"Its nice of you, to join me for lunch!" Mahiru said, smiling at me as we walked through the reserve cource school.
"Ya, I just figured that I would get to know both you and Sato better." I said, actually getting the layout of the school grounds. "I also heard that there is a new student, not sure who it is." I said, confused on who this new person is and why they just transferred here.
"Really, well, I hope they aren't giving Sato a hard time, she can get aggressive at times." She said, gaining my inters. "See, when we were in middle school, Kuzuryu's little sister, Natsumi, was in the same school." She said, shocking me as I knew said girl. "She was rude, always going on about how her family was Yakuza and would send them to kill people she didn't like." She said, frowning. "She didn't like Sato or I, and I don't know why." She said, with me bringing her into a one armed hug as we walked on.
"You don't have to worry, I know Natsumi." I said, shocking her. "I met her when I was hanging out with Kuzuryu, gave her some advice, and from what I know, she's changed a bit since then." I said, shocking her. "She's still rude at times, yes, but as far as I know, she hasn't threatened to kill anyone...yet." I said, knowing that she would slip up eventually, because one person cant change over a day, but she did improve greatly, and that impressed me.
"Get out of my face you crazy bitch!?" We heard, with me knowing that voice as it came from the classroom we were going to.
"Leave Mahiru alone, and we don't have a problem!" We heard, with us charging into the class as it evolved one of us. Once in the classroom, we made our way over to them, hoping to defuse the situation. "What are you going to do, sick one of your Yakuza flunky's one me!?" Sato yelled, with me stepping in front of her, shocking not only her, but Natsumi and Hinata as he was sitting in the desk to the left of me as I face Sato.
"Please Sato, don't do this!" Mahiru said, grabbing her friends arm.
"Natsumi." I said, turning to the girl. "Explain, now." I said, crossing my arms as she gave me a glair.
"Or what?" She asked, with me leaning forward, getting into her face.
"There are a lot of things I could do." I said, confusing her. "One of them is informing your brother that you're planning on killing one of his friends, who happens to be my friend as well." I said, with her looking down. "Another is dragging your ass over to him so that he can set you straight." I said, shocking not only her, but everyone else in the classroom. "That's only two out of fifteen options, each one worse than the last." I said, narrowing my eyes at her. "Now, do you want to have this conversation here with me, or take it out side so we can discuss this in privet?" I asked, with her standing up and walking away, her head down. "Mahiru, I'll be skipping lunch with you two." I said, looking at Hinata. "Sorry, that you have to see this side of me." I said, following after Natsumi as she waited at the door.
Later, roof
"Ok, spill it, what happened back there?" I asked as I sat on the railing, looking at her as she rubbed her arm like she was in trouble.
"I was just talking to that kid about how I was going to become the Ultimate Little Sister when she came at me, accusing me of trying to off that freckled bitch!" She said, glaring at me once she mentioned Mahiru.
"Remember who you are talking to." I said, narrowing my eyes at her. "Natsumi, what is it about Mahiru that you don't like about her?" I asked, catching her off guard. "There has to be a reason behind it, and I want to know." I said, with her looking away.
"I don't hate her." She said, with me raising an eyebrow at her. "She's a wimp, and I figured that I would pick on her, you know, to toughen her up!" She said, crossing her arms. "But then little miss snitch decided to play guardian and ruin my plan of helping her." She said, gritting her teeth.
"In truth, you with to be Mahiru's friend." I said, understanding what was going on between them.
"No, I may not hate her, but I don't like her either!" She said, snapping her head at me. "My old self would of-"
"Would of put a hit out on her?" I said, interrupting her. "Sorry, but she is your brothers friend, and that's breaking one of the steps to becoming the Ultimate Little Sister." I said, with her nodding.
"I know, and I never made a pass on it either!" She said, with me nodding. "I just...Want to be on equal ground with my brother, and by doing that, would ruin it." She said, with me nodding again.
"And you're correct." I said, smirking. 'I can work with this.' I thought, walking over to her. "Tell you what, instead of the Ultimate Little Sister, how would you like another title?" I asked, catching her off guard as I stood next to her. "Let everyone think you want to be the Ultimate Little Sister, when in reality, you become the Ultimate Spy." I said, watching her jerk her head in my direction.
