Dear Threesad,

I hope you find this. I have traveled many moons amongst many islands searching for the right parchment in which order to write this. Times are tough, everyone is going crazy, people want to reopen their state when they have a mortality rate to COVID of like 10%.

I just wanted to write you to let you know that I have received your message, a new chapter shall be released and in record time too!

Sincerely, theallaroundnerd.

tl;dr, this is the new chapter.

Moonlit Sonata

Ben

It has been roughly a month and a half since returning to Yokai Academy. After Kokoa joined the club Ben had been spending less and less time with Tsukune and the others due to work or training. "Damn man." Ben mumbled to himself, "I've been so preoccupied with training with Kokoa I've completely forgot to apologize to Moka." he sighed, "I said some pretty messed up things. God I'm such an idiot!" he slammed his head against his desk. He then felt a hand clutch his shoulder.

Don't worry so much about it. Dreamqueen assured, Eventually you'll be able to prove to her your worth. Or you could not be so petty about it and just tell her how you feel again and wait to see what she says.

"But if I can't stand toe-to-toe against her she'll never accept me as a partner." he whined.

Dumbass, if she cares about you do you really think she'll give a rats ass about if you can beat her or not? I mean, you're a human and she's a vampire. You can't expect to be as strong.

"It's the principle!" Ben shouted as he slammed his desk.

Jesus, tap dancing, Christ. It's no wonder you and your brothers can't get girlfriends.

"Peter was a chick magnet, what are you talking about?" Ben groaned, "Gwen Stacy, Black Cat, Mary Jane. All steller babes!" he countered.

All failed.

"Hey! That's uncalled for."

So what will you do, Romeo? Dreamqueen asked while she sat on his desk.

"Well...first I have to apologize...somehow."

Kokoa

Kokoa left the school late because she had extra assignments she had to finish before returning to her dorm. Stupid teacher having me stay after class. she thought, Because of her I didn't get to train with Reilly today. Kokoa removed her slippers and put on her regular shoes when she heard a sound that was like a low growl. A dog? she thought, No...heavier like a big dog, maybe even a wolf. Kou flew over her and landed on her shoulder. You know, it's been a few weeks now since I joined the Newspaper club. Before I joined these guys were always getting into fights. Reilly even said that was normal. But...it's been really peaceful. she groaned and let her arms go limp, "It's so BOOOOOORING." she complained. She kicked a rock and folded her arms in frustration, "When I was looking through older editions of the Yokai Newspaper there were so many serious incidents it honestly surprised me. 'Creepy Stalker,' 'Kidnapping Art Teacher,' 'Enforcers Defeated,' 'Anti-Schoolers Defeated.'" she listed off, "And that's just last year!" she smiled before her expression quickly shifted to a frown and she clenched her fist in frustration, "But the only thing in our news lately has been all bout this stupid prankster whose been ripping the clothes off girls! That's not nearly good enough, if you're gonna do something at least make it serious! I'm on the newspaper club now, and I will not take this small stuff lying down!"

Kokoa continued walking along the pathway as she thought of how she could make a bigger splash as a new member, I just want...like a thrilling ride, with danger! "Hm?" Kokoa heard heavy breathing just to the brush beside her. She turned to her left to see a large imposing figure standing over a downed female form with blood covering her torso, Like this! A murder case like this would be the perfect story for me to bring to the club! Her smile quickly dissapeared as the sight before her finally registered in her head. Wait, what the hell!? A killer? Did I just become witness to an actual murder?

The creature turned it's head and as its form came into light Kokoa realized it was a Werewolf. "Ah...looks like you saw something bad." the Werewolf said, "Forget it, there's no reason to tell anyone what you just saw here. You wouldn't want to see yourself get hurt would ya'?" Kokoa stepped forward and tried asking what he meant, but the Werewolf quickly fled in a flash, "Don't mix yourself up in this for your own good."

"DON'T THINK I'LL LET YOU GET AWAY!" Kokoa took two steps before the girl on the ground grabbed her leg.

