The sky was bright and cheerful, a severe contrast to a certain auburned-haired boy. He had a large scowl on his face that morning when he woke up to realize that his small roommate had, in fact, not come back to their room at any point the previous night.

He ignored the whispers of girly voices, glaring harshly if any of them tried to approach him. He was stalked to his classroom, the murmuring about a new students were lost on him as he sat in his seat, his finger tapping quickly on the table, ready to be taught something he already knew.

'What a goddamn pain, why the fuck do I have to be here and deal with annoying idiots, and annoying lovestruck girls, and an annoying roommate that doesn't come back to the fucking room.'

He rested his head in his hand and huffed angrily. The teacher walked to the front of the class and called for attention.

"Excuse me, class. Please go back to your assigned seats, I have something to announce." The professor watched as his students walked back to their seats, only when all eyes were on him, did he start talking again.

"We have a new student today that will be joining us for the rest of the semester. He was studying abroad in Plairus until now so I hope you can still welcome him to your class." The teacher motioned to the new student to come in. Chevel walked in, his face calm except for the slight annoyance when his eyes spot Dirod, the eldest Artian.

"Mr. Hadelio, please sit next to Mr. Baldwin. Mr. Baldwin, please raise your hand."

The professor's words were lost on the auburn-haired boy, Shicmuon's mind still distracted on his roommate.

"Mr. Baldwin…?" The professor frowned at the boy who was lost in thoughts. Dirod turned around and tapped on Shicmuon's desk, getting a scowl as a reward for his actions. Despite some of the students looking away from the grouchy boy, the brunette did not react to the harshness of the glare.

"The teacher is trying to talk to you" He smiled politely at Shic.

"Did anyone ever tell you that your smile is disgustingly fake?" The auburned-haired boy put his head in his hand as he looked at Dirod who frowned and turned back around. There was a loud burst of laughter, everyone's heads switching from Shicmuon to the new student up at the front. Chevel laughed at the blunt words and he walked to his seat.

"He's right, I'm glad someone else realized it." Chevel grinned at Shicmuon who glanced at him.

"Noisy." Shicmuon spoke and looked away from the blond-haired boy. Chevel's eye twitched in annoyance and looked away from the unfriendly boy next to him.

Despite the disruption, the class went on without a hitch.

In a classroom in another part of the building, the younger Hadelio was being introduced to the class.

"Class, this is Ibriel Hadelio. She was studying in Plairus but I hope you will welcome her as you have welcomed Mr. Chrishi." Khan smiled at his students who observed the blonde.

Ibriel smiled brightly at Lidusis and waved at him and he gave a small smile as well as a little wave in reply. Some of the students looked at Lidusis and back to the new student in wonder.

"Ah, Miss. Hadelio, please sit in front of Mr. Artian please." He said as he noticed the friendliness between the two.

"Okay!" The smile never left her face as she walked to Lidusis, a glow could almost be seen radiating from her. She stopped in front of Lidusis's desk and grinned.

"I bet you didn't think I was coming this early!" Ibriel's voice was bright as she spoke and the shy boy gave a soft smile.

"I thought you were going to wait a day or so but I'm glad you're here." As Lidusis smiled kindly Rood watched curiously.

The golden haired girl's skirt swished as she turned around to address her classmates.

"I want everyone to know that Lidusis is my friend and if anyone tries to bully him, me and my brother will make you regret it!" Her grin was as much full of confidence as the hand on her hip, her determination to protect the shy boy leaking from her posture and words.

Rood gave a nod, pleased to have another ally to protect head started to pound a bit, a headache forming all of a sudden. As he watched her sit down in her proper seat, Rood's mind began to slip.

'I wonder what he is doing…' Rood thought of him, the auburn haired boy who sat lazily in his seat with not a care in the world.

'I hate this class and I hate that old bastard.' Shic thought, daydreaming of ways to get his revenge at the association for making him go to this damn school.

