Chapter 7

"I second Princess Song's verdict." A masculine voice was heard, loud and clear, from the entrance of the classroom gate.

Navya and everyone else present in the classroom turned towards the source of voice to see Gu Jun pyo, along with the rest of the F4 members standing at the front of class. All of them looked bored from their expressions. Song Woo bin, Yoon Ji hoo and So Yi jung were standing around in the classroom idly, seemingly not interested in proceedings around them, when Gu Jun Pyo stepped forward, hand in his pockets, and his expression not betraying a single emotion.

He announced to the class, "Anyone going against Song Navya's orders would be going against F4 as well," while looking directly at her. She smirked as he continued, "as this is between F4 and..."

"Vixens," she supplied. Woo bin's sharp gaze caught her eyes and her smirk widened.

Jun pyo nodded towards her and continued, "and V4 from now on. Today, F4 is officially declaring that any issue between F4 and V4 is out of bounds for anyone besides members of these groups. And if anyone from this school is found knowingly interfering in any conflict concerning F4 or V4, they would be expelled from this school, as it would be considered as interference in F4's personal matters." He turned around to leave the classroom, with his friends on his heels, leaving the whole student body shocked beyond words.

Soon the four girls, newly named as V4, left the room to let the rumor mill of Shinhwa run its course.

A few hours ago.

Gu Jun Pyo arrived at school before many others that morning. He was sure, before the end of the day, that dry cleaner would be apologising for her mistakes, and he being a merciful soul, would graciously forgive her.

As he watched from the surveillance system in the lounge, the dry cleaner and her friend went about the school with two other girls, who were not wearing uniforms. Woo bin and Yi Jung were busy with something, while Ji hoo was asleep on the couch. Woo bin and Yi Jung soon came to see what was keeping him silent and stuck to the TV screen a couple of times, before going away.

The TV screen was showing the dry cleaner and her friend in their classes, and everything was seemingly normal. Soon the lunch hour arrived but the dry cleaner had still yet to open her locker. Jun pyo was getting bored. Why couldn't the dry cleaner just open her locker? Everything would have been much more entertaining if she had done it already.

Now the dry cleaner and her friend were sitting with the other two girls they had arrived to school with for lunch. When Woo bin joined him again. Sitting down, he asked, "what has kept you so occupied today Jun pyo?"

Jun pyo just shrugged, zooming in on dry cleaner and her friend when Woo bin started swearing, "Holy shit! Take it back Jun pyo!" He shouted, "Zoom in on those two girls!"

Amused by his weird reaction, he zoomed in on dry cleaner, thinking that's whom he was talking about. But then he shouted again, "Not those two Jun pyo, the other two who are sitting with them."

"Yah! Red card is given to the dry cleaner! Why do you want to focus on the other two? We will deal with their issue of not wearing uniforms once the dry cleaner opens her locker and gets the red card!"

All this commotion woke Ji hoo up, and he too came to sit with them along with Yi Jung to see why they were shouting.

Woo bin's horrified gaze turned from the TV towards Jun Pyo. "My cousin is one of those girls you pabo! And the other one…" he trailed off as he noticed Ha Jae kyung sitting with his cousin and commoners from the day before. "Hell no…" he muttered underneath his breath.

Catching the confused expressions on his friend's faces, he elaborated, "The one in Black leather jacket and denim jeans, with braided hair. That's Song Navya, or Princess Song, One of the most powerful leaders in my family and one of the most dangerous individuals on the planet. And somehow, Jun pyo's new target has managed to befriend her…." He zoomed the camera in on them when Jan di had raised her hand a little to show a bracelet on her wrist. "No, they are close enough that Navya has extended the same family protection over them that I have over you all!" He continued, pointing towards their own wrists.

"Who's that short haired one by the way?" Yi Jung asked, pointing towards Jae kyung.

