A/N: Trouble... for Minato and Minako...

(08/16-31/10)

The rest of the summer, all we did was go to the movies and hanging out.

And we went swimming as well.

(09/02/10)

Sunday…

We had dinner with all our friends prior to our opening day…

(09/03/10)

Monday…

It was a fun day, except the Opening speech by our rather portly Principal…

Then, finally, we returned to our room.

"Class, I'm glad to see you all." Ms. Toriumi said, "First of all, I'd like to introduce our new student, Lee Ichijou Aida."

Lee, who sat behind, stood up and nodded grimly at everyone."

"Hey, his initials spell LIA!" Junpei whispered, "That sounds like Leah!"

"Wow." Minako said sarcastically, "And you found that out all by yourself?"

"Shut up!" Junpei hissed.

Then, we all became quiet after Ms. Toriumi looked us down.

"I trust you all had a great vacation?" she said.

Several shouts of yes (and a shout of no from Junpei, Kenji and Quan) erupted from the class.

"Great, now-"

Although Ms. Toriumi intended to lecture us, but we go off topic and ended up talking about our vacation.

Minako talked about the party.

Then, I noticed Ms. Toriumi frowning.

"If you guys threw a party… why wasn't I invited!?" she fumed, "I'm the moderator!"

"Well, uh…" I began, "The invites were-"

She suddenly made a sorrowful face, "I guess… Ol' Toriumi's too old to be partying…"

"No, that's a load of-" I said.

"Yeah, you're pretty old." Minako said callously.

"Minako!" I chided, "That's not nice!" I spat.

"Ah! Say it, don't spray it, homie!" she stuck her tongue out and exhaled loudly, sending spit at me.

"Ugh!"

Everyone laughed at our antics.

"I'm not that old!" Ms. Toriumi said.

"No you're not…" Lee said, "You're, what, 20? Only a year younger than me…" Lee mused.

Toriumi blushed, "I'm not that young! I'm 27!"

"Yet you still have such a banging body." Lee said.

"Lee! You could get expelled for saying that!" Kenji cried.

"S'not my fault you ain't got no balls." Lee countered.

"Alright, that's enough, you two…" Ms. Toriumi then continued her lecture.

That recess, I saw Cato.

He still stunk like stale droppings and his usually slick, beautiful, Draco Malfoy-esque hair was now wild, matted, thick and unruly and his unshaven face made him look years older.

"Hey Cato…" I said, "You're looking… rustic." I said.

His nose flared, "You… do you realize what you put me through?!"

"I don't, actually." I said.

"You realize you placed me in a sticky situation with my associates?!" Cato whispered furiously, "Now I need to pay them back twice as much! Or else they'll whack me!"

"Good. Let Daddy pay for it, then." I said.

"And I trust it was you who incinerated my taxi?" he said with a malicious gleam in his eyes.

"Look, Cato… you would've done the same thing to me… so… no offence…" I said and walked away, before coming back, "Actually, quite the opposite, really… it is quite personal."

He smiled, "So help me, I will have my revenge… one way or the other."

"Yeah, good luck with that, Avenger…"

I walked away, but something in his smile unnerved me.

Cato was absent for the rest of the day… not that anyone cared.

The day ended normally.

(09/04/10)

Tuesday…

Today was probably the most awful day of school I ever had.

When I walked with Minako, Rio, Kenji and Junpei to school, everyone was looking at me.

It felt like a scene off Glee.

As I walked, the whole hallway parted as they looked at mostly Minako and me.

Their looks were mixed: jealousy, contempt, anger, envy, hatred, suspicion and indifference.

We brushed it off and went to class but Ms. Toriumi wasn't there. Thinking she was probably late or even absent, Minako and I chatted out loud and we noticed everyone kept giving us sidelong looks.

"Have you noticed that everyone keeps looking at us?" I asked.

She nodded, "Yeah… what's up with them?"

