Here's the next chapter, guys! I hope you enjoy! Also, I think I will indeed accept OC characters. Just send me a PM detailing the character's name, a description of their look and personality, age, Class and Avatar/Shōkanjū. Anyway, please enjoy.
Itsuki stood in front of Ayane's apartment and knocked on the door.
"Hey, Ayane, are you there?" Itsuki called. "I thought we could walk to school together this morning."
There was no answer at the door.
"Am I even at the right place?" Itsuki asked himself as he pulled out a slip of paper from his pocket and read it. "... Yep, this IS the right place. Is she even home?"
Itsuki went to the door to try giggling the lock and the door ended up opening.
*The door's unlocked..." Itsuki thought. *Uh oh, did someone break in?*
Itsuki then gently opened the door to the dark apartment and checked the locks. There was nothing there that looked like a forced entry and there were no suspicious sounds coming from further inside, so it seemed that there wasn't a robbery.
*Did she just forget to lock her door after she came home?* Itsuki wondered. *Or did she already leave?*
Itsuki checked the floor in front of the door and saw a pair of shoes and a bag by the door.
*Okay, it appears she's still home.* Itsuki deduced in his head. *I should lock her door before I-*
Itsuki was about to lock the door and close it when he noticed a picture that he could barely make out from where he was. His curiosity made him walk over toward the picture so he could get a better look. The picture looked like it was taken a few years ago, since it included a smaller, younger version of Ayane standing next to a few other people that Itsuki didn't recognize.
*Is this her family?* Itsuki wondered.
"What are you doing here? !"
Itsuki turned around and saw Ayane with a bath towel wrapped around her body, then put the picture back where he found it.
"I-I'm sorry!" Itsuki apologized. "I knocked on the door and you left it unlocked. I was about to lock it, bu-"
"You tried to open my door? !" Ayane asked.
"I was trying to see if someone broke in!" Itsuki tried to explain. "I was going to lock it, but this photo caught my attention and-I should go now."
Itsuki was about to run out the door, but then he tripped and fell on top of Ayane. As Itsuki was getting himself up, he and Ayane were looking each other in the eyes. The two of them couldn't help but be mesmerized and just stared at each other for a moment.
"Uh... I never noticed how... um... I like your eyes." Itsuki mumbled.
"Th-thank you." Ayane responded. "I... I like yours, too."
The two continued to stare into each other's eyes until Itsuki felt something on the floor. It felt like there were two different carpets, but then Itsuki realized that it wasn't two carpets he was feeling, he was feeling a carpet and a towel. Itsuki quickly got up and covered his eyes with one of his hands.
"I-I'm sorry!" Itsuki apologized. "I didn't see anything, I swear!"
Ayane blinked in confusion and then looked down to see that her towel opened up when Itsuki fell on her. She quickly wrapped the towel back around her as Itsuki tried to run for the door. Since Itsuki blinded himself, he ended up tripping and his head hit the front door. He got up, checked the lock to make sure it was locked before he left and then left the apartment.
Later that day in the Class F homeroom, Itsuki, Ayane, Yūji, Hideyoshi, Kōta, Minami and Mizuki were all just sitting around while Akihisa was using his new super glue to try to fix his desk's broken leg.
"Man, this super glue is ridiculous!" Akihisa said. "My desk is totally fixed already!"
"Will wonders never cease?" Hideyoshi responded. "Looks like Yoshii got himself better glue."
"We crushed Class E." Yoshii stated. "If we can't even get some stupid glue out of the deal, why bother fighting?"
Akihisa then looked at Mizuki, who was reading a book, with a look of concern.
*If I were running things, she'd have a Class E desk right now.* Yoshii thought.
"Hey, Kaito, Fukushima, you two have been awfully quiet today." Yūji pointed out. "Is something wrong?"
"Uh, no, nothing wrong." Itsuki lied.
"Yeah, everything's fine." Ayane also lied.
"Explain to me why we turned down new desks?" Akihisa asked Yūji.
"They're not new." Yūji stated. "You really want the crappy desks in Class E?"
