Headmaster Kimura

[Headmaster Kimura]

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-Above the Surface-
Character Name: Sosuke Kimura

Nicknames: Headmaster Kimura

Character Age: 37

Birth Date: November 5, 1971

Character Gender: Male
Character Appearance:

• Physical Features: Headmaster Kimura reaches to be around 5‘8“ or 5‘9“ so he‘s fairly taller then most student’s around the school, which is a very big advantage for him if only for the fact that it gives him more of a look of authority over the rest of the student body, which as a Headmaster is exactly what he needs if he wishes to run the school properly. To say the very most about Headmaster Kimura and how one would describe him, he has a rather distinct pointed chin and a pair of cold steel gray eyes that he hides behind his wire framed oval glasses. His jet-black hair flows down passed his shoulders and reaches to around the middle of his back, though he ties his hair back into a loose ponytail. He has two stray strands of hair on either side of his face which flows down against his shoulders, and a few strands of bangs that fall against his forehead.
  
  
• Facial Features: Just to recap from a few points on the last point, Headmaster Kimura has straight jet black hair that reaches down to at least the middle of his back. Granted, since it's so long he usually just brushes it and ties it back into a loose ponytail. His eyes are a cold steel gray that he usually hides behind is wired framed oval glasses, which for him he believes that it makes it easier then wearing contacts. He has no really noticeable piercing on him and seems to be slightly old-fashioned in the sense that he refuses out right to get anything pierced.
  
  
• Clothing: Perhaps the one thing about Headmaster Kimura that is always consistent is the type of clothing he usually wears. Even off the job, Headmaster Kimura wants to look as professional as possible, which usually can't happen if he's wearing jeans and a T-shirt. Though, over the years from the help of his Daughter and a few friends, Headmaster Kimura has started to loosen up in the area of clothes and does wear jeans if he is off the job. Otherwise, he stays as professional as possible.
  
  During work, Headmaster Kimura will usually be found in either a pair of nice black slacks with a button up shirt (either white, light blue, red, or gray). Though there are simply just some days he doesn't wear these shirts. Mainly in the summer Headmaster Kimura will wear a pair of black pants with a nice sweater to match. The sweater can vary in color on a day-to-day basis, though his favorite color seems to be a very light blue - almost gray - which helps bring out his eyes a great deal.
  
  If he is off the job and knows for a fact that he has nothing planned that would require dressing up, then there really is only one thing that Headmaster Kimura will change about his wardrobe. Instead of the black pants, he'll usually be found in a pair of nice looking jeans. Otherwise, he tries to look professional even at home, though he's recently just now starting to loosen up about this.
  
  
• Accessories: The only real accessory that Headmaster Kimura owns is a silver watch he wears on his left hand. Though even wearing the watch, it's mainly to help him keep track of time so he has no excuse for being late to anything.
  
  
• Overall Summary: There are several ways one could describe Headmaster Kimura, though the best way to describe him is professional, for the fact that he does do his best to look nice and professional even when he's at home and not having to worry about going to work. He takes pride in knowing for a fact that he can appear decent and not have to resort to wearing T-shirts around the house, even though this is simply one thing a few people close to him have been trying to show him is that you can still look nice without having to dress up to play the part.
  
  To start with though, Headmaster Kimura reaches to be about 5'8" or 5'9" in height, and thus taller then a great number of students within Anima High School. It helps him hold some authority in the school, though there are a great number of things that help him in this area. Now aside from his height, Headmaster Kimura has straight jet black hair that will flow past his shoulders and finally stop in the middle of his back. He tends to put his hair up into a ponytail to keep it off his neck, and because it's easier then actually dealing with it. There are two stray strands of hair on either side of his face that simply won't go up in the ponytail, as well as a few bangs that fall against his forehead that he can't put up either.
  
