Before the Eds and Eric were formed

The air was still hung heavy up in the mountain at Kunugigaoka Junior High school's E-class. A fierce and scary battle had just taken place. A man the classmates thought was a father figure to them turned out to be nothing but a monster and a scumbag.

He threatened to hurt the kids if they disrespected him. To some, its normal to discipline your kids for being naughty, but this man did it over trivial things, such as not working hard enough. That alone made him want to pummel the kids into submission.

But his reign of tyranny came to an end when the man and a kid from the past had met again, face to face, and had a 1v1 brawl, with the kid coming out on top. That kid was Eric and the man he was facing as the man that ruined his life years ago, Akira Takaoka.

But it didn't stop there, when he knocked him to the ground. Eric had the intention and reason to kill Takaoka, or at least take his right eye. After all, its what he took away from Eric. Its because of him that Eric was labeled a freak most of his life. He wanted this. He wanted to kill the man that had ruined his life.  And yet........................

He couldn't do it.

He couldn't bring himself to do the deed. What could it have been. Was it the thought that if he did kill him, he wouldn't be as any different as the man that ruined his life, or was it the expressions on his friends face that made him realize his mistake. Whatever it was, he couldn't do the deed and just told him to get lost.

But Akira didn't stop and just got more angry at Eric. He tried to attack him but Karasuma came in and put him down. Before Akira could even get back up, the principal came and told Akira to basically get out of his school. Even if it was E-class, he didn't like having such an evil man on his campus. This just made Akira more angry as he ran away, cursing up and down at such a embarrassing moment for him.

The class was happy now. The bad man was gone and they had their old PE teacher, Karasuma, back. But everything wasn't finished yet. While the class continued their cheering, Eric had begun to walk away from the others up the steps, but Yada stopped him as she, along with everyone, was concerned for him. She then asked the boy the one thing that everyone was wondering.....

"Eric....what happened with you and Akira."

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Cue Seishun Satsubatsuron by 3-nen E-gumi Utatan)

{Intrumental}

{Seishun... Satsubatsuron!}

(The opening starts with the crescent moon as it gradually change to Korosensei's head. Then Ed, Double D, Eddy and Eric appeared upside down with their names shown as they fall and tried to attack Korosensei as he panicked before dust picks up around them as the title appeared.)

Welcome Back, Mr. ED!

{Kuchi ni dasu no wa jikkō suru toki}

{Sore ga kakkoī koto shitteru sa}

(The scene start with Eric waking up in bed as he gets up and gets ready for school. As he walk out of his room, Eddy and Double D were at the living room while the latter was preparing breakfast. He look around only to see that Ed's not up yet so he went to his room to wake him up, only to find that he was not here and saw his window was open.)

{TARGET, sagashite bokura wa satsubatsu}

{Omoi wa mayou mayoedo susumu}

{Migite to migiashi issho ni de sōda}

(Eric panicked and ran out of his room to tell Eddy and Double D that Ed's gone. Eddy groaned in frustration while Double D worried about him, Eric ran back in to his room and came out with his uniform on and a toothbrush in his mouth. Double D quickly pack small breakfast along with their lunches before they head out to find Ed.)

{Nan nanda iraira no hadō wa}

{Bokura no sonzai no shōmei?}

{Tsuki wo miagetakamaru}

{Sā sā! Satsu satsu sattō START!}

(Scene changes to Eric opens a fridge of their neighbor's house and found Ed sleeping in his underwear and half eaten food. Eddy laughed while Eric took Ed out of the fridge and slaps him back and forth to wake him up. Double D look at the time and finds that they are going to be late for school, Eric and Double D panicked while Eddy groaned as Ed woke up from Eric's slapping before he was pulled by Eric and ran out the door along with Eddy and Double D.)

{Yari kittenaikara yarikirenai}

{Yari kittenaikara yarikirenai}

{Genjō daha wo chīsana koe de yagate zekkyō shitaku naru}

(The Eds and Eric, with Ed now in his uniform, rushing to the train station but they missed the train. As Eric and Double D mope in depression, Eddy yelled at Ed before he had an idea as he grabbed Ed the the other two. They're now at a park as they sitting in a box with a tree that is cartoonishly pulled down like rubber below them while Ed was holding the tree down by sinking his teeth in another tree. Double D was calculating their trajectory while Eddy was getting impatient and Eric was starting to regret it. Double D conclude that they would land in the field behind the building but isn't sure about it. Eddy isn't surprised as he signals Ed to let go as they're launch in the air heading to towards school.)

{Yari kittenaikara yarikirenai (Yareba dekiru sa)}

{Yari kittenaikara yarikirenai (Kitto dekiru sa)}

(Eddy, Double D and Eric screamed while Ed laugh as they flew through the sky. Then Eric saw Korosensei flying by as he pulled out his anti-sensei knife and tries to kill him but no avail as Korosensei sped up ahead of them.)

{Dōse, to iu no wa kantandakedo}

{Ima wa agaite mitainda kimi to hajikete mitainda}

(Meanwhile in E-Class, Yada was sitting by her desk and glance at Eric's desk in front of her as class was about to start. Korosensei arrives through the window and begun roll call, Yada asked him if he seen the Eds and Eric this morning making Rio teased her about it as she blushed in embarrassment. Korosensei answers as the Eds and Eric crashed through the roof and landed in the floor next to Korosensei, surprising the students.)

{Saredo seishun wa mirai he GO!}

{Sā sā sā! Seishun satsubatsuron!}

(Ed recoiled from the floor as he pulled the other three out with him as the class aside from Korosensei look at them with white eyes and jaws dropped. Korosensei tells them to take their seats as Ed lets go of them and went to their designated desk thus begins class.)

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EDventure #15 — "Before the Eds and Eric were formed"

The class and teachers were silent as they kept staring at Eric, who was standing near the steps. He still had his back turned to everyone, as he secretly didn't want to face the others.

"Yada's right, Eric" said Double D.

"Yea, we're concerned about you, Eric. What we just saw was.... scary" said Fuwa.

"Yea, we've never seen you act like that before. I mean yea you've tried to hit people for calling you freak and stuff but you've never tried to kill that person" said Eddy.

Eric just tuned out their voices as he just wanted to leave and just disappear. He had had enough of today and just wanted to lay down in his bed and forget this day ever happened. He then began to walk forward and walked up the steps. Everyone saw that he was beginning to walk away and before anyone could tell him to leave a voice said,

"Eric" and before the class could turn to the voice, a whoosh came in and Korosensei and appeared right behind Eric.

"Eric. I understand that whatever you've gone through something awful with Akira and its tearing you apart from the inside mentally and possibly physically" said Korosensei as the class and Karasuma just stood silent as they listened to their teacher.

"Eric, please listen to what I have to say. Suppressing your emotions, whether it's anger, sadness, grief or frustration, can lead to physical stress on your body. Its not healthy thing to keep whatever pent up anger you had towards him and it couldn't be more clear than today" said Korosensei as his voice tried to sound sincere.

