Author's note: I made this chapter a bit long… you'll like it, especially those who expected ** to be expelled.

(09/19/10)

Wednesday…

Last week had been the best week in Gekkoukan high ever.

Everyone was really happy about Ekoda and Cato being suspended, except, of course, Cato's cronies.

Wherever we went, people would greet us and pat us in the back.

Last Thursday, we had yet another new student named Ryu Tanaka, adopted son of President Tanaka. Lee knew him well, so I assumed Ryu was in night class until recently.

Ryu had a medium build, had olive toned skin, china white teeth, brown eyes that reflected great wisdom and rather curly yet spiky black hair that made him look like Super Saiyan from Dragon Balls, except with curly hair.

We welcomed him in our gang, but he was inclined to join Kaz's group, since he liked the sport of Kendo.

But lately, I've noticed Ms. Toriumi getting more stressed. And that's not all I've noticed. I also noticed that Minako and Yukari seemed a bit more… competitive these days. And not to toot my own horn, but I think they're fighting over me.

Hmmmmm…. Nah!

Last Sunday, when Ms. Toriumi treated us on an "I'm sorry" movie trip, Yukari wanted to walk with me and held my hand, while Minako held my arm fast. I felt like being torn apart.

Literally.

I assume they're fighting over me, but I think I'm just imagining things…

Enough with that, about two days ago, Ekoda went back to work, which ended our happy week. He became much more aggressive and nasty to us, particularly me, Minako, Rio, Junpei, Kenji, Pinky and Quan. He liked to bully poor Kenji, since Kenji would always be flustered every time Ekoda would talk harshly of him.

"Tuck in your shirt! Have you no decency?" he said when Kenji's shirt was a bit disheveled.

"Fix your hair! Decadent Philistine!" he barked when Kenji's hair was a bit windblown.

"Don't you shower at all?!" he'd bellow if we run up to him after P.E. classes.

"AHHHH! Idiot boy!" when Kenji "accidentally" spilled hot coffee on his white pants.

Every time he would do that, he would give us his trademark condescending sneer.

But we were shocked one afternoon when Ms. Toriumi called the gang to the faculty lounge.

Lee was already there, looking both furious and pissed off.

Ms. Toriumi looked tired, afraid and sad.

She also smelled as if she'd been drinking.

"Hey kids." She said, "Please, take a seat…"

We all took a seat.

"I… I have something I need to say…" she said quietly.

We all waited.

"... I won't be working here much longer…" she said.

We were all very surprised.

"W-Whaaaat?" Minako said.

"Noooo!" Rio cried.

"W-what?" I said in shock, "Did I hear you right?"

"D-Don't leave us!" Kenji cried.

She looked like she was about to cry. "Please understand that quitting was never a part of my plan…"

Lee bashed his fist on the table and he loomed over Ms. Toriumi.

"I see what's going on here!" he barked, "Quitting never was your idea, was it?" he said eagerly.

She pursed her lips, "Well, not really…" she shrugged, "But office hours are over and you need to leave right now."

Lee's electric blue eyes brightened, "I know! I'll threaten the principal so you can stay! Leave it to me! Doing stuff like that are my specialty!"

Given Lee's burly body and grand knowledge in military-grade torture, we all knew he meant business.

Ms. Toriumi smiled awkwardly.

"S'not as if I was fired or anything…" she said quietly, "I was given a warning… from Mr. Ekoda."

Lee fumed, "That son of a bitch! I'll burn his house down!"

"Lee, keep your voice down!" Ms. Toriumi chided, "And… I chose to quit."

"What gives, Maya?" Lee cried, "I'm trying to help you out here! Do you even care about me?!"

The room became tense.

Ms. Toriumi took something from her pocket.

"Uh…By the way… I don't really know how to send a letter, so I wrote you one… I want you to read it…" she handed it to Lee.

"You taught me a lot over those sleepless night classes…" Ms. Toriumi said quietly, "And you don't need to worry about me anymore."

Lee turned bright red with rage.

He took the letter and ripped it in half.

