Oh, hey

You made it to chapter two. Congrats!

And if you hadn't noticed already, I'm literally re-watching the episodes and copying the dialogue word for word. I won't be doing that for long, though.


And that's how we found ourselves in a lobby of some sort. Weirdly enough, there were others gathered there as well. Loki and Balder and another god with green hair which I assume is Thor, judging from the lightning patterns in his hair. Then there was Hades lurking behind a pillar and a red-haired god I can't seem to guess who he is. Just as I was done with my little guessing game, Yui and that blond guy from earlier show up as well.

"It appears everyone has arrived." I turned around and saw Zeus slowly walking down the staircase, "Welcome to my garden, to my academy...my beloved students."

"Cut the crap!" Susanoo said angrily, "You're the one behind all this?!"

"Japanese god of the sea: Susanoo." Zeus shifts his gaze to each god as he names them, "Japanese god of the moon: Tsukuyomi, Norse god of light: Balder, God of fire: Loki, God of thunder: Thor, Greek god of the Underworld: Hades, God of fertility: Dionysus, and God of the sun: Apollon."

I know this is probably a roll call of some sort, but I think naming each god and their pantheons is a little redundant.

"You will all learn about humans in order to revive the ancient link between gods and humanity."

"Do you really think we'll just do as you say?" Loki asked.

"Return my brother and I to our world, or else..." Water seemed to materialized out of nowhere as Susanoo threatened Zeus.

Loki began forming a ball of fire in his hand, "There'll be hell to pay."

Both Loki and Susanoo jumped at Zeus in a blur of fire and water.

"Ooooh you know they dead..." I whispered as I looked on in helpless terror.

Before they could lay a hand on Zeus, lightning sent them flying across the room. "Aaand there they go..."

"If you use your divine powers indiscriminately, this academy will be destroyed, therefore..." Zeus raised his staff as a bright ball of light formed from it. Suddenly there were beams being shot at the gods. I glanced over at Tsukuyomi as an amethyst bracelet appeared on his wrist. Looking at the other gods, they all struggled to remove the jewelry that had appear on them.

"What is this?" Loki pulled at his necklace, "I can't get it off!"

Apollon tried to tug off his ring, "He's right. It won't come off."

"These shackles seal your divine powers. No one can defy me here. Those shackles are proof of that!" Zeus explains.

"That's enough!" Loki raised his hand to attack, but only tiny sparks flew from his fingertips before disappearing completely. He looked at his hand, seemingly shocked, "What's happening?"

"Same with me." Susanoo said.

"You will study here and when you earn the right to graduate, your shackles will remove themselves."

I glanced at the tiny broken sword piece around my neck. Come to think of it, would this count as a shackle?

Zeus raised his staff once again, "Come!"

The ceiling opened up and some weird chandelier...orb...thing descended from it.

"Once you understand the human heart, this container will be filled. You have one year. In other words, if you cannot fill it within a year, you will all be trapped in this garden..." He paused, "...forever."

Well, that's very reassuring. Thanks.

"This isn't funny!" Susanoo yelled.

"Are you serious?"

"Zeus, that's tyrannical!" Hades called out.

"I will not entertain any protests." Zeus said, "It's been decided." He glanced at one of the doors. "Thoth."

As if on cue, a man with white hair and a monocle (who even wears those anymore?) emerged from the shadows. "This man will be your instructor."

"I am the Egyptian god of knowledge, Thoth."

"And your classmates will be..." Zeus continued. He hit the floor with his staff and at an instant, the room was was crowded with people, "...these many spirits."

"So many, in an instant." Yui murmured, "Amazing."

"Yui Kusanagi and Yuu Fujihara."

"Yes!"

"Hmm?"

"Your responsibility is to lead the gods to graduation. Is that clear?"

Neither of us provided and answer.

"Tomorrow morning, you will gather in the auditorium to prepare for the afternoon's entrance ceremony. That is all. You are dismissed." Thoth turned around, "Kusanagi. Fujihara. Come with me."

"Oh..o-okay."


"Zeus modeled this academy after human schools, so all the necessary facilities are provided. There's even food available in the cafeteria." Thoth explained as we walked down the hall together.

