Dun Dun Dun DUN! Here is next chapter.
Chapter 2 "Monster human vs Monster Child"
Zenkichi was eating with his 2 friends…Shiranui and Hinokage.
"You look tired." Remarked Hinokage, who was sitting in front of him, while eating his lunch.
"Ahya hya! It's because of the Public Morals Committee" Shiranui said while taking a piece of roasted meat into her mouth.
That's right.
One member in particular.
Onigase Harigane.
A freshman with dark pink hair and brown eyes under circular glasses. Instead of using the standard Hakoniwa uniform, she uses the Public morals uniform, which is a modified uniform color white.
Onigase seems like the type that was zealous and has a strong sense of justice, borderline psychopathic, usually going overboard with punishments and such. She was also extremely prideful and strict.
They have been butting heads since she caught them violating the dress code of the school. Zenkichi doesn't know why using a jersey under the jacket is a violation.
Is devil cool!
But anyway…after dealing with her, she had mellowed a bit, but…
"I have a bad feeling about this…" He muttered.
"It's alright." Hinokage said, his face showing a serious expression "your worries are well-placed."
"Huh?"
"He is right." Said Shiranui, after drinking some juice. "You should be careful of the Chairman of the Public morals committee. He is a crazy bastard."
"Unzen Myouri." Said Hinokage. "You should be on your guard. Now that the student council has gained attention, it's impossible for him to stay quiet"
"I see…"
"If you think that Onigase girl goes overboard, then he is insane!" said Shiranui, with a malicious smile. "The kind of use violence for small things."
"He is also at the same level of Kurokami." Said Hinokage.
"I will be careful…but I have a question." Zenkichi looked at the two of them. "How a delinquent like him got the position of Chairman?"
"You are mistaken."
"Hm?"
"Unzen-san is a prodigy who skipped grades and has an impeachable record."
"Eh?"
"He is also ten years old."
"What the fu-"
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'This Unzen sounds like a pain in the ass' Thought Zenkichi.
He was asking around about the chairman of the Public morals. Know your enemies before knowing yourself! …was it? He doesn't remember.
Checking him out won't hurt…
All that he got was faces filled with fear and general dislike. That makes them even more dangerous.
With no reputation to care, they can do whatever they want without worrying about repercussions.
They operate as a standalone unit thanks to permission granted by the board of directors, so they don't have to inform the student council about their activities. Enforcers have even been given permission by the academy chairman to use weapons when the situation calls for it, hence Onigase's cuffs. It was after Unzen became the head of the Enforcers a year ago that the organization became much more violent.
He wants to meet him, so using an excuse of delivering papers, he got away from the student council and now he was moving to the Enforcer's room.
"I wonder what kind of person he is…" He knew he was a boy no older than 10.
It was when he arrived at the door of the Public morals committee. The two scythes in the door are ominous but he has seen worst.
He knocked. Once, twice…
And then he heard a come in.
"Here we go…" he muttered. He hopes that it doesn't end in a fight or such…
For his sake…
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When he came in, he saw a normal classroom with a desk were the chief was supposed to seat. Papers and clips were scattered on the large table.
He saw 3 people in the room.
The already known Onigase Harigane, who was looking at him with a surprise.
The other woman was unknown to him. She had waist-length, light brown hair and brown eyes under glasses with an oval shape.
The other person that was in the room was seated at the desk.
Unzen Myouri…or at least is what he thoughts.
He looks like ten years old. With short, messy, snow white hair and red eyes, he was looking at him with disinterest.
'That is not a look that a ten-year-old should have.' Thought Zenkichi, taken aback. He looked like one of those psychotic man-eating rabbits that habituated Z-city.
'Fucking psychotic man-eating rabbits! They tried to eat me! Showed those little bastards what hell looks like!' thought Zenkichi with mirth.
"Hitoyoshi Zenkichi? What are you doing here?" Asked Onigase, who was glaring at him.
"Onigase!" She winced at the yell of the brown haired woman. "He is a guest and a member of the student council, so show respect."
'So they know that I am from the student council?' Thought Zenkichi.
"Kekeke…doesn't matter who he is." Said Unzen, with a dark grin on his face. "What the hell are you doing here, Hitoyoshi Zenkichi?"
"*cough*" Zenkichi took a paper from his pocket and showed it to Unzen. "The student council is investigating an attack in classmate Kanoya Hishuu from class 12. Are you acquaintance with him?"
"….?"
"Unzen-sama." Zenkichi heard Yobuko whisper to the chairman. "He was one of Kurokami's rivals in the election, the one that used violence to get votes."
"Ke! Why should I remember that piece of trash?" sneered Unzen. "No. I am not acquaintance with him."
"Really? Because judging his injuries, I thought the Disciplinary committee could have paid him a visit." Said Zenkichi absentmindedly.
"Heh…you actually have the balls to come here and accuse me?" Taunted Unzen.
"No…I am just asking, you know…" Zenkichi's voice trailed off. He then continued "It wouldn't be a surprise if the enforcers were guilty of this crime, after all, since you assumed as chairman, they tend to go overboard…" He looked at Onigase, who was glaring at him.
"Kekeke…it's all right, after all, our motto is that justice doesn't mean anything if you don't go overboard."
"Can it be called justice if you go overboard?" Zenkichi asked him.
"Depend on what you call justice…" he then scoffed. "If you believe in the same shit that beast woman believes…"
'Beast woman? Does he mean Medaka?'
"Solving things peacefully…talking them out of it, as if the understand…or if you know what kind of circumstances are, you can do something about it…something like that is what that beast woman does, right?"
"Pretty much."
"THAT'S RETARDED!" He shouted. "Like they'll understand if you talk to them?! And who gives a shit about their circumstances?! Those who break the rules need to be punished. If you simply let go without any reprimand they'll simply do it again!"
