《A Students Gate to Hell》


 Prologue: The Gates That Never Opened again.

    The story takes us to Japan, where an otaku by the name of Yukimura Arata is about to start his days at a new academy. The only thought that is going through his mind, is the fact that he will have less time to watch anime and read manga. While Arata is sitting on his chair lost in thoughts, his phone rings.


    As he flips the phone over to check who is calling, it is his close friend Kaito. Akane Kaito has known Arata since grade school and were both bullied for being introverts and being awkward around people, because of that reason they both got closer as friends and have similar if not the same opinions on the things they talk about.


    *Arata sighs*


    Arata: ¡° Why are you calling me this late again?¡±


    Kaito: ¡° I HAVE GREAT NEWS THAT YOU MUST HEAR!¡±


    Arata: ¡° Alright fine... but please keep it down, I know how energetic you can get.¡±


    Kaito: ¡° Ok, ok... Anyways, I got accepted into the same school as you!¡±


    Arata: ¡° So you want to waste your time with me and learn all kinds of ridiculous stuff at this school?¡±


    Kaito:" That''s exactly what I did yes."


    Both Arata and Kaito have been accepted to a newly built school that went under the name Faith Academy. While both of them were chatting on how they are going to manage their time in school and outside of it, time flew past as both of them hung up and went to sleep to prepare themselves for their new school life that was about to begin.


    When the day arrived, Arata & Kaito met beforehand at the bus station to enter the school grounds together. The sun shined brightly on that day, not a single cloud in the sky as they made their way to the school gates. At the school gates there was a checkup on the students and were given an ID card to prove that they are a part of this school. It was something never done before but they didn''t mind that, both of them shrugged it off as they set foot on the newly established school. After an hour of waiting the school gates have shut and the Head Principal of the Academy made an appearance on the stage to welcome the new students. Just as the gates have shut, the weather has slowly gotten worse as dark clouds started appearing, signaling that it was about to rain.Stolen content warning: this content belongs on Royal Road. Report any occurrences.


    The Head Principal appeared at the introduction ceremony stage, where he gave a speech about how this school will revolutionize the education system and in doing that, the students grades and performance in daily tasks will greatly improve. Before leaving the stage and letting the Vice Principal take over in the speech, he had opened the main doors of the school ever so slowly, out of the school came out guards, each with numbers on their shirts and armed with batons and handcuffs. The presence of the guards themselves was unsettling as there were too many to count, the numbers ranged from 1 all the way to 40 or even 50. Once the guards have surrounded all the students, the Vice Principal stood on the stage and said the following.


    Vice Principal: ? We apologize for this sudden inconvenience, but it is necessary as we need all the students to behave in a proper and mannerly fashion. From this day on and for the next 3 years, you will spend your time in our dorms that were designed for your stay here. I understand that this is very sudden, but if you take good care on how you behave and on your grades, you will be treated with the upmost respect from the higher ups.?


    Just as the Vice Principals speech had ended, heavy rain started to fall. The heavy rain forced all the students to seek shelter in their dorms. Every dorm room was small, enough to fit in 2 beds, desks and were given a shower and kitchen for their personal use. At that time it didn''t seem that bad as anyone expected. Unfortunately, Kaito & Arata were separated in dorms and were paired up with some students they didn''t know or recognize. As time passed and the rain slowly started to stop, the students were ordered by the guards to go to their homeroom teachers class for introductions. The school was well built and was of a high class, in class there were 20 students. Arata & Kaito were classmates and as soon as they were going to talk about their current situation, the homeroom teacher arrived. The homeroom teacher was in his 40''s, had sharp eyes and wasn''t very polite to students. The very second he dropped his book and laptop on the desk, the teacher put a grin on his face as he wrote the word ?HELL? on the chalkboard.


    Homeroom teacher:" Welcome students, to your worst days in the depths of Hell Academy."

 Chapter I: No way out, No way in.

    The Homeroom teacher explained the class schedule, as well as when the free periods start and end, he told the class that after class you are obliged to check out via your ID cards at the entrance of the school building.


    Homeroom Teacher: ¡° Keep these ID cards with you at all time, they server as a method to check into other areas on the school ground and not just the main building. We have a dedicated market setup for your personal use, a library and of course the dorm building.¡±


    Student: ¡° Teacher, what if we lose or forget the ID card in our dorm?¡±


    Homeroom Teacher: ¡° Ahhh, a good question you have posed there, please tell me your name.¡±


    Student: ¡° Yes, of course.¡±


    *The student stands up from his chair*


    Student: ¡° My name is Kohaku Suzuki. May I ask what is your name teacher? You haven¡¯t introduced yourself to the class yet.¡±


    Homeroom Teacher: ¡° But of course, you may sit down now.¡±


    *Suzuki sits back down*


    Homeroom Teacher: ¡° I must thank Kohaku for reminding myself that I need to introduce myself. You will simply call me Teacher Chris. Nothing more, nothing less. Do you understand?¡±


    Class: ¡° Yes!¡±


    Teacher Chris: ¡° Now let us begin with formal introductions.¡±


    While the introductions were happening in class, Arata sat by the window and was thinking to himself.


    Arata: ¡° Maybe he just wanted to scare us a bit at the start. There is no way this teacher is bad.¡±


    Just as those thoughts crossed his mind, the teacher had slapped a student during their introduction.


