Author's Note: Major content warning for this chapter. I made sure to keep it as respectful as possible while keeping my own experiences relevant, I'm sorry if this makes some people uncomfortable, it'll be like this for a few chapters.
The two went to their next stop, the exit from the school building as Mishima should be ready to leave. Akita had to pull on Ryuji to stop him from rampaging through the halls, until they saw Mishima about to exit. "Sic 'em", Akita said as she let go.
Ryuji marched towards the small statured student. "Heeey. Ya gotta sec?"
Mishima turned around, Akita could see he was going through the wringer. "Sakamoto? And... oh. And you too...!?", Mishima looked at Akita like he'd seen a ghost.
"We just wanna talk", Akita reassured the frightened boy. Mishima swallowed, getting a worried look on his face.
"So, we hear you've been getting special 'coaching' from Kamoshida", Ryuji crossed his arms and leaned closer. "Sure it isn't just physical abuse?"
Mishima backed away from Ryuji. "... no."
Ryuji gave a concerned look, Akita was starting to feel bad. "What're you talkin' all polite for?" Ryuji rubbed his neck.
"Didn't you just get spiked in the face by him?" Akita walked forward, wanting to keep everyone in check.
Mishima seemed to grow even worse in-front of the two. "That's because I'm bad at sports..."
"Doesn't explain all those bruises...", Akita figured a kinder tone was better.
Mishima got serious. "Those are from practice...", he nearly yelled at the girl. Ryuji tensed-up, Akita remained calm.
"Ba–" Ryuji almost shot back, but Akita gave him a look of reassurance. "Is he forcing you to keep quiet?"
"That's–", Mishima was interrupted and Akita would have honestly done the same. Kamoshida had come to see what they were talking about, the worst case scenario right now.
"What's going on here", Kamoshida asked while charging in. "Mishima, isn't it time for practice?"
This is just awful... Akita grit her teeth a little.
Mishima seemed unsure of what to say. "I'm not feeling well today..."
Kamoshida smiled his awful smile. "What? Maybe you're better off quitting then. You'll never improve if you don't show up to practice."
Akita had enough of this, Ryuji's eyes bulged a little bit when she walked to Kamoshida. "He said he's not feeling well today."
Kamoshida remained quiet to her. "Well, Mishima? Are you coming to practice or not?"
Mishima gave a small defeated sigh. "... I'll go..."
Kamoshida gave his attention to Akita, her hairs when up. "As for you, any more trouble with you and we'll need to have a private discussion", Kamoshida gave weight to 'private'.
Akita glanced away. "That's not necessary..." She could hear Ryuji whisper some profanities.
"Same goes for you, Sakamoto. Any more issues and I'll make sure you never set a foot in this school again."
"Are you really threatening a student, again", Akita glared at the teacher that towered over her.
Kamoshida scoffed. "Let's go, Mishima", he began to walk away before turning his head to look at Akita. "Shujin Academy is a place for those with aspirations wishing to learn. Come to my office tomorrow, we need to have a chat. Don't worry, I'll make sure to have Kawakami remind you." He gave one last order to Mishima, to come to practice, before leaving.
Akita felt a wave of dread and disgust wash over her, as if her stomach wanted to curl in on itself. "That bastard..."
"He's going to pay..." Ryuji clearly wanted to throw a fistfight in the halls, but knew there wasn't a point to it right now.
"There's no point..." Mishima's defeated tone made Ryuji and Akita turn towards him. "Proving that he's... physically abusing us is pointless. There's no-one that doesn't know. The principal does, our parents... They all know about it, but just decide to keep quiet."
Akita's eyes went wide. "There's no way..."
"Don't be a pain, you have no idea what I'm–", Mishima realized he was speaking to Akita, it was clear as day. "... sorry. I don't know if there's a way to stop him", Mishima's words made Akita want to punch him. He turned to Ryuji, "You of all people should know, there's no point."
"...!" He grit his teeth and gripped his hands, Akita was worried he might brake something and Mishima just ran-off. "Dammit..."
