Red Roses: On to the next chapter! Now, I gotta wrap this up before you know who shows up. So, I like to thank everyone who have read my story and reviewed it. It is very much appreciated and before I forget-
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Red Roses: Darn it! Stop popping into my introductions!
The Student Council sat there in the midst of shock and confusion when a girl, properly introduced now as Kikuchi Shinako, raised her wooden Japanese sword at Tsubaki while Katou was behind her, itching to silence her once and for all.
"Watch your mouth, you wannabe-samurai." Shinako's eyebrows twitched at the ninja's comment and turned to face him with a toxic glare.
"Excuse me, I am no wannabe. My family have served royalty as a samurai during the edo period. Who are you supposed to be?"
"That's Kiri-kun. He is in charge as general affairs manager." Unyu answered sweetly as if not noticing the ominous aura around those two.
"General Affairs? Not worth my time," She scoffed and faced the black-haired male who had stood there confused for a while. "My only interest is the president. Now do you accept my challenge?"
"You arrogant..." Katou growled, his fingers tightened around his kunai.
"..."
Back in the Sket-Dan clubroom...
"So that's it." Shinzou nodded to Bossun's reply.
"When her first year started, Shinako have been challenging any student who leads the student population in a battle in every school she had been to and since then, have not lost a single one." Shinzou reexplained his friend's situation to clarify any confusion.
"That's amazing." Himeko said in awe. "It's crazy and stupid but amazing!"
"And once she deemed her opponent as weak, she states that she would never be in a school run by an incompetent ruler. She always leaves the next day and the cycle starts again." Shinzou continued on. "I am not sure of her reason for this but her family is very worried of her."
"This is certainly a problem." Bossun said, a serious look marred his face.
"Wait, if she's looking for the ruler of the school, shouldn't she be fighting the chairman of the school or something?" Switch wondered out loud through his laptop.
"No. It is my understanding that she believes the faculty staff is only in charge of the school but don't necessarily control the students." Shinzou explained.
"That kinda made sense." the blonde fighter sighed, finishing up her pelocan lollipop. "But that is kinda troublesome, isn't it?"
Shinzou agreed to her words with a sadden nod. "Yes, you're right. I cannot understand her motive for this pointless challenges. She used to be such a gentle soul."
"So, by ruler of the student population that would mean..." Himeko trailed off, thinking who could fit the profile.
Before anyone could figured out the puzzle, the door was suddenly pushed to the side and Shinpei was on the other side, slightly panting.
"Shinpei!"
"It's Shinzou's younger brother." Himeko recalled.
"Shinpei, what is wrong?" Shinzou asked concernedly as his younger brother was sweating as if he ran here from the other side of the school as fast as he could.
"Big brother...it started." He said in between breaths.
At that note, Shinzou jumped out the clubroom through the window and dashed to the direction his younger brother came from. Shinpei, though still lightly panting, follow him from behind.
Himeko stuck her head out from the window and yelled out to them in mad fury.
"USE THE DOOR LIKE A NORMAL PERSON!"
The Student Council and Shinako were standing behind the school building, nobody else but them were present with made things easier for the two battlers.
"President, you do not need to fight. I will fight in your place." Katou insisted but Tsubaki would have none of that.
"No. Kikuchi-san challenge me so, as the president, I will be her opponent," He decided in which Shinako smiled in response.
"I admire your dedication as the president Tsubaki-san. But I do not intend to hold back and I hope you won't as well."
"Don't worry, I won't," Tsubaki replied confidently. Under no circumstances would Tsubaki ever disgrace an opponent by going easy on them.
"Good luck, president~" Unyu cheered happily.
"Unyu-sempai, please tell him I said good luck too," Usami shyly whispered into Unyu's ear.
"MKS. (Clueless man is determined)" Daisy commented in an acronym while Tsubaki felt a slight sting from the 'clueless man' comment.
"Are you ready, Tsubaki-san?" Shinako asked the dark-haired president before she readied her stance. "First one to land a hit on their opponent wins."
"And...start!~"
Just as Unyu shouted out, The Sket-Dan trio and the Takemitsu brothers arrived at the scene of the battle.
"We're too late!"
"Of course, the president of the Student Council would obviously be her target." Switch said, though slightly upset he didn't figure it out sooner.
"We should stop them." Himeko tried to run to stop the fight but Shinzou intervened, extending his arm to block her path.
"No, when Shinako is in a fight, her determination blinds her from anything else. We can only watch."