    *wham*


    The poor student collapsed onto the ground from such a slap to the face.


    Teacher Chris: ¡° What the hell are you doing!?¡±


    Student: ¡° In-Introducing myself to the class¡­¡±


    That scene had shocked the entire classroom as it was a very sudden occurrence.


    Teacher Chris: ¡° When you introduce yourself, you do not only say your name and walk off. For this introduction I want to know the type of person you are. Understood?!¡±


    Student: ¡° Y-Yes¡­¡±


    Arata looked at that scene in pure shock of what happened to the student for such a small mistake. If you received that level of punishment for that, then the entire classroom couldn¡¯t imagine what would happen, if they would make a worse choice that would get them punished. At that moment Kaito turned his head to Arata and tried to whisper to him.


    Kaito: ¡° We are screwed.¡±


    As Kaito spoke those words, the teacher switched his glare from the student introducing themselves to Kaito.


    Teacher Chris: ¡° You there!¡±


    Kaito at that very moment, froze up like a statue as he slowly turned to face the teacher.


    Teacher Chris: ¡° Come up here. NOW!¡±


    He then quickly stood up from his desk and made his way quickly to the front.


    Kaito: ¡° Y-Yes Teacher?¡±


    Teacher Chris: ¡° Haven¡¯t you just witnessed what happened to her after she didn¡¯t fully introduce herself?!¡±


    Kaito: ¡° I have!¡±


    Teacher Chris: ¡° May you please tell me what you told to the student in the back there?¡±


    Arata just looked Kaito dead in the eyes and murmured.


    Arata: ¡° Just admit it.¡±


    Kaito afterwards clenched his teeth and lied to the teacher.


    Kaito: ¡° I was just telling him¡­ I needed to borrow his pencil.¡±


    The Teacher nodded and politely told him to leave the classroom. During the short time span that it took for Kaito to leave the classroom, Teacher Chris opened his phone and dialed in a number, afterwards he quickly shut his phone and just left a sharp, horrifying grin on his face.


    Teacher Chris: ¡° Now witness, what happens to those who do not follow our rules!¡±


    Just as Chris spoke those words, the class heard footsteps approaching Kaito, followed by a short conversation, lastly there were sounds of punches.


    *Whack*


    *Wham*


    Guard #1: ¡° THIS IS THE 1<sup>ST</sup> DAY OF SCHOOL AND YOU ALREADY DISSOBEYED THE TEACHERS ORDERS?!¡±


    Guard #2: ¡° YOU TRULY ARE SCUM AREN¡¯T YOU?!¡±


    All Arata was listening to, was the sound of Kaito being beaten up in the school hallway. The class wasn¡¯t allowed to go out and check up on Kaito after things calmed down, instead they had to wait till the end of the class introduction to go see him.


    A good 40 minutes have passed since Kaito had left the class and the bell finally rang, signaling the end of the period. Everyone rushed to the door and quickly opened it to check up on Kaito. The scene they have seen was horrifying, he was full of bruises, punch marks, and was at the verge of being unconscious from the beating he took This had left Arata in pure horror, as he realized they will have to last 3 years in this prison built for them. Suzuki quickly helped Kaito stand up, Arata was just frozen up from this scene.


    Suzuki: ¡° You there.¡±


    *Suzuki had pointed his finger at Arata*


    Arata: ¡° Y-Yes?¡±


    Suzuki: ¡° Come help me carry him to his dorm.¡±


    While they were carrying Kaito back to his dorm, Suzuki looked Arata in the eyes and asked him a few of his questions.


    Suzuki: ¡° Yukimura Arata, was it?¡±


    Arata: ¡° Yes, what do you need?¡±


    Suzuki: ¡° Why did Kaito lie, what did he say and who are you to him?¡±You could be reading stolen content. Head to the original site for the genuine story.


    All of these questions were very sudden to Arata, as he just started staring at the floor.


    Suzuki: ¡° Answer me!¡±


    Arata then slowly lifts his head and looks him in the eyes.


    Arata: ¡° Kaito lied in order to protect me, I told him that he should tell the truth but he refused in order to protect me from harm. He told me that we were screwed at this school, that¡¯s the only thing he told me. And as for who I am to him¡­ I am his best friend, I know how I look and act, you might think we have nothing in common but that¡¯s where you are wrong.


    As they slowly carried Kaito up the staircase, Arata told him their past and what they went through and how they got into this situation in the first place.


    Suzuki: ¡° Ahh¡­ I see, so Kaito only entered this school because of you.¡±


    Arata: ¡° He did this out of his own free will, speaking of which. What are you to him at this point?¡±


    Suzuki slowly puts Kaito on his bed and turns around.


    Suzuki: ¡° As for now, I am his roommate in this dorm, if we¡¯re lucky we might even become friends.¡±


    As he said that, he put up a bright smile. Arata stared at that smile and could only respond with one sentence.


    Arata: ¡° That is the fakest smile, I¡¯ve seen in my entire lifetime.¡±


    Arata then leaves the room, leaving Suzuki speechless.


    Several hours have passed since then, Suzuki was preparing a meal for them and Kaito had finally gotten out of bed, still covered in his injuries.


