Ayanokouji POV
It was around the end of class that I decided to meet with the Ayanokouji Group to discuss if there is anything going on in Class C. Kushida has been quiet for some time, but I heard from the girls back at the camp that Horikita has been trying to cooperate with Kushida but refused. I know that Daigo is trying to expel me by using Ryuen again, but he also adds Nagumo to the mix in order to make it difficult but they're not my main concern. Daigo is obviously up to something, but I'm still wondering why would he meet me by the end of the 1st year at the rooftop? If he wants to finish the fight we started, then I'll finish him there.
Just as I arrived at Class C's room, I noticed that Sakayanagi is currently conversing with Yamauchi. This is strange, but either way I eavesdropped on their conversation. Sakayanagi looks like she's flirting with Yamauchi. I don't buy anything on what she's doing. This is too unusual for Sakayanagi to do so especially if it's Yamauchi. They both left together as I can see the Ayanokouji Group and walked towards them.
"Hey Kiyopon" Haruka greeted me
"What's going on there?" I asked
"I don't know but Sakayanagi just waltzed into our room and talked to Yamauchi." Keisei replied
"This is a bit fishy. I don't think someone from Class A would've taken an interest in someone like him." Akito said
"Yeah, what does she want with him anyway?" Haruka asked
"Who knows but I'll have someone from Class S look into it" I said
After all that we all headed to the cafe and discussed about what is Sakayanagi up to. We ordered coffee and find ourselves a seat.
"So, what do you think is Sakayanagi planning? I think she's faking the fact that she's interested in Yamauchi" Haruka said
"That is true, she's likely faking it. I don't trust her" I said
"Oh, Kiyopon have you heard?"
"What?"
"Hirata-kun and Karuizawa-san just recently broke up" she said
"Really?"
"Yeah, I'm surprised that she would dump someone as popular as him. But I guess it can't be helped" Keisei said
"Also, I heard from the girls that Mii-chan has a crush on Hirata" Haruka said. To be honest I'd care less about topics like this, but I've heard way too many love stories from Kaguya and Miyuki that it almost bored me to death, but I try to ignore it.
"Anyways, I think we should talk about the year-end final exams that will be happening soon. Kiyotaka, I'm sure your class has this covered?" Keisei said
"Don't worry about that. We can manage" I replied
Our conversation abruptly ends when I received a phone call, and it was from Houtarou of all people
"Kiyotaka, I think you need to see this. Get to where I am immediately" he said
"What's going on?" I asked
"A fight is about to break out"
"I'll be on my way" I said as I began leaving
"Kiyopon what's going on? and what fight?" Haruka asked with a worried tone
"Don't worry it won't take long" I replied
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I arrived to where Houtarou is as he was waiting for me, and we both noticed that Kanzaki from Class B and Hashimoto from Class A are arguing with each other.
"Stop spreading these rumors! are you trying to destroy Ichinose's reputation?!" Kanzaki shouted
"Yeah, so what if I did? who knows they might actually be true." Hashimoto said as Kanzaki got closer to him
"Listen, I told Ichinose that she shouldn't be worrying about these things" Kanzaki said
"Ohh? so, you're saying that she's not denying that she actually did these things?" Hashimoto asked
"Yes, of course I'm the one who spread these rumors but I'm not the source." He added
"Rumors huh?" I spoke
"Looks like something is going on with Ichinose but what could it be?" Houtarou said trying to think of any possibilities
"Who knows but I have a hunch that Sakayanagi could be the source. I heard that she is quite close with Ichinose so that could likely be her" I said
"I see"
"Houtarou, I have a favor to ask you"
"Hmm? what is it"
"I want you to check on Sakayanagi, see what she's been up to" I said
"Are you sure you want me to do the job? why not have Yuuichi do your dirty work like before?" He said, you really are still conserving that energy of yours.
"Yuuichi isn't available right now, so you're pretty much my other option. Besides you haven't been doing much as of late, so I trust you to help me"
Houtarou was relectant at first. To be honest he's quite simple for someone to be an elite of the school and he seems too lazy to even do anything but when he does something. He does it well especially if it's analyzing real world problems.
"*sigh* fine I'll do it, but you owe me some points for making me do this" he said
Both Kanzaki and Hashimoto already left the area as I saw Akito suddenly arrived.
