Tenrei Elite Academy. A prestigious school that only accepts the best. Sports, music, leaders, outlaws, designers…anyone with any highly trained talent can come to this academy. It has a guaranteed success rate after graduation and there were even stories of successful people who graduated from this school.
A young boy has his heterochromia eyes fixed on the magnificent, castle like structure that calls itself a school. His left eye is emerald green and his right eye is red like blood, his ebony hair is cut slightly messy short.
He is wearing a white polo shirt with a red necktie that has a black butterfly icon at the bottom part of the tie, over the shirt is a black jacket with a hood that is left unzipped, casual black slacks and red sneakers.
Contrary to his simple appearance, he was chosen to attend this school for a reason…
"Super High School Level…Mangaka? Seriously? A simple talent like mine can even go here?"
This boy just kept looking at the structure. Magnificent castle like features, stain glass windows, simple windows that show the classrooms…it is a dream for him to attend to this school.
"A lot of people also have the same talent as mine…I can even be kicked out for someone else if I do horribly. Can I make it? Can I graduate with success lingering in my hands?" The boy shook his head to remove any more doubt, "No, stop doubting yourself! I'm Tsukiyomi Takeru! A successful manga artist with a top selling work coming out of the shelves and into the audience! Of course I can make it through this with such a boring talent like mine!"
He inhaled and exhaled, a sign that a significant change will happen to him.
A very big change.
"You can do this…just open those doors and take the first step inside. No pressure."
He started walking towards the building with a smile fixated on his face. He kept walking with his thoughts on success stuck in his mind, until he reached the big doors of the school.
Slowly, he opened the door and without looking at what's ahead of him, he took the first step inside the school. Little did he know that…
The first thing he saw in this school is darkness.
The darkness felt like an eternity. Soon, Takeru opened his eyes with his vision still hazy from that weird experience. It was like he was drugged with something to feel this horrible.
What his eyes saw is a very large and grand crystal chandelier pointing directly at him from the gold painted ceiling. His mind and sight is still hazy, so his mental state is still dazed.
"Ne…hey…are you ok?"
Hearing another person's voice woke Takeru up completely. He started blinking his eyes to get rid of any weary feeling that is still lingering in him. With his sight cleared, he can now see a clear vision of a girl looking at him. He continued to stare at the girl, as her facial features are not clear to decipher yet.
"I'm glad you woke up…but please get up."
Her voice is very calm and soothing to the ear, it was like this girl means no harm to him. Takeru only lifted up his back and switched his position to that of the Indian seat. He managed to look at the girl again with clearer vision.
Her round eyes are greyish blue and her very long hair is black with curvy bangs. Her skin is like that of a porcelain doll and she doesn't appear to be totally healthy. Her body is slim and curvy.
Her top is that of a white short sleeved dress shirt with a pink tie that has a cherry blossom emblem at the top and is decorated with a single clip that has a glowing blue orb at the bottom. Over her shirt is a sleeveless black jacket that has a sailor collar decorated with a single pink line following the collar cut. She is wearing a simple black pleated miniskirt. The top of the miniskirt has a bright blue clip that holds a loose pink belt that is dangling at her right side. She is wearing knee long black socks and simple brown school shoes. Around her neck is a pair of black and silver headphones with a glowing blue wire extending to inside her jacket.
Her appearance is that of someone who is like a future-like music themed porcelain doll.
She is sitting down on her knees next to Takeru and she kept looking at him with eyes that don't define an expression. It's a real challenge trying to code out what expression she is using right now.
"Who is she? Her eyes are large but lacking feelings…she's acting like a doll."
"Um…" The girl faced down to her legs but her eyes are fixed on Takeru's face, "Are you feeling ok?"
"Right now I'm fine. Thanks for checking." Takeru gave out a smile to the girl. It is to make the girl feel comfortable.
"That's good…"
Her face lacks expression and her eyes look like they are in a daze, looking far out and weary. Just looking at her like this made Takeru a bit panicky.
"E-e-e-eh…since we're both here, I'll tell you who I am!" Takeru immediately stood up in his spot, "I'm Tsukiyomi Takeru! Nice to meet you."
Takeru offered his hand to help the girl up. Immediately, the girl took his hand and stood up. She fixed her clothes as she kept looking at him.
"I-i-I'm…Patricia Zamora. Pleasure to meet you."
A foreigner. Takeru has never really encountered foreigners in his life, so meeting one at a very unlikely situation made him feel very uneasy.
Plus, her name sounds familiar to him.
"Ah, you're a foreigner…then we'll just go on first name basis, ok?" Takeru made a nervous smile towards Patricia.
"If you insist…Takeru." Patricia turned around and her head is facing upwards, "Do you know what's going on?"
Takeru shook his head, "I have no idea. However, we can't be the only two here, we should find more people! Maybe they have an idea!"
He can hear a small laugh from the girl, "Takeru…you are so…optimistic."
Optimism. He can say that being full of positive thoughts can be a redeeming quality of his personality. After all, it can overshadow his own doubts of his self-proclaimed boring talent.
