This was just ridiculous. He was in the same class as a bunch of crazies.
Oh, sure there were a few calm people here, but they were a minority.
He thought he made a good impression regardless. Plus, Alpha finally decided to surface again and speak for once.
You want details, right, right. I'll make sure to cut to the chase next time.
Ryuuto aimlessly walked around the halls of Hope's Peak Academy, hands kept in his pockets. Nothing around here was interesting him in the slightest. There was some Reserve Course he found out about, apparently some way to get into the school for people who didn't find their talents yet.
"That's a load of bullshit if you ask me. But you didn't hear that from me, m'kay?" Ah, there he was. Alpha, the ever-so-annoying nigh-omniscient God that only appeared when it benefitted him. "Oh shut up, how many times have I saved your ass in the past?"
"Not enough to have my respect, Priest or not. You keep sleeping, you lazy bastard." Ryuuto muttered, causing the God to pout as he manifested next to Ryu.
"C'mon, Ryu! I've helped you a lot haven't I?! You know I care about you, bro!" The God begged, causing Ryu to smirk at his look-alike God.
"Yeah, I know. I'm just messing with ya. I couldn't hate you." The Priest told Alpha, causing the being to sigh in relief, before glaring at him viciously.
"You almost gave me a heart attack, bro!"
"You don't even have a heart anymore! You're a non-corporeal ghost that uses me as a vessel!" Ryu shot back with a faint grin, causing the God to roll his eyes and ruffle up his hair.
"I'm gonna go back to sleep-"
"Asshole."
"-But I'm going to leave you with all my powers in the meantime." The God then paused, gaining a thoughtful look. "Scratch that, almost all my powers."
"Still an asshole." Ryu said, as Alpha shook his head and muttered something about 'ungrateful brats' before fading away again, returning to their soul to sleep like the lazy God he was.
With that aside, Ryu continued his journey to get used to Hope's Peak Academy and its maze of a campus, while also searching for his future classmates. As he made his way upstairs, he passed by a girl, with his senses going off like a stream of electricity being sent right through his body. She's about to trip down. Instantaneously, he turned around, extending his hand out. A dark blue glow surrounded his hand and the girl, stopping her from hitting the floor and allowing her to levitate.
Ryuuto sighed in relief as he pulled his arm up, pulling the girl up to his level using Gravity magic, which let him get a good look at her. He would have been lying if he said she wasn't somewhat attractive. He heard some laughter in the back of his mind, probably from Alpha using his life as 'bedtime entertainment'. "Oh, wow. You never call anyone attractive. Yep, I made the good call doing what I did."
'What the hell did you do, Alpha.' Ryu thought tiredly but only received more laughter as a response. Oh, sometimes he really hated his Lord/brother. He returned to looking over the girl, wanting to be sure she was fine. Let's see… she had unevenly cut purple hair, that's fine, Ryu supposed. She also had grey-purple eyes… no wait, they were a heterochromatic red and yellow-green… no wait it was back to purple.
'What the hell-' Ryu thought confusedly, before shaking the strange feeling that he felt as he stared into the girl's eyes. He then began to hear some whimpers and cries… which were coming from the girl. Craaaaaaaaap. "Uh, Miss… are you okay?"
"I'm sorryyyyyyyyyyyy!" The girl in the nurse's outfit apologized to him, as he released her from his (or really, Alpha's) Gravity magic's grip. "I-I wasted your time! P-please forgive me!" The girl bowed, causing Ryu to grow uncomfortable. He could sense her emotions and vaguely see her thoughts due to his powers as the Ultimate Priest of the Alpha, and he could tell that the girl was expecting him to lash out at her.
"It's fine! I couldn't just stand by and let someone get hurt on my watch anyway!" He tried to get the girl to calm down, a disarming yet nervous smile on his face. "My family always said I had some sort of hero complex, wanting to help anyone and everyone around me." He then put his hand out to the girl for a handshake, smiling at her slightly confused expression. "How about we introduce ourselves! My name's Ryutensei, a future student of Hope's Peak in Class 77-B! But please, call me Ryu!"
The girl seemed startled by his cheerful disposition, which he could reaffirm with her emotions. She didn't expect him to be nice to her, how depressing. She eventually caught up with the moment as she made an 'eep' like noise and straightened up. "M-my name is M-Mikan Tsumiki! I-I'm the Ultimate Nurse… A-and a future classmate of yours!" Mikan then bowed slightly again. "I-if it's alright… can I ask for permission to remember your name?"
"Oh?" Ryu tilted his head to the left in confusion. "Remember my name? You don't need permission to remember something like that, Mikan."