"Spy?" She asked, with me nodding. "I don't have the skills for-"
"Then you start small." I said, looking at her. "The boy you were talking with, his name is Hinata." I said, narrowing my eyes at her. "He's gotten his self in something deep, and the school is behind it." I said, confusing her. "A few days ago, I learned that the school is planning something big, and I don't like how they're using the Reserves money to pay for it." I said, turning to her. "I need you to keep close to him, let me know anything about him. He's my friend and I want to make sure he's safe, can you do this, can you become the Ultimate Spy?" I asked, her eyes widening in shock at what was happening. "Do this, and I will see to it that no harm comes your way." I said, holding my hand out to her, with her slowly reaching out and taking it in her own.
Later
"How did your talk with Sato go?" I asked, walking back to the Main Course with Mahiru.
"It went great." She said, frowning. "What did you and Natsumi talk about?" She asked, with me looking at her out of the corner of my eye, seeing her looking down.
"I scolded her, and got the story of what happened in there." I said, with her looking at me. "She was talking to that boy, Hinata, about how she was the Ultimate Little Sister." I said, with her looking away. "Sato got angry that she still had hope of getting into the Main Course, so she blew up on Natsumi, thinking she was planning to kill you to get in." I said, letting out a sigh and rubbing her head, confusing her. "You know, she doesn't hate you." I said, shocking her.
"W-What!?" She asked, covering her mouth with a gasp.
"She wanted to toughen you up, so she took the bully route to do so." I said, turning around and seeing Natsumi and Hinata talking through the window, with her looking happy and Hinata looking board. "Sure, there was an easier way to do so, but with her personality, it was the most logical for her." I said, looking back at Mahiru, who had tears in her eyes. "But that doesn't mean she likes you either, you're neutral to her." I said, turning back around and continuing on. 'Its up to you Natsumi, to learn what I can not.' I thought with a smile.
The next day
"Artificial Ultimate?" I asked, surprised at what she learned and how fast it took her.
"Yes, I over heard one of the faculty members, the one with the lab coats, talking about it." Natsumi said, sitting next to me, with us in the Reserve Course storage room on the second floor. "They are making a machine to give a person, who I'm guessing is Hinata, every known ability there is." She said, frowning. "This is big, and I really think I got in too deep with how quickly I got this information." She said, looking at me. "I don't know what to do next, I got all that I could!" She said, with me thinking about it.
"I hate to say it, but this is bad." I said, nodding. 'If they are making artificial Ultimate's, who knows what they could do.' I thought, thinking of how they could be used to destroy the world. "Natsumi, I have no choice but to pull you out." I said, looking at her, seeing her shocked look.
"I know I just started, but I'm being fired already!?" She yelled, with me shaking my head.
"No, as the Ultimate Spy, you should know the risks of knowledge." I said, crossing my arms. "The information you have given me, has put our lives at risk." I said, narrowing my eyes. "I'm sorry, but you must go into hiding, somewhere not even the Yakuza knows." I said, shocking her.
"The Yakuza knows every inch of Japan, and why would I have to hide from them in the first place, that's my family!" She yelled, with me nodding.
"True, but if what I think is going to transpire, it would be best to have you go into hiding. I know a place, over seas, that will protect you." I said, closing my eyes. "They will also give you training, to make you a better spy than you already are." I said, looking at her. "When I know its safe, or when I need your skills, I'll call upon you." I said, seeing tears in her eyes.
"The Hell is with this bullshit!?" She yelled, shoving me. "You're telling me I have to throw away my life, I was just transferred here!?" She yelled, with me bringing her into a hug, shutting her up.
"I'm sorry, but his has to happen." I said, pinching the back of her neck, knocking her out. Lifting her arm up, I pulled out a knife and cut it, letting blood hit the ground. 'Kuzuryu, and you as well Natsumi, I hope that you can forgive me one day.' I thought as I carried her off, using her tie to stop the bleeding.
The next day
"Your sister never made it home yesterday!?" I said, shocked as Kuzuryu nodded, with the entire class now on high alert.
"I know that this isn't any of your business, but as a friend, I ask that you help me and my family in the search!" He said, bowing to us.
"She was a student of the Reserve Course, I'll check there. Chiaki, you should ask Hinata about the last time he saw her and retrace her steps from then to find out what happened or who she might of gotten in contact with!" I said, looking at her as this was a serious matter. "Mikan, Saionji, and Ibuki, question the other students if they had seen her leave!" I said, looking at Mahiru. "Mahiru, I know Sato wasn't her biggest friend, but see if she might have anything to do with her disappearance!" I said, with everyone looking at me.
