Author's Note: Hey Everyone. This is a rewrite of an old fic I abandoned a few years ago, but since now I finally have the motivation to actually finish my project, I wanted to re-write this one. I hope you guys enjoy.

It was a beautiful morning, the birds are singing, the flowers are blooming, and a single ray of light shined through the window a young boy's room. Under the morning sun ray, the resident of the room is revealed sleeping soundly in his bed, with a small line of saliva drooling from his open mouth to his pillow. Despite the temperature warming up due to the coming of spring, the teenager is covered by a huge winter blanket. Except for the bird chirping from the tree next to the window, the room was completely peaceful and quie...

"WAKE UP YOU FAT PIG! YOU'RE GONNA BE LATE FOR SCHOOL!"

"HUH, WHAT, WHATS HAPPENING?"

Surprised by the loud shout, the young boy jumped out of his bed and…landed his foot on a piece of lego on the floor.

"OW, GODDAMMIT, F%$K"

Completely awaken by both the sudden scream and the pain, the teenager is now bouncing all over the room, holding his left foot in the air.

"Wow, really, swearing in front of your brother, big bro of the year over here."

"Oh shaddup Alex, it hurts like hell. Now get out of my room so I can get changed."

"You mean, your pig's sty." said Alex, all while looking around the room. Even his brother had to admit, his room was a mess. Stacks of paper covers the desk, unfinished lego structure are scattered all over the floor, the nightstand next to the bed had 4 different cups, all of them empty, and dirty clothes are stacked in pile beside the wall.

"OUT!", shouted out the older brother, slightly embarrassed by the horrid state of his room.

Once his younger brother left the room, the boy looked around his own room...and decided he will clean it later, like he has been saying for the past four month. He got dressed in his middle school uniform, grabbed a sandwich for breakfast and left his house.

"Hello Tenki-kun."

After stepping out of his house, the teenager was greeted by a dark-haired student. They were dressed in the same uniform, a dark blazer with blue dress pant, with a white emblem reading "Tomori Middle" printer on the blaser. Seeing his friend greeting him, Tenki responded back with a smile.

"Hi Tanaka-kun."

"So, ready for your big speech?"

"I don't know man, I've been preparing this speech for months, but I still don't feel like it's good enough. Japanese is a hard language."

Although for most middle schooler in Japan are fluent enough in the language to give a speech by their final year, Tenki Hinoto was a special case. Even though his family is from Japan, Tenki actually lived his entire life in America. His parents were 2nd generation immigrants and they lived in New York. However, when he reached his 12th birthday, his dad came home with the news that they were moving to Tokyo. The reason was because his father was being transferred to his company's new branch. As a result, Tenki started middle school in Japan while his brother was homeschooled by their mother due to his poor Japanese skills. While the middle schooler was a lot better at the language than his younger brother, he still struggled with the language at first, to the point that he could not even take notes. Luckily, Tanaka took pity on the new kid and shared his notes with him and even helped him with the Japanese language, something Tenki will forever be grateful for.

"Oh c'mon, you'll do fine. You're the valedictorian, pull yourself together.", said Tanaka, while giving Tenki a playful slap on the back.

"I know, I know, but... why me? I'm a foreigner that barely speak Japanese, my grades aren't the best and heck, I'm not even that popular."

"Uuuuhhh, I don't know, maybe it's because YOU WON A NATIONAL PUBLIC SPEAKING COMPETITION, YOU DUMMIE?!"

That much was true. Although Tenki never struggled at school, he was not a genius. Both in academic and in his personal life, there wasn't anything he really excel in, the sole exception being his public speaking skill. When most kids his age feared to speak in front of a crowd, Tenki always loved it. He adored being in the center of everyone's focus, and he had the natural charisma to draw them in. Even back in America, he participated on several competition, where he learned to perfect his talent.

"OK, OK, I get it, you don't need to shout. Now c'mon, let's just get to the auditorium and get the dumb thing over with."

