unexpected tool

by vamer

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Classroom of the Elite: Unexpected Tool
Kazuma Narukami

Published: 2022
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Note

Before we start, I would like to say thank you for having time to read my first fanfic! I appreciate any criticisms so I can improve more.

Before you ask, Why Shinohara? Because why not? Nahh just kidding I wanna give her some redemption since in every fanfic I've read she can be a biiiitt of a bitch. (No offense to the other creators.)

I hate her too but this time, she might become one of my favorite characters after this. Who knows? I have the power to control her. I don't know, she just suddenly popped out of my mind.

I hope I can entertain you all...

A true Devil

Everything in my life so far has been far from a peaceful life.

Nothing has ever been perfect for me even when I try to be. Its HIS fault anyway for the shambles that gave us hell for a few years so it's no surprise that I have to take care of my own family including my mother.

That piece of shit excuse of a father can rot in prison for all I care. He deserves it after the pain and suffering that my mom has to go through every single day. Punches and kicks everywhere to the point were I am convinced he is devil himself. He even tried to rape me but thank God I called the police in time. I hope I can never see that devil again.

Even though he was gone, the invisible wounds that me, my mom, and my little brother will always stay inside of us. Nothing, and I mean nothing can ever cure this deep scar within me.

My heart still aches from the trauma I have faced, but I still have my family that I loved very much so I have to be strong for them. I have to give them hope. Not despair.

I've been working hard more than ever to accomplish my goals in order to bring back the happiness that we've deserved. There's been ups and downs yet that won't stop me from reaching up to the top.

We were getting back on track until I received a letter. A letter of acceptance to one of the greatest schools in the whole country. Tokyo Metropolitan Advanced Nurturing High School.

I can never forget the day I saw the smile of my mom when she read the letter. The smile that I can never forget. Even my little brother was jumping like a maniac but he didn't care since we finally saw our own mother happy once again.

I thought to myself, 'This is it! This is were I, Satsuki Shinohara will overcome every obstacle this school would give me!' Honestly, the feeling of excitement really burst within me.

This school is going to be my life for the next three years. Sure, I'm gonna be away from my family but they completely understand so I promised to them that I'll make them proud. I can show them how much I have changed when I graduate. This is gonna be one of the most proudest moments of my life.

Or so I thought...

I can never forget the day that I have met the true devil. The devil that shows the eyes of true darkness The memories of my past slowly returned
yet this monster was worse than my father. This person showed me what true despair is just by looking at him.
For a person like him could ever exist into this cruel world went to this school. What kind of devil was he?!

Which brought me a new trauma to deal with. My fate from horrible to worse the moment I saw the true self of him. I can never ever forget him.

The devil who is responsible for completely changing my life...

The devil that made me his own pawn yet...

He was also my savior...

That true evil Devil who made me his own was none other than...

Kiyotaka Ayanokouji.

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"What about h er?"

"Ugh, you perverts!"

"I thought you like Ike?"

"Horikita, do it now."

"H-Here are the photos Ayanokouji-kun!"

"I was wrong about her."

"I thought you were my friend!"

So uhhh, what do you think? It is not bad or bad? I know it's short but don't worry I'll try to improve more on the next chapter so thank you for reading! This is only the beginning.

Bitter Betrayal

Shinohara POV

" Stay away from me!"

"Why are you running Satsuki?"

"Fuck off you hornbag !"

"Awwww so harsh, but it only makes daddy harder!"

"Shut the hell up!"

"There's nowhere to run my Satsuki"

"Why are you doing this?!"

"GOTCHA!"

"AAAAAHHHH!!!!!" I suddenly woke up in a trance trying to forget that ever happened. These reoccurring nightmares are gonna be the death of me. I thought I already forgotten that devil but somehow, doing that just got even worse. I'm just glad it wasn't real.

"Shinohara-san? What happened?" I turned around and see Mii-chan with a concerned look on her face. She must've heard my loud scream. This is so embarrassing. Out of all times thatasshole has to ruin my day, why does it have to be with my friends around?

"O-ohh I'm fine Mii-chan. Just a little nightmare don't worry about it hehe." I said with a small smile. I just hope this wouldn't happen again since the last time it happened, I was in the classroom during lunch and the first thing I saw after jolting up from another nightmare was a certain brown-haired male with hazel gold eyes staring at me with his usual plain look on his face. Out of all people, it has to be that gloomy boring guy that Horikita-san only talks to. What was his name again? He's so forgettable. The only thing I remember about him was his awkward introduction. Seriously, what a weirdo. No wonder he doesn't have any friends. Atleast he's not a big pervert like a certain person I know.

"Ohh, Shinohara-san you look very tense. You're sweating a lot." Mii-chan said.

"Huh? What do you--" I looked down and realized my whole body was covered in sweat that somehow made my clothes soaking wet. How the hell was this even possible?

"Stupid goddamn nightmare ruining my day already." I muttered my frustration hoping Mii-chan wouldn't hear it. Speaking of her, She's been spending a lot of time with Hirata-kun lately. I can see those eyes sparkle everytime she speaks to him. Well, I couldn't blame her since Hirata-kun is so freaking handsome. Any girl would do anything just to be with him especially Mii-chan. Too bad Karuizawa-san already took him but I'm not surprised since these two look great together. If only a certain pervert would have the same personality as him.

"Shinohara-san, are you sure you're alright?" Oh, I forgot you were here.

"Don't worry about it, I'm just a little stressed about this dumb zodiac exam and all that." Well, that was a lie but like I could give a shit about the exam. We lost already thanks to a certain someone for giving out the answer already. Atleast she doesn't know what really happened to me and she doesn't NEED to know. No one must know about my horrible childhood trauma and I mean no one.

"I hope so. Oh, by the way Shinohara-san?"
Mii-chan said as she put on a weird smile.

"W-what is it?" Huh, I just noticed she isn't as shy when it comes to us anymore. She would stutter a lot back then but now, she completely changed. It must be thanks to Hirata-kun. As expected of our handsome co-leader.

"You might wanna take a shower. You smell like an old used condom." She said with a little laugh.

Okay first of all, ouch, second, how the hell do you know what an old used condom smells like? Looks like she changed too much. From being a bit shy to being a bit of a bitch.

"Thanks for the compliment." I said with a fake smile.

"No problem. Well, I gotta get going. See ya later!" She said as she left probably going to see his precious Hirata-kun again. Honestly, I don't even know if she has a chance.

Well, not that I care since all I care about now is taking a nice long shower. I hopped out of my bed and take a nice long look at the mirror.

"Okaa-san, Shinra, I hope you two are doing okay. I really miss you guys." I stayed silent for a moment then I grab my clothes and towel and head to the shower room.

Meanwhile

??? POV

"Look, just admit you did it already. Just apologize and we can forget this ever happened."

"I've been telling you already that its not me. Sheesh, who took a shit on your cereal this morning to make you this pissed off?"

"What the fuck did you say to me?!"

"Calm down, look we just wanna know who made our friend Rika cried yesterday. I mean, she was covered in bruises for crying out loud!"

"And you would directly assume it's me. I understand that since I'm in class D but for me to beat up someone is out of the question. You think I would do something low like that?"

"If it's not you, then who is it? There's no one would bully someone other than you."

"Wow, someone's being judgemental. How should I know? Don't go pointing sticks randomly."

"Then what about Shinohara?"

"What about her?"

Ayanokouji POV

"Thanks for the offer but I don't think I would fit in with your group Hirata." To be honest, I just want to relax on my bed but I still have Horikita to deal with and there's even this island exam. Honestly, this is too far off from having a peaceful life.

"Don't worry about them Ayanokouji-kun. I'm pretty sure they won't mind it and to be honest, even though I don't mind with Karuizawa-san and the others, it still makes me a little uncomfortable just being surrounded by girls all the time." Hirata said. Well, they don't call you "Mr. Ladies Man" for nothing.

When I was about to decline him again, I got cut off by a call.

"Ohh, speak of the devil. Well, I gotta get going. Maybe next time then, Ayanokouji-kun?" Hirata asked.

"Well, I'll think about it for the meantime. Thanks again for the offer." As I said that, he nodded and left. To be honest, I wouldn't mind hanging out with them but there's a certain girl who would be displeased of just seeing my appearance. I don't have any problems with the girls Hirata hung out with especially with Karuizawa since he told me they were just in a fake relationship in order to protect her but just seeing Shinohara glaring at me most of the time was just too much to handle. I mean, it's not my fault I saw her screaming from that day. Horikita is enough to deal with with her eyes of death when I get on her nerves but another one is just torture at this point.

knock *knock

As I was about to rest on my bed, I heard a knock on the door. Atleast let me close my eyes for am 10 minutes. Well, there's no getting away from this now. When I got up and open the door, I saw Ike, Sudo and Yamauchi with very creepy smiles on their faces. No wonder they couldn't get girls.

"What do you want you three?" Make it quick. I have a bed calling my name already.

"Ayanokouji, come with us right now." Ike said as that smile turned upside down and the same goes the other two. Let me guess, they want to gaze at the girls in bikinis again. Don't they know we're in the middle of an exam?

"And you can't say no by the way! I still haven't forgive you for lying to me!! Yamauchi shouted. It's just Sakura's email address, what's so special about it? That probably goes the same for Ike and Sudo as they glare at me everytime Kushida or Horikita would come and talk to me.

"Calm down. There's no need to shout you know. We're on a ship, not my room." I said.

"Come on dude, no need to be so gloomy all the time." Sudo said.

"Yeah, We're just gonna look for Kikyou-chan!" Ike shouted in excitement.

"If you're planning to confess at Kushida, I suggest you do it after the exam. Our classmates are in deep stress right now and I don't think Kushida would be too eager to answer you right now." I spilled out the truth for him. Seriously, atleast have some decency.

"H-How did you know?! Yeah it's still the special exam and all but atleast let us have a little bit of fun! It took a lot of courage for me to do this you know!" Ike shouted. Seriously, he's gonna break his vocal cords if he keeps shouting.

"Calm down will you? If you're gonna confess to her anyway, why do you need me to come?" I asked.

"Well, I was planning for you to convince her to come with us and chill so I can smooth talk her then confess but since you have a point, let's just relax and go to the pool."Ike said, thankfully not shouting.

"I'll think about it. You three can go ahead." I'm not falling for another of your tricks again. Horikita's food trap is enough for me.

Fine, but we better see you there Ayanokouji! Yamauchi said as they left. That takes care of them. Suddenly, my phone vibrate and I received a text message from a certain girl from Class C.

"I hope you know what you're doing."

"Just do what I say. You already know
the location right? Do whatever you want there as long as you go along with my plan."

"Yeah yeah."

And with that, the plan of breakage was set in motion. But first, I'm gonna need some evidence to make sure they don't betray me. I promised myself to not use her but I can't risk myself too much or I might gather attention. So I went through my contact list and search for her name. I'm sorry if I have to do this to you but you're the only one I know who can hide her presence very well. I press the call button and waited for a few seconds until she finally pick up.

"H-Hello Ayanokouji-kun. I'm surprised you called me unexpectedly."

"I'd like you to assist me with something. Is that okay with you?"

" Ofcourse ! Anything for Ayanokouji-kun!"

Shinohara POV

"Ugh, you perverts!" I can't believe I've fallen for this perverted idiot. He disgust me but at the same time, I'm not that mad at him like before. Out of all people, why does it have to be him?

"Hey, don't just assume things uggo! It's not like I wanna see you wearing nothing but a towel or anything." Wow, I didn't know Ike can be a pervert and a tsundere at the same time.

"What the fuck did you say to me?!" I said as I grab his collar.

"For having a good figure, you act like a big tomboy when it comes to me. So much for being a girl. No wonder you couldn't get a boyfriend." Ike said. He sure loves pissing me off. I wonder if he's a masochist or something?

"You really wanna die by my hands huh?" I said as I glared at him.

"Wait, where did Yamauchi and Sudo go?" Onodera who was next to me noticed that the other two idiots instantly vanished.

"Who cares? All I care about is giving this idiot a goddamn lesson." I said.

"Alright, just don't be too rough on him."

"Huh?"

"Huh?"

"What?"

W-What do y-you mean by that Onodera?" Please don't say what I think you're gonna say...

"Huh? I thought you like Ike? I'm sure you don't wanna break his precious face riiighhht?" Onodera said with a wide smirk on her face.

As she said that, I feel my face burned up as my embarrassment went through the roof. I can't even look at Ike right now. Are you trying to ruin my life?

"Aannnnnddd there he goes." Onodera said which made my anger switched to her. Looks like Ike found an opportunity and ran but it doesn't matter anymore. I found a new target to deal with.

"Onodera, do you mind if we go to my room? We're gonna have a loooooonngg talk after what you just said."

"Hehe. Bye!" She instantly ran off. What a bitch.

"Hey, get back here!" I chased her down but it looks like she ain't gonna stop. Well, that just added more fuel to the fire. As I kept running, I noticed she kept going down and down for some reason. She's just letting herself get trapped if she keeps doing this. Whatever, she's dead either way.

"So you do like him don't you? You're so easy to read." Onodera said still showing that dumb smirk of hers.

"Shut up! You are sooo getting an ass whooping once I catch up to you!" I shouted. Good thing no one is here to hear us. I got her now.

"Let's see about that." Onodera said as she continues to run downstairs.

'What was that about? She's starting to creep me out.' I thought.

After minutes of endless running, we ended up at the lowest part of the ship. I really gotta work on my stamina more.

"There's...nowhere...to run...now...bitch." I said while trying to catch my breath.

"That's right. We're all alone here and no one could ever hear us." She said.

"Huh? What do you mean by that?" I asked in confusion.

"Oh there you are Manabe-san! Perfect timing!" I turned around and see Manabe and three other girls. I heard about them. They're the fuckheads from Class C that Karuizawa-san told me about.

"Wait, what's going on here?"

Ayanokouji POV

"Don't be ridiculous. What do you mean that there's a traitor in our class?"

"I said that there could be a traitor. I just want to remind you of the possibility if it ever occurs."

"How could that even happen? Who in their right mind would--"

"You know who I'm talking about here."

"Wait, you don't mean--"

"Yes."

"So that means there's a possibility on which the traitor could be working with Ryuuen-kun?"

"Who knows? That's why you have to do it now, Horikita."

"What do you mean, do it now?"

"Figure out who could be the possible traitor in our class in secret. He or She is going to be the reason of your downfall for reaching Class A."

"This is becoming more troublesome than ever. Do you have any idea who could this traitor be?"

"I don't know yet. You're the only one who can solve this issue so you'll figure it out somehow."

"Fine. I hope you're wrong about this. I'll talk to you soon."

As she hung up, the person I was waiting for finally arrived.

"Ayanokouji-kun!" Did she ran all the way here or something?

"Hey, are you okay? Did you get caught?" I asked with a bit of concern. I was honestly worried for her which was a first for me to worry about someone.

"No I didn't, thankfully. Were you worried for me?." She said.

"Well, I did give you a difficult task. You could've declined it you know?"

"N-No! It's okay Ayanokouji-kun. Don't worry. You did help me after all. Now it's my turn to help you!" She said as she smiled.

"Oh! He-here are the pictures Ayanokouji-kun!" She said as she handed me her camera showing what I asked her to take a picture of. Hm? Is that Shinohara from behind? It's probably nothing.

"I appreciate you for doing this Sakura. I apologize for the trouble." I said.

"Like I said, It's okay. To be honest, I'm really happy that you relied on me for help." She really has grown. I can see her smile shows true growth. I'm proud of you Sakura.

"Sakura, can you develop these pictures you took when we return to school?"

"Sure but, may I ask why do you want pictures like these Ayanokouji-kun?" She asked with a hint of sadness. Is this jealousy?

"It's Horikita's plan." An obvious lie but works everytime.

"I-I see. That's reassuring." She said as she sighs of relief.

"Well, I gotta get going. Remember, if something come up, call me immediately."

"I-I'll keep that in mind. Thank you Ayanokouji-kun." I nodded and left. There's no time to waste. They're probably dealing with Karuizawa by now so I went downstairs quickly as I could.

Once I've made it, I slowly opened the door and hid myself to record the whole scene. Even when I get caught which would be impossible, there's still hidden cameras I've set up in here to catch everything. When I started recording, I noticed something completely out of the ordinary.

"Onodera, what's going on?" I heard a somewhat familiar voice which I thought it would be Karuizawa but when I got a better look, what I saw was unexpected. Shinohara was getting cornered.

"I see. I was wrong about her." I muttered quietly. To think Manabe would try and outsmart my plan by gathering another victim. To even have one of my classmate join them for this. But the question is, where is Karuizawa?

"Don't tell me you forgotten about what happened." I heard another familiar voice which is from Onodera. What is she plotting?

"So, you're the one who attacked Rika huh? Care to explain yourself?" Manabe asked.

"What are you talking about? I've never met her--agh!" Shinohara got cut off with a punch to the stomach from Onodera.

"Oh quit spouting bullshit and tell the truth already!" Onodera shouted.

"Hey Rika, do you recognize her? Was Shinohara the one who hurted you?" Manabe asked the person hiding behind her. So this was Rika. She seemed meek, rather like Sakura.

"Yes, she was the one." Rika said.

"See, told ya." Onodera said as her smile widened and the same goes for Manabe. Shinohara who was still clutching her stomach, was shocked on what she had heard. While me, still confused on such a different event had happened yet I continue watching on how this whole thing would unfold.

"Apologize to Rika, now." Manabe demanded.

"Apologize to what?! I didn't even do anythi--agh!" Shinohara got cut off again with a knee to the stomach from Manabe which made Shinohara vomit some blood. Looks like she managed to hit her solar plexus as well.

"Apologize you fucking bitch." Manabe said coldly.

"Come on Shinohara, just apologize and they might leave you off scot-free." Onodera said, still keeping that wide smile on her face.

*Slap

To everyone's suprise, Shinohara stood up and gave Onodera a painful slap. Everyone stayed silent until Shinohara finally spoke. Tough girl.

"Hey. Did you set me up for this? You planned this, didn't you? Accusing me of something I didn't fucking do." Shinohara said showing mixed emotions of anger and sadness.

"Why? Why would you do this? I thought you were my friend!" She shouted in complete anger while wiping the tears off her face.

"Friend? Give me a break. Why would I ever be friends that loves beating up defenseless people? We're just giving you the taste of your own--Arghh!" Shinohara didn't let her finish as she punch her right in the face. That was a bad decision for Shinohara as both of her arms were restrained by Manabe's friends.

"He-hey! Let me go! Like I said, I didn't do anything to her!"

"Shut up." Manabe said driving her knee to her stomach again.

"You ruined my face you bitch!" Onodera said punching Shinohara in the face.

This was an unexpected turn of events. Instead of Karuizawa getting beat up like I originally planned, All I see now was a completely helpless yet silent Shinohara. Has she ever experienced this before? Why was Onodera a part of this? There are some more questions that are left unanswered but there's only one question which I can answer. The possibility of a traitor in class D is the truth.

"What's wrong?! Can't speak for yourself now huh?! This wouldn't have fucking happened if you just apologized!" Onodera continued to pummel the silent Shinohara which goes the same for Manabe.

"Looks like I have to make some major changes." I said as I quietly open the door and leave.

Hi. Hope you enjoy this chapter and yes, side characters becoming main characters. Message me if there some errors and once again, I accept any criticisms so don't be shy and tell me what I'm doing wrong okay? Anyway, Thanks for reading!.

Imperfection

Shinohara POV

Pain. I feel nothing but pain throughout my whole body. This hurts so much I just want to take a gun to end everything right here, right now. I don't want to live in this cruel world anymore. Just let me die alone now so I can get rid of this unbearable pain... is what I would've said if this was my first time to experience this. No matter how many punches, slaps, and kicks they've given me, it'll always feel the same. I've gotten used to every beating I've received from my shitty father so Onodera and her new "friends" just gave me the usual. They probably expected me to cry and beg for forgiveness but I ain't that easy to pull off. Gotta give them credit for trying though.

As I lay there all bruised up with drops of blood coming out of my mouth, I started to rethink my life choices. I wonder if this is going to be my life from now on until I graduate. I've only been at this school for half a month and my life already turned upside down.

I got framed, betrayed, and get beat up all because of one thing, trusting the wrong person. Onodera is out of the list I guess. Who's gonna be next I wonder?

Karuizawa-san?

Satou-san?

Matsushita-san?

Are they gonna do the same thing to me one day? Am I gonna get betrayed again? Have I trusted the wrong person? I don't know if I could even trust myself anymore. What the hell is happening to me? Why do I feel scared all of a sudden? Is this even me? Am I going to be alone? What's gonna become of me?

"U-uurgghh!" Damn, they really hit me hard. My arms and legs are so swollen I can't even sit down properly. I'm gonna be here for a while am I? Well, there's no use crying over spilled milk. I guess I could just take a short rest here until I can move a little. I hope no one sees me here.

"This is my life now I guess." I said as I slowly close my eyes and fall asleep.

"Shinohara."

Great. Just fucking great. My luck couldn't get any worse huh?

"Hey, wake up." Huh, that voice sounded familiar.

I opened my eyes and see a familiar male figure standing infront of me. Oh, it's him. Out of all people who would've found me here, it has to be this creep.

"What happened to you?" He asked in his usual gloomy voice.

"Huh? What are you doing here?"

"Answer my question first." He demanded.
This guy is acting tough now huh? Two can play that game.

"Nothing. Why do you care anyway?"

"You look like hell." Thanks for stating the obvious.

"No shit sherlock. You're starting to piss me off you know? What are you even doing here anyway?!" I shouted. I'd rather get seen by Ike than this piece of shit. Making me mad already instead of helping me.

"Atleast tell me what happened."

"I got my ass whooped by some girls from another class! You fucking happy?! If you ever tell anyone about this, I'll make sure you regret it. Understand?" Maybe that'll get through his head for once.

"I see. So Onodera decided to frame you and Manabe and your friends beat you up. Isn't that right?"

My eyes widened the moment he said those names. How the hell does he know? Did he set this all up for me? I felt shivers down my spine as imagining he's the one behind all this.

"Ho-how did you--mffmmfffmm!" Before I could even finish my sentence, he covered my mouth.

"Thanks to you, you ruined my plan." He said coldly. He looked at me directly straight into my eyes maybe through my soul as I saw his eyes completely changed. It was nothing like I've ever seen before. What the fuck am I looking at?!

"Look at yourself being pathetic as ever. Looks like you're staying strong on the outside but on the inside, you're hiding something, aren't you?" I've never been this terrified as before. Those pure darkness within those eyes of his, are worst than my father.

With the amount of strength that I have left, I shoved his arm away from my mouth and say...

Ayanokouji POV

"WHO THE FUCK ARE YOU?!" She screamed with full anger on me using her remaining strength. Such a strong girl indeed. I may have figure her out somehow as I continue to look at her with full darkness.

"There's something hidden within you, isn't there? Let's say, an incident which involves your entire family breaking apart."

"I-I don't know what you're talking about! And what do you mean I ruined your plan?!" She shouted.

"You were sexually assaulted by your own father, am I right?" As soon as I said that, her reaction was all I need to confirm that it was the truth. A traumatized person can be quite useful but Shinohara was lacking potential. An incomplete puzzle that needed to be solved.

"Wh-why? Why are you doing this?!" She screamed angrily with tears pouring out of her eyes.

"Why? Isn't it obvious? You revealed your past to me without even saying a word. Such an easy girl you are. You have nothing to hide when it comes to me. Which is why you have to do what I say from now on. Not from Hirata, not from Karuizawa, but to me only. You understand?"

"You... You think you can get away from this?!" She shouted. Even in this state, she still managed to put much effort to stand up for herself.

"Still fighting back. What a strong girl you are. Let's put it to the test shall we?"

"What are you--eek!"

I slowly groped Shinohara's breast. To my expectations, she can't fight back since her arms were too swollen from earlier. Even if its under her uniform, her breasts must be sensitive when touched.

"Get off me, you fucking pervert!" She tried to escape but due to her weakened legs, she failed and instantly fell down. I took advantage of the situation to go on top of her.

"There's no use escaping. You're still weak from earlier which is why you need to be taught a lesson." I said as I started to remove her uniform.

"Wh-what are y-you doing?! Stop it! Stop it you perverted motherfucker!" I ignored her bickering and continue to remove her top until I see nothing but her body with a bra covering her breasts.

"There! You see me half naked! Are you done?! Just stop this! Please!" She screamed in panic as more tears pour out of her eyes.

"What happened to your tough persona just now? Still want to fight back from me?"

"No! No! Please! I'll do anything you want! Just don't rape me!" She's starting to crack. I just need a little more push.

"I feel like you don't mean what you said. I think you need a very thorough lesson." I spread her legs and slowly touch her thighs then slowly go down until I can touch her panties.

"STOP PLEASE! I MEAN WHAT I SAID! I'LL DO ANYTHING YOU ORDER ME TO DO! I WON'T RUN AWAY FROM YOU! I WON'T REPORT YOU! JUST DON'T RAPE ME!"

And with that, I managed to break Shinohara's mind. I wasn't interested in her body. I just needed to threaten her to see how far she was willing to go, how much she would do.

A few minutes later, Shinohara stopped crying. She might still be traumatized from what I've done, but this was necessary.

"Do you admit to everything you say?"

"Yes." She said still trying to wipe off her excess tears.

"You know Manabe and her friends are still going to continue this adding Onodera too."

"I know."

"You've experienced this kind of despair before haven't you?" She looked at me and nodded.

"How do you feel right now?"

"After what you did to me earlier? What do you think?" Well, that was quick for her to act tough again.

"How about Onodera and Manabe? How do you feel about them?

"I wanna bash their faces together obviously but in this state I'm in, I'm just a living punching bag."

"Then I'll promise you this. I will protect you from Manabe, Onodera and anyone else who tries to hurt you in exchange for following my orders. I am much reliable than Hirata and Karuizawa." I told her.

"How are you going to do that?" She asked.

"With this." I showed her my phone and reveal the recording of what happened earlier.

"You could've helped me earlier you know?!" Instead of being suprised, she just bicker on me again. I could threaten her again but that's enough for now.

"You were fighting back anyway so this video is enough." I said flatly and she glared at me.

"You're the worst, you know that? I wonder how Horikita-san can even handle you." She said.

"All I want is for people to cooperate with me and since you got caught up in this, you have to assist me in the future. There are still things to improve on you but that's besides the point."

"What do you mean improve? What do you want me to do anyway?" She asked.

"Simple. Control the girls for me, especially Karuizawa."

I have a slight feeling that Karuizawa is one of the traitors of Class D. She might be working with Onodera and other people that might get suspected. If this keeps going to continue, Class D will never rise to Class A.

"Is Karuizawa a part of this as well?" I'm not surprised that she asked that. She is her friend after all.

"Who knows, but all you need to know is that our class is scattered because of a traitor."

"Traitor?! Then someone is working with another class?!" I nodded to her question. She's quick to understand the situation. That's probably one of her abilities.

"We'll take care of Manabe and Onodera if they ever make a move against you again then take care of the traitor as long as you assist me in the future, do you understand?"

"Yeah I know."

This whole incident wouldn't have happened if the one who went down here was Karuizawa just like I originally planned but somehow or someway, someone saw through me. In any case, I can somehow work with this.

Shinohara was lacking in almost everything or to be brutally honest, completely useless.
She needs a lot of work on herself especially for what I'm about to make her do in the near future. This might be troublesome to do but I can make her grow into something new. She gotten herself involved in this mess and she must pay the price for it. In other words,

Satsuki Shinohara is an imperfect tool for me.

I don't know what to say but Hi. Thanks for reading!

Weaknesses & Strengths

A few days later...

Ayanokouji POV

That whole exam was one big disaster. There's Ryuuen outsmarting Horikita by revealing the VIP, replacing Karuizawa with Shinohara as my pawn, a certain someone who somehow saw through my plan, and of course the possibility of more than one traitor of Class D. Onodera is one of them atleast but who are the other traitors and who is the one leading them? What do they gain from this anyway? This is far from getting a peaceful life with all these troublesome incidents.

Knock *Knock

She finally arrived huh? Took her long enough. I got up from my bed and open the door.

"What took you so--" before I could even finish my sentence, she suddenly pushed me inside causing me to fall over then closed the door as quickly as possible.

"Do you know how hard it is to sneak here without getting caught?!" She shouted.

"If you keep shouting like that, then everyone will get suspicious." I said as I get up. Atleast
apologize or something.

"I know that! Anyway, why did you call me in the middle of the night?" She asked.

"Did you brought the stuff I told you to bring?" I asked.

"Yeah, you told me to bring my gym clothes." She said.

"The reason why I called you here because I'm gonna have to train you." Shinohara may be useful but she's still lacking physical and mental strength. The darkness hiding within inside her is still affecting her own will. If she can't overcome her own darkness, then she just have to work with it like myself. I may need to be forceful on her, but this is important for her own sake.

"Train for what? You saw with your own two eyes on how I fought back from the ship." She said.

"Until you were restrained from behind can they proceed to torture you." I said.

"That's because there were four of them! If you were in my situation, you probably beat them up in an instant! Besides, I'm not like you, you know!" She shouted again. How tough are your vocal cords are for you to be loud everytime?

"Yes, you aren't like me. Yet." I said as I reveal my true eyes to her once again. Obviously she's shaken at what she saw but she's not looking away anymore.

"I-Im guessing I better get used to seeing you like that huh?" She asked.

"Don't worry, this is only temporary. As long as you keep assisting me." I said.

"Well it's not like I have a choice." She said.

"Wait, what do you mean I'm not like you yet?" She added.

"You'll know the reason later. For now, go change in the bathroom. I'll wait for you here." I said.

"Allright. You better not try something perverted while I'm changing you hear me?" Who does she think I am? Some kind of sex offender or something?

"I'm not like Ike and Yamauchi to do some troublesome stuff like that." I said.

"Yeah but what you did to me at the cruise ship says otherwise." She said with a huge smirk on her face.

"Are you trying to say that you like getting your breast groped by me?" I asked.

"Sh-shut up pervert!" She said loudly as she closed the bathroom door. I think I saw a hint of blush on her face. Does she really? No, must be my imagination. Either way, she kinda looks cute when flustered.

Two minutes later, she came out of the bathroom looking like a dime...is what I would've said if she didn't have that sour look on her face.

"Where are you going to train me by the way?" She asked.

"Just come with me and stay close." I said as I slowly open the door and see if someone is outside. Once I've confirm that no one is around, Shinohara quickly went outside and I follow.

We started going down the stairs since using the elevator was too risky until we made it to the dormitory lobby.

"Weird. I thought there would still be some people here." She said.

"Do you want us to get caught that badly?" I asked.

"Dumbass! Ofcourse not!" She shouted.

"No need to get so vulgar all the time." I said.

After a lot of sneaking and Shinohara's shouting, we finally made it to the track field. Honestly, I'm glad we're here because I don't know how long I can keep my patience when I have a nagging woman almost making my ears bleed. I better hope this was worth the pain.

"Allright, now that we're here, what do you want me to do first?" Shinohara asked, thankfully not nagging again.

"You need to increase your stamina first so I want you run for 10 kilometers." I said.

"Oh okay. Wait no not okay! What the hell?!" At this rate, I would rather get stabbed by Horikita than go deaf because of Shinohara's loud voice.

"This is completely necessary for you. Everything about you is lacking, even on academics. In other words, you're imperfect." I had to be blunt or she would never grow. If she has to do the training I had when I was in the white room, then the more she would improve.

"Give me a break. This is much worse than stealing Karuizawa-san's phone." She said. Before the final day of the exam, I told Shinohara to steal Karuizawa's phone so I can swap it with my phone then swap it again with Yukimura so I can release the SIM lock, making it look like the VIP was Yukimura. It worked until Ichinose called "my phone" then said that I was the VIP. Looks like Ichinose is tougher than she looks. No wonder she's in Class B.

"You'll be fine. This is only the beginning." I said.

"Ugh, Fuck it! Let's just get this over with." She said.

"Atleast you understand. Now get--" before I even finish, she started running. I was going to tell her that she needs to stretch first but I decided to let her be. It won't be my fault if her knees gave out.

"Hey! You!" She said as she pointed at me.

"Don't underestimate me! Saying i'm imperfect huh?! Well imperfect my ass! Just watch me got it?! I can do this!" She said as loudly as she can. I really hope no one can hear her from here.

30 minutes later

"My fucking legs hurt! I can't take this anymore! Can I take a break now please?!" What happened to your confidence from earlier?

"I've been telling you to take a break many times but you won't listen." I said as I hand her a towel and a bottle of water.

"Give me that!" Calm down woman. It's not the end of the world for you. 10 kilometers is nothing compared to me when I ran for 50.

"...anks." She muttered quietly.

"Hm? Did you say something?" I asked.

"I said thanks you knucklehead." How much of a potty mouth are you?

After that, we just stared at each other in total silence. Why did she go quiet all of a sudden? This is getting awkward. Wait a minute, why is she blushing all of a sudden?

"He-hey ummm...can I ask you something?" Thank you for breaking the awkward silence but why are you looking like you're gonna confess or something?

"If it's within my knowledge, then sure." I said.

"Well, you see I..." Oi, don't act like you're confessing. I'm not Ike.

"Can you tell me your full name please?!" She exclaimed.

...

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Silence once again.

That was very surprising at the same time very confusing. Atleast Karuizawa knows who I am.

"How low did you think of me for you to forget my name?" I asked confusingly.

"Oh come on! It's not my fault that you have one of the most awkward introductions ever! It almost felt like Horikita-san was sitting next to a ghost or something." You're starting to make me force you to spread your legs. Because of that, I am going to give you the harshest training ever next time we come here.

"So you don't remember my name yet you know the name of your perverted crush?" Her face became red as soon I told her that.

"Shut up! I'm sorry okay? Can you please tell meeeeee?" This girl is impossible sometimes.

"Ayanokouji Kiyotaka. You can atleast remember that right?" I said.

"God your name is long. Imma just call you Kiyo. Is that okay?" We're not even close and here she is giving me an iffy nickname. It's not like I don't mind but just what kind of brain do you have in there? Did your father managed to break your mind or something?

"It's fine. Now, that's enough training since you're in this state. Let's go back to the dorms before we get caught." I said as I help her stand up and walk out of the track field together.

