Confidential
Natsumi was smart and, obviously, everyone knows that.
Yet, there were times wherein she can become somewhat idiotic and make decisions that are not supposed to be made. When these moments happen, she would always keep her composure and still say straight answers.
Although, this stunt has got to be the most stupid stunt she ever made.
"Endou-san? Is that you?" a familiar voice was heard down the hallway.
The said woman turned and inhaled sharply, ready to see if she was being cornered by some creepy rapist or another stalker.
"Miyazaki?" Natsumi whispered instead. Natsumi knew Miya as they both see each other a few times in Raimon High School. Natsumi was well-known inside the school as she is the daughter of the founder. Endou, Natsumi's husband, knew Miya since Tenma and her were quite close.
"I don't believe it... Endou-san, you're working for the mistress?" Miya asked, quite surprised at the revelation.
Natsumi coughed and stated, "Well, working for her isn't exactly the way I would put it."
"I think it's not anyone's way to put it. What are you doing here Endou Natsumi?" a voice interrupted the conversation of the two females.
This time, the two of them snapped their heads into the guy's direction. Miya widened her eyes (as if it wasn't wide enough) and Natsumi glared angrily as they both realized that the person who interrupted them was none other than Tsurugi Kyousuke.
"Ah, Tsurugi. What are you doing here? I thought you declined the mistress' deal for your little gang." Natsumi greeted bitterly.
Tsurugi scowled, "I'm the only one who did not agree. They fucking forced me to help the mistress. I have a feeling you are, too."
"What are you talking about?" Natsumi retorted.
Miya simply watched the two converse (or, you know, yell at each other stubbornly), like a table tennis match.
"I mean, just maybe Endou Natsumi is also being forced to work here... or am I wrong?" Tsurugi sneered.
"You're wrong in many ways, Tsurugi. I am in no way being forced to be here, and if you think that the mistress is hiding something then-"
"I didn't say the mistress was hiding something." Tsurugi stated freely.
Natsumi froze. "What?"
Tsurugi rolled his eyes and stated, "I didn't say the mistress was hiding something."
"O-oh... is that so?" Natsumi stuttered, "I thought t-that's where you're going with..."
"What is the mistress hiding?" Tsurugi spat.
Natsumi stayed silent. Unfortunately, this made Tsurugi flare up more and looked like he was about to lose his calm/cool. And that had resulted into the whole room's temperature dropping in twenty degrees.
"Tsurugi!" Natsumi gave in, "Fine! I'm going to tell you! Just stop this!"
Miya had already fainted, well, anyone would have as the temperature was getting colder per second.
Tsurugi seemed to see it, too. He immediately stopped and sighed, running a hand in his hair. Natsumi was shaken, seeing as Tsurugi was able to do that and control his powers. The mistress had said that no one from Tsurugi's group knew about their powers.
Did the mistress kept another secret from her?
"Sorry..." Tsurugi said shakily and asked Natsumi, "So? Are you going to answer my questions?"
"You mean your accusations." Natsumi replied, but agreed.
"I can't believe you joined them...!" Sato hissed.
Yukimura laughed nervously and stated, "I think it's a good thing to do."
Sato and Yukimura were friends or, at first glance, an old married couple. Regardless, the two of them had stuck in thick and thin (mostly Sato's the reason for these problems), and they relied on each other.
They also cared for each other. Maybe this is the reason why Sato had already dragged Yukimura to a corner the second they set foot inside the house.
"Well, I suppose. But, do you even know what you're doing?" Sato asked.
"If you're so hung up about it, Sato, why are you here in the house? Shouldn't only staff belong here?" Yukimura stated.
Sato couldn't reply to that. Why was she here in the first place? Without thinking, she had already stated something quite embarrassing for her, "It needed me."
Whether or not Yukimura thought that was creepy, he didn't show it. Instead he smiled at her, as if he knew what Sato was talking about (which was probably true, I mean, there was a probability that Yukimura's power was telepathy).