"What are you talking about sir" asked Nagisa.

"Today, I saw your suppressed emotions Eric. I saw that you were hell bent on killing Akira. And it's made me very concerned that your violent nature could end up either affecting the class or could end up harm the class" said Korosensei, which made a few of the students gasp slightly.

Eric still stood back faced to them as he slightly flinched at Korosensei's words.

"You really think I would hurt anyone in the class. I don't have anything against them" he said angrily as he was shocked that his own teacher would think of him like that.

"That maybe so, Eric, but your anger and rash decisions have me worried about the safety of the rest of the class. Whether you have anger towards them or not, today has made me worried not just for you classmates but you as well Eric" said Korosensei as he pointed one of his tentacles, gesturing to the students.

Korosensei could see how Eric was shaking in anger at his words.

'Me. Trying to harm the others. I mean maybe I get rough with the Eds but that's just mainly for them to stop their silly antics and try to take thing seriously when they need to be, but for me to hurt the others?! It really hurt that my teacher would think of me like that. But I knew that he was right. What I had done today was something I had never done. I was completely out of character but this was my chance to get revenge on the man that ruined my life. The one that's the reason..... that...that....'

"So we ask you again, Eric....what happened with you and Akira." asked Korosensei, trying to understand Eric's emotions.

Suddenly, little patters could be heard by Korosensei and some of the students as Korosensei saw that wet spots appeared on the steps. He immediately knew what they were.

Tears.

From Eric.

He was crying.

Korosensei slithered his way to Eric and placed a tentacle on his shoulder.

"Eric. I get that your angry at him for something he did in the past but its not healthy for you or your well being to hold that anger in. You need to release it but not in how you did with Akira. I mean, tell the truth about what happened between you two. You need to tell us what happened. Only then will your anger go away" said Korosensei trying to be sincere.

Eric continued to shed tears but tried his hardest not to cry out in anger.

"But that's just it. I did nothing to him" whimpered Eric as he tried to wipe his tears away but couldn't stop crying. This made the Eds very worried for him. Never had they seen him cry like this before

"What do you mean Eric" asked Korosensei.

"Its like I said. I-I did nothing to him. Never yelled at him, never hit him, I didn't do anything bad but he still.....hurt me" cried Eric as he tried to hold his whimpers but couldn't stop his tears.

Korosensei put a tentacle up to his supposed-jaw and began to ponder in thought. He could see Eric was hurting so he decided to say

"Eric. How long have you kept your anger towards him. How long has this been going on" he asked.

Eric sniffed and tried to calm down to answer his question.

"E-E-Eight years" said Eric, wiping his tears away.

The Eds and some of the others gasped that all that anger was 8 years of pent up fury.

"And how long have you wanted to tell someone about your trauma" asked Korosensei.

Eric kept quiet for a while until he said "I've wanted to say it to someone ever since it happened. To let out all my anger but..... but....." cried Eric as he remembered that looking back on his past was trauma for me.

Korosensei just hummed in understanding. But then he stepped back a few feet to where he was right close to the Eds and the students.

"Eric. Please turn around and look at us" he asked.

Eric didn't budge. He just kept looking towards the stairs as he didn't have the guts to face his classmate.

"Eric, listen to me. Sometimes it can be difficult to tell the truth to others as we have a fear of being judged or opinions being thrown at us. Sometimes we even fear that the telling the truth will make matters worse then what they already are, but it is not a healthy decision for you to keep all your anger. Which is why telling someone your problems can be an easy way out of the all that anger. Because those that care about are the ones that won't let you suffer anymore" said Korosensei, in his teaching and caring manner.

'I knew, deep down inside, that he was right. All that 8 years of anger towards that monster wasn't good for me. I realized it all today and tried to kill him but if I did, I'd be no different than the man the ruined my life. But it still hurt. What he did to me.'

Eric wiped the last of his tears and as soon as he had the courage, he turned around slowly and faced the other students and teachers. But when he saw them, he didn't know if it was seeing everyone of Class-E there worried about him or the sun shining behind them but Eric's eyes widen at how everyone had a look of worry and concern.

He felt something feel different in his heart.

"We all get that you have been through something as we've seen today but you don't have to suffer anymore. You have your classmates, your friends, and most assuredly...."

'Your super awesome, super quick, fun loving time of a teacher' he thought while giggling but really said,

"Your supportive teachers. So no more holding in your secrets Eric. You can tell us, cause we want to help you. You can believe in your fellow E-class students. Believe in us." said Korosensei as he stretched out his tentacles, gesturing to all of the people that were there.

Eric turned his gaze away from Korosensei and began looking at his classmates. He could see it in their eyes. They were worried about him. They saw him almost kill a person. Even though they're being trained to be assassins, they weren't ready for something like this. Eric then turned to the three best friends he had made in his whole life.

The Eds.

He could see that Eddy and Double D had looks of worry on their faces but he turned to see Ed had his usually whimpering face, with a pouty lip to add. He knew they were scared for him. After all, they had been friends for more than 2 years. And to see him act out of character, really spoke volumes about their concern.

'I knew I had no other choice. I was backed into a corner. If I had tried to leave now, it would just make things more complicated for me. I had no choice. I had to tell the truth. It was the only thing that would help me.'

Eric sighed as he wiped the last of his tears as he then gave slight smile as he looked at his classmates. They were the people no one knew what to do. They were outcasts, like just him and the Eds. Guess it explained why they fit in so well here. Guess that's why Eric began to feel somewhat better than before.

He then sat down on the steps as he looked back at Korosensei and said "You're right sir. I have been holding in my anger for Takaoka, but I have every good reason to do it" said Eric as his voice changed to a grave one, while looking down.

"What exactly could those reasons be" asked Korosensei.

Eric sighed as he said "I guess if you want to understand my reasons, then we would have to start before I met him. The day that would ruin my life " said Eric as he lifted his head only to see the students and teachers sitting on the ground in semi-circle while Korosensei was sitting in his usual lounge chair but had a tub of popcorn off to the side and was munching away on them.

"THIS IS MY MOST TRAGIC MOMENT IN MY WHOLE LIFE AND YOU GUYS ARE TREATING IT LIKE A MOVIE" yelled Eric as he glared at everyone, which made them flinch in fear. Eric saw their expression and knew he screwed up again.

He then turned to Korosensei as eh waved his tentacles side to side in front of him and said "Ok.Ok. Sorry Eric" as he zipped away and took the lawn chair and popcorn away but then came right back.

"Sorry Eric. Please continue" said Korosensei as he was now "kneeling" on the ground.

Eric sighed at his teachers antics but then turned back to the class.

"I guess it all started 8 or 9 years ago, when I was a lot younger, and had two normal eyes.......

"Oh goody. I love flashbacks."

"SHUT UP ED" yelled Eddy.

Flashback

"Before I had even met Akira, I was just your average kid. I was full of energy, hyperactive and loved the old action cartoons TV to where they didn't care about ratings and just made their own thing until they started to care and everything went to crap."

