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Warnings: OOC-ness, typos, grammar error, AU

Chapter 7

Time suddenly stopped the moment she opened the door and met an unexpected guest once again. Of all the place.. of all the time.. why here? Why would he come back? Wasn't Taiki has no longer exist anymore? Wasn't her life as Hakuou would no longer be there anymore? So why would he came?

Why's the President of Student Council comes..?

"Ka.. Kazama-sama…?" Chizuru stuttered nervously, went backward slowly, couldn't believed herself that this isn't really hallucination.. this isn't daydreaming.. this man is here. The man that she still couldn't tell of what her feeling for him; is it love? Admiration? More than calls him as a friend? She didn't know. But the only word that she can describe him is…

Important

That's the only word that she can describe of what she thinks of the President..

There, Kazama stood in front the brunette's house without his usual playful smirk on his face. His face was expressionless, and it is very unlike to see him like that, she knew now why most rumors called him Oni President now.

"Wh-what are you doing here?" Chizuru spoke, panic disappeared on her face, changed into anger. Wasn't he intended to expel once everyone finds out that she's a girl? Wasn't she's no longer of his play thing to lose his boredom? So why would he comes back again? Hasn't he ever got tired of making her suffered already? She had found a new school to study from now, why would he came back once again and giving her a nightmare already?

Still hasn't replied anything, Kazama gave Chizuru a paper bag, still has an expressionless on his face. She looked at the bag in confused, then faced to the President, still hasn't accepted the 'gift'.

"What is that..?"

"Your Hakuou uniform." Kazama replied simply. "Wear it."

"Wh-what..?!" Chizuru exclaimed in disbelief. "What do you mean by that? I.. I'm not Taiki. I'm not even a boy..! I thought everything's over already!"

Kazama sighed in frustratedly, "Just wear it already. I'll be taking you to the school too."

"Ah…" There's no point to fight him back anymore. Even if she explained that she'll study in Shimabara Girls' High School from now, she doubted that he would listening to her. A little hesitated, Chizuru finally accepted the President's gift, changing the uniform in her room as Kazama waited outside.

The moment she took a peek of the uniform that the President gave just now, her eyes began to wide in shocked and confused.

Is this really her usual Hakuou uniform..?

As Kazama still stood outside from the brunette's house, his memory started to replay back as he remembered to suggest letting Chizuru going to Hakuou Academy despite she's the only girl in there. He never expected the Principal would end up letting her continues study there in the end…

"Kondou, I need to speak with you," the President said, as he entered the Principal's office without even knocking. Well, that's typical the President of Student of Council, of course.

"Oh, Kazama. What is it that you want to talk about? Any suggestion of making the school to have a good population then?" the Principal asked, surprised to see the President here. Despite how Kazama entitled himself as the President of Student Council, yet he never had any suggestion of making the school much more popular..

"Nothing much," Kazama said. "I would like you to have a permission to let Yukimura to go to school from now on."

As the Principal heard of the young brunette boy's name, he remembered how the red-headed teacher has gotten quite concerned of him as he no longer comes to school despite he had an excuse of having a fever. Kondou's expression changed into a slight confusion then: "Yukimura-kun..? But he no longer comes to school for days now. Is there any reason that he didn't come anymore? Was he being bullied?"

If Taiki really do getting bullied by seniors, the boy should have told him already and the Principal wouldn't hesitated on making any move already. The school was meant to study together until the end, not bullying.

Kazama looked at the Principal for a moment then, there isn't any doubt that Kondou still didn't know the truth about Yukimura.

"Let me guess, Yukimura Chizuru didn't told you the truth, yes?"

"Eh?" Kondou looked in perplexed. Chizuru? He has never heard of any student's name of 'Chizuru' in Hakuou Academy before. But, isn't that name looked a bit… ferminine? "Yukimura.. Chizuru…? Who is that?"

"As I expected, she didn't told you, after all." Kazama said in sarcastic tone. "For your information, Taiki is not her real name. It's Yukimura Chizuru. She-"

"H-Hold on a sec, Chizuru..? And what do you mean by 'her'?" There are so many things he couldn't understand of what the President said just now.