  As far as his outfits, they don't really change a lot between work and home. But Headmaster Kimura will wear a nice pair of black pants with either a buttoned-up shirt or a simple sweater (which he wears during the fall and winter seasons). He has nice black polished shoes to match this outfit. Now, at home the only real thing he changes is instead of the black pants he'll wear a pair of jeans, though he still seems to think he should have to look nice at home as well. It's something that he still needs to work on.

-Below the Surface-
Character Personality: At best Headmaster Kimura could be described as strict but fair. He only asks things from the other students and staff members that he knows he'd be willing to do as well. It's not as though he's trying to push the limits on any of them, in fact that's something that can be put at the bottom of his list because he doesn't want to do that. He does his best to only ask of things that are both fair and something that he could do himself. Though many students would like to argue this point as they seem to think he's unfair both in practice and just how he runs the school.

On a good day, Headmaster Kimura is usually fairly calm and refrains from yelling at anyone. He's learned in the past that yelling gets nothing accomplished, and so instead he tries to stay as calm and polite as possible. Though there are just a few occasions when he knows this tactic won't work so he usually switches to something else, but for the most part he does stay fairly calm around the students. It's more of something he learned for the most part growing up.

Headmaster Kimura can be a fairly laid back person when it comes to certain things. He doesn’t want to make the school full to the brim with rules that he knows half the student body will not follow, so instead he's set a few ground rules from the beginning, thinking that by now the students would be smart enough to realize the difference between right and wrong. Though, there are always a few exceptions to this, and by now Headmaster Kimura is aware of that fact. He knows there will always be those troublemakers in the group and there isn't much he can do about them, yet he does still try.

Having what most would call a photographic memory, Headmaster Kimura is usually very keen on being able to look at a student and tell who they are, even if they've never stepped into his office before. It's something that has freaked the other students out in the past, yet it's also something that has come in very handy to him because he doesn't need to ask them who they are anymore. It's easier for him just to know everyone by face and put a name to them because he doesn't have to make it seem as though he doesn't know the students.

Away from Anima High School and it's students, Headmaster Kimura can be best described as easy going. With his job behind, he doesn't usually have to worry about anything and so he does do his best to have a good time when he can. Outside of school he can be very easy to get along with and someone to talk to if the need arises. He's very good at listening to people and being able to let them vent their feelings without saying a word. He does his best to offer advice to people when they need it, both inside and outside of school. But otherwise, Headmaster Kimura can be a fairly fun person when he doesn't have to worry about or deal with the problems that live within Anima High School.

Public Personality: This would have to depend on the people that Headmaster Kimura was with at the time. He has two different personalities one for the members of Anima High School, and then the one outside of work. Though the first one was when he was at Anima High School. Here Headmaster Kimura does his best to make sure that everything is running smoothly. He doesn’t like chaos, and so he tries to get everything on some sort of schedule and work things out to the best of his abilities.

Now with students, it depends on the situation at hand. If the student isn't in any trouble then Headmaster Kimura will be fairly nice, and willing to talk to them. He'll strike up conversations with a few students every so often just to get to know them better and find out what they're really interested in. He likes getting opinions from other students about what they think of the school and what should be added or changed, so he does find some of that out. All in all, he can be a very friendly person if people give him the chance. He's not all as bad as what everyone believes he is, yet he does hold high expectations of each of the students - though it wouldn't be impossible for them to reach those expectations -

Generally if he's dealing with a student who has gotten into a lot of trouble, or even a little bit of trouble he puts all jokes aside. When it comes to discipline, he doesn't seem to think it's amusing. He tries to understand what led the student to do whatever it is they had done. All in all, Headmaster Kimura does his best to understand. He wants to dig deeper into students to see what has caused the behavior in question. But when all else fails, he does have to stray away from being all out friendly. He tries not to yell so much at the person and instead does his best to talk to them in a civilized manner, as though whatever they did was something minor. Though if it boils down to it, he will end up yelling at someone for something, but that doesn’t happen unless he gets really mad at them first.