Using the time he had, he started looking around the area. The ground that he and Patricia was standing on is of cream marble material and the area was somewhat large. He looked above his head to see the chandelier, the first thing he saw once he woke up. Once he lowered his area of sight a bit, he saw a very large wooden double doors on a second floor of this area. He then saw a grand staircase just inviting him to move up.
"Everything in here is so…grand. Is this a castle or a school?!"
"Hey, look."
She pointed her right finger to the east. The east shows a row of small doors next to each other. The brown wooden doors are decorated with floral golden ornaments at the bottom part of the door and pixelated monochrome pictures of people with surnames posted at the top. The weird thing was…
The doors are all open.
Takeru kept staring at the doors with awe stuck hard on his face, the castle like structure of the school is already standing out but even something like doors have some sort of rich pattern.
Is this even possible?
"…Look, I see someone on the floor in that room. He must be unconscious still." Patricia started walking towards a door, "I knew it…"
Knew it?
"What do you mean by that?" Takeru followed behind her as she continued walking slowly to the door.
"Everyone else woke up before you." She stopped to face him, "Everyone went ahead upstairs through that very big door. I stayed behind." Patricia then continued forward to that room.
Everyone? Takeru froze his movements by the time he heard that sentence. Everyone else woke up earlier than him? Was everyone also knocked out like he was? Why did everyone go through that large door in the first place?
Once Takeru got a hold of himself and placed his questions on stand-by, he already saw Patricia entering the room where the unconscious person she saw was in. He ran a bit to her area and stopped after looking at the picture and surname plate on the door.
The surname plate says "Shiratori". He saw Patricia kneeling down next the unconscious guy, who is currently faced flat on the ground.
He decided to look at the other doors for the surnames. The room with the unconscious person in is actually 2nd last to the left. The left most room's opened door has the name "Tsukiyomi" and the room to the right of "Shiratori" is "Zamora" and the next room to the right of that is "Lorando".
"Takeru, he's awakening."
Losing time to check the other doors, he immediately entered the room to see the unconscious guy lifting his face. He is cringing after lifting his head like that.
Takeru offered his hand to help, "Hey, are you alright?"
The boy said nothing but grabbed Takeru's hand and stood up. Just this boy standing up revealed his tall and slender figure already however…
His appearance is pretty much the frosting of the cake.
His face was that of a pretty boy that can attract attention. His bright red eyes somehow gave chills down Takeru's spine. He has messy, wavy black hair with a right sideburn that extends to his neck and the tips of his hair have some sort of red dye. His skin is pale.
He is wearing a black V-neck short sleeve shirt with a picture of a bloody battle field in the middle. Over his shirt is a black coat with red at the right side of the coat and a white hood. His right hand is wearing a red glove and his left hand is wearing a black glove with red fingers and shell. His pants are two tone, black at the left leg and red at the right leg. He is wearing red steel-toed boots. Around his neck is a puzzle necklace that has yet to be solved.
He has the feel of a pretty boy who looks suspicious.
"… Despite his pretty boy face, He looks really creepy…"
"…"
"…"
"…"
At this point, no one is uttering a single word. The trio just stood there in the dark room, waiting for someone to say something.
"Um…hey!" Takeru made the first move and faced the tall boy, "We should introduce ourselves right now. So you, what's your name?"
The boy only gave Takeru a face that has no definite expression. No sign of sadness, pain, happiness, anger…
Emotionless.
"Shiratori Shin." His voice sounded mature and non-threatening. He then turned away from the two. Takeru looked at Patricia before looking back at Shin.
"Hey! I could tell you my name!" Takeru managed to grab Shin's attention, "I'm Tsukiyomi Takeru!"
"I'm Patricia Zamora…pleasure to meet you."
"…ok."
That's the only thing Shin said before looking outside of the room they were in. Takeru kept looking at him to see if he can decipher any reaction out of Shin. Takeru then looked at Patricia again for her to look back at him with a slightly puzzled reaction.
"What is with him?" Takeru made a whisper voice to her, "He's so…indifferent."
"Just give him some time." Patricia looked at the ground again, "Some people are like that…"
For just a moment, Takeru can now see a reaction from Patricia. He can sense that she's sad and scared at the same time, it was almost as if she felt pity for Shin.
"Oh right." Patricia lifted her head, "Since you two are now awake, that means all of us are complete."
"What do you mean?" Takeru asked. Her sentence also caught Shin's attention.
"One of us confirmed that the ground floor has 8 doors and the 2nd floor has another group of 8 doors. Since we awoke inside individual rooms, that person confirmed that we are overall 16 students. Someone saw that two people are missing and by the time, some weird voice came out of nowhere and told us to go through the big door upstairs."
16 students…16 in a weird situation…13 already in that mysterious room and 3 still left behind. On top of that, a weird voice coming out of nowhere.
Is she speaking the truth?
"It sounds ridiculous…but that's the truth." Patricia let out sigh and her dazed eyes looked straight ahead to the door.
"Is she tired? Nah, she must be vexed by this whole thing as I am…I don't know about Shin though, he's too emotionless to read."
Placing aside his opinions, Takeru also looked through the open door of the room and kept looking at the spot where he was lying down moments ago. This whole situation…is already not natural.