"E-excuse me. It's all so sudden. I don't understand what..." Yui looks up to see Thoth paces ahead of us. She hurriedly walked to his side, "Isn't he being too willful, even for a god?"

"Well, it IS Zeus after all." I cut in.

"That true, but he brought us here so suddenly and my family must be worried about-"

Speaking of family, I suddenly remembered I had to pick up my brother from preschool. Shit shit shit shit. My mom's is gonna have my ass. What am I gonna tell her? 'Hey mom, sorry I couldn't retrieve the tiny human because I was transported to some other world where I have to teach a bunch of pretty boy pagan gods about humanity.'

"Don't be concerned. Once everyone graduates, you two will return to the time you came from by the power of Chronos, the god of time."

Yeah, telling me that does not help. If anything, it just made the sinking feeling in my gut worse.

"But that's no excuse to let him do whatever he-" Yui was suddenly cut off when Thoth backed her up against the wall. He banged the wall so loudly, it startled me, causing me to let out a little shriek.

"Zeus has the future of humanity and gods in mind." Thoth glanced at the necklace around Yui's neck, "The Sword of Heaven's Gathering Clouds..."

I subconsciously tugged at the sword necklace. Is that what it's called?

"It's split between the two of you at the moment, but eventually, that sword will guide your way. Take good care of it. Not that you can remove it anyway." Thoth said as he walked on ahead of us.

He led us to two buildings right next to each other, "Women's dorms are on the right and men's dorms are to the left."

We entered the women's dorm and damn, even the dorm looked nice as hell. The walls and ceiling were decorated with ivy. I looked around in awe until Thoth led us to one of the rooms. Beside the doorway was a nameplate with Yui's and my name on it, "And this is your room."

"I'll be in the academy library if you need anything. Farewell."

And he was gone. Leaving me and Yui standing quietly in front of our new room. Damn, this was awkward. Maybe one of us should break the ice. But I really don't like starting conversations with new people...

"Uhm..."

Yui noticed that I want to say something and starts the conversation for me, "Ah! I'm sorry we didn't get to introduce ourselves properly." She said to me with a smile.

I feel comfortable enough to continue, "That's fine. Considering the current situation."

"Should we start over then?" She held out her hand to me, "I'm Yui Kusanagi."

I slowly inched my hand towards her's, shaking it lightly, "Yuu Fujihara. Yes, I am a girl with a boyish name." I replied, "You should see my teachers on the first day of school. It fucks them up so bad. It's kinda hilarious, actually...sorry I'm probably rambling too much."

Yui giggled, "No, it's okay."

"So...uh...nice to meet you, roommate."

"Likewise."

We entered our dorm room (which also looked nice as hell. Damn, everything looked nice as hell here) The first thing we noticed was the wall next to us, which had two identical uniforms hanging from it.

"The same design as the gods, huh?" Yui says to herself quietly.

"There's even a student handbook." I picked up said handbook from the table and leafed through it.

"Yo, Kutanagi and Fuchihara."

Startled by the new voice in the room, I jumped and dropped the handbook onto the floor.

"You're finally here!"

Yui looked around the room, "Who's there?"

"Down here!"

The both of us glanced at the floor to find the source of the voice. A yellow and white ragdoll. And it was moving? Yes, I shit you not. It was moving. "Yo!"

Considering all the weird shit I've seen today, I'm not as surprised by a talking doll than I should be.

"A doll?"

"How rude! I'm Melissa." The doll said, "I'm here to look after you two."

I raised an eyebrow, "To look after us?" Last time I checked, I didn't need a babysitter.

"Indeed! Zeus fashioned me out of clay." Melissa replied.

"Huh, you look pretty soft for something made out of clay." I commented, poking at Melissa.

"Hey, stop that!"

I pulled my hand back, "Sorry..."

"Anyway, most myths describe humans as being made by gods from clay or earth." Melissa continued, "In my case, there was a little mistake."

He climbs onto the table, "But I do like my body. It's small, but sturdy and easy to move around in. In this garden, I am your upperclassmen. I'll make sure to take care of the both of you. If you're troubled, you can talk to me and if you feel like crying, I can give you my shoulder."