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"Where are you going with this" said Kayano, as she sweat dropped.

"Sorry getting off track."

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"Before Akira, my family and I had lived in a small town in Indianapolis. I was about 6 or 7 at the time, and I had two normal red eyes, but one thing stayed the same. I was born with the sharp teeth you've seen me with before. That has never changed" said Eric as he pulled out a photo from his pocket and held it out to the others.

In the photo was Young Eric, when he had two red eyes, his shark teeth, but instead of the clothes he had during his time at Peach Creek, he had a blue shirt with the Superman logo on it, dark grey shorts, and red shoes, and  he was a lot shorter. Even shorter than Eddy.

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"HEY" yelled an annoyed Eddy.

Yada just thought "SO CUTE"

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"Anyway. I guess it all started back when my family had thanksgiving at my grandparents house. It was a good time because we rarely ever saw grandpa. He was always away on his "job" but he didn't even tell me what it was" as he recalled when his parents drove to his grandparents house and when he stepped in, it was crowded with all of his relatives.

Kids were running like crazy and there was constant noise happening. Yep. This was his family reunion. Not much different from any other family greetings, but he was happy there. His family were the only ones that didn't mind his shark teeth. His aunts and Uncles just thought of him as the cuteness thing that had ever seen and did the normal cheek pinching that no kid likes.

Even his grandma called him her "baby shark," and then did a little jingle to it.

(Sorry, I had to :P)

At first, it made Eric laugh but when she kept singing it every time they met, he got tired of it and just ran away when she did it around him, to which his grandparents just laughed at. Sometimes she would even chase him around just to tease him cause she loved how annoyed he was getting and always tried to escape her song.

His cousins especially loved his teeth cause then they could play their own version of Mazes and Monsters. It was just your typical hide and seek, but Eric would mainly be the seeker since his teeth work with the whole monster. So I guess you could see it as them making fun of him, but at the time, Eric didn't mind. He was just having fun with his family.

"Anyway, while my family was talking to one another, I managed to see grandpa sitting at their dinner table all alone so I thought it would be a good time to ask him what his job was. I walked over to him and climbed up on his lap, which took him by surprise.

He smiled as he saw his favorite grandson and asked him about how his favorite grandson was.

"I'm good grandpa" said young Eric.

He then asked "Grandpa. Why is it you're always gone. What is your job that makes you stay away from us" asked Eric. His grandpa protested but like any old man, he was guilt tripped by a kid's sad puppy dog eyes.

"Pwease tell me Gwanpa. Pwetty pwease" begged Eric as he had the sad puppy dog eyes.

Curse you puppy dog eyes. Why must you be a person's weakness.

His grandpa tried to resist but he couldn't. He loved his grandson like the second son he wish he had.

"My dad was the only child in the family so I guess you could say that he loved me cause I was the only grandson he ever will get. I was like his second son. But anyway, I kept begging until he finally cracked. He then looked around to make sure no one was looking and then he began to whisper that he was in the Special Forces. That he was their Sergeant, which was the highest rank you could get in the special forces."

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"Wait. There is something I want to confirm here. You said your grandpa was in the special forces, right?" interrupted Karasuma, as everyone turned towards him.

"Yea that's true. He's retired but he was the sergeant of the special forces" said Eric.

Karasuma then stood up and walked over to Eric and then reached into his back pocket and pulled out a small photo.

"If that's true, then I have to know. This was you, wasn't it" said Karasuma as he held out the photo to Eric. Eric grabbed the photo and looked at what he was meaning. Immediately, tears began welling up again. He knew that photo.

It was a photo of a close up of a medical room with the bed with one of those medical monitors. The room was dimly light but he could see the photo clearly. There was a young boy laying in the bed, without a shirt, wrapped in bandages on his fore arm, fingers, and his torso and was hooked up to the medical monitors. On the boy's face was a few bandages but what really scared him was a blood soaked rag wrapped around his head, covering his right eye, but blood was leaking out of it and was soaking the bed sheets and the pillow case, but no one seemed to care. He also saw an old man, wearing a uniform, and was holding the boys hand while the photo showed his arm covering his face but below the arm were viable tears falling down, emphasizing that the old man was crying and could see a but of his jaw under his arm, showing that he was saying something. He knew what he was saying in that photo. After all, he was his grandpa, and the boy unconscious in bed..............

......Was Eric. He was the boy in the bed.

"Yea, that's me" said Eric as he wiped his tears away and continued saying "How'd you know. And where did you get this photo"

"Well, a while back, I had heard you say your grandpa was in the special forces but I wasn't sure if he was in mine or not. But what really made me think was you, sorry for saying this, but the eyepatch on your right eye, and the faint image of pointy teeth on the kids mouth made me think it was you, but I wasn't sure until now. As for how, I found some hidden images of what he was secretly doing to soldiers and I found your photo there. I printed it out so I could show you and clarify if my thoughts were true or not." said Karasuma.

"Yea, it's me in the bed" said Eric as he sounded more depressed now.

"And I take it that's your grandpa" asked Karasuma but he sounded more anxious to know this time. Eric continued to look at the photo then nodded at his question and said "Yea. He's my grandpa. I take you've heard of him" said Eric.

"Heard of him. Kid, he was my sergeant in the special forces. He was the man in charge of us before he retired" said Karasuma.

"You're my old sergeant's grandson" said Karasuma, as he sounded surprised now, as well as everyone else that heard him.

Eric looked up from the photo and then nodded in response.

"Yep" was all Eric said.

He then handed the photo back but before Karasuma could take it, a hand reached out and grabbed it as a voice said "Let me see that" and they turned to see Eddy, as his arm was stretched out far since he was sitting away from them and then retracted his arm and looked at the photo.

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"NO CARTOONY MOMENTS HERE. THIS IS SUPPOSE TO BE A SERIOUS MOMENT" yelled Eric as he clobbered Eddy on the head. Everyone just sweat dropped at Eric hitting Eddy, but also that he said something so random, yet made sense when it came to the Eds and Eric.

Eric sighed and went back to the steps and sat down again, while Eddy still held the picture. His eyes widen in surprise as some of the students walked over and looked at the photo. Yada took one look and just gasped that that was Eric in that bed. It was something scary to see. Seeing him bleeding like that and seeing his grandpa cry almost made her cry too, but she held her tears to try and be brave.

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"Yea, that was me but back to what I was saying before, My grandpa told me how he was in the Special Forces. That he was their Sergeant, which was the highest rank you could get in the special forces. He then told me about how he went on missions, went out to fight the bad guys, and got paid a big salary to do so. It was like a mixture of a superhero and a spy. And being the young kid I was, I ate that all up like candy. I thought it sounded cool to be a hero and spy at the same time. You know how kids can be. We love adventure and action, hence why we grew up with action packed shows and just loved it all" said Eric as he began recollecting his memories of how he thought the special forces were.