"Listen you two, if we are going find out what's going on, we should meet up with the others." Takeru's voice took on a serious tone, "Something is terribly wrong…"
The trio is now standing in front of the large door, just staring at it with unsure, unsettling and indifferent expressions.
"Ready?" Takeru made a push to the door and the trio stepped through nonchalantly.
Through the large door is a super large room that appears to be a ballroom. The windows at the side are covered with large and long red silk drapes, the marble cream colored floor has floral designs, and the pillars are like that of roman structures.
Takeru then saw a group of people standing in the middle of the room. Obviously, they are all looking at him. He and Shin are the only ones who have yet to meet the group.
"Hora…so you two are the ones still missing." A girl wearing a rather bulky bag started talking, "If this was a shooting for a film, I would've excluded you two!"
"Really Sachiko? At a time like this you still comment on filming? And here I thought that your rat's nest of hair is bad…" Another girl with red hair tied up in a long ponytail commented, "Your blabber on filming is also killing me."
"Ne! Fighting is no good!" A girl with pigtails interrupted, "We should get along!"
Takeru just stared at the group in the middle, conversing with each other as if nobody suspects the situation at all. Its making him vexed just seeing that.
"…Ok, don't judge anyone yet…just introduce yourself one by one to them and you'll be fine…I hope."
"You two should introduce yourselves to everyone." Patricia walked a bit ahead of the two boys, "Make it quick though, you two have been unconscious for a while…" She then walked to the group, joining in some conversations.
Takeru nodded at her word and started to walk closer to the group. He kept his thoughts on his own introductions and his appearance, since he likes making good impressions to people.
The closer he walked to the group, the more he can hear their conversations. He started to worry if he can blend in with such a boring talent. He started looking around area to see who is available for talking.
He saw a boy looking at him.
The boy has cropped dark brown hair and his eyes are of the same color and shade. His skin tone is slightly tanned and his body is also very average: not too tall, not too skinny, and not too fat.
He dresses very simply. He is wearing a black gakuran jacket over a white crisp shirt, black pants and black school shoes.
He looks very plain.
Since that boy was looking at Takeru, Takeru looked back at him to see if he can get any reaction out of the boy. He decided to walk closer to the boy to introduce himself.
"Um…hi." Takeru felt like he should run if things go bad.
"…Are you going to introduce yourself to me?"
"Eh yeah, I suppose…" Takeru scratched his head, "I'm Tsukiyomi Takeru."
"I'm Kawamura Makoto. Super High School Level Judo Practitioner."
Kawamura Makoto…a Judo Practitioner. Takeru was sure he heard that name before…but all he knows is that Makoto is a first degree black belt. He's that good.
"Tsukiyomi, you should go talk to other people." Makoto pointed to a direction in the group, "That maid over there is willing to talk."
In that moment, Takeru spotted a girl wearing a maid outfit mixed in with the crowd. He can see that the Victorian maid dress looks customized with a short skirt and short sleeves, a white headpiece and is wearing cut-off shackles on both her hands. Since the girl is facing away from him, he cannot decipher her facial appearance. What he can make out is that her hair is black and extended up to her neck.
"Is she a cosplayer?"
Takeru decided to walk to the maid next, as her appearance somehow intrigued him. Before he even got close, the maid turned around and saw him.
"Ah…a potential young master." The maid bowed, "My name is Seria Vin Lorando. I'm the Super High School Level Maid. Delighted to be of your service."
He can see Seria's golden eyes and white skin perfectly, he can also say that she looks quite petite in her body form.
He can even say that she is "moe".
Takeru then positively knew that he heard that name before. She was the maid who captured a lot of attention due to her unique skills and her unparalleled desire to serve people. Her popularity extended to maid café customers and otaku people, even earning the title of "Japan's No. 1 Maid".
"A-a-ah…nice to meet you, I'm Tsukiyomi Takeru."
"Ah! I've heard your name before! Aren't you the mangaka who drew and wrote the story Chou to Incentive?" Seria's eyes began to lit, "It really is an honor to meet a rising star mangaka. I look forward to serving you, young master."
Now this came to Takeru as a surprise. First of all, he's not used to people serving him like a butler or a maid. He never really liked it when he orders people around, so he has no experience with house helpers, maids, butlers, anyone willing to serve him.
Secondly, she's the first person who actually noted his most known manga "Chou to Incentive", a mystery and romance story with highly praised drawings and a well written plot. He blushed once he heard the name of his top-selling work.
"Yeah…I'm the author of that manga. Look!" Takeru lifted up his red tie to show off the butterfly icon imprinted at the bottom, "This is even the logo of that manga!"
"Oh my, young mistress pianist is right…the famed mangaka really is you! The moment I saw that icon on your tie, I suspected you because that tie is a signature accessory for the mangaka of Chou to Incentive!"
She's right, Takeru's custom made necktie is his signature accessory. It practically defines him now, as he is rather happy about that manga.
Wait…Seria said "Young mistress pianist is right".
Who's the pianist?
"Seria, you said something about a pianist. Who's the pianist?" Takeru asked out of curiosity. Seria pointed to someone in the group.
"That girl over there with the long waist-length black hair and rainy blue eyes." Seria then faced Takeru again, "Isn't she the one who watched over you and that other boy a while ago?"