Now, if Headmaster Kimura is outside of school and around people he knows, he tries to remain friendly - which really isn't too difficult for him - even if he had a bad day that very same day he tries to keep that out of his personal life. That's one thing he seems to be very good at is keeping his work and personal life separate from one another, thinking it would save him a lot of trouble. But around others, Headmaster Kimura isn't too bad a person, he's rather talkative and likes discussing some of the latest issues around the world with some people. There are those that he just likes being a guy with and discussing sports and the likes that most others wouldn't really understand.

Private Personality: If he is by himself, or simply just around family members, Headmaster Kimura can be what most would call very quiet. There are times that he just likes being by himself in his favorite chair in front of a fire place sipping hot chocolate and reading a book. For some unfathomable reason, he does enjoy reading and he likes writing as well. There will be times where that's all he'll do is sit down and just start writing or reading, it just depends on the mood he's in at the time. But it's something, he seems very good at doing and something he enjoys doing.

If he is around a small group of people, he is very close with, then he doesn't really change so much as when he's around a group of people he doesn't know. He's about the same in both areas so there really isn't much one could say about his private personality around close friends. His friends all know that if they need anything they can come to him and ask him.

Character Goals: Headmaster Kimura has a few goals that he would like to accomplish during the course of this school year, though he knows about half of them on his list he won't be able to accomplish with the school. But some of his major goals are; have over half of the school perform well on their SATs in the spring. This is something that he knows can happen if the school can continue its excellent academic career. Another main goal he would really love to see the school excel in is more of a personal one for most of the students is to get the students who are usually in trouble to stop breaking rules at least for a week and see where it gets them. Though this one he doubts will happen to most of them as they seem keen on getting in trouble in the first place.

There is a long list of other goals he would like to accomplish, but that list would be impossible to show entirely.

Character Likes:

• His daughter (Yuki)
  
• The color green
  
• Kids
  
• Teaching
  
• Ice cream
  
• Glazed doughnuts
  
• Shoes
  
• Cats

Character Dislikes:

• Chocolate
  
• Mean people
  
• Dogs
  
• Gambling
  
• Creepy-Crawlies
  
• Depressing music

-Digging Deeper-
Character Strengths:

• Getting along with his daughter (Yuki)
  
• Getting along with the majority of the kids at Anima High School
  
• Helping others around him
  
• Solving puzzles
  
• Being patient with another person
  
• Keeping promises

Character Weaknesses:

• Not being able to sit still for long periods of time
  
• A deep fear of creepy-crawly things.
  
• Getting sidetracked and accomplishing very little that day
  
• Being unable to cook (he can only cook some things)

-Character School Course-
Class Taught: Headmaster
Course Descriptions: Since he's not teaching any class and instead has chosen to run the school I'll provide a few details about what he'll be doing as the Headmaster of Anima High School.

Headmaster Kimura likes to think the school can run smoothly if he's in control, mainly for the fact that he believes he can help change the course of the school with a few simple commands to others. Granted, this is not all he does, it seems somewhat effective for the most part. Actually, Headmaster Kimura likes setting some goals for himself and the rest of the school to be reached by the end of each school year. He doesn’t really announce this list to anyone else, so no one really knows about every little thing he thinks about when planning the school, but they know enough to realize he wants to see things change, and mainly for the good of the school. He wants to see some improvement around the school that the students and staff can be proud of looking at and saying they did that.

A few of the major improvements he would like to be able to see around the school, one of them just pops out unlike the rest. Unity. Having been a teenager once, Headmaster Kimura knows that now most people form 'cliques' and tends to stay within that one clique and never really going out and seeing or talking to anyone else. By fixing this one problem, it would show that Anima High School is far more so diverse then all of the other schools around the country, therefore it's something he and everyone else can be proud of. But in order to fix the problem, a solution must be met from all sides. One solution is simply to get everyone to interact together outside of class. Setting up a few events during the course of the school year will hopefully have some people interacting with one another and finding out there are more to life then just belonging to a certain clique and being isolated from the rest of society.

