So, I was just going through my old documents and thought it would be appropriate to showcase some cut content before going forward. Hope you enjoy the most substantial content that was cut for one reason or another in its pure rough draft form.

Lost Dialogue 1: Originally there was going to be a conversation between Shujinkou and Hisa at the beginning of Chapter 37: Grimm Fun, but it was cut because I honestly felt like if I did, I would have begun a pattern of shoehorning the character into spots that she isn't needed in. So I cut the upcoming dialogue out before I even finished it.

"Hello. My name is Shujinkou. No, No. That's too formal. Hey there, my name's Shujinkou. Oh man…" Shujinkou sighed as fell back on his bed. No matter what he tried, none of the introductions he tried seemed to be the right one for the situation. "Maybe I'm overthinking this…?"

"I'll say."

Shujinkou's body jolted up from his bed as the surprised individual looked around his room.

"What was that?" he wondered aloud.

"A voice coming from your pocket," the sudden voice answered.

Shujinkou dug into his pocket and pulled out his phone.

"Granny Hisa?" he said.

"Hey, Shujinkou," Hisa waved from the screen of his phone.

"What are you doing on my phone," Shujinkou asked.

"Well, you must have not locked your phone, because you pocket-dialed me," Hisa chuckled. "Anyway, why were you saying, 'Hi, my name is Shujinkou' for the last 15 minutes?"

"Wait, you heard me the entire time?!" Shujinkou exclaimed.

"Mm-hmm," Hisa nodded. "So… Who are you meeting?"

"Oh… Um…" Shujinkou awkwardly scratched his right cheek, uncertain of how to answer. "I'm meeting some people Yuri wants to introduce me to."

"Introducing you to the family, huh?" Hisa replied.

Shujinkou could kick himself for giving such an obvious vague response.

"What's the occasion?" Hisa asked.

"Oh… nothing special…" Shujinkou answered.

"Are you two dating?" Hisa asked.

"Not really," Shujinkou answered.

"I see… she asked you to be her fake boyfriend," Hisa said.

Shujinkou's entire body immediately tensed up.

"How did you guess?" Shujinkou queried.

"Well, you two aren't dating, you're meeting the family and you're incredibly uncomfortable talking about it. Either you were tasked with being a girl's fake boyfriend or you're lying to me and honestly the fake boyfriend option is more plausible."

Lost Dialogue 2: Chapter 51: End of the First depicts the aftermath of the school's first exam, but I did originally plan to show what happened during that period. That said, I couldn't think of anything so I ended up skipping over it. Another reason why it was cut is because I forgot a certain story element in regards to a certain character.

"…and that young scholars is how detective stories moved from the Golden Age to the Hard-Boiled formula," Akuma said as the school bell rung. The students wasted no time in gathering their things and exiting the room for the class of the day. "Remember that there may be a pop quiz on this lesson."

Just as the final departing student left the classroom, Akuma noticed that there was one student who has yet to leave. She did nothing but stare at her desk, continuing to do so even as the teacher approached her.

"Miss Rei, it is time to head to your next class," he said.

The silent girl looked up and stared at Akuma.

"Is there something one your mind?" he asked.

Silence was the only answer he received to his question.

"You know, language is a vital part of human communication," Akuma said. "And it's not just through speech but through text, expressions and actions. It's because of this that humans were able to form connections with others and establish a level of trust. Companions can be made and conflict can be avoided."

Rei did nothing but continue to silently stare at Akuma. The teacher could do nothing but scratch his left cheek over the silent atmosphere.

"Think of it this way, young scholar; is there anyone you ever want to communicate with?" Akuma asked.

Later that afternoon…

Shujinkou looked out of the library window, enticed by the grey sky outside. He was particularly fond of cloudy days, but that fondness could not stifle the one question in his head: "I wonder if anyone else finds it funny that it's pretty cloudy on the first day we wear summer uniforms."

"There's nothing funny about anything summer uniform related," Natsuki shot an annoyed look at Shujinkou. "Don't you know what these things mean?"

