I'm back. Thanks to everyone who's still sticking to this story, I know I'm updating really slowly, but I put priority on Evening Yesterday because it has a deadline and stuff. And a lot of things happened these days... A friend of mine died from a brain tumor a few days ago so I'm still mourning and stuff... Also, I'm posting a chapter in class, haha...

Well, enough of the depressing things. Go on with the story! I hope you enjoy it!


For a few years now, the Blindfold Gang has been one of the two dominating delinquent groups on Kagerou Street. The members got along with each other very well, and every day was filled with fun. Truthfully, they were more like a group of friends were self-defense than a gang. They didn't pick fights, only accepted challenges and won them. However, people were scared of them. But that didn't matter to them. What mattered was only the fact that everyone loved each other. They were great friends. It had been only four years since everyone met for the first time, but it felt like they've known each other since forever.

The Blindfold Gang was formed when everyone was back in middle school. The members didn't all meet in the same way; some of them had known each other before they all met. Some of the members became friends at once, and some became rivals from the moment they met.

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Flashback: Four years ago

Hibiya looked around nervously at his surroundings. To think that he had done something so risky... Traveling alone to a city that was unfamiliar without his parents' permission at the age of ten, then working continuously at multiple part-time jobs for two years to earn enough savings to start school was not what an average kid from the countryside would do. But Hibiya was no average kid.

And today, he was finally starting school at Kagerou Middle School. He hoped that breaking off his studies for two years wouldn't affect much. Hibiya had been the top of his class back in the village, and he had bought textbooks over the years for studying, so he should be alright.

Suddenly, a running figure crashed into him with full force. They both fell on the floor a few feet away from each other. Hibiya rubbed his head, trying to ease the pain.

"Aaaahhh, I am so sorry! I need to leave now, I'm going to be late! I'll buy you lunch or something!" And with that, the girl dashed off. Hibiya stared after her, the only thought in his head being "what the hell just happened". Although the girl only stopped momentarily, Hibiya remembered her looks. The orange hair with a side ponytail, the pink jacket, and most importantly...

Those red eyes.

He had never met anyone with the same pair of red eyes that he said, the ones that the villagers thought were monstrous and teased him about. He got up, brushing off dust from his pants and sighed. That oba-san mentioned buying him lunch, didn't she? She must have seen his student ID lying on the ground after the impact, and knew he was going to the same school as her. Hibiya sighed. Seems like a hectic life he had planned for himself...

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"Tsu-bo-mi-? Oi, Tsu-bo-mi-?" said Shuuya, waving a hand in front of Tsubomi's face. Tsubomi swatted it away and glared at him.

"What?" she asked, irritated. Tsubomi had been listening to a great song on her iPod and this idiot was bothering her. By a lot. She had already tried turning up the volume to block out his annoying voice, but that just hurt her ears, so it didn't work. Tsubomi finally gave up trying. He gave her an annoying smile. Tsubomi could sense something was up, and it wasn't something good.

"Could it be... You're nervous?" he asked, still smiling. She immediately ripped out the white earphones from her ears and turned to him, knowing her face was definitely in a shade of red from embarrassment.

"Wha - Definitely not!" Tsubomi sputtered.

"Aw, is our cute little Tsubomi nervous?" he said. She smacked him in the arm.

"Don't call me cute!" Tsubomi said. "And I wasn't nervous!"

"You had your eyes closed, talking deep breaths, shaking and sweating. You're lying, Tsubomi~" Shuuya answered. Despite her embarrassment, Tsubomi rolled my eyes at him.

"You've got a lot of room to call other people liars." she said. Shuuya was known to be a liar, so it was ironic hearing him calling someone that.

"Okay, okay, guys, stop arguing. We've gotta go to class now. We don't want to be late for our first day of class of our 2nd year in junior high!" said Kousuke, trying to calm things down a bit.

Tsubomi sighed. Okay, she was kinda nervous. But that's not important, or the point.