"WHO THE HELL WAS WORRIED ABOUT YOU?!" Lee yelled.

Then, he stormed out.

"Lee!" we cried, "Lee! Come back! Lee!"

Ms. Toriumi pursed her lips.

Then, Lee deliberately began to skip Ms. Toriumi's class for the next few days.

(09/21/10)

Friday…

Respect for the aged day…

The first time Ryu joined us when we went out at the Junes.

It was me, Minako, Yukari, Fuuka, Rio, Kenji and Junpei.

We were sipping Coconut shakes.

Ryu was getting cozy with Fuuka, despite Fuuka having a crush with Lee.

"What's up with Lee?" Ryu asked, "I haven't seen him around much…"

"So, I guess you know him well?" Rio asked.

"Really?" Fuuka said, "You know Lee-san?"

Ryu sniffed, "Well, he's just my roommate… and classmate at night class…"

"Dorm mate?" Minako said quizzically, "They have a dorm there?"

Ryu winced, "Yeah…at the West wing… we call it the Hostel."

"Anyway, why's he so… strange suddenly?" Yukari asked.

Minako shook her head, "He's probably menstruating or something..."

"I am not." A voice behind Minako said.

"COR BLIMEY!" Minako jumped, spilling shake everywhere.

It was Lee, wearing a waiter's uniform.

He looked drunk.

"Sorry, did I startle you?" Lee asked soberly.

"Uh, hell yeah!" Minako screamed, "Don't sneak up on me like that!"

"Sorry." Lee said, "Hey Ryu."

"Sup." Ryu nodded.

"What goes on," Lee said, "Aside from you guys speculating about me having monthly periods?"

"You owe me a Coconut shake!" Minako said, waving her empty cup.

"Sure." Lee handed her a hundred and twenty yen, "Knock yourself out, Minako."

"Thanks! I was just kidding, but thanks!" Minako pocketed the yen as Yukari shook her head.

"Minako, the guy's working to earn a living!" Yukari chided.

"He gave it to me!" Minako said.

"It's no problem, Yukari-san." Lee said calmly, "Besides, the only reason why this business is so successful is because of cheap, inferior materials and giving out the wrong change."

"I am never buying from this place again…" Minako muttered.

"What are you doing here, dude?" Junpei said, "Didn't know you worked here."

"I'm a working student." Lee said simply.

"See Junpei?" Kenji said, "You could learn a thing or two from Lee."

"Shut up!" Junpei cried, "I work hard!"

"At? Not working?" Kenji said.

"Ah, whizzes on you!" Junpei said.

"Lee, are you still mad?" Ryu asked.

"About?" Lee said as he wipes tables.

"Toriumi-sensei." I said.

"What about her?" he said coldly.

"Uh…"

Then, a condescending, drawling voice interrupted us.

"Well, well, well…" the voice said, "Lookie here…"

It was Cato, flanked by Hide and Hortez.

"Cato." I growled.

He nodded, "Hello, Minato… it seems as if I underestimated you…"

"Big mistake…" Rio sneered.

"Silence!" Cato barked, "Anyway, you would do well to join my group… you would be a worthy ally… I have learned from our past experiences that you are a formidable adversary."

"No thanks." I said.

Cato didn't go red, but he did turn a bit pink.

"I'd be very careful if I was you, Arisato," he said carefully, "I am one enemy you do not want to make."

I stood up and looked him squarely in the face.

"Well, I guess you haven't learned from our past encounters… I'm one enemy you don't want to make either."

We stood there for some time, until he looked at Ryu, seeing potential, he talked to him.

"Hello there." He said, "This is Hide and this is Hortez… And my name is Cato Romano."

Lee gave a slight cough, trying to suppress a laugh.

"So… you think my name is funny, now don't you?" he said condescendingly, "No need to ask who you are. You're that Aida kid…"

Lee nodded amusingly.

"How your parents could even afford to send you to school is a mystery… I expect that your parents had to starve for a month just to buy your text boo-"

CRUNCH!

Lee's hard fist connected to Cato's nose, breaking it and causing him to bleed.

