Chapter 27:

Back to high school Part 1

Valkyria Squadron


The sound of the alarm clock woke me up. Looking around I see Tamamo with me, but from the noise coming from below, I can hear that he is trying to make breakfast again. I remembered last night's nightmare and how she tried to calm me down in her own way. But when I look at the clock, I realize that I am already running late. I get up and go to the bathroom to get ready as quickly as possible, then go down the stairs with the same speed.In the dining room, there were again sandwiches for breakfast, but due to lack of time, I can't stop enjoying them.

"Tama finishes eating breakfast quickly!"I tell her while I almost choke on food.
"We are going to be late!"
"We still have to change!"
"Classes start in 40 minutes !!"

"If you knew you had to get up early, why didn't you set an alarm clock earlier?"
"And if you come from the army, shouldn't you get up earlier as a habit?" my mother told me while she was sitting down finishing her coffee and reading the newspaper.

"I also thought that I had set the alarm for earlier, but it did not ring until recently"

"Okay leaving that aside, I managed to get the uniforms yesterday, it was not easy to have them done in such a short time but I got it thanks to one of my employees"
"I hope the uniforms fit"
"Your excuse for showing up now at this time of year is because of your "medical condition" and the ridicule of your former colleagues. And also to start the next school year well."

"Okay, so you managed to create a couple of fake identities, do the paperwork to get into a school, and get two uniforms in less than 24 hours"
"It's scary how fast you can get things done when you're motivated."

"In fact, while I was also buying the new oven I also got you a couple of other things."
"A tactical holster for the weapon and a couple of extra magazines. Aside from the ammunition obviously, they are there on the table"

"I would like to ask where you got that from, I don't think they sold a furnace and pistol ammunition in the same place"

"It is for personal protection, it goes without saying that it is super illegal to bring that to school"
"So don't take it out unless it's strictly necessary."
"I don't want to have to go through stupid problems like some teacher saw you with that"
"And that would be the end of our little operation too"

"You don't even need to say"
"I'm going to hide it here with the coat, even I could forget that I have it at hand."
"...Shit..."
"I can't hide it between the clothes"
"And the jacket does not cover completely"
"As if that were not enough, the skirt does not have space for it"
"People will realize that I have a foxtail when they see me"

"Oh dear, I forgot the tail part"
"Give me the skirt. I'll fix that with scissors and a lighter"
"It's a simple task to make room for the tail to pass"
"I hope"

With that, the little time we had left became even less due to the necessary clothing adjustments. And just when we were about to start running from home to school, my mother stopped me once more.

"Cesar"
"Wait!!"
"The food, you almost forgot!"
"It's for lunch"
"I also made one for Tama!"

"It is also to avoid suspicion?" Asked the goddess.

"It's just that preparing all of this reminded me of the past of going through this every morning, by the time I realized I had your lunches ready"

"I didn't think about going through this again either" I said.
"But we need to go now because we are already late!"
"See you later"

After that, we had to run for almost 20 minutes without stopping. Miraculously we arrived with only a couple of minutes left. We introduce ourselves in the teacher's room. But according to what they informed us, our teacher seems to be running late too. So we decided to stay in the hall near the classroom to wait.

Once there, Tamamo stared out the window watching the other students arrive through the gate. For my part, I was paying attention to all the people, teachers, and students. Something must be happening here and I had to find out what it was.

"I know you are not used to many of the things you see here, but please try not to be surprised by the things you see." I told Tama as I adjusted my hat to avoid showing the fox ears.
"If you have to use something you don't understand, wait for someone to use it first"
"I think that will work for almost everything."

"People talk a lot about us" she answered.

"Well, we're new here, plus you don't want to hide the animal parts."
"I'd be more surprised if they didn't"

But he hadn't finished speaking yet when it happened. From the stairs came a small girl, with straight black hair, her face was almost the same as I remembered. It was her, it was Maria, my little sister. More than 6 years have passed since the last time I saw her face and without a doubt, she has grown a lot although she still looks the same as the Maria I remember. It seems that she has left her illness behind, as she was in good condition. I was quite happy to see her again, I wanted to hug her and tell her all about her. But I must avoid looking excited, I still can't tell her who I am.

I decided to tell Tama who my sister was too, so she could see her. To my surprise, Tama behaved well and she just looked quite sneaky, she did nothing else and just looked at me with confidence. Right after the bell rang and while all the students entered their classrooms, we stood outside waiting for the teacher.

After a moment the classes finally start. But the bad thing is that we still have not presented ourselves and there is already something curious.

It turned out that the teacher was someone I had seen before, a young woman with brown hair, quite pretty and wearing glasses. As soon as she saw me, she was completely paralyzed with the terror that she had. I don't really blame her, the last time we saw each other I pointed a gun at her head so I could escape from the Alliance army. She was War Lady, she was in charge of supervising me during missions. Certainly, neither of us expects to see the other here.