"Anyways, he went on telling me his stories about being in the force and I found it awesome that that was grandpa's job. Being a special forces member sounded awesome, but he told me the job was not easy. He said training was awful. That they'd train you to your core and you'd be exhausted in the first few minutes of exercise. At first, I thought he could take me with him on one of his job but..." said Eric as he went on about how his mother eventually found them.

"She then heard grandpa began telling me his stories and then stormed over to him and pulled on his cheek, scolding him not to tell me these things cause then I'd begin to get ideas about being in the forces."

"She was very protective of me, as any mother would. She had always wanted me to get a nice normal job, find a wife, get married, which I just gagged at at the time, and live a happy normal life. Thats the kind of mother she was. Protective, caring, loving, but could also be smothering at times. She cared about me so much that she wanted me to have a normal life. Not get a life that includes violence, guns, bombs, even death. But it was too late. I was already set on being like my grandpa" said Eric as he was trying to sound cheery but remembering his past still made him hurt.

"When people began to leave, I knew that this might be the last time I might see him, so before we left, I begged grandpa to take me with him to his base. Mom said no, and Grandpa agreed with her, since I was too young. But being the stubborn kid I was, I clung to his leg and begged him to take me with him. He protested and my parents tried to pry him off but I wouldn't let go until he would bring me along when he went to his base. It didn't work cause they had to use butter to make me lose my grip and get off of grandpa. It wasn't a very pleasant car ride home after that" said Eric as he remembered how his mother was lecturing him on how dangerous being in any form of military was.

"She then thought it would be fun to torture me by singing "grandma's baby shark song" as for acting like I did today. I plugged my ears to try and block it out but then dad joined in and it was hell the rest of the ride back."

"But that didn't stop me" said Eric. He then began to remember how he would constantly send his grandpa emails and letters begging him to take me along with him.

"So I did it for a few weeks, then months...

....And months.......

....And months.......

....And months later, he finally gave up and tried to convince his superiors to try and give him a chance to allow me to come with him to their secret base just for a few days. They said it was a bad idea since I was still young but they thought that since my grandpa had done so much for the force, that he deserved something special. So they thought that him bringing me here was a good way for them to thank grandpa for being so helpful. But they told him that I was his responsibility. That he needed to keep an eye on me and whatever happened to me was on him.

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"Oh how did I not know that that would come back to bite me" said Eric as he began to shed a few tears. He wiped them away and continued on explaining.

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"Anyway, after he had managed to talk to his superiors to get the ok, my mom began freaking out, saying how she didn't want her baby boy going to a dangerous place. But my dad tried to convince her that maybe this was a good thing. That going with grandpa would be a good way for us to bond. And that maybe I might like being in the special forces cause he reminded her that I was growing up and soon I would need to find a job."

"Mom was still reluctant but knew my dad had a point. After some much needed talk, she was finally ok with me going with Grandpa. I was excited. I was finally going to a real life military base. We got to the airport and grandpa was able to get one of the fancy parts of the airplane. The kind that had little rooms in them. I was so giddy with joy that since my grandpa was a part of the military, that he got special passes like these. But he told me that being in the Special forces isn't about having special passes like these, its about being a hero and saving people. I nodded as I knew he was right. But it was still cool."

"He then had told me that it was a long flight to the base, so he thought I should get some sleep. So I did. I don't know how long I was out but I must have been a heavy sleeper cause I was awoken to something I didn't see coming"

Trumpet Blare

Eric had jolted from his sleep and ended up hitting his head on something hard. He groaned in pain as he held his sore spot and saw that there was another bed on top go him, but then the loud trumpet stoped and said

"Alright Soldiers. Attention" as Eric heard noises and turned to see that there were other people there, jumping down or getting up from their bunkbeds. Wait. Bunkbeds?

He looked around to realize that he was in a bed room of sorts, but there were multiply bunkbeds around him and saw that people were standing up tall. But Eric was still confused. Wasn't he on the plane with his grandpa. He was so lost in thought until a shadow loomed over him.

"Well. Well. Seems we have slacker on our team, boys" said a voice as Eric turned up to see a man, wearing a uniform, and was staring at the boy.

"When I say attention, you stand up with the rest maggot" shouted the man, which freaked Eric out and mad him stumble out of bed and fell to the floor.

He then stood up and joined the other men standing tall, but he was jittery as he was freaking out. What in the "nations of the world brought to you by Yakko Warner" was going on here. And more importantly, where was his grandpa.

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"Hey. How come when I'm silly you get mad, but you say that and its ok" yelled Eddy.

"I'm telling my tragic story that I hate revisiting so shut up cause I'm not saying it again" yelled Eric as he cobbled Eddy on the head. Everyone just sweat dropped at the two.

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"Anyways, I was so scared cause I was somewhere I had not seen before and my grandpa wasn't with me. But then that man walked forward and began shouting loud about army stuff, I think. But then I remember when the men were suppose to say something in unison, I didn't say it back, cause I didn't know what to say. Eventually the man must've caught on to my failures as he then walked over to me then glared down at me as he said, "You haven't keeping up with our codes, maggot. Do you not understand how to simply say "Yes sir" and "No sir". Do you?!" recalled Eric as he was a stuttering mess as he didn't know how to respond to the man's questions. But what he said next made Eric nearly pee his pants,(But he didn't say that)

"Well if a few words is to impossible for you to say son, do you know what we do with failures like you" said the man in a strict voice. Eric fell to the floor in panic as he just shuttered in fear. Then the man tilted his head down more to where Eric couldn't see his face.

"We...." said the man in a slow way, which made Eric flinch as he covered his face with his arms.

......"welcome them with open arms" said the man, as Eric then heard people cheering and clapping. Eric was surprised by this and opened his eyes to see the man now had a bright, smiling, as well as everyone around him as Eric looked from side to side.

Eric was so confused. Just a few seconds ago, this place was quite and scary but now it was bustling with energy. Eric then saw the man hold out his hand and say "I'm sorry son. Here let me help you up" to which Eric reluctantly took his hand and then stood up. He then saw some of the soldiers around him patting him on the back and welcoming him here.

"Wait, what goings on?" asked Eric as he was so confused.

He then turned to see his grandpa walking down the isle as the man in front of him said "It was all your grandpa's idea. He told us about how you want to be part of our service. So he thought he would give an idea about how we wake up in the morning. So just to tell ya, that's how we wake up here, and its only....5 in the morning" said the man as he looked at his watch.

"5 in the morning" I thought as I then stomped over to Grandpa and began complaining how this was a dirty trick and that he should've woken me. Then he told me he almost did, but I looked too precious while sleeping that he didn't have the heart to wake me up. Then he thought it'd be fun to show me how things are here so I could get a feeling of what I was getting himself into."

"So he made everyone say hello to me and then I turned to the man that seemed completely different now, walking in with what looked like lots of food and sweets. I dug in immediately and everyone just laughed at how much I was eating. Everyone was talking over one another as I just stuffed my face. I then saw grandpa and the man walk away from us and being the curious child I was, I began walking after them. I saw that they had turned a corner and I had stopped to hear what they were doing. I don't remember much but I remember grandpa telling him that he was not enough and spoiling the soldiers like this isn't a good thing and how his partner got the job but he didn't."

