Guess Floor One...

"WHAT?! ARE YOU KIDDING ME!" The crowd roared as if a firework festival was erupting I'm perplexed as well... This ridiculous article 90--blah blah... So you pass if you make Sakura the ice queen laugh or one of the elites? WHAT?! That's the weirdest boohah I've ever heard.

I watch the dimly lit bluish portal hum a bizarre noise like decayed hands reaching out to me, causing the portal to rub against my eardrums.

I gulp, alright. Just walk in. A mixture of shocked WHATS?! and negativity let's say ring into my ears from the crowd.

"SHUT UP YOU LOT?!" Some Bunny woman yelled slamming Sakura's lap as if she was slamming a desk."OH MY GOSH!" She stared at Sakura, her eyebrows twitching filling with rage.

"I'M SO SORRY!" The Bunny rubbed her head against Sakura's pissed face, I see Sakura's face fuming.

EEK! I'm leaving before she's pi-- Sakura frowned at me as smoke arises from her head with the most pissed expression on her face. It's as if she was preparing to slaughter everyone. So much fear struck my heart that my body hesitated to move, ignoring my command.

I HAVE TO GO NOW! GOSH SAKURA IS UNNERVING AHH?!

I sprint into the portal. I ain't glimpsing back!

My surroundings change back to the bronze-coloured walls and the four classrooms await. Huh... I'm back on floor one of the academy.

I sigh, sitting down beside a classroom door on floor one with my back leaning against the bronze-painted walls. So strange. Hmm, I wonder how many floors there are. It is gigantic.Well, I've got nothing to do as of right now... Think, think?! Hey, I see a couple of leaflets, so I decided to collect one and sit back down. Ew, It's a little dusty so I blow the dust off.

"𝕱𝖔𝖚𝖓𝖉𝖊𝖗 𝕺𝖋 𝕿𝖍𝖊 𝕳𝖊𝖗𝖔 𝕬𝖈𝖆𝖉𝖊𝖒𝖞 " I open the leaflet.

𝐴𝑡 𝑎 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑔𝑒, 𝐿𝑢𝑐𝑦 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑎𝑏𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑜𝑛𝑒𝑑 𝑏𝑦 ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑚𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑎𝑛𝑑 ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑓𝑎𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑘𝑖𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑑 𝑖𝑛 𝑎 𝑏𝑙𝑜𝑜𝑑𝑦 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑛𝑡𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑎 𝑤ℎ𝑖𝑙𝑒 𝑎𝑔𝑜. 𝑈𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑙 𝑠𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝑑𝑒𝑚𝑖-ℎ𝑢𝑚𝑎𝑛𝑠 ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑐𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑏𝑎𝑏𝑦 𝐿𝑢𝑐𝑦. 𝑇ℎ𝑒𝑦 𝑡𝑜𝑜𝑘 ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑖𝑛 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑟𝑎𝑖𝑠𝑒𝑑 ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑎𝑠 𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑖𝑟 𝑜𝑤𝑛. 𝐸𝑣𝑒𝑛 𝑎𝑓𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑔𝑖𝑐 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑠 𝑠ℎ𝑒 𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑢𝑟𝑒𝑑. 𝐿𝑢𝑐𝑦 𝑛𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟 𝑔𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑢𝑝! 𝑆ℎ𝑒 𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑒𝑑 ℎ𝑎𝑟𝑑, ℎ𝑒𝑙𝑝𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑑𝑎𝑖𝑙𝑦 𝑡𝑎𝑠𝑘𝑠 𝑢𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑙 𝑠ℎ𝑒 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑙𝑖𝑠𝑒𝑑 𝑎 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑙𝑑 𝑓𝑢𝑙𝑙 𝑜𝑓 ℎ𝑎𝑡𝑟𝑒𝑑. 𝐿𝑢𝑐𝑦 𝑛𝑜𝑤 𝑎𝑔𝑒𝑑 20 𝑜𝑏𝑠𝑒𝑟𝑣𝑒𝑑 𝑎𝑠 ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑔𝑢𝑎𝑟𝑑𝑖𝑎𝑛𝑠 𝑝𝑟𝑎𝑦𝑒𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐻𝑒𝑟𝑜𝑒𝑠 𝑂𝑓 𝑇𝑖𝑚𝑒 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑒𝑚𝑒𝑟𝑔𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑠𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑚, 𝑁𝑂 𝑂𝑁𝐸 𝐷𝐼𝐷! 𝑆ℎ𝑒 𝑡𝑜𝑜𝑘 𝑚𝑎𝑡𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑜 ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑜𝑤𝑛 ℎ𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑓𝑢𝑟𝑖𝑜𝑢𝑠 𝑎𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 ℎ𝑢𝑚𝑎𝑛𝑠 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑘𝑖𝑙𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑑𝑒𝑚𝑖-ℎ𝑢𝑚𝑎𝑛𝑠 𝑐𝑎𝑢𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎 𝑟𝑒𝑏𝑒𝑙𝑙𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑡𝑜 𝑖𝑔𝑛𝑖𝑡𝑒. 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑏𝑎𝑡𝑡𝑙𝑒𝑠 𝑤𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑡𝑜𝑢𝑔ℎ 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦 𝑒𝑥ℎ𝑎𝑢𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔. 𝐸𝑣𝑒𝑛 𝑠𝑜! 𝐿𝑢𝑐𝑦 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑝𝑒𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑑 𝑜𝑛𝑤𝑎𝑟𝑑 𝑢𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑙... 𝑆ℎ𝑒 𝑚𝑒𝑡 ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑚𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑓𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑙𝑜𝑛𝑔𝑠𝑖𝑑𝑒 ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑒𝑛𝑒𝑚𝑖𝑒𝑠. 𝐿𝑢𝑐𝑦 ℎ𝑎𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑑𝑒𝑐𝑖𝑑𝑒, 𝑎 𝑐ℎ𝑜𝑖𝑐𝑒... 𝐹𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑓𝑟𝑒𝑒𝑑𝑜𝑚 𝑜𝑟 𝑟𝑒𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑛 𝑡𝑜 ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑚𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟. 𝐿𝑢𝑐𝑦 𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑝𝑡 𝑡𝑜𝑤𝑎𝑟𝑑 ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑚𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑎 𝑠𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑑 𝑟𝑎𝑖𝑠𝑒𝑑 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑘𝑦, 𝑠𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝑠𝑎𝑦 𝑗𝑢𝑠𝑡 𝑙𝑖𝑘𝑒 ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑓𝑎𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟. 𝑤𝑖𝑒𝑙𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑑 𝑜𝑓 ℎ𝑜𝑝𝑒!---