"Fuck this hurts. Are we gonna do this every night?" She asked.

"You're quick to catch up. That's one thing you're good at I guess." I said.

"You just want to make my legs suffer huh? Well, not like I have a choice anyway. You're so heartless, Kiyo." Oi, I'm not like a certain woman who loves to stab me with compasses. I'm beyond heartless. Unless...

"What kind of person did you think I am?" I asked.

"Well, maybe not that kind of heartless. Probably like my own personal devil yet that devil somehow became my friend." She said.

"So you think of me as a friend considering that I kinda sexually harassed you? You saw my true colors." I said.

"You creep. Well, atleast your gloomy side is tolerable than a certain pervert we know. Besides, we both have something to hide from everyone else so atleast we have one thing in common right?" You're the heartless one here, not me. But I have to admit, she showed true strength when she just took the beating back at that ship. She might improve in the near future if she keeps her training up.

As we are approaching the dorm lobby, I suddenly heard two voices. I signal Shinohara to stay quiet and whisper to stay beside me beneath the wall. I decided to take a closer look and see Onodera speaking to another student which I can't recognize since he was wearing a hoodie.

"What's taking them so long? I'm starting to feel chilly here." Onodera said as she hugs herself.

"What's the bitch doing now?" Shinohara whispered thankfully not being heard by them.

"It's your fault for not bringing a jacket. Do you want to get exposed?" The mysterious student asked. That was a very familiar voice.

"I'm already exposed but it's just Shinohara so it doesn't matter anyway." I look at Shinohara and she looks like she wants to pounce at her already so I calm her down.

"You mean that uggo? Man, I wish you recorded that. I wanna see her crying ugly face getting mushed up!" The mysterious student then took his hoodie off, revealing a familiar malestudent. It was one of the three idiots and apparently, working together with the traitor. So Ike is a part of this too huh? I wonder what Shinohara thinks of this?

I then noticed that Shinohara was gripping my shirt tightly, probably about to cry. It wasn't surprising since it was noticable that she has a crush on him so seeing this reveal surely made her heartbroken.

"You perverted fuck, are you some kind of sadist or something?" Onodera asked.

"Oh shut it fuckface." Ike said boldly.

"What did you say--" Onodera got cut off by a call from her phone.

"Hello? What room? Alright fine we'll be there." She said as she ends the call.

"Looks like we wasted our time here, let's go to the dorm." Onodera said.

"So we waited here for nothing?! For fuck sake!" If Ike and Shinohara had a screaming contest, it would be a draw instantly.

"Let's go. We don't want to keep her waiting." Her huh? So the one who is leading this is a female.

"Yeah yeah." Ike replied as the both of them went inside of the elevator.

So my theory was right that there are more than one traitor of Class D. Following them won't do much good especially that I have a crying girl behind me.

"Wh-why him of all people? I can't believe this! Why, Why, why?! That fucking traitor!" Shinohara said who is now throwing a tantrum. Atleast she didn't do this while they were around.

"Calm down. Crying won't do any good for you. All you can do now is to face the hard truth." I said as I try to reassure her.

"Then when would it end?! When will this nightmare end?! What's gonna happen to me?! I'm scared of the future Kiyo! My whole goddamn future!" She revealed her true side once again on me. Her emotions are now all over the place all because of Ike. I for one, cannot relate to Shinohara's feelings for I have not felt the feeling of love because of what my old man forced me to become. A truly horrible human being.

"I'm scared Kiyo...I really am..." Shinohara muttered then surprisingly, she passed passing out unexpectedly. She really is imperfect. Her emotions are the biggest weakness that she has to overcome or her own darkness will break her once again.

"You really are troublesome." I said as I start to carry her and went upstairs. Taking her to her own room would just cause suspicion so I have no choice but to take her to my own room instead. I just hope she won't freak out when she wakes up later in the morning.

Once I've made it into my room, I decided it's best to put her on my bed. It's better if she's comfortable especially with her current condition. When I wad about to put the blanket over her, she muttered something.

"save...me..."

I can only sigh at what she said. While I did promise to protect her, there are some times at were she has to save herself. This is what the training is for. In order for her to become new and improved instead of digging her own grave. She may be an imperfect tool, but I can promise her another thing.

"I will completely fix you." I said went to the couch and fall asleep after.

Surprising Summer

Ayanokouji POV

I woke up with a different feeling that I've never felt before. It was the early morning, exactly 9AM, normally some people would get up with a feeling of what they say "a fresh start" but for me, it feels like I'm getting my back stabbed with a compass by thousands of Horikitas. Just the thought of her just doubles the pain and not just from my back, but my own mind as well.

I slowly get up still feeling the unusual pain from my back. I would usually ignore this since I have felt plenty of pain and suffering like this back then until I just got used to them to the point were I've never felt it anymore but this feels all new to me. Is this what people say about "waking up on the wrong side of the bed" or something? Whatever it is, this has to go away immediately.

"Here goes nothing, I guess." I said as I begin to stretch out my back, making multiple cracking sounds. To be honest, that actually hurt but in the end, it doesn't even matter when I felt relieved that the pain instantly went away. It was a satisfying experience but as much as I want to feel that relieve again, this couch needs to get replaced. I wonder if there are some stores that sells better couches? I assume those would be really expensive but it's better than this backbreaker of a couch.

"Mmrr...mggrhh...hmrrmmrm..." Someone's a heavy sleeper. A loud one too. Well, I can't really blame her for what happened last night. She does needs some rest after running for 25 kilometers even though I only said 10, she probably ignored her limits but whatever keeps her moving forward I guess.

But the pain and suffering she received from her stamina training was nothing compared on what she saw and felt after. Getting betrayed by the person you dearly love must've shattered her heart to pieces yet this might turn into an advantage for her when the feeling of love inside of her, turns into the feeling of hatred.

Shinohara can decide for her own but for now, she still needs to improve and that's where I come in.

Five minutes later, she finally woke up. Her legs were still sore from last night so she remain on my bed.

"Hmm? Oh, morning Kiyo. *Yawn" She said as she slowly rubs her eyes.

"How are you feeling?" I asked.

"I'm okay, I guess? Well, except for my legs ofcourse." She slowly sits up and looks around, really confused. Before she could overthink and freak out, I speak up.

"You're in my room. You passed out after having a mental breakdown last night so I carried you here."

"You could've just brought me on my own room you know? It's much easier." I just stared at her without saying a word. Doesn't she know how absurd that was?

"Wh-what? Did I say something wrong?" She asked.

"I want you to think about what you said just now." I said. A few seconds later, she finally realized what I meant.

"Oh, right. I didn't think about that. Sorry." She said, lowering her head down in shame.

"Atleast you understand. Now, tell me how you really feel right now. Last night must've affected you badly." I said.

"It really did huh? Well, there's nothing I can do about it so there's no use crying anymore." I'm a bit surprised she moved on quick. Atleast she's learning even though it's still hurting her on the inside.

"What do you feel about Ike right now though?" I asked.

"Well, I am hurt obviously but that doesn't matter anymore. My heart may be broken, but because of that, that piece of shit is nothing more than a perverted lying traitor." She said coldly.

"You were right about what you said, Kiyo. I'm sorry that you had to see that pathetic side of me last night but I gotta learn the hard truth right?" She's finally growing into something valuable. I can tell from her words that she wants to change yet I feel like she's still hiding something which doesn't involve her own family, but someone on this school. If something ever happened to this person, Shinohara would be completely broken.

"You're starting to learn, but you still have some flaws. Will you ever accept more brutal truths in the future or will you just continue to run away like you always do before? Remember that the truth has no hidden lies, whether it can be harsh or worse. I hope you understand what I'm saying here." This is how the cruel world works nowadays. Either you accept the truth or accept the lie, it's up to you to decide on what to believe.

"I am. I don't know what's gonna come for me, but I'll face them, even if it hurts." She said with determination on her eyes.

"Good, Now get some rest. You're in no condition to train for tonight. You can rest here if you want." I said.

"No, it's fine. I need to go back to my room because I REALLY need a long shower. I just hope no one is outside." As she tries to stand up, my phone started to ring. Since my phone was next to my bed, Shinohara saw the name of the caller and was instantly disgusted by who it was.

"Ugh, just seeing that bastard's name already ruined my day." She hands me my phone and I see that it was a group call of me, Ike, Sudo, and Yamauchi. They might be planning something perverted with me included again so I just answer the call to get it over with.

"He--"

"Ayanokouji!" I don't even need to know who that was.

"No need to shout. What is it Ike?"

"There's no escaping this time! You are gonna join us whether you like it or not!" Yamauchi said so loudly that Shinohara heard it even though it's not on speakerphone.

"What are you planning now?"

"We're just gonna go to the pool next week so we can enjoy our youth!" While Ike attempts to make my ears bleed, Shinohara seems to be listening in as she is very close to me right now that I can feel her breasts between my arm. Ever heard the term called "personal space", woman?

"It is just about going to the pool?"

"More than that my dear Ayanokouji. Kanji, if you please."

"It's called operation sneak pics of the girl's locker room!"

"Dude, atleast make a better operation name." I'm disappointed in you Sudo. Especially Horikita if she ever found this out.

"The name doesn't matter as long as we can fulfill our youth!

"Haruki is right, Ken. After all, your precious Horikita is coming too along with my precious Kikyou-chan!"

"Fucking perverts." Shinohara muttered, thankfully not getting heard by the three.

"How the hell are you going to invite Suzune anyway? You know that she'll say no immediately."

"Leave that to Ayanokouji-sensei!" Great. Now I'm involved in this idiotic mess.

"Great idea Kanji! Hey, Ayanokouji. Please invite Suzune! You're the only one I can count on! You're my friend, right?!!!" That sounded more like a threat than a request.

"I'll see what I can do. No promises though."

"Please try to invite Sakura too Ayanokouji pllleeeaaassssseeeeee!!!!!!" Is he trying to make me deaf?

"Fine but remember that I can't promise anything."

"Good enough for me! This is gonna be the best summer vacation ever! For my Sakura!"

"For my Kikyou-chan!"

"For my Suzune!"

I immediately hung up the call after that. Honestly, if this ever gets public, not only the three idiots would get in trouble, but there's a chance that they would put the blame on me as well.

"Aren't you gonna do something about this, Kiyo?" Shinohara asked, getting closer than ever. Does she want a kiss or something?

"Let's just leave them be for now. We still have a week so don't think too much about it." I said.

"But still, the nerve of them going so low for this. Just thinking about it pisses me off! She said loudly.

"Be quiet will you? Don't forget you're still in my room. Now go to your room and get some rest. Text me if you feel better so you can train for midnight next time got it?"

"Yeah yeah. Well, see ya Kiyo." She said as she finally move away from me and left.

Now, time to make some phone calls.

Shinohara POV

After I left Kiyo's room, I headed straight out of the exit. Good thing no one was outside or there would be some serious misunderstandings and I do not wanna deal with that right now. All I want is my shower and my bed for the whole day and there's nothing that can stop me.

"Shinohara-san?" Just as I was about to be out of the boy's dorm, A familiar voice came from behind. This is gonna be so awkward.

I slowly turned around and see Kushida-san with a curious look on her face. Out of all people, why does it have to be her? I mean, she's a great friend ofcourse but still!

"H-Hey, Kushida-san! Good morning!" Why do l feel a bit frightened? There's nothing scary about her. Right?

"Is there something wrong? You look a bit tense." She said.

"I'm fine! It's nothing to worry about hahaha." I said.

"Are you sure? Then what are you doing in the boy's dorm? Don't tell me..." Oh fuck this is bad.

"Kikyou-chan!" We suddenly heard a loud voice running towards us which made me instantly annoyed. I don't even have to know who that was but the good thing here is Kushida-san change her attention from me to the fucking pervert.

"Hm? Oh, Ike-kun! Good morning!" She said as she waved at Ike who was overexcited.

"Kikyou-chan, I'll get straight to the point so I won't waste your time." He said in a weird formal tone.

"No need to be so formal you know? We're friends!" She said.

"Hehe, sorry about that. Anyway, are you busy this saturday? I was thinking we could go to the pool. I already invited some of our classmates and they agreed!" He said loudly as he was screaming at a goddamn microphone. Now I know how Kiyo feels.

"The pool? Sure! I would love too!" The moment she agreed, Ike looks like he just won the lottery and the prize was Kushida-san wearing nothing but an apron.

"How about you Shinohara-san? Do you wanna--huh? Where did she go?" By the time Kushida-san was distracted by Ike, I already made my escape but I stayed behind a wall so I can hear what they're saying.

"Wait, she was here? I didn't even noticed." Ike said with a weird smug on his face which Kushida-san didn't notice.

"Fuck you too, asshole." I said as I flipped him off and leave. How the hell did I even fell for that scumbag in the first place? Just thinking about it stresses me more.

When I finally arrived at the girl's dorm, I saw another familiar figure but I really didn't want to see her right now. She already gets on my nerves just by looking at her. This day couldn't get any worse. Whatever, I'm just gonna get this over with.

"What the hell are you doing here, Onodera?" I know there's no point in asking. I just want her to get out of my sight right away.

"Ooohhh Satsuki! How you doing, girl?" This girl really wants to piss me off.

"I don't remember giving you permission to use my first name."

"Is that how you treat your best friend? Oh, you wound me!" Fucking drama queen here.

"You have a funny definition of friends. Now, what do you want? You're pissing me off already." I said.

"Calm your tits, will ya? I just wanna asked if you're going to the pool this week." She said.

"Why do you care if I'm going or not? Just get out of my sight already." I said.

"You're no fun! Anyway, I'm just here to give you a warning." She said as her voice got deep.

"What do you mean?" I asked.

"It's simple really. Just report what happened on the ship and your precious school life will be a lot worse than before. Even if you do report it, who's going to save you? Fucking nobody that's who. So don't try to get involve with our business, got it?" I don't know if I should laugh at her confidence or not since every word she spit out to me may sound a bit menacing but it's so funny seeing her cocky state.

"Is that all you wanna say to me? Are we done here, traitor?" As I said the word "traitor", her face was priceless.

"What you call me, fuckface? I'm warning you to not get involve!" She said as she grabs my collar. Looks like I pulled her trigger.

"Involve with that? I'm surprised you're telling me all of this. So it's all true, huh. The rumors of some of our classmates becoming traitors of Class D are all true, is that it? Honestly, you and and your big mouth." I said with a huge smile on my face which made her even more mad.

"Well, I guess there's no use in hiding it anymore. The only problem is, you're gonna face dire consequences once the second semester started." She said as her anger changed into a smug smile.

"What are you talking about?" Her words seem to be true yet confusing at the same time.

"Just wait and see, my dear Satsuki. I can't wait to see the day you break." She said as she let go of my collar and left.

I wonder what she meant by that. Well, it's going to happen at the second semester so no need to think about it too much as my main focus right now is a long shower and my bed.

??? POV

"How is she? Have you taken care of her?"

"I did but don't you think driving her to suicide is a bit far?"

"This is highly necessary."

"But still, this ain't a joke you know? This whole plan of yours is so messed up. It will definitely change this school differently."

"That is what I'm aiming for."

"You sure sound confident with this."

"Ofcourse I am. This is me we're talking about."

"I knew you were gonna say that. Let's talk about this later okay? I really need to get going."

"Yes, I may have taken much of your time. I'll talk to you later soon, Manabe."

*Ends call

"Say goodbye to your own desirable peaceful life from now on, Ayanokouji Kiyotaka."

Mysterious Coincidence

Saturday

Ayanokouji POV

The swimming pool. A place were recreational activities are being held for the students to experience the joyfulness of their youth. The first option everyone always picks when it comes to summer vacation to enjoy the cool breeze of the large area of water mixed with chlorine and enjoy sports like beach volleyball. I never went to the pool before so if I'm being honest, I'm a bit excited.

"OOOOOOHHHHHHHH POOL TIME!"

Apparently, it was also the place for the boys specifically Ike and Yamauchi to "fulfill their youth" and do some perverted activities which is to sneak a camera in the vent at the girl's locker room and record it so they can "relieve" themselves or so they say. It's not surprising since it was a known fact that the three horny idiots loved women more than anything.

"This is gonna be fun Ayanokouji-kun!" Kushida said as she goes closer to me making her chest go between my arm, causing most of the boys to glare at me with intent of murdering me on sight. I don't know how Kushida did it but she managed to invite most of our classmates to go with us. That's the power of having a high social status I guess.

"I guess it is. I still don't know why I got to be invited." I said.

"Don't be like that Ayanokouji-kun. You're my friend." She said as she surprisingly clings on my arm causing more guys to glare at me but even more surprising is that some girls started to glare at Kushida for some reason.

"Ayanokouji-kun, I didn't know you and Kushida-san were THIS close. Care to explain?" You're just making the situation worse, Horikita.

"We're just good friends, Horikita-san." Kushida said.

"I don't believe that for a second! Give us the deets!" Shinohara, who was behind us along Satou and Matsushita proceeds to drag Kushida to them, making her to let go of my arm. Atleast someone can read the atmosphere.

Five minutes later, We arrived at the swimming club's special facility, which adjoined the side of the school building. Since it wasn't part of the main building, we were allowed to enter without wearing our uniforms.

"Oh? Hey everyone! Are you guys heading to the pool, too?" Ichinose along with her group of friends also arrived, making Ike and Yamauchi even happier than ever. Atleast Sudo can keep his composure.

"Yes, that's exactly it." Horikita said.

"Wow, what crowd you have here." Ichinose said as she scans everyone until she sees me.

"Ayanokouji-kun! Am I glad to see you!" I can only waved at her as I can sense everyone's eyes on me. I don't need this unnecessary attention today but I guess it can't be helped.

"Honami-chan, is this the guy you were talking about? You got yourself a good catch."

"I-Its not like that! We're just good friends and all. I'm sorry Ayanokouji-kun, she's been like this ever since I started mentioning you." Somehow, Ichinose's face is a bit red for some reason.

"I'm Mako Amikura, hope we get along!" She said while winking. What a cute girl.

"Ayanokouji you bastard!" Ike and a group of boys continues to glare at me while the girls are just embarrassed as seeing the boys act like this in front of another class.

"A-Anyway, shall we go together? The more the merrier, right?" Kushida said to break the awkward tension.

"Sure! Let's go, Ayanokouji-kun!" Ichinose said as she clings to my arm and proceeds to drag me to the entrance which shock everyone. What is with girls clinging to me all of a sudden? I'm not that good looking like Hirata.

"That's not fair, Honami-chan!" Amikura said as she pouted.

"Ayanokouji-kun seems to be getting popular. What do you think, Horikita-san?" Kushida asked.

"It doesn't matter to me who Ayanokouji-kun gets close to. That's his own personal business." Horikita said.

As we arrived at the locker room, the girls are separated from the boys to change. Mostly everyone is still staring at me but decided to let it go for now and went inside the locker room.

"I see you made a lot of friends, Ayanokouji-kun." Hirata who stayed behind said as he pats my shoulder.

"And probably a lot of enemies as well." I replied and he chuckled a bit.

"Just ignore them, i'm sure they'll move on eventually. Come on, let's go." He said as he went inside.

Before I even went inside, my phone vibrates and see Shinohara calling me so I decided to answer it.

"You sure are a ladies man, aren't you? Just seeing Ike's face in despair is very enjoyable to watch earlier."

"You already know what to do, right?"

"I know, don't worry about it. You know, this is actually suprising that everyone has joined in. As expected of Kushida -san I guess."

"You said that you didn't want to go. Why did you change your mind all of a sudden?"

"Oh I don't know, maybe because a certain someone ORDERED me to go!"

"I don't know what you're talking about. Well, I'll talk to you later."

"Don't you dare--"

I hung up immediately and go inside the locker room, looking around to see if the three idiots have begun their plan.

"This is gonna cause a whole a lot of trouble." I muttered.

Meanwhile at the girl's locker room

Shinohara POV

"He's the worst." I muttered while trying not to break my phone.

"Huh? Who are you talking to?" Matsushita-san, who is next to me, asked as she tries to peek at my phone but I turned it off completely.

"Nothing! No one!" That was close.

"Okay then? By the way, I've heard that you've been going out of your room every midnight. Care to explain?" Where the hell did she heard that from?

"It's nothing special. I just go out and buy some food fron the supermarket." I answered her with a decent excuse.

"Hmmm? If that's the case, why do you always come back very sweaty?" What are you, some kind of stalker? How the hell am I gonna get out of this situation?! Damnit Kiyo, this is all your fault!

"Ichinose-san, may I ask what is your relationship with Ayanokouji-kun?" Horikita-san asked, making the room go suddenly quiet as everyone turned their attention at them. Well, even if it's just a coincidence, you saved me Horikita-san!

"Hmm? We're just close friends is all." Ichinose-san said while holding her monstrous, err, very large breasts. How the hell did she get them so big?! I wonder what Kiyo felt when she clung on his arm?

"I see. He isn't a bother to you, is he?" Why is she asking questions like she owns him or something?

"Nope but he can be really modest sometimes and always say that you plan everything for him." Ichinose-san said.

"Horikita-san, are you perhaps jealous of Ichinose-san stealing Ayanokouji-kun from him?" Kushida-san asked which made everyone even more curious.

"Don't be ridiculous. Like I said before, whoever Ayanokouji-kun gets close to doesn't matter to me." Horikita-san said as she gets done changing into her swimsuit and leave.

'Why did she decided to come anyway? It's completely unlike her to join us like this unless...' I thought.

"Well, let's go have some fun, everyone!" Ichinose-san said, leaving the locker room as well with the others following behind. Well except for me atleast. Good thing no one noticed I hid behind the lockers.

Once making sure everyone has left, I close the door immediately and begin to work. I just hope no one sees me in here.

8 minutes later

"Man, that was nerve-wracking! Atleast I got what he wanted. Now then, time to join the oth--"

"Excuse me, may I have a bit of your time?" Unexpectedly, someone calls me from behind, making startled. There goes my chances of survival, I guess.

I slowly turn around and see a petite girl giving me a small smile. I think I've seen her before. I think she's also a first-year but I can't quite remember who she is or what class she's on though.

"Y-yes? What is it?" I don't know why but I'm feeling really nervous. It's like there's some dark aura around her that I can't describe.

"May I ask for your name and what class are you in?" She said.

"Uh-uhh, Satsuki Shinohara from Class D." I said.

"I see. Well then Shinohara-san, do you mind if I ask you something?" Why am I sweating? There's nothing to be afraid of someone asking a question, especially with a cute girl like her.

"I-I don't mind, ask away." I tried to keep my composure but to no avail as my nervousness stays.

"No need to be so nervous, Shinohara-san. It's just going to be one simple question." She said. Now that is just freaky.

"Sorry about that. So umm, what's your question?" I asked.

"Do you happen to know a particular student who is Kiyotaka Ayanokouji-kun?"

The moment she mentioned that specific name, for some reason my heart seems to beat faster than before. I've never been this nervous in my entire life. Who is this girl and what does she want from Kiyo? Hell, how does she even know him?!

"Y-Yeah, ofcourse I do. Ki-Ayanokouji-kun is my classmate." I said.

"Is that so? Thank you for answering my question, Shinohara-san. Have a good day." She said as she turned around and walk away.

"W-Wait!" I shouted to get her attention. It's okay for me ask her a question too right?

"Yes? Is there something wrong?" She asked, only turning her head around.

"Well, is there something you want with him?" She's really becoming suspicious. I don't know what she wants with him but something tells me, it might be very bad for Kiyo.

"Fufufu, it's nothing for you to worry about." She said as she gave me a small smile again and walk away.

When she was out of sight, I couldn't say anything nor move. I was too shocked at what happened and that aura she has just sends shivers down my spine.

"Who is she, I wonder? Oh whatever, I'll tell him later." I muttered.

"Tell what, Shinohara-san?"

"Iyaahhhh!" I turned around and see Matsushita-san with a suprised look.

"Woah, calm down girl! Something wrong?" She asked.

"Nothing! Just don't sneak up on me like that, you scared the crap out of me." I said.

"Well you've been gone for a while now, we started to get worried. Now come on, let's go!" She said.

"Whoops. Sorry about that." I said as I follow her.

"By the way, who were you talking to back there?" You're slowly becoming a stalker, Matsushita-san.

"I don't know her name but she was just asking where the bathroom was." She doesn't need to know what really happened, it's none of her business anyway.

"She sure took her long ass time. Anyway, Do you know about that guy who sits in the back besides Horikita-san?" He has a name, you know?

"You mean Ki-Ayanokouji-kun, right? What about him?" He is starting to get popular but I'm guessing he doesn't want that much attention to him.

"Hehe, look over there." She said, pointing at what it seems to be Kiyo talking to Ichinose-san. Oh boy, what is he doing now?

"Looks like someone is trying to make moves on the leader of Class B." It's probably the opposite.

We kept watching until Ichinose-san started doing something very shocking.

"What an unbelievable sight we have here! Ichinose-san is very bold, don't you think so?" I couldn't even answer her since I was too shocked at what I'm seeing. After a few seconds, I speak up.

"I-I-Is she poking his chest? What the hell!" I said in frustration. Wait a minute, where did that come from? Why did I just say that!

"Ooohhhhh, looks like someone is a bit jeaallooouuuss." She said as she started to poke my cheek. Well that made me more pissed off.

"Me? Jealous?! Oh pls, like I would fall for a gloomy guy like him!" I said loudly which thankfully no one heard since most of them paid attention at the bizarre scene going on.

"You didn't say no though, so you do like him!" Well that just made my face burn up a bit. This was getting stupid, getting teased like this is just the worst.

"Not in a million years! Ugh, this is the worst day ever!" Great, now Matsushita-san won't stop laughing and teasing me. This is all your fault, Kiyo!

Timeskip

It was now closing time and everyone was instructed to leave the pool to change and go home. Me and my friends changed after a quick shower and leave. Satou-san suggested we go to the mall but everyone was too tired so we decided to go next time and go back to our rooms but I got a text message from Kiyo.

"Come to my room when you have time."

"I can go right now, I don't have that much to do anyway."

"Just make sure you don't get caught."

"I know that!"

He seriously gets on my nerves, but there's nothing I can do about it since he's much more sinister and probably "teach me a lesson" again if I did something to piss him off.

"Hey, you guys can go on ahead, I'm just gonna buy some groceries." I said and they nodded as I left. I'm glad they understand and didn't ask questions since they're probably even too tired to speak. I just hope they don't see through my lie.

After a bunch of sneaking, I am almost at the building of the boy's dorm. I was about to head in but suddenly...

"We meet again, Shinohara-san."

Don't you just love cliffhangers? I don't.

Time to focus on my college admission exam! Wish me luck I guess since I'm probably gonna not do bad or do good but who knows. Anyway, hope you enjoyed!

Faithful Discovery

Shinohara POV

Am I being followed by a dark cloud lately? I got beat up and betrayed, I became a pawn of the goddamn devil, almost broke my legs because if his rough training, bawled my eyes out for getting my heart broken at my former crush, and now meeting the same girl from earlier at the worst possible moment.

This stream of bad luck just keeps going on and on and I can't take this anymore yet I still keep going. Why do I keep going when I could just report him immediately and everything will be over?

I somehow can't bring myself to do that as I sort of believe in him in some way. He is truly far more worst than the devil himself but his intentions are mysterious.

What does he gain from all of this anyway? I have the right to know, don't I? He is so difficult to read but I still believe in him. I wonder if he stays true to his word that he would protect me as long as I do is bidding for him. If he does mean it, then...

"Why the troubled look, Shinohara-san? Are you in a hurry perhaps?"

"Huh? N-No, I was about to go home you see." I said as I begin to go up the stairs.

"That's the boy's dorm you're walking into." She said, slightly confused.

'No shit Sherlock.' I thought.

"Is it? Whoops, clumsy me! I'm just very tired because of earlier! Yeah, that's it!" god, I'm so pathetic.

"If you don't mind, would you care to walk to our dorm with me?" She asked. There's no reason for me to say no so I'm sure Kiyo won't mind if I'm a bit late.

"Hm? Sure, I don't see why not." I said as we begin to walk away from the boy's dorm. While she's not looking, I made a quick text to Kiyo that I'll be late in which he replied with a simple "ok".

As we continue walking, I have a weird feeling that I'm being watched or something. I try to shrug it off but it feels so surreal like someone's gonna stab me in the back. If that's the case, then does it have to do something with the person I'm with?

Speaking of this girl, she never told me what her name was. I wonder if It's okay if I ask. I mean, it's okay to know the name of someone you just met right? Plus, we're walking in complete silent so it was getting pretty awkward.

"Uhmm, if it's alright with you, may I ask for your name?" I didn't know why I got formal all of a sudden but it just feels like I'm with a goddamn princess.

"No need to be so formal with me, Shinohara-san. I'm just a normal person." She said with a light giggle.

"It's a force of habit, so sorry about that." I said.

"Does this "habit" of yours happen everytime you meet someone new or you only used it on me?" Crap, It looks like I can't lie my way out of this since I feel like she can read through my mind.

"...the second one. I'm sorry but to be completely honest, it just you look like you're a princess of the royal family or something." I said, lowering my head down.

"..." I'm guessing this awkward silence means she's shocked at what I've said. I look back at her and see that she still has her regular smile. She is also difficult to read.

"While I'm flattered for the compliment you gave me, you don't need to treat me with royalty next time. Like I said, I am just a regular person like you." She said. Well I have to doubt on what you said there since I know one person who is BEYOND regular but she doesn't need to know about that.

"You're right. I'm sorry about that." I said.

"It's fine. So, you asked for my name, yes?" She asked and I nodded.

"My name is Arisu Sakayanagi from Class 1-A. I figured it's only fair for me to tell you my own class since you told me yours earlier." She said.

"Eh?"

The moment I heard the name and her class, I was just beyond suprised. I mean, she's a class A student talking to a class D student, The leader of Class A talking to a defective.

"Wa--Wait a minute, you're in Class A?" I asked, still in shocked.

"Indeed. Is it that suprising?" Um, yes!

"Then, why are you talking to me, a defective student?! Let alone the leader!" I said.

"Fufufu, so you know yourself and your own class are a bunch ofvdefects? You catch on quick, Shinohara-san." She said, still keeping that smile on her face.

"To answer your question as to why I kept talking to you, it's because I've taken a bit of interest in you." She added. I don't know if I should be shocked, confused, or both.

"H-Huh? Why me, of all people?" I asked.

"Because out of all defects in your class, you and a certain someone really piqued my interest and I'm sure you know who's the certain someone, yes?" This girl is fucking scary.

"Wait, you don't mean--"

"I'm talking about Ayanokouji-kun, ofcourse."

I don't know why but I feel pale for some reason. I feel like I'm being set up by a trap caused by her dropping a bombshell on me. If she's taken an interest at Kiyo, then does that mean she knows his true nature?!

No, I need to calm down. There is no reason for me to panic even though I'm scared shitless just by standing next to her.

"We're finally here. Thank you for accompanying me, Shinohara-san." She said. Looks like I was thinking too much that I didn't realize we were at our dorm already.

"By the way, may I give you one piece of advice?" I don't know if I should be honored or frightened especially after at what she told me.

"Uhmm, s-sure I guess." I said.

Before she could say anything, she walk closer to me and started whispering in my ear saying...

"Don't trust the false genius known as the demonic survivor of the fourth generation."

After that, she walked away in silence. As for me, I'm still trying to comprehend on what she said.

'What the hell does she mean by that? Demonic survivor? False genius? Wait, does that involve Kiyo somehow? I mean sure he's scary as fuck but is there more than meets the eye?' I thought.

For the next two minutes, I didn't utter a single word. Good thing no one was around me since I was still standing there in a trance, thinking it was too unbelievable for me to believe this. I don't know if I can't handle this nonsense. Sakayanagi-san is one hell of a genius.

"Too bad she's too dumb to notice." After I double-check to make sure no one was around me, I took out my phone.

"Kiyo, did you get all that?"

"I did. Come to my room immediately and make sure you're not being
followed."

"Got it."

I put my phone back in my pocket without hanging up, as I look back and forth making sure no follows me. That mysterious feeling of getting watched was gone so I took a breath of relief and go to his room immediately.

While I was running, I couldn't help but think about Kiyo. At my first thought, he was just some gloomy guy who had dead eyes for a living until I met the true side of him. While I do admit that Kiyo is truly worst than the devil himself, he made me realize on how much of a worthless defective I am. Sure it hurts to think about it but it's the hard truth and I need to accept that truth whether I like it or not.

"I guess that's what he's trying or forcing into me that I need to turn my disgusted suffering into my own strength. How would I even do that, I wonder?" I muttered to myself as I keep running until I've reached Kiyo's room.

Knock *Knock

"Hey, I'm here." I said.

After five seconds, he opened the door and I went inside quickly.

"Kiyo, you wouldn't believe this, I--"

"Calm down. There's no need to rush about everything." He said.

"You're right. Sorry, I was just really worried." I said as I lay down on his bed. All that running made me even more tired. Wait, I still need to tell him something.

"Hey Kiyo, what was that about? How the hell does Sakayanagi know about you?" I asked.

"I don't know, I don't even know her in the first place." He said.

"Then why did she took an interest in you? Hell, she even took interest in me which was unnecessary but does that mean she knows about the real you?" I asked. I haven't been this worried about someone before, I guess I started to care a bit about him.

"What do you mean about the real me? I don't have a multiple personality disorder. I'm just a normal person." He said.

"Normal person my ass! Sheesh, how can you even say that with a straight face?" I asked.

"What do you mean? I was born like this." He said. You are going to be the death of me one day.

"I knew you were gonna say that." I said.

"We don't need to focus on her for now so you don't have to worry about me." He said, suddenly making my face feel warm.

"I-I'm not worried about you!" I said loudly.

"Really? Your blushing face says otherwise." He said while still keeping that blank face of his.

"You're the worst, you know that?!" How can he tease me with that dumb straight face and be successful about it?

Bang *Bang *Bang

"Ayanokouji! Open the door, now!"

"Oh great, it's them. I'm guessing they're here for THAT, huh?" I asked.

"Yeah, go hide in the closet and cover yourself." He said. I can tell that he really hates dealing with those idiots.

"You got it." I said as I open the closet, grab some clothes and hide. Hm, his clothes smell nice.

"Where is she, Ayanokouji?!" Where's the girl?!" Wow, is Yamauchi really that desperate to get girls?

