It was 6 o'clock in the morning and Kiyoshi was just waking up. He dressed up in his school uniform that was sent to him yesterday and then went to brush his teeth.
After that he went downstairs and made himself a filling breakfast and then made his own lunch to school. While he was making the food, his mother came there.
"You're already awake Kiyoshi?" Said his mother with a surprised look.
"I usually wake up way earlier though. Did you forget mom?" Explained Kiyoshi while preparing his food.
"No, but you just started a new life here so try to forget some of your old habits while being here." Suggested his mother with a worried tone.
"I guess I could, but I don't feel like going back to sleep." Said Kiyoshi.
"*Yawn* At least don't leave to school yet since none of the other students aren't goinc there yet." Requested the mother.
"I won't so why won't you go back to sleep." Said Kiyoshi.
Kiyoshi's mother then went back to bed while he finished making his lunch for school. Since he wasn't leaving yet, he decided to prepare breakfast for his mother and father, and after that he went back to his room and checked his school bag to see if he had everything while also putting his lunch box there and then grabbed his trusty katana and attached it to his school uniforms sturdy brown belt.
Kiyoshi then left and jumped to the roofs again and then headed to the school. While Kiyoshi was heading to Kawagishi highschool from the roofs, he noticed other students chatting and laughing together so he decided to stop for a second and listen what some of them were talking about and then left.
When Kiyoshi arrived to the school, he stood on the school's wall and watched to school for a bit but then someone interrupted him.
"Hey ard you new here?" Asked a friendly tone.
"Huh? Oh, yes." Answered Kiyoshi.
Kiyoshi then jumped down.
"Nice to meet somebody new here. I'm Hiro Koyasu from class 2-A." Greeted Hiro with a happy tone.
"I'm Kiyoshi Kazehaya and I just arrived to Takamatsu yesterday from a village that's located in the mountains." Explained Kiyoshi.
"That must've been a tiring journey then. Hmm, if you want I can show you around the town after school." Offered Hiro happily.
"No I'm good, but you could show me where the principals office is." Said Kiyoshi.
"Gladly. It's actually on the first floor too." Explained Hiro.
"Thanks for your assisstance Koyasu-kun." Thanked Kiyoshi.
"You can just call me Hiro." Suggested Hiro.
Kiyoshi then followed Hiro to the principals office and after he took him there, he left to his classroom.
After Hiro left, Kiyoshi knocked on the door and when received the permission to enter he opened the door and there was an old man and a young woman waiting for him.
"Aah Kazehaya-kun, I was just chatting about you with your homeroom teacher." Said the kind old man.
"Good morning sir and miss." Said Kiyoshi.
"Miss Haruta, can you wait for a while on the Ehallway?" Suggested the old principal.
"Understood Mr Furukawa." Said the woman and stepped out for a bit.
Kiyoshi then looked around and noticed that the principals office had a same style as his home village elders house with a small table on the centre with small pillows to sit on and a small lanter.
"Well are you going to sit down Kazehaya-kun? Asked Furukawa with a kind tone.
"Oh, yes but if you don't mind me asking do you know my villages elder?" Asked Kiyoshi curiously.
"Heh, he's an old friend of mine who saved me when I was in danger so I decided to make my office resemble the one in your village." Explained Furukawa.
"Oh cool, so you're a ninja too then." Said Kiyoshi as he sat down.
"Yes, but on to the point. The woman who just stepped out is class 2-A homeroom teacher making you as her pupil." Explained Furukawa.
"Oh cool. A class 2-A student showed me the way here too." Said Kiyoshi.
"It must've been Hiro Koyasu since he gladly helps someone who's in trouble." Guessed Furukawa.
Kiyoshi then stands up but before he's able to leave, the principal gives him a paper.
"Hmm? What's this sir?" Asked Kiyoshi with a confused tone.
"The school's student council president also attends that class and she can be a little too strict with the rules so I gave you a permission to have your katana with you so just give it to her if she says anything about it." Explained Furukawa.
"Understood." Said Kiyoshi.
"Oh and if you want, you can always come here to drink some tea with me if you want." Offered Furukawa.
"Thank you for the offer sir." Thanked Kiyoshi as he stepped out of the room.
When Kiyoshi came out of the room, his homeroom teacher Haruta was waiting for him.
"Nice to meet you miss Haruta." Said Kiyoshi with a smile.
"Aww, you're so sweet. *Ahem* Well anyway follow me and I'll take you to your classroom but wait outside the classroom before I've given you the permission to enter." Explained Haruta.
"Understood!" Said Kiyoshi.
