Ryan walked along with Matt and Liam looking sour faced. He was 19 years old and had saved the world twice, but his parents insisted that he had to go to college.
'Lighten up man,' Matt said laughing.
'Yeah, trust me it'll be fun' Liam told Ryan.
'I wanted to train though…' Ryan said quietly.
'Come on Ry, you can't train all the time!' Matt told him.
'Yeah, and anyway you're taking the same stuff as us, so it'll be alright!' Liam told him.
'Yeah it'll be fun!' Matt agreed.
'Yeah, I guess you're right' Ryan said, finally conceding, 'where's Sam?'
'When he was told that he had to go to College, he suddenly matured' Matt told Ryan, laughing, 'he said he was ready to be head of Capsule Corp. and got in this suit and had these glasses on as well, he looked so stupid!'
'So he doesn't have to go?' Ryan asked now annoyed.
'Yeah, but Sam has no clue what he has put himself up for…' Liam told Ryan, who was now happy again.
It seemed strange, but there had been no news of any kind of Super Evil Villain attacking the world for 8 months, and Ryan hadn't had a proper fight in ages. Liam, Matt and Sam had all relaxed on their training, as there was no real need to go overboard, as they put. They did train twice a week, and sparred with Ryan once a week, but they mostly did other things, like playing games, reading or watching television, which annoyed Ryan.
'Ry, loosen up ok,' Liam told him, as they were still walking, 'you're going overboard with this training. No doubt anything that attacks the world will have it's ass kicked by you in minutes.'
'Plus it will be no challenge for you' Matt added, 'you need challenges while fighting, otherwise it's boring…'
They had finally reached the College and they looked at the complex of buildings with the words New Orange Star High in orange block capitals on the main building. The place was strangely familiar for Ryan.
'What happened to the Old Orange Star High?' Ryan asked sarcastically.
'We accidentally destroyed it' Matt replied.
'When he says 'we', he really means himself' Liam told Ryan, reminding him of the World Tournament and Matt's Kamehameha destroying the buildings in his match versus Gong Wong Yai.
'So that's why it feels familiar?' Ryan asked Liam, 'we fought at the World Tournament near here?'
'Yep' Liam answered.
Some students nearby heard the conversation and clapped and cheered for Ryan, Matt and Liam. They could even here one guy say 'Thanks for saving the world guys!'
They made their way into the assembly hall and after some time, the Dean got up and began to talk into the microphone.
'Hello and I am Dean Thad Parside, or Dean Parside as you will call me from today onwards' he said.
Ryan immediately switched off and didn't listen to the Dean much; the major things he heard were that they would be given their locker numbers, and their timetables for the two weeks. Ryan received his timetable at the end of the assembly, as he found out he did have the same lessons as Sam and Matt, and went to his locker, which was on either side of Sam and Matt. Liam promised to remember their lessons and when they were, what they needed and where it was, for the price of asking anything in return from the other two. It seemed that Matt hadn't paid attention to the Dean as well.
A group of girls walked past Ryan, Matt and Sam, and stopped at some lockers a short distance away from them on the other side of the corridor. There was one who had long red hair and dark green eyes. She had a t-shirt on and wore long black trousers. The second girl also had long hair, which was blonde and blue-grey eyes. She also had a t-shirt on, but wore a blue mini-skirt. The final girl had long black hair, and dark brown eyes. Like the other two, she had a t-shirt on, but was wearing a pair of jeans. Ryan didn't know why but he liked her before he even got to know her.
Matt had realised that Ryan wasn't really doing anything and was just standing there.
'Ry, Ry, are you alright, you're doing a bit to much thinking there' Matt said to Ryan, snapping him back into reality.
'Sorry…' Ryan said weakly.
'Who do you like?' he asked Ryan.
'What?' Ryan asked surprised at Matt's quickness.
'A trio of girls walk past us and you start thinking, I can add two and two you know…' Matt replied.
