Tuesday morning saw Ayano Aishi walking towards her Senpai's classroom. Normally, she would only go there to sit in his seat and rifle through the things inside it, but this time she wouldn't be doing that. Ayano had a mission this time. A mission to try and get Musume Ronshaku away from her darling Senpai.
As Ayano arrived at her destination, she brought up the app that Info-chan had sent to her phone to find Musume's desk. The app listed her being seated in Row 1, Column 1. Ayano identified the desk and approached it, taking out a pen and piece of paper she kept on her at all times in case she needed to write something down.
"Stay away from Taro Yamada you piece of shit!" Ayano wrote. The yandere folded up the note and placed it inside the bully's desk. However, Ayano wasn't so stupid as to think that a mere threatening note would be enough to intimidate Musume. So for good measure, she also placed a dead rat inside the bully's desk. With her job finished, Ayano quickly fled from the classroom.
'Let's see how that dumb bitch likes a taste of karma,' the yandere thought gleefully.
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It was now the 1:00 lunch break, and Ayano was quite pleased with herself. Near the beginning of class at 8:00, a piercing shriek had resounded throughout the hallways of Akademi. The source had no doubt been Musume, who had discovered the rat's corpse in her desk. As the other students dispersed, Ayano followed after Kokoro again as she went to check on Musume.
The bullies once again converged in the girls' bathroom, and Ayano once again hid behind the wall to eavesdrop on them.
"It was so disgusting," she heard Musume say. "There was a dead rat in my desk." The others expressed their disgust.
"Whoever did it must have been, like, some sick freak or something," one of them stated, to which the rest nodded their assent.
"Yeah, but that's not all." Ayano heard the rustle of paper. "They also left this note in my desk too." The others shuffled in closer to look at it. One of them snorted after a few seconds of silence.
"Stay away from Taro Yamada? Sounds like we're dealing with some stupid lovesick pansy here."
"I dunno guys," another said nervously, "If this person put a dead rat in Musu-chan's desk, then I'd hate to see what else they'd do."
"Oh don't worry about it guys," Musume said flippantly, "I'm not worried about some crazy stalker coming after me."
"But what about the stuff that's been happening the past few weeks?" This question caused Musume to sigh.
"They already caught the killer last week, remember?"
"But people were disappearing even before that girl came back to school." Musume opened her mouth to argue, then considered her friend's words.
"Okay, you have a point there," she conceded, "But I can't just give up on Taro after I already gave him the offer."
"So you're just gonna keep going?"
"I have to," the leader of the bullies said resolutely. The other bully just sighed in resignation.
"Alright Musu-chan," she said, "Just be careful, okay?"
"Hey, I don't need to be careful," Musume objected, "I have you guys to back me up!"
"Aww, Musu-chan!" The other bullies all trapped their leader in a big group hug, and Ayano took that as her cue to leave.
As she walked down the hall, Ayano chewed angrily on her thumbnail. The note plan, despite being an enjoyable one, hadn't worked. Now she had to resort to more drastic measures. Murdering someone and getting away with it wasn't easy, but it was well worth the effort. The problem would be finding a way to kill Musume without anyone noticing.
Ayano pondered about the school grounds and which place was usually deserted most of the time. An answer came to her almost immediately; the Hedge Maze! No one ever went into it, so it was the perfect place to carry out a murder. Ayano ran off to prepare for her latest plot. She would be late for class, but she needed a few supplies first.
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Ayano watched and waited at the front entrance for Musume to come and find the note she had left in the bully's shoe locker. She had gathered all the supplies she would need and placed them in the Hedge Maze for later. Now all that was left was to lure Musume into the Maze with the note from "Taro."
Soon enough, the bullies all came to change their shoes. Musume opened up her locker to find the note.
"Huh?" the lead bully muttered, "What's this?" She opened up the letter and read its contents. "Why would Taro want to meet me in the Hedge Maze?"
"What was that Musu-chan?" one of the other bullies asked, skipping over.
"This note from Taro says he wants to meet me in the Hedge Maze at 5:00," replied the frowning Musume.
"It's a trap," the other bully deadpanned.
"You think so?"
"I know so."
With that, Musume tossed the note and left Akademi with her friends. Ayano grit her teeth in frustration at having wasted her time gathering the supplies at lunchtime. Now she would need to gather them again the next day because the teachers would find them in the Maze and put them all back where she had found them.
Her plan ruined, Ayano decided to stalk Senpai until he got home. As she watched him, another stroke of brilliance hit her. Ayano thought of a sure-fire way of luring Musume to the Hedge Maze after school. The yandere grinned evilly as she eyed the cell phone just barely peeking out of her Senpai's back pocket.