Kiyoshi then followed Haruta to class 2-A's classroom
"At class 2-A"
The girl with pink hair was at her desk while thinking about yesterday, but she didn't hear her friends and Hiro's voices.
"Rina. Rina! RINA!" Shouted the girl.
"Huh? O-Oh, sorry for not noticing you sooner Mana." Apologized Rina awkwardly.
"*Sigh* What's on your mind this time? Did Hisashi bully you again about your believe in ninjas?" Asked Mana.
"N-No, I was just thinking about yesterday." Explained Rina.
"What about it? You were actually pretty quiet when we hanged out." Said Mana.
"Well my bikes chains fell off when I was heading to see you and I would've gotten hurt if a boy didn't save me." Explained Rina with a small blush.
"I see, and you probably want to meet him again." Guessed Mana.
"He said that he's going to transfer to this school so maybe I will." Said Rina.
"How did he look like?" Asked Hiro curiously.
"He had black spiky hair and red eyes if I remember correctly. Why?" Explained Rina.
Before Hiro was able to say anything, Miss Haruta came to the classroom so everyone went back to their seats to start their lesson.
"*Ahem* Before we start our class I'd like to announce that you'll be getting a new classmate so come on in." Explained Haruta.
"Got it!" Said Kiyoshi.
Kiyoshi then came inside the class and stood in front of the class.
"Aaaah! It's you! I met you yesterday!" Shouted Rina with an excited tone.
"Sweet, so you came to our class." Said Hiro.
"Oh? You know them?" Said Haruta with a surprised tone.
"Not really. *Ahem* Well anyway, hello everyone I'm Kiyoshi Kazehaya and I just moved to this town from a village in the mountains." Explained Kiyoshi.
"Your seat is the window seat next to Rina on the third row Kiyoshi." Explained Haruta.
Kiyoshi then walked to his seat and then the lesson began.
After the lesson Rina and Hiro walked to Kiyoshi.
"H-Hi, it's nice to meet you Kazehaya-kun. I'm Rina Kunisaki and thank you about yesterday." Thanked Rina with a smile.
"I'm just happy that you didn't get hurt Kunisaki-san." Said Kiyoshi with a smile.
"I'm curious about your village Kiyoshi so can you tell us about it?" Suggested Hiro.
"Maybe some other time Hiro." Said Kiyoshi.
"*Ahem* Excuse me." Said a girl.
"Oh hello there." Greeted Kiyoshi.
"I'm Mana Ichikawa and this school's student council president. I have to say that bringing sharp weapons to school is really dangerous so I'll have to take it from you." Explained Mana with a strict tone.
Kiyoshi then picked the principals permission paper from his pockets and handed it to her.
"What does it say Mana?" Asked Rina curiously.
"The principal gave him a permission to have his sword with him." Answered Mana after reading the note.
"Are you going to let Kiyoshi have it with him then?" Asked Hiro.
"Well I guess I have to, but please don't use it." Begged Mana.
"I won't use it if I don't have to Ichikawa-san." Answered Kiyoshi.
"Well that's good to hear then. Hmm, well anyway since you're new here I should probably show you around school so you don't get lost." Suggested Mana.
"Thank you." Thanked Kiyoshi.
"I want to come too!" Requested Rina.
"Well I guess I'll tag along too." Thought Hiro.
"Thanks to you two too." Said Kiyoshi.
The four then left and Mana then took Kiyoshi to the first floor where she showed the way to school's nurse, to the teachers room, the student council, the canteen and after that they went outside to show the school field when Kiyoshi noticed a weird building across the schools river.
"What building is that?" Asked Kiyoshi.
"We don't know but many say it's haunted." Answered Mana.
"Haunted?" Said Kiyoshi with a surprised tone.
"But it can't be true right?" Asked Hiro with a frightened tone.
"I-I heard some students talking that they heard some weird voices in there." Said Rina.
"I see." Responded Kiyoshi.
"A-Aren't you s-scared that there really could be a scary monster lurking inside Kazehaya-kun?" Asked Rina with a frightened tone.
"Being scared aren't going to help us if the monster really is true and it's going to attack us if it escapes." Explained Kiyoshi with a confident tone.
"I-I guess that's true." Said Rina.
They then continue their way and when Kiyoshi started to follow the three, he felt a weird aura coming from the building and came to the conclusion that the small rumours are true.
"I think I should talk about this matter with principal Furukawa." Said Kiyoshi in his thoughts.
"Are you coming Kazehaya-kun?" Asked Mana.
"Ah, coming!" Shouted Kiyoshi as he rushed to them.
They then went back to the second floor and Mana took Kiyoshi to the club room section.