Then, the P.A. system boomed.

"Will Minato Arisato and Minako Arisato of class 3-D please proceed to the Principal's office immediately! Thank you."

Scoffing, Minako said, "What do they want from us this time?"

"I don't know."

We went out and the looks we got from the other classes made me feel uncomfortable.

We went in the Principal's office and inside were Ms. Toriumi, Mr. Ono, Mr. Edogawa, Ekoda and the rest of the faculty.

They looked really disappointed, (with exceptions on Mr. Ekoda, who looked very pleased) as if we had let them down big time in some sort of way.

Mitsuru was there as well, looking stern, angry and… hurt.

"Why are we here?" Minako whispered to me.

"Shhh!" I chided.

"Toriumi-sensei, why are we here?" Minako asked.

Ms. Toriumi wouldn't look at us.

"Why won't anyone tell me why?!" she cried.

"Please, have a seat." The Principal said.

We took a seat across Ms. Toriumi and she still wouldn't look us in the eye.

"I trust you understand why you're here?" the Principal asked.

"If we knew, I wouldn't be asking, now would-" I clamped her lips to prevent her from saying anything offensive.

"No, we don't." I said, "Won't you tell?"

Minako broke free and bit my fingers.

"Yow!" I howled in pain.

"Headmistress?" the Principal said.

Mitsuru looked at us darkly, as if deciding who she'd execute first.

"It has come to our attention…" she finally said, "That there has been some… rather lewd happenings of late."

"In English please?" Minako said.

Mitsuru, as usual, gestured to me and I explained.

"Something happened."

"What?" Minako said, "Tell us already!"

"Ahem." The Principal cleared his throat, "There has been a sex video scandal circulating around campus regarding two of our most promising students…"

"Who?" Minako asked, "I'm always in for sex scandals, even if it is yaoi…"

"It's about you two." Ms. Oiyunushi said.

I felt as if I had been shocked by a Taser while I was standing in a pool of salt water.

"What?" I said, hoping that I'd misheard.

"A sex tape. Of you two." Mr. Ono said.

Ekoda's eyes flared, "How dare you!" he choked, "How dare you make a mockery of this very institute!"

And for the first time, neither Ms. Toriumi nor Mitsuru came to our defense. They had just bowed their heads in shame.

"This is an outrage! A farce! A scandal! If it were up to me, I'd either expel you or force you two vagrants to commit hara-kiri!" Ekoda purpled in fury.

Then, Mr. Ono fumed, "How dare YOU mock the sacred arts of the Samurai!" he bellowed, "That is too much, Mr. Ekoda! You cannot speak to children like that!"

Ekoda cowered and for the first time, I saw how terrifying Mr. Ono is. Standing at nearly six feet, his towering golden helm, supposedly given by Masamune Date, made him look like a Samurai yojimbo and his voice commanded respect and honor.

"Thanks, Mr. Ono." I said.

"Don't mention it." he said stiffly.

"But we still don't have enough evidence and valid proof!" Mr. Edogawa cried, "And it would be both unfair and cruel to just expel them without proof! We can't just do that to them because of some potentially wrong hearsay!"

"We have all our proof in this video!" Mr. Ekoda yelled, holding a CD in one hand.

"Video? How did you come across it?" Ms. Toriumi spoke for the first time, her voice filled with hurt and disappointment... with a tinge of suspicion.

"I… uh…" Ekoda stammered, "Does it really matter?"

Everyone was tense.

"No…" the Principal said.

"Then let's see it!" Ekoda cried.

"What?!" Minako said.

"If you've got nothing to hide, then I guess you're safe." He sneered.

"Alright, play it! If it wasn't us, I hope you get sacked, you dirty old man!" Minako hissed.

Mitsuru smiled at her boldness.

Ekoda played the disk and we watched it.

It was a red, clouded room with strobe lights, a stripper's pole and a lot of smoke.