Zenkichi was impassive at his sudden outburst.
It's not like Myouri said something new or incredible. If you break the law, you will be punished. That is his policy.
But he goes way over the line in the punishments…to ensure that it doesn't happen again.
Zenkichi can understand and relate Unzen's beliefs with his own…in the past.
But not anymore.
"You talk about people as if they were the embodiment of evil. As if they had no redemption point." Zenkichi argued.
"…how naïve."
"Maybe. But you can call it naïve after you tried. May if I ask, do you believe in the justice that you deliver?"
"I never believe that I deliver justice." He said with a wicked smile. "I only try to make people stay on the right path. Using weapons and violence is only a means to the end! Of course…" He grinned evilly "That includes going up against the student council and its leader…Kurokami Medaka."
He heard the tinkling of a chain behind him. No need to turn and check who. It was Yobuko, as the other person in the room, Onigase uses handcuffs to attack.
When he hoped that it doesn't end in a fight or such, for 'his' sake…
'His' was Unzen.
He is not confidently that he can limit his strength in a fight. Going all out is fine, but that was for monsters…
He doesn't want to kill a human being for a mistake.
"It may be true that your way of doings things differs from Medaka's, but that doesn't mean that we can't talk things over."
"I hear that her style is to look on people as having some sort of good on them." He viciously grinned. "Then my style is to look down on people as being fundamentally depraved. If she is on the side that plants flowers. I'm on the side that sharpens fangs!"
Zenkichi looked unperturbed at him, which amazed Unzen. "I think we were past the point of talks then?" he asked.
"Fine by me."
He was going to stand up and fight this kid and his henchmen when he heard the door open forcefully. He turned to look who was…
"Medaka-chan?"
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*A few minutes before*
Kurokami Medaka, the student council president was doing paperwork. Secretary Akune and Treasurer Kikaijima were also doing calculations and work.
The student council is independent of the school and the faculty. Which means that they need to everything for themselves. Accounting, Management, Budget… all of these tasks are done by the Student Council.
"I wonder what Hitoyoshi is doing now. He should be back already with those papers." Said Akune. "If he is goofing around…"
"Secretary Akune." Called Medaka sternly. "You should trust Zenkichi. Maybe there was a misplacement or something of sorts."
"Akune-senpai, here is the account for the new uniforms."
"Oh, thanks."
They dismissed the matter of Zenkichi's absence as something trivial…Until a certain blue haired loli entered in the room.
"Hello~ I have come here to play!" greeted Shiranui, with a Popsicle on her hand.
Medaka glared at the newcomer. "It's been a while, Shiranui."
'No honorific or class?!' thought Akune and Kikaijima.
"Yeah, it's been a while!" she exclaimed. "It's a surprise that you aren't out doing a request or such!"
"Zenkichi hasn't examined the Box today." She replied simply. "It's his job, so I won't interfere in any kind. Everyone has a role here so it makes it easier for me."
"Ahya hya! So the solo student council is a thing of the past!" Shiranui said while spinning around, with a childish grin on her face. "But now that it's like this, I am very interested in who the last member will be. Who will take the seat of the Vice-President?"
"If I had it my way…I would have you be the one to take the seat of the Vice-President."
'What?' thought Akune. Could it be that the Student council will be completed?
'Pls No.' thought Kikaijima, sweating. She doesn't know what deal is with Shiranui and she doesn't want to find out.
"Ahya hya! Oh, stop it please!" Said Shiranui. "I', sure you already know that I can't stand group things like that. Although the prospect of ordering Hitoyoshi-kun around like my dog is likable…" She then grinned darkly while biting her Popsicle. "I can't stand the sight of you. And you can't stand me either."
Medaka glared at her. "That's fine. In fact, I'd have it that way. The current member are a little too fond of me." she then fistpumped. "That's why the person who takes the position of the vice president should be someone with enough guts to stand against me!" She declared loudly. "I may be a tyrant but I have no intention of becoming a dictator!"
Shiranui and the member of the student council sweat dropped at this.
"Hm~ Since Hitoyoshi-kun is not here and there is no one to play with me, I am leaving!"
"You seem fond of Zenkichi, Shiranui." Called Medaka.
"Hn? Of course!" she then smiled crookedly. "He gives me food."
'That's why?!'
"Ahya hya! Why are you asking that, madam president?"
"…" Medaka looked unsure of something. Akune and Kikaijima pondered at this. "Have…Zenkichi told you anything?" she asked.
"…about what~?" Shiranui said absentmindedly.
"about-" She was going to ask about his disappearance. Zenkichi and Shiranui seemed close…more close than Zenkichi and her.
For some reason, that bothered her.
Medaka was relieved and happy that her friend came back…that he was okay. But…when she asked him where he was, he answered…but it didn't felt like the whole truth. Why…it felt so distant?
"Princess. If he said something to me…" Shiranui said with a mocking smile on her face. "…wouldn't that mean that he didn't want you to know?"
Medaka glared with wrath at the implication of that sentence. Why wouldn't Zenkichi want her to know…?
Didn't he trust her?
"Anyway…if you have something to ask him, shouldn't you go to the enforcer's room?"
"What?" asked Akune. "Why the enforcer's room?"
"Isn't it obvious? I saw him going there minutes ago." She replied.
"What?!" was the anxious yell of Kikaijima. "Why?!"
"I saw some enforcers dragging him there. He hasn't come out since then…" she said looking at the side.
"M-Medaka-san!" warned Akune…
But Medaka was already out of the room.
"Let's go, Kikaijima!" Shouted Akune while following Medaka.
Shiranui looked at the retreating group and grinned. "The princess is really dishonest with herself…"
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"Medaka-chan?" Zenkichi asked. "What are you doing here?"
