Hi guys, it's me, Chinnie Ai. This is going to be my first Kagerou Project multi-chapter story, so I'm really excited about it and I hope you guys are equally excited! Before I get to the story, there are some things I must inform you guys.
One is that this is an AU if you didn't read the summary. It's set in a normal world where the Mekakushi Dan doesn't have their powers, but are best friends. Also, an important thing is that they are delinquents part of a gang called the Mekakushi Dan, or the Blindfold Gang. Each chapter will basically be a rewrite of the songs, therefore each chapter will have the title of a song. The events of the songs will be altered, of course, considering their current status, you know what I mean? Also, the songs will most likely not go in order.
Secondly, the pairings. It will be HaruTaka/KonoEne, KuroAct, HibiMomo, ShinAya, KanoKido and SetoMarry. If you like all the pairings, then great! This is going to be the story for you! If you don't like the pairings, then I don't think you'll enjoy the story as much. There will definitely be HibiHiyo in the Kagerou Daze chapter and a little bit afterwards, but once we reach the Otsukimi Recital chapter then it will be HibiMomo full on. Sorry to the HibiHiyo fans.
Third, the characters. Ene and Konoha are Takane and Haruka respectively. Why they are referred as those names will be explained in chapter 2. Also, Kuroha will be himself as Konoha's twin brother. Actor will not be Takane; instead she will be Ene's twin sister and she will make her appearance in the Headphone Actor chapter and will be part of the Mekakushi Dan. As for Hiyori, she will make her appearance in the Kagerou Daze chapter, however unfortunate things will happen to her which makes her not take part in the story. If you cannot take these, this won't be the story for you.
I think I've done enough talking. Sorry to take up your time with this long A/N.
In this delightful little city with the name of Mekaku City, there is a street called the Kagerou Street, famous for being the most chaotic and catastrophic street in city history ever. Why? Because this is where the delinquents of Kagerou High hang out. Two groups dominated this area, specifically. They both held a strong hate for each other, but they usually minded their own business and didn't try to pick a fight if nothing bothered them.
One of the groups is AZAMI, famous for its mysterious and dark aura. Not much is known about them, except that their best fighter is Kuroha Kokonose, crowned by the public to be the 'most active delinquent in Mekaku City history'. Rumors that the boss of AZAMI is a black haired girl in her senior year were also spread around, however rumors were just rumors. The second group is the Blindfold Gang, more often referred to as the Mekakushi Dan. Unlike AZAMI, the Mekakushi Dan were fairly open with who was part of it and what they usually do.
Member NO. 1 is Tsubomi Kido, a tall green haired girl. She is 16 years old, a sophomore. She is mostly just referred to as Kido or Danchou, being the leader of the team. Weirdly, she always gets ignored by people and never gets noticed, therefore being rumored to be a ghost of some sort.
NO. 2 is Kousuke Seto, a brown haired boy. He is 16 years old, a sophomore. He, like her sister Kido, is addressed by his last name. He seemed to always be able to tell what was on someone's mind.
NO. 3 is Shuuya Kano, a blonde boy who is quite short for his age. He is 16 years old, a sophomore. He is the brother of Kido and Seto, and is addressed by his last name as well. He was known to always tell lies and therefore is also widely known as 'the deceiver'.
NO. 4 is Marry Kozakura, a white haired girl. She is 16 years old, a sophomore. Somehow when people stare straight into her eyes, they always seem to freeze and not be able to move.
NO. 5 is Momo Kisaragi, an orange haired girl. She is 16 years old, a sophomore. She seems to attract everyone's attention, and not because she was part of the Mekakushi Dan and is a delinquent.
NO. 6 is Ene, a blue haired girl. Her real name is Takane Enomoto, but nearly nobody refers to her as that so it has been long forgotten. She is 17 years old, a junior. She is extremely skilled in computers and video games. Her wounds seem to heal instantly, as if by magic.