Akita thought about what Kamoshida talked about, it made her blood run cold. "What now?"
Ryuji clearly picked-up on why she was concerned. "I... I'll try to get some of the other guys to talk. That's... all I can promise..."
Ryuji and Akita split off after school, neither talking much or at least Akita didn't speak. Ryuji was trying to get some small talk out, but she was just overwhelmed with her powerlessness in the face of what Kamoshida might do. She considered actually assaulting someone, but that flew out the window. She considered Sojiro, but he didn't seem like the kind of person with anything to solve the situation. In the end she decided to write down on her diary.
13/4/20XX
Went to school, we had a volleyball rally
Ryuji was there, but Kamoshida made everything awful
Not sure how to handle him tomorrow, we'll be having a private chat. Worried
Akita almost started undressing, leaving her in her opened shirt when her phone rang. It was a message from Ryuji, she took a breath, she didn't know why, but he made her feel at least a littel bit safer.
[R]
This doesn't make sense
The principal and parents know
Why aren't they doing anything!?
[A]
Probaby because of volleyball
[R]
Can't be the only reason
just because he made Shujin's team famous
That shouldn't give him any right to do what he does.
!
He's beating up kids
That's beyond mess-up
and his loyal follower doesn't give a shit
[A]
?
What follower?
[R]
Ann Takamaki
he's always talking to her
she's defends him
you met her at the courtyard, right
?
[A]
And before school
And in the hallway
but yeah
and she's in my class.
[R]
Changing subject
I can't let this end like this
you shouldn't have to deal with that pervert
!
I'll keep looking for someone willing to talk
So don't worry
I'll figure something out
I'll find someone willing to help
stay safe
[A]
thanks
Good night Ryuji
[R]
Gn
Akita took a deep breath before laying on her bed, she continued to change her clothes before rolling up in her bed sheets. Deep down, she hoped today was just a bad dream.
14/2/20XX, the next day...
Akita was walking to school, trying to keep her mind off things.
"You see Mr. Kamoshida yesterday? He was so cool, the way he sent those balls flying", the girl excitedly turned to her frined. "I think I'm going to ask for his autograph today."
Her friend gave a sceptic look. "I don't know. I heard he's meeting with the transfer student today, she might get jealous."
Goddammit...
"No way, why can't she just leave him alone!?"
"Yeah, just don't go after school. Some people say you can hear weird sounds like screaming there."
"Well I hope Mr. Kamoshida stays safe..."
Akita finally reached her classroom, where Kawakami gave her the notification of her meeting with Kamoshida with a sad expression. She clearly knows...
BRRR
Akita looked to see another message from Ryuji.
[R]
About witnesses...
I think we should ask Takamaki
You two do seem to at least be on a good wavelength
[A]
because she knows kamoshida
[R]
No
Because she's BFF with a starter
I tried to talk with her on break, but no luck
You're both girls so I thought you could give it a shot
[A]
wonderful
?
hey
ryuji
hello
Looks like he's busy... Akita quickly put away her phone to not be found out in class. She was happy that at least Kamoshida didn't personally come to make more rumors, she was glad she could go and find Ann's friend. ... Shiho... that's it.
Walking through the halls, she made her way towards the courtyard entrance. Shiho was there, quietly and dreadfully looking at her phone. She gave a small sigh, before Akita got closer. "... what?" She looked over at the girl who looked at her with a small hint of concern. "Oh... I'm in the way, aren't I... sorry."
"Are you hurt, those bruises look pretty bad..."
The girl got defensive, covering some of the bruises on her arm. "Uh... wel...", she gave a look at Akita. "Oh, you're the girl from before. The transfer student from class 2D, right?" Akita acknowledged nodded, Shiho made a dreary expression. "This might not be any of my business, but don't let the rumors get to you..."
"No worries, I mostly don't care about them", Akita tried to sound cheerful, but everyone has been talking about her and Sakamoto and Kamoshida.