The three adopted siblings walked into the school and looked around. Nothing much had changed from what they remembered it as. They approached the bulletin board and scanned their red eyes across the rows and rows of names, looking for their classes.

"Hey, Tsubomi, you're in the same class as me! Looks like this year's going to be fun!" said Shuuya. Tsubomi gave him a glare, but said no more.

"I'm in a different class." said Seto. "But I'll come and sit with you guys in lunch time so it'll be alright!" The other two nodded, and they went their separate classes.

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Marry looked around the hallways, staring at the unfamiliar surroundings. It's been a long time since she'd been outside of her own home, so she was a little bit scared. Where was Seto?

She had already checked for her name on the bulletin board, and she was extremely happy to find her name next to Seto's. They were in the same class! But she had a problem: She couldn't find her class. She looked around, looking for a person that seemed nice. She saw a girl who looked her age, so she approached her shyly.

"U-Um, excuse me... D-Do you know where class 2-C is...?" Marry asked timidly. The girl looked at her and pointed to the opposite direction that Marry was walking to.

"That way, on the left! Are you new here?" she asked. Marry nodded.

"Well, welcome to Kagerou Middle School! I'm Momo Kisaragi!" she said, smiling. Marry smiled. Kisaragi-san seemed kind, just like Seto.

"I'm Marry Kozakura..." she said, smiling. Suddenly, the bell sounded. Both of them stiffened. Kisaragi-san gave a screech.

"I'm going to be late! See you, Kozakura-san! I'm in Class 2-D, right next to you okie bye!" she yelled, running off.

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Takane's seat in her new classroom was one of the most popular ones among the students. It was the window seat in the second-to-last row of tables and chairs, and it was amazing. She wouldn't be noticed by the teacher if she was off-task with the people in front of her blocking the teacher's view of her, and so she could doodle all she wanted. Also, when she was getting bored of class, she could always glance out the window right next to her and look outside. Takane felt she was extremely lucky getting this seat, it being her first seat in a normal classroom ever since fourth grade.

Takane had narcolepsy, and therefore could fall asleep anytime. This gained her a place in the special class for 'handicapped students', an extremely infuriating name. They were just like normal people, however everyone judged them because of their illnesses. However, her narcolepsy had gotten so much better, to the point that it almost never made her sink into a deep sleep. That was why she was now placed in a normal third year classroom, with a bunch of other normal kids.

She sighed, and lay her face on the desk. School was tiring. She could no longer slack off, now that she was in a normal classroom.

"Good morning, Takane!" A voice sounded from beside her. She looked up and saw her childhood friend, Haruka Kokonose, setting his bag down in the seat next to her.

Haruka was one of her only friends (well, he was the only one who she considered a great friend; Actor was her twin sister so therefore wouldn't count and Kuroha was a sadistic bastard that she would rather die than claim be her friend) who she had known ever since she was young. He was also her neighbor, and her only classmate through the years she had been in the special class.

Haruka also had an illness, much more serious than hers; If he had an attack, he could die from it. He had many attacks when he was young, therefore being hospitalized frequently, but after an operation, it was completely cured and he was also moved to a normal class.

Takane only nodded as a response. She was tired. She definitely shouldn't have stayed up to play video games. Suddenly, someone tapped her on the shoulder from behind and she turned around. It was a girl with brown hair with two red clips in her hair, and she was wearing a red scarf even though they were indoors.

"Nice to meet you! I'm Ayano Tateyama, and I'll be sitting behind you! I thought I'd say hello, haha... Hope we get along!" she said, smiling. Takane couldn't help but smile a bit. The girl seemed pretty nice, and she also hoped that they would get along.

"I'm Takane Enomoto. Nice to meet you." she said. Ayano's smile seemed to grow even bigger. By this, Haruka had also turned around in his seat and was listening to their conversation.

"Hello! I'm Haruka Kokonose, nice to meet you!" he said. Ayano nodded.

