Shadechu Nightray: Haha, oh goodness that made the scene entirely better :D Here comes the joke (times 3)!

AnimeWolfGirl16: I was hoping that was accurately portrayed :) Poor Yoichi-san…

IarIz: Glad you enjoyed~


Chapter 4

When Shinoa had said that they had ten minutes to get to the study room before possessed Yoichi did, she should have expected Yu to take up seven of those ten minutes arguing with Kimizuki. Of course, having another ally that could help with their current situation would be helpful, but Yu didn't seem to ever be able to get along with their other comrade.

"Hey, lamp post!" Yu shouted the words so suddenly that it caused her to almost jump in surprise. At first, she didn't know what he was talking to – maybe he was hallucinating too? – but it then became clear when their pink-headed comrade was seen down the hall. "What are you still doing here?!"

"You technically can't call him that," she whispered, reminding him of the incident with Yoichi and the lamp post that they had seen. He just ignored her comment, watching as their party became a group of three again.

"What do you mean by 'lamp post'?!" Kimizuki came towards them, obviously angered by the insult. Of course, Shinoa couldn't decide if being called a 'telephone pole' was worse or not. It wasn't her problem though.

For the next seven minutes, Yu and Kimizuki continued to bicker back and forth. If she hadn't been in a dire situation at the time, the purple-haired girl would have let it continue. Unfortunately, they had a more pressing matter at hand.

"Yu, we have three minutes," she stated neutrally as the two boys were about to start a physical fight. Yu paused, glancing over at her with an expression that told her he had completely forgotten about what they had been doing before. "Yoichi…"

She trailed off as an enlightened expression appeared on his face. "Oh yeah," the black-haired boy turned to their third occupant, "sorry, I don't have any more time to waste talking to you."

"What do you mean by that?!" Kimizuki kept pace with them as they once again resumed their brisk pace to the study room. Shinoa couldn't help but snicker; it really was fun to watch them argue.

"Yoichi got himself into some trouble," she explained the best she could, leaving out the whole 'oh yeah, and he got possessed again part.' It would cause problems later, but she couldn't wait to see his face when he found out.

"What are you planning this time?" Yu asked, skeptical of the smile that appeared on her face. "You know we're in this situation because of you."

"No, it's your fan club's fault," she replied back, but a feeling that had been persisting for the past few days came back, causing her to frown. I must be imagining things… I couldn't actually…

"He has a fan club?!" Kimizuki shouted in surprise at the exact time as Yu retaliated with "That fan club doesn't exist!"

She simply continued her pace, leaving the two quickly behind. At least – for once – they seemed to be on schedule despite setbacks.

"And… he's not here," Yu stood in the doorway disappointed, looking inside the study room to see that it was – indeed – empty. That was good; that meant Yoichi hadn't arrived yet.

"So, Yoichi has a problem with eating too much sugar?" Kimizuki's comment caused them to look over at him. She nodded, feeling slightly bored with the conversation. How many times do I have to explain it?

"Yeah, who knew? Except Shinoa, because she seems to know a lot about us." Yu gave her another skeptical glare. She smiled again, motioning to the room around them and, more specifically, the boxes on the table.

"You're the one who told him he could eat the cookies."

"Don't direct the blame onto me for this one!" Yu's anger caused her to smirk again. The black-haired boy took a few moments to get control of himself (Shinoa counted to 15 before he sighed). "Besides, shouldn't you… I don't know, put a public notice about that? What if Yoichi actually had secret admirers and got a whole ton of sweets from them? What if it could have killed him?"

"I never thought you would give him free reign with the cookies."

"Again with blaming me?!"

All three of them turned to look at the doorway when they heard a laugh… or more like a possessed-Yoichi laugh (there was most certainly a difference). "Shinoa-san always seems to blame you for everything, Yu-kun."

"Hey, you said he was on a sugar high…" Kimizuki took an extra moment to study the brown-haired boy before the other possibility hit him. "Why does Yoichi look like-?"

"He's demon possessed?" Yu finished the sentence with a yawn. "It's because he is. We don't really know the specifics though."

"You watched the whole playback and still don't understand?" Shinoa smirked at him, showing some exasperation. "Maybe you just didn't pay attention enough…"

"Why you…?!"

"Hehe~," Yoichi giggled as he took a step towards them. "Shinoa-san, you shouldn't blame Yu-kun too much~ Besides, you're not paying attention either."