Hide and Hortez advanced on Lee, so we stepped in, but Lee's steely look made them back down.

"You fool!" Cato cried, "I will-"

"What, tell Daddy-o to fire me?" Lee said mockingly, "Do it, I dare you. I didn't like this crappy job anyway."

"Why you insolent little-" Cato said, stopped himself, then and left.

I nodded to Lee and Hide and Hortez ran with him.

(09/22/10)

Saturday…

National holiday…

We didn't do much, except stay at the house, although Yukari and Fuuka visited.

There was a strange tension between Yukari and Minako, and the way they looked at each other made me think that things would get ugly if they get a hold of bladed weapons, but they didn't do anything crazy…

Though, they didn't address each other directly, but they remained on civil terms.

We ordered some pizza and had a fun day.

(09/23/10)

Sunday…

Minako and I decided to stay at home the entire day.

Junpei joined us with Chidori as we stayed indoors, since the sky looked really cloudy.

Akihiko stayed indoors as well, playing Battle Ship with Leah.

We were right staying indoors, since it rained a few minutes later.

(09/24/10)

Monday…

Minako, Yukari and I were walking, when we met Ryu, on his way to the faculty room and decided to accompany him, since he was a bit scared, thinking he was in some sort of trouble.

Ms. Toriumi was inside and was rather surprised at our number.

"I called for one and I get four…" she muttered.

"Ms. Toriumi, you called for me?" Ryu said nervously.

She pulled another letter.

"Please…" she said, "…Take this…"

Ryu blushed, "Oh, ma'am, I couldn't, really no-" his eyes became wide when he saw who it was addressed to.

"Hey! This is for Lee! You fooled me!" he cried.

She smiled sheepishly, "I need you to give it to Aida-kun… you see, he's been avoiding me…"

Ryu then acted as if the letter was a ticking time-bomb.

"Whoa now…" Ryu said, handing it back, "I'm not playing third banana for you guys… it ain't my style."

"Please!" Ms. Toriumi pleaded, "You're with him day and night! You have a million chances to give it to him!"

Ryu turned purple, "We're just roommates! And classmates!"

Then, he calmed down, "Not like he'd read it if I gave it to him… remember you sent him a bunch of letters already?"

"You did?" I asked.

Ms. Toriumi's ears turned red.

"Listen…" Minako interrupted, "You like Lee-kun, don't you?"

Ms. Toriumi seemed surprised, then she fidgeted incessantly.

"Well? Do you?" Yukari asked.

"Er… um… uh…" Ms. Toriumi said while blushing.

I knew what Ryu was thinking… She's cute!

"Why are you distancing yourself from Lee?" Ryu asked, "I mean, sure he's crass, a bit nasty at times and a war-mongering fool, but he's got some good points too…"

"I know that!" Ms. Toriumi cried, "He's a great guy!"

I tried not to smile.

Ms. Toriumi looked like she was about to blush to death.

"A-anyway, I really hope you give it to him…" she said, "It's my last letter… I'm giving my farewell speech tomorrow."

"HUH!?" Ryu seemed shocked.

She smiled.

"You need to go now… I need to clear out my desk."

We followed Ryu to Lee, at the dorm by the west wing (Yes, there's really a dorm now!) with Rio and Kenji.

Lee was sulking in his room, reading Wuthering Heights.

Ryu entered as me, Minako and Yukari listened.

"What is it?" Lee said gruffly, "If it's another dumb letter from Toriumi, I don't want it."

"Hey, don't talk like that!" Ryu chided, "She said it was her last letter! If you want to know her true feelings, then you should read it."

Lee stood up and looked at Ryu.

"Read it for her." Ryu said, coaxing Lee to read it.

Lee nodded and took it.

Then, he ripped it apart.

"Like I give a shit."

Ryu shuddered in fury.

He lunged at Lee, a seasoned soldier, and choked him, knocking down Lee's reading glasses and book.

Kenji and I stormed in and restrained Ryu.

"Walk away, Ryu!" Kenji shouted.

"Knock it off!" I said, "Think with your brain, not your fist!"

