Whoa. This fic is getting updated irregularly. I hope the readers are still looking forward to this.

Fortunately, I got a present for my beloved fans. I published another chapter as well. Wooo.

Well, let's get this show on the road.

Enjoy.

And I apologize for any grammatical errors. By the way, author notes will be made in the next chapter.

DISCLAIMER - I DO NOT OWN KILL LA KILL.


Session 6 –

Chapter Six (Prayin' We Reach Past 21)

It had been a month since Sanageyama transferred to Honnouji Academy. He gradually got into the swing of things here in Tokyo after his first two weeks. It was radically different than what he was used to in North Kanto. Compared to the rapid-moving metropolis he is in now, things were a lot more chill back there. He missed it.

Nonetheless, it was a good change of pace. Being friends with Ryuko and Mako was a strange and relatively new experience to him. Considering that he was the head of the North Kanto Alliance, he was constantly surrounded by males. It was one of the downsides of being a high school gang leader: instead of flocking to you, girls ran away from you.

Then again, Ryuko and Mako weren't normal girls – Sanageyama clearly saw that.

As for the student council, he got accustomed to its massive workload. Fortunately, Satsuki didn't have a strict time schedule for it; as long as the members finished their assigned work within 48 hours, Gamagoori wouldn't punish them. Unless it was an emergency, members were only supposed to meet afterschool Monday through Friday, which he wasn't bothered by. Afterschool on Saturdays, the student council would go on social excursions in order to strengthen the camaraderie between its members.

Sanageyama was pleasantly surprised that they were enjoyable. He'd imagine talking them about tests and their dream university – activities that honor students tend to do.

He was wrong.

They went to karaoke, hung out at arcades, and even hiked mountain trails. If he didn't know them, he would think that Satsuki and the others were your average Japanese high school students. Ryuko and Mako would join them occasionally, which greatly made things interesting. Satsuki would full on show her protective sisterly side whenever a guy tried to hit on Ryuko while Jakuzure and Inumuta cracked jokes about Gamagoori's feelings in front of an oblivious Mako. All in all, it was odd seeing them in a different light.

Still, Sanageyama planned to takeover Honnouji Academy by seizing the student council. He just didn't know how to take control of it from within. He didn't know how to manipulate the system nor could he find any supporters for his rally against Satsuki. Thus, he opted for a third option: battling her.

Unfortunately, Gamagoori would always pop out of nowhere whenever he tried to attack her.

Today was such a day.

Sanageyama stood atop Honnouji Academy's main building, much like Satsuki did when he fought Gamagoori on his first day.

The time Satsuki arrived to school varied. Every now and then, she would arrive around 6. Sometimes, 7. But never after 8.

Who Satsuki was with when she reached school varied too. Sometimes, she would be with Ryuko. Other times, she would be with her and Mako. Now and again, she would be with Jakuzure. From time to time, she would be with all of them. Rarely did she walk through the entrance alone.

Fortunately, today was one of those days.

She walked alone at 6.

Sanageyama cheered inwardly. He waited since 5 for her arrival.

With his green headband swaying in the wind, he readied his weapon.

"SATSUKI!"

He shouted out with power.

She stopped and looked up. "Good morning, Sanageyama-san."

"I'm going to rule Honnouji Academy from now on!"

He pointed his kendo stick at her tiny, still figure.

"I'll defeat you!"

He leaped up, swinging his weapon overhead.

"HAAAAAAAAAHHH-"

And as his weapon was a few inches from her head, something came out of nowhere.

"ORAAAAAAAAAAA!"

[SPEEDING BULLET OF PUNISHMENT]

A technique Gamagoori invented back in his middle school days. Due to his massive build and speed, he decided to create a move that utilized both in airborne combat. And so, his speeding bullet was born. By launching himself like a rhino in midair, he is able to ram any opponent from distances like a cannonball before they land on the ground.

Sanageyama flew into a wall within seconds once Gamagoori collided into him.

Landing right next to Satsuki's side, Gamagoori kneeled. "I apologize for my tardiness, Satsuki-sama."