The President sighed quietly, tried to be patient for a moment then, wanting to explain to him slowly even if the Principal find it doesn't make any sense.

"Yukimura Chizuru is her real name. She named herself as Taiki so that she could pretend herself as a boy and believing everyone that she's a boy as well." He explained. "I do not know how did she able to get to Hakuou Academy, but I believed that when she's signing up the registration of getting to Hakuou Academy, one of the worker probably thought her as a boy."

"W-wait a minute, did you say… signing up the registration..?" Kondou questioned, making sure he heard it right.

Kazama nodded.

From what he can remember, Kondou did once gave a registration of getting to Hakuou Academy to Matsumoto. The doctor used to give a story of how good friend he is with the Yukimura family. Don't tell.. Matsumoto is the one letting this Chizuru going to the Hakuou Academy..?

"Make sense..," Kondou muttered under his breathed, sighed out heavily.

The President blinked in confusion. "What do you mean?"

"You see..," the Principal began. "Matsumoto and I were really good friends. He also mentioned of Yukimura too, which no wonder it felt familiar about her last name.. since Matsumoto is a very good friends of mine, I gave him a registration of getting Hakuou Academy so that his child would kindly going to Hakuou. But I've realized he had no daughter or son.."

"So what's going happened to Chizuru, then?"

"Well... that is..," Kondou trailed, not knowing what to say nor what he's gonna to do with the brunette girl..

"You do realize that she has no place to study other than Hakuou Academy."

"Wh-what..?!" The Principal exclaimed, opened his mouth wider, care less if the flies came over into his mouth already because he was too damn shocked.

"I asked her whether she has any place to go to school beside this, but she didn't answer in the end. Instead she just ran off..," Kazama whispered quietly, remembered how heartbroken she is when she thought that was the last day she could go to Hakuou. He could felt his heart suddenly clenched in pain just seeing her looked sad and hurt already..

"Is.. is it true..?"

"Believe me or not, it's up to you."

There, it starts to remain silent in the Principal's office already. Kazama still stood there, not wanting to give up of letting of continuing Chizuru going to continue on study here even if she's a girl, even if the school was meant to be for boys only.

For a moment then, Kondou sighed once more, knew what he has to do after this:

"I'll think about it for a moment.."

At that, the President finally left the Principal's office, hoping Kondou would do the right choice even if it'll break the rules…

The moment Kazama finally came back to reality, he could've heard Chizuru yelled at him in her house. As the brunette opened the door then, her expression looks quite shocked and she seemed to have run all the way here, by looking how out of breathed she is, which, he finds it really amused.

"Wh-why is my uniform looked different than the usual one?" Chizuru asked, still tried to get some more air. "Weren't it supposed to have a tie and pants?" When she took a peek of her new uniform, the Hakuou clothes were very different and what surprised her the most is there's a skirt and red bow as well.

"That's why I told you to wear those.." Kazama sighed heavily, then his eyes trailed off somewhere else beside the brunette. "And.. Kondou is about to announce something in school. You should be there too."

It took a while then Chizuru nodded, deciding to wear it even if she might be late to go to the Shimabara Girls' High School. And so, she returned to her room back and took off Kosuzu's spare clothes, changed into a brand-new Hakuou uniform that the President brought just now.

Once she finally wore it, somehow, Chizuru felt much more familiar after she wore the Hakuou uniform. It also felt comfortable too unlike the Shimabara's one. After everything's done, the brunette sent a message to Sen and Kosuzu that she couldn't able to go to the Shimabara Girls' High School today since she had… business to do. It relief her a little that the Suzuka Sibling didn't find any suspicious when the brunette called it as 'business'.

Finally, Chizuru left the house, ready to go to Hakuou Academy with the President.

As the crimson-red orbs laid on Chizuru for the first time of wearing the Hakuou uniform girl, the world suddenly stopped around him. Chizuru looked quite gorgeous despite it's just a high school clothes although he finds her really beautiful. He smirked widely, held the young brunette's hand like he usually do and took her into the limousine car.