NO. 7 is Shintaro Kisaragi, a black haired boy and older brother to Momo. He is 17 years old, a junior. He seems to have photographic memory, able to remember all the small details of events that happened before, although he personally never confirmed it.
NO. 8 is Hibiya Amamiya, a short brown haired boy. He is 15 years old, a freshman. He has excellent vision and can see distant objects clearly.
NO. 9 is Konoha, an extremely tall white haired boy. Like Ene, he is never referred to by his real name Haruka Kokonose. He is 17 years old, a junior. He seems to have superhuman strength, being able to run at a inhuman speed and lift heavy objects that are impossible for normal people.
These nine teens gather and live in an apartment they've rented for quite a low price on Kagerou Street, making it their secret hideout.
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It was just half an hour after a normal school day had ended. A teenaged girl had stepped out of the popular Starbucks located on Kagerou Street, sipping a cotton candy frappuccino. Half of her face was covered by the shadow of the hood of her dark blue sweater.
"Hey," She looked up and saw that she was being approached by a group of teenage boys that looked slightly older than her that looked like delinquents.
"You look kinda cute. Hey, where are you going next? Come on, hang with us for a while, won't you?" No answer came from the girl. The teenagers looked at each other and they became frustrated.
"Hey, you -" One of them put a hand on the girl's shoulder and was surprised to see the girl slap it off.
"Who do you think you are, little girl?" asked the boy, furious. The girl's blank expression turned to a confident smile.
"Who am I, you ask?" she says, lifting off her hood. Her blue pigtails swayed in the wind and scarlet eyes narrowed in focus. The boys stared at her, wondering where she got her confidence when one of them exclaimed in surprise, fear and recognition.
"Scarlet eyes... Could it be...?" he stuttered. The other teenagers started sweat in fear now. The girl's smile deepened.
"Mekakushi Dan number 6, Ene here! If you want to die, come on forward!" she shouted, her scarlet eyes narrowing into a glare. The teenage boys screamed and ran away fast, shouting many 'I'm sorry!'s as they went. Ene sighed.
"When did the amount of idiots increase here? Seems like I'm dealing with them everyday." she muttered.
"What happened, Ene?" asked Konoha, walking out of the Starbucks along with the others. Ene shook her head.
"Nothing. Let's go to the arcade now! I'm gonna beat you bad this time, Kisaragi!" Ene shouted, pointing straight at the black haired boy wearing a red sweater. He rolled his eyes.
"You've never even beaten me once. Stop daydreaming." he said slyly. There was a well known rivalry between the two gamers, and no one could interrupt them when they were in the middle of a match. Ene held up a clenched fist.
"Try me, Kisaragi. Hell, I'm not gonna loose to an internet addict like you!" said Ene. Konoha patted her shoulder.
"Ene, calm down..." said Konoha, patting his childhood friend's shoulder. Ene relaxed her body but didn't stop glaring.
"Well, if you're gonna try to beat me let's hurry up and get it over with." said Shintaro, walking away from the Starbucks and to the arcade. The gang followed.
"Danchou, what are we having for dinner~?" asked Kano. Kido let out a sigh.
"You'll know when it's dinner time." she replied, annoyed.
"Heh~? Kido, tell me~!" Kido only replied with a kick in the shin.
"You're annoying." she said. They soon arrived at the game center and Ene and Shintaro rushed in, Ene glaring at him and Shintaro with a blank and bored expression.
"They sure are close." said Hibiya. Nobody noticed Konoha's usual blank gaze darken into a glare of hate and jealousy towards the boy in the red jacket.
It was not rare to see the Mekakushi Dan at the game center. They would go there at least 3 times a week because of Ene's challenges towards Shintaro. The two of them have seated themselves at the shooting game's booth already and were ready to play, neither of them showing any mercy. Konoha stood behind Ene, cheering her on. Marry and Seto were at a claw crane and Marry was trying to catch a stuffed frog with a determined expression on her face. Momo and Kano were at the Dance Dance Revolution machine, stepping away furiously to a song at the hardest level. Hibiya and Kido were currently playing against each other in a game of air hockey. Everybody had a game they were quite attached to in the arcade, and one that they would play every single time they went to the arcade.
