Once in the hall, the drawling speech of the principal commenced. Not only was the assembly slow, but what the principal said was really the same as the words he said last year. Goddammit, I thought he actually had something useful to say. Anyways…

I managed to find my way to Nyx's spot in the crowd. She was… not amused to say the least. Nyx looked incredibly bored, and even looked like she was about to fall asleep. Couple the fact that she was pretty tired in the day, and that the principal was always boring as heck, she looked just about to drift off.

Nyx gave out a heavy sigh before her head tilted forward. I looked, and it appeared she wasn't sleeping, but she was dangerously close to. Oh man, I can't exactly blame her. I looked over to her side and… Kanashi?

He was… well, he was asleep to say the least. He fell asleep quicker than Junpei did. That is an achievement there. I wouldn't really say achievement, but still… that's remarkable. I looked over to my shoulder and Aigis… She was asleep. On my shoulder. What is it with everyone and falling asleep around me!? I'm serious now!

At least Fuuka and Yukari are still awake… I sighed. Me, the sleepyhead, isn't falling asleep for once. Also remarkable.

Anyways, after that boring speech was out of the way, I managed to drag Nyx out of her almost asleep state and lead her to her classroom. Turned out to be mine. Awesome. Turned out that Yukari, Aigis, Fuuka, Junpei and Kanashi were all in the same class as me. Wonderful. I'm not being sarcastic, I swear.

Kanashi I mostly left alone and just dragged along to the classroom until someone managed to wake him up. It resulted… in a rage. "Why'd you do that!?" he yelled, shaking Kenji back and forth.

"I didn't mean any harm, I swear!" Kenji cowered in fear.

"Ah, let me handle this Kenji… you should probably go to your seat man," I sighed, patting him on the back.

"Thanks Minato, you're a lifesaver!" he grinned as he patted me on the shoulder and sped off towards his seat.

"Kanashi, class," I sighed.

"Oh…" he deadpanned before walking off with an irritated expression. "Freaking…" he muttered, but I couldn't hear the rest of what he was saying.

I think I should ask him about him getting angry when he's woken up. Besides the fact that he doesn't seem to get a lot of sleep, it still doesn't really explain why he's so jumpy when you wake him.

Okay, welp, seats taken and voila. I somehow have all of my friends that are in my grade in the same classroom.

…What kind of shenanigan is this?

Miss Toriumi entered the classroom with a pile of papers and… cake. I should've known. It was one of those strawberry shortcake ones too. Now I'm getting hungry.

"Class, I'd like to introduce to you, two new transfer students. Can you please stand up?" Toriumi-sensei said as she looked around the classroom.

Nyx wearily stood up and made her way to the front of the classroom with a bit of a yawn, while Kanashi got up with a… it was an annoyed expression to say the least. Lack of sleep can certainly give one a temperament.

"Both of you are sleepy?" Toriumi-sensei said, blinking. "Did either of you get sleep?"

"I never get any sleep," Kanashi grumbled.

"No matter how much I sleep, I will never be able to look awake during the day time," Nyx sighed, rubbing her eyes.

"I see…" Toriumi-sensei said slowly. "Anyways, can you two introduce yourselves?"

"Uh yeah, I'm Kanashi Baru," he said with a tired tone.

"I am Nyx Shinu," Nyx said with a deadpan.

"Well, there you have it. You two can sit down now," Toriumi-sensei nodded.

Looking around while Nyx introduced herself, I noticed that pretty much every guy was staring at her with awe. If Nyx had not been told not to shoot her mouth off before by me, she probably would have said something along the lines of a snarky remark.

"Also, can you all stop staring at me? Don't you know that it is rude to stare at someone?" Nyx snapped.

…never mind.

One strike. The guys flinched and cowered in fear as she glared at each one of them before sitting down. Smooth Nyx. Just… just smooth.

Toriumi-sensei rubbed her temples before starting to do some housekeeping stuff and whatever. Yay.

I looked over at Nyx, and she seemed to be paying some attention to what Toriumi-sensei was saying, but she also had her attention on the view outside of the window. Well, I couldn't exactly blame her. It was pretty nice, the view outside.

Kanashi settled for resting his head on top of his folded arms. Whether he was planning to fall asleep or not was kind of a mystery to me.

Once the bells called for lunch, it seemed that my huge group of friends had gathered all at the rooftops to catch up and whatever. Geez, it was a bit strange seeing each and every one of my friends in the same place. Makes me realize how many people I've been able to bond with in the past year.

I managed to drag Kanashi and Nyx up there too. Mostly by telling Kanashi that the rooftop was a better place to take a nap, and Nyx… well she tries to follow me everywhere anyways. Because of that, the prying eyes of her slowly building fan club were more diverted. Thankfully. If there were more, she probably could've raised a ruckus with her cold personality.

"So, how was everyone's holidays?" Junpei grinned at each of my friends.

"Well, I've been studying to become a personal trainer actually. It's been pretty fun," Yuko started.

"I've just been… hanging around at home and avoiding training because of my knee and all," Kazushi said, rubbing the back of his head. He's still wearing the freaking tracksuit and everything though. Weird.

"Um… I've just been going to Book-on and Bookworms mostly, since they have some good manga collections that I wanted to read," Chihiro smiled slightly. Well, looks like her phobia of men is definitely gone if she's able to talk to all of us normally.

"Oh, what series?" Junpei asked with a laugh.

"I think it was… Hayate the Combat Butler," Chihiro replied. "It's pretty funny," she smiled.

"Oh, I see. It is pretty funny so I can see where you're coming from," Junpei nodded sagely. "I've been going to the arcade mostly," he grinned. And getting your butt kicked by Nyx, Junpei. Please remember that.

