"Looks like this winter uniform does better than I expected." Kimura said to himself.
He stands upright as he takes a deep breath and exhales hot air. The cold and hot air clashed as the clouds were out more often, blocking the sun and letting the cold settle in. It really is the fall… he looks at the clouds momentarily before leaving into the dorms below. Kimura returns to his dorm as he opens the door and walks in.
"Hey Naoki-"
Kimura calls out but notices Naoki staring out of the window, something uncharacteristic as he tilts his head to the left a bit. He's never seen Naoki do this before, especially knowing that his cards are on the way.
"Hey naoki…you good man?" Kimura asks a little cautiously.
"..."
"Naoki? Hey!"
Kimura walks over concerned as he taps Naoki on the shoulder. Naoki looks over just now, noticing it as he looks up at him. "Oh…hey Kimura…" He yawns, "…when did you get here…?" he asks.
"Uh…just now." Kimura replies, "Didn't you hear the door?" He points at the door behind him.
Naoki looks over as he shakes his head. Kimura raises an eyebrow as he is now a little skeptical about Naoki. Naoki never stares out the window like a sad person as he peers out the window, Kimura was wondering what had Naoki staring out this window all of a sudden.
He squints his eyes seeing a group on the track field as his eyes adjust to what they're looking into. He then spots why Naoki was staring out so often, it was Ayameko sitting on the cold bench wearing her winter uniform, the female and male outfits were nearly identical with the exception that the female winter uniform was slightly larger in its jacket size.
"Lovestruck or something Naoki?" Kimura questioned him.
Naoki didn't reply as he expected that from Naoki, but he didn't know why he was growing attached to Ayameko all of a sudden. But it was something he shouldn't barge into like how he stays away from Asuka and Kimura's close relationship.
"I'm going out for a jog, you coming or are you staying Naoki?" Kimura asks.
"I'm…staying for now…" He mutters.
"What?" Kimura asks again, a little confused.
"I'm staying here…" He yawned again.
Kimura shrugs, hoping he'd get him to work out at least but it was his choice, he walks out of the room closing the door behind him and heads to the elevator. Upon leaving the dorm he sits at the fountain and ties his shoe laces a bit tighter than normal.
He gets up and hops a bit to test if he needs to loosen it as the tightness of the laces feel fine. He then walks out of the academy to start his jogging session.
His jogging took him towards a nearby abandoned warehouse, slowing down to a halt. What's going on in there? He thought to himself before shrugging and getting back to jogging. While he continued jogging he slowed down approaching the crosswalk.
Kimura huffs a bit as he looks around, seeing a large group of Kyoushou students arriving behind him. The Kyoushou students don't recognize the winter outfit as two of them look at Kimura from both sides.
***
"Hey, aren't you…"
"..."
Kimura doesn't respond as he then notices a second group on the other side of the crosswalk, eyeing him down. It's gonna be what I think it is… Kimura thought as one of the two students recognized his nose scar, quickly Kimura spun around smashing his fist into one of them as he bolted off to the side. Both groups began chasing after him as Kimura had been jogging for nearly two hours at this point, he's exhausted as the little rest he got could only get him so far.
One female student caught up, tackling him to the ground as he quickly tossed her off, rolling her off as he got back up to be met with another tackle to the ground. Three students jumped onto his back, keeping him pinned down as Kimura struggled.
"Keep him down!" One of them shouts.
"I got it!"
A male student moves around and grasps onto the back of his neck as his eyes glow a bright yellow, Kimura felt his mana being unable to manifest. Mana Nullification just like Asuka… He struggled as the other students on the other side of the road came over, crossing the street.
One student in particular knelt down, he bore a large medical patch on his cheek. "Well if it isn't the guy who stomped my fucking cheek in…" his voice came out harsh and distasteful of Kimura.
"Oh it's you…" Kimura struggled to talk a bit.
"So you do remember me." The student chuckled as he gestured to the ones holding him down to make him stand on his knees.
One student got off his back as the other to get him to his knees, two more joining in to restrain his arms. The yellow eyed student moves his hand position to his wrist, holding with a tight grip. The main leader knelt down to look at Kimura, patting his cheek before swinging at him.
Kimuras head jerked to the side leaving a purple bruise on his cheek, a mana enhanced punch. It began to swell as Kimura breathed heavily as he looked at the main leader. The student stood up as he looked at the nearby abandoned warehouse.
"That warehouse will do." He told them.
They helped Kimura onto his feet, keeping him restrained as the yellow eyed student kept his firm grip while they walked, Kimura was just obliging due to him being restrained. This is just embarrassing for me… He thought to himself, well knowing if he wasn't exhausted from jogging for a long distance he would've been able to outrun them.