Standard disclaimers apply
After Izumiko's wishes were made known to Mayura and Manatsu, the siblings were more than willing to help Izumiko in the matter. While the siblings may not be as close to Suzahara as Sagara was, they were still her friends. They were also sick and tired of the situation and just wanted her suffering to end. Masumi, in particular, was disgusted at the abuse toward a girl he'd come to consider like another sister.
Miyuki, wanting to protect Izumiko until the screenings were completed, suggested that Izumiko be privately tutored instead of going to her classes. When Mayura saw that her roommate was going to protest, she offered to be tutored alongside Izumiko so she wouldn't feel completely isolated. Izumiko agreed upon hearing Mayura's offer; not only would she have some company until the situation could be resolved, but Mayura was also the perfect protector, beside Miyuki of course.
Miyuki, confident that Izumiko was protected for the time being, began to strategize how to better protect her. Through Yukimasa, Miyuki gained access to the rosters of all of Izumiko's classes for her second year. At first glimpse, Miyuki saw the reason this problem had gotten so out of hand.
"What the hell were the faculty members thinking when they made up this schedule?" Principal Murakami, who had been invited to the screenings so he knew which students to question in a situation involving Suzahara, asked for clarification.
"What on earth do you mean?" Miyuki's angry gaze shifted to Hodaka as he clarified his earlier outrage.
"Did you even notice that in the majority of her classes, Manatsu, Mayura and I are not listed in the roster?" Hodaka flinched before trying to justify the faculty's decisions on Suzahara's scheduling.
"Our system randomizes our student's schedules; it is purely by chance that Suzahara's schedule turned out the way it did." Miyuki's face twisted at the B.S. the principal had just tried to feed him.
"Are the faculty members illiterate?" Hodaka's placating expression shifted to one of outrage as he answered:
"Of course not!" After giving the answer Miyuki had expected, his cutting response quickly extinguished any protests he could have brought up.
"Forgive me for doubting the faculty's capabilities; I just couldn't believe that a group of high school educators weren't capable of reading a second year's schedule before the start of the school year!" Hodaka, having been properly scolded, nodded his head in acceptance of their mishandling of the situation. Miyuki, after noting the taciturn apology, shifted his attention to the rest of the screeners: Manatsu, Mayura, Yukimasa and Honoka, whom had been added at Miyuki's request.
"While I would love to re-hash over the mistakes that have been made by all of us, these screenings are not about shifting blame; they are about strategizing and implementing the solution. However;" Miyuki paused as he made sure everyone was paying attention, "if we don't fully recognize our past mistakes, we can't learn from them. Isn't that right Dad?" Yukimasa, stunned that Miyuki had remembered his lesson at the end of September, gave his son a proud smile while nodding in agreement. My boy is truly becoming a man; one that I am proud to call my son.
"With that being said, this part of the screening will be dedicated to putting into words the possible reasons for this situation getting so out of hand." Miyuki turned to face the white board behind him as he wrote down the first reason he could think of;
#1. Schedule leaves her alone most of the day.
After Miyuki had written down the first major problem, Mayura called out another problem she'd noticed, saying:
"Another problem I've seen is somewhat connected to the first one; because our schedules separate us from Izumiko, it's easy for boys to approach her between class periods without any of us around to drive them away." Miyuki nodded in agreement of Mayura's words; after a moment of thinking how to phrase her point, he turned to the board and wrote:
#2. Vulnerable between class periods with no immediate help available.
Manatsu, not surprisingly, spoke up after his sister to say: "There is another problem that I've noticed happen that would be easy to miss at first." As one of the brothers of the Souda siblings was in Suzahara's homeroom, his impression on the situation was invaluable; "While Suzahara's stalkers had stopped publically giving her presents because of Mayura's threats that did not stop them from trying. Instead of publically giving her the gifts, they would pick the lock on her shoe locker or mail-box and stuff their gifts and/or poems there." At this point, Honoka became enraged, yelling out in her fury.
"Do these boys have no shame!? They're not just breaking school policy with their actions; it is against the law to break into anyone's personal mailbox!" Honoka shifted her fury to Mayura as she asked; "Please tell me you kept these letters and gifts that Suzahara received Mayura." The Souda sister nodded in the affirmative to Honoka's question.
"Izumiko had wanted to throw all the items away but I was able to convince her that we needed them as physical evidence against her stalkers." Principal Murakami interrupted, his voice a razor with the sharpness of his words, to say:
"I'm glad you had the presence of mind to hold on to those items Mayura. By comparing the handwriting on those packages to the handwriting on the assignments graded by the professors, we may be able to suspend these bullies for their criminal actions toward Suzahara." While this discussion had been going on, Miyuki had quietly written the third reason on the board:
#3. Illegally breaking into her mail box and her shoe locker to give her presents.
"Are there any other reasons that people can think of?" Miyuki's question hung in the air as the screeners tried to think of anything besides the reasons on the board. Upon noting the silence, Miyuki capped the dry erase marker and re-took his seat at the table.
"Alright then; now that we've identified the problems, its' time to come up with solutions." Mayura spoke up first at Miyuki's open invitation to offer up solutions.
"The first thing that needs to be done is to make sure Izumiko isn't alone all the time." The Souda sibling turned to face the principal as she asked; "Is it possible to switch either her or our schedules around so she has at least one of her friends with her during class?" Hodaka, placing his hand on his chin, thought for a moment before nodding slowly in agreement.
"That would be the best way to solve the first two problems;" Hodaka excused himself, saying; "If all of you will just give me a moment, I'm going to ask my secretary to print out three more schedules."