CHAPTER 4—Urgent meeting
By the dawn of next day, the whole school had already known about the undergarment-thief. Well, that was a little outrageous. Make it more than half of the school knows it.
"Yuuta, everyone knows about it dane. News spread very fast dane."
"Shut up Yanagizawa." Yuuta had a terrible time with people staring at him every now and then and others giggling when they saw him.
"Yuuta, come to the meeting room with me." Mizuki orders him. Morning practice had been cancelled to make way for the urgent meeting. Those involved last night were called to attend the meeting too.
"Momo-senpai, why do we have to attend as well?"
"Who cares? This looks fun."
"I am not involved in this."
"Ochibi-chan! Don't worry; I'll protect your underwear from that pervert!"
"Kikumaru-senpai, you look happy." Ryoma looks curiously at him.
"Ah? That was mean, chibi (and he pinch Ryoma on his cheeks). How can I be happy when Fuji's brother is involved with a jiken like this?"
"Itai..."
"Demo ne... you know, it would be fun to have something to happen once in a while. Or life would be a living hell. Except tennis of course! Haha"
"Eiji." Kikumaru froze at the voice.
"Ahaha Fuji, don't mind don't mind. I was just joking. Of course I hope your brother will find his um... belonging back. And also, catch the pervert!"
"Fuh wasting our time here... where is Atobe? He called us all to wait here but he is late. Jirou, wake up!!!" Shishido shakes Jirou and slaps him with the other hand.
"... ... ... hm? Hm... where am I? (Yawn)..."
"In the students' meeting room, Jirou-senpai." Ohtori answers.
"Why am I here? (blink blink)..."
"Yea... why is he here?" Atsushi chirps in. "I don't see him last night."
"Ah... Kabaji brought him here by mistake... never mind. Since he's here might as well let him be. He won't be listening—"
"Zzzzzzz.... Zzzzz...... zzzzzz......"
This is so true for before Yuushi finish his sentence, Jirou dozes off again.
"Where's Tachibana-san? He's never late..." Kamio whispers to Shinji and Ishida.
"Well, I suppose he's meeting up with the other four head dorms..." Sakurai said.
CRACK
The door opens and all five head dorms walk in. Tezuka lead the way followed by Atobe, Tachibana, Mizuki and Sengoku.
"Alright, is everyone here?" Tezuka look at them.
There were random "yea" shouting from the crowd.
"Seigaku! Is everyone here!?"
"YES!!!" their voices are loud which shows how much power Tezuka had over his team.
"Hyotei!" Atobe said with a clap.
"YES!" and one "Usu!"
Atobe is satisfied. Well, Hyotei will not lose to Seigaku in terms of spirits.
"Fudomine!!!" Tachibana's voice boomed through the room.
"YES!!!" the dorm's students are burning. They are always behind their head dorm no matter what. Tachibana is their source of power.
"Rudolph!"
"YES!" There was less voice but their spirits are high.
"Yamabuki!"
"YES!!!" well, they are as good as Hyotei.
"Momo-senpai, are we having a competition or something?" Ryoma whispers.
"Saa... everyone is so high-spirited. I thought we are here to discuss about a missing underwear."
"Momoshiro! Pay attention here." Tezuka instructed.
"Hai!"
"Since everyone is here... we shall start our meeting officially. Now..."
"Why is Mizuki the chairman? He's the prime suspect!" Gakuto shouts.
"Yea! Change the chairman!" Kamio agrees. (A/N: if you like violent, put in a few cans and banana skin or even rocks if you like, to throw at Mizuki...in your imagination that is...)
"We are here to solve a problem today, not to create more problems. Please bear with it, whoever the chairman is." Tezuka's stern voice booms through the room. This puts a stop to the trouble makers (Kamio, Gakuto, Shishido, Momo, Kikumaru, Muromachi, Sakurai, Mori... just to name a few) with their 'boo' and 'hoo' shouts. He certainly has an air in him that somehow makes the students obey him.
"Thank you, Tezuka. All of you should show some respect to your senpai. Now, as I was saying... the case happened last night when Yuuta is in his room. Yuuta, can you elaborate further on yesterday night?"
Yuuta stood up. He was embarrassed having so many people looking at him. "I was sleeping and then I heard a sound. It woke me up. I was looking for the source of the sound but when I fail to find it, I start to search through my belongings to check if there's anything missing."
"Then? You found that one of your undergarments is missing?" Mizuki proceed to ask.
"Yes."
"What makes you look through your clothes, especially your undergarments for missing belongings? Usually a thief would steal things like watch, money, hand phone and others."
Yuuta was reluctant to answer.