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"Ah, I'm tired!" said Momo, running into apartment 107, their hideout, and flopping onto the couch. She stretched and sighed.
"Danchou-san, when will dinner be ready?" she asked.
"Half an hour." replied Kido as she went straight into the kitchen to cook dinner for everyone. Kano trailed behind her. Seto and Mary went to sit down on the couch beside Momo, talking happily about something. Ene had her headphones on and was listening to music from her phone. Shintaro was busy with his computer, cursing about the internet speed. Hibiya went to take a drink from the fridge, shaking his head at the sight of Momo sprawled over the couch, soon asleep. Konoha sat on the single-person couch, reading a book. It was pretty much like this every evening.
Suddenly, the doorbell rang and Marry ran to get it.
"Ayano-san! How are you? Come in!" she said. A girl with shoulder length brown hair walked into their apartment. Everyone greeted her with either an excited or exhausted 'hi'.
Ayano Tateyama, 17 years old, a junior. She sits next to Shintaro in class and is the adopted older sister of Kido, Seto and Kano. She shows up at their apartment quite often to make sure her siblings are all well and everything is okay. This is why she is referred to as NO. 0 of the Mekakushi Dan, as she isn't officially part of the Dan but hangs out with them regularly.
Staring at everyone either collapsed onto the couch or doing something with an exhausted expression, she sighed.
"Oh, by the way, did you guys do homework already?" There was a silence. Kido, Kano, Marry, Seto, Momo, Hibiya and Ene started to sweat nervously.
"I finished in class." said Shintaro without a care. Konoha nodded.
"Me too." Another silence. Shintaro, with his IQ of 168, and Konoha, with his smartness, were easily the top 5 in their grade. However the others weren't so lucky.
"Uh, Aya-nee, could you cook dinner for me today?" Without another word, Kido fled into her room, and so did the others. Ayano sighed.
Some things just never change.
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"Hi guys!" said Ayano, opening the door to the roof area of the school building. The roof was where the Mekakushi Dan spent their lunchtime at. Nobody ever eats lunch there so they had the area all to themselves. Kido, Seto and Kano sat together eating lunch, Kido and Kano arguing over something while Seto tried to calm them down. Marry sat close to the edge, looking at the scenery outside. Momo was sitting with Hibiya, stretching while watching him play a game on his blue Nintendo DS. Ene and Konoha sat together, either eating or gobbling down their lunches. Shintaro was looking at something on his phone.
"Oh hey Ayano! How'd you do on your test?" asked Ene. Ayano laughed nervously. Shintaro smirked.
"Don't ask her, her grades are always low." he said. Another nervous laugh came from Ayano.
"Hey! Don't you know how to be a more subtle or, in other words, nicer?" said Ene angrily. Shintaro shrugged.
"Can't help it. It's the truth." he said. A 'che' escaped from Ene's mouth as she looked at her rival with hate and annoyance.
"It's okay, Ene. Shintaro's right, my grades aren't so good. I know it already, ahahaha..." said Ayano. Momo sighed.
"Come on Ayano, can't be worse than mine. I got a 2% for the previous test." said Momo, sighing. Hibiya snickered.
"Stupid as usual, obasan." he said, laughing. Momo sent a glare in his way.
"Hibiya, don't start this with me. You don't want to." she said.
"And why wouldn't I? O-ba-san." he said, voicing out every syllable. Immediately, Momo slammed a fist onto his head and sent him cringing in pain.
"Don't call me an obasan, you elementary schooler!" she said. Hibiya stood up.
"Elemen- Someday I'll grow taller than you! Call me an elementary schooler then!" he said.
"Okay, that's enough. Stop it, both of you." said Kido, speaking up finally. Momo and Hibiya both rolled their eyes at each other and sat down, crossing their arms over their chest. Everyone else sighed. These two could never get along.
