The first day

Monday 9. January 2022

Nisshoku wasn't a big city or one with a spectacular attraction or something like that. It was rather short and quite unspectacular compared with the big names like Osaka or Tokyo. But sometimes, it happens that the conceivable smallest things become a main factor of something bigger. Maybe, that was the case with Shouta Watanabe too. Compared to the country or even compared to the small town he lived in, he was small. He wasn't a big man compared to others. If someone told him what was going to happen to him in the next weeks, he would have laughed at you. Or maybe, he would have stayed in bed that first school day. That's what he wanted to do anyway when he heard his alarm ringing.

„Don't wanna stand up! Don't wanna Don't wanna Don't wanna Don't wanna Don't wanna!"

With immense struggle, he managed to get off his comfortable bed and went to the kitchen were his breakfast waited.

„Good Morning!"

His mother was always in a good mood at morning, although she hated standing up just like Shouta did.

„Thanks! Oh, a toast with cheese, let's eat it!"

„Shouta! Please do me a favor and eat your toast like a normal human being 1 single time?"

Shouta however already separated the cheese and the toast and was half done eating the cheese.

„Huh?"

„Forget it."

After eating his breakfast separately like every other day, he got to the bathroom to get dressed.

„Hello weirdo!"

That's what he greeted his mirror image everyday. His blond hair which wasn't able to find a real stile and his small body of 1.68 meters, which didn't show any trace of muscularity or a unhealthy life either. A perfect setup to be forgotten. The only thing that was special about him was probably imagination or he was the only one to see it.

„Good Morning Momentum!"

He greeted the red ghost floating behind of him. He didn't know where Momentum came from either. He just appeared at the time he was bullied in his old class. Most likely, he just imagined him being there, but he helped. He always listened to him without complaining, probably because he couldn't talk back. After getting dressed, he went to the door to start his way to school.

„Wait a second. Sota and his parents moved to a house near ours, do you remember? He's going to have the same way to school as you, so he's going to pick you up and go to school with you every day!"

He felt the the immense relief again, knowing that his best friend was in the same class as him. He was a person Shouta could always count on and probably the only person who at least pretended to see Momentum. He opened the door to see Sota in front of him.

„Hey! Are you ready or do you wanna try to fix that thing on your head?"

„I hate you too. Bye mom, we're going!"

„Have fun!"

„Haha, as if!"

Both of them headed to school while talking about more or less important things.

„What do you think our class will be like Sota?"

„You can't know that before!"

„You're so boring!"

„You too!"

„I've got a ghost fighter behind me!"

„Touché!"

When they arrived at their school, they stopped for a second.

„Thats bigger than the old one."

„The old one was nearly bankrupt."

„Right, I almost forgot that."

Both of them entered the huge school building and headed to their class. Both of them were 16 years old.

„2B! Here it is!"

„Okay, let's go!"

They entered the room of class 2B hoping that their class mates were nice people.

„Give me back my pencil case! Gimme Gimme Gimme!"

„Your fault! Why would you test if my head is hard enough to deal with 1000 hits by your dumb pencil case?!"

„Ease it down, what if the new students come in?"

If they wouldn't have to deal with these guys for 2 years, both of them would have laughed about the situation they happened to see. A girl with schort pink hair was kicking a boy with black hair who was hitting her head with a pencil case, while a third boy was trying to calm the situation down while drinking his tea.

„Shouta?"

„Yes?"

„I'm going to feel good in here!"

„Dito."

„Hello! We're the new..."

„Give it back!"

„Try get it, b.."

„Please, no swearing!"

...

„HELLO!"

The three of them stared at the two boys like we were aliens.

„For how long have you been standing there?"

The boy with the tea in his hand looked at them terrified and embarrassed.

„Don't worry! We've seen more embarrassing things in our life."

„We have? We both know that that's a lie."

„You have to be the new students. My name is Yuma Kento! I'm the class representative! Nice to meet you!"

„Nice to meet you too. Don't be so nervous, we're not dangerous."

„W-what? I-I'm not nervous!"

„Of course you're not bra! Your shaking like a dead tree in a tornado!"

„That's not true!"

„Hi, my name is Yusei Ijo! I would say that it's a pleasure to meet you, but I've hardly seen ya five minutes, so let's talk about that later."

„Oh, don't be so mean Yu! Hello, Aimi Keiko is ma name! Let's be friends! Wanna have a muffin?"

„S-sure."

„Muffin here, muffin there, muffin for you and for you..."

„Goddammit Ai, you're so naive! You don't even know their personalities! How do you know if you want to be friends with these guys?"

„Don't be so skeptical always! You'll never get new friends like that Yu!"

„And I told you not to call me Yu! Did they even say their names?"

That was what when the two boys realized too.

„I'm sorry! My name is Shouta Watanabe."

„I'm Sota Tanaka."

„Nice to meet you! And what is the name of your Stand?"

.....

„Of my what?"

„What did you name it? The ghost who is floating behind of you."

Shouta turned around to see Momentum floating behind of him.

„You...can see him?"