Queentus University, Class 1-Alpha

Chapter 4: Start Appreciating Yourself

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"Welcome to my Hero-Ethics subject, class 1-Alpha!" The silver-ponytail-haired teacher greeted her class, a smile formed on her plump lips as her silver mask rested on her cheekbones. "My name is..."

"Graywind!!!" Most of the boys in the class became hysterical to see the top hero in the men's magazine being their second teacher on their second day.

"This is really the best hero school ever! All the popular heroes are here!" Novo said, in excitement, to his maroon-haired seatmate. "And all the hot ones too!" He added. His seatmate, who was clearly uninterested, just yawned that Novo have to smirk in disbelief.

"Congratulations on passing the exam guys!" Graywind browsed through the class and found Luxis. "I knew you can do it!" She smiled and Luxis felt that the last sentence was for him, personally.

"You'll soon realize that most activities here don't necessarily require those seats because your classes will expose you to activities that will help you if you decide to pursue this career." The class' excitement slowly dropped as the teacher said this in slightly foreboding tone. "I am not discouraging you; however, I want all of you to know that everyone can be gifted with a vis but not everyone is meant to be a hero."

The room turned placid as she started to write something on the whiteboard. Murmurs quietly lingered around the room, and these came from boys which excitement was indecipherable if it would be because of the new lessons that they could learn or the teacher teaching it. "As your teacher every Tuesday and Friday, I will be teaching you the value of teamwork, attitude, communication, laws, public service and all other things that we should have to serve the people." She stepped aside to reveal what she wrote on the board. "Rugby." She read, aloud. "Is there anyone familiar with this game?" Few hands raised and she smiled. "Great! Today, I am adopting this game in order for you to practice teamwork and communication. As aspiring professional heroes, from time to time, you will be in situations where you need to work with other heroes. That's where teamwork goes in; without it, the operation would be unsuccessful that could result in the deterioration of your performance and ratings, and much worst; public safety would be compromised." Graywind have noticed that the class' morale has plummeted down since her class started as she keeps on slapping the harsh reality to them, that's life. However, she won't back down, this is what the hero program is all about; to prepare these future heroes on what's out there, no sugarcoating.

Graywind carried on as she slid the whiteboard open to the side to reveal an 80 inches-screened television. She played a video of teams playing the game to help her students understand the basics of it.

She started to elaborate it in her own words. "Just like what I said, I only adopted this game, which means it will be slightly different than the typical one. Our game will be played in two teams, each team consists of a number of players which in our situation, will be seven players for one group and eight players on the other. The goal is to bring the ball into the enemy's end zone to get a score. Everyone is allowed to use their vis which is not the same story in the outside world. As with the team structure, one team member should be the guard on their respective end-zone to block the ball from passing and refraining the enemy to score, while the rest can do whatever they want. That one team member who is responsible for the defense of the team's end-zone is called the gatekeeper. We are now going on the university's field, please change to your training uniform."

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The class looked at the sticks each of them drew from the cup that Graywind was holding. All of them were now standing behind a huge, well-trimmed grass field. The sun rose on top of them, overlooking the crowd. "The color at the bottom of your sticks will be your group: red and blue. Okay, all blue sticks to my right, red to my left." The crowd then started to split into two groups according to the color that they've picked. "For some rules, using vis however you want will be allowed. If you go all-out and got yourself or your classmates injured, our university nurse is always available to tend your injuries after this game, but you must be responsible of yourself to not get hurt by others."