師匠の高校時代4　Master's high school years4

翌朝、鮎原は学校に姿を見せていない。
空手部主将の鬼瓦だけが顔を腫らして登校してきた。
「おい！昨日の試合はどうなったんだよ！鮎原は！？」
休み時間に鬼瓦を捕まえて問い詰めると、彼は顔をしかめて目を伏せた。
「鮎原はその…、結果的には負けたっていうか、人数が足りなかったからそもそも不戦敗で…」
彼は辛そうに言葉を濁す。予想した通りだ。
「全裸で土下座しろって言われたけど、鮎原が『勝ち抜き戦で勝ったら全裸で土下座も無しにしろ！』って言い出して。そしたらあいつら、『ふざけるな、とっとと脱げよ！』って全員で襲いかかってきてさ…」
それは俺が想像していたよりも酷い展開だった。
鬼瓦は思い出したくないという風に首を振る。
「俺は一撃食らって動けなくなっちまって…、鮎原は一人で全員を相手にしたんだ…。あいつら卑怯なんだよ！女の子相手に一対一ですらないんだ！それであいつらは代る代る…」
鬼瓦は震えながら頭を抱えていた。
どうやら俺達の悪い予感は当たってしまったようだ。
「お前はその間何をしてたんだよ！ただそれを見てたっていうのか！？」
柄にもなく正義感に駆られて俺が怒鳴ると、鬼瓦は涙目で睨み返してきた。
「俺だって止めたさ！必死になって懇願したよ！でも駄目だった…、終わらないんだ…。『ごめんなさい、許して、もう止めて！』って悲鳴がずっと聞こえてきて…。俺…もう見ていられなくて…逃げて来ちまったんだよ！」
俺はそこでブチ切れ、思わず彼の胸ぐらに掴みかかった。
「てめぇ！それでも男かよ！それじゃ鮎原はあいつらに今この瞬間も玩具にされてるかもしれねぇんじゃねぇか！どうして警察に…」
俺は憤りつつも、どうしても鮎原の犯されている姿を想像してしまった。
わかっている。俺は最低だ。
だけどあの普段は気の強い鮎原が、その美しい顔をくしゃくしゃにしながらあんなことやこんな事をされているかと思うと、俺は後ろめたい興奮でゾクゾクしてしまっていた。あの美しい鮎原が…こんなに…
「おう、鬼瓦！怪我は大丈夫か？」
俺が彼を殴ろうとした時、脳天気な声が聞こえた。
唐突に鬼瓦の背後から鮎原が現れ、彼に手刀を食らわせながら笑っている。そのスカートは軽やかに舞いあがり、下着がもう少しで見えそうだった。
「お前昨日私を置いて先に帰っただろう！一言声をかけんか！」
彼女に責められて鬼瓦は頬を引きつらせる。
「だって…お前、途中から楽しんでただろ？俺は引いたよ、それを見て…」
楽しんでた？犯されるのを！？
俺は思わず喜んで男のチンポをしゃぶる彼女の姿を思い浮かべてしまった。
鮎原は少しむっとする。
「失礼だな！あいつらが『朝まで帰さねぇからな！』とか言っていたからじっくり稽古をつけてやったまでだ。威勢のいい事を言っていたわりには『もう止めて！赦してください！』とか途中で音を上げおって情けない連中だったな。」
鮎原はケラケラ笑っている。
えーと…、話が見えない。俺が鬼瓦に説明を求めると、彼はため息をついて肩をすくめた。
「鮎原は下須高の空手部を一人で全員ボコった後、延々とあいつら相手に組み手稽古してたんだよ。あいつらボコボコにされてへばっても鮎原に赦してもらえなくてさ、流石に俺もやつらが可哀想になったから止めたんだけど、鮎原は聞いてくれなくてな。」
鬼瓦にドン引きした目で見られて彼女は心外そうだった。
「『楽しませてやる』とか言っていたのだ。私が楽しくなるまでやって何が悪い？…ところで、試合から逃げ出した奴らはどこにいる？これからたっぷり性根を叩き直してやろうと思うのだが…」
俺はようやく彼女という人間を理解できた気がした。
ああ、この人は普通じゃない人だ。
平穏な人生を歩みたいのなら関わったらいけないタイプ人間なのだ。
俺は鬼瓦の胸ぐらから手を離し、黙って隣の教室を指さした。

The next day, Ayuhara did not show up at school in the morning.
Only Onigawara, the karate club leader, came to school with a swollen face.
I said, "Hey, what happened to yesterday's match? Where's Ayuhara?"
When I caught Onigawara during recess and questioned him, he frowned and kept his eyes down.
"We lost in the end, or rather, we didn't have enough members, so we didn't win the match in the first place..." He slurred his words painfully.
He trailed off painfully. As expected.
He said, "We were told to get down on our knees in the nude by those guys, but Ayuhara said, 'If we win the winner-takes-all game, no penalty for getting down on our knees in the nude!' Then they said, 'Screw you, take it off already! They all came at me and said, 'Screw you! take it off!' "
That was a worse turn of events than I had imagined.
Onigawara shook his head as if he did not want to remember.
"I took a blow and couldn't move... Ayuhara took on all of them... Those guys are cowards! They attacked Ayuhara alone with several people! So those guys took turns, over and over again..."
Onigawara was shaking and holding his head.