    *pant*... *pant*


    Kaito: ¡° Oy, Suzuki¡­ where is Arata?¡±


    Suzuki: ¡° He is at his dorm, he¡¯s probably getting to know his roommate.¡±


    Kaito then sighs in relief as he slowly made his way to the bathroom to take a shower.


    Suzuki: ¡° Just so you know, we don¡¯t have any hot water yet.¡±


    Kaito: ¡° What are you making for lunch?¡±


    Suzuki slowly looks at Kaito and starts giggling.


    Suzuki: ¡° You¡¯ve been out for so long, it¡¯s already 7:00 PM¡±


    Kaito looks in disbelief on how long he was knocked out, as he starts rapidly blinking and starring at Suzuki.


    Kaito: ¡° Ughh¡­this place is worse than hell isn¡¯t it¡­¡±


    He says those words as he closes the bathroom door to take a shower.


    Meanwhile, Arata is in his dorm all alone, waiting for his roommate to enter.


    Arata: ¡° I wonder what kind of person he¡¯s going to be? Better be a nice guy, but not too nice. Why couldn¡¯t I be Kaito¡¯s roommate?¡±


    While Arata was deep in his thoughts again, someone started knocking on the door. It was a guard shouting for him to open the door, his new roommate had been assigned. Arata quickly rushed to the door and opened it, the sight of his roommate left him with a few questions that he had to ask the guard.


    Arata: ¡° Sir, why is he handcuffed?¡±


    Guard: ¡° This one is a god damn troublemaker, started causing a scene in gym class. We pinned him down, beat him up but he still didn¡¯t listen, so we had to resort to using handcuffs.¡±


    Hearing those words, Arata was scared, as he was roommates with a delinquent that had fought guards on his 1<sup>st</sup> day.


    Guard: ¡° C¡¯mon scum, introduce yourself to your new roommate!¡±


    Delinquent: *tch* ¡° All you need to know is that my last name is Yoshida.¡±


    Just as he finished his sentence, the guard pushed the delinquent into the room and shut the door, leaving Yoshida in handcuffs and on the ground. Arata quickly opens the door and follows the guard.


    Arata: ¡° Guard, you forgot to release the handcuffs on him.¡±


    The guard slowly turns around and look Arata in the eyes.


    Guard: ¡° I didn¡¯t FORGET, that is his punishment for disobeying the RULES. Be happy as that is just a minor punishment, there are worse punishments than the one he received. Go back to your room before I decide to handcuff you as well.¡±


    Arata then quickly turns around and walks back to his room, not knowing what to do with a handcuffed delinquent in his room. As he was walking back to his dorm, Arata spotted Kaito and Suzuki on the staircase.


    Kaito: ¡° Hey, Arata. We were just about to go to your room. We have something serious to discuss.¡±


    Arata looked as confused as ever in that moment.


    Arata: ¡° A plan? What did you come up with now? And what kind of plan is it?¡±


    Suzuki puts his hand on Arata¡¯s shoulder.


    Suzuki: ¡° You¡¯ll love the plan us two came up with.¡±


    When they arrived to Arata¡¯s room, the door wouldn¡¯t open up. It seemed as Yoshida locked the door to the room. Kaito then started furiously knocking on the door.


    *THUMB* *THUMB*


    Kaito: ¡° OPEN UP YOU JACKASS! THIS IS ARATA¡¯S ROOM!¡±


    Yoshida: ¡° Can you idiots just give me a moment? I¡¯m trying to release the lock on the handcuffs.¡±


    Suzuki: ¡° Arata, why does this guy have handcuffs on him?¡±


    Arata: ¡° I wish I could tell you, but it¡¯s a long story.¡±


    Suzuki just shrugs it off and he just sits on the floor next to the door.


    Kaito: ¡° W-What are you doing?! We need to get inside!¡±


    Suzuki: ¡° Calm down, yelling now will only make matters worse¡±


    Arata: ¡° He¡¯s right.¡±


    As Arata said those words he just sat down next to Suzuki and started to have a conversation. Kaito feeling left out did the same thing and just waited to see what would happen with the delinquent inside.


    A good 40 minutes had passed as they finally heard a click and the door unlocking. Kaito without a second thought rushed in and tried to tackle the guy for locking them out. As he swung for the hit, Yoshida quickly dodged Kaito¡¯s punch, after that he threw his balance off to bring him onto the floor.


    Kaito: ¡°Ow ow ow ow! HOW?!¡±


    Yoshida: ¡° Unlike you, I trained in martial arts. Just because the guard said that I am a ¡°delinquent¡± you don¡¯t necessarily have to believe him.¡±


    Suzuki: ¡° I would ask ¡°What are you talking about?¡± but seeing those moves and your calm attitude, proves that you aren¡¯t a delinquent.¡±


    Yoshida: ¡° At least one person in this room understands.¡±


    Arata in the back still locked confused as there was still one question that was lurking in the back of his mind.


    Arata: ¡° Hey, umm. Yoshida wasn¡¯t it? How did you get out of those handcuffs?¡±


    Yoshida slowly released Kaito, since he had calmed down and was less agitated by the previous event that happened.


    Yoshida: ¡° I¡¯ve used the paper clip in my back pocket to make a makeshift key, with that I just simply released the handcuffs.¡±


    Suzuki: ¡° You¡¯re one hell of a genius aren¡¯t you?¡±


    Yoshida: ¡° I heard you guys earlier, talking about a plan. Can I ask what the plan is about?¡±


    At that very moment Suzuki & Kaito simultaneously smiled.