"What's going on there?" he asked
"Nothing much, Kanzaki and Hashimoto had an argument that's all" I replied
"I see, hey who's your friend there?" Akito asked as he was pointing at Houtarou
"Him? his name is Oreki Houtarou from Class S"
"Ohh I see nice to meet you"
"Whatever" Houtarou said
"Hold on you followed us here?" Houtarou added
"Yeah, I thought a fight was going to break out, so Haruka told me to keep an eye on you in case if anything bad happens to you" Akito explained. Why would Haruka be worried about me and send him to look out for me? is she my mother or something?
"Hold on, I never actually asked you this before but, you were a delinquent yourself, aren't you?" I asked
"Okay, I guess I don't need to hide that from you. Yes, I was and actually I grew up in the same neighborhood as Ryuen." he explained
"Wait, Ryuen?" Houtarou asked
"Yeah, it's not an interesting story but I can tell you guys some other time" he said as he left the area.
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Kaguya POV
I'm currently walking with Light-kun and Ryuzaki-kun. Miyuki-kun is not with me right now since he's actually going to apply for the student council today. So that's why I joined up with these two.
"So, Miyuki is going to apply for the student council?" Light-kun asked
"That's right" I replied
"If I recall, he was a former student council president from your previous school is that correct?" Ryuzaki-kun asked
"Yes, and I was also a member as well as its vice president" I said
"What about you Light-kun? given that you have a great sense of justice. You could've applied as well" I added
"I wish I could, but I think it would be better for you to join him" Light-kun said
"I agree, you both do possess great leadership skills, so I trust the both of you in that" Ryuzaki-kun said
"Wait, are you sure?" I asked
"Yeah, you two seem to have more experience being in the student council plus I think someone should keep an eye on Miyuki after all given that he has to deal with Nagumo"
"What do you mean Light-kun" I asked
"Nagumo isn't an easy person to read for Miyuki, so I think it's best that you help him. It's better to have more people dealing with multiple threats at the same time." Ryuzaki-kun explained
"hmm., I see"
Just as we continue our walk back to the dorms, we encounter Hikigaya just standing there as he noticed us.
"Shinomiya" he said
"What do you want from us?" I asked
"Have you heard the rumors? your friend Ichinose is in trouble." Hikigaya said
"If it's about the rumors then yes I've heard" I replied
"Good, are you planning to save her?' he asked
"What about you?" I asked
"I'm not interested, besides it's her own problem to deal with" Hikigaya said
"Besides since you're her friend, then do it yourself" man he gets under my skin sometimes. He's just so hard to read but I did agree with him that I should talk to Ichinose-san about what's going on. I decided to call her on my phone and ask if I could have a meeting with her and if I could bring company. Ichinose-san agreed, and we went to her room.
We arrived at Ichinose-san's room as we began discussing these rumors that we've been hearing.
"So, what's these rumors about Ichinose-san?" I asked
"Well from what I got from Kanzaki-kun, Sakayanagi-san must be behind this" she said
"Sakayanagi? Why would she do that?" Light-kun asked
"The real question is, how did she know about it?" Ryuzaki-kun asked
"Huh? what do you mean?" Ichinose-san asked
"I've already heard about these rumors and decided to dive into it a bit"
"It seems you've been hiding something right, Ms. Ichinose?" he added
"Well I..."
"If these rumors aren't true then just deny it" I said
"I think it's better to keep things for ourselves" she said
"Are you sure? these rumors aren't going to stop anytime soon until you tell us."
"Please, I think you shouldn't interfere Light-kun. Really, I mean it"
"Don't worry just tell us what you're hiding, and we will only keep it to ourselves" Are you sure we should be prying into her private business? I don't feel comfortable about this.
"It's best that you can tell us, you trust us, right?" Ryuzaki-kun asked
"I do but I really don't want to drag all of you into this"
"I said don't worry, our lips will be sealed once we leave this room. Ryuzaki and I will handle things from here" Light-kun said
Ichinose-san was reluctant but eventually gave in and she told us everything.
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Ayanokouji POV
Its late at night, I was about to get ready for bed until my phone rang. I decided to pick it up and to my surprise it was Daigo.
