Irregular at Magic High School: The Black Dragon

Chapter 1: Enrollment I

Magic. This product of fairytales was synthesized into actual technology in the 21 century. However, in the year 2030 the world was experiencing drastic climate cooling and the world food supply dwindled. Energy supplies were soon being fought over, and in the year 2045 World War III broke out, lasting for 20 years. Earth's population plummeted to 3 billion. The only reason that the war didn't escalate to thermonuclear war was due to the invention of magicians, people who could use magic. It is currently the end of the 21 century and the world powers are racing to develop magicians to head off the next war.

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4-3-2095

Hachioji, Tokyo

Rehearsals for the matriculation ceremony will begin soon. All concerned parties are asked to gather in the auditorium.

"This is bullshit!" a man said.

The man in question was a 5'7'' blond male with glasses. He wore a white and green uniform with a flower emblem on his shoulder. He was talking to his brother, a 5'6'' black haired male. He also wore the same white and green uniform with a flower emblem.

"One point, one god damn point." The blond man said.

"There's not much you can do about it, Jonasan." The black-haired man said.

What the now identified Jonasan was raging about was that he missed getting the class representative position by one point. He had aced the paper test section but had fallen just short in the practical exam. He had scored high enough to be made a Course 1 student but not to be the class representative.

"I know that Kurisu, but it still pisses me off." Jonasan said.

The two brothers were walking around campus to get a feel for it. After all, they had only arrived today and wanted to get the lay of the land, should things ever go south. They were currently at National Magic University Affiliated First High School, although that was quite the mouthful so most just shortened it to First High. It was often believed that being permitted to enroll at that state-run institution for training magic technicians made you one of the elite. Someone whose skill in magic has been recognized.

As the two kept walking they passed two other students who sent them scathing glares.

"Damn Blooms, just who do they think they are?" one muttered.

Ah there it was. The derogatory remarks that were abound in this school despite the fact that they were banned words. Blooms and Weeds. Blooms were Course 1 students, students who had high magical potential and could cast powerful spells. Weeds were Course 2 students, students who didn't have high magical potential but excelled in other areas. The problem with the enrollment exam was that it is noticeably skewed toward the practical exam but doesn't cover any complex spell casting. Meaning that there are most likely Course 2 students who were powerful casters but didn't have the high magical potential that most of the Course 1 students had.

"I see that those words are going to cause some problems." Kurisu said.

"No doubt. The only problem with being Course 1 students is that we are going to be thrown in with the crowd of those who act all high and mighty when it is obvious when you get to know us that we don't act that way." Jonasan said.

Jonasan looked ahead of them and noticed something. He nudged Kurisu.

"Hey, isn't that Mayumi?" he whispered.

"Yeah it is, and isn't that the Mahesvara?" Kurisu replied.

Indeed, it was. On the front steps leading to the school, there was a woman with long black hair and beautiful red eyes. She was wearing the female version of the school uniform. She was talking to a black-haired man that was taller than Jonasan and also wore the same green and white uniform that they did although he was emblemless.

The two walked past the conversing two and other than the courteous hello, no words were said.

"Good. She didn't recognize us." Kurisu said once they were out of earshot.

"It would be really bad if she had." Jonasan agreed.

The two brothers were childhood friends with Mayumi although they hadn't seen her since that incident. It was for the best though.

"I wonder if Juumonji is here as well?" Kurisu said.

"He is. I saw him earlier when I left the examination room, he didn't recognize me either, so we are safe in that aspect, for now." Jonasan said.

…

Time Skip: 2 hours

The matriculation ceremony was about to begin. As the brothers filed into the auditorium, they immediately noticed a pattern. In the front half of the auditorium, there were the Blooms and in the back half were Weeds. The two took a pair of seats in the back half of Bloom section. As the auditorium filled up, they noticed that the seats around them remained empty, not that they cared. They knew that they exuded a rather dark aura that most people found unnerving, so it didn't bother them.

We will now begin the matriculation ceremony for National Magic University Affiliated First High School.

…

*applause*

"That was a rather good speech by Mayumi wasn't it?" Jonasan asked.

"Indeed, she has grown quite wise in her years, although she still has that impish attitude." Kurisu replied.

Next, the newly-enrolled students' address.

Jonasan leaned forward with an intent expression. "So, what stuffed up prick did I lose to?" he growled.

Representative of the incoming class, Miyuki Shiba.

Jonasan saw a dark-haired beauty walk up to the stage. She bowed to the crowd and began to speak.

