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Chapter Nine: Me, Miharu, and Blackmail

"M-Mizuki, are you okay?" asked Yuuji Sakamoto, putting his right hand on the pink haired girl's right shoulder. See, an ominous aura was radiating from the buxom lady, and Yuuji didn't like the look of that. The ginger followed Mizuki's faze, his eyes landing on the new transfer students, namely Kanon Nakagawa and Haqua du Lot Herminium. He then noticed that Minami was mimicking the pinkette, glaring daggers at the other duo. As the Class Representative of Class F, Yuuji needed to stop the exchange of glares, and quickly. If word got out that Class F was divided, and ripe for the picking...

Yuuji scanned the area. Hideyoshi was talking to Yuuka, so the bishounen was a no-go. If Yuuji were to interrupt their conversation, he might get a face full of fist. Or maybe a Shouko sent upon him. Speaking of Shouko Kirishima, she hadn't been attacking the poor redhead for a while now. Rumor has it that Akihisa Yoshii, an oblivious idiot, had helped the yandere girl out. He doubted that the rumor held truth. C'mon, he's Akihisa Yoshii for Pete's sake! That should be a good enough answer for anybody.

Shaking the thoughts from his head, he searched for the Ninja Pervert, aka Kouta Tsuchiya. Unfortunately, he was dyin- lying in a pool of his own blood, with Aiko Kudou standing above him. The usual, though that didn't help matters. The only option woud be-

"Yo Akihisa!" exclaimed Yuuji, approaching the brunette. Yuuji had never seen him that hooked on games before. Sure, he had sneaked a whole smorgasbord of time-wasters to school once, but Akihisa had never played during class. Plus, they were Dating Sims, which the normal Akihisa avoids like the plague! Only one thing was for sure. Yuuji Sakamoto was confused. "Do you know what happened to Minami and Mizuki?"

"They had a fight with Kanon and Haqua over a boy they all liked," said Keima Katsuragi, not looking up from the PFP. Sure, he didn't like interacting with the Real, but it was necessary to keep up Akihisa's image. "I heard the said love interest got knocked out of a window."

"Wait, who's the guy!?" said Yuuji, surprised. If it was Minami and Mizuki, the boy was probably Akihisa himself, but the way he worded it, combined with the fact that Kanon and Haqua were in the "war", made it seem as if the guy in question wasn't Akihisa.

"I don't know," nonchalantly said the gamer, finally pocketing the PFP. "If you want to know so bad, why don't you ask them youself? If I ask them, she'll kill me for sure."

"Just go!" shouted Yuuji, picking up Keima by the collar, and lobbing him into the fray. Sadly, Yuuka Kinoshita was in the line of fire, so she and Keima got tangled up, his knee up her crotch, while her mouth was in the crook of his neck, her lips brushing his skin a little. The physical contact made Keima blush, and only served to rile up the four rivals.

"Ba!-" exclaimed Minami, jumping on top of Keima, bending his leg the wrong way. Then, Haqua joined in, bringing out her disquised sickle and swinging the blunt side at his face. Every time it connected, his glasses cracked even more. Keima was indifferent. He didn't need glasses to play games (he had contacts at home).

"-ka!" finished Haqua, using the tip of her weapon to pick up Keima, and fling him across the room. He crashed into the already battered chalkboard, forming cracks on the green surface. Keima simply got up, shook off the pain, and continued gaming. In his head, he was thinking about the Conquest. He had evaluated Mizuki and Minami's love points, and it turns out that they were still efficient enough for a Capture. Still, Keima needed a big flag to Capture both at the same time.

As Keima returned to his desk, he found a note. It was a pink envelope with a heart motif, and it looked too akin to a love letter. He turned to look at Mizuki, who had the letter of the same kind. He decided to go to the rooftop to read it.

"I know your s-secret!?" exclaimed Keima. The letter turned out to be a blackmail letter, and it said to stay away from the girls around him. If he didn't follow the conditions, a few pictures of Akihisa Yoshii cross-dressing would be available to the public eye. Keima didn't care about that. What
he did care for was the picture of Kanon Nakagawa confessing to Keima Katsuragi in Majima High. "For the Goddess's sake, how did this get here!?""