Standing naked was a blue haired boy with a slim, pale body and a really medium sized wiener.

A red-haired girl was standing naked and I immediately recognized them.

It was Minako and me.

I couldn't believe my eyes as I saw them embracing and kissing, eventually falling into the bed and making some moves out.

"That…" I stammered.

"Is my evidence." Ekoda finished.

"No, it's obviously doctored! My… penis, isn't that small! And I shave regularly!"

"Who can it be then?" Ekoda said.

"That couldn't be us! I can't be!" Minako cried, "That's a load of bullshit!"

"Mind your tone, Minako." Ekoda said, "Need I remind you that I am a teacher?"

"So what? I know better teachers than you, jerkface goober!"

Mitsuru smiled at Minako's cheekiness as Ekoda's eyes grew wild with anger.

The Principal shook his head.

"I have no choice, but to expe-"

"No! That was doctored, it was!" Minako cried.

"Minako, compose yourself." Mitsuru said, "The truth will come out."

She did calm down.

"Principal Kyuujuku, I believe we should take the week to investigate this… it would be a shame to lose two of our best students to a falsified video."

He nodded, "I agree."

Ekoda seemed like he was about to implode, but he kept quiet.

"You are excused for your classes tomorrow and for the rest of the week. Take your things and go home for the day." Mitsuru advised, "And if it were to be found out that someone had doctored this…" she gives a sidelong look to Ekoda, "That person would suffer."

"Thanks." We said and went out.

As I walked in the hallway, Junpei intercepted us.

"Dude!" he seemed agitated, "Did you hear? About the sex tape?"

"Yeah." Minako said glumly.

Then, Kenji and Rio came by.

"Minako! Minato!" They panted, "Did you hear about the-"

"Yeah." I said glumly.

Then, Pinky and Quan came by.

"Did you guys hear about-"

"Did you guys rehearse this? We already heard about it!" Minako snapped.

Then, true to my darkest fear, Yukari came by.

She was on the verge of tears.

"I-is it…" she stammered, "Is it true? The… the… is it?" she looked pale and was shaking.

"Yukari… I-"

"Is it or is it not?!" she said, shaking in anger and hurt.

Everyone with any sense backed away, and only Minako stood by me.

"Yukari, please understand-" I tried explaining.

"D-don't touch me…" she said in a whisper, "Don't touch me… and… answer."

"I don't know… I'm not sure…" I said.

"You're… not… sure?!" she said.

"Yes… I got really wasted and-"

She slapped me.

"I… trusted you…" she said quietly.

She slapped me again, harder this time.

"I trusted you…" she said a bit louder now.

She slapped me again, really hard.

"I trusted you!"

She slapped me multiple times in the face many times until I bled.

"I trusted you! I trusted you! I TRUSTED YOU!" she yelled as she slapped me up.

I grabbed her by her wrists and she cried: "Don't touch me!"

It was a pitiful sight. Yukari was in genuine emotional pain and there was no one to blame except me.

She freed herself.

"We're through! Over! DONE!" She said and walked away.

"Yukari!" I shouted, "W-wait!"

"I'm sorry, Minato-kun…" Fuuka said and followed Yukari.

Soon, only Minako was with me.

Cato passed by, with a smug and pleased look in his face.

"Now, we're even." He said and gives me a card, "Give me a call and I might hook you up with a job…" he said and went away.

I went home with a heavy heart as my friends try to comfort me, but I told them to give me space.

(09/05-07/10)

Wednesday-Friday…

Everyone looked at me and Minako as if we were freaks. The looks we'd get were awful.

To me, the guys congratulate me and treat me like a god.

To the girls, I was some kind of pervert who liked girls.

It was even worse for Minako…

All the guys would hook up with her and she'd punch them or something and if I came close, they'd run away.

For the girls, she was treated as unclean and shunned away as a slut.

I would defend Minako and every time I did, she'd smile.

Only our friends stood by us.