"And over here are the club rooms like the cooking club, gardening club, technology research club, gaming club and many more." Explained Mana.
"Are you going to join a club Kiyoshi? I'm in the cooking club." Asked Rina.
"I don't know." Said Kiyoshi.
"Okay." Said Rina.
"Well anyway if we go up the stairs again, we'll reach the roof." Explained Mana.
Before they are able to go there, the bell rings which means the second class will start to they go back to their classroom.
"Lunch break"
It was finally lunch break and everyone was hungry. Some of the students headed to the canteen while others ate their food from home.
"Man I'm hungry. Wanna head to the canteen to get something Kiyoshi?" Asked Hiro.
"Nah, I have my own." Said Kiyoshi as he took his container and then opened it.
"*Sniff* *Sniff* Mmm that smells delicious Kazehaya-kun." Said Rina while taking her own food.
"Your mother really knows how to cook some delicious looking food Kazehaya-kun." Said Mana.
"Uh actually, I made this." Answered Kiyoshi while scratching his hair.
"You did? Wow you're really talented Kazehaya-kun." Complimented Rina with a smile.
"Umm th-thanks, I had to learn how to cook since I had to train many times outside the village while I was sleeping in the wilderness." Explained Kiyoshi.
"What?! What do you mean by that?" Asked Rina with a concerned look.
"Sorry but everything else is personal." Answered Kiyoshi.
"O-Oh." Said Rina with a dissapointed tone.
Suddenly the classrooms door gets slammed open and some bullies appear.
"What's up class 2-A losers!" Said the leader.
"Ugh Hisashi." Said Mana with an annoyed tone.
"Hmm?" Said Kiyoshi.
"Yo, what's up Rina!" Shouted Hisashi.
"Don't what's up me!" Shouted Rina.
"Huh? What did you say! I only heard you saying something about your ninja obsession." Said Hisashi.
"Hah! Just forget those ninjas since they're not real!" Said one of Hisashi's friends.
"And besides, they're just a bunch of assassins so if you did meet one and found out their identity it would just kill you." Said Hisashi.
"That's enough!" Shouted Hiro with an annoyed tone.
"Hmm? What was that punk!?" Said Hisashi.
"Your bullying isn't only bothering Rina but everyone else too so just stop it already!" Shouted Hiro.
Hisashi then walked up to Hiro and grabbed him.
"Say that again! I dare you. Say it and you're going to get the beating of your life time!" Said Hisashi with a threatening tone.
"So that's how you play, eh? Threatening the weaker so they can't defend themselfs. How despicable." Said Kiyoshi suddenly.
"Huh? Who said that?!" Asked Hisashi with an angry tone.
"Over here you jerk." Said Kiyoshi.
"Consider yourself lucky Hiro since he'll get beaten up so bad that he'd wish he'd kept his mouth shut." Said Hisashi with a threathening tone.
Hisashi then let go of Hiro and went to grab Kiyoshi who let himself taken to the hallway.
When Hisashi was ready to punch Kiyoshi with his two friends, he dodged and grabbed Hisashi from his arm and threw him towards his two friends and when Hisashi stood up and went after Kiyoshi again, he kicked him and Hisashi landed on his friends again.
"Kazehaya-kun!" Shouted Mana and Rina with concerned tones.
"You ok Kiyoshi?!" Asked Hiro who was also concerned.
"Hm? I'm fine." Answered Kiyoshi.
"You just defeated the bully trio in this school." Said Hiro with a surprised tone.
"L-Look out Kazehaya-kun!" Shouted Rina.
Hisashi was ready to attack Kiyoshi from behind but wasn't able to since he punched him while having his back turned.
"Are you done? I have way better reflexes than you." Said Kiyoshi.
"Dammit I'll get you someday!" Shouted Hisashi while running away with his two friends.
Kiyoshi then headed back to class to finish his food while Rina, Mana and Hiro stood there stunned.
"H-He's so brave and strong!" Said Rina with an admiring tone.
"You're totally falling in love with him, I just know you are." Said Hiro in his thoughts.
"I guess that's the training he was talking about." Guessed Mana.
"Are guys coming?!" Asked Kiyoshi.
"Ah right!" Said the three.
Some hours later and when the school ended Kiyoshi decided to visit the principal.
"Hey Kiyoshi wanna hang out by going to an arcade?" Asked Hiro.
"Ah sorry not now." Answered Kiyoshi.
"Well that's okay, but what were you going to do then?" Asked Hiro curiously.
"I'm going to see principal Furukawa." Answered Kiyoshi.
"Hm? Okay then." Said Hiro.