Another somewhat major improvement that Headmaster Kimura would like to make with the school involves the students a lot more then usual. There are simply some students who seem to be wasting their time by showing up to school because they simply do not care anymore. This is one thing that bothers Headmaster Kimura simply for the fact that he wants everyone to feel proud of the fact that they've made a lot of progress in at least one class. He wants to see students excelling in everything they try and not simply giving up simply for the fact that it's too hard. Though, this might be the biggest challenge he has, it is something he'll try his best to work with when he sees an opportunity to do so. Whether that means finding out directly from a certain person what is troubling them about school, or just telling them to put forward the effort, he'll be willing to do it.

-Meeting Mom and Dad-
Character Parents: Ayume - Mother (Deceased) Akito - Father (Deceased)
Character Siblings: Sister - Ariella
Others: Daughter - Yuki
History: Headmaster Kimura grew up in what most would have called a rich neighborhood, though they didn't exactly own a mansion, and they weren't entirely rich. But for the time period, a lot of people seemed to think it was a fairly rich neighborhood simply for the fact that the houses were far bigger then most in other neighborhoods. All the same, there were very few his age back then who didn't live within that neighborhood that would be willing to talk to him. Most others whom he befriended resided just a few houses down from his own. Though, before we can fully get into detail about his childhood, we must understand where it was he grew up at the time.

From birth, Headmaster Kimura grew up and lived within Domino City, even now. His parents rarely liked moving simply for the fact that they would have to start a new life. They'd been in Domino long enough that just about everyone there knew them and who they were. They had made friends in just that one city and it didn't seem like anything would take that away. The easiest way to describe this was that his parents were creatures of habit. They didn't like breaking out of any routine because they believed they need to stick to a schedule of sorts if they wanted to survive the day. They'd even managed to force their schedule upon Headmaster Kimura at an early age so that it didn't take him too long to grow accustomed to their ways.

A lot of people would have said that Headmaster Kimura grew up in a fairly strict family, because his parents both held high expectations for him that seemed almost impossible to reach. They wanted him to excel in everything he tried, which later on down the line – lone and behold – this would be a trait he would inherit from his parents, but because of the fact that this was the only way he had ever learned to live, Headmaster Kimura didn't really know any better. He simply thought it was just how every person was living and that anything less would show a sign of laziness. All in all, Headmaster Kimura seemed accustomed to his parents and the way they expected things to get done. Granted, he knew everything they did and showed him would benefit in the long run. Yet, it seemed as if the rest of society was oblivious to this fact because they seemed to pity him any chance they got.

It wasn't until he turned five before his parents finally gave birth to his baby sister Ariella. Though, with this new addition to the family, anyone would assume that Headmaster Kimura would be lucky because his parents would be too focused on the baby to tell him what to do. And for a few months that's exactly how it was. Headmaster Kimura was dismissed for a few hours out of the day to hangout outside and play with his friends around the neighborhood. This was something he'd rarely ever been able to do in the past, but it was also something he was not willing to complain about, because it just meant he got some free time to himself every day for a little bit before his parents had him do something else. This much he could be happy with. His free time was a rarity to get on any other occasion, so there had been no reason for him to complain about being about to do whatever he wanted for a few hours. Though, what his parents did during this time with his sister was unbeknownst to him, though Headmaster Kimura had to assume it was the time when Ariella was down for a nap and his parents got some quiet time.

Though his freedom was only short lived because when Ariella turned one, it was back to normal for the family. For Headmaster Kimura that simply meant all work and no play. His parents would keep him busy with school work and labor work that would consume the majority of his day, and then the rest of the day would be spent on reading an 'educational' book. It wasn't the best thing in the world, but it had been the only thing Headmaster Kimura knew. It was the lifestyle he grew up with, and therefore he had no reason to argue it because there would have been no point. His parents would have just said to deal with it, or some other encouraging words such as it would help him in the future. Either way, it was still something he got tired of doing on occasions.

