Hello! I'm MagicName88 here with a new fanfic! This idea suddenly popped up in my head after writing chapter 6 of my first fanfic "A Certain Scientific Loner". I want to practice my writing in third-person by writing this one. Don't worry I won't abandon my other fanfic as I'll be focusing more on that than this one. Probably after its first arc, I'll start focusing on this one (Which I don't know when will that be but I promise). There isn't much 8manxSagami so I thought "Fine, I'll do it myself". It's sorta unfair that Sagami didn't get many appearances, especially in the anime. I was so excited for the Athletics Festival arc since that was like her small redemption arc but the anime decided to COMPLETELY remove her from that arc. It wasn't bad but still disappointed.

Also, please read my first fanfic "A Certain Scientific Loner", a crossover between Toaru series and Oregairu series. Yeah, For some of you wondering, I already tagged it as a crossover.

Anyways without further ado here is my second story.

Disclaimer: I do NOT own the Oregairu series as its owned by its respectful creator and company.

Hikigaya Hachiman; Male, 17 years old, a student of Sobu High School, the proclaimed King of Loners, and a member of the Service Club. Well, FORMER member. He couldn't comprehend the mindset of girls and other people nor did he intend to, but now he wants to understand Yukinoshita and Yuigahama. No, he wants to understand everyone. He doesn't want to be pitied, be treated nicely to save their images, nor does he want of be understood like some cliche edgy character who couldn't move on from his past. He wants to read other people's minds, know their intentions, and what they're really feeling. And after knowing those things, he would rest easy with that knowledge and think of appropriate actions to that person's mindset. He can see a person's intentions just through observation but it's not the same as reading accurately as his analysis was sometimes twisted by his pessimistic view of society. Even so, he is desperate to figure out what makes a person tick in a psychological and sociological standpoint. That's why he wants to know...

"What did they really thought of me?" Here we have our protagonist mumbling to himself as he is biking his way home after being removed from the Service Club. It was all a blur to him, the look on their satisfied face when they witnessed his reaction to the paper of dismissal, the contents of that paper which he still has it in his bag, the signs of being stabbed in the back, even the clubroom that he was so familiar with was too blurry to remember at that moment. He's not hurt, nor sad of his situation, but rather he felt...empty.

"Stop struggling, you bitch!"

He pushed the brakes and stopped biking as he heard an aggressive shout from a dark alley.

"Let go!" And then he heard a familiar female voice. He placed his bike beside the alley wall and spy on the situation. He can only see the backs of three guys, possibly high school students since they're wearing school uniforms, and a girl. Those guys cornered her on a wall with the guy in the middle grabbing her arm. Narrowing his eyes, he looked at the girl closely; she's wearing a summer high school uniform that looks like from Sobu High, has short brownish hair that reaches down her nape, grey eyes, some earrings, and polished nails.

Sagami?! He said in his mind. This girl is Sagami Minami, one of Hikigaya's classmates, and the 2nd most popular group in his class. Well, she WAS the 2nd most popular, probably. After the whole absurdity in the Athletics Festival, she lost what she used to call "friends" although that didn't mean it took a turn for the worse on her part. She was starting to improve herself, seeing "growth" as truly one of her main priorities as shown in the Athletics Festival Committee meetings as she took the role of chairman once again but this time she worked properly and hard. The first two meetings, she had Yukinoshita guide her through some of the works but after that, she was able to do it by herself. The only problem she faced was her "friends" getting in the way of the festival plans. It went downhill for her but the festival worked out in the end, at the cost of her friends and what values she has left.

Anyways, as the middle guy looked to the right, talking to one of his companions, Hikigaya noticed something strange on him as his eye appears to be red and heavy-lidded and his pupils are dilated and his movements are all wobbly as if he's drunk.

Is he really drunk? Or is he using drugs? Either way, this could get worse if no one is stopping them. He looked around to see if there is police patrolling or just anyone that could help. Sadly, there is none so it's all up to our protagonist. He didn't know that this street is different from the rest as instead of a crowd walking on sidewalks and cars passing by, it almost becomes an empty area at this time since there is nothing interesting here for people to come by. He picked out his phone from his pocket but...

No battery?! At a time like this! Fear is starting to overwhelm him. His legs shaking as he watches. The guy on the right pulled Sagami's shirt violent as he forcefully opens the shirt, buttons popped out and revealing her white bra.

Are they really going that far?! He thought. He could only think of two options; Run away and find a police nearby, or save Sagami by himself.

I should find someone to help. B-but what if we don't make it in time to save her?

"Hey, I call first dibs." The middle guy said.

"Alright, I'm okay with her mouth."

"Hey, make sure you don't get TOO rough on her, I wanna do her next."

Hikigaya didn't have time to decide as they are really set on raping her. The guy on the right is getting his hands inside her skirt as she screamed in fear.

"PLEASE! SOMEONE! JUST ANY-" The middle guy stopped her from screaming by covering her mouth with his hand. Hikigaya thought of just running away and pretend none of this ever happened. That should've been a wise choice, right? He IS a cynical, selfish loner and he is very proud to be one so much so that he might start boasting about it. So why is he hesitating to ignore her?

"You know the reason, Hikigaya-kun."

A memory filled his mind as he stopped shaking.

"As effective as your methods were, it still doesn't change the fact that they were despicable that it suits you disgustingly well."

He stood still reminiscing of that memory. It was just a few hours ago, but it felt so distant that he might forget about it. It's not because that memory is traumatizing or anything, it's because he learned something from that memory.