Medaka looked agitated for a reason. She was sweating and looked like she rushed to this place.
"Hitoyoshi-kun, are you okay?!" Yelled Kikaijima popping from the frame of the door, worried about the well-being of her comrade.
"Uh?" Zenkichi said. "Ah! There is no need to worry." He signaled Unzen, who looked both him and Medaka. "I was just talking about justice with Unzen-sempai."
"Zenkichi, what were you doing here in the first place?"
"Ah…" he tilted his head. "I was passing this room and thought about talking with Onigase's boss. To know him and stuff!"
Unzen looked dubiously at Zenkichi. 'Wasn't he here to discuss about that guy, Kanoya?'
It was then when it clicked to Unzen.
He wasn't here to discuss about a case but to seize him up. He was here to scan the 'enemy'. He already knew that he was going against the student council and came here to examine the level of threat that he was.
He was prepared to fight him and seemed confident that he could win…
That he was confident that he would walk away from a battle against him.
"Well, my president is calling for me…it was nice to chat with you, Unzen-senpai." He bowed to the still baffled Unzen. "See you later."
And then he was off with Medaka and the others. Not before giving Unzen a last glance.
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"Worm! What were you doing there worrying Medaka-san like that?!" Was the first thing that Akune said (shouted) at him.
"Hitoyoshi kun! Going to the enemy's den like that! Wasn't it too careless?!"
"Ah~ was it?"
That got him a glare from Akune and a pout of Kikaijima.
"Calm yourselves down." Said Zenkichi. "Nothing was going on. Unzen-senpai was very welcoming and civilized. As I said, we were just chatting a bit."
'That's a bold faced lie!' Thought Akune and Kikaijima. The tense air in the Enforcer's club was telling abjectly that a fight was going to break out in any second!
"Zenkichi." Said Medaka sternly. Zenkichi flinched at her tone. More than stern, it sounded like she was pissed about something.
"M-Medaka-chan?" Zenkichi stammered. She was approaching him with her bangs hiding her eyes.
Akune said goodbye and Kikaijima were shivering, looking back and forth.
When she looked up to his eyes…
"Don't you trust me?!" Her big round eyes with some tears.
'Cute girl's switch!'
"…ah?"
"I know that we haven't spent too much time together, but we are still friends, right?" she said, hugging him in the process.
"…" He looked at Akune, who was biting a napkin out of jealousy and Kikaijima, who was blushing like a volcano.
"What…is going on?" he asked.
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"Ah~" He sighed, facepalming. "In other words…Shiranui went and caused discord in the Student Council, right?"
They were in the Student council room. After getting back, Akune and Kikaijima told him about what happened when he wasn't around.
'That Shiranui…' Thought Zenkichi, tiredly. 'Throwing me to the wolves like that…'
Because of this, now Unzen has an idea of what he was doing…and he was absolutely sure that he won't take it kindly.
He was going to solve this swift and fast…but all goes to the drain because of his blue haired friend.
He wanted to keep Medaka out of this…is not that he didn't trust his friend…but…
He didn't want her to get hurt. If Unzen or his henchmen were about to attack her, she wouldn't dodge or counterattack.
'Because if you don't have a reason to attack, there is no reason for me to dodge.'
IT sounded stupid and IT was stupid. If someone doesn't have a reason to attack you, the more reason for you to retaliate. If he is doing it out of fun, boredom or stupid things like that…
At least that's what a normal person would think. But Medaka wasn't normal.
Medaka can't stand violence, but will use it when her friends are in danger…But for that someone would need to be hurt. And Zenkichi won't allow that.
He looked at Medaka, who tilted her head. He sighed.
Honestly…the things he does for love.
"Well..." he unconsciously patted Medaka's head. "You are my friend. I don't have anything to hide from you, Medaka-chan." He smiled at her. "Don't sweat about it."
"Then…" she looked at him, expectantly. "Can you tell me what you said to Shiranui?"
What did he tell to Shiranui? Could it be?!
'…I see' Zenkichi thought, helplessly. 'So it comes to this…'
"Medaka-chan…" He looked at her with a pained look. "Whatever Shiranui told you…"
"It's true that I do like women with a well-developed body, but there is also sometimes that I would choose a pure little girl…however…"
"…" There was a pregnant silence in the room.
"Of course, if I had to choose now… a girl with a complete swimsuit and glasses would be my…" Zenkichi blushed…
"Back it up, worm!" Akune yelled. "What are you talking about?!" he was flustered.
"…My sexual preferences?" Zenkichi tilted his head.
"Kyah!" Shouted Kikaijima, embarrassed. "Hitoyoshi-kun!" Ugly specific on the last one.
Medaka opened her fan and smiled confidently. "Zenkichi. As expected of my friend…you tell me everything."
"She is forcing herself!" Akune yelled. "Her eyes have rolled back!"
"That's the only private thing that I talked with Shiranui…" what else could they mean?
"That's disgusting…" Said Akune, creeped out.
"H-Hitoyoshi-kun is aiming for me?" He heard Kikaijima whisper, with her cheeks flushed.
He heard a satisfied laugh coming from his purple haired friend. "Medaka-chan?"
"It's nothing." Then she closed her fan, causing a click sound. "Let's get back to work!" with her characteristical smile on her face, she sat on her desk.
"…what was that all about?"
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Zenkichi examined the suggestion box, and despite the redundancy, there was a request. Well…more than a request, it would be more accurate to call it a complaint.
Clubs have been complaining about the noise that the orchestra club has been making. When they go to complain, they are turned back by the captain's silver tongue.
Zenkichi pondered if the soundproofing in the room has some holes on it. So now…
He was walking towards the orchestra club room when he crossed paths with someone annoyingly familiar…
"Uwah…Hitoyoshi-kun!" yelled a shocked Onigase. Judging by her expression, she didn't want to see him.
