On the platform: Meet the new characters

[utopiamods]

Rakuen is warm in the noon sun, not humid enough to be uncomfortable but bright enough to make the transition from train to platform momentarily disorienting. There is a group there to meet you: on one side, four students in black and green; on the other, four in red and white. Whilst the green group are all fairly average; all teenagers, the red group are a tad more varied. One of their girls is tiny, the size of a small child, and her wings are beating patterns in the warm air.

When they notice the arrivals, one out of each group steps forward. A young man in red and white looking serious steps forward

"Excuse me." A second boy, with long hair dressed in green and black is just behind him. He explains that they're all prefects of Rakuen, from the two battle schools on the island. Fortitude - the long haired boy and the others dressed in green - and Conquest. They all arrived just like you did, weeks or months before this.

"I know you have many questions but first please come to the person who calls your name."

He looks down on his list to double check "For Conquest Kaoru Hitachiin and Yosuke Hanamura."

"If I call your name," the green-clad boy had stepped forward again, "it means you're with Fortitude: Rose Lalonde and Sora Himoto."

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[mean_one]

Hikaru had been considering not checking the train station- it would be too painful if Kaoru wasn't there. As a result, Hikaru didn't show up until it was late in the meeting, about when Kaoru was done talking with Suzaku. He almost instantly spotted his brother. He rushed over, not caring who he might bump into on the way. He screamed, for his brother, almost afraid this was another dream, "Kaoru!"

[sensible_one]

"Hikaru" Kaoru's concentration completely broke at the sight of his brother. He stopped whatever he was doing and immediately ran over to his twin. "Oh, Hikaru. Say you'll never leave me again." Kaoru grasped his brother in a tight embrace.

[mean_one]

Hikaru hugged his brother back, "I won't, I promise," but pulled away again as soon as he tried to think about the name "Hikaru". He raised his hand to his head and gritted his teeth as a headache hit him hard. "What did you call me?" Because that had to be his name, but he couldn't quite remember what Kaoru had just called him.

[swordofzero]

Suzaku opened his mouth to reply that he did indeed know Hikaru, remembering the angry boy he had spoken to the week before but then Hikaru himself turned up and Suzaku remained quiet letting them have their reunion, ticking off Kaoru's name.

[sensible_one]

"Hikaru, Brother, are you all right?" Kaoru picked up Hikaru's chin and looked concernedly into his eyes as the headache hit him. "I'll never let anything hurt you again."

[mean_one]

Hikaru wasn't used to being on this side of the relationship, having his chin lifted, but his head really did hurt the more he tried to think of his name. Though he carefully placed his hand on Kaoru's shoulder and gripped his jacket in such a way that was sure to grab attention and make people question if he and his brother had more than a brotherly relationship, he really did feel like he needed Kaoru's help to stand with the pain of the headache.

"I'll be okay. It's just an effect of this place." He's a bit breathless, the headache fading as he didn't try to focus on his name, "When I try to remember my name, my head hurts."

[sensible_one]

"It's alright, Brother. I'll be the one to comfort you this time." Kaoru wasn't familar this end of the relationship with this brother, but it seemed right. He was sure Hikaru would always be there for him, now that he had found him again.

[mean_one]

"Oh, Kaoru, I'm just to glad I have you back." Hikaru hugs his brother tight. He really had missed him in the week he was separated, "I was lost without you."