And I'm here again! Whoo! I'm still alive, ok. Now, I'm sorry for the late update, but if you read my stories, you know I suck when it comes to updating. But I try~!

Uh, yeah. Ok. New chapter~! Hope you enjoy it!


Zero slowly opened his eyes when he heard a person in front of him tap their foot. His eyes looked up to see his Calculus teacher looking down on him. A scowl on her face signaling her irritation towards him. "Thank you for joining us Mr. Kiryuu. Now, since you're with us, I'm sure you would have no problem answering the question on the board."

Zero rubbed his eyes and looked at the board. It was a fairly difficult problem. "May I work it out on the board?" She rolled her eyes at him and nodded.

Zero stood from his desk. Most of the students whispering and laughing at him as he stood before them with a piece of chalk in his hand. He looked at the problem and began to work it out. In a few seconds, Zero had finished and made his way back to his seat. The teacher clicked her tongue and walked to the board.

"Correct. Now, care to explain how you ended with this solution?" She wanted to test at how much the younger male knew. She wanted to see him fumble and embarrass himself. Expose him for a fraud.

As Zero gave his explanation, the teacher clenched her crossed arms. She sighed when he finished and looked at him. "Zero Kiryuu, get out of my class."

Zero's mouth opened slightly. Confused why she would kick him out. "I do not tolerate smart asses in my class." The other students laughed at Zero and some even high fived each other. "Go to the principal's office." Zero sighed. There was no use in arguing. He packed up his books and made his way out of the class. Another student tripped him while he made his way out of the row. The teacher had seen who, but paid no mind.

Zero sat on one of the chairs outside the principal's office. His bag close to his chest. The secretary at the front desk motioned for him to go in after a few minutes.

"Good morning Zero." The principal put some papers together. He looked through them until he came across the one he had just received.

"I received a paper concerning your behavior today from your math teacher a few moments ago. It says you were sleeping in her class, interrupted it when you woke up, and insulted her." Zero rolled his eyes. Of course she would say that. They all did.

"Zero, I really don't appreciate receiving so many bad reports from you. You're a good kid, I know you are." The older man sighed and put the paper down. He reached into one of the cabinets and pulled out a single sheet.

"Zero, do you know what this is?" The teen looked up and looked at the paper. He shook his head and looked at the man. "Zero, these are the results to the test you took yesterday. I received the results this morning. I had one of the teachers from another school check them seeing as I'm not too certain of having the ones from here do it considering your, reputation."

The man sighed as he looked down the numbers of correct and incorrect. "Zero, out of 150 questions and an essay, you got 139 questions correct and only misspelled one word on the entire three page essay, which was perfectly written. Zero, you could considered a genius. Your IQ is way above average. Not to mention your writing. It's at a third year college level."

Zero wasn't sure if he should be happy with what the man was telling him. Sure he was smart, but it was not like the teachers actually believed it was him. Not to mention that even if he graduated, he would go to college. There was something called money, and it was something he didn't have.

"Zero, I would like to make a deal with you." The older man put the paper down and ringed his fingers. He looked right at Zero.

"I am willing to pay for the tuition fee to send you to a very elite high school for the last two and a half years of your high school career. As a sophomore, it's still not to late to enroll you. I've heard this school only accepts those which are able to become something."

Zero was confused. Why would this man be willing to send him and pay school fees for him? What was he trying to get out of everything?

"Why?"

The older man sighed. "If that school receives a student with your IQ from this middle of nowhere never heard of city, then news will spread like wild fire, and this place may hopefully once again flourish. All you have to do is maintain a high score and placement there. Children from all over the world wish to go there, but no money is not what that school wants. They want the best of the best. This test that you took? It was the entrance test to that school and you passed. With flying colors I might add."

The older man took in a deep breath to calm down. He looked over the test results. He had taken the same test when he was younger and he had only managed to answer 50 questions correct. But now, he had a prodigy right before his eyes. If Zero made it in, then his name would become a legend and the city would be visited by people searching for the next Zero.

"I….I don't know what to say to this." The principal expected a smile on Zero's face, instead, he looked into the face of a young confused boy. "Zero, please, think about this fabulous opportunity! I could pay for your tuitions for these two and a half years! I can pay for you to stay at the dorms as well!"

The older man cleared his throat. "I can speak with your parents about this. I'm sure they would approve." Zero's fist clenched. "Sir, have you ever looked at my record?" The older man gave a confused look for a second until it hit him. "Oh, not yet. I guess I can give you a bit of time to think it over on your own and then talk it over with your family. I'll give a call home tonight then. You may go. And you can forget about any trouble your teacher sent you here for."

Zero made his way out of the office. He grit his teeth as he walked down the hall. He wondered if the principal was an idiot or just too naïve and innocent for his own good.

As he made his way to his next class, Zero was slammed into the lockers. He fell to the ground as a few of the upper classmen laughed. He swallowed dryly and carried on with his day. There was no point in fighting back. If he did, it would only make things worse. It was better to stay quiet and keep moving on. No point in holding in grudges and anger towards those that were too immature to understand life.


As the principal collected his things at the end of the day, he once again looked over at Zero's scores and couldn't help but smile. It was like finding a diamond in a dung pile. And Zero was definitely a diamond.

He remembered about calling Zero's home and quickly made his way to the student files. He looked through them until he found Zero's and took out the teen's information card. He smiled as he looked through it. Slowly, the smile fell and a heart wrenching ache came over him.

Name: Zero

Surname: Kiryuu

School ID: 3001987

Parent/guardian 1: none

Parent/guardian 2: none

Contact number: (xxx)xxx-xxxx

This student lives by himself. Other family known, younger brother. Extra information not provided.

The principal swallowed. Maybe he wasn't going to call Zero's home tonight.


Zero stretched as Ichiru snuggled next to him in the small bed. A sixteen and a nine year old could not fit very well on a small twin bed. But they had to do with what they had. It was better than nothing.

Zero knew the principal wouldn't call once he looked at his information card. "Zero." Ichiru looked at Zero. "I got an A on my test at school today! I was the only one!" Zero congratulated Ichiru by ruffling his hair and kissing his forehead. "Good job. I'm proud of you. Now, it's time to sleep." The other nodded and curled himself into Zero's side.

Zero looked down at Ichiru until his breathing evened out. Ichiru was his reason for going on. He would do anything for him. After all, They only had each other.


I know it was a little short. But I had to do it! I would have revealed too much if I had made it longer!~!

I hope you guys liked it though! Oh, and bullying, very wrong. Like, please, avoid it at any cost. There is no bullying at my school since everyone is open where I go to, but please, just…no….

Ok, so. Yeah

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