Ten days were left before the school festivals began. Tsuki and President Kaneshiro walked down the hallways as the students prepared for their booths and stands. "Wow, it looks like everyone is excited for the festival, aren't they?" asked Tsuki.

"Since you're only a first-year, this will be your first time attending the festivals," said President Kaneshiro. "Once the school festivals begin, many students from the human world will come to OUR world as customers; it'll be like the alumni and school meetings occurring at the same time, starting October 29th to Halloween (October 31st). And with that, we'll be able to achieve the student council's mission: achieving peace for three days."


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But what will the humans say if they find out the festival is held by monsters? WHEE!


In the Newspaper Clubroom, Yukinari was working on the computer, while Mako drew fliers.

"I'm back! And I got the damn data!" Kumaru announced as he entered the room. "It took hours, but I FINALLY got everything we need!"

"Thanks, Kumaru-kun. Do you think you could help Gina-senpai out as well?" asked Mako. "Then make the illustrations and layouts as cute as possible? Then work on the interviews? Then—"

"SHUT UP! JESUS CHRIST! THAT'S TOO MUCH WORK FOR ME!" Kumaru finally screamed. "I couldn't imagine that the school festivals would be a shit ton of work!"

"Sheesh, everybody's so noisy..." Mizo groaned as he worked on a schedule board.


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For the record, Mizo is only helping out because Tsuki asked him to. WHEE!


"And even then, Tsuki-chan keeps neglecting us for that stupid student council," Kumaru added.


(Flashback)

"WHAT?! You're not coming for club activities?" gasped Kumaru during lunch.

"I'm sorry, Kumaru-kun," said Tsuki. "There's another meeting with the student council, and Houki-san is trying to—"

"'Houki-san' THIS! And 'Houki-san' THAT! Why do you care so much about that bitch?"

"Kumaru-kun! You know how busy the student council is, right? Don't blame everything on Houki-san! She's actually a very amazing young woman who wants to bring peach to this school and the future."

"And the teachers seem to respect her a lot," said Mako.

"Ugh, I don't trust that bitch!" the incubus boy groaned. "I mean, she's nice and...and...and...SHE'S JUST WAY TOO NICE FOR ME TO TRUST HER!"

"Are you getting jealous, Kumaru-san? That's not like you~desu," teased Yukinari.

*SQUEEZE*

Kumaru retaliated by grabbing and squeezing Yukinari's crotch in irritation—

*BANG*

The wizard boy knocked him in the head with a golden washtub.

"That being said," thought the pink-haired vampire boy, "Tsuki seems to be favoring the student council over the Newspaper Club—even though she's trying not to be expelled."

(End of Flashback)


"What do you think, Houki-san?" Tsuki asked as she showed President Kaneshiro the information board.

"...Fascinating. It seems YOUR class will be doing...goldfish scooping?!"

"Yeah, Nekonome-sensei wants to play it really badly. She said she'd take care of everything, but I have a bad feeling she'll EAT them..."

"...Uh...right, excellent. Thank you, Tsuki-chan. You can head back to class now. In fact, you should spend more time with your Newspaper Clubmates."

"Really?!"

"Sure, I heard that you've been targeted by ANTI-THESIS on several occasions, but the fact you were willing to stay and help us against those freaks...somehow proves that you're braver than I imagine. Thank you...for everything..."

"Oh sure." And so, Tsuki left the student council building and headed—

*CLING*

Tsuki suddenly stopped at the sudden shaking of his Holy Lock. "W-What's going on with my Holy Lock? It should be keeping me human, but I have a bad feeling that the frequent battles with ANTI-THESIS are starting to—"

"Nice bracelet. Do you think I could have it?"

Tsuki turned around a noticed a girl with long silver hair sitting atop a tree and reading a book.

"Huh? My bracelet? S-Sorry, I can't. I-I gotta go!" The human girl quickly ran off.

"Aw, what a bummer," the silver-haired girl sighed as she jumped down.

"What do you think you're doing here, Kirie? I thought I told you not to approach Tsuki-chan by yourself. You realize your role in ANTI-THESIS might've been exposed."

"And I think YOU have forgotten that just being near me is enough to expose YOUR involvement as ANTI-THESIS' leader. Right, Houki?" Kirie asked as she turned around to her leader: Houki Kaneshiro.


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(shocked)
OH MY GOD! THE PRESIDENT OF THE STUDENT COUNCIL IS THE TRUE LEADER OF ANTI-THE—wait, that was already revealed LAST chapter. WHEE!


"Anyways, it seems like your plan is working out perfectly," said the silver-haired girl. "Your constant attacks on Tsuki-chan sre growing more than necessary, she nearly died many times, the headmistress saved her life many times, and she sent her to you...and the student council..."

President Kaneshiro smiled as she fixated her glasses.

"AH, YOUR SO CLEVER!" Kirie cheered. "So, when will it be completed?"

"...Don't get TOO excited, we've only reached the FINAL phase."

"No problem, Houki."

"But you have to be prepared to take action. Obviously, there might be somebody who might catch wind and try to THWART us; in fact, you better get the hell outta here...before someone catches us together..."

Unbeknownst to them, a boy with pink hair overheard their conversation behind a tree.