'Oh well, the black haired one…'
'So you like her' Matt said raising his voice, and pointing at the black haired girl, who was now looking in her locker, 'I like her' Matt pointing this at the blonde haired girl and Ryan could've swore that he saw her wink at Matt, 'and Liam likes her' Matt pointed at the red head, who turned away.
'Oi big boy!' someone shouted.
Matt and Ryan turned round to see a boy, taller than the three of them, and wider than the three of them, with big muscles walk up to them. He wore a black t-shirt, black trousers, and black trainers, and had a black cap on as well.
'So this guy likes Jade?' the big guy said, pointing at Ryan and then at the black haired girl.
'Yeah!' Matt said confidently for Ryan, who was now having trouble speaking.
'I like her, so no one else gets too,' he said, 'so I'll have to beat some sense into him…'
Ryan looked at Matt and told him he'll pay for this, while a crowd of students circled Ryan and the big guy, shouting 'Fight! Fight! Fight!' repeatedly.
'You have any clue who I am?' Ryan said, regaining is power of speech.
'No, but do you think I care?' he answered to Ryan.
He went to punch Ryan in the face, but he grabbed his hand and Ryan smiled.
'I' m the World Champion and my friends and I have saved the Earth twice so far, and we're still in school' Ryan told him, 'which is no doubt more than you can say about yourself!'
The crowd of kids recognised who Ryan was immediately and they cheered for him. Ryan crushed the guy's hand, causing him to yell in pain, and then he punched him into the lockers, which caused him to be knocked out. The crowd dispersed, and a teacher sent Ryan to the Dean's office.
'Enter…' the Dean said in a sinister voice.
Ryan entered the room and sat down. There were hundreds of trophies that people had won during their time at school, which has been locked up in the cabinets. He saw many diplomas on the wall behind the Dean, he seemed well educated. The room was dimly lit, as there was only one light above his desk, and no window.
'Already in trouble are we, Ryan?' Dean Parside asked Ryan.
'I don't know, sir' Ryan answered truthfully.
'OF COURSE YOU BLOODY WELL ARE!' the Dean shouted, 'YOU WERE FIGHTING ON SCHOOL GROUNDS!'
'Well, you see the other guy started it, I had no intention of fighting him' Ryan told him truthfully.
'Why should I believe that?' the Dean asked Ryan quietly.
'I don't know sir' Ryan answered again truthfully.
There was a knock on the door, and the same teacher, who told Ryan to go to the office, opened the door and Matt and Sam walked in.
'What the hell are they doing here?' the Dean asked her.
'Witnesses…' she replied, slamming the door.
'It's my fault,' Matt told the Dean, 'I said Ryan liked this girl that the guy did, so the guy tried to attack Ryan, but he reacted in self-defence!'
The Dean groaned and said with a look of disgust, 'You are free to go Ryan,' and as Ryan got up to leave, 'don't think I'll treat you three specially because you can do some flashy stuff, so remember that…'
They went to their first class and afterwards they left the class, Matt was openly laughing at Ryan's earlier misfortune.
'It's your fault that I was sent there in the first place!' Ryan told Matt.
'Yeah, but nothing happened that was bad so…'
Someone coughed behind them and they turned around to see the three girls who they had saw earlier.
'Hi, listen I'm Laura,' the blonde girl said, 'and as you know this is Jade,' she said, pointing at the black haired girl, 'and this is Amy,' she said finally pointing at the red head.
'Hi, I'm Matt' Matt told them, 'this is Ryan, the World Champion,' pointing at Ryan, 'and this is Liam,' Matt said finally pointing at Liam.
'We didn't know you were those fighting guys' Jade said, with a hint of awe in her voice.
'We are' Ryan said, 'saved the Earth twice, and we still have to go to College.'
The three girls laughed and Ryan looked at them.
'Er, that wasn't meant to be funny…' Ryan said but, they were whispering to each other.
'Listen, do you want to go on a triple date after school?' Laura asked quickly.
'Sure!' Matt replied and they walked off to their next lesson.
A/N: In case you haven't picked it up yet, Dean Thad Parside is an anagram of Death and Despair.