"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!"

But it was too late.

*SLASH*

Rupert received a huge cut from Kirie's scythe.

The scythe-wielding girl then turned her attention to Mako and whacked him in the head with the bottom edge of the handle, knocking him out.

"MAKO-SAN!" the biker wizard cried in pain and horror. "What...What are you doing, you bitch?" she furiously asked Kirie.

"I'm sorry, sir, but as long as this one is with Tsuki-chan, he'll be nothing but a thorn in my ass," Kirie snickered right before disappearing in a flash.

"No!" But Rupert was too weak to chase after her. All he could do was summon his wand and used it to transport to the student council building where Tsuki and the other boys were.


Kōmura Nazo says:

Oh sure. Go find the heroes. Instead of—I don't know—heal your wound then go after Kirie! WHEE!


"WAIT!" Rupert shouted as he barged through the meeting room door. "I HAVE TERRIBLE NEWS: ANTI-THESIS...HAS KIDNAPPED MAKO-SAN!"

"WHAT?!" Tsuki screamed.

"I-I'm sorry, guys. I couldn't save him."

"Ah yes! Kidnapped, huh? What a pity. Hmm hmm hmm hmm hmm hmm hmm hmm hmm..." laughed President Kaneshiro.

"You! You did this TOO, Houki-san?" the human girl gasped. "First you kill your student council members, then you kidnap Mako-san as well? I...I thought you hated violence...and shared the same feelings as me! WHY?! WHY WOULD YOU DO SOMETHING LIKE THIS?!"

"You? Me? 'Share the same feelings as [you]'? In the end, you always rely on your friends. You can't do ANYTHING on your own. A girl like you could NEVER understand my plan—let alone STOP it."

"Enough of this shit!" Kumaru yelled as she launched at her. "Tell us where Mako-kun is or I'll jam my nails into your—"

But Kirie anticipated the attack and grabbed Kumaru by the wrist, squeezing very tightly and causing him to NOT react. "As I expected," she laughed. "Your weak when you're subdued. Without Mako-san to help you, you're ALL—"

*CRACKLE*

Kirie was suddenly trapped by a bunch of ground icicles, allowing Kumaru to break free. "Don't get too worked up, dumbass," Mizo said to the aqua-haired incubus boy. "You think you can beat this bitch all by yourself! You need to save up your strength to save Mako."

Just then, tarot cards rained onto Kirie and exploded, damaging her even more. "And don't that you guys have a genius wizard helping you out~desu!" shouted Yukinari.

"Make that TWO!" shouted a fully healed Rupert.


Kōmura Nazo says:

Oh, NOW he heals himself up! And off-text! WHEE!


"Alright! Let's GET this bitch!" Kumaru shouted as he and the other males prepared to fight ANTI-THESIS' leader.


"Ugh..." Meanwhile, Mako slowly began waking up. "W-Where am I?" Getting up, she looked around at the area. "This place! This must be where I fought—"

"Ah, you're awake, I see."

Mako suddenly noticed his kidnapper sitting on a tombstone cross and reading her book. "YOU!" he gasped.

"I'm dreadfully sorry about kidnapping you—even though this was all for my plan," said Kirie.

Mako frantically got up and tried to flee, but Kirie moved quickly and caught him by the arm. "Ah ah aaaahhhhhhh! I can't let you leave. Without Tsuki-chan to remove your Rosario Cross, you won't even stand a CHANCE against me." She threw the pink-haired vampire to the ground. "Now stay here! And don't try to run away again! I REALLY don't want to hurt you, but that's YOUR decision!"

"W-Why are you doing this?" asked Mako. "And what is ANTI-THESIS planning?"

"...You really wanna know?" Kirie asked as she sat down. "As you know, our school is protected by a Great Barrier."

"'Great Barrier'? You mean the barrier around our school?"

"That's what I said. That barrier was created by the Three Dark Lords—among them was your own father!"

"My...father?"

"Yes, but that's for a story another day..."


Kōmura Nazo says:

Literally. WHEE!


"The barrier was used to separate the human world for our school, allowing the students of Yōkai Academy to live and learn freely without ANY knowledge of existence from the humans. But...what do you think would happen...if that barrier was...GONE?"

"...Oh no..." Mako widened his eyes as he held his hands over his mouth.


Back in the student council building, President Kaneshiro laid on the ground in defeat.


Kōmura Nazo says:

WAIT! WHAT?! I wanted to READ that climactic battle! WHEE!