"No one is here but myself."

"Don't give us that! We heard someone shouting here!" No one can be louder than you Sudo, but it's my fault to begin with. Me and my big mouth.

"Aren't you here for your pictures?"

"Quit changing the topic! Haruki, Ken, inspect this room!" Oh boy, this is going to be troublesome.

Five minutes and a few close calls later, they gave up and decided to open his computer.

"You got lucky this time, Ayanokouji."

"How many times do I have to tell you that there's no one in here but my--"

"Huh?! Wh-why-why is nothing here?!" oh man, I would love to see their depressing faces! I wish Kiyo can take a photo of them.

"What the hell happened, Ayanokouji?!" Well, hearing Ike's despair is good enough for me.

"How should I know? You three are the ones who set that RC car."

"Oh man! I thought we set it up perfectly. This is the worst summer vacation ever!" It's becoming the best for me.

"There's always next summer. We still have two years left, dude." Which means more troublesome work for me and Kiyo.

"I guess. Let's just go." Awww hearing a depressed Ike is music to my ears.

When I heard the door closed, I took the clothes off me and leave the closet.

"That was kind of fun, don't you think?" I asked.

"I'd prefer to never happen again." He said.

"I guess but who wouldn't love to see the three idiots suffer?" I asked.

"Oh, I almost forgot. Here you go." I said as I gave him the memory card that contains the real footage.

"Good work. Did anyone saw what you were doing?" He asked.

"I don't think so, since everyone was outside already. By the way, what're you gonna do with that memory card? You're not gonna check out what's in it, are you?" I'm pretty sure he wouldn't but I had to be sure.

"I'm not like them who look at girls like some mere object." He said. Wise words, tough guy.

"Then what, exactly?" I asked.

"To have an unnecessary human being expelled." As he said that, I felt his dark aura emerge that gave me the same feeling he did to me back then. He truly is the devil and I'm his servant.

"H-Huh? What are you trying to say?!" I asked.

"Exactly what I said, and I have this one piece of item that can get them expelled whenever I want." He said, showing me the memory card.

"Don't you even know what you're saying? Our class points would be highly affected if some of our classmates get expelled." I said.

"I do, which is why expelling someone won't be necessary for now since that's going to be Horikita's job." He said.

"But what happens if it ever involves you?" I was scared to ask this question but I can't help but to be curious.

"That would only happen if the traitors are not caught. Right now, they're probably planning for someone to get expelled, specifically you and others." He said.

"I can see that thanks to Onodera but the question is, why are they even doing this? What are they going to accomplish from betraying our own class?" I asked.

"For now, we don't know what their main goal is but I theorize two possibilities that the first one is they're working for another class and the second probably involve Kushida." He said.

"Wait, wait wait! That doesn't make any sense. Why would Kushida-san get involve in this? She's a great friend!" I'm not wrong, am I?

He didn't say anything but instead he sighed then sat down on his sofa then looked at me and speaks up.

"Sit down, Shinohara." I can tell from his voice that he's serious so I followed his orders and sat down on his bed.

"We're going to have a long talk about Kikyou Kushida."

Wow, a lot of events happened in just one day. Anyway, thank you for 1.58k reads. I know it's small but small things can be big accomplishments to me atleast. Hope you enjoyed this one!

Sacrificing One's self

It never stops. Everything just kept coming back from me day by day and no one even myself had the guts to stop this madness.

The pain keeps returning everytime I wake up which I wish it could've been my last sleep for I don't want to leave my room. I can't take it anymore. I want it to end it all right here, right now before I go insane.

Why would no one save me? Is this going to be my life from now on?

If no one can help me, then I'll just do it myself and there's only one way. One possible way for this to end.

Goodbye my miserable life.

30 days later

Ayanokouji POV

"That's enough, you've done a hundred already." I said to the very tired female human being who seems to try to exceed her limits.

"Don't...worry...I...can still...keep going!" She said in a raspy voice.

"Overworking yourself would only lead you to your untimely death considering how skinny you are." I said.

"Ugh, fine..." She said before collapsing onto the ground.

"This feels kinda nice. I mean, my whole body feels like shit but I'm starting to like it." She added.

"Masochist..." I muttered quietly but she somehow heard me.

"What did you just say to me?!" She gets so mad easily that I wonder how her mind can take at what I'm about to say.

"I said I love you. Please go out with me." I said to her straight out, making her face redder than the Mu Cephei.

"H-Huh?" Well, looks like I broke her mind temporarily. It's her fault to begin with anyway so I'll just leave her be for now.

30 seconds later, she finally got to her senses.

"H-How the hell can you say that with a straight face?! You have issues!" She shouted.

"And you have anger issues. Anyway, are you done screaming your anger off at me?" I asked.

"It's your fault to begin with but there's nothing I can do about it but to shrug it off and follow your orders." She said.

"Atleast you're starting to put some effort into yourself." For the past thirty days, Shinohara has been improving bit by bit by continuing her training every midnight. Her body has been a bit fit especially with her legs which I noticed are a bit soft and slim from her calves all the way to her thighs as well as her abdomen looking better than before.

I've also noticed about her change of clothing when she started wearing sweatpants and a sports bra without a shirt but it feels like a weird distraction for me since everytime she run, her medium-sized breasts kept bouncing up and down and it's hard to focus on checking her progress so I try my best not to stare too much. Atleast she doesn't noticed me staring at them.

"Hey Kiyo, is it just me or my breasts starts to get, I don't know, more developed?" She asked.

"Why would you ask me such an absurd question like that? I'm not a girl." I said.

"Oh come on, just look at them and tell me what you think." She said. Does she trust me that much that she's fine that I stare at them? At this rate, we might take a shower together after this.

"They still look the same to me. Now get up and take a shower once you get home." I said as I help her get up.

"Hmm, they feel a little heavier than before. Mind if you touch them and check?" That last part was very unnecessary so I ignored her and went outside of the field quick. I didn't know she wants to be THAT close.

"Hey, wait up! I was just kidding, lighten up a little, will ya?" How can she be this enthusiastic at this hour?

"You seem to be having fun lately. At first, you despise me the same way you despise your father, but now you're getting all friendly with me to the point that you would let me touch your breasts no questions asked. I wonder if you have a reason for that." I said.

I looked at her and she was a little hurt and probably disgusted at what I said but I can't help myself but to be curious. I don't know what she's going to get from this but it doesn't hurt to know about this. After a few seconds, she speaks up.

"Okay first of all, it's your fault for being so boring and gloomy back then so I thought you weren't gonna do jack shit at the special exams. You can't blame me for that, can you?" Actually, I can but I'm not gonna get into that right now as I let her continue.

"Second, what you did to me back then was very unforgivable and I would've report you if I wanted to but for some reason, I didn't. I don't know why but I just can't even if I wanted to because I thought you were gonna do something more unforgivable to me." She said. The way she said that was mixed with anger and sadness.

"I was in so much pain at that time and yet you made it worse by making me your fucking pawn. I was so mad at you that I really want to kill you with my own bare hands but I know that would be impossible because this is you we're talking about. You could probably break every bone in my body or rape me in the spot." That part must've traumatized her bad that tears was starting to come out of her eyes.

"But you didn't. You didn't destroy me or even fuck me. That's when I'm starting to realize that you're aren't such a bad guy after all. You only threatened me so you can protect me as long as I do what you ask me to, is that right?" I can only nod at her question.

"As the days go by, the more I was with you, I felt like I can be myself with you. I thought that it's not gonna be that bad if you and I become friends even though I know about your true nature, I don't care. Just being with you makes me feel safe." I wonder why she's acting like this. I didn't say anything wrong to her.

"Is it bad if we become friends instead of master and servant? It's not bad if we get closer you know? I'm going to be honest, everything we did this past few weeks was very fucking stressful yet I had fun! All the harsh training every late night, the time you let me stay at your room because of my emotional breakdown, the time at the pool, I had enjoyed every single one of it! You wanna know why?! Because I care and I want to be friends with you!" After that, she completely break down as her tears won't stop coming out of her eyes.

"I want you to be honest with me, Kiyo. What am I to you?" She asked. Even though she can be tough to handle, she was nothing but a useful tool to me. Even though I had a bit of fun with her, it doesn't change the fact of what I think of her but if she wants the truth, I'll give her the truth that she wants. It doesn't matter what's she's going to think of me when I tell her but either way, I'm still going to protect her if needed.

"I--"

"Save it. I don't want to hear it since I already know the answer." She said as she shows me a fake smile while crying.

"Just...call me if you need to give me another order. I'll see you at school tomorrow." She then ran back to her dorm without looking back.

After all this time, I thought Shinohara was slowly improving from time to time but to overreact and have another emotional breakdown infront of me proves that she has not changed one bit. Her physical state has improved but it won't change anything if she still acts like she's still trapped inside of her own darkness.

"You'll soon learn, Shinohara. You've learned the truth about Kushida, let's see if you learned the truth about yourself." I said as I return at my own room.

The next day

It was the start of the second semester of school which means another special exam that awaits us. I can already tell that Horikita is going to bombard me with loads of questions about what the next exam is and it's just going to be more troublesome than ever.

As I'm walking to school, some of the second and third years has a combination of excitement and despair on their faces. I kept hearing murmurs from them about the special exams being a school sports festival.

'Sports, huh? We do have some athletic people in our class like Sudo, Horikita, Onodera, and Hirata. Koenji doesn't count since I feel like he's just going to watch and admire himself like he always does. I can participate in it but that would just give me unnecessary attention so I'm just going to sit this one out.' I thought.

"Ouch! Watch were you're...going..." While I was analyzing my thoughts, I didn't realize that I bump into someone. I looked down and see Ibuki who is somehow flustered for some reason.

I tried to help her by reaching out my hand to her but she ignores it and speaks up with her usual disgusted tone.

"Ugh, the fortune teller was right. You are nothing but bad luck." That's a little harsh coming from you, but then again, the time we got stuck on the elevator and what I told her about removing clothes was probably the reason she gets mad everytime she saw me.

"Fortune teller huh? It's suprising that you have a boyfriend already, Ibuki." The one who said that was none other than Kakeru Ryuuen, the leader of Class C, who appeared behind Ibuki and it made her startled and turned her anger to him.

"Quit spouting bullshit, you fucking asshole." She said as she walks away, leaving me and Ryuuen alone.

"Kukuku, you really treat your girlfriend right, Just like how you treat Suzune." He said, changing his focus to me.

"She's not my girlfriend. We just met one time." I said.

"So tell me something, Suzune's lackey, about what you're planning. Tell me your plan on how you would beat us in the next special exam." He said while quickly changing the topic. When did I ever became Horikita's lackey? It's the complete opposite actually but he doesn't need to know that.

"How should I know? Go ask Horikita about it." I said.

"So the so called "leader" doesn't even trust you? Now that's just sad considering you're with her all the time but even then, just like at the cruise ship, you and your precious Suzune will be nothing but ashes once I crush your class yet again." He said.

'Well that's going to be Horikita's problem, not mine. Although Class C is in the rule of dictatorship, Ryuuen's violent antics must've work for everyone which made him fearful for the other classes. Cruel yet effective.' I thought.

"What do you want now, Ryuuen-kun? Can't you see that you're making Ayanokouji-kun uncomfortable?" To my surprise, Horikita shows up next to my side making Ryuuen smile widely.

"Hey there, Suzune. How's my favorite plaything?" Well that just made Horikita's anger rise.

"Once again, I don't remember giving you permission to use my first name. Now, tell me what you were discussing with him." She said with a darkened tone.

"Kuku, I like it when you get all fiesty on me, makes me want to crush you even more. How about you and your lackey over here come at me with full force on the next special exam, and let's see if you can manage to "defeat" me just like what you did on the island." He said as he took a glance at me for a second.

"You don't need to tell me the obvious. Let's go, Ayanokouji-kun. We don't need to listen to to this scum." She said as she glared at Ryuuen which only made him laughed maniacally.

"Remember Suzune, I'll be watching." He saidbefore walking away from us.

"He seriously gets on my nerves just by looking at him." She said.

"Ignore him for now, remember that you still have another problem to deal with." I said.

"I know, this is so troublesome to handle." Hey, don't steal my phrase.

We then continue to walk until we reach our classroom in silence. Looks like she's still trying to figure out the traitors of Class D. I only know two so far so it's probably best to tell her soon but it's necessary to figure it out by herself once she caught them in the act.

I open the door and some of our classmates changed their focus on us for a moment before going back to their usual routine. Horikita goes inside first then I follow but while going inside, I noticed that I'm getting glared at by Sudo and Shinohara. Sudo, I understand, but I can only guess that Shinohara is still upset about what happened last night. She probably noticed that I'm looking at her so she looked away quickly.

'You still need to grow.' I thought as I sighed and sit down on my chair.

Two hours later

After a long lesson, it was finally lunch time but before I could even stand up, the devil also known as my neighbor calls out to me.

"Ayanokouji-kun, what do you--" before Horikita could finish, we heard someone shouting from the outside.

"STOP, DON'T DO IT!"

This brought attention to everyone in the class including Kouenji so we went to the window to see what was the commotion about and it revealed an unexpected sight.

"H-Hey, isn't that?"

"Wait, is she going to jump?!"

"Someone, stop her!"

I looked at everyone and they all have the same reaction. I then noticed Shinohara, Matsushita, and Satou quickly exiting out of the classroom.

"A-Ayanokouji-kun, you d-don't think that--"

"There's no time to waste. Go." I said to the stuttering Horikita who seems to calm down quick and also proceeds to run out of the classroom and I follow.

"What the hell is going on?!" She asked while in so much panic. A new side of Horikita that I've never seen before.

"AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH"

The moment we heard the scream, Horikita immediately stopped on her tracks. The look on her face in so much despair. That scream could only mean one thing and one thing only.

Kei Karuizawa has committed suicide.

So ummmm, that happened. Do I feel bad? Yes and No.

Broken Chains

BREAKING NEWS! BREAKING NEWS!

"FEMALE STUDENT AT TOKYO METROPOLITAN ADVANCED NURTURING HIGH SCHOOL COMMITED SUICIDE"

"You heard that right folks, your eyes and ears aren't deceiving you. A female student that we're going to call by a different name "Mei Kanuisama" has committed suicide. No one knows how or why the girl has done such a drastic turn into her life but some of the students assumed it was due to severe bullying, others say it was to gather attention. We are now turning to you live at the Tokyo Metropolitan Advanced Nurturing High School were the horrible incident took place reporting in by Goro Akehama."

*Switch to ANHS

" Goro Akehama here, reporting in live at the Advanced Nurturing High School or ANHS for short is in packed right now. This particular school has been known for years as being a government-funded knowledgeable place for students to learn about the real estate of society and education that will support the country in the future. This school has without a doubt one of the most magnificent school in all of Japan causing no troublesome incidents until now. I'm here now with the Student Council President, Manabu Horikita so we can ask about what happened."

" Student Council President, despite looking out for all the students here, you may have fail to look out for one particular first-year student. Care to explain?"

"Hey! I may not know who you are but who gives you the right to say such an absurd question to the president like that?!"

"Calm down, Tachibana. While it is true that I am responsible for the students' well-being, I am one to blame for what happened. But I can assure you that this terrible incident will never happen again."

" What is the status of the student? Where did they move her?"

"I'm afraid that I cannot answer your question for it is too personal for the girl's relatives."

" What do you think about the cause of the suicide? The obvious answer would be bullying but other people say that she just wants to gather attention."

"Honestly, the nerve of those heartless idiots shouldn't have enrolled in this school in the first place."

" Woah, that's some harsh words coming from the president!"

"Do you disapprove?"

"What the president says are always absolute, just straight up facts. He's the best student council president for a reason so show some respect!"

"Tachibana-senpai is right, you know? Horikita-senpai is surely without the fact, the best."

"What are you doing here? Can't you see I'm busy?"

"Don't be like that now, Senpai. Even I get hurt by your words."

"I don't need to hear your sarcasm."

" Excuse me umm, who are you?"

"Ohh, forgive my rudeness. It's Miyabi Nagumo, the next student council president and I'll be more than glad to answer your questions."

" I-I see, so then what are your thoughts about the incident?"

"It's truly tragic, I just wish that Ka*wa girl should've talked to me about it. I would've been a great help unlike the current student council president who did nothing to stop her."

"That's enough, Nagumo. We will have a very long talk later on, so leave."

"Ooohhhh, Senpai is so scary. Please forgive me."

"Don't make me repeat myself."

"No need to be so harsh senpai, I'll see you later then."

"I apologize for his behavior, he's been like that ever since he became the vice-president."

" N-No worries here, it's okay."

"I must end the interview here, so I'll be taking my leave. Let's go, Tachibana."

"Yes, sir."

" Th -That was interesting. Anyway, before I got an interview with the president, I also ask some other students about the incident. They all agreed for us to record them as long as we cover their identities. Well, except for one person. Anyway, Roll the clip!"

Student #1

"It was...very shocking to say the least. I didn't know that she was going through so much pain at that time. I should've paid more attention to her. I should've listened to everything what she said...But it's too late...I-I'm sorry but I need to be alone right now."

Student #2

"Well, suprising is the word I would bring. Too bad she wasn't on my class though. We could've been together but too bad I have a princess already. I still would've helped her though if we managed to get to know each other."

Student #3

"I d-don't know her that much but what I do know is that she is a very good person and doesn't deserve this kind of treatment. Sure, she can be a bit mean at times but she's often friendly with all the other girls including myself. It was a shame that I didn't get know her better, we could've been great friends but that won't happen anymore thanks to those bullies. Whoever you are, I hope you rot in hell."

Student #4

"That Ka*wa chick really had me interested in her. I wonder what could've happen if she was in my class however. But now I'm wondering what would the leader of Class D would do now about this. Hell, what would the entire school would do! Kukuku, this is going to be fun."

Student #5

"Damn, I never knew she had suicidal thoughts. I just thought she was just some b*tch th*t that always hungs out with that damn Hirata.

"Um sir, now cursing please."

"Wait, is this going to be shown on TV?!

"Yes?"

"Why didn't you tell me?! Hi mom! I'm still here at school!

"H-Hey, where are you going?! I'm not done!"

Student #6

"Wow, I was just like, oh my god. I didn't know she was thinking like that. She could've asked us for help but nope, she decided to take the plunge of death. I mean, don't get me wrong, I do feel bad for her, I just wish she could've think about it before doing anything rash like that. What a waste of life."

Student #7

"I must say, this is surely troublesome for the school. With such a tragic death like this happened, I wonder what would my father do to address this issue. On the other hand, this made me very curious. I wonder who was the person that drove her into such a pitiful moment. Such a drastic event. Fufu, this surely is going to be very challenging even for him."

Student #8

"While it is very hard for the school to accept this terrible incident, I have to admit that it really made my boredom disintegrate. This surely was a shocking moment but this made me look forward for the fate of those first-years. And here I thought the student council president was the only one that can piqued my interest. They better keep me entertained, especially Class 1-D."

" I must say, there are a lot of students here that had different yet interesting opinions, especially the ones that I've interviewed with. Some of them is what I like to call "Elite" students. Well, let's all hope the girl had survive because if it's the opposite, my deepest condolences to all her family and friends. This is Goro Akehama, back to you."

Ayanokouji POV

Memento Mori, Death's favorite phrase. A simple latin phrase meaning "remember you will die" has come up to me many times. Back in the white room, I don't remember how many times I want to die thanks to that man's harsh training until I've made myself into what I become today. Death doesn't matter to me as long as I accomplished every goal I stand for but for others, specifically her, will have to face the facts, whether she likes it or not.

Commiting Suicide is what I've seen everyday back then, seeing countless children trying to find ways to end their life quickly, only to be stopped and put in a "special room". There are some who succeeded in ending their life while I just watch then continue back to my training. at first, it made me want to vomit but the more I see it, I started to care less until I was the only survivor. I didn't see another act of suicide until recently. While I did knew that Karuizawa's bullying would continue, I did not expect her to do such a horrific act. I wonder what could've happened if Shinohara hadn't intervene with my original plan? Well it's no use thinking about it. It's too late to get even fixed.

*Knock *Knock

I wasn't expecting any visitors today. I thought everyone would stay in their room and maybe mourn or something. Apparently, the school decided to give the students a two-week break and they'll try to discuss if whether or not continue the next special exam after the break. If they ever decide to continue it, I wonder if the students would be even motivated after what just happened.

"Who is it?" I said as I opened the door and revealed an unexpected sight.

What I'm seeing right now is Shinohara on a completely different level. Her hair is very haggard and wet at the same time, her clothes has a lot of holes for some reason, her face was so pale, her eyes were so red that she must've cried non-stop, and I noticed that her left wrist was bleeding which I assume that she recently just cut herself with a blade.

I don't know what to say to her so I let her in and closed the door immediately. Honestly, I don't know how to address her while she's in this kind of state but I guess I have to try.

"Shinohara, look at me." She slowly raise her head up and stare at me with her eyes that are completely dead. I understand how Karuizawa's suicide affected her since she is one of her best friends but I didn't expect that she let herself go this far.

"Sit down on the couch while I cover up your cuts. You better start talking on the reason you would do this." I said as I grab the medical kit from my drawer and started rubbing her cuts with a cotton ball combined with alcohol.

"K-Kiyo...hurts." she said in a low voice.

"I know it hurts so deal with it for a moment." I said.

"Kiyo...why?" Even her voice has died. Did she screamed her lungs out or something?

"Karuizawa-san...blood...suicide...blood..." It's no use, Shinohara was completely broken. The sight of seeing her own friend taking her own life was truly tragic for her. Normally, she could've just talked it out with the others like Matsushita or Satou but instead, she comes to me. if she expects me to make her feel better, then she got another thing coming. But first, she needs to cleanse herself. She smells like she hasn't showered for days.

"Go to the bathroom and take a quick shower. Surely you can do that or do you want me to give you one." I said and she nodded then starts to remove her clothes in front of me. I would stop her but she looks like she doesn't care about me seeing her naked. She's too broken to care I guess.

I am now seeing Shinohara wearing nothing but her bra and panties are still intact. What a weird sight I must say. She looks like she ain't going to move an inch so I decided to carry her to the bathroom give her a bath myself. I feel like if I left her alone there, she might do something drastic to herself again and I can't be having that.

"When was the last time you took a bath?" I asked but she responded with nothing but silence.

'It's like taking care of a child.' I thought while mixing some warm water and soap in a bucket, then dipping a small towel in it.

"Raise your arms." I said and she slowly raised both of her arms, giving me an easier time to wash her upper body. I started to wash her neck to her face, then to her shoulders and back, her arms and her armpits, and lastly, her chest. I told her to remove her bra for a moment and she did so with no hesitation. Good thing she's not facing me.

"Ahh..." Please don't moan. This is already embarassing for me to do, you know.

After washing up her front body or to be blunt, grabbing her breasts for the second time, I dried her up with another towel. Looks like her shirt is no use so I'll just have her wear my hoodie for now.

"Ki-Kiyo..." She spoke up after all that? She would normally glare at me and call me a pervert but at her current state, I don't think that's going to occur for the time being.

"What is it?" I asked.

"Why...did Karuizawa-san...jump?" She asked with a blank face with her cold dead eyes staring at me. She's now changing mentally.

"I don't know." It would be difficult to speak with Shinohara when she's still severely depressed so I think she needs some time to rest.

I then carried her again but this time, to my bed and made her wear my hoodie. I asked her if she wanted something to drink since she migh not have ate or drank something ever since the suicide but she only responded with a head shake then a few seconds later, tears started to come out of her eyes.

"Kiyo...did you see the red roses blooming from that time?" She asked while looking at me still keeping her blank face.

"There was a lot, Kiyo. A lot of red roses that spreaded everywhere. It was a beautiful sight. Me and the others saw it, and let me tell you that it was beautiful." A smile was starting to form at her face.

"You should've seen it. Even the skies were red! Everything was red! Even I was red! I loved it, Kiyo! Those red roses that Karuizawa-san made was magnificent! It was fucking beautiful!" I have a feeling that this is going to turn ugly.

"EVER SINCE THAT DAY, I COULDN'T STOP THINKING ABOUT IT! THOSE RED ROSES WERE EVERYWHERE! THERE'S EVEN RED ROSES HERE IN MY WRIST! ISN'T IT BEAUTIFUL?! TELL ME IT'S BEAUTIFUL! FUCKING TELL ME!"

This was a new side of Shinohara that really puts me in suprise. Her mental health was surely the biggest issue here. Once she reaches her breaking point, her emotions would be all over the place just like what's happening right now.

"BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA DO YOU WANT TO SEE IT KIYO?! DO YOU WANT TO SEE SOME RED ROSES?! DON'T WORRY, I'LL SHOW YOU SOME RIGHT FUCKING NOW! IT'LL BE WORTH THE WAIT, I PROMISE YOU'LL LOVE IT!"

She proceeded to bite her own hand with full force that I saw blood pouring out immediately after. This was going too far especially for her so I walked up from behind and proceed to put her in a sleeper hold. She tried to resist and even trying to bite my own hand but since her body was too weak because of her being malnourished, dehydrated, and sleep deprived, her body gave out and slowly stop resisting until she passed out completely.

"You left me no choice but to force my hands within you. Surely you can understand my actions. I just hope that when you wake up, you come back to your normal state. It's time for you to change Shinohara, I'm sure you wouldn't hesitate any longer."

So...Batshit crazy Shinohara... That was completely normal. I guess?

Acceptance

Shinohara POV

"suki..."

"satsuki..."

"Heelloooo! Earth to Satsuki Shinohara!"

"H-Huh? What?"

"Were you even listening?"

"What? What the hell happened?"

"Are you okay? Did you hit your head or something?"

"N-No, I'm fine Karuizawa-san. I'm just a little light-headed that's all."

"Why are you still being formal with me? I already told you that you can just call me Kei, you know?"

"R-Right, sorry. Did I spaced out or something?"

"Kinda. What happened? Were you daydreaming about you and Ike making out?"

"H-Huh?! Where the hell did you get that from?! I'd rather make out with the guy who sat next to Horikita-san instead of that fucking pervert!"

"Ooohhhh do you mean Ayanokouji-kun? Sorry to burst your bubble but he's already off limits."

"What the? Don't tell me you like that gloomy guy? Don't tell me that you're going to cheat on Hirata-kun?!"

"Ofcourse not. Well, if me and Hirata-kun ever break up, maybe I might still Ayanokouji-kun from Horikita-san. Hehehe."

"Hey not fair!" What the? What am I saying?!"

"Ooohhhh are you jjeeeeaaaaalllooouuussss?"

"Shut it! Never in a million years that I would ever fall inlove with him."

"If that's the case, then why is your whole face is red? Hmmm?"

"This is nothing! I-It's just hot in here! Stop talking!"

"Oh come on Satsuki, there's nothing to be jealous about. Don't worry, I won't steal Ayanokouji-kun away from you."

"I never said I like him!"

"You just did."

"Now you're just messing with my head!"

"I'm serious, there's no need to be jealous."

"Why do you say that?"

"Because I'm dead."

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"What's with the silent treatment? I'm dead, remember?"

"Wh-What are y-you sa-sa-saying?"

"Satsuki, look at me."

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"Look at me."

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"LOOK AT ME."

"Wh-What the--"

"WhY DiDn'T YoU sAvE mE? ArEn'T wE fRiEnDs?"

"I...I..."

"iT'S YoUr fAuLt tHaT I KiLLeD MySeLf."

"N-No I--"

"TrYinG tO RuN AwAy? NoT GoInG tO TaKE AnY rEsPoNSiBiLItY?"

"It's not my--"

"WhERe WeRE yoU WhEN i nEEdeD yOu?! YoU LeFT mE ALL aLoNe tO DiE!"

"Kei please!"

"YoU DaMN MuRDerEr!"

"Stop this please!"

"SaTsUKi..."

"Just stop! I'm sorry, please forgive me!"

"YoU wANnA LoOk aWaY?"

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L O O K M E I N T H E E Y E

"WAAAAAAAAAAaaaaahhhhhhhh...!"

I woke up in my bed, drowning in sweat. I don't know what I've just saw but there was no way I can ever unsee that. From what I've saw, that wasn't Karuizawa-san anymore but an evil being that escaped from the depths of hell coming to haunt me. Thank god it was just a dream.

"What...the hell...is happening...to me? Am I starting to get fucking insane? No, calm yourself Satsuki. It's just another nightmare. Another traumatizing nightmare." I said while trying to reassure myself. This is all making my head spin that I even have difficulty breathing.

"Fuck this hurts. Maybe a glass of water would--blurggghh!" For some unknown reason, I suddenly vomited but it wasn't some ordinary vomit.

"Wh-What the, blood? Pure blood?! What the hell?!" I don't know what to think. Hell, I can't even think on what's going on.

"Agh! What the, what is happening to my arm?!" I shouted in panic as I'm seeing my arm getting instant cuts and bruises, giving me immense amount of pain. Not only that, my whole body started to feel the same amount of pain as I realized that more cuts and bruises are appearing.

"Hurts...so much...ughh..." I couldn't withstand the pain so it made me go down on my knees, which just increased the amount of pain I'm receiving.

"satsuki...save us, satsuki." While I was suffering, I heard a familiar voice. Wait, don't tell me...

"M-Mo-Mom? Mom, is that you?" What is my mom doing here?! Is she in trouble?!

"Nee-chan! Help me! Don't leave me, Nee-chan!" Another familiar voice. But this time it's...

"Shinra! Is that you, Shinra?! Don't sorry, your big sister is here! I'll save--"

"STOP IT! HAVE MERCY PLEASE! LET US GO ALREADY!"

"MOMMY, I'M SCARED! NEE-CHAN, HELP!"

"SATSUKI, HELP US!"

"Mom! Shinra! Where are you?! Tell me where you are! I'll save--" What the?! I can't move!

"AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH!" That was the last thing I heard from my own mother before I hear a faint sound of a blunt object.

"MOMMY! WAKE UP! PLEASE DON'T DIE MOMMY! NEE-CHAN! WHY DIDN'T YOU SAVE--" Another faint sound of a blunt object was heard, possibly silencing my own younger brother.

"N-No..." I couldn't save them. Just like that particular night. Now it's all coming back once again. There's only one person that I know who's responsible for this.

"Hmmm, what do we have here? You're aren't trying to run away, are you now?" The moment I heard that raspy voice, I don't have to guess who it is since it's none other than the piece of shit who destroyed me and my entire family. My father.

"You just couldn't keep your mouth shut, can you?" He said while holding a metal bat covered with blood with his right hand. I don't know what to say anymore. I was just shocked and silent at what I'm seeing him holding with his left hand.

"Same goes for these two. You thought you can escape me, huh?!" He shouted as he throwed the two bodies towards me. My mother and my little brother, dead, infront of me.

"There's nowhere to run now, my little Satsuki. You're going to be daddy's favorite plaything." As he said that, he pushed my body, making me fall to my bed.

"Now, go make daddy hard now or--hagh!" When I realized that I can move my body, I kicked him in the crotch, giving me a chance to escape but somehow, I can't move again.

"Shit, that hurts! You're just a tough bitch, aren't ya?! I think you deserve..." No, not again.

"No. Get away from me. Please, I beg of you, no. Please stop this."

"A good lesson. A GOOD FUCKING LESSON!!!!"

"NNNOOOOOOOOO!!"

"hara..."

"shinohara..."

"Hrmrmm arrghhhh!"

"shinohara...hey, get a grip."

"N-No! No! No! Get away from me! Stay away!

My vision was blurry and my mind is a big mess right now. I don't know what's real or what's fake anymore. All I know is I kept resisting until I get far away from him.

"Shinohara, it's me. Look at me." This voice... My vision was starting to get clear so I slowly stop resisting until I can see more clearly and the first thing I see is a familiar male figure and the first person I wanted to see after that torture chamber of a nightmare.

"Calm down. It's just me. No one is going to hurt you." He said with his usual blank face and gloomy voice. I can't believe I'm saying this but I'm glad to see him.

"K-Kiyo...Kiyo...Kiyo..." I don't know what to say to him. I was just relieved seeing his blank face again.

"Yes, it's me. How are you feeling? Have you calmed--"before he could even finished, I hugged him tight. I was so overjoyed to see him that I'm starting to cry but I don't care anymore, just seeing Kiyo again is enough for me to feel safe.

"Shinohara..." He seems to be suprised by my actions but then he suddenly starts patting my head. Now I completely feel safe. I know I couldn't always depend on him but please, just let me be selfish for once. Just let me feel his warmth just this once. I don't care what he thinks of me, as long as he's with me, that's all that matters.

"It's not cute when you cry, you know." This is Kiyo alright, the idiot who makes lame jokes even in serious situations.

"Shut it...moron..." I said while continuing to hug him. He smell nice.

A few minutes later, even though I don't want to do it, I stopped hugging him.

"How are you feeling? Does your wounds still hurt?" Now that I'm awake, I suddenly realize that I am in so much pain right now. I noticed that my hand is covered up with a gauze pad.

"What happened to me? Why does my whole body hurt? How long was I out for?" This made me panic a little but I calmed down quick knowing Kiyo is still here.

"You've been out for four days. Your body was so weak due to malnutrition and dehydration, yet you still had the strength to go here in my room." He said. I don't remember any of that happening.

"Fo-Four days? What the hell happened to me when I got here?" It must've been troublesome for him to take care of me in my current state.

"Before that, you need to recover your strength first. Here, eat this." He said as he hand me a bowl of miso soup. Wow, I didn't know Kiyo can be such a good cook.

"Is it okay that I eat this?" I asked in a worried tone.

"Look at yourself. You look terrible right now so you need to eat. There's some more if you want seconds." He said.

"Okay then. Itadakimasu." I grab the bowl and gave a slight sip. Oh my god, this taste delicious! Kiyo is such a good cook! Either that or I'm just very hungry.

"How does it taste?" He asked.

"It taste great, Kiyo!" I said.

"Good, now I want you to listen to my request. I'm only going to ask you two questions, and I want you to answer me in complete honesty. Is that clear?" He said in a slight strict tone in which I answered with a nod.

"Drink this first, you're dehydrated as well." He said as he hand me a cup of green tea.

"Before you ask, no I did not put anything in it. It's just tea." I'm not surprised that he thought that. This felt like a weird interrogation.