Yui smiled, "Thank you, Melissa." She took hold of Melissa's tiny hand, "Nice to meet you."

"Uhhh...yea." I held out my hand to Melissa, "I guess this might not be so bad. I can count on you to keep my sanity here?"

"Yep! You can count on me, Fuchihara!"

"I, uh...it's Fujihara."

"That's what I said, Fuchihara."

I sighed in exasperation, "Oh my god, just call me Yuu, then."


I plopped on to the bed nearby. Yui, I am claiming this bed.

"Oh my god, I'm so fucking tireeeeeeed."

'I wonder how my family's doing. My friends? Did my husband return from the war? Wait, I have no husband. And there is no war. Where the fuck did that come from?'

I don't know how to get home. I don't even know where I am. So I guess I have to graduate if I wanna go home...

'Man, overthinking makes me sleepy'

I felt my eyelids grow heavy as I let sleep wash over me.


"I've decided!"

I suddenly jolted awake with a loud gasp and rolled off the bed, "Owww...fuck."

"Ah! Are you alright?!" The blurry figure rushed to help me up.

I blinked a few times to focus my vision, "Mhhm...?"

"You're really not a morning person, are you, Fujihara-san?"

"Huh? What?" I groaned.

"Just what I thought."

As I slowly began to wake myself up, the events of yesterday came flooding back into my mind. Transported to some other realm to teach pretty boy pagan gods how to love...or something like that. Got it.

I looked up at my new roommate. She was already dressed up in the school uniform, "We have to go to the auditorium for the entrance ceremony. Are you coming?"

"Yea, sure. Just give me a sec."


After I made myself look a little less like shit and put on the school uniform, Yui and I hurried to the auditorium.

...Only to find that the place was completely empty.

"Eh? Are we early?" Yui asked, confused.

I shrugged, "In that case, I'll just go back to sleep, then."

"Yui-san! Good mor-" There was a loud crash behind us, startling me...again.

I looked to see Balder face planted onto the floor. The fuck? Did this motherfucker just trip over nothing?

I raised an eyebrow, "Uhm...you okay, man?"

"Ah, yes. I'm alright."

"Good morning, Balder-san." Yui said, helping Balder stand up.

"I'm happy you remembered my name."

"I'm so glad you came. We thought no one was going to come."

"Yea...you can't exactly have an entrance ceremony with only two people." I muttered.

"This is my first time attending a school. I'm so excited." Balder said.

Yeah, I used to be like that too...then I was dead inside by second day of school.

I noticed Balder's facial expression change drastically, "Hey, yesterday you flew on Pegasus with that Greek god, didn't you?"

"Huh? Yes..."

"Were you always close?"

"No, it was my first time meeting Apollon-san. He took me to see what kind of place this is." Yui replied.

"Really? That was the first time..." Balder walked up to Yui and caressed her face, "Then you met me first."

For some reason, I felt mildly uncomfortable watching that. What would happen if she said yes?

"Good morning, Fairy! Good morning, Bal-Bal!"

We all glanced at the door to see Apollon (...I think?) frantically waving and Tsukuyomi standing beside him.

"Apollon-san...Tsukuyomi-san, good morning!" Yui greeted them.

"Fairy...? Is that you?" I asked Yui, trying to hold back laughter.

Yui just responds with a nervous laugh.

Apollon seems to have spotted me and he immediately ran up to me. I suddenly felt my hands being grabbed, "You must be the second human representative. Are you? Are you?"

"Uhm...yes, I think I fit that description..." I answered, getting a bit flustered.

"I am Apollon, a Greek god. What's your name, Miss?"

"It's Yuu. Yuu Fujihara."

"What a wonderful name!" Apollon kissed my hand and smiled at me, "Nice to meet you, Yuu-Yuu."

I got so embarrassed all of a sudden that I retreated behind Yui like a child would do with their mother.

"Ah, I'm sorry. Did I frighten you?"

"No it's fine. I've never had a guy get all touchy-feely with me before." I said, giggling a little out of nervousness, "It's kinda embarrassing, actually."