The two young boys quickly walked to the graduation ceremony and took their places, settling in for 2 long hours of speeches and diplomas.

"GOD, that was LONG", said a student in the schoolyard.

Once the graduation ceremony was over, the 3rd years dispersed form the auditorium, filling the schoolyard with chatters.

"I know! It was so boring that I could FEEL my life draining away.", responded another male student.

"Plus, the president's speech? URG, it's like listening to an electric fan." said a female student while chuckling.

"They should have just ended with Hinoto-kun's speech, at least that was interesting."

"Eh, it was alright."

"Oh please, I saw you shed a tear during that speech."

"WAS NOT!"

"WAS SO!"

While the student conversed about the content of the valedictorian's speech, the subject of that conversation was right beside them, with a visible blush on his face. Upon noticing that, a smirk appeared on Tanaka's face.

"Looks like someone was happy his speech went well." said Tanaka with a teasing tone.

Hinoto immediately covered his face with his hand, attempting to hide his obvious blush,"Oh crap," he started, " is it really that obvious?"

"Oh please, you face is redder that a tomato."

"Well, I'm just happy people enjoyed it." he smiled, while scratching the corner of his face. " Like I said, it was really hard conveying what I wanted to say in a foreign language."

"You did fine, anyways, now that we are officially on vacation, wanna come hang out at my place? I got the new switch console, we can test it out."

A spark of interest appears in Hinoto's eye and his embarrassment immediately disappears."YOU GOT A SWITCH?!" he said, before remembering he had business at home. "URGGG, I really want to go, but I can't, I promised my parents that I'll head back home right after graduation so we can celebrate. Plus, today is the day we receive our letter from high scho…"

"BABABABA" Tanaka shouted while covering his ears "Do. Not. Remind. Me. About. School. I am in vacation mode and there is no way you are ruining that with your acceptance nonsense."

"Sure, suit yourself, but I really need to leave."

"Ok, ciao"

"Bye-bye"

The two then parted ways to head back to their respective houses. Once arrived, Tenki was greeted by his younger brother at the gate, with an ice cream in one hand…. And a pile of mail on which he is dripping that ice cream on.

"Big bro, the mail came!"

Upon this sight, Tenki quickly dashed to the door and grabbed the pile of mail from his sibling's hands, all while wiping off the chocolate ice cream from the envelope.

"WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU, he yelled, with his back turned from his brother, desperately trying to clean off the stains. "My acceptance letter could be in here. What would happen if you damaged it?"

"Oh, don't worry, your letter isn't there."

That comment made Tenki stop dead his his track. He turned around, looking at his brother with a face full of shock and surprise. "What?"

"Tokyo High right? They didn't send anything, maybe you didn't pass."

"Wait" stubbled Tenki, as he is trying to understanding what was happening. "But that's impossible. I checked my number on the exam acceptance board last month, I definitely passed."

He was in a state of panic as an array of question rapidly pooped in his brain. Did he check for the wrong number? Did he not take the exam for the correct school? Oh god, what if he does not have a school to go to? Luckily, his brother interrupted his train of panic and anxiety with another piece of information.

"Well, there is that black letter in the bottom that is addressed to you, maybe they forgot to put their names in it."

Confused, Tenki turned the pile around and saw a pure black envelope with a familiar logo in the center, depicting an emblem with an ink pen and some form of zigzag on it with a crown of the top. Intrigued, he opened the envelope and there was a single letter, on which was inscribed:

Dear Tenki Hinoto

Based on the criteria of the admissions process, the Hope's Peak Recruitment committee is very pleased to offer you ADMISSION to Hope's Peak Academy for the 20XX-20XX academic year in its Main Course, as part of the 78th Class. For your accomplishment as the National middle Champion of the public speaking competition, the National champion of the US Air Cadets Effective Speaking competition and being part of the National Youth Debate Team for Tomori Middle, Hope's Peak Academy would like to offer you the title of "ULTIMATE DIPLOMAT".

School will start on the 6th of April. We look forward to having you in our institution.

Jin Kirigiri.