"Hah, that was WAAAAAAAAAYYYYYYYYYYY too easy!" laughed Kumaru triumphantly. He grabbed the corrupt student council president's head and glared into her eyes. "Alright, Kaneshiro Hokuto, you can either tell us where you've taken Mako-san, or I'll jab by fingernails up your a—NO! Better yet: I'll just use my—"

"WAIT!" Tsuki shouted as she grabbed Kumaru and pulled him back.

"WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING?!" the incubus boy screamed. "You seriously can't believe in this bitch!"

"Listen to me, Houki-san: you told me you wanted to bring peace to this school, and strangely enough...I kinda believed you were telling the truth. I don't want to see my friends get hurt, and neither do I want to see YOU hurt anyone. Please tell me where Mako-san is, or we'll have to turn you in..."

Despite being surprised, President Kaneshiro said NOTHING...

"*SIGH* So be it..."


Tied up by Rupert's wings, President Kaneshiro followed the Newspaper Club into Yōkai Academy.

"Excellent work, boys. You too, Tsuki-san,"said a white-robed woman atop the stairs; behind her stood two men in black.

"Headmistress!" gasped Tsuki.

"Oh, Houki-san, I am VERY disappointed in you. You've been a VERY bad girl since you joined the student council," said Headmistress Mikogami.

"Wait, you knew it was her from the start?" asked Kumaru.

"Precisely. Now step back, children." The headmistress pulled out a cross and began chanting strange words.

*FLASH*

A barrier circle suddenly expanded under President Mikogami, which pushed Rupert and the Newspaper Club back and trapped ANTI-THESIS' leader in a static-like barrier.

"So, you knew all along, and you set everything up, from sending that assassin against Tsuki-chan, to having her join the student council, just to lure me out...AND make Tsuki stronger! Did you NOT?"

"...You were just like Tsuki-chan when you first joined Yōkai Academy. It's sad to find out you turned out to be our ENEMY," the disappointed headmistress said as she turned around to return to her office. "Gentlemen, take her to the dungeon to await trial. Tsuki-chan, please come to my office...bring your friends with you."

"Hmm hmm hmm hmm hmm hmm hmm hmm hmm hmm hmm..."

President Kaneshiro's quiet laughing caused Headmistress Mikogami to stop in his tracks and turn his head back, as well as Tsuki and her friends to look at her in fear. "Is something funny, Houki-san?" asked the headmistress.

"Tell me: was all of this part of YOUR plan...or MINE?"

*SMASH*

The barrier suddenly broke, knocking Tsuki and her four boyfriends back, and President Mikogami charged up the stairs, cutting the two men in black with a giant bladed finger from his right arm and stabbing Headmistres Mikogami in the back before any of them could react. "AH HA HA HA HA HAH! I've been waiting all my life to get to you, Headmistress Mikogami—or should I say...'Dark Lord' Mikogami?"

Headmistress Mikogami fell to the ground, dropping his necklace cross. "I-Impossible! My...My barrier! You broke it!"

President Kaneshiro picked up the cross with his bladed finger. "At last! I FINALLY have the Rosary of Judgment: the key to dispel the Great Barrier!"

"WHAT?! YOU...YOU WOULDN'T! YOU HAVE NO IDEA WHAT WILL HAPPEN IF THE BARRIER WAS DISPELLED!"

"Hokuto-san, what's going on here?" Tsuki dreadfully asked as she ascended the stairs to confront ANTI-THESIS' leader.

"I'll tell you: I actually LET you beat me, just so you could take me to one of the three Dark Lords. You see, I waited anxiously while in the student council. But then Hedmistress Mikogami placed you in the student council to expose me, so I had Mako captured just to put pressure on you and make the pressure SO great that you had to rely on your boyfriends! AND the headmistress! ALL OF YOUR ACTIONS WENT AS I PREDICTED! AND EVERYTHING WENT ACCORDING TO PLAN! AH HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HAH!"

"So, THIS is Houki's true nature-desu!" gasped Yukinari.

"I should've known it was a trap!" groaned Kumaru.


Kōmura Nazo says:

Dude, you should've realized that when you said your victory was 'WAAAAAAAAAYYYYYYYYYYY too easy'. Because that's how traps work. WHEE!


"I WAS going to say that all this happened because you were too weak, but I don't have time for that! I have a barrier to dispel..." And so, President Kaneshiro ascended the stairs to—

*BAM*

Tsuki furiously punched her up the stairs. "Houki-san...I don't want to hurt you," she whispered as her vampiric eyes shot wide open, "but if violence is the only way to STOP you...SO BE IT!"

End