The shorter of the two stared up at the building in awe, slightly nervous, while the other had an uninterested and bored look, but his brother knew that he was nervous as well.
"This is pretty exciting huh Izuru? I mean… Hope's Peak… you ever think we'd make it here?" The black haired twin, Izuru, said nothing, instead looking towards his brother, before finally speaking.
"Not really. But I have a feeling this won't be different than any other school Hajime. After all… school is school no matter what form. The only difference is us being able to very easily get a job when we graduate." Izuru stated. The other boy, Hajime, sighed. His brother was always looking on the logical side, and rarely let himself get excited.
"Even so, this might be a good chance for you to finally make friends. Maybe you'll find someone who you can get along with besides me." Hajime smiled at Izuru, hoping to comfort his brother. Izuru merely looked away, not saying anything, but he didn't need to. Both twins knew that the chance of Izuru actually making friends was slim to none, but one could always hope.
Hajime honestly hoped his brother could make friends here. Izuru had always been reclusive, and always complaining about things not being interesting to him. Izuru was insanely talented in many things… except social interactions. Izuru rarely talked to anyone besides his brother, even sometimes being cold and stoic to his parents, and only spoke up in school if he was asked to answer something.
It wasn't like Izuru hated other people, he just had a hard time finding a common interest with other children. When kids were talking about video games or a TV show, Izuru couldn't understand their excitement. Those things were boring and predictable to him, so it was hard for him to talk to others about it. Hajime, who had been with him from the start, knew him well enough to find things that he liked… which wasn't much but Hajime managed to find things. Certain comic books or TV shows, or something that caught Izuru's eye.
Most people saw Izuru as emotionless or cruel, but Hajime knew that Izuru wasn't. He may be stoic and seem emotionless, but with Hajime, and sometimes their parents, he was a good, if… odd, person.
But, now wasn't the time to be reminiscing. Looking back at the school, Hajime smiled at the taller boy.
"Well, we won't be getting anywhere by just standing out where let's g- huh?" His vision suddenly started to go black around the edges, and he felt dizzy. He could vaguely see Izuru grip his head, as if he suddenly had a headache, and could see him slightly swaying in place, possibly feeling the same thing he was. He tried to call out his brother's name but nothing left his mouth, and just as he was about to fall over…
It was over.
Suddenly, both of them were standing in front of a classroom door.
Izuru was the first to steady himself, and he took in their surroundings. There was only the door in this area, which he found odd but, he supposed they should enter. Even if their situation was odd, he couldn't bring himself to not go in the door, after all, there was no other place to go.
Placing a hand on his brother's shoulder to steady him, Izuru waited until Hajime's head cleared and the two were ready to go in.
"Huh?" Hajime said as he looked around the room, and although Izuru didn't vocalize it… he was thinking the same thing.
"Who are you?" A female's voice called out. The twins couldn't really tell who said it since they were too busy looking around, but the voice had a polite, if slightly forceful tone to it.
"Um…" Hajime said, not sure what else to say. The shorter moved a bit closer to his brother, and instinctively reached out his hand, which Izuru took and gave a firm squeeze to comfort the other.
"Are you two alright? You both look quite pale…" Another girl, but this one had a more regal tone to it, and had a slight accent that neither could place.
"I-I'm… well, he's always this pale…" Hajime mumbled out, which earned him a slight look from Izuru.
"Hey, are you guys new students too?" Yet another girl cried out. Her tone was more bossy than the last two however.
"A-ah, so you're also…" Hajime wished his voice could be more confidant, but he had a strong feeling of unease, like something was very, very wrong… Izuru had the same feeling, and kept looking around the room, trying to read everyone and looking for a possible threat.
"Yup, that's what it looks like, we're all new students here!" Cried a slightly more casual and laid back voice, definitely male this time however. The two looked around the room, looking at their new classmates curiously.
"I guess they're gathering all the new students in here?" A softer, slightly sleepy voice chimed in. Izuru had a bad feeling however. This did not feel like the normal thing that happened, even at an Academy for the talented. Suddenly, a very overweight man in a white suit spoke up.
"Oi, how about you at least come into the room?" Hajime jumped a little and walked in, mumbling an apology as he did so, while Izuru followed quietly. Hajime shut the door quickly, and as soon as it closed with a soft 'click' Izuru immediately felt a sense of dread, but he wasn't going to show it, after all, he had no idea who these people were, and he was not going to show any weakness around them. He could tell that Hajime was trying to do the same, but most likely for different reasons…
Hajime was uncomfortable. He had no idea how he had even gotten into this classroom, one moment he and his brother were standing outside the school, then suddenly they were in front of a door leading to a classroom. It was unnatural, and Hajime was a bit worried.
"Um… hey, can I ask a question…?" Doing his best, not to fidget, Hajime asked the question that he knew was on Izuru's mind as well.
"What is it?" The fat blond replied.