Though when he entered public schools, Headmaster Kimura realized exactly why his parents had pushed him so hard. By the time he was in kindergarten, the school thought it would be best to move him to first grade because he knew all of the basics already. He knew his alphabet, his numbers, and how to read and write. They didn't think it would be a good idea to keep him held back because of that so they moved him up. And in first grade, Headmaster Kimura was top of his class. He was surpassing everyone who was a year older then himself. Everything he learned had helped him prepare for school, and because of how much he had learned from both of his parents he was making top marks in school.

Though just like everything else in his life, this seemed to be a short-lived victory. Halfway through his first grade year, Headmaster Kimura was called out of class a few hours earlier then the other kids. And he knew for a fact that his parents would never allow something like that to happen. They knew and he knew that his education was more important then anything else. They wouldn't pull him out of class so early, knowing he could be missing out on such an important lesson. Though, who he found waiting for him at the front of the school hadn't been his parents at all. His grandparents stood off to the side waiting for him, looking grim. Something had happened . . . He didn't know what, but he knew instantly that it was something big.

As they drove away from the school, they explained what happened. On the way to pick up Ariella from daycare, a truck crashed into their car, having run a red light. Upon impact, his Father was pronounced dead. It wasn't until they got to the Hospital that the same fate fell upon his Mother. She'd hit her head too hard on the dashboard. Her brain was swelling, threatening to push out her stem cord which would do more harm then well. By the time they got her to the Hospital it was too late. She'd passed away right before surgery.

Hearing this, many would have assumed a child would simply break down from the information. Having heard both of his parents were dead, leaving himself and Ariella together, anyone would have thought he would break out crying. Yet that was one thing he couldn't do. Crying would have made everything worse. It wouldn't help anyone because if he started crying, his grandparents would start crying . . . All in all they just wouldn't make much progress. Instead, Headmaster Kimura sat quietly on the rest of the drive. There had been nothing he could say to that. He had no response he could offer, and his grandparents seemed thankful that he didn't ask anything further. They would deal with it when the time arose.

Not even ten years later when Headmaster Kimura was sixteen and Ariella was only eleven, everything seemed perfectly fine. Upon losing both of his parents, Headmaster Kimura and his sister were to live with their grandparents, though from here everything was more so laid back then when they were with their parents. Their grandparents of course expected them to do well in school and study when they needed to, but aside from that they were allowed a bit more freedom then before. The fact that they could spend more time with their friends then they would have been allowed to show just how much freedom they got. The fact that they were not expected to perform so many chores from sun up and sun down also said a lot. Granted they did have a few things around the house they each had to do, it still wasn't enough to be called manual labor. That was something to be thankful for.

As he was entering his first year of High School, Headmaster Kimura finally got his first real girlfriend. Actually, they had been really close friends for several years now, but it wasn’t until school started and having gotten older that the two of them found their love toward one another. It was just enough that they were willing to date and see what happened after that. Though, it was easy to tell they were both afraid of the outcome, having been friends for so long neither of them wanted to lose that, so they seemed to tread on water for a bit. Careful to not ruin anything they had to begin with. Though within years, things seemed to go so much smoother, as the two were still happily together and engaged.

It wasn't until after Headmaster Kimura had finished college that he found out his wife-to-be was pregnant with their first child. And with the birth of their new child, they had to push the wedding up a little bit so they were married when the baby came. This seemed to work out well for both of them because it seemed as though they had been pushing off the wedding for years and years now, but now that they finally had a reason to, they could no longer push it off. After holding a small wedding with only close friends and family, it wasn't too long before the baby arrived by the form of a beautiful girl. They gave her the name Yuki, something they'd discussed months and months in advanced. At the age of twenty-two, and Headmaster Kimura was already a Father.