Suddenly Woo bin's face turned stormy. "She's no one," he stated in a cold voice, his eyes not moving from the screen. Sensing something odd behind his friend's demeanor, Yi Jung decided to let it go and focus on matters in hand. Even Ji hoo, who was interested mostly in music and sleeping, seemed intrigued by this, while Jun pyo had a strange gleam in his eyes.

"Let's see what they do now," Jun Pyo exclaimed, watching them getting up and heading towards the locker room, giddy with excitement. They watched as Ga eul opened her locker first, followed by Jan di after she was stopped by Navya, who took out a throwing knife in her hands. 'Did she think someone would jump out at them from the locker?' Jun pyo thought, amused.

But her reason to do so soon became apparent when the notebook started moving, and she used it to cut off almost invisible thread tied to the book.

Then they saw all four girls heading towards the classroom. Watching her move was like watching a top predator moving towards its prey. They heard her voice clearly through the surveillance system in the classroom. They had grim looks on their face when they saw her dealing with Ginger, effectively shutting her up. But to their great surprise, she stopped the video playing on screen when Ginger pleaded. She had the whole room under her command within a few minutes.

Ji hoo asked all of a sudden, "Woo bin ah, when you said leader, what was that supposed to mean?"

Woo bin sighed at this, and replied, "When a person born in the Song family turns fifteen, we're given a few new recruits to train and command, as our men. We have liberty to expand the number of these recruits as we like but on our own, with the condition that our recruits should not be under Song family's employment already, everyone else is fair game. Their numbers keep growing with passing years, and once we have a respectable amount of men under our command, we're given the title of leader."

From expressions, it was clear none of them knew about this before. They started swarming him with questions all of sudden. "What do you mean one of the most powerful leaders? And what exactly is that respectable number?" Ji hoo asked, followed by Yi Jung asking, "Where was she all these years? How come we're only hearing about her after all these years?" "How did she manage to control school equipment and where did all those videos come from? Does she have power to actually do what she's saying?" The last question unsurprisingly came from Jun pyo.

Woo bin sat down with his head in his palms, and replied after letting out a sigh, "While a respectable number for our clan is around 500 members. She is uncle Song Min jun's daughter and his successor. She has her own team along with her father's people under her command, her network is spread largely over many parts of the world, and all of them are extremely loyal to her. She has thousands of men and women under her command! So of course she is one of the most powerful leaders in the history of our clan," he began, answering Ji hoo's question first.

He looked from Ji hoo to Yi Jung.

"Yi Jung ah, she was in many parts of the world as she grew up. And this really isn't the first time you're hearing about her, she was in Shinhwa kindergarten with us before going to states with her parents," he said in a deadpan voice.

And finally turning to Jun pyo, he said, "She's a hacker Jun pyo, controlling school equipment is not a big thing for her and that is how she got her hands on all those videos." He got up, and stood in front of the TV screen. "No one in my family claims we can do something unless we're really able to do it, Jun pyo, same goes for her as well."

The guys were surprised with all this information.

Suddenly Jun pyo got up with a smirk. "In that case, what are we doing here? Finally we have someone who can measure up with our power. And she's the one who's challenged F4's authority. Let's go and have some fun." he said, before heading out of the door.

Woo bin, Yi Jung and Ji hoo shared a look, and followed him.

Later that day, The Porridge shop.

All four girls, who were recently named V4 just hours earlier, were gathered together. Discussing the happenings of day along with helping Geum Jan di and Chu Ga eul. They were sitting at the same table as they had free time due to lack of customers in the shop. All of them were now familiar with members of F4, along with all the information that was available on the internet about F4, their families and businesses.

"That curly head one is more intelligent than I gave him credit for," Jae kyung stated, turning her honey and nuts porridge around in a bowl with the spoon in her hand, her gaze fixed on her bowl.

"Of course he is Jae kyung ah, he has been training to take over Shinhwa since he was born." Ga eul replied, who was sitting besides Jae kyung, while looking at her. "But at least he got the students of Shinhwa off our backs," she continued.

