So, this will be my second fanfiction ever made. Truth be told, this is more of the character page, not the first chapter. These will give you the basic information on who's who and their affiliation. If you don't want to read this, you don't have to, but I do recommend it. You'll probably have some questions about the characters and I'll just tell you to read this page. Any characters that have resemblance to people living or dead, real or fictional is completely coincidental.

HOTD Main Characters

Second year Students

Renji Kiba (pronounced 'Keeba'): Renji is a 5'7" 16 year old male with spiked brown hair. His casual attire consists of a dark blue collared overcoat with a plain white shirt underneath. He is in class 2-4 and is a reasonably well behaved student. His parents are on the brink of a divorce which threatens his stay at Yamodashi High. He participates in the Tennis team and holds the second best spot in Tokyo. He gets well with just about anyone, but holds a hatred for Keigo Abarai.

Fumina Yuko: Fumina is 5'4" and 16 years old with long black hair. She dresses in Yamodashi High's regular female uniform with an addition to her notable glasses. What she lacks in height, she makes up for in her tactical abilities and mindset. She started the chess team and has beaten many of it's members. Her tactical abilities are not held back by chess, however, she can apply a plan to almost anything. This earned her the title of student council president. Her father was a police officer and died on duty while trying protecting a family from an unidentified gunman. She is currently in class 2-4.

Tetsuba Toshiro: Tetsuba is the literal interpretation of a "ladies man". Even though he dresses in the school's standard At 5'11", 17 years old, and blonde hair, nearly every girl in Tokyo is infatuated in him, nearly. He, however, doesn't take advantage of his attractiveness. He was born when his mother needed money and his father was an American man looking for fun. After his birth, his mother gave him to an orphanage. He never knew either one of his parents. He is now being cared for by the government. He is in class 2-4.

Keigo Abarai: Keigo is the son of the richest and most well-known family in Tokyo. He tends to be snooty and narcissistic. He constantly donates money to the school to fund all the clubs and expects respect from his fellow peers. He tried to get into a relationship with Renji's sister but she fled and got hit by a car. She is currently in the hospital and in critical condition, but Keigo was not sued due to his connections. He is in class 2-4, 17 years old and 5'8" with dark red hair. He dresses in a very expensive suit and black tie along with dress shoes. His followers, Tohru Yamado and Mitsuo Oku, are dressed similarly.

Misaki Kubo: Misaki is a musical prodigy. She is 5'3" and 15 years old. Her father and mother got her interested in the violin at a young age but was only raised her for their monetary gain. Although she is naturally drawn to classical music, she is best friends with the co-founder of the rock club, Fujisaki Shiba. Her parents, who hate rock music, plan on making her transferring schools to separate her and Fujisaki. She has an older brother that her parents beat because of his fascination in rock music. She is in class 2-2 and is dressed in a black skirt, white shirt and black overcoat. She keeps hair long black hair straight.

Kazushi Amatsu: Kazushi is a member of the Kendo team. He is 5'6" and 16 years old with medium length jet black hair in a bowl cut. He came from a very poor but caring family. He does his best in his school work as well as his part-time job to keep his parents from worrying about him. This tends to make him late for class or not show up at all. He has a crush on Misaki. He is in class 2-2.

Yahiru Toyoba: Yahiru is a journalist as well as a reporter for the school newspaper. She tends to be very interested in gossip and knows almost all of the secrets of everyone in Yamodashi High. She is also very considerate of others. She tends to struggle with herself with decisions that she can't make, such as finding out someone's crush and wondering if she should put it in the next issue of the newspaper. She is 16 and 5'5" with light blonde and short hair. She is in class 2-2.

Fujisaki Shiba: Fujisaki is 5'5" and 16 years old. She has a punk haircut dyed several colors and is dressed in ripped jeans, a black choker, combat boots, and an army jacket. She is in class 2-2. She was held back a year because of her academic level, but was able to keep good grades thanks to Misaki Kubo. She is the co-founder of the rock club alongside her crush, Shinya Kayaba. She is best friends with Misaki Kubo, a classical music prodigy, but Misaki's parents detest her. She hated her own parents and decided to vent out using music, which surprisingly works.

Shinya Kayaba: Shinya is 5'6" and 15 years old. He is in class 2-2 and is the co-founder of the rock club along with Fujisaki Shiba. He is considered popular to the majority of the school's female population, but is surprisingly oblivious to any act of flirting. He tends to even be very blunt about his feelings. His parents disagree with everything that he wants to do in his life due to how they want him to be an established politician. This drove him to create the rock club.

Sosuke Gogeia: Sosuke is a 5'7" second year in class 2-4. He is 16 years old with slightly blued short hair and long bangs. He is the son of a well known business man. Although he has high grades and has the potential to get into a private school, Keigo's connections stopped him from going. Sosuke still attains high grades, but he has become anti-social and rarely speaks. He never shows emotion, save for Keigo's remarks to him. He dresses in the standard school uniform. He is friends with Renji and Tetsuba, but rarely shows emotion to either of them as well.

Third year Students

Jin Otsuji: Jin is a 5'9" 17 year old student in class 3-2. He is a well respected upperclassman and is the captain of the boxing team. At his last match of the season, he broke his left arm. He was told that he couldn't participate in any sports for as long as he lived. He is, however, not very well respected among his fellow third years, due to his natural dark red hair. Just to fit in, he dresses in the standard school outfit, which consists of black pants, a white collared shirt and black overcoat.