"What's with you, what's got you so angry?" Kazuichi asked, standing up.
"Natsumi was a friend, I was helping her become the Ultimate Little Sister that she wanted to be!" I said, making a fist. "I'll search the security cameras at the school and tell you what I find!" I said, looking at Kuzuryu. "This is important to a friend, and as a friend I promise you, I'll find your sister!" I said, looking at the others. "The rest of you go out into the city to see if you can find any information!" I said, making my way to the door with the ones I told to go to the Reserve Course.
Later
Walking up to the security office, I barged in, with the guard standing up. "Hey, students are not allowed back here!" He yelled, with me glaring at him.
"Step aside, we have a missing student and her last known location was this school!" I said, cracking my knuckles. "Or, would you prefer the police and the Yakuza get involved, because I'm sure they would love to get a piece of a man who prevented the finding of the current leaders daughter." I threatened, with him sweating. "Step aside, this is your last warning." I said, with him tripping over his chair as he stepped aside. Walking over to the computers, I rewind all the cameras to the previous day.
"Each camera only holds forty eight hours before they are lost!" He said, with me looking at him then back at the cameras.
"There." I said, watching as Natsumi was reading a letter with a heart on it, then walking into the storage room. I waited a bit, then watched as a man in a hoodie walked out, with 'Natsumi' over his shoulder, and it looked like she had a knife in her back. "Dame it, this isn't good." I said, hitting the desk. "I need a tape, record this on it, now!" I demanded, with him nodding and running off, all the while I was smirking on the inside.
Flashback, previous day
Sneaking into the Security, I deleted the footage of us and recorded a person I hired to look like Natsumi and a taller person to play this screen out.
Flashback end
'Fake death, check, now just got to get the part down.' I thought, sitting down in the chair, looking at my phone as he came back in. "Is it done?" I asked, looking at him, getting a nod from him. "Good, you might want to report this to the principle, he'll know what to do." I said, walking off.
The first two I bumped into was Mahiru and Sato, who were walking together. Mahiru was looking worried, and Sato had a frown on her face. "Did you find anything?" Mahiru asked, with me looking to the side, holding the tape in hand. "Is that where she went?" She asked, with me closing my eyes and gritting my teeth. "What's wrong...Did something happen?" She asked, where I started shaking. "Please, answer me, your scaring me!" She said, with me looking at her, letting fake tears fall.
"Someone...Someone...I cant tell you, I have to show Kuzuryu first, its his place to see what's on here!" I said, making a fist. "Just...Call off the search, and have everyone meet me at my room, there...The truth will come out!" I yelled, rushing off, not wanting to keep this up.
Later
"Where's my sister!?" Kuzuryu yelled as he and the others barged into the room, with me sitting on the bed, facing the TV. "Answer me!?" He yelled, approaching me. He grabbed my shirt and lifted me up, with Nidai pulling him off with ease.
"Settled down, he said he has information on where she's at!?" Nidai said, looking at me. "What did you see?" He asked, with me looking at the others, seeing the concerned look on there faces.
"I placed the tape in, all that is needed, is for Kuzuryu to watch it, alone." I said, shaking, getting wide eyes from the others. "It is up to him...To revile the truth." I said, walking out the door, with everyone but Kuzuryu exiting the room, with Peko standing at the door before closing it. Once out side, I sat against the wall, my knees to my chest as I hugged myself.
Minutes went by, then we all heard crashing coming from inside, scaring everyone at what was on the tape. Kuzuryu stepped out of the room, his face red from anger as he gritted his teeth. "I don't know who that man is, but I swear to god...I will kill him." He muttered, confusing everyone.
"Ok, seriously, what's going on!?" Kazuichi questioned, wanting information.
"You want to know what happened!?" Kuzuryu yelled, looking at him. "Some bastered killed my sister, and I will make sure that he's next!" He said, shocking everyone. "I want him alive, so that I can kill him myself!" He said, looking at Peko as he knew she was just as upset as him, then me. "You took charge of the situation, and for that, the Kuzuryu family is grateful, but as of this moment, its strictly family business." He said, walking away, with Peko punching the wall, her hand busting open from the strike.
"How could this happen, a murder on school grounds?" Mahiru said, looking at me. "Did you see who it was?" She asked, with me looking at her with dead eyes.
