A blonde haired boy stood still as he stared at the gates of one of the most prestigious school. Hero Brigade Academy South. His hands in his pockets, he cared less about the weird stares the other students gave him as they passed through the gate. Andrew sighed. He was nominated as a freshman by a hero. Little did he know that his next door neighbour could have been a hero. He cared less of this name known as a hero although he had a goal. A goal that if set in stone could alter the perception of humanity. Unfortunately his goal is a rather ominous one and he would never say it out loud. "hey...new kid". All of a sudden he was brought back to earth. He slightly tilted his head to his left and he found himself starring at a black haired girl. They both were on the school uniform.
A red skirt/trousers, black waistcoat and a white long hand button shirt.
He stared at her with calmness in his eyes.
" who are you supposed to be ?" he asked. Coldly.
"don't use that tone on me. You're a freshman too aren't you ?"
He looked away from her and walked quietly through the gates. The black haired girl stared at his back as he walked away without a single word.
"that bastard. How dare him !" a young childish boy voice screamed out his lungs. They were still other students surrounding them.
"Liza ! I told you not to get involved with that guy" another voice was heard. Although this time it was pure girlish and very childish. A brown haired boy and girl walked towards her i.e Liza, the black haired girl. The boy was wearing shorts.
"would you too cut it out !" Liza snapped back at them and continued walking forward.
"if you continue talking to weirdos like that, you would never be like your elder brother" the boy said.
"cut the crap Yujo !" the girl yelled knocking him on the head.
"Ow" he whined.
"hey. I thought I told you to cut it out" her voice suddenly became stern and what seemed like red vapour energy omitted strongly from her body. The boy and girl stopped there petty fight immediately and stared at her. The students around them couldn't help but stop walking after noticing that vast amount of energy.
"is that Elizabeth Thunderbolt ?" "no away. Isn't she the only daughter of the thunderbolt family" "I wonder what wish made them so strong" .
Liza couldn't help but smile when she heard those rumours. After all the largest hero organization that has contributed most to the hero brigade is the Thunderbolt family.
"that's right. Fear me" she whispered to herself. Suddenly an image of Andrew played in her head. "who the fuck was that guy ?" .
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The academy was a dull place. Literally, the students had a hard time fitting in with the whole slow pace. Although that was then. That's why we have so many useless hero's nowadays. Their wishes also affect how good they are. Then, when we are asked for a wish, we end up asking for personal things that don't last. On the other hand, the new generation have their own common sense of what this wish can do. You could ask what grants them these wishes. Of course I would answer. The Wishing System.
Andrew slowly looked around. Everywhere was lively. His usual dull face didn't move a bit. Today was the entrance examination. That was all the information he could get. He looked around opening doors here and now and sometimes looking through them.
"Andre ?" .
The sound of his own name nearly sent shivers down his spine. He didn't realize when he had stopped walking. He turned around slowly. Only one person called him that and no other but now the person was gone.
But just then his anxiety died down once he saw the person.
"Richardson ?" .
Some few minutes later, the brown haired boy walked towards Andrew. Andrew was sitting on a bench, but they were now in the school courtyard. Andrew looked up at him
"its been long, Andre" Richardson, the brown haired said handing a can of cola over to him. Andrew took the can nonchalantly while Richardson sat next to him opening his can and taking a sip.
"I don't remember allowing you to call me that". Richardson laughed. " you're still the same "
"well, you don't expect me to change due to my surroundings".
Richardson looked at him. "and you're still lame".
" I could be funny if I want to".
"never in a million years dude" Richardson said laughing out loud again. Luckily, they were alone.
Soon after, silence filled the courtyard until
"so..." Richardson murmured "it's been 8 years now"
Andrew sighed. "yeah"
"so sorry about your loss man" "no need....it's in the past now"
Silence followed.
"how long have you been here" Andrew asked. Richardson stared at him
"three years"
"so you're two years my senior when I'm older than you with a year"
Richardson giggled. "a lot of things happened to me too, you know".