"Th-that's so kind of you, Ryu…" The girl giggled, a faint blush and a happy expression coming to her face. Oh god-
'Alpha, please tell me you didn't.'
"Okay then! I didn't!" The God cheerfully replied as Ryu could hear the munching of popcorn in the back of his mind.
'Liar. You did something.' Ryu scathingly thought, as Alpha snickered, munching on snacks in the background. '...Are you eating?'
"Yep. Not like you could stop me anyways." Alpha cheekily responded. "I'll answer your questions later, 'brother'. For now, just avoid looking weird and actually bond with people like Felicity told ya, 'kay?"
'Bitch.' Ryu thought, before focusing back on Mikan. "Don't mention it, just… being a decent human being and a good representative of The Alpha."
That caught the girl's attention again, as she looked up at him. "Alpha…? What's t-that?" The girl asked, still stuttering out of nervousness. Ryu smiled, seeing this as a chance to tell people about the Alpha. Despite how he casually called the God names, he genuinely cared about him and always loved telling people about the God, so he could grow in power and gain a following. He already had a good chunk of Morrowfield converted to The Alpha's Religion (Name Pending), with a few random followers across the globe. Why not continue spreading his name and word here, since he was the Ultimate Priest.
"Alpha isn't a what, but a who! It's the name of the God who inhabits and shares a body with me, the magical nigh-omniscient divine being who saved countless lives and gave me his power!" Ryu exclaimed, raising his arms to the sky as icicles formed above them. "Can't you see, Mikan? Applaud his magnificent power!"
"Y-yes, of course!" The poor girl squeaked, before clapping quickly. Damn, she still seemed to be scared of him. He sighed as he lowered his hands, the ice fading away and turning into icy blue mist, quickly dispersing.
"You don't need to be so scared of me, Mikan. We're classmates, and we should be friends and all that junk." Ryu waved his hand as he then looked at the nurse. "You said you're a future classmate of yours… do you know where the orientation will be?"
"A-ah, yes! P-please follow me!" Mikan said, before running off, with Ryu following close behind and making sure she didn't trip or anything like that. He could see that the girl was accident-prone.
'Why does it feel like I'm going to regret coming here?' Ryu thought tiredly, as he used Gravity magic to keep Mikan from slipping and landing on her back. What the hell did she even slip on anyway?
The gym was apparently where orientation would be taking place. It certainly looked ready for something like that, at the very least. He wasn't very interested in his surroundings though… and he was barely invested with the idea of befriending anyone. If it wasn't for the fact that Sister Felicity would be very disappointed with him if he didn't at least try to make any friends, he would have just stayed antisocial and away from the rest of his class.
But alas, he did have to ensure that he didn't get murdered by an angry mother figure (that was probably a joke). His eyes trailed across his fellow students of 77-B. 8 girls, 7 boys. 8 if you included him. All to make a perfect and even 16. 'So, these are the Ultimates, the best of the best…' He was barely interested in talking with any of them, as his mind, linked to Alpha's sleeping mind; could translate their appearances into basic outlines of anyone's personalities and Talents (if they had any) due to his nigh-omniscience. Useful, but he only got to use this when the God was asleep. Of course, Alpha knew about this, so he restricted it to things he felt like showing.
Today, Alpha seemed like forcing Ryu to socialize, since he was getting absolute blanks. He could know about anything else, like the worlds that Alpha saved, but he was getting nothing about his fellow classmates. 'Shit.' Ryu thought in annoyance as he got up from his chair and walked over to the rest of his class. 'Socialization, here I come.' He bitterly thought.
He was immediately intercepted by a tall and scrawny-looking man with pale, almost white hair and sicky pale skin; wearing casual clothing. Luckster, his mind whispered, giving him that hint of nigh-omniscience that Alpha was keeping from him. Interesting, what did luck have to do with this guy?
Apparently, everything.
"Ah, you've finally decided to join us! I was almost worried that we'd have a recluse for a classmate for a second there!" The man spoke with a smile. "I suppose I was wrong there!"
"Only thing keeping me from sitting back down and staying far away from the rest of you is the fact that my guardians would throw a fit if I didn't make any friends," Ryu dully said, crossing his arms over his chest. "Don't think I actually wanted to socialize."
"Ah… I suppose every Ultimate is different." The man sighed, though he was still smiling. "Do you mind if I ask for your name?"
"Does everyone in Japan act this formal?" Ryu muttered, feeling alienated from his home country due to being raised in Morrowfield. He then shook his head and smiled at the sickly-looking man that was to be his fellow student. "My name is Ryutensei, but please, call me Ryu. I am the Ultimate Priest."