There was a very awkward long silent in the limo car that Chizuru and Kazama ride on. She wasn't sure why it doesn't feel comfortable although she looked fine for the first time. …Maybe it's probably because this is her first time wearing a high school uniform for girl and she, especially will going to the Hakuou Academy, revealed herself of her real gender in front of the boys.

The brunette looked down on the floor, putting her small hands on knees, and feeling anxious of what's gonna happened then once they finally found out of the truth. Would they accept her? Would they let her continue on studying in Hakuou Academy? Would they make fun of her? What's worst, would they go and give her a sexual harassment? She somehow felt a little feared just thinking of that already..

Fear and anxious suddenly disappeared the moment her left hand felt something gripped on her and it felt warmth and gentle as if it was trying to comfort her, and the brunette finally realized that the grip was belonging to none other than the President.

Despite how his eyes looked at the window, Kazama can tell that Chizuru has been afraid the moment he decides her to go to the Hakuou Academy with him.

Just like when she pretended herself as Taiki, Chizuru returned to grip his hand back as Ayame drove all the way to the Hakuou Academy.

At the hall of Hakuou Academy, Ibuki looked around the place, confused of what's going on for today. Well, he knew that the Principal wants to see everyone in school today, but why? Is it really that important for the students?

As everyone had finally present, including the teachers(though Ibuki couldn't find the Student Council President), Kondou began to give a speech.

Chizuru felt a little uncomfortable somehow. Not just she's wearing a Hakuou uniform for girl that would reveal her real gender now, the brunette also had a feeling that she would need to reveal her true self in front of everyone. Running away is the impossible choice. Right now, she's behind the red curtain, and the President isn't with her. Kazama was at the opposite side of her though hoping he should've been next to her that way her never and anxious would go away then…

Finally, Kondou took a breathed for a moment before he gave a speech then:

"Good morning students, and teachers. As you're wondering why we are in the school of hall for today, because I would like to bring news for Hakuou Academy students. Bad or good, it won't be change from now on. I've been discussing with the Student Council President, Kazama Chikage a few days ago. The rest of it, I would like the Student Council President explains everything."

The Principal summoned the Oni President, in which, the blonde-haired man went on the stage, walking in such graceful one as usual, as the students gave a loud clap then, Kondou took a seat next to the Literature Classic teacher.

"A very good morning for Hakuou students, and teachers too, I would like to give thanks for present in school of hall for today." Kazama gave a speech. "As the Principal was saying a moment ago, I've been discussing with him a few days ago about Hakuou Academy."

"Discussing?"

"About Hakuou Academy?"

"What does Kaichou-sama mean by that?"

There were so many whispers from the students of boys, though Kazama ignored it, decided to continue once more.

"As we all know, Hakuou Academy had always been decided to be for an all-boys high school only since there haven't been any girl students for the last 2 years. But…" His crimson-red eyes then laid on Chizuru's in which, she could felt her body suddenly jolted without any particular reason, then Kazama faced to the other students back. "However, the moment this student came to Hakuou Academy, it doesn't really matter whether student girls will be study here or not, because what matter is Hakuou Academy were meant to study together until the end. To thank for changing everything, I would like to present you the student that we should grateful for."

As he said that, Kazama held out his hand to Chizuru, signaling that it's time for the brunette get on the stage too. She could felt her heart starting to pump in swift already, feeling it's going to explode sooner or later then, but she knew she had to get on the stage even if she dislike it. Took a deep breathed to calm herself, Chizuru went on the stage, walked toward to the President, in which just as she was expecting, the students, including teachers were gasping as if it was their first time seeing a girl here.

As Chizuru held the Oni President's hand back tightly, she introduced herself once again: "M-my name is Yukimura Chizuru. I've been studying here since the first day of Hakuou Academy while I pretending myself as a boy, naming myself as Yukimura Taiki. I would like to apologize to everyone for lying you guys everything!" She bend her body down, returned to stand, the students' eyes were widen in shocked and surprised.

Kazama continued then after the brunette spoke: "From now on, and until the end, Yukimura Chizuru is going to study with us all, whether you like it or not. It's also been decided that Hakuou Academy is a high school for both, student for boys and girls."