"Um well, Fuuka, Aigis and I have been hanging out mostly, so that's that…" Yukari shrugged, though that smile of hers was still present.

Aigis said, "I have been going to the shrine these days. It's very beautiful there."

"Oh, so that's where you've been going, Aigis-chan?" Fuuka asked. "That's nice. The shrine is very beautiful," she smiled. "I've been studying to become a teacher… It's hard work, but I think I can do it."

"Well, I've been going around the city, mostly eating ramen and stuff," Kenji shrugged.

"Is that all you ever eat Kenji? You know that I told you, you can't eat ramen all the time! You need a balanced diet!" Rio scolded him. Kenji rubbed the back of his head.

"S-Sorry Rio-chan…" Kenji laughed nervously. Aw, looks like Rio finally got with Kenji. That's good. She always did like him, so I'm glad that Kenji finally came to his senses.

"Well, you can have it once in a while Kenji-kun," Rio sighed. Not only that, but she worried about him a lot, so it was something that was probably best for both of them. Kenji wouldn't be a milf hunter, and Rio would finally get her wish. "Well, I've just been… spending time with Kenji-kun, and playing tennis, so that's it," Rio smiled.

"What about you Kanashi-san? Won't you tell us about yourself?" Fuuka asked with a soft voice and a smile to match.

Kanashi sighed before shooting some looks at Junpei and me. Well, kinda thought he would if on the subject of his holidays. "Well, I'm from America, and I just moved here. I came here some few days ago in the holidays and I found a place around here to stay…" he said simply. "While I was looking around the mall, I ran into Minato, Junpei and Nyx and we've kinda just been hanging around ever since."

"Is that so?" Chihiro asked. "You seem to have an odd amount of luck, Kanashi-kun. To have run into all of them on the same day… It's pretty strange…"

"You're telling me, I kinda noticed…" Kanashi sighed before yawning a little. "Um… besides that, I don't get a lot of sleep…" Hah. Kinda noticed. "So, I have a bad case of getting sleep paralysis a lot…" he chuckled.

"Really? That's not cool man… you sure you don't want to get that checked out?" Kenji asked.

"Eh, I've kinda gotten used to it," Kanashi shrugged. "Oh yeah, there was this one time when I had that, and I think I saw this demonic devil-looking thing sitting on the end of my bed. And then there was this other time, when I think I might've seen the Grudge in the corner of my room and…"

"Um… Kanashi?" I asked.

"Yeah?"

"You're kinda freaking everyone out," I said bluntly, indicating Yukari, Chihiro and Yuko.

"Uh… Oh. Maybe another time…" Kanashi sighed. "Well, for a last note, I'm kinda fascinated with ghost stories and campfire stories, that kinda thing."

Huh. Never would've guessed. He did look pretty happy while he was telling us about what he saw. Wow.

"Anyways…" Yuko started. "What have you been doing Minato? And what about what happened on Graduation Day? Are you okay?"

The members of SEES in the group started to looked uncomfortable, but… Better reassure her. "Um yeah… I'm alright. I don't know specifically what happened, but I doubt it's going to happen again," I smiled. Lies, of course you know what happened you ning nong.

"Anyways, in the holidays, I met Nyx… and she was new here, so I decided to show her around. Turns out she was also a new dorm member, so that was something," I rubbed the back of my head as I glanced at Nyx.

"Oh yeah! Why don't you tell us about yourself as well, Nyx-san?" Kazushi asked.

"Hm? Oh. Well, I'm a transfer student as well, from Europe," Nyx started calmly. Nice cover Nyx. That would also explain why her name is so unique. "I came here recently, and Minato was nice enough to show me to the dorm where I was staying," she said. I can't tell whether what she said was a lie or not.

"Well, I don't have any particular interests, but I am partial to Greek mythology," Nyx finished.

Well done Nyx. Well done. I'd applaud her for a job well done, but that would be awkward.

"Wow, you have to tell us about Europe sometime, Nyx-san," Chihiro smiled.

"If you insist," Nyx nodded. "There is one last thing, however."

…What are you going to say?

"I don't appreciate all the awestruck stares that are being directed at me. Staring is rude," she growled.

As if on cue, a group of male students flinched and moved away from the rooftop.

Oh.

I should've known.

AN: Aaaand, I finished this a day after Velvet Reverse. AWESOME! Hope you like the chapter though! It was just introductions, but Minato having so many friends will affect Nyx, sooner or later. Hehe.

I'm glad this fic is getting so much support though! For my third fic, I never would've imagined it having this much support! I really appreciate it!

If you would be so kind, please review! They give me motivation and fuel! XD

Sayoonara for now!

PS: During the month of November, expect updates to be infrequent. I am going to be participating in a writing competition that goes all month long, so yeah… (Nanowrimo is happening if you know what that is… :P)

Nights: Haha, well, you see… she doesn't like people staring at her. It reminds me of a fic called Second Chance. That was a good fanfic… XD

ALL my chapters are short, remember? :P
Yeah, an annoyed Nyx is not a good Nyx.

Thanks Nights!

Protogonus: Hah, thanks! I appreciate it!

Anakin: Well, almost NO-ONE stands a chance against Nyx. That's how she is. Stupei is just weaker than usual. He must a sub weakness to Mudo spells I guess. XD

Well you saw… Nyx so far isn't interested, but she isn't bored either. Kinda neutral. I know about that, but considering how much charm the guy has, doesn't ANYONE think that Minato would as easily be able to say that he doesn't want a relationship if he wanted to? Eh, just me being nit-picky.

Anon: Really? Well, each chapter is short, but I hope you like each of them anyways!