"I'm sorry, Hyouga." Sato apologized.
"Eh, Sato, you don't need to. I'll always forgive you even if you murdered someone." Yukimura jokingly said.
Sato slapped his shoulder as she chided, "That's a bad joke."
Even then, Sato felt an admiration for Yukimura on his faithfulness towards their friendship.
Meanwhile, the trainers were already scolding the guys who had gotten themselves kidnapped.
"I cannot believe you let your guards down!" Kei scolded.
Kishibe chuckled, "Hey, everything's fine. You blew up their HQ..."
Sana laughed, "Kei: let them go, I'm sure they're all pretty tired."
Kei sighed and gestured them to be dismissed. The boys hurriedly dispersed, probably feeling that Kei would scold them yet again if they stay there any longer.
"That was quite tiring, am I right?" Sana grinned at her underclassman.
"It's quite surprising why you're the eldest one here." Kei replied.
"I think it's not." Saru supplied.
"Oh, Saru! How're you?" Sana cheered.
Saru grinned at Sana and replied, "Fine. Hey, aren't you going to check on Kirino? Honestly, he's quite worried about you."
And Sana was already gone, not bothering to reply to Saru.
Kei smiled and said mindlessly, "Kirino and Sana are like a couple... caring for each other whenever."
"Does it mean you consider us a couple, too? I mean, you and I care for each other whenever." Saru grinned.
"I suppose, but I only think of you as a friend, Bakazaru."
And even if Saru's heart was breaking, he continued to smile and replied, "You too, one-ear rabbit."
At the background, Ru was properly introducing herself to Kishibe.
"My name's Hyuuga Rukia, as you've said. I guess I owe this much to you as I didn't really tell you my real name." Ru greeted.
Kishibe grinned, "Well, I forgive you, anyway. And I didn't lie, my real name is Kishibe... Kishibe Taiga, that is."
Ru retorted, "I did not say I was sorry."
"But I knew it anyway." Kishibe supplied.
At that second, Ibuki (slash Kishibe's partner) interrupted their conversation by advising Ru, "Ignore this douche bag. He tends to think that all girls are interested in him."
"But I still get a lot of girls than you." Kishibe replied.
That made Ru crack a smile. She turned to her other friends and spotted Kari, sitting alone and reading a book. Obviously, the two boys are not going to be finished arguing any time soon, so R?u approached Kari.
"Hey, Fujisaki." Ru greeted.
Kari replied, "Please call me Kari, if you will, Ru."
Ru nodded and said, "Well, Kari, why don't you try and mingle for a change."
Kari's cheeks flushed pink as she replied, "I shouldn't really bother you guys..."
"Well, too late for that. Why don't you talk to me?" Ru asked.
"What should we talk about?" Kari asked as she looked up at Ru.
Ru was quite speechless at the question. She didn't really expect Kari to ask her something like that.
"Hyuuga, why didn't you wait for me?" Kishibe exhaled as he put a hand on said girl's shoulder.
Ibuki took a glance at Kari. He thought that her face looked familiar... "Hey, aren't you Fujisaki Hikari?"
Kari nodded and asked, "And you are?"
"Ibuki. Ibuki Munemasa."
Somewhere behind them, Hakuryuu and Shuu were looking for Yuu.
Well, Shuu, actually.
"Shuu!" Hakuryuu groaned, "I'm sure Yuzuki can take care of herself."
"I just want to make sure, okay? I know she isn't big on crowds and I want her to get used to it." Shuu explained.
"I understand, but can you not drag me to-?!" Hakuryuu's voice faltered as he bumped into another person.
Shuu's voice was loud and clear as he shouted back, "See you tomorrow, Hakuryuu!"
That bastard, Hakuryuu thought as he checked if the person he bumped to was alright.
"I'm really sorry about that." Hakuryuu muttered as he helped the person to stand up (from this point, he now knew he bumped into a girl).