"I've had it with this asshole!" Ryu cried, "I don't even want to see his ugly mug!"

Ryu stormed out.

Lee calmly picked up his cracked reading glasses and book and went back reading it as though nothing had happened.

(09/25/10)

Tuesday…

We were all assembled in the auditorium.

Ekoda looked unusually smug with himself.

"Good morning everyone!" the Principal began, "It's time to begin our usual morning assembly."

Everyone groaned.

Ryu and Lee were unusually quiet, as if cursing that they couldn't avoid each other in either class or their dorm.

"I'd like to hand the microphone to our very own Miss Isako Toriumi, who will be leaving us at the end of this week."

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief, knowing the bubbly Ms. Toriumi always made their day.

"Hmph…" Lee grunted. He was the only unhappy one, along with the gang.

Ms. Toriumi tapped the microphone twice.

"Can you all hear me?" she said, "Testing… testing…one, two, three… clean up on isle four…" everyone laughed at that last part, "Good."

She took a deep breath.

"Our time was bittersweet, but I have a lot to thank you all for…" she said, "Even though I'm older than a few of you, I still learned quite a lot from you… I'm really sorry." She directed that to Lee, who didn't even look at her, "But even though I'm gone, I'll be watching over all of you from now-" then, Lee's arm shot straight up, which surprised all of us.

"Er… Aida-kun?" Ms. Toriumi said.

"So… are you saying you're psychic or something?" he said stiffly.

Everyone looked at him. Even Ekoda stopped smiling just to look at Lee.

"H-Huh? I don't get what you're say-"

Lee waved his hands impatiently.

"You said you'd watch over us even after you're gone, so I guess you must be clairvoyant or something..." he said roughly.

Everyone looked at Lee as if he was out of his mind.

"Or…Do you plan to lurk around here like some sort of unemployed pervert…?" he mused, as if that sounded more likely.

Everyone stifled a laugh.

Ms. Toriumi looked outraged, "H-How dare you! I'd never do that! And just so you know, I do have plans!"

Lee waved his hands again.

"Your plans are U.O.R.…Useless, Obsolete and Retarded." Lee said bluntly.

"I-I'm 27, so I really do have a lot to think about… there's marriage and-"

"Bullshit!" Lee cried, "Admit it, you ain't got nothing, lady!"

Ms. Toriumi looked furious, "That's not true!"

Lee turned mad as well.

"You're such a goddamned liar! YOU'RE NOTHING BUT A 27-YEAR OLD VIRGIN!" Lee bellowed so loudly, the auditorium turned unusually quiet at his war cry.

Ms. Toriumi's eyes became wide and she became pale.

"M-Miss Toriumi-san…" Mr. Ono said.

"Wh-wha?" Mr. Edogawa said.

Then, the entire auditorium exploded with voices.

"WHAT?! He's gotta be kidding!" a senior said.

"That can't be true!" a first year said.

"She's a virgin?!" a second year said.

"And she's our teacher! Even better!" a third year muttered.

Ms. Toriumi shook.

"Wha… W-w-w-what…" Ms. Toriumi stuttered, "WHAT THE HELL IS YOUR DAMN PROBLEM?!" she yelled so furiously that everyone stood up straight. Even Lee recoiled.

"DO YOU REALLY HATE ME THAT MUCH, LEE?!" she cried, "WHO THE HELL CARES IF YOU'RE A VIRGIN AT YOUR AGE?! IT JUST MEANS THAT YOU'RE PURE AS THE DRIVEN SNOW! WHY SHOULD I BE ASHAMED?!"

Lee shook his head, "That's not the point!"

"WHAT IS IT THEN?! ARE YOU SELLING YOURSELF ON THE STREET TO ERAN MONEY?!"

"Of course not! I work at Junes!" Lee cried.

"I haven't done anything to feel guilty about! There's absolutely no reason for me to quit!"

"Hmph," Lee grunted, "Then don't!"

Then, I saw what Lee did… his subtle charm made him make Ms. Toriumi realize something.

Everyone stood up and waved their fist.