"So now, let's talk about your group project. In a group of three, you will work out how to make your own magic crystal, and by crystal, I mean one found in nature as opposed to our communication crystals and the like. Of course, this project is merely theoretical. Does anyone want to tell me why?" The professor looked around the classroom for a raised hand or possibly his next victim.

'No one wants to tell you why. They're either too stupid to know or just don't give a fuck.' With his hand holding up his head, the auburn-haired boy glared at the teacher in annoyance. It was then that the teacher chose the new transfer student as his victim.

"Mr. Hadelio?" He looked at the golden-haired boy with a bright smile on his face. Chevel looked up and sighed.

"Because Magic crystal's found in nature have a different constitution than the ones that are made for communication or recording."

"That is correct, a natural magic crystal has the ability to hold magic yet the way nature forms such crystals is still unknown to today's scientists."

Shic rolled his eyes and looked back at the textbook on his desk. 'And yet, still, nobody cares. What a shock.'

Time flew by as the teacher droned on about natural forming science crystals, but unsurprisingly, who the groups were, did not come up until the end of class.

"Ah, that's right. Sorry class, I almost forgot about telling you your partners!" The professor gave a booming laugh, his students simply rolled their eyes. This was a natural occurrence for the class.

'You know, there's a legend saying that if you shut the fuck up, you wouldn't be so annoying.' Shicmuon thought, with an annoyed huff.

The teacher told the class their groups, yet it wasn't until the last group, that anyone was dissatisfied with their partner.

"And the last group will be Mr. Hadelio, Mr. Artian and Mr. Baldwin."

While Dirod didn't show it, he was displeased to have to be partnered with the monster lover and the mindless idiot. Chevel was annoyed to be partnered with the asshole Artian and the unfriendly asshole. Shicmuon thought the whole project itself was stupid and was annoyed to have to deal with anyone. He'd have rathered he was partnered with no one.

And then the bell rang.

Rood stood up and stretched, his back making a loud crack. Others around him gave a cringe while Dio gave him a dirty look.

"That's gross Rood. Cracking your back is nasty."

"Gross like your sleeping and eating habits?"

"Hey!" Like the overdramatic boy he was, the blue-haired boy looked at Rood with tears in his eyes. The smaller boy rolled his eyes as he rubbed his forehead, as his head began to give quiet throb. Ibriel on the other hand had gone straight to Lidusis's desk.

"It's been so long since I've seen you! Have you made any friends? I know you're very shy and all but it has already been a semester, surely you've made some friends right?" Her golden hair shone a little as it was flipped over her shoulder. The shy boy she was talking to blushed. Rood looked at them and snorted.

"Shy is an understatement. It was a little difficult trying to befriend him. He was too worried about me rather than himself."

"R-Rood.." Lidusis looked at him worriedly, not wanting his old friend to know about being called a monster. Rood looked at Lidusis and nodded.

"My name is Rood, I'm Lidusis's friend." Rood gave a polite smile to Ibriel who tipped her head curiously.

" Why would Lidusis be worried?" She asked, a dainty finger being placed on her lip. Lidusis glanced at Rood quickly before looking back at Ibriel.

"Because he worries far too much about nothing and places everyone else before himself." the blond haired boy gave a casual shrug. Dio nodded and put his hand on his hip.

"Him being bullied di-" Dio was quickly cut off by a swift quick to the kneecap. He fell with a loud thump, his classmates looking back to see what that came from as well as the whine the childish boy gave as he sat up.

"What was that for?!"

"Talking too much you idiot."

"Hey…" Dio sat in a corner, his lower lip wobbling.

"Bullying? Lidusis who's bullying you? I'll tell big bro and he will take care of them!" The fearless girl crossed her arms, since on her previous words to the class, to make sure that her gentle friend was not being harmed in anyway..

"N-no! You… you can't… please…." Lidusis said looking down and his desk. Ibriel frowns but let's a soft sigh escape as she gives in.

"Fine, but you have to explain it later in full detail okay?" With a small smile, Lidusis nods to his friend's demand and gets out of his seat.