As he finally finished speaking, the students began to whisper and mutter something, as if they disapproved about this idea. Chizuru had already known the other students wouldn't like it already, she faced down on the floor, giving a very guilty and disappointing expression on her face, wanting to make sure the President wouldn't noticed her although she failed in the end.

Until…

"That's great!"

A very familiar voiced yelled out loud on the hall of school, in which Chizuru looked in front of her, looking the voice somewhere else and noticed that it's been Heisuke all the time, who grinned widely at her.

"Heisuke-kun.."

Heisuke knew what he's doing now is a very stupid one, but his instinct told him that he needed to support his childhood friend that way she could continue on studying here instead of Shimabara Girls' High School.

"Isn't it great to have a girl in Hakuou Academy now?" Heisuke asked around him, a few of them still didn't approve it.

"Well now that you mention it, having a girl here isn't half bad, ne?" Okita said, his grin became as widen as the brunette boy's. "What do you think, Hajime-kun?"

Saitou didn't say anything, remained silent, yet wouldn't mind if the brunette continued studying here even if she's the only girl here. If this school had been decided to be for both boys and girls from now, he wouldn't stop it.

"For a whole life time, Taiki has always been a very good friend with us.. I think it'll be bad if she transferred to another school then." One of Chizuru's classmates starting to agree along with Heisuke and the others.

"Maybe you're right." Another of Chizuru's classmate supporting, after that from different classmates to senior then.

The moment as the whole students cheered and supported for her to continue on studying here, Chizuru couldn't help but tears starting to stream down on her cheeks already. She was crying not because of sadness. Because she was happy.

She was happy that they accepting her even if she's the only female here. They accepting her no matter what who she is. She was happy. Very, very happy.

There, as Chizuru continued wiped of her tears away while smiling, Kazama's grin became widen, glad to see her happy once more as well as letting her stay here from now on.

"Eh~ So you've been a girl for a whole time, eh?" Okita said, as soon as the other students have finally returned to the class while a few of it amazed of how Chizuru could able to stay in Hakuou Academy despite there isn't any female students and teachers.

"Yes..," Chizuru bend her body slightly to bow. "I'm sorry for deceiving you guys for the whole time. I don't mean to hide it away from you."

"Well, can't be help then. Guess we have to kill you, after all," the emerald-green eyed man teased with his usual threat, though it made Chizuru frightened for a moment then.

"E-ehh?!"

"Sou.. Souji, enough with that threat, will you?" Heisuke sighed. "But still, glad that everyone letting you stay even here if you're the only girl in this school."

"Yes.. I'm a bit surprised about it too.."

"Well then, Yukimura-san," Yamazaki began. "If you're in trouble, you can always see us then. Come by and visit the infirmary too if you're injured."

"I will."

For a moment then, she realized that Saitou has remained quiet for a while now. Just like how for the first time she met him; the stoic man haven't spoke any word despite he joined with his friends. Tilting her head slightly, curiously staring at the member of Discipline Committee, wanting to see why's that man still remaining quiet? Is it wrong for her to study here?

"Um… Saitou-senpai?"

She's a girl… Saitou thought to himself deeply. Yukimura Tai- no, Yukimura Chizuru had always been a girl for a whole time...?

Saitou couldn't helped but disbelief of what he heard the news somehow. All this time, he's been close... with a girl? A real girl?! He remembered how the leader of Music Club was being helpful to the brunette; helping her how to hold the violin properly, teaching her to read the music notes easily one, and not forget that he also once treated her wound when she accidently hurt herself.

He's been holding a girl...

"Saitou-senpai?"

Saitou has never getting close any girl such as Chizuru before. How could he not noticed of her all this time? He should've realized in early!

"Saitou-senpai?"

And that smile... No wonder he finds her really cute when she smiled at him despite she pretended herself as a boy... no wonder that smile made his heart pumping in swift and not forget, his cheeks turned into red as tomato and-

"Saitou-senpai!" Chizuru raised her voice, feel the need to yell at the member of the Discipline Committee, since Saitou hasn't spoke to her although she had called his name for numerous now.

The raven-haired man was a bit startled then, looked at her in confused.

"Y-Yes?!"

