Author's Note: This is my first fanfiction. I was inspired by the idea of "absence makes the heart grow fonder." Due to a change in management, Sena leaves the Neighbor's Club. She follows her dad Pegasus to the other school while everyone else stays at St. Chronica. The new management also brings unexpected consequences which leads to some action. This chapter is only an introduction so it focuses on the first cog in the sequence of events to follow.
Disclaimer: All characters are property of their respective owners.
Chapter 1:
Introduction – The Announcement
It is a cold and quiet morning. As the sun shines straight into Kodaka's bedroom, Kodaka realizes it was time to get up for school. Kodaka gets dressed and then goes to wake Kobato up. As he looks at the mirror while brushing his teeth, he realizes that he will be going through another tough day at school. Being labeled as the delinquent, classmates left and right are all scared of Kodaka, trying to keep distance from him as much as possible. He also took the wrong bus and showed up late for his first day of school. As he entered the classroom exhausted, he made a scary first impression that had an everlasting effect on all of his classmates.
As Kodaka walks into his class, room 2-5, he hears waves of negative thoughts of him. Then, as he takes his seat, the students around him try to move their desks away from Kodaka. The only thing Kodaka could do is let out a big 'sigh. While it looks like another typical day at school, the homeroom teacher walks in with a surprising announcement.
"Good morning class. I will take attendance now. After that, we will all be heading to the auditorium. Our Chairman has some important announcements to make regarding the school."
The entire class is surprised at the announcement. The announcement even grabs Yozora's attention. Yozora was always the quiet type, always putting her head down during breaks and ignoring about all the events outside of schoolwork. It is quite a surprise some announcement like this would attract Yozora. It is probably because she heard the word "Chairman". The Chairman of the school is also Sena's father, Yozora's rival. They would always fight and Yozora would usually win. In Yozora's mind, this announcement is probably a sign of some radical changes to come.
The attendance went by quickly and in a matter of minutes, the entire class enters single-file into the auditorium. As all the junior-high and high school students of St. Chronica Academy took their seats in a large auditorium, Kodaka finds himself isolated in a corner with no one else nearby. Suddenly, Yozora joins Kodaka in the corner. She appears to be nauseated from the large crowd of people.
"Is there something wrong?" asks Kodaka.
"Ugh, I don't feel well being in the same room with a large group of 'riajuus'. I want to go the infirmary and get a rest, but the teacher won't let me. I'll just sit here."
The administrative officials then arrive on stage. "Greetings, everyone. We are happy that everyone is here. We have some important and exciting announcements from Chairman Kashiwazaki."
Chairman Kashiwazaki, a.k.a Pegasus is responsible for helping Kodaka and Kobato transfer in while their dad, Hayato, is overseas. Being best friends, they share many memories together, including the marriage contract between Sena and Kodaka. Although Hayato does not keep in contact with Pegasus as much as he used to when he still lived in Japan, they both still see each as best friends.
Suddenly, Pegasus makes his grand entrance. "Good morning everyone. It has been my pleasure to have served St. Chronica Academy for over 20 years. Ever since my efforts many years ago to transition this institution from all girls to co-ed, our school has seen a large increase in enrollment. Despite many new faces appearing in our school, we were able to maintain some of our best qualities without modifying our school rules. Our institution has been and still is recognized for its good discipline, good activities, and good religious service and is now an example of a fine institution to the entire city. However, there is another Christian academy named St. Torox Academy that has not been fairing well with its transition from all boys to a co-ed. The enrollment rate has been falling for the last 7 years, leading to the resignation of their Chairman. I have been chosen to be the new Chairman for the school to help bring the qualities of our school to their school and ensure a successful recovery of St. Torox Academy."
The speech got boring that some students fell asleep. Yozora already left the auditorium and sat in the benches in the hallway. She finds an equally nauseated Rika in one of the benches as well.
"You can't handle crowds too, Rika?" asks Yozora.
"Yes," Rika replies with little energy.
Pegasus goes on with his announcement. "Since I will become the new Chairman for St. Torox Academy, I will be stepping down from this day forth as the Chairman for St. Chronica Academy. However, our staff has been able to find a suitable replacement for me. I will now honor the new Chairman, Dr. Jorgon Kupa. As a junior high and high school student, he has earned perfect scores on every exam and has won many athletic awards. He later went to University of Tokyo and earned his doctorate in education. He has also previously ran three different academies and all three academies have earned consecutive "National School of the Year" awards in terms of athletics, academics, and discipline. Therefore, this man possesses the perfect background into retaining the qualities of this school. I shall now entrust this man St. Chronica Academy. Please welcome new Chairman Kupa."
The crowd gives applause to the new chairman, excited to see new changes coming to the academy. "Welcome students, sisters, and teachers," said Dr. Kupa. "It is my pleasure to be sworn in as the new Chairman for this wonderful academy. I am happy to be greeted by all you new faces here and will dedicate my efforts into keeping this academy a wonderful to study in. I hope my efforts will allow our academy to earn the prestigious "National School of the Year" award. Thank you."
After another round of applause, Pegasus steps up and makes another announcement. "Thank you Chairman Kupa. Before we end this event, I have another announcement to make. In order to have examples of model students and sisters, some of the students and sisters will be transferred over to St. Torox Academy. After observing our students and sisters and looking at their scores and achievements, we have made up our decisions on who will be transferring. Sisters that will be transferring are given notices in their mailbox today. As for students, all students in Class -3s will be transferring to the new academy. The students in Class -3s have the highest averages on the final exams and have won the most awards in the athletic festivals. They have also received the most recognition regarding their contribution to the school. We feel that these students will provide perfect examples of model students for the students currently at St. Torox Adacemy."
"Class -3s…" Kodaka thinks to himself. "Isn't that the class that Sena, Aoi, and Hinata are in? It's not surprising that their class would be chosen. Sena always gets the highest grades and is always first in athletics. Aoi works hard as a member of the student council and is second best in terms of grades. Finally, Hinata is also a member of the student council and is popular among the students. It's no surprise that Class -3s are the best."
The announcement event ends and all of the students return back to class.