=Chapter 4=

On with the Zenkichi story!

Like always, this is never edited, proof read, or nothing. I make it up as I go.

On with the story!

Zenkichi marched to the student council room with Shiranui. The talk with the entity inside the dream made him review the facts of what had happened to him and motivated again with a stronger standing. He needed to tell Medaka something right away, and no one was going to stop him.

Shiranui watched her fellow classmate as they strolled along side each other. She was starting to see the abnormality (or rather minus) that Zenkichi had become.

How he stared ahead.

How he walked.

The creases on his face.

He had gone through pain that most people would either die from or commit suicide. The fact the Ajimu used Book Maker for that purpose was to continue doing it until his mind had gotten used to pain. He knows pain, and accepts it. He is now a champion of weakness, and knows how to use it to his advantage. However, Medaka doesn't have any form of weakness other than her inability to understand human affection for certain things. Zenkichi had decided to do things in combat, where she is in her prime. Even so, she wanted Zenkichi to win once in his life, so she decided not to talk him out of this mess of a plan.

"So, Zenkichi, what are you going to tell Medaka?" asked Shiranui.

Zenkichi looked down at his companion and smirked. "You'll see when we get there."

This caused her to pout.

Meanwhile, Kumagawa and Emukae were stalking the two from a distance to watch the scene unfold. They peered around the corner to watch Zenkichi and Shiranui walk side by side toward the council room. Kumagawa had to take away Emukae's knives just in case she got a little out of hand. However, even he felt a level of insecurity on how the scene was unfolding.

Zenkichi was just like him now, a minus.

The very thought of that made him feel…strange. Was it happiness; the fact he wasn't the only minus in the student council anymore? Or was it the feeling of envy, on account of the fact that he was a stronger minus than him now? He never understood anything about these kinds of things when he was a minus, but now has a good grasp on emotional logic.

Zenkichi wanted revenge on the person who caused him the first great pain that he experienced.

And that person was Kurokami Medaka.

Kumagawa looked at Emukae. She looked at Zenkichi with a great deal of affection, even now. Now that he thought about it, why did Zenkichi stay the same even after becoming a minus? Obviously, he should've become a lot more insane and acquired a love for Shonen Jump. Something must have happened in the dream that made him that way. Kumagawa got up from his sitting position and crept along to another hiding place to watch Zenkichi kick the door that led to student council room open.

Zenkichi blasted the door back with his foot with no hesitation. As he thought, he found Medaka sitting at her desk, finishing up the paper work for the culture festival. Akune and Kikaijima were also in the room, both jumping at the sound of the door breaking from its hinges and flipping towards Medaka. Medaka lifted her head just in time to see the door right in front of her table. She blinked and the door crumbled into powder.

'She used Emukae's skill Raff-Rafflesia in the blink of an eye? How is that even possible?' thought Akune.

'Did Kurokami-san grow stronger in just a few hours?' thought Kikaijima.

Medaka narrowed her eyes to see the person who shoved the entrance in her face. When the dust dissipated, Medaka wasn't surprised that Zenkichi was standing at the entrance. What DID surprise her was the fact he had the power or the confidence to do that. Maybe he was more interesting as an enemy after all.

"Hey, Medaka-chan, how has it been going with the council work?" said Zenkichi with a smirk on his face. Medaka felt a pang of insecurity. There was something different about him; she just couldn't put her finger on it. Just the way he smiles…

"It has been going fine, Zenkichi. Why don't you sit down and help me organize this stack of papers?" Medaka said gesturing towards the enormous piles of papers to her left and right.

"I'm sorry, Medaka-chan, I didn't come here to help…" said Zenkichi. Medaka tipped her head in a silent question. Kikaijima and Akune looked on in nervousness.

"I've come here to tell you…" Zenkichi started as he reached into his pocket. He pulled out a shiny quarter, causing everyone to question what he was doing with U.S. currency. As he flip it, he finished his sentence:

"…I will be leaving the student council."

"WHAT?" flinched Akune.

Kikaijima covered her mouth in shock.

Medaka narrowed her eyes harder.

"I call heads" said Zenkichi. It fell on his hand on heads. Everyone just continued to wonder what Zenkichi was doing. He just told Medaka that he was going to leave the council, just like that. For someone who believes that helping the people around you is the greatest good, that would be like back-handing her in the face. Akune and Kikaijima looked back from Zenkichi to Medaka.

"…What are you talking about, Zenkichi?" she said hesitantly. She obviously knew the fact but couldn't believe it.

"I can't be near you if I am going to fight you, Medaka-chan. I'm basically here to tell you that I am waging war against you for the second time. I guess I should-" Zenkichi was cut short by the screw that went through his head. Kumagawa grimaced as the blood splatter onto his uniform. Akune and Kikaijima gaped and rushed to the scene. Medaka simply watched from her chair.

"[I'm sorry, Medaka-chan, I couldn't help myself. You very well know what he became]" said Kumagawa.

