Mayura's Dark Day

Writer's Note/Disclaimer:
Gokujou Seitokai created by Yoshiaki Iwasaki

Cast:
Mayura Ichikawa (Starring)
Seina Katsura (Featuring)
Rino Rando (Featuring)

"Good evening. My name is Miz-KTakase. Tonight, we bring you the most horrific story featuring a young girl whose job is to check the budget on a daily basis. Sounds boring, right? Well, it does however have some horror in it, with a jolt of macabre, evading the anime's storyline altogether. This story has everything you see in a good old fashion horror movie. But we must not digress. For you see, there are times when you want to fulfill your duty, you have to make a drastic attempt. But our guest will learn that the hard way. You see, when someone wants to get revenge, they sometimes get grave misfortunes, after succeeding. And it leads to insanity, terror, and murder.

I give you… Mayura's Dark Day."

Chapter 1

Monday – 6:15pm

It was a typical dusky and clear evening in Miyagami Academy. The stressed-out Treasurer of Miyagami Academy's Maximum Authority Wielding Best Student Council (or Best Student Council, for short), Mayura Ichikawa, was busy with her budget reports. Day-after-day, she was checking her papers and fiddled with her abacus, making sure the budget was at the green. But she has been at the red every day, which leads her to her sudden outbursts of crying.

One day, she finished with the budgets for this month and found that she was at the green; the reason was that the budget has about over 500 Yen leftover. All she could do was squeal for joy. Seina Katsura, the all-smiles leader of the Covert Squad, appeared in front of Mayura and smiled at her she tapped her.

"Hello, Mayura," she said to her, "It's almost time for dinner in the dining hall."

Mayura exclaimed with a bright smile, "Thanks. I was going over the budget and found that we have just enough for the next month! It's even better than… well… never!"

Seina looked at the budget sheets and looked through her schematics. All Mayura could do was grin in happiness. Sadly, the girl's happiness was later turned into sadness, when Seina showed her the same schematic, but marked in red, over the two.

"Oopsie-doodle, Mayura," Seina pointed out in a smile, "You forgot to carry the two on this one."

She snatched the sheet and gasped, knowing what she did.

"But… it cannot be…" she whimpered, "No… it's in the… it's in the…"

"I guess we're under budget again; but no worries!" She smiled with a thumbs-up, "With your finger-crunching skills, we'll get to the green in no time flat!"

Mayura let out a stone cold fright on her face and was frozen in fear. Seina walked away, turning out the lights. Mayura snapped out of her phase and started to bawl. When she stopped, she skimmed through the budget again; she realized that Seina was right; the budget was about fewer than 700 Yen.

"Seina was right…" she gasped.

Her face suddenly turned from a sad look to a mean look.

"Seina Katsura…" she growled, "Why did you do this to me? You… I will never forgive."

She got up and left the meeting room to go to dinner.

Monday – 7:30pm

At dinner, every member of the Best Student Council was eating dinner. Mayura was eating her curry, while looking at Seina, who was eating with her little sister, Minamo. She glared at her, and was lost in thought.

"Look at her," she thought menacingly, "Miss Katsura, the queen of Miyagami Academy, not counting Kanade Jinguji. How dare she embarrass me? You… you stupid little…"

She then jabbed her fork on her plate and sneered at her. Seina looked at Mayura and waved at her. Mayura waved back in a nervous state.

"Her smile… her stupid smile…" she thought aloud, "I hate her."

She mocked quietly, "Oopsie-doodle, Mayura; no worries, Mayura; darn her cherry lips and her cherry-flavored attitude!"

She took a bite and defiantly stared at Seina all through the dinner session.

"Who does she think she is?" She thought, "It's all so stupid."

She held up a fork and looked through the fork, imagining that she's stabbing Seina. She let out a malice grin and giggled. She then shook her head and was panting heavily.

"NO! What am I doing? I don't want to kill her, all because of a miscalculation on the budget." She thought aloud, "NO… why should I go to the trouble? Seina is Kanade's friend. She's our friend, too!"

She then turned to an evil smirk and thought, "Nah… she's probably up that way with President Kanade. But I have been through hell to do the budget, only to have Seina get to me; ME, Mayura Ichikawa, the Best Student Council's Treasurer, humbled by Smilin' Seina Katsura, the Covert Squad leader!"

She clutched her fork and prepared to throw it; but she halted before she could throw the silverware. Seina noticed and was rather confused. She walked over to Mayura and asked her if she was all right. Mayura replied with a nod.

"Okay… just don't be very wild at Maachi's dinner she made," Seina added.

Mayura then looked away and thought, "Wild? Who's wild? I'll be less than wild when I hurt you!"

Seina walked away from the table and was concerned over Mayura.

"Maybe I made her mad earlier…" she thought.

Mayura jabbed her fork on the plate and groaned in embarrassment.

Monday – 9:00pm

Mayura was taking a bath in the school's bathhouse, and was still in deep thought, while in the big pool of water. She then said to herself that she's been over stressed; she looked up and was pretty angry.

"Seina…"

She was later visited by Seina, who was at the bath with a towel draped over her body.

"May I come in, Mayura? I hope you do not mind, since we share the same bath."

