It was sweltering hot inside the classroom that day, and Tatsuya Mizuno was trying desperately to not fall asleep in class. Eyelids drooping, he lazily stared out the window, daydreaming of cool breezes and tall glasses of lemonade until his eyes locked on a new figure.

Tatsuya sat up a little straighter in his chair as he watched the new person enter through the large front doors of the school, and disappear inside.

Later in the day, Tatsuya was rudely woken from his daydreams as the door was flung open violently, and the mysterious person strode in with an imperious swagger, his nose thrust in the air and his hips comically thrust into an unbelievable strut. He was wearing an odd assortment of necklaces and charms, over a baggy, loose-fitting orange shirt, and had long blonde hair held back with a black bandana. He whirled around to give a salute, his eyes flashing mischievously. The class snickered, and Tatsuya's jaw dropped.

"Class," said the teacher a bit warily, " this is Shigeki Sato. He just transferred to Tokyo a week ago, so please make him feel..." she paused for a second before saying "err.. Welcome."

"Yo!" said Shigeki loudly, waving his arms. He took the piece of chalk the teacher was holding and proceeded to write his name in giant letters across the chalk board. He tossed the chalk back to the stunned teacher, who got hit on the head with the flying chalk.

"I'll find my own seat!" he called back over his shoulder as he jostled his way through the desks to the back of the room. All the teacher could do was stand there, her mouth opening and closing like a goldfish.

As Tatsuya made his was downstairs to lunch, he was hit waist level with an object moving at incredible speed. When he regained his balance he was face-to-face with a tall, black -haired boy wearing an earsplitting grin. Behind him at a length trailed a bemused boy of the same height and auburn hair.

"Seiji, what on earth-"

"Not now Tatsuya!" said Seiji, cutting him off. "Did you hear we got a new student today!"

"So..."

"So what?! To get accepted to Kirihara Academy, and in the middle of a semester too, you'd have to be incredibly talented and smart!" Finished Seiji with a grand gesture at the hall around them.

Tatsuya had to agree, Kirihara Academy was indeed a posh school, from the long scarlet curtains that framed the huge windows along the hall, to the deep velvet carpeting on the staircase where he now stood, being pushed and shoved by student anxious to get to lunch.

There were the students themselves. Some, like Seiji, were admitted by entrance exams, while others, like Katsuro ( The guy standing behind Seiji while he tackled Tatsuya) were admitted because they were wealthy. (Not to say he wasn't smart)

As They reached the bottom of the staircase, an aide ran up to Tatsuya, gasping for breath.

"Young master! The Headmaster wishes to see you in his office right away!" he said, panting. He'd probably run all the way there. Katsuro shrugged and said "Go see him. We'll save you a spot."He waved as Tatsuya was dragged back upstairs by the enthusiastic aide.

Tatsuya hated the Headmaster with a passion. He ruled Kirihara Academy with an iron fist, and un-conformity was always quickly stamped out. However the thing that Tatsuya hated the most was that although money couldn't buy you everything, here it really helped. The richer you were, the better life was for you at the academy. And if you dared to be less than middle class... well you probably wouldn't ever see the inside of the school.

As they reached the lavishly decorated room of the Headmaster, Tatsuya stopped and took a deep breath. "Thank you Teppei, you may go now. " The aide gave a salute, and dashed off madly in another direction.

Tatsuya pushed open the large oak doors and stopped short upon seeing two people in the room.

One was a middle aged man with thinning, light-brown hair and cold grey eyes. The other was a boy with long blonde hair held back in a black bandana.

The older man turned around and said grimly, "Sit, Tatsuya." motioning to a small wooden chair.

Tatsuya entered warily.

"Hello, father."