WARNING: Contains violence and inappropriate language. Read according to your own discretion.

DISCLAIMER: This story is purely fan made. All K-On! characters belong to their respective owners.


CHAPTER SEVEN: Two sides of the same Coin


"Ricchan… Ricchan…" the brunette said in a whispered voice while trying to wake the redhead who is still out cold.

Damn, she's not waking up! What should I do?

Running out of ideas, the brunette raised her hands similar to a person praying to a god; she closed her eyes before muttering something.

"Gomen, Ricchan!"

She gave the redhead an elbow drop to her diaphragm much to Ritsu's anguish.

"Yui, you fucking idiot!" she held her tummy, agonizing from the pain due to a certain airhead's action.

"Gomen, Ricchan…" she stuck her tongue out while winking cutely, "I was just trying to wake you up but no matter what I do, your eyes are still shut."

"You, dumbass!" the redhead grabbed her by her collar, "You're going to pay for this!"

The tension between the two subsided when a sweet aroma lingered to their nostrils.

"That is-"

"Food!" Yui continued where Ritsu left.

"Okay, Yui. We'll settle this later", she placed her hand on the brunette's shoulder, "For now, our priority is to fill our stomachs before escaping from this island."

"Yeah… We haven't eaten something since we were arrested", the brunette agreed.

"Yosh… But before that, we need something like a plan", the redhead suggested.

The two continued exchanging ideas regarding how they will steal the food until they came into agreement.


"You ready, pal?" the redhead took a glimpse on her partner who's following her from her back.

"Hai! I'm ready to strike anytime, Ricchan!" the brunette responded firmly.

"Good", Ritsu smiled, "at the count of three, we'll take the food by storm."

"Hai!"

"Ready… 1…. 2… 3!"

Ritsu kicked the door before declaring in a threatening voice, "Resistance is futile! Whether you like it or not, we'll take the food by force!"

"Give up already! We are the feared duo across Japan!" the brunette added while crouching, glancing at both directions to check the enemy's location.

"Oh… So you two are already awake, huh? How was your sleep?"

"Eh….?"

Sitting on the couch while holding a cup of coffee in her right was a woman with a slender figure; she had big brown eyes and long light brown hair extending to her waist. Judging by her looks alone, she is already somewhere in her late twenties.

"Ano… who are you?" the brunette asked.

"Oh… I forgot to introduce myself." The woman lifted her glasses up and down, "I'm Yamanaka Sawako, the social worker assigned in this area."

"Ah… we're-"

"You're Ricchan and Yui-chan, right?" she interrupted.

How did she know? The police perhaps?

"Uhmm… excuse me, I don't want to sound rude", the redhead raised her hand, "we're you the one who's previously hollering behind the door? Truth to be told, you sounded like a.. ahm… a wild animal?"

The woman spewed the coffee out of her mouth due to Ritsu's bold question; she wasn't expecting that this kind of subject will be brought into their conversation.

"How did you come up with that kind of conclusion?" the woman asked anxiously, her eyebrows are already twitching.

"Well, I figured out that no one besides the three of us are here in this island", the redhead closed her eyes, nodding as if she was certain, "so the owner of that terrifying voice was probably you."

"Yadda, yadda…" the woman rested her chin on her fists while swaying her hips, denying the accusation in a cutesy manner, "that was probably your imagination, Ri-"

"Yay, Ricchan!"

The two shifted their gaze to the brunette who seemed happy like she found a treasure in the midst of trash.

"What is it, Yui?"

"Behold! I found a guitar!" she raised the guitar like a divine object.

"Heh? That's awesome, Yui." Ritsu approached her friend, "What else did you find?"

"I also found a cassette player!"

Dark aura started emitting on the woman's body, changing the happy-go-lucky atmosphere into hostility.

The two were oblivious of the impending danger; they were too focused on the things that the brunette found.

"Let's play the cassette, Yui." Ritsu suggested, "I'm quite interested of its contents."

The brunette pressed the play button.

There was pure silence at first; soon after, they heard a deep husky voice.

"Are ya ready people?! Get ready to get spanked coz Death Devil will whip yer ass like -"

Yui instinctively hit the stop button out of fright.

The two stared each other before Ritsu broke the silence.

"That was definitely a human, right Yui?" her voice trembling.

"Y-yeah, Ricchan" the brunette stuttered, cold sweat started dripping in her cheeks, "that's definitely a human being, no matter how many times you try to deny it."

They turned their gaze to the woman who is still sitting on the couch, dead silent.

The brunette laughed nervously, "Ne, Sawa-chan… just now, was it your voice we've heard on the cassette?"

"Masaka…" the woman replied in a sinister tone, her hair covering her face while still holding the cup in her right hand, "there's no way that I'm the one behind that loathsome voice."

Fuck! This bitch is still denying despite the obviousness!

Sawako approached the two slowly, like a certain ghost in the popular movie who kills her victims one week after watching the accursed video tape.