"As the sunlight streams gently, and the vivid cherry blossoms flutter on this gorgeous spring day, I feel so happy and honored that my wish to be admitted to the prestigious National Magic University Affiliated First High School has come true. On behalf of the incoming students, and filled with pride of being a member of First High School…"

"So that's who I lost to huh?" Jonasan muttered.

"Jonasan." Kurisu warned.

Jonasan leaned back with a smile on his face. "I can live with that."

Both he and Kurisu where progressive thinkers on certain topics. One of them being women in a leadership role. Seriously, the current set up of the 10 Master Clans were mostly guys. They didn't count the conniving bitch. It was nice to see some women getting a leadership role for once.

…

As the matriculation ceremony came to an end the two brothers decided to go introduce themselves to Miyuki. As they exited the auditorium, however they saw that they were not the only ones who had the same idea. Several Course 1 students were crowded around Miyuki and while she was answering their questions just fine, she looked distinctly uncomfortable. The Mahesvara was standing a quarter way down the hallway but was busy with his Course 2 associates and wasn't paying too much attention. So, the two brothers decided to save the poor girl.

"Excuse me." Kurisu said causing the group to look at him.

At first, they had hostile glares but when they saw the emblem on his shoulder they relaxed and allowed them to enter the group.

"Shiba-san, may I borrow you for a moment?" Jonasan said.

"Miyuki is fine and sure." Miyuki said.

The group once again sent them glares but the glares they sent back caused the group to immediately disperse. Miyuki sighed.

"Thank you for that. They were starting to get out of hand." She said.

"Of course, Miyuki." Jonasan said.

"So, what is it you needed?" she asked.

"We wished to formally introduce ourselves to you and complement you on your opening speech. It was masterfully done. I am Kurisu Cosmos." Kurisu said bowing to her.

"And I am Jonasan Cosmos." Jonasan said bowing to her as well. "Your speech was excellent, I doubt I could have done any better. I am glad I was defeated by you."

"Defeated? Ah you scored just under me didn't you." Miyuki said.

"Indeed, I missed the position by one point. Although I'm glad the position went to someone like you." Jonasan said.

Miyuki blushed. "Thank you."

"Ara, ara, what's going on over here?" a voice said.

Looking to the right they saw Mayumi and another man with brown hair approaching.

"President!" the brown-haired man said, he then turned to the two brothers. "If you will excuse us, we have some business with Shiba-san." He said politely.

"It's alright Hanzou, they can stay." Mayumi said, she then bowed to the three of them. "I am Saegusa Mayumi, the student council president. To my left is Hattori Gyoubushoujo Hanzou, my vice president. It is a pleasure to meet you all."

"Pleasure to meet you as well, I am Cosmos Jonasan. Jonasan is fine." He bowed to them

"I am Cosmos Kurisu. Kurisu is fine as well." He bowed as well.

"Pleasure to meet you, I am Shiba Miyuki." She bowed too.

As Miyuki stood up she noticed the Mahesvara looking at her.

"Onii-sama!" she said and ran off.

Jonasan chuckled. "I wondered how long it would take her to notice."

The four then walked over to where Miyuki had run off to.

"Hello. So, we meet again." Mayumi said.

Hattori scoffed at the Mahesvara causing Jonasan to glare at him. The Mahesvara bowed to them and the Cosmos brothers found it hilarious. The Mahesvara, bowing to them. The three of them all had the same type of power, so the point was moot, but it was still a novel thing.

Miyuki then looked at the women that were standing behind the Mahesvara. She gained a mischievous glint in her eye.

"By the way, dear brother…Are you dating already?"

The Mahesvara didn't even react to the accusation. "Of course not, Miyuki. These two are my classmates. It's rude to say things like that, you know."

"I'm so sorry." Miyuki said bowing. "It's so nice to meet you. I'm Shiba Miyuki."

"I'm Mizuki Shibata. Nice to meet you, too." Said the girl with glasses and short dark hair.

The messy redhead placed an arm on Mizuki's shoulder and stepped between the Mahesvara and Mizuki.

"I'm Chiba Erika. You can call me Erika. Can I call you Miyuki?"

"Yes, please do!"

"Hey, Miyuki, so you're actually pretty down-to-earth, huh?" Erika said.

"Miyuki, are the people from the Student Council done with you?" the Mahesvara interrupted.

"Oh!"

"It's alright." Mayumi said. "All we did today was introduce ourselves to her."

