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Previously on Match Point: After Hiratsuka explains her situation with the police, Hachiman determines that the person who called him at the warehouse is interfering in his mission further. Yukino and Yui take their relationship to the next level and officially become friends. In the past storyline Hikigaya kills the first assassin seeking out the handbag, before heading to the roof of the train. What will happen next? Find out!


Friday - Sobu High School – Lunch Time

BANG

The door to the almost empty classroom makes a loud noise as a teacher barges in, with a tired student trailing behind her.

"I told you to knock before entering." Yukinoshita says with an annoyed expression.

"You did say that Yukino."

It sounds as if the sentence should go on, but the older woman decides to end it there.

"May I help you with something?"

"Actually ye-" Shizuka abruptly stops speaking, and gets a puzzled look on her face as she sees someone sitting next to her student.

"Hello Hiratsuka-sensei!" Yuigahama says waving her hand with a big smile on her face.

"Hello Yuigahama... What are you doing here with Yukino?"

Hikigaya slowly walks through the doorway before leaning against the wall, with an annoyed expression similar to that of his female peer.

"Yukinon and I are friends now!" She says as she locks arms with the wealthy-girl.

The teacher looks at the previously anti-social Yukinoshita even more puzzled than before.

"Really?"

"I don't know why you sound like you're in such disbelief, Hiratsuka. You have been telling me to make a friend, and now I have. A few days ago, Yui and I bonded over our mutual love of geopolitical economics and how the Japanese government chooses to manage their finances."

This is not true, in reality a few days the two of them broke into a store and stole a limited-edition Rockstar Pan-san doll, then fled into the pouring rain. Of course, Yukino can't tell her teacher this, so she chooses to lie.

"Umm… Okay?" Shizuka sounds more confused than convinced.

"Hey Hikki!" Yui says once again waving her hand.

"Hi."He responds, emotionless as ever.

"Hiratsuka, why have you dragged this 'person' in here? When the semester started we agreed I wouldn't have to look after him, no?"

The teachers puzzled look begins to fade, and she chooses to accept that her student actually found a friend.

"Yes I remember Yukino, I'm not here about that. The school board has asked me to help with a big festival that we are organizing for Christmas. They want to make it the biggest festival Sobu High has ever had."

"Are you sure you can handle that kind of responsibility?" Yukino asks with slight grin.

"Bold of you to assume they would even give me that kind of responsibility." Hiratsuka retorts. "They're only letting me be in charge of a couple booths that the student council is putting together. On top of that, I also have to man one booth myself, which will be selling food and drinks during the second night of the two-day festival."

"Sounds like a lot of work." Yuigahama says with a worried look.

"It will be, that's why I've come here to tell Yukino that she'll be helping me, along with Hikigaya."

She gestures towards him, then looks back at the two girls.

"I'm assuming I have no choice in the matter?" Yukinoshita asks, already knowing the answer.

"That's right."

"Well in that case, Yui will help as well."

"That would be up to Yuigahama, not you Yukino."

"We're friends now, so we do everything together. Isn't that right?" She asks, turning and facing the young girl.

"That's right!" Yui says as she gives her teacher a thumbs up.

"Great. Me, Hikigaya, Yuigahama and Yukino. I like that team up!"

Hachiman rolls his eyes at his teacher's choice of words, before walking over to one end of classroom, grabbing a chair then placing it by the table in the middle of the room and promptly sitting down.


2 Months Earlier

The wind is loud and almost deafening when coupled with the engine. Hikigaya does his best to ignore it as he slowly stands up, attempting to not get knocked off the roof of the fast-moving train.

He begins to walk forward, one step at a time. Eventually he gets used to the constant push-back, and movement becomes easier. The two men up ahead are dressed in baggy grey pants, combat boots and dark black jackets along with bullet-proof vests. Their faces are covered with ski masks and they each have a duffel bag on their back.

'They probably dropped on the train via helicopter and were planning to use the emergency exit to enter into first-class and get the bag off my target.'

One of them sees Hikigaya and points, alerting the other man. They both start walking towards him along the roof of the moving train. The assassin is tempted to grab his machine pistol and fire at them both, but the sound of gunfire may cause the train driver to request police wait for them at the next stop.

As the distance between Hikigaya and the two men closes, he reaches into his blazer pocket and pulls out the small knife he used to cut the straps off of Rie's handbag earlier. The two-man team act in a similar fashion and pull out a small rod from the holsters on the leg. They flick a button and a thirty-centimetre blade extends out.

'That's expensive equipment.' The assassin thinks to himself, almost admiring the weaponry.