Yui stumbled on the floor when she was taken aback by the woman's action. She looked below her feet to check the object responsible for her fall, there was a picture album with a photo of a girl in a visual kei outfit, wearing her signature glare, complete with hair extensions and heavy makeup.

The redhead also saw the picture.

Shit, Yui! You're just giving her a valid reason to murder us!

The two exchanged glances, hinting each other to run for their lives.

Sawako continued her pace, still embodied with the sinister aura she had during the discovery of the cassette player.

"Run!" Ritsu cried out.

"Chotto matte!" the woman was surprised with the delinquents' response, running in opposite directions.

Yui tossed the guitar out of fear that the woman will capture and torture them alive for discovering her dreadful secret.

"Shimatta! Not the guitar!" she dashed forward to catch the guitar, sparing it from any future dents if she missed a second.

The moment she caught the object, the easygoing Sawako is nowhere to be found. There was only mayhem in the form of a bespectacled woman, waiting to unleash her suppressed identity which should not happen if only those two knew how valuable discreetness was in the first place.

Alas, such misfortune had befallen once again to the two who persevered the cruelty of life!

"Shit! The door is jammed!"

"That's what you get for kicking the door like in action movies!" the brunette tried to pass the blame on the redhead.

"Why you!" her eyebrows twitched, "Quit yapping and help me open this fucking door!" Ritsu blurted out.

"No good!" the brunette yelled, "We need to jump from the windows!"

"That's insane! We're like on the fucking eighth floor of this building!"

"Save your complaints later, Ricchan!" she took a glance on the woman who is still continuing her pace, "I know you don't want to end up being mutilated by that witch!"

"Witch?!" the woman was shocked on the abominable word uttered by the airhead; she pretended not to hear it but to no avail, increasing her desire to teach them their lesson filled with malice.

"Damn! I think we don't have a choice! Let's jump from the windows!" Ritsu agreed on Yui's proposal.

The two decided to jump from the windows but they were caught by Sawako just in time.

"Where do you think you're going ladies?" her voice sounded threatening.

They laughed nervously before Ritsu came up with an excuse.

"Uhmm… we just want to take a stroll in the night. Well you see… the door is jammed so we decided to go through the window."

"Y-yeah… me and Ricchan often take walks during nighttime. It's part of our normal routine. Well you know the saying, old habits don't die easily."

The bespectacled woman smirked, "Ara… is that so? Dangerous animals lurk during the night" she paused, "you don't want to end up as food, do you?"

"Well… we are quite strong, you know?" Yui said proudly, "Wild animals are just a piece of cake; we could beat them barehanded, right Ricchan?"

Yui, you asshole! We almost died running a while ago then you're claiming that we could beat those beasts barehanded?!

The redhead was about to support Yui's claims when her stomach growled much to her embarrassment.

"Ooppps... I think my friend here wants to eat", her face turned red.

The woman sighed, "Honestly, you should give up with your petty excuses", the dark aura enshrouding her faded gradually, "Come on, I prepared something for the three of us."

The tension disappeared eventually, the delinquents took Sawako's invitation wholeheartedly or rather they don't have a choice.


"Eat to your heart's content, Yui-chan… Ricchan." She smiled.

"Itadakimasu!" the two replied in unison.

They started wolfing down the food before them, eyes watering out of lusciousness.

"Sawa-chan…" the brunette said, teary eyed, "this chicken meat tasted so good!"

"Y-yeah… I was wondering where you get this kind of meat. " Ritsu added, "Isn't it too much for us to eat such expensive delicacy?"

"Yadda… I didn't need to spend money or anything" the woman replied casually while smiling, "that's crocodile meat, you know."

There was a moment of silence in the table. The two didn't dare to regurgitate the food they've eaten in front of Sawako's eyes.

Wait, did she say crocodile meat?! No way! How is it possible for a woman with no muscularity possesses great strength let alone kill a crocodile in that kind of body?!

'Legendary", that's what the two were thinking at this very moment.

So that sailor ain't lying when he said a legendary social worker is working here, huh?

"So someone from the outside is giving you provisions including this exotic meat, right?"

"Oh no…" she smiled casually again, "those crocodiles are found in the nearby swamps of this place. I usually fattened them up until I consider them worthy to be eaten in a given time period."

The eating utensils fell from the delinquents' grasp, flabbergasted with the woman's bold answer.

The fuck? So my hunch was right all along!

"What's the problem? I thought the food was delicious?"

"Oh yes it was! We were just surprised on the idea that we're eating an exotic food right now."

"Ricchan's right" the brunette nodded, "this is our first time eating such fine delicacy because canned goods and leftovers are our source of nourishment!"

Baka yaro! You gave her an impression of us being poor human beings!

"Oh I see, so that's the case…" the woman nodded like she got the gist of the duo's situation, "I should've increased your monthly allowance then; I didn't know commodities became quite expensive these days."

"…."