Kiyoshi then left to see the principal.
"Where'd Kazehaya-kun go?" Asked Rina after coming to the classroom.
"He went to see the principal." Answered Mana.
"Let's go with him." Suggested Rina.
"Bad idea Rina. It's probably something personnal." Explained Mana.
"Back at Kiyoshi"
Kiyoshi had arrived to the first floor and headed to Furukawa's office and when he reached there, he knocked the door and when he received a permission he went inside.
"Aah Kazehaya-kun! Sit down and tell me how your first day was." Requested Furukawa.
"Certainly." Said Kiyoshi.
Kiyoshi then sat down and Furukawa poured some green tea for him.
"So? Do you like it here? Did you make any friends?" Asked Furukawa curiously.
"Yes, I did. Ichikawa, Kunisaki and Koyasu all seem to be very trustworthy people." Answered Kiyoshi with a smile.
"Hehe, well that's good to hear." Said Furukawa.
"Then there's that jerk Hisashi and his two friends that cause trouble." Added Kiyoshi with an annoyed tone.
"Yeeah, you can teach them a lesson anytime." Answered Furukawa.
"And then lastly the strange building across the other side of the river." Said Kiyoshi.
"*Sigh* I hoped you wouldn't notice that building. Well I guess I better tell you." Started Furukawa.
"Please do." Begged Kiyoshi.
"When me and the elder were training together a dangerous monster appeared so we tried to defeat it but we couldn't do that so I had to seal the monster inside that building and making sure it won't escape." Explained Furukawa.
"I sadly have to tell you Mr Furukawa that the monster will definitely escape someday." Said Kiyoshi.
"Then I don't have any other choice than to try to defeat it." Answered Furukawa.
"No. I'll do it. I'll defeat the monster." Kiyoshi confirmed.
"It's too dangerous Kazehaya-kun." Said Furukawa.
"When I've made up my mind in something, I won't back away no matter what." Explained Kiyoshi with a determined tone.
Kiyoshi then left after drinking his tea and thanking about it.
When Kiyoshi walked outside, he looked around if anyone else was around and when the coast was clear, he jumped to the roofs and headed home but then he noticed that Hisashi annoying Rina again so Kiyoshi thought how to deal with the situation.
"Ninja weirdo." Said Hisashi.
"*Sniff* S-So what if I believe that ninjas exist! Can't I believe in something I've taken interest in?!" Shouted Rina while crying a little.
"That's the most stupidest dream ever Rina! And besides they're heartless assassins." Explaibed Hisashi.
"Sh-Shut up!" Shouted Rina.
Before Hisashi was able to get closer to Rina, Kiyoshi threw a Throwing star in his black ninja outfit.
"Wh-What was that?" Hisashi asked with a frightened tone.
"Say that again!" Said Kiyoshi with a dambened tone since his red scarf was in his mouths way.
"A ninja! Yay! They're real after all!" Said Rina with a cheery tone.
"*Gulp* Wh-What are you going to do to me?" Asked Hisashi with a frightened tone.
"Being called as an assassin hurts you know, I would never hurt a person he or she doesn't deserve it." Explained Kiyoshi.
"Meep!" Was heard fron Hisashi as he run away.
"Well I hope he learned his lesson." Said Kiyoshi as he was about to leave too.
"W-Wait mr ninja!" Shouted Rina.
"What's wrong?" Asked Kiyoshi.
"You forgot your Throwing star." Answered Rina as she was holding it.
"You can keep it since you believe in us." Said Kiyoshi as he left.
Meeting an actual ninja made Rina super happy so she decided to tell about it to hee friends.
When Rina walked to the corner, she saw Kiyoshi using his phone.
"Kazehaya-kun!" Shouted Rina.
"Oh, hi Kunisaki-san. Is something wrong?" Asked Kiyoshi.
"Ah! Well Hisashi was bullying me again but then a real ninja appeared and he even let me have his Throwing star." Explained Rina.
"That must've made you really happy that you met a real ninja then." Said Kiyoshi.
"It did." Answered Rina.
"Well I"ll be going then, see you tomorrow Kunisaki-san!" Said Kiyoshi as he turned around.
"Ah wait!" Requested Rina.
"What's the matter?" Asked Kiyoshi curiously.
"C-Can you take me home? I-I wan't that you'll know where I live if you need something." Explained Rina with a blush.
"Sure thing Kunisaki-san." Answered Kiyoshi.
Rina then showed Kiyoshi the way to her home and he noticed that he actually lives in the same street as she does and after that, Kiyoshi goes to his own house and tells about his day to his parents.