"It's better than these kindergarten tables..." Akihisa said before slamming his hand on the desk. "They pull out of the trash!"
Something then fell in front of Hideyoshi, which he picked up and saw that it was the bottle of super glue Yoshii used to fix his table. Yoshii then realized that his hand was super-glued to the table. He tried to pull it off, but no matter how hard he pulled, his hand remained stuck. In fact, he even fell over on his back which then caused the table to slam into his face.
"You know why you're making such a big deal out of it." Minami said. "You never use it to study anyway."
"But I do use it. For real." Akihisa stated. "I eat lunch on it, I sleep on it, draw stuff on it, a desk is like a trusty steed you ride during the battle at school!"
"Yoshii's already become one with his desk." Kōta muttered.
"Go ahead and kiss those tables goodbye." Yūji said. "With Class A declaring war on us, we'll be trading them in today."
"No fooling?" Itsuki asked. "That means Class A's equipment will be OUR equipment!"
"Exactly." Yūji said. "That's why we fought against Class E. To get the attention of Class A so we can defeat them in a ST War and take their equipment. Everything's been going accordingly to plan so far. Right, Himeji?"
Himeji then looked up, almost as if she was a bit startled.
"Huh? I-I guess so." Mizuki simply said.
Yūji then opened the classroom door.
"What do you say we check out Class A?" Yūji asked everyone.
Everyone else except for Itsuki and Ayane left the room.
"Listen, Ayane, about this morning-" Itsuki was about to say.
"For-Don't worry about it." Ayane told him. "I guess it was kind of my fault for forgetting to lock my door and when you noticed my towel was gone, you handled that situation like a gentleman. I'm not mad."
"O-okay." Itsuki simply said.
The two then followed the others toward Class A's room.
The group walked into Class A and saw how majestic everything was in the room.
"So this is Class A." Minami said.
"It seems more like a 4-star hotel." Hideyoshi expressed.
"I could totally sleep in here." Yoshii said.
"Look at that, Yoshii!" Minami pointed to one of the kitchens. "It's like a free coffee shop where you can get whatever you want!"
"Don't let them blow you away by their awesomeness because that's how they get you." Yoshii said with the table, the one still stuck to his hand, on the wall, but he had a bunch of foodstuffs shoved into his pockets like a shoplifter. "You gotta act casual, like me."
"You are the absolute picture of nonchalant, Sir Tablehand." Hideyoshi mocked.
"My, my." A familiar voice came from somewhere, which turned out to be Yūko. "I didn't think we were gonna start until tomorrow."
"Well, well, well, if it isn't Hideyoshi's evil twin." Itsuki said.
"We just wanted to see our new stuff before we take it from you." Yūji stated with confidence.
"Well, look at the little narcissist." Yūko said.
"She seems like the only narcissist around here." Itsuki whispered to Hideyoshi.
"You have no idea." Hideyoshi said back.
(Begin Flashback)
Hideyoshi was at home, watching TV when his sister came in.
"Um, Hideyoshi?" Yūko asked for his attention.
"Yeah?" Hideyoshi responded.
"I couldn't help but notice that a lot of guys came up to you today." She said.
"Y-yeah, they think I'm a girl." Hideyoshi stated.
"Well, here's the thing, if you're a guy and I'm your much more talented twin sister, then why aren't guys coming up to me?" Yūko questioned.
Hideyoshi did NOT want to answer that truthfully, so he kept his mouth shut.
"Is there something you want to tell me?" Yūko asked.
"Nope, nothing." Hideyoshi said, although he wasn't lying because he didn't want to tell Yūko what he was thinking.
"Are you hiding something from me?" Yūko interrogated him.
*Don't tell her that she's a complete and total bitch, Hideyoshi.* Hideyoshi thought to himself. *That will only get you killed.*
(End Flashback)
"I was thinking we'd mix things up a bit." Yūji said to Yūko. "Have a rep duel.
Everyone gasped at the mere mention of that statement.
