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Regret.
Regret was the only thing in Zone's mind now after half a day he entered the academy. After stepping into the academy grounds he heard someone call him shorty, the next thing he knew, he was clutching the guy's collar and punching his face. Zone immediately let him go when he realized that a crowd surrounded them. "...I'm--I'm sorry" he muttered to himself as he clenched the medicine bottle in his pocket. He's not drinking the drugs anymore, just keeping it near him, but from time to time his blood begins to boil and looses himself in rage.

An adult dragged him out of the crowd and shoved him inside a building. "What do you think you're doing young man?"

"I'm sorry he--it wasn't my fault he started it!" Zone quivered, he's starting to get mad again.

"What are you five?! You punched first and he didn't even fought back. If I didn't get you out of there the other students mauled you by now. First lesson Mr. Cool Ever. Think about it." and he pulled Zone inside the detention room.

"It's KU-LE-VER! COOLEVER! Dammit! Let go of me!" one of the things that makes him tick other than talking about his height or getting his name wrong, was being touched.

"Shut up and sit down!" There were people inside the room. Zone doesn't want to draw another unnecessary attention and chose a chair to the corner at the back, or rather kicked it into placed and slumped himself down. Pretty sure the sudden clamor rattled the still boring silence inside this classroom.

Slumped over his desk, Zone wished this day would end. This was not what he expected when he found out about this place, students, classrooms, teachers and detention halls. A whiny monologue played inside his head while still slumped down, "Why does it have to be literally a school, where are the heroes? Why can't I be with them instead of these--frea--" then the tapping and coughing got his attention. "What's HIS problem!" trying to ignore the annoying sound and covered his face.

The boy just tapped his feet quickly now,
"...whistle, sing or better yet dance, you're already doing a horrible beat!"
and asserted himself, "Hey."

Zone quickly reacted and stood up, "WHA--" but the boy's gaudy appearance, gaudy enough for Zone, especially that hat, "...what's with the get up" broke his sulky thoughts and his supposedly loud bark. He glared at the 'freakish creature'.

If you look at Zone's sense of style, all is worn out, baggy and has patches and holes. Just a drop of his blood could ruin perfectly made clothes, not because of the stain but because of it's acidity. Too much acidity. And because of the state of his blood, Zone gets easily mad with just the smallest details. His blood quickly reaching a boiling point. "Are you talking to me?"

"What are you so happy about?", he sat down looking at the guy with full on smiles, all Zone could say was "Too bright." almost in a mumble.

The kid proposed getting out, but how? He looked around, all he was capable of was destruction, and he just got in the academy and also got himself in detention in his first day. Zone regret coming here, but he doesn't want to leave or in a more appropriate term, get expelled from the get-go.

"Black Blood, just call me Black Blood" Zone wiped his fist on his pants before shaking the guy's hand, a habit formed just in case there's blood on his hand and risk injuring or disintegrating others accidentally, well if that's not the purpose.

Zone wasn't even his real name, but he's used to being called Black Blood from his gang days in the darkest parts of Ronth, which he knew was over, but still cannot let it go. "Well, Juno..." said with a slightly snarly tone after he said that he can call him SS. "SS, what are you a steam ship" he muttered. "Got any plans?" saying that to him while he placed his hand to support his chin. "Let me show you this." and he took out a small glass container with an almost black liquid inside.

Zone sighed and said, "...just like the old days" and smirked. "I like the way you think." He can't believe that in this place, this particular place beaming with heroes to be, someone would ask him to do the same thing he was used for in his gang. Causing commotion.

While Juno was wondering what the liquid could do, Zone looked at the teacher upfront, still busy buried within the papers and books, and aimed for the desk's leg, the window beside the teacher and the mountain of books, throwing three small vials in succession and they burst on the places they landed on.

But he was pretty bad at it and hit the teacher's foot, now he's shoe is melting, the back of the sleeping student's head who was surprised because the liquid burns and lastly melted the fire sprinkler that activated the water and sprayed inside the room soaking everyone.

"That...wasn't what I was expecting--wait what did you call me? BB?!"

"Hey you, it's not BB." he tried to tell him but it looked like Juno's not going to stop from calling him with two letter abbreviation anytime soon and Zone doesn't even want to try calling him SS...
...well, for now.

