A/N: So yesterday was my last day of my chocolates class... I'm supposed to be happy about this, right? Well, NO. My reason being when I left, the instructor told me I failed because I only did one page of our final notebook. The same one she told me I only needed to do one day of to pass. I fucking hated that class, so you can understand why these updates might seem a little stressed.

I'd say the sarcastic email I sent her afterwards got my point across, hopefully. Not my fault she decided to fail a disabled student.

But to the point; here's where the plot for part one of this season kicks in, so those of you brooding about there not being any cardfights? WISH GRANTED.

(I'm super excited about this, if you couldn't tell. A stark contrast to my several hours of depression yesterday.)

And because dates in Vanguard are very screwy, I'm only going to be listing the year the chapter takes place instead of the exact date, since I can only guess by using the school system.

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"Notice from Hibiya Middle School Student Council:

Starting tomorrow, xx/xx/20xx, the Literature Club will be disbanded due to breach in school rules:

-Lack of required members

-Total grade percentage not meeting school requirements

Members will have until 3:00 pm today to clear out any personal belongings. Anything left behind will be confiscated under school rule and held until further notice.

Any questions or concerns maybe taken to SC president Nakao Mayu or vice president Hagane Ryota.

Active members:

Tegami Yoshiro

Yamato Madoka

Yahagi Kyou

Hanoi Akio

"What. The. Fuck."

On a normal day, Kyou would have worried about how he and Masuyo were in perfect sync, but seeing the paper taped to the door of their club room was of more concern. Underneat was another paper, listing the names of the club's members and their grade, which Masuyo was complaining loudly about being a "huge invasion of privacy!"

Madoka, for his part, looked like he was about to go into full-blown panic mode, eyes wide and clutching his uniform shirt tightly. It was hardly surprising, seeing as the literature club was practically his whole life.

The sound of approaching footsteps drew his attention away, turning to see Akio walking towards them, whistling. His tune trailed off as he took in their expression.

"This is gonna sound really insensitive, but... what's up?" He said hesitantly. Masuyo pointed angrily at the notice, which Akio took barely two seconds to read before his expression turned from confused to incredulous.

"What the fuck!" He shouted. Kyou was mildly glad they were the only ones on that side of the floor, this most of their comments went unheard, but he momentarily marveled at their shared mindset.

It was almost too bad Madoka didn't swear. And that he seemed to be having an aneurysm.

"Wait, where's Yoshiro?" Masuyo said, looking around. Indeed, their leader was nowhere to be seen, and the club room was locked. "He's usually here before any of us."

"Which means he already saw this." Kyou said passively. "He's probably already kicked down the SC's door and is in there arguing with Hagane right now."

The four of them stood there for a good three seconds before Masuyo, Akio and Madoka shot off towards the center stairwell. Kyou sighed, deciding to take his time and see where things went. He cast one last glance at the notice as he walked away, then paused.

He turned back, staring at the second sheet before something clicked.

Wait a minute...

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By the time he got to the ground floor, where the council office was located, he could already hear the screaming before he even walked in. By the sound of it, the argument hadn't progressed yet, as there were still "whys" and "hows" floating around.

"As I've said before, your club is being disbanded due to not following the rules the school has laid out for every club. In this case, you lack members and grades."

"And that's why I'm saying, how?!"

It was easy to differentiate Yoshiro and Hagane's voices, mostly by what they were saying, but he didn't waste time in cutting into the conversation.

"Why don't you tell us specifically where we screwed up, then we'll talk it over?" He said, stepping between the two arguing males. Hagane looked surprised at his interruption, but cleared his throat and made his way to the desk near the window.

"As I was trying to explain to Tegami-" He shot the taller boy a dirty look. "-your club has violated two of the main requirements for school clubs."

"Go over them slowly, or we'll be here for a while." Akio said. Hagane sighed.

"First off, club members. While we have overlooked this one violation, it is only because the school festival was taking up most of our time and we didn't have a chance to bring this up."

