~~Morning~~
I slipped on my indoor shoes at school. They were blue and white and a little snug, but mandatory for all students. I looked around at the rest of the students. The atmosphere was lower than yesterday. Curious, I asked a girl near me what had happened. I don't remember her name, but I'm sure she was in the gaming club.
"You haven't heard? Musume Ronshaku was arrested for kidnapping Haruka-san," her voice was hushed and quiet. I was shocked. Dad didn't say anything about this.
"What? The missing girl?" I asked. She nodded vigorously.
"Yeah, they found a syringe with Ronshaku-san's finger prints and Haruka-san's blood. It was found in a room near the cooking club," She explained. What? I didn't hear about this!?
"Do you know if she had anything to do with the death of Osana Najimi?" She shook her head.
"No, but I do know that there's a rumor that Haruka-san's dad owed the Ronshku's a lot of money, and her dad couldn't pay. Rumor is that Ronshaku-san kidnapped her for ransom or... worse," she shrugged. She looked to the side as she leaned over and whispered to me.
"You didn't hear it from me, okay? Anyways I need to go to the gaming club, now. If you ever want to play a game, come by anytime!" She waved as she went up the steps.
It was 7:17, so I still had more than half an hour to investigate. I quickly sent a text to my dad to ask about the situation with Musume Ronshaku. I walked over to the main courtyard. I need to know more about both girls and their personalities. I walked up to the circle. There was a space between them.
"Hi, girls," I said. They greeted me with some enthusiasm. If anyone knew about Musume, these girls did.
"Hello/Good morning/Hi!" Were a few of the responses.
"I don't mean to bother, but I just heard about Ronshaku-san. Was it really true?" I asked the girls. There was a bit of silence and looks between the girls. I seemed to have stepped on a land mine. The girl with teal hair spoke up.
"Yeah, that bitch really did it." She said.
"Saki!" Exclaimed the blue haired girl.
"Oh, shut up. You know it's true!" They all seemed frustrated. Perhaps I asked too directly, but I'll waste time if I try to obtain information through regular chatter.
"You don't know that for sure," The blonde girl timidly responded.
"So you think it was coincidence that Kokona-chan happened to have some money trouble and all of a sudden the daughter of a loan shark wants to be a part of our friend group?"
"Musume wouldn't do that! She's our friend!" the redhead exclaimed with passion.
"HA. Musume was really good friends with you. No wonder you're defending her!" 'Saki' replied back in a snarky voice. The blue haired girl was held back the redhead, when she charged. Koharu-chan looked worried as well as blondie.
"C'mon Yui! You know Saki's only saying that because she's hurting," the blue haired girl struggled to hold back 'Yui'.
"So what? Kokona was our friend too!" Yui cried as she fell on the floor, "she was our friend too..."
Saki's tears started to form and she tried to hold them back, but Saki started crying. The other girls embraced in a group hug and everyone was crying.
"It's okay, Saki. I'm sure they'll find Kokona soon," blondie said to 'Saki'. . The girls tried to calm her and I thought this was a good time to leave. I didn't get much information, but the delicate state of Saki's mind made it difficult to get any answers from her or any of her friends.
I went over to the circle of boys. Hopefully I could get information from them. I approached them cautiously. A few of them craned over to see what was happening to see what happened over with Saki and the rest of the girls.
"What happened over there?" A boy asked me. He had violet hair and matching eyes. He had an accent and seemed to be a 'rich' kid.
"We were talking about Ronshaku-san. Since I'm new I don't know much about everyone and I wanted to know... Haruka-san was brought up and she started crying," I observed the boy I was talking to and saw him get tense when I said Haruka-san's name.
"Did you know either of them?" I asked him. He looked down and thought about my question.
"Haruka-chan was..." he trailed off. The look in his eye told me that she wasn't just an acquaintance to him. I decided to ask another question.
"Did you know Ronshaku-san?" I asked. He wasn't the one who answered though, a green haired boy interjected.
"Yeah, she was the flashiest girl in school," he was very enthusiastic like another green haired person I know, "I heard she smokes behind the school near the delinquents. Her dad's supposed to be a loan shark too. It makes sense that she's the one behind the kidnapping!" A blue head boy pulled him away and covered his mouth.
"Hayato! Riku's right there!" I seen the blue haired boy point to the violet haired boy.
"I'm alright, Ryusei. Really. You can let him go," Riku reassured his friend. Ryusei let Hayato go, but lightly hit his head. A little 'ouch' came from Hayato. The red head and the teal dude laughed and blond boy tried to hide his giggles. Apparently Ryusei was always reprimanding Hayato or hitting him when he does something stupid.
"But Hayato's right, she's dangerous," Ryusei turned toward me. I nodded and noted that Musume Ronshaku had a bad reputation. No one would trust her, so it'd be easy to frame her. A perfect scapegoat. Perhaps the criminal thought of this.
"Yeah, but she's still kinda hot," the redhead said. The blonde boy slapped the back of his head.
"Not cool man," the teal haired boy said.
It was kind of annoying to not know all of their names. I stealthily took out my phone.7:34, I read. Not much time left to ask about Najimi-san and Ronshaku-san. Asking for their names might take up a lot of time seeing as I was only able to ask a few questions in the last 15 minutes. I stood near by as I continued to converse amongst themselves. I learned a few things. Apparently Riku had a crush on Haruka-san. He would stalk her after school as she did her club activities. There was a bit of contradicting as red head said she was in the Cooking club and teal said she was in Drama. Riku was fed up with them and didn't answer what club she was in after they accused him of being a stalker.
Names were randomly thrown, but I managed to get them all. Lucky for me Riku was upset and started to call them by their last names. Red was Haruto Yuto, blondie was Sota Yuki, and teal was Sora Sosuke, green was Hayato Haruki, and blue, Ryusei Koki. Yuto-san joked back a 'Soma-san', so Riku's whole name was probably Riku Soma. I checked my phone again. 7:52
"So, what happened to Haruka-san?" I asked. They fell silent almost immediately. Surprisingly, Soma-san was the first to reply.
"She disappeared one day. Out of the blue. It was strange, there was nothing wrong, yet she disappeared like smoke," he told me with a sad expression. I nodded and put a hand to his shoulder for comfort. I'm not sure i it helped him, but he did try to smile back.
The bell rang and everyone shuffled towards the double doors. I sighed. Time for class. I managed to get a bit of information. Musume Ronshaku was taken in for questioning. Dad still didn't text me back about her.
I walked up to the stairs and into my class. Ayano was already there. I inhaled sharply. Internally I squealed at seeing the only person I considered a friend at this school. She was already working on the assignment sheet for this class. I used all the self restraint to not hop over to her. I took deep breaths. I decided last night that I would do my mission. I'm not here for fun and games. I decided to sit down and do my own work.
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A/N: This is like half of what I wrote, but I had some inconsistencies with the rest of the chapter. SO please enjoy this, while I rewrite the rest. Please review!