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Mirror Image by Metal Kirby

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Chapter 5: Out of Character

"… did you say something?"

"…"

Was my response. I'd really like to pay someone just to remove the concept of 'thinking aloud' from my body. I dragged the girl away from her reflection and pulled her out into the hall. Koizumi and the others were waiting just outside our door, patiently waiting for the brief Brigade Chief-to-Underling meeting to end. Letting go of the underling, I cleared my throat and prepared to give a speech for reasons unknown to me.

"I want to commend all of you. A mysterious, life-jarring incident is perfect for keep me in on edge; keep me aware of my surroundings…"

…..What on Earth am I saying?

"But if you thought that I'd be confused for more than a second, you'd be wrong. All the evidence you've so plainly lain out only screams set up. I mean, Kyonko may be incompetent as a brigade member, but she is nowhere near stupid enough to leave evidence at the scene of the crime. And a white board checklist? No one does that."

I honestly have no clue where this is coming from. Someone quick! Get something to muffle me… or duct tape my mouth shut! I can't stop!

"I'll save you the trouble of explaining. It's quite obvious that this is a full operation designed to throw me off of my intended goals. It was well planned out, had it not been for the obvious reasons I previously mentioned. Brigade, I appreciate the sentiment…"

Fem-Koizumi smiled and opened her mouth to speak. I smirked, cutting her off... wait, why did I-?

"However, this… is… mutiny!"

They all flinched at my outburst. Well, except for Nagato. But aside from him, what the hell. I would have flinched at my outburst.

"For this, you'll all be severely punished. I let it slide during the island murder scenario, but this… doing an unauthorized activity behind the Brigade leader's back is unacceptable. During our trip to Okinawa, you will each personally show me supernatural evidence. If you fail to show me anything, heads will roll."

Haruhi-Kyonko gave an exasperated sigh. "Listen here… what makes you think we'll listen to you? And what makes you think the supernatural will just magically show up?"

"Irrelevant! For speaking in that manner of tone, the entire Brigade is staying the night at your place."

"W-what? But I-"

"You know… I could come up with much more embarrassing punishments…"

"ALRIGHT FINE!"

I chuckled and then started walking down the hall. "Alright, go to the clubroom and get your things and leave. Kyonko, expect everyone to be at your house in half an hour."

Everyone gathered their things from the clubroom while I took a little trip to the roof. I spotted a vanilla envelope, the same one that held our roundtrip plane tickets to Okinawa. I pocketed them and walked back. When I got back to the clubroom, it was empty. Everyone had left. Everyone but me. I took a deep breath and then sat at my usual spot next to the desk.

I was frozen in my tracks, head held in my palms.

WHAT THE HELL WAS I DOING?

All of us having gone a sex swap, and I switched places with my exact opposite. That I've just started to understand… but this, this is crazy. I swear is the craziest thing I've ever done. Not only did I make up some nonsensical speech which commended and also ridiculed my friends, I also just invited myself and said friends to a girl's house … Seriously, what was I thinking? I had no clue what's going on.

Dammit, looks like I'm sleeping over at my house.

… wait what?

MY HOUSE?

Sorry this chapter is so short. Next chapter will make it up; this Kirby promises.