"Hey there, Onigase. Where are you going with that towel?" Asked Zenkichi.
"…" she avoided his inquisitive look. "I… I'm going to the Orchestra's club room."
"…Heh…" he smiled, troubled.
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When Onigase opened the sliding door to the orchestra club room, he didn't really know how to feel about the scene…
Familiarity or Annoyance…
The bloody mess that was the floor was filled with the unconscious bodies of the orchestra's club member. Standing in the middle of it, a child with a vacant expression stained with blood.
Unzen Myouri.
Zenkichi looked at the instruments that were filled with holes. 'Projectiles?'. It looked like something hard enough to penetrate the instruments but not enough to leave holes in the bodies.
Unzen looked at Onigase and greeted her. "Oh, it's Onigase-chan. Did you bring that towel for me?" Unzen took the tower from the hands of a shocked Onigase. "Thanks."
She was probably asking what in the world happened here.
"Ah man, I am such an idiot." Said Unzen. "I always get my opponent's blood on me yet I always forget to bring a towel." He started wiping off the blood on his face.
He then noticed Zenkichi's presence and grinned. "And what's with you, Hitoyoshi Zenkichi? What the hell are you doing here?"
"Mm?" Zenkichi replied without a care, surprising Onigase. "The student council received a complaint about the noise caused by the orchestra club, so I came here to evaluate the situation."
He then looked at the room again. "You made a mess from this room, so there has to be some damage in the Soundproofing now." he said simply.
"That's a rather bland impression." Unzen said, grinning maniacally. "You aren't surprised?"
'Is that his default face?' such twisted expression doesn't suit a child.
"Not really. I've been asking around." He then looked at Unzen. "I would ask you why to go overboard but I already know the answer."
"Kekeke…" he laughed. "Then, why don't we continue the talk from yesterday?"
"It's meaningless." He answered. "I already know everything that I wanted to know." He looked at him. "Medaka-chan wouldn't be able to reason with you…"
"That's right!" he shouted. "I hate how naïve she is about people. Good in them? What the hell is that supposed to mean?!"
"Saying that she was born for the sake of humanity?! Saying that she likes and loves all humanity equally?!"
"She is only looking at the good masks of people! Lies and betrayals, the sins and atrocities, the jealousy and immaturity the hatred and wars, how could she like any of that?!"
"Pride, jealousy, gluttony, greed, lewdness and laziness are all parts of humans that can't be removed! If she has an open enough mind to accept all types of people, then why does she try to convert them into what she likes?!"
"Although I'm on the side of justice passing judgment on those who do wrong, I've never once thought that justice was better than evil! Although I do tie people to the rules, I've never thought once that would make people better!"
"Even though you may know already, I hate people! Absolutely hate everything about them! Kindness and friendship! Love and service! I also hate honor and peace! And that's the only way you can truly dish justice, right?!"
"You understand too, Hitoyoshi?!"
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Zenkichi pondered about his words.
"Aren't you a little young to be talking about evil?" he asked him.
"…what?"
"Both you and Medaka likes to talk about humanity. Whether is love or hate, you use the word humanity to describe your feelings. But Humanity is a concept that scientists use to difference us from animals and plants."
"Plenty of people habituates this planet. Good, evil, righteous, dishonest, hardworking, lazy…Neither of you can see them as people. Claiming to love or hate humanity is dissing an entire species. Every single human is capable of being both good and bad."
"Medaka-chan loves people's good and you hate people's evil. Neither of you sees more than that."
"You and Medaka-chan both look down on humanity. Stop being so conceited and stop acting like an adult."
"You are just a child that doesn't know anything about the world. Start acting like one." He said with finality.
Onigase looked at Zenkichi with her mouth hung. No one dared to talk to the Chairman like that.
"Now…are you done? I need to inform the nurse about the-" 'Wait… where is the infirmary?'
"I already did." Said Unzen. "And you know what else did I do?"
"…"
"I have sent 3 people to end that Student Council you are part of!"
"Mh. I already know." He looked like the type to pull those dick moves.
"…and that's all?!" He asked, baffled.
"What else do you want me to say? That you sent your subordinates to a death sentence?"
"…what?"
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It was a relatively normal day for Akune Kouki.
He did some student council work and was coming back from checking up the Judo club. Nabeshima asked him about the worm, don't know why, though.
Then, from nowhere, this dude with a bicycle tries to attack him. What the fuck?
First, who the hell does he think he is?
Second, why a bicycle?
Third, does he really doesn't know him? The ex-prince of Judo?
Maybe he doesn't, and that's why he is on the floor now, groaning in pain.
He does recognize the uniform, though. The Public morals committee.
"Not bad, prince of judo." Hoh? So he does know about him? "Your reputation precedes you."
"You are talking big for someone who is kissing the floor." Said Akune.
He stood up and grabbed his bike. "But I was right. The chairman should only send me to take care of you, law-breakers from the student council."
"So the worm was right."
"Die!"
Akune dodged the bike attack easily and grabbed the guy's collar and slammed him into the floor.
"Gah!" was the only thing that the guy could say before he passed out.
Akune fixed his uniform and looked at the unconscious form of the guy. "I don't know who you think we are, but we won't go down like that."
'It's possible that the other members are being attacked like this.' Akune analyzed the situation. The worm and Medaka can take care of themselves but what about Kikaijima?
He decided to help Kikaijima first. So he started running towards her location.
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Kikaijima was humming a song while walking to the student council. Today was a good day!
She had gained a money bet with a swim club of another school, which lifted her mood.
Nothing could ruin this day.
Except this guy with wolverine complex that tried to attack her. Seriously, what the hell?
