Author's Note:
I haven't written in a while, and Anime School Forever had a huge update. Now it's called Anime School Life, and introduce a ton of new features, like a school name (Monogatari High), and a new school club (the literature club). So, naturally, there might be some consistency issues with world-building in the story. Just a heads up. Okay, continue…
It was once again another bright morning at Anime Academy. Keith had arrived to class early, and was waiting patiently in the classroom. Students began to walk into the room one by one, until one of them caught Keith's eye, a student with a head of half icy blue hair and half snowy white hair, and a dark expression. Keith immediately stood up from his seat.
"Klein?!" Keith called out.
"Hey, bro," the student replied with a devious smirk.
The teacher walked into the classroom and settled down the students before introducing Klein as a new student to the rest of the class. Keith couldn't take his eyes off of him. His brother had just transferred to his school. Klein walked slowly down the rows of tables and sat a seat across from Keith right next to Amber.
"Hey, new kid. Find a new seat. This one's taken," Amber growled hostilly.
Klein said nothing.
Frustrated, Amber grabbed Klein by the collar, but before Amber could do anything else, Klein grabbed a tight hold of Amber's wrist and casually pulled her hand off his collar. Visibly astonished, Amber clenched her left fist and punched Klein squarely in the face. The entire class, even the teacher, went silent as Klein remained standing indifferently with Amber's fist still on his in contact with his face. Slowly, Klein released Amber's right arm and grabbed on tightly onto Amber's left wrist. Amber stood in shock as Klein's expression darkened. And in an instant and with a swift maneuver, Klein swept Amber off balance and flipped her mid-air and onto chest, putting most of his weight on her back and pinning her defenselessly onto the ground. The class held their breath. The strongest girl in school just got her butt handed to her by some new kid.
"Lemme go!" Amber demanded, struggling fruitlessly under Klein's pin.
"And why should I do that?" Klein asked, bringing his face close to Amber's ear, "Besides, I think the floor would be a better seat for you than on a desk like a civilized human being."
Amber went silent before struggling harder and growling aggressively at Klein.
"Klein! Stop it!" Keith spoke up in panic, "That's enough! You can't just start trouble on your first day of school!"
Klein looked up at Keith sternly before his expression melted into disappointment.
"Why the heck not?" Klein complained, "She started it."
Keith hid his face in his hand wishing hard that he wasn't Klein's brother before looking back up and replying.
"Klein, please," Keith said with a sigh, "There's a seat right behind me. You can sit there. Just… leave Amber alone."
Klein let out a sigh of defeat and stepped off of Amber's back. Seizing the opportunity, Amber sprung off of the ground and launched herself at Klein, determined to bring him down with a punch loaded with all of her strength. But like before, the minute the punch made contact, Klein was still unfazed, standing idly as if he had only been struck by a gentle breeze.
Amber was now beyond angry. She began striking Klein rapidly, concentrating all her strength into each and every blow. Shockwaves erupted from each strike and the entire school building began to tremble. But after the onslaught ended, the result was still the same. At the center of the nearly wrecked classroom, Klein stood still with his hands casually in his pockets.
"I hope you're done. This place is already a mess as it is," Klein remarked with a careless stare.
Amber stood panting and struggling to hide her obvious fatigue, "Not… done… yet… you-"
"A-Amber! That's enough!" The teacher finally spoke up from behind is displaced podium, "We have to start class. If you have a problem with the new student, we can talk about it after class, but disrupting class like this is not appropriate.
"Tch," Amber and Klein both acknowledged the teacher's words and took their seats as far away from each other as possible. Keith sat back down in his seat and covered his head with his notebook. Why did you have to come here, Klein? Keith thought in embarrassment.
Soon, the bell rang for break, and Keith immediately rushed down to the fountain to meet up with Ethan. However, on his way out to the courtyard, Keith felt a tug on his hood and turned around to see his older brother looming over him. Lucky dude. Why does he get to be so much taller than me? We're barely a year apart! Keith thought enviously.
"W-What's up, bro?" Keith said with a sheepish smile.
"It's been a while since we talked. How're you doing?" Klein asked monotonously.
"Um, pretty okay, I guess," Keith replied, "So, how're things with you? Having fun out there in the big, bad world?
Klein said nothing.
"Um, we don't have to talk about it if you don't want to. Sorry," Keith said backing out of the conversation.
"No, no. It's alright. Things have been pretty normal ever since mom and dad kicked me out," Klein began, "Hard to believe, but living out on the streets ain't so bad, that is if people are afraid of you that is."
Keith gave Klein an sheepish smile and began walking with him to the courtyard. Keith didn't know how to reply. He never knew how to reply to Klein. He didn't know what it was. On one end of the spectrum, Keith was proud of his brother, maybe even envious, for how strong and resilient he was, and looked up to him in hopes to becoming as tough as he was one day as well. However, on the other end of the spectrum, Keith was afraid of his brother, his recklessness, uncontrollable nature, and his tendency to cause chaos wherever he went. Klein was the exact opposite of Keith, the yang to his yin. And unlike how Keith had inherited his mother's fox-like characteristics, Klein had inherited their father's unrivaled strength and physical durability. He was practically a walking fortress.