"I didn't know what they were meaning but I heard them coming back so I quietly tip toed back the room and waited for them to come back. I saw the man and Grandpa come back as I saw that the man's face was one of worry and immediately changed it to a happy expression as I asked"

"Hey Grandpa, who's he" as he pointed to the man next to him. His grandpa then explained that he was a drill manager here. He was the man that was in charge of getting the soldiers into shape, but what he said next was a name I would resent for the rest of my life.

"Names Akira Takaoka. And I'm the man that's going to whip you into shape, young man" said Akira as just for brief moment, Eric thought he saw a sinister look in his eyes but then they were looked over by the sweet smile he was showing.

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"Wait, you said this was 8 years ago and you said your Grandpa said that his partner got the job but not him" stopped Karasuma as he asked a question.

Eric just looked at him and nodded yes but then he asked in a mumbled voice "Why. Does that mean something to you."

Karasuma sighed and said "I'm afraid it does Eric."

Hearing this made everyone look towards him even Eric as he asked "What do you mean."

Karasuma sighed as he said "8 years ago, me and my partner were trying to apply for your Grandpas branch of the special forces but we couldn't be in the same area so we were separated. I ended up going to one farther away but my partner........ ended up going to your grandpas base."

For a while, the class didn't understand what he me at but Eric knew as his eyes grew wide as he said "Wait, are you telling me....."

"Yes, Eric. I was Takaoka's partner 8 years ago. I was the one that got in while he didn't" said Karasuma as he looked down.

The class gasped that he knew Takaoka from long ago. Eric also gasped but then began to hang his head down as he mumbled "I see" as he continued on.

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"As I said, when I first met Takaoka, everyone seemed to have praised the guy. They said he was a good drill instructor, getting them to work hard, but he also had a sweet side to him. Like he was their father figure. He was nice to them and everyone seemed to enjoy him. I guess that's why when he did the same thing here, it freaked me out. He was the same back then as he was know."

"Anyways, for the rest of the day, my grandpa showed me around the base. He showed me the medical ward, their ammunitions factory, their communications center, all the things you would see in an army base. It was so cool that I was seeing the real life thing. He seemed to be happy that I was happy. But that happiness wouldn't last forever."

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"What do you mean" asked Meg.

Eric sighed and felt his stomach churn in disgust at the next words he said. "That happiness ended, the night the name "freak" would forever be what I was labeled as for the rest of my life."

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"It was the third day at the base. In the second day, Grandpa had shown me how they flew their helicopters, but on the third day, grandpa said he was going to show me their shooting range. Where they did their target practice. He walked me over to a building that loud gun shots could be heard, as to be expected. He told me it would be loud so he gave me some big earmuffs that canceled noise a lot better. When we made it in, I could see many men and women firing guns at targets down at the end and I saw that Akira was in charge of this as well as training the soldiers. He then saw us walking towards them and told everyone to stand in attention. They did so and my grandpa relieved them."

"Grandpa then brought me over to the group and I saw all of the dummies they were shooting at and many of them were destroyed. Being the action junkie I was as a kid, I wanted to try and shoot a real gun, but my grandpa told me no. But then Akira said that I could try his old pellet pistol. He went and grabbed it and I began my first target practice. I wasn't perfect but grandpa showed me how to aim a gun or at least the pellet pistol. I sucked but the more I tried with Grandpa helping me, the more my grandpa could see me hitting the bullseye on the targets. He was proud that I was good with the pellet pistol, even on my first try, but I could see out of the corner of my eyes, that Akira seemed to have a look of anger at Grandpa and I didn't know why" said Eric as he looked down the ground in sadness.

"Little did I know that that moment with grandpa would be the last happy moment we ever had."

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"What happened" asked Double D.

Eric sighed as he continued on.

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"Just as I thought things were going good, a man came rushing in with a paper and gave it to my grandpa. I couldn't see what it said cause I was so short, but it must've been important because then my grandpa began barking orders and told all soldiers to run to their stations and get ready to leave, I think. It was a long time ago and some things are a little fuzzy, but I do remember Akira pleading with my grandpa to take him with him but my grandpa refused because he needed someone to watch me and that he thought it would be good for him to teach me some of the training grounds that he did with the others. A decision he would regret for life" said Eric as he had recollections of his grandpa running towards the exit and only him and Akira were let in the building.

Eric turned and saw Akira walking over to him and kneeled down as he said

"Well your grandpa has to go out on a mission but he told me show you how we train here. What do you say, champ. Wanna go train your heart out" and being innocent kid I was, I said yes."

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"We walked over to the training grounds and I could see a bunch of obstacles there. A climbing wall, ropes hanging from a beam, giant tires, and many other things that kids would think it was a jungle gym. Akira just stood their smiling as he then told me, "Ok kid. Now here's where the soldiers train their hearts out. Now if you want to be a good soldier, then you've got to train yourself to the very core. You ready, little buddy."

"Being the hyper kid I was, I thought that it would be fun. So I agreed with him and tried his training grounds or obstacles and they were exactly how you would think a 6 or 7 year old could do on them. They were impossible."

"I tried with all my might to get past them but I couldn't do them all the way. But Akira kept motivating me by saying how grandpa would be disappointed that his own grandson couldn't get past this. I still wanted to follow in my grandpas footsteps so I tried my hardest. And it was fine after that.......... for a while."

"Soon I couldn't take it anymore. I had collapsed on the ground from exhaustion. Akira walked over to me and asked why I was on the ground. I got back up and I had tried explaining to him that this whole thing was tough and that I needed a break to rest. Akira told me that this is normal training and told me to think of the payoff, that I'd love it. But I kept protesting saying I can't do this. But what came next made me realize something."

"I was so screwed"

"Akira laid his hand on my head.......

....then kneed me in the stomach, taking me by surprise and making me cry out in pain. I feel over in pain as I clenched my stomach. It was what he said next that made me fear for my life."

"Listen kid, one thing you need to know around here. We don't do can't. Second, I am your commander and you are suppose to do as I say" as I then looked up and saw that he now had scary dead eyes that made me scared. He then reached down and began dragging me over to their climbing wall. He threw me to the ground while he pointed up and told me.

"Get to climbing that wall and maybe you can have a break." he told me in a more aggressive way."

"I looked up and the wall was like 30 feet high. Maybe, I don't know, I was too short for it anyway so there was no way I could do it. I told him that I couldn't climb it. It was one of those walls that had nothing to grab on as to climb up and he expected me to climb it. I thought he was nuts, which he was. But then, just as it told him that I couldn't do it, he slapped me across the face and made me slide to the ground.

"I told you kid. We don't do can't" as he walked over to me and then grabbed my hair as he dragged me back to the wall and told me to climb it now. When I couldn't, he kept beating me up to motivate me to get up the wall but I couldn't without anything to grab. He kept beating me and the more I didn't go higher, he began hitting me with a stick. For a kid, I didn't understand why this was happening. Was this how they were actually trained or what. I was so confused. I just wanted to be done. I couldn't take the pain anymore" as Eric tried not to cry.