You'd think an explosion took place at the auditorium.

"YEAH!" they yelled so loudly, the floor shook and the windows rattled.

"Yeah! Don't quit!" A second year yelled.

"We need you here, Toriumi-sensei!" A first year yelled.

"We love you so much!" a third year yelled.

"Make Ekoda quit! Who needs classic literature teachers anyway?!" Kenji yelled.

"Hey! Who said that?! WHO SAID THAT?!" Ekoda bellowed.

Then, Ms. Toriumi left and we all went back to classes.

At dismissal, the entire gang, and I do mean the entire gang, me, Minako, Yukari, Fuuka, Rio, Kenji, Junpei, Quan, Pink, Hidetoshi, Saori, Yuko, Kaz, Bebe and Ryu, eavesdropped on Ms. Toriumi and Lee.

"Wassup?" Lee said, knocking on the rim of the door frame.

Ms. Toriumi had her hands on her head.

Lee took a seat next to her.

"What is wrong with you? How long are you going to sulk there? You've been there staring at that pack of gum for nine hours already." Lee said.

She wouldn't budge.

"*sigh* Look, the principal had been convinced by the students to let you stay… good thing you're so popular."

She shook her head.

"Ohhhh… everything's such a mess…" she moaned, "Why do you keep on interfering? I was leaving because I was thinking about your future! That's what I wrote in my letters! Didn't you read any of them at all?" Ms. Torimi said, slapping him in the arm.

Lee scoffed, "Nah. Letters are a waste of time, especially if they're from you." he said playfully, "You're pretty stupid, ya know? Why should I listen to your idiotic logic?"

"Hey! That's so mean!" she cried.

"Anyway, my future… I'm planning to start a business and investing on stock… I'm going to the Imperial University of Japan and be a democrat."

"Sounds like the stock would inflate then burst…"

"Hey, I don't need to listen to your theories on economics…" Lee said.

He gazed on Ms. Toriumi, much more kindly now.

"Who do you think you are, deciding when to say goodbye or say what's good for my future?" he said, "Let me worry about that… what, you think you're my mom or something? I'll decide my own future…" he said, then held Ms. Toriumi's hand, "OUR future."

Ms. Toriumi's eyes shined, "You can rely on me." Lee said.

After a while, he took her arms.

"Now's when you throw your arms around me, like I'm your Prince Charming… Don't cha know anything at all?" he fussed, "This arm goes… Aw, c'mon! This is suppose to be romantic, for crying out loud!" he cried, "Throw in some tears for added effect!"

Ms. Toriumi began tearing up.

"I'm laughing so hard, I'm crying…" she said in between tears as she embraced Lee.

"Yeah right…" he said with a throaty laugh.

When Lee and Ms. Toriumi looked at each other and began closing in, Ms. Toriumi said something.

"Lee…"

"What'zit?" he said.

"Lee… You get a month's detention for your cheekiness."

Lee laughed.

"No problem…" Lee said, "As long as you're in charge."

We left them, since it felt intruding to keep eavesdropping.

(09/26/10)

When Ms. Toriumi decided that she'll stay, we thought our problems were over.

We were wrong.

In fact, they only started.

When the gang and I passed by the faculty room, it was empty, except for Ms. Toriumi and Ekoda.

They were arguing loudly.

"…What kind of fiend drinks in front of children?!" Ekoda bellowed.

"Oh, I don't know… a parent, maybe?" Ms. Toriumi said sarcastically.

"A shameful one, yes!" he barked.

"What the hell is your problem, Ekoda?!" Ms. Toriumi said angrily, "I already told you that booze isn't mine!"

"A likely answer." Ekoda said smartly, "How sure am I that you aren't lying?"

"That's bullshit! You planted that!" she said.

Ekoda smiled, "Well… I do have my club to testify… and seeing as I'm a great teacher, it is my solemn duty… to have you sacked!"

"Ah, just try it, Ekoda! There ain't enough balls in the whole pussy lot of ya!" Ms. Toriumi cried.

