One of the benefits that came with advent of the old schedule was that there was more time to fit in personal hobbies. For Shujinkou, this meant more time to advance his artistic skills.

"I wonder which way Kid Goku's hair would fit in this situation…" he mumbled under his breath. Such a question had plagued his mind for the past five minutes, until the answer finally presented itself to him. "That's it!"

But before he could return to work, his focus was immediately drawn towards the direction of bloodcurdling screams. He watched as a plethora of male students tumbled out of the gym, drenched and wearing nothing but their underwear. To him, if was as if they were violently carried to shore by a violent tidal wave after escaping a sinking vessel and being marooned on an island for eight months.

Such an image remained in his head until classes were over and he could share it with his friends.

"The school prankster has pranked again?!" Sayori gasped.

"Yeah. Apparently they're the ones who set off the sprinkler system in the boy's locker room and gym," Shujinkou confirmed.

"It really is unsettling that there is someone going to such lengths to play, what they likely consider, 'jokes'," Yuri lamented.

"Yeah. Like there wasn't already enough grief to deal with," Natsuki groaned.

"Hopefully, they'll quit while they're ahead. Things won't be so good for them if they get caught now," Monika said.

"I doubt it. They probably think they're untouchable and will keep trying to outdo themselves," Natsuki theorized.

"How can they outdo setting off the sprinklers in the boy's locker room?" Shujinkou wondered aloud.

The young man would soon get his answer the next day as he walked into the school with Sayori. The moment they were inside, a battalion of water balloons dropped down from above and showered everyone in the general vicinity.

"I never thought a question would come back to haunt me almost 24-hours later like that in real life…" Shujinkou moaned as he scratched his right cheek.

"Yeah…" Sayori agreed.

But the students were not the only ones to suffer from the pranks. In the newly re-established teacher's work area, the staff was assaulted with shaving cream and buckets of waters. Later, after classes were finished, the archery club would find there bows missing string and their arrows missing their edges.

The next day, several students found their lockers filled with confetti and one class even had their desks wrapped in plastic.

"This is ridiculous!" Natsuki raged. "I know I said that they'll try to outdo themselves, but can't they take a break!? Seriously, my desk was covered in four layers of plastic wrap!"

"You know, I heard some students thinking of making themselves look they've already been pranked just to avoid the actual thing," Shujinkou shared.

"I think it's clear that the perpetrator is doing this indiscriminately…" Yuri replied as she brushed the confetti out of her hair. From her voice and mannerisms, Shujinkou could tell that she was annoyed.

"Did you have confetti in your hair all day?" Sayori curiously asked.

"Actually, I ran into more from a bucket hanging over the classroom door," Yuri sighed.

"At least it's something that you can fix immediately," Monika weakly chuckled as she drew attention to the black circles around her eyes."

The group let out a collective sigh. The pranks were really starting to get out of control.

"To comical levels, really…" Shujinkou thought. Suddenly, the young man felt another presence in the vicinity. Turning around, he found that presence was actually Rei standing behind. "Rei?"

Before another word could be said, she presented a tiny sheet of paper to Shujinkou.

"To Shujinkou, SOS in my office, Fuyu," he read aloud."

"Fuyu's in trouble?" Sayori gasped.

In response, Rei raised another slip of paper for Shujinkou to read. "P.S. It is not a dire emergency and I insist that you make sure the others don't come with you."

"Feel like most of that was directed at Sayori," said Natsuki.

"Hey…!" Sayori pouted as she diverted her gaze. "It was at you guys too…"

"I guess Fuyu really just wants me to to go," Shujinkou said.

With no other choice, he followed Rei to the office of her adopted sister. Curiosity and fear began to build up in the young man as he tried to figure out what could garner an SOS from the Student Council President. Once there, Shujinkou entered the office alone to discover that he wasn't the only student in there. Sitting on the couch opposite of Fuyu's was a girl. From her appearance, it was easy to assume that she was a first-year student. But despite being a student, her uniform wasn't standard code.

Something like that normally wouldn't have bothered him, but the shirt with skull and crossbones, the headband with demon horns sitting on contrasting the small smile on her face caused alarms to go off his head

"Y-You called for me, Fuyu…" he stammered.

"Mm-hmm." Not even looking up at him, Fuyu continued to stare at the girl in front of her. With one person in their infamous "President's Mode" and the other giving off an unnerving presence, Shujinkou could not help but feel like he was in the middle of two titans about to face off. "Shujinkou, allow me to introduce you to, Malizia."

"'I prefer 'Mali'," she casually responded in an innocent tone. She then shook her head, allowing her green hair to sway from side to side. "Probably thinking I got the name cause of my hair, huh?"

"Uh…" Shujinkou did not know how to respond. The innocence on her face heavily contrasting the strange aura she gave off earlier was still too much to take in. "N-Not really…"

"Mali here just so happens to be the one who was pulling all the pranks lately," Fuyu continued.

"Huh? Really?" The young man had to do a double take after hearing that. The girl in front of him was the not the image he had imagined concerning the identity of the prankster. It would have been a little hard to believe if it wasn't for the heavy atmosphere the room possessed.

"I was just playing some jokes to liven up the new semester," Mali innocently argued. "Is that really so wrong? School's so boring and predictable."

If anything, Shujinkou could agree that her antics have indeed livened up the 2nd term. Though whether it was a good or bad thing…

"That's not really a question…" he admitted to himself.

"So, I bet you're wondering why I called you here," Fuyu said.

"Y-Yes…" Shujinkou sheepishly responded. He felt like an ant that could be squashed by these two giants at any moment.

"The thing is… There was much deliberation over what Mali's punishment should be. In the end it was decided that perhaps it would be best if she had someone to keep an eye on her."

"Me?"

"As the most qualified person for the job and the school ambassador, I respectfully ask you to take up such a task."

"I totally forgot she gave me that job," Shujinkou thought. "Though, I thought it was a one-time thing with Rei…"

The young man then turned his attention to Mali, who in response simply waved at him with a smile. "I guess I can try…"

"Excellent," Fuyu adjusted her glasses as she sat up and walked to her desk. "I'll send tou the details later. For now, you two are dismissed."

The two visiting students exchanged a quick glance before walking out of the office. The moment they were gone, Rei walked in to find Fuyu let out a tired sigh.

"What have I done, Rei?" she asked, her voice layered with regret.

Just outside, Shujinkou scratched his right cheek as he once again found himself deprived of his vocabulary.

"So, I guess you're like my mentor or something huh, Senpai?" She asked with a bright smile.

"I guess…?" Shujinkou awkwardly replied.

"So, since you're in charge, what's the plan/punishment?"

"Well… I mean, there doesn't have to any kind of punishment. You just gotta stop pulling pranks."

"That's all?" Mali curiously stared into Shujinkou's eyes as she asked this.

"Yeah." He answered.

Suddenly, a big smile stretched across her face."Senpai's so merciful! Well, if that's all, then I'll stop."

"Really?"

"Why not?"

"Okay, then. Um… Are you in any clubs?"

"Nope, I just go straight home. Guess that's what you want me to do now, huh?"

"If that's what you want to do."

"Then that's what I'll do. Plus, I ran out of ideas for pranks today, so you don't have to worry about."

"Right. Well, I gotta go get back so…"

"Got it. See ya..." Mali waved goodbye as Shujinkou took off. The moment he was out of sight, a mischievous smirk crossed her face. "…Senpai."