The Luckster And The Gangster's Sister

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First off, many thanks to those who reviewed this fic, I really appreciated it and this gave me inspiration to work on the next chapter and here the story advances further after the last chapter, where Natsumi takes Naegi's advice and strives to DISCOVER her talent in hopes of getting noticed by Hope's Peak Academy scout, and she would soon find out if her efforts paid off...

Well...can't spoil it, so you will have to read on to find out, so buckle up, read on and enjoy!

Ch. 10: Shōkan

A few days later, Natsumi is seen walking towards her classroom, silent, as she wondered what the events in the past few days occurred, in which she pondered if this would have an effect on her after her passion for taking pictures was revived after taking Naegi's advise, in which she went to take pictures that involved everyday life, such as her parents' yakuza meeting, a brawl involving the Crazy Diamond Gang, Akane beating up a pervert and accidentally taking a picture of Naegi and his younger sister. While she felt some enjoyment in taking the pictures, she became a bit concerned after meeting with Kizakura, who asked permission to take the pictures to study them, and until now there is no word yet about this.

As Natsumi sat on her seat, she saw Hinata still gazing st the window, looking at the main building of Hope's Peak, and decided to approach him, asking him if he has any luck trying to get noticed by the academy scout, which he said he hasn't, which, for once, made her a little bit sympathetic, realizing that he too has the same aspiration as hers.

"Yo."

"Ah, Kuzuryuu-san..."

"Any luck?"

"Huh?"

"About being noticed by the main course scout?"

"No...not yet..."

"I see...must be tough..."

"Yeah...it is..."

As the two were talking, Sato glances at Natsumi, as she is still protective towards Koizumi, and she still does not trust Natsumi, but things took a sudden surprise when a Hope's Peak school official came and called out Natsumi, which she approached him and asks what is it, and there he told her that she is being summoned by the headmaster, which surprised her yet she has no idea what is it about, and when she asks him why, all he said that the headmaster wanted to talk to her and nothing more.

"The headmaster wishes to a have a word with you."

"Me?"

"Yes, you."

"Why?"

"Don't know...just come along and obey."

"That's all...?"

"That is all. Now come along."

"..."

Natsumi was baffled by this yet she nodded and leaves the classroom, following the school official, and the rest of Hinata's classmates were baffled at this, some assume that she is about to be expelled, and others wondered if she is going to be transferred to the main course, which the others doubt it seeing that she has no talent, and knowing her attitude, they believe that she is about to be expelled thinking that the officials saw no use for her believing she never has any talent to begin with.

"That bitch..."

"Why would she...?"

"I bet she's gonna be..."

"No way..."

"She has no talent..."

"She's about to be kicked out..."

"I hope she is..."

"The bitch..."

Hinata became a bit concerned about this and glanced at the window, wondering what the headmaster is thinking and why he would summon Natsumi, and recalled that she told him that she would do anything to get transferred to the main course, and wondered if she did something that might made the headmaster notice her, and he hoped that whatever the reason is, it may not led to Natsumi getting expelled from the academy.

By then Sato approached Hinata and asks him what is going on, since she has seen him interacting with Natsumi a few times, and Hinata said that he has no idea what is going on, and she said that she is worried that Natsumi might resort to underhanded tactics just to get sorted to the main course which might cost Koizumi her spot, but Hinata told her not to assume things unjustly, but then they glanced at the window and saw Natsumi following the school official heading towards the main building, and Sato became a bit paranoid believing that Natsumi did something to Koizumi which Hinata urged her not to jump to conclusions.

"No way...that Kuzuryu...she must have dome something to Mahiru-chan..."

"Hey...Sato, calm down...we don't know if..."

"That must be it...!"

"Let's wait until Kuzuryuu comes back and..."

"What if she gets sorted to the main course...? And what if..."

"We don't know about that...calm down and..."

"How can I?"

"Calm down..."

The rest of Hinata's classmates glanced at the window and saw Natsumi and the official heading towards the main building, and they too began to suspect something, and they began bugging Hinata about this, as they too have seen him interacting with Natsumi, and asks him if he knows anything about why she is summoned by the headmaster, and Hinata told them he too has no idea about what is going on here, which they did not take it at face value and demanded that he tell them what he knows, but then a teacher came and told everyone to take their seats, and the reserve students grudgingly went back to their seats and class is about to commence.

-x-

The scene shifts at the headmaster's office inside the main building, where Jin is waiting, and there Natsumi came in and bowed, and he motions her to sit down, which she did, and she saw Kizakura sitting on the couch watching her, there she glances at Jin and took a deep breath and began to ask him why he summoned her, since she knows she hadn't done anything in the past few days, which Jin took a deep breath and showed to her the pictures that Kizakura brought to him, and she realized that these are the pictures she took a week ago.

Jin then asks Natsumi if she took those pictures personally, which she confirmed it, saying she was just trying to revive her past hobby after transferring to Hope's Peak and that Kizakura asked for the pictures which she gave it to him, and Kizakura smirked while using his hat to cover his face, and Jin asks her why she decided take pictures just now, which she said she did this to see if this is her talent or not, and there Jin said that after studying the pictures, he said he is unsure if he would consider this as a talent since Koizumi already has been assigned with the talent of SHSL Photographer, and Natsumi mentally sensed that she may not get noticed at all, yet the two continued to talk.

"...but still...do you believe this is your talent..."

"Maybe..."

"What if I decided to transfer you to the main course...would you accept the talent that would be assigned to you...?"

"Yes."

"But you know that this is not an easy way...it all depends on the scout and myself...I still am unsure what to think of the pictures you took..."