"Are you ready?" He asked.

"Yes." I said.

"Do you remember anything before the incident?" He asked.

"W-Well it's kinda difficult to remember all of them. It's a little shady but I know that it was lunch time and we were in the classroom then all of a sudden, we all heard a loud shout from outside..."

"STOP DON'T DO IT!"

We all look out on the window and see Karuizawa-san on top of the rooftop.

"H-Hey, isn't that?"

"Wait, is she going to jump?!"

"Someone, stop her!"

We all hear these panicked voices from most of our classmates. They were too terrified at what they're witnessing. Hell, I can't even move. It was like the moment I saw her in such a dangerous spot, my whole body was instantly paralyzed. Thankfully, someone put me out of the trance.

"Shinohara-san! What the hell are you spacing out for, let's go!" Satou-san lightly slapped both of my cheeks, making me go back to reality.

"Huh?! Oh right!" I said.

So me, Satou-san, and Matsushita-san immediately went out of the classroom.

"What the hell is going on?! Is Karuizawa-san crazy?!" I asked the two of them in severe panic.

"The real question you should be asking is how did we not notice that she was having suicidal thoughts!" I can see that Satou-san was sweating like crazy. I think we all are.

"We don't have time for twenty questions! Maybe we can still reach her to the rooftop so let's hurry!" Matsushita-san said and we both nodded.

We made it to the rooftop, but there's only one problem.

"Damn it, the door is locked!" Matsushita-san said as she try to force the door open with her shoulders but to no avail.

"Lemme try." I raised my right leg up and proceed to kick the door open as hard as I can and to my surprise, it opened and we let ourselves in.

"Karuizawa-san! Stop!" We all said in unison as Karuizawa-san slowly looked at us. This was completely different than the Karuizawa-san we know.

"Karuizawa-san, get away from there. It's not safe." Satou-san said.

"Yeah, this isn't the answer. You have us. We can talk about this so please, come here."
Matsushita-san said as she starts to walk very slowly towards her.

"We're your friends, Karuizawa-san. Remember that you're not alone. We can help you out at whatever you're going through." I said as I follow Matsushita-san and Satou-san followed.

Karuizawa-san didn't move an inch. She just kept looking at us with her face unfazed even after trying to comfort her. What the hell even happened to her that she became this?

As the three of us were near to the point that we can grab her, her eyes widened. She wasn't looking at us but at someone else.

"Watch out!" She shouted as she was pointing out from behind us and we see three hooded people running towards us.

"Who the hell are--agh!" One of them suddenly punched Matsushita-san in the stomach, causing her to fall on her knees.

"What did you do that--ah!" Before the other guy could ever punch Satou-san, I immediately pushed her, making the punch land right on my face.

"Fuck, that hurts!" I shouted in agony as I held my now swollen cheek.

"Shinohara-san, watch out!" Thanks to Matsushita-san's warning, I saw one of them trying to punch me again but I immediately dodged it.

"Not this time." The moment our backs were facing each other, I elbowed the back of his neck with a lot of force, causing him to fall down.

"RAAAAAAAAAAGGHHHHHHH!" I heard someone shouting from behind. That voice is what somewhat very familiar but that doesn't matter right now.

"Don't fucking shout if you're going to attack me!" I said as I grab the fucker's wrist and the back of its neck, then slamming its stupid face on the ground.

"Now stay dead, you fuckhead!" I shouted at the now unconscious fucker.

'I guess all that training finally paid off. Thanks Kiyo.' I thought.

As I looked around, I see the very shocked faces of my friends. Looks like I got some explaining to do.

"Shinohara-san, where did you learn that?" Matsushita-san asked, trying her best to stand up while clutching her stomach.

"Oh uh, this is--" before I could even explained myself, I was careless and I let my guard down. I forgot that there was three of them and I only took down two of them.

At this moment point on, I felt like time instantly slowed down for me as I see the third hooded guy pushed me. I didn't fell down on the ground but I felt something metallic behind my back. It was the metal fence. The moment my back touch the metal fence, time instantly went back to normal and the first thing I heard was something thay I can never, ever forget.

"AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH!"

"And that's all I can remember. I'm sorry if it wasn't much." I said.

"No, it's fine. You pretty much told me mostly everything. It looks like the food does worked." He said.

"What do you mean, the food worked?" I asked.

"I'm talking about the miso soup you just ate. I added something that would help with your brain." He said.

"Wait a minute, you said you didn't add anything to it!" I said while being slightly mad. I can't be completely mad at him after all what he's done for me.

"I did when we were talking about the green tea but I didn't say anything about the miso soup, did I?" He got me there.

"Atleast tell me what you add in it." I said.

"Relax, I just added some eggs since it's one of the foods that are good for the brain. Atleast, that's what I think it says." What the hell does that even mean?

"Don't scare me like that! Now I'm scared on what you're going to put on the next time you cook." I said.

"I only did that so you can go back to your normal self. I was worried that you were still going to be broken like what happened a few days ago." Well, if that didn't made my face red, I don't know what will. So I guess he may be or slightly cares about me?

"I-I see. Th-Thanks for worrying about me." God, this is embarrassing.

"Now for the second question. Who do you think is responsible for Karuizawa's suicide?" He asked. Just hearing the words "Suicide" and "Karuizawa" sent chills down my spine.

"H-Huh? What do you mean by who's responsible? It's none other than the traitors. I said, thinking that I gave the right answer but he only shook his head.

"I told you to answer me in complete honesty, Shinohara. Now let me repeat the question. Who is responsible for Karuizawa's suicide?" What the hell is happening? Isn't it the right answer?

"There's no one else than the traitors. They're the reason why Karuizawa-san drove into suicide...!" I said the same answer, only getting denied once again.

"Stop lying and tell the truth." He said in a cold tone.

"I am telling the truth, I don't know what you want me to say!" I said.

"You're running away from the real truth. The cold and hard truth that you can't accept." He said.

"A-Are you trying to say that Karuizawa-san herself is responsible?!" I said as I begin to shout.

"You already know the answer, Shinohara. You just have to admit it." He said.

"Then what do you want me to tell you, Kiyo?! There's nothing I can think of other than the traitors!" What is he trying to make me do?

"I want you to tell me the truth." He said.

"I am telling the truth!" I shouted.

"The truth."

"It is the truth!"

"The real truth."

"There's only one truth!"

"The truth that you've been hiding."

"I'm not hiding anything!"

"Let the hidden truth out."

"I am saying the truth!"

"Shinohara."

"What?!"

"I want..."

" The truth."

...

Fine.

...

You win.

...

I give up.

...

There's no use running anymore.

...

It's hard to admit it but I can't hide it.

...

Especially from you.

...

Not anymore.

...

"...It's me...I'm the one who's responsible. I'm the reason why Karuizawa-san is dead. It's my fault. Everything is my fault." I can't help but to cry again. I can never hide anything from him. I'm such an idiot.

"...took you long enough to answer." He said as he stands up and wraps his arms around me.

"...There...You got what you wanted. Happy now?" I returned the hug.

"Quiet. Just let it all out." He said.

"Grrhhh, wwaaaaaahhhhhhh!"

I can't help it. I really do feel safe. I can be myself when I'm with him. I can cry all I want as long as he's with me. His cold and terrifying nature doesn't matter to me, since I can always feel comfort around him even when he shows his true self to me.

I wish we could stay together like this.

I wish time would just stop.

10 minutes later

"So, do you admit everything you said?" He asked while giving me a small handkerchief.

"I already did, didn't I? Put a little faith in me." I said as I wipe out the renains of my tears.

"Good. It seems that you're ready." He said.

"Ready for what?" I asked. I won't be suprised if it's going to be another harsh training.

"You can come out now, you two." I then see the bathroom door open, revealing two familiar girls, making me beyond shocked.

"Satou-san and Matsushita-san?!"

I made those photos at 4AM. It still scares me. Anyway, thanks for reading!

Demonic Angels

Matsushita POV

Flashback

"How are you feeling? Does your wounds still hurt?" Damn, I didn't expect Ayanokouji-kun to be so caring. Atleast Shinohara-san finally woke up.

"This is very suprising, don't you think?" I asked quietly to Satou-san while trying to overhear Ayanokouji-kun's conversation with Shinohara-san.

"I know...when did they start getting all lovey-dovey to each other?" I don't think that's the case.

"The real question is how did they even met in the first place." I said.

"No, the real question is why is she calling him Kiyo? Is she THAT close to Ayanokouji-kun?" She asked. Her jealousy is through the roof.

"Well, I do remember back in the pool when we saw Ichinose-san poking his body, her face was so red and she freaked out. I wonder if she has a crush on him." I said.

"What the, I thought she likes Ike?! When the hell did she started to like Ayanokouji-kun?!" Don't shout on my ears, please.

"Would you be quiet? They're going to hear us you know?"

"Sorry about that. Hey, what do you think about Ayanokouji-kun is like?" I was expecting this question, especially from Satou-san. Even from back then, I can see her taking glances at Ayanokouji-kun from time to time.

"Well, I guess he's really good looking. The downside is that he's very gloomy and always show that blank face of his. Do you think that it's different when she's with Horikita san?"

"Who knows but do you think that there's more to him than meets the eye? Now you're asking the important question.

"What do you mean by that?" Well, I don't know anything about Ayanokouji-kun but I guess he is very mysterious at some point.

"I can't say for sure yet but he's far more mysterious than we think." She said.

"He is very hard to read, especially now that he suddenly invited us and we're not even that close to him. Well, except for her." I said.

"We may not know him that much, but I think we should trust him." She said.

"Are you just saying that as an excuse to get closer to him?" You're really easy to read, Satou-san.

"I-I don't know what you're talking about! All I'm saying is that if Shinohara-san trust his precious Kiyo, I think we should too." You're really head over heels for him, quit trying to hide it. She does have a point though I still have my doubts. I hope it's alright with him if I ask some questions later on.

"Hey, Matsushita-san." She said in a serious tone. Woah, the mood changed all of a sudden.

"Hm? Is something wrong? I asked in concern.

"Do you think Karuizawa-san has a reason why...you know..." I understand how Satou-san is feeling right now. Until now, Karuizawa-san's suicide really affected me deeply. Even though I try my best to hide it infront of everyone, it still hurts me knowing that one of my best friends trying to end her own life.

"I..." Before I could answer her, we suddenly heard a loud shout coming from Shinohara-san.

"Then what do you want me to tell you, Kiyo?! There's nothing I can think of other than the traitors!"

"Traitors? What the hell does she mean by that?" Satou-san asked.

"This is only a guess but I think it involves those hooded pricks that attacked us on the rooftop." Just thinking about them and what they did to us just makes my blood boil.

"Do you think Ayanokouji-kun knows about them?" She asked.

"Ofcourse he does. They wouldn't be talking about it if he doesn't. I said.

"But do they know the traitor's identities though?"

"Knowing Ayanokouji-kun, he probably does but if he doesn't, that's what we're here for, aren't we?"

"I'm down to help him out, to be honest with you. And before you say anything, it's not because I like him, okay?!" You don't have to make it so obvious.

"I also want to find out the reason why they are even doing this. Maybe the so called "traitors" are somehow involved in Karuizawa-san's suicide." If I wasn't on that rooftop, I wouldn't have believed her one bit. But after all that happened, all I could think of now is giving those traitors a piece of my mind.

"You might be onto something there. I'm sure we'll get some answers from Ayanokouji-kun." We just gotta wait for Shinohara-san's crying session to end.

"I wish we could've known earlier. She was hiding a fake smile all this time to cover up her true self yet she cares for us." She said.

"Telling someone about their own mental problem isn't easy as it sounds. It would take a lot of courage to tell them about it someday. Karuizawa-san was probably scared thinking that we would see her differently if she ever told us about it." I said.

"Now that's just ridiculous. We won't judge her in any way, she's our friend." She said.

"I think she would tell us when she's finally ready but..." Dammit, it still hurts.

"Yeah..."

The mood has darkened. Now we're just standing around here in uncomfortable silence. Looks like from now on, when we mention Karuizawa-san, it would just ruin the mood. Why did it come to this?

'We miss you...Kei...'

"You can come out now, you two." Done already? That was fast.

"That's our cue, let's go." I said as I open the door and see Ayanokouji-kun with his usual face and Shinohara-san with her moute wide open the moment she saw us.

Flashback end

"Hey there, feeling better already?" I asked the very shocked Shinohara-san.

"Wa-Wait a minute! What are you two doing here?!" She asked.

"We were looking for you! We got worried since you weren't answering our calls." I said.

"You weren't in your room either so we thought that you were staying at the others but out of all the places you could've went, it had to be Ayanokouji-kun's room." Satou-san said with a hint of jealousy.

"Wait, if you two were here the whole time, then that means..." Shinohara-san said as her eyes started to widened.

"Yupp, we heard everything. It's really adorable seeing you like this. You were like "Kiyo, save me Kiyo! Please don't leave me Kiyo! Hug me tight--mmhrrhmmmrm" Before I could even finish, my mouth got covered by a very red Shinohara-san.

"AAHHHH SHUT UP! SHUT UP! SHUT UP! YOU DIDN'T HEAR ANYTHING, YOU HEAR ME!" How does Ayanokouji-kun can even withstand Shinohara-san's loud blabbermouth?

"It's not our fault. The walls are kinda thin here so if anything, blame the owner of the room." I said after removing her hand off my face.

"Ayanokouji-kun, when did you and Shinohara-san got so close? Because I'm pretty sure she doesn't even know you existed back then." Calm down, Satou-san. No need to start a goddamn cat fight.

"It's a long and complicated story. Just let Shinohara tell you about it." He said.

"Atleast tell me how did you even found me here." She said.

"I called them here." He said with a straight face.

"You what?! Why?!" God, she's loud.

"I'll explain it later so for now, quit shouting and sit down. Same goes for you two." He said like he was demanding us to. Scary.

"I'm already here." Satou-san said, sitting next to Ayanokouji-kun very closely. I didn't even realize she was gone from my side.

"What do you think you're doing?" Shinohara-san asked to Satou-san with a sudden deep voice.

"It's not fair that you get to hog him all by yourself. Sharing is caring, my dear Shinohara-san." Satou-san said with a smile on her face.

"Why you little!" They started glaring at each other and I think I see sparks within them.

"You two are so troublesome. Allow me to apologize on their behalf, Ayanokouji-kun." I said.

"It's fine. Shinohara needs some happiness once in a while after what happened to her earlier." Well, aren't you boyfriend material.

"By the way, I need to talk to you in private later, is that okay?" He asked.

"Sure, I don't mind but what for?" I can't help but to be a bit wary about him.

"You'll know soon." He whispered onto my ear, making me flinch a little.

"Calm down now, you two. Let's get started." Why am I feeling scared all of a sudden? I'm just going to have a private conversation with Ayanokouji-kun later on. What's there to worry about?

"Now I'll get straight to the point. Earlier, Shinohara told me her perspective from the incident. She told me that you three were in the rooftop to save Karuizawa but failed to do so due to a sudden interference. Is that true, you two?" He asked and the two of us nodded.

"She also said to me that one of them pushed her to the metallic fence, causing Karuizawa to fall. Is that also true?" We nodded again.

"Now that I confirmed it, I want you two to tell me from your perspective." He said.

"Wa-Wait Kiyo. I already told you didn't I? Then why do you want them to tell it again from their own perspective?" Shinohara-san asked.

"I want to know about what these two did AFTER you were pushed." He said.

"Well, me and Matsushita-san were very shocked as well but you were like completely paralyzed." Satou-san said.

"I-I see. I'm sorry about that. Then, the reason you called them here is not just because there looking for me but also..." She's quick to catch on.

"Yes, Satou and Matsushita knows about the traitors. So far, we only know two, correct?" Wait two?

"Yeah, it's Onodera and Ike. If Manabe is a part of it, then it would be three." So their are some more from other classes, huh?

"It would be four if I decide to add Sakayanagi in but I can't confirm it just yet as I don't know who she is." He said.

"Wasn't she the one you met back at the pool, Shinohara-san?" I asked.

"Yeah, it was weird that he would took an interest in Class D, specifically Kiyo." She said.

"I'm only going to count two, but now that will be added." He said.

"What do you mean?" She asked.

"Satou and Matsushita knows the identities of the ones who attacked you in the rooftop."

"What?! How did you two found out?!" She asked loudly. Is she forgetting the walls aren't thick here?

"Calm down. Now Satou, I want to hear your perspective first. Be completely honest and don't leave out any details as they might become important later on." He said.

"Got it. Right after Shinohara-san was pushed..."

Satou POV

"N-No...Karuizawa-san...Karuizawa-san!" I jolted myself to the fence, shocked at what just happened. Tears started to come out of my eyes as seeing one of my best friends fall down to their death.

"It's my fault...I was careless..." I heard Shinohara-san behind me blaming herself.

"No Shinohara-san, you're wrong. It was all so sudden, you're not the one to blame here." I said as I hug her tight.

"If anything, it's that bastard's fault!" I said loudly to the hooded person who started to run away.

"Hey get back here! Satou-san, stay here with Shinohara-san!" Matsushita-san said as she chase the hooded person down.

"Alright, be careful!" I said.

"Shinohara-san, it's going to be okay. I'm here for you." I wish I can tell myself that. Even though I'm trying to comfort my friend here, I may also need one before I broke myself.

' This really hurts...Karuizawa-san...why...'

"Ergh..eerrggh..."

"Huh?" I see one of the hooded was grumbling something. Looks like he can't speak too well because of what Shinohara-san did to him earlier.

"Shinohara-san, stay here for a moment. I'll go check this out." I said to the probably lifeless Shinohara-san then walk slowly towards whoever this is.

"Hey you. Wake up. What did you do that for huh? Show yourself!" I said as I took off his hood, revealing one of our classmates.

"Miyamoto?! What the hell?!" Why does someone like Miyamoto would try to attack us? We didn't do anything to him.

Now that I think about it, he's the one who tried to attack me earlier but Shinohara-san pushed me aside, making her taking the punch. Well this just made my blood boil so I tied his hands from behind using my necktie and decided to make him get back up in the worst way possible.

"Miyamoto, I said...WAKE UP!" I shouted as I stepped on his groin.

"AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH FUCK! WHAT THE FUCK WAS THAT FOR YOU --AAAFGGHHH!" I didn't let him finish. I just kept stepping on him as hard as I can. I'm starting to enjoy this.

"What's wrong? I thought you boys like getting stepped on. I'm just giving you what you wanted, you goddamn pervert." I said in a deep tone while glaring at him, stepping on him again the process.

"Start talking."

"HELP! SOMEONE! I NEED BACK-- AAGGHH!!" He never learns, does he?

"Sorry to tell you this but your friend there is completely passed out. Now, you better start talking because if you don't, I can make a whole...lot...worse..." I stepped on his groin then to his stomach, making him scream in agony continuously.

"Stop it! That fucking hurts, you bitch!" What he said just made me even more pissed off so I kicked the side of his face.

"It hurts? I call bullshit on that one since the pain you three gave me and my friends...are far greater than yours!" As I kept stepping on him, I started to cry again. What these three just did was the worst mistake of their lives. We were just trying to save our best friend and here they are, stopping us to do so that we failed. I swear, I'll found out why they would do this.

"Start talking now, you bastard." I said while trying to wipe my tears.

"I ain't...telling you...shit. Besides, that bitch deserves to die anyway." Does he even know what he's saying right now?

"Oh man, seeing the despair on your face really turns me on! Show me more, Satou! Show me your crying face!" I had enough hearing his perverted bullshits so I kick his goddamn face so hard, knocking him out completely.

"Disgusting."

"Oh right, there's another one." I figured that it wouldn't tell me shit either but I still walk towards it and removed the shithead's hood anyway, revealing another one of my classmate.

"Oh, it's Ike. What a suprise. No wonder you sounded familiar earlier." It's no use waking him up so I just slam his stupid face into the ground.

"Shinohara-san, how are you holding up?" She didn't respond. She was still in her knees, not moving an inch.

"Come on, let's get you up. We still need to check on Matsushita-san." I said as I grab her hand and took her with me downstairs, leaving the two unconscious fuckfaces on their own.

"Where did she go? I hope no one sees us like this." I said.

"Satou."

"Huh--"

"...and the last thing that I saw was someone hitting my head with like a metal tray before getting knocked out." I said.

"Well, you surely brought out your sadistic side. Never knew you had it in you, Satou-san." Shinohara-san said.

"It's their fault to begin with. I don't understand why they would just attack us all of a sudden." I said.

"So Miyamoto is one of them, huh? Kinda weird that he would be a part of this even though doesn't even do anything in class." Shinohara-san said.

"And the part about being a pervert is off the limits. I mean, during class he just kept looking at my thighs all day like who does that? What a creep. No wonder our class points keep decreasing." Matsushita-san said. So there are four perverted idiots now.

"How the hell did he even got accepted here in the first place if he was just going to be another pervert?" Who knows, Shinohara-san.

"Even though you don't talk to him, you remember his name and acknowledge his existence but when it comes to me, it's the complete opposite." Ayanokouji-kun said.

"Oh come on! Now you're just teasing me! I already apologized, you don't have to bring that up again!" You have anger issues, sis.

"How low did you think of him? Sure he doesn't speak much but atleast I noticed him." I said.

"Well it's not my fault he had the worst self-introduction ever!" Shinohara-san, the human megaphone, decided to work out her specialty as usual.

"You're hopeless sometimes, Shinohara-san." I said while facepalming.

"Enough with the forgetful shenanigans! We're getting off topic here! It's your turn Matsushita-san so speak up!" My ears are going to bleed one day. I just know it.

"Alright alright, if it makes you stop yelling, I'll tell you so please calm down." Matsushita-san said with an irritated tone while covering her ears.

"Thank you. Mine is a little short though but don't worry, I won't leave any details." She said and we all nodded.

"Now, just like what Satou-san said earlier, I started chasing down the hooded one who pushed Shinohara-san..."

Matsushita POV

"Get back here, you punk!" I said to the hooded prick who won't stop running. Normally we would get caught by now but good thing there are no teachers around. They're probably busy dealing with this whole chaos.

"You're going to pay, you hear me?! Karuizawa-san is dead because of you and your idiotic goons!"

I could've catch up to this piece of shit if it wasn't for earlier. It probably hit the location of my liver or my ribs. Either way, it still hurts like hell.

'I hope Shinohara-san and Satou-san are doing okay. Knowing Satou-san, she's probably "taking care" of the other two there. I hope she doesn't go easy on them. They deserve every beating they get from her.' I thought.

"I guess there's no stopping you huh? Don't worry, I won't be stopping either until I get my hands on you!" Yes, keep running until you ran out of stamina.

"Now be a dear and let me catch you already, you piece of garbage!" I shouted while smiling a bit. This is going to be fun.

After running around for like five minutes or so on, I can see that she is getting desperate to look for an escape. She might even try to jump off a window if needed.

"Awwww, is someone getting tired already? How about taking a break huh?!" Honestly, I'm getting tired myself. We've been running around non-stop but it's all going to be worth it once I catch this stupid son of a bitch.

I then see the idiot turning left which is a big mistake. I've come across this corridor before and it's relieving to know that the left side is a complete dead end.

'I finally got this guy trapped in a corner. Now it's revenge time. But man, that was quite the workout.' I thought.

"It's...over...just...reveal yourself...to me..." Oh my god, I never ran this much in my entire life.

As I'm trying to catch my breath, I see the hooded guy doing the same thing. This is your fault to begin with.

"You have nowhere to run. It's just you and me now, you punk." I said, probably looking cocky.

"I guess there's no use hiding it anymore. Especially from you." Huh? That voice sounded very familiar but it's like very dark.

So the person decided to remove it's hood, revealing that it's one of my classmates. As soon as I saw its face, my eyes widened. It was completely unexpected that out of all people, it had to be her.

"Wh-What the hell?" I don't know what to say. I was too shocked at what I'm seeing. Those eyes of hers are completely different than her usual ones.

"What's wrong? It's normal to be suprised upon seeing my other self." She said.

"Ku-Kushida-san? Is that really you?" I asked while feeling terrified as seeing those eyes.

"You just had to interfere into other people's business. Now look what happened. You're such a fucking drag, you know that?" So this is the real Kushida-san, huh? No wonder she's in class D, what a two-faced bitch.

"So everything was just an act, huh? Acting all cute and shit for everyone just to gain everyone's trust. You're so pathetic." I said while trying to maintain my composure.

"You're quick to catch on. The only problem is that there's nothing you can do about it. I thought I only had to deal with Ayanokouji-kun and Horikita-san, but it looks like I have to take care of you first." So those two already saw this side of her?

"What are you gonna do? Expel me? Spread nasty rumors about me? I'm sorry to say that you got no dirt on me, Kushida. I won't go down without a fight either." I said.

"Oh I will expel you, alright. I'll do anything in my power to get rid of your cocky ass." Wow, what a big fat bitch.

"How about you start explaining why did you suddenly attacked us?! We didn't even do anything to you and now our friend has died because of you, damnit!" I know I should calm down but just seeing this other side of Kushida just makes want to bash her face into the wall.

"i'm afraid we'll have to continue this conversation for another time, Matsushita-san." She said as she snaps her fingers.

"Now." With a sudden spring of panic, I turned around and before I could even see the person behind me, I received a punch to the face, knocking me out cold.

"And the time that I woke up. I was in the infirmary along with Shinohara-san and Satou-san." I said.

"Do you have any injuries, you two?" Ayanokouji-kun asked.

"Well, my lower body still hurts a bit but nothing too serious." I replied.

"You were hit in the solar plexus. I'm assuming you've cough up some blood afterwards." He said.

"Right on the money, Ayanokouji-kun." I wonder how does he know about that. He really is mysterious.

"Nothing too crazy for me, just a slight headache because of that stupid metal tray." Satou-san said.

"Hey, have you guys ever wonder how we all woke up at the infirmary after we got knocked out?" Shinohara-san asked.

"Yeah, I was curious about that as well and I'm pretty sure those bastards didn't brought our bodies there." I said.

"I did." The three of us all look at the only guy in the room, suprised at what he said.

"Eh?" We said in unison.

"I found all three of you lying on the floor unconscious so I carried all of you until we reached the infirmary. It was difficult since there were cameras in every corner so I have to take the emergency exit." He said.

We didn't know how to react at his statement. It was like a combination, of suprised, confused, and curiosity but I know that me, Satou-san, and Shinohara-san all have the same question in mind.

"You carried all three of us?!" We all yelled in unison.

"You three were suprisingly light so it wasn't a bother. Satou was on my left, Matsushita was on my right, and Shinohara was on my back. It's much more sufficient than taking you one by one which would take more time."
Now I'm starting to get really curious about him. I wonder if Satou-san was right and there's more about Ayanokouji-kun.

"I'm suprised you didn't get caught, Ayanokouji-kun. It must've been very troublesome for you." Satou-san said with concern.

"It wasn't easy for sure but it was a good thing that the Infirmary was nearby. I just had to avoid getting caught by the cameras." He said.

"I gotta say Ayanokouji-kun, I'm very impressed that you managed to carry all of us. Hell, you might be even stronger than Kouenji." I said.

"That's Kiyo for you. Everything he does always suprises me." There's a lot of questions I wanna ask him right now, but that can wait for now.

"It was nothing special, now let's get back to the topic at hand, shall we?" Being modest now, are we?

"It's not surprising that Kushida would play a part on this. She's been planning on getting me and Horikita expelled but it looks like you're her new target from now on, Matsushita." He said.

"I didn't even do anything to her. Is she really dead serious on getting me expelled?" I asked, feeling a bit afraid on what she might do to me.

"For everyone who sees her other self, she'll do anything to get that person expelled so her secret would remain unfazed." I'm suprised he's so chill about everything, even when someone is trying to expel him.

"Even if we tell the whole class about it, I don't think they would believe us. It might even break our class apart even though it already is." Shinohara-san added.

"I don't know what they would achieve from this if they ever succeed, it's game over for us. So that's why we need to stop them before it's too late, right Kiyo?" She really trust him that much, huh.

"Not only for the sake of our class, but for Karuizawa-san too. I don't have any proof but I just know that they're the reason why Karuizawa-san...was taken away from this world..." I've never seen Shinohara-san this determined before. I can see that Ayanokouji-kun really changed her.

"So please Satou-san and Matsushita-san, lend us your strength to take down the traitors once and for all!" She said as she bowed at us while crying.

"Get up, Shinohara-san. You already know my answer. Ofcourse I'm going to help and I'll do whatever it takes to make them pay!" Satou-san said with full determination, hugging Shinohara-san in the process. I guess it's only me left.

"You two sound like you're in an anime or something." I said with a small chuckle.

"But you already know that my answer is yes. Just because I'm threatened to get expelled doesn't mean I'm just going to lay here doing nothing. Once I get my hands on that two-faced bitchface, they are dead to me!" I feel a bit embarrassed but I don't care. We'll avenge you, Karuizawa-san, that's a promise.

"You two do have potential, but just know that you'll be following my orders in exchange for protection. This will not be an easy task so training will be necessary for the two of you. Is that clear?" Well I don't have a choice really, plus me and Satou-san are now involved in this mess so I accepted his conditions with a nod.

"Good. Are there any questions you two want to ask?" I have lots but he did say he wanted to talk to me in private.

"Hey Ayanokouji-kun, this is completely off the topic but, why is Shinohara-san wearing your clothes?" Satou-san asked. Ofcourse.

"She came into my room a few days ago with all her clothes all cut up and smelled really off and it looks like she wasn't going to say anything to me so I gave her a bath and gave her some clothes to wear for the time being." He said. Atleast come up with a few lies or something!

"How the hell can you say that with a straight face?!" I asked in frustration.

"I was just born like this." Ofcourse that's your answer.

"Th-then that means..." Oh no, she's going to explode.

"YOU SAW ME NAKED?! YOU PERV--mrfhrrmmrhmm!" Before she could even make our eardrums explode, Satou-san immediately covered her mouth.

"I asked you if you could take a bath and the answer you gave is taking off your clothes on your own. I didn't even look at your bare body, I just rinsed you off until you were clean." It's like taking care of a puppy.

"Yeaaahhh I don't think she's going to calm down for now so we'll be right back, okay?! See you later!" Satou-san said as she drags the screaming beast outside and closed the door.

"Once again, I apologize on their behalf Ayanokouji-kun." I said.

"Don't worry about it. It's normal for her to shout at me, even if it's random stuff." He said.

"So, you said you wanted to talk to me. What's on your mind?" I asked.

"I'll get straight to the point. You were holding back, weren't you?" The moment I heard that question, I froze up.

"Hu-Huh? Ho-how did you know?" I'm starting to feel frightened just because of what he asked.

"I noticed that in written exam we took, you're only giving some effort. I saw how you were erasing a lot of correct answers, am I wrong?" He asked while staring directly into my eyes. It feels like he's trying to take my soul.

'What are you, a stalker?' I thought.

"I-I admit, I do admit that I'm holding back but I have my reasons." I said.

"Is that so?" I can only nod at his question. This is the first time I've seen Ayanokouji-kun like this. Is this what Shinohara-san had to endure?

"I see. Well, I'm not going to force you to tell me your reasons but atleast you're honest." He said. That was terrifying of him. I must be sweating bullets right now.

"Don't do that again, please! You really scared me, you know!" Now I'm starting to understand why Shinohara-san loves shouting at him.

"I'm guessing you're holding back too, am I right? I know you have something to do with the miracle of the island exam." Two can play that game.

"Matsushita."

"Yeah?"

"I like you. Please go out with me."

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"Eh? Eeeehhhhh?!"

'What the hell was that?! Now my face is freaking red! I'm not even sure if he's serious or not! I mean, he is good looking and probably be a good husband but--what the hell am I thinking?!' I thought.

"Atleast get to know me better first! Maybe a steak dinner would be nice!" I shouted.

"There's no fancy restaurant here but I can atleast cook for us if that's okay." Does he even know what he's saying right now?

"Are you just teasing me right now?!"I asked. I'm really starting to get pissed off.

"Maybe or maybe not." He said with his usual blank face.

"Arrghhh you're so hard to read! Alright fine!" I said loudly. Maybe he'll tell me more about himself. Atleast I'll get to know him better.

"Good girl. So when are you free?" He asked.

'Do I look like a child to you?' I thought.

"I'm free at friday. That steak better be medium-rare or I'll turn you into one!" I can't believe I'm doing this.

"That last part doesn't make sense but alright. I'll see you at friday." He said.

"Hmph! Atleast be grateful that you get to go on a date with me!" I said proudly.

"I look forward to it." Atleast show me that you're excited.

"You better! I'll see you then!" I said as I open the door.

"Stop shouting." He said.

"I know!" I replied as I close the door and ran away immediately.

He really is mysterious. Well, atleast I know one thing about him and that is he knows how to make my heart explode. I can't even believe I'm going on a date with him. I don't know what he's planning for this but I'm kind of looking forward for it.

"Great, now I'm feeling excited. This is all your fault, Ayanokouji-kun." I muttered.

"Someone's looking happy. Did something good happened, Matsushita-san?"

Hearing that voice made me stop by my tracks. Now I'm pissed off again but for a different reason.

"What do you want now, Kushida?"

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Villainous Faces

Matsushita POV

"What do you want now, Kushida?" You really ruined my day in an instant.

"Is it bad to ask a simple question? You're so mean, Matsushita-san." She said.

"Just get to the point, I'm busy." I said. Just hearing that her voice again just pisses me off.

"Fine fine. I am just here to tell you if you are willing to join us. In exchange, we can forget the whole explusion thing, is that good with you?" That ain't even a tempting offer. Who does she think I am?

"Like hell I would join you fuckheads after what you did to us. All of you just crossed the line." I said.

"Awwww that's too bad! Well, I knew that was gonna be your answer but oh well!" She said in a jolly tone. I wanna punch that stupid smile off her face so bad right now.

"Well how about we make a bet on the next written exam? Isn't that more exciting?" I don't know if I'm talking to the fake Kushida or the real Kushida but just seeing her smile like her shit don't stink, this is the fake one.

"Why would I even make a bet with you? I'm not gullible to fall for your trap." I said.

"Oh don't worry about that, there are no strings attached so you can trust me on this." She said.

"Trust you? Don't make me laugh. And what do you mean by written exam? Aren't we supposed to have a sports festival or something?" I asked.