"It's fine, I guess. Say, have you seen a girl with black hair and a girl with dark blue hair with light blue tips at the end of her hair," the auburn-haired girl chatted, frantically describing Eri and Ai.
"Well, not really. Uh, what's your name again?" Hakuryuu asked casually.
"Iwasawa Kairi. You can call me Kai... and you are?" Kai (finally, we know who the girl is!) asked Hakuryuu, quite suspicious of his motives.
"Hakuryuu. Oh! I remember you now! You're that girl who followed Tsurugi!" Hakuryuu delightedly shared.
Kai flushed in embarrassment as she stuttered, "C-could you not m-mention that please?"
Hakuryuu grinned as he said in all honestly, "You're quite cute, Kai."
Again, the girl had blushed a deeper red this time.
And maybe, because of the conversations made, that the boys did not disperse immediately (even if Kei insisted to do so).
"What did you do to her?" Ai squeaked out.
Natsumi growled, "Don't blame me. That guy had made her faint."
Tsurugi scowled in reply.
Eri rolled her eyes as she prepped the couch so that Miya could lay down properly. Once Natsumi and Tsurugi laid her down, Ai immediately checked Miya and look for any signs that she could be dead or horribly sick. After, Natsumi and Tsurugi was sitting at one of the chairs inside the room... with Eri joining them once Ai took over Miya's health.
All of them were stuck inside a room, with only a couch, some chairs a table at the center and a fireplace propped at the corner. Ai and Eri only managed to find this place by chance and Natsumi merely knew this place by heart (so she took Tsurugi and Miya here).
Natsumi cleared her throat and started talking, "The mistress is lying to us or, rather, to all of you kids."
The emphasized word made Eri and Tsurugi roll their eyes at the same time.
"She's merely a teenager, like all of you." Natsumi stated.
Eri furrowed her eyebrows in confusion as she asked, "How do you know?"
"Because I am trusted to take care of her by an... acquaintance of mine. It is quite sad really, regardless, the mistress is not what she seems. She may seem confident and in control when she is actually the opposite of that. She is not confident as she tends to gamble her own life, given a situation like that. The mistress is also not in control of everything inside the house." Natsumi announced.
Tsurugi asked, "So she's not the leader?"
"She's a part of a bigger organization. Naturally, she is not the top of the pyramid." Natsumi said.
"So we're being used? Is that it?" Eri scowled.
"Yes. You're being used as lab rats... you are the first to undergo this kind of experiment and..." Natsumi faltered.
Eri snapped, "And what?"
Natsumi easily replied, "Test non-magical people to become magical, or so they say. I'm sure someone told you this already."
"They did." Ai spoke up.
"Besides, there's much graver secrets inside this house." Natsumi continued, "This house is only seen by people who possess magical abilities like Kei and the others. I can understand Tsurugi seeing the house clearly... but why you? Why can you see this house when you were not blessed with powers like them?"
"Are you blessed with powers?" Eri asked.
Natsumi cracked a smile as she replied, "Of course. Just to let you in on a little secret, I'm actually the one who provides blood for your vials."
"That vial is blood?" Eri almost puked right then and there. Also, judging by the expression of Ai, she is also trying hard not to vomit out her guts all over the place.
"Plus, the mistress always keeps secrets from everyone. I also do not know much of her plans and the orders given to her to take you seven little brats inside the house," Natsumi stated.
Tsurugi stared at her as he asked, "What is the organization planning on them?"
Natsumi smirked, "Oh, but that's a secret I do not also know. Regardless, I will also give you one more information about the mistress..."
The people inside the room leaned more to hear Natsumi perfectly.
"The mistress is also a failed experiment of the organization. She originally was a non-magical person and- after the experiment -her powers are out of control... should ever she use her powers." Natsumi stated.
Hey guys! Sorry for the late update!
So, you guys now know more about the mistress and a little about Natsumi.
I'll see you guys next week anyway (probably late because I have tons of exams)!
Review, maybe?