Student Number 3: Kazumi Asakura

"How much more do we need to pay off Yuka?"

"You mean how much more do YOU need to pay off Yuka for your fireworks? Just steal a few more donations from the Hakurei Shrine and we'll be set."

"But what about Reimu? Shouldn't we be getting along with her?"

"Mokou, I didn't know you were so soft. Remember, its kill or be killed in this world, regardless of what Keine says."

"…"

"And remember, don't let anyone here this or we might be in big trouble."

"Oh? Kaguya and Mokou actually getting along? Interesting…"

"W-What?"

"You saw nothing, Aya-san," Kaguya told the reporter with a nice but devilish smirk. "We wouldn't want something untoward happening to our one and only resident reporter, right Mokou? (Or maybe I should call you 'Thing' instead.)"

"That's right, Kaguya. (Spoiled princess… ah, let me correct that: Cheese!)"

"Cheese? Where'd you get that from?"

"A human legend: they say the moon is made of cheese."

"Human legends are all fake; they're lies, every one of them!"

"You know what they say, dear princess, there's a 'grain of truth in every lie!'"

"First of all, I am as dear to you as Yuka is to anyone who sets her flower field on fire... again Second of all, Aya-san is getting away!"

"Ah don't sweat it," Mokou smirked. She snapped a finger and a cage of fire appeared around the fleeing reporter. "What can she do if she's trapped on all sides?"

"I thought this would happen so I didn't come unprepared," Aya informed the two rivals as they neared her with glowing eyes and maliciously dark auras. "Kazumi-san?"

"No worries. I recorded the whole conversation already, Aya-san," a voice announced from the cell phone Aya took out of a pocket."

"Human technology?" Mokou gasped.

"I thought that didn't work here," Kaguya mused.

"Meh, what can a single human do?" Mokou scoffed.

"That single human can pass that recording to a certain Keine-sama we all know and love."

"What does that have to do with me?" Kaguya sneered, but Mokou obviously didn't agree. The fire cage disappeared in an instant.

"Hey, don't get us wrong. We're not getting any closer to each other or anything," Mokou snapped.

"Thing, what is the meaning of this?"

"This is Keine-sama we're talking about, sniveling brat!"

"And what does she have to do with me, Thing?"

"She's the one protecting you. Show some respect to Keine-sama, sniveling brat!"

"I don't need her protection, Thing! And neither do you! Seriously, I don't know why you have this infatuation with a youkai… And where do you think you're going, Aya-san? I don't care what Thing says; I'm not done with you yet."

"What, you can only stick to one insult, brat?"

"But what about you? You're just a Thing with no creativity after all! And, if you didn't know, brat is a pretty generic insult, if I do say so myself."

"That's it! Why don't we settle this with a fight, Oh Great and Mighty Kaguya-sama?"

"Oho, back to that old thing, eh? You know what though, that's actually a good idea. I haven't killed you yet today, Thing!"

"That's my line!"

"Let me rescind my earlier statement," Aya told them calmly. "I'll just call Keine-sama over to settle this dispute if you don't let me leave."

"…"

"…"

"Fine, leave. But one word out of you and Flandre's mouth will be the last thing you experience in this world."

"What was that all about," Kazumi asked her fellow reporter. "Who's this Keine-sama?"

"Trust me; you don't want to know."

- When faced with difficulties, call in EX-Keine - Kazumi

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Disclaimer: I do not, in any way, own Kaguya-hime, Mokou-sama, Reporter Aya, Kazumi Asakura, or references to Yuka and Flandre. If I did, Flandre and Yuka wouldn't be references here.

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- In the end, money becomes your downfall - Ako