The man quickly introduced himself as Nagito Komaeda, the Ultimate Lucky Student. Apparently, Hope's Peak had some sort of lottery they held every year to select one random ordinary student to join their school, given the title of the Ultimate Lucky Student. He had zero ideas why Luck was considered a Talent, but he wasn't the one running this school was he? Ryu was sure they had a reason for doing what they did… otherwise this was a stupid school. He certainly hoped they knew what they were doing.
"But still…" Nagito began again, catching Ryu's attention. "I've never heard of an Ultimate Priest… and your name hasn't popped up on any discussion boards." That caused Ryu to chuckle in amusement.
"Of course not. I'm not a public figure. I keep to myself, in my neighborhood typically." Ryu explained with a faint smile. "You might have heard of me in other ways though. Urban legends. I'm the Saint of Autumn."
"Wait, the same Saint of Autumn that healed an entire forest? The Miracle Worker?" Nagito's eyes lit up with recognition before he smiled and laughed. "Ah, such hope! We have the Saint of Autumn attending our school!"
"It's not that big of a deal." Ryu waved it off, not knowing how to deal with actual praise directed towards him. "I just like helping out the natural world, just like how it helped me."
"Ah, an advocate of nature! Truly, you deserve the title of the Saint of Autumn!" The Luckster then looked at his hands, an unreadable expression on his face. "Scum like me doesn't deserve to be in the same building as you, let alone share a classroom."
Wow, self-deprecating much? Ryu then looked around the gym again before looking at Nagito. "So, this is the entire class then?"
His lucky classmate seemed to have caught his gaze. "That's right! 16 students! The perfect number!" Nagito nodded, before smiling again. "If you'd like any help talking with the rest of the class, I'd be honored to assist such an honorable symbol of hope."
"Much appreciated… Komaeda-san." He really needed to get used to using Japanese terms, he wasn't in England anymore. He was back 'home', and he had to catch up quickly.
It was after introducing himself to his classmates, did he notice that the one thing he heard about Hope's Peak and their Ultimates was true. They all had their own quirks and eccentricities, things that made them unique. Aaaaaand most of them were batshit crazy.
The only sane ones he met was an Ultimate Gamer, an Ultimate Swordswoman, and an Ultimate Mechanic (though that last one was questionable). Mikan counted on that list of sane people, but he already met her, so she didn't really count.
Oh yeah, and there was a fight going on right now between the Ultimate Gymnast and the Ultimate Team Manager. He was trying his best to ignore it and stay far away, but the absurd shaking of the building was keeping him from going to sleep. Heck, it even woke up Alpha.
"GOD DAMNIT MAKE IT STOPPPP!" Alpha begged, groaning from within Ryu's mindscape. "JUST STOP IT OR I WILL!"
"Fine, but only because this is getting absurd." Ryu stood up and put his right hand out, blue auras surrounding Akane and Nekomaru. "Right, I've had enough of that. Both of you, down." He motioned his hand downwards, forcing the two to kneel. "We don't need the gym exploding on the first day."
"Ahhh!" Mikan grabbed his arm, forcing him to look at her. "Don't hurt them too much, Ryu!" At that, the Ultimate Priest rolled his eyes.
"They aren't going to be hurt unless they try to move." He replied to the easily frightened Nurse, eyes faintly glowing blue as he looked over at the two he caught in his magic. Ryu's eyes narrowed. These two were surprisingly powerful... for humans.
"Hey! What the hell is this all about!" Akane growled as she looked up at him. "Let me go already! I'm not done here!"
"And I say you are, so either calm down or you're staying like that until orientation finally begins." Ryu retorted, his eyes cold and focused. He could pick up on some confused and worried muttering around him from the rest of his classmates, mostly wondering how he was doing what he did.
"Kid's right, y'know! I would recommend listening to him, he's the more passive one here." Ryu sighed as he heard the familiar voice of the Talent Scout that brought him here, turning his head to look at Koichi.
"You took your sweet-ass time getting here, didn't you, drunkard?" Ryuuto said in a tired tone, causing the Talent Scout to laugh nervously.
"Well, I'm here now." Noticing he had caught everyone's attention, Koichi motioned for Ryu to release Nekomaru and Akane. With a tired eyeroll, he did so and turned to Koichi. "As many of you know, I'm Koichi Kizakura, a Talent Scout for Hope's Peak Academy. From this day forth, I'll be your homeroom teacher."
...He was going to regret coming here, wasn't he?