ASA Origins Presents: Ms. Armageddon

"Chapter 8: My American Academia"

After My Parents signed the forms, we were told that we would get our house by the mid-July, and we agreed to wait so we went to the Shen-Lees' condo complex called "Hunan Towers" and met with the building manager who had agreed to let us stay in a vacant condo while Tao covered rent.

After a couple days, we finally received our stuff from the movers and had the things taken to a storage facility and on July 15th, we finally got our house, and we moved in.

It was now the morning of August 10th, Hanako was driving still Sixteen-Year-Old Me and still Thirteen-Year-Old Hayato to Mihoko Academy in Little Tokyo to have an interview with the principal and get a tour of the school.

Hanako asked Me and Hayato, "Are you two excited that you're finally going to school together?" I replied, "Not really, since I'm only gonna be there for a year, which means that Hayato's gonna have to survive High School alone."

Hanako then said, "Well you're still gonna be there with Hayato for a year, so maybe you can use that year to teach your little brother how to get through High School."

We then stopped at Mihoko Academy; it was a fairly large school that was rectangular with four stories and had a large gate outside.

We got out and saw a woman standing by the gate; she was a Japanese woman of average height, had a slim and robust figure, had long golden-brown hair tied to a bun, had light brown eyes with small crow's feet around them covered by black-rimmed prescription glasses, and wore a gray pantsuit jacket and shirt with a matching gray dress skirt and dark gray high heels with brown soles.

We approached the woman and she asked, "Hello! Are you Hanako Suzuki?" and Hanako answered, "Yes but who are you? I don't recognize you."

The Woman said, "I'm Vice Principal Mihoko Himaki, no relation." and we were confused, and VP Mihoko explained, "Because my name is Mihoko, people think I own the academy or at least, related to the owner. But I'm not, I'm just the Vice Principal."

I then asked, "Uhm, could we go inside now?" and VP Mihoko answered, "Yes, of course!"

We then followed the Vice Principal into the school, and I was amazed as the entire inside reminded me of my old school back in Musutafu.

We then got to the Main Office where we went into the Principal's Office; the principal was an average heighted and slightly pudgy Japanese man with short graying black hair, brown eyes, thin rectangular glasses, small wrinkles around his mouth and small crow's feet around his eyes, and he wore a dark tweed suit.

The principal then greeted, "Hello, I'm Principal Wataru Kasen. Pleased to meet You and Your Kids Mrs. Suzuki. Who are they?"

I told him, "I'm Kohane Ito." and Hayato said, "I'm Hayato Suzuki." and Principal Wataru said, "Splendid! Let's get on with the tour and we'll do the interview afterwards."

The principal then got up and we all followed him while he said, "Ok, now here's the general layout of the school. Each school day starts at Six AM with classes starting at Seven AM and ending at Four PM, First Floor is for Freshmen, Second is for Sophomores, Third is for Juniors, and the Fourth Floor at the top is for the Seniors."

Hanako then said, "Oh my, that's a lot of stairs the students have to go through." and Principal Wataru said, "We do have an elevator, but it is currently being renovated."

Principal Wataru then said, "Our school was founded in the winter of December Thirtieth, Nineteen Forty-Six by Asuka Mihoko; just almost two years after World War Two. You see, Asuka used to be the Vice Principal of a school in Nakasaki, but when she heard news that Hiroshima had just been bombed and Nagasaki was next, she evacuated from the city and stowed on an American Naval Ship until she landed in Rockford, where she laid low for almost two years until she founded our school."