Now, the Sket-Dan and the Takemitsu brothers can only watch from the sidelines along with the other Student Council members.
Some time by, Tsubaki and Shinako stood patiently, waiting for the right moment to strike their opponent. Then, Tsubaki noticed something peculiar about Shinako. She seemed to be glowing with empowering aura around her and before he knew it, she took the first swing.
"Tsubaki/President!" His friends cried out as he moved towards the left to dodged the swing. It was odd, her sword wasn't even close to him but his senses told him to move out of the way. Tsubaki obeyed his instincts and moved back further.
"What the hell happened!?" Tsubaki heard his brother yelled while looking at something him in shock. Tsubaki turned and gasped in shock as well.
The tree behind him had a large cut on its trunk. It wasn't deep but it was noticeable. It looked as if the trunk was slashed by a real katana.
"How did that happen!?" Himeko questioned in disbelief. "This is getting really dangerous!"
"That's a wooden sword, isn't it!?"
"I think I can explain," Switch spoke up. "Apparently, Shinako concentrates on the directions the air around her so when she swings her sword, it'd sent a shockwave of compressed air is able to cut things like that tree."
"This isn't some shounen action manga!" Himeko exclaimed in all of its ridiculousness. "This can't happen in real life!"
Tsubaki, a bit stunned, almost didn't noticed his opponent running towards him with her weapon. When the female samurai trust her sword, the president evaded her attack and proceed to try to land a punch on her.
But, Shinako was also quick to evade it and she jumped back a few steps to regain distance again. The young female samurai
"Wait, is that Kendo?" Himeko pondered. She noticed Shinako's attacks were more flexible than the moves Shinzou practices during Kendo club.
"No, Shinako quit Kendo during middle school. Now, she practices Kenjutsu, it was tradition for the Kikuchi clan to learn Kenjutsu and Aikido once they turned 14. She began to learn under her father's guidance." Shinzou explained.
"Shinako's dad has high hopes for Shinako," Shinpei continued after his brother.
"Oh dear, president could have a problem." Unyu expressed her concern.
"His opponent is no laughing matter." Daisy commented, carefully watching the fight.
Katou was not happy one bit. Not only could he not save his president from fighting a meaningless battle, Tsubaki could also get seriously hurt.
Once again, Shinako took the first step and ran close to Tsubaki for her sword to reach him. Tsubaki easily sidestep away and launched a punch at her in which she as she turned her heels as she ducked down to dodge, her back turned to his front.
Tsubaki couldn't see the small glint in Shinako's eyes when the brown-eyed girl abandoned her wooden weapon and grabbed Tsubaki's outstretched wrist with her free hands and pulled him over her shoulder, making him crash the floor in front of her.
Tsubaki landed and let out groan then noticed the tip of the sword directly between his eyes.
"I win," Shinako declared seriously but her eyes showed a glimmer of something unpleasant. As though she was a little angry at the outcome.
Everyone rushed to Tsubaki's side to aid the injured president. It was then Shinako finally took noticed of two familiar boys and realized immediately who they were.
"Shinzou-kun, Shinpei-kun? You two attend to this school as well?"
"Wow, she only noticed them now?" Bossun felt a sweat dripping from the side of his head.
"She really doesn't noticed the things happening outside the battlefield." Switch commented.
"My name is Shinako of the Kikuchi clan. It is a pleasure to meet you." Shinako bowed politely as she was taught. Shinzou introduced the Sket-Dan to her and told her how they had help him and Shinpei with their problems.
"That was really impressive, Shinako-chan." Himeko praised her in which Shinako blushed lightly in response.
"T-Thank you very much. My father is an amazing teacher and I owe a lot to his teachings," Shinako said softly with a soft smile.
Someone called out to the long-haired girl so she turned to see Tsubaki on his feet with no sign of major injuries.
"That was a great battle. It was a pleasure to fight with you." Tsubaki said with Kiri behind him glaring at her but she paid no attention.
"Thank you. You are a very formidable opponent, Tsubaki-san." Shinako said politely with a present blush. Once the battle was over, Shinako became more calm and bashful.
Then, Bossun suddenly appeared behind Shinako with a Cheshire smile looking at his younger brother. "Hehh? Don't try to hide it, Tsubaki. Deep down, you're pretty down about losing, aren't ya?"
"You idiot! I'm not sad about anything!"
"Heh, then why are you so mad then?"
"Because you're stupidity always frustrates me!"