"We should go to our next class…" Lidusis spoke as he walked to Dio and placed a gentle hand on Dio's shoulder. The blue-haired boy looked up, wiping tears away from his eyes. Lidusis gave the childish boy a sweet smile.

"Hey Lidusis… are you an angel?" Dio's eyes sparkled while Rood gave it some thought.

"Actually I wouldn't be surprised if he was an angel quite frankly. If anyone would be an angel in disguise it'd probably be Lidusis. Maybe you do have a brain after all Dio."

"Hey! Stop being so mean…!"

Ibriel laughed as the tall boy in question blushed and shook his head. After all, him? An angel?

"What is our next class anyway?" A smile was still on her face as she turned to the others. Dio stood up, gloom suddenly forming around him again.

"Physical education….." He said, a dramatic darkness being added to those two words.

"The only reason you don't like physical education is because you're lazy." Rood said, a frown on his face.

"Lazy and proud Rood. I know I've dropped my motivation but I just don't feel like picking it up." Dio crossed his arms, the pride being clear on his face.

Rood rolled his eyes as he walked to the classroom door, sighing at such immaturity.

"Let's just start heading to the gym. I don't want to lose anymore brain cells listening to Dio be stupid."

"Hey!"

Many students were complaining about the newly acquired gym outfits. Rood couldn't help but agree with them as he looked down at it.

"I feel like my shirt is stuck completely to my skin. Is this even a shirt? Why must it be a semi-turtleneck? That's weird... At least the pants are normal…" As he looked up, he notices the group of Hereis walking in which included, to his displeasure, Shicmuon. The girls all flushed at the sight of the auburn-haired boy, their murmurs started to get on the blond haired boy's nerves.

"Look at Baldwin! He's so… fit."

"He's unbelievably handsome…!"

The murmuring continued and got…. quite terrifying to which we will discluded to save our poor reader's minds. A boy even spoke up about his attractiveness, causing the girls to look at him confused.

"I don't need to be gay to know when a guy is spicy hot." The male student crossed his arms with a huff.

Ibriel lit up at the sight of her brother, surrounded by childhood friends he made when he traveled with his father.

"Cheveeeeeeel~!" She waved her arm sporadically, a giant grin on her face.

The golden-haired brother looked up and smiled at the sight of his sister. A certain purple-haired boy had his normal mischievous smile on his face as he saw Chevel wave at Ibriel.

"Aw, your sister-complex is showing!" Linus laughed cheerfully, as Chevel scowled at his friend.

"I don't have a sister complex! " He glared at the mischievous boy while his little sister giggled and Lidusis smiled when he walked up to them.

"Ah, Lidusis. You're not being bullied right? Have you made any friends yet? You're not letting people like your brother walk all over you right? I know you tend to do that… Have-" The barrage of questions was only stopped when Ibriel started to laugh.

"Why are you laughing at me? Stop."

"I can't help it! You're being an overprotective brother!" Even her hand that was covering her mouth couldn't stop the giggles from escaping. Lidusis, who was trying to quickly answer each question as they came up, smiled brightly.

"Well someone has to be an overprotective brother. God knows he isn't." The golden-haired boy gave a glare to the brunet that was surround by a group of friends. Shicmuon, who stood nearby, raised an eyebrow and looked at Dirod until he noticed a certain Idun and started walking towards him.

Rood stood there wondering what the word to describe the currently missing teacher when Shicmuon walked up. It was that moment that the teacher walked, a bright smile on her face.

"Hey Roomie-" The taller boy looked down at his roommate and started to speak when he was interrupted

"Looking great kids!' She smiled brightly at the students, wearing the same style of clothings the students.

"A pervert teacher." Rood said firmly, his fist plopping down on his palm. Shic frowned and looked at Rood weirdly.

"What the fuck?" The confusion was clear on Shic's face when Rood looked up at him.

"Huh? Oh. It's you. What do you want."

"You didn't go back to your room last night." Shic said frowning, ignoring the teacher that had began to explain what they were doing.