"Technically yes. We told each other our names but not really the full introduction…"
"Then I believe young master must gather his manners and reintroduce himself to the young mistress properly." Seria made a small laugh, "Go on, young mistress may not show her emotions that much, but she's not that intimidating."
Takeru nodded at Seria's suggestion and started to walk towards Patricia, intending to get a full introduction from her. He may know her name but he doesn't know who she really is.
Takeru tapped on Patricia's shoulders. She turned around to face him with expressionless eyes.
"Yes Takeru? Do you need anything?"
"Can we both redo our introductions? We know each other's names…and that's it. Nothing else."
Takeru can definitely see some spark lift up from Patricia's face once she heard his suggestion. He was hoping that she can accept it, even if it sounds worthless.
He just wanted to be trusted.
"Fine then." Patricia made a curtsy bow, "My name is Patricia Zamora, and I'm the Super High School Level Pianist. Pleasure to meet you. Again."
Now he can see why her name is familiar. Patricia is actually the pianist who won awards by competing in competitions and performing at high privileged events hosted by famous people. She's known for her prodigy skills on the ivories and her singing talent on stage.
If she wasn't so pokerfaced outside her skills, she would've been scouted as an idol.
"Now it's my turn! I'm Tsukiyomi Takeru, Super High School Level Mangaka!"
Patricia made a laugh that a rich girl would do, "Since you have that title and you are wearing that specific necktie, you really must be the author of Chou to Incentive. The moment I saw that accessory, I was unsure if I'm talking to either a famed mangaka or a wannabe."
That last statement somehow gave Takeru heavy feelings in his heart.
"Now that I know I'm talking to the real deal, I case ease myself now." Patricia then faced in a direction towards the group, "Maybe you should meet that blonde boy next."
"Thanks, I will."
Introducing himself to one person to another person…this is already hard work. Oh if only he woke up at the same time as the others, it would've saved him time and effort.
The blonde boy Patricia pointed out to…he is just standing there, looking at people with a calm look.
The boy's blonde hair is slightly spikey, his brown eyes are pale, his skin color is fair and he is short height.
He is wearing a white shirt with a black hoodie that has dark blue patterns at the back, maybe spiral. His jeans are dark grey and his shoes are also grey.
He looks plain with a slight baby face.
The boy noticed Takeru looking and him. The boy then started walking towards him, with a calm expression painted on his face. The boy then is near Takeru.
"Ah hi…I-I'm Tsukiyomi Takeru." Takeru stammered a bit, "Nice to meet you!"
"I'm Raik Klyce. Super High School Level Sharpshooter."
A…sharpshooter? Someone who is good with guns?! Even though Takeru maintained his happy and calm face, his mental state is saying…
"I better not provoke this guy or I'll have a bullet through my heart."
He's not fond of firearms at all…
"Also," Raik continued, "I heard that your title is a Mangaka. You are a person who writes plots and draws images right?"
"Y-y-yeah…that's basically a mangaka's job."
"Ok then." Raik looked away from him, "You should introduce yourself to the others…"
Raik then walked away from Takeru and just kept walking from place to place without any definite spot to stop. Takeru sighed at the thought of the people he has met so far.
"Ne onii-chan!" Takeru heard a cute voice coming from behind him, "Why don't you tell me who you are!"
Takeru jumped up a bit and immediately turned around to see a short girl looking up to him, smiling.
"Onii-chan should tell me his name!"
The short, flat chested girl has ebony hair tied up into twin tails with straight bangs, her dark brown eyes give off a super Asian vibe, and her skin is pinkish white
Her clothing is rather girly. She is wearing a pink long sleeved baby doll dress with a matching color chest length cape and red ribbon maintaining the cape. She is wearing white kneesocks and black Maryjane school shoes. She is wearing a chocolate brown messenger sling bag and Takeru can see a teddy bear's head sticking out of the back.
She looks like the personification of super cute and girly.
"I'm Tsukiyomi Takeru, Super High School Level Mangaka!" Takeru can't help but smile at the girl, she's too cute to ignore.
"Takeru-nii! You are the mangaka of Chou to Incentive!" The girl jumped up and down in excitement, "I'm so happy to meet you! I'm Kinoshita Momoko! Super High School Level Designer!"
Takeru has DEFINITELY heard that name before. She's a famous designer who designs kids clothes and cosplay costumes. Her designs have caught the attention of many people and some wanted her to work for them in designing clothes for kids and for otaku maniacs.
"Ooooh! I'm so happy to meet a mangaka! My mom is also a mangaka herself! I'm so happy I could just run around!" Momoko gave out a really energetic and big smile, "When Seria-nee and Patricia-chan told me about a mangaka moments before, I could explode in happiness!"
…She's so energetic that Takeru can't help it but like her attitude and her appearance. However, he felt like he can't keep up with her at all!
"Kouhai. You should calm down." Takeru saw Makoto approach Momoko, "You can't keep Tsukiyomi here forever. He still needs to introduce himself to the others."
"Ah senpai, you are totally ruining the mood…" Momoko gave out a pout before smiling again to Takeru, "Ne Takeru-nii! We should talk later!"
