A Reason to Live

The mysterious Kazuki

I rubbed the bridge of my nose in pain.

'Damn that Chifuyu… She shows no mercy…'

At that moment, I reflected deeply upon my mistake.

'I may have messed that up. But as long as I stay out of Chifuyu's way, I should be okay…'

Chifuyu arrived at her instructor desk in the front,

"Everyone! I am your homeroom teacher, Orimura Chifuyu. My job is to make all of you useful in a year."

Never mind. I was finished the moment I set foot in this class.

Everyone clapped. Except me of course.

She continued, "So I'll have you all memorize the basics of IS in six months. Practical training comes after that, but learn the basic maneuvers in half a month. Is that understood? If you do, then answer. Answer even if you don't." she commanded.

"Yes!"

All the girls were all so fired up. Maybe it was the influence of the former world IS champion.

But I watched her with an amused smirk.

'A former world champion. Now a teacher, huh?'

Chifuyu POV

After making the grand introductory statement to the students, Orimura Chifuyu briefly looked at the new boy student, Argenti Kazuki. He was looking at her with an amused smirk.

She sent him a warning glare, to which he simply gave an eye smile.

'Just who in the world is he…'

-Flashback-

"Argenti Kazuki?"

The raven-haired woman threw the name out ponderously as she reached for the document in Yamada Maya's hands.

"Hai. He's also going to be attending the academy, and will be participating in our class this year…"

Chifuyu began listing out the details of the document in order.

"Family name, Argenti. Given name, Kazuki… His family, siblings and guardian name left blank… Yamada-san, what's the significance of his family name?"

"H-Hai. There were no particular connections to any of the major figures in Japan, or in other countries."

Chifuyu cocked an eyebrow at the profile picture attached to one of the documents.

"It says his birth place is Japan, and he seems to have a perfectly normal Japanese name… But his hair and face looks nothing like one. Blonde, blue eyes."

Yamada Maya took a peek at the picture and let out a small gasp,

"W-Wow. He's very handsome! He looks really strong too!"

"Focus Yamada!"

"A-Ah, I'm sorry, sensei." Yamada blushed.

Chifuyu gave her a dumbstruck look, but continued,

"His personal IS unit… Lyka. In the form of ear piercings in closed form. I've never heard of that unit before… Which generation model is it?"

"I'm not quite sure about that either, sensei. There wasn't a picture attached for it…"

"Well, no choice but to move on… Yamada, you have the rest of the document."

"Ah, hai! Let's see… As for physical description, height is at 6 Ft, and the weight… The weight… Ara?"

"What's wrong?"

"No way…He's that slim but weighs over 265 lbs?!"

"Yamada!"

"Ah, s-sorry. His age: 18 years old. Turns 19 after 8 months."

"He's a full grown adult." Chifuyu demanded.

"But it's insisted that we keep Argenti-kun in the first year because he has such a terrible control with his IS."

"Anything else?"

"Well, in the additional information box, it says that Argenti-kun has a very sensitive skin, so he must always wear long sleeve pants and shirts to cover all his skin at all times, or he'll be injured from exposure to the sun, I'm guessing."

Chifuyu sighed in exasperation.

"There is a limit to how weak a person is. Terrible control over his IS and ultra-sensitive skin… All he's good for is his tall physiques and his delinquent looks."

-End of Flashback-

Aside from his lack of skills in IS, Chifuyu thought there was something about Argenti Kazuki that bothered her. No family, or any siblings, yet he had a personal IS. Only people who were from a company or a representative of a country gained rights to have their personal IS. But this kid had no affiliation to any company, nor was he a representative of any country.

He was suspicious in many ways, and Chifuyu would keep a close eye on this mysterious student, Argenti  Kazuki.