"I cried out for my grandpa to help me but that just made it worse since he told me that he wasn't here and thinking about his grandpa and not training made him very angry and he relentlessly beat me to a pulp. He forced me back to the wall and after much trying , I made it over, but I didn't have a plan as to how to get down. I then thought that this is perfect. I could stay up here and wait for grandpa to save me, but I didn't even last a minute as Akira ran up the wall and shoved me off without a warning and soon and landed on my feet and sprained my ankle" as he held his right ankle in grimace.

"But did Akira stop. NO. He dragged me to their running field and told me if that was too much then I should just do some running instead. But I told him my ankle hurt. He just shoved me to the ground and said "No back talking to me kid. You're wanting to be a future soldier here then you need all the training you can get." as he then told me to get moving.

"I tried but I kept limping cause of my ankle. I kept trying but I just kept falling to the ground. Eventually, he got tried of pushing me and he brought out a whip and he said "If you don't keep moving then I'll really whip you into shape."

"Finally I had had enough and yelled at him to "STOOOPPP" and asked him "Why are you doing this. What did I do to you" I whimpered as I begged him to stop.

"Its cause of your grandpa kid. He told me I'm not good enough to be in his branch. That I'm not good talented enough. That being too nice to the others is not a good thing. That I need to be more strict and rough. So I see it now. He wants me to be more rough with them. And if that's the case, then I'm going to get mean. So I thought that trying to train the soldiers here to be better than maybe he would let me in, but that wasn't enough either. He obviously favorited my partner over me and since that how he wants to play I show him what happens when you pick favorites when it comes to me" he shouted as he then threw the whip towards me and shouted at me to keep running."

"I didn't understand why he was doing this to me. This was something that was a problem with my grandpa, not me. He kept making my run laps but I just couldn't take it anymore. I collapsed on the field and soon I heard, what people would hear a footsteps, I heard as stomps like a giant. I looked up to see Akira with his crazy eyes looking at me and said,

"So you continue to defy me, huh. Think its nice to be lazy of front of me. You thinks its a good idea to be lazy around me. If that's what you think, then you need a lesson" he yelled at me as he grabbed me by the hair and dragged me to a little wooden shed down hill. But as he did so, it began to thunder loudly but there wasn't any rain at that time."

"He opened the door and threw me in. I landed on something sharp which turned out to be a nail. I pulled it out and then turned to the door of the shed and saw something that still haunts me to this very day."

"There he was standing front of the door, with a hammer in his hand as lighting flashed behind him, making him even more scary. And what he said next was the exact same words he said to me today that he also said years ago."

"If you can't see that I am trying to make you a better soldier, then perhaps its time I fix your eyes" as he walked closer and closer to Eric as he held the hammer up high in the air.

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"And he to-to-took that hammer" stuttered Eric as he tried not to cry and then pointed to his bad eye as he finished saying "To my eye" and that was the last straw.

Eric couldn't hold it in anymore. He broke down into tears and cried very loud and no one blamed him for it. Eric tried his best not to make his voice crack under the sadness but he failed as he whimpered saying,

"But my pain didn't end there. Oh no. When I had gotten back, my mom was angry at grandpa for letting this happen to me. So angry, we moved to a new town and my pain only grew from there. When I went to the n-ne-new school, everyone gave me looks and just walked away when I tried to talk to them. No one wanted to be my friend just cause of how I-i LOOKED" screamed Eric as he went back to crying his eyes out as he began to remember the things people kept saying.

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"AHH. A MONSTER"

"Get out of here you freak."

"Eww. He's scary. Lets leave"

And several flashbacks of him getting bullied and beaten up at school for looking the way he did.

POW

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KICK

PUNCH

And he also had the memories of him and his family moving from place to place and it always being the same thing he had to deal with over and over.

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All of it came flooding back to Eric and that flood became his tears as he cried at how much Akira had ruined his life.

"So you think that being kneed in the stomach and getting sl-slapped across the face was bad. Oh pl-please. That was childs play compared to what he really would've done" whimpered Eric as he continued to cry.

The class had nothing to say. They were all in a state of shock. There were shocked about how Eric got his black eye but they were even more shocked that what happened today wasn't as bad as what Eric went through. They thought what Akira did was bad enough but that was nothing compared to what he did to Eric. They had nothing to say except for this.

Akira Takaoka was a total scumbag.

"It was then that my anger towards him built up. It's because of him I had no one to turn to. No friends. Nothing but pain and suffering" said Eric as he continued to cry.

"Why-why did it have to be me. I did nothing wrong. I didn't do anything to him. I had nothing to do with him being denied, so why am I being punished here" cried Eric as he just wept into the sleeves of his jacket.

Everyone's mood was now dampened that even though Karasuma just saved them from Akira's truth wrath, one person still wasn't free from that wrath. Toka just began to light cry as she hated seeing Eric sad but she was more sad at how much Eric had suffered and she didn't know. But as she cried, she saw some people going by her. She lifted her head to see who it was.

Eric just kept crying until he felt arms wrapping around him. He lifted his head and saw the only friend he had made that never ran away from him just because of his looks.

The Eds.

The only friends he had that didn't care about his looks and became the best of friends. Eric tried to hold back at what they were doing but it was futile as he just let loose and cried more as his friends hugged him close.

"I am so sorry Eric. I had no idea you were suffering so much for so long" said Double D as he tried his best not to cry as he let go to look at Eric.

Ed just whimpered and then just broke down as he hugged Eric close but not in his bear grip and cried "Oh dear, Eric. I am so sorry. Such a tragic tale. I feel so bad" as he ripped his t-shirt off and blew his nose into it, covering it in snot.

But one person seemed to still be hugging him and it was Eddy. Eric dried his eyes as he was surprised the Eddy was still hugging him. He never was the hugging type.

"I am sorry for all the times I gave you nicknames after your eye. I had no idea that's how much you were suffering. I may be a jerk sometimes but I am sorry that I was to you. Forgive me" said Eddy as he tried not to cry.

Eric's eyes widened a bit as this was one of the few moments where Eddy was sincere about something. He kept seeing Eddy hiding his face in his jacket as he could tell he did feel bad for Eric.

Eddy kept hugging him, hoping that Eric might cheer up but then he felt Eric's arms hug him too as he said "It's ok Eddy. I forgive you."

Double D dried his eyes as Ed stopped sneezing in his nose and Eddy let go of Eric and the three stood together as the sun shown behind them. Eric gazed up at them and just like before, he didn't know if it was the sun or their smiles but Eric felt happier seeing them.

"People may have called you names because of what you looked like" said Double D.

"But those jerks couldn't be more wrong. It's their loss that they didn't stick with you" said Eddy.

"Because you are so sweet. And you are our friend. And we love you soo" said Ed, not having much to say.

'Such a simpleton. But it made me feel a bit more happy to hear them say these things.'