A few moments later he gets a much closer look, as one of the men runs towards him and slashes the knife right up to his face. Hikigaya dodges it, but only barely. He quickly takes his knife and jabs it towards the man. Due to it's small size, it barley grazes the intended target.

'I could go for my karambit right about now…'

A few seconds pass and the operative tries to cut him once again but fails when the assassin grabs him by the wrist and jabs the blade into his shoulder. In most cases, a scream to let out the pain would come about now, but the man simply closes his eyes and holds it in, then kicks Hikigaya in the stomach and pushes him away. Hachiman is impressed, and watches as the man backs up and his partner takes his place.

They look at each other for a moment and nod. The two men are co-ordinated and act similarly to Hikigaya and Black Tiger. The wounded man pulls out a plaster and quickly covers the knife wound in his arm while Hachiman is focused on the other operative.

SLASH

The new man fights no differently than his partner., attempting to cut his opponent from a distance. The fight is slow-paced like a game of chess. Fast movements would be fatal for all three of them due to the speed of the train. None can afford to lose their balance for even a moment.


Present Day – Apartment Rooftop – 18:37

For the whole of lunch period Yukinoshita, Yuigahama, Hikigaya and Hiratsuka discussed different ways they could make their stall at the Christmas festival unique.

Yui's ideas were grand in scale and therefore very expensive. The first thing she recommended was that they have a chocolate fountain before she realized some people may not like chocolate, so she said they should have a vanilla fountain as well. Within about a minute she decided that there should be a different fountain for each flavour. Hiratsuka almost didn't have the heart to reject idea however Hikigaya and Yukinoshita were more than forthcoming with how ridiculous Yui's plans are.

They came up with many other ideas and made a list of decorations and foods they would need. The school gave the teacher a budget to stick to, but the items they wanted ended up exceeding the price slightly. Yukino said she'd help out with the extra money. Hiratsuka was happy with this solution but Yuigahama insisted that they all chip in to pay.

Hikigaya stayed silent for most of the planning, offering only a few ideas and snide remarks regarding the stupidity of having a festival at all. Eventually lunch ended, and they agreed they would meet after school on Monday to discuss this further. After school Hachiman went to Shizuka's office and did his homework there. They exchanged a few words, and it was a very regular afternoon.

Once Hachiman got back to the safehouse he took a short nap, then made a call to someone. Not long after that, he walked over to an apartment block, and took the stairs to the roof. This is where he is now. Sitting with his feet dangling off the edge and watching the cars down below. He hears some footsteps behind him and turns around, seeing Rorona - a fit Asian-American man with short dark hair and a clean shaven face - dressed in jeans and a black jacket.

"You're late."

"Sorry, had to put on my makeup and shave my legs for you. Remember when you shot one of them a couple weeks ago?"

Hikigaya sighs at the comment as the older man sits down with him on the ledge.

"Anything to report?"

"Yeah, I've been following Shizuka Hiratsuka around like you told me to and I started noticing this guy recently. He wears sunglasses and a suit, real discreet you know?"

The assassin reaches into his pocket and takes out his phone. He quickly goes through his gallery before clicking play on the video of the man following Hiratsuka around at the zoo.

"Is this him?" Hachiman asks as he shows the phone screen to Rorona.

"Definitely. You told me to get in contact with my former employers? Well that was a bust. I assumed this guy was with them but didn't want to make any moves before speaking to you."

"Good choice."

"So what do you want me to do? I can go bag him if you like. All things considered I'm pretty good at that kind of stuff"

The assassin considers it for a moment, then starts nodding.

"Sounds good to me." Hikigaya says as he gets off the ledge and walks towards the roof door.

"Wait… What sounds good?"

"Let's go 'bag' the guy, as you said."

"Right now? With you?"

"I've been itching to do more field work lately."

Rorona sighs and catches up to Hikigaya.

"Whatever you say."


2 Months Earlier

SLASH

SLASH

SLASH

Soon both men are on Hikigaya attempting to kill him. The assassin deflects most of their attacks, but sustains a few cuts to his arms.

CRACK

Hikigaya gets lucky, as one of the men loses his balance and extends his body too far. He doesn't waste a moment and uses the opportunity to break the operatives arm and take his weapon. This time the man screams and drops to his knees. A swift kick to the face knocks him off the moving the train and he hits the ground very hard. His partner goes on as if it never happened and attempts to stab Hikigaya in the throat, however it's futile as Hachiman is now armed with the same knife and easily blocks the attack.

They continue to exchange blows before the assassin's opponent gets behind him, and kicks the back of Hikigaya's leg, causing him to kneel down. The man raises the knife and thrusts it towards Hikigaya. He quickly turns around in an attempt to block the attack.

"Ugh!"