"D-Don't..." the girl pleaded. Holy hell, she's alive? Kokoa kneeled down to check her wounds. Despite the blood...her wounds are pretty tame. Kokoa looked the girl over and noticed she was a bit of a tomboy with barely shoulder length hair (like a messy bob cut), glasses, and a tracksuit over her skirt.As she looked more she noticed the girl's torn clothes. Kokoa gained a disgusted expression as she thought about the wolf, He must have been the rumored prankster. The girl groaned, "What the?" she asked before shouting when she saw the blood on her uniform.

"Woah, calm down!" Kokoa said trying to calm her down, "Your wounds aren't that serious." I have to tell the others about this tomorrow.

The next day the members gathered in the clubroom for their meeting. Yukari was at the chalk board pinning together what they already knew; Kurumu, Moka, Mizore and Ruby were all sitting around Tsukune; Ben was hanging upside down from a thread, and Kokoa sat next to him studying moves Ben drew out for her with a skeleton (drawing skeleton, not a full on

skeleton). Yukari quickly slapped the picture of the most recent victim of the prankster with a ruler, "The victim's name is Kokko Nakamoto, she's a third year." she started, "Her jersey and skirt were cut with a blade, and due to the force she also sustained injuries to the chest." Yukari took a deep breath before turning to her club mates, "The serial prankster is likely the cause to this."

"One good thing came of this," Ben started getting stares from the members, "at least we know it isn't some ghost like people were saying."

"Ghost?" Kokoa asked.

"Because at first it'd hide in the fog before attacking its victims. The victims couldn't see what he looked like and have just dubbed him 'The Ghost Prankster.' Things got even worse when they started getting actual injuries on them causing most of the girls to start walking back to the dorms in a group of five or more." Ben opened a can of tomato juice and took a sip before continuing, "Pranking and being a general pervy douche is one thing. Being a pervy douche that actually hurts someone is going way to far."

Kokoa nodded, "I agree. Pranks are one thing, but hurting someone and running away? We need to make this cowardly bastard learn a lesson." The club members didn't like the idea that it necessarily had to be them to take care of the situation.

"Shouldn't we leave this to the Enforcers?" Ruby asked, "After all, we are only the Newspaper club not police."

"Hi, welcome to the Newspaper club, or as we are more commonly referred to 'Hell's Janitors' because we clean up everything around here." Ben said with a snarky tone.

Tsukune sighed and nodded, Yeah...this definitely up our alley. he thought, I bet these girls will want to stop him too. "You saw what he looked like, right Kokoa?" he asked, "What was he?"

"A Werewolf." Kokoa said with a serious tone, "He moved like a bolt of lightning. A creature so fast it is often compared to a vampire. Just judging it from the outside perspective it was definitely a Werewolf." Ben rubbed his face in frustration as he could already guess who she was going to say, "He also had an Osaka accent," Kokoa continued, "and he wore this headband," the others looked at each other as boxes kept getting checked, "and I think he wore a silver choker?" Kokoa finished. The group all collectively slumped their shoulders as they realized who Kokoa was talking about.

"Why am I not surprised." Yukari mumbled.

"What?" Kokoa asked, "You guys know who it is?"

Ben dropped down and downed the rest of his tomato juice before tossing it in the trash, "KOBE--Awwwww...now I'm sad. Anyways, we have a good idea of who it is."

The Newspaper club entered into a classroom where they saw a student leaned back in a chair reading their paper. His hair was about shoulder length and was held back by a headband, he wore a suave looking pinstriped button up shirt as well a silver choker. His name was Ginei Morioka or "Gin" for short. He turned his head revealing he was actually looking at a 'special' drawing done by Ben, "Oh hey! Good timing, Ben, why did you make her so slutty? Where's the innocence you see in a woman?"

Ben grinded his teeth in frustration, "I drew EXACTLY what YOU asked for."

"Well you should have told me otherwise, this is much to slutty. She looks like she'd be with any man, but I wanna see a girl who really thinks about who she'll be with."

