Chapter 2: Introductions

As I pushed the glass door open, the warm air hit me like a wave and fourteen pairs of eyes were staring. I recognized most of them from when I was researching Kibougamine. Half of them were about my age of fifteen, but the other half seemed slightly older. If they were talking before, they certainly weren't now. There were some looks of interest, some of pity, but unfortunately, most were of distrust. It made sense, but I got the feeling that they thought we were the enemy. In my opinion, you could probably slice the tension in the humid air with a rusty spoon.

After what felt like hours, I decided to break the awkward silence by trying to introduce myself. "I'm Nozomi Naegi."

Nozomi Naegi

SHSL Detective

I looked down, noticing what I was wearing for the first time since I woke up. I could tell my purple hair was in a ponytail, which was normal, but I was wearing my everyday clothes of jeans and a purple t-shirt, which was not. I could have sworn I was wearing a uniform, but then again, it isn't required to wear a uniform on the first day of school, so maybe I just forgot.

Hiro spoke up from behind me. "Hiro Ikusaba." He seemed quieter than when I met him earlier.

Hiro Ikusaba

Ultimate Sniper

He was easily the tallest person in the group, but he was pretty thin. The sunlight only seemed to make his eyes even brighter. His entire outfit seemed to be grey or black. He was wearing a light grey t-shirt with a dark grey hoodie over it, despite the heat. He was also wearing black gloves, strangely enough. I wonder why? I don't see why he would wear those without reason.

Finally, after a few more moments of the awkward silence, somebody from the original group introduced themselves. It was a girl with definite bounce in her step. Her dark hair was pulled up into two buns on the sides of her head and she had a blue right eye. I couldn't see the one on the left because it was covered by a white eyepatch with an elegant black rose. She was wearing an indigo t-shirt, with white lining down the bottom, collar, and sleeves. She was wearing white mini-shorts over black tights and legwarmers just above her blue running shoes.

"Hi. I'm Nero Melanzane. You can call me Melanie!"

Melanie Melanzane

SHSL Track Runner

After Melanie introduced herself, more people started to go. The next person was a young man, though he was obviously older than I was. He seemed to have an easygoing aura. He was wearing a dark blue trench coat that was obviously too large for his slender frame. The sleeves even started to cover his hands, which were wearing black, fingerless gloves. His hair was black and a mess, extending down to his shoulders and slightly covering his grey eyes.

"Nice to meet you guys. I'm Haku Komaeda."

Haku Komaeda

SHSL Puppeteer

The next person to go was another guy, this one with indigo eyes and long, neatly styled blue hair. He was wearing a black tank top with a grey vest over it, jeans, and a purple tie that had lines down it that appeared to read I.O.U. I also noticed that he had what appeared to be a red and blue scarf that was tied securely around his left shoulder. He seemed almost happy to be here. He extended his right hand, which I shook.

"My name's Isamu Hashira. I'm pleased to meet you, Naegi-chan and Ikusaba-kun."

Isamu Hashira

Ultimate Arms Dealer

I could take a guess as to who the next person was just by her slightly infamous pointed teeth, and the pin on her blue jacket that said "Souda's Mechanics" next to one with a shark on it. She was wearing a white t-shirt that said "Sharks are Awesome," the aforementioned blue jacket, and a somewhat worn out black beanie with a black bow attached to it pulled over blonde, shoulder-length hair. She had unnaturally bright pink eyes, so I could only assume she was wearing contacts.

"Nakashima Souda, at your service!"

Nakashima Souda

SHSL Marine Biologist

I only recognized the next guy because Len listens to his songs. Not to mention his spiky red hair was pretty hard to miss. He seemed almost bored about the whole thing. He was wearing a black hoodie with a red shirt underneath that looked like it said "Peace and War." He also had a chain with a skull on it around his neck.

"Yo. The name's Axel Kuwata. You would know me as Jazz."

Axel Kuwata

SHSL Rapper

You could see the next person's confusion in his bright red eyes. His short, black hair was flying everywhere, except for his long bangs tucked behind his ears and held into place with a bobby pin. He was wearing large black t-shirt that had a beautiful, neon bird drawn it, covered by a light grey vest. He had pale blue hoodie tied around his waist and a shining silver key hung around his neck.

"My name is Naozomi Ishimaru. I think."

Naozomi Ishimaru

Ultimate Sketcher

"H-h-hello. M-my n-n-name is Ch-Chiyaku, b-but you p-p-probably don't care."