"Nice to meet you!" she said. Takane could almost see a smiley face emoticon beside Ayano's words. Takane noticed a boy take a seat in the chair beside Ayano and behind Haruka. Her eyes narrowed. For some reason, she didn't take a liking to this boy. Just his presence made her irritated. Ayano also noticed him, and turned to him in a very energetic greeting. He, however, ignored her.

"Hey, at least answer her!" said Takane. The boy sighed.

"Shintaro Kisaragi." he said, after a moment's pause. Ayano smiled brightly.

"Nice to meet you!" she said. "Now that we're all friends, I hope we all get along!"

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Shintaro couldn't help but glance at the girl next to him. Her (beautiful) face was scrunched up, and her pencil hadn't moved at all. She had stayed like that for ten minutes already. It was obvious to see that she was stuck on that problem.

"Your pencil hasn't moved since ten minutes ago." Shintaro said finally. She looked up at him, surprised, and smiled sheepishly.

"I'm kind of stuck on this problem, haha..." she said. It was impossible for a smile to be that cute. What is life. Shintaro sighed and moved closer to her seat. He glanced at the problem she was stuck on. He explained it to her, trying to keep it as simple as possible, and a look of understanding struck her face.

"Oh! That makes so much more sense now! Thank you, Shintaro!" she said. Shintaro raised an eyebrow.

"On first name basis already?" he asked.

"Oh, I'm sorry, um-" Shintaro cut her off.

"It's alright...Ayano." She looked at him, momentarily surprised, before widening her mouth into a huge smile.

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Tsubomi stepped into the cafeteria, relieved that the first few classes were over. Shuuya followed her, grinning widely. After getting their lunches, they sat down at a table they picked that wasn't occupied by anyone else. Soon, Kousuke approached them, and Kido saw that there was someone who was hiding behind him.

"This is Marry Kozakura, and she's new to this school! Marry, say hi to my brother and sister Tsubomi Kido and Shuuya Kano!" said Kousuke, smiling at the ball of fluff hiding behind him. She peeked out from behind him shyly, still shaking.

"H-Hello..." she said quietly. Both Shuuya and Tsubomi responded, and Marry seemed to relax a bit. After a bit, Ayano came to their table, dragging three people with her, presumably her classmates. They were introduced to the sophomores as Shintaro Kisaragi, Takane Enomoto, and Haruka Kokonose. After they all had all introduced themselves, they started to eat, Ayano, Takane, and Shuuya being the ones who talked the most.

"Ah! Onii-chan!" said an energetic voice from behind Shintaro. They all looked at the speaker, who was introduced to them as Shintaro's younger sister, Momo Kisaragi, a sophomore. She was then added to the bunch. Everything was going normal for them, everyone tucking in to their food and talking to each other, until a surprised and slightly angry voice shouted from behind them:

"AH! That oba-san from this morning!" Everyone turned to look at the boy. Momo gulped. Everyone turned to look at her, then at the boy, then at her again.

"What did you do this time?" asked Shintaro. Momo laughed awkwardly.

"Well, I sorta bumped into him this morning..." she said.

"And she promised me lunch." added the boy.

"Well, a promise is a promise!" said Shuuya. "You should pay for his lunch, Kisaragi-chan!" Momo tearily pulled out her student ID and gave it to the boy. He took it, and went to buy himself lunch.

"Thanks, oba-san." he said, when he returned. Momo's mouth twitched with anger and once he put his lunch down, she smacked him on the head.

"I'm a middle schooler, and I'm not an oba-san! You sure this is how you should speak to your senpai, you elementary schooler?" she shouted.

"Well, you certainly aren't acting like a senpai." said the boy, rubbing his aching head.

"Okay, okay, break it up now." said Ayano, separating the two. The two glared at each other, before furiously gobbling down food.

"You sound like you're telling Takane and Shintaro-kun to stop fighting, Ayano-chan." said Haruka, laughing. Takane slammed her palms onto the table.

"I'm only fighting with the bastard because he's so annoying!" said Takane. Shintaro glanced at her, annoyed.

"And who's the one picking fights?" he asked.