It seems our bad premonition came true.
"What were you doing during that time? You mean you were just watching it!?"
I yelled at him with an uncharacteristic sense of justice, and he glared back at me with tearful eyes.
"I had stopped it, too! I pleaded desperately! But it didn't work...it just wouldn't end.... 'I'm sorry, please forgive me, stop it!' I kept hearing that screams.... I...couldn't watch any longer...so I ran away!"
I couldn't take it anymore and grabbed him by the chest.
"You son of a bitch! You still call yourselves men, huh? Then Ayuhara might be being toyed with by those guys at this very moment! Why didn't you go to the police soon!?"
I was indignant, but I couldn't help but imagine Ayuhara being raped.
I know, I know. I'm an asshole.
But the thought of that usually strong-willed Ayuhara, with her beautiful face crumpled up, doing such and such a thing to them made me thrill with guilt and excitement. That beautiful Ayuhara... so much...
I was about to hit him when I heard a brainy voice.
"Hey, Onigawara! Are you hurt?"
Suddenly, Ayuhara appeared from behind Onigawara, laughing as she gave him a chop. Her skirt fluttered lightly, almost revealing her underwear.
"You left without me yesterday! Say a word to me."
"Because... you were having fun along the way, weren't you? I was horrified to see that..."
Enjoyed it? Getting fucked!?
I couldn't help but picture her happily sucking a man's dick.

Ayuhara is a bit miffed.
"That's rude! Because they said, 'We won't let you leave until morning!' but I was just giving them a good training. They were talking so bravado, but they said, 'Stop it! Please forgive me!' They were pathetic!"
Ayuhara laughed.
Well...I can't see what she is talking about. When I asked Onigawara for an explanation, he sighed and shrugged.
"Ayuhara beat up all the members of Gesu High's karate club by herself, and then she practiced kumite with them endlessly. I felt sorry for them and tried to stop her, but she wouldn't listen to me."
When Onigawara looked at her and shuddered, she frowned in disappointment.
"Because they were saying things like, 'I'm going to have fun!' What's wrong with me doing it until I'm having fun? ...By the way, where are those guys who ran away from the game? I'm going to educate them plenty from now on..."
I felt like I finally understood her.
She is an unusual person.
If I wanted to live a peaceful life, I should not get involved with her.
I removed my hand from Onigawara's chest and silently pointed to the next classroom.

師匠の高校時代2　Master's high school years2

「いや、駄目でしょあのポッチは…、なんで着けてねぇんだよ…、俺隣の席だからずっと見ちゃうじゃん。ずっと勃ちっぱなしじゃん。誘ってんのかって思うじゃん！」
「誘ってるのかもよ。アタックしてこいよ。」
「いやでも、実際挑戦した奴らは結構いるらしいぜ。上級生も含めてもうかれこれ十人以上は鮎原に告ったらしい。」
「ああ、俺も聞いたことあるわ。あいつ女子にも結構告られてるらしいぞ。」
「それで？誰かと付き合ってるの？付き合ってあのおっぱいを誰かにチューチューされてるの！？」
「されてるわけねぇだろ！お前鮎原の性格知ってんのか？ぶっきらぼうで愛想もねぇし、可愛げなんてものはどこにもねぇぞ。話し方も武士みたいだし。」
「顔は超好みなんだけどなぁ…、めちゃめちゃ近寄りがたいよな…」

彼らはそっと振り返り、教室の隅の席を振り向いた。
椅子の上に大胆に股を開いて足を組み、ジュースを飲みながら友達と談笑しているショートカットの少女。鮎原京子というのが彼女の名前だ。
「でもちょっと太くねぇ？」
「馬鹿お前、あいつめちゃくちゃ運動神経いいんだぞ？この前の体操の授業を見てねぇの？」
「ああ、見た見た！何か伸身なんとか宙返りみたいなの何回もやってな。ブルンブルンさせながら。」
「水泳も上手いらしい。そして何よりあいつの水着姿がヤバいらしい。」
「本当かよ？俺がこの前見た時は運動神経あるようには見えなかったぞ。バスケくそ下手だったし。」
「サッカーも超下手くそだったな。ボール蹴ろうとして三回くらいすっ転んでたぞ。体操着姿はくそエロかったけど。」
彼女については謎が多い。部活には何も所属していないらしく、学校が終わると直ぐに帰ってしまう。