It seemed as if nothing else could go wrong. Everything was going great for the three of them now, and with the fact that they'd managed to buy their own house within Domino City, everything was perfect for them. Though just like everything else in Headmaster Kimura's life, this was short lived. His wife fell ill with a bad case of Ammonia that neither of them detected until it was almost too late. She was on bed rest for several weeks, but it got too much to handle. Having gone to the hospital too late for the doctors to do much else for her, all they could do was wait for the inevitable. By three in the morning on a Thursday, his wife and Yuki's mother was pronounced dead at the Hospital.

This left Headmaster Kimura to care for Yuki, who was by now three years old, by himself. It was something he feared above all else, yet it was something that he knew he could do. It would just take some time to get used to things. He would have to set up a new routine to follow and help Yuki grow to be a beautiful young lady. Though this wasn't too difficult, but it did take some time. It usually takes time to get into a new routine, and having to raise a three year old by himself sure proved that. For the fact that Headmaster Kimura couldn't cook to save his life, which left him with a major problem. How do you feed a three year old if you can't cook? Well that seemed easy to answer. Frozen dinners!

Of course, along the way there were several other problems, but none that would keep Headmaster Kimura from giving up.

Yuki was turning into a lovely young lady, or as lovely as any young child could. She was a rather ambitious girl who would always say she wanted to be a certain person when she grew up. Though this over and over the moment she met someone cool like a police officer or a fire fighter. She was always looking forward to the future and what it held. But beyond that, Yuki was a rather . . . entertaining the child. It was amusing to Headmaster Kimura to watch her grow up and see her go through new things every so often, discovering the world from a different view. Just watching Yuki, he was always learning, not only about Yuki but also about himself as a parent.

By the time Yuki was ten, she'd demanded to learn how to cook, mainly for the fact that the two never really got to eat anything home cooked. Ah. A lovely cooking experience the two of them shared that day by nearly burning down the kitchen just making cookies. It was something Yuki seemed to grow interested in - not the burning anything down part - but also something Headmaster Kimura was willing to let her try, in hopes that she would take after her mother with the cooking gene.

It's amazing to Headmaster Kimura just how well the two of them had managed to survive for fourteen years with Headmaster Kimura knowing very little about parenting and how to take care of another being. They'd managed to survive so far and make it to Yuki's first year at Anima High School. Headmaster Kimura was happy to let her go. He had no doubt in his mind that she would become very successful at Anima High School just like he had as a child. She would do everything in her power to do well in school. There was no lingering fear about her survival in a new school and away from him for a few hours. She would enjoy it, that much he knew.

Not too long after Yuki started out at Anima High School did news come out about their former Headmaster being assassinated. This was only a few weeks before their summer break was to start. And now, the school was in desperate need for a new Headmaster. One who would be able to handle the chaos that would inevitably rain down on the school after news had gone out that someone had been assassinated. Of course, Headmaster Kimura was first to apply for the job. It seemed as if everyone else was scared of applying and finding out what would happen to them as well.

And because he'd been the only one to apply, and seemed to be the most qualified, the school was happy to welcome Headmaster Kimura to Anima High School.

-Around the Edges-
Roleplay Sample: "Why?"

His voice was steady, yet held a hint of anger, which seemed to lace in and out of the words as he spoke them. This should have been enough to tell, he was drawing the line right now. It was enough that just about any other person would realize he'd had enough. He was no longer playing games and nor would he put up with anything more. It was a simple question, one that deserved a simple answer to. It wasn't such a hard question that one person would need to spend twenty-minutes just thinking it through. And yet, the teen in front of him seemed keen to buy as much time as he could, just so he wouldn't have to answer the question in it's fullest. He was stalling, that much Headmaster Kimura knew for sure. But what was he hiding? That was the question he needed to find an answer to. Though he couldn’t simply ask for such a question to be answered. He needed to find out, but he had other means to do such.

The teen squirmed nervously under the weight of Headmaster Kimura's steel gray eyes. A cold look from the Headmaster was enough to tell him he was in trouble, but for what reason was unknown. Yet, just being under the intense gaze from the Headmaster, he had reason enough to be nervous. You answer in the wrong way and you'd be lucky to make it out of the office alive . . . At least that's what his friends had told him.