Last known quote from Lucy

"𝑀𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟, 𝐼 𝑘𝑛𝑜𝑤 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑡𝑟𝑢𝑡ℎ, 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑒𝑚𝑝𝑖𝑟𝑒 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑐𝑟𝑢𝑚𝑏𝑙𝑒."

Huh? The rest of the page is torn out as if someone was furious at the final page. I stand up and replace the leaflet. It's ripped again?! What happened? I try again and again. RIPPED?! HOW ARE ALL THE PAGES RIPPED?! It doesn't make sense, Lucy won. I wonder why her mother abandoned her. So many questions consume my thoughts.

Footsteps come to me as I lean against the classroom door.

"Hey, here, you'll be awhile." A woman offered me a glass with some red liquid inside.

Her face only exposes one eye as the other is shielded by her lengthy black hair. Average-size breasts. Her outfit is a maid's uniform, white in the middle and black everywhere else. Let's not forget about the black ribbon in her hair. Overall kinda cute.

Her aura feels like Sakura's a little, cold. She proceeds to sit beside me.

"I'm Kait, you are?" Kait offered to shake my hand."Otonashi."We shake hands.

I face the ceiling, watching the candles flicker as if someone is attempting to blow them out with a puff.

"What floor are you on?" I might as well start a conversation, It'll be awkward if we don't say anything.

"I work as a maid on floor 3, in a cafe." Kait patted her uniform down.

Holy fishpaste! You have a cafe on the upper floors?! What is this? I drink a little of the glass Kait offered me. Huh? Is this wine? such a strong aftertaste. Should I be taking drinks from a stranger? What if it was poisonous? Heh, I'm a moron.

I remember Sakura's room having a button to order anything, I guess a cafe ain't that strange now that I think about it.

"I'm confused about what we do here. Care to inform a nobody like me Kait?" I grasp her hand."Fine." Kait sighs, towering over me like a god.

"Think of a police force, but you'll be at the top of the chain." Kait smiled.

I stare stunned, it felt like my soul left my body, what a police force. Why not just name it police academy then? Wait, If we're at the top of the chain then won't we be dealing with like terrorist threats? My inner dialogue was interrupted by Kait.

"Uhm, Otonashi... You can let go now." Kait's tone switched to a sinister one like I was about to get impaled.

"Oh right! Sorry!" I bow and return my hands to myself.

Jeez, a little scary but it's nice to communicate with others now and then.

"If you ever need a part-time job, come to floor 3. I'll help yo--" Kait stared at the time as she hopped into the air faster than a military jet.

"Oh crap! My break is over. Bye Otonashi!" Kait waved, her uniform exposing a little of her cleavage as she sprinted toward the stairs and proceeded upwards.

Ah, another strange one? Or am I the strange one? after all, I'm behind in generations. I mean, of course, cultures advance. It's been two thousand years from my own time. It's a little scary, what if this occurs again? What if there is no more life when I wake up?! That's a terrifying thought.

Hours later, the entrance exam has concluded and I walk into classroom zero one. I proceed to head straight to the back as I pass by chairs and desks like a typical classroom.

"Tch, Sakura's dog." a random female said.

"What? It's the poor bastard." Another added.

I ignored such pointless comments.

I plant my ass down at the very back, like a loner in school. A demi-human woman with bunny ears and large breasts sat at the desk in front of me. She stares at the floor a lot. Anti-social perhaps? Purple half up, half down with a half bun hairstyle. It's as if someone slapped a ball at the top back of her head. Her outfit is like she's ready for a gym session. Black tank top with a black mini skirt. I did capture a glimpse of her star eyes, the same colour as her hair. She's kind of cute. I cover my eyes. ARGH FOCUS! I mess my hair up to distract myself.