Andrew stared at him. " lik-RIIIIIIIIIIING !!!. He was cut off by the loud bell.
"oops....gotta be on my way now" Richardson said throwing the empty can into the trashcan. He stood up immediately while Andrew did the same slowly. He threw his can as well.
Richardson stared at him and then at the trashcan.
"dude !. You didn't open that".
Andrew walked off. " come show me where the hall is".
Richardson stared at the poor can in the trashcan. 'you poor thing' he thought. "hold up !. I'm coming".
Another extra minutes later they arrived at a brown large door.
" okay, we're here" Richardson said and opened the doors slowly. Andrew stood surprised for a while. Of all the things he had seen in this academy, he couldn't help but admit that this was the most beautiful room yet and it was. The room was large, painted white and gold, golden pillars and marble tiles. It had up to three other floors ad finally the glass roof where the source of light came from. He hadn't noticed the stares of the students until he heard murmuring. He looked around. They were many. Too many. About 5000 or so students were standing while some seating. Most were on the ground but they had already filled the upper floors already.
Finally he was brought back to earth when Richardson tapped him.
"oh, sorry" he said.
"don't worry. I'll be going now" Richardson said and quickly left. The doors were locking on their own as he left. Andrew still marvelled walked through the crowd, not paying attention. Although he could still hear some voices but all he could hear was "chosen" "hero" "the golden one" and all that. He couldn't make sense of it so he paid no heed.
After walking for what seemed like forever he finally found a free chair and just not any chair. The luxurious black ones that's still not so luxurious. He looked around but no body around owned up. He sighed and sat down.
Just then he heard a sudden quick sound but didn't move. "you guys ought to stop fooling around with those things".
Above him, was the brown haired boy that was with Liza holding a long boa staff with a blade at the end. The blade was just above his head while by his side was the brown haired girl holding a kitana by his throat.
" oh...so you knew" . Liza sat just next to him. Her hands folded and her legs crossed around each other. No one dared interfere.
"it's you again ?" he said. He attempted raising his hands but was immediately stopped.
"don't even think of moving".
Andrew however not caring, sat up and turned towards Liza. She jerked a little. She looked up towards her two followers Yujo and Kura. They were both still in the same position. But they could not move. She looked forward and yelped. Andrew's face was too close to her face, their nose almost touching.
" wh-what do you think you're doing ?" she stammered. Andrew smirked while she gulped. Slowly he sat back up.
"too bad for you" he said staring at her with a wry smile. "you suffer from chronic blushing".
Liza stared at her hands, they were red. She turned around and looked forward immediately. Just then Yujo and Kura left their positions and came back to Liza side.
" Liza. Did he do something ?" Kura asked.
"should I kill him immediately" Yujo asked. Both concerned. She shook her head shyly. They both glared at Andrew.
"you so-SETTLE DOWN !!!. Yujo's boa staff was still in the air, ready to strike when the teachers finally entered the hall.
Andrew smirked while Yujo cursed quietly and walked back towards the Liza and Kura.
The students went crazy on the sight of the 8 people that just walked into the hall. 5 men and 3 women.
" its dark lady !" "look, bull man is in the house !" "robo girl, we love you" "Lady S, please marry me !!" "comic man ! please give me your autograph !" "we love you Sir Righteous !" "I'll die for you Sweet prince !"
"the impenetrable !!!!!!!!!!".
The last name. That is the black spiky muscular man that stood in the middle in a black and white poker body suit and a cape, the Impenetrable was what was screamed the most. The 8 teachers were all standing on a podium with a golden box in front of the impenetrable. The crowd of students were held back away from the podium by a large invincible forcefield. So their wasn't any guard around.
" my oh my....I wasn't expecting this many this year" Lady S said with her overly seducing voice. She had a golden lustrous hair and a sexy beautiful body. She was big in all proportions and her golden gown showed off way too much.
"ha ha...we'll just have to eliminate them !" robo girl yelled. Well she said. But her voice is so loud its considered screaming. As her name suggested, she was wearing a red robot armoury and a white golf cap over her black long hair. She was the shortest among them.
