Hey people, good news, I got into college :D anyway enough about me and my achievements on with the manga! Oh I've decided to not have it in bold as it looks better

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I couldn't believe what I was hearing; I had to sit down before laughing hysterically. I don't know why I laughed, it wasn't really the time but when you hear something you didn't expect you do weird things, this was my weird thing.

I didn't care what I sat down on as long as it was stable. My legs had been completely unstable and I would've collapsed under myself otherwise. Turns out it was a chair and it felt like a lifeline under the circumstances. Even though it was plastic and as hard as rock, it felt so soft. I looked up at Ayame who had kept the same stern look whilst explaining the story sitting in her huge Godfather chair.

"What? I don't understand what you're..." I stuttered confused. What she'd said had left me speechless. I really didn't understand what she was saying.

"Wake up Tenmaku-san!" She got up and slapped me hard on the face. My eyes widened in reaction as I brought up my hand and rubbed where her hand made contact with my face. I didn't understand it, why? Just why?

A few minutes earlier-

"You sent Yukari undercover in a Maeda fan club?" I asked still not understanding fully.

"Yes, but don't judge me just yet here comes the real reason I called you here"

I looked at her patiently waiting for her to explain. I moved forward and leaned on a nearby desk in her direction. Ok this is dragging out a bit too long I thought as I heard the second hand of the clock tick by.

"Ok so care to tell me why you did ask me here?" I asked almost expecting a resounding 'no' because of my hint of sarcasm.

"I'm building tension! Humour me would you, just once! Gosh, why are you so serious Sakurako?" My jaw could've dropped to the floor. What is with her? I pondered in my head.

"Would you just tell me already?" I groaned I was getting desperate now; I had to know what connection this had to Maeda. I needed to know why he was acting so unusual.

"Ok ok I'll tell you. It was reported by Yukari this morning that, well, Hachibe was kidnapped by the people of FHWC" She kept her vision to the floor and looked like she'd just broke the news about someone's death.

A few minutes later-

With my hand still on my face I zoned back in to find Yatsuhashi talking away about a plan and something about a wooden spoon and a washing line. She'd picked up a few of the stones and was tossing them between her hands. I watched the actions she used to move the stones from one hand to the other. Then what she'd said finally sunk in and I had a burning question to ask.

"Woah woah woah, stop Ayame, so he's been kidnapped by a group of girls who love him?" I asked still slightly confused. "If they love him so much, surely they won't harm him right?" A sprig of hope arose from the pit of my stomach.

"Well this is the thing, Yukari reported that they've bound and gagged him to a chair. They refuse to let him go" Then the hope fell as quickly as it came. She adverted her eyes away from mine as much as possible afraid that I may of thought she was lying.

None the less, I looked at her in horror "They're completely insane! We've got to help him" Finally realising what Yatsuhashi was talking about with the whole plan and rescue topics. Why would they gag and tie him to a chair? That's just...weird.

After a few more moments of discussion we finalised on a plan and set it into motion. First we needed to find Yukari; we checked everywhere finding her eventually in the toilets. We ran her through the plan and she agreed to join in the rescue of Maeda. We finally had the gang together, putting our differences aside, namely mine and Ayame's; we focused on the task at hand. We eventually came up with the nickname for the arrangement: Destroy! We don't know why we called it that; we just thought it was cool. We even managed to get some sunshades from the drama department and a couple of toothpicks from the canteen. We looked like a group of very poor actors from a gangster film.

We decided to wait it out and attack the next day. As the present day finished we waited around the school gates in hope of seeing Hachibei. He was in the last lesson I'd heard from Shibusawa, so by logic he should be walking out at any moment. This made me wonder why they let him go after lunch so he could get to lessons. After at least twenty minutes we saw him leave the school. Stalking him, we studied his clothes, movements and his facial expressions, Yukari even taking notes. He looked like he usually did, hair in a mess, clothes shaggy though it was a peculiar mark which stood out to me most. On the bottom of his neck protruded a red smudge, it was almost laughing at me. It can't be... I could feel my insides twisting again; maybe I'm over reacting... I hope so. Pushing the subject to the back of my mind, as hard as it was, I carried on looking at him. Everything looked normal except that mark on his neck. What is it? I wondered and what is it doing on his neck? This day had turned out to be less than the normal one I'd predicted that was for sure!

Sorry for the shortness, I've had a hard day and am pretty knackered. Hope you like the story so far... Thanks for reading :D