すると突然一人が思い出したように手を打った。
「そういえば、空手部の奴らが鮎原に助っ人を頼んだって言ってたぞ？なんでも市民体育館の使用権を賭けて試合をすることになったからとか言ってたな。」
「はぁ？うちの空手部って男子空手部じゃん。なんで鮎原に助っ人頼むわけ？」
「わかんねぇけど、鮎原めっちゃ強いって空手部のやつは言ってた。相手が下須高の奴らだから絶対負けたくねぇんだとか言ってたな。」
「下須高(ゲスこう)ってあの超ヤンキー高校じゃん！しかもそこの空手部って結構強かったろ！無理っしょ！うちの空手部ってほとんど同好会じゃん！」
「だから鮎原に助っ人頼んだんだってさ。負けた方は全員全裸で土下座しなくちゃいけないルールだから、絶対に負けられないんだって。」
全裸で土下座？
鮎原も？
彼らはその姿を想像しておもわず彼女を振り返った。
「面白そう！見に行こうぜ！その試合ってどこでやるんだ？」
「今度の木曜日に下須高の体育館でやるらしいよ。」
「マジかよ無理じゃん！ヤンキー共の本拠地に見学なんていけるわけねぇ！」
「つーか、そんなケダモノ達の巣の中に全裸土下座しに行くの？あの鮎原が…」
彼らは鮎原を再び振り返った。彼女の身に待ち受ける運命を想像し、彼らはごくりと喉を鳴らした。

A group of boys with serious faces were huddled together in a corner of the classroom. One of them opened his heavy mouth.
"I'm sorry if I'm looking at this the wrong way, but..."
They all gulped and waited for his next words.
"Isn't Ayuhara's big?"
Everyone's faces lit up at his question.
"Yes! Her tits are huge!"
They unanimously agreed.
The topic they were discussing today was the size of Kyoko Ayuhara.
"And, she's not wearing that, is she?"
"Yes! she's definitely not wearing a bra, is she? I'm glad I wasn't the only one who thought so..."
One of them agreed and patted his chest as if relieved.
"No one pointed it out to her, so I thought those protrusions I was seeing were illusions that only I could see."
They were all relieved to see that what they were seeing was not an illusion.

"No one pointed it out to her, so I thought those protrusions I was seeing were illusions that only I could see."
They were all relieved to see that what they were seeing was not an illusion.
"No, don't get me started on those protrusions...why doesn't she wear a bra...I'm sitting next to her so I get to see it all the time. Then I get an erection all the time. Is she trying to seduce me?"
"She might actually be seducing you. Go ahead and try."
"No, but I heard there are a lot of guys who actually tried. Including upperclassmen, more than ten people have confessed their feelings to Ayuhara."
"I've heard that too. I hear she gets a lot of confessions from girls."
"So? Is she dating someone? Is someone sucking on those tits?"
"I don't think so! You know Ayuhara's personality? She's blunt, unfriendly, and there's nothing charming about her. She talks like a samurai."
"Her face is my super favorite...but she's so damn unapproachable..."

They turned to a seat in the corner of the classroom.
She is a girl with a short cut who is sitting on a chair with her legs boldly spread apart, drinking a glass of juice and chatting with her friends. Her name is Kyoko Ayuhara.
"But isn't she a little thick?"
"Are you an idiot? She's very athletic! Didn't you see her in gymnastics class the other day?"
"Yeah, I saw it! She was doing a lot of those somersaults with her tits bouncing around."
"I heard she's a good swimmer, but more importantly, she's a badass in that swimsuit."
"Really? Last time I saw her, she didn't look like an athletic person. She sucks at basketball."
"She was also super bad at soccer. She fell down three times trying to kick the ball. She looked so hot in her gym clothes, though."
There are many mysteries about her. She doesn't seem to belong to any club activities and goes home immediately after school.

Then suddenly one of them hit his hand as if remembering.
"Oh, by the way, the guys from the karate club said they asked Ayuhara for help, right? Said it was because they were going to have a match for the right to use the civic gymnasium or something."
"Huh? Our karate club is a men's karate club. Why would they ask Ayuhara to help them?"
"They said that Ayuhara is very strong. The other party is from Gesu High, so they said they don't want to lose to him."
"Gesu High School is that super yankee high school! And the karate club there is pretty strong! The actuality is, they can't! Our karate club is so weak!!"
"So that's why they asked Ayuhara to help them. The loser must get down on their knees in the nude, so they can't lose."

Kneeling down in the nude?
And Ayuhara too?
They looked back at her, imagining the scene.
It looks interesting! Let's go see it! Where is this match going to be held?
"I heard it's going to be at Gesu-high's gym this coming Thursday.
"Seriously, that's impossible! There's no way we can go to the home of the delinquents!"
"In the first place, are you going to get down on your knees in the nude in the midst of such a nest of delinquents? That Ayuhara..."
They looked back at Ayuhara again. Imagining the fate that awaited her, they cleared their throats.