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Still holding an intact bat before her, not dented at all, Sharpner asks her, “Aw, did the monkey bump her hand?” He grasps the collar of her shirt to yank her up, and points the bat at Izumi, “How do you think she feels!?”
Alongside Gohan, Videl barges into the booth, “Guys, what’s going on-” she begins, but then sees Izumi bleeding. “What happened!?”
Gohan swoops over to his cousin’s side, “Izzy, are you okay?”
“I’m fine,” Izumi says.
“You’re bleeding!”
“I’m fi… ngh… gh, hah, hah…” rasps out Izumi as she considers her wound that has seeped past what she can hide, and everyone’s eyes on her. “It’s just… This is just… Urgh…” She gets to her feet, and briskly walks over to the classroom door.
Gohan puts a hand on her shoulder, “Izumi-”
<span class="mu-s">Izumi’s body jolts and she lets out a shriek.</span>
Gohan pulls his hand back as if he touched a branding iron, or maybe it’s the other way around with how Izumi reacted. He looks to Peppa for answers.
But Peppa was on the same page as her brother, albeit with Sharpner holding her in a vice-like grip with his bat. “Leggo!” she cries. The thought of going Super Saiyan to get out of Sharpner’s hold crosses her mind, but that would be overkill and send the wrong message to Izumi.
Izumi lets out a few gasps to compose herself, and wipes her face dry. However, the blood has seeped down her sleeve to her wrist. With a red face, she gives her classmates a polite bow. “Sorry for troubling you.”
Everyone stares at her, speechless.
But for one, Erasa, who helpfully points out, “Izzy, you got blood on your face!”
Izumi smiles, and she touches her face. “No, no, that’s just, it’s… I need to go freshen up!” She runs out of the classroom.
With Izzy gone, the curtains pulled aside, and Videl no longer guarding the other door… What happened next was obvious.
The other students make their way out of the classroom, though a few do give Peppa comments such as “Psycho” and “Freak” and “Meaniepants.”
Soon, it’s just her friends and Sharpner and her brother left in the room.
“Explain what happened,” Videl tells her.
>A. Peppa can explain! (write-in, consulting notes recommended)
>B. Uhhh... (no she can't)
>C. Forget the chocolate, an explanation can wait, run after Izzy!
>D. Update notes (write-in)