The group looked at Ben with disappointed expressions, "What?" Ben asked, "Porn isn't illegal, and he's 18. It's not like I sold it to Yukari or something."

Gin laughed, "I see you're all together today. How nice to see all you beautiful girls in one place."

Tsukune narrowed his eyes and groaned, "Didn't even acknowledge me." he mumbled. "Um...Kokoa, this is our Club President, Ginei Morioka. You haven't seen him because he usually doesn't come to the club room."

Kokoa stared at Gin and Gin at Kokoa. The room was silent and until Gin gave smirk and a wink, "YOU'RE THE CULPRIT!" Kokoa shouted as she lunged at Gin and began strangling him while continuously shouting 'you're the culprit.' Ben clung to the wall as he busted his gut laughing. The fact that she moved so fast to choke him out Ben found extremely amusing. Meanwhile Yukari and Moka were trying their best to unclamp Kokoa from Gin.

After a little bit of trying, Moka and Yukari pulled Kokoa off who had to be cooled down by Mizore and Ben. "Moron," Mizore began scolding as she gripped Kokoa's head with her ice claws, "You're supposed to point out the culprit AFTER you've gathered all the proof, like those Phoenix Wright games. And don't forget to use some sort of one liner or something."

Ben comforted Kokoa in a different way by rubbing her shoulders, "Way to go kid, you've got 'em on the ropes." he said impersonating Micky from Rocky, "Now when you get back up there you have to go for the gut. Make sure that you don't let that bastard breathe. Then, and only then will you finish him off." Mizore reached over smacked his face to get him to shut up. "But seriously though we can't just accuse people without solid proof. That's how you make yourself look like a jackass."

"That girl is crazy." Gin said as he got off the ground and dusted himself off. He then sauntered over to Kokoa and continuously looked her up and down, "So...you're the younger sister of Moka that I've heard about?" he chuckled, "She's kinda cute, isn't she?" Kokoa frowned, He's so obvious. I mean, he just saw me yesterday. Gin leaned closer and his eyes moved towards her chest before he was suddenly shoved by Ben.

"Step off, Gin. Leave the noob alone." Ben had an almost serious expression on his face. He of course had his suspicions about Gin, but it was the Gin he knew of that he was worried about.

Gin looked at Ben and then Kokoa and sniffed the air around them, "Oh...I get it." he smiled.

"What?" Kokoa asked.

"You two are sleeping together right?" Gin asked pointing at Ben and Kokoa, "I mean, she is drowning in your stench."

Ben's Spider Sense went off as he suddenly felt the murderous intent from at least one individual, "WHAT!?" the group yelled out. Let me out. I'm gonna kill him.

Thinking quickly Ben 'Michael Jackson Smooth Criminaled' gin in the groin; which is when kick them in the balls, turn around and moonwalk past them. Ben then held his hands up defensively, "Okay, hold on! Let's get one thing straight...I haven't slept with ANYBODY." he defended, "I mean, I can't even sleep with myself. Also, why would Kokoa be with me? She could do a lot better."

Kurumu stepped forward and looked into Ben's eyes for a few seconds before turning around with a smug smile and a shrug, "He's right. He's a super turbo virgin."

Ben nodded, "Thanks."

"Reilly and I are training partners and nothing more!" Kokoa shouted at the others in anger.

Gin eventually stood up and laughed at the expense of the human and the freshman, "Well, anyhow, I'm Gin the club president. Nice to meet you." he held out his hand for Kokoa to shake, and she was hesitant to do so. Ben elbowed her side and she gave in, I can't forgive him. she thought, I will expose who you are.

Not much longer after meeting the group called it a day, but Kokoa wasn't going to be dissuaded by Gin. So, she began to tail him and Ben tagged along as well to make sure nobody gets harmed. Kokoa and Ben hid behind a wall as they watched Gin from a distance. Eventually he called out to a pretty student and began to flirt with her. Within a matter a matter of minutes the two hit it off and left to go somewhere to continue their conversation. "What a scumbag." Kokoa mumbled, "All he does is walk around and hit on women...truly he's a woman's worst enemy."