    Kaito & Suzuki: ¡° We¡¯ve found an escape route!¡±


    Arata: ¡° You¡¯ve what?!¡±


    Both Yoshida and Arata looked at them in surprise as they told them that. Considering the fact that they have been at this school for less than a day.


    Suzuki: ¡° That¡¯s right, at one of the corners of this school, where there is a shack with sports equipment, there was what it seemed like a part of the fence was bent.¡±


    Arata: ¡° Whoah! And how did you guys notice that?¡±


    Kaito: ¡° We spotted some guards nearby that fence as they talked about it being bent, but they said ¡° Don¡¯t worry, no idiot will try going through there.¡±


    Yoshida: ¡° That seems too convenient, if I have to be honest.¡±


    Suzuki: ¡° But there is one issue, the guards that patrol the entrance of the dorm. All we know is that there are two of them, one is there during the day and the other is during the night.¡±


    Yoshida: ¡° I don¡¯t think the night guard will be a problem, the guy falls asleep pretty fast, it¡¯s like he expects for no one to sneak out.¡±


    As they talked about their plan of escape, it soon became late and the curfew hours were kicking in.


    Suzuki: ¡° It¡¯s about time we went to sleep, before we get in trouble. But remember, tomorrow night is when we do this. We have to do this as soon as possible before they decide to fix that bent in the fence.¡±


    Their very first day of classes had begun and it was nothing short of being hell, from their start of the day to the end of it. They¡¯re forced to wake up as early as 6:00 in the morning and have classes till 3:00PM.


    Suzuki: ¡° Today was nothing but hell in class, wasn¡¯t it?¡±


    Kaito: ¡° Yeah, but somehow we managed not to get beaten by the teachers. Anyways, tonight we execute that plan.¡±


    Suzuki: ¡° Let¡¯s invite Arata and Yoshida, we need to inform them what items there are in the sports shack.¡±


    As they invite them to their room, they made sure to tell them to look at what guard is at the entrance. When they arrived they informed had informed Kaito and Suzuki on what guard was at the entrance and what he was doing.


    Yoshida: ¡° It¡¯s the same guard as last night, but at the moment he is busy with something on his laptop. We have to leave soon, curfew will start in two hours.¡±


    Kaito:¡± Leave the guard to me.¡±


    Five minutes later, Kaito is running towards the guards position.


    Kaito: ¡° GUARD! GUARD! TWO STUDENTS ARE FIGHTING EACH OTHER IN THEIR DORM!!!¡±


    Guard: ¡± Not this shit again, you stay here and don¡¯t fucking move!¡±


    When the guard goes up the staircase, the group comes out of the bathroom on the ground floor.


    Kaito: ¡° Hurry up before he returns!¡±


    They run outside and make their way to the shack.


    Kaito: ¡° It might be a bit difficult to fit through.¡±


    Arata: ¡° Want me to go first? I could probably go through it.¡±


    Kaito: ¡° Maybe I could bend it a bit more.¡±


    Kaito places his hand on the metal bar and immediately gets shocked by electricity built into the fence.


    Suzuki: ¡° KAITO! You okay?!¡±


    Kaito: ¡° L-Let¡¯s use the tools from the shack to dig underneath.¡±


    Suzuki: ¡° You stay here. We¡¯ll go get them.¡±


    Once they¡¯ve arrived back, they had only 1 shovel with them to use for digging.


    Suzuki: ¡° We can make do with this.¡±


    As they dug and dug, deeper into the whole next to the fence, they¡¯ve struck some kind of metal.


    Yoshida: ¡° They even barricaded underneath?! How deep does this even go!¡±


    Suzuki: ¡° At most. I would say a good 3-4 meters.¡±


    Arata: ¡° Guys, we¡¯re running out of time! We need to go back!¡±


    Kaito: ¡° DAMN IT! We can¡¯t escape from this place!


    Their hope of escape was ruined and their chances of escape were slimmer than ever now. As they went back to the shack to place the shovel in it¡¯s spot, they heard a guard approaching. They quickly made a run for it into their dorms. Now they will have to spend another few days, weeks or even months to find another escape route out of this hell hole.

 Chapter II: New Faces Full of Hope.

    A week has passed since the groups attempt at escaping the school, many students were being punished for a large amount of reasons, most of them were ridiculous. There is another challenge that the group will have to face, the teachers are going to tell the students all they need to know about it. Before all that would unfold, the Principal of the school had made a new rule, that would be a surprise for everyone.


    It is 5:30 in the morning, everyone is in their dorm sleeping, when all of a sudden guards start barging into their rooms.


    Guard: ¡°RISE AND SHINE YOU SCUM! MORNING EXERCISES ARE BEGINNING!!!¡±


    Arata: ¡°W-Wha-¡°


    Guard: ¡°GET YOUR LAZY ASS OUT OF BED, NOW!¡±


    Yoshida and Arata quickly jump out of bed like soldiers, making their bed and dressing up in their gym clothing.