He brought up a list of potential blackmailers. Aiko Kudou was one of them, since she knew his real identity. Kouta Tsuchiya was also a candidate, but the idea was quickly rejected. Voyeur already sells Akihisa's pictures on the Black Market, so he doesn't really have any leverage since the photos were already available to the public. His mind then turned to...

"Miharu Shimizu!" said Keima. She has a solid motive, and rumor has it that she has "contacts", which answers the question to how Miharu got the risque photos. Keima whipped out his PFP, and texted Elsie. In a few minutes, the devil appeared. "Details on Miharu Shimizu."

"...She's the Class D Ambassador, and she is a... homosexual, whatever that means. Her love interest is... Minami Shimada!?" relayed Elsie staring at the pink tablet. She then scratched her head. "~Auah, Kami-sama! Why does this girl like another girl!?"

"That doesn't matter," said Keima, secretly cursing Reality even more. If someone made a game wherein the heroine was a lesbian, Keima would personally be the one to burn the company to the ground. "What matters is that she knows my secret!"

"Uh... Kami Nii-sama... you have a secret!?" Keima flicked her forehead yet again.

"That I'm actually Keima Katsuragi, and not really Akihisa Yoshii!" yelled the boy, shaking Elsie by the shoulder. "Ugh, I still can't believe they made you a member of the Runaway Spirit Squad."

"Oh. Well what're you gonna do about it?" said Elsie, already choosing to be a spectator. Keima sighed. He had so many things to do, leaving him with no gaming time.

"First I have to make sure that she really is the blackmailer. Then, we take away her memories."

They were on the train, headed towards the Academic Training Camp. Keima was sitting next to Yuuji, with Minami and Mizuki in front of the two. On the seat behind Keima's sat Kouta and Hideyoshi, with Haqua and Elsie sitting in front of those two. Behind Minami sat the idol Kanon Nakagawa.

"Aki, name a girl that each color makes you think of," said Minami, reading a psychological book. For some reason, Keima's mind was sounding off Klaxon alarms. It was like it was screaming, 'Poison flag, poison flag, poison flag!' "Blue."

"Kanon," said Keima, his fingers not moving. He was starting to feel a bloodthirsty aura coming off from Minami.

"O-Orange," said Minami with a little anger seeped into her tone. Keima had to tread carefully, lest he gets tossed out he window.

After deliberating the hidden meaning of the color orange, Keima stated, "You."

Minami's glare lessened a little. "Why am I orange?"

"Ribbon," said Keima, pointing his PFP at the yellow-orange accessory.

"Hmph," berated Minami, her tsundere tendencies kicking in. "Green."

"...Haqua." By then, her frown turned into a smirk.

Mizuki felt a little left out. She wasn't picked at all! Maybe the color pink was what reminded him of her, but then again, that Nakagawa girl's hair was also pink. She sighed, and said, "So what do the colors mean?"

"Green is a friend, Orange is a source of energy, and Blue...
blue..." muttered Minami, trailing off. Everyone but Keima, including the far away Haqua and Kanon, was now interested, especially Kanon, since blue was the color Keima assigned her to.

Haqua would've yanked the book out of Minami's shivering hands, if she wasn't so peeved at Keima. "Only friends? Seriously!?"

Before Yuuji could get his hands on the book, Minami opemed the window and tossed the offending novel out the window, which earned her a few groans. Keima, on the other hand, went on the attack, since he might as well earn a few more love points.

"Blue stands for 'love interest', doesn't it?" said Keima, who got up from his seat, and approached Minami. She shivered, as her mind begged, 'Don't look into the eyes! Not the eyes!'

"Like hell!" said Minami, tilting her head away from Keima's. She then felt a hand on her chin pull her back into position, Keima Katsuragi's eyes peering into her soul.

"Elsie, please read the book aloud," said Keima, his leer unwavering. Minami was shocked. How in the world did scrawny Elsie get the book!?

"Blue stands for-"

Before Elsie could speak, Minami grabbed a rice ball from Mizuki's bag, and shoved it down Keima's throat. He foamed at the mouth, the foul taste even surpassing Elsie's in ickiness.

Consciousness escaped his grasp as he sank into the depths of the River Stix.

"Kami Nii-sama!"

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c.) Can you still see the ending?

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