Makoto and Momoko…they know each other? Makoto is calling Momoko "Kouhai" and Momoko is calling Makoto "Senpai"…
Maybe it's best to leave that aside.
"The more I see everyone here, the more baffled I am."
The people Takeru met so far have been far from his expectations. He expects everyone here to be some big shot in their field, to have standards above that of regular people.
It turns out though, everyone he met are also pretty regular.
There's no one who is special.
"That's right…we are all just human…" Takeru then made a smile to himself, "I just need to be myself if I want to survive!"
With that optimistic thought in mind, Takeru looked around for more people to introduce. Looking with his heterochromia eyes, he kept seeing the people he already knew.
A thought struck him.
"Hold on…I remember someone saying the name Sachiko…Maybe I should look for the girl with that name…" Takeru continued to look around, "If I remember correctly, she was talking about shooting and filming…"
"Hey you! Can I film you?"
Immediately, Takeru looked back to the source of that voice and what met his eyes is a girl holding a video camera. The camera is obviously pointing to him, intending to get a few scenes from him. He mentally panicked by this sudden action from the girl.
The girl herself is really tall, maybe as tall as Shin. She has a sickly appearance though, lanky looks and pale skin. Her dark eyes are quite odd, blue silvery orbs with a tinge of brown and slightly faded green. Her light blonde hair is long, falling down half her back. It even looks like it hasn't been combed yet. Her chest appears to be flat.
She is wearing blue plain jumpers, a white scarf around her neck, black warm stockings and simple grey boots that reach up to nearly half-way of her ankle. She is also wearing a clunky grey bag that looks heavy to carry around.
She doesn't look very healthy, she dresses like a tomboy and yet, she's excited about filming apparently…
"U-um…filming me? I-I don't think-"
"Hey! Don't comment on filming, because I'm already filming!" The girl placed aside the camera, "Seriously, it's so unprofessional to say that you are being filmed while I'm filming! It's like moving around eccentrically when a picture is taken! You know what happens when you do that right?"
"I-i-I think-"
"You get blurry! You get unnoticeable, you'll even be criticized harshly!" The girl continued her talk, "Ugh, so much for making some material right now…anyways, you're going to introduce yourself, right?"
"Y-y-yeah…I'm Tsukiyomi Takeru." Takeru made a sheepish smile, "Nice to meet you…"
"Tsukiyomi? Oh no no no no…" The girl made a slight panic expression, "Our surnames are similar! I'm Tsukino Sachiko! At least my title is different, I'm the Super High School Level Film Director!"
Tsukino Sachiko…she's the famous film director who has submitted many well-known videos online and her fan base continues to grow to this moment. She even submitted her short films to film festivals and got several awards doing that.
"You are Tsukiyomi and I'm Tsukino! If our names ended up next to each other in the credits, neither of us will be noticed!" Sachiko continued her talk, "We'll be overlooked by the audience! Then again though, my good name has rhythm and I must make sure that I stand out in the credits! Plain names are fine but they don't stick out…"
"…Is she saying that my name is plain? I can protest to that! However…she's sickly in appearance but her energy is off the roof…off my charts at least…"
Takeru had no choice but to listen to her continue her talk. However, one curious thing made him interrupt her.
"…How old are you, Sachiko?"
"I'm 16!" Sachiko then gave him a scolding look, "It's my height, isn't it?! Look, I'm totally aware that I tower most girls my age and I'm also aware that I'm taller than you! Being tall has its cons but at least I can reach high places a guy can normally reach right? I'm 180 centimeters!"
"…damn it, I'm 17…I'm a year older than her…" Takeru sighed, "…I'm 175 centimeters…this is so…discouraging."
"At least you CAN reach some heights girls can't…"Another girl said to Sachiko. The girl then approached both Sachiko and Takeru, having a sleepy expression on her face.
The girl who just arrived here has a fairly tall appearance. She has dark red hair tied up in a high ponytail, dangling past her shoulders. Her eyes are forest green. She has a few freckles on her nose.
She is wearing a tight fitting u-neck black shirt with an unbuttoned baggy white and grey speckled sweater over it. She is wearing a mid-thigh length red skirt, white socks and normal grey shoes.
"Man, you are just wearing yourself out by introducing yourself one by one…" The girl looked at Takeru, "I would just say my name in front of the whole group…"
"But if I were to do that, then I wouldn't memorize everyone's names." Takeru protested. The girl then gave Takeru the friendly face.
"If you are doing it the hard way, then fine by me. I'm Nakamura Kimiko, Super High School Level Computer Technician!"
Nakamura Kimiko…a computer technician. A girl being a computer technician is not very common for Takeru's ears at least, but the thing is…
She talks like a laid-back person and her title requires her to be hard-working…
Then again, maybe some things are meant to be surprising.
"I'm Tsukiyomi Takeru, Super High School Level Mangaka."
Kimiko rolled her eyes, "Another otaku? A mangaka to put to it? Man, you must be the pinnacle of them at this very moment."
"…is that an insult? I'm not offended at least…"
Takeru can't tell if Kimiko placed that as a light-hearted insult or some sort of sarcasm. Whatever it was, it looked like Kimiko didn't really have any bad looks on it.
She's just pretty blunt, as Takeru can see.