She chuckled, "Thank you, Gamagoori. Though, I could have handled it myself."

"Nonsense. I won't allow a speck of dust to touch you until it proved to me that it could defeat me."

She smiled, "I'll be going ahead, Gamagoori. Don't be late for class."

"Yes, Satsuki-sama."

As she entered the school building, Sanageyama got up with a huff.

"Dammit, Gamagoori! I was fighting her!"

"You'll be fighting me today," Gamagoori stated as he raised his fists.

With a loud groan, Sanageyama readied his weapon and lunged.

"HURRRRRAA-"


Sanageyama woke up in the infirmary again. His torso was wrapped and his face adorned with band-aids. He was glad that Ryuko, Mako, and especially Jakuzure, weren't there to see him get beat by Gamagoori this time.

"Argh… How long did we fight today?" he asked aloud to himself as he rose up from his bed, massaging his head from a pounding headache.

"Apparently, it was for three hours this time."

He looked up and saw Ryuko standing in front of his bed, her hand resting on her hip.

"Yo," Sanageyama smiled.

She sighed, "Good morning to you too, Sanageyama."

She headed toward the chair on the side of his bed.

"Did you come to get me for lunch?" Sanageyama asked, his smile still plastered on his face.

"Something like that," Ryuko replied, sitting on the chair. "Mako wanted to come too, but she got called in by Mikisugi-sensei. There was an assignment due today, but she didn't do it because she said her dog ate it."

"That's sounds like something she would say," Sanageyama chuckled.

Ryuko laughed too.

The door opened, creaking loudly in the process.

The two occupants in the room looked to see who it was.

"Ah! Ryuko-chan! You're still here!" Barazo grinned.

"Hey, Mako's Dad," Ryuko smiled back.

"No no!" Barazo shook his head. "I told you to call me Otou-san!"

"H-Hai… Otou-san…" Ryuko blushed softly, embarrassed by calling someone else 'Dad.'

According to Mako, Ryuko was her very first 'real' friend. And ever since she introduced her to her family years ago, they treated her like a second daughter.

"There we go! Gahahaha!" Barazo laughed heartily. "So how's my favorite patient?"

"Heh. Just fine," Sanageyama smiled. "Thanks for taking care of me."

After his initiation into the student council, Sanageyama tried to fight Satsuki in the morning nearly every day, which ultimately accumulated into him getting battered and bruised from his fights with Gamagoori. Despite his initial skepticism and fear, after his first week at school, he started trusting Mako's dad and his bandage treatment – or whatever he did while he was unconscious.

"Don't worry! The infirmary is getting to be a popular place just by you getting injured all the time! Gahahaha!"

"Haaaah… Thanks," Sanageyama sweatdropped. "Anyway, it's cool for me to leave now, right?"

"Of course!" Barazo grinned. "Go ahead and have a lunch date with Ryuko-chan!"

"W-What?!" Ryuko's cheeks reddened. "It's not even like that!"

"Gahaha! You don't have to hide anything from Dad! You stayed here the entire ti-"

Ryuko threw her surrogate dad into the wall, knocking him out cold.

This was a reason why Sanageyama believe Ryuko wasn't a normal girl at all.

NO NORMAL PERSON CAN LIFT AND THROW A HUGE MAN SO EFFORTLESSLY.

"A-Anyway, let's go!" Ryuko commanded loudly, nearly running out the door.

Looking at Ryuko's retreating figure and Barazo's fallen form, he sighed and decided to get ready.

He'll be fine.

"C-Come on!" Ryuko came inside again, still flustered.

"H-Hold on!"

He didn't even put on his jacket correctly because she grabbed his wrist and immediately dragged him out.

"D-Don't get the wrong idea!" Ryuko put her finger near her mouth nervously and innocently blushed harder, her eyes avoiding Sanageyama's curious stare. "I didn't stay by your side for the entire time just because I wanted to! M-Mako wanted me to watch over you…"

Bishoujo sparkles accentuated her face as she stated this.

T-TSUNDERE SERVICE?!

They arrived at their normal spot at the bench, acting as ordinary as they could be.