"Yeah. Warm weather," Sayori cheerfully answered.

"No! They mean that the term 1 exams are coming!" Natsuki groaned at the idea of suffering through another series of tests.

"The exams aren't that bad, Natsuki," Monika assured her.

"That's easy for you to say. You always get the top score," Natsuki said. "Meanwhile, everyone else has to crowd the hallway wondering how laughable their spot is. Seriously, who came up with the idea of displaying everyone's score in front of the entire school?"

Shujinkou scratched his right cheek as he remembered his test score from last year. He just barely avoided taking make-up exams during summer vacation.

"Perhaps whoever thought up the idea was convinced that it could serve as motivation," Yuri said.

"True, but it can and has inspired competition," Monika argued. "It's because of that that the stress of test taking can be multiplied and harm performance. But it really all depends on the individual."

"Ex-Debate team member Monika, everyone," a small smile formed on Natsuki's face as she slowly clapped.

"But wait… Which side are you for, Monika?" Shujinkou asked.

"Another good thing about no longer being on the Debate Team is that I'm no longer bound to just one faction of an argument," she replied. "I can now express the pros and cons of both sides."

"Could you explain the pros of not being able to use our clubroom because the teachers are preparing for the exams?" Natsuki asked.

"The library is a good spot for a literature club when they can't use their clubroom?" Monika answered.

"Ugh…" Natsuki groaned as she slumped back against her chair. "No wonder you used to be the leader of the Debate Team."

"You must really want us to get our own clubroom, huh, Natsuki?" Sayori said.

"Well, yeah…" Natsuki replied. "It would be cool if we had a place that was ours alone and so my collection could stop being moved around so much."

Lost Dialogue 3: This one is just an altered version of Chapter 51's opening scene.

"Yo ho, yo ho, a pirate's life for me," Shujinkou sung as he steered his ship through the calm blue sea. The winds were fair and the big blue sky inspired him to find a remote spot to spend his vacation at.

But that peaceful respite wouldn't last long he suddenly found himself in the middle of a violent storm. The waves crashed against his ship as the sea captain struggled to break through the weather. The water eventually rose over the pirate boat, knocked him away from the wheel and pushed him on the concrete floor.

"Exam results day can be harsh," Shujinkou thought as he scratched his right cheek.

A deep sigh escaped his body as he staggered on his feet; his eyes scouring the exam results for his name. He didn't really care how high he was ranked but only if he scored high enough to avoid taking the make-up exams during Summer Break. After spending what seemed like an eternity looking for his test score and rank, Shujinkou finally found his name and nervously checked the results that would decide his fate.

"Yes! No Summer exams!" he cheered. But he only cheered in his head as not to attract any attention. "Another free summer to…"

His train of thought immediately crashed the moment he realized that he had no idea what to do for the upcoming break. Before he could get another train of thought running, Shujinkou noticed that all the other students' eyes were staring down the hallway. He followed their stares and spotted Monika walking down the hall.

Her curious eyes canned the scores until they landed on him.

"Hi, Shujinkou," she said, waving at him.

"H-Hey," he replied, awkwardly waving back. The attention she unintentionally brought on him was more than a little daunting.

"Did you already check your score?"

"Yeah. I didn't get anything spectacular, but I did well enough to avoid doing a makeup."

"That's good," Monika glanced back up at the scores and continued to search through the flood of names.

It didn't take the two of them long to find the score they were looking for. With their objective complete, Monika wasted no time in leading Shujinkou away from the crowd of students.

"What's it like to get the top score again?" he asked.

"It's a pleasant surprise," she replied.

"Really? It's a surprise?"

"Just because I got the highest score before shouldn't mean that I should expect it to keep happening. If I had that mentality, I wouldn't continue to try and improve myself nor perform at my best. You know the old saying: 'Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference.'"

"Who said that?"

"Winston Churchill."

"Oh… I did not know that. My first introduction to that concept was from a gag manga turned shonen."

Monika giggled as they continued to stroll through the hallways.