"Sorry. I'm not a bad person though." Kimiko made a small laugh, "Anyways, are you done yet? It doesn't look like you've finished making introductions with everyone."
Takeru shook his head, "Nope. There are still some people left…"
"Then…" Kimiko pointed to someone in the crowd, "You should hurry up. There are a few people left."
Takeru nodded and started to move. However, his walk is cut short when he saw another girl standing close to him. It surprised him.
"H-h-how can I not notice this girl earlier?! At this distance, I should've noticed!"
The girl looked at Takeru, looking serious and staying quiet. Takeru is quite intimidated by her appearance.
This girl is very tall, taller than Sachiko and Shin. She has waist long pale blonde hair, bright aqua blue eyes and is very tan. She has a rather curvy body. Her ears have multiple piercings. From what Takeru could see, she has snake tattoos around both her wrists and maybe she has more tattoos under her clothing.
She is wearing a ripped aqua shirt under a dark teal leather jacket. She is wearing stonewashed jeans and wearing black short leather boots. She has headphones around her neck and is wearing a choker with a silver angel hanging from it.
She has an intimidating punk rock appearance.
"S-s-sorry…I didn't notice you earlier."
"…"
The girl remained silent.
"Anyways!" Taker braced himself, "I'm Tsukiyomi Takeru, Super High School Level Mangaka. Who are you?"
"I'm Stephanie Williams. Super High School Level Tattoo Artist."
From her name, she appears to be American. Her appearance is quite fitting for that of a Tattoo Artist too but unfortunately, Takeru hasn't heard of her.
"…"
More silence. It's like Stephanie wanted to get away from this conversation. Plus, it's already awkward.
"Yeah, maybe I should move on…but still! She's really TALL! I know she's a foreigner…but STILL!" Takeru sighed, "I can't get over it…I feel so shameful around tall girls…"
Takeru decided to ignore his opinions about tall girls for now and continued to look around, he can sense that he's almost finished introducing himself but he can't even relax.
He can't relax knowing that this situation somehow feels terrible.
That's when he saw a rather short guy from the distance. Takeru decided to approach the guy, intending to introduce himself to him.
Besides the boy's short structure, he has a wiry muscle build and doesn't look like he has any fat. His eyes are dark brown and his wavy black hair, thick and wiry, is cut roughly around his shoulders. It looks messy too. Sharp chin, angular jaw, gaunt cheeks a broad flat nose and his visible sharp teeth. All seen on his face.
He is wearing a dirty yellow gray ripped tank top, his jeans look like they have been ripped to look like shorts below the knees. On his head is a coyote headdress, with its dead eyes staring at Takeru. He's not wearing any shoes.
He looks really animalistic and intimidating.
"Grrr…" The boy made a growl. It made Takeru frightened about him.
"W-w-wait! I-i-I'm here to introduce myself!" Takeru waved his hands frantically, "I'm Tsukiyomi Takeru, Super High School Level Mangaka! Who're you?"
"Name…?" The boy looked away, "Conner Mwinda. Super High School Level Hunter. My title."
Conner Mwinda, a hunter…he looks the part and his personality also gives out hints of his dangerous title. Personally, Takeru thinks that Conner is bestial to the point of even thinking that he himself is an animal.
Then again, he shouldn't judge anyone by the cover.
"…I better not get on his bad side…he's a hunter, so I might as well be the hunted…oh woe is me."
Takeru decided to walk away before any more of this conversation can drive to the awkward direction. He might as well look for more people to introduce himself to.
Still though, going to school with a bestial looking hunter is not easy…so is being with a sharpshooter…
He may not survive this.
That was when he saw two people, one girl and one boy, conversing with each other. Takeru hasn't met them yet, so he decided to walk over to them and introduce himself.
However…as he approached them…
"Wh-what?! H-how did you…?" The girl looked visibly dumbfounded.
"My visions don't lie…" The boy nonchalantly replied.
"I hope it's just intuition…"
"Um, hello…" Takeru caught the attention of the two, "I haven't introduced myself to you two yet."
The boy looked at Takeru, as If he is scanning him.
The boy has deep purple eyes and his dark long brown hair is tied up into a low and messy ponytail. His skin is pale. He has thin arms, his legs look thin, he has a flat stomach and his hips are a bit on the bony side.
He is wearing a simple green sweater and blue pants. His black steel-toed boots are what stood out in his clothing.
He dresses very simple but his figure looks sort of feminine.
"Pleasure to meet you. I'm Sumner Rene, Super High School Level Psychic."
Sumner Rene…he is a psychic. Judging by the parts of the conversation Takeru heard a moment ago, Sumner must have used his abilities and told the girl about what he saw.
Is he really and truly a psychic?
"I'm a psychic and I don't lie." Sumner suddenly answered Takeru's mental question, "Does that clear your suspicions of me?"
"W-wha-? I haven't even asked!" Takeru couldn't believe this revelation, "Anyways, I'm Tsukiyomi Takeru. Super High School Level Mangaka."
"Ah yes…I can see it now…" Sumner looked at Takeru carefully again, "There's something you regretted in the past…something you wished you could stop…something that was your fa-"
Takeru ended up covering Sumner's mouth with right hand immediately. Takeru's expression changed from the kindly, normal person to someone who was just on the verge of a panic attack.