"You, obviously-"

"Okay, okay! Stop fighting, Takane, Shintaro!" said Ayano, smiling awkwardly.

"That's right, we still don't know your name yet!" said Shuuya, turning to the boy. He looked up.

"Hibiya Amamiya, 1st year." he said. Everyone introduced themselves and said a 'nice to meet you' to him. They then continued their conversations and laughter.

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The appearance of Takane at lunchtime gave everyone a terrible fright. Shintaro's mouth dropped open and Ayano gasped, even covering her mouth with her hand. Haruka looked at her with his eyes sparkling with amazement, Hibiya spat out his milk, and Momo gazed at her with a shocked expression. Kido dropped her fork and even Kano stopped smiling. Marry's and Seto's eyes grew wide.

"Holy shit." all of them said at once. The ones that weren't comfortable with swearing had said "oh my gosh". Takane took a seat next to Haruka, and all of the others stared at her. She glared with her scarlet eyes at them, and bit into her sandwich, tossing her blue hair - that's right, BLUE hair - over her shoulder.

"What?" she asked. Takane's once jet black hair that was still its original color yesterday was now a bright electric blue. It was still in its twintails, but the blue of her hair made Takane's appearance totally different. Nobody spoke for a minute or two, and the silence was almost overwhelming. Finally, Haruka spoke.

"You weren't in class this morning, Takane. What happened?" he asked.

"And now you show up at lunchtime with your hair blue. BLUE." said Shintaro. Takane sighed.

"It's gonna be a long story." she said.

"It's alright!" said Ayano cheerfully.

"We've still got, let's see, thirty minutes of lunch." Hibiya provided helpfully. Takane sighed, and started with her story.

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"So, Takane, how has life been alone?" asked Takane's mother as she sat down at the dinner table. Takane's parents had been overseas ever since she was in third grade, and they were visiting. They rarely did that, Takane always knew deep down that they preferred Actor more than her.

"It's great." Takane replied simply. Her father raised an eyebrow at her.

"You're not mad, are you? We haven't visited because we were busy and-"

"I know, I know." said Takane. She took a bite out of the fish her mom had made.

"So, anything new?" asked her father, taking a sip of water. Takane shrugged.

"We're now in a normal classroom instead of the special class. We're quite lucky, I guess. I really do hope we have a good year..." she said. Both her parents stopped eating and looked at her, then at each other, and then back at her.

"By 'we', you mean...?" asked her mother.

"Oh. I mean me and Haruka." said Takane. Takane's mother dropped her chopsticks and Takane's father looked up sharply from his plate.

"Takane... You're still talking to that Kokonose boy? I thought we told you to stay away from him!" said Takane's mother. Rage started to bottle up inside Takane.

"'That Kokonose Boy', 'That Kokonose Boy'... He has a name, you know?" she said quietly but her voice unwavering.

"I can't believe you, Takane. After all we've told you... You still went against our wishes. I see... Then we have to go the hard way, don't we? I'll make a request to your teachers to change classes. Or maybe even change schools... Oh, or I could take you with us to our place overseas... Yes, that's great... We'll enroll you in the same school as Actor... And it'll be all great... Yes..." Takane's eyes had grown wide at her mother's words. She couldn't believe she was serious. She looked over to her father and saw that he was nodding along to her mother's words. She couldn't believe this.

"Transfer me to another class, to another school, and even take me overseas? Just to get me away from Haruka? What is this bullshit?! What the fuck are you even thinking? You'd better tell me that this crap isn't what you're actually thinking, and you're just kidding." Takane shouted, slamming both palms onto the table and standing up.

"What's gotten into you, Takane? Is this how you speak to your parents?" said her mother.

"And watch your language. Is this all under the Kokonose boy's influence?" said her father. At this, Takane snapped.

"I don't give a shit about my language! What the fuck has Haruka even done to you? What has he done to anyone? He's the kindest person I have ever met, more responsible than both you shitheads of parents! He would never use this crude language, and he would get all his work done as soon as he got home, and he cares about others more than you have ever in your entire life! This is ridiculous, I can't believe you both! Are you even human?" she shouted, experiencing more rage than she ever had in her entire life. Then, her mother said the words that should never have been spoken.

