Literature - Fiction

The Inner Man – Episode 4 – Boys

The first week of school had been rough for Chiko, as rough as he figured it was going to be considering his crazy teacher and students that were completely enamored with him. After the first day, he had tried to remain relatively quiet in the class, fortunately the teacher rarely called on him to answer questions, especially during mathematics. She probably did not want to go toe to toe with him in another battle of the equations. That suited him fine ...

The morning and remainder of the time in class that followed after the introduction of the new student, Ayumi Nishimura, was carried out normally for everyone, everyone but Yuki. He had become distracted by this new girl that was sitting behind him. Normally, it would have been easy enough for him to let his mind wonder through his fantasies during homeroom, since nothing of importance usually happened. ‘Ayumi Nishimura…why did she smile at me like that?’ However, he was not able to get his ...

The scene around the fallen tree continued to develop with more people gathering at the site drawn in by curiosity and an already large crowd formed. Most of the students began passing through to reach their school. Left a short distance away from the street a figure in the shadows of the tree watched carefully of the events. A slow grin pulled up on their lips as though they understood and were pleased. They faded into the shadows without drawing attention leaving the confused neighbors to ...

The Inner Man – Episode 3 – School

Chiko walked with his back hunched over, slouching and a long, exhausted expression across his face. He could not remember the last that he had to wake up so early in the morning. The birds were already out chirping so loud it felt like they were going to shatter his ears. This was hardly what he had in mind for blending into the new life that he had. What was he going to do now, having to go to school over again?

“He was enjoying it ...

The Inner Man - Episode 2 – Lost

“I am going to kill that doctor, let me at him right now!” Chiko shouted at the top of his lungs, even as Mashiro grabbed him up preventing him from running away. Chiko’s tiny new body flailed about trying to get free from Mashiro’s grasp, there was only one simple thing on his mind, beating that crazed, insane doctor to a pulp. “I am going to kill him!” he screamed again.

“What are you going to do, kick him in the shins?”

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