As he lifts his arm he feels a sharp pain in his shoulder, no doubt from the bullet wound. It distracts Hachiman and he loses focus, causing the knife to go right into his forearm.

"AHHH!" He yells out as he feels the blood begin to drip down.

The man removes the knife and raises it in the air, ready to stab the assassin again. Hachiman charges at his opponent and tackles him down onto the roof of the train. Now on top of him, Hikigaya hits the man in the face with his left hand and holds him down with his injured right arm.

The older of the two struggles attempting the get the knife into Hikigaya's exposed throat, but it's to no avail. The assassin continues hitting him in the head, hoping to knock the guy out. Unfortunately, a knee to his stomach foils this plan as Hachiman's wind gets knocked out of him. The man grabs him by the neck and throws him to the side.

Hikigaya is about to the roll off of the train but luckily reaches out and grabs a part of the roof. The operative begins to stand up as the assassin dangles off the side. Blood from his forearm drips down onto his face obscuring his vision. He attempts to shake it off, but that only disorientates him further. From inside the train a small child sitting at a window seat sees two legs swaying from side to side.

"Mommy! Mommy! There's a man outside the window!"

"Yes honey, okay…" The older woman sighs and ignores her son as she looks through her Instagram feed.

Hachiman takes a deep breath and begins to pull himself up, pushing through the pain. By now the man has stood up and grabbed his weapon. He sees the assassin almost back on the train and starts walking towards him, knife at the ready.

'Shit… Shit… Shit! Shit!'

The man stands over Hikigaya and pants softly. He spreads his legs apart, getting a strong stance before raising the knife once again. Hikigaya sees his opportunity and uses all his might to pull himself back onto the roof and quickly rolls under the mans legs. He then grabs the knife he dropped and jabs it into his opponent's foot. The man loses his balance and begins to stumble around unable to stand on both legs. The assassin watches as the operative falls backwards off the side of the train and meets the same fate as his partner.

A celebratory giggle escapes Hachiman's lips as he clutches his bleeding forearm, whilst panting from exhaustion.


Present Day – Chiba Streets – 18:55

"So I was thinking… About money."

Hikigaya turns his head and looks at Rorona. The two of them are standing in an alleyway opposite from Hiratsuka's apartment, staring at an open parking spot.

"You were thinking about money?" The younger of the two asks as he raises an eyebrow.

"Yeah, like payment you know?"

The assassin looks away from the man and back at the street.

"Payment for what?"

"Well, I've been following around Hiratsuka, collecting information, doing busywork for you. I just feel like I deserve some compensation."

"See if McDonalds is hiring then."

Rorona chuckles.

"Yeah I would but I don't think they'd hire me. I didn't start doing mercenary work because it's fun you know? I started because I needed the money. I got payed half upfront to capture you, but I never ended up getting the rest. All I'm saying is I feel like I'm owed something."

"I could've let you bleed out back at the warehouse. Saving your life should be enough."

"Yeah well, that kind of payment aint gonna feed my kid."

Hachiman groans and continues to watch the parking space.

"I'll think about it."

"Thanks. It's hard to find jobs you know… Especially when you come back from the mili-"

"Rorona, you can tell me another time. This is business." He says interrupting.

"Yeah okay."

As their conversation comes to a halt, a black van drives up into the parking space.

"There he is, let's go."

The two of them hurry across the street towards the vehicle. Hachiman heads to the back while Rorona comes up to the drivers window.

KNOCK

KNOCK

"Hey sorry buddy, I need some directions can you help me out?" The older of the two says as he tries to get the drivers attention.

The man in the car rolls down his window.

"Sorry, I'm bu-"

A punch to the nose cuts him off, and Rorona quickly reaches in through the window and hits the 'Unlock All Doors' switch right next to the radio. The vehicle's lights flash and there is a clicking sound on all the handles. Hachiman opens the two back doors and climbs into the van.

At this point the driver (still sitting in his seat) has started tussling with Rorona, but that is soon put to an end as Hikigaya pulls out a CZ 75 handgun and places it up against the back of the mans head. The driver stops struggling and raises his arms to surrender. The assassin pats him down and pulls a gun out of the holster on his waist. Once disarmed, Hikigaya grabs the man buy his collar and pulls him into the back of the van while Rorona gets into the front seat.

The vehicle is large enough for Hachiman to sit on one side with his gun trained on the former driver that is now sitting on the other side. Rorona turns the key in the ignition and begins to drive the van down the street.

"Do you have a phone on you?" Hikigaya asks the suited man.

"Yes." He replies gritting his teeth.

"Good. Give your employer a call. I'd like to meet with them. Tonight."


Authors Notes and the like: Thanks to all the people who review each chapter! I love seeing your theories :D Chapter 20 will be up next week!