When I woke up I was in the infirmary with a big headache which subsided very quickly. Lying there I tried to reorganize the events that have happened in my mind.

'What happened to me and how did I get here. Oh yeah some guy shot me on my head.' I remembered. 'I need to get out of here as soon as possible.' I thought then suddenly the door to the infirmary opened. The one who opened it is a man that is a bit tall and had orange hair and the other person who came after him was the guy that shot me.

"Hello, there I see you are awake. I'm sorry for how Akiyoshi treated you when you just arrived here." He quickly greeted me. Then he pulled Akiyoshi out in the front and told him to apologize to me.

"Sorry for shooting at you." Said Akiyoshi

"Don't worry about it?" I said as my voice was filled with surprised and confused. Then I asked "Why did you shoot me?"

Akiyoshi said "Because I wanted to help out Otonashi as soon as possible and I was already in a bad mood so you're endless questioning began to irritate me."

"Well I guess it is bit my fault since I asked you to take care of many things this past week and you barely got any sleep, sorry Akiyoshi." Said the man apparently named Otonashi.

"It isn't your fault at all; it's that renegade group that calls itself SSS2. It's all their fault." said Akiyoshi

"No it is my fault and before we begin to digress off topic let me formally introduce ourselves. My name is Yuzuru Otonashi the student body president in the school and Ukita Akiyoshi is the vice student body president." Said Otonashi

"Let me introduce myself also my name is Akinari Ichiro." I said

"When you're ready and want more details about this school, then come to the student council room to meet with me about, it since I am always there. Also here is your allowance for the month and the school class schedule." Said Otonashi

"Thank you, and can we talk now about this school." I said

"Sure" said Otonashi. "Before you ask any further questions Akiyoshi take a break and this is an order so don't try to refuse."

"Okay, if that is what you want Otonashi." Replied Akiyoshi

After that Akiyoshi left the room.

"He respects you very highly doesn't he?" I said

Yes he does, although it wasn't always like this, but let's save that for later and let me explain that basically this school is for the teens that had either regretted something while living or here by accident. The latter tends to be very rare since I only know of 2 cases of this being happening since coming here. Most of the students here are NPC. They are just here to make the environment more school like to fill up space. They just follow school regulations and don't do much else. There are other people besides us in this school that have once live too. Also here, no matter how fatal the injury you receive you will be fine after few minutes and automatically revive yourself. I'm sure you learned that by firsthand experience and that even if you aren't able to die, the pain of the cause of death is still there. The main purpose for the existence of this school is to fulfill the regret the teens have felt while they were alive. I'm sure that you have some regret for you to be here." Said Otonashi

"Yeah, I wanted to save people during a disaster one day since many of my family members have been killed by a natural disaster. But one day as I was going up the elevator, it snapped, crashed to the ground and died." I said

"Sorry about that," Said Otonashi

"Don't worry about it. I didn't feel any pain at least," I said "Also who are the ones called the SSS2?" I asked

Otonashi's face fell and said

"SSS stands for Shinda Sekai Sensen (Afterlife Battlefront) and since they are the second to create it so they call themselves SSS 2nd generation or SSS2 for short. They got the idea when they found some document about the original SSS. SSS2 are people who had regrets in their life and are trying to make god pay for allowing their misfortune to happen. Although I keep telling them that the god isn't here and that they should just try to move on, but they are convinced that the god is either here or the way to reach god is here. They think of us, the student council, as a enemy because we help people move on and the people who move on disappear when they do. To them they moving on is as same as surrendering to god. ha ha ha."

After a chuckle Otonashi continued.

"Let me explain what I mean about disappearing. You move on when feel that you have gotten rid of your regret. When you move on, you disappear from this world, but I don't know what happens after that. There are some theories that you will be reborn as a human again, reincarnate in to some animal or insect or go up to heaven, but none of them have any proof of being the right one. Why don't we stop here for the day, I think you have had enough things to think about for now and I have some duties to complete. If you want to talk with me again you can find me at the student council room."

"Ah, thank you" I said

"You're welcome" replied Otonashi

Then he left the infirmary. I sat on the bed for a couple of minutes to absorb what I have been told and looked at the schedule and found out where to eat and decided to go to the cafeteria.

'This is a very big school. I wonder how big this place is,' I thought.

The sun was almost down by the time I reached the cafeteria. There was countless number of students waiting for their dinner. I used some of the allowance I received from Otonashi on some food tickets and got some noodles to eat. While I was eating there was a group of students that came close to me.

"So you are the new student in this school." Said a girl that is short with long brown hair

"I heard that you got shot by Akiyoshi. Is it true?" Said a girl that is about average height with purple short hair

Many others were beginning to question all around me until a guy with very muscular build told everyone to stop annoying me.

He said "Sorry about that they get very excited when there is a newcomer. Let me explain who everyone is. The girl that is short with long brown hair is Hiraga Jun, the girl that is about average height with purple short hair is Ienari Miya, the girl that is blond with a headband is Shiga Atsuko, the guy that looks kind of freaky with his wide eyes is Yanagita Saneatsu and my name is Kajiyama Shoichi. We, and Akiyoshi and Otonashi make up the student council.

"Ah, hello there." I said "My name is Akinari Ichiro."

"Nice to meet you, Akinari Ichiro." Said everyone

After the introduction I spent talking with the student council and got more familiar with them.

"Hey do you all have something that you regretted during while you were alive?" I said as I changed the direction of the topic.

"Yes all of us had regrets when we were alive, but thanks to Otonashi and our efforts, most of the people who come here gets over it and passes on. Even we are at somewhat at peace with our previous life, but we can't just leave Otonashi alone here even though he said he will be alright and we should just pass on, he did so much for us." answered Shoichi.

"Just out of curiosity how long have you guys been around here?" I asked

"All of us, except Otonashi, have arrived here within the last 3 years. No one knows how long Otonashi was here but we know it was longer than 10 years because one of the members of the student council that moved on about 2 years ago said that he arrived here around for 10 years ago and Otonashi was the one who had helped him be at peace. Just like us now, he decided to stay around here for Otonashi, but he eventually decided it was the time passed on." said Miya

"Is that so? Anyway where are Otonashi and Akiyoshi anyway? I haven't seen him here and I thought that he would eventually come here when you guys said that you were from the student council?" I said

"Right now there is so much to prepare for like the sports festival. So for now we won't be seeing him here for few days for dinner and Akiyoshi is bringing his food to him and helping him out." answered Jun.

Suddenly a group of students that wore school outfits, that were different from our own, passed by us.

"Hey isn't that the SSS2 why are they here? Aren't they supposed to be the bad guys here?" I asked

"Right now they aren't causing any trouble so we can't do anything. We can only act when they cause trouble. Anyway we should be getting back to our dorm it is almost lights out" answered Atsuko

After the good-byes we headed to our respective dorm room. The dorm room I received was an average room there was a desk with some books and a bed. I tried to go to sleep resting up for tomorrow. As I lay down on the bed I thought

'Maybe I should also join the student council too.'