"And you're an idiot, too! Wow!" Yūko continued to condescend them. "In what world do you think you could beat our top student?"
"Getting scared? Seems like it." Yūji taunted. "Since you're attacking the weakest class just as they're recovering from their last battle."
"We can finish this right now if you'd like." Yūko glared at him.
"Wait!"
Someone came out of the crowd of Class A students. It was a girl with long purple hair and a seemingly stoic expression on her face.
"I accept." She said. "This duel is mine."
"But Shōko!" Yūko said.
"Only... I have one condition." Shōko Kirishima said as she walked straight up to Mizuki and stared her in the face.
Mizuki couldn't help but feel a little frightened by what was happening right now.
"The winner..." Shōko said. "Has to do one thing the winner says unconditionally."
"So that's the reason you're picking on Class F all of a sudden." Yūji stated.
"Of course we have to fight you!" Yūko stated. "We are Class A, the ones who represent the highest standards of this school. When bottom feeders like you start a war without even cracking a single book, someone needs to put you down."
"Fine by me." Yūji shrugged. "The loser does what the winner says. This should be an entertaining duel."
"It's not a duel." Yūko said. "It's 5 against 5."
"What? !" Everyone seemed to shout.
"But Yūko-" Shōko was about to say.
"I'm certain our rep would emerge victorious." Yūko stated.
"All right then." Yūji got up. "We'll do a 5-on-5 duel so long as Class F gets to choose the subjects they battle in."
*There's no way Class A is going to accept those ter-* Itsuki thought.
"Agreed." Shōko said.
*Well I'll be damned.* Itsuki thought.
"Actually, I would like to make it 7-on-7."
Another girl came out of the crowd of Class A students. It was the same girl who was spying on Itsuki and Ayane the other day.
"That would kind of draw things out a bit, wouldn't it?" Yūko asked.
"Let's just say I have some unfinished business with some of them." The girl said as she looked at both Itsuki and Ayane.
"... All right, then." Yūko agreed.
And with that, the battle had been set.
Class F's students had gathered around the table, that was STILL stuck to Akihisa's hand, on the school roof, eating lunch.
"What were you thinking, agreeing with that creepy psyho? !" Yoshii asked with food in his mouth.
"Relax." Yūji told him, muching on food as well. "They don't stand a chance against us and we get to boss 'em around when we're finished."
"Uh, don't be so sure." Hideyoshi said. "From what I hear, Shōko is not the girl you really wanna mess with, if you know what I'm saying."
"Really?" Itsuki asked. "Why's that?"
"Everyone's saying how smart and pretty she is, but for whatever reason the boys in this school don't want to go anywhere near her." Hideyoshi told them.
"I got this weird vibe when I was around her." Itsuki remembered. "I can't quite explain it, though."
"That is weird." Minami said. "You're vibe thing is, but I'm saying that about what Hideyoshi said. Anyway, guys love the pretty nutjobs."
"Then it's official, I'm not a guy." Itsuki joked.
"Well, apparently, she's a total ice princess to men." Hideyoshi stated.
"How can she not like us guys?" Akihisa questioned. "I mean-"
Akihisa then remembered how Shōko got real close to Himeji earlier.
"What a minute!" Akihisa may have realized something. "So, what if she's after..."
Itsuki then realized it, too. "No way... You really think she's a lesbian?"
Kōta then started to deattach and reattach parts of his camera.
"Ridiculous..." Yoshii denied. "There's no way that'd ever happen. I mean no judgment, but that's just stuff they make up for late-night cable." Yoshii then looked at Minami. "Back me up here."
"It's real." Minami said. "There's this one girl. She's always jumping me."
Something then pounced on Minami like a jungle cat that left everyone looking at what was happening.
"That's her, isn't it?" Ayane asked.
"Minami said 'jump' and she literally got jumped." Itsuki said.
"Miharu..." Minami said with a nervous look on her face.
"Why do you always want to hurt me?" Miharu asked with puppy-dog eyes. "You love me so much, you hang out with these boys to hide your love from me!"
"Hey!" Minami shouted.