The bell rang as we sat on the stage of the auditorium.

"Wow...absolutely no one showed up." I sighed as I swung my legs idly.

"Do they not understand? Do they not get it? Graduation is the only way out of this garden." Apollon said.

"And the entrance ceremony is today."

"What exactly is an entrance ceremony, anyway?" Balder asked.

"I heard Thoth-sensei mention it, but I don't know what it is either."

Tsukuyomi pulled out a tiny notebook, "Nor do I."

"Uhm...It's when all the new students assemble. It's kind of a celebration. They promise to study hard together.." Yui tried to explain.

"They promise to study hard together..." Tsukuyomi repeated to himself as he wrote it down in his notebook.

"A-ah, you don't need to take notes!"

Tsukuyomi copies down what Yui said anyway.

"In other words, an entrance ceremony is like a contract ritual?" Balder asked.

Wait, what?

"If you break your promise, you will be met with a terrible curse?"

wAIT, WHAT?

"Will we need a sacrifice?"

HOLY FUCK, CHILD, NO.

"No, it's nothing scary like that." Yui replied, laughing nervously.

"Oh? It's not? Good!" Apollon said, "In that case, we need to split up and gather the others."


And after all that running around the school, we only managed to gather Dionysus in the end.

"We don't have any time. We'll have to do the entrance ceremony with us six." Balder said.

I groaned, "Ugh, great. Now I have to do physical labor."

We head back to the auditorium to do some cleaning and setting up the place. Everyone was working diligently (except me probably). Though, Balder made more work for us because he tripped over air (how the fuck does he do that, seriously?) and dropped a bucket of water all over the floor. They all seemed really excited. Especially Tsukuyomi, who wanted to make sure everything was perfect for the ceremony.

No, literally. He brought a fucking ruler to make sure the chairs were set up perfectly.

"Uhh...you know you really don't have to go out of your way to do that."

"But I must make sure the entrance ceremony is carried out perfectly." Tsukuyomi said, "It's my mission."

"I can assure you, no one is gonna notice that one chair is off by a tenth of a millimeter and even if they did, they're not gonna punish you for it." I bluntly replied, "If you really plan on measuring the position of every single chair in under half an hour, good luck with that, child."

"I am over one-thousand-and-three-hundred years old. To me, you are the child."

"Yea, but while you're stuck here, you're pretty much a newborn lamb barely learning how to walk, so..." I shrugged and left to go take care of other things.

Did I...just sass a moon god? Holy shit, I think I did.

Dang, I feel like a badass.


"The entrance ceremony will now begin." Thoth stood up on stage, "I shall read the new students' names. Aidoneus. Hades Aidoneus."

Empty seat. No answer. "...Absent. Apollon Agana Belea."

"Here!"

"Yui Kusanagi."

"Here."

"Yuu Fujihara."

I made a grunt noise and raised my hand.

"Susanoo...Takeru Totsuka..."

Haha, nope. "...Absent. Tsukuyomi...Tsukito Totsuka."

Monotone as always, "Here."

"Dionysus Thyrsos."

"Here."

"Balder Hringhorni."

"Here!"

"Thor Megingjard...Loki Laevatein." Nah. "...both absent."

Thoth sighs, "The student representative will now state the pledge."

Apollon stood up from his seat and walked towards the stage. "You got this, man." I whispered.

He stopped to spare me a glance and nodded. He went up on stages and stood before Zeus, both of them staring intensely at each other, "I hereby swear we, the students, enter this academy. I am shocked by how sudden this has been. Brought to an unfamiliar place, I do not know what might happen next. However, there must be a reason for this. Over the next year, not as gods, but as humans, we will study their history, culture, and love. And with our wonderful new friends, I promise that we will all follow the academy's will and graduate."

I feel my gut start to flutter, 'Friends...'

Apollon turned towards the audience, "Let's do our best, everyone!"

In that moment, I realized, it's not just me and Yui. The gods were brought here, without warning and consent and stripped of their powers. They're probably just as terrified as we are. But now we're all gonna spend the next year learning together and living together.

You know, this actually might be kinda fun.


I'm so tired...