Hello, everyone! I'm here today presenting you all with a multi-chapter fic… Well, the first chapter, that is.

I don't normally write muti-chapter fics. They require a lot of time and commitment after all. But I'm writing this story as a request from Yuri no Tenshi. Well, I'm not sure I should call it a request. Actually, Yuri no Tenshi read the eight drabble of my other fic 'YuruYuri Drabbles' when suddenly a story idea came to him. So he provided me with the idea which is basically the premise for this story. I'll talk about this more after the chapter.

So without further ado, let's get on with the story. Welcome to 'The Council of Change'. Why is this the title? Because the lives of the members of the Student Council are slowly but surely going to change…

Disclaimer: I do not own YuruYuri. It belongs to Namori.

The Council of Change

Chapter 1: Her Knight in Not-So-Shining Armor

Himawari and Sakurako were rivals. At least that's what they made sure that everyone believed. It was the perfect answer for them to give to people who questioned why they argued so vehemently all the time. They were rivals; they both wanted to be the next vice-president of the Student Council. Of course they argued all the time.

However, things were a bit different now. Everyone had moved to the next grade and it had been two months since the elections were held. The two childhood friends couldn't be called rivals anymore. After all, Himawari had won; the blue haired girl was the new vice-president of the Student Council.

Sakurako was obviously annoyed but she found it hard to complain since Himawari got over double the number of votes that Sakurako received. It was pretty obvious that the students didn't think that Sakurako was fit for the job and so Sakurako couldn't do much but grumble about her defeat. Himawari and Sakurako still fought quite a bit but nowadays there were times when Sakurako actually tried not to fight. She and Himawari weren't rivals anymore so Sakurako was worried that picking fights could cause people to think that she was being a sore loser. Normally, Sakurako wouldn't care what people thought but the election results had hurt her pride. She wanted her classmates to think better of her and then maybe she could be president the next year. Maybe.

Sakurako pouted. Who was she kidding? The vice-president always ended up as the next president. Sakurako didn't stand a chance.

"Is anything wrong, Sakurako?"

Sakurako looked up to see Himawari staring at her with an irritated look on her face.

"Nothing's wrong," Sakurako replied.

"Really? Then why don't you stop daydreaming and get some work done?"

Sakurako opened her mouth to shout out a retort but caught herself at the last moment. The exasperation in Himawari's voice was evident and Sakurako knew that she wasn't the reason behind it. Sakurako had only stopped organizing paperwork for about two minutes; Himawari wouldn't get angry just for that.

"Maybe I should ask you what's wrong," Sakurako said. "You're awfully moody."

"Oh, shut up," Himawari snapped.

A vein popped in Sakurako's forehead. "Hey. I'm trying to be nice."

Himawari sighed loudly. "If you want to be nice then just be quiet and do your work."

Sakurako stared at Himawari for a while before deciding to just stop talking with her. Any further attempt at conversation would probably end up in a full-blown argument and then Sakurako would have to go home and do her homework by herself. That wasn't something she could afford to let happen. So Sakurako went back to organizing paperwork.

Ten minutes later, Sakurako let out a loud groan, shoved all the papers in front of her aside and lay her head on the table. "I'm done. Now I can finally take a break…"

Himawari said nothing in response. She didn't even look up from her work. Sakurako frowned; Himawari was becoming extremely boring nowadays. More boring than she already was, that is…

There was nobody else in the Student Council room other than the two of them. So being ignored by Himawari meant that Sakurako had nobody to talk to. For some reason, no new first years had joined the Council. They tried to recruit new members at the beginning of the year but it proved fruitless. The previous president Rise had graduated and so that meant that there were only four members in the Council now. The two older members were busy elsewhere at the moment so the room seemed rather lifeless.

Sakurako looked at the clock and frowned. "Sugiura-senpai and Ikeda-senpai have been gone for quite a while. Aren't they going to come back?"

"They went to collect Toshino-senpai's printout," Himawari said, her eyes still scanning the paper in her hands. "That's bound to take some time."

Sakurako didn't understand why Himawari was being so calm about the matter. "Sugiura-senpai is the president now. She shouldn't be playing around so much."

"Don't say stuff like that," Himawari chided. "You shouldn't bad-mouth our seniors."

"If I was the one slacking off so much then you'd be yelling at me every chance you got," Sakurako said. "Why is it okay if our seniors slack off?"