"I'm surprised he has as much clout as he does. I mean, the guy was practically ostracized last year for being a serial peeper." Ben replied as he rubbed his chin.

The two stopped tailing him when they heard a rustling coming from a nearby garbage can, "Tailing him, huh?" the two nearly shouted in surprise as Mizore popped out from the trash, "Quite zealous of you. And you Ben...well actually, you probably would have done this too."

There was rustling in the bushes and out popped Kurumu with a leaf crown and to twigs in her hands, "You guys are investigating Gin. right? Let us in too!" she said with a big smile.

"Wha--Even you, Kurumu!?" Kokoa was dumbfounded. The two joined them and Kurumu began singing about everything they were doing.

"This is exciting," Mizore said, still in the trash can, "It's kinda like we're cops or something. Well," she looked at Ben, "vigilantes are like cops, right?"

"No, we vigilantes are chased by cops." Ben joked. The group was finally able to find Gin again, but he was in an area that would force them to get in the open, "Hm...What should we do now?" the others began looking for something they could hide in that excluded trash. Kurumu then looked towards the side of the building where some students dropped off some boxes full of supplies...big boxes.

Kurumu then turned back towards Ben with a large smile, "I think we should do what Mr. Kojima taught us about infiltration since '87." she pointed to the boxes behind her and Ben smiled from ear to ear.

"What? I don't understand." Kokoa said while looking at the boxes, "Cardboard boxes?"

"I like the way you girl's think." Ben laughed as he wrapped his arms around Kurumu and Mizore. In a matter of seconds the group were following gin while hiding in cardboard boxes, Solid Snake style. A foolproof plan that can't be stopped...except if Gin heard Ben humming the Metal Gear Solid theme. Unfortunately there was only three boxes so Ben was stuck with Kokoa...or rather, the other way around as Ben brought up the rear.

"This is so laaaaaame." Kokoa complained, "Hey, you better not be taking peeks at my panties, pervert!"

"Oh please, your sister would crush me." Ben replied, "Not that I'd mind, but it'd specifically have be with her legs crushing my head." he laughed.

Kokoa cringed, "Christ, Reilly you are a perv." The group was able to locate Gin again and set up in a location just in time to see him get punched in the face. "So...how do you guys see it?" she asked.

"How? You mean if we think Gin is the prankster or not?" Kurumu asked.

"Yes."

"Hm...Well, he's a guy that gropes a girl's tits as a hello and steals from the women's locker room..." Kurumu started.

"But he really isn't a bad guy that'd do something terrible like crime." Mizore finished.

"Yeah, I mean, he even helped me out against Kuyo, he isn't that bad." Ben added.

"Did you all forget that stealing is a crime!?" Kokoa whisper yelled. She took a deep breath and calmed herself down, "Okay, well why are you tailing him?" she asked.

"Because you smell it, don't you?" Kurumu asked gaining a confused response from Kokoa, "Aside from that incident, Gin is hiding something else." Despite getting punched Gin continued to talk to the girl, eventually they walked around the corner and the girls and Ben found it best to shed their cardboard shells, "Because he helped us out during school break. And you know how those things work, right?"

Kokoa cocked an eyebrow, "What are you good friends or something?"

Kurumu and Mizore shook their heads furiously, "No way." they said in unison. Kurumu's face became really serious, "Truthfully, we just have a bunch of grudges of that guy pent up inside us." Ben's Spider Sense went off and he figured it was Gin, but strangely he felt something on the otherside of him as well. Thinking quickly, Ben jumped up onto the roof of the building and waited for things to blow over. "We have enough of a grudge that we can't wait for the day we get him back!" Kurumu laughed. Kokoa, however, wasn't laughing as she saw the imposing figure of Gin walk up behind the girls. She tried signaling to Kurumu, but she didn't get the hint, "I mean, we're so strong now that stupid perv doesn't stand a ghost of a chance against us!"