Chizuru groaned slightly. "Is it wrong that I'm study here, Saitou-senpai?"

"Eh? N-No! Of course not. It's just that, well.. I, um..." the more he spoke, the more awkward it become and his face starting to turn red, feeling embarrassed to talk with the brunette already...

A moment later then, Okita putting his arm around Chizuru and Saitou teasingly one.

"Hajime-kun~ didn't know your face can turn red like a tomato before." Okita grinned widely. "Don't tell me you've fall in love with Chizuru-chan already~"

As the emerald-orbs man said that, Chizuru's cheeks turned red as Saitou's, covered her face with a palm hand of hers, not wanting Okita noticed how embarrassed she is too.

"O-Okita-senpai..! Please, don't say like that…" Chizuru pleaded.

"Ara? Chizuru-chan, your face is red like Hajime-kun too~ Are you by any chance like him?"

"Wh-what?!" the brunette exclaimed. "O-Of course not! I didn't like him or anything..! It's just that, we're both.. um, ah… Okita-senpai, stop teasing us like that…!"

Okita couldn't help but to enjoy seeing the brunette flustered and embarrassed so much. But of course, seeing Saitou turned red is one of his favourite things to do too.

Yamazaki and Heisuke could only sigh because even if they tried to stop Okita from teasing Saitou and Chizuru, the emerald-green orbs man would continued teasing already.

Chizuru was glad a little that the school bell started to ring then, her cheeks suddenly turned back to normal.

"Oh, the class is almost starting. I'll see you guys later, then?"

"Of course."

At that, Chizuru waved to them, and saying good-bye as she was on her way to her class then. But suddenly stopped, remembered something that she needs to do for a moment now.

Oh yes, I think I should pay a visit in a Student Council room. After all, Kazama-senpai is the reason that I could able to continue to go to Hakuou Academy from now on, she thought, there's a figure of the President of Student Council in her mind. She couldn't help herself but to giggle without any reason. Despite that man can be scary when he was known as the Oni President, yet, she had a feeling that she's the only person that he could ever open for. Seeing how he treated very nice to her sometimes.

It was as if she was very special for him.

Somewhere at the hallway then, a few seniors then came over to her, feeling a little uncomfortable around them somehow.

"It's amazing to have a girl in this school," Senior 1 said, amazed of her.

"Eh…?" The brunette said, feeling a little nervous of their praising.

"If you like, maybe we tag along somewhere," Senior 2 said then.

"U-umm…"

Slowly, Chizuru moved backward, feared what's the seniors going to do once they're very close to her, until she could felt something hard behind her, then her arm suddenly pulled away as if someone was trying to move her away.

"What the hell is the meaning of this?!" Hijikata yelled, appeared in front of the brunette, realized that the person that she bumped on from behind just now is her Classic Literature teacher. The seniors starting to go backward as they met the grumpy teacher, looked at him in horror then.

"Hi-Hijikata-sensei…!" they stuttered, afraid of him as the students feared of the Oni President, tried to avoid from him or the Classic Literature teacher would exploding sooner or later then.

"She came here just to study, not for entertainment! What do you expecting for?!"

"We-we're sorry!"

As they said that, disappeared from the hallway.

"Geez…" Hijikata muttered under his breathed, putting his hand on his head. "At this rate, everyone is going to drivin' me crazy…."

Chizuru then laid her almond-brown orbs to her teacher, couldn't helped herself but to admire him already. It's rarely to see Hijikata protecting his student no matter how many time he always complaint of how a few of them had failed Literature Classic subject for numerous times. What's this man reason to protect her all of a sudden? It's already the second times he'd protected the brunette. The first one is when he thought the President was picked on her.

Could it be that she's the only girl in school…?

"Hey"

"Y-Yes?!", Chizuru exclaimed in surprised as she realized Hijikata had called her for a few times now.

"Did those guys done anything to you?" Hijikata questioned, and Chizuru can see his expression looked a bit concerned about her.

"N-no… they didn't do anything to me. But thank you for rescuing me, Hijikata-sensei," she said, bend her body in politely, being really thankful for the Literature Classic teacher came to her at the right time.