"You picked up, good" he said
"What do you want Haru?" I asked
"hehe, you do remember that we'll have our little confrontation soon"
"Yeah, I remember" I said
"Good, I hope you survive the next few months before the 2nd year starts because I'm going to put an end to you soon enough" he said
"Pitting Nagumo and Ryuen against me and Class S is a waste of time, you're the only conceivable threat here" I said
"I know but I want to see the Masterpiece in action again. When we meet, I want to see the demon that I've witnessed before. The one who almost suffocated me to death all because I killed your butler and his son" he really is pissing me off, but I have to stay composed. 1
"If you want a war, I'll bring it to you"
"Hahaha, as expected of the Masterpiece. I'll wait for you. Ayanokouji Kiyotaka" he said before hanging up.
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4 days later
It's been four days and the rumors about Ichinose continue to run rampant. So far nothing much has been going on. Houtarou is still checking out what Sakayanagi is doing, and he told me that she's hanging out with Yamauchi. I knew that something was up, I told him to keep up the good work.
I arrived at the lobby when I noticed a cluster of people. Great something must be going on. I pushed through and noticed that there was a letter in my mailbox. This is odd, but I opened it reads "Ichinose is a criminal". Light and Ryuzaki are apparently already at the scene and waited for me to arrive.
"You saw it too, right?" Light asked
"Yes" I replied
"Don't worry, Light and I already talked to Ichinose, and it seems that one of those rumors might be true so we both decided to look into it further" I knew there was something going on, but it seems that Light and Ryuzaki are already on top of that.
I headed towards my room as Kamuro is next to me. Looks like she was following me the entire time when I got here but since she's working with Sakayanagi, I should be able to gather some info from her. We arrived at my room, and she started talking
"You believe any of this? Is Ichinose really a criminal?" she asked
"Who knows" I replied
"Well, I'm just here to talk. But Sakayanagi and Togami aren't aware of it."
"So, none of them sent you?" I asked
"That's right' she replied
"I overheard that Light and Ryuzaki seems to be aware what's going on with her. So, I don't mind exposing her soon"
Exposing her? so, Ichinose is hiding something just as Light and Ryuzaki said.
"I'd like to ask you something"
"hmm?"
"Why would you work for Sakayanagi in the first place and given how there's two people in power with Togami being on her side. Don't you think it's a bit of a hassle for you?"
"Well, it is but it's not my decision to work for her or Togami."
"You see I once stole beer from a classmate back on the first week of school and..."
*flashback*
Kamuro POV
After visiting the convenient store, beer in hand. I was called out by someone, and it was that rich boy Togami Byakuya
"Quite shameful of you to steal from others don't you think?" he asked
"Why do you care?"
"Fufufu, you think I didn't notice?" ohh great, she saw what I did
"What do you want Sakayanagi?" I asked
"I saw you steal beer from a classmate of ours. Do you drink or are you just bored?" she asked
"That's none of your business" I replied
"Then how about you work for us? given how you don't seem to find any excitement in a school like this then join us" Togami said
"That's right, you might just lose that boredom of yours if you side with us plus don't worry, I won't report you to the school" she added
*Flashback end*
"All that because you stole someone's beer?"
"Yes, but I think I should talk about Ichinose now" she said
"You see, Ichinose actually used to be a shoplifter"
"Shoplifter? so you're saying she stole things before?" I asked
"That's what shoplifting means obviously, but I want you to help her" Wait what?
"How do I know you're not lying?"
"Well because I personally talked to her myself" she replied
"I see"
"Besides, you already noticed that I was holding cold beer the entire time so it's already enough proof" Kamuro said
"Anyways I'll leave now, and make sure you save her or have someone from Class S like Shinomiya since Sakayanagi told me that she's pretty good friends with her" she said before closing the door behind her.
I was left alone in my room until I got an unexpected phone call, and it was from Horikita Manabu.
"What do you want?"
"Kushida just recently asked Nagumo about planning to expel Suzune" he said
"Your sister? why does that concern me?"
"It wouldn't but Kushida also name dropped you and even someone named Katagiri Yuuichi, I'm assuming he's also from Class S" Horikita-senpai said
"Very well." Looks like Daigo's plan seems to be working. Daigo must've manipulated Kushida again and probably made her ask Nagumo to help her not just expel Horikita but even me and Yuuichi. But I still have the only recording of her exposing her true nature so I'm not too worried.