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[color=00aeef][B]Nishihara Kei[/B][/color]

"[color=00aeef][b]Looks like I'm late...[/b][/color]" I muttered to myself after waking up. Somehow, that cheap alarm clock I had bought had failed to do it's job of waking me in time for class. And it was the first day as well. I silently cursed that cheap trinket while hurriedly dressing myself. Within the pockets of the school's uniform I hid my seven steel wires. I had been told this was a dangerous city, and didn't really wish to be caught without them. There was no time to make any attempt at breakfast, so, after getting dressed, I just took a last look at the figure in the bathroom's mirror. Just a normal highschool boy, although my hair was a little disheveled and the silver cross hanging from my neck definetely stood out. Reluctantly, I also hid the cross within my shirt, so that only the silver chain was barely visible. There was no need to go around catching too much attention. I grabbed my bag and headed out of that apartment.

The apartment I had been staying belonged to another member of the Amakusa church. He said I could use it freely while waiting for the school term to start, since he would be away on business for a couple of weeks. In all likelihood I wouldn't use it anymore starting today. I had left only a few pieces of clothing in there that would need to later be transfered to the dormitories, but I was already bidding the place goodbye as I locked the door. I had stayed in it for only a week.

A week. It had been a week since I had arrived in this Academy City. It did not have the same atmosphere as other places. The fact that, while walking down the street, you could pass unknowingly by someone with the power to level the entire place quickly made me very uneasy. Gather a bunch of people with super powers in a small city. No way that could go wrong...

My day started looking up when I realized I managed to make it to the school much faster than I had anticipated. At this rate, maybe I wouldn't start the school year as "King of tardiness". I had to briefly explain myself to a security guard of sorts at the school's gate, but he let me through fairly easily, claiming it wasn't uncommon to be late on your first day. As a bonus, the guard was even so kind as to give me directions as to where my classroom would be. Following said directions, I found myself opening the door to a classroom where a lot of students already waited. Apparently, despite my tardiness, I had at least managed to not miss anything in class. Actually, that could have very well been a win on my books. I bypassed boring introduction speeches and managed not to miss the important stuff. Barely paying attention to my classmates that already occupied the room, I found myself a seat and sat down with an audible sigh of relief. Maybe today was not gonna be a terrible day after all.