The infirmary incident was never mentioned again.


Sanageyama yawned loudly as his math teacher continued his lesson.

Sadly, Mako never met with them. According to Gamagoori, who decided to eat with them, she was forced to complete her assignment in the teacher's lounge.

Even though Gamagoori usually ate with them, they were quite surprised that he still joined them despite the fact Mako wasn't present. It looked like he really saw the two of them as his friends.

It was peculiar, especially since Sanageyama constantly tried to tackle down his beloved 'Satsuki-sama' and frequently fought him in combat.

Maybe he's keeping close tabs on me.

Sanageyama groaned. No wonder Gamagoori kept appearing out of nowhere.

Or maybe Satsuki sent him out to make sure I won't make any moves on Ryuko.

Peering back slowly, Sanageyama saw Satsuki paying close attention to the teacher, writing notes on whatever he was saying.

No no no. I don't even like Ryuko like that. We're both friends and she knows it.

Before he was able to turn forward, Satsuki noticed him from the corner of her eye and smiled. Embarrassed, he turned away hastily and hid his flustered face.

Shit. Why does it got to be her?

"Okay, who is willing to do this problem?" the teacher asked, finished drawing and writing out the triangle and its lengths and angles.

Sanageyama looked up and saw the teacher scan the room.

The teacher originally planned to administer a test this week, but pushed it to last week due Satsuki's boast on Sanageyama's first day of school.

For most students, it was horrible. Half of the test material weren't even taught in class yet. As a result, the class's average was a pitiful 60. However, due to Satsuki's hardcore and near-suicidal tutoring lessons, Sanageyama passed it with a 90.

Satsuki, unsurprisingly, got a 100.

Sanageyama wondered why Satsuki was in Trigonometry. Considering her arithmetic capabilities, she should be in a high-tier math class like Calculus.

Either way, when the teacher gave him his test, he bowed down to him and apologized wholeheartedly for his insolence. From his peripheral vision, he could see Satsuki smirking as clear as day. However, it seemed that he was worshipping Satsuki instead of actually apologizing to Sanageyama himself.

Ever since then, the teacher stopped calling him and granted him too much leeway. He could literally stand up and leave class and he wouldn't even stop him.

Sanageyama sighed and raised his hand when he didn't see that no one else was willing to try the difficult problem.

"I'll do it."

"O-Oh. Are you sure, Sanageyama-sama?"

Sanageyama twitched.

"Yes, I am." He got up silently and went up to the board.

Sanageyama understood what to do. Even though he aced the first test, Satsuki didn't stop tutoring him. She pushed him beyond what the teacher was currently teaching.

She's horrible.

She was smirking as clear as day again.


It was finally the end of the school day. As he walked out of his class, he heard a loud, girlish, nasally voice.

"Oh. It's the monkey."

He ignored it.

"Oi."

He walked faster.

"OI!"

He never stopped.

"OI!"

He persevered.

"OI!"

A paper fastball crashed into the back of his head, effectively stopping him in his tracks.

"JAKUZURE!"

Once again, Gamagoori virtualized out of nowhere.

"LITTERING IS A HEINOUS CRIME THAT-"

"And yelling in the hallways is a violation according to Article 6, Section 6 of the Honnouji Academy rulebook," she nonchalantly countered back, walking past him without a blink.

Gamagoori shut up automatically.

Picking up the paper ball from the floor, Jakuzure kicked the back of Sanageyama's leg. "Oi, Monkey."

Sanageyama casually looked back and blinked, unbothered by Jakuzure's attack. "Oh. Hey, Jakuzure. I didn't notice you."

Jakuzure twitched. "I was calling you for the entire time. How could you not notice me?"

"Oh really? I was staring at an ant for the entire time. Your presence must be so tiny that you were practically invisible to me."

She clenched her teeth, nearly snapping at the delinquent. However, she held herself back with a scoff. "Tch. Looks like the monkey is learning as well. Monkey see, monkey do."

She indirectly brought a certain teal-haired teen into the conversation.

"You really love to bring him into our conversations, Jakuzure."