"Um… so, why are we gathered here? I mean, I don't remember being told to come here at all." Izuru, who had been standing close to Hajime this whole time, was proud of how well his brother was handling himself, he'd half expected his brother to be freaking out a bit more.
"I was just discussing that matter with everyone. Since we're all here, we might as well discuss it." The blond had a haughty tone to his voice, and it slightly got on Izuru's nerves. "However… there is something I do want to address… Why is there an extra person here?" Silence permeated throughout the air until someone spoke up.
"Huh? What do you mean?" A… what the hell was up with her hair? Izuru looked away as to not stare at the girl's oddly shaped and colored hair. He wasn't sure what she was going for with her fashion choice, but it was definitely odd.
"I mean, there are only 16 desks in this classroom, but 17 people." The haughty blond replied as if it were the most obvious thing.
"Maybe they just didn't have enough desks?" Asked a rather… well endowed woman. She was scratching her head with a slightly confused expression on her face.
"Hmm… perhaps. Nevertheless, we have more pressing issues to discuss. Such as… does anyone remember coming to this classroom?" The question was loaded, and no one raised their hand to offer an explanation. "Before I knew what was happening I ended up here, it seems like everyone else was the same." Hajime felt a bit better that it wasn't just him and his brother, but Izuru was the opposite. Whatever had happened was extremely serious.
"I take it you all experienced dizziness as well?" Izuru finally spoke up, voicing his worries to everyone. Hajime was a bit shocked that his brother had spoken at all, so he knew that he was worried.
"E-eh? So it wasn't just me?" A small, plump man, exclaimed while shaking a bit.
"It's… very unlikely that it's a coincidence…" A small, almost not there voice spoke up. The voice seemed to belong to a girl with bandages around her arm and leg.
"Which means it isn't one." The blond explained. "In other words, this strange phenomenon has some meaning behind it." Before anyone had time to be shocked, a loud, booming voice piped in.
"The problem right now isn't the dizziness." The man it belonged to was just as big as the voice was.
"E-eh? What what else is there?" The casual sounding voice finally had a face. The face of a pink haired man in a bright yellow jumpsuit that was hard to look at. He also had filed down teeth, made to look like a shark's most likely.
"The biggest problem is… why we can't leave." The large man finally said. And those words sunk into the twins' stomachs like a ton of bricks. Izuru turned around towards the door and pulled on it as hard as he could.
"Don't even try string bean, if I couldn't do it neither could you!" The man punched his palm with his hand as if to prove a point. Izuru felt a bit of irritation at being called 'string bean' but he supposed he appeared much weaker than he really was.
"S-s-so it really won't open?" The girl with bandages cried out. Izuru simply nodded his head.
"Right after we came here I had to go take a shit but the door wouldn't budge an inch!" The muscled man exclaimed. 'Too much information…' Izuru thought as he took his place next to Hajime again.
"What the hell is going on?" Pink haired guy yelled.
"This doesn't make any sense, when we came in the door opened easily, why won't it open?" Izuru put a comforting hand on Hajime's shoulder, trying to calm his brother down, but… it wasn't working. This situation was too weird and Hajime had no idea what he was going to do. He could feel anxiety crushing his body, making him heavy.
"D-did we get mixed up in something shady?" Shark week, as he was now dubbed in Izuru's head, asked.
"Or maybe… this is the entrance exam?" A boy with fluffy white hair suggested.
"According to Hope's Peak no such entrance exam exists." A girl with a bow explained. She must have been the regal voice from before.
"Plus, if this was an entrance exam, what is the point? After all, I doubt anyone here is the Super High School Level Survivalist, Soldier, Spy, or whatever, so finding a way to escape would be impossible for any of us." Izuru said. This being an entrance exam made no sense at all.
"He's right! This isn't an entrance exam!" A cutesy, high pitched voice called out.
"What… was that just now?" Haughty blond asked.
"Hey fatass, why'd you make that cutesy voice all of a sudden?" A boy whose demeanor and appearance reminded Izuru of a chihuahua yelled.
"I won't dispute the comment about my weight, but that voice was not mine."
"Huh, so whose was it?" Big boobed girl questioned.
"Um, actually it was me!" The cute voice yelled again.
"SHOW YOURSELF!" Muscles yelled out.
"Isn't it coming from behind the teacher's desk?" The soft, slightly sleepy voiced girl commented, looking towards said desk.
"Bingo! Looks like everyone's here so let's begin!"
For a moment there was silence until… A white rabbit wearing a pink tutu and bib jumped onto the desk and waved what looked like some kind of wand straight out of a magical girl anime, leaving hearts the wand's trail.
"What… is that?" Regal girl asked.
"It… it looks like a stuffed animal." The bossy voice from earlier, which he now knew was a redhead with a bob haircut.