"Well if one of them try to pick on you again, come and finds me then," at that Hijikata left the hallway.

Once again, Chizuru blinked in confusion. It was strange to see this side from Hijikata. He had always been a very cold and quite strict teacher when it comes to rules. But seeing how much he cared and worried for Chizuru, she guessed he wasn't that scary like her classmates always thought…

Shaking her head slowly, she continued to go to the Student Council room as fast as she could before her class begins.

"So all this time you've been pretending yourself as a boy, eh?" Shiranui said, crossed his arms behind his head the moment Chizuru entered the Student Council room, in which the President welcomed her, as Amagiri served her a cup of tea.

"Yes…," she bowed slightly, hoping for both of them apologized her, "I'm sorry for deceiving you guys all this time."

"It is ashamed of me for not realizing that you've been a girl for a whole time," Amagiri commented.

"Well that's good," Shiranui said satisfiedly. "And here I thought Kazama was gay all this time." He could felt himself shivered already just thinking how Kazama had a thing for a boy.

"Why would I like a guy?," Kazama questioned in disgustingly, sitting next to the brunette as she munched a doughnut that the red-headed man served her once more.

"I don't know.. it really giving me creepy already just seeing you with another guy. And it's also your fault for making me having a nightmare!" He yelled at the end of it, as he remembered that the nightmare had always haunting him every night, and one of the worst dream he ever had is how he took an interests for Saitou.

"It's obviously your fault for misunderstanding everything."

Chizuru couldn't help but to giggle quietly because how the members of the Student Council have a sense of humor sometimes. But of course, she also really happy that everyone accepting her to go to Hakuou Academy even if she'll be the only girl here.

"Umm…," the brunette began, as the President faced to her then. "I would like to say thank you again. So… thank you," she bowed politely once more. "If it wasn't for you, Kazama-senpai, I wouldn't have able to study here with you guys anymore. It's been really fun in Hakuou Academy a lot. And… thank you. Thank you again for everything, senpai."

The-so-called-loyal Kazama's followers stared at her in perplexed, surprised to hear how she thought about the President. For their whole lifetime, they'd always seen him such a spoil, rich son who's looking for fun. They wonder if Kazama was still going to tease her again since she'll able to study here from now on.

For a moment then, Chizuru could hear Kazama was smirking, in which, it leaves her in confusion.

"It was nothing," he said, his smirk became wider. "After all, wouldn't want to miss some precious time with my wife."

"Ah.. I see. So that's how.. it… is?"

The moment she heard 'wife' from the President's lips, Chizuru looked at him in confused. Wife? What does he meant by that? Was he… by any chance, talking about her?

Kazama smirked like a Cheshire cat again, "What's wrong, waga yume? Did I say something that bothered you?"

Again. He now already called her his wife already?! Why did this man called her his wife now? Was it his nickname to call Chizuru? She didn't remember that she had agreed on him to marry her before… right?

Before Chizuru asks him about the nickname that he called her, the bell has ring and it's time to return her class. As much as she'd still curiously wanting to know what's his reason to call her his wife, she rather returned back to class or she'll end up getting punishment already.

The moment she finally left the Student Council room, she could've sworn she'd just heard Amagiri gave a heavily sigh just now and Shiranui muttered something about 'So it finally begins', which leaving Chizuru confused even more.

She didn't know why but things are going to be much more complicated than she pretended herself as a boy somehow…

A/N: Chizuru is finally able to go to Hakuou Academy with her true gender yay :D Now's that she no longer needed to become Taiki anymore, an interesting 'plot' is finally coming which is, I'm exciting to write it since that idea has always been in my mind. Chizuru's feeling for Kazama may become stronger after this in the future, yet there's still some more of friendship with her between the others.

I think everyone knows this but, Waga Yume means 'My wife' in SSL version. In Hakuouki Edo Period, Kazama calls her Waga Tsuma. I think the Otomate change Kazama calls Chizuru Waga Tsuma to Waga Yume cuz the Edo Period kinda for an old japanese language, I think? I don't know altho I'd really prefer Kazama calls Waga Tsuma more since I've always played Yuugi Roku 2 for numerous times xD

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