Lee Tadashi: Lee is a transfer student from America. His parents are Japanese, but chose to raise him in the U.S. At 5'9" and 17 years of age, Lee is just your average High school student. He dresses in an opened colored black shirt with a T-shirt beneath it. His hair is dark brown and medium length. His father, being a former marine, taught him how to use guns and how they work. Thanks to his skill, he was able to procure a spot for himself on the archery team for the boys division. He has a twin sister named Karen. He is in class 3-2.

Karen Tadashi: Karen is the twin sister of Lee at 17 years of age and 5'7". Being the younger of the two, by 3 minutes, it is ironic how she is the more mature one. She is considered attractive among her classmates and underclassmen, but she strives to stay single until she finds someone she is intent on staying with. She participates in Judo tournaments and is known to be quite cold. She is known to have a bubbly personality with those that she is familiar with, but still takes everything seriously. She has dyed black short hair and dresses in the male uniform due to it being more comfortable for her. She is in class 3-2.

Kenshi Zarabei: Kenshi is the class representative of the third year classmen, and takes his position very seriously. His figure of 5'10" and age of 17 fit his leader-like personality. He has his fair share of admirers, but he is currently dating his fellow female class representative, Noriko Kazumi. He lives with his mother after the death of his father. His mother's boyfriend, is abusive and tends to get in fights with Kenshi, which usually end with Kenshi leaving the house for the night. He is best friends with Jin, who usually has him at his house when Kenshi is kicked out. He dresses in the standard school uniform with his student representative pin and has short black hair and glasses. He is in class 3-2. (Looks a bit like Yukio Okumura from Blue Exorcist).

Noriko Kazumi: Noriko is the female class representative of the third year classmen. She is 5'5" and is 16 years old. She skipped her first year of high school but is looked down upon because of her age. Her parents tend to be harsh on her and only see her relationship with Kenshi as a distraction, so they push her to work twice as hard in her studies. Her teachers understand her troubles, so they let her sleep in class from time to time. Her hair is light brown and long. She wears the standard school uniform with her student representative pin. She is in class 3-2.

Minato Nuzoku: Minato is the son of the local drunk. His mother died and his father never is home, so he is taken in as a foster child by the Tadashi family. His last name is his mother's name, due to his hatred of his father. He is 17 years old and 5'8". His hair is completely white, but he isn't albino. He is often ridiculed and shunned as a trouble maker. He does his best and usually attains the top ten list for the tests, but it doesn't help his reputation very much. Seeking to be taken seriously, he joined the Kendo team and gained the respect of his teammates. Lee and Karen accept him as if he were another sibling. He is in class 3-3.

Aina Hoshino: Aina is the top of class 3-3. She tends to be bossy, but cares for everyone like a mother. Being held back a grade in her first year, she is 18 years old, 5'9", and the oldest of all the students in Yamodashi High. After being held back, she began to take her studies seriously for her father. Her mother died in a car accident, leaving her father and her when she was 2 years old. Her father struggles to find jobs to keep both of them alive and can't support her for another year. She made herself promise that if she couldn't graduate and get to college within the next year, she would kill herself to help her father.

Yoshi Shinjuko: Just your average douche bag, nothing else. Yoshi is 5'11", 17 years old and easily procured himself a spot on the basketball team; he even was appointed the captain of the team. He is quite picky on who to put on the team however. Harsh, cruel, and merciless on those who don't meet expectations. He was once accused of breaking a teammate's leg after a loss but there wasn't enough evidence to be piled up to convict him. Kenshi despises him because of all the trouble he gets into and can't be pinned down by the school. Yoshi has no followers, but many just do what he says because of their fear of him. Yoshi dresses in a Yakuza-like attire with his bleach blond hair slicked back for intimidation, although it only tends to work on underclassmen.

Yuzu China: Yuzu is the daughter of a well-known professor. She is 5'8" and 17 years old. Her father is American while her mother is Vietnamese. She takes more after her father with her sandy beige hair. Her mother moved to Japan because of there not being an opportunity to go to America, but now that she married her father, she doesn't feel the need to move. Yuzu is very distant with her father because of her almost never seeing her. Yuzu's mother, however, is very close to her and loves her with all of her being. Many teachers expect her to have top grades because of her father's profession which causes her to have a great deal of stress. Mr. Ishimaru despises her father because he took his opportunity to teach at the University. He always gives her a hard time in class as well as shunning her in front of her classmates.

Ryunosuke Kubo: Ryunosuke, nicknamed "Ryu", is the son of a killed military soldier. He lived on base for many years until he was relocated to Tokyo. He is trained in CQC and has proficient knowledge of firearms. His mother is a police sergeant, so he has access to guns when necessary. She is never home so Ryu tends to take care of himself all the time. On the rare occasion that she is home, he spends as much time with her as he can. Teachers take him seriously because of his parents' backgrounds, but Mr. Ishimaru uses this as an excuse to catch him making mistakes and giving him extra punishments. Ryu is 6' tall and has a crew cut. He dresses, strictly, in the school uniform, although he wears one that is slightly larger than he himself is, so he can wear it more comfortably.