"So, what are you going to during our break, Shujinkou?" she asked.

"I don't really know," he answered with a shrug. "I never really planned my breaks out for awhile. What about you?"

"I don't really know either. But I'm sure we'll both think of something."

Lost Dialogue 4: I knew I would forget some more trivia after I posted Afterword 3. I mentioned in that chapter that I was initially worried about including Rei, Kiyoko and Fuyu and I also mentioned that there was going to be some road trip problems but I did forgot to mention that at one point I also wondered if I should have Hiro join the trip as a chaperone. Ultimately, that plan didn't pan out, but I did partially write the beginning of that route.

"…and that's when Monika and I came up with the idea that we should talk about adaptations of any literary works anyone wanted to talk about," Sayori concluded.

"What's there to talk about adaptations?" Shujinkou asked.

"There are lots of things like differences, similarities and if it kept the overall tone of the original source," Sayori beamed. "I even warned Monika to not mention a certain live-action adaption of one your favorite series."

"Ugh…" Shujinkou's head dropped as he groaned. "You know… If it didn't carry the name, it probably would have been an okay movie."

"I bet everyone would have something to say about that one Romeo and Juliet movie we saw when we were younger."

"You mean the one that took place in more modern times where the two families were bickering rival construction families that would have shootouts just by looking at each other?"

Sayori nodded her head.

"If that movie was realistic, it would have ended at the first scene," Shujinkou pointed out. "How they got away with a public shootout is crazy."

"See there's a lot to talk about with that one," Sayori happily noted.

Just then, Hiro walked into the room and sat next to the two.

"What are you two talking about?" she asked.

"Romeo and Juliet," the two answered almost in sync.

Hiro simply smiled at the two until a familiar voice jokingly asked, "Is there something you two should be telling us?"

Shujinkou and Sayori's eyes lit up as Hiro raised her phone, revealing a waving Lady Hisa.

"Granny Hisa!" their voices burst with joy as they spoke in sync.

"Hey guys! Wait, hold on a second…" Hisa turned her head to the left and instructed someone off screen to raise some object "a little bit higher." She then turned back to the screen. "Sorry to get straight to business, but I wanted to know if either of you two have gotten any confirmation from the other girls yet."

"I haven't heard anything yet…" Shujinkou scratched his right cheek.

"Neither have I," Sayori added.

"Oh. Well, I'd hate to rush you, but I need a confirmation soon. Reservations are pouring in," Hisa stressed, before the sound of glass breaking interrupted the conversation. "I have to deal with that. See you later."

The call ended.

"I wonder why the others haven't called yet," Sayori wondered aloud.

"Maybe they're still trying to convince their parents?" Shujinkou hypothesized. "Not all parents would let their kids go off some random stranger's place for a specified amount of time."

"Maybe we should take the initiative to guarantee a yes."

"How?"

"Maybe if they got to know Granny Hisa, they would say yes."

"But Granny Hisa seems pretty business right now. I doubt we get her to meet anyone."

Sayori remained silent until a she flashed an excited smile.

"What if we found a chaperone that could meet the parents," she proudly suggested. "That way the chaperone could meet the parents and get on their good sides."

"A chaperone?" he didn't think the plan was a bad idea, but he also seen enough chaperone plots on TV to know that it they found the wrong person, the entire trip would be ruined. "Who could we get?"

The two pondered that question for 5 seconds until they turned towards Hiro.

"Me?" she said in disbelief.

"You can do that right, Auntie H?" Sayori asked.

"You… You want me to chaperone you're trip…?"

Sayori eagerly nodded her head.

"You want a parent to chaperone a trip?" Hiro asked again, her facial expressions not even bothering to hide her surprise and disbelief.

"Please?" Sayori pleaded.

"Um, sure, I guess I could be your chaperone," Hiro accepted. "Plus, it could be a good opportunity to meet the parents anyway."

Shujinkou scratched his right cheek as he sympathized with his mother. She was clearly nervous about meeting the other parents, a feeling he remembered having when Sayori convinced him to check out the Literature Club. With that thought in his mind, he did not hesitate to volunteer to accompany her on her given task.