She knows the uniform. Is the one that the enforcers wear. So Hitoyoshi-kun was right…
He tried to slash her with those claws, but to no avail. She dodged and kicked his side.
"Guh!" he holds and tried to slash at her again.
"It's useless." As a swimmer, her body had muscle in all the right places. Her legs and her arms could deliver nasty hits. Like this one…
A hit that shatters both essence and reasoning. A hit that even the strongest man in the world would fall. A hit that could bring any man on his knees, crying like little bitches…
A kick to the nuts.
Yes, she was that ruthless.
A painful scream could be heard in the hallways, making men wince.
The guy fell to the floor, unconscious and with foam on his mouth.
She sighed, relieved about not getting hurt. She heard a familiar voice calling her out.
"Kikaijima, are you OK?" she saw Akune running towards her.
"Yes, I am fine." She smiled at him. "But Hitoyoshi-kun was right. The Enforcers are coming to us." She worriedly said.
He looked as if he was thinking about something with a serious face. He then said. "Let's go help Medaka-san, Kikaijima!"
"Medaka-san? But what about Hitoyoshi-kun?" She was confident that Medaka would come unharmed from any fight. After all, she was a genius, martial artist.
"No. if we talk about who is the more prone to getting hurt, it would be Medaka-san!" Akune shouted, worried.
He was with Medaka three entire years. He may not know her enough as the worm, but he knows about trouble like this…
After all, he put her through this. She won't retaliate or defend herself.
Kikaijima noted the worry in Akune's eyes and decided to follow him. If he looked that flustered, it had to be serious.
Because Medaka wouldn't lose in a fight…right?
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Medaka was standing…barely. With blood coming from an injury on her head and bruises all over her body, she looked to the assailers' faces.
The enforcers. There was at least two dozen of them. All of them were using different kinds of weapons. All of them using the same white uniform.
"What's the matter?" asked one. "Why don't you dodge?!" asked one of them.
She looked at him with a penetrating glare. "I have no reason to be attacked by you, therefore, there was no reason for me to dodge!"
"Really?" Taunted another person. "Then here is another!" he struck Medaka with a metal bat on her left side.
Medaka spat some blood but remained standing. She looked heavily injured and had problems to stand.
Another person approached, with a sign board on his hand "And have another one!" he lifted his hand to deliver another blow to the beaten Medaka.
It was then when said guy was struck by a fist, knocking him out. "What?!"
The enforcers and Medaka looked at the newcomer. With light green hair and purple eyes, she stood beside Medaka.
"Senior Nabeshima?" Asked Medaka.
"You retard. If there's no reason for you to be attacked, then dodge the attack." She said with her characteristically feline grin on her face.
"Nabeshima Nekomi." Said the group's leader, Yobuko Fue. "You are interfering the Enforcer's duty. Step aside or you will deal with the consequences."
"Kukuku! I have an idea of what you are getting at." She made a mocking grin. "But all of you kicking and punching a defenseless girl, is that what people call justice."
"It's none of your business!" shouted one of them.
"Kukuku! What are you saying~" she said in a singsong voice…
Her face then contorted in pure rage. With a face that resembled a cat protecting her kittens, she yelled "You've got be kidding me! My beloved friend is getting beaten to a pulp and you're trying to say that it's none of my business?!" The glare that she gave to the enforcers was enough to make them reel back in fear.
"Psyche!" she stripped off her uniform, revealing a light green tank top and black sports pants.
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'I have the feeling that I am missing something amazing…' Thought Zenkichi.
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"Heh!" said one of the enforcers. "You think you alone can take on all of us?!"
"Kukuku! Not only me!" she signaled at the people who arrived. A long haired blonde man and a brown haired girl with her hair donned in a ponytail.
"Nekomi senpai?" said Akune. He then looked at the beaten form of Medaka. "I knew it…" he said sadly…
"M-Medaka-san!" yelled Kikaijima, worried about her friend's wellbeing. "What did they do to you?!" she exclaimed, enraged.
Akune glared at the newcomers, making them shiver. It was the glare of the destroyer. "Well, it seems that we need to pay their hospitality back."
Kikaijima ripped her uniform, revealing a swimsuit underneath. She took off her glasses and gave a cold glare at the enforcers. "I won't forgive you for hurting my friend."
"Kukuku! Three vs who knows many! Doesn't seem fair…for them." Said Nabeshima, laughing.
"Get them!" yelled Yobuko.
The battle between the enforcers and the Student Council plus one begins!
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"You are quite confident in your friend's strength." Taunted Unzen.
"So are you." Answered Zenkichi, cracking his neck.
"Kekeke…what the hell you think you are doing?" said Unzen.
"What do you think?"
"Kekeke…" Unzen laughed quietly. Then he moved his hand as if he was whipping something.
Zenkichi noted the motion and sensed something coming from the right. Using his right hand, he grabbed the something.
"What is that?!" exclaimed Onigase.
'So it was a ball?' thought Zenkichi impressed.
Unzen was also impressed. "Not many can't catch the ball at the first time." He then took many balls out. "How about this?!"
He threw them randomly…apparently.
Zenkichi, using his supernatural senses, could detect the direction of the balls and dodged all of them effortlessly.
"What?!" Onigase's eyes widened at the spectacle in front of her eyes.
Unzen was losing his patience and launched all of his super balls, which covered every direction of attack.
Thus, Zenkichi kicked up a notch. He moved towards him while dodging all the projectiles.
"What the hell?!" Unzen yelled. 'He is on pair with the beast woman?!'
"This is all?" Said Zenkichi casually, while dodging easily the super balls coming from all direction.
Unzen was sweating, but then he smirked confidently. "Of course not!"
He took a pack of Matchsticks. 'Matchsticks? Wait…' Zenkichi smelled something familiar. 'Gunpowder?!'