Kurumu finally saw where Kokoa was pointing to and both her and Mizore turned around to see Gin shaking his head in disappointment. Like a bolt of lightning Gin moved his hands and made Kurumu and Mizore collapse in exhaustion while moaning in an...awkward way. The resulting actions made blood practically shoot from her nose. Ben sat on the ledge and watched from afar in astonishment, HOLY CRAP! he thought, How did he do that? I want to do that! "That was a little lesson for you two." Gin said as he wiped his brow, "The hell's wrong with you? Spreading dirt about people like that?"

I can't really hear. Ben thought, he quickly pointed his hand forward and shot out a micro transceiver from his web shooter so he could hear the conversation.

"So," Gin continued, "you still suspect me, Kokoa? That I'm the serial prankster?" he smirked.

Kokoa scoffed, "C'mon, quit playing around. I saw you!" she yelled while stamping her foot, "The way you talk, the clothes you wear...it was definitely you."

Gin rubbed the back of his head and chuckled, "Then...didn't I give you some advice? Don't mix yourself up in this for your own good." Kokoa clenched her teeth and Gin tilted his head back towards the girl's, "Yeah...I'm the prankster." his declaration caused shock to shoot through the girls even Ben was surprised, but not in the same way the girls were. "Tonight," Gin continued, "Come alone to yesterday's spot. If you do, I'll tell you everything."

Why would he admit it? Ben thought, He hasn't been the type of guy to admit something like this before. Hell, from what I heard from Tsukune and Moka in the past the guy has a massive tell where he'll deny everything and even sneakily plant someone else to take the fall. Ben rubbed his chin, So why? He watched as Kurumu and Mizore began to leave, saying something to Kokoa before she left. Kokoa stood still for a few moments before leaving herself. Maybe I should go with her. Ben was going to drop down to Kokoa when he saw some movement from a shrub before a figure emerged and tried to run away. "Nope." Ben quickly shot his hands out and webbed the figure pulling it towards him.

As the figure got closer he realized it was a woman, Does Gin have a stalker or something? Once close enough Ben grabbed her by the collar to turn her around revealing that she was in fact the last victim effected by the prankster, Kokko Nakamoto. "Please, don't hurt me! There's something I must do!" Ben covered her mouth with his hand to get her to be quiet.

"You know who I am, right?" he asked and Kokko nodded, "Good...now you seem kinda suspicious sneaking around the way you are." Kokko gulped at what Ben was saying, "You're gonna tell me everything. Oh, and do me a favor and try not to make this hard for yourself. I've become pretty hardened over the last couple months, so I have no problem forcing information out of you."

"I...I can't." she muffled under Ben's hand, "If I tell anyone the truth, they'll be mad."

Ben nodded, "You know...this building, unlike the main building is only two stories high. I could drop you and you wouldn't die...but you'd sure as hell will break all the bones in your legs." her eyes widened at what he was saying.

"Y-You wouldn't."

Ben smirked and deepened his voice slightly so he sounded more like Kaine, "Try me." he then let go of Kokko's collar and her eyes widened in fear as she went into free fall. She dropped only one storey before a she felt a tug at her chest. Ben pulled her up again and placed her on the roof, "So, gonna tell me?"

"What the fuck is wrong with you?" Kokko cried out.

Ben paced around the building for a short while before pulling out a piece of paper, "I have a theory." he started, "I don't think Gin is the prankster. But, I think I may know who is." Kokko gulped, "So, why don't you spill everything you know, yeah?"

Soon night fell and Kokoa kept her promise by showing up to previous spot alone. She walked through the brush and eventually found Gin standing alone illuminated by the moonlight. Kokoa scoffed as she walked closer, "It's painfully obvious you want to kill me. 'I'll tell you everything' yeah right. That's exactly what you say right before you shotgun a dude's brain out. You're just trying to silence me, huh?"

Gin smiled, "Nah...I will tell you everything..." he growled and his body began to transform, fur growing on his body and his snout extending out, "I will if," his body grew and burst through his blazer and shirts as his form finished, "you beat me in battle!"