"..."

"But be ready...I will study the pictures you took a d determine if you really have a talent or not..."

"..."

Kizakura silently observed the discussion, which became a bit tense, and wondered if Jin would give her a chance to be sorted to the main course, and Natsumi kept her cool even though she has a feeling that her efforts through her picture takings may not help her at all. After that, he told her that he would need another few days to think before making a final decision, and Natsumi stood up and bowed before leaving the office, and the official escorted her back towards the reserve course building.

Kizakura then approached Jin, asking him why he hesitated in giving her the chance to be sorted to the main course, in which Jin said he is still not convinced and needed another few days to study the pictures he saw, and admitted that the pictures were quite good yet they may not be at the level that matched Koizumi's pictures, and Kizakura sighed as he stated that while Natsumi's pictures may not match Koizumi's, it did show that Natsumi does have a talent, even if her talent is not quite close to Koizumi's.

"Are you sure about this, Jin?"

"Yeah...this is no easy task..."

"But you know...the pictures that Kuzuryuu took looked quite good, even though not as good as Koizumi's..."

"I know...that is why I needed another few days to think about this..."

"At least you should give a little bit of hope..."

"I am..."

"Study the pictures carefully, then compare it to the pics that Koizumi has...then you will be able to decide if Kuzuryuu has a talent or not...and try to figure it out the answer in less than five days..."

"Yeah...I would do that..."

Jin considered Kizakura's words carefully, and glanced at the pictures again and began to wonder if Natsumi do have a talent or not, as this is the first time that he has to decide whether a reserve course student has a real talent or not, and Kizakura began to give Jin some advice on what to do and make a decision that would not lead to a mistaken regret.

-x-

Several minutes later, Natsumi returned to the reserve course building and upon entering the classroom, Hinata was surprised to see her back, and Sato was relieved that her suspicions were wrong, and as Natsumi took her seat, she can hear the whispering from her classmates, jeering that Natsumi did not get sorted to the main course, believing that she got what she deserved for acting high and mighty, and she never got transferred in the end.

"Hah...look at the bitch..."

"She did not get transferred..."

"Serves her right..."

"A bitch like her can never be noticed..."

"She should have been expelled..."

"She should be sent to the Middle East...have her become a sex slave..."

"Sounds sensual..."

"Right..."

Natsumi ignored the taunts as she kept her cool while Hinata wondered what happened, as he never thought that her meeting with Jin ended up into nothing and decided to talk to her once dismissal time arrives, so he can get some answers from her.

-x-

Later in the day, the scene shifts at the park within the academy, where Natsumi is walking, and there Hinata came and called out to her, in which she turns around and saw him approaching her, and he began to ask her what happened earlier, in which she was summoned by the headmaster, but in the end she came back here empty-handed, and though she wanted to keep things to herself, Hinata gently prodded her, and in the end she explained to him the reason why.

Hinata was quite surprised to hear that Natsumi tried to revive her hobby in taking pictures, which led to Kizakura taking notice of it and showed it to Jin, yet he is baffled as to why Jin opted to defer his decision to a later date, and Natsumi believed that maybe Jin was not impressed, and believes that maybe she has no talent, which Hinata tries to cheer her up, reasoning that Jin would not summon her if he did not find the pictures she took interesting.

"...so don't feel down..."

"..."

"If the headmaster summoned you earlier...then it means that he finds some talent within you..."

"But he told me that there is a chance that I may be turned down..."

"Yet he saw some potential in you, Kuzuryuu-san...so don't lose hope..."

"..."

"Kuzuryuu-san...may I see the pictures?"

"...fine..."

Hinata then asks if he can see the pictures she took, which she did, and Hinata sweat-dropped at the pictures she took, seeing that most of them were taken from real events, such as the brawl between the bikers and drug dealers, Akane beating a pervert, and her dad beating a branch officer. Hinata then saw Naegi's picture which he finds it a good take, and a blushing Natsumi grabbed the picture and hides it behind her back, and a baffled Hinata asks what is wrong, which leaves her quite flustered.

"Huh?"

"..."

"Kuzuryuu-san...?"

"What...?"

"Is there something wrong...?"

"No...nothing..."

"Then why are you hiding Naegi-san's picture...?"

"None of your business..."

Not far, Sato is watching the scene, and she remained suspicious as she has a feeling that Natsumi is still up to no good, and she couldn't help but feel worried for Koizumi's well-being, and she makes it a point to follow Natsumi and find out if she is trying to get Koizumi to leave the main course, and by then Koizumi arrived and asks Sato what is she doing, which Sato says she is just passing by and urges Koizumi that they should go elsewhere.

Meanwhile, Natsumi is struggling to hide the picture she grabbed from Hinata, and he asks her what is wrong, yet she is too flustered to say why, and when she turn around to leave, she bumped into Naegi, causing the two to accidentally get caught in an embrace, and Natsumi blushed furiously, and the same goes for Naegi, as he is taken aback at seeing how cute she looked, and she backed away and left the scene, and Naegi blinked his eyes as he wondered what just happened.

"Eh? What just happened here...?"

To Be Continued...

Hope you like this chapter...though not much action happened here...other than Jin summoned Natsumi regarding her taking pictures...which led to Jin thinking of whether her talent is for real or not, yet he is still pondering on what to do with her after seeing her photos...

Naegi appeared at the end of this chapter...and he accidentally gt hugged by Natsumi, which he is again drawn to her, even briefly...

Preview:

See next chapter on what would happen whether Nanami would finally get transferred to the main course or not...

See you in 2 to 3 weeks...

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