"Hmph! I'd watch my language, if I was you… anyway, there's a few things I need to finish first… then, I'll alert the Principal… better yet, the Headmistress."

Ekoda huffed and left. He didn't even notice us as he left.

Me, Minako, Rio and Kenji went in.

"What goes on?" Kenji asked casually.

"Kenji!" Rio chided.

Ms. Toriumi looked up.

"Hey guys…" she said, "Nothing…"

"What did Ekoda do?" Minako asked.

"Ugh…" Ms. Toriumi said, "Ekoda planted all this booze in my table-locker..."

She opened it and we were very surprised.

"Holy crap! There's half of Greece in there!" Minako cried, pointing at the obscene amount of beer.

"But why would he do such a thing?" Kenji asked.

Minako snorted, "Probably cause Ekoda's too dumb to find the real one."

"I know, right?" Ms. Toriumi said, "What should I do…?"

"I have an idea…" I said.

I went to Lee.

Lee was in his room, watching a football match, while Ryu was on .

I explained the situation to Lee.

"That bastard…" he muttered, "What do you want me to do?" he said.

"We need to smuggle the booze out of the faculty room…" Minako said, "D'ja know somewhere we could dump it?"

"What kind of booze?" Ryu said.

"Uh… Hennessy, Jim Beam, Jimmy Walker…" I counted.

"Black?" Lee asked.

"Blue." Rio corrected.

"Oooh!" Lee rubbed his hands, "How much bottles?" Lee asked excitedly.

"More than a dozen…" Rio said.

"Anyway, we need something like a pit, somewhere deserted and-"

"Are you insane?!" Lee cried, "You never get that much swill in a liquor shop! I'm taking it!"

"Lee… think very carefully about it…" Ryu warned, "Think twice about it, then do it again and again and-"

"Aw, don't be such a wet blanket, Ryu!" Lee said, "I'll bring some girls from the East wing… it'll be a party!"

Then, we emptied our bags and went back to the faculty room and loaded it in our knapsacks. It was very heavy and we had to climb three flights of stairs, but we managed to bring it to Lee.

He took it and hid it under his bed.

"Ugh! Poor Maya…" Lee said, "I mean, what kind of a world do we live in where Ms. Toriumi gets punished for doing nothing while that rat bastard Ekoda gets away with accepting bribes from his students?!"

"He does?" Yukari asked.

"Yes!" Lee said.

"To who?" Yukari asked.

"Well, that Cato for one."

He goes to the door.

"Now, before you go, I need to tell you something I overheard…" he said quietly as he closed the door.

"What is it?" Rio asked.

"Yeah… is it top secret?" Kenji asked.

"It's about that old man, Ekoda…" Lee said, "Turns out, he sells his test answers for quite a lot of yen…"

"Really?!" Rio said.

"No way!" Kenji cried.

"Way. He sells advanced copies to his students! And no one says a word! It's a damn outrage! I'd condone it, hell, I might even buy a few copies from him, but that hypocrite's got poor Maya by the balls!" Lee said.

"That dirty snake!" Yukari muttered.

"That's right… I forgot about that…" Quan muttered, "Of course, Pink and I never needed those!"

"Hehehe…" Pinky laughed nervously.

"How much?" Minako asked.

"About 20,000 yen." Lee said.

"Holy crap! Who carries that much bread?" Minako cried.

"The better question is, who WANTS to buy test answers?" I said.

"He also sells the other teacher's test answers…" Lee said.

"Wait… what if we took a few photos of him? He'd be sacked!" Minako cried in glee.

"Wow, Minako… did'ja figure that out by yourself?" Yukari said sarcastically.

"Shut up, Takeba!" Minako shouted.

"Calm down you two…" I said, "That actually might work."

"Yeah! I mean, I'd take a few photos myself, but good old Mr. Ekoda was kind enough to remind me about my detention detail…" Lee said sheepishly, "Can you guys do me a favor?"

"Sure thing, pal!" I said.

"Follow that rich kid… Cat-whatshisname." Lee said.

We borrowed three cameras from the Photography club and headed off to the location of Ekoda's "Deal-sites".

