ENTER ISSEI

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"DAMNIT!"

I yelled as I smashed my alarm clock, hitting the top part of it and silencing it. Damn! Can't a guy get a nice sleep for once? Ughh! I hate school sometimes! Why the hell did Mondays exist?!

Ah? Hello everyone, my name is Hyoudou Issei. I'm seventeen years old, a second-year student at Kuoh Academy and also an employee at the McDonald restaurant in this city. Last night it was also very crowded with costumers, and apparently my friend that works there was sick, so I agreed to help him by taking his shift as well, which took until 4.00AM

And before you ask, no. My life actually is pretty normal, my family is not so poor that they couldn't pay my school fees or anything like that. We are a completely normal, average family. The reason why I work is because I also need some money. I mean, sure my parents don't have any problems giving me a bit now and then, but I want to get by with my own strength!

Also, I had been gathering money because it was used for my own problems.

"That dream again..." I murmured while rubbing my temple.

It had been 10 years ever since I first dreamed about that event. It was strange actually, but ten years ago I dreamed about meeting an old man in a park

No... Rather than a dream it felt more like... a memory perhaps? I didn't know for sure. To be honest, if I recalled correctly, I fell asleep in the park that day after crying due to Irina's departure to England.

I thought maybe it was dream, a dream where I met an old man and talked about being a hero with Irina in the future. I was pretty sure in the past that it was a dream, and to be honest I don't remember it anymore

But lately I had been dreaming about that more and more often. This was already the sixth time this week I had that dream, what a truly strange thing. Dreaming about a dream...

"Ise! Are you awake now?! Be quick honey, or you will be late for school!"

Ah, it was my mom's voice. I turned and saw the clock, it was already 7.45! The school started at 8, ah damn! I overslept again!

"Shit! Coming Mom!" I shouted as I stood and began to strip out of my pajamas. Twelve minutes to take a shower and another three minutes to walk to school while eating!

Kuoh Academy, a private school. That's the school I attend.

It's a co-Ed school right now, but before that it used to be an all-girls school until a couple of years ago, so there were more girls than boys even now. The number of boys was still slowly increasing, but the girls were still a great majority.

I'm a 2nd year high school student and the ratio of girls to boys in my class is 7 to 3. For 3rd year students it's 8 to 2. Even now the girls still have a much stronger authority than the boys, and the majority of the students in the Student Council are girls, and the Student President is also a girl.

It's a school where boys can't stand tall, but I still joined this school. Why?

Let me tell you why! This school is quite expensive to be honest, and for someone who comes from an average family like me, it is not easy to get in. But hey! While it is quite expensive, the facilities and materials this school provides are more than worth the effort!

My parents had also agreed with me after seeing the school by themselves, so they enlisted me in this school. But now that I have entered this school, I have to admit that this academy is a bit strange.

My grades were good so far, not as high as the ones of the Student Council President Souna Shitori of course, but I damn well have entered the top 10! That is also something I'm proud of, though I still need to work hard to become number 1!

"I'm Late! I'm Late! I'm late!

I kept repeating the words like a mantra while I ran as fast I could. The distance between the academy and my house was actually quite far, people would need 30 minutes if they were to walk normally and maybe 10 minute if they could run the entire way.

Me? Well I don't intend to boast, but I'm fast. Very fast in fact, so I only need one minute or less to reach the school if I run at full speed.

Of course none of my friends know that, I never intend to gloat or boast about it at school after all, so I've been keeping it for myself.

I broke out from my thoughts when I saw the school gate. My eyes widened when I saw that the gate was slowly being closed! Oh, hell no! I pressed the ground further before I increased my speed!

If there was one thing I didn't want to do it was to meet with Souna Shitori in her office! To be honest, that woman scared me actually!

I had already been on her bad list in her book due to always almost being late. And for some strange reasons she always seemed to expect me to be late! Thankfully, I was not late – only almost.

"FINALLY SAFE!"

I skidded my feet on the ground, and if this was an anime, I was sure that dust and dirt would be flying because of my feet digging into the ground as I passed through the gate.

I turned my head and saw that the gate was closed, the gatekeeper who had closed it only shot me an amused look while shaking his head. I let out a sheepish chuckle while waving my hand in a greeting manner. Man, this increased my almost-late count to...

"This is the 56th time that you're almost late in this year, Hyoudou-san..."

I immediately froze for a moment when I heard a familiar feminine voice. Slowly, I turned to the woman who was wearing glasses and adjusting them slightly slightly while giving me a stern look.

"Sorry Kaichou,A black cat crossed my path so I have to take another route but turns out it was a cat plushie dripped by a little kid" I said sheepishly but all I got in return was a stare ...

"Eto.."

"Then it could be considered as a world record... Right, Kaichou?" I asked with a small grin.

The Kaichou was a woman with short hair, and her figure was slim and healthy. She was not Japanese, I'm sure of that. Perhaps she was Asian, but she was definitely not from Japan. She was quite beautiful in my eyes. What? I'm a boy! It's just normal if I'm attracted to opposite gender! Especially at my age!

Anyway! Meet Souna Shitori, a 3rd year student of this school and also the Student Council President. She was the third most popular student in school, and it seemed her strict and bossy behavior were quite appealing in the eyes of male and female students alike.

While I attempted to make a joke, Souna unfortunately didn't share my humor as she shot me another glare, making me raise my hands in a surrendering manner.

"It's not something to be proud of, Hyoudou-san!" She said sternly.

"But 56 times almost being late could be considered as an epic thing! I mean it could-"

"I don't care..." Souna cut me off again and I only sighed. "There are rules in this school and if you wish to study here, you have to obey them."

"Technically, I never broke the rules! I'm not even late! Only close to being late!"

Souna opened her mouth before slowly closing it again when she found that my argument was right. She also closed her eyes and I could tell she was quite upset now.

"Just go to your class now, Hyoudou-san..." She breathed out with sigh of resignation.

"Sure!" I replied with a smug tone before started to walk away. However, when I was in middle of way she called me again.

"And Hyoudou-san, I'm really looking forward to seeing you when you're late..." She said, a sweet smile plastered on her face and I knew one thing for sure. That was not a kind smile, no matter how sweet it looked and how cute it was on her face.

No, really. It was not just my imagination, clearly there were something strange and wrong with this woman.