Renjou pressed on the door bell next to a large gate.

Today was finally the opening ceremony they've been waiting for. Right now, he was waiting for his childhood friend to show up.

Yotsuba, contrary to what he might seem to be like, was a tardy student. Renjou was the one who always came by to drag him out, but the former was the one actually elected as student council president in their middle school, while the latter became the secretary.

But Renjou had no complaints. After all, he was the one who gathered his friend's supporters. It was common knowledge within their school that the pair would often pit the other into getting the most troublesome jobs, and so far Renjou was winning.

It was quite a sight for the students. Both candidates had recommended each other instead of themselves before the election day. And the first thing Yotsuba decided to say in his speech after he won was: "Screw you all".

Fortunately, he managed his president role very well despite his constant angry mutterings.

They had a very interesting friendship.

It didn't take long for the gates to open. Renjou walked inside like he owned the place, passing through a large fountain decorating the entrance and into a large mansion.

Different from him, Yotsuba's family was stinking rich. Their houses were next to each other, but the fact that the other's house took up at least three houses — including the gardens — worth of space showed a big contrast between their families.

Despite that, Renjou didn't envy his friend a single bit.

Unlike Renjou, Yotsuba's parents worked overseas and only returned twice a year. Moreover, he was also an only child, different from him who had two other siblings.

In that large mansion, Yotsuba lived there by himself, along with several workers and the head butler, who was already old.

When he got into the lobby, Renjou was surprised to see the boy already in uniform, leaving from the dining room with the head butler following behind.

"Did you fall down from the bed today or something? You're actually early for once." He mused.

Yotsuba glared at him, but didn't deny it, telling him that he had indeed fallen down from the bed that morning. This friend of his didn't know how to lie.

"Two days ago, I taught Azuma a bit about gadgets." He said as he walked to the shoe rack and took his pair of shoes. "He made an alarm clock."

"Aaaaah." Renjou immediately understood, nodding approvingly at the old butler, who chuckled.

"You're already in high school, Young Master. You can't always be late." Azuma spoke up, shaking his head before he turned towards the other young man. "I truly am grateful to you, Master Renjou. If not for you, surely the young master would keep missing his classes."

"Oh, no no. You had it tougher than me, Sir, having to take care of this troublesome brat every single day." Renjou replied as he gave him a pitying look.

"I'm still here!" Yotsuba snapped.

"I know." He grinned.

Azuma chuckled amusedly at the bickering pair as they began to leave the mansion. Then, he closed the door.

Yukibara Academy was known to be extravagant, but they never thought that it would be this extreme.

When they passed the intricately made school gates, made of white metal, a passage way immediately greeted them. It was a bridge of white wood decorated by green plants and blue flowers, roses, in a tunnel-like manner. On the left and right sides were water, surrounding the school like an island.

The school building itself was huge, its walls white while the roof was blue. The school logo, a blue rose with two small leaves sticking out of it, was carved on the top center side of the school. The glass windows on the building reflected the surrounding scenery, none of them see through. It looked like a combination of modern and victorian.

On first sight, people would've thought that this was a private school meant for the rich. But instead of admiring it like the others, Yotsuba found it strange instead.

Passing the bridge, Yotsuba did a few light knocks on the handrail. It made a suprisingly airy sound, just like he expected.

'Cheap wood.' He noted. 'They must've coated this in something.'

To confirm his suspicions, he also did a few taps on the wooden planks using his foot. It felt a bit too hard for wood, nor did it make a natural sound wood would usually make.

'... Normal ground.' He deadpanned. 'This is high level painting.'

The other students walking near them on the wide 'bridge' didn't notice him, still marvelling at the school's magnificent appearance.

Gazing at the building, he mentally shook his head.

'What a scam.'

When they reached the school building, the opening ceremony had yet to begin, so they decided to go check where their classes were at the announcement board near the teacher's office.

Surprisingly for Yotsuba, the school interior looked well kept. He wondered if they had decided to focus on the inside of the building rather than the outside to keep the expenses to a minimum. The floor was squeaky clean, sparkling from the light, and the walls had no single crack.

While the blonde-haired boy was observing their surroundings, his friend suddenly poked his shoulder to gain his attention.

"Yocchan! Your name is right at the top!" Renjou exclaimed, pointing at his name on the board.

Yotsuba narrowed his eyes.

"So?"

"Don't you know? The names here are written in order depending on the points you got during the entrance exam. That means you ranked first!"

"Huh." He paused, staring at his name. "That's funny. Didn't I make those two proctors faint before?"

For some reason, Yotsuba had a very ominous feeling about this school.