Under his suggestion, they first stopped as Yuri's house. Having already met Yuri's mother once before, he knew it his mother would have no reason to be nervous. Shujinkou pressed the doorbell and patiently waited until the call was answered by Yuri.

"Shujinkou? Miss Hiro? What brings you two here?" she asked.

"Well…" before Shujinkou could answer that question, he felt two arms wrap around his waist and tightly squeeze him. Looking down, he found himself face to face with an excited Yuki.

"Shujinkou, are you here to play with us again?" she asked.

"Actually…"

"Oh my," Shujinkou looked up and silently watched Yumi approach the group. "What a nice surprise to see you again, Shujinkou."

The lone male smiled in response, but the moment of levity did not last.

"Shujinkou, when exactly did you become so familiar with Yuri's family?" Hiro asked.

Shujinkou and Yuri felt sharp chills shoot up down their spines, obstructing their ability to speak.

"We encountered Shujinkou when he helped my daughter with a situation," Yumi spoke up.

The two breathed a sigh of relief as Yumi invited her visitors into her house.

"So, what brings you two to these parts?" she asked.

"Well, it's actually a strange tale…" Hiro sheepishly admitted.

"I see," Yumi's attention shifted to the children. "Why don't you kids go upstairs and interact?"

Yuki wasted no time in squeezing Shujinkou and Yuri's hands and leading up the steps.

"Would you like some tea? Yuri just made some," Yumi offered.

"Um… Okay," Hiro answered.

She followed the lady of the house into the kitchen and watched her pour some tea into a cup. Hiro could not help but notice she had a sort of grace to her movements and was certain her son had once said the same thing about Yuri.

She was then handed a cup of tea and joined Yumi in sitting at the dining table.

"This is good tea," she complimented.

"I'm sure Yuri appreciates that sentiment," Yumi replied with a soft smile. "Now then… What would you like to talk about?"

"Well… My mother, you may know her as Lady Hisa."

"Owner of the Kitsune Spa Resort."

"Yeah. She invited Shujinkou and his friends to enjoy the firework festival that goes on in that area every summer and somehow the idea of having a chaperone come along was thought up to help convince the parents to say yes."

"Suggesting a chaperone just so they could go on a trip together…" Yumi took a sip from her cup of tea. "Well, to be honest, I wouldn't have a problem with the invite either way."

"Really?" Hiro said, trying her best to hide how surprised she was.

"I'm not exactly the type who would say no to my daughter wanting to go on a trip with friends."

"Oh… I was kind of expecting a back and forth. Even practiced my argument in my head."

"No arguments here," Yumi assured her.

"Okay," Hiro looked down at her teacup and sighed. The awkward atmosphere caused by the abrupt end to a surprisingly short conversation was almost too much for her to bear. "So…

Lost Dialogue 5: Referring back to Afterword 3 again, I mentioned that the Royal Rumble Arc was mishandled and not well-planned out. There was not enough build-up to the reveal and by the time I realized that, it was too late. There would have been too much cutting back and forward between characters, I planned for the Shujinkou and "Xemnas" to fight; it was just all over the place. Surprisingly though, I didn't write much of it down, so here's the only cut content of that section that I did write down.

The Royal Rumble, a bi-annual completion in which contenders can fight for the right to challenge the current king/queen. The first round of the competition is divided into four separate blocks. In each block, multiple contestants fight each other and the last one standing will earn the right to go on to the next round.

Right now, the Block A fight is currently underway.

"A battle for the right to rule the convention…" Monika fiddled with the straw in her milkshake.

"What's with the pondering, Monika?" Kiyoko queried. "You aren't thinking of entering yourself are you?"

"No. That's no it. I was imagining what it must be like."

"I can tell you," the two quickly turned around to the young teen in a Jack Sparrow outfit who served them their milkshakes. "It's annoying."