The two brothers finally walked out into the courtyard and went up to the fountain where Ethan stood waiting.
"Oh, hey! There you are," Ethan said greeting Keith with a casual smile, "Who's the tall guy standing next to you? I've never seen him around here before."
"Oh, Ethan! I want you to meet, Klein," Keith said putting an arm on Klein's shoulder, "He's my older brother. Klein, this is Ethan. He's practically my best friend."
Klein said nothing. Instead, he stared intently into Ethan's eyes with a stern expression.
"He doesn't seem right. He's hiding something," Klein said sternly.
Keith and Ethan froze. Ethan stared up at Klein, unable to reply.
"H-Huh?" Ethan finally uttered. Klein said nothing, continuing to stare into Ethan's nervous eyes.
"Blue Head!" a voice called out aggressively from behind Klein.
Klein turned around slightly to see Amber standing angrily by the door.
"What do you want, blondie?" Klein said casually.
Amber growled at the Klein, and stomped over, cracking the concrete with every step.
"Oh, boy…" Ethan breathe out, "This won't be good."
Amber stopped inches from Klein and glared up at him.
"I'm going to break every bone in your body," Amber growled with fury in her eyes.
"Heh, go on and try, little lady," Klein replied with a confident smirk.
"You, son of a-" Amber swung at Klein with all her might, planting her fist firmly into Klein's chest.
"Oh, you can do better than that," Klein flicking her fist of his chest, "What happened to all that fire I saw before?"
Enraged, Amber swung once more, putting every last drop of her strength into her strike, but it was all in vain. The minute Amber's fist got close enough to Klein, he grabbed onto her fist and used the momentum to slam her forcefully onto the ground, and pinned her down with his foot. With her strength exhausted, Amber could hardly struggle against Klein's pin.
"Klein, no…" Keith whined, "You can't keep doing this. You'll get in trouble."
"Butt out, wimp!" Amber roared out, trying hard to push herself off the ground. Keith instinctively retreated a little, remembering how Amber had beat him over time and time again.
Seeing Keith's retreat somehow lit a fire in Klein's eye, "Oh… I get it now…"
Klein looked down sternly at Amber who struggled to deliver a hateful glare at up at Klein, "The classic bully turned victim scenario. How does it feel now, little lady?"
"Shut up! Just shut up!" tears began to swell up in Amber's eye as she struggled helplessly against Klein's weight.
"Klein! That's enough. Please stop!" Keith begged tugging on Klein's jacket.
"Tch," Klein stepped off of Amber and pulled her up by her wrist, "If I catch you near my brother, I guarantee you, I'll make sure you never walk again."
Klein let go of Amber's wrist and let her stumble pathetically back onto her feet. The bell for the next class finally rung, and Keith pulled Klein away, leaving Amber alone next to the fountain to stare silently.
The next class was literature, which was one of Keith's favorite classes. However, it was made a bit less fun with Klein hanging around. Instead of reading or writing, Klein was being his usual destructive self, walking around and knocking books out of the bookshelves as he walked around the classroom. The entire class watched speechlessly as Klein casually knocks one book after the other to the floor. Finally, someone spoke up.
"Hey, what do you think you're doing?!" It was the school council president, Astra, "Are you gonna pick that up, or what?"
Klein pause, staring at Astra for a minute, before smacking another book off the shelf.
"Oh, that is it, mister," Astra began furiously writing down something on her notepad before tearing out the page and holding it up to Klein's face, "You just got yourself a pass to the principal's office."
The entire room gasped. The principal at Monogatari High was notorious for giving out the terrible punishments to misbehaving students, but hardly anyone's ever been sent to the principal's office until now. Everyone stared at Klein waiting to see his next move. With a casual motion, Klein took the paper from Astra's hand and ripped the note in half right in front of her.
"Sorry, I don't recall letting you tell me what to do." Klein answered intimidatingly.
Astra stepped back in shock.
"Y-You… little punk!" Astra screeched before stomping off angrily.
"Good riddance," Klein said before casually flipping a reading table out of the classroom window with a flick of the wrist.
Keith could only stare in horror as Klein began walking around the room chucking furniture out of the window and into the pond outside. Why is this psycho my brother?
The day finally ended with the class dismissal bell, and Keith hurried to meet Eden at the school gates.
"Hey, Keith," Eden called out as Keith trotted over, "So, how's your day going?"
"A bit exhausting to be honest. Klein's been causing a bit of trouble. Man, I don't know what to do with him sometimes."
"Heh, you act like the big brother in this situation. Are you sure you're not the older one?" Eden teased.
"Unfortunately not," Keith sighed.
"Hey, cheer up. Maybe he'll get better while he's at Monogatari High. Meeting new people and such,"
"Hm, maybe…" Keith replied, "Or maybe he'll just stay a big jerk, who knows."
The two shared a laugh as they walked out the gate of the school and back to their dorms.