"Maybe this means they saw your talent! I'm glad for you, Yocchan!" His friend grinned.

He didn't feel glad the least bit.

"Oh, this person..." The brown-haired boy suddenly mumbled, pointing at a name directly below Yotsuba's. "'Runa Karuizawa'... She's a famous one, that girl."

"You know her?"

"As expected, you didn't see the news at all, did you?" Renjou shook his head. "Around a year ago, some villains attacked a local pharmacy. Fortunately, the heroes managed to subdue them quickly, but one of the villains had a poison gas quirk, and the people inside were affected by it. It was her who saved them. There were different kinds of opinions running around in the media, mostly about her being too reckless. Regardless, she did manage to save them and there were no accidents in the end." he explained, smirking. "I think you'll have a good rival this time."

"Rival?" Yotsuba snorted. "I never tried to compete with anyone. You guys were the ones spreading weird rumors about me. Speaking of that, I still remember that one time you told everyone that I'll be giving ten thousand yen to anyone who hugged me."

"Ah, yes. That one was hilarious."

"Akatsuka..."

"What's that? I think that's the bell ringing! To the auditorium!"

"I'm not deaf! What bell?! Come back here, damn you-!!"

They ended up getting scolded by a teacher after Renjou crashed into a pillar.

In the auditorium, he and Renjou went to sit at the back row. The seating area they were in was reserved for the support and hero course. Their potential classmates were there, but they were all scattered and they had no way to find out who was in which course. Since they were going to meet them all later anyway, they didn't mind it too much.

But Yotsuba couldn't keep his eyes off a certain something sitting a few seats in front of them. Like him, Renjou was doing the same.

There, sitting in front of them with its metallic glory, was a dark green humanoid shaped robot. It was wearing their school uniform, sitting there just like a normal student.

"That must be his quirk, right? I don't think the teachers would let him wear that if it was a costume." Renjou whispered quietly.

"Most likely. So... a mutant?" Yotsuba remarked.

"Damn. That's such a cool quirk."

Yotsuba blankly stared at his friend, whose eyes were beginning to sparkle.

Just a while ago, he was hyping at him from seeing a fellow student with dragon-like wings and had a similar reaction. Said student was sitting right beside him. Luckily, Renjou hadn't noticed, or else he'd start making a scene.

He was sitting right in the middle, damn it.

He hoped that those two were both in the hero course. He wouldn't be able to handle his friend's insanity if they weren't. If that happens, his school life would be hell. Renjou was already crazy enough as he was now.

He didn't have time to dwell on it. Shortly after they sat down, the principal came up on stage with his arms crossed behind his back.

The old man took his sweet time walking up the steps, reaching the pedestal and tapped onto the mike a few times to check if it was working. He coughed a few times, then spoke.

"Good morning, students. I am your principal, Terauchi Ita. I congratulate you all for passing the entrance exams. Welcome to Yukibara High."

Claps began to reverberate throughout the room.

"Now, at this moment I'm supposed to be giving a speech... but my back will start aching if I stay here for that long. So, I had my speech recorded instead. Sir Omoda, if you please..."

Yotsuba stared in disbelief as he watched a teacher actually bring out a screen projector to the stage. Before long, a large screen suddenly appeared and played out a video of the principal's speech.

In that video, the principal looked younger than he was now. He suspected that the principal had been showing this video for at least ten years.

Meanwhile, while the video was playing, the principal had the mind to sip tea as he sat aside on a seat they prepared.

("In this school... We highly appreciate freedom, within certain limits, and friendship! We accept differences, and support variety. For the support course! If, your ideas of support are different from the others... do it! We do not mind it at all! On the contrary, what you have thought of might be exactly what the world now needs! For the hero course! If... ")

Yotsuba stared at the video and glanced at the old principal on stage, who was already dozing off with his head swaying back and forth. The contrast between the spirited principal in the video and the principal now was terrifying.

Glancing around, he saw that several of the students were watching the speech seriously, including Renjou, while the rest took out their phones and were ignoring it entirely.

Sighing, he sat back and decided to watch the video, just in case if there would be anything important later on.

"Oh, hell no."

Yotsuba began to feel faint. Sitting next to each other on the right side of the class were those two students: the robot and the one with wings.

He could practically see his friend's sparkling aura, despite it not really happening.

"They're here! They're here! Yocchan, this is great!" Renjou grinned as his hands turned into raised fists in excitement. "This is gonna be an awesome class! I can feel it!"

The blonde-haired boy didn't respond. He was busy stressing over the rest of their classmates.