As those two were squabbling, Yoshii was confused.
"Who's that?" Akihisa asked.
"Miharu Shimizu." Kōta answered. "Year 2, Class D."
Miharu was then snuggling on Minami's left arm.
"Stop it!" Minami continued yelling. "Get off of me!"
"There's no reason to be shy." Miharu continued to pester Minami. "I know deep down inside, you love me and I can't wait until you realize it."
"For the last time, I told you, I don't swing that way!" Minami shouted. "Yoshii, a little help here, please?"
"I'm afraid she's right." Akihisa told Miharu. "But I can see why you're confused. Shimada's got small boobs that are barely even there, a bad temper and sometimes kinda looks like a dude-"
Minami then starts twisting Yoshii's legs like a pretzel and starts to break them while Yoshii screams in pain. Miharu was also trying to break Yoshii's arm.
"I do NOT look like a dude!" Minami yelled. "Take it back!"
"That's right!" Miharu yelled. "I love Shimada because she is a beautiful woman!"
Akihisa looked like he was in a lot of pain. Meanwhile, Kōta was trying to take a peek under Minami's skirt while she was busy tearing the crap out of Yoshii.
"I give! I'll do whatever you say!" Yoshii screamed.
"That's more like it." Minami smiled. "Sweet, then you're going to take me out. I expect crepes at that place by the train station."
"But isn't that place super expensive?" Yoshii asked, but then started to feel pain in his legs again. "Okay! Fine!"
"Good." Minami said. "From now on, you have to be super nice and call me 'Lady Minami' and I'll call you 'Aki'."
"Yyyes, My Lady." Yoshii agreed, still in pain. "An I want... I want... you should just... say you love me sometime!"
"Fine." Yoshii was still suffering.
"No, you won't!" Miharu then continued to break Akihisa's arm.
"Say it!" Minami continued to break Akihisa's legs.
While Akihisa was screaming, everyone else was still eating.
"I thought lunch would be boring." Itsuki said. "But here we are with food and a show."
Meanwhile, the mysterious girl was in a dark corner of the school, talking with someone in the shadows.
"I see, you wish for me to participate in the duel between Classes A and F tomorrow." The strange person said. "This job sounds too easy."
"The opponent I wish for you to fight is not one who belongs in there." The girl told him. "In fact, his power may be on par with that of a Class A student. I've seen his prior test scores with my own eyes."
"Then this should be interesting. Although, you do realize my services don't come cheap?"
"Name your price, and you've got a deal."
The next day, the 7-on-7 duel between Class A and Class F was about to commence. The first battle would be between Class F's Minami Shimada and Class A's Yūko Kinoshita and the subject for that battle is Math. On the giant screen, Hideyoshi was dressed up in a jacket with a small, black tube top and white cargo shorts while holding a pink umbrella.
"Why am I the round whore?" Hideyoshi asked.
"What are you talking about, Hideyoshi?" Yoshii said. "Do you see anyone else around here as pretty as you?"
"You have a point, but are you aware I'm not a girl?" Hideyoshi questioned.
Minami had summoned her Avatar and her score was 182.
"By the way, my Math scores would put me in Class B." Minami said.
"Wow, I think I might start crying." Yūko said sarcastically. "Summon!"
Yūko summoned her Avatar, which had a Math score of 376, who then proceeded to attack Minami's Avatar. Minami stood no chance against Yūko, as her Avatar vanished as soon as it was hit once by Yūko's Avatar's lance.
"That sucks." Minami said with a sad face.
"I forgot to mention MY Math scores put me in A." Yūko gloated.
"The winner is Yūko Kinoshita of Class A!" The MC said into the mic.
Class A cheered for the victory of one of its star students.
Minami walked back to the Class F group, still looking a little down.
"Don't feel bad." Akihisa told her... and he STILL has that table glued to his hand. "It's not like your Class B Math scores could beat Class A, just because your Math sucks that life outta-"
Minami was then trying to break Akihisa's bones again.
"The second round will now commence!" The MC said.
