Chapter One – The New Student

It was the first day of school at Izumizaka High.

Everybody is excited to see their new friends at this school. But when one person comes through the door, everybody's attention were diverted to him…

Now everybody's quiet, their eyes fixed onto that person walking briskly but steadily towards the sports complex where the new school year begins. However, some were talking amongst themselves about this new high school student.

"Look at that guy wearing spectacles…" said one of the onlooking students.

"That must be the school's most feared student…" one student whispered to another.

"Look! What's he wearing on his belt…?" another student whispered to his friend. "Weapons?"

"…I thought weapons are banned in school…?" that student's friend whispered back.

"…but looks like he has special permission to have these weapons…" replied the second student.

It seems like these new students are talking about him, but he does not even turn to them at all. Instead, his eyes are full of a murderous look, seemingly ready to strike anytime. But he just walked towards the sports hall without minding them.

After the opening ceremony and the principal's speech, this student walks to see where his class is.

"Class 5…" this teenager said to himself.

This shocked some of the new students, and possibly some seniors.

"Oh no…! There's going to be trouble brewing in Year 1 Class 5…" the seniors agreed.

In Class 1-5…

Everybody in this class were chatting with each other, except for the teenager who just went into the classroom. He is the one with the two knives on his belt. Carrying two bags (one backpack and one handcarry), he walked to the end of the classroom and sat down at the seat on the furthermost right, facing the window.

After he sat down, he began in reminiscence of the time before he was admitted into Izumizaka High…

"Are you sure about that?" the principal asked him. "…bringing your knives to study here…"

"I don't have a choice." The student replied back. "…all my bodyguards are killed in an instant by some unknown force. Even your guards will be defenceless against those forces. That's why I applied for an international licence to use weapons and firearms to protect myself. If I want to study here peacefully I have to be on high alert in case someone attacks me from behind."

"I understand your situation, but I just cannot bend the rules to allow you to bring those weapons to school you know." The principal added. "Furthermore, what if you hurt someone with them?"

"I assure you I will not use them on anyone unless it's absolutely necessary." The teenager said further.

Then suddenly, the discipline master came into the principal's office.

"I understand what he is thinking." The discipline master commented. "I heard that your bodyguards are highly skilled, but yet they still got killed in an instant, so I couldn't imagine what will happen to him if he did not arm himself. In addition, he has a licence to own and use those knives so he won't abuse it because if he do his licence will be revoked."

"But…" the principal tries to argue.

"I know that bringing weapons to Izumizaka High School is against the rules, but we also have problems of our own in terms of students bullying juniors here and also bribery among students."

"You're right, but that doesn't mean that we must use force against those people." The principal protested against the student using his knives in school.

"I've got a testimonial from his homeroom teacher in the middle school that he attended before. You should also have a copy of that too. The discipline master added to his backing of the teenager before he refers to the testimonial that the student's former school sent them.

Parts of it wrote: With his help we're able to greatly reduce the offences rate of the school. In addition, by the time he graduates, he is respected by the good students and feared by the bad ones. Even our disciplinary head couldn't do such a similar feat.

"So I hope he can do something similar in here so that we can earn back our reputation as a school. You know that we're facing falling enrolment rates because of the bad reputation that we had for the past three years. I'll assure him with my post as a disciplinary head that he won't abuse his right to use weapons in school." He said with a bow. "Please allow him to help us beat those rotten apples so that we don't need to close down because of a bad track record!"

The principal immediately tells the discipline master to stop bowing and hear him out.

"Looks like we have to try him out for a period of time before we can decide if he can keep bringing his weapons here." The principal arrived at a conclusion. The discipline master agreed and put his hand on the teenager's shoulder.

"Now whether I can keep my job depends on you." The disciplinary head told him. "…if you can control these bad apples I can appeal for you to keep your weapons with you until you graduate from here."

The teenager nodded, and left the principal's office after that, which ended his reminiscence of what happened before he was enrolled into the school. But before he can be ready for his first lesson in his high school life…

"Important announcement! Will student Kitahara Takeshi please come to the disciplinary room immediately!"

"Looks like I'm needed there…" he thought to himself as he gets up and walks out of the classroom.

During the trip, he heard the chattering of the students around him…

"So his name is Kitahara, huh?" one student said softly to her friend. "I wonder what the discipline master wants with him…"

"…maybe it's because of the things he brought to school…?" her friend asked the student back.

End of Chapter 01