There was a boy with cat ears and a tail patting a metallic animal resembling a leopard. The animal was purring against him, blocking the way between the two desks.

At the corner of the room was complete darkness, hiding whatever it is within it.

In the middle of the class, four students were chatting.

"– and so, I impulsively just had to say... 'YEET, SUCKERS!'" A blonde girl on a wheelchair exclaimed aloud as she fist pumped the air.

"Yeet! YEET! Damn it! I wanted to see that!" A red-haired girl was laughing hysterically, repeatedly hitting the table.

"Must'a been quite a sight! Oh, were they okay tho'?" A chubby boy asked, rubbing his chin that had a thin beard covering most of his face.

"That sounds dangerous." A curly black-haired boy chuckled. "But it seems you guys had fun."

"Oh, we sure di— Hey! New people!" The wheelchair girl said, driving her chair to the door as she stopped right before the two boys, her ponytail whipping along due to her speed. "Whassup!" She waved her hand. "You guys took pretty long. Seen the rest of our classmates out there?"

Seeing that his friend was still mumbling incoherent words with a pale face, Renjou turned back to the girl before them and brightly smiled, undoubtedly in a good mood.

"Nah, we didn't. They haven't arrived yet?" He asked.

"Yuppers! There's only the eight of us so far. Ten, if we count the both of you!" She grinned as she slightly tilted her head, doing a horizontal peace sign next to her face. "So what's up with your friend over there?"

"Aaahhh, he's..." He trailed off for a second. "... just lost his pet cat. Don't mind him."

The boy with the leopard suddenly looked up and gazed at Yotsuba with sympathetic eyes.

"I have no cat." Yotsuba hissed.

The cat boy paused, returning back to playing with his leopard.

"Details, details." Renjou shook him off. "Say, which tables are still empty so far?"

It took a while before the rest of the class were filled in.

Yotsuba and Renjou sat right behind the robot and the winged student, courtesy of Renjou.

It didn't take long for their homeroom teacher to arrive. But at the moment she was still stuck at the door way, talking to someone who was quite obviously her husband.

"Dear, your class is still waiting for you." The woman helplessly said, her cheeks red with embarrassment. "We'll continue at lunch break, alright?"

"Class can wait. You're more important." They heard someone say, unable to see who it was since their teacher was blocking the way. "But fine... I'll see you at lunch."

'Damn it. An idiot couple.' Yotsuba deadpanned.

They could barely see a hand lightly flicking the woman's forehead before hearing footsteps walking away. The purple-haired woman coughed a few times to get rid of the blush on her face, then turned to the class.

"Sorry for that..." She shyly smiled. "I'm Kikuta Seo. I'll be your homeroom teacher for this year. Since this is just our first day... I was thinking of choosing our class representative first, along with the vice. You guys already got acquainted while I was away, yes?"

There were cumulative nods, while others voiced out their confirmations. A few made teasing gestures and winks towards the teacher, causing her to blush again at the reminder that she was terribly late. She began to cough again.

"W... Well! Is there anyone who wants to volunteer?" she asked.

"Teacher!" Renjou raised his hand. "I have the perfect candidate for class prez!"

"Don't you dare..." Yotsuba quietly growled, knowing what was in his mind. The brown-haired boy merely sent him a smug glance as if saying, 'Oh, I dare'.

"I nominate Yocchan!" He declared, standing up to do a dramatic pose with both arms to gesture towards the boy sitting beside him.

"Damn you, Renjou!!" Yotsuba snarled. "Wha– Teacher! My name isn't 'Yocchan'!"

Kikuta didn't seem to mind him as she finished writing 'Yocchan' on the board and turned to face the class once again with a smile.

"Anyone else wants to volunteer? Or nominate someone?" she asked cheerfully.

"Renjou! I nominate Renjou!" Yotsuba clenched his fist tightly.

"Don't vote for me, everyone! Vote for Yocchan, this angry duck!"

"Now you're asking for a death wish!! "

"Oh, he does resemble a duck." A student with messy black hair, sitting in the previously dark corner, nodded to himself.

"HAHAH! He agrees!"

"Shut up! Damn it, both of you!!"

"Anyone else wants to volunteer?" The teacher ignored the bickering pair and asked once again after writing 'Renjou' on the white board. "No one? Then, let's begin voting! All in favor of 'Yocchan' raise your hands!"

In the end, Yotsuba became the class president while Renjou became the vice.

...I had too much fun with this. *coughs*

I still lack OCs, so I'll be prolonging the deadline to April 19th :'D

While I wait for the OCs, I'll introduce the current OCs I got slowly. Keep the submissions rolling, y'all!

Thanks for reading~