"you're too loud Ria" Comic man said. He had white hair and wore a white mask and body suit with all sorts of anime drawings on it.
"Ha!... she sounds perfect Comic man !" Bull man said laughing. His outrageous body size and height stood out the most. He was big and muscular and wore a brown leather jeans and grey t shirt with a brown leather jacket and bald.
"what are we going to do Alfred ?" Dark Lady asked. She had white long hair, dark skin and wore a white and black trunk suit. She was referring to The Impenetrable who was still quietly analyzing the situation.
"you guys should go... I'll take care of this".
They all stared at him quietly.
" if you insist"
"don't screw this up dude".
They slowly walked away. Although Dark Lady still stayed.
" you can go Cynthia" Impenetrable said.
"no. I want to help you". He turned back towards her.
" this is something only I can do. Don't help". She stared at him for a while then grumbled and walked away slowly.
Finally when they were gone. The field was removed and the loud screams of the fresher's had finally reached him. He smiled.
"Silence !".
The hall went quiet immediately.
'took them long enough' Andrew thought looking down from the chair he sat on. 'Ivy ?'
A reboot like sound was made in his head and a vague image of a golden pixie girl appeared.
'master. Its been long' she said. 'now its not the time. Get ready. I'll need you soon'.
Physically, his brown eyes were now gold and a circular lens appeared some few distance away from his right eye. Although only he could see the lens.
No one noticed his eye colour change except for Liza who stared at him silently.
" good " Impenetrable declared once he was satisfied with the silence. "welcome to the hero brigade academy !"
Another wave of screaming occurred.
"Silence !".
Immediate silence.
" as I said. Welcome to HBA" he said looking up. Nothing happened. "if I'm right about 5000 or so of our members including our retires and drop outs recommended you all to this school. I must commend your effort, its not easy to find this place since it is hidden between dimensions. That way the Villain Lord's League won't be able to find us. However, only 160 of you will be accepted into this academy !".
There was silence. Some students were already leaving. Of course most of them wanted to be hero's but surely not 5000 or more was required. It would just be a waste of resources. So therefore, elimination was the best answer. Some fresher's were already getting the whole situation and about a minute later nothing but objection and rejection were coming out from the mouths of the students.
Andrew smirked.
" Silence !"
But this time, the hall was still noisy. Some had already started throwing all sorts of things at him. Although noting seemed to touch him.
Ignoring them he continued.
"if you want to be among those 160 lucky ones. You have two options. One, Escape from this hall to the school gate, that will serve as a save point and you enter and Two. Defeat twenty people right here and you gain an admission as well".
The uproar was even more this time. Why ? because as easy as how it sounded it was too difficult. Defeating 20 people seemed like too much since they could get exhausted but it seemed easier than escaping to the school gates and this was because there was a single door.
" those of you that don't make it,will be taken back home. You have a time limit of 5 minutes for those who want to reach the gate and 10 minute for those defeating 20. If you don't make it you will return all school props that has been given to you..." the Impenetrable continued talking and slowly opened the golden box that had been left untouched.
The students gasped.
"ohh..." Andrew murmured.
In the box, was a bomb with a timer set at 10 minutes.
"You have 10 minutes to round off what ever you do and immediately evacuate the classroom. If not..." then his voice suddenly becoming more sternly
"...you will die".
The hall was mad with chaos. Most of the girls had panicked and were now running towards the exit. The boys followed immediately. It was no longer a thing of ladies first. It was survival of the fittest.
" he's bluffing" Liza said quietly and smiled. "let's go take down some fishes" Yujo said laughing.
"he hasn't said start" Kura said. Liza remained silent lost in thought. Then.
"hey, Yujo, Kura sit down on the ground".
They both stared at her surprised but she seemed serious. They listened and sat down slowly.
" oh...she realized it too" Andrew murmured.
"all those standing !" the Impenetrable yelled. For once silence followed. "is expelled !".