"Male, about five eleven to six foot." I said, looking down. "Most likely a hitman of sorts, as people in Japan don't tend to grow that tall." I said, with her kneeling down and bringing me into a hug, one I did not return. "She was my student, and I let her down." I muttered, closing my eyes.
Four days.
Four days had gone by...And there was still no sign of Natsumi's body. The police had given up, but the Yakuza wasn't giving up. It was bad, to save her life, I caused a panic in doing so, but I didn't care, because right now, she was far away, receiving training and was doing better than I expected of her. Her first day, she wanted to leave, but once she learned of the situation, she spent the day to herself. Her second day, she decided to join in with the training, her stealth skills matching that of their elites, impressing not only them, but me as well. Her second day, she started learning hand to hand combat, something she wasn't the best at, but would improve in time. The fourth day, they told me that they had to go dark, not on their orders, but Natsumi's as she didn't want the risk of being found out, and I accepted that.
"Hey!" I heard on my walk around the school, clearing my head of everything that was going on. Looking at the gate, I was surprised on what was going on. Hinata was trying to walk on school grounds.
"Look, I need to get in-"
He didn't get to finish as another guard grabbed him by the back of his shirt and tossed him away, shocking me as it was the person in charge of all of Hope's Peak. "Rules don't apply to you, is that it?" He asked as I ran over to them, planning to stop whatever was about to go down.
"HEY!?" I yelled, sliding in front of him, standing in front of the downed Hinata. "What the Hell do you think you're doing, Juzo, you cant go attacking students, even if they are from the Reserve Course!" I yelled, narrowing my eyes.
"Feichko, Dakota." He said, holding his head up high. "That is you're name, right?" He asked, with me nodding. "Yukizome is your teacher, so I'll give you a warning, go back to class now, and I wont have to rough you up." He said, with me gritting my teeth and looking at Hinata, then back at him.
"Sorry, but you attacked my friend, and I'm not going to let that slide!" I said, getting ready for a fight, but as soon as I did, he punched me in the face, knocking me back a bit, but I stood tall as he looked down at his over shirt, seeing a scratch. "As I said, I'm not going to let it slide." I said, flipping a small knife in hand, showing him that I was armed.
"You really are prepared for anything." He said, smirking. "Fine, but if he try's coming back on the Main Course school grounds, I'll beat the living shit out of him." He said, turning around and walking away, with me spitting out some blood, the punch doing more damage than I let it appear to be.
"You ok?" I asked, holding a hand out to Hinata after putting away the knife, with him taking it.
"Ya, thanks." He said, looking at the school. "I need to talk to Mahiru about something, is it possible that you could pass that on?" He asked, with me nodding. "I want to know the truth behind what happened with Natsumi, they just keep saying that she went missing, but with the amount of cops and the little information I got from Chiaki, I know its more than that." He said, with me nodding.
"And you're right." I said, blood seeping out of my mouth, but a small bit. "Someone snuck in and killed her." I said, shocking him. "They say that it was a hitman, getting back at her father." I said, looking away. "Truth is, I saw footage of who did it, but couldn't make them out." I said, shocking him even more. "The police gave up on searching for her body, but the Yakuza are still searching for her." I said, closing my eyes and looking down. "She was a friend, and now she's gone." I said, shacking my head. "You cant tell anyone this, because you can get in trouble, as can I." I warned, with him nodding.
"Thank you, for telling me the truth." He said, with me nodding. "But, I still think that Sato had something to do with it." He said, catching me off guard.
"What do you mean?" I asked, wanting the information so that I could remove his theory.
"Before Natsumi was killed, Sato and her had an argument that lead to Sato almost striking Natsumi, and Natsumi told her that she signed her death warrant." He said, shocking me as I could of used this information earlier.
"I see, I'll see what Mahiru call tell me about the situation further, this new evidence could be useful." I said, thinking about it. "Thank you, I'll let you know what I find out later today and from there we will question Sato." I said, with him nodding as I left. 'This is bad, if Hinata thinks Sato had anything to do with Natsumi's fake death, it could get her in deep shit.' I thought as I stopped, turning around to see Yukizome standing there, her arms behind her back with a smile.
"What you're doing, is dangerous." She said, with me knowing she over heard our conversation. "But, I trust you to do the right thing." She said, walking up to me and holding her handkerchief out to me, with me taking it and wiping my mouth.
"Natsumi was my friend, as is Sato." I said, looking to the side. "If she had anything to do with her disappearance, I'm not sure what I'll do." I said, handing it back to her. "I need to gather Mahiru and Kuzuryu, they will be great help with what I have planed." I said, looking at her. "Is this request denied?" I asked, with her shaking her head.