"Oh you haven't heard? Well you can atleast check your emails. Surely, you can trust me on that." She said.

I then open my phone and see an email notification from the school staff. I pressed it and it says:

Greetings to all students of ANHS!

I'm hereby to report that for there will be no special exam held due to the past incident as may you all know off. Class Points will not be affected, especially with class 1-D. Instead, after a unanimous decision, we have decided to replace the special exam which was supposed to be the sports festival, into a written exam instead. Like I said before, class points would not be affected but it can affect the current class itself. By the time of next week, specifically monday, class will be resumed and your homeroom teacher will explain the reason for the written exam. I wish you all good luck and let us give our deepest condolences to the late Kei Karuizawa of Class 1-D. We wish the best for her family and friends. Thank you.

Sincerely,

ANHS new school director
Tsukishiro

"New director, huh? That's a bit suprising, to say the least." I muttered as I turn off my phone.

"So do you believe me now? Now how about that bet, hm?" She asked.

"Why are you so insisted with this dumb bet of yours? What do you or I even going to gain from this?" It's honestly frustrating, dealing with a two-face bitch like Kushida here but I don't mind hearing her out, just to get her off my sight. I know she's planning to expel me but I've said it before that I ain't going down without a fight so whatever she brings into me, I'll be prepared.

"Don't worry, it's just a simple bet between you and me. If you manage to get a higher score at a specific subject than me on the written exam, then I'll give you half of my monthly private points and let you off my explusion list for the time being." She said.

"I'm guessing you're going to focus on expelling Ayanokouji-kun and Horikita-san, then if you somehow manage to expel both of them, it's my turn, is that correct?" I asked. It's impossible to expel the puppet leader and the real leader of Class D. Surely she must've known that by now.

"Only if you win ofcourse. But if you lose, I'll be giving you two choices; the first one is you join us, the second one is that you drop out immediately." She said.

I don't know if I should be underestimating Kushida at this point. I mean she is one of our top students on our class after all. Even if I accept this dumb bet, I wouldn't know if she'll stay true to her word or not. This is a huge gamble obviously, but something tells me that despite all the risk, I should accept this bet. Ofcourse it would be reckless if I just accepted it no questions asked, so I know there's going to be a catch on this. It's hard to read Kushida, especially after seeing that "other side" of her.

"How should I know if you'll stay true at this bet of yours? You do know that I don't trust you." I said.

"You don't need to trust me on this, just know that I'll win with no strings attached. I can play fair too, you know? I can beat you without the help of anyone. So how about it Matsushita-san, do you agree?"She's really asking for it, huh? Fine, I don't care about the risks anymore, now I just want to beat this shitty skank. I know I shouldn't be too reckless, I need to play smart at this.

"...Fine. I accept your dumb bet. You better keep your word, or else." I said as I raise my hand, signaling her to shake it.

"Ofcourse. I may be like this, but I can assure you that I never break any promises, not a single one. I just hope you're prepared for this." She replied, shaking my hand with a smug smile on her face.

"Now get out of my sight. Remember that I'm in a hurry." I said while glaring at her.

"Fine fine. I'll look forward seeing you at monday, new member." She said as she walk past me, leaving me alone in the corridor.

I then return at my own room. I know Satou-san and Shinohara-san are probably busy right now, probably having a verbal cat fight but I'm sure they can handle their own for now.

Once I'm inside my own room, I took out my phone.

"Did you get all that, Ayanokouji-kun?"

"I did. I'm sure you can handle her upcoming mischievous tricks on your own? This is Kushida we're talking about."

"It may be reckless of me to take part on this and to be honest, I'm a little afraid on what's she's going to do but I know that when it comes to academics, it'll be a battle to remember."

"Looks like we're gonna have to move the day of our date then. I know you'll be busy studying for the exam."

"You did'nt have to mention our date! Now you're making me feel all guilty."

"Well, I am going to be busy as well. So I guess it's perfect timing to move the day."

"Hm? Is there something troubling you? Your voice sounded a bit off."

"It's nothing. There's no need to express your concern for me."

"The way you say that just makes me even more worried. Are you sure you're okay?"

"I appreciate that you're worried, but this is nothing to get worked yourself up to. I'll be fine. Besides, I can see that you're worried about me because you think of our date getting ruined, yes?"

"Oh come on! Fine, I am excited for our date, there you happy?! Sheesh, just remember that I am genuinely worried about you, so even though you're like my leader know or something, don't do anything reckless, got it?"

"No need to be so naggy about it. Anyway, I hope you're prepared at the day of the exam. Remember that you should look out for Kushida's schemes. You'll never know what she's got on her sleeve."

"Relax, I can do this. I can promise you that."

"That's reassuring. Remember that you might gather some attention when you're successful at this bet so don't let your guard down."

"I know that. Thanks for the heads-up."

"Call me immediately if something happens. I'll talk to you later."

He hangs up.

"Yeah...I'll make you proud, Ayanokouji-kun." I said.

Damn, it's suprising that I would care for someone I barely know about. I wonder if it's genuine though. I'll give it some thought for next time because right now, I have a bitch to fry.

"Come at me with full force so you have nothing to regret after. I'll play your petty little game if it satisfies your desires. This may be the first time I have to go all out but making you taste defeat is my true reward."

Shinohara POV

"How many times do I have to tell you, he did it for your own good. You know Ayanokouji-kun isn't a pervert like a certain someone."

We were now at Keyaki mall. Back at Kiyo's room, before I could give him a piece of my mind, Satou-san covered my mouth and drag me all the way here. It was very embarrassing since a lot of people were staring at us.

"Maybe he tried his best to not look at you while giving you a bath. Atleast be thankful that he gave you one unless you wanna smell like shit. You even get to wear his clothes, for god's sake!" She said.

"Well imagine if you were in my shoes and he saw YOU naked, you know how embarrassing that would be?" I asked.

"You know what's even worse? If we saw HIM naked. Either way, we're both gonna get flustered." She said. Are you that thirsty for him?

"What kind of dirty mind do you have? I don't wanna see him naked." I said.

'Now that I think about it, it's only fair if I see him naked too, right? The question is, I wonder what size--what the hell am I thinking?! Get your mind outta the gutter, Satsuki!' I thought.

"You're thinking the same thing too!" I shouted. My face feels so red just thinking about him and his...stop it!

"Thinking about what? I don't know what you're talking about. And I'm the one with the dirty mind? Grow up, Shinohara-san." Why does everyone just loves getting on my nerves, especially Kiyo and my friends?

"But could you imagine if he has the biggest out of all the boys in our class? That would a HUGE discovery." Haha, very funny.

'Then again, if he's somehow the biggest, I wonder how it would fit inside me. I would probably--oh my god, I hate my mind! Stop it!' I thought while assuming that face is now red as a tomato.

"You were thinking the same thing as I am! I can see it from how red your face is! How dare you!" Satou-san said, also red as a tomato.

"Sh-Shut up! Let's just stop talking about this! Just the thought of it feels so fucking weird!" Now we're turning into perverts.

"Well, aren't you two having fun? Mind if I join your little girl talk?"

Not again.

"Hey there Satou, how you've been?" Please just get out of our sight.

"What do you want, Onodera?" Satou-san asked.

"Woah, someone's in a bad mood. Did someone took a shit on your cereal this morning?" That is just disgusting.

"Spill it already or get out of our sight. I already know what you did to Shinohara-san." Satou-san said angrily.

"Alright alright, jeez! No need to lash out on me already." Onodera said, backing up fron us.

"Oh by the way Satou, I wanna say congrats on your new boyfriend. You have my blessings." What is she talking about now?

"The fuck are you talking about?" I'm not dating anyone." Satou-san said.

"Hm? That's not what Miyamoto told me. He said that you two were making out on the rooftop. You know, the place were your precious friend jump." Onodera said with a smirk on her face.

'Is she just here to make our blood boil? Because it's fucking working.' I thought.

"Spreading false rumors already? You people are pathetic." I said.

"Now tell us what do you want or just get the fuck out of here. You're wasting our time." I added.

"Like I said, relax, I'll tell you already. Sheesh, can't take a joke?" Please, go fuck off.

"I'll get straight to the point. You know about the written exam? If you haven't, check your emails." Feeling curious, I opened my phone and saw that I have one email coming from the school.

Greetings to all students of ANHS!

I'm hereby to report that for there will be no special exam held due to the past incident as may you all know off. Class Points will not be affected, especially with class 1-D. Instead, after a unanimous decision, we have decided to replace the special exam which was supposed to be the sports festival, into a written exam instead. Like I said before, class points would not be affected but it can affect the current class itself. By the time of next week, specifically monday, class will be resumed and your homeroom teacher will explain the reason for the written exam. I wish you all good luck and let us give our deepest condolences to the late Kei Karuizawa of Class 1-D. We wish the best for her family and friends. Thank you.

Sincerely,

ANHS new school director
Tsukishiro

"Tsukishiro? What happened to the old director?" Satou-san asked.

"How should I know? I'm talking about the exams, not whoever the hell that is." Onodera answered.

"We're going to have a writen exam instead. So what's so special about it?" I asked.

"We're to have a bet to see who gets the highest score on a specific subject. Plain and simple." She said.

"And you want us to participate, is that it? I can already guess there's a catch on what happens if we win or lose." I said.

"You catch on quick. Yeah, there is. If you win, I'll give you half of my private points for the next four months. If you lose however, you can choose to join us or drop out. Do we have a deal?" She then reach out her hand to me.

"That's too fishy. I mean, it's already obvious that you're going to cheat." Satou-san said.

"Don't be stupid. You know I'll get expelled if I cheat. I'll only use my natural knowledge ofcourse no catch whatsoever." She said.

"Fine. I'll take your deal but on one condition." I said.

"Hm? What is it?" She asked.

"You'll be going against me." I can't get revenge on her like what she gave me back on the ship but atleast I'll try...no...I will beat her in the exam.

"That's what I'm planning for. Besides, Satou here has other opponents." She said while pointing at Satou-san.

"Let me guess, It's Miyamoto, right?" She asked.

"Nope, it's both Ike and Miyamoto. They want revenge on what you did to them at the rooftop, especially Miyamoto." They fucking deserve what got to them.

"Is it because I gave him a very brutal vasectomy, yes? Poor boy, he can't jerk off from now on. He's probably peeing with his belly button." Satou-san, now is not the time to bring out your sadistic side.

"Anyway, do we have a deal then?" She asked, changing the topic.

"Fine. We have a deal." I said as I shook her hand.

"Then I'm done here. I hope you're ready to taste defeat again, Satsuki." She said as she left us. I will wipe off that smirk, I promise you that.

"Looks like I have some extra studying to do. I'm facing off against two masochistic perverts." Satou-san said with a disgusted face.

My phone suddenly rings.

"Who is it?" She asked.

"It's Matsushita-san. I'm guessing she's part of this dumb bet as well." I said as I accept the call.

"Hello?"

"Who are you facing off against?"

"Mine is Onodera while Satou-san has Ike and Miyamoto."

"It must be tough for Satou-san, huh."

"It's fine, they're both idiots anyway."

"How about you?"

"I got Kushida."

"I'm not surprised. Did she gave you the same conditions as well?"

"You mean join or drop out? I did. Like I would ever lose to that two-faced bitch."

"Same goes for us."

"Better take this exam seriously, you two. We don't know what they're planning so stay alert."

"You sound like Kiyo right now. Speaking of Kiyo, does he know about this already?"

"Yeah, I called him during my conversation with Kushida."

"Who do you think he'll be facing against?"

"I don't think he's gonna take part on this bet. Even if he is, he's gonna find his away out of it. This is Ayanokouji-kun we're talking about, after all."

"Yeah, you're right. Oh by the way, starting tonight at midnight and every midnight to come, we'll be going to the track fields for the training. Just wear your sports uniform and let's meet up at his room, okay?"

"Sure. I wonder what kind of training he's going to give us?"

'Oh you have no idea, sis.' I thought.

"You'll find out tonight. Anway, see you at midnight."

"Yeah, make sure to study too as well. Talk to you later."

She ends the call.

"Shinohara-san, you wanna go to the cafe? I need some coffee to regain my energy." Satou-san said.

"Allright, let's go." I said as we head to the cafe.

Ayanokouji POV

"So my old man finally brought his reinforcements. Didn't think it would be this early." I reread the email again and there's no mistaking it. The name "Tsukishiro" is here.

"He really wants me to drop out? He even has to go out and send his right-hand man to control my actions. Like I would ever go back to that demonic place."

Even though the white room is the one that gave me my full knowledge and abilities, rhat place was nothing but pure hell for me. Even when I graduate, they'll never take away my freedom.

No one can ever take away my freedom. Not even him. He can bring whatever he gives to me, I'll get through all of them, even if it means sacrificing the useless specimen here, I'll do it with no hesitation.

Bzzzttt

My phone suddenly vibrated. I got a text message from an unknown number.

I opened the text message and it says:

I KNOW WHO YOU ARE

"Well, isn't this troublesome." I said as I close my phone.

Timeskip to Monday

It was time to return to school. I can tell that mostly everyone was still in shocked about the suicide incident but it can't be helped. I have my own problems to deal with, specifically the text message I received a few days ago. I only have three guesses on who sent me this; The first one is Tsukishiro himself, the second one is the mastermind of the traitors, and the third one is a random student who seem to catch me in the act but hidden in the shadows like myself.

"I was too careless." I muttered.

As I was walking in the corridor, I sense that someone was watching me. If it's one of my girls, then my whole guess that it's probably Matsushita.

"You're Ayanokouji, is that correct?" Someone from behind called out to me.

Before I could even turn around, I felt this person's arms wrap around my neck. It wasn't muscular like Sudo and the arms were slender. I could only guess that this person behind me is a girl but not Shinohara, Matsushita, or Satou.

"Shhhh, don't be alarmed. I am not an enemy. Remember the text message I sent you?" She asked. I could normally escape her grasp, but that would expose my abilities so I let her be.

"Assuming that you do know me, then how did you get my phone number?" I asked.

"I have my ways. In fact, I know that you've been holding back. I even know how you pulled that stunt from the island exam. Ever since then, I've been keeping my eye on you but I can assure you once again that I am not an enemy of yours. You've just been very interesting to me, so I supposed I'll help you out from now on, but only if I want to." She said.

Her words seems like she's telling the truth. I don't know how she found it all out but if she stays true to her word that she isn't another enemy, then I have no choice but to believe her for now.

"May I ask for your name then, whoever you are?" I don't recognize her voice from all the first-years, so I can only assume that she's a second-year or a third-year.

"Normally I never introduce myself to anyone, but since you've been an interesting Kouhai, I'll tell you." She said, still wrapping her arms around me.

"My name is Fuka Kiryuuin. It's a pleasure meeting you, My Kouhai-kun."

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Dealing with the Defectives

Ayanokouji POV

"Nice to meet you, Kiryuuin-senpai. Now if you'll--" Before I could escape and achieve freedom, she yanked the back of my collar, making me go back to her and wrapping her arms around me again.

"I'm not done yet. We still have much more to discuss regarding the traitors." Great, more troublesome people to handle. I don't know if she'll be a potential ally or enemy. She did say that she'll help out but only if she wants to so that's out of the window but I can tell that she wasn't lying about helping me.

"How did you know about the traitors, Senpai?" I asked.

"Hmmmm, you could say that I'm one of them." She said. Well, ain't this a surprise.

"I'm only kidding, ofcourse. I don't have the slight interest in joining their pathetic games. You see what I'm getting at here, Kouhai-kun?" She asked.

"It's not just our own class, but other class from different years are a part of this." I answered.

"Indeed. That's what got me interested, you see. Your starting to become famous from among us second-years, including the third-years as well so I did a bit of investigating myself by purposely overhearing some of my classmates' conversation." She said.

"I'm guessing this information isn't going to be free." It's already obvious that she wants something from me.

"You really are an interesting Kouhai. I'm not suprised you would figure out that I'll need something valuable in exchange." She said as she's starting to hug me tighter.

She smell nice.

"Allright then Senpai, how much points do you need then?" I asked an oblivious question. I know well enough that she doesn't want any private points from me but something different yet even more valuable than a hundred thousand private points.

"No points for now. I already have enough that keep me going for a few more months." I knew it.

"Then, what is something more valuable than points? I don't know what else I could think of." I said.

"It's simple, really. Take me out on a date." She said straight out.

"Eh?"

This was unexpected. I thought that she would request giving her information that I know. That would be easy enough to handle since I can mix up a few lies in it but a date is out of the question.

"A date. After school, I'll be waiting for you at outside of your classroom so be prepared. I'm sure you know how to treat a lady right." She said.

Should I even accept this? If I get seen by one of my classmates especially Horikita, I would get bombarded with questions. Some of them would even think that I'm betraying the class or something. Well, there's already a lot of betrayals happening on our class so getting caught would just make them point fingers at me. I guess the right thing to do for now is to reject her offer.

"I--"

"So you agree? Wise decision, Kouhai-kun. I'm glad that you accepted it with no questions asked." Hey, wait a minute.

"Ummm, Sen--" Before I could object, she covered my mouth with her hand.

"Be quiet. now let me tell you what I've know so far." She said.

'Oh great.' I thought.

Meanwhile

Satou POV

"Hey. Are you two seeing what I'm seeing as well?" I asked while staring at the catastrophe I'm seeing.

"Yeah. It's Kiyo with another woman. And she's hugging him from behind." Shinohara-san replied.

"Do you think she's of them or she just took interest in him? Matsushita-san asked.

"Whatever it is, we're getting to the bottom of this. No one is going to steal Ayanokouji-kun from me!" I shouted as start to walk towards them but I got grabbed from behind by Matsushita-san.

"Would you calm down? Same goes for you, Shinohara-san." Matsushita-san said, also grabbing Shinohara-san from behind.

"Just be patient. Even though I'm curious myself, we can't just go all willy nilly on them." She added.

"Who is that girl, anyway?" Shinohara-san asked.

"If I'm not mistaken, I think her name is Fuka Kiryuuin from Class 2-B. They were in Class A before, but got demoted into Class B due to her not cooperating in any special exams so she's like the female version of Kouenji." Matsushita-san explained.

"Where the hell did you found that out?" I asked.

"I saw her talking to the student council president at Keyaki Mall and I overheard their conversation." Matsushita-san said.

"What else did you heard from them? This can be valuable information so we can tell Kiyo about it." Shinohara-san said.

"It's nothing special. At first, they were talking about her just like what I said earlier, second is that he requested help from her about taking down the next student council president after he graduates but she refused as she "doesn't to play their chlidish games" or something like that." Matsushita-san said.

"I'm impressed, Matsushita-san. You got all of their exact conversation right." I said.

"It's a bit creepy, if you ask me. It's like you're stalking them or something." Shinohara-san replied.

"I'm not stalking them. I got curious so I followed them from behind. I even recorded their whole conversation on my phone." Now I'm also creeped out.

"That's called being a stalker!" Shinohara-san shouted.

"Don't shout, you blabbermouth! They're gonna hear us! And it's not stalking, it's called being curious!" Oh no, they're gonna have a shouting contest at this rate.

"Okay you two, calm down! No need to fight over something we're doing right now." I said as I go in between them.

"No, we're not!" They both said in unison.

"Yes, we are. I mean, we're hiding behind a wall, watching Ayanokouji-kun and Kiryuuin-senpai. Aren't we stalkers as well?"

These two bozos soon realized what we're doing this whole time so they stayed silent and continue the watch Ayanokouji-kun.

'I can't believe I'm involving myself into this. Hell, if this goes on, we're gonna have a stalking contest or something.' I thought as I continue to watch Ayanokouji-kun as well but to our suprise...

"Wait a minute, where did they go?" Matsushita-san asked.

"Damnit, we lost them. I guess we could just ask Kiyo--"

"Ask me what?"

Out of nowhere, we heard a sudden male voice from behind us, making us all flinched.

"eek!"

The three of us turned around and see Ayanokouji-kun, still looking handsome as ever and probably looking a LITTLE mad, I guess? I don't know, his blank face always stay the same but that's what makes him cooler!

"Heeyyyy good morning Kiyo! How are you doing today?" Shinohara-san, you're not gonna convince him with your poor acting skills.

"What are you three doing here?" He asked.

'We're not gonna get out of this unscathed.' I thought.

"We can ask you the same question! What are you doing here scaring three beautiful girls?!" Matsushita-san asked.

"Let's talk about this another time. We're gonna be late to class so get moving." Ayanokouji-kun said as he starts to walk away.

"Wait for us!" We all said in unison.

"Are you sure you three wanna get seen walking with me?" He asked.

"Oh who cares? We're walking to class anyway." Shinohara-san said.

"I don't think that's what he meant, Shinohara-san." I said.

"Let rumors be rumors, Ayanokouji-kun. Like we could give two shits about them." Matsushita-san said.

"Just watch when we enter the classroom." He said, confusing the three of us.

"What do you mean, Ayanokouji-kun?" I asked.

"Just watch." He replied.

As we reach the classroom, we already hear noises coming from inside. The moment Ayanokouji-kun opened the door, everyone's attention was on the four of us.

"Ayanokouji! Explain yourself, you bastard!" We heard Ike shouted from a distance. Oh god, what's going on now?

"Since when the gloomy guy gotten so slick and popular, huh?!" Yamauchi asked loudly.

"What are you talking about? I didn't do anything." Ayanokouji-kun said.

"Didn't do anything, my ass! Are you planning to betray the class?!" Miyamoto joins the perverted party.

"Ayanokouji-kun, is that true?" Kushida asked, joining the other four.

Soon enough, some of our classmates or I should say, the defectives, has join them into questioning him.

"Everyone, calm down. I'm sure he's not planning to--"

"Shut up Hirata! Just keep sulking over there!" Ike shouted, making Hirata-kun quiet as he returned to his seat.

'He looks terrible...' I thought.

"Hey pervert! What the fuck are you on about now?!" Shinohara-san asked while glaring at Ike.

"Same goes for you, fuckface! I'm asking the traitor here, not your fatass!" Now that's taking too far.

"What did you just say to me?!" Shinohara-san was about to attack Ike but was stopped by Matsushita-san.

"Calm down. Don't let this piece of shit get to you." Matsushita-san muttered.

"Why are you ganging up on him all of a sudden? What did he even do to make you all freak out like this?" I asked calmly as getting pissed off at them would be a waste of time.

"Why are you defending him?! Don't tell me you're working with this gloomy guy!" Calm yourself, Maya. Remember, don't waste your anger.

"Don't involve them in this. I'm the one you're questioning, not them. Now what's this about me betraying the class?" Ayanokouji-kun asked.

"We saw you talking with a second-year ealier then a few days ago, we then see you talking to Class A's Sakayanagi!" Yamauchi said.

'That's it? What a dumb statement. I can't believe they would make such a lame excuse to provoke Ayanokouji-kun.' I thought.

"We got you now, you fucking traitor! Now explain yourself!"

"Just drop out right now, loser! We don't need you in our class!"

The traitors and defectives begin to badmouth Ayanokouji-kun. I can't believe this. What they're doing right now is just...

"What I do on my personal life is none of your business. Think however you like about me. A traitor or your classmate, I don't care either way."

And with that, he goes towards at his seat while the others were glaring at him but one of them did something unexpected.

"Just die, you motherfucker!"

We saw Miyamoto grab a vase and threw it with enough force to Ayanokouji's head.

"Ayanokouji-kun!" I shouted.

We then see something more unexpected as Ayanokouji-kun turned around and punched the vase with his right hand, breaking it to pieces.

"Miyamoto-kun! That was completely out of the line!" Hirata-kun shouted in anger.

"Take this!" We then see Ike with a knife on his hands then ran towards Ayanokouji-kun.

"Don't shout if you're going to attack me."

As Ike was about to stab Ayanokouji-kun, he use his left hand, assuming he would block it but he let it pierced through his palm.

"Ayanokouji-kun!" The three of us shouted in fear.

"Ike-kun! What are you doing?!" We then all looked at the other side of the door and see Horikita-san going inside with Sudo-kun by her side.

"Oi, Ike! You're going too far!" Sudo-kun shouted.

Everyone including the defectives were shocked at what they just witnessed.

"Wh-What the--aghh!"

Before Ike could finish, his face was given a punch by Shinohara-san, making him fall down to the ground.

"What the fuck is wrong with you?! You're yhe the one who should be expelled!" Shinohara-san shouted.

"Kiyo, are you okay?!" Shinohara-san asked in concern while crying as she turned her attention to Ayanokouji-kun with both hands bleeding.

"I'm not done--ughh!" Miyamoto was about to attack Ayanokouji-kun while his back was turned but was stopped by Matsushita-san.

"That's enough out of you!" Matsushita-san said.

"Ayanokouji-kun!" Matsushita-san then ran towards him while also beginning to cry.

As for me, I instantly ran towards Ayanokouji-kun with tears starting to form on my eyes.

"Ayanokouji-kun! What were you thinking?! That was completely reckless of you!" I shouted as I hug him.

"I'm fine. It doesn't hurt that much." Is he being serious right now?!

"Dude, How can you still keep that face of yours after getting stabbed?" I heard Miyake-kun spoke up in concern.

"Ummm, shouldn't we bring him to the infirmary?" Hasebe-san joins as welll.

"Can someone please bring Ayanokouji-kun to the infirmary immediately?" Horikita-san said.

"The three of us can take him there." I said. Shinohara-san and Matsushita-san joins as well. Horikita only nodded to us.

"Sudo-kun, put Ike-kun and Miyamoto-kun in a headlock." She added but her voice was now deep.

"With pleasure." Sudo-kun applied and procceds to grab the two pieces of shit by the head then begins to crush them, making the teo scream in pain.

"Like I said Horikita, I'm fine. As for you three, it's not cute when you cry, you know?" Oh my god...

"This is no time for jokes, you idiot!" Matsushita-san said as he smacks Ayanokouji-kun's head.

"Hey, I'm still injured here. Don't make it worse." He said.

I stepped on his foot.

"Ow."

"Let's get him out of here immediately before he cracks another lame joke." Shinohara-san said as she starts to drag Ayanokouji-kun outside and we followed.

As the four of us head outside, we see Chabashira-sensei heading towards us with the face of disbelief.

"Ayanokouji. Care to tell me what happened?" She nervously asked.

"Horikita will explain everything. Right now, these three are taking me to the infirmary so if you don't mind..." Ayanokouji-kun answered and sensei seems to be satisfied so she nodded and walked quickly to our classroom.

"And all of this happened just because of these false rumors. What the hell has our class become to the point that they would murder another person without hesitation?" Matsushita-san asked the four of us.

"Now they're involving Ayanokouji-kun as well. This is going to be more than we expect." I said.

"Hey Kiyo, do you think the traitors are starting to target you now? At first, they targeted the three of us by breaking Karuizawa-san to the point that she would commit suicide, and they succeeded. Now they're targeting you but for what reason? Do you know anything about it?" Shinohara-san asked.

Ayanokouji-kun didn't answer.

"Hey...Kiyo?...is something wrong?" Shinohara-san was trembling for some reason.

"Take me to the Infirmary fast but don't speak until we get there. That's an order." He muttered quietly.

He sounded serious when he said that so we only nodded at him.

Two minutes later we finally reached the infirmary without saying anything.

I gently open the door.

"Hello? Nurse? We have an emergency." No one responded.

"No one's here." I said as we all went inside and sat down.

"Ummm, how do you think they would handle...that?" Shinohara-san asked as she points to his bloody left hand, knife still intact.

"That must've really hurt. I can't even imagine at what you're going through right now." Matsushita-san said in concern.

"It doesn't hurt that much. Same goes for my right." He replied as raises both of his hands.

"But still, that was reckless of you. Smashing the vase was one thing but taking the stab by piercing it through your hand is out of the line." I said as I cross my arms.

"You know, you could've just dodge it or block it with something. Why did you let your hand get stabbed?" I asked.

"If I did try to dodge, that would've made my abilities exposed to everyone. This was the safesr option." He said.

"It's also the stupidest. We got really worried, you know." Matsushita-san said as she pinch his left ear.

"Don't pull that stupid stunt again, you hear me? I really thought you were gonna die because of that goddamm pervert." Shinohara-san said as she pinch his right ear.

"Ow. Like I said, I'm fi--" I didn't let him finish as I pinch both of his cheeks.

"You stupid idiot, just don't pull another reckless stunt like that again. We were really scared at what we witnessed back there you know?"

"So please, be careful next time." I said as I stop pinching him and begin to hold him.

He only nodded.

"Good." We three said in unison.

I really want to kiss him right now but I have two rivals with me so that's gonna be a delay.

We then heard the door open.

"I'm here! Sorry if I took so long, I was teaching my class when Sae-chan interrupted me and said that I have a new patient waiting for me. So, what seems to be--Ayanokouji-kun?!"

'I didn't know the nurse can be louder than Shinohara-san.' I thought.

"Ummmm, Hoshinomiya-sensei? What are you doing here?" I asked.

"I'm the school nurse, ofcourse. Now, what seems to be the problem, Ayanokouji-kun?" She asked.

Ayanokouji-kun then showed both of his injured hands.

"I see I see. I'll take it from here, girls. You can go back to your classroom now." She said.

'Why do I feel like she's gonna do something weird to Ayanokouji-kun?' I thought.

"Don't worry, I'll quickly heal him so you girls can kiss him all you want after!" If that didn't made my face red, I don't what will.

"Let's go, you two!" A flustered Shinohara-san walked quickly outside. Me and Matsushita-san who is also flustered followed.

As soon as we were far away from the infirmary, we broke the silence.

"What's up with that teacher?!" Shinohara-san shouted.

"That's Hoshinomiya-sensei for you." I said.

"She sounded like she wants Ayanokouji-kun for herself or something." Matsushita-san said.

We were silent for a while.

"Nahhhh." All of us denied it in unison.

"Oh? Well good morning, my wonderful students! What seems to be going on here?" A male voice called out to us from behind.

"Hm? Oh, good morning to you too." Matsushita-san greeted him. Shinohara-san and me did the same.

"Say, is it okay if you girls help me? I'm just trying to find a specific student." He said.

"Sure, who are you looking for?" I asked.

"Just a male first-year student named Kiyotaka Ayanokouji."

The moment we heard his name, we can tell that this guy was already suspicious.

"Ummm, why are you looking for him?" I asked.

"So you do know him! Do you know where he is at the moment?" He asked.

The three of us then look at each other in silence, deciding if we should tell him the truth or just lie about it.

Before we could even give an answer, the mysterious man suddenly punched me in my stomach, making me fall down on my knees.

"Satou-san! Hey, what the--aghh!" He did the same to Matsushita-san before she could express her concern for me.

"Don't hide it from me, you brats. Tell me where he is. Now." He strictly said.

"Who the hell are you?! Why are you attacking us all of a sudden?!" Shinohara-san shouted as he tries to punch the man but he countered it with a knee to her stomach, making her vomit blood.

"Shinohara-san!" I shouted in concern then glared at the man.

"Well, aren't you girls a fiesty one. This wouldn't have happened if you just tell me the location of the boy. Now, you'll suffer the consequences."

He then grab Shinohara-san's collar and was about to punch him again until we heard someone...

"That's enough."

The moment we heard him, we were relieved.

"Ahh, so there you are, Kiyotaka Ayanokouji. I've been looking for you." The man said as he let go of Shinohara-san and turned around to face Ayanokouji-kun.

"What are you doing here, Tsukishiro?"

Is it just me, or this fanfic just keeps getting darker? What do you guys think? Anyway, thanks for reading!

Shining Darkness

Flashback

Ayanokouji POV

"Annndd done!" Hoshinomiya-sensei said as she wraps the last bandage.

"Does it still hurt?" She asked. Ofcourse it does, I got multiple wounds on my right and and a stab wound on my left. I shouldn't say that.

"Just a little bit." It didn't really hurt that much as I've faced far more gruesome moments than this.

"Ooohh~, are you trying to impress your beautiful nurse by acting all manly, Ayanokouji-kun?" She asked seductively.

"Not really." I said in a flat tone.

"Ah! You're breaking my heart!" What a weird teacher.

"I'm still confused though." I said.

"About what?" She asked as she went back to her normal state.

"I still don't understand why I had to take my clothes off." I said.

"It's for research, my dear Ayanokouji-kun~! As the school nurse, it's my job to check the physical state of the students of all years." Yeah, I can tell that's a lie.

"Plus I'm still shocked on how muscular you are. Do you work out often?" She then starts poking my body. Great, another Ichinose.

"Look how hard you are, Ayanokouji-kun. Your Nurse is very impressed~." She said as she slowly crawls towards me.

"Sensei? What are you--" Before I could finish, she covered my mouth with her hand.

"Shhhh...let your nurse take care of you from now--"

*Ring *Ring

"Dammit! Who's interrupting our private time?!" She got mad because she was about an inch of kissing me before getting cut off by a call.

'Thank you for calling, whoever you are. Now's my chance to escape.' I thought.

3rd Person POV

"Hello?"

"You better not try to do something inappropriate to my student, Chie! I brought you there to treat him, not seduce him!"

"What?! How did you--I mean, what are you talking about, Sae-chan? I would never steep that low."

"I knew it was a bad idea calling you."

"Boooo! You're just trying hog him by yourself!"

"Don't be ridiculous. I'm not like you. Now put Ayanokouji on the phone."

"No! He's not fully healed yet so he's mine for today."

"That's it, I'm coming over there."

"Oh no, you don't!"

"Too late, I'm already here."

"Eek! Sae-chan?!"

Chabashira-sensei ends the call.

"And where is my student?" Chabashira-sensei asked.

"He's right here, I didn't do...anything..." Hoshinomiya-sensei looks from behind and Ayanokouji was nowhere to be found.

"Great, now my meal--I mean my patient is missing! Yeah, that's it!" Hoshinomiya-sensei said while smling.

"Just be glad there are no surveillance cameras here." Chabashira-sensei facepalmed.

Ayanokouji POV

As soon as I got out of the infirmary, I ran immediately and look around to see if my girls are around here.

'That was a close one. If Sensei didn't called, who knows what she's going to do to me?' I thought.

"Aghhh!"

I suddenly heard Shinohara's voice on my left. She must be in a lot of pain.

"Don't hide it from me, you brats. Tell me where he is. Now."