    *Yoshida yawns*


    Yoshida: ¡°What a drag¡­¡±


    Arata: ¡°Tell me about it¡­Do you think someone screwed up badly and got everyone involved?¡±


    *Yoshida sits on the side of his bed*


    Yoshida: ¡°That is quite possible, I just wonder what¡¯s the cause?¡±


    The guard comes back to their doorway and looks at them, without saying a word Yoshida and Arata rush out of their room and go to the track field. Kaito, on the other hand had issues waking up as he is a heavy sleeper. He is forcibly woken up by a guard hitting him in the back.


    *smack*


    Kaito: ¡°O-OW! SUZUKI! WHA-¡­ Oh sorry there sir. Thought you were my friend.¡±


    Guard: ¡°Get¡­out¡­of¡­bed¡­NOW!!¡±


    Suzuki was at the doorway ready to leave but had waited for Kaito to get dressed. Arata and Yoshida had waited nearby the dorm for Kaito and Suzuki to catch up, as they caught up Yoshida had to tell them some news he came across.


    Yoshida: ¡°Guys listen, I¡¯ve heard some talk from the teachers lately. I believe that we are going to start with exams soon.¡±


    Kaito: ¡°What?! How soon?!¡±


    Yoshida: ¡°By the sounds of it, it¡¯s probably going to start next Monday.¡±


    Arata: ¡°We still have another 7 days until they announce it, so if anything we get a head start in this.¡±


    Suzuki: ¡°I agree with Arata, keep this between us and we¡¯re going to be solid during exams.¡±


    The gym teacher that had the early morning class, wasn¡¯t very enthusiastic about it. He forced the class to run from 5:50 till 7:00, classes begin at 7:10 in the morning.


    10 minutes had passed since the class started running and the Gym Teacher gave out some special punishments during the entire hour of the run.


    Gym Teacher: ¡°ARE YOU WALKING THERE! I¡¯LL BE ADDING 15 EXTRA MINUTES ON YOUR LIST!¡±


    The teacher was merciless for every students, especially for slackers. Suzuki and Yoshida made it out of there without having added extra run time, unfortunately for Arata and Kaito, they have been assigned an extra 30 minutes in total.


    Yoshida: ¡°Those two are really out of share aren¡¯t they?¡±


    Suzuki: ¡°Well I mean¡­they are weebs.¡±


    As that word was said Kaito and Arata both sneezed at the same time.


    *achoo!*


    Kaito and Arata: ¡°Who¡¯s talking trash about us?!¡±The author''s tale has been misappropriated; report any instances of this story on Amazon.


    Yoshida: ¡°Let¡¯s get to class before we get beaten up¡±


    Suzuki: ¡°Yeah, I don¡¯t want to end up like Kaito¡±


    *achoo!*


    Kaito: ¡°GOD DAMN IT!¡±


    The morning classes were of no big deal, each of them passed really quickly without any struggle or punishments. Then lunch break rolled around.


    *stomach grumbles*


    Arata: ¡°I¡¯m starving¡­¡±


    Kaito: ¡°Want to get some pizza?¡±


    Arata: ¡°What about the rest? Won¡¯t they tag along?¡±


    Kaito: ¡°They already went for the default lunch.¡±


    Along the way Arata & Kaito were discussing about how much they miss watching anime and reading manga.


    Arata: ¡°WAIT!¡±


    Kaito. ¡°Huh?¡±


    Arata: ¡°This might be just a IF, but what if they have m-m-manga in the library?!¡±


    *Kaito stood still*


    Kaito: ¡°Arata¡­let¡¯s go grab that pizza slice and then¡­RUSH TO THE LIBRARY!¡±


    Some time had passed, both of them arrived to the entrance of the library, but before they could even enter they were blocked by a guard.


    Guard: ¡° If you¡¯re going to enter you better throw that food in the trash. Maybe throw one of yourselves in as well.¡±


    They just laugh it off while throwing the slices in the bin, and then proceed to enter the library.


    Arata: ¡°Ok, spread out and look for a manga!¡±


    While they were looking around, Kaito bumbed into a girl that had an expression on her face like she has found gold.


    *Kaito walks up behind her*


    Kaito: ¡°Are you¡­okay?¡±


    ???: ¡°M-m-m-m-m¡­¡±


    Kaito: ¡°Huh? M what?


    ???: ¡°M-M-MANGA!!!¡±


    Kaito: ¡°WHERE!¡±


    ???: ¡°Right in front of us!¡±


    Kaito: ¡°ARATA THIS WAY!¡±


    Not even a minute passes when Arata arrives to the scene, the only scene that he witnessed was Kaito and a girl on the ground, shedding tears of sorrow.


    Arata: ¡°W-W-What happened?!¡±


    *Kaito sniffs*


    Kaito: ¡°This...This manga is from the 90¡¯s and it¡¯s a crappy romance¡­¡±


    *Arata gasps*


    Arata: ¡°DAMN YOU FAITH ACADEMY!!!¡±


    All that noise the group caused, made some guards arrive to the scene. The scene was of a girl in tears on the ground and Kaito holding Arata by his collar. Needless to say the guards quickly grabbed Kaito, and started beating him as they threw him out of the library.


    Arata: ¡°Y-You! What¡¯s your name?¡±


    ???: ¡°M-Me? I¡¯m Sakura, Sakura Shimizu.¡±


    Arata: ¡°Quickly, come with me to the guy that just got thrown out of here.¡±


    Sakura: ¡°Y-Yea¡­¡±


    Once they¡¯ve arrived to Kaito, it looked like he had a severe wound.