"At least I'm not ogling my best friend's body whenever she's working at her desk."

Sanageyama almost died of embarrassment that day.

Gamagoori, already ignored as it is, followed the bickering pair silently with a brooding face.


After a couple minutes, the trio entered the student council room. As usual, Inumuta was typing on his laptop in his respected workplace. On the couch facing the double doors, Satsuki was drinking tea with poise and perfection.

"Good afternoon," Satsuki greeted them with smile.

"Good afternoon, Satsuki-sama." Gamagoori bowed before heading to his desk.

"Hey, Satsuki." Jakuzure bounced happily toward the sofa before plopping herself next to Satsuki. "How were your classes?"

"Just fine. Yours?"

As the girls talked, Sanageyama settled himself in a comfortable studying position on one of the couches. Before he was able to get out his notebook from hammerspace though, Satsuki stopped him.

"We'll be skipping our tutoring session today, Sanageyama-san."

"Eh?" Sanageyama blinked, taken aback that his mandatory tutoring lessons were suddenly cancelled today. "What's up?"

"There have been unsavory rumors about the Boxing Club," Satsuki replied, sipping her tea. "I want you to investigate whether or not they are true."

"What? But they're just rumors. I don't see why the club should be under suspicion."

"In every rumor, there is a kernel of truth, Sanageyama," Gamagoori interjected, glaring harshly at the green-haired teen. "Finding whether these rumors are actually factual is one of the many duties a student council member must undertake in order to maintain stability and harmony within Honnouji Academy."

Satsuki nodded in agreement. "Because these are merely rumors, the use of disciplinary action is out of the question until we determine whether or not the Boxing Club is a risk to the existence of the school. As the Club Committee Co-Chair overseeing athletics, it is your responsibility to handle this on your own."

"Okay then," Sanageyama replied as he got up, stretching his arms in the process. "I'll be back."

"And don't worry, Sanageyama-san. I know how disappointed you are," Satsuki smiled jokingly. "We'll resume our tutoring sessions tomorrow."

"Of course. I'm looking forward to our afternoon session tomorrow as much as you are. I look forward to more of your personal lessons, Satsuki-chan," Sanageyama quipped with a chuckle before leaving.

Of course, as soon he left the room and closed its doors, he hid his burning face and fell to his knees.

I can't believe I said that.


Back in the student council room, Gamagoori sighed.

"What's wrong, Gamagoori?" Satsuki asked curiously, a knowing smile on her face. "Do you wish you can join him?"

"It is my duty as vice president to enforce the rules and discipline those as needed," Gamagoori stated. "Knowing the entire situation, I feel inadequate to be the shield of Honnouji... "

Gamagoori stood from his seat and kneeled, ashamed. "I apologize for overstepping my boundaries, Satsuki-sama."

"Rise, Gamagoori. I don't deserve such honesty. It is me. I am the one to blame. Despite the fact that you are entirely capable of handling the issue at hand, I held you back from completing your duties. I apologize for being so selfish," Satsuki quietly said as she rose from her seat, putting down her cup before bowing her head to him.

"You are too kind, Satsuki-sama," Gamagoori smiled. "I know you have good intentions."

"Thank you for understanding, Gamagoori," Satsuki smiled back, crossing her legs as she sat down again.

"Still," Inumuta spoke up, "testing him like this?"

"As Sanageyama-san would say, it is an underhanded method. But I see this being an opportunity to show us his true capabilities," Satsuki added, sipping her tea again.

"How sadistic," Jakuzure jested. "Potentiality through manipulation."

"Truly. And if he ever finds out, I won't blame him if he begins to hate me for this."

"Despite the fact you'll get hurt, Satsuki?"

"It'll be worth getting him to our side – to use him as an asset."

For a just a second – a mere second, Jakuzure caught Satsuki tighten her grip on her teacup.

"I see…"

She stared at her best friend silently, wondering what she was thinking about - wondering how long she could hold her facade.

Still, she accepted her words.

And like her, the others agreed without a beat, never questioning her or her methods.

TO BE CONTINUED.