on her cheek, feeling warm by his concern.

“What did they do to you?” Kai asked seriously, looking directly into Yumiko’s beautiful blue eyes, which she had made up to hide terrible dark circles, something that only enraged Kai further.

After looking into Kai’s eyes for a moment, Yumiko knew that if she didn’t tell him what was going on, he would search for answers on his own, and who knows what he might do with what he found. Even though Kai wasn’t particularly violent, he was very protective, and she didn’t want him getting into trouble because of her.

“It’s okay, I’ll tell you when you get back from school.” After a small sigh, Yumiko responded in a somewhat complex tone, to which Kai nodded before using his Mystical Palm to heal her exhaustion.

“Alright, then I’ll expect to hear about it when I return, and you can use your room as much as you want, even permanently.” Kai commented while looking into Yumiko’s eyes, who now looked much better, smiling softly at him.

“Thank you, Kai-chan, I’ll do that.” Yumiko replied with a smile, genuinely grateful to have Kai in her life, while feeling a little regretful for being so distant from him because of her work.

After saying goodbye to everyone, with Ryuko giving Kai a furtive kiss when no one was paying attention because they were focused on Yumiko, Nejire and Momo hugged Kai, while an excited Salem climbed onto his master’s shoulder. They went to one of the cars in the garage, where a guard drove them to U.A.

“Kai, thank you for helping Mom. Ever since she came back from her trip, she’s been really sad and hasn’t wanted to tell me why.” Midway through the ride, Nejire suddenly looked at Kai with a serious expression, to which he responded in an equally serious tone.

“There’s no need to thank me, Nejire. You know Aunt Yumiko is someone very important to me, so I’ll do everything I can to help her with whatever she needs.”

“Thank you.” Nejire hugged Kai tightly, as she had an intuition about what had happened and felt very uneasy about it. But now, with Kai, she knew everything would be alright.

“If you need anything from me, just say the word, I’m ready for whatever you need.” Equally concerned, Momo commented with a serious expression, to which Nejire responded by hugging her tightly.

“Thanks, Momo. I know I can count on you two.”

The rest of the trip was quiet, with Momo and Kai stroking Nejire’s beautiful blue hair. This cheered her up again by the time they arrived at U.A., where Momo and Nejire intimately took Kai's arms and entered the building, drawing the attention and envy of the students and even several teachers.

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In Class 1-A, the classroom had an elegant and futuristic style, with most of the students interacting with each other. They all had unique features that set them apart from one another, and they wore their uniforms properly with big smiles on their faces, a product of having taken the first step toward fulfilling their dreams.

Suddenly, the door opened, and two students with black hair, a boy, and a girl, entered, walking intimately close to each other. They possessed overwhelming beauty and elegance, which caught the attention of everyone present, leaving the classroom in complete silence.

The girl was tall and attractive, with a very mature and voluptuous physique for her age. Her beautiful black hair was tied in a high, pointed ponytail. Over her perfectly stylized and symmetrical facial features, with elongated eyes, rested a strand of hair that seemed to accentuate her perfect features while wonderfully contrasting with her white skin, which looked almost like porcelain.

Meanwhile, the young man was in no way left behind, being a head taller than the girl beside him. His short hair, though not particularly styled, suited him perfectly and greatly highlighted his hypnotic blue eyes and features that seemed carved from marble.

Curiously, the young man had an adorable black cat on his shoulder, which looked around curiously. Along with his uniform, this made him look exceptionally handsome, elegant, and charming, like a cold CEO with a heart of gold. Several girls in the room couldn’t help but have heart-shaped eyes as they looked at him.

With a steady and calm pace, the couple soon reached their seats, which were side by side thanks to a certain animal, where they settled in. The young man looked out the window with a lost expression, while the girl took out a small book to start reading, which caused, after a while, the conversations in the classroom to resume. Though the impressive couple, who seemed straight out of a fairy tale, were still bathed in constant curious glances from the other students.

Soon, the door opened again, and a young man with disheveled blonde hair, wearing the uniform in a messy way, walked in arrogantly, looking around challengingly until he reached his desk, slumped into his chair, leaned back, and put his feet up on the desk. However, unlike before, all the students ignored him and continued with their business, except for one.

A student, who was a spectacle of rigidity and precision, with short dark blue hair and silver-rimmed glasses, possessing a large and robust body, approached the rebellious blonde and began scolding him while moving his hands in a strange, robotic manner.

“THE DESK IS NOT FOR PUTTING YOUR FEET ON!!”

“HUH?! WHAT DO YOU WANT, FOUR EYES?!”

The messy blonde replied with a raspy voice as he angrily glared at the human robot in front of him, just as the door timidly opened again. A freckled young man with green eyes and hair of the same color, which seemed to shoot in all directions, entered the room.

“I TOLD YOU ALREADY, YOU CAN’T PUT YOUR FEET UP THERE! DON’T YOU THINK IT’S DISRESPECTFUL TO YOUR FELLOW CLASSMATES?!?” The young man with glasses scolded with a strict tone, while moving his arms strangely. The messy blonde responded irritably.

“NO, I REALLY DON’T THINK SO. ANYWAY, WHICH MIDDLE SCHOOL DID YOU COME FROM, ‘DISCOUNT EXTRA’?!”

Just as the young man with glasses was about to respond, all the students felt as if a mountain had fallen on them, leaving them frozen in their places and abruptly stopping the argument. While they heard a deep, magnetic voice, which sounded clearly angry.

“Shut up, you irritating bastards.”

“HUH!?!! WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE, F…”

The rebellious blonde, with evident cold sweat on his face, tried to continue his bravado, but his words were abruptly cut off. His eyes went white as he collapsed to the floor like a puppet with its strings cut, leaving all the other students staring wide-eyed in shock.

“KACCHAN!!!!”

The freckled young man with green hair who had just entered ran toward the blonde with a worried expression, shouting what seemed to be his name. He knelt down to take the blonde in his arms, then immediately turned his gaze toward the source of the voice, where he saw a young man with black hair and blue eyes glaring at them with irritation.

“WHAT DID YOU DO TO KACC…?”

The green-haired young man shouted in concern at the blue-eyed young man but met the same fate as the blonde, falling face-first onto his companion, his eyes turning white. At that moment, Kai spoke again, sounding incredibly irritated, sending chills down the spines of everyone present.

“Anyone else?”

“…”

Hearing the question, the entire classroom fell into complete silence, as no one dared to respond to the terrifying young man. Satisfied, Kai nodded, and the terrifying pressure that had been suffocating them disappeared entirely, as if it had never existed in the first place, allowing everyone to let out a sigh of relief.

But the sense of relief soon turned into conflicted expressions. After all, there were two students on the ground, and they needed to help them. So, after a moment, several students who didn’t want to be overcome by fear, knowing they needed to be brave to become heroes, got up to help. But at that moment, a small sigh was heard in the silent classroom, followed shortly by a melodious voice.

“Kai, you really need to stop doing that. You’re going to scare everyone again.”

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