"But he's disabled! His illness... It could spread to you!"

"What do you know about his illness? It's not contagious! IT'S NOT CONTAGIOUS! Having an illness doesn't make you any different, and that's a life lesson for you to learn! Oh wait, that's right, you've never realized that in your entire life because you've got a daughter that's disabled standing right in front of you! That's why you preferred her twin sister more than her! Because she's fucking disabled, and she's got a sickness that could spread! That's why she was never better than her twin sister, and you didn't take her overseas!" Takane yelled, spitting out all her anger at her parents that she had kept secret for the past few years. When her words were met with silence, she simply left the table.

"You're both fucked up. I'm leaving this house, leaving you bad excuses of human beings. Goodbye and may we never meet again." she said, shooting them her best glare. Then, she ran up the stairs to her room, slammed the door, and tried to ignore the tears falling down her cheeks.

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After Takane had finished her story, everyone stared at her with a shocked expression. A silence filled the air at their table.

"And then?" asked Hibiya. Takane blinked.

"What do you mean, 'and then?' That's pretty much it." she said. Momo looked at her.

"That doesn't explain why you didn't come to school for half the day and why your hair is blue!" she said.

"Oh." said Takane. "Okay. Well, I emptied all the stuff I needed that were in my room into luggages and bags, and then jumped out the window and left. I stayed at a hotel room for the night and this morning I went to the arcade and played shooting games. Then I walked passed a hair salon and I got my hair dyed, because that was something my parents would never have approved of. Then I realized I should come over to school and at least tell you guys what happened so that you guys don't think I'm dead or anything. So here I am." Her words were met by another silence.

"Are you sure you should have talked to your parents like that? And then left your house? Your parents must be so worried!" said Ayano, frowning. Takane sighed.

"You don't know my parents. They've always thought I was less than other people, and they haven't cared much for me only because I have narcolepsy. I know they won't go around looking for me; they've been away overseas for six years and they haven't called or texted me." she said. "I don't care either. Not when I know what they really think."

"I'm sorry, Takane..." Everyone looked at Haruka as he spoke. "It's all my fault that you've fought with your parents..."

"Don't be. I've been wanting to say all that for a long time. I should be thanking you for giving me the courage for getting all this out." said Takane. Momo lifted one twintail up and played with it.

"But really, don't you miss your old hair color?" she asked. Takane shrugged.

"Naw, it's all okay. I actually quite like this color, it's pretty." Haruka nodded furiously to these words.

"Totally! It's so cool!" he said. "Oh, I know! I'll go dye my hair as well!" Everyone looked at him at these words.

"A-Are you serious?" asked Shintaro. Haruka nodded.

"You don't have to do this, Haruka." said Takane. Haruka laughed.

"I really think it's cool! It's something I want to do, Takane." he said.

And that was how Haruka came to school the next day with white hair.

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"Takane-chan! Let's go home!" said Momo, waving. Takane looked up and saw that her friends were all there. She quickly packed up her bag and went to them. Her three other classmates did the same.

"Let's stop by somewhere before we go home! How 'bout the CD store?" asked Momo. Kido nodded.

"That works with me." she said. Everyone else also gave a nod of approval.

"Oh yeah, I've got something to tell you guys." said Takane. Everyone stopped walking and looked at her.

"I've decided to change my name from Takane to Ene!" she said. Her words were responded by blank stares. She sighed.

"Of course, not changing my name officially, but just for the years I'm at school, I'll be referred to as Ene. My parents were quite proud of their name-choosing, so that's why I'm changing it." she said. Shuuya laughed.

"Quite a rebel." he commented. Marry looked confused.

"Is there a special reason for this name...?" she asked.

"Oh! I know! It's because of your full name, Takane Enomoto, right?" said Ayano, putting emphasis on "E" and "ne". Takane smiled proudly.

