A/N: So a few things happened between the first chapter and this one: my "nap" turned into me waking up the next day for school, the same day Google Chrome is telling me sudden pop-ups mean there's virus on my computer("24/7 customer support!" is bullshit, I'm telling you) and today my laptop is lagging terribly every time I try to use FF BECAUSE of the pop-ups. Yes, I've done virus and security scans. Four of them. All different programs. I'd be worried about hacking if anything on this thing was actually valuable, but since it's mostly just fanart, anime, and fanfiction, to hell with it. Hacker's loss.

On a positive note, and you'll all finally be seeing something I've been excited about adding to this series since season 1.

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Mornings were ungodly, and Kyou was glad it was a Saturday and therefor, he only had club activities.

Since his chapter was finished and Yoshiro was in the middle of editing it, Kyou had excused himself from the room to take a walk around the school. His reasoning was "you never know when you'll find something interesting" but really, he jsut wanted out of the sudden tense atmosphere that fell over them when Akio texted Madoka that he wouldn't be in.

It wasn't new, Akio having to skip club activities for something involving his family, but it was concerning. The few times that he let anything slip, he quickly changed the subject and went on to act like the idiot he played up.

"I wonder what's up." He mumbled absently as he passed under the tree by the track field. "I know Yoshiro said we shouldn't push, but this might actually be dangerous. Maybe I should call -"

His train of thought was cut off when he attempted to turn at a corner and collided with something that felt oddly like a person, sending them both to the ground. He shook his head and looked up, an apology at his tongue, when he met dim orange eyes.

Oh, he's-

"Sorry, are you okay?" He said quickly, standing up and offering the boy a hand. The other fumbled to grab his hand, which ended with Kyou grabbing his own and pulling him up.

"I'm fine, just... couldn't see anyone there." He said, rubbing his eyes. He squinted at Kyou. "Oh, but I can see you. Well, you're really just a big white blob, but I can... kinda?"

-blind. For the most part, at least.

"Need some help? I don't really know the school that well though..." He wasn't lying, since the only places he went to at all were the classroom and club room. There was the main office, but he'd only been there once.

The boy shook his head, further messing up his greyish-black hair.

"No, I can get where I'm going... I think. I remember the layout of the building pretty well..." He paused, then furrowed his brows. "But I don't know where I am now. People don't usually pass through here, so I wasn't supposed to bump into you... I'm below the chem lab, right?"

Kyou looked up, attempting to make out the inside of the classroom above him. He nodded when he saw the several beakers and graphs - visible only because the marker they were drawn in bled through the paper - and turned back to the boy.

"Yeah, it's right above us, to your... left?" He finished hesitantly. He checked both is own hands, mirrored them in his head, then nodded again. "Yeah, upper left."

"Alright." He stood there thinking for a moment, but his worried look didn't disappear. "Do you know where the staircase is from here? I'm not good with distance."

It's about time I started heading back anyway... Kyou thought when he saw the look on the other male's face. "Yeah, I can take you. I'm heading that way anyway."

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"So, um, your eyes..."

It was probably insensitive to ask, but something about it was really bothering him about it. He'd known a few fighters with vision problems, but none of them looked like this.

"An accident. My dad is a chemist... but he messes up a lot." The boy said. Kyou winced - he didn't need a full explanation to know what happened. "Oh, I forgot to give you my name."

He didn't ask for it, but Kyou didn't want to offend him by saying he didn't want to know.

"Onodera Nakuro." He said, holding out his hand in what Kyou supposed he thought was the right direction. "I'm a first year... I prefer being called by my first name."

Kyou shook his hand, if only to be polite.

"Yahagi Kyou, second." He said shortly. The were approaching the first-year floor now, where he supposed the boy - Nakuro - needed to be. "This is your floor, right?"

Nakuro nodded, reaching out and grasping the edge of the doorway. He paused as Kyou made to continue, turning back.

"I know this might sound weird, but... I think the uniform suits you. You're easy to see with all that white."

With that, he made his way through the hallway, leaving Kyou slightly confused.

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When Monday rolled around, Kyou had almost forgotten about his encounter with the strange first-year. Sure he was slightly concerned about his condition, but he was sure the school was alerted about it, and it would probably be weird to have someone you just met tailing you. He didn't bother telling the others either, since he was sure Madoka or Masuyo would just laugh at him for it. And he didn't even want to think about what Akio would have to say.

He was trying so hard to block out their possible response that he jumped when there was a screeching yell - in the direction of their club room.

"What the hell do you mean, 'Club to be disbanded'?!"

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A/N: I should probably mention that this is happened at the same time as everything in "Through the Water", though unlike that one where it's going day-by-day, this is having quite a few skips. Otherwise, the plot wouldn't move at all.

That being said, there wasn't much leading up to that finish? I actually intended for the season to start with this, but stuff happened and there wasn't anywhere in between to introduce who is probably my favorite OC. You guys will find out why later. But I'm glad I finally got to throw him in before I changed his name again - you wouldn't believe how many times this happened.