"Thaat's right! I'm a squeezably soft stuffed animal! My name is Magical Girl Miracle Usami! Or, Usami! I'm your teacher everyone! Pleased to meet you!"
Pudgy guy with a chef hat looked like he was about to pass out from the shock, but managed to stutter out: "A-am I hallucinating? Is everyone else here seeing this?"
"Nah… we see it too…" Shark week replied, looking just as unnerved.
"What the hell is that? A talking chihuahua?" Apparently, big tits McGee wasn't that bright.
"Eh? That's a chihuahua?" Horn hair questioned, looking confused and Izuru was about to slap himself from how stupid these people were. Judging by his expression, Hajime felt his pain.
"Does everyone know what a rabbit is? It's a lovely animal with fluffy, fluffy fur!" The rabbit, Usami, said, almost sounding… disappointed.
"W-wait a second, give me a second to process this!" Chef hat pled.
"Okie dokie!" Usami replied. 'Well that was easy…' Hajime thought.
"Umm… OK guys, what do you think? I've never seen a stuffed animal that can talk before." Chef hat mumbled.
"It's probably remote controlled or something, stop acting like such a pussy over a kid's toy!" Chihuahua guy yelled.
"I dunno, that kind of movement from a remote control seems far fetched." Shark week said scratching his cheek.
"The problem isn't what it's movements are, but what it's saying. You, you know what's going on here don't you?" Fat guy in a suit said to the rabbit accusingly.
"Of course I know! I'm supervising teacher of this field trip you know!" Usami answered cheerfully.
"Field trip…" Izuru repeated, looking at the robotic animal curiously. "Why are we going on a field trip on the first day of school… more importantly, why is our teacher a stuffed rabbit? I doubt you're actually our teacher." This seemed to catch her off guard and she looked anxious.
"W-well, we're going a field trip because… it's important for you all to get to know each other and make bonds! And of course I'm your teacher! So, let's get this field trip started!" She seemed to be in a hurry to change the subject, and waved her wand. Suddenly, the ceiling started to open up to a bright, sunny, blue sky, almost blinding everyone. And after a moment, the walls gave way, opening up like a box to reveal… a beach. Izuru blinked, rubbed his eyes and stared.
Hajime… he wasn't doing as well as Izuru. He was extremely pale, and seemed to be at a loss for words.
"What the hell?!" He managed to get out. Everyone spouted similar outbursts of shock and confusion.
"Wh-why are we by the sea? We're supposed to be attending Hope's Peak Academy!" The girl with bandages cried out, tears trailing down her cheeks.
"Please forget about that place and try to enjoy your time here! That's what this field trip is all about!" The cheerful sound in her voice made Izuru on edge. It only confused Hajime more.
"Hey, what are you scheming?" The overweight blond yelled out.
"I'm not plotting anything! I just want a biiig hope to grow in your hearts! So please, there's nothing to worry about on this island!"
"Wait, did you say 'island'?" Fluffy asked.
"Yup! A beautiful deserted island all to yourselves!" Usami cheered.
"A-a deserted island?" Hajime asked. The further this went, the less things made sense. In truth… this was exciting to Izuru, even if he was on edge, it was still exciting and new.
"D-do you plan to make us kill each other?" Fluffy asked, with a frightened look on his face.
"Wh-what? Kill each other? No, no, no! Violence and killing is a big no-no on this island! K-killing… just saying the word makes me shiver... " The rabbit started to cry, which… seemed impossible since she was just a toy.
"What is the point of this 'field trip' then?" The fat blond asked.
"It's time for my speech! The point of this field trip is to build bonds and make friends! To raise hope as you enjoy a quiet, peaceful experience on this island!" The rabbit seemed proud of herself. "That is the purpose of this 'Heart-Throbbing School Trip!" The name itself made Izuru want to barf at how cheesy and sickly sweet it sounded. The rabbit could have at least come up with a better name. "I hope you all enjoy."
Izuru looked over at his brother, and from his pale face, and shell shocked expression, Izuru was able to catch him as he fell over, collapsing to his knees, burying his head in his arms. A panic attack. Izuru had dealt with Hajime having a panic attack once or twice. Once during a lockdown at their school, and another when a group of bullies had beaten him to a pulp, so he knew what to do.
However, it had never been this bad, and he wasn't able to calm Hajime down before his eyes rolled up and he passed out from breathing too quickly. Izuru sighed and gently laid his brother on his back, and sat down.
"Umm… is he going to be OK?" Fluffy asked him cautiously.
"Most likely. He was breathing too quickly and heavily and passed out. He should wake up once he rests for a bit." Izuru replied calmly. He didn't make eye contact with the boy, too focused on his brother and his own thoughts.
"I see… well, I think I'll stay here. I'm kind of worried too y'know. I mean… passing out like that. It's pretty worrying." Fluffy sat down as well, looking at Hajime nervously.
"Do as you wish." Izuru replied, not really caring whether or not the boy stayed.