On the screen was Hideyoshi, this time with a yellow jacket, a green shirt with a midriff and blue short shorts. The second round would have Yoshii fighting... which he ended up losing, but at least the shockwave caused the table to finally separate from his hand. Minami was strangling his arm.
"You thought just because you were left-handed, it would somehow make you smart? !" Minami questioned furiously.
"Our real fight is coming up now." Yūji told his fellow classmates. "Be prepared, guys!"
*It's only been two rounds and we're already getting our asses handed to us!* Itsuki thought. *I don't doubt Himeji's skills one bit and Ayane and myself can probably hold our own, but my real concern is with our remaining combatants. Can we really win this?*
The third round was about to begin and Kōta would be fighting Aiko Kudō.
"The subject will be Phys. Ed., along with Health" Kōta said.
Aiko has summoned her Avatar, which had a score of 446.
"446? !" Ayane said. "That's way too high! How's Kōta going to beat that? !"
"Say goodbye, you little perv!" Aiko said as her Avatar proceeded to attack Kōta's Avatar. His Avatar countered the attack and took her out in a single blow, since his score in Health and Physical Education was 576.
"Holy crap!" Ayane was surprised.
"The winner is Kōta Tsuchiya of Class F!" The MC said.
Class F was now cheering for their round victory.
"Wow." Yoshii muttered. "His Health and Phys. Ed. scores are bigger than all of my scores combined."
"How am I not surprised?" Itsuki sarcastically asked.
"Round 4 begins now!" The MC said.
"Go kick some butt, Himeji!" Yoshii cheered.
"I will fight this one." A guy with glasses and short blue hair walked up to the battlefield.
"That's Toshimitsu Kubo." Yūji pointed out. "This match we HAVE to win. He's the second rank student of Class A, so unless Himeji picks a subject he's not that good at, it'll be a tough fight."
*Come on, Mizuki!* Ayane thought. *We're all counting on you!*
"I choose all subjects combined." Kubo said.
"He can't do that!" Yoshii shouted. "It's our choice! Tell him-"
"Certainly." Himeji agreed with the terms of battle.
"Oh, okay." Yoshii simply said.
"This isn't good." Yūji figured. "When you fight with all subjects combined, your score is basically your rank."
"But if he's the second-strongest student they've got, then it's gonna take a miracle to win this!" Itsuki realized.
"Begin the match!" The announcer declared.
Both Himeji and Kubo summoned their Avatars. Kubo's combined score was 3,997.
"Holy shit!" Itsuki gasped. "That score's ridiculously high. I'm not even sure if my own scores could match."
However, Himeji's combined score was 4,409.
"YES!" Yoshii shouted with a fist-pump.
The strange girl couldn't see the score from where she was.
"What's the score?" She asked.
For some weird reason, Vegeta from DragonBall was standing right next to her.
"It's over 4000!" He said as he crushed his visor in his hand.
"What? ! 4000? ! That can't possibly be right!" She exclaimed.
Kubo and Himeji had an epic clash, that unfortunately didn't depict the actual match, in which Himeji ended up victorious.
"The winner is Class F's Mizuki Himeji!" The MC said.
Class F continued to roar with cheers.
"We've caught up to them!" Ayane said. "If we can win at least 2 more matches, we'll win!"
"Next up is Round 5!" The MC declared. "It will be Class F's Ayane Fukushima..."
Ayane then walked up to the battlefield and she was met by the strange girl who suggested the 7-on-7 format.
"I am Class A's third-ranked student, Hinata Inoue." She introduced herself. "What will the subject be?"
"... I choose... Geography." Ayane decided.
"Very well, begin the match!"
Ayane had summoned her Avatar, in which she had a score of 389.
"Summon." Hinata summoned her Avatar.
Hinata's Avatar was a chibi version of herself wearing a karate gi. Her Avatar's score was... 422.
*Crap! I guess I'll have to chip away at her score!* Ayane thought.