Kyou nodded. "Alright. You say we don't have enough club members, but counting everyone here, that's five people. We meet the requirements."

Hagane nodded too, but there was a glint in his eyes that told him there was bad news.

"Yes, you would be five members... if you were all in the same club. However-" He opened a drawer in the desk, searching for something before pulling out two slips of paper. Knowing a fight would break out of anyone else moved, Kyou approached and took them, eyes widening slightly.

"Uehara Masuyo is not a member of your club. It is against the rules to be part of more than one, so her request to join the literature club was denied."

"Two clubs?" Masuyo said, stomping over and snatching the papers out of Kyou's hands. He let her, and waited until she looked through both of them. "There's some kind of mistake, I withdrew from the cooking club before the school festival!"

"Supposedly." Hagane replied, which was met with a glare from the girl. "However, we never received such a thing. We have no documents stating your withdrawal or dismissal from the cooking club. It's on the club president to submit it."

There was a tense moment of silence as Masuyo processed this, her expression slowly changing from confusion to disbelief, then anger.

"That asshole." She growled darkly. She threw the papers onto the desk, running out the door. While she didn't say anything, it was pretty obvious to everyone in the room what happened.

Her brother never accepted her withdrawal. That's why her name wasn't on the members list.

"... As for the second violation," Hagane continued, earning another glare, this time from Akio. "As you all know, each club requires its members to contribute at least twenty percent of their grade to keep the club functioning. Of course, if one member doesn't reach that twenty percent, then it's evened out by the other members if their grades are high enough. As of this semester your total percentage only comes up to eighty-eight percent."

Kyou mentally ran through their recent test scores, the look on Yoshiro's face implying he was doing the same thing. When they did, they quickly turned to look at Akio.

"... You failed your biology exam last week." Kyou said. Akio looked away shamefully.

"... I thought it would be okay since we had Masyu-san and you guys had such good grades, but since she's not really in the club..." he said quietly.

Nobody said anything about that. They had all focused on his math and English grades, assuming those were his weakest subjects. They never bothered checking his other classes because those two were the most important.

They couldn't blame him. In the end, all five of them shared the blame.

Five...

An idea came in suddenly, although it was a long shot...

"What if we get another member? Someone that can even out the grades and bring up our numbers?"

It was an obvious solution, but not one without its obstacles. For one thing, while they'd become slightly more respectable among the student body, it was still a known fact that they did not get along with the student council. Seeing as they haven't had any new members since Masuyo- Akio joined, that was proof enough.

Hagane hesitated to answer.

"... while that is the best solution, we've already received a request from another club for use of the room you are already occupying." Kyou winced.

So that's why they wanted us to clear out by tomorrow... The best idea would be to negotiate with the other club, but...

"Which club? Maybe we can work it out." His patience was running thin at this point, the panic starting to set in. He didn't fear the student council - none of them did. It was the idea of not being able to continue their usual, carefree days that worried him.

That and the fact that Yoshiro looked about ready to murder someone, and the only thing stopping him was the fact that Kyou was still talking. And Madoka holding him by the hood of his sweater.

"The-" There was sudden knock on the open doors, a student that looked to be in the same grade as them peeking in.

"'scuze me, President?" He said. He took one look at Hagane, eyebrow raising. "What, she's not here?"

"Nakao is out with the flu." Hagane said, gesturing for him to come in. "But good timing. Yahagi, this is Murakawa Yo, vice captain of the cardfight club. They're the ones that asked to take your club's room."

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A/N: It's actually... a bit behind from where I wanted it to end, but this works for pacing. That and I've been typing for over four hours.

So I'm guessing you guys know where this is heading. Can't have a CFV fic without a little cardfighting, right?

So here'w what I want to know: what cland do you all think the lit club will use? I'm curious about what the readers think and their reasoning. Who knows, I might even change what I have planned!

(I'm also far to lazy to go through editing, so if you see any mistakes, remind me that I should probably hire a beta. You know, like I've been meaning to for the last two years.)