"Oh, I forgot to tell you. I'm also your benefactor. I am the one who goes by the alias SYDD."

Did she say that she was the one who's sending our monthly budget in an irregular basis? This witch is the Hirasawa sisters' benefactor!? What's with the SYDD? Sawako Yamanaka… wait, how about the DD? Death Devil, was it?

"Nice to meet you in person, benefactor-san", Yui bowed before Sawako.

"Oh…. Sawa-chan is fine, Yui-chan."

"Ahmm… excuse me, Sawa-chan?" Ritsu asked politely, "how long are we going to stay in this place?"

The woman rubbed her chin, "Well… for fifteen months atleast?"

"That's way too long! We want to get out from this place quickly because we have some business to take care of!" Ritsu raised her voice.

"Well.. According to that bear, you're guilty of five charges. Each charge is equivalent to 3 months."

"Five charges!? But we didn't do anything really", the brunette defended themselves, "what were those charges by the way?"

"Hmm… If I remember it correctly, you two are guilty for kidnapping two rich girls… for trying to extort money by playing heroes… for robbing a middle-aged woman… and for assaulting a police officer from the back." She enumerated all the things she could remember.

"Then what's with the fifth charge?" Yui asked.

"That's for calling me a goddamn witch, you idiot!"

The brunette flinched from her seat. Seriously, she doesn't even remember calling her like that a while ago.

"But… we need to get out of here soon." Ritsu pleaded, "We have something important to do."

"What's with your business anyway? Is it something you really have to do no matter what?"

"Yeah… it's something we have to do no matter what" the redhead repeated. "We want to get our revenge against those girls who brought misery to our lives and we wanted to go back to our school. Hora, we can't afford to stay a year or two here."

"So you wanted to take your revenge against those girls, huh?"

"Also we want to see Ui too!" the brunette added.

"Worry not, Ui is in good hands. I requested my former colleague to take care of her in your absence. Well, regarding you two going back to your school… I'm sorry but that's impossible, you two are already expelled. Weren't you informed about your expulsion?"

"No way! I thought we were just suspended like usual! There's no way our school will believe that kind of bullshit!" Ritsu protested, her eyes filled with fury.

"I'm sorry… But that's the truth… They expelled you to save face against the public."

The two entered the state of mental rejection. It was too much for them to handle all the revelations.

Sawako sighed heavily, "I see.. I can help you girls with your revenge" she tried to sound reliable, "leave it to Sawa-chan! Tomorrow, I'll train you hard enough until I deemed you worthy to leave this island!"

They stared to the woman who tried to raise their morale.

"Thanks, Sawa-chan…" Ritsu smiled, "we'll prove our worth; just see for yourself."

"It won't be easy, Ricchan." she chuckled, "It's not like what you have in mind."

"Well, me and Ricchan can handle it! No matter how hard your challenge was!" confidence is brimming in the brunette's eyes, her usual cheerful self was restored.

"Okay… that's it for today. I'll see you tomorrow then", she stood from her seat before waving goodbye to the two. She pulled the supposedly jammed door with ease.


"Ne, Yui…" Ritsu faced the brunette who was lying next to her right, facing her back, "you awake?"

"…yes?"

"I have something to tell you…"

"…."

"You see…"

"I love you."

"….?!"

The redhead was surprised; she couldn't mince any words. Her vital signs start to fluctuate; her thoughts going haywire.

What's with this sudden confession?! I never knew she had feelings for me! This is insane!

"I love you…" Yui paused.

"… chocolate-kun."

"Chocolate-kun?" the redhead muttered.

She checked the brunette. Just as expected, she was sleep talking and it seems that she's in a healthy relationship with her inanimate lover.

Damn you, Yui! Don't you dare scare me like that! My heart's pounding like crazy, you idiot!

She held her chest for a while, wanting to calm down from the brunette's words even though Ritsu was not the object of Yui's affection.

"Oyasumi, Yui…" Ritsu snuggled close to Yui, their backs facing each other, "we're partners, aren't we? I'm going to watch your back, and you're going to watch mine…"

The redhead's attention started to drift away, her subconscious is taking over. Later, she entered her own dreamland.

To be continued.


Some (useful?) information not included in the text:

Sawako hides the fact that she's the lead guitarist and vocalist of a hardcore rock band, Death Devil. She wanted to bury it in oblivion but the delinquents' lack of discreetness, allowed her suppressed identity to resurface.

They have fifteen months to complete their rehab but Sawako gave them a condition that they could leave the island earlier than expected if they proved their worth in tomorrow's test. If they failed, not only do they need to stay on the island for fifteen months but their quest for revenge to the queens will render useless because they will soon graduate from highschool and it would be hard to keep track on them given the possibilities that they will pursue their studies abroad.

A/N:

Quite a long chapter, right? I should've divided it into two but I don't want to break my promise regarding the "quest for revenge" part which should happen around chapter 9. Thank you for reading. Rate and review if you have time. Chapter 8 is up!