Her Avatar threw several kunai at Hinata's Avatar, but with a simple flick of her arm, all of the knives were knocked off their trajectory. Then Hinata's Avatar closed the distance between herself and Ayane's Avatar. When she got right in front of her, she slammed her palm into Ayane's Avatar and defeated her.
"N-No way. H-how did..." Ayane couldn't believe what she was seeing.
"The winner is Hinata Inoue of Class A!"
Class A cheered for their team taking the lead again. Ayane went back to the group with a less than satisfied look on her face.
"I'm sorry, Ayane." Itsuki said.
"It's not your fault." Ayane told him. "I underestimated my opponent."
"Then I've got to make sure we we the next two rounds." Itsuki said as he walked up to the field.
As Itsuki walked up, another guy came from the Class A side. He had grey hair and wore sunglasses, but there was nothing else to note about him.
"The next round will be Class F's Itsuki Kaito against... uh... I'm sorry, there's no name here."
"I don't need a name." The strange man said. "I don't what you call me. I don't even care if you call me something ridiculous like 'Mysterious Stranger'."
"Ehh... whatever. Against Pega-Pny Princess!"
"When I meant ridiculous, I didn't mean THAT ridiculous!" The nameless guy shouted at the MC. "Anyway, let's get this over with."
"The subject will be Physics." Itsuki said.
"Fine by me." The mysterious stranger said.
"Summon!" Itsuki summoned his Avatar, which had a score of 401.
"Summon!" The enigmatic guy said as the summoning circle appeared behind him.
His Avatar had an iron body that generated electricity throughout it and... oh yeah, was ridiculously huge! It was almost as tall the room they were in! It towered over all of the students.
"Wow..." Minami gasped. "That's... big."
Yoshii stared at it, curled his lip and then...
"We surrender!" Akihisa begged as he got down on his knees.
His Avatar's score was... 338.
"Heh, your Avatar's certainly got size, but his score is still lower than mine!" Itsuki smirked. "Have at him!"
Itsuki's Avatar pulled out his lance and charged for the opposing Avatar, but then the giant grabbed him with one of its giant metal hands and began squeezing him.
"You might have score, but I can still chip you away until I can crush you!" The mysterious stranger commented back.
His Avatar then sent electrical currents into his arm and began to shock Itsuki's Avatar, sapping its strength bit by bit. Itsuki's Avatar tried to pull out his sword and then slashed up parts of the arm. The shocking stopped, but the arm was still displaying sparks.
"Even if I go down, you're coming down with me!" The stranger said.
"I think not!" Itsuki said back.
Itsuki's Avatar pulled out its crossbow and then shot an arrow at the giant Avatar's head, which caused it to lose its grip and Itsuki's Avatar ran as far away as possible before the giant Avatar exploded.
"The winner is Itsuki Kaito of Class F!"
Class F began to cheer again now that they've managed to tie back up with Class A again.
"You did it, Itsuki!" Ayane congratulated him as he walked back to Class F.
"I couldn't let any of you guys down." Itsuki told them all. "Now it's all up to you, Yūji."
Yūji nodded as he and Shōko walked up to the battlefield.
"Yūji Sakamoto, Class F rep." Yūji told the announcer.
"Class A representative, Shōko Kirishima." Shōko did the same.
"What will the subject be?"
"Why not raise the stakes?" Yūji asked. "I'd like a restricted Japanese History test. How about we limit the questions? Elementary school level with a perfect score of 100."
Several of the students on both sides were surprised that they weren't going to use their Avatars for this match.
"Then I will get the test prepared and both students can go wait for me in the classroom." The teacher Yōko Takahashi said as she left.
Both students went back to their respective class groups.
"Have you lost your mind, Yūji? !" Akihisa questioned.
"An elementary-level test?" Itsuki also questioned. "The most you'll do is tie with her!"
"He's right." Hideyoshi agreed. "You'll both simply get a perfect score."
"But even a simple mistake will mean a loss for that side." Mizuki deduced.
"Exactly." Yūji said. "Now this battle is merely about concentration and willpower. I've got this in the bag. Whenever Shōko memorizes something, she never forgets it."