A slam on the front desk as a man lifts his leg.

"AY! YO! HERO WANNABES!" A deep voice laughed, His dark blue star eyes were deeper than the ocean. He held the tip of his fedora, his black hair sticking out the front.

"The names Ray by the way." Ray puffed his chest as if trying to show off.

I have to wonder... Why do most people wear a suit? A typical white T-shirt, black suit and pants etc. Like surely for job interviews but not a classroom? I shake my head. It has to be a culture change. I gaze below me. Wait, aren't I kinda the same with my butler uniform... After the civil war in my head ended, I never felt more stupid in my life until today.

I notice the woman in front of me playing with her fingers rubbing them back and forth, Her ears keep flopping up and down between happy and sad. Yep... She has to be shy.

"Ahem, this..." Ray holds a white letter and an H logo.

"Everyone in this academy is given an H logo to show the public that you work for the academy. It will attach to your uniform." Ray curved a smiled.

A light emerges seemly out of nowhere. Shortly the H logo materialises in front of me. Woah, that's so awesome. I seize it, it's shiny. Ahhhhh! this is so awesome! I feel the excitement course through me. I attach the logo to the upper right of my chest.

"I know! I know! Cool ain't it." Ray walks in front of his desk, holding the tip of his fedora then proceeds to inform us of the legend Sakura told me earlier. It was kinda weird hearing it twice.

"I love the legend." A female at the front said.

Pff, yeah and you say horrible garbage to one of them... I rest my chin on the palm of my hand, sighing.

"Right then, listen" Ray inhaled a deep breath, closing his eyes and shortly opening them.

"Most importantly." Ray's tone of voice altered to a serious one.

He points to the letter he's holding.

"These letters are missions, Inside varies on what task the academy sets for you. For example, hunting down thieves. Patrolling the streets Blah blah blah. It'll provide information based on location and suspicious individuals." He slapped the letter before whipping out a black one.

"These... are dangerous missions" Ray glared. His gaze pierced through the entire class."You'll be faced with a conflict that may--""No, will spiral out of control. Possibly losing your life." He added, turning back to the class.

"Fight until the bitter end." He smiled, then raised his hands in the air. He smashed his hands together as the atmosphere was broken by Ray.

"ALRIGHT DISMISSED!" Ray gazed at the ceiling.

"U-u-Uhm..." The student in front of me raised her hand.

"Ah, yes. What's your name?" Ray stated softly.

"Y-y-y-Yui." Yui's face altered to blood as the whole class gazed at her.

Dammit Yui, you could have waited after everyone left. I already notice how much she despises attention. Poor Yui. I feel awful.

"D-d-d-don't w-we l-learn?" Yui managed to speak with a soft tone, but I only heard her.

"What was that Yui?" Ray looked concerned. After all, he was in the front and Yui was at the back.

Yui's bunny ears flopped down as she sat down, too nervous to continue and covering her face.

Crap, I have to intervene!

I stand up.

"Excuse me." I wave at Ray.

"Yes?" Ray gazed at me.

"Don't we learn anything?" I question, scratching my head.

"Nope, this is your assigned classroom, Now, you'll have to wait until you receive new missionsaka letters, just come into the classroom once a day."

"Oh, thanks anyway." I bow. Sitting back down.

"ALRIGHT DISMISSED!" Ray clapped his hands and yelled.

I observe as everyone bolted out of the classroom almost like an incident was occurring, You know I never understood why people rush to leave. Like aren't you leaving anyway? I sigh, This is why I always wait until everyone has left before I head out. It saves me from streaming through others, I like to sidestep problems that are easily avoidable.

I stand up, I feel a yank tugging me back slightly. I turn around. Oh, It was Yui.

"T-thanks." She said, covering her face with her hands.

"Ah, no worries." I smile as I walk toward the door.

"Hey..." Ray whispered to me, covering his mouth partially.

"What's up?"

"That Yui, I'm worried about her, those shy types are overwhelmed in fighting situations, and... are killed sooner or later," Ray whispered. Surprisingly he expresses concern.

"Please, help Yui gain confidence, before it's too late. Have a little think about it, Alright dismissed." Ray patted me on my shoulders.

Ray shoved information down my throat as I stroll outside the classroom, noticing Ray approaching Yui just before I left, reflecting on what Ray said to me. I grasp the handrails and proceed to walk up the stairs. Is it my duty to help Yui? I mean, what defines a hero? I'm the Hero Of Time... Should I know? In all honesty, I don't. I just need some time. I'll support Yui in the class, if she wants to hang out with me, that's a good sign. I just don't wanna force her to say yes all the time.

I mean, I don't wanna be in her face all the time. After all, I'm afraid of bonds the most, a betrayal... I'm frightened I'll lose myself.In a heartbeat, I'm already at the top. I completely ignored the other floors. So..."WHAAAT ISS THISS!" I face the ceiling.