"…a minus, am I correct?" asked Medaka. Akune turned toward Medaka while Kikaijima turned to Kumagawa.

"Are you serious? How can he become something like that?" he yelled.

Medaka stared down at Akune. "It's very possible, Secretary Akune. I'm sure that the Not Equal Ajimu Najimi has something to do with this."

"Well, you're right about that."

Everyone turned to see Zenkichi right behind Kumagawa in the hallway.

"How did you-" Kikaijima gasped.

"Like my new skill? I figured I would give you a sneak peek at what it does" he said with his hands behind his head. Kumagawa turned to the place where he hit Zenkichi to find a cardboard cutout of him.

Medaka suddenly stood and walked up to Zenkichi, who continued to act aloof.

"Zenkichi, I was trying to improve you so you can become something better. You have been provoking me to do something else entirely. What are you trying to prove?" said Medaka.

"I'm not trying to prove anything, and it's wrong of you to try to change me. What needs improving?" he shouted. Medaka stepped back because of the sound.

"You are simply being too stubborn for your own good. You should correct your behavior before you cause some unnecessary harm to others" said Medaka she tried to grasp him. He stepped back.

"I only came to tell you that I'm leaving the Student Council. Here's the armband and uniform" Zenkichi said as he took off the band and pulled of the uniform, leaving him only wearing a white t-shirt. He stacked the items onto Medaka's open hands and walked down the hall.

"Wait, Zenkichi! Stop!" yelled Medaka. Zenkichi continued to walk down the hall.

"…PROSTRATE BEFORE ME, Hitoyoshi Zenkichi!" stated Medaka. Zenkichi hit the ground harder than a brick. Emukae moved from her hiding to go to Zenkichi's side. Akune and Kikaijima came out into the hall to see what made the noise and gaped. Kumagawa just watched with a frown on his face. Medaka had used Weighed Words on Zenkichi.

"Zenkichi, I don't know what happened to the man that I knew, but he isn't there anymore. You have become a danger not to me, but to the entire school! I have no choice but to beat you now!" declared Medaka.

Zenkichi struggled to his feet and turned to Medaka. "All…I am trying to do…is…become my own person. You have no right to stop me!" he screamed before bursting from the Weighed Words' control. He turned to Emukae, "Come on, Emukae."

Emukae took his arm and walked with him, leaving the Student Council staring either at their departure or the clothing in Medaka's hands. Shiranui, who was being unnaturally quiet, followed silently behind.

"Um, Medaka-cha-" Akune started before looking at Medaka. She was crying into the uniform.

"Are you okay, Kurokami-san?" asked Kikaijima. A few moments among, she told her that Zenkichi was inferior to the interns; now she was crying.

"I'm fine; just grieving for a comrade. He was a nice person, a valuable companion… but he's dead now" stared down at the uniform and gripped it, "I'll avenge him by beating the atrocity that replace him!"

"I won't be too sure about that, Kurokami Medaka" Ajimu appeared on top of a desk in the room, "He's become my little test subject. Let's see if this Flask Plan experiment works."

"I won't allow it! I will defeat the monster you made and bring Zenkichi back! He did it for me once; I must return the favor!" Medaka snarled.

"Please tell me how it goes down: I'd love to hear it from one of the contestant's mouth" said Ajimu as she disappeared in the blink of an eye.

Medaka stared at the spot where Ajimu was, "...Joke's on her: I've gotten a new skill" she smirked.

Zenkichi limped around the corner and collapsed. Talking in such a boisterous tone was tiring; how could Kumagawa stand himself when he was like that. Emukae layed him down onto the wall and sat beside him. Zenkichi started to breathe heavily and closed his eyes. The Weighted Words really had a mark on him.

"Hitoyoshi-kun, why did you pretend to become someone else? Medaka is angry with you now, you know?" said Emukae.

"I know; that's what I wanted to do."

"Eh?"

"I knew that she would be mad at me if I become the same thing as Kumagawa-senpai. Then, she would have no qualms with fighting me 'for the sake of the students'. Then, I would really feel accomplished if I can defeat her" Zenkichi chuckled.

"Hopefully, this doesn't backfire on you. I would hate it if you pushed her or yourself too far" whimpered Emukae.

"Who the heck do you think I am? I'm obviously going to push myself too far" the both of them laughed as they got up and walked on, unaware of their witness in the shadows.

"Well, this is something to inform the others of. I hope I'm not too late to stop this madness."

"I can't believe they forgot I existed for a second there. I felt worse than Hinokage-senpai"

Munakata Kei and Shiranui Hansode walked down the hall to the room where the rest of Zenkichi's comrades waited for his arrival.

Well that happened.

I painted Medaka in a better light in this chapter for some reason:

I've been reading the earlier chapters too much.

Anyway, latest chapter: the band battle begins! And they talk about Medaka's problems! More stuff to work with! I'm happy now.

Maybe I should put a spoiler tag on this story…