"Onigase-chan, get out of here!" Unzen commanded "Now!"
Onigase complied and left the room, not before looking at Zenkichi.
"!" Zenkichi widened his eyes in realization. He was surrounded by bombs.
"Kekeke!" he laughed maniacally. "You found out! But whatever, too late!"
"Oh, shi-!"
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The student council (minus one) and Nabeshima stood victorious against the enforcers.
Even if they were many, they didn't know jack shit about fighting.
Although they were injured, the look of accomplishment on their faces gave off a good feeling to the trespassers.
"I worked quite the sweat." Said Akune, fixing his clothes, exposing his toned chest to appeal to Medaka. "I didn't give them any pity, hurting a defenseless woman like that!"
Kikaijima was resting on a wall, beside Medaka. "I'm glad this is over…" muttered relieved.
"Kukuku!" Nabeshima was laughing.
"I think all of you should accompany me to the infirmary." Stood Medaka, recovered from her last injuries.
"Kukuku! Stop with the jokes. Like I need to miss classes because I was schooling some disrespectful juniors." Answered Nabeshima.
"Now I know why they call you the foul king." She saw her pulling some not by the book techniques.
"Medaka-san!" yelled Kikaijima, surprising Medaka. "Why?! Why didn't you fight back?!"
"…" Akune looked at her disapprovingly. It was the same look she gave him when he disappointed her in the love letter request.
"I…really can't stand violence." She muttered.
"Hm? Yeah, that's right. "Said Nabeshima. "Violence is never a good thing." She then looked at Medaka with her eyes open. "But you know Kurokami-chan?"
"There are times when not fighting is a lot worse than violence. Not protecting something that you should have wouldn't go against your very own believes?"
Medaka widened her eyes.
"If you had faced them seriously from the beginning, Kikaijima-chan or Kouki wouldn't be wounded right now."
"When it's time to fight, it's never second guesses. Whether is a friend or a teammate if I were to wait too long, something terrible might happen and I'd go blind with rage. That would be nothing short of revenge."
Medaka was familiar with that feeling. In middle school…
When she couldn't prevent a friend from being hurt…and the damage was already done…
It was the first time that she went into Perseus mode. She was blinded with rage.
And it was also her first loss. She reminds herself the outcome of that situation even this day.
And it was going to happen again because of her carelessness.
"Medaka-san." Said Kikaijima with furrowed brows. "We don't like to be hurt…" she then looked straight at her eyes. "But we like even less to see one of our friends hurt."
"…I see." "You're right, senior Nabeshima. All I've been doing up now was wait to see what hand my opponent would play." Medaka said, looking at the floor.
She lifted up her head and smiled at Nabeshima. "You taught me something good. I was about to make the same mistake all over again. Thank you, Nabeshima-senpai."
"Now that this has been close." Said Akune. "Let's help the worm. He is probably being beaten up by some member of the Enforcers."
"That's right!" Kikaijima stood up. "We still need to help Hitoyoshi-kun!"
"Don't worry." Said Medaka, confidently. "He is fine."
"You seem sure." Nabeshima remarked.
"Of course. Don't you think that too Nabeshima-senpai?"
"Kukuku…" Nabeshima laughed quietly. "Of course."
"Then we will swing to the infirmary to-"
*BOOM*
A loud sound drowned Akune's voice.
"W-What the hell what that?!" Yelled Akune.
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A big hole could be seen in the music room. A cloud of dirt and dust was covering the entire room.
"Keh!" A kid stood up from the ground. His usually white uniform was stained with the dirt from the ground.
Onigase peered from the rubble and looked shocked at the scene. "W-What was that?!"
"That was one of my smart bombs: Cinderella." Replied Unzen while dusting off his uniform. "And with that…we are done here."
"W-Why?!" yelled Onigase. "There was no reason to attack Hitoyoshi-kun, less blowing him up!"
"Of course there it was." Unzen replied, smiling at Onigase. "Since the past, those who are on the side of justice always fought those on the side of mercy."
"D-Don't give me that garbage!" shouted Onigase. "As an enforcer, I won't be able to overlook this!"
"Keke! Do you realize who you are speaking to? Well, I love the way you don't hold back on me…"
"Well." He heard a monotone voice coming from the form. "The news are right. You can't tell what kids these days are thinking."
The both of them snapped their necks at looking at the source of the voice.
It was Hitoyoshi Zenkichi.
"What?!" Unzen couldn't hold his scream.
'The blast completely hit him! He shouldn't be able to talk, less walk!' Unzen thought, astonished.
Zenkichi's uniform was tattered, cuts and bruises were visible and there was some skin peeled off his arms…but that was it.
He suffered minor damage.
"I should have dodged…" Said a thinking Zenkichi. "Now I will have to ask my mom to fix my uniform…"
"Shit!" He needs to use his last card. He took more balls from his sleeves. It was then when he felt a sharp pain in his abdomen, making him drop his balls (kek).
"Blegh?!" Unzen spat blood.
"You think I would let you do this shit again?" Zenkichi kicked Unzen in the stomach, sending him flying through the wall. "You are really a kid."
"C-Chairman!" Onigase yelled.
The only thing he heard from Unzen was gibberish.
It was understandable.
Even with Snow white, the special uniform of the enforcers, which it is made of anti-heat materials and is resistant to high levels of impact, that kick was too powerful.
He estimates that he could at least endure one more time before going down.
He stood up, coughing some blood. "Hah…" he looked at Zenkichi, who was looking back from the other room.
"Mm? You can stand up?" Zenkichi was impressed. Either that kid was really strong as Medaka…or that uniform had some good armor…
He then remembers Emperor Kid, of the Hero association, used gadgets like this one…
"So… do you give?" he asked him.