"Yuuta, if you don't answer these questions we are clueless. We can't help you and the thief is on the loose... he might be looking for his next victim." Mizuki speaks in a concerned tone (though I doubt he's really concern about Yuuta... it's his reputation that is important).
"Well... I ... I kept some money and stuffs in that drawer... the drawer where I put my clothes..." Yuuta felt as though he's giving away his secret hiding place. He actually keeps a family photo there too.
There were 'ooohs' and 'aaaahs' from the crowd.
"Quiet, quiet everyone!" Mizuki bangs the table with his palm for silence.
"Oi Echizen, did you realize that this situation is similar to a court? Mizuki sounds like a prosecutor!" Momoshiro whispers softly but he was heard by Yanagizawa, sitting in front of them.
"Hahahahahaha, you are right dane!"
"Yanagizawa!"
"Ugh... sorry dane. I was too loud dane."
Both Ryoma and Momoshiro sighed in relief. They knew Tezuka is eyeing them.
After a long discussion, it had finally come to an end.
"So everyone agrees that we search all the rooms?" Tachibana asks.
There were dissatisfied mumbles and several soft groans.
"Hm... I just came up with a good idea." Mizuki's sinister smile comes into picture. Everyone look at him, horrified.
"Now, let me ask this simple question... where do you hide a tree?"
"A tree?" Shinji repeats.
"In the forest?" Sengoku answers with doubt.
"Hn hn hn hn, Lucky Sengoku... is that a lucky guess too? Anyway, the answer is correct! You hide a tree in the forest. Therefore, where do you think this thief will hide the stolen underwear?"
"Ah!!!" everyone understood what Mizuki meant.
"Whoa whoa, wait a minute... are you saying you want to inspect our underwear?" Kamio asks nervously.
"Sou. You have a problem with that, Kamio-kun?"
"But— that is outrageous! It's our privacy!"
"You have no more privacy when this is classified as a case. Don't you want the thief to be caught?" Mizuki asks.
There were lots of objections from the crowd.
"Mizuki, you can't do this." Akazawa said.
"This is too much. I'm not obeying to it." Gakuto closes his ear.
"How can you violate our privacy!?" Muromachi said in disgust.
"Kaidoh-senpai, where are you going?"
"Fsssh. Mind your own business, freshman."
"Hey, you are not running away, are you mamushi?"
"This is total nonsense. You don't respect our privacy!" Sakurai shouted at the top of his lungs. The room is filled with so much commotion that Mizuki's voice can no longer be heard.
By the dawn of next day, the whole school had already known about the undergarment-thief. Well, that was a little outrageous. Make it more than half of the school knows it.
"Yuuta, everyone knows about it dane. News spread very fast dane."
"Shut up Yanagizawa." Yuuta had a terrible time with people staring at him every now and then and others giggling when they saw him.
"Yuuta, come to the meeting room with me." Mizuki orders him. Morning practice had been cancelled to make way for the urgent meeting. Those involved last night were called to attend the meeting too.
"Momo-senpai, why do we have to attend as well?"
"Who cares? This looks fun."
"I am not involved in this."
"Ochibi-chan! Don't worry; I'll protect your underwear from that pervert!"
"Kikumaru-senpai, you look happy." Ryoma looks curiously at him.
"Ah? That was mean, chibi (and he pinch Ryoma on his cheeks). How can I be happy when Fuji's brother is involved with a jiken like this?"
"Itai..."
"Demo ne... you know, it would be fun to have something to happen once in a while. Or life would be a living hell. Except tennis of course! Haha"
"Eiji." Kikumaru froze at the voice.
"Ahaha Fuji, don't mind don't mind. I was just joking. Of course I hope your brother will find his um... belonging back. And also, catch the pervert!"
"Fuh wasting our time here... where is Atobe? He called us all to wait here but he is late. Jirou, wake up!!!" Shishido shakes Jirou and slaps him with the other hand.
"... ... ... hm? Hm... where am I? (Yawn)..."
"In the students' meeting room, Jirou-senpai." Ohtori answers.
"Why am I here? (blink blink)..."
"Yea... why is he here?" Atsushi chirps in. "I don't see him last night."
"Ah... Kabaji brought him here by mistake... never mind. Since he's here might as well let him be. He won't be listening—"
"Zzzzzzz.... Zzzzz...... zzzzzz......"
This is so true for before Yuushi finish his sentence, Jirou dozes off again.
"Where's Tachibana-san? He's never late..." Kamio whispers to Shinji and Ishida.
"Well, I suppose he's meeting up with the other four head dorms..." Sakurai said.
CRACK
The door opens and all five head dorms walk in. Tezuka lead the way followed by Atobe, Tachibana, Mizuki and Sengoku.
"Alright, is everyone here?" Tezuka look at them.
There were random "yea" shouting from the crowd.