"Looks like he already found them." I muttered as I hide myself into a corner.

"I wonder what my girls are going to do in this situation." I said.

I took a peek and see Matsushita and Satou clutching on their stomach, and Shinohara vomiting blood.

"He never changes. Even back in the white room, he loves seeing me bleed whenever he hits my solar plexus."

I then came out of the corner to face him.

"That's enough."

Flashback end

"What are you doing here, Tsukishiro?" I asked.

"You already know what I'm--"

Before he could finish, He grabs Shinohara's collar and throws her at me like a ragdoll. Luckily, I catched her on time but was met with unfortunate events as he pinned me to the wall by holding my neck, choking me in the process.

"Ayanokouji-kun!" Satou shouted her concern as she begins to ran over to me but I shook my head, signaling her to stop.

"What happened to you, Kiyotaka-kun? Aren't you going to fight back?" Tsukishiro looked me in the eyes, still keeping that wicked smile on his face.

I tried to speak back but he only grips my neck tighter.

I then look behind him, signaling my sight on the camera looking directly at us that he notices.

"Oh? That piece of junk? Unfortunately for you, I've doctored every cameras to show only dummy footage. Good observation though, as expected of his masterpiece." He said, slowly letting go of my neck but not before giving me a knee to my solar plexus which I immediately resisted on a nick of time.

"Kiyo, you're--"

"I'm fine." I said in a raspy voice. He severly messed up my throat. This is gonna take a while to heal as well.

"Wait a minute, if what you said about every surveillance cameras getting doctored was true, then that means what happened in our classroom recently was never recorded?!" Matsushita asked as she tries to get up.

"You're very sharp there, little girl. I see that you also made some soldiers along the way." He said.

I only stayed silent.

"What's wrong, Kiyotaka-kun? Why aren't you fighting back? I'm sure you can land a punch on me while you're holding that stupid brat." I look at Shinohara who was now glaring at him.

"Who the hell are you?! What do you want with Kiyo?!" Shinohara asked in anger.

"Calm down, Shinohara. Go take care of Satou and Matsushita first." I said as I slowly put her down and she nodded.

Tsukishiro then pinned me to the wall and choke me a second time.

"Kiyo/Ayanokouji-kun!" The three girls shouted.

"What's this? At instance, you would've sense my attack yet you did'nt counter or anything. You've become soft, Kiyotaka-kun."

I only continued to stare at him without saying anything.

"What would your father think if I told him that his son has become a huge disappointment." He said, putting more pressure into his hold.

The more I resist, the stronger his hold gets so it wasn't a surprise when blood starts to come out of the corner of my mouth.

It also wasn't a surprise that the girls started to have tears on their eyes by witnessing me in a troublesome sight.

"Speaking of your father, he gave me a message directly to you. He says that he's getting tired of this stupid childish game of yours and wants you to drop out immediately. Would you comply?"

I still stayed silent.

"Still on your rebellious phase, I see." He said as he finally released his grip.

"As you may know, I am now the new director of this school, but I already am ever since your father had to "take care" of the former Chairman."

'He really went that far just to make me return to him. He took care of Matsuo, now the former chairman as well. If Sakayanagi ever heard about this, there will be chaos.' I thought.

"Now that I'm the new director, there will be MAJOR changes at this school, so I hope rjay you andour little soldiers here would look forward to it."

After that, Tsukishiro walked out like nothing ever happened and the three girls ran towards me.

"Are you okay, Ayanokouji-kun? Can you breathe properly?" Matsushita asked as she wipes the blood off my mouth.

"His handmarks are still in your neck. That must've been one iron grip he had on you." Shinohara said.

"Why did he wanted you to drop out? You haven't done anything wrong." Satou said.

"I was right all along." I said while I massage my throat.

"Right about what?" Shinohara asked.

"He was following us after we left the classroom and pick the right moment to show up when you three left the infirmary but there's more than it meets the eye."

"We can talk about that later because right now, you're going back to the Infirmary." Matsushita grabs my arm and drags me back.

"She's right, Kiyo. You've gotten even more injured because of that man's actions." Shinohara said as she drags me as well.

"Well, my throat is still damaged so I guess I don't mind going back." The girls stared at me with confusing looks.

"What?"

"Even after that, you can still keep your composure? You're unbelievable sometimes." Matsushita said.

"What did we told you earlier about being reckless?" Satou asked as she pinched my ear.

'Oi, why am I getting scolded again? I did do what they said about not being reckless and here I am getting nagged again. Until today, I still don't understand women.' I thought.

As I let the three girls drag me back to the infirmary, I sense that someone was watching us. My assumption was true as I look behind and see Kiryuuin-senpai come out with a camera on her hand. She then look at me and gave me a short wave before leaving.

'She's good. All part of her plan, I guess.' I thought while ignoring the naghing of my girls.

A few minutes later, we made it to the infirmary and found out it was empty again. We then sat at the bed.

"You three need to get treated as well, got it? Especially you, Shinohara. You've lost so much blood from that hit he gave you." I said.

"No need to worry about me, Kiyo. You're our main concern right now. We can't stand the sight of you getting hurt even now. Your recklessness made you sacrifice both of your hands and the way that man was choking you, I thought he was gonna snap your neck or something. That was a very terrifying sight." Shinohara said while feeling shaken.

"And the way he threw me to you like I'm just a ragdoll. What kind of strength was that?!" She added.

"I know right?!" He also said something about having major changes in this school. Wait, Ayanokouji-kun do you think that--"

"Yes." I said, cutting Satou off.

"Are you saying that he's the one who's leading the traitors?" Matsushita asked.

"Wait, I thought the leader was a girl back from our first training when we saw Ike and Onodera." Shinohara said.

"They were referring to Kushida. I'm not mistaken that she's leading the Class D's traitors." I said.

"So there are traitors from the other classes, huh? I'm not suprised." Shinohara said.

"Ayanokouji-kun, this is just a theory, but I think that you getting injured is part of that man's plan." Matsushita said.

"What do you mean?" I asked.

"Well, let's go back from earlier, at the classroom. The moment Miyamoto threw that vase at you, you've countered it with your right hand, causing it to get injured. The moment Ike was about to stab you, I think he was about to stab you at the back but you also countered it by making it pierce through your left palm, making it injured as well. Now that both of your hands are injured, you can't fight back with your hands anymore. Matsushita explained.

"Matsushita-san has a point. I mean, look at both of your hands! Including the bruises on your stomach and your neck, they maybe planning to weaken you." Satou said.

"I think the man knew that you would defend yourself, get injured, and it'll continue on until you're in a state that you can't walk anymore. If you ever continue to get injured, then that means you would be forced to drop out so you can go to an actual hospital." Matsushita said.

'And if I am at the hospital, my old man would drag my body back to the white room, thus, taking away my freedom.'' I thought.

"The worst part about that is there are more traitors that we don't know of and they might've been tasked by Tsukishiro to injure you, Kiyo!" Shinohara exclaimed.

"This is bad, especially for Ayanokouji-kun. It's like setting up a bounty on his head." Satou said as she starts to sweat nervously.

"Relax. No need to worry about this kind of stuff. What you three need to worry is that they're going to start to target the three of you."

I stand up and continue to speak.

"The moment Tsukishiro said that there will be major changes, he meant those words and he will stop at nothing to expel me, even "taking care" the three of you."

The girls stayed silent and continue to listen.

"You three should understand what you're getting into. It's understandable that you want to back out of this but it's too late for that. You've got caught into this mess, now you will fix this."

I turned around and showed them my true eyes, making Satou and Matsushita widened their eyes in shock, but Shinohara continued to look at me without showing any signs of fear.

"I have my own darkness, and so does all of you if you continue to work with me. Taking down the traitors will not be an easy task. All of you will get hurt but I can guarantee your safety as long as you don't betray me, Is that clear?"

The girls were silent for two minutes until all three of them spoke up.

"We're not backing out." They said in unison.

Matsushita continued.

"I'll admit that I'm scared. No, I am very scared at what's going to happen to me but that doesn't matter as long as the traitors are taken down for good. I can promise you that I'll never in under any circumstances would betray you. You have my word, Ayanokouji-kun. I'll help you out with the best of my abilities."

Satou joins in.

"I'll never back out, never. I still want to get my hands on them after what they did to us, you, and Karuizawa-san. Those pieces of shitstains think they can break us? I don't think so. I'm with you as well, Ayanokouji-kun. Betrayal has never been on my minnd ever since I joined in. I promise that I'll be very useful to you."

Finally, Shinohara speaks up.

"You already know my answer, Kiyo. After what we've been through, there is no way in hell that I'm backing out on this. I've had enough of those shithead's betrayals. I wanna take them down one by one. I'm with you till the end, Kiyo. That's a promise. Me and these two have promised ourselves that we would stay loyal to you that no matter what happens to us, we will never betray you."

These girls are starting to learn the truth. I can feel their loyalty through their words. I can tell that these three women will be very useful to me from now on. Even after this is over, they would still continue to be with me. I wonder what could be the reason for it. I guess I gotten a bit closer to these girls that our relationship has risen up to a new rank.

"Then I hope you all remember that your training is going to continue on every midnight. You want to beat them, you have to get stronger first as long as you follow my orders, got it?"

"Yes sir!" They shouted in unison.

"Don't call me sir, it feels absurd." I said.

"Then, how about we call each other on a first-name basis, yeah? We're close enough for that, right?" Satou asked.

"Well, you do have a point there. I guess I don't mind." Matsushita said.

"What do you think, Kiyo? Do you agree on it?" Shinohara asked.

"I don't mind as long as you don't call me with an iffy nickname." I answered.

"Wise decision, Kiyotaka!" Satou, or I should say Maya, shouted in excitement.

'It feels weird calling her by her first name. I guess I better get used to it. Good thing I learnt their first names before this.' I thought.

"I'm still going to call you Kiyo. It's better that way." Satsuki said.

"When did Satsuki started calling you Kiyo, Kiyotaka? I've been curious about that." Chiaki said which only made Satsuki embarrassed.

"Ummm, Kiyo? Please don't say--"

"It was back from our first training, she ask me what my full name was and when I told her, she said that my name was too long and decided to call me Kiyo instead."

After that, I see Maya and Chiaki holding back their laughter while Satsuki was fuming with embarrassment.

"You don't remember his name?! I can't believe you, Satsuki!" Maya shouted.

"Shut up! Blame him for having the worst introduction ever!" Satsuki also shouted as she looks away from everyone. Not again.

"It wasn't that bad. Atleast I can remember his name despite not talking to him that much." Chiaki said.

"Enough! We're getting off topic! Let's go back to discussing about the traitors instead of his dumb introduction!" Don't drag me into your mess.

"Anyway, there are still some things that I'm curious about like the reason why they would join that man. I mean, what are they gonna get from this, anyway?" Satsuki asked.

"I've been wondering about that as well. It must be something worth so much that they would do anything, even stabbing Kiyotaka." Maya said.

"We can get those answers easily." I said.

"Really? How?" Chiaki asked.

"Because of Ike and Miyamoto's actions earlier, they would normally get expelled immediately but our Sensei just announced that instead of expulsion, they are only going to get suspended for three weeks."

"What?! That's not fair!" Satsuki shouted in anger.

"Calm down, I'm not finished. Since they are currently suspended, we can use this as an advantage to get some answers from them."

"But how are we gonma get some--oohhhhhh, I see where you're going with this." Satsuki then smirked.

"Are you saying we're going to...I see." Chiaki said as she smirks as well and starts rubbing her hands together.

"Well those two deserve it so I'm in!" Maya shouted.

"Since we're in the Infirmary, how about we go start looking at the cabinet if there are some chloroform?" Maya suggested and the two agreed.

'This might take a while. I guess I'll leave it up to these three girls to torture them.' I thought.

Meanwhile

3rd Person POV

"Ahh, what a lovely sight." Tsukishiro said as he sits down on his chair while putting up his legs onto his desk.

*BANG *BANG

"Hm? I have a visitor already? Come in."

The door opens and it revealed Arisu Sakayanagi but without her signature smug smile.

"Ahh, if it isn't the beautiful daughter of Chairman Sakayanagi. What can I do for you, dear?" He asked but Sakayanagi just continued to stay silent while glaring at him with murderous intent.

"Director Tsukishiro..." Sakayanagi said in a hard cold tone.

"Do you mind explaining of what's the meaning behind this?" Sakayanagi showed him a phone, revealing a photo.

"What...did you do...to my father?"

Oh boy, the next chapter is gonna be fun! You just have to wait patiently. Anyway, thanks for reading!

A lesson called Agony

Ayanokouji POV

After getting my wounds healed again, the four of us left the infirmary and walk back to the classroom. I'm surely going to get bombarded with questions of concern and worry from the others but I'll let these three handle them for me.

Suddenly, the bell rings.

"Class ended already? That's surprising." Chiaki said.

"Well after what happened earlier, the news already spread to the other class like flies. It also got to the second-years and third-years as well." Satsuki said.

Maya then got close to me and whispered...

"Do you notice it too?"

"Yeah."

Now that class ended early, we were getting some unnecessary attention from the other students as we walk past them. Most of them were second-years and the looks they give us are very unpleasant.

'Great, now I'm known around the whole school. This is gonna be a long day.' I thought.

"Hold it right there." A random second-year shows up infront of us. I think I've seen him before with the older Horikita.

"Yes? Is there something you need, Senpai?" Chiaki asked.

"I do actually. I'm gonna need to borrow our victim here." He said as he looks at me.

"Come with me, Ayanokouji. I don't have all day." He starts to walk away, assuming that I would follow him.

For obvious reasons, I didn't move a muscle. The same goes for my girls as I felt they were ready to defend me.

He soon realize that I wasn't following him so he turn around and glared at me.

"I told you to come with me. That's an order." He started to get demanding. Like I care about what he feels.

I ignored him and walk away and the girls follow, also ignoring him.

"You wanna do the hard way, huh? Fine, then." I continued to walk away.

"The new school director was right. You are very difficult to handle...white room student."

The moment I heard those three words, I stopped dead in my tracks. That man sure moves fast, revealing the white room at some random student. I wonder how many students he told other than Sakayanagi? I'll have to deal with them soon.

"Now I finally got your attention. I can't believe those words would break your composure." He said.

I turned around and see him with a wicked smile.

"Go back to the classroom. Tell them I went back to my room already." I said directly to the girls.

Even though they're worried about me, they know me well enough that I can handle this myself so they silently nod and left.

"Is there something you need from me?" I asked.

"I don't NEED something, I WANT something. Now come with me." He demanded.

"No thanks. It's much better if you tell me right here, right now." I said, making that wicked smile of his disappear.

"Do you even know who I am?" He asked while starting to get furious.

"I don't know and I don't care." I replied.

That seems to be his breaking point as he was going to punch me in the face but I immediately dodge it.

"A fellow second-year bullying a first-year. You're such a pathetic nuisance."

I heard a familiar female voice from behind. I was about to turn around but she puts her arms around my neck a second time.

"Nice to meet you again, Kouhai-kun." She said.

"Don't you have better things to do, Kiryuuin?" The second-year asked.

"I do actually, until I saw my precious Kouhai-kun here dealing with trash like you, Nagumo." She said.

'Nagumo, huh? The one who will be the next student council president for the next school year and his plan was to give students certain freedom in order to make the school into more of a meritocracy. Atleast, that's what Kiryuuin-senpai told me earlier. ' I thought.

"Tch. This wouldn't have happen if you just follow my orders from earlier, Ayanokouji." He then turned his attention into Kiryuuin-senpai.

"And as for you, don't stick your nose on other people's business." He said while glaring at my Senpai.

"And here I thought you don't have the slight interest to get involve in this. You even rejected my offer to rule this school." He added.

"I can do what I want so don't make me laugh, you piece of trash. Besides, you and your plan of meritocracy are nothing but piles of shit, just like your entire existence." Kiryuuin-senpai said as she wraps her arms around me even tighter.

I don't know what's the history between these two had but all I know for sure is that Nagumo really hates Kiryuuin-senpai.

"Now, how about you leave the two of us alone? Your stench is starting to stink up the place. Shoo! Shoo!"

The way Kiryuuin-senpai treats Nagumo really pissed him off that it looks like he wants to beat her to a pulp just by looking at his fists and his very furious face but managed to hold it off.

"This isn't over, Ayanokouji." He said as he turned around and walk away.

"Stupid bitch." He muttered.

Once he was out of our sight, the other second-years started to disappear as well. I can only guess that they all work for him.

"How did you do on your part, Senpai?" I asked.

"It's already in my room, waiting for us." She said as she showed me a photo on her photo as proof. She did her job well.

After she showed me the photo, She suddenly kissed my left cheek. This was...interesting, to say the least.

"Consider it as a reward for being an interesting Kouhai." That was unnecessary but I'll take it, I guess.

She then got close to my ear and whispered...

"Don't worry, I'll give you more than a kiss in the near future so look forward to it."

'She is one seductive Senpai.' I thought.

"I see. Thank you for that, I guess." I replied.

"Good boy, now let's head to my room. I can tell that this is going to be one interesting first date." She said as she grabs my wrist and drags me away.

While I'm getting dragged by my beautiful Senpai, I took out my phone and made a quick text to Satsuki.

3rd Person POV

Ike and Miyamoto just got out of the Chairman's office.

"Man, that was tiring. I hope I don't have to do that again." Ike said.

"Relax, atleast we managed to carry out the task boss has given us." Miyamoto said.

"We almost got expelled, you fuck! Damn that Ayanokouji, the next time I see him I'll crush his head with a pipe." Ike said.

"I doubt that would happen when she has a goddamn bodyguard named Satsuki Shinohara." Miyamoto mocks Ike.

"Shut up!" Ike punched Miyamoto in the face.

"Ow! What the--"

*Ring *Ring

"Be quiet! Kikyou-chan is calling me! Maybe she'll finally accept my confession!" Ike shouted.

"You wish." Miyamoto said while wincing in pain.

Ike picks up the call.

"Hello?"

"Ike-kun! It's an emergency! Meet me at the fire exit immediately, okay?!"

"Kikyou-chan, chill out for a second. No need to freak out."

"I'm sorry but there's no time to waste! Please hurry!"

"Allright sure! I'm on my way!"

"Thank you, Ike-kun! I hope I can make it up to you."

"No need, Kikyou-chan. I'm okay."

"But I want to! Maybe you can...you know...do it with me."

"Woah woah woah! Seriously?! I'll be right there!"

"Better hurry okay?!"

"Yes, ma'am!"

Ike ends the call.

"What's gotten you all fired up?" Miyamoto asked.

"Sorry man! I gotta go to my Kikyou-chan!" Ike ran off, leaving Miyamoto alone.

"Sheesh, Matsushita is much better. I mean, have you seen her body? Damn, I want her to step on me so bad."

Someone taps on his back.

"Huh? Who's tha--agh!"

Before he could finish, he was injected with a syringe by a certain someone.

"What the...what's with the...pig mask..." Miyamoto started getting drowsy and eventually, passed out.

Meanwhile

"Kikyou-chan! I'm here!" Ike shouted as he made it to the fire exit.

Kushida was nowhere on sight.

"Kikyou-chan? Are you hiding somewhere? It's safe now. It's just me." Ike said but no one responded.

Ike tried to call her but she wasn't answering and it only led to voicemail.

"Dammit, where is she? Kikyou-chan! I'm here! Where are you?!"

Suddenly, his arms got restrained by two figures who were wearing pig masks.

"What the fuck?! Hey, let go of me!"

He tried to fight back but failed miserably as he got injected with a syringe.

(A/N: Like this.)

"What did you do to Kikyou-chan?!" He shouted.

"Shut up." The mysterious person then punch Ike so hard, it knock him out cold before the serum took effect.

Two days later

"H-Huh? Where am I? What the hell is this?" Ike woke up but in a different position he didn't imagine to be in.

"Ah, you're finally awake." The masked figure said from afar.

"He-Hey! Let me go! Untie me now, damnit!" Ike shouted as he tries to break the rope he's tied up in.

The three masked figures then showed themselves infront of him.

"Scary, isn't it." One of them spoke up while walking close up to Ike.

"That voice...wait...don't tell me..."

The figure took off its pig mask, revealing a girl that he's very familiar with.

"Sh-Shinohara?" Ike has never been more terrified until now as she saw the last person he wants to be with alone.

Flashback

Shinohara POV

"How many times do I have to tell you all? He's going to be fine so stop worrying."

When Maya, Chiaki, and I went inside our classroom, we were suprised to see everyone was still here and the moment they saw the three of us, they immediately bombarded us with questions.

"Are you sure about that? I mean, that knife from his hand..." Horikita said. I'm suprised that she's very worried about him.

"It's fine, Horikita-san. The nurse is currently taking care of him so it's all good." I replied.

"By the way, where did the two went off to? I wanna give them a piece of my mind." Maya said while cracking her knuckles.

"There were taken to the chairman's office with our Sensei and let me tell you how PISSED she was at Ike and Miyamoto." Miyake-kun said.

"Speaking of the chairman, what is he even thinking? They should've been expelled for what they did but noooooo, a three week suspension is much better." Hasebe-san said with a hint of sarcasm.

Suddenly, my phone vibrated and see that I got a text message from Kiyo.

"Capture Ike and Miyamoto immediately and bring them to my room. Be extremely cautious and do not get caught."

So it finally begins.

"Let's just go home everyone. It's been a stressful day." I said as I went to my seat and grab my bag. I gave Chiaki and Maya the signal so they also grab their bag and we left the classroom.

"So how do we get started?" Chiaki whispered.

"You still got the stuff we needed?" I asked.

"All prepared inside my bag." Chiaki said.

"Good. Let's go change our clothes first." I said and they nodded.

'I hope this works.' I thought.

Flashback end

"What the fuck?" This fucker's reaction was all I needed to see.

"Hello Ike." I showed him a smile that didn't reach my eyes which made him even more terrified.

"Seeing you in this kind of state is quite an enjoyable sight, don't you think?" I asked.

"No...no no! Help! Someone!"

"Awwww, look at him. Screaming his heart out, hoping someone would find his perverted ass." The person on my right then took off her mask, revealing Maya with a sadistic smile.

"Satou?! What the hell did I do to you?!" Ike shouted and Maya responded with a kick to his face.

"Ow!" I already see blood on his face. Quite a nice sight.

"You know what you did." Maya said in a dark tone.

"You think you can get away with this?! Don't you even know that there are security cameras everywhere?! All of you are busted!" Ike started laughing maniacally which pisses me off so I kick his stomach, resulting in him falling backwards.

"Sorry to ruin your little parade, but we're not idiots like you." Chiaki said while unmasking herself.

"I don't believe it for a second that the cameras were doctored to show dummy footage so I went with this instead." Chiaki showed a can of black spray paint.

"What the--aghh--ack!" Chiaki sprayed the paint on Ike's face.

"Stop it! Just What do you want?!" Ike asked while Chiaki and Maya got the chair back up.

"We want answers." Chiaki replied.

"What answers?! I don't know what you're--agh!" Maya gave him a kick to the face again.

"Maya, relax. As much as I want to beat him to death, we need him awake for now." I said while calming Maya down.

"I'm sorry but what he did to Kiyotaka was very unforgivable." She replied.

"I know how you feel but don't worry, we'll give him the beating he deserves when he doesn't cooperate with us." I glared at the piss-stained pervert.

"Hey. You." I said.

"Wh-What? You won't get anything from me, uggo! You hear me?! Nothing!" I haven't heard uggo word in a while now. It's pretty nostalgic to be honest. Too bad this had to happen.

"We know it wouldn't be that easy so we're just gonna have to force it out of you! That sound good to you?" Chiaki smiled cheerfully.

"Try me bitch!" Ike tried to bite Chiaki's arm but she move away quickly.

"Yowie wowie! We got ourselves a fighter over here! You know what that means... " Chiaki said as she delivered a knee to his stomach, making him vomit blood.

"Aaahhghhh!" Ike cried in pain.

"Hey, eyes up here." I slap him gently to get his attention.

"Ike."

"Wh...what?"

"I want to play a game."

Oh boy. My sadistic side is starting to come out. Anyway, thanks for reading.

Torture Time...

Shinohara POV

For a moment, I felt like what I'm doing is wrong. Like, I start to question my actions lately. Is it really necessary to break someone's life by giving them as much pain as possible just to give us some answers? Am I starting to regret working with the devil? Fuck, this is really messed up. I felt like vomiting at my new self. This isn't right. This isn't the true me.

Is what I would've said if I wasn't starting to enjoy this. I fucking love the current me! I don't care if this piece of shit started to beg for mercy, torturing someone who deserves it gives me sparks of joy. Speaking of sparks, I think his new toy will give him a shocking of a lifetime.

"This is a game that I would like to call, electric questions. Chiaki, Maya, would you please show our wonderful guest here how this game works?"

"Ofcourse, Satsuki. Pay attention, Ike. We won't repeat ourselves." Maya said as she reveals the toys we'll be using.

"See this, Ike? These are jumper cables, along with a car battery and a power supply. Even an idiot like you knows what's going to be the purpose of these." She said while holding up the jumper cables.

"Let me give you a sample. Chiaki, set it up to 25 volts." Chiaki put it up to 25 volts and Maya made the jumper cables touch each other, making it spark loudly.

"Ooohh, that was spicy! You wanna feel it?!" Maya asked Ike happily.

"Fuck no! Why would I--Ahhhhhckkkk!" Maya made him scream in pain by putting the jumper cables into his chest.

"Does it feel good, Ike? If you don't want it to happen again, you better start cooperating like the good boy you are." I said.

"Fuck you, bitch! I ain't gonna tell shi--accccckkhaahhh!"
"Shut up already! You know we could kill you right here, right now but we can't unfortunately. Our leader wants you alive." Chiaki said as she shocks him on his groin.

"Fuck! That fucking hurts!"

"It'll be a lot worse if you don't start cooperating so just answer some questions we ask and we'll let you go." I said.

'We'll let you go, alright. In a fucking body bag.' I thought.

"Also, if you look to my right, you'll see a goddamn lie detector here that is connected to you so if you spat out some bullshit, you know what that means." I pointed at the jumper cables and the look on his face just brings joy.

"Now, first question. Besides Onodera, Miyamoto, and Kushida, are there more members in our class?" I asked.

"Uhh..uhmm..."

"Answer honestly or it's shocking time." Chiaki said while making large electric sparks from the jumper cables.

"The-There's a total of eight members in our class..."

"Yupp, he's telling the truth. That wasn't so hard, now was it?" Maya said.

"Do you mind telling us the names of the remaining four?" I asked.

"I-I'm sorry but I don't know."

"Oh would you look at that. The lie detector shows that he's said some bullshit. You know what that means." Maya smirks as if she wants him to lie. Well, the three of us all want him to lie and even if he didn't, we're still going to torture his perverted ass.

"Sorry doesn't work here." I said as Chiaki gave the jumper cables to me.

"Maya, 25 volts again." After that, I remove his shirt off and proceed to make both of his nipples nice and crispy.

"Aaahhghhh! Stop! Stop! Fuck! Aaaghhh!"

"Keep screaming your heart out. No one can hear you." I said as I kept electrocuting him.

"I'll tell you! I'll tell you! Just stop!" I didn't stop.

"I'll stop when you tell me the other four!" I shouted.

"Aggghhh! Yamauchi! Inogashira! Fuucckk no more!"

"Continue or say goodbye to your pepperoni nipples!"

"Fuck! Fuck! Fuck! Okitani and--agghhhh!"

"Who's the last member?!"

"That's all I know! I don't know who's the eighth member!"

"He's telling the truth, Satsuki. He really doesn't know the last one." Maya said, forcing myself to stop.

"Damn, look at the smoke and blood coming out. What a nice sight to see." I said while pinching my nose because apparently, burnt nipples smells like shit.

"Looks like we got more to take care of, huh?" I asked both Maya and Chiaki.

"I think we can handle them." Chiaki said.

"Now, shall we continue?"

Meanwhile

Ayanokouji POV

"I ain't telling you--agh!"

"Be quiet. Your whole existence disgust me." Kiryuuin-senpai said as she kicks Miyamoto's crotch with her heels.

"Normally, I don't like getting my hands dirty but when it involves my Kouhai-kun, I can already tell the future of this school will get even more interesting." She added.

"You overestimate me too much, Senpai. I'm just a regular student." I said.

"Enough with the modesty and let's get down to business, shall we?" She asked.

"If you say so." The two of us then force Miyamoto to lie down while tied up.

"Like I said! I ain't telling you shi--aghh!" She elbowed his crotch.

"So Kouhai-kun, what kind of methods are we going to use first? The blowtorch or waterboarding?" Senpai is more sadistic than I thought.

"Let's ask him some questions first before we ruin his life." To be honest, this is the first time I'm even torturing someone. I wasn't sure if this is even a good idea or not but my girls recommended it and they seem want some revenge on Ike so I let them be and I do the same as well.

"Hey. You." I said to our first victim here.

"If you want to see the light of day again, I recommend that you'll cooperate with us." I look at him with my true eyes and as expected, his face has gotten pale.

"How about him?" Kiryuuin-senpai pointed behind at another victim, Yamauchi.

"We'll deal with him later. To be honest, I'm not suprised you got him to follow you." I said.

"Seducing filthy thrashes like him is a piece of cake. All it took is me looking directly at his eyes pretending to have interest and the moment I saw him smiling, he already was bound into my trap." She explained.

"That's Yamauchi for you. Once he gets attention from a girl, he'll go all berserk for her." I said.

"And as for you, if you ever try to lie on us, you'll face severe consequences." I said, focusing on Miyamoto.

"Fuck you, you gloomy bastard! I ain't answering--aaghh!" Senpai elbowed his crotch again.

"Who do you work for? Answer honestly or else." I said as I show him a blowtorch.

"I only work for her and her only! No one else!" Miyamoto shouted.

"And who's this female person you're referring to?" I asked.

"Her name is KISS MY ASS!" After that, he spit on my face. Now I have an excuse to break his life but not yet.

"I told you to answer honestly, not be disgusting. If you're going to continue this nonsense, perhaps we'll have to give you a lesson." I said as I wipe the spit off my face.

"Senpai, is the water ready?" I asked and she showed a wicked smile.

"Yeah, it's been boiling for a while now." She said.

"Boiling? What's boiling?!" The look on Miyamoto's face is all I need.

"Which do you prefer, water or oil?" I asked while covering his face with a towel.

"Wh-What are you gonna do to me?!" The amount of fear he's bringing out would surely get him to answer. It just needs one more push.

"I didn't want to do this, but you left me no choice."

"Here you go, Kouhai-kun. One bucket of boiling hot water to go." Kiryuuin-senpai said as he hands me the bucket.

"Final warning, tell me who are you working for?" If this won't get him to answer, I have more ways of making him talk.

"Wait! It's Kushida! I work for Kushida! It's the truth! Believe me, please!" As he said that, his pants started to get wet, assuming that he pissed himself out of fear.

"Miyamoto."

"Wh-What?!"

"You have two choices...scream...or don't."

And with that, I slowly pour the boiling water onto his face.

"AHHHHHHHHH! MY FAGRAGLLKHH!"

"Kouhai-kun, I don't think he can scream if he's drowning." Kiryuuin-senpai said, ignoring Miyamoto's horrific scream of pain.

"He can do both for all I care." I said.

"Is my Kouhai-kun that heartless? Perhaps I can fill that empty void of yours if you know what I mean." She said. Now's not the time to get all seductive on me.

"Maybe later, Senpai. We'll have to deal with this specimen first."

A few seconds later, the bucket was now empty and I slowly remove the towel, revealing a gruesome sight that would make everyone get sick of and vomit but not me and Kiryuuin-senpai. For me, I've gotten used seeing someone get tortured as I feel no emotional attachment to them, but for Kiryuuin-senpai, she's just a straight up sadist.

"It hurts, doesn't it? That's what you get for lying." Kiryuuin-senpai said to the bloody faced Miyamoto.

"I was...telling...the truth..." The specimen said while coughing out some water.

"If you don't want another waterboarding, learn how to be honest next time. Now I'm going to ask you again, who are you working for?"

Before I could grab the second bucket, he finally cracked.

"The director...and...Arisu Sakayanagi..."

"That wasn't so hard, now was it? Keep this up and we might let you go unscathed but it's a little late by now." Kiryuuin-senpai said.

"You're enjoying this too much, Senpai." I said.

"Now, are there more members from our class and other classes as well?" I asked.

"Y-Yes..."

"Mind telling us who they are?"

"Kushida...Ike...Yamauchi...Inogashira...Okitani..."

"Keep speaking or you'll get the blowtorch next." Senpai, please calm down.

"Th-There is one mo-more at our cl-class but we don't know who that person is..." Great, I have to play detective again to find out who's this mysterious person is.

"How about from the other classes?" I asked.

"From Class C, I only know Manabe and her friends but the ones from Class B and Class A besides Sakayanagi are unknown..."

Sakayanagi really wants to make my life difficult. Fine, I'll play with her for a while until she gets satisfied.

"There...you got your answers...please let me go...I don't...wanna die..."

"Are we going to let him go, Kouhai-kun?" Kiryuuin-senpai asked.

She already knows what my answer is going to be so I gave her answer by putting the towel back and slowly poured the second bucket onto his face.

"AAAAAHHHHHH! STOOOPP! I ALREADY TOLD YOU EVERYTHING!"

"You did but me and Kouhai-kun here aren't satisfied enough so you can pay us by suffering again." Kiryuuin-senpai said.

Moments later, I threw the empty bucket and remove the towel revealing his face which is even more worst than before and I noticed that he ain't speaking anymore. He must've passed out from the pain but just to make sure he's alive, I check for his pulse and it's still normal.

"That was really fun. Let's do this again but with him next." She pointed at Yamauchi who was now starting to wake up.

"H-Huh? Where am I?" He kept looking around until he saw the two of us.

"Welcome to your own personal hell, you piece of trash."

Three days earlier

Sakayanagi POV

"This was not part of the plan, Director Tsukishiro. How could you involve my father in this?" I can feel my blood boiling just by looking at him.

"There's been a major change of plans. I apologize but Professor Ayanokouji is now getting desperate to get his masterpiece back." He said.

"Then why involve my father? He agreed to step down as the chairman but why go through such drastic measures such as this?!" I can't even look at the picture I'm showing him. My heart can't take it.