Kokoa smirked, "Finally, an opponent." Despite what Reilly has been training me in no way can I go hand to hand with a Werewolf. she thought, He's too fast so I'll have to use Kou! Kokoa held her hand out as Kou began to transform, "Let's go, Kou! RAPIER MODE!" Kokoa got into a fencer's stance and lunged herself forward and got the first hit, she then followed that up with a barrage of attacks from the rapier. All right, I'm landing hits. Kokoa gritted her teeth, "I'll defeat you like you asked, then you'll spill everything!"

Suddenly Gin ended up behind Kokoa moving at blinding speeds, "Pretty good, you are definitely Moka's sister." he laughed, "But you've been hitting a tombstone this whole time!" Kokoa's eyes widened in surprise, No way. Not a single attack landed? Gin slammed his hand forward but missed Kokoa, "Oh, so you guys showed up, huh?" he sighed as looked up to see Mizore and Kurumu come to Kokoa's aide.

Kokoa looked at her saviors with a confused expression, "Mizore, Kurumu? What are you doing here, he told me to come alone!"

Mizore began forming her ice claws and popped her neck at the same time, "Silly, there's no way you'd beat that pervy wolf on your own. We'd know he's our instructor."

"Instructor?" Kokoa asked.

Kurumu groaned, "We told you, we have a grudge against the guy. Mizore and I learned how to fight because of him." Kurumu's expression quickly turned to one of anger as she clenched her fist and gritted her teeth, "But the thing is...That bastard only did it for sexual harassment! The whole time we were training he'd touch our breasts, legs, and do all sorts of terrible things!"

"I don't even remember how many times I thought about killing him." Mizore shuddered.

Kurumu nodded and slammed her fist in her palm, "So what we've waited for is a chance. Once he commits a crime we can publically lynch him." Kurumu and Mizore smiled devilishly, the time has come. "Let's do this!"

"Yeah, with our lineup we can probably win."

There was a light rustle in the bushes and Gin's ear twitched, Finally, she's here. he thought with a smile. The three girls began to dash forward. Now! "Oh no! You don't have to kill me!" Gin yelled, really trying to ham up the spotlight, "Three is just too much, I'm gonna die!" the girls slowed down as they saw a figure emerge from the bushes. Here! Gin turned his head slightly and frowned as he was grabbed around his neck and RKO'd into the ground by Ben now in his costume. "Guwah...What the hell? Why couldn't I smell your scent?" Gin asked. Looking up he saw Ben had a blazer wrapped around his waist.

"Yeah, I figured you'd find out it was me, so I asked for some help to hide." Ben said with a laugh. He removed the blazer and threw it back into the bushes, "Okay, now get out here!" he commanded.

The girls and Gin watched as girl emerged from the bushes, trembling slightly, "P-Please...don't do this!" she shouted taking a defensivestance in front of Gin, "Just stop."

The girl looked up causing Kokoa to gasp, "You're the girl from yesterday!" she yelled out while pointing, "What the hell are you doing here?"

The girl shuffled her feet back and forth, "It-It's...just a coincidence. I had heard fighting and I found you're friend hiding in the--"

"No, no, no!" Ben interrupted, "That wasn't the deal. Tell them the truth."

"Exactly!" a new voice called out. The whole group turned to see Moka, Tsukune and Yukari walking towards them. "You protected Gin, that's proof you have feelings for him," Moka continued, "and those feelings were what motivated you to commit those crimes. Because you are the Serial Prankster aren't you, Kokko Nakamoto."

Kokko gulped. "Oh hey, the whole group's here!" Ben cheered, "Now we all can witness this trainwreck together! Go on Kokko, tell them what's up. We had a deal after all."

"We already know it's you." Yukari said as she held out papers with a list of names on it, "Ben and I were smart enough to pay attention to the people affected during this case, it was just a matter of when we would crack it. All the girls on this list have one point in common. Logically these points are why they were attacked in the first place. Among victims you were the only one who didn't share that common point."

Kokko swallowed a lump in her throat and nodded to Ben. Blood began to spurt out of her forehead from out of nowhere causing shocked gasps to be spread amongst the club members, "It...seems I have no choice now." she said with a weak smile.