"Hmm?" President Kaneshiro suddenly looked in that direction...but saw nothing...

"What's wrong?" asked the silver-haired girl.

"...Nothing..."


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I'm not gonna reveal who it is, but I'm pretty sure you already know. WHEE!


"SAY WHAT?!" screamed Kumaru in the Newspaper Clubroom.

"BULLSHIT!" screamed Yukinari as well.

"...I-It's true..." Mako whispered. "We've gotta tell Tsuki before—"

"Hey, guys!" Tsuki announced as she entered the room. "Did somebody call me?"

"TSUKI!" cried Mako. "You need to listen to me..."


(One Explanation Later)

"Houki-san...is ANTI-THESIS?!" Tsuki screamed.

"Not just that!" said Kumaru.

"She is their LEADER~desu!" said Yukinari.

"I stumbled upon her conversation with Kirie! They're planning on getting rid of you! You need to inform the headmistress! NOW!" said the pink-haired vampire.

"Oh, AH HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HAH! *INHALE* Very funny, boys. Houki-san's NOTHING like that. She wants to bring peace to this school."

"No, she doesn't! She's doing the complete opposite!" Mako cried. "And she's trying to KILL you!"

Tsuki widened her eyes before turning around to leave.

"Wait! Where are you going?" asked the incubus boy.

"I'm gonna go back to the student council and ask Houki-san if this is true," the human girl said before she left.


Tsuki arrived at the student council building. She reached for the door handle, but suddenly paused in fear. Could Houki Kaneshiro really be the leader of ANTI-THESIS?


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Uh, yeah. We already read that part. WHEE!


"Houki-san?! ANTI-THESIS?! No, that's impossible. She could NOT be like that. She said she wanted to bring peace to our school. I couldn't believe that even if I TRIED!" She entered the building and arrived in the meeting room.


"What?! You want me to help you investigate President Houki of the student council?" Rupert asked Mako outside the school.

"Please, Rupert-san," begged Mako. "If it was you, we could borrow some of the headmistress' power to investigate..."

"This can't be true. The student council's president—the leader of ANTI-THESIS!"

"Unfortunately, Tsuki won't believe me, so we need to save her!"

"...Alright! For Tsuki-san's sake, I'll help!"

"Really...? Oh, thank you, Rupert-sa—*GASP* BEHIND YOU!"

*SLASH*


"*GASP*" Tsuki held her hands over her mouth, as before her were the dead bodies of the entire student council—and bloodstains all over the floor and bodies. "OH MY GOD!"

"Ah, Tsuki-chan, you've made it." said President Kaneshiro from behind.

"...Houki-san! What happened?! Who did this?!"

Instead of answering, President Kaneshiro gave an evil smile.

"Please...PLEASE don't tell me it was you! PLEASE don't tell me you're actually...THE LEADER OF ANTI-THESIS"

"...Do you want me to not tell you that EXACTLY?" asked the student council president.

Those words caused the human brunette to grab her mouth and nose.

"AH HA HA HA HA HA HA HAH!" the traitorous president laughed while holding her backhand behind her mouth. "I KNEW I was being spied on earlier! Alright, Tsuki-chan! You got me! I AM...the leader of ANTI-THESIS!

"No!" A heartbroken Tsuki dropped to her knees in horror. "I...I trusted you! I thought you were going to bring peace to Yōkai Academy! But all this time...you were trying to KILL me! DAMMIT!" She pounded her fist on the floor. "I should've listened to Mako-san and everybody else! I've reached my limits! I just wanted to get out of this school to save myself, but I kept staying to protect Mako-san! But Houki-san...I believed that if I followed you, I would become stronger..even if it was me, I COULD become stronger..."

"Oh really?" President Kaneshiro picked a broken slab of wood. "Alright, show me your strength that defeated my underlings," she hissed as she lifted the slab over the human girl's head. "Or...DIE!"

"NO!"

Just then, some tarot cards appeared right by the ANTI-THESIS leader's feet. President Kaneshiro jumped back as the cards exploded, only to be grabbed by a blood-colored icicle hand that emerged out of the blood.

""What?! Did the bloodstain just...FREEZE?!"

"You disgust me! 'Bitch' is probably the LAST word I would wanna call you right now!"

Tsuki looked back and saw three familiar boys standing right behind her in a fighting position; these three boys had transformed into their monster forms.

"KUMARU-KUN! YUKINARI-KUN! MIZO!" Tsuki cried in joy.

"Tsuki-san, why didn't you tell us~desu?" asked the wizard boy.

"You think too highly of yourself. You keep carrying this burden...of trying to protect us," said the incubus boy. "In the end, there's only ONE person that you're making suffer: you! We'll fight with you, Tsuki-chan! We'll all share this burden! And we'll WIN!"

"...Kumaru-kun...Yukinari-kun...Mizo..." Tsuki couldn't help but smile in relief.

"Enough talking, everyone!" yelled the ice goth. "LET'S LITERALLY ICE THIS MOTHERF—"

"WAIT!" All of a sudden, a beaten-up, exhausted Rupert barged through the door. "I HAVE TERRIBLE NEWS: ANTI-THESIS...HAS KIDNAPPED MAKO-SAN!"

End