"Yea. What they said" said a voice behind them. The Eds turned around, as Eric stood up, to see that the rest of the class was now standing and looking at them with supportive looking faces, to which they saw Isogai ahead of the class so they assumed it was him that spoke.

"Yea, Isogai is right, Eric" said Hara.

"You and the Eds have been here for a while and we've seen how much of a nice person you are Eric" said Kayano.

"You're kind, caring, you always try and be the moral compass for the Eds, and you've been very helpful to us" said Yada in a sincere way.

"I couldn't agree more" said a voice beside them, which turned out to be Korosensei as he began slithering to the back of the group.

"Eric. Akira may have damaged your eye and brought you pain, and hearing what you said has also brought you trauma. I'm sure none of us will ever know what sort of pain you're feeling or have felt in the past but let this class, no, let your friends here be the ones to heal your wounds. It has been said that time heals all wounds. Well whoever said that was a fool. The wounds will always remain with you but a kind gesture can reach a wound only compassion can heal. So let your friends compassion for you be the thing to heal that broken eye and soul of yours. Your days of suffering ends today. Right here, in the Assassination Classroom" said Korosensei as he stretched out his arms out wide as long as the group was, gesturing to them.

Eric just kept wiping his tears away as he was happy at what he said. But as he stopped, he heard footsteps and saw the whole class walking over to them. They then had one big group hug, with Yada hugging Eric the most. Eric just couldn't help but smile as he couldn't cry anymore. His wells had dried up.

Karasuma was still speechless at what had happened but he grew a smile, seeing how the students were big there for Eric right now. But he still had one more question for Eric so he then asked,

"There's still two more things I want to ask you Eric" which made the class look towards him at his question.

"Why did your grandpa retire. Was it after your.... incident" asked Karasuma.

Eric just sighed as the group let go and Eric as he tried to remember what happened.

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"I never saw it but my grandpa had told me that just before Akira attacked me, he saw Akira dragging me to the shed just as he got back from his mission. He got worried so he ran towards the shed, but just as he got into the shed, Akira already hit me in the face. When he saw what happened, he broke out into a fight with him. He never told me the details but he told me that he tried to convince his superiors that Akira was a bad man and that he should be thrown out but the whole thing went on forever and they told my grandpa that I was his responsibility and that since he wasn't watching me, there was nothing they could do. They warned him that bringing a kid to secret base was a bad idea but since grandpa didn't listen, this was on him" said Eric, feeling more down.

"After that, my grandpa retired because he thought that these people that he had worked with for so long were good people and his friends but after me, he saw their true colors and he wanted no part of that. He didn't want to be with people like them, so he retired and left the special forces."

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"And I gave up on my dream of being in the special forces. After what he did, why would I want to work with horrible people like them" said Eric in an angry tone but also sad tone. The class let go of the group hug as Eric just hung his head.

"I see" said Karasuma as he began to lose himself in thought. "Another thing was why didn't you remember what he looked like when you met him."

Eric face dropped as he said "From what I remember, my grandpa told me that the doctor who examined me said that when I was hit by the hammer, and since I was still young, when he hit me, it must've given me some form of amnesia to where I forgot what he looked like. I was only 7 at the time" as he was just still feeling sad.

"And that brings us to today" sighed Eric in a depressed tone.

Even after hearing what the class had said to him, he still was full of conflicting emotions and didn't want to make things harder for everyone else. He had had enough of today so he began turning around and walking away up the stairs.

"Wait Eric" said Yada, trying to stop him. But Eric just put a hand in front of her and said,

"I just... need some time alone" he said as he continued to walk up the stairs and then around the building and disappeared from everyone's sight.

No one followed him cause they knew he was suffering but no one knew how to help some one that's been through hell like Eric did.

Karasuma was still in awe at what he was told. He only knew now how bad his old partner was but now, he knew that he needed to be dealt with.

"That poor boy" thought Karasuma.

He then saw Yada storming her way over to him and said "Sir, is there anyway you can put that monster in jail for what he did to Eric" she said in an angry and sad way.

Karasuma held up his hand sin surrender at her anger as he said "I will talk with my superiors and tell them the truth about Takaoka. Trust me, after hearing what I heard, I'd be a fool not to tell the higher ups. That must not have been an easy thing for Eric. Revisting his past."

"Actually, I think it was a good thing for Eric to do so" said Korosensei until he was met with a knife that almost struck him, but he could see it happening from miles away and moved out of the way to see Yada holding an anti-sensei knife and said "You better elaborate on what you mean sir, or you will die today" as she glared at him with a killer intent.

"I understand your anger Yada. I've seen how you two interact with each other so I know your angry, but don't you remember what he almost did today. He almost killed Akira."

"He should have just done that to begin with. After all the pain and horrible things he did to Eric, he deserves to die. We're meant to be assassins after all" yelled Yada.

"True as it may seem, but with Eric, it was something he had been wanting to do for a long time. You kids didn't even think about assassinations in your life until I came into the picture, but for Eric, it was always there with him, lurking in the shadows, but he just never knew. He wanted to hurt the man that ruined his life, and that's why I think him telling us his past was a good thing" said Korosensei calmly.

"What do you mean sir" asked Nagisa as everyone was listening to their story.

"I meant it like I told Eric. Suppressing all negative emotions is not good for a persons well being. Its not healthy for them. It can keep building up over time if its not released, and it can cause problems. Think if it like a river and a dam. If the water isn't released a little, then it'll over flow and cause problems for everyone. Eric's anger is the same. By suppressing his emotions for so long, he released it all into an anger fueled fury and almost took the life of a man. Even if it was the man that ruined his life, I could tell that if he did follow through, it wouldn't have solved anything for him. But by telling us what really went down, Eric was able to release the waters of his anger and it all came flowing through. It may have been a sad thing to remember what he went through, but realizing it all was a good thing. And sometimes to make that water flow, there has to be something or someone to make that flow happen. And this is where I give you kids a challenge" said Korosensei as he spoke in his teaching ways.

"What do you mean sir" asked Maehara.

"Be that thing that makes the waters flow. In other words, be there for Eric" said Korosensei as that left the kids in thought.

From the side of the school building

Standing tall and leaning close to the corner of the building was their school principle, Asuno.

He had planned on leaving the class but then he heard the students talking about Akira and what Eric knew about him, so he thought it might be interesting to see what was the truth with those two.

After hearing the whole thing, the principle was in utter gasp. Though he didn't show it on the outside, he was very shocked at what the poor boy. To have gone through so much as a kid, it must've been terrible to be bullied at such a young age. Just as he turned around and walked away, he stopped and turned to the side of building and placed his hand on it as he gave a slight smile but with sadness hiding behind it.

"Guess you and him are almost alike, huh. Maybe this time, he can be saved" he said as he walked back to the school.

"Perhaps Korosensei could do better than I ever could."

The Eds and Eric's dorm rooms(Timeskip)

Eric had changed into his clothes and made it back to his and the Eds dorm rooms on his own. He rode the train back to their dorms alone because he wanted to be alone. He went to his room and shut the door.