He absolutely wants to keep his past a secret.
"Can you NOT say that?" Takeru pulled off his hand from Sumner's mouth, "You can see my past but don't say it out loud!"
"See there? That's also my reaction to you!" The girl added to Takeru's argument, saying it directly to Sumner.
"Alright, I can keep my mouth shut…but my visions are always correct."
Takeru then decided to look at the girl with them.
The girl is quite short. She has caramel brown hair that falls in messy waves a bit lower than her shoulders. Her eyes are a mixture of cerulean blue and jade green.
She is wearing a simple white shirt with a black hoodie over it, making her look like a panda. She is also wearing a long black skirt that goes just above her knees. Her boots are black and she is wearing a red clip in her hair.
She looks almost monochrome plain.
"Oh! I guess it's my turn." The girl faced Takeru, "I'm Shimura Meyumi. I'm the Super High School Level Songwriter."
Takeru had the feeling that he heard her name before. Meyumi is a talented songwriter for a mass producer who made her famous in the first place. That's all he knows.
"Oh! It's fine if you haven't heard of me…unlike the others, like that designer, that pianist, that film director, you the mangaka…"
Takeru waved his hands frantically, "Wait, I'm not saying that! I've heard of you before!"
"Really? That's good to know then."
"Ok then, I still have to introduce myself to the others…"
Takeru then walked around again to see if there's any more people to talk to. He looked outside the crowd and saw a lone boy looking somewhere at the distance.
The boy has long and neat black hair that reaches up to his chest, tied up in a very low ponytail. His eyes are brown but he can see indigo color around the iris, indicating that the brown color of his eyes are in fact contact lenses. He has a bit of a scar wound on his left eye, which somehow prevents the boy from using it right now.
He is wearing a purple-blue checker shirt with a white jacket with black designs over it. His pants are black and his sneakers are purple. Around his neck are white-purple headphones which is plug to something inside his jacket.
His clothes are somewhat trendy.
The boy started coughing uncontrollably. Takeru can't help but panic once he saw this.
"H-h-hey, are you ok?" Takeru looked at the boy with pity.
"I-I-I'm fine…this is *cough* n-n-normal for me…I'm sorry…" The boy stopped coughing. The boy breathed in and out comfortably, which made Takeru ease his panic.
"Anyways, I'm Tsukiyomi Takeru, Super High School Level Mangaka. Who are you?"
"I'm Zulfikar Rizky Zakharia…call me Rizky for short." Rizky made another cough, "I'm the *cough* Super High School Level Medical Patient."
…Really? Even a title like that exists here? Then again, Takeru knew that anyone with some sort of talent can enter Tenrei Elite. Even something like a medical patient.
Heck, you can even be called merely an assistant and still get to go here.
"I'm *cough* sorry…I…cough too much." Rizky made another round of coughs, "I don't meet people much…because I was stuck in a hospital here in Japan."
"Oh…at least you are out now and enjoying school right?" Takeru smiled at him, "Rest assures you, you can survive this."
"Th-thanks…"
Takeru nodded to Rizky and went on his way to find more people to talk to. He started to think on how many people he has met so far…
"Ok…I met 13 people here already…well, I haven't gotten Shin's title yet though but I'll leave that for last. Now then, I need to find 2 more people…"
He started to move his sight all around him, looking for two people who he doesn't know yet. So far, his vision kept showing him people who he has met.
"Ok, so you know about the American Revolution right? It's such an interesting topic!"
"Umm…"
Takeru then looked at two people who he hasn't met yet. Surprisingly, they are just close by to him. The girl is talking about what it seems like, the American Revolution and the boy just stood there, looking and maybe listening to the girl's talk on history.
Takeru started to walk towards them. It only took like 6 steps to get close to them and catch their attention.
The girl has a meek looking face with neck long brown hair and large round green eyes. She looks sort of pudgy, and her skin color is tan.
She is wearing a simple long sleeved olive green shirt, mid-thigh length grey skirt, knee long black socks and black school shoes.
She looks understated.
"Hey, you're the one who's late right? Introductions will do I guess." The girl gave Takeru an ecstatic smile, "Bonjour! I'm Corinne Rousseau! Super High School Level Historian. See what I said? I'm a French girl!"
A historian…that explains what she was talking about to the boy moments before Takeru arrived.
Speaking of the boy…
The boy is of average height and his body looks scrawny. His pixel cut black hair has brown highlights and his right eye is blue and his left eye is red. Another heterochromia guy besides Takeru himself.
The boy is wearing a closed light blue jacket with a blue hoodie that has a large vertical black stripe in the middle. He is wearing black jeans with silver chains on both sides and black boots.
"…I'm Natsubishi Yuuki. Super High School Level Musician."
Natsubishi Yuuki…his compositions that spread out online and through big name studios gave him his popularity of being a very talented composer. It is said that he mains guitar and keyboard.
"Hey what's your name?" Corinne interrupted, "We told you ours, and you haven't told us yours."
"Oh right…" Takeru scratched his head, "I'm Tsukiyomi Takeru. Super High School Level Mangaka. Nice to meet you two."