As the two brothers argue, Bossun didn't notice how close he was to Shinako and how uncomfortable she was feeling with the lack of distance between her and the oblivious boy.
"Too close! Too close! Too close!"
"Oi, Bossun." Himeko, who noticed how uneasy Shinako looked around Bossun, called out to him but she was a little too late. She snapped.
"DON'T STAND SO CLOSE!" The nervous samurai screamed and before Bossun realized it, he was forcibly pushed to the side, crashing to the wall.
"BOSSUN!"
"AAHHH! I'M SO SORRY!"
Apparently, since young, Shinako was also taught the ways of a Japanese maiden and one of things she was taught was to keep an arm's length between her and a male stranger. Without her samurai pride backing her up, Shinako's confidence significantly drops and was reduced to a timid and bashful girl with a traditional thinking.
What a personality switch.
"Are you sure I should leave Bossun-san unattended? I was the cause for his injuries after all." Shinako asked worriedly glancing at the older twin whom she unmercifully pushed to the school wall.
"Oh, don't worry about it. Fujisaki will recover," Tsubaki said with little concern for his brother's safety. "May I ask you, why did you want to fight with me?"
Like a silent snap, everything changed about Shinako's personality. She was the focused, serious samurai she appeared the first time she came in the Student Council Room.
"To prove your strength and your ability to lead the student population," She sighed. "You are strong, I'll give you that. But, the way you reacted childishly when Bossun-san teased you is less to admire."
Tsubaki sat silently as he heard his evaluation from the female samurai. He'd admit he may lose his cool when around his obnoxious brother.
"I don't think I could follow a man like that. I decide not to enroll into this school. Excuse me." With a curt bow, she turned around was about to walk out until a white-haired student appeared in front of her. "What do you want?"
"Nobody talks to my president like that, insolent woman," Katou growled. Shinako's eyes stayed emotionless but her tightened fist said otherwise.
"I wasn't trying to be rude, I was simply stating how I felt," Shinako said while trying to push her irritation down her throat. Though she only met him today, this Katou guy was really getting on her nerves.
"I will not let you disrespect the president."
"Kiri, stop this," Tsubaki ordered but for a rare moment, Katou was hesitant to listen. He was really annoyed with the girl in front of him to stop.
"Careful, Shinako-chan. Kiri-kun is a ninja," Unyu warned her. Then, it clicked. Shinako now knows why she hated the taller student despite only meeting him for the first time. The only reason she believed her blood simply boils at the sight of him.
He was a ninja.
Shinako chuckled under her breath. "A ninja huh? That would explain that brash attitude of yours."
"So what, just because you're a samurai doesn't mean you get to act all high and mighty," he snarled viciously at the shorter girl.
Their eyes narrowed and their glares were giving out sparks and everyone in the room was silent, not wanting start a raging fire in school. After a while, Shinako finally broke the glare-down and walked past the ninja, angrily bumping her shoulders against his.
"I have no business with you. I'm leaving, good day." She said sourly before slamming the door behind her.
"What an arrogant delinquent! If I have to see him again in a million years, it'd still be too soon!" Shinako thought and she walked out of the school in anger.
After Shinako left, everyone was still a little bit on edge and it was until Tsubaki gave an awkward throat clear, grabbing everyone's attention.
"Well, let's get this meeting into order before we go home."
Everyone agreed, and the first one to speak is surprisingly Unyu, who would just smiled and ask it she could replace some of the school property with fancier(and definitely more expensive) items.
"Well, Tsubaki I wanted to tell you that a few of our students has reported that they were harassed by students from another school."
"What!? Why didn't you tell me this earlier?"
"You were busy with that fight and I assumed the Sket-Dan would take care of it." Unyuu answered back nonchalantly.
"Unacceptable! As the Student Council, it is our job to protect the students," Tsubaki was really fired up. "Unyu, tell us everything you know about this harassment case. We are going to bring this harassment group to justice!"
"Yes, president."
Red Roses: Great, now we have a bi-polar character who hates Kiri (*giggle* left). Will this hatred last? Maybe. And since Roman is a bit 'busy' *banging noises from closet* ahem, no one is gonna interrupt me so the whole direction of wind and cutting through trees thing, I was talking absolute nonsense. I know nothing of these things and I simply made that up. Furthermore-
Switch: For the explanation for Daisy acronym is...
Daisy: Muchi na nin Kettei Saremasu= clueless man is determined.
Switch: Please leave a review. Red Roses would really appreciate it and thanks for reading!~
Red Roses: Oh, come on!