Himawari put down the paper she was reading. Himawari hesitated for a moment before she started speaking. "Sakurako… Sugiura-senpai went to see Toshino-senpai. Do you understand why?"

Sakurako furrowed her eyebrows in confusion. "To collect her printout. What's there to understand?"

Himawari sighed. I'm a fool for expecting anything more from this idiot.

"Now what's wrong?" Sakurako was confused. Why did Himawari suddenly seemed so disappointed in her?

"No… It's nothing. Forget about it."

Himawari began working again without a word. Sakurako blinked. She really didn't understand what Himawari was thinking.

"Well," Sakurako said. "Putting your weird questions aside, you really should say something to Sugiura-senpai."

"…Why?"

"Because you have to do all her work since she's always gone for so long."

Himawari froze. She slowly looked up at Sakurako who was wearing an uncharacteristically serious expression.

Himawari let out a nervous laugh. "What are you talking about, Sakurako? I don't do all her work. That's not possible."

"I'm not a complete moron, you know?"

Himawari grimaced. "Sakurako…"

"You're going to work yourself to death at this rate!" Sakurako exclaimed. "You do all your vice-president work and then you even do a lot of the president's work as well. Sugiura-senpai needs to spend less time at the Amusement Club and finish her work here."

Himawari was stunned. "Are you… worried about me?"

"Wha-?" Sakurako blushed heavily. "D-don't be crazy! I'm not worried about you at all! I-It's just that when you have to do so much work you get mad really easily and yell at me for no reason. That's all there is to it. Why would I be worried about you?"

Before Himawari could say anything in response, Sakurako quickly got up from her seat, grabbed her bag and headed towards the door. "I'm done for today. Finish up your work quickly and come over to my house. You'll be helping me with my homework."

Sakurako briskly walked out of the room and closed the door behind her. Himawari stared at the door in surprise for a while before deciding to hurry up and finish what she was supposed to do. A small smile graced her lips as she returned to her work.

The next morning, Himawari found herself having to walk to school alone. She had gone over to Sakurako's house in the morning as usual only to be informed by Nadeshiko that Sakurako had already left over an hour before. When Himawari asked why she had left so early, Nadeshiko shrugged; apparently Sakurako hadn't said anything. Sakurako hadn't mentioned anything to Himawari either when she had gone over to help with her homework the previous day.

Himawari let out a small sigh. It's kind of lonely without her walking by my side. I had to walk home alone yesterday too…

Himawari walked through the school gates and headed to the Student Council room. Unfortunately, dealing with Sakurako would have to wait until later. The blue haired girl had some Council work to finish before school started.

Himawari slid open the door of the Student Council room expecting to find an empty room; she was the only one who ever worked before school started. But today wasn't like other days. Himawari's eyes widened when she saw who was inside.

"Sa-Sakurako?"

Sakurako turned her head to look at Himawari. "Hey."

Himawari wasn't sure what was going on. Sakurako was sitting at the table with a few stacks of paper surrounding her. Hey… Aren't those the papers I was supposed to work on?

Sakurako stood up and gave her a proud smirk. "I'm going to be the next president!" she suddenly announced.

"…What?"

"I said that I'm going to be the next president," Sakurako said matter-of-factly. "And in order to make that happen, I, Sakurako-sama, have completed the vice-president's work. Surely everyone will realize my greatness and then they'll certainly vote for me next year!"

Himawari blinked. Sakurako didn't wait for her to say anything in response. Slinging her bag over her shoulder, Sakurako walked over to the door and gently pushed Himawari into the hallway.

"Come on." Sakurako walked out of the room and closed the door behind her. "Let's go to class. There's no work for you to do here."

Sakurako briskly walked away towards the classroom. Himawari stared at her childhood friend's quickly receding form before walking quickly to catch up with Sakurako. Himawari said nothing but allowed a small smile to grace her features.

So you were worried about me after all… Thank you, Sakurako.

So, did you like the first chapter? I hope you did. Please let me know your honest views. Criticism is welcome; just no flames, please.

Now I think I should elaborate on exactly what idea Yuri no Tenshi gave me. To put it shortly, his idea was that when Ayano becomes president the next year, she starts taking longer to pick up Kyoko's form and so Himawari ends up doing the president's work. Also, Himawari and Sakurako end up with a lot of alone time in the Student Council room. The purpose of this story is to explore how their relationship develops during these times.

I'm writing a multi-chapter fic after many years so please bear with me. Updates won't be too fast but I won't abandon the story. I promise that.

Okay then guys, read and review!