    Sakura: ¡°A-Are you okay there?¡±


    Kaito: ¡°Y-Yea- ow ¨C ow ¨C ow ¨C ow!¡±


    Arata: ¡°I think you have a broken arm, Sakura! Help me carry him to the nurse.¡±


    On the way to the nurse, they stumble upon Suzuki and Yoshida on their way back to class. As Arata explained the situation, Suzuki bursted out in anger.


    Suzuki: ¡°WHAT THE FUCK! THEY TOOK THIS TOO FAR NOW! THEY¡¯RE GONNA PAY FOR WHAT THEY DID!¡±


    *Yoshida places his hand on Suzuki¡¯s shoulder*


    Yoshida: ¡°I don¡¯t like it as well, but we have to put up with this crap until we find another escape route.¡±


    Sakura: ¡°Did you guys just say escape route?¡±


    Arata: ¡°Good job, you¡¯ve revealed what we¡¯re doing¡­¡±


    Sakura: ¡°N-N-No, no, no! Me and my friend have been trying to find ways out of here aswell!¡±


    Suzuki: ¡°Ahhhh, I¡¯ve calmed down a bit now. Did you find any way if I may ask?¡±


    *Sakura looked down at the floor*


    Sakura: ¡°N-Not yet.¡±


    Yoshida: ¡°Once we drop off Kaito at the nurse, can you introduce us to your friend? We might have a better chance of escaping if we work together.¡±


    *Sakura looked back up and smiled*


    Sakura: ¡°I will, and once we¡¯re out, I¡¯ll treat you guys to a crepe.¡±


    The entire group on the way to the nurse had a boosted morale, feeling like they had their hopes increased.


    Sakura: ¡°Let¡¯s do this after classes, meet me in front of the girls dorm at exactly 7:00PM.¡±


    Time passed as classes continued, at the end of the day Kaito was still at the nurses office resting. The group met up at the location they were told to be and waited for Sakura & her friend.


    Sakura: ¡°Sorry to keep you guys waiting! She is a bit shy when it comes to other people, so it took a bit more time.¡±


    Yoshida: ¡°That¡¯s fine, who might you be, if I may know.¡±


    ???: ¡°H-Himaru¡­Himaru Rin.¡±


    Suzuki: ¡°Nice to meet you Rin. We heard you are making plans to escape this school.¡±


    Rin: ¡°T-That¡¯s true.¡±


    Yoshida: ¡°Don¡¯t worry, we have the same plan. The problem is how do we escape?¡±


    Sakura: ¡°Let¡¯s not talk about this here, let¡¯s go inside.¡±


    Arata: ¡°We¡¯re not allowed in the girls dorm.¡±


    Sakura: ¡°Don¡¯t worry, we¡¯re going in from the back.¡±


    Yoshida: ¡°Wait, don¡¯t the windows have metal bard blocking going in and out from them?¡±


    Sakura: ¡°Not the ones in the toilet!¡±


    Arata: ¡°We¡¯re so screwed if we¡¯re caught¡­ FINE! Let¡¯s go!¡±


    Once that was settled, the group sneaked through the toilet, up the stairs and then into Sakura¡¯s and Rin¡¯s dorm.


    Sakura: ¡°We want to keep this conversation as short as possible. So I¡¯m going straight to the point here.¡±


    Everyone: ¡° Ok!¡±


    Sakura: ¡° There is a sewage system in one of the locker room on the ground floor, located in the School building.¡±


    Everyone: ¡°¡­¡±


    Sakura: ¡°Escaping isn¡¯t really a luxury I know that! But if it means getting out of here, what¡¯s stopping us?¡±


    Everyone: ¡°Shit.¡±


    Sakura: ¡°Don¡¯t you guys want to get out of here?!¡±


    Everyone: ¡°Yes.¡±


    Sakura: ¡°Then we¡¯ll do this!¡±


    *Everyone in the room sighs*


    Everyone: ¡°Fine¡­¡±


    Yoshida: ¡°We¡¯ll have to plan this out in detail. The next few days, we will spend analyzing the guards movements around the School building and it¡¯s surroundings.¡±


    Sakura: ¡°I¡¯ll bribe the cleaning crew in the school to leave a window open.¡±


    Arata: ¡°How will you do that?¡±


    Sakura: ¡°Don¡¯t underestimate my abilities.¡±


    Everyone: ¡°Whore.¡±


    Sakura: ¡°N-NOT LIKE THAT YOU IDIOTS!!! The cleaning crew consists of students, so all I¡¯ll offer them is some bonus food or money and they¡¯ll listen.¡±


    Arata: ¡°PLAN DIRTY RATS IS A GO!¡±


    Everyone: ¡°N-No¡­¡±


    Sakura: ¡°How about¡­Road to Freedom?¡±


    *Everyone nods*


    Arata: ¡°PLAN ROAD TO FREEDOM IS A GO!!!¡±


    After that, the boys sneaked out through the toilet once again and back into their dorm. The next few days, Arata and Suzuki were assigned to watch the left wing of the school for the guards patern. Yoshida and Kaito, are going to watch the right wing of the school and Sakura and Rin the middle. In the following 3 days, they will mark out the locations and prepare to execute plan Road to Freedom.