"Annoying?" Monika shot a curious look at the teen. "Wouldn't something called the Royal Rumble be more exciting than annoying?"

"Yeah, with a lot of people in costumes, it sounds like the ultimate crossover battle," Kiyoko added.

"Well, it used to be the funnest ultimate crossover battle ever but, ever since the disappearance of the previous king and the rise of the current one, it hasn't really been so." Sparrow explained.

"The previous king just disappeared?" Monika questioned.

"Yep. After that, the current king rose to power and turned the rumble into something visitors are forced into," Sparrow continued.

"Even though it's a fight for royalty, being forced into it pretty much renders any excitement null," Kiyoko crossed her arms as she turned to Monika. "You don't think any of the others were forced into it do you?"

"I hope not," Monika replied. "I mean, I don't think Sayori, Fuyu, Yuri would be interested, I know Natsuki would hate being forced into doing something, I'm not sure about Rei and Shujinkou…"

Monika suddenly went silent as she continued her thought process. In response to the sudden silence, Kiyoko took a sip from milkshake, played with the straw then turned her attention back to Jack Sparrow. "So, what's the reason for the gladiator-style method of getting warriors for the tournament?"

"It's quite the pirate's gambit, mate," Sparrow answered.

Meanwhile…

"Um, Sayori, is this how the fight's supposed to go?" Natsuki questioned.

"Not really," Sayori shook her head. "Unless they changed the rules, but that would be…"

"Counter-productive?" Fuyu interjected.

"Yeah," Sayori nodded.

The girls continued to watch in confusion as the first block fight continued. Normally, the goal is for a contender to knock their opponents outside of the designated ring; instead it appeared as if contenders were keeping their opponents in the ring. In no time at all, there was only one

Lost Dialogue 6: This was how I was going to originally open up Chapter 72, but I wasn't really feeling all that good about it so I started over and that became the final product.

"I've been through a lot since I've joined the Literature Club. I reconnected with Sayori and made new friends. A lot of good things happened but there have also been a few awkward moments I had to go through; accidentally touching Yuri's hand when we still didn't know each other well, literally running into Monika, my supposed first meeting with Fuyu, accidentally kissing Natsuki, dealing with my dad, Kiyoko accidentally hitting me with a basketball, Monika kissing me, spending time with Akuma, pretending to be Yuri's boyfriend, getting used to Rei's silence, and I'm pretty sure the maid café and seeing Kiyoko in a bath towel takes the cake. But even those moments could not prepare me for what's happening right now…"

Shujinkou pressed his sunglasses against his red face as he desperately tried to stay calm. But such a thing is hard to do when at the beach with friends; especially when he was the only male in that group. Seeing his friend in appropriate swim wear was almost too much to bear.

"Beach scenes did not prepare me for this…" he whimpered. "How did it come to this?"

It was at that moment when his mind took him back to the moment that provided that answer. It all started in the lobby…

"We should go to the beach!" Sayori suggested, with excitement in her eyes.

"The beach?!" Natsuki and Yuri exclaimed.

"Huh? Why'd you two go 'The beach?!'?" Sayori questioned.

"Maybe they were thinking about Death Stranding?" Fuyu interjected as she continued to type away on her laptop.

"What's that?" Natsuki asked.

"Game where you play as a mail man in a world where the realms of life and death cease to have any boundaries due to an event called the Death Stranding," Fuyu answered as she adjusted her glasses.

"A world where life and death have no boundaries? That sounds like it has a lot of story potential," Yuri thought aloud.

"So, why did you two go 'The beach?!'?" Sayori asked again.

"Uhm…" Natsuki and Yuri quickly glance at Shujinkou as he continued to absent-mindedly draw in his sketch pad.

"Why would do you want to go to the beach so much?" Natsuki asked back.

"Why not? A summer trip isn't a summer trip without a trip to the beach," Sayori answered in a matter-of-fact tone.

"She has a point," Kiyoko chimed in.

"See. Kiyo agrees," Sayori beamed.

"'Kiyo'? …I like it," Kiyoko approved.