Mayura then said, "Sure… I guess I should have some company."

She then thought to herself, "Well, I do mind."

They both bathe together throughout the hour, but Mayura had a very deep thought.

"Maybe… maybe I should just dunk her head in the water and make her drown," she thought evilly, "Yeah… maybe she won't embarrass me like that again."

She looked at Seina and glared at her. However, Seina said something to her.

"Mayura… tell me, will we have enough for the Covert Squad to have their budget? I don't think the Assault Squad will need it. The vice presidents, Kuon and Nanaho, have been biting at each other concerning over this matter. We don't want to have another curry battle again."

Mayura then smiled, "Oh, don't worry; we have enough to split the pay in two, but you'll only be short by about 3,000 Yen."

"Good to hear it, Mayura," she smiled, "As long as the Best Student Council will remain intact!"

"Yeah; intact, my butt!" She thought with a growl, "Why can't I do it?"

She stared at her and thought with an evil look.

I know I'm looking at her eyes on this, but Seina is in the bath with me… though, I don't think you drown in the bathhouse.

She imagined that she would be dunking Seina's entire body, head-first, into the water, causing her to drown. She held her hands up and sneered, "One dunk… and it's over. I know it sounds psychotic, but if I get rid of her, it should be relieving…"

She reached for Seina, and was nervously trying to grab her neck. Seina turned to her and asked, "What are you doing?"

Mayura gasped and slinked away.

"Oh, well, you were still a bit soapy," she chuckled nervously.

Seina looked on in confusion. Mayura slouched down into the water.

"Darn…" she thought, "That was close."

Monday – 10:00pm

Following the bath, Seina went up to the balcony and admired the moonlit sky, with a couple of dark clouds in it. Mayura stepped in and walked closer to Seina, who was distracted. She then held her arms up and sighed.

"Why am I doing this?" She thought, "Sure she's the best there is in the Best Student Council, but… she insulted me! Okay, maybe she was, and maybe she wasn't, but…"

She imagined that she would throw Seina over the balcony barricade and cause her to fall to her death in the concrete. Mayura couldn't stop awing with evil eyes, knowing what she'll do to her.

She shook her head and thought, "Right… all I have to do is toss her to the ground and SPLAT! The Best Student Council's Covert Squad leader is no more!"

She then held her body tight and panted; she stopped and looked at Seina.

"Get it together, Mayura…" she thought, "I cannot let this happen. Seina's faulty correction was the last straw! I can't take it! But if I kill her…"

Seina turned around and was sad a bit. She saw Mayura, who was panting in fear.

"Mayura… I'm sorry I kept a smile on the budget," she said, "I didn't mean to hurt your feelings."

Mayura gasped and thought, "Is she for real?"

Seina praised her, "I just want to let you know that you are the best treasurer in the Best Student Council; your skills showed no mercy! I want to say that you have been working the budget like crazy that it's your hobby. Don't worry, by now we'll have some money saved for the Council's budget."

She continued to praise Mayura, only to have her ignoring her praise.

"Come on, Mayura; you know she was just lying…"

She walked towards her and started to shiver.

Look at her… nothing but a prima-donna. Seina Katsura, the Captain of the Coverts! What a dumbass name… you can't even get your own praise like that; maybe Rino, or Rein, or that ignorant Cyndi. What does she have that you don't, aside from a body like hers? Maybe… happiness, skill, and a sharp mind?

Seina continued to talk and began to grow worried.

Brat. Stupid smilin' sisterly smart-aleck! She wouldn't be around, IF you'd do something for her, right?

"Mayura? Are you okay?"

She started to whimper and asked, "Miss Katsura-Senpai, why are you always so cheerful?"

Seina looked down in embarrassment, "I guess I can't hide it. I always keep a cheer smile towards our President and the other students of Miyagami."

She approached Seina and grabbed her shoulders and cried, "I think you might be the living end of me…"

She looked up with tears in her eyes and asked, "You, Nanaho, Kuon, and President Kanade are trying to kill me?"

Seina then asked, "What?"

Mayura suddenly let go of her shoulders and looked down. She trembled in fear.

God! I almost lost my composure…

Seina grinned and held her tight, "No worries, Mayura. You were only doing your job. We weren't gonna kill you. We just worry about what you might do to the budget afterwards."

"Stop smiling, you moron!" Mayura thought aloud, annoyed by Seina's smile.

The clouds began to grow darker and the wind started to blow.

"But why do you ignore me all the time, when we have a meeting?" She cried.

Seina let out a polite smile and giggled, "Because, you're a very smart girl, for someone who can plan our budget. You see…"

As Seina continued on, Mayura then thought to herself that she has been checking the budget, knowing that it was like hell. She then heard many of her cries and blubbering about the budget.

She whimpered to herself, "Budget… budget… budget… budget… the budget… the budget… the budget… The budget! The Budget! THE BUDGET! THE DAMN BUDGET! Seina… the budget… shut up… shut up… budget… shut up…"

Seina then concluded, "So, you'll be okay! We're always helpful to our members of the Best Student Coun-!"

Mayura grabbed her shoulders very tightly and shrieked out loud.