"Holy hell, you're bleeding!" Kokoa shouted.

Kokko held up her hand, "Don't worry about it. I'm a creature who can manipulate my blood. You see, Kokoa, when you saw me on the ground yesterday I was only smeared with this same blood to pose as a victim. I would attack the girls while hiding in a fog made with this blood, ripping their clothes as a warning to stay away from Gin."

"Stay away?" Kurumu asked, "Wait...you don't mean..."

"Because they just got in the way." Kokko continued, tears beginning to well up in her eyes, "Since there were so many girls around him the only thing I could do is look at him from far away. 'If only they weren't there anymore.' 'If only those girls would stop going near him' I thought." the tears began to flow from her eyes, "I felt so worthless," she sobbed, "Even if just once, I wanted him to notice me! The common point the girls all had is that their all Gin's ex's. The only one who isn't...is me."

Kurumu stared at the girl, dumbfounded, "What was that?" she asked, "Are you crazy? Why would you go so far for a one-way crush? I mean, people got hurt!"

"Haha..." the group turned to see Gin who was standing again, face bloodied from Ben's RKO, and had reverted back to his human form, "AHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!" his face contorted as his hysterical laughter continued. "See! I told you didn't I Kokoa? There you have it, I put on an act to draw out the perpetrator. A few bumps in the road, but it worked all the same." Kokoa's eye twitched in frustration, He used me!? "I actually didn't think she'd get dragged into this so easily, even with Ben. What a dumb bitch!" Kokko's eyes widened as the truth hit her like a ton of bricks.

Ben walked over to Kokko and patted her back, "I...don't want to say 'I told you so' but...Gin's a piece of shit."

Kurumu processed the information for a short time and a thought came to her, "Wait, ex's!?"

"Yeah!" Gin shouted, his laughter continuing, "I'm glad we caught her! There's loads of chicks pissed at me right now. There's Ami, from the Mochi shop. The ex-Yankee girl, Yumi. The jealous, possessive, Misako. The scary-cool Miho. Nao, Ringo, Asako..." his list continued as he laughed. The girls and Ben gained more frustrated and irritated expressions as he continued, "I mean, the girls just come to me on their own! Maybe if you take lessons from me, Ben you could get some hot babes yourself." Ben's lenses squinted as he got more frustrated, "My charm is so powerful it even made Kokko go around and attack other girls! Damn, I'm one bad dude. Do me a favor, make sure Kokko's punishment is light."

Ben walked over to Gin and gripped his shoulder, "Gin," he started, "just know that what I do right here and right now is not only because you flaked out of 6,000 yen that you owe me...but also because you are a heartless, asinine, egotistical, irredeemable douchebag who deserves absolutely everything that's coming at him. If I was like Kaine...I'd probably kill you. So uh...Go fuck yourself." Ben then cocked back and released a devastating right jab that knocked out some of Gin's teeth. Gin, however, did not get off the hook that easily as Kokoa, Kurumu, and Mizore all slammed him into the ground.

Kokko looked at Gin's unconscious body and a chuckle escaped her lips, "What...What a piece of shit. I did I ever fall for a guy like him? 'You look pretty cute without your glasses, Kokko.' Pfft, what a joke." Kokkoa took of her glasses and began to laugh as tears streamed down her face.

The Next Day...

The club members sat in the club room after another successful issues. All of them were reading the articles they wrote. "So...why didn't we publish anything about the Serial Prankster?" Kokoa asked Ben. Ben sat at a table and strummed on a guitar and blowed a bubble of gum from his mouth.

"Well," he started after the bubble popped, "The actual crime itself is only a misdemeanor. No one was seriously hurt and it isn't like she was posting nude photos online, only lightly tearing their clothes. Being a creepy jerk who rips clothes is one thing, being a creepy jerk who actually brings great physical harm to someone is another. She's the former. No need to start a witch hunt when the only real person who got hurt was Gin."

"Is it always like this?" she asked.