Rio and Kenji went off in one pair and we went off in another while Quan and Pink went off in another.

We followed Cato while Rio and Kenji followed Hide and Quan and Pink followed Hortez.

We tailed Cato as he exited the Cafeteria.

He was walking with a certain swagger as he entered the Gym.

We hid behind the Basketball court and snapped a few photos of him giving it to three second years.

We followed him to the Badminton court, where he sold it to a member of the fencing club and the boxing club.

"Right on our own damn turf! The nerve of that asshole!" Minako hissed.

We followed him to the abandoned side of the school.

Yukari and Minako were on either side of me as we hid behind the persimmon tree.

"There he is!" Minako whispered excitedly.

"I see him too!" Yukari said.

Ekoda was standing behind the bleachers as Cato and his cronies walked up to him. Ekoda was holding a bundle of papers.

"That's a lot of yen…" Yukari murmured.

I took a dozen snap-shots and Minako pumped her fist.

"Alright! Level up!" she cried.

Yukari narrowed her eyes.

"Say that again?"

"Uh… Alright, level up?" Minako repeated, "Why?"

"Has anyone ever said that you sound like Risette?" Yukari said.

"Hell no!" Minako barked, "No way I sound like her!"

We followed Ekoda and took a few more photos.

We rendezvoused with Kenji and Rio.

We returned to the Faculty room.

Ekoda was already there, with Principal Kyuujuku and Mitsuru.

"You know, this… temptress drinks on school campus!" Mr. Ekoda cried.

The Principal's nose flared, "WHAT?! DRINKING?! I will terminate your contract!"

"There's still no proof." Mitsuru said coolly.

"Eh?" the Principal said, "Very well. Where is your evidence, Ekoda-san?"

"Check her cabinet! Think of the students, Headmistress!" Ekoda cried.

"Funny you should say that…" Minako said, "If anything at all, you couldn't care less about us, Ekoda."

"How dare you address me like so!" Ekoda bellowed, "Enough games! I shall deal with you lot after I deal with Toriumi-san!"

He brushes us aside and checks the cabinet, which was empty.

Mitsuru looked really annoyed.

"Mr. Ekoda, for the last time, I do not think much of being disturbed for some… fantasy liquor cache." She said sternly.

"I'm telling you! She set those students of hers to get rid of it!" Ekoda said, pointing a finger at us.

"Don't you point those dirty, hairy claws at me!" Minako cried.

"Tell me…" Ms. Toriumi said, "How could a bunch of students sneak that much liquor out? Not if they emptied their knapsacks and stuffed the beer in their bags!"

We stood there laughing nervously.

"Well, we must set an example, I'm afraid…" The Principal said, "And morality will be your teacher."

"Is that so?" I said, "Then you might want to take a look at these…" I said, handing the photos to Mitsuru and the Principal.

"What is this?!" Mitsuru thundered.

"It's that stupid, dumb, ugly hypocrite selling test answers to students!" Yukari cried.

"Fire his paddy ass!" Minako urged.

"Yeah!" Kenji chimed in.

"Wh-What?!" Ekoda said, shuddering, "You took pictures?!"

"Nah, we recorded your voice, that's why we have pictures!" Minako said sarcastically.

"Toshiro! And to think, I trusted you!" the Principal cried, "You're fired!"

"B-But… I-I…" Ekoda sputtered.

"Wait…" Mitsuru said.

"Thank goodness!" Ekoda said.

"Principal, you are in no authority to fire him."

"That's right!" Ekoda cried.

"It's mine." Mitsuru turned to him, "You're fired."

Ekoda spent the rest of the hour pleading with Mitsuru, until she ordered us to haul him off.

"Good bye, dirty old man!" Minako cried.

We all celebrated at our place.

Strictly no drinks.

Then, I felt as if I bonded with my friends, Minako and Yukari most especially.

It felt great that we rid the school of Ekoda.

A/N: Finished. Another long chapter.

I borrowed a few elements, and yeah, there's a new dorm. For working students...

Too many OC's, I know... But I got rid of one to make room for more...

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