Let the Rain Fall (Gale, Nalu, Jerza )

The Strange and the Meaningful

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Hey Readers! I've been super, super busy with writing this chapter becuz I was so I'm UBER UBER SORRY! Lol I was so confuses on what to do with this chapter, so I'm just winging it here. Anyhoo, here's Chapter 10, ENJOY!

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Jellal P.O.V

I sat down on the balcony of my apartment, smoking to my satisfaction. I sighed with relief. I couldn't survive teaching without smoking at least twice a day. The night wind made this satisfaction even greater. I took a sip from my cup of coffee in silence. It's been almost a week since I ran into Erza that night. When I saw her in class the next day, she pulled up her sleeves to hide the bandages I applied for her. I asked her about it after class, but she just ignored me and left my classroom. She's a strange girl, I kept on repeating in my head. I quickly shook my head. Why on earth was I thinking of her? She's just a student. I should just finish my grading to avoid trouble, I thought in my head.  I jumped down from the rail and sat down on the chair with a stack of reports placed on the table. This is just my last stack and I can finally head on to bed, I thought to myself. I looked at the clock. Midnight exactly. I groaned and held my red pen on one hand and my cigarette on another. The first report belonged to that Shirley kid. It read:

My role model is Tony Hawk. He's cool. He's awesome. He can do three-sixties. He's gnarly. And he is a dude. I chose him because I like skate boards.

Gee, it's only the first report and I already have a D-, I sighed with frustration, writing his grade and a note on his paper. I took a puff from my cigarette to ease my frustration. I put it aside and went on to the next one. The next one belonged to Samantha, the spoiled rich girl. It read:

My name is Samantha Barel, and my role model is Kim Kardashian. She's a true inspiration to me. She got famous just by doing a simple sex video, and now she has her own clothing line! She's rich and famous, kind of like me! We both have incredibly large breasts and great sex appeal, and I believe that if we ever meet, we would become instant besties. Her TV show, Keeping Up with the Kardashians, was like meant for me. I chose her because...well, she's famous!

P.S.-I'm thinking of actually doing a sex video...wanna be my partner? ;)

Oh my God, I thought to myself. What the hell is wrong with this girl? I wrote a C- and a rejection to her offer. The reports weren't getting any better. There were a lot of Ds and Fs, a few Cs and one B. I took another puff of my cigarette and went to my last report. Erza's report. It read:

I couldn't exactly pick one person to be my role model. I know it's not the requirements you gave us, but it was just too hard to decide. So my role models are simply Fu Hao, Queen Boudica, Joan of Arc, Mulan, and Tomoe Gozen. Lady Hao was a military general and priestess from China. Mulan disquised herself as a man to fight in the Chinese army so that her elderly father couldn't.  Joan of Arc led the French army to success of the army for her faith, despite the fact that she was a woman. She was burned at the stake for her supposed crime. Tomoe Gozen was a female Japanese samurai warrior who fought in the Genpei War and was known for her strength and bravery. Queen Boudica was queen of the British Iceni tribe, a Celtic tribe who led an uprising against the occupying forces of the Roman Empire. Why did I choose these people as my role models? Not only because they were women, but because they did something great.  Nowadays, I see girls waisting money on clothes and make-up and other stuff that are useless in our lives. I don't want to be like them. I want to do something great. Something that'll tell the world...I don't know, something! In the future, I want to be a Martial Arts master. If I can escape my cruel fate from Scarlet Citrus, maybe my dream can come true. But right now, all I know is that I want to do something amazing that'll benefit the anything, whether it's Fiore or the whole or the world.