Senran Kagura; Shinobi by Death: Volume 1, The Beginning

Chapter 4: The Solution

Yukio goes through his first day of school for the third time. The only difference was he answered more of the teacher's questions. The other students saw him as a smart yet laid-back person, but it wasn't because Yukio was really smart, it was his knowledge from his previous lives that enabled him to answer the teacher's questions.

Maybe my resetting power can make me an ace-student. I should also have a name for this power as well, like 'Death's Restart' or something like that.

Yukio decided to call his power 'Death's Restart' for now.

During his lunch period, he was complimented on how he knew all the teacher's answers. Soon, everyone around him went to him for assistance on their homework, or asked if they could hang out with him. Yukio didn't enjoy the sudden large amount of attention he was getting.

He went for a walk to get his classmates to stop bothering him, and as he walked through the halls. He saw someone with a familiar red scarf walk past him. However, when Yukio looked back to see if it was Asuka, no one was there.

He walked through the halls, and saw other students conversing with each other. He saw boys staring at the same four girls that walked around the school as well. Yukio would also catch glimpses to see who all the boys were drooling over, and when he saw each of those four girls, he thought that each of them might have the same body type as Asuka. The only difference he found in them were their hair and eyes. Two of the four girls didn't even have natural hair color.

After lunch ended, his afternoon classes went as well for him as his morning classes. However, as he looked out the classroom window, he saw the same four girls that everyone stared at during lunch, walking in the hallway. He thought that maybe they had to do something for a teacher, so he didn't pay that much attention to it.

After school, he went back to the old building.

Someone is going to kill me tonight, I think the best way to avoid that is to ask for help from my new ninja friend.

"Asuka! Please, I need your help. I'll get you whatever you want in return, so please help me!" Yukio shouted towards the old building.

"Shhh! Keep it down, you're gonna get me in trouble." A familiar voice called out, and Asuka suddenly appeared in front of Yukio. Her sudden entrance made Yukio jump.

"Jeez...are ninjas always like this?" Yukio asked.

"Well, some of them use different methods to greet people, like smoke bombs." Asuka answered.

"So...basically, yes." Yukio confirmed.

"S-Sorry, that's just how my Sensei greets everyone." Asuka said.

"I see, so ninjas have teachers as well?" Yukio asked.

"Of course, my Sensei is the reason why I'm doing...somewhat good as a ninja." Asuka replied. "So anyway, you needed help with something?"

"Oh, yeah. I need your help with a certain something." Yukio paused. "...I think someone is going to kill me tonight."

"Huh? Why would someone want to kill you?" Asuka tilted her head to the side in confusion.

It sucks that I can't make up a story, because I didn't see the attacker's face. Judging by what had happened during the last loop, there could be a chance that the attacker might be a ninja as well, with the ability to use three blades, or something similar like that.

"I don't know why they would want to kill me, but I only know that they will attempt to kill me tonight." Yukio said.

"Huh...so what do you want me to do?" Asuka asked.