"Don't fuck with me!" Unzen smirked at Zenkichi. "Did you think that kick really hurt or something?!" He yelled. 'Goddamn! What the hell?! He turned to be even more of a monster that the beast woman!'
"Don't really need to pull a bluff like that. I don't have any intention of fighting you, so scram." Zenkichi replied, looking at Onigase. "Take him and go."
"Ah…" She looked back and forth between Zenkichi and Unzen, not knowing what to do.
In reality, Unzen was in a pinch. If he uses his last card, the string balls, he maybe could pull a win. But the monster in front of him wouldn't let him do that.
'Maybe I should bail and come back with a better plan…' Unzen thought. But the faces of the members of the Public morals committee flashed through his mind.
"Kekeke…" 'There's no way I can do that, I'm carrying the honor of the enforcers here.' "Thanks for the warning but regardless, Justice always prevails!" Unzen could see him sigh in a negative manner.
"C-Chairman?!" Onigase said. "What are you doing?!"
"There is no way I will be defeated by the likes of you or that beast-woman!" he took another set of balls and-
"Is that so? Then I won't regret sending you to the hospital." Said Zenkichi, who was in front of him.
Unzen's eyes widened. 'What the fuck?! When did he-?!'
"Too slow." He then kicked him again, but more lightly this time, sending him crash into the wall again.
"Ughn!" Unzen felt that he held back in that kick, but shit it hurts! "What…the hell?!" he coughed.
"Saints or devils. No matter what you call them, they are just humans." He could hear Zenkichi's footsteps approaching. "Like you. Like Medaka. Like…me. Both of you are neither wrong nor right. Both of you are too perfect, so all that's left is a matter of taste. And when it comes down to it…"
He was standing in front of his body. "I would choose Medaka-chan without thinking twice." Said Zenkichi with finality.
"W-Wait Hitoyoshi!" he heard Onigase's voice call from behind. "Stop!"
"What?" The glare that he gave to Onigase shut her up.
"H-He is already down!" she could muster her courage. She thought Zenkichi was your everyday loser, maybe even lower than that, but since he saw his change of attitude and him thrashing Unzen, she was having second thoughts.
But even with that, she would fight him if he was going to go further.
"I'm not that violent…" he looked at Unzen. "I'm taking him to the infirmary." He then turned to Unzen.
"Don't try to give it too much thought." He said, picking Unzen up. "After all… those enforcers of you look up and admire you for how you are." He said simply. "It's a matter of tas-"
He looked at Unzen and realized that he was unconscious. "Oh man."
"What?" Onigase peeked over his shoulder.
"He is unconscious."
He does look like an innocent rabbit when he is asleep.
"D'aww!" The both of them said.
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When Medaka and the others arrived at the scene, they found a big hole on the wall.
"W-What…?"
Debris was falling from the ceiling and more was in the ground. Dust could enter their nostrils.
"The music room…" Kikaijima muttered. "I-Isn't here where Hitoyoshi-kun was supposed to be?!"
Zenkichi was rummaging his hand inside the suggestion box. "Aha!" he took a paper of the box and read its content. "We have a…complaint?"
"A complaint?" Asked Medaka.
"It seems that clubs are complaining about the noise that the Orchestra club makes. When they go to voice their complaints, they are turned by the silver tongue of the captain." He stood up from the chair. "Well, be right back."
"I'm coming with you, Zenkichi."
"No thanks." He said. "Don't worry about it Medaka-chan. It's probably some holes on the soundproofing. No need for you to go there."
"I insist." She stood up from her desk. "I already stated that I would accept anyone's requests, no matter the time."
Zenkichi smiled. "Don't worry. That's why we are here. Don't hold it all for yourself." Akune and Kikaijima looked at her. "THE student council will accept anyone's requests."
Zenkichi was right. After all, she asked him for help because she couldn't do it alone. "Fine." She relented. She is surrounded by capable people. She doesn't have to worry about every little thing…
Medaka looked at the scene…
"Damn…I don't remember which way the infirmary was!" A familiar yell came from the inside.
"How could you not!" A female voice shouted, anger clear in her voice. "You are a student of Hakoniwa academy, and on top of that, a member of the student council…and you don't know where the infirmary is?!"
"Why would I?!" sassed a male voice. "I don't get in enough trouble to merit a visit to the infirmary, what is YOUR excuse?!"
"Hah!" the tone of the female voice turned proud. "As an enforcer, my abilities are perfect! I never got hurt while delivering justice!"
"The fuck?!"
"Zenkichi?!" Medaka shouted.
They heard footsteps coming from the inside. Then, Zenkichi and Onigase came through the hole in the music room.
Zenkichi had his uniform tattered and burned. There was skin peeled off of both his arms and blood streaming from his head. "Hey there guy-Oh wow, you look terrible!" He exclaimed, astonished.
"Hitoyoshi-kun!" Kikaijima exclaimed. "Are you OK?!"
Zenkichi looked at them vacantly…then he looked at his bleeding arms…then he looked at them again.
"Yeah, you're right, that a stupid question." Kikaijima said sheepishly as she sweatdropped.
"Did you fight the enforcers?" He asked.
"Oh, yeah." Replied Akune. "They were strong, but for us, it was a walk in the park." It was the most awesome off-screen fight.
"Is that…the enforcer's leader?" Asked Nabeshima.
Indeed it was. Zenkichi was carrying the unconscious body of Unzen Myouri on his back.
"Wait, how YOU, of all people, could defeat him?!" Akune said, with disbelieving eyes.
Zenkichi glared at Akune with annoyance. "...eat shit and die, Akune." He muttered.
"Hitoyoshi-kun is stronger than I thought!" exclaimed Nabeshima, while peeking Zenkichi on the cheek. "Who is a good boy~?"