Seeing that she did not seem to react in the slightest I made her a greeting gesture, after which seeing that I was here to do the same thing as her, she took a breath and resigned herself to the fact that we were both here for the same reason. When entered the class she acted as if we did not know each other and greeted her students. After talking a bit with them, preparing our entrance, because without a doubt we would cause a mess without a doubt.

"Very good and with that I am going to introduce you to the new companions" speak Warlady
"As I already explained they have their circumstances so I will not allow any comment regarding them!"
"Understood?"
"I speak especially to you Yamada!"

"More new students?"
"They are not arriving very often?"
"Also these days?"immediately one of the students began to complain.

"Yamada, shut up!"
"What did I just say!?"
"The only ones who can answer that are them"
"And only if they want"
"Nothing more"

Hell, what's going on there?

"Very well the first one is Tamamo" the teacher spoke.

All right, there she goes. Please don't screw it up, don't say anything unnecessary or out of place, please have mercy on me.

"Hello"
"I am Tamamo"
"I was born here in Japan but have lived most of my life abroad"
"So there are many things that I don't know"
"I ask that you bear with me"
"Thank you"

"Those are ears and tail?"
"Is it allowed to bring something like that here?"
"She is crazy?"

"Shut up Yamada"
"What did I just say!?"
"Now that's why you are going to receive the class outside!"
"If you talk again I will punish you more with having to clean the whole classroom!"

"Due to medical issues I have these"
"I'm not going to talk about it anymore" Tama said.

Good, It seems that my concern was unfounded, as it turns out that Tamamo can handle the situation better than I expected. If she could do it then my part would be easy.

"very well"
"Now the next is Elise"
"Go ahead"

Alright. Here I go again, remember that I do this for Maria, this is for her. The shame that happens today will only be momentary compared to the joy of having my sister back in the family. I just have to resist a little bit.

I walked from the hall to the front of the class to speak and introduce myself. All the students were definitely watching me as if they had seen a ghost. Everyone was completely silent without saying anything. The atmosphere was completely different even when even Tama entered.

"My name is Elise Valkyria"
"I also come from abroad"
"From America"
"I may not speak the language well yet"
"So I apologize in advance for any misunderstandings"

Everyone was completely still, no one said anything. I even looked at Maria to see what her face would have. But everything seemed to indicate that apart from the usual curiosity of the new girl did not happen. It seems that the cap and the jacket at the waist did work!

"Are you ok,darling?"

Tamamo was already taking her time in making an awkward situation.

"Did she tell Darling to her?" Again the same student talking from the hallway

I quickly began to imagine all the possible solutions and results of what I said as well as the reactions of the classmates. But the more I thought about it, the more I saw that it was only a matter of time before Tama charged again. There was no solution from where I could get out of it unscathed, because sooner or later the same thing would happen again with her. So I thought that since there was no remedy, the best thing would be a quick death charging forward.

"I don't like rumors about me so I'll make it clear right now that I'm starting here."
"Tama is my girlfriend okay!"
"Yes, I like girls"
"I have nothing against men and I can be with them"
"But nothing will happen between them and me in the slightest"
"I hope you respect that"
"Also we will behave correctly"
"And yes, I also have the same problem as Tama"
"Any other question?"

To no one's surprise, absolutely the whole class raised their hand in unison.

"Any questions that are not related to my albinism?"

They all lowered their hand at the same time. In a way, I already knew that this would happen.

A strong statement at the beginning will avoid misunderstandings and will leave out what fool that could appear. But at the same time, it was like putting out a house fire by throwing a bomb at it

"That's true?"
"Do you hate men?"

"What did I just say?"
"It's just my preferences, okay"
"And you should be outside in the hallway!?"

"Yamada shut up !!"
"And you calm down please!"
"We must continue the class!"
"We have already spent a lot of time on this" the teacher appeared trying to put order, to the mess that I create when I speak.

Despite what I said, the class continued. But it was clear that everyone was waiting for the break to talk to me, it was only a matter of time. Their gazes are clearly on me, everyone is surely thinking the order of the questions they will ask me.

Right now we are in a Japanese history class, it seems to be from before Tama's time. So she will be fine for now. I on the other hand have no idea. It's not that I was a bad student, it's just that I wasn't the best either and studying history of a foreign country, in another language and with confusing names that sound the same to me. Well, I hope my mom takes care of the notes too because otherwise I'll be in trouble.

Maria is sitting in her seat, near the window, I am right on the other side of the class near the hallway.
I can't stare at her for long, I also warned Tama not to do that. I told her to just act normal and talk about what she saw by chance
If Marie is here as an agent she surely must be suspicious of us. I would, you can never trust people who look so weird and who just came out of nowhere on such an inconvenient date as February. But for now I'd better pay attention to the class, I don't want to screw up so much the first day either.

Wait a second, Tama has the book upside down, that she doesn't realize? It is in Japanese. She should know she's got the book upside down.