"President!" Hattori protested.

"Miyuki-san." Mayumi said.

"Yes?" she replied.

"We'll go into more detail another day. You, too, Shiba, Jonasan." Mayumi said looking at the Mahesvara and Jonasan.

Jonasan tilted his head in confusion causing Miyuki to stifle a giggle.

"Let's have a nice, long chat sometime."

Mayumi bowed to them and turned and bowed to the Cosmos brothers as well before walking off.

"President…" Hattori said before scoffing at the Mahesvara and bowing to the Cosmos as well before following Mayumi.

Miyuki turned toward her brother, eyes down.

"I'm sorry, brother…" She said. "It's all my fault."

The Mahesvara brushed a hair out of her face before putting a hand on her shoulder, causing her to blush and look at him.

"You have nothing to apologize for." The Mahesvara said.

With those comforting words Miyuki looked up to him like he was a god. Kurisu cast a glance at Erika and Mizuki, noticing Mizuki was completely red in the face.

"Um…you two." Erika said, causing the two to look at her. "Why don't we head out now."

"You have yet to introduce your friends either Miyuki." The Mahesvara reminded her.

"Ah, I'm sorry you two." Miyuki apologized.

Kurisu brushed it off. "It's quite alright. Anyway, I'm Cosmos Kurisu and the blond man next to me is Cosmos Jonasan."

"Pleasure to meet you." Jonasan said as the two bowed.

"You have already met myself and these two but allow me to introduce my brother, Shiba Tatsuya." Miyuki said.

"Pleasure to meet you." Tatsuya said, bowing.

"Come on you guys, let's get going." Erika said.

…

That Night

Cosmos Household

The Cosmos house was located a few miles from the station, which made the commute to school rather quick for the brothers. To outsiders, the home look like many of the others that surrounded it although with a substantially larger backyard. However, what most didn't see was that the home was surrounded with state-of-the-art security as well as several hidden armed guards. The homes around the Cosmos household were also owned by them as well and were occupied by some of their associates.

Jonasan was sitting on the couch inputting the information that they had learned into their databanks as Kurisu was preparing dinner.

"So, the Mahesvara was Shiba Tatsuya huh? The power this piece of blackmail has…"

"Indeed, and that means his sister is Princess as well, the Lady of Ice." Kurisu said coming in from the kitchen.

Jonasan nodded and pulled up Princess's profile and filled in the requisite blanks in their databanks. Just then, the head of a black dragon poked into the room and lightly nudged Jonasan.

"Hi Draco." He muttered petting his snout, he then tossed Draco a whole chicken which he happy devoured.

"Don't forget, despite having the name of Shiba, they are Yotsuba's." Kurisu said.

"I know." Jonasan said with a growl.

Yotsuba. Just thinking of that damn name recalled the memory of that night, what they went through and what it cost them.

Flashback

Concern. A letter had come from one of the 10 Master Clans and, after reading it, their mother had sent everyone to start packing with a look of fear on her face. Their father helped the 10-year-old Kurisu and Jonasan pack their things. Apparently, they were going somewhere in the morning. The letter was signed by the Queen of Night.

Fear. The two brothers awoke later that night to their family home burning. Kurisu grabbed Jonasan's arm and the two brothers ran out of their bedroom and down to the foyer, trying to keep out of the smoke.

Death. As they passed their parent's, aunts, uncles, and cousins' rooms, they saw them engulfed in fire with the doors tightly closed. If they were still inside, there was no hope for them to escape.

Pain. As the brothers made their way to the front door, one of the overhead beams gave way, causing a pile of burning wood to block the front door. Kurisu was able to get out of the way in time but Jonasan was not so lucky, the beam landed on his back and pinned him to the floor. Kurisu was able to pull him out but something snapped in the process leaving Jonasan in severe pain.

Exhaustion. The two brothers headed to the back door but collapsed before they could reach it. Smoke inhalation finally getting to them. The fire burned closer, eager to consume the last of their family.

Relief. A woman in an all covering black cloak walked through the fire and picked up Jonasan's battered body. Another woman in a long blue cloak with clocks on it gently picked up Kurisu and batted the flames off his body.

Cold. Jonasan felt a bone chilling cold as the woman in black was begging him to stay with her. That they were nearly done and to not slip away.

And then, darkness.