He laid in bed as he just wanted the night to end. He rolled over to his side and saw a picture of him and his grandpa, standing behind a sign of the Grand Canyon. It just made Eric more sad. His dream of following in his grandpa's footsteps were crushed by the man he thought he could trust. Goes to show how much you can trust adults.

Eric keep lying in bed for so long, he didn't know how long he was in bed as he then heard a knock at his door.

"Um excuse me Eric. Would you like to join Eddy, Ed and me for dinner. We thought about going to that ramen place you like" said Double D from behind the door. Eric just rolled over away from the door.

"Come on, buddy. We get that you're going through something and we want to help you" he heard Eddy say.

"Yea, plus they have a special on their fish cakes. We have to go" chanted Ed, but he just got clonked on the head as Eddy said "Shut up Monobrow.

Eric heard their arguing and couldn't help but smile. Thats how they always were, even before he met them. His smile dropped as he remembered his time before the Eds and Eric were formed. But as he did that, he saw his picture again then recalled what his grandpa had told him

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"...He remembered his grandpa telling him, that even though kids are scared of him, everyone is different in this world, and he knew that I'd make the best of friends. Ones that won't judge me based on your looks or run away because of my looks. And if they are out there, be the better man than them. To not be down and perhaps keep the things that happened to him away from them...."

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Eric then came back to here the Eds still arguing. He knew why they were doing this and he couldn't help but smile.

The Eds continued their arguing until a voice said "Will you guys stop shouting. You'll wake the neighbors then it'll be 5th time we've gotten a complaint" to which they turned to see Eric, now in different clothes, leaning against the door frame.

The Eds stopped their arguing as Eric just sighed as he said "So, we going to get some ramen. Did I also not hear there a special on their fish cakes" said Eric. Ed just jumped up and down for joy. This made the others laugh as they began to grab their stuff and headed down.

They made it to the door and as the Eds went out first, Eric came out second and was surprised.

There stood all of the students of E-class and their teachers, all wearing normal clothes. Well, as normal as they make Korosensei look normal but you get the picture.

Eric just looked back and forth between all the students and said "I take it this was your idea" as he looked at the Eds.

"Actually, it was mine" said Karasuma as he stepped forward.

"Why" asked Eric.

Karasuma sighed as he walked over to Eric and said "I know I haven't been the best teacher when it comes to your training and after hearing what Takaoka did to you, I figured you would need some support. I should've been there when you needed me. I know you might be angry, but let me, no, let us help you get through that pain. And I'll try and be a better teacher and trainer for you" said Karasuma as he pointed to the students.

Eric followed his hand as he saw the students looking at Eric with faces that basically said that they hoped he would say yes. Eric couldn't help but smile at how much everyone was going to make him feel better.

He then said "Well, what are we standing around for. That ramen isn't going to eat itself" he said which made all the student cheer as they began walking towards the restaurant, while Hinano pulled Karasuma by the arm and said "Lets go, class dad."

Korosensei and Irina stood behind the class as they saw how cheery they were being as the group hung around Eric, trying to cheer him up.

"A father has to be a provider, a teacher, a role model, but most importantly a distant authority figure who can never be pleased. Cause that makes the children want to work hard to make their father happy. But it can also be a good thing for a father to slip up. Cause it can be a lesson for how the father can be a better man to his kids than every before. But the other importance of a father is to guide his children on the right path and lift those who fall. In other words, I'm proud that the kids are calling him "Class dad" as I know he will be there to help these kids........ even after I'm gone" said Korosensei as he muttered the last few words but just kept his smiling face at the students.

"Am I the class mom" asked Irina in curiosity as she pointed at herself.

"Hmm. You're more of the class bitch" chuckled Korosensei as he smiled smugly.

This made Irina angry as she yelled "ASSHOLE" and pulled out an anti-sensei knife and tried stabbing him, but not even a blow could be landed. The class saw this and couldn't help but laugh.

Eddy continued walking with his friends until he felt a tap on his shoulders and turned to see Rio walking next to him as she then said "That was a very sweet thing you did back there. When did you become Mr. sentimental" in a teasing way.

Eddy grew a tick mark and yelled "Hey. I can be sentimental."

"Since when" asked Eric in a mocking manner, which made Eddy mad and everyone giggle at him.

Eric continued walking with the Eds until he saw Yada walk closer to him as she asked "Hey. Are you ok?" as she was worried for him.

Eric sighed as he looked down and said "No, not really." This made Yada feel down as the class turned their heads toward him as they heard him say that.

Until he lifted his head and said "But I think this might be what I need to feel better" he said as Yada sighed in relief as everyone began walking towards dinner. With Karasuma paying for it all.

'It was a day I dreaded the most. I met the guy that ruined my life. The guy that made the name freak stick with me forever like glue and I wanted to kill him, to make him suffer like I did, but........ I just couldn't do it. I guess I knew that if I did kill him, I'd be no different than him. It still hurts me but I'm glad to know that I gained more friends that are willing to help me through it.'

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{Playing Welcome Back by John Sebastian}

[Instrumentals] The opening of the ending fades into showing the old school building in the afternoon, as the sun was starting to go down.

[Welcome back, your dreams were your ticket out] The scene then cuts to show the kids of E-Class packing their bags and leaving. Eddy was asking Double D if he had today's notes, which Double D responded with a smile. Ed was packing his things, before pulling out an old piece of food from his bag and eating it.

[Welcome back, to that same old place that you laughed about] The scene cuts to show Eric exiting out of the room, only to stop when Yada ran up to him. She asked him something, to which Eric smiled and gestured for her to follow.

[Well the names have all changed since you hung around] The Eds and Eric, Yada, Nagisa, Karma, Kayano, and other students are then shown walking down the street to the train station.

[But those dreams have remained and they've turned around] The scene then cuts to show the doors of a train opening, and the kids walking out of it. They waved goodbye to one another as they went their separate ways

[Who'd have thought they'd lead ya (Who'd have thought they'd lead ya)] The view is then taken to the inside of the Eds and Eric's dorm. The front door opens and Ed runs into the dorm, followed by Eddy walking and tried, then Double D chipped, and then Eric, who closed the door behind him.

[Back here where we need ya (Back here where we need ya)] They are then shown eating dinner in the living room. Wide Eric, Eddy, and Double D ate their noodles normally, Ed slurped up all that was in the one go. This caused the others to laugh.

[Yeah we tease him a lot 'cause we got him on the spot] The Eds and Eric are then shown working on homework.

[Welcome back, welcome back, welcome back, welcome back] Just like in the intro, Eric is shown brushing his teeth in the bathroom. After a moment, he took the toothbrush out of his mouth and drank a glass of water. After swishing the water in his mouth, Eric spits it out and walked out of the bathroom, heading for his bedroom.

[Welcome back, welcome back, welcome back] Eric quickly came back in and turned off the lights, ending the outro.

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Next time: EDventure #16 "When in doubt, ED it out"