"Like I said, major change of plans." He stands up and walk towards me.

"What would you even claim for kidnapping my father?!" My heart started to beat faster but I don't care. I need answers.

"Let's just say that your father should've kept his mouth shut. To be honest, he was so close at exposing the truth to the public but got caught at the last minute so that's why we had to teach him a lesson."

"The same goes for you, Arisu." He glared at me while keeping that wicked smile.

"Try to provoke us, then say byebye to your precious daddy." Then out of nowhere, this man kicks my cane off me, making me fall down on my knees.

"How dare--agh!" Before I could grab my cane back, he kicks my stomach so hard, giving me unbearable pain. This man has no heart, even for the disabled.

"Let this be a lesson for you, little girl. Trust me, it will get a lot worst if you try to outsmart us."

That kick he gave me was so powerful, I felt my consciousness fading slowly. I've never felt this kind of pain before, adding the current condition I'm in that it's making it worse. No one is safe anymore. It's up to him to end this horrible nightmare.

"Papa..."

My eyes are slowly closing.

"Ayano...kouji...kun..."

I'm back! Well, I''ve only been gone for a week but those seven days were a string of bad luck for me. First, the goddamn typhoon flooded my house, second, the typhoon nearly destroyed my room and it made a medium-sized hole on the wall, and finally, I got hit with a goddamn fever. What a life I have, huh? Anyway, I apologize if I kinda disappeared. Now that I'm feel like a million bucks, I can write again, and what's better, I'm not gonna be busy until August so I have more time for fanfic writing. Anyway, I miss you all and thanks for reading!

Taking out the trash

Ayanokouji POV

It's been five fours since we've started getting some answers from both Miyamoto and Yamauchi by using some...drastic methods. I don't like getting my hands dirty but this is much easier to do. Now that me and my senpai here has gotten our answers, it's only time to plan out on how to keep them silent without anyone noticing us.

"What time is it anyway?" I said as I pull out my phone and check the clock.

1:45 AM

What a surprise.

"I've done all I can here. Perhaps I can leave these corpses to you?"

"They're not dead, Kiryuuin-senpai." I replied.

"Well then, I'll be off. Remember Kouhai-kun, I may be your ally, but I cannot help you at all times." She said as she leaves the room.

"I already know that."

Now what to do with these two. This isn't even my room and I'm sure Satsuki would blow my eardrums off if she sees this bloddy mess. Oh well, I'll just have to drag them myself until I find the nearest dumpster.

"Great, now I'm actually treating them like corpses."

I took two large blankets from the closet to cover these two up while unconscious and make sure to leave some holes so they could still breathe. Even though they're too traumatized by the drastic experience we gave them earlier, it doesn't mean they'll want to get their revenge next time but I'm sure they'll be out for a while. I just have to take care of the other two along with that mysterious person.

"I never would've thought that the meek Inogashira would have this kind of side to join the traitors. Same goes for Okitani."

As I got done wrapping these two up, my phone rings. I pull out my phone and see that the caller ID is an unknown number.

I ignored it and let it continue to ring as I start to drag the two outside. Once I double check to see no one in sight even from afar, I slowly and carefully drag the two outside.

*Ring

The phone keeps ringing. It would be bad if someone nearby hears it so I put on silent mode and continue to drag the bodies.

Two minutes later, I managed to find the nearest dumpster and threw them immediately. There was a slight error when I heard Yamauchi making noises so I unwrap him just to give him a choke hold. This wouldn't kill him as I have been trained in the past of using countless moves that are almost close to killing someone but if I have to give mercy, I would hold back my strength.

"A-Ayanokouji-kun?"

Great.

A familiar voice called out to me. From that single stutter, I already know who it was.

"What are you doing here out late, Sakura?" I asked, only turning my head sideways. The look on her face answers everything.

"Sakura." I called out.

"I-I didn't see anything!" As she said that, she turned around and attempts to run back upstairs but failed as she tripped.She tried to stand up but it's too late as I'm already standing in front of her.

"Sakura."

"I-I-I swear! I won't tell everyone! Pl-Please don't hurt me!" She started to cry heavily. This can cause immediate attention from nearby so I have no choice but to make her quiet.

"Sakura, stay silent. I'm not going to do anything to you. Relax and calm down."

She continued crying.

"I don't wanna die! Please, I'll do anything! I-I won't te--mmrhrmmm?!"

I cover her mouth with my hand. Her bawling just kept getting louder that it can be heard from a two-mile radius.

"Listen to me, okay? Nod if you understand me."

She do what I said and nodded.

"I am not going to hurt you. I am not going to do anything as well. All I want for you is to take me to your room right now so we can talk this out this misunderstanding. Am I clear?"

She nodded almost immediately.

"Good. Now before we go, I would like to ask you some questions. Nod if yes, shake if no. Also, be completely honest. I can tell if you're lying to me. Got that?"

She nodded.

"Are you all alone?"

She nodded.

"Did someone told you to go here?"

She shook her head.

"Do you trust me?"

She nodded.

"Once I remove my hand, I want you to stop crying and stay silent until we reach your room. Understand?"

She nodded.

I slowly remove my hand away then help her stand up. She won't look me in the eye as she noticed something that made her stare with such shock. I look down at what she's staring and saw that my uniform is full of blood stains.

"Don't worry about it. Just turn around and take me to your room immediately. I'm not going to do anything so lead the way." I said.

She turned around and starts to walk back upstairs without making a single word coming out from her mouth. Looks like I have to take care of an almost traumatized Sakura first before I take care of the others.

While going upstairs, I took out my phone and see 24 missed calls and a text message from the same unknown number from earlier. I opened the message and it says:

"Why do you keep resisting us? Ir would've been simple if you just agreed with the new director and went with him but nooooo, you just have to be a stupid fucking brat. You are nothing but a hopeless masterpiece, Kiyotaka Ayanokouji. You may have took down three of my men but don't think this over. I hope you're prepared for the upcoming days as I will assure to give you my own version of hell. Have fun tracking us down, brat. Just because you're the masterpiece of the white room doesn't mean you're already invincible. Oh yeah, a little spoiler alert. Everyone who's trying to take you down, including myself already knows about your true self and where you came from so like I said, good luck on the upcoming days. This is only the beginning of hell, Ayanokouji! Just you wait!"

The message ends there. Honestly, to threaten me with such childishness is not even a threat. It's more like a toddler wrote it from someone who stole his candy. Moreover, I can safely say that the leader of the traitors is the one who send this. I only need to figure out who this is and take them down for good.

"It looks like expulsion isn't the only solution for them anymore..." I muttered.

As we reach her room, she opened it and went inside in silence. I followed then close the door from behind.

"A-Ayano--ahh!"

Before she could finish, I went behind her and put her in a sleeper hold. Sakura tried to resist but her frail body has failed as she passed out almost immediately.

If I get seen, I silence them. I'll show no mercy to everyone, even if it's a fragile go girl like you, Sakura. You may not forgive me for what I have done to you but I have to make sure to keep you silent this time. I'm completely sure that you're not one of the traitors but the problem is...

"Why do you have to be such a terrible liar?"

3:10 AM

Matsushita POV

After we tortured the living shit out of Ike and stopping Satsuki from almost killing him entirely, we did what Kiyotaka texted earlier and wrap his body with a blanket. He also demanded to change our clothes before going out as we might have the slightest of bloodstains on us in which, he was right as the three of us were covered in that pervert's blood. We might've gone overboard with the torture but who's going to care? His parents? He's probably an accidental birth and was planned to get aborted.

'Speaking of which, is the bet still ongoing?'

"What's wrong, Chiaki? Got something stuck on your mind lately?" Satsuki snaps me out of my thoughts.

"Well, I'm wondering if our bet with the traitors is still going especially after what happened a few days ago."

It may be reckless of me to partake on the bet but surely it would have the need to get postponed but I'm pretty sure they'll have other ways to conduct this stupid bet. Just thinking about it makes my head hurt. I wonder if these two are the same?

"Hey guys? Regarding Kiyotaka's text earlier, do you have any spare clothes?" Maya asked while cutting some holes on the wrapped body.

"Not me, I didn't even know it was gonna get this bloody." I replied.

"Come on guys, we gotta think outside the box. We have the answer already." Satsuki said. I don't like where this is going.

"I'm sure Kiyo wouldn't mind if we borrow some of his clothes? It's better than having bloody uniforms." I knew it. It's starting to get obvious, Satsuki. Even a brainless idiot can tell what you feel.

"Atleast ask for permission first. Let's atleast wait for him to get his approval since I'm pretty sure he doesn't like people prying into his closet." I said.

"Fine. I'll guess we'll--wait a minute. Where did Maya go?" Satsuki looks around and I do the same.

"Hm? You looking for me?" Maya reenters the room, who is now wearing a black shirt that obviously looks oversized for her.

"We're supposed to--ugh! You know what? Fuck it. Let's just get this over with. I hope Kiyotaka would understand." I said as I walk towards my boss' closet.

"I'm sure he will, don't worry. Good thing we decided to do this in his room." Satsuki joins in.

"Sheesh, he's so basic. All his clothes are so bland. Atleast wear something decent for once." Not even a minute and Satsuki already complains.

"How about you quit bitching and grab something to wear already."

Few seconds later, the three of us are now completely changed and we look into the mirror.

"I gotta say...we look fucking ridiculous." Satsuki continues with her bitching about clothes.

I can agree with it. I mean, all his clothes are a bit bland that the only thing I found something worth wearing is this green shirt while Satsuki wore his long sleeve uniform. Not only we look ridiculous, they were oversized so it looks like we're wearing Yukatas or something.

"Atleast be grateful that we--"

*Ring

Before Maya could finish, Satsuki's phone started ringing.

"Who's calling you at this hour of the night?" I asked.

"Unknown number. I'mma just leave it to voicemail as there is no FUCKING way I'm answering this already suspicious call." She has a point there.

After a moment of continuous ringing, the call finally sets to voicemail.

"I know you're awake, slutbag . It seems that you finally know how to get on my nerves so congratulations! Anyway, I'mma make this quick. This is a request from the boss. Quit while you're still ahead. Just leave Ayanokouji to us while you three turn a blind eye to all this and continue to be normal high school students. Why? Think about this! You still have lives of your own! Think about your future! Your loving family! Do you think this'll get easier if you keep fucking us over? I don't think so, girl. We'll even cancel the bet as long as you leave him alone for good because you and the other two have no idea how merciless Kiyotaka Ayanokouji is. You three are only his pawns that he'll throw out if you have no use for him anymore. Believe me or not, it's the goddamn truth. We'll give you 24 hours to decide. It's also an automatic no if you ignore us. Think about this wisely. Quit while you're still ahead or continue being his pawns? In other words...live or die? Make your choice.

The caller ends there.

The three of us look at each other in silence.

"What is this nonsense?! Are you trying to create a mockery of us?!"

"We've given you everything you ever asked for and this is what we receive?!

"Your grades are supposed to be perfect! Even a single mistake like this brings disgust on our family name!"

"You are such a disappointment...even a bundle of trash can produce better achievements than you."

"You are nothing but a disgrace, Chiaki Matsushita!"

It's all coming back together. That drenchful moment that I was given. No one cares about my well-being back then, especially the ones that are my own blood!

Family? I have to think about my own family? I'd rather get disowned than living in that personal hell of mine. Atleast here I have myself to call my own family. It's much better than the ones who gave birth to me. Treating their daughter like some test subject. What are they trying to create, a goddamn masterpiece? I'm just a regular girl that has a talent for my academics but no, it's not even enough for them.

"Are they mocking us? I mean, we were already being reckless by agreeing on their bet but now they want us to quit?...is this a fucking joke?!"

I'm not a hot-headed person like Satsuki but the way that caller telling us to quit already makes my blood boil.

"I can't blame you for getting pissed at this. Now we can tell that they're starting to get desperate on getting rid of us, especially Kiyo. Even if I agreed to quit which I'll never ever do, their words are not worth to get trusted for. I'd rather die fighting side by side with Kiyo all the way through the end than leave this all behind me. Besides, we all want to get revenge on every single traitor of this school, am I right?"

Me and Maya nodded.

"Honestly, I felt like laughing after hearing that call. I mean, does this bitch still thinks I'm the same person I used to before? I don't think so. I've changed my ways all thanks to Kiyo so there is no fucking way I'm leaving him behind. I know it's going to be completely weird for me to say this but I'm happy to be Kiyo's pawn."

'Well you are the one who's been with him for months now so I feel you there. To be honest, I'd rather be a pawn for Kiyotaka instead of being a perfect puppet for my shitty parents.' I thought.

"Let's make Kiyotaka proud, you two! It is time for revenge!" Maya shouted.

"YEAH!"

Good thing this room is soundproof.

*Ring

Our celebration got cut short by another phone call from Satsuki's phone.

"Oh look, speak of the devil." Satsuki pointed at the Caller ID. It was Kiyotaka.

"Supp, Kiyo? We're all done here. You're on speaker, by the way."

"Good work. Now I know it's late night but I have another task for you all."

"Sure, we don't mind. What our next mission?"

"I'll only say it once as I'm doing something important here."

"You got it. What is it?"

"I want the three of you to take care of another girl named..."

"Mako Amikura."

I'm back! This book is not dead everyone! Let everyone know, okay? Anyway, thanks for reading!

Fixing Witnesses

Shinohara POV

This has completely send jolts inside me. There has to be an explanation for this. I mean, he wouldn't just pick out random students for us to take care of, right?Especially someone from Class B. I heard about their class works on trusting everyone thanks to their leader, Honami Ichinose. I'm not close with both of them but it's a bit surprising that some of them don't agree with their class representative's terms.

I guess it's true on what people say nowadays. You can't judge a book by its cover, for it has their own hidden pages that are left unopened.

Kiyo showed me his hidden side multiple times now but there's something more that he isn't showing me. I think it's best if I don't pry into his life for now as it would be one regretful choice. I still trust him fully though, no matter how cold and ruthless he can be.

I trust Maya and Chiaki as well but why do I have a slight feeling that these two have hidden pages within them? I wonder what their life was like before enrolling into this school? These two along with Karuizawa-san and I became friends during the first week of school which was not too long ago but the four of us already treated each other like sisters. The only flaw on our friendship was none of us revealed anything when it comes to our past. It wasn't until the untimely death of Karuizawa-san and the moment Kiyo recruited them made me realize that these two have something hiding as well.

Well, now's not the time to think about these. I gotta keep my focus on.

"Wait...what?"

"Kiyotaka... don't tell me that Amikura-san is also--"

"Amikura is not one of the traitors."

"Huh? Then why do want us to take care of her if--ooohhhh, I see." Looks like Chiaki is getting it.

"She's hiding something so crucial so we need to get it out of her. Isn't that right, Kiyo?"

"That is correct but there is no need for torture methods."

"I can live with that."

"You only need to talk to her without violence. She's probably too traumatized at what happened to her."

"Traumatized? What the hell happened?"

"You'll figure out once you get to her room. Now I'm going to give one task for each of you. Now I know it's late but this has to be done on this time so it will be less risky but because it's less risky doesn't mean you can just let your guard down. Remember that there are cameras everywhere so put on a disguise so it wouldn't recognize you but I recommend avoiding them so it wouldn't raise suspicion."

"Got it. What's next?"

"The first one will go at Amikura's room which is on the third floor, the second one needs to stay right where you are as you will be waiting for someone important and the third one is going to Sakura's room which is on the second floor. Now, choose among yourselves on who's going to do which and decide quick. We need to get this done before sunrise."

"I'll go to Amikura-san's room." Maya volunteered.

"I'll stay here then. I'll contact you immediately if no one comes." Chiaki followed.

"Guess I'm going to Sakura's room for some reason. You'll explain all of this once I get go her room, right?"

"Yes. Now if you don't have any questions left, move out once you put on your disguises. That includes you as well, Chiaki."

"Sure thing."

"As for the other two, proceed with extreme caution. Avoid some of the cameras if you can. I hope you remember what I taught you."

"You need to be cautious as well, Kiyotaka. You're their prime target here. Avoid being reckless as well, got it?"

"There's no need to worry but I'll keep that in mind."

"Stay safe out there, Kiyo. We'll be off."

I hung up.

"This has been one long night, hasn't it?" Chiaki asked.

"Yeah, indeed it has. But that hasn't stop us from accomplishing our tasks." Maya replied.

"You got that right, Maya. Now then, let's do this."

Two minutes later, we're fully prepared. Disguises our now put on completely and all we have to do is to move out.

"Be extra careful, you two." Chiaki slowly opens the door then checking the corridors to see if anyone is outside.

"Be extra careful as well, Chiaki."

As the door closes, Maya and I move out immediately. It was mostly a breeze as we didn't see a single soul around. The only problem was avoiding the cameras. Now, we could just walk through them since it won't recognize who we are but I'm pretty sure everyone wouldn't like to see two people wearing pig masks roaming around the school once this goes public so we have to go through other ways just to avoid the cameras.

There were some close calls but we managed to pass through the girl's dorm without getting seen by a single camera.

"That...was not an enjoyable experience..." Maya whispered.

"Atleast we made it. That's all that matters." I replied.

We went inside the dorm and immediately split up to look for the specific room we need to go in. While it might be risky for us to split up, I'm confident that Maya would accomplish her task without any trouble and the same goes for myself. We learned from the best after all.

As I made it to the second floor, I look around just to make sure then I sneak my way until I find the room I'm looking for.

"Huh. That was quite easy to find. Good thing there are nameplates."

Before I could knock however, I heard the door opening from my right. There was no time for me to hide so I'll have to take care of this person before she could even see me.

As soon as she got out, I immediately made my move and put her into a sleeper hold from behind while dragging her back to her room.

"Hel--mmhrphhhh!"

'I'm sorry for this but this is completely necessary for you. I hope you find it in your heart to forgive me even though you don't even know who I am.' I thought while covering her mouth.

After a bunch of resisting, I finally got her to lose consciousness. This girl sure is a fighter, I'll tell you that. I can't even recognize her since the lights are off which only made me curious on who the hell is this girl anyway. If it's one of the traitors mentioned earlier then I might be here for a while just so I could "take care" of her.

I put the girl on the ground and I took my phone out to open the flashlight. When I pointed the light on her, I started at her legs to her torso. I must say, she got a good figure for her age, especially her chest.

I look at my chest then back to hers and I feel pissed off just by looking back and forth.

"Tch. Lucky."

As I finally pointed the light on her face, I felt like time had stopped for a second. I almost drop my phone as I was shocked at what I'm seeing right now.

"Goddammit...why did it have to be you?...no, no, no... don't panic, Satsuki. Calm yourself down."

Suddenly, my phone vibrated. It was a text message from Kiyo.

"Is there something blocking your way? Sakura is waiting for you."

"I'm almost there. I'm just trying to avoid the cameras."

"Make it quick."

Shit. I forgot that I don't have a lot of time left. I decided to drag this girl's body back to her bed and put a blanket under her.

"I hope you think of this as a bad dream. Once again, I'm sorry."

I walk outside and close the door without muttering a single word. Why do I feel regret of a sudden? I really hope she could forget all this.

I return back to Sakura's door then knock quietly three times. A few moments later, I saw the lights turned on then the door opened.

"You've finally arrived." Wait a minute...that voice sounds familiar.

"Kiyo? What are you doing here?"

I went inside and the first thing I saw was Sakura in her bed sleeping. I noticed that there's some red marks around her neck.

"What did you do to her?" I nervously asked.

"Relax. I didn't do anything whatever it is that you're thinking. And would you take that mask off already? It looks absurd on you."

I did what he said and took off the mask and I noticed that there was something completely different about him.

"I could say the same to you, asshat. Sheesh, would it kill you to change?! You have blood all over yourself!" I glared at him.

"Be quiet. These walls are not that thick, you know." He said.

"I can somehow guess that you've tortured the other two more brutal than ours." I took out my handkerchief and start to wipe the dry blood off his face.

"I'm fine, Satsuki. There's no need to--"

"Shut it. Let me do this for once."

I suddenly noticed that I'm extremely close to him that I could feel my face feeling hot. Goddammit, why are you so good looking when you're ruthless?

"Your skin is surprisingly soft...it feels nice." I smiled a little.

"Does it have the same softness as your breasts?" He said so nonchalant. What a way to ruin the mood, you gloomy fuck.

"You are such a fucking pervert sometimes." I stomp on his foot.

"But you like that about me, don't you?" Now I can really feel my face getting hot.

"Again, how can you say that kind of stuff with a straight face?! Ugh! You're enjoying this, aren't you?!" My happiness turned into complete anger.

"What if I am?" He said as he held my left cheek, getting closer. Don't tell me...

"A-Anyway! C-Care to explain what you're doing here and what you called me here for?" I pushed him away from me.

'Sheesh, Kiyo. Let me prepare my heart first before you do something even more reckless!' I thought.

"There's been a little mishap which included Sakura here and I discovered something more about her. I noticed it when she started lying to me." He said.

"What do you mean a little mishap?" I asked.

"She saw me putting the two bodies into the dumpster. Honestly, I did not expect this happening. Once I got near her, I ask some questions in which she answered quickly. I told her to be completely honest but none of what she told me were the truth and then this happened." He explained.

"I'm sure she'll keep her mouth shut. It's very obvious that she has a huge crush on you."

How did they become close in the first place anyway? Did something happened between these two back then?

"I only used her once back at the ship. The pictures she took was supposed to be useful but everything went downhill when they decide to change their plans." He said.

"I see what you mean. Do you know what she's hiding?"

"Yeah. I found everything she's hiding on her phone. Good thing she trust me enough to give me her password back then." She really trust him without truly knowing his true self. I feel sorry for her if she ever saw it. I can tell that her poor heart can't take it.

"I thought that it was just an unlikely coincidence that she saw me but after what I've found out from here, she's been forced into this." He said as he hand me her phone.

"I must warn you though before reading it. Everything in this message can let your emotions go out of control especially since you are easily hot-headed so I want you to hold it in for now. Do not let your emotions get to you after reading this, you understand?"

I only nodded at him. I can already tell that I'm going to see something fucked up in this message.

"Well then...here we go." I open the phone and start to read the message from the beginning.

" Airi Sakura of class 1-D."

"Uhmm, who are you? How did you know my name and my number?"

"You don't know us but we know EVERYTHING about you. Isn't that right, Shizuku ?"

"I don't know what you're talking about. Please stop talking to me."

"We cannot do that as from this day, you are going to start working for us."

"Why would I work for you? What did I even do to you?"

"I'm gonna get straight to the point. How much do you love your family?"

"Huh? What are you talking about?"

*sends photo of Sakura's parents tied up

"Mom?! Dad?!"

"That's right! It's your loving parents all beat up thanks to my men!"

"What did you do to them?!"

"Say Sakura, your mother looks really beautiful. She got some nice tits as well. I'm sure you don't mind having a lot of siblings once I begin to have fun with her..."

"No please! Get away from her!"

"Oh? What're you gonna do about it? You gonna cry while not doing anything? Like the useless bitch you are?!"

"Stop it, please! I'm begging you!"

"Listen to this. I'm sure you're gonna love it."

*Sends audio message

"Yeah, you like that don't you? Your pussy feels so fucking tight!"

"Keep sucking it! Tell me you love that dick!"

"Let my wife go, you sick-- agh !"

"Shut up and continue watching your lovely wife be broken in a matter of minutes!

" Ahn , ahh! Stop! It! I don't wanna do this! Ahh!"

"That's no fun, Hitomi! Looks like she needs need a little punishment, boys!"

"No more please! My body can't take it!"

"What was what? What she's saying?"

"She's saying she wants you to cum inside of her, boss!"

"NO! PLEASE DON'T DO IT INSIDE!"

" AAHHHHHH I'M GONNA--"

*audio message ends

"WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU?! WHY WOULD YOU DO THAT TO MY PARENTS?! HOW DARE YOU!"

"You haven't changed your mind yet?"

"JUST STOP THIS PLEASE! I'LL DO ANYTHING YOU WANT! JUST LEAVE MY PARENTS ALONE!"

"You have to do better than that! Come on, beg like you're willing to sell your body!"

"PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE! HAVE MERCY ON MY PARENTS! THEY'RE JUST INNOCENT PEOPLE! I'LL DO WHATEVER YOU WANT ME TO DO, JUST LEAVE MY PARENTS OUT OF THIS PLEASE! I BEG OF YOU!"

"That wasn't so hard now, wasn't it? What a good girl you are."

"Just tell me what you want!"

"Simple actually. I want you to follow on a certain boy that you have an obvious crush on and gather information about him."

"I don't have a crush on anyone so I don't know who you are talking about..."

"For fuck sake, spy on Ayanokouji you piece of garbage!"

"Why?! Ayanokouji-kun hasn't done anything wrong!"

"Oh you have no idea, sweetie. Ayanokouji is beyond mysterious than you think."

"Leave him alone! Do whatever you want to me, just don't hurt him! He's already suffering because of his wounds!"

"So you're not going to do what I say? Alright then, smarty pants. I'll give you a choice."

"What choice?"

"Ayanokouji or your parents?"

"Huh?!..."

"Choose who gets to live or die."

"That's not fair!"

"Well nothing is fair in this school anymore, shithead. Now choose."

"I...I can't!"

"Why so skeptical? You think Ayanokouji cares about you? Just because he saved you from almost getting raped by that camera clerk?"

"How did you?..."

"Like I said earlier, we know EVERYTHING about you. Especially with your prince charming. If you don't want your parents to die, choose them to live in exchange for giving us some info of Ayanokouji by following him around. If you choose him to live, then my deepest condolences in advanced for your loving parents!"

"Ayanokouji-kun..."

"What about him? What's going to be his fate?"

"Please let my parents live...and leave them alone...please..."

"Wise decision...but remember this!"

"If you get caught by him, there will be severe consequences awaiting you. Understand?"

"Yes..."

"Good girl. Start tomorrow."

The message ends there.

I feel like throwing up after reading this. This is beyond sick! Blackmailing this poor girl's heart! This has gotten too far! Why do they need to involve her relatives as well, dammit?! This is fucking disgusting! I just...

"I...I can't... believe this..."

"Remember what I told you, Satsuki."

"Y-Yeah...I know."

I felt Kiyo's hand on my shoulder. Deep breaths, Satsuki. Don't let your anger win, no matter how sick and twisted this was. Releasing it now would be a big waste of time and voice.

"Hey...Kiyo?" I look at him. I felt my eyes are getting kind of watery. Well, no holding back now.

"What is it?"

"How can something this fucked up could happen? Their targets are just us four, isn't it? Then why involve innocent people like her?" I pointed at the sleeping Sakura.

Soon enough, tears started pouring out of my eyes. If I can't let my anger released, then let me atleast pour out of my sadness and pity for this poor girl and her parents. She doesn't deserve any of this.

Kiyo was silent for a moment until he could finally give me an answer.

"Satsuki. Have I ever told you about the reason why I enrolled into this school?"

"Huh? What's this all of a sudden?" I confusingly asked.

This was kinda random. I mean, I am curious about what's his past was like but I never bother to ask as prying into his life is a big no go but if he's going to tell me then I'm not stopping him.

"Well, I guess I'm quite curious about it but if you're not comfortable telling me, then it's fine. I have no intentions on prying into your personal life." I answered honestly.

"It's fine. Let me ask you this first." He said.

"Hit me."

"Do you think today's Japanese society is fair?"

Huh. What a weird theoretical question. He's got a point though from just thinking about it. The only problem is that I don't know how to answer to a question like that. It's a surprise for him to be curious about that though.

I let out a short sigh before I give out my answer.

"Well, I never thought about it as I don't really pay attention at the current state of our country that much. To be honest, I just go with the flow if you know what I mean. I've been like that ever since my shitty father got arrested. But given the current state of how we're living right now, society is not fair and it will never be. Especially in this school. Ever since I've got framed, everything hasn't been fair for me ever since. It's like that simple word which is fair doesn't even exist anymore. That's just how the world works, I guess."

"I agree. I also believe that equality is nothing but fiction. Not everyone can get their ways in the same way." He replied.

"I'm not a normal person, Satsuki." He added. Like that ain't obvious from the start.

"I already know that. You're beyond normal." I said.

"What I mean is that ever since my birth, my life has been nothing but white. All I see was just eerie color of white. Everyday and every night."

"What do you mean?" Now this really made me curious.

"Satsuki. What I'm about to tell you is something that I have not share with anyone before. Not Horikita. Not Hirata. Not Kushida. Not everyone."

I stayed silent, only hearing the sound of the air conditioner.

"It's about my--"

*Ring

Dammit. What a way to ruin the atmosphere.

"Maya is calling. Let's continue this discussion next time." Wrong timing, Maya.

"That's alright. Just answer the call and let's see what's she's up to." I said, hiding my frustration.

Oh well, as he said, next time.

"Maya, did something--"

"Kiyotaka! please go here in Amikura-san's room right this instant!"

"Huh? What happened, Maya?"

"Is that Satsuki?! You two, get your asses in here! I need your help!"

"Calm down and keep quiet. Remember that the walls there aren't thick. Now, explain what happened."

"Please get here immediately! All you need to know is that..."

"Mako Amikura hanged herself."

I don't know what to say. I don't wanna sound happy because of that last line.

Gambling Life and Death

Matsushita POV

"Ugh...what's taking them so long? Waiting around doing nothing is a fate worse than death."

It's been like twenty minutes since Satsuki and Maya left and I've been tasked to stay here as someone very important is going to arrive. Atleast, that's what Kiyotaka said but how much longer do I have to wait?!

"Hmm...hrm..halamaramm..."

Atleast someone is here to keep me company even though we tortured the living shit out of him.

"Still kicking your own corpse, aren't you? It'll be much better to stay dead if I were you."

Honestly, it's almost a miracle for him to be alive after what we did. Maybe I should buy myself some time while waiting. Taking out my anger on this piece of garbage did felt good after all.

I unwrap the blanket a little so I can see atleast his torso and when its completely exposed, I gave it a good kick.

"Hhrmm!..."

"What was that? Are you trying to say you want more? Gladly!"

"Hragh!..."

The more I do this, it makes me remind of something... something that always grinds my gears everytime I thought of it.

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"You're such a disgrace, Chiaki!"

"What kind of grades is this?! This is unbelievable!"

"Are you trying to bring shame to our family name?!"

"How many times do you need to be disciplined in order to give us what we want?!"

"Useless!"

"Pathetic!"

"Idiotic!"

"Failure!"

"I wish you were never born!"

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Until today, I could still feel the unbearing pain of what my parents gave me. It was always verbally until it got to the point were it started to get physical. Those sharp pains from all the slaps they gave me are forever stuck within me. I don't understand why do I have those kind of parents. I give them good grades so I can have whatever I want yet, why did everything had to change so suddenly? Even my average scores weren't enough anymore.

"Why...why, why, WHY?!"

Just thinking about my shitty parents and what they did to me makes my blood boil. I don't deserve that kind of life. Atleast everything changed when I managed to enroll here, just to get away from them.

"Fuck...fuck...fuck...Fuck! Fuck them! Fuck you! I fucking hate you! You destroyed my life!"

My pent-up anger towards those my parents has succumbed within all the pain as I started to kick his body as hard as I can.

*Crack

"Ahrggahhh!..."

Music to my ears.

"Shut your piehole!"

I stomp on his head to make knock his ass out. That's enough for now. I need him to be alive or Kiyotaka might punish me.

*Knock *Knock

"So you finally arrived. Took you long enough."

I go to the door and slowly open it just to make sure this isn't a trap or anything. Thank you for that tip, Kiyotaka.

I took a peek outside and saw no one but when I look down, chills instantly went down my spine as I see a familiar girl on the ground, completely passed out.

"Oh my god..."

I quickly drag her inside the room then close the door immediately.

"How the hell did you even get involved in this mess?"

But the important question was, who was the one that brought her in the first place?

"Well, atleast my task is complete. I hope."

Satou POV

What the hell is happening?! Why did she have to hang herself?! First, Karuizawa-san now Amikura-san as well?! How many times to I have to see people die infront of me?!
Why do the people I care about always lead to suicide?! I barely knew Amikura-san yet when it comes to this, it always leads up to me being the first to see it!

"Oh my god, oh my god, oh my god, oh my god, what do I do, what do I do, what do I do?!"

"Maya, calm down. I need you to do something quick."

"How can I calm down when there's another dead body infront of me?"

I force myself to lower my voice as the last thing I want is people nearby hearing me freak out over a dead girl.

"Relax. You only need to cut the rope down and check her pulse. There's a small chance that she may be alive."

"What?! That's--"

"Let me talk to her. Maya, calm your ass down and do what Kiyo says!"

"Learn to be quiet."

"Yeah, yeah. Anyway, cut the noose and check her pulse. We can't afford to lose another student because of these traitors, got it? Me and Kiyo are on our way there so quit panicking and get on with it!"

Satsuki hangs up.

"This is so messed up..."

I quickly went to the kitchen to get a knife then grab the fallen chair so I could reach the rope.

"I'm gonna get you out of this, Amikura-san. Don't you--ouch!"

My hands won't stop shaking that I can't even cut the rope properly. I'm panicking so much that I accidentally cut myself.

Blood started to drop off hands because of the cut. Luck seriously isn't on my side.

After a bit of struggling, I finally managed to cut the noose around her neck but now I'm facing a bigger problem as the chair started to wobble. I didn't think this through since I am now carrying an almost-dead Amikura-san.

"Shit, shit, shit!..."

I tried my best to balance myself but the leg of the chair suddenly broke, causing both me and Amikura-san to fall down on the floor.

What a terrible night this has been. I see a girl hanged herself, I accidentally cut myself, now I'm on the floor with every inch of my body in excruciating pain from the fall.

"As expected, it hurts."

But what I wasn't expecting is a new kind of pain that I'm currently feeling on my left. A new sharp pain, to be exact.

To be specific, the knife that I used to cut the rope with came in contact with my upper chest.

"Ehehe...this doesn't hurt at all... it's just a little stabby stab..."

It hurts so much that I want to scream but I can't. I can only winced and bite my tongue. Maybe laugh a bit if I'm that crazy.

Soon enough, blood started to come out from it. This is the first time I felt something this painful but this is nothing compared at what I've been through back then.

'Shit...it's all coming back...'

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"What did you do?!"

"You're too late, Satou!"