"S-Stop that…" said Zenkichi, with his cheeks flushed. "Well, any of you know where the infirmary is?"
"Of course." Medaka puffed her chest. "As the student council president, I know every location of Hakoniwa Academy!"
"Of course, you would do, you have a photographic memory." Zenkichi replied.
"Let's go people!" Medaka started to walk and we followed suit.
And so…the Student Council prevails…(cue to scene of them walking into the sunset.) and Zenkichi prays that this doesn't repeat again.
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"I have the feeling that we are forgetting something…" Zenkichi said offhandedly.
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*In the music room*
The bodies of the members of the Orchestra club were on the floor.
"So..me…on…e…he…l…p." a member groaned.
A woman short, dark hair covered by a nurse hat entered the room. She was wearing a burnt-red nurse uniform with matching glove and stocking held by suspenders.
"They did say that the music room, but how many casualties ar-OH WHAT THE SHIT?!" Exclaimed the girl.
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"Hmmm…" Said the chairman of Hakoniwa Academy, Shiranui Hakama. He was watching the recording of the fight between Hitoyoshi Zenkichi, supposedly a normal and Unzen Myouri, The Chairman of the public morals committee, an abnormal…
And a member of the thirteen party, with the project name of [Unique].
He was taken aback. He figured that Kurokami would be the one to defeat Unzen and take his place in the flask plan…
But things developed sooner than he thought and in a way that he didn't expect.
"Hitoyoshi Zenkichi again…"
"Again?" Asked a childish voice.
It was her granddaughter, Shiranui Hansode, who was eating a snacks at the coffee table. With a grin on her face, she almost looked like your everyday innocent child…
Almost.
'Why I am feeling a sense of déjà vu?' Shiranui asked herself.
"It's nothing." Even if he trusts her grandchild about the flask plan matters, he can't tell her about the other 'project'. The Kurokami Group didn't allow him to.
According to them, the fewer people knew, the better. "What do you think about Hitoyoshi-kun, Sode-chan?"
"Mm? About Hitoyoshi-kun…I thought he was a plain, boring guy! …until I saw the recording." Replied Shiranui, absentmindedly. Hakama noticed the silence before answering.
"Now…what do WE know about Hitoyoshi-kun?" he asked her.
"…" That was a good question.
According to the archives, he is the son of one of the Doctors that supervised the flask plan in its early phase, which happened in the now-demolished Hakoniwa academy. The psychosomatic surgeon, Hitoyoshi Hitomi. When he was there, he met Kurokami Medaka and became her first friend. He was with her all the time, supporting her since he was 2 years old…
Until he disappeared three years ago, in the first year of middle school. Without leaving a clue, he vanished to god knows where. Even if the little princess used almost all of her sources, she didn't find any clue about his whereabouts.
He appeared again at the start of the school year. No one knows how…except himself. "We know all the relevant about him…crossing the void of 3 years. Why?"
"Hmmm…" he caressed his bear.
"Don't tell me…" Shiranui widened her eyes. "Are you planning to ask him to join the flask plan?"
"Of course not. But I have a slight interest in finding out if he is abnormal." Or something else.
Hakama was more interested in the second project. And depending on the circumstances, Hitoyoshi guards a valuable link to it.
The thing that they were keeping…could hold the key to the next stage of evolution. The scientists already confirmed…
That 'it' had a string of human DNA on its composition. It was a huge discovery. Even if they didn't know where did it come from, they did know now that at some point of its existence…
He had been human.
This could even revolutionize the Flask Plan.
"Sode-chan." He called out her granddaughter. "What do you think I should do in this situation? With Unzen out of the war front, defeated by a supposed normal, which makes the thirteen party incomplete. What can I do?"
"When you have a problem, don't hesitate to drop a note in the suggestion box." Said Shiranui, with a grin on her face.
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"So…" Hitomi said.
"Yeah…" answered Zenkichi.
"What happened to this?" Hitomi talked about the burned rag that was in front of her. It 'was' a Hakoniwa uniform. Keyword was
"…" he inhales. "Well…I tripped."
"You…tripped?" She asking, disbelieving that statement.
"Yeah…I tripped on the stairs."
"Aha."
"And the Bomb-making club was passing with some boxes."
"Uhum." Bomb making club?
"And I fell into those boxes."
"Yeah?" How much of bad luck do you need for that?
"Yeah…and there were bombs inside the boxes."
"Oh!" scratch the above.
"And they detonated in front of my face. I was lucky that I came unscratched." He finished off.
"Heh…" Hitomi didn't swallow any of this bullshit. She was going to ask later but probably is related to Medaka. "I will fix this by morning~!"
"Thanks."
"You're welcome!"
With that, Zenkichi said goodnight and went up to his room.
He saw the tattered uniform and smiled.
"Being a mother again is so rejuvenating!"
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The members of the enforcers went to the infirmary to check on their leader and superior...and to face punishment for their failure.
When they arrived, they saw Onigase seated beside a bed, looking sad and regretful.
"O-Onigase!" Yobuko rushed to her. "What happened?!"
"I...I'm sorry!" she yelled. "I-I was too weak and..."
Yobuko and the enforcers' faces hardened, with worried expressions, they approached the bed and looked at the unconscious and wounded form of their leader.
"Why..." Asked Yobuko with a whisper. "Why..."
"WHY DOES HE HAVE WHISKERS ON HIS FACE?!" Yobuko shouted, with red cheeks.
Indeed. Unzen's face had black whiskers.
"I couldn't stop it!" yelled Onigase, ashamed. "Damn you…Hitoyoshi Zenkichi." She muttered.
But they could agree on something.
Unzen looked adorable with whiskers!
Every single one of them take pictures with their cellphones.
"He must never know."
And so that is the 2 chapter. If you voice your opinions, I would be grateful.