"No, this is quite a rare occasion, actually."

"I meant as a vigilante. Do you always have to make these moral decisions? Decide on semantics of right and wrong?"

"Oh...yeah, that's normal." Ben began to play the Final Fantasy 7 battle theme.

Kokoa thought for a little bit before walking to the window, "Have...have you ever been wrong? In your judgment?"

Ben stopped and he thought about his short time as Spider-Man, "I don't think so." he said with a shake of his head, "I think whatever choice I made, I made because I felt it was the best choice TO make. Some may see it as wrong, others right. But...that's life. Justice isn't black and white, sometimes it's a little gray and you just have to let some things slide; be it a guy who robs a store for a can of food because he can't afford to eat for the week, or a girl who holds a grudge against others because she just wants to be noticed."

"That sounds tedious."

Ben chuckled, "Yeah, that's my life. What about you? You think we made the right choice?"

Kokoa and Ben looked over to see Gin groping Kurumu's boobs followed by Kurumu chasing him around to beat the shit out of him, "I'm pretty sure that sexual harassment is much worse than some stupid pranks."

Ben smiled, "Now you're getting it, kid." Ben began playing a tune before bursting into song, "I don't practice Santeria, I ain't got no crystal ball / I had a million dollars but I'd, I'd spend it all!--"

To be continued...

~Omake~

"Training"

A few weeks earlier...

Kokoa left classes early in order to train with Ben. She had done this by just ditching class because, "Who cares about that shit, this is more important." as she said. Reilly is definitely a weird one, but he seems to know just as much if not more about hand-to-hand combat as big sis. Kokoa smiled as she hurried to the meet up point but stopped when she felt a sharp pain in her leg, "Damn, what is that?" she seethed but continued walking. Eventually Kokoa made it to the clearing where her and Ben would meet at, "Reilly! I'm here, where are you?"

Kokoa groaned and began her training by herself, "Right, remember what Reilly told you." Kokoa began stretching out and felt that sharp pain she experienced earlier. Afterwards she began practicing her punches against a tree. Through mid motion she felt something twist and she about collapsed in pain, "AGH! Son of a bitch!"

"What are you doing?" Kokoa looked up to see Ben hanging from a tree.

"Ugh, Reilly? Where the hell have you been?" Ben dropped down and started rubbing her leg, "Ew, stop you fucking creep!" Kokoa yelled as she jerked her leg back.

Ben chopped down on Kokoa's head, "Shut up, I'm trying to help." Ben went over her leg and nodded, "Yeah, you have strained muscles." Ben grabbed Kokoa and began to princess carry her back to his dorm.

"W-Where are you taking me?" Kokoa asked, a light blush on her face.

"I have some Icy Hot in my dorm. Today we have a new lesson." Ben mentioned.

"Yeah, what'e that?"

"Rule # 21, 'Take a Fucking Break.' If you train every single day without a break you're gonna break something." Kokoa frowned as Ben walked into his dorm and sat her on his bed. Kokoa looked around at the figures that were on shelves as well as the lewd pictures scattered along his desk. "Ignore the porn." Ben mentioned as he walked back with Icy Hot in his hand. Ben handed the Icy Hot to Kokoa, "I'm not gonna rub it on you, you can do that yourself."

"Hmph," Kokoa frowned as she looked around his dorm, "I have no reason to be here. If we aren't training then what's the point?"

Ben chuckled, "You're missing the point. This IS training." Kokoa cocked an eyebrow in confusion, "Sometimes relaxing is the best training you can do. You've never really trained before so your muscles are getting all strained, that's why on days like these you just sit back and relax, then we'll get into the fights again tomorrow." Ben smiled as he pulled out controllers for the Playstation, "In the meantime, what say we beat the shit out of each other in video games." Kokoa squinted but took the controller anyway.

The first match Kokoa was still apprehensive, the second she started getting into it and by the third she was completely entranced. Kokoa looked over at Ben who seemed to be having fun and she herself smiled. Maybe... she blushed, Maybe they this guy is kinda cool.