"...he's real name's Juno? What are the odds, it's close to my real name...that I hate..." he glowered back to the smiling baffled Juno.

"--WE'RE ALL GONNA DIEEEEEE!"
Zone was a bit surprised with how much the teacher reacted and said this without thinking, "Tsk, I went through worse." He turned to the other student he accidentally hit and was panicking because of his bald spot. He's out of words with this one. 'Sorry' won't exactly return his hair.

Now that they were both standing, he realized how tall his new acquaintance is, especially Zone is vertically challenged. "Maybe all his nutrients went directly to his height" he thought...out loud, it slipped through him, when he saw how thin Juno is now that they were soaked.

"Wonder what he's capable of..." again he muttered and followed Juno out of the room. He looked back to the cackling students as he walked out "Kids...I'm surrounded by freaking mutant babies--" and bumped to Juno who stopped in front of him. "What now..." irritated as he stroked his nose.

"He grew just this summer...?" he doesn't want to admit it, but he sometimes take a mental note of what Juno eats or drinks that continued on to their later years. Call it his damn luck, it must be his mom's genes that Zone's height stayed at this level, his father was pretty big, or his damn luck that his mother created the drug that caused it. Either way, he's forever stuck at five foot and six inches tall. "...that means, I could grow here too.", it's hopeless to think about it kid, the academy don't exactly make their students...taller.

"Hey now, you're talking about your own kind you know."
"I don't scream, laugh or panic like that." still irritated and still stroking his nose. He is quite right though, Zone doesn't scream like the alarmed teacher, he'll scream in rage and look for or attack the culprit instead. No, he wouldn't laugh at the situation too, he'll be damn pissed about it. And he would not panic like the people in the detention room. If Zone reached panic mode, he would be caught too shocked to move, staring nowhere, and would not be aware of it, until he snapped back and charge. He may not be talking about their looks or their unnatural abilities, but he get's into fights often because of his unneeded remarks. By the time he realized what he said about the other kids when Juno commented, he's perplexed that a fist never came out from this tall beanpole kind of guy. Kindness as what they call it. And Zone only knew that at a later date.

"We should probably lay low for a bit. I know where to go."
"What made you think I'm following you?" but Zone noticed that a dominant figure came out among the curious group of people at the hallway and he decided to follow Juno instead who was turning left at the time.

They finally reached their destination, "Where is this, a canteen? Big...and a bit messy, kids...Hmmm, how long has it been, it's pretty far--"

"Help yourself." Juno's already munching down the apple. Zone didn't get a chance to eat all day, but he was more tired. He's feeling it now that nobody other than them are here. "No thanks," but his stomach grumbled and grabbed a chocolate bar left near the assortment of fruits Juno pointed out.

Zone teared down the wrapper, "So, what kind of freak are you? ...Since we're all freaks here," and he bit the chocolate bar...that isn't exactly chocolate flavored. "Phew! What is this stuff?" and he read the wrapper again. "Ugh, those healthy alternative...snacks..." and settled down for a banana.

"...gift huh, that's not what the other guy would say when you're punching their face, and melting it off" Zone muttered back. He did not exactly hate what he could do, he is somewhat proud of it, in terms of battles, but he definitely want something good to do with it, and until his recent years he hasn't find it yet.

He tried to shoot the bitten healthy snack bar to a trash bin not that far from them, but what bad aim, it went to the ceiling instead, and was stuck high up from his position. What is that exactly made of? He glanced around for a bit because he didn't realized it was there, "...where is it...hah, whatever...he's busy eating that apple...he didn't see that right" and he sat back down to continue his banana. Then suddenly Juno tossed his apple core up into the air and cowboy style, shot the core two times with his finger,
with lights that came out from his index finger.

"What the heck--" it got him surprised, astonished perhaps, but what got him more surprised was when Juno suddenly stood up, and aimed both his hands at him.

Zone's initial reaction, he threw the half eaten banana at Juno's face.

"BANG BANG. I got you."
And yes his damn luck that it fell to Juno's head after this beanpole said that. For once Zone hit his target...unintentionally. It was slightly off though, he was subconsciously aiming for his face, not his head.