"Seigaku! Is everyone here!?"
"YES!!!" their voices are loud which shows how much power Tezuka had over his team.
"Hyotei!" Atobe said with a clap.
"YES!" and one "Usu!"
Atobe is satisfied. Well, Hyotei will not lose to Seigaku in terms of spirits.
"Fudomine!!!" Tachibana's voice boomed through the room.
"YES!!!" the dorm's students are burning. They are always behind their head dorm no matter what. Tachibana is their source of power.
"Rudolph!"
"YES!" There was less voice but their spirits are high.
"Yamabuki!"
"YES!!!" well, they are as good as Hyotei.
"Momo-senpai, are we having a competition or something?" Ryoma whispers.
"Saa... everyone is so high-spirited. I thought we are here to discuss about a missing underwear."
"Momoshiro! Pay attention here." Tezuka instructed.
"Hai!"
"Since everyone is here... we shall start our meeting officially. Now..."
"Why is Mizuki the chairman? He's the prime suspect!" Gakuto shouts.
"Yea! Change the chairman!" Kamio agrees. (A/N: if you like violent, put in a few cans and banana skin or even rocks if you like, to throw at Mizuki...in your imagination that is...)
"We are here to solve a problem today, not to create more problems. Please bear with it, whoever the chairman is." Tezuka's stern voice booms through the room. This puts a stop to the trouble makers (Kamio, Gakuto, Shishido, Momo, Kikumaru, Muromachi, Sakurai, Mori... just to name a few) with their 'boo' and 'hoo' shouts. He certainly has an air in him that somehow makes the students obey him.
"Thank you, Tezuka. All of you should show some respect to your senpai. Now, as I was saying... the case happened last night when Yuuta is in his room. Yuuta, can you elaborate further on yesterday night?"
Yuuta stood up. He was embarrassed having so many people looking at him. "I was sleeping and then I heard a sound. It woke me up. I was looking for the source of the sound but when I fail to find it, I start to search through my belongings to check if there's anything missing."
"Then? You found that one of your undergarments is missing?" Mizuki proceed to ask.
"Yes."
"What makes you look through your clothes, especially your undergarments for missing belongings? Usually a thief would steal things like watch, money, hand phone and others."
Yuuta was reluctant to answer.
"Yuuta, if you don't answer these questions we are clueless. We can't help you and the thief is on the loose... he might be looking for his next victim." Mizuki speaks in a concerned tone (though I doubt he's really concern about Yuuta... it's his reputation that is important).
"Well... I ... I kept some money and stuffs in that drawer... the drawer where I put my clothes..." Yuuta felt as though he's giving away his secret hiding place. He actually keeps a family photo there too.
There were 'ooohs' and 'aaaahs' from the crowd.
"Quiet, quiet everyone!" Mizuki bangs the table with his palm for silence.
"Oi Echizen, did you realize that this situation is similar to a court? Mizuki sounds like a prosecutor!" Momoshiro whispers softly but he was heard by Yanagizawa, sitting in front of them.
"Hahahahahaha, you are right dane!"
"Yanagizawa!"
"Ugh... sorry dane. I was too loud dane."
Both Ryoma and Momoshiro sighed in relief. They knew Tezuka is eyeing them.
After a long discussion, it had finally come to an end.
"So everyone agrees that we search all the rooms?" Tachibana asks.
There were dissatisfied mumbles and several soft groans.
"Hm... I just came up with a good idea." Mizuki's sinister smile comes into picture. Everyone look at him, horrified.
"Now, let me ask this simple question... where do you hide a tree?"
"A tree?" Shinji repeats.
"In the forest?" Sengoku answers with doubt.
"Hn hn hn hn, Lucky Sengoku... is that a lucky guess too? Anyway, the answer is correct! You hide a tree in the forest. Therefore, where do you think this thief will hide the stolen underwear?"
"Ah!!!" everyone understood what Mizuki meant.
"Whoa whoa, wait a minute... are you saying you want to inspect our underwear?" Kamio asks nervously.
"Sou. You have a problem with that, Kamio-kun?"
"But— that is outrageous! It's our privacy!"
"You have no more privacy when this is classified as a case. Don't you want the thief to be caught?" Mizuki asks.
There were lots of objections from the crowd.
"Mizuki, you can't do this." Akazawa said.
"This is too much. I'm not obeying to it." Gakuto closes his ear.
"How can you violate our privacy!?" Muromachi said in disgust.
"Kaidoh-senpai, where are you going?"
"Fsssh. Mind your own business, freshman."
"Hey, you are not running away, are you mamushi?"
"This is total nonsense. You don't respect our privacy!" Sakurai shouted at the top of his lungs. The room is filled with so much commotion that Mizuki's voice can no longer be heard.