The anger he felt lessened and his face turned into a expression of awareness. That of his cousin and their feelings.<br/><br/>His eyes shifted between the two sisters as a awkward and tense silence sank in. The normally harsh and critical young man was now at a lost for words. A feint sense of guilt creeping up inside of him and his face.<br/><br/>”Get dress and clean up the bed. I need to get ready for school.” Rakutsu ordered and turned away from the two without giving a inch. His usual attitude reforming from the blow.<br/><br/>A short shower was in order. Alone.<br/><br/><hr/><br/>”Or we can be grateful for getting a field trip at all. Unless you don’t like having a day to do something that isn’t sitting on our asses, reading out of a text book, and hurting our hands from coping notes.” There was an edge to his tone, which was now directed at Emily’s comment.<br/><br/>The teenager eyes went wide for a moment before reeling himself in. He thought the field trip would help calm him down from this morning’s events, but it didn’t work very well. Doesn’t help that the comments of his classmates annoyed him.<br/><br/>Clicking with his classmates was always a challenge for him. Most annoy him and others were too immature. Or he simply had difficulty socializing with others. Anyone can vouch for the last one. He can’t take his frustrations out on them, however.<br/><br/>”Yes, let’s blame the tragic death of a man, who did good for the city, for our lack of a overseas trip. It’s easier that way.” But that didn’t stop another harsh comment from slipping out. Damnit.<br/><br/>Rakutsu muttered a faint “sorry” under his breath while retreating to stand next to Amy and Amrita. A apologetic look was thrown over to Ms. Hallowbrooks too.<br/><br/>The teen wasn’t one for gossip, but only an idiot wouldn’t know of Mar’s murder. His beliefs were with murder even against all odds. It wasn’t impossible for a man to be murdered in their own building. Not in this day and age, where flying through the skies, punching through walls, and controlling the fabric of reality were the norm.<br/><br/>He believed that Mars had enemies. Ones who were motivated by corruption and greed and saw the man as a obstacle. Something to get rid of. The circumstances could be completely different, but who can know? The media didn’t have anything solid, so it’s all speculation and conspiracy theories.<br/><br/>The only certainty is that Emerald City won’t be the same without him.<br/><br/><hr/><br/>”Nope.” He said to Alejandro without giving it time to consider.<br/><br/>”Monkeys can run a little over 20 miles on all fours. A human can outrun one, but not for very long. Still, you might have a better shot with these guys.” He nudged his head in the monkey’s direction.<br/><br/>Alejandro was right about their current condition. If the animals didn’t get much exercise the odds of surviving a dangerous encounter with them are increased. But only a little. It’s doubtful the zoo keepers would allow them to rot and get fat like a traditional american. Or a Otaku....<br/><br/>”I do feel good about my chances though. I’m a amazing runner.” A wry smile crept onto his face. Wasn’t fair to his classmate considering his near superhuman levels of speed. They didn’t need to know that, however.<br/><br/>Rakutsu wouldn’t be allowed to have anymore fun thinking of Alejandro being at the mercy of monkeys. Their shrieking nearly gave the teen a heart attack from then sudden turn in their behavior. Why did it get so dark all of a sudden? Picking his head up showed the storm clouds overhead.<br/><br/>A alarm went off in his head. For whatever reason his guard went up. Why wasn’t there any rain or thunder? Why didn’t his phone show him thunderstorm warnings for today?<br/><br/>”You shouldn’t talk so much shit, Rex. Not when the monkeys are close enough to teach you a lesson.” Just can’t help himself, can’t he?<br/><br/>His brain went into autopilot before any other words can escape. As if possessed, his body shifted and turned and a thunderous roar barged into his ears. They deafened with a ringing sound even as his other senses returned. It took a moment for his earring to return.<br/><br/>What became a normal and relatively enjoyable field trip turned into what he imagined a war zone to be like. Thunderous roars overheard and desperate shouting all around. All while he was in a hole, as if they were trenches. This must have been what his grandfather felt so many ears ago.<br/><br/>”Amrita?!” Rakutsu shouted in fear, finally seeing the girl under him. Worried for the girl, he checked her pulse and made sure no open wounds were on her body. She was hotter than normal and electricity bounced around her. The lighting got her. He feared the worst until her eyes opened. The feeling replaced with pure shock at the new displace of power.<br/><br/>”What?” He slipped into Japanese on pure reflex. Any questions regarding her sudden conditioned needed to wait, which the logical part of his mind shoved into the front of his brain.<br/><br/>His feet carried him out of the hole and he started running. Realizing he was going nowhere, he stopped in his tracks and took a look at chaos around him. Animals running loose, people running for safety, and lighting bolts tearing through the buildings and enclosures. All at the drop of the hat.<br/><br/>Just....just what was he suppose to do about this?! He punches people out at night and leaves them to the police! How was he suppose to make any of this better?!<br/><br/>The growl of a lion pulled his attention in front of him. The mighty beasts eyes filled with hunger and the panicking teenager was an easy meal for him. Allegedly. It charged for him, but Rakutsu didn’t dodge. Instead, a loud shout overwhelmed the area around him as his force of will shook the earth under him. (https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/dragonball/images/c/cd/UubKiai.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20120328124804) It can be treated as merely a shout, but it carried a messaged the animals instincts can make out. Try it and you will die.<br/><br/>Rakutsu ran ahead of the animals as soon as they were pacified. His gas mask pulled from his bag and his extra hoodie with it. It only took him a few moments to change into them behind a tree. Not the best place to do so, but it’s doubtful anyone was paying attention to little old him right now.<br/><br/>Maneuvering through the ruined zoo proved to be difficult for him. There wasn’t any thunder or traditional signals of lighting strikes. It was too random and much stronger. Didn’t take long to figure out that nothing about the storm was normal. But that didn’t matter in the heat of a crisis.<br/><br/>His reflexes and instincts help guide him through the lighting storm. Good for him, but not everyone else.<br/><br/>The path through destruction took him to where it needed him. People trapped in one of the buildings and the path next to it blocked by a flung car. His first step was to free the people inside the enclosure by clearing it of wreckage. All of his strength was used to lift the fallen piece out of the door’s way before throwing it for the upside down car.<br/><br/>”You all need to get out of here and stay calm! Acting like a crazy person will just make it worse for yourself!” Rakutsu shouted through his mask, hoping it will knock enough sense into the people around him to get their shit together.<br/><br/>Wait a minute. Where are his classmates and teachers? It finally clicked with him that he didn’t see any of them during the run through the zoo and he began to panic again.