The investigation wasn't going well… who ever made the video was a talented editor and made it virtually untraceable… even the Kirijo Group's best IT technicians could not solve it…

By tomorrow, we were to be expelled.

Rio decided to make some Banana Split for Minako and me.

"Thanks…" I said.

Minako was too glum to respond, not like her to remain quiet.

"I still don't know what to do…" I said.

"Why?" Rio asked.

I told her about the progress of the investigation.

"Gee, that's tough…"

I noticed a stack of boxes by her counter.

She looked at it and smiled sheepishly.

"My uncles… he sells Recorders."

I hatched an idea.

I bought one and made my plans.

(09/08/10)

Saturday…

I walked by Rio, who gave me her device.

"It should work…" she said.

Then, Michonne and Yo passed by.

"God, Minato, isn't Minako enough? That you'd actually go for Iwasaki?" Michonne said.

"Shut up, Michonne." I said.

"Ohhh! Standing up for your GUUUURLFRIEND!" Michonne said.

"Oh! Sato lurves Saki! Sato LUUUURVES Saki!" Yo taunted.

"You two are the very definition of troll… have fun with your Lulz."

Then, we walked off.

At recess, I told Minako to head on to the Principal's office to face expulsion, to stall time, while I stayed behind.

I got a text from Kenji, who was one of my look outs.

From: Kenji T.

KhAtO iZz ohN HiZ wAy!

(Cato is on his way!)

JeJeJe!

(Hehehe)

To: Kenji T.

K.

I saw Cato enter the bathroom by the gym, a relatively abandoned location and I entered the room and locked it.

I heard snorting sounds by the end of the stall.

I opened it.

Cato was snorting a white powdery substance from a small tin he had.

He spoke with a really bad nasal voice and his nose was really red as if he had an allergy.

"What the fuck?!" Cato cried, "Arisato? *sniff* is that you? Jesus Christ, you look like shit." He said.

"I can say the same for you…" I mutter.

He takes another deep snort.

"Do you mind?"

"Is that… cocaine?" I asked.

"No." he said and hands me a note, "Cocaine? Are you kidding me?"

"Crushed camrom seeds… what the hell?" I said.

"It's for my deviated septum." He said in a thick nasal voice, "Like my Momma use to say, traditional is better than industrial… Now…Get out."

"You said you'd hook me up." I said.

"What?"

"You said you'd hook me up!" I said more firmly.

"Huh?"

"I took the fall for your little sex video project of yours..." I said, "I'm getting expelled and you said you'd hook me up."

"You're kidding." He said

I stood there, tall and firm.

"All right!" Cato said finally, "I promised to hook you up! And I will. Just go to Romano Industries and call Aoi… she'll make an appointment for you." Cato said.

"How did you do it? I'm not leaving until you tell me so." I said.

"Okay, I used a special program, made a digital copy of your head, went to ***.com and took a porn flick and pasted your heads there." Cato said.

"And do you admit you did it?"

"Fine, yes, I did do it… I did it, and I paid a lot of money for Old Ekoda to get you expelled… Christ, Minato, I'm trying to snort this thing so my damn nose won't drip like a faucet! Get out!"

I nodded and walked away.

"You've got to be kidding me! Spineless son of a bitch…" Cato mutters.

I smiled and pressed the button of the recording device I hid.

"And do you admit you did it?"

"Fine, yes, I did do it… I did it, and I paid a lot of money for Old Ekoda to get you expelled." He stormed out of his stall.

"What the hell is this?!" he cried.

"This…" I gestured the recorder, "It's our ticket back to Gekkoukan High."

"Give me that!" he reached for it and I sidestepped and pinned him on the wall all in a fluid move.

"I wouldn't do that…" I whispered to him and let go.

"You cost me everything and I'm just returning the favor… I'm… avenging Minako and myself."

He fell to the floor, crying.

I went to the Principal's office.