"Oh right, I forgot tell you guys. The paint company - you know, the one that makes paint for walls and stuff - called me yesterday and told me that I had won a lot of paint and they'll deliver it to us today." said Seto.
"What'll we do with paint? We have no walls to paint." Shintaro said without even looking up from his phone. Suddenly, Kano stood up and everyone stared at him.
"I have an awesome idea."
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"So this is your awesome idea?" asked Kido, her eyebrow rising as she surveyed the surroundings. Everyone was dressed in their usual Mekakushi Dan hoodie and they carried buckets of paint, spray cans and paint rollers covered in their respective colors. Kido had purple, Seto had green, Kano had grey, Marry had light pink, Momo had orange, Ene had dark blue, Shintaro had dark red, Hibiya had light blue and Konoha had yellow. Kano nodded.
"We're gonna spray paint all over this garage! Gonna make it beautiful! I'm such a genius!" said Kano. Kido sighed.
"Whatever. As long as we don't waste all this paint." she said. Kano smiled.
"Roger, Kido Danchou! Hmm... What should we write on this garage door?" he said, inspecting it from all sides.
"How about 'Mekakucity Actors'?" asked Momo. Shintaro raised an eyebrow.
"Where did that come from?" he asked. Momo shrugged.
"Dunno. I just thought of it. This city is called Mekaku City, so..." said Momo. Kano nodded.
"Sounds pretty good! Now..." he said, stretching. "You guys ready?" Nodding, everyone else picked up their spray cans, buckets and paint rollers.
"Ready as I'll ever be!" said Seto.
"I-I'll do my best!" said Marry. Ene smiled.
"Then... Let's go, everyone!" Red, blue, orange and other colored paint flew everywhere: on the floor, on their hoodies, on their faces, on their hands... Until the words 'メカクシティアクターズ' painted in bright colors appeared on the once white garage door. They wiped away their sweat from their faces and smiled at each other, looking at their masterpiece.
"Hey! What are you guys doing?" shouted a voice. They looked up and saw two grownup advancing towards them.
"Looks like we're discovered." "Let's go then!" "Yeah, let's run!" The Gang wasn't even slightly concerned about being caught. They were quite used to being caught by adults in doing stuff, and so picking up their materials, they simply ran. But they weren't running for their lives in fear; they were running while laughing and jumping while talking to each other. After they ran a distance away from the garage, they stopped and put down their paint materials, laughing.
"That was a great run." said Hibiya. Everyone smiled at the excitement in the run and wiped away their sweat, catching their breath.
"Holy shit - !" A scream from the blue haired girl attracted everyone's attention. They all looked towards Ene to see her quickly wiping away paint from Konoha's face that was covered in his yellow paint.
"What were you doing, Konoha?!" said Ene, still wiping away the paint with her sleeve. Clearly Konoha had sprayed his yellow paint from the spray can onto his face. He looked a little guilty.
"Sorry, Ene..." he said. Ene sighed.
"It's okay, but why the hell -" PSHHTTT. Everyone stopped what they were doing and stared at Ene's face covered with orange paint. Ene slowly reached a hand up to her face and wiped away the paint. She turned around with a very pissed expression to Momo, who was smiling a wide smile.
"I-MOU-TO-SAN... WHAT ARE YOU DOING?" she shouted. Momo only smiled. Ene quickly picked up her spray can and sprayed it in Momo's direction. Momo quickly dodged away and it sprayed in Shintaro's face. Soon, everyone was flinging paint everywhere.
"IT'S WAR, PEOPLE!" declared Ene. After a while, the paint ran out and everyone dropped onto the floor, exhausted.
"That... Was awesome..." said Momo, panting and wiping away the sweat and paint on her head.
"That was really really fun!" said Marry, smiling. Kido stood up.
"Now, let's head back."
Thank you for reading the first chapter of Blindfold Gang. I hope you've enjoyed my first multi-chapter story and I definitely hope it is as good as my one-shots.
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Again, thank you, thank you, thank you for reading my story!
~Chinnie Ai