"I also got to agree," Monika said. "Going to the beach together sounds like a lot of fun."

"But that would have to mean that we would have to wear…" Yuri's face grew bright red before dropping it in her hands. "That would be so embarrassing!"

"Seriously?" Natsuki scanned Yuri from head to toe. "You would find that embarrassing? If I didn't really know you well enough, that would sound weird for me to hear."

"It wouldn't really be that bad, Yuri," Monika insisted. "In fact, if you want, we can all go shopping so you can find something you're comfortable with."

"Oo! A group bikini shopping trip!" Sayori cheered.

"D-Don't just say something like that out loud!" Natsuki snapped. "Ugh… Look, if I agree to go, will it stop anything more embarrassing from happening?"

"Alright!" Sayori cheered.

"I can't go…" Fuyu suddenly said.

"How come, Fuyu?" Monika asked.

"I just got a lot of council work sent to me. It's very urgent," she answered.

"Aw, really?" Sayori whined. "Can't you do it later?"

"Not really…" Fuyu sighed. "Rei, do want to go?"

Rei silently turned her attention to her adopted sibling, then down at her laptop.

"Are you sure you rather do that?" Fuyu questioned, barely able to hid her surprise.

Rei continued to stare at her adopted sister.

"Okay," Fuyu nodded her head. "Thanks."

"Okay…" Sayori accepted. She then turned her attention to Shujinkou. "What about you, Shujinkou?"

"I'm in," he replied.

"Yay!" Sayori cheered. "Now let's go bikini shopping!"

"Stop saying that out loud!" Natsuki shouted with red cheeks.

The girls then headed to their planned destinations, leaving Shujinkou alone in the lobby. Not too long after, Hisa plopped herself down on the couch next to her grandson.

"So I heard you guys are going to the beach," she said.

"Yeah," Shujinkou answered, nodding his head.

"And you accepted that pretty easily, huh?"

"Why wouldn't I?"

"Well, it's just that… You know, you're going to the beach with friends…"

"Yeah?"

"Your friends are girls…"

"Yeah."

"They're going to have to wear beach appropriate outfits…"

"Yeah…"

"Sayori said they're going bikini shopping…"

Shujinkou remained silent as the realization of what his grandmother was hinting at fully sunk in. Moments later his face burned bright red as he struggled to fight the images his mind was producing.

"I don't think I can do this, Granny Hisa!" Shuinkou suddenly said. "I could barely handle my school's maid café! I can't handle my friends in b- swimsuits! What do I do?!"

Instead of giving advice that would alleviate his concerns, Hisa simply chuckled in response to his question.

"Granny Hisa?" Shujinkou stared at his grandmother in confusion. It wasn't like her to laugh at his predicament.

"Sorry, I'm not laughing at you. It's just kind of funny how you're response is the complete polar opposite of the responses of guys that would to be in your position. Anyway, um…" Hisa sctached her right cheek as she tried to think of a solution for her grandson. "Well, you can't avoid this, but how about you wear some sunglasses?"

"Sunglasses?"

"Yeah. Something you can hide behind when you get too flustered."

Finished reminiscing, Shujinkou touched the edges of his sunglasses and sighed. "I would have definitely been a lot worse without these. Thank you, Granny Hisa."

"Shujinkou," snapping out of his thoughts, the young man found himself face to face with Monika.

"Monika?" the confused male asked.

"No retreating inside your head today," Monika said with a smile.

"I wasn't going to do that…" Shujinkou insisted. "It's just that… Excluding family, I haven't been to the beach with anyone other than Sayori."

"Oh. Well, excluding family, I haven't been to the beach with anyone before. So you have that over me."

"You know if you told me that earlier this year, I wouldn't have believed you."

A slight giggle escaped Monika's lips. "Well, it's kind of hard for me to believe you're the same person I met last year. You're a lot less withdrawn now."

"Uh…" Unable to think of a proper response, all Shujinkou could do was scratch his right cheek.

"But looking back, I think you were still the same deep down," Monika continued.