"Isn't that bad since History is all about memorizing?" Yoshii asked.
"No, that's how I'll win." Yūji pointed out. "Shōko thinks that the Taika Reform happened in the year 625 and memorized them as 'Taika alive in 625'. I just need the one question on the test and I'll win."
"Hold on, Yūji..." Akihisa said. "The Taika Reforms didn't happen in the year 625?"
"No, the rhyme's 'Taika alive in 645." Yūji corrected. "But it's easy to get confused if someone teaches it to you wrong."
"O-okay..." Yoshii simply said.
"Hello, Class A equipment, goodbye crappy tables." Yūji smirked.
Everyone except for Yūji and Shōko were waiting back in the room while the test was going on. When the test was finished, the scores were posted on the jumbo screen.
"I've gathered the scores of both reps!" Ms. Takahashi announced. "Shōko Kirishima, you're score is... 97 points!"
"Ha! In your face, Class A!" Itsuki shouted with glee.
"Yūji Sakamoto... 53 points!"
Everyone in Class F went silent.
"... Shit." Itsuki simply said after hearing that.
Class F's low tables turned into cardboard boxes.
"I didn't think it could get worse!" Akihisa complained.
"Why did they even take our tables when they didn't need them?" Mizuki questioned.
"To rub salt in the wound." Itsuki answered.
"Huh?" Mizuki said.
"They're jerks." Itsuki summed up. "Anyway, what the hell, Yūji? ! I thought you were smarter than most of the people here!"
"Did you stroke out or something? !" Yoshii questioned as well.
"Guess that's my real skill level." Yūji simply said.
"What use is a plan if you can't even get 100 points? !" Yoshii asked.
"Sometimes in life you get hit by that unknown X-factor." Yūji said.
"Especially when that X-factor is your own puny brain!" Yoshii argued.
"Yūji..." A voice came from outside the classroom.
The doors opened and Shōko came in.
"You promised... it's time." Shōko said.
"Right, the loser has to do what the winner says." Yoshii remembered.
"I didn't forget." Yūji assured her. "Let's have it."
Kōta then pulled out his camera in preparation for what might happen as Shōko stood in front of Himeji.
"You can't do this, Shōko!" Yoshii said to her. "That stuff only happens on late-night cable!"
But then Shōko walked toward Yūji.
"Yūji... I want you to go out with me." Shōko requested.
Everyone else seemed dumbfounded by what was happening.
"Oh, I get it now." Itsuki realized. "She only behaved so coldly to other guys because she only had eyes for one."
"I though you'd finally given up on that." Yūji stated.
"I can never give up." Shōko told him. "You're the one I'll always like best."
"Can I say 'no'?" Yūji asked.
"You can't." Shōko said. "You made a promise and now we're going out on a date."
"Wait a minute, can't we talk about-"
Shōko then did something to Yūji, which rendered him unconscious and dragged him out of the classroom.
"Okay... what's that about?" Minami wondered.
"Don't know." Mizuki expressed. "But it's so sweet."
"Then why was Shōko always looking at Himeji?" Akihisa asked.
"Probably to intimidate her." Hideyoshi answered.
"Like a white guy trying to be a gangster, only Shōko actually pulled it off." Itsuki commented.
Just then, the door opened again and Hinata came through.
"If you want to talk to your rep, she left and dragged our rep with her." Itsuki told her.
"Actually, I'm here for you." Hinata said as she walked up to Itsuki. "I've wanted to ask you for a long time now... Will you got out with me?"
The room fell silent once again.
"Here it goes again." Kōta said.
"It's not like with Shōko, where I'll have to be dragged away unconscious and possibly get raped, right?" Itsuki asked.
"No, nothing like that." Hinata assured. "I just want one date."
"Uh... okay. That sounds fair." Itsuki said.
"Great, just give me your number." Hinata said.
Itsuki then walked up to Akihisa.
"Yoshii, punch me in the face right now." Itsuki requested.
"Why?" Yoshii asked.
"Because I'm dreaming and something needs to wake me up before I get my hopes up." Itsuki answered.