"That's right!" she said. Haruka's eyes were shining as he listened to the conversation excitedly.

"That's so cool! I'll think of a name for myself, too!" he said, and he thought for a while. "How about Konoha? From my name Haruka Kokonose!" He put emphasis on the "Ko", "no", and "Ha".

"That's really cool! It's just like hero code names!" said Ayano excitedly. Just as she finished her sentence, they had arrived at the CD shop. Everyone went around to different sections, looking for CDs with the type of music they liked.

Tsubomi had decided on buying the CD that she had wanted for a long time, and just as she set her hand on it, she saw another hand grab onto it as well. She looked up and saw the person looking back at her, her eyebrows arched and her expression dark.

"Tsubomi, what happened?" asked Kousuke. The rest of the group of friends had walked up to her, seeing that she hadn't gone to meet up with them.

"Listen, if you don't want to get hurt, give me the CD." The person spoke, and all of them turned their attention towards her. Marry looked scared, while Ene simply raised an eyebrow.

"I'll have to decline." said Tsubomi, which surprised both Shuuya and Kousuke. The opposing girl looked like someone who you shouldn't mess with, yet Tsubomi stood her ground. The other girl had narrowed her eyes, obviously not used to not getting what she wanted.

"Conceal, what's up?" asked a boy, approaching the girl, Conceal, with about ten other people.

"Just beat them up already." said a girl, twisting and playing with a lock of her long curly hair with her finger. Konoha suddenly stepped up from behind everyone.

"Kuroha?" he asked, uncertainly. A tall boy from the group, who looked identical to Konoha except for the longer black hair and golden eyes, looked at him, eyebrows raised.

"So you've decided to acknowledge my existence... Older brother." A look of shock spread through the group of friends.

"That's your brother, Konoha?" asked Hibiya, his eyebrow twitching. Although at a closer look they would be identical, Konoha and Kuroha looked nowhere near brothers. Konoha gave out a whole feeling of kindness and gentleness, while Kuroha was the complete opposite. His black clothing and dangerous expression made him seem harmful, even evil.

"Konoha? Interesting. A name change." Kuroha said, looking amused. "And well, well, isn't this Takane? A pleasure meeting you again, after such a long time." All eyes went to Ene, whose eyes narrowed into a dangerous glare.

"Obviously not my pleasure." she said, her tone overflowing with hate. Kuroha laughed.

"Well, am I heartbroken." he said.

"Have you decided to give me the CD yet?" Conceal cut in.

"That's my question." said Tsubomi. "If you want it, then you'll have to fight me." Her words surprised everyone.

"Tsubomi, is this CD that important? Are you sure.."

"I'm sure." said Tsubomi, answering Kousuke's question. "There's only one CD left in this shop, and I don't want to back down to her." At Tsubomi's challenge, Conceal's whole group burst into laughter.

"Oh, my, god! I haven't heard a challenge in such a long time! They're so funny, I can't help it!" said the girl who was playing with her hair. "Are you sure you want to fight us?"

"Sure as ever." said Tsubomi.

"Well, if it's for Tsubomi, then I guess I can't back down either." said Shuuya, rolling up his sleeves and stepping forward.

"Sh-Shuuya? You don't have to-" started Tsubomi, surprised.

"Let's move this somewhere else, shall we?" asked Shintaro, already walking out the door. The others followed. They all faced each other, group against group.

"I'm not fighting." said Kuroha, yawning, stepping to the side. A short boy from his group looked at him, surprised.

"What? Because you don't want to hurt your brother and his friends? Wow, Kuroha. Not like you at all. Usually you would jump for the opportunity to fight." he said.

"Of course not, don't be stupid. I take no interest in the conflict. It's too boring." said Kuroha, leaning against the wall of a shop.

"That's alright. We'll beat these morons even without you." said a boy. "How long do you think they'll last, Combine? Thirty seconds?" The girl who was playing with her hair smiled.

"I think fifteen." she said. "Now, are you ready to die?"