Flashback End

The two women were able to save the brothers but at the cost of their family, and Jonasan's sanity. As the woman in black attempted to repair his spine, Jonasan died. The woman was able to bring him back, for the women who saved them were not normal, but one does not die and comeback unscathed. A dark evil had taken root in Jonasan's soul, something that sought the destruction of everything around it. To prevent the evil from consuming Jonasan, the woman in black placed a series of shackles on Jonasan to contain its power. This increased Jonasan's Psion count exponentially as well as his intelligence at the cost of his sanity.

With no family to speak of, the two women took the brothers under their wing and cared for them as if they were their own. It was a few years later that the boys discovered that the women weren't what one would call 'normal'. They were goddesses, beings of great power that helped shape the universe. The two goddesses had such a high Psion count that, after being exposed to it for a while, the two brothers were able to manipulate the domain that the women controlled over.

For Kurisu, he was able to manipulate time. By 13, he was able to slow and speed up time around him as well as slowly age objects if he focused hard enough. By 15, he was able to completely stop time in a 50-meter area around him, while leaving himself and others that he chose unaffected, as well as rapidly age objects to the point that they turned to dust.

For Jonasan, he was able to manipulate the shadows. By 13, he had complete mastery of the shadows, able to fade into them and even dissolve into a mass of shadow. By 15, he was able to control the dark evil's rage by breaking one of the shackles, or seals as he called them, and gaining access to the power the evil contained while keeping his sanity mostly intact.

At 16 the brothers found out that the letter that was sent to their home the day before the fire was sent by Yotsuba Maya, head of one of the 10 Master Clans. The letter said, in essence, that their family should know their place as one of the hundred families and to not get to close to the Saegusa and Katsuto families. The brothers blamed the fire that occurred that night on Maya and swore revenge. In order to prevent Maya from figuring out that they had lived, they abandoned their family name of Shirakawa and changed it to Cosmos, reflecting their new parents and cutting all ties to their previous life.

"On to a lighter topic, have you heard anything from them?" Kurisu asked.

"Ah yes, they called just a little while ago, they told me to pass on their congratulations for getting into high school. And they said to remember to keep our heads down."

"I doubt that will happen, given who we have surrounded ourselves with."

"Agreed, we will just have to hold back and be careful not to reveal ourselves."

"Moving on, how are things faring without us?"

"Quite well, I'd say. The boys successfully sold another shipment just a few days ago for a couple million. The military is still out looking for us, but that is to be expected."

"Any of our enemies making a move?"

"Not yet. Although there are rumblings of Blanche planning something."

"Leave it be for now. If they try something, we will just have to show them their place, won't we, Death?" Kurisu said with a malicious grin.

"Indeed, we will, Time." Jonasan said, his blue eyes flashing red briefly.

"No one can assault the heads of the Black Dragons without retribution." They said at the same time.

…

Major Kazama was looking over some reports in his office about a particular thorn in his side, the Black Dragons. The crime syndicate had sprung up out of nowhere about 8 years ago and it has grown exponentially ever since. They are the top sellers of illegal CADs and are experts at stealing up and coming magic sequences and using them for themselves. They are regarded as the leader of the criminal underworld in Japan and its two leaders, the head of the criminal underworld.

Kazama pulled up the profiles they had on the Black Dragons two leaders, not that there was much info. All it had was their guesstimated ages, their code names and their photos. The first photo was a man wearing a full length blue cloak with various time pieces on it. He was wearing a face covering white mask and had a steampunk like staff strapped to his back. The second photo was much more sinister. The second man was wearing a full length black cloak with a hood up. He wore a skeleton mask and you could see is burning red eyes that seemed to be glaring at the camera. He carried a scythe on his back. All in all, the second man looked like some kind of Shinigami. The man in blue was code named Time and the man in black with code named Death.

In recent months the crime syndicate had become very quiet which worried Major Kazama as when that happened, they were usually planning something big. Kazama didn't like this, not one bit. Especially with the Nine School's Competition coming up. Just what were these two planning?

…

"Cosmos, what are you doing?" A girl with brown hair that was tied in small pigtails asked.

She and a few others were watching Jonasan in fascination as he used a keyboard to input information into the computer.

"Double checking the curriculum and registering for classes." Jonasan replied.

"Why are you doing it the old-fashioned way?" A girl with black hair and dead fish eyes asked.

"Huh? Oh, it's faster this way." Jonasan replied.

"That's up for debate." Kurisu said, he was doing the same thing except he was doing it the modern way by using menus and GUIs.

Jonasan sighed. "We've had this argument before Kurisu."

"And we agreed to disagree." Kurisu said with a smile.