"Yeah, but he has as good as declared war between F4 and us! God only knows what these guys would end up doing," Jae kyung replied, looking up.

"Today he effectively managed to reinstate himself and F4 on the top of Shinhwa's hierarchy by supporting Navya's order publicly. Now to Shinhwa's student population, there's no conflict between chain of command or confusion regarding whose order they should be following, as they are following the orders of their beloved Gu Jun pyo," Jan di said, folding her hands on top of the table and placing her head on her hands. Looking up, she turned towards Navya who was sitting on the chair adjacent to the wall, with her feet stretched out and crossed on the chair across from her, with her eyes closed. "Navya, were you high when you announced vixens as our name to the whole school?" she asked with narrowed eyes.

Opening her eyes, Navya turned towards her saying, "No one besides Woo bin knows who the vixens are Jan di ah, even if he connects the dots and concludes you and Ga eul are part of the original vixens, he won't be able to find anything about your true identities."

"Wouldn't it be dangerous though?" Asked Ga eul, biting her lips.

"Not really. In fact I want him to put two and two together and come to the conclusion that you are both vixens," Navya replied, closing her eyes.

"Now I'm absolutely sure, she has lost it completely. Song Navya has lost her mind due to her workaholic tendencies," Jan di stated in a deadpan voice.

"Or perhaps it's because of lack of proper sleep," Ga eul joined, in a teasing tone.

"Ha ha, very funny. But I haven't lost my mind. And No I'm not a workaholic. Nor do I have sleeping problems," she replied while putting her feet down and sitting straight.

Jan di and Ga eul just smirked at her, clearly not trusting a word she said.

Looking at their expressions, she turned to Jae Kyung, and said, "Tell them to stop teasing Jae kyung ah," her lips dangerously close to forming a pout.

Jae kyung replied, "She's right girls, she hasn't lost her mind-" and paused to see a smug smile on Navya's face before continuing. "At least not due to her workaholic tendencies or sleeping schedule. It could be because of not getting laid though," she suggested with a straight face.

Both Jan di and Ga eul burst out laughing as soon as they heard this. Jae kyung too wasn't able to control her laughter for long because of the expression on Navya's face.

Grabbing the salt container from the table, she threw it towards Jae kyung's face, who easily managed to dodge it.

"You better run Ha Jae kyung, if you value your life," Navya said, getting up, prompting Jae kyung to get up and move away. Jan di and Ga eul were chuckling at their antics, as both of them ran around in the porridge shop.

Finally Jan di stopped them, asking "Are you both done? Or should we get ourselves some popcorn to watch your Tom and Jerry chase?" And they came back to sit in their place.

"Now, would you mind explaining why you want your cousin to figure out we are the vixens?" Ga eul asked.

"Well, you know he won't be able to find out anything about your real identities. But if he figures out your involvement with the vixens, then both of you would get more freedom to act in the way you really do, instead of your commoner persona." Navya explained, "and he doesn't have access to your real documents! All your forged documents say both of you have grown up in Korea, and I was in Korea till kindergarten. That way we would be able to explain how we met if it comes to that."

"That might just work," Jan di stated, after thinking about what she said.

"But what about when he's let in on this secret?" Jae kyung asked, contemplatively., "You know he won't respond well to that. And you know your grandfather is going to insist on telling him everything sooner or later," she continued, looking straight at Navya.

"We don't have an option Jae kyung," she replied, taking Jae kyung's hand in hers in a comforting way.

"Besides, we're not exactly lying," Ga eul said, with a gentle smile.

Thank you for reviewing Maria Rosa cisi. I agree love and friendship are valuable feelings. As for why girls separated, you'd have to read further to find out!

And, thank you kyliEisMC2 for editing this story, I wouldn't have been able to complete half of what I've written without your help.

I hope everyone enjoyed reading this.

~Crazydreamer33

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