"Look, Kenji . . . " Headmaster Kimura paused, lacing his fingers together and resting his head on top of them to stare evenly at the boy. "We can go at this at least a dozen more times, but that's not going to stop me from finding out. You've already mentioned there were others involved, but you didn't want to get them in trouble. So why bring them into the conversation to begin with?"

Again, Headmaster Kimura watched with interest as the boy who went by Kenji shifted uncomfortably in the chair across from the Headmaster. Though, if it had been any other occasion, Headmaster Kimura would have been almost amused by this fact, simply for the fact that he seemed to strike fear into a lot of kids without realizing he was doing it. Though a great number of reasons as to why this was the case had been due to the rumors that were flying around the school. Ever since the previous Headmaster of last year had been assassinated, the rumors seemed to be flying high. There were so many untrue rumors going around that it seemed almost amusing to Headmaster Kimura to think about them. Perhaps one of the best ones thus far had been something about if you went in, you would never come out again. Of course, this was almost absurd, yet still amusing to the Headmaster.

The teen’s gaze was diverted downward, so he was staring at the newly furnished carpet within the office. This seemed to calm his nerves just the slightest, because finally he stopped shifting in the chair and was now just silently tapping his fingers against the sides of the chair. Either he was really nervous or he simply had ADHD and couldn't hold still for a long period of time. Though, Headmaster Kimura doubted the last a great deal, because there had been nothing in Kenji's folder that would suggest he had ADHD, which only meant one thing. He was nervous. There was something he was neglecting to mention to the Headmaster, and he would hold the secret to his grave if he could get that far without being questioned again. But unfortunately for him, headmaster Kimura wanted and needed answers.

"Come on Kenji," Headmaster Kimura said now, breaking through the silence in the room. "If you would just answer the question, you would be free to leave. The sooner you answer, the quicker this can continue."

Kenji frowned, and even though he was staring down at the carpet, Headmaster Kimura could see it clear as day. Now Kenji was struggling with the conflict that most teens in his place have a struggle with. To tell, or not to tell? That was the question. It was a question a great number of teens debated over for several minutes before they finally spoke. Though, Kenji didn't take too long to debate over the same question. Drawing in a deep breath, the teen continued looking downward as he spoke.

"I wasn't involved," he paused for a moment, as though thinking Headmaster Kimura would interrupt him. Though, when he didn't, the teen was forced to continue. "I promised the others that if they did go through with it, then I would take the heat for them. They didn't want to get in trouble . . . Not this close to the weekend, because if they did they knew you wouldn't let them leave the school for the weekend."

Headmaster Kimura thought about this for a moment, and for that brief moment the room was silent. The only thing that could be heard was the rustling of papers as a gentle wind blew through the open window and caressed the papers laying on the desk before him. It seemed to be a logical reason for not wanting to say anything else before. It made perfect sense to Headmaster Kimura that Kenji would fall silent and not to want to give out the names of the others involved. Though, there was one thing that still had not been answered. But for now, he concluded. It would have to do.

"Very well, Kenji." Headmaster Kimura said, finally finding the teen’s eyes look back up. "I appreciate your honesty. But you do of course realize that you are also at fault for everything that happened? By not telling the entire truth, and instead choosing your friends over the school, you've done more harm then good, just like the rest of your friends."

Kenji nodded meekly at this and allowed the Headmaster to continue.

"But you did the right thing by finally telling me what really happened, and I hold that higher then anything else." again silence fell through the room, and for a moment Kenji couldn't help but wonder what would happen now. "You may return to class."

The teen blinked, both confused and surprised by this. He stared questioningly at the Headmaster for a moment before finally standing up and shuffling out the room, pausing just long enough to say a quick 'thank you' before disappearing out of the door.

It was perhaps more then either of them could ask for, yet there had been no reason for Headmaster Kimura to hold Kenji. He'd gotten all of the answers he needed for now.

Anything Else: Chocolate Chip Cookies