"Your typing speed is close to Onii-chan's" Miyuki said appearing behind Jonasan.

"Really? Interesting." Jonasan said.

"And you are?" Kurisu asked the two girls as the brothers closed the computers.

"Oh! I'm Mitsui Honoka. You can call me Honoka." The girl with the pigtails said.

"I'm Kitayama Shizuku. You can call me Shizuku." The dead fish eyed girl said.

"Ah, well, I am Jonasan Cosmos and the man next to me is Kurisu Cosmos." Jonasan said.

"You're the one who scored just under Miyuki aren't you?" Honoka asked.

"Jeez, rumor flies fast." Kurisu said, looking at Jonasan.

"Indeed." Jonasan replied.

"I'm assuming that you both wish to be tactician class magicians?" Shizuku asked.

Jonasan tilted his head at her, trying to figure her out. "While that might be Kurisu's dream mine is to be a magical engineer."

"Although by technicality both myself and Kurisu would be classed as strategic classes due to our powers but they don't need to know that." Jonasan thought.

"You wish to be a magical engineer, despite having so much power." Shizuku said.

"You know, it's hard to tell if that was sarcasm or not, but yes."

The first bell then rung.

…

"Touring the workshops was certainly interesting." Jonasan said.

"Indeed, you're going to have a lot of work ahead of you." Kurisu said.

Jonasan and Kurisu were sitting in one corner of the dining hall/cafeteria. They had a table to themselves but, once again, they expected that. The auras they put off were quite menacing plus the fact that they had no connections to student within the school since this was their first time attending one.

"Work is not an issue for me and you know it. Look at how much I have to do to keep us up and running. Keeping up with that amount of meticulous work will be child's play."

Then, the two brothers heard a commotion occur on the other side of the room.

"Hm?" Kurisu said.

A group of Blooms were standing in front of Miyuki, trying to convince her to eat with them, while Tatsuya and his friends were behind her. From the looks of things, Miyuki was going to sit with her brother when the Booms interrupted.

"Morisaki, why am I not surprised." Jonasan said facepalming.

"The idiot does have a high sense of superiority since he is a Course 1 student. It looks like Shizuku and Honoka got dragged with them as well although it doesn't look like they went willingly." Kurisu said.

Jonasan couldn't agree more. Shizuku and Honoka looked quite uncomfortable with being with the group of Blooms that were attempting to drag Miyuki away from her brother and his friends. One of the students must have said something quite insulting as one of Tatsuya's male friends stood up and looked about ready to punch one of them. Tatsuya, however, diffused the situation by removing himself from the equation and the rest of his friends soon followed. Miyuki looked so sad at that.

"Damn idiots." Jonasan said clenching his fists, his eyes gained a tint of red.

"Enough." Kurisu said putting a hand on Jonasan's shoulder.

Morisaki's eyes then landed on them.

"It looks like they are coming to harass us next. Let's get out of here." Kurisu said.

"Fine." Jonasan said, sending a death glare at Morisaki causing him to recoil in fear a bit, the brothers then left the room.

…

"Just give it up already, will you?"

These were the first words that the Cosmos brothers heard as they approached the gate out of the school. Off to the left of the gate, Morisaki and his crew were facing off against Tatsuya's two friends as they defended the two's right to leave campus together.

"There's something we want to discuss with her, that's all!" Morisaki said.

"That's right! All we need is a little of her time!" Another student said.

"Son of a bitch." Jonasan groaned. "Looks like we need to teach this idiot a lesson."

"Not yet," Kurisu said. "wait and see if he draws his CAD. If he does, then we can interfere. That way we won't be accused of assaulting a student."

"Anyway, didn't you hear Miyuki say that she's going home with her brother?" Mizuki said. "What right do you have, trying to split these two apart?"

Miyuki started blushing and muttering to herself. Kurisu looked at her strangely and Jonasan raised an eyebrow.

"This is a matter that concerns 1-A! Don't go around meddling with us Blooms, you lowly Weeds!" Morisaki said.

Jonasan's hand began creeping down toward Nightmare, his specialized sword CAD.

"We're all newly enrolled students here, remember? Just how superior to us do you Blooms think you are at this point?" Mizuki asked.

Morisaki grinned and Jonasan and Kurisu prepared to rush over.

"Don't use Shadow Step, physical moves only." Kurisu said

"Fine." Jonasan said.

"Do you want to know how superior we are?" Morisaki said.

"Sounds entertaining. Why don't you go ahead and show us then?" said Tatsuya's messy brown-haired friend.