"It has already come to a point where even I am unable to fix you of that rotten personality. I apologize but I must ask you to leave this club."

Her reasoning was very confusing. Even if his methods were despicable, it did the job done so he thought she was just lying and was just trying to get rid of him. Right now, he thought it's partly true, while there are some lies in her reasoning, she did make a point that he can never truly help someone if his views are twisted, no matter how much logic it contains. In this situation, his ideals won't help her, and being a lazy scumbag would only worsen his guilty conscience. No matter how many times he would call himself a selfish good-for-nothing, in reality, he is very kind to others even though it was awkward for him, he fulfilled the Service Club requests, he never hesitated to berate Sagami in the Cultural Festival at the cost of his social status in school. In the end, he is a good person. And so...

"HAHAHAHA! A pretty face and a nice body! We really caught the jackpo-" The guy on the right didn't finish his sentence as he was hit in the head by a bike. Hikigaya threw the bike at him first since he was bigger than the others and Hikigaya thought that would be a big disadvantage if he didn't take care of that.

"What the-!" Sagami and the two guys looked at their companion/would-be rapists. The delinquents turned around to look but it was too late. Hikigaya already closed the distance by running and jumped forward and then punched the left guy in the face and used that momentum to slam his head on the wall. Hikigaya quickly followed up with a thrust kick in the middle guy's gut and he fell to the ground.

"Gah!" He grunted in pain and that was the loner's chance to escape with Sagami.

"Sagami! Come on, get up!" He shouted at Sagami but she was still in shock of all this that it took a while to process what he just said and got up. Just as she ran and Hikigaya was about to follow her, he was suddenly got pulled on the leg by that drunken/drugged delinquent and he fell face flat.

"Hikigaya!"

"Just go! Keep running!" He shouted and she looked at him in a scared expression but she complied in the end and left him with the delinquents.

"You bastard!" The delinquent that pulled his leg shouted and he used his body weight to keep the loner lay still on the ground. He then held a pocket knife in his right hand.

A knife?! Hikigaya thought in fear. The delinquent was about to stab him in the face but he reacted in time by blocking it with his hand.

"GAAAAAHHHH!" The loner screamed in pain as his right palm was stabbed by a knife and got stuck as he held it along with the delinquent's grip. As adrenaline coursed through inside his body, Hikigaya tried to punch him in the face but the drunken/drugged student caught his left wrist. Keep in mind that Hikigaya is very lacking in physical capabilities and combat experience so he can't push the delinquent off him even with all the adrenaline.

"Let go so I'll make this less painful for you! Hey come on, get up you dumbasses!" The delinquent shouted at his companions and they tried to stand up but to no avail.

Even though Hikigaya is weak, he still has his smarts. He searched for a weapon but he didn't find anything useful so he planned on hitting the big guy's head by throwing the bike since he thought that running up towards them to bash at close range is stupid because they would immediately hear his footsteps and he can't really use his bike as a melee weapon due to its weight. As for the other guy, using his momentum from running, he jumped forward and punched his face so hard he pushed his head on the wall. Both got hit in the head in different ways. The loner figured he couldn't get a solid hit in the drunken/drugged man's head nor face because he thought that the man already registered what's going on so he thrust a kick in the gut to lose his balance.

"Just stop this already!" Hikigaya shouted.

"Heh! You and what army!" The delinquent shouted back. He isn't in his right mind now so Hikigaya needs to run away as he noticed the other two are starting to recover. While still grabbing both of the delinquent's hands, he pulled back so that he could get his face close and hit him with a headbutt on the nose and pushed him to the side.

"Ggghh!" the delinquent rolled side-to-side as held his nose with blood dripping from it. Hikigaya stood up, removed the knife from his hand despite the pain and ran as fast as he can until he lost them. He didn't know where he is going, the only thing in his mind was to get away from them. After running for a few minutes, he stopped and turned around to see if they're chasing and saw no one. He panted while leaning forward to hold his knees. He thought about Sagami if she was safe and concluded that she will be since she must've run far.

"Goddamn...that...was...crazy," The exhausted loner said between breaths. He thought back on that whole incident earlier. He knew that something like that existed in this world but he never encountered one in real life but now that he did, a new view of the world was in his dead-fished eyes.

"Heh, as if...That would be the last time I would do something that stupid. Next time, my phone would still have battery and call the police. Yeah...that's for the best." He mumbled and started walking home. He never thought of himself as a hero, a genius, or anything special. He's just a creepy high school loner who loves himself more than anyone, aside from his sister, of course.

A day later, Saturday evening.

You've got to be kidding me. The supposed cynical loner thought as he witnessed another harassment in an alley. This time, two delinquents ganging up on a girl to hang out with them. This is very bad timing for our protagonists as he forgot his phone at home and his hand is still healing from the stab wound. There are people around but no one is helping her. Can't they see she's in trouble? Or are they thinking that this just normal and nothing wrong will happen? Pretty optimistic from them as Hikigaya noticed one of the delinquents grabbed her wrist violently while the other guy covered her mouth to prevent her from screaming. He looked around and no one is noticing this. He sighed and ran into the alley to save the girl. He surely hoped that this would be the last time he would do something like this.

Unfortunately for the loner, this wouldn't be the last as he will face even more dangers, each worse than the last. He has begun to enter a world that a young teen should never go.

Hikigaya Hachiman; Male, 17 years old, a student of Sobu High School, the proclaimed King of Loners, and former member of the Service Club. And also the rumored " Young Interloper of Crime".

Thank you for reading this fanfic! Please leave a review, your opinions will help me make this story better.