"I stayed the night in my friend's room. We played games. Why does it matter to you anyway." Shicmuon moved to open his mouth in reply however he was interrupted again by the teacher with information that caught his attention.

"There will be four groups in total, Hereis males and Idun males as well female Hereis and female Idun teams. The males will go against males and females against females." Rood frowned as he listened.

"Isn't that a bit unfair?" a student spoke up with his hand raised, "We are just Iduns."

"This is a test of physical strength not magic so It doesn't matter."

"But most of the hereis are older than us…"

"Stop being whiny and let's get the show on the road! Girls stand to the side of the room. Guys will go first." The physical education teacher clapped her hands loudly and walked to the side of the room. She took ball after ball out of a semi-large metal basket and threw them into middle of the large gym room.

The two male teams split up on either side of the room. Rood picked up a ball, frowning at it in displeasure.

'Why must it be so hot in here?' Rood wondered as he looked around at his classmates. Lidusis also had a small frown on his face which was likely because his brother was glaring at him from across the room. Rood narrowed his eyes. He decided then who his first victim was. Dio, on the other hand was panicking.

"R-rood what are we going to do?! We might be some of the first targets because of- Rood are you listening?" Dio watched Rood walk away from him, "What am I, the terms and conditions?!"

"Now start!" As the professor yelled, the game began to set into motion. Rood took aim, gauged how hard he should throw it and threw the ball at Dirod.

With a surprised yelp it hit him with hard thump on his chest and became the first victim of the game. As a few weak people got out, like Dio, the game began to slow.

Dio had jumped in front of a ball aimed for Rood, his aim to protect him.

"Dio, you know I could have easily dodged that."

"Oh…."

"Thanks though." Rood turned and focused back on the game as Dio grinned.

"I knew you had a nice side!" The blue-haired boy cheered happily as he walked to the side-lines.

It was then that Rood realized that someone had their eyes set on getting him out. He looked up and Shicmuon had a ball in his hands and a smirk on his face.

Rood gave a slight smile and a nod. This was when the real game began. Balls were thrown quickly at the others, both Shicmuon and Rood dodging with aimed for the other students to get out before they focused on one another. It was when the two were one on one when Rood started sweat, the temperature seeming to rise.

Shicmuon frowned as he noticed that the Idun started to slow down in speed. Rood got slower and slower until he came to a complete stop. The other stopped as well when the auburn-haired boy came to realize that something was very wrong.

The room was almost pitch black, the only light being a few candles that hardly gave view to the meeting table with cloaked men. It was utterly ridiculous to have their identities hidden seeing as each person knew exactly who the other was, but perhaps it was for the possibility of having someone barge in. Although, that was unlikely with the guards and traps that were set up along the way to keep any possible visitors away.

"And we are sure that there has been a sighting of the boy?" A woman's soft voice spoke from one cloaked figure.

"Yes. He was traveling when he was sighted." A cloaked man gave a nod as he looked at the woman.

"And you didn't think to trail him?!" A man slammed his fist on the table as he looked at the man. A snake-like woman cackled from somewhere in the room, watching as the argument began between the rivals.

"Of course we did you idiot! Our man was quickly wiped out!"

"How pathetic must your men be for them to be wiped out?" The snake-like woman finally spoke, the taunt in her voice clear.

"EVERYONE!" A commanding voice filled the room quickly from the center of the table. All arguing came to a full stop just as it began. Once the room was silent the voice began to talk.

"We have no need for arguing and it will only get us further from our purpose! We must work together if we wish for our plans to work. We are not up against a weak opponent nor does our enemy have no allies. We must be as strong and as manipulative as our opposition and their friends. We must look together for clues." The leader lifted a finger to point to each individual as they ordered specific people separately.

"You look up airplane flights and you look through security cameras. Once either of you find a lead, tell the others so we can have another meeting and decide what to do from there."

The group gave a collective nod, and simultaneously vanished, the dust settling around as though no one had been there to begin with.