 Chapter III: Road to Freedom

    The following day, right after the plan was made, Arata went to visit Kaito and to fill him up on the plan and what his role is in it.


    Kaito: ¡°So, if this works¡­we can contact outside authority to save everyone else in this school¡­¡±


    Arata: ¡°Y-Yea, right now, we need to keep watch of the guards. Will you be able to attend school on Monday?


    Kaito: ¡°If I don¡¯t, I¡¯m going to get beaten up for not attending.¡±


    *Kaito and Arata start giggling, following to laughter*


    Kaito: ¡°Oh man, can¡¯t wait to watch the anime I¡¯ve missed.¡±


    Arata: ¡°I know, once we¡¯re out, you and me are pulling a marathon on all the episodes we¡¯ve missed.¡±


    Kaito: ¡°That¡¯s a promise.¡±


    While they were chatting on about their life once they escape, Sakura & Rin arrived to check on him as well.


    Kaito: ¡°Huh? Oh, you must be Arata¡¯s friends. Say¡­which one of you are Arata¡¯s girlfriend?.


    *Kaito grins*


    *Sakura and Rin freeze up*


    *Arata smacks Kaito on the head*


    Arata: ¡°We don¡¯t have time for jokes idiot, they¡¯re here to bring you notes as well.¡±


    Kaito: ¡°Yea, yea¡­homework sucks ass¡­¡±


    For the rest of the school day the group spent doing their homework and Kaito copying notes. Fast forward a few days, Monday finally came around and the teacher was about to announce the start of the exams.


    Teacher Chris: ¡°Listen up now you scum! The exams are about to begin and I¡¯ll give you the dates of what subjects you are going to take!¡±


    Tension built up in the class, no one knew what subjects were going to be for the exams.


    Teacher Chris: ¡°The following subjects are going to be one the exams. First off it¡¯s going to be History¡±


    Arata¡¯s and Kaito¡¯s mind: ¡°YES!!!¡±


    Teacher Chris: ¡°The second and third will be Programing and Math.¡±


    Kaito: ¡°I suck at programing¡­¡±


    Arata: ¡°I suck at both¡­¡±


    Teacher Chris: ¡°The exams will begin 2 weeks from now!¡±


    After class the group gathered up at the lunch hall and discussed their plan.


    Yoshida: ¡°The exams will begin in 2 weeks from now, that means we have around a week to make our escape happen.


    Everyone: ¡°Yea!¡±


    Arata: ¡°Remember to keep the plan low profile so no one finds out. That would be the last thing we want right now.¡±


    Suzuki: ¡°Soo? Has anyone noticed a certain pattern of the guards?¡±


    Yoshida:  ¡°The right side has only about 2-3 guards per shift, I can¡¯t say the exact amount of guards during the night, but I¡¯m willing to bet it¡¯s 1 or 2.¡±If you come across this story on Amazon, it''s taken without permission from the author. Report it.


    Suzuki: ¡°The left wing that I checked, keeps a strong 4 guards during the day, it¡¯s a pain in the ass. At night it¡¯s probably 2-3 guards there. What about you Sakura?¡±


    Sakura: ¡°Middle had only 1 guard, that was just at the entrance. At night there is no one there.¡±


    The group then planned out at what entrance they are going to enter through, and how they are going to get to the locker rooms without being noticed.


    Yoshida: ¡°We are hitting a brick wall here. To get to the locker rooms, we have to cross the right wings path and go to the center. The problem with that, is that the entrance is soo close to the left wing of the school, that we will need to watch for the guards on that side aswell.¡±


    Suzuki: ¡°True, no matter what route we take, we will still have to be cautious of every route we take.¡±


    Arata: ¡°This is a pain in the ass. Ok, I¡¯ve got an idea.¡±


    Kaito: ¡°Ohh? That¡¯s unusual.¡±


    Arata: ¡°S-Shut up! Anyways, what if we don¡¯t gamble the guard number the night of the escape.¡±


    Sakura: ¡°And how do you propose we do that?¡±


    *Arata grins*


    Arata: ¡°Well it¡¯s pretty simple, we take roles each night from now to watch the guards movements and number from the outside. The plus in that is that we won¡¯t be noticed by them unless we are too close.¡±


    Yoshida: ¡°What about the guards patrolling outside?¡±


    Kaito: ¡°We¡¯ll just have to avoid them and hide in trees and bushes around the School building.¡±


    Arata: ¡°It¡¯s like you read my mind.¡±


    The group set up a suitable schedule to when someone will check on the guards pattroling the School building, for the next few days. A few days has passed and their speculation had been spot on, the group has set that they will escape on Friday, 4 days before the exam.


    Yoshida and Arata are laying in their beds the day before the escape.


    Yoshida: ¡°Tomorrow we escape!¡±


    Arata: ¡°Yea, let¡¯s not fuck this up.¡±


    Yoshida: ¡°The way we execute tomorrows plan will decide whenever we succeed or fail. I do have a problem with something.¡±


    *Arata sits on the side of his bed*


    Arata: ¡°Huh? What¡¯s the problem?¡±


    Yoshida: ¡°Do you really believe the 6 of us can all make it through the building without getting spotted?¡±


    Arata: ¡°¡­we don¡¯t know until we try¡­¡±


    Yoshida: ¡°Well whatever, let¡¯s leave tomorrows issues to tomorrow, let¡¯s just go to sleep for now.¡±


    As they fell asleep, the next day flew by until it was time to escape. The group gathered up at the sports shack and went on from there to the back.