"Why are you late?!" the Principal boomed, "You just missed it! You are duly expelled!"

I smiled.

They looked at me as if I was insane.

"Why do you smile?" Mitsuru asked.

"Probably wants expulsion!" Ekoda laughs, "You got it, boy!" he taps my shoulder.

"Sorry…" Minako whispers to me.

"No need." I said and I thrust the tape recorder to Ekoda.

"What is this?" he asked.

"A bomb!" I said sarcastically, "It's a recorder."

"And so?" he asked.

"With incriminating evidence… that will amuse everyone here…"

Everyone, except Ekoda seemed interested.

"Don't believe him! This is another ploy of his!"

"Play it." Mitsuru said.

"But-"

"Do as I say." She said.

He nervously played it.

As we heard it, everyone suddenly turned to Ekoda, who was suddenly interested in his shoes.

"Mr. Ekoda, I think you know what to do…" Mitsuru said.

"I… uh…" he stammered.

"Apologize, tell the truth and make a public apology... after which, you will be suspended for a week or so, but your pet, Cato will be suspended for three." She said.

"Why, I never!" Ekoda barked.

"After all, it was YOU who leaked the news and rumors, was it not? If it had been a real sex scandal, it would've circulated to the entire campus and I found it very strange you had the tape… and if you refuse… I will turn you over to the police, where you will be put behind bars, for a very, very, very long time."

"I… I will." Ekoda bowed and went out.

As he laft, Ms. Toriumi bowed to us.

"I'm sorry I doubted you two…"

Minako tackled her and hugged her.

"Needless to say, your expulsion orders have been duly revoked."

We went out.

Everyone was wondering why they were called to the auditorium. Their worst fears were confirmed when Ekoda stood there. He was about to make a speech.

"S-Students…" he began, "I-it is a great disappointment that I… say… that I was wrong… about the sex scandal regarding two of the school's most promising students, Minato Arisato and Minako Arisato… i-it was… Cato Romano who gave me money to turn in a doctored video th-that he made… and I accepted it and reported it, falsifying evidence… I humbly apologize to…" he swallowed, "Minato and Minako Arisato of Class 3-D… and I have been suspended for… a week and a half."

As he said those words, the crowd erupted in cheers and everyone in front and behind us shook our hands and apologized.

Minako pulled me to the side, her eyes twinkling.

"Thanks for proving the truth to them… you made Ekoda eat his words… I'm glad you did it for all of us."

I stopped her.

"No, Minako… I did it for you." I said.

She suddenly seemed really shy… very unlike her.

Yukari came by.

"I'm sorry I ever-"

"Yukari… what do you want?" I said coldly.

"I'm here to apologize…"

I stared at her and she seemed serious. I really couldn't be angry at her.

"I accept. But if you don't even trust me, then I find it pointless to continue our relationship… sorry."

She closed her eyes and hugged me.

"That's okay… because I'll win you back… no matter what." she said, "And Minako?"

"Yeah?"

"I'm sorry too…" she said stiffly.

"Okay." Minako said.

"Okay… as friends, want to go home together?" I asked.

She smiled.

"I'd love to."

We went home with my friends.

They all insisted on celebrating, but I've gotten sick of it, really.

Rio and Kenji sat at one end while Quan, Pink and Junpei chatted in another section as Yukari, Minako and I sat together.

I was in the middle.

I felt sleepy and nodded off, resting my head on Yukari's shoulder.

As I fell asleep, Minako and Yukari had an awkwardly silent time together.

"Hey… Yuka-tan…" Minako began.

"Yes?" Yukari said.

"Listen…" Minako said.

Yukari looked at Minako.

"I'm in love with Minato-kun too." She said.

"..." Yukari was speechless.

"Just so you know." Minako said and they resumed ignoring each other.

A/N: DONE.

I bet you all liked the part where Ekoda eats his words!

And when Minako finally confesses!

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