"I think that's what we should say." said Ene, and the fight began. Conceal charged at Tsubomi and tried to land a punch on her, but Tsubomi quickly blocked it with her hands. The other members of Conceal's team also rushed up, throwing punches and kicks at them, but everyone blocked and dodged their attacks well. Tsubomi couldn't remember how, but they had managed to fight of Conceal and her friends, who were extremely good at fighting. They were all very, very surprised.

"Tsk. We're leaving." said a girl with twintails, walking off. Her friends followed. Kuroha cast one glance at his gang's opponents, Ene in particular, then walked off. Tsubomi and her friends looked at each other, and after a moment of silence, they all burst into laughter.

"That was... Amazing!" said Ene, laughing.

"I didn't think that we would be able to beat them!" said Marry. "I thought we were all going to fail there on the spot!"

"Who were they, anyways?" asked Hibiya, glancing at the spot their opponent had been.

"They're AZAMI, the strongest gang pretty much in this city." said Konoha. "They've been working together ever since they were young, and I only know the identity of one member, Kuroha. The others go by code names, and their leader is unknown. Their code names are Conceal, Steal, Deceive, Stare, Combine, Captivate, Open, Retain, Focus, Awaken, Clear and Favor. Clear is my brother, Kuroha."

"Wow." Kousuke couldn't help saying.

"But seriously, this combination really IS strong! How about we form a gang together?" said Shuuya, grinning from ear to ear. Hibiya raised his eyebrows.

"I didn't come for a school life full of fights." he said. Shuuya laughed.

"Well, gangs don't have to fight every day, you know! We could just be a group of friends who hang out together! But if we get picked on, we would be able to fight back!" he said proudly. Shintaro took a sip of his coke.

"I don't have anything against that." he said. Shuuya smiled.

"Then it's decided! We'll be... Hmm, the Blindfold Gang! And our leader will be Tsubomi!" he said. Tsubomi, hearing this, spun to face him, her face red.

"M-Me?! The leader?! Did that hit go to your brain, Shuuya?!" she shouted. Shuuya laughed.

"Nope! I'm serious! Tsubomi would be a great leader, I'm sure of it!" he said.

"Then call me Kido from now on." said Tsubomi, or now Kido. "You know I didn't like my name even from when I was young."

"Eh~? But Tsubomi is such a cute name ~!" he pouted. Kido shot him a glare.

"Listen, Kano, this is my first order as leader of the Blindfold Gang." she said. "Kido is a much cooler name anyways. It fits being leader more." Kano blinked a few times, then burst into laughter.

"I knew you'd love this kind of stuff! Alright then, Kido! Then, everyone else, call me Kano as well! I guess the same would go for you, right, Seto?" he asked, turning to his brother. Seto's eyes widened, then his mouth set into a smile.

"That sounds great!" he said.

"Then it's decided! We are the Blindfold Gang from now on! And to remember this day, let's take a picture together!" he said. I suddenly had a great idea.

"Then use this!" said Momo, tossing her selfie stick to Kano. He caught it and glanced at it shortly before attaching his phone onto it.

"Great idea, Kisaragi-chan!" he said, before raising his arm high up into the air. "Gather around, everyone!" Everyone crowded in and glanced at the camera, making peace signs and weird faces.


Chapter 09: Toumei Answer

"OH MY GOD!"

I looked up, hearing a scream. I squinted my eyes up at the school rooftop, wishing that I had Hibiya's eyesight. I saw that someone was falling, falling from the rooftop. My eyes widened. That obviously wasn't something good. Someone was falling from the school rooftop. That height could kill someone! I squinted harder to try to see who it was. Did I know this person?

My eyes widened even further. I felt the whole world spinning, and my head started to hurt. That person... That person...

It couldn't be. But it has to be. That brown hair. That clad of red.

Ayano...?


I hope you liked this chapter. It's longer and well it showed how the Blindfold Gang was formed. That's always interesting. And I got to write a rebellious Takane. I imagine Takane's parents would be horrible, because their daughter was gone for 2 years and they didn't even bother to do anything?!

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