    Suzuki: ¡°Did you secure that the window would be open?¡±


    Sakura: ¡°Yea, I¡¯m pretty confident in it being open.¡±


    Once the group arrived to the window, it looked like it was closed.


    *Arata pushes the winow inwards*


    *creek*


    Arata: ¡°D-Damn¡­¡±


    Kaito: ¡°Be careful you idiot.¡±


    The group silently entered the classroom and peeked through the door to check if there was a guard on the hallway.


    Suzuki: ¡°It¡¯s clear. Quickly before they spot us.¡±


    They ran all the way to the lockers as quickly as possible. Once they arrived to it they try to open the door.


    Suzuki: ¡°Huh? HUH! It¡¯s locked.¡±


    Yoshida: ¡°Move aside, I knew this would happen. Give me a minute.¡±


    During the time Yoshida was lockpicking they start to hear footsteps approaching them.


    Sakura: ¡°Hurry up¡±


    Yoshida: ¡°Almost there¡­GOT IT!¡±


    Everyone quickly enters the locker room and shuts the door so nobody notices them.


    Yoshida: ¡°Suzuki, come here and help me lift this manhole.¡±


    *Both of them lift the manhole, it¡¯s finally lifted, revealing a ladder*


    Sakura: ¡°Everyone quickly.¡±


    Once they made their way down the ladder, they start walking towards the exit. After they turned a corner, the only thing that was shown in their face were metal bars blocking their way out.


    Kaito: ¡°THE ESCAPE IS RIGHT ON THE OTHER SIDE! RIN CAN YOU-¡°


    Sakura: ¡°No.¡±


    Arata: ¡°We were so close¡­¡±


    Yoshida: There¡¯s no other way out, GOD DAMN IT!¡±


    Rin: ¡°W-We should probably go back, before the guards notice.¡±


    On their way back out, once they made it to the window and try to shut it, it made a creek sound again and a guard heard that and entered the room.


    Guard: ¡°HEY! YOU THERE!¡±


    They quickly start running in all direction and back into their dorms. The guard could make out that there were 6 people, but couldn¡¯t identify who they were exactly.


    Sakura: ¡°RIN DON¡¯T FALL BEHIND!¡±


    Slowly but surely everyone safely arrived into their dorms, the guys went all into one room and started having a serious talk about the chances of another escape.


    Yoshida: ¡°Arata, could you make us some coffee? This could take a while.¡±


    Arata: ¡°Y-Yea, sure.¡±


    The mood in the room wasn¡¯t at it¡¯s best.


    Suzuki: ¡°Coming up with another plan of escape isn¡¯t an overnight thing, I think we should take time and think this out rationally.¡±


    Kaito: ¡°But we all want to get out of here before the exams!¡±


    Suzuki: ¡°You¡¯ll just have to survive these exams, even if you fail we¡¯ll try to escape right after the exams.¡±


    Yoshida: ¡°Do you really think we¡¯ll be able to escape that quickly?¡±


    It took some time for the tension in the room to lower, but once it did, the conversation was a bit more positive.


    Yoshida: ¡°How about this? Once we¡¯re all out, I¡¯m treating you guys to a game or two of bowling!¡±


    Suzuki: ¡°That¡¯d be awesome!¡±


    *Kaito looks at Arata*


    Kaito: ¡°Why do you look lost in thought?¡±


    Arata: ¡°Huh? Oh¡­it¡¯s nothing, just¡­what if we could get access to internet within the school?¡±


    Yoshida: ¡°That¡¯s it! Internet!!! It¡¯s decided, the next few days, we¡¯ll be trying to get access to internet in any sort of way!¡±


    Suzuki: ¡°That¡¯s not something you decide without asking everyone here but sure.¡±


    At the end of the day, the group had turned a bad day into a cheery one as they had fun in their dorm. The next few days they would spend, trying to get access to the internet.

 Character Showcase - Late post

    Kaito:


    https://imgur.com/a/r4evs


    Arata:


    https://imgur.com/a/QdOr1


    Rin:


    https://imgur.com/a/IQGrL


    Sakura:


    https://imgur.com/a/GoPeK


    Suzuki and #Spoiler possible new characters!


    https://imgur.com/a/MUqiOStolen from Royal Road, this story should be reported if encountered on Amazon.


    All of these characters we''re originally meant to be used in another series but thoughts had changed and we had a different approach to the series, I re-designed the characters to be suitable for this novel. In the near future I will be making a fantasy-style novel. I hope that with the expirience I''ve gained from writing this that I will be able to upgrade and make it even better than this. This is a project I started with no goal and just free time but I''ve really gotten sucked up in this novel writing. I might have not gained followers on this novel but I must thank everyone that took their time to even read the chapters. As long as I see people at least viewing my chapters I know I''m heading into the right direction. The character designs we''re created with the help of the amazing artist Lynne and I hope I could cooperate with her sometime soon, with that being said show her some support and visit her DeviantArt, I know I keep mentioning this but I am really gratefull to her making these characters a reality and if she''s reading this thank you very much Lynne </img>