"Fine…"

Morisaki's friends backed away as he flexed his fingers.

"In that case, I damn will show you…"

"Here we go." Jonasan said with an insane smirk on his face.

"This is…" Morisaki said as he drew his CAD and prepared a spell,

"…How much better we are!"

He pointed his CAD at them and prepared to fire.

It was then that the Cosmos acted. Jonasan used a variant of Shadow Step he called Flash Step, where he physically blurred over to Morisaki's position, at the same time drawing Nightmare and knocking Morisaki's CAD out of his hand. Kurisu used Blink, which was as close to teleporting as he could get without tapping into his powers, to prevent any of Morisaki's friends from interfering.

Tatsuya's brown-haired friend raced forward to prevent Morisaki from pulling the trigger but was too late. Before the spell could complete however, Jonasan had knocked his CAD out of his hand. Half a second later, Erika was right beside him with a nightstick drawn.

"Your fast." Erika complimented.

"I try." Jonasan replied.

"Cosmos, what the hell?!" Morisaki shouted.

"You are out of line, Morisaki." Kurisu said.

"Where the hell did you come from?" One of the Blooms asked.

"Ridiculous…" Morisaki said.

"Your siding with them, fine." A Bloom said, pointing his CAD at Jonasan and prepped a spell.

"We will just deal with you two as well!" said another, pointing his CAD at Kurisu and prepped a spell as well.

Jonasan growled and nodded at Kurisu who nodded back.

"All of you-stop it!" Honoka shouted and prepared a spell.

Jonasan looked at the spell she was activating. Little did he know Tatsuya was doing the same thing. "Light oscillation type, Flash Spell, significantly reduced power, not a threat." Jonasan thought.

Jonasan and Kurisu's eyes subtly adjusted. When the spell activated, they would not be blinded. The spell never triggered though. A ball of blue light shot out from behind Morisaki's group at Honoka, shattering the spell. This caused Honoka to fall backward but Shizuku caught her.

"Stop it right there!" A voice said. "Unless it's self-defense, head-to-head magic attacks are criminal acts!" It was Mayumi.

"Oh, we know. Fortunately, it won't be us having to run from the police." Kurisu thought.

"I'm Mari Watanabe, Head of the Disciplinary Committee!" Another woman said. "I'll be taking your statements now. All of you, come with me."

Jonasan spun Nightmare before sheathing it. This was going to take a while. Jonasan was surprised when Tatsuya walked forward and covered for all of them.

"Sorry about that." Tatsuya said.

Watanabe pointed her hand at Tatsuya as he walked toward her. Her hand glowed blue.

"It was just horseplay that got out of hand." Tatsuya continued.

"Horseplay?" Watanabe asked.

"Yes. The Morisaki Clan is famous for their quick-draw technique, so I thought I'd ask him to show me for future reference, but it was just so realistic that I couldn't stop myself from making a move."

"You better be grateful that he is covering for your ass Morisaki." Kurisu thought.

"Then would you care to explain why that girl was about to activate an attack-type spell?"

Jonasan was about to open his mouth to defend her but Tatsuya beat him to it.

"It was just a Flash Spell. And its potency was considerably suppressed."

"So, he can read activation sequences as well huh? I shouldn't be surprised." Jonasan thought.

"Ah…I see that you have the ability to read activation sequences as they are being launched. That's quite the ability."

"I'm no good at practical skills, but I am adept at analysis."

"Apparently, you're also adept at subterfuge."

"Oh shit." The Cosmos brothers thought.

"Subterfuge? Far from it. I'm nothing but…"

Tatsuya pointed at his emblemless shoulder.

"…a Course 2 student."

Jonasan saw Watanabe glance at the sheath that held Nightmare and knew there would be questions about it later.

"Let's see if your lie holds, Tatsuya." Jonasan said.

A/N: Just a quick note, for those readers who are waiting for DitF: Gods Rising, this chapter is taking longer to write die to the addition of a new character that isnt of my design. While my brother can come up with ideas for days, he can't write to save his life so im having to write how I think he wants this new character to be portrayed and then he tells me if its right or wrong. Also, right now, this story is not my primary focus for those who are only here for this story. It will get updated periodically and not on any set schedule. If you found this story interesting, go check out my other two stories, DitF: The Reaper Squadron and DitF: Gods Rising.

But anyway, as always, reviews and criticism are greatly appreciated, and flames will be used to roast marshmallows. Ciao!