"Likewise, Takeru." Corinne then looked at the crowd of people, "All of us are students of this school now but I can't help but feel like something is wrong…"
Likewise to her too, Takeru can't shake off this feeling of danger ever since he woke up. He can't let go this feeling no matter what he does…
He wants to talk to someone about this but he feared that he may be ridiculed for saying something like that. Who would take him seriously? Who can listen to him without questioning his thoughts?
Maybe he should wait for a while and talk to someone about this later.
"Takeru." He heard Patricia's voice behind him.
He turned around to see Patricia standing close to him with a sad expression on her otherwise dull eyes. Behind her from a distance is also Shin, looking at Takeru as well with a slight serious tone to his face.
"This whole thing is making you displeased right?" Patricia looked at Takeru, "What do you feel about this?"
"What do I think?" Takeru slightly yelled, "I think this is absolutely odd and mysterious! We all passed out for goddamn's sake!"
"Passing out is already odd…and even though everyone here is talking casually," Patricia looked at the crowd, "We all can't consider the possibility of something dangerous happening. Not yet anyways."
"…Fine…" Takeru cursed under his breath until he saw Shin and remembered something he wanted to ask him.
"Oh right…Shin, what's your title?" Takeru walked closer to Shin, "You are the only person who hasn't told me your title yet."
Before Takeru can get any answers out of him, a microphone stinging sound echoed throughout the whole room. Everyone stopped talking and covered their ears from the sound-filled pain inflicted by the microphone sound.
Once the sound stopped, everyone still remained silent and looked around the room to see where the sound came from.
"Wh-what was that?" Corinne spoke loudly to the group.
"I don't know…" Kimiko replied to her, "But that seriously hurts!"
"H-h-hey, maybe that means someone is preparing something?" Sachiko said, "I mean, that sound normally comes out of a microphone. Maybe someone is preparing a speech?"
"If that was the case…" Takeru started looking at his classmates, "Who here is holding a microphone?"
Each and every person in this room started looking around to see who is holding a microphone in their hands. Pairs of eyes rolled around to see who was holding the source of the sound.
Nobody is holding a microphone.
"This is very peculiar…"Seria placed her right hand over her chest, "Who did that sound?"
"AHEM! You bastards are overlooking me!"
A weird, childlike voice came from the absolute middle of the room. Takeru looked at the source of the voice and got surprised at the looks of it.
It was a stuffed bear. From Takeru's sight, the bear's right side is covered in white with an innocent appearance but the left side…the right side is covered in black and the mouth on the black side is shaped like an evil grin and the right eye is red with a really scary appearance.
The bear was standing up on two legs and it is holding a microphone
"A-a-a-a stuffed animal? A stuffed animal standing and holding a microphone?" Takeru spoke out loud.
"I'm not a stuffed bear, you bastard!" The bear shone its red eye to Takeru, "I'm Monokuma! I'm going to be the headmaster of this school!"
Takeru jumped up once he saw the red eye. The red eyes was ferociously and ominously staring at him, he can't help but feel scared by it, no matter how small Monokuma is.
"…You have got to be joking right?" Kimiko said, "A stuffed bear being a headmaster? Impossible!"
"Kimiko-nee is right!" Momoko yelled to Monokuma, "A stuffed bear is not even supposed to do that! A stuffed bear should be a toy to play with!"
"I told you all, I'm Monokuma!" Monokuma placed his arm limbs to his hips, "Now that everyone is acquainted, we should start the opening ceremony!"
Monokuma started to walk out of the group in a slow manner. Everyone then huddled up in behind him to see what he's going to do. Monokuma stopped walking and faced the group.
"You 16 students are chosen to be classmates in this prestigious school right?" Monokuma jumped happily, "You all are the hopes of the world with your exceptional talents, skills, whatever!"
What the heck is Monokuma saying?
"And now that I have got the boring speech out of the way…"
"It was hardly a speech…" Meyumi muttered.
"You all are going to stay in this school together…FOREVER!"
Everyone froze at that word. Expressions of sadness, shock, panic, and anything negative were written on everyone's face at the thought of staying in this school forever.
"W-w-we can't stay here forever!" Seria yelled at Monokuma. Monokuma only replied to her by laughing.
"Oh! So you bastards want out right? Upupupu…" Monokuma showed everyone his black side, "I have a rule to ensure your graduation from this school…"
Everyone stared at Monokuma for his rule.
"It's beary simple! All you need to do is murder someone and get away with it!"
Yeah. Humongous first chapter. I made an outline for all of the chapters too and it was very short…never knew the actual chapter can be this long. Just think about the other chapters…brrr. My chapter outline for this chapter is to introduce everyone in one chapter.
This story will be mainly on the viewpoint of my two ocs. This chapter is on Takeru's viewpoint, so the next chapter might be him again or my other oc.
I tried to keep the character descriptions as similar to that of the profiles sent to me. This is why I require details from everyone. Some descriptions and screen time for some characters are short mainly because of their personality.
Important! All of these characters have a chance to die here. Why? Because this is Dangan Ronpa! If your character dies in the future, it doesn't mean I don't like your character. Also, twists on potential culprits and victims will happen, the reason for that is for only for me to know.
I hope this is ok...