"This is all your fault!"

"Everyone is dead because of you!"

"Is this what you wanted?! A mass suicide?!"

"You're a monster! Get away from me, you freak!"

"This all happened because of what you did!"

"KILL YOURSELF!"

'so many...no...control yourself, Maya...you can still save her...'

I use my right hand to quickly remove the knife from me, ignoring as much pain as possible. I do my best to ignore it as I still need to check if Amikura-san is still alive.

When I held her wrist and started check-in her pulse to see if she could make it, all I feel is her body getting cold. Shit, this isn't good.

"D-Don't give up now, Amikura-san. Please don't die on me."

I don't know if this would work but I have to atleast try. Amikura-san needs oxygen inside of her body so I proceed to perform CPR. I put my hands on her chest to compress it then blow into her mouth in order to give air inside.

"Please still be alive..."

I check to see if her heart began to beat but nothing has changed.

I kept repeating the same process over and over again but it's still the same. At this rate, she's seriously going to die.

"Dammit, please. Amikura-san, come on. Cooperate with me..."

"We're here! Maya, how is she?"

I look at the door and see both Satsuki and Kiyotaka. I don't know why but while I am glad to see them, I also feel a bit of anger for some reason but this isn't the time to let my emotions come into play. I'm trying to save a goddamn human being here!

"Did you check her pulse properly?" Kiyotaka asked as he grabs her wrist to double check.

"I...I think we're too late...her body was getting cold when I held it." I answered while tears slowly come out of my eyes.

"No...we can still save her! Right, Kiyo?"

We both look at our leader, waiting for that ray of hope to pop out.

He only stayed silent.

"Kiyo?..."

He stared at us for a moment before letting out a small sigh then spoke.

"Satsuki, go to the infirmary and get a portable oxygen tank and mask for it and make it quick. She doesn't have a lot of time left." Kiyotaka commanded.

"Got it." I saw Satsuki showed a small smile then nodded and ran out of the room without any hesitation.

"Oh thank goodness..." I felt a small relief that there's atleast a chance to save her but then I remembered something.

"Wait a minute, it's late night. The infirmary would be closed right now and Satsuki wouldn't be able to get in." I almost let voice get loud again.

"No, the infirmary is open 24/7. This was only a coincidence that I heard from Hoshinomiya-sensei so consider this lucky, I guess." He said.

"Also, remove her top. It'll be easier to give her some more breathing room if she has less clothes on."

"Understood." I said as I begin to remove her shirt then her bra, now revealing her bare body.

I saw Kiyotaka walk away with his back turned. Such a gentleman.

"Continue to compress her chest and give her some air. That'll give her more time until Satsuki arrives."

"Yes." I did what he told me and continue to give her CPR. You can do this, Amikura-san. I know you can. Please survive.

"Maya, you should worry about yourself first. As soon as Satsuki returns, heal your wound. You wouldn't want to cause an infection or worse."

How did he...oh...I guess my wound is pretty noticeable from the amount of blood stains of my shirt. I can't help but wonder about something though.

Does he care about the three of us? The way he looked at us earlier makes it seems like he didn't felt like saving Amikura-san but somehow he change his mind. Is it because of us or some other reason? I don't know much about him yet but it won't be harmful to ask.

"Hey...uhmm...Kiyotaka?" I look at him while still compressing Amikura-san's chest.

"What is it?" He responded, without looking back.

"Uhmm...when...did you learn about all these medical stuff? Don't take this the wrong way but this kind of stuff is completely unlike you."

I changed the topic. This isn't the right time or place to ask something like that for now.

"I've just seen a lot of medical movies when I was a kid. It's nothing special." He replied.

"Ohhh, I see. Atleast those movies are finally paying off, huh?"

"I guess."

Why do I felt a hint of lie on that reasoning? Did he had a different kind of childhood or something?

"What's her condition?" He suddenly asked that it broke my line of thought. I was really out for a moment there.

"Oh, uhh...still trying."

"It seems that she only did this drastic action not too long ago." I see him turning around so I quickly cover her body.

"The rope was gripping tight on her that it made obvious marks around the neck area. If you were too late to arrive, the color of her body would be completely different than this." He took of the cover, revealing her bare body again. I guess he knows what he's doing. I'm sure he won't do anything perverted.

"She's still alive but she's lacking oxygen. She's slowly dying of asphyxiation but what you were doing earlier gave her a bit of time to let the air flow through her body."

He then stands up and goes back to the door, with his back turned around us again.

"Go on, continue what you're doing. Her fate is in your hands."

He's right. I can still save her. Come on, Maya. This isn't like the others from back then. This is entirely different compared to last time. Please cooperate with me, Amikura-san. I really want to save you so please... Atleast a heartbeat or a tiny breathing is enough for me to know that you still want to live. Please...

I can't afford to lose someone else again, even if it's someone I barely knew...

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"...a..."

My eyes widened the moment I heard it. I can confirm that it is indeed coming from Amikura-san.

"I did it... Kiyotaka...I did it...she..."

"Celebrate later. Atleast you made progress so keep at it until she can control her breathing. You just need Satsuki to hurry up with the materials I told her to bring."

"Yessir!"

I've never been this happy before my life. I felt her heartbeat slowly coming back. She still needs that oxygen tank but in all happiness, Amikura-san is still alive!

Two minutes later, Satsuki finally arrives but she isn't looking too good.

"I...am...here...so...heavy...Kiyo..."

"Satsuki, I told you to bring a portable oxygen tank, not the large one."

"Ohh tomato tomato, Kiyo. Atleast I've got what you asked for...now it's time for me to--"

Satsuki passed out on the ground, completely tired.

"How did she manage to carry that thing?" I asked.

"It doesn't matter. Let's just get this over with."

And so we did by carrying Amikura-san to bed and install the oxygen tank then out the mask so she could as many oxygen as she needs. I'm just glad that I saved her before it's too late.

We also put now passed out Satsuki to the couch.

"Those goddamn traitors are gonna pay for what they done. Why would they even do this at such an innocent girl like Amikura-san?"

"Probably the same as Sakura. Blackmailing."

"What are you talking about?"

He told me everything of what happened earlier about Sakura and her parents getting threatened just so the traitors could use her for their personal gains.

"And that's when you suddenly called about this whole issue."

"This is seriously getting out of hand. Like, this school isn't safe anymore when Karuizawa-san's death occured. What are they even going to gain from capturing you? It doesn't make sense."

"Let's not think about that for now. You need to focus on yourself first." Kiyotaka looks at my wound. Oh yeah, I almost forgot this happened.

Huh. I just realized something. We've done all our job, I think? Me and Kiyotaka are the only ones who are currently awake...

"Can you help me treat this, please? It'll be difficult for me to do this on my own."

That was just a lie. I mean, this is the only time me and him are on our own minus the probably comatose Amikura-san and a very sweaty Satsuki. This opportunity is quite hard to come by if I say so myself.

"Is the knife went through your flesh deeply?" He asked he gently touch my wound.

"I think so or maybe it only went through halfway." I replied.

"Is that my shirt?" Busted.

"Ehehe...it was her idea." I pointed at Satsuki.

"It's fine. Just ask permission next time, got it?"

I nodded quickly.

"Come on, let's clean that up." Kiyotaka said as he went inside the bathroom and I follow.

"I should've told Satsuki to bring a first aid kit as well." He said while rummaging through the drawers.

I look into the mirror then carefully remove my shirt to reveal my exposed wound along with my bloodstained bra.

Now I'm blushing heavily because Kiyotaka is going to see me almost naked for the first time. I don't know if I should be feeling happy or something.

"Sit down on the sink so it'll make this a whole lot easier for me." He commanded.

"I found it. I'm gonna have to warn you though that this will sting for a while but it'll heal a lot quicker. I also need to stich that up if that's okay with you."

"Don't worry about it. I trust you on this." I gave him a smile.

I noticed that he's trying his hardest not to stare at something else rather than my wound. Honestly, I find kinda adorable so maybe I should tease him a little.

"Uhmm, Kiyotaka? My eyes are up here."

His facial expression didn't change at all as usual but he did look away a bit. That counts for me atleast.

"I wasn't looking at your breasts. I was staring at your collarbones." Now I can actually tell you're lying.

"I didn't say anything about my breasts." I smirked a little.

"But, I don't mind you staring. Since it's you after--owwww!"

Before I could even finish, he started dabbing a cotton ball in which I think is poured with hydrogen peroxide on my wound without warning.

It hurts like hell.

"Be quiet. Try to resist the pain for now as it'll get worse."

"Atleast warn me about it. That really startled me, you know?" I pouted.

"Just relax. I'll be gentle." That sounded so wrong yet so right.

Although it really stings so much, it's better than getting an infection so I just resist myself from screaming. I don't wanna annoy him or worse.

Then comes the stiches which didn't hurt that much as the hydrogen peroxide are probably doing its thing. After that, he covered it up with a gauze pad and it's done.

"Thanks for this, Kiyotaka. I couldn't have done it without your help. I owe you one for this." I smiled.

"It was nothing so don't worry about it. You should put back your clothes and get some sleep."

As he starts to walk away, I felt like I'm getting this weird feeling of guilt. A guilt of taking this opportunity away from me.

It's now or never, Maya.

"Wait!" Before he could leave the bathroom, I grab his arm and pull him near me.

"What is it?"

"Uhmmm...you see..." I can feel my face burning just from looking at him. It gotta fo this now or I'll never hear the end of it.

I took his hand and put it on the side of my face. His touch felt really soft and warm. I feel safe for some reason.

Soon after I slowly put his hand down from my cheek to my neck until it reach my chest. I want him to feel everything. This might be a bad time to do it but at this time, all I could think about is him and him only.

"Maya--"

Before he could finish, I pressed my lips against his. Surely he must be shocked for this but I'm sorry in advance if I'm like this infront of you.

I release myself from him and stare at his golden-brown eyes. Those eyes are worth to die for, whether he showed me his true self or not.

"For just one night...just this one night...can I have you all for myself?..."

"Maya...you know we don't have time for this but...if you still want to continue... there's no turning back."

I don't care.

I gave him my answer by removing all of the remaining clothes I have in me.

"Do I have your approval?..."

Kiyotaka sighed as he begins to walk at the door, presumingly to walk away, rejecting me but to my surprise, he close and lock it.

"Just this once..."

He went back to me and proceed to grope every inch of me starting from my legs all the way to my body.

I finally have him all to myself.

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"...Wake up, Maya."

Hooray for cliffhangers. Sorry it took so long. Anyway, thanks for reading!

Striking Mayhem

??? POV

In every classroom...there are students...

And those students...have secrets...

Secrets that are so valuable to find out and take every advantage, no matter how it harms that particular person. A secret is a secret.

I want it. Everything that are meant to be hidden. Oh my god, I want all every single scoop. Especially THEM.

Those juicy, sexy, secrets Ayanokouji is hiding, along with his three henchwomen, I want it so bad...

Speaking of his henchwomen, they're so fucking hot. Those plumpy breasts, thick thighs, glossy lips, giving everyone their gyaru nature...oh my god, they make me so rock hard! Once I've found out about their dear secrets, I cannot wait any longer! I want to taste their sweet delectable pussies!

"Hey boss, you called for me?"

"I'm so glad you could make it." I smiled at her beautiful face. Maybe I should treat myself a for a little while. But first, I have to address something first.

"D-Do you need something?" She nervously asked.

"Ofcourse I do, dimwit. What in the world happen to Amikura?!"

"She's dead? That's what you wanted us to do, isn't it?"

"News flash, she's not. She survived."

"What?! I swore I saw her hung herself!"

"Yes but you didn't kept watch on her room. Look what happened, she got saved and now she's alive and kickin'. Perhaps I need to do something about your little fuck up."

I signal her to come towards me.

"I-I didn't mean to! Maybe there's some other--"

"Shush. Come here and get on your knees." I demanded.

"No! Not again! You told me that was just one time!"

"Ohh but this is different. This is your punishment for your fuck up so either come here or I'll have one of my men do it for me."

"You're sick!"

"I'm not sick, I'm just horny. So what's it going to be?"

A few moments later, she walk towards me and get on her knees.

"Good girl."

One day. One of those girls will be mine. Now that I think about it, it's time for the big party to begin. I already got a call from the professor and the acting director, and it seems I got the permission on whenever I should start.

I'm getting excited just thinking about it. Now whose girl I should start first?...

Maybe I'll start with... Satsuki Shinohara.

Ayanokouji POV

It's been three days since that tragic night had happened. So many things that everything from bad to worst. It still leaves the question on why does my old man have to take such malevolent measured just to make me go back to the white room to the point where murdering innocent students and hiring some just to have me expelled? If this goes on, this entire school would be in ruins that the government have to get involved.

If that man wants to destroy my normal life, I'll make sure that if I ever see him in person, he won't see the light again. He wanted a masterpiece, then eventually, his masterpiece will rip him to shreds until he could no longer breathe.

This has gotten beyond far. All I wanted was a peaceful life and experience what this school would give to me but instead, everything here has turned into a complete massacre and it all started back at the ship where I started to "rehabilitate" Satsuki.

Speaking of Satsuki, that girl change for the past few months. Well it's mostly because of myself but thanks to that, she went from being a useless pathetic defect to a strong and obedient ally. I could basically say that she'll agree with whatever I told her to do with no absolute hesitation.

I created a wonderful right-hand man but it leads me to wonder on what if... my original plan was a success and Karuizawa became my pawn instead of Satsuki. Would it lead to a different situation or the same result as to what's happening now?

"Hmm... so many outcomes..."

I'm so lost in my thoughts that I didn't realize I'm still in the classroom like everything just went back to normal. Well, except for Ike and Miyamoto being absent for... malevolent reasons.

I also can't help the fact that my neighbor keeps switching her sight between me and our homeroom teacher. Well, it's not just her, almost everyone here is looking at me, specifically my injured hands.

I don't need this kind of unnecessary attention right now.

"If you substitute the problem of x and y, it will result to--"

*Knock *Knock

There was a sudden knock on the left side of the door which grabs everyone's attention. I took a sigh of relief, relieved that everyone stops looking at me.

The door opens, revealing the homeroom teacher of Class B, Hoshinomiya-sensei with a suprising appearance. She looks really pale and has a severe worried expression in which also suprise our own sensei.

"Sae-chan, sorry if I disrupted your class but may I borrow you for now? We have a sudden meeting along with the other teachers as well." She gave an obvious fake smile.

Everyone was muttering, mainly talking about Hoshinomiya-sensei's appearance. The problem here is that Horikita and Chabashira-sensei kept taking glances at me like I'm the main involvement in this. Well, I guess I am but there's no need to look at me so suspiciously.

"I see." She then looks at the whole class.

"I'll be going out for the meantime. Try to behave yourselves while I'm gone." She took one last glance at me before leaving.

Everyone was silent for twenty seconds, assuming they're waiting for the two teachers to be out of range.

"I can't be the only one who noticed how terrible Hoshinomiya-sensei is earlier." Kushida broke the silence.

"Yeah, I wonder what happened to her?" Inogashira asked.

"This is just a rumor but I heard that some of her students just stop going to class like they just suddenly disappeared or something." Onodera replied.

As they continue to discuss about the rumor, I can see Maya and Chiaki trying to resist the urge to lash out at them while Satsuki is currently taking a nap. The rumors are true after all as I currently have a recovering Amikura in my room along with another student that I made Kiryuuin-senpai bring so Chiaki could drag her inside.

"Ayanokouji-kun." Oh great. The devil has spoken.

"Do you need something?" I lazily respond.

"I just... we haven't had any contact ever since your injury and over the past few days, everything here in this school has gotten out of control for some reason. It has become weirdly bizzare ever since Karuizawa-san committed suicide."

I can't blame her to be feeling this way. Everyone here besides the traitors was a first for witnessing such a traumatizing sight.

"And then there's Ike and Miyamoto accusing you, numerous missing students... honestly, I don't know what's going on anymore." Her voice began to tremble a bit.

I better pick my words carefully here or she'll start to suspect me even more in which I do not need to happen.

"What do you think needs to happen in order to resolve this issue?" I asked.

"A temporary suspension of classes, maybe? I don't know how would that work but I just want all of this to go over. The amount of stress I've had just thinking about this only makes it worst." She answered.

"How are your hands, if you don't mind me asking?" I do mind but it doesn't matter for now.

"I can still move them and make it function normally. It wasn't anything major."

"Being philosophical was unnecessary but I'll let it slide... for now." She started glaring at me.

"Anyway, I think you keep your guard up and be cautious from now on, Ayanokouji-kun. You don't want that kind of incident to happen again, now don't we?"

"Yeah. As long you do your part of the bargain." I check the time and it seems we only have twenty minutes before it's dismissal time and it seems that the staff meeting might take longer so I took this opportunity to give a short text message to Maya and Chiaki.

"Head to my room as soon as possible. There's a possibility there can be a wide search-up for the two girls."

"Got it."

"How about Satsuki?"

"I'll wake her up. Don't wait up on us."

After that, I try to get some rest and take a short nap while ignoring the massive chatter everyone is doing right now.

'When can I get my own time-off from all this?...' I thought as I feel my eyelids getting heavy and close them.

=

As the sound of the bell ringing pass through my ears from right to left, I got up from my rest. Well, it wasn't enough but I needed it for today.

"You slept well, I presume?" Why is she still here?

"It's more suprising for you to be worried about my well-being. Did you eat something weird for breakfast this morning?"

I suddenly felt a sharp pain on my shoulder.

"Ow." The compass has made its return, I see.

"Just look after yourself. Who knows, there might be another maniac just awaiting to stab you again." And with that, she grab her bag and leave the classroom. Thankfully.

I see Maya and Chiaki taking glances at me and Satsuki before leaving as well. I sure hope they wouldn't just walk in to my room without being cautious of their surroundings.

Now that I look around, there's still a few students left in here. It consist of me, Satsuki, Hasebe, Sakura, Inogashira, Okitani, Hirata, Miyake, Yukimura, and Yamauchi.

Hirata and Yukimura only check around their belongings before leaving shortly.

I don't need to be worried about Inogashira, Okitani, and Yamauchi but are they perhaps waiting for something or someone? I don't know if I should stay behind and wait or just be on my way.

Sakura I can understand as she's always the last one to leave but after the time I "silenced" her, her routine began to change.

Miyake and Hasebe are still sitting on their chairs, completely silent. Great, don't tell me they got blackmailed as well and they've been force to do some dirty tasks just like Sakura.

Satsuki just woke up and as she rubs her eyes, she looks around and immediately grabs her phone, pretending to be casual and began to text someone.

I felt my phone vibrate and got the text.

"Should we leave or wait?"

"I'll be leaving first. Wait for 30 seconds then leave without looking back. I'll be waiting by the lockers."

"Got it."

I put my phone back and grab my bag. As I'm about to leave however...

"Hey uhh, Ayanokouji?"

Miyake suddenly calls out my name, catching the attention of everyone.

The atmosphere suddenly got tense.

"Hm?" I turn around to face him. There's a nervous expression on his face.

"I was wondering if you remember our homework from earlier?" He asked.

We don't have homework from earlier.

"Maybe Horikita or Hirata knows. You should go ask them." I replied.

"Ahh, I see. Sorry for taking your time."

"It's fine." I walk out the classroom immediately, ignoring the looks I'm getting from everyone.

I can only assume they got Miyake as well. This is getting ridiculous. How many students do they have to blackmail just to put me down?

As I continue to go down the building, there are students from both second and third years, looking at me suspiciously.

My phone suddenly vibrated and got another message from Satsuki.

"Some senpais went inside for some reason. I can feel their eyes staring daggers at my own soul. Same goes for the others."

"Leave immediately and follow me quick. There's no telling on what'll they do to you."

Fifty seconds later, I can hear the sound of running behind me. I make sure not a single student are surrounding us. Once it's safe, I begin to slow down.

"Kiyo, it's me." Satsuki whispered.

"What took you so long?" I asked.

"The senpais began talking to Okitani and Inogashira so I stick around for a bit longer just so maybe I could hear atleast a bit on what they're talking about. Reckless, I know but I left immediately once they began to notice that I'm still there." She explained.

"You seem to be having a good sleep earlier. I'm surprised you could sleep through all that ruckus after Chabashira-sensei left." I change the topic as I noticed someone's hand from my right side. Satsuki also notices as well but from her left side.

"I had a weird fucking dream actually. There was this guy who transported me at a different universe with you guys in it and made us react to some random shenanigans. I swear to you that some of the ones we watched were fucking mental."

"What do you mean?" This piqued my interest, but only a little bit.

"Like for example, we reacted at an exam in where you, Miyake, Hirata, and Yukimura have a 14-hour labor pain simulation and guess what? It was an exam! A goddamn special exam!"

"There's no need to shout."

"I'm sorry but there are so many things I want to tell you later on and I promise you, it only gets crazier." Satsuki calms down a bit before getting closer to me.

"Kiyo..." She whispered again.

"What is it?"

"I don't know why but I have this feeling that something big is going to happen soon."

I wonder about that. Maybe it seems to be obvious as there would be no difference considering even more students are now following us, not hiding from the shadows.

"Kiyo."

"I know. Contact Either Maya or Chiaki immediately. We need to hurry."

As we finally get outside, Satsuki finally gets a hold of either one of the girls.

"Chiaki, major emergen--Chiaki?! Hey, can you hear me?! hat's going on--oh no. You might want to hear this, Kiyo..." Satsuki gave me her phone. She's severely shaking.

"Hello? What's going on there, Chiaki?"

"We're sorry, but Chiaki Matsushita and Maya Satou aren't currently available right now."

That voice...

"You."

"Hello, Kiyotaka. Don't worry, both of your girls are still alive along with your other two guests... for now..."

"You seem desperate enough to bring me back. Now tell me who is the biggest monster from the two of us?"

"When I say I'm going to make you go back, I will. Even if I need to use some OTHER measures. Remember that you are my property. My masterpiece."

"This would only decrease your chance of bringing me back. One more step and you will die by your own son's hands."

"Is that so? This school has surely change you for the worst. Having useless pesky shitheads on what you call your allies or a much better term, your pawns."

"Lay a finger and I'll break yours one by one."

"How about we play a little game?"

"I have no time for your childish antics."

"The title of this game is called choices. Basically, you have to decide on who gets to see the light of day while the other one gets to see red roses around them. Do you understand what I'm getting at, masterpiece?"

I already don't like where this is going. This man has gotten beyond far.

"Kiyo... behind us..." I turn around and see a frightened Satsuki and a crowd of students from every year, some of them are holding blunt weapons. So these are the whole group of traitors.

"So Kiyotaka, either you give up return back to the white room or stay as the rebellious brat that you are and play my game. It doesn't even matter anymore ss I already know you're going to pick the second option."

"Kiyo, what are we going to do? What's the plan?" Satsuki nervously asked.

This is completely out of hand. The whole school is in his control now. Now I have to deal with this bastard's game while also dealing with the traitors in front of us.

"Who's it going to be, Kiyotaka?"

"Maya Satou or Chiaki Matsushita?"

I miss this book. Now it's back and better than ever. I hope. Now it's back to my mini research. Anyway, I hope you enjoy the cliffhanger, thanks for reading!

From Bad to Worst

??? POV

Goddamn... now this is a sight to see. Ayanokouji and his main soldier surrounded by a cult of students, both traitors and the blackmailed ones. Even a perfect person like him can't survive this, let alone he still has to make a choice on who gets to live and die.

He's trying so hard to hide it from that blank face but deep inside, he must be stressing out. I would pay all my life savings just to get his head and give it to me on a silver platter but it's a shame that he needs to be alive.

My interest in him just keep increasing, his secrets must be so valuable even though I know some part of it, I still crave for more.

"Just how good you actually are, both physical and logical? Maybe you'll have a chance of surpassing me, perhaps?" I form a small smirk, which made my assistant notice.

"You find this amusing?" My cute yet tied up visitor looks at me with disgust.

"You know how much I've been craving for someone to be the same match as myself. If I manage to defeat them, I can learn their juicy secrets, in which I can take advantage of." I answered as I hold her close and start groping her.

"Stop it! I am not some toy to play with, pervert!" She tries to kick me away, much to my enjoyment.

"Oh? Are you start to rebel on me, former secretary Akane Tachibana?"

"Horikita-san was right about you! You are dangerous! A monster! You have no right to be a student council president!" She screamed with all her mighty heart. I kinda like her but there is one thing I am more focused on other than Ayanokouji.

As much as I want to know about him, I'm more curious about the secret of your three pawns, specifically the first one you ever rehabilitated.

Oh, Satsuki Shinohara... just looking at your miserable face just turns me on even more. The more you feel troubled, the harder I get.

I'll get you soon and fuck your brains out once this is over but for now, let's see how this turns out.

Amuse me, Kiyotaka Ayanokouji.

Shinohara POV

Knives...

Chains...

Axe...

Lead pipe...

Wrench...

How many blunt weapons do they need just to kill two students?! I can already tell that we are not going to die fast.

Hell, I don't think we have a chance of running away from them even if Maya and Chiaki aren't held hostage.

There must be something we could do. Even if I'm trained by Kiyo, there are like thousands of students in front of us ready to slash us one by one.

"Satsuki." Kiyo suddenly called me, destroying my inner horrific thoughts.

"Ye-yeah?"

I feel so afraid I can't stop shaking. The amount of nervousness I've felt is phenomenal that it's impossible now that all of this is just one big nightmare.

I wanna escape...

I wanna run...

I want save myself, leave everyone behind...

"You're scared, aren't you?" He asked.

"I... I am! Just look at them, Kiyo! There are so many students ready to beat the shit out of us! How can I now be scared?! What are we going to do?!"

I instantly regret lashing on him but as usual, it has no effect on him whatsoever.

"Satsuki, once I give the signal. Start running. Dodge any obstacles and save your friends before it's too late."

"Wha-What?! But what about--"

"I'll take care of them. Just go and save Maya and Chiaki."

"Are you crazy?! There are thousands of them and only one of you! Atleast let me help--"

"I can handle myself. Now go, that's an order."

"I... I-don't... can't..."

My mouth started blubbering that I can't form proper words. This is such a nerve-wracking moment that I can't even move.

"Satsuki..." Kiyo puts a hand on my shoulder and looks at me straight in the eye.

"How long do you plan to be useless?"

"Huh?"

After hearing those three words, my whole body started to cool down.

"What the fuck did you just call me?" Even if it's Kiyo, I can't help but let my blood boil.

"I called you useless because you are useless."

"How dare you--"

"If you aren't useless, then why didn't you start running like I ordered you to?"

"I--"

"You're nothing but a useless human being who can't even listen to everything you are ordered to. Just a sad female whose frequently been sexually assaulted by her own father and didn't do anything about it. Now tell me, who is the biggest defective in our class. That's right. It's you."

"Kiyo..."

It hurts... it hurts so much in the inside. I thought I've gotten used to it but the horrible truth will always kick my ass to oblivion.

But he's also right. I don't even know why I started doubting him.

I still don't know how he's going to crush these traitors but no matter what happens, I'll trust him no matter what he orders me from now on.

"I am not useless."

"Then prove to me you're aren't by stopping that man. You don't have much time left until he starts shooting the hostages." He said as he starts walking towards the traitors.

"Good luck, Kiyo!"

"Yeah."

And with that, I ran to the back in order to find the dorm and save my friends. I've never ran this fast in my life before but thanks to the training I've had with him, I have enough time to get to the dorm.

While I am running, I am curious on what he's about to do so I look back and--holy shit he already took down like thirty of them!

Even if he's breaking every bone of their shitty bodies, he kinda looks hot doing it though...

"Wow."

While that was completely unbelievable, I maintained my focus and ran straight to the dorm.

I promise that I won't be useless to you, Kiyo.

Don't ever let me go... please...

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Once I reach the dorm and head upstairs instead of using the elevator, I headed for Kiyo's room where there are some casualties.

"Hmm? Satsuki! It's been a while, huh?"

Once again, out of all people, why did it have to be her?

"Huh. Kinda figured you would be somewhere else than the carnage going on down there."

Seeing Onodera again with her dumb smile felt nostalgic for some reason. Everytime I see her dumb shitty grin, it makes my blood boil even more.

"If you wanna save your precious friends, you have no choice but to--gack!"

Before she finish speaking, I quickly head towards her and slam her face into the concrete wall.

"What was that? Didn't quite understand what you said."

"Agh!"

I slam her face again for extra measure, knocking her out with some blood coming out of her nose and mouth.

"That's what I thought."

Now that bitch is out cold, I search her clothes to see if she hid her key somewhere as it's obvious that the door is locked.

"Dammit. Well, there's only one way to solve this issue... sorry in advance, Kiyo."

I gave the door one swift kick and it made a giant hole in the middle, making me unlock the inside lock.

Once I unlock the door, I went inside and see Maya and Chiaki tied up to a chair along with a still passed out Amikura.

"Satsuki! You made it!

"No wonder Onodera stops yammering."

"Thank goodness you're still alive..." I head towards them and immediately cut the ropes and set them free.

"Finally, it was getting a little tight in there." Chiaki said.

"Atleast he didn't pull the trigger on us." Maya said.

"No time for chit chat, we gotta head downstairs and get to Kiyo right now!" I commanded as I carry Amikura on my back.

"Come on, let's... go..."

When I turn around to check what the two were doing, I didn't realize that time has stopped, for me atleast.

Everything was so silent in the moment thwt the only thing I could hear is my own heartbeat.

It was such an unbelievable moment that I froze on the spot from what I'm seeing right now.

Chiaki Matsushita...

Maya Satou...

My two trusted best friends...

Holding a pistol...

While aiming at me...

"What... you two... what are you two doing?"

I finally got myself speaking as I was hit with a brutal reality.

"I'm sorry, Sats... Shinohara. My family are in trouble unless I do his bidding. You have to understand." Maya answered while crying.

Chiaki only stood silent while keeping a poker face.

"What is this? Why would you betray--no... why would you betray Kiyo? Didn't you told me that you'll stay loyal to him?!"

The two kept their mouth shut, much to my annoyance.

"Maya, you have a massive crush on him, right?! We would've work together to save your family! Don't you know that?!"

She could only look away, still aiming the gun at me.

"What about you, Chiaki?! Did you join Kiyo for protection until you found someone more powerful?!"

Unlike Maya, Chiaki is the only one who wasn't faze or getting emotional. Instead, it's like she was a part of this before getting involved with Kiyo.

She gave a short sigh and finally spoke.

"The Ayanokouji Family and The Matsushita Family have been working together for generations, creating a private facility known as the "white room" for the youth in order to create "the perfect human". Ayanokouji-kun was the perfect result yet he escaped and enrolled here in ANHS. That's why I have been tasked by my family to enroll here and convince him to drop out but it seems that some plans have changed."

After that, I still can't believe it. One of them is getting her family hostage, the other one hws a family who's been working with another family from a white room? This doesn't make any sense!

"You... you fucking snake! You called them here to get Kiyo back by force, didn't you?! Atleast Maya has an acceptable reason but--wait a minute, you forced her to do this!"

"It seems that Ayanokouji-kun been training you a lot, along with observing the situation." Her change of tone is starting to piss me off. The rage I'm feeling can't contain itself any longer but I mus'nt be reckless.

"First Onodera, now you?! my own trusting best friend?! If only Karuizawa-san--"

"Karuizawa was in the way. It's a relief that she killed herself way early, you know? Less problem to deal with."

That was the last straw for me. Everything I could contain it but talk shit about my late best friend was now enough for me to release everything I needed to.

"You bitch! You fucking cold-hearted bitch! How fucking dare you talk about Karuizawa-san like that?!" I could only shout my anger. As much as attacking her with my own bare hands would be ideal, it would lead to my undeniable death.

"Oh just shut up." She aimed her gun directly at my head and before I could even react--

*BANG

A loud sound was heard but... how am I still alive?

I slowly open my eyes and see that there was a small hole on the floor and right next to it is... the gun.

"Get out of here, Satsuki! I'll hold her off while I still can!"

"Huh?" I look up and see Maya now pointing her gun on Chiaki's head.

"But--"

"JUST GO!"

No... not this time...

While I still have Amikura on my back, I quickly grab the gun and point it at Chi... Matsushita.

"Go on, shoot me. It won't change a thing whether I'm alive or--"

*BANG

With one pull of the trigger and no hesitation whatsoever, I shot her in the head, making her lifeless body fall to the ground.

You were such a good friend, Chiaki. It's a shame that it had to be this way but even if it's you, I'll never let anyone take Kiyo's freedom away.

"Come on, Maya. We don't have much time."

She didn't follow but she drop her gun and crouch near Matsushita's body.

"I... follow you soon... just let me mourn... for a while..." She looks down as she stares at our best friend turned traitor.

"Mourn later, okay? Kiyo needs us more than ever so come on!"

She slowly gets up but I remain cautious as I tightly held my gun.

"Lead the way." She said as wipes her tears.

And with that, she I sprinted downstairs while carrying Amikura on my back.

It's a bit difficult but I can manage as long as we can get to Kiyo immediately.

Once we made it outside, I saw the amount of carnage on my surroundings.

So many blood and broken limbs... did Kiyo do all this?

I understand that he can be brutal but I didn't expect that it would be THIS brutal.

"Kiyo, where are you?! I've got Maya and Amikura with me!"

I look around and there was no one standing except the two of us.

Don't tell me that Kiyo lost?!

"Satsuki, look!" Maya pointed out and the direction we see Kiyo...

lying on the ground...

"Kiyo!" We ran towards him in fear.

I could understand that he would be tired of beating the living shit out of the traitors but he ie completely knocked out.

I then noticed that were was something sticking on his neck.

"Is this... a dart?" As I continue to observe the dart, I felt someone was around us so I carefully put Amikura down to grab my gun and started aiming.

"Watch your surroundings, Maya. Someone might be nearby."

There was no response.

"Maya, did you hear what I--Maya!"

As I look back, I see Maya is now out cold and see that there is also a dart behind her neck.

Shit, it must be one of those tranquilizers.

"Come out and show--ack!"

Shit! I got hit! in the neck as well!"

Within seconds, my whole body started getting wobbly. I tried to resist it but the effect was too strong that I didn't realize I was now lying on the ground.

"Ki... kiyo..."

Wow. I finally got to update this book... now how should I say this...

The end is near.

Thanks for reading!