Shiho clearly had her doubts of what Akita said. "I'm glad to hear that", Shiho turned towards Akita. "My best friend is often misunderstood too, all because of her looks", Shiho's face became pained. "Sorry, didn't mean to drag on like that. Anyway, I have to go to... practice. I'll see you around."
"Alright, take care...", Akita couldn't get her voice much more energetic, it was just a horrible situation overall. Seeing the girl's face only made things harder.
"... thanks." Shiho left quietly after that. Akita decided to meet-up with Ryuji in the courtyard benches. When she arrived, she saw Ryuji being frustrated and she decided to sit down behind him.
With Akita ready, Ryuji began talking. "Dammit! What the hell..."
She sighed. "What?"
"I don't know... All those guys kept saying the same shit Mishima was talking", Ryuji slammed the vending machine placed next to them and Akita grabbed a can that ended-up dropping before sitting down again. "Kamoshida had to have told them something!" Akita let Ryuji continue, it would be good for him to let out his frustrations, but realised it might not be that bad. "At this rate... it looks like we'll have to go to him directly."
"Well, I have a meeting with him today. Kawakami mentioned I have until school's over, so right about now."
Ryuji clenched his mouth. "No way, you can't just go."
"Don't worry, I'll figure something out. We can still talk to him later, at least I... might have an in?" Akita was almost ready to throw-up from anxiety.
"... there's gotta be something else..."
"How about that shadow?"
Ryuji had a light-bulb in his head. "You mean the one in the other world? But how would that even work..."
"I don't know, but I need to go to the meeting soon–"
"I finally found you two", Akita and Ryuji stopped in their tracks and tried to figure out if they were going insane.
"Did you say something", Ryuji asked.
"No, I don't think–" Akita was interrupted by a black cat jumping on the table.
"You thought you could get away with NOT paying me back for helping you two."
"Is that you, Morana", Ryuji seemed to be ready to kick the table.
"It's MORGANA", the cat was talking. "And how dare you up and leave me the other day."
"The cat is talking, Akita."
"I am not a CAT. This is just what happened when I came to this world", the cat talked while Akita decided to sit down. It was a whiplash of feelings after thinking about the meeting with Kamoshida. "It was a lot of effort finding you two."
"Wait, you came to our world", Ryuji gasped. "Does that mean you've a tiny phone!?"
Akita almost laughed. The cat sat and started cleaning itself. "You don't need a phone at my level, though I did get lost making my escape."
"That aside, HOW CAN YOU TALK. You're a cat!"
"How should I know!?"
Ryuji turned to look at the relaxed Akita, bent over and sitting on the bench to get on eye-level with Morgana. "You hearin' this too?"
"Meow~" Akita made him blush.
"THIS IS NO TIME TO BE JOKING AROUND!"
"You two are having a rough time of this, hm?" The cat kept licking themselves. "I heard you talking something about going to the castle?"
"Shudup'."
"Y'know, I could tell you a thing or two about how to handle that... but you did have a great idea with the castle invasion plan", Morgana looked over at Akita before jumping to her lap.
"Whoa dude!"
Akita calmed Ryuji down. "He's a cat, relax..."
"Well he's definitely Morgana with that condescending attitude..."
"You were still doubting me!?"
Ryuji almost choked. "Q-quiet down..."
Two members of the disciplinary committee could be heard talking about a cat running around, before mentioning hearing a cat meow just then. It became clear only the two could hear Morgana talk.
"About what you were talking about earlier...", Morgana was cut off by Akita lifting him up. "Hey!"
"Look, you two keep talking, but I really need to go to that meeting", she handed Morgana over to Ryuji. "He should be small enough to fit in a bad, talk with him and tell me the details later..."
"You got it...", the two passed over Morgana from Akita to Ryuji. "Stay safe..."
"Thanks", Akita walked off and into the school building. Walking past the empty halls made a pit in her stomach as she encroached on the hall with the PE office, Kamoshida's office. She took a few cold breaths, her fingers growing cold from the wait. She knocked on the door and heard Kamoshida tell her to come inside.