Later
"What is it, why did you call us here, and whos this kid?" Kuzuryu asked, looking at Hinata as he stood next to me.
"He has possible information on the murder of your sister." I said, shocking him, then looking at Mahiru. "I'm sorry, but you're not going to like this one bit." I said, her eyes widening. "Go ahead and tell them what you told me." I said, looking at Hinata, who nodding.
"Before Natsumi disappeared, she had an argument with Sato that lead to Sato almost striking Natsumi, and Natsumi threatened her life soon after." He said, shocking Mahiru.
"She has a reason to get rid of her, but my sister wasn't stupid enough to go with it, she would of broken Dakotas rules to becoming the Ultimate Little Sister, and from what I learned from the school, if she had only lost the attitude, she most likely would of been given that title as well." He said, shocking us.
"Seriously, what terrible timing!" Hinata said, gritting his teeth.
"Sato couldn't of done it, you said it yourself, it was a male!" Mahiru said, looking at me, with me nodding.
"Indeed, but as I said before, possible hitman." I said, with her eyes widening. "I want to see if she is the one behind her murder, that's why I gathered you two here." I said, looking between them. "I want you two to interrogate her." I said, shocking Mahiru.
"I cant hurt her, she's my friend!" She said, with me shaking my head at her.
"No one is going to hurt her, while you two are trying to extract the information from her, Hinata and I will be going though her Emails, Phone calls and even banking account to see if we can find anything." I said, looking at Hinata as he looked shocked. "Well, I'll be searching her bank accounts through her computer, you check her email and phone calls with her phone." I said, looking back at them. "This way, we can prove if she has anything to do with Natsumi's disappearance." I said, with Kuzuryu nodding.
"Fine, but the interrogation will be held on my turf." He said, looking at Mahiru. "You have my word, that I wont hurt her until she is found innocent." He said, with Mahiru frowning. "I know she's your friend, but Natsumi was my sister, an eye for an eye." He said, with her closing hers, tears forming.
'Sato, forgive me for what I'm about to do.' I thought as I didn't like this, but had to do so to prove she was innocent. "Ok, Hinata and I will search her room, disguised as Security guards." I said, looking at him, his eyes widening. "We cant go into the girls dorm, but in uniform we can." I said, with him nodding.
Later, Sato's room
"Ok, we're in." I said, talking to Kuzuryu over the phone, who had already nabbed Sato with Mahiru's help.
"Make it quick." He said before hanging up, with me sliding into her chair and getting onto her computer, with Hinata searching the drawers for her phone, only to find it under the pillow.
"Checking her bank accounts now." I said, watching as a list of her transactions popped up, with me seeing that she bought a lot of coffee, were talking about three cups in the morning. "I don't see any large amount of cash missing." I said, looking over at Hinata as he searched her phone.
"She's got a lot of messages to her mother, talking about how school is going. Even has a group chat with Mahiru in it, I think that's a photography club banner in the background." He said, with me nodding as I closed the computer down. "Her Emails are random, and haven't been opened yet, its clear that she isn't the one who hired the Hitman." Hinata said, placing the phone back down. "I was wrong, she wasn't the one responsible." He said, looking at me. "Sorry, this was just a waist of time." He said, with me shacking my head at him.
"We removed her as a suspect." I said, standing up. "If this information got out to Kuzuryu, he would of accused her of killing is sister, it was good of you to bring this to me." I said, placing a hand on his shoulder. "Because of you, you saved a persons life, you're a hero." I said, seeing him smile at that. "Now come on, we have to inform Kuzuryu on what we found." I said, walking to the door.
"You go ahead and do that, I'm going back to my dorm." He said as we walked out into the hall.
"Ok, see you later!" I said, waving him goodbye as we went down separate halls. Pulling out my phone, I called Kuzuryu. "She's clean, nothing involving a hitman." I said, looking back at Hinata. He was my proof, because if I did this alone, there wouldn't be any proof that I searched.
"Ok, free them!" Kuzuryu said, confusing me.
"Them?" I asked, raising an eyebrow.
"Ya, Sato and Mahiru." He said, confusing me even more. "Mahiru tried interfering with the interrogation, no harm came to either of them." He said, making me sigh. "I'll see you tomorrow." He said before hanging up, with me exiting the dorm.
From Little sister to Spy, funny.