Chiyaku Takahashi

SHSL Origami Maker

In all honesty, I hadn't even seen the tiny girl. She was shorter than me, which was saying something, and it wasn't like she was wearing anything colorful or loud to alert me of her presence. Just light brown, shoulder length hair that was kind of curly and brown eyes.

The next person to go was a girl who just had an aura of elegance. Shiny dark brown curls cascaded down, expertly framing her face and her eyes were a sapphire color. She was wearing an outfit consisting of a black and white, vertically striped sweater over a black shirt, an off white, pleated skirt, and grey, knee height socks. I, of course, had seen the shows and movies she was in, but I didn't actively follow her work.

"My name is Shigeko Togami. I have to assume you've heard of me?"

Shigeko Togami

SHSL Actress

"Oi. Pleased to meet'cha . The name's McCrimmion." He had an accent. Scottish, maybe?

Charlie McCrimmion

Ultimate Billiards Pro

The man was almost as tall as Hiro, but he was more broad-shouldered than thin. He easily looked to be the oldest of the group, and dressed the part too. He had on a red dress shirt with a black vest over it. He was also wearing black, pinstriped dress pants, completing the look of somebody you would see on a spy movie. His brown hair was cut short, and the same color of his eyes.

Somebody lightly pushed another boy out. He held out his hand, but his smile was obviously forced and it was plain to see in the young man's dull grey eyes that he didn't want to be here in the slightest, but kudos for trying. In this lighting, his pale skin was nearly translucent. He was wearing a strange combination of clothing: A white dress shirt, but with a black leather jacket over it. The jacket had a grey hood and dark red tribal patterns on the sleeves. His hair was nearly pitch black, extended halfway down his neck, and flew everywhere.

"My name is Masayoshi Amaya. I am pleased to make you acquaintance."

Masayoshi Amaya

Ultimate Basketball Player

The next person to introduce himself had really long, black hair that was tied in a low ponytail, with his bangs framing his face. I noticed that his eyes were the same color as onyx. He was wearing a V-neck t-shirt underneath a black leather jacket. He also had a long, pure white scarf tied around his neck.

"Xiang Li."

Xiang Li

Ultimate Martial Artist

"Hey, I'm Kuno Oowada."

Kuno Oowada

SHSL Espionage

The guy had an outfit that seemed straight out of an old-timey detective movie: white dress shirt, grey slacks, black dress shoes and a beige overcoat. Despite his somewhat formal attire, he seemed kind of chill. His chestnut brown hair was kind of fluffy and covered his right eye. From what I could tell, he had violet eyes like I did.

The only two people who hadn't introduced themselves were two girls.

The tiny girl had straight black hair tied up in two symmetrical pigtails, both covered slightly by a floral bandana. She had a t-shirt with sunflowers on it with a pair of pastel overalls. She was wearing black gardening boots that shone in the sunlight. Two dainty sunflower earrings hung from her ears. She also had violet eyes, making three of us.

The other girl looked young, but only in the face. Her eyes were a pale yellow that held absolutely no emotion. In fact, none of her face held any emotion. She had a dark red beanie with what appeared to be a grey dragon stitched on it pulled over silver hair that stopped just above her chin. Her hair was very curly, and what I could see kind of looked like a sheep. She was wearing cargo pants, a white tank top, and grey and black motocross jacket that appeared to be too big for her.

The one with black pigtails spoke up first, saying, "I'm Kagura Hayashi. You ought to remember the name." Well, she seemed that she was impatient.

Kagura Hayashi

Ultimate Gardener

"Ryuko Pekoyama." The silver haired girl said.

Ryuko Pekoyama

Ultimate Vigilante

"Well, now that that's settled," I started, "we should probably start with an investigation. I assume that everyone got the same announcement. Does anyone know what is going on h-"

"Took you morons long enough! None of you even had to walk that far!" I recognized the grating voice.

It was our captor.

(Just assume you favorite version of the ending theme from the show is playing.)

O-Hinku here!

After a long wait, the second chapter is finally here! It seemed that the fates aligned against this chapter coming out, from my sister kicking me off the computer, to end of year tests I didn't know about, to the fact that I apparently need glasses. I also split this chapter in half, so the next chapter should be here soon. I hope to update every Friday-to-Saturday.

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Ryuko Pekoyama Vulkodlak

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Xiang Li and Kuno Oowada HeroinOfDarkness

Masayoshi Amaya Chemical X98-Z13

Charlie McCrimmion dashunterman

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Naozomi Ishimaru HeroNoMore

Axel Kuwata .927758

Nakashima Souda ninjedi

Isamu Hashira DisasterPhoenix

Haku Komaeda Shadowplayer360

Nero Melanzane FireDusk