"Ah, Kurusu... I've been expecting you", he got up. "Sit down..."
She bit her cheeks. "I think I'd rather stand, I need to go home soon..."
Kamoshida sighed. "That's too bad, alright..." He walked behind her and locked the door, making Akita want to collapse on the ground. Kamoshida walked over to his seat and started talking. "Kurusu... you need to understand that you are in a very difficult situation."
"How come?"
"Well to be honest, people have been spreading rumors. It's awful when people talk about things that aren't true, like being in a relationship with someone you haven't been with."
"I know."
"Yes. But to stop those rumors, we need to do something about your attitude."
"What about it?"
"Simply put, I think we need to spend some time getting to know each-other..." Kamoshida got up, Akita gripped her body tight, crossing her hand over her chest to hold her hand from slapping him. He got closer and closer with each step, getting behind her, he placed his hands on her shoulders. "So relax, this'll be over quick", he began massaging her shoulders. She would have to lie to say it didn't relax her shoulders nicely, but then again that happens when someone rubs your shoulders. She could feel his warm breath on her ears as he got closer, his sweaty skin rubbing her neck as her braided hair was moved out of the way. She felt her legs being spread slightly as he squeezed his body against her's. "Why don't we have some fun together...", his hands creeped down to her waist.
"I... I don't think that's a good idea... today...", she remembered how she was arrested. That feeling welled-up in her, this is what she wanted to stop the man from doing. "You don't want to be caught... right?"
"That's a good girl...", his voice made her sick as his hand moved up along her stomach, moving her shirt and blazer out of the way for skin-to-skin contact. "Y'know, there might be a free spot during the weekends. How about we have fun then..." She felt him turn her face towards him while pulling her shirt wide, he was breaking it to hold her face.
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Akita made her way back towards Leblanc after cleaning her face and adjusting her clothes. She made her way through the train system, trying to not taste anything. She went to the bathroom and cleaned her mouth for a while. She made her way to the lobby, before seeing Ann talking to someone on the phone.
"Will you give it a rest, I said I'm not feeling up to it... ... That's not what you promised! And you call yourself a teacher!?" Akita could hear Kamoshida yell from the phone, she wanted to throw-up. "This has nothing to do with Shiho!" The phone cut-off and Ann had a shocked look on her face, before it turned to dread. "Shiho's... starting position..." Akita walked closer, giving the girl space. Ann looked up and backed away. "Wait, were you listening...!?"
"Sorry...", Akita tried adjusting her braided hair, but her hand flinched when touching her neck. "I didn't... want to..."
"Haven't you heard of privacy!?" Ann took a step at Akita, who in-turn just stared.
"He's awful, isn't he?"
Ann looked her in the eyes, before realizing. "Oh god... I'm sorry, I was out of line too..." She fiddled with her hair. "So... how much did you hear?"
"You mentioned Shiho Suzui...", Akita's voice was starting to crack. "He's a piece of shit..."
Ann was in disbelief. "Hey... you wanna go grab something to eat?"
"That would be great...", Akita was hungry and she would rather fill her stomach with something else. As they were walking, Akita took a quick bathroom break again, deciding to sit in the stalls for a good minute.
DING
She looked at her phone.
[R]
Hey
did it go well
The last message was deleted quickly.
[A]
hey
it went well
i think we should go ahead with the plan
[R]
Figures you probably know a part
but you should know
he might die from what we are planning
[A]
what's the plan?
[R]
invade the palace
take his treasure
his desires made into a thing
and the palace goes away
then he loses his desire
though morgana said he might need that those to survive
but im concerned
If we do that
[A]
we wouldnt be any different from kamoshida
wed do whatever we wanted because we wanted to hurt others
[R]
yeah
[A]
im sorry
taking a break
[R]
Alright
Akita put her phone away, looking up at the ceiling in emptiness. She then put her phone in her bag, let the bidet clean her before joining up with Ann to go eat. Ann didn't ask much until they reached Big Bang Burger.