"Wha-?" the small exclamation left her mouth at his confusing words. Of course, he was on a sugar high, so it was expected that he wouldn't make much sense.

The brown-haired boy finally noticed that their group was larger than before though. "Oh, when did Kimizuki-san get here?" he took another step towards them, his face breaking into a smile. "You know, I hit a lamp post today. Now all we're missing is Mitsuba-san…"

"Are you comparing me to a lamp post too?" a vein appeared on Kimizuki's face at the other boy's words. Yoichi seemed surprised at the words.

"No, of course not. Now that I think about it though, Yu-kun is right when he said you looked like a telephone pole…" the vein grew at the comment, but Yu burst into laughter first, only to be hit by their pink-haired friend. Shinoa sighed, knowing this was getting nowhere.

Now that I think about it, Yoichi is acting more normal, despite being possessed…

Suddenly, a familiar blonde figure walked past the room at the most perfect time Shinoa could think of. "Oh, Mitsuba~ I didn't know you needed to stay after school to study. You should have just asked me for help~," the purple-haired girl's words worked; the blonde girl took the bait as she turned towards them.

"Shinoa, what are you tal-?!" Mitsuba turned towards the group, axe almost in hand when she noticed the brown-haired boy in front of her. "Yoichi?! What is wrong with you?!"

"Mitsuba-san!" Yoichi's face broke out into an even bigger smile. "You came for the cookie party too!"

Yoichi moved towards the blonde-haired girl, fully intending to hug her, but Mitsuba beat him to the action; the girl swung her axe hilt onto Yoichi's head, causing the brown-haired boy to kneel on the ground in pain. "Ow!"

"Why is Yoichi acting like he has no filter?" Mitsuba turned towards them, anger in her gaze as she demanded an explanation.

"Actually, that's the calmest he's been all day. At least he's not blowing stuff up again." The answer came from Yu, who was caught mid-way through another yawn. Apparently things weren't moving at a quick enough pace for him.

"Ow, Mitsuba-san, you're mean!" Yoichi stood up as he rubbed at his head. A thoughtful expression then came onto his face. "I invited everyone here for a cookie party, since I haven't had some for a while."

Yu and Shinoa paled at the boy's words. Didn't he just technically eat cookies before going to the science room? Shinoa had counted several times on the playback in which he had gone back to the study room.

"Yoichi, I don't think you should have any more…" Yu seemed to be getting nervous at the way their friend was gazing over at the boxes. Shinoa had to admit that it was freaking her out a bit too, but inwardly.

"That's mean, Yu-kun. Depriving me of cookies when it's only my first day eating them." The brown-haired boy's words caused Shinoa to pause. That must have been the demon talking… there had been an incident mentioned in Yoichi's reports about a sugar high involving cookies when he was younger.

Yoichi took a step towards the table, which caused Yu and Kimizuki to try and intercept the boy; this caused the two to crash into each other as the brown-haired boy quickly jumped over them, landing on the other side of the table. The boy picked up a cookie, taking a bite before smiling at them again.

"If this is Yoichi without a filter, then I don't want to be around him," Mitsuba's annoyed whisper came from beside her. Shinoa looked over at the girl with a smile.

"In case you didn't notice, he's also demon possessed."
"So that's why he has those horns…" The two had a quick side conversation, for once putting aside their past fights for the greater good. Yoichi was once again looking at Shinoa, his smile widening.

"I don't have a filter?" he tilted his head as he sat down in the chair next to the table, grabbing another cookie as he did so. "You can't say that Mitsuba-san. Everyone has a filter. Speaking of which… Shinoa-san, stop filtering your feelings~"

Yoichi was giving her the stupidest expression in the whole world, but his words caused her to pale. Suddenly, everyone's attention was now on her. This wasn't going to end well…


As of now, all of the Shinoa Squad has been included! Yay! Although I do have to apologize; I'm not the best at writing Kimizuki and I wrote this before I wrote the other fanfictions with Mitsuba in it (so she might not be as in character either). As to Yu mentioning Yoichi 'blowing things up'… when I first wrote this, I completely forgot about that part and couldn't insert it, so after the epilogue there will be an extra chapter explaining that (in possessed Yoichi/Gekkoiun's POV). Just to let you guys know, next chapter will also have emphasis on Yu X Shinoa, but it leaves for very funny jokes near the end (just in case anyone was wondering).

-AnimeWolfGirl9