Kondo, Hijikata and Yamzaki had arrived at the secret meeting place. It wasn't exactly very secret since it was just a coffee shop down the street from the school they frequented. And of course, Okita arrived last.

Hijikata puts down his spoon on his mayo-filled katsu-don. Kondo and Yamazaki stopped eating. "Oh boy, drama is about to ensue," they both thought.

"Oi, Sougo, you're late. I wish you'll take your job more seriously," Hijikata said with a bit of flare in his tone.

"Now c'mon, Toshi. Give the boy a break. He's been working nonstop and attending school for the past two weeks with barely any sleep," Kondo tried to calm him down.

Okita simply sat down with a bored face. This made Hijikata more irritated.

Yamazaki chuckled nervously and changed the subject, "Now, why have you asked us to attend an emergency meeting, Hijikata-san?"

"The girl that transferred to our class today is a member of our rival corporation. They have always been stealing our kills and therefore our pay. What appears strange to me right now is that she came to this school. I think she may know some info about us. If worst comes to worst, we may have to kill her so our secrecy can remain undisturbed."

By now, Sougo had already put on his eye mask and dozed off.

The vein in Hijikata's forehead popped dangerously.

"And I say SOUGO will have to be the person that gets close to her to see what she's up to."

"EH?" Yamazaki and Kondo exclaimed.

Sougo lifted his eye mask. "And may I know the reason why I am chosen?"

"Are you disobeying orders? If you think you are incompetent or incapable of seducing a girl to get info, I guess it's fine," Hijikata scoffed.

"Don't you dare mock me, you mayo-freak. I accept the task," the straw-coloured hair boy glared. He was going to have a long night staying up trying to think of ways to seduce this girl.


The next morning, Okita decided to put his plan into action.

First, you must observe the enemy—uh, I mean girl.

He noticed that Kagura always had her hair in buns on either side of her head and a purple parasol in her hand, rain or shine. She had thick glasses on and a massive appetite. After school ends each day, she simply goes to an old apartment above a snack shop. She doesn't really go out afterwards other than walking her white dog, Sadaharu, in the evening.

Second, you must be familiar with things she likes and her habits.

Okita noticed that Kagura liked listening to the B'z and loved eating rice. She also liked the colour red. At school, she rarely talks to anyone. She usually eats by herself at the roof leaning behind a storage room where there's shadow. After she is done, she usually heads back to class and reads a book.

Third, after all the information has been gathered, you must be a man and actually contact her.

After a week of observing, Okita decided it was time to contact her. He waited until it was lunch time and as predicted, Kagura went to the roof to eat her lunch.

"Is the view that good here, China?" Okita smirked as he sat down beside her.

Kagura frowned, "I have a name."

"You always have your hair in buns. You look like you're from China. Plus, the nickname suits you." Okita shrugged and took out a sandwich.

Silence.

"Ah, you're not very talkative, huh."

Kagura looked at him, "And you are super talkative. If you don't mind, I'd rather eat in silence."

"Hmph. What a feisty girl. This is going to be tougher than I initially thought," the boy munched his sandwich.

Soon the orange-haired girl finished her lunch and started packing. Sougo noticed this and stuffed the rest of the sandwich in his mouth.

"Hey, how about we hang out after school today? Y'know, like study together or something? There's an English test tomorrow," Okita suggested.

Kagura looked at him with surprise. She thought for a brief moment and said, "Sure."

Sougo gave her his trademark smile, "Alright! Let's meet at the front gate after school then. See you later, China!" He ran past her down the stairs.

"Great," Sougo thought. "Now I can infiltrate her house and possibly find out why she is in this school."