"SHUT UP!"

Lightning began to strike from far away. She shoved her, tripping over the barricade. Seina fell to the ground with a blood-curdling scream. Unfortunately, she landed in the ocean, near the edge of the rocks. She sank to the ground. Mayura looked down and was frightened by her actions.

"Seina?" She trembled.

I… I did it… I killed her! I killed her! Wait! I WHAT?

"What have I done?" She screamed.

She rushed downstairs, and headed to the ocean, where Seina fell. However, she realized that Rein and Sayuri are available, since they are members of the Assault Squad. But, if news has it that she told them about what she did, they'd tell on Kanade and she'd be suspended, or worse.

"Damn! I better keep this under wraps!" Mayura thought, "No… Seina, I'm sorry."

When she arrived, it started to rain. She found Seina's body drifted onto the shore, all bloodied, battered, and soaked. Mayura carried her cataleptic body up to the ground and checked her pulse.

Mayura held Seina's wrist for a pulse: she was still alive.

"Oh, thank god…" she cringed, "Oh, thank goodness…"

She carried her body by the shoulder and took her to the nurse's office. As she carried her away, a shadowy figure watched on, with intent on her eye; and also a very stern look.

"Hmm… Mayura has a wild side," the girl said quietly, "I wonder how it happened?"

She got a call from her cell phone. She answered it and was shocked to hear the news.

Tuesday – 12:43am

At the nurse's office, the school nurse, Wakana Hirata, checked on her condition. She explained to Mayura that Seina suffered a severe concussion and lost a pint of blood from her head. She told her that Seina will be in a coma, in which she didn't explain how long it'll be, but her health status remains uncertain.

"Thank you…" she whimpered, "I feel bad about what I-."

You idiot! Don't say it! Then the doc will tell President Kanade!

Mayura stammered, "I mean… Seina had a very bad accident! She, uh, yeah, she tripped and fell after looking at the night sky."

Wakana then told her that Seina will be in the nurse's office for a couple of days. Mayura was aghast.

"I'll care for her," she said, "I don't mind it, since she and I are on the Best Student Council."

"Are you sure?" She asked her, "I mean, it's really pouring out there. You think you can make it back on this rainy day?"

Mayura looked out the window and was concerned. She looked at the nurse and stated that she'll watch over her in her room. She also added that Seina will be notified by members of the Best Student Council and all of Miyagami Academy that she was a victim of an accident. Wakana agreed, but she suggested that Seina should be in her care.

"I got this…" Mayura pleaded, "Seina's a valuable member of the Covert Squad, and I am a fellow Council member."

Wakana gave in and placed Seina in Mayura's care. Mayura carried Seina by the shoulder and carried her out of the office.

Tuesday – 1:17am

In Mayura's room, she looked at a comatose Seina, lying in her bed, and was being uncertain if she was happy or sad that she saw her friend badly hurt. She fixed the covers and draped over Seina.

"I feel awful… yet I could care less about what happened to Seina," she thought.

She then looked at a pillow and started to fluff it up. But then, she imagined that she was gonna smother her with a pillow and stop her from breathing. She then realized that it was a stupid idea, since she's already in a loss of consciousness. She grasped the slightly blood-soaked pillow and held it tight; she proceeded into placing the pillow in front of her face.

Mayura gasped as she held the pillow, "Stupid! This is stupid! I can't kill her at this rate! That quack of a nurse must've said that to make sure that I would be tricked! This is nuts…"

She placed the pillow on her head and sat down in front of her. Mayura was at a loss of words. She realized that what she did was horrible. Yet, she showed a bit of malice, since she wanted her dead. Too bad she wasn't dead yet, according to Mayura's sick fantasies. She held her head tight and started to hyperventilate.

This is bad, Mayura; you realized what you've done? If word hears about this, I'm ruined! I could be kicked out of the Best Student Council… I could be expelled… I could go to jail… NO! I'm too young to go to prison!

She calmed down and thought, "Wait… it was simply an accident. I did it out of justified self-defense… Yeah, that's it! Seina was shoved, and I didn't know! AW, who am I kidding? That doesn't make any sense. I'm dead if they found out."

Mayura got up and went to the bathroom.

She sighed, "Oh, well… they'll believe me. I am glad no one saw me."

Tuesday – 1:36am

Mayura changed into her pajamas and looked at the mirror. She let out a very nervous smile and sighed. She realized that no one saw her shove Seina; even if she did, she's happy that Seina's out. Yet, she felt very down.

"I don't know if I have a shred of remorse, a sliver of relief, or a pint of guilt," she quietly said at the mirror.

As she took one footstep away, the mirror began to smash. Mayura turned around, seeing the shards falling to the floor. She looked at the broken mirror and was horror-struck. She looked around and found that no one was here, except for Seina, who was still out.

"What was that?" She thought, "Was it superstition or maybe the mirror was too old?"

She went to the other bed, about three feet away from Seina; she was shaken in fear.

Mayura closed her eyes and muttered, "And that was a 500 Yen mirror, as well."

She went to sleep, knowing that the new day will be happy for her, and this horrific night would subside…

But her nightmares are just beginning…