residents of the dead

truth and lies pt2

"Most impressive!" Shidou said loudly. Rei and Jin immediately levelled their glare at him. Jin ethics wouldn't have allowed me to leave him to die at the school, but as he looked at him then, he couldn't help but regret not trying to talk Takashi into leaving him as Rei had. There was just something
wrong about him.

"Superb teamwork, ryuki-kun, Miyamoto-san! But … if fights are going to break out like this, then it backs up my position." He walked near the front of the bus, leering. His eyes narrowed, and Rei really didn't like the look he had on his face. "That's why we need a leader."

"I take it there's only one candidate for the job?" Saya asked, though it was very clear she knew the answer. They all did.

"I'm a teacher, Takagi-san," said Shidou, like he was talking to a small child. "Everyone else is a student. That alone speaks volumes in my merit."

Jin couldn't help but laugh He ignored him entirely, instead turning to face the people at the back of the bus. "How about it, everyone?" he asked them. "If you go with me … I will do whatever it takes to keep you all alive, all right?"

The blonde student on the floor stopped huffing and puffing for breath and looked up at Shidou in clear admiration. The students at the back of the bus began cheering for Shidou, clapping for him. 

Shidou took a bow for the students who were clapping for him, then turned back to us with open arms and a wide grin on his face. "… And there you have it. Through a majority vote, I have become the leader." The cocky way he said it finally cemented just how Jin felt about him – he hated the vile bastard. "Starting now …"

Rei abruptly turned away from Shidou and walked to the very front of the bus. "Sensei, open the doors … please open them!" she said to Marikawa-sensei, who was looking at her inquisitively. "I'm getting off!" Strangely, everyone was shocked but by no means surprised by this turn of events.

Rei's hatred of Shidou had been very clear from the second they saw him running toward the bus. The thing that really surprised jin, however, was that Marikawa-sensei actually opened the doors and let her leave. Takashi made to go after her, but she had already gone out the doors by the time he got there. "I won't have it! I don't want to be anywhere near that guy!"

"If she's saying she can't go along with the group, then …" Shidou sighed, placing a hand against his forehead in clearly fake disappointment and sadness, "… nothing we can do about it."

"You're just a model teacher, you know that?" Saya asked sarcastically. "It's so inspiring, the way you "look out" for your students. How could we ever have doubted your fantastic fucking leaderships skills?"

She actually heard him growl at her for a moment. Then he coughed, just assume in an attempt to hide it. Jin reached his hand back letting Saya hi-five him with a smile.

A moment later, Takashi jumped off the bus after Rei. Admittedly, most people had expected him to do so, knowing what he was like when it concerned her, and they also knew that if anyone could talk Rei back on the bus, it was him. That being said, Jin also knew it was an extremely bad idea for the both of them to be outside the bus, so a sense of worry began building up inside him.

"Just until town!" He heard Takashi saying. "Put up with him until we get to town. It's dangerous out there!"

"I told you you'd regret it!" Rei yelled.