Chapter One: He Makes Me So Angry But I Still Feel Something For Him?!

I was on my way out of class when I decided to do some reflecting on the situation I was forced into, but had not completely hated.

It had been a little less than a month since I had started school at The Forbidden Academy. It wasn't so bad, so much as sudden. One minute I was home practicing with my sword and the next I ended up in this mysterious place, along with the Gods of mythology- Balder, Apollon, Loki, Thor, Takeru, Tsukito, Hades, Dionysus. They all have something special and unique about each of them; they're all wonderful in their own way.

I had just finished that thought when I ran into a tall, muscular wall and fell to the floor, the items in my bag thrown into disarray from the impact. I was picking up my things when the wall cleared its throat, making me realize that I had not run into a wall, but into something that was inevitably more formidable. I looked up from the mess and into the glaring eyes that bore into me as he loomed overhead. I uttered a small, nervous laugh and, with as cheery of a tone I could muster, said, "Oh, Thoth-senpai…I didn't see you."

He didn't reply; he just stared at me with those cold, blue eyes for a few seconds that seemed like minutes and turned, leaving me in my mess of belongings, which he didn't even think to help me pick up, even though it was partially his fault.

It wasn't like I wanted to come here in the first place, I thought to myself, feeling a bit sour as I dusted myself off. I picked up my things and headed toward my room, thoughts swirling in my head.

I felt out of my element. I still wasn't quite used to everything. Being human, in a strange place like this, of course I would feel scared and confused, and even perhaps mistake a person for a wall. And these Gods just expect me to fulfill my purpose with perfection and without question. The worst one of the two was most definitely Thoth, though.

Yes, Zeus-san ordered our situation. Yes, Zeus-san was great and powerful. But Thoth was relentless. His expectations, though, yes, they were mostly Zeus-san's expectations, were unreasonable. His strict enforcement made me feel suffocated. Although, I might feel a little better about doing those things for him if he weren't so mean to me…

But he isn't all bad, I don't think. I think he does want us to graduate, to help each one of us to carry out our duties. I think he could be gentle behind those intimidating eyes, and his constant demonstration of his control over everything. I would never admit it, but sometimes, when he'd back me into a wall or a book shelf and have his face so close to mine that I could feel the emphasis on every word he said, I'd feel my heart beating louder, and hoped that he couldn't hear it; That he couldn't hear that I wanted more. He'd probably just make fun of me for it, and I don't want that.

W-wait! I don't want to feel my heart beating louder for HIM! There's no way, is there? It can't be. I couldn't be falling for him…could I? No way! I'm not a masochist. I sighed and opened the door to my dorm, which I had made my way to in the time I had done all of my thinking. Melissa greeting me upon my arrival, and my face must have indicated what my last thoughts were, and he asked in his gruff voice, "Oi, Kutanagi! What kinds of naughty thoughts were you just thinking? Go ahead, you can tell me."

I must have flushed an even deeper shade, because he rolled on his back on the bed, his little plush voodoo-like body heaving with laughter at me.

"S-stop thinking weird things! A-and my name is Kusanagi!," I said, turning my face away from him to hide my embarrassment as I searched for my pajamas.

"Right, right, Ku-ta-na-gi. But anyways, if you want to impress him by looking your best, you'll need your beauty sleep," he said. Now that, I couldn't deny. Not for the reason that he said, but it had been a rather busy day and I was quite exhausted, and felt too weary to argue. I quickly donned my pajamas and rolled into bed, pulling my sheets up to my chin, my eyelids falling heavily with sleep.