Editing Kämpfer:Volume 2 Chapter 5 (section)

==Part 4: A New Normal and a Final Shock==
A week later. On Monday morning, it wasn't Kondou Mikoto who visited my house, but Akane. She had something to do at the library on Sunday, so she stopped by to see the first-grade school building.

"It looks like nothing happened,"

she told me.

"Just like Shizuku said, there's no sign of fighting at all."

Shizuku was very true to her word in places like this. I don't know how she managed to clean it, but it's strange just thinking about it.

"How's it going with you, Natsuru-kun?"

"I've tried a few times since then, and I've been able to transform successfully."

I've mastered the timing of my transformations, but I'm not sure what would happen if the other Kämpfers were around.

"He's still practicing his transformations in front of the mirror,"

Seppuku Tiger said, adding more unnecessary words.

"He's transformed into a girl several times, and he nods as he watches. Natsuru is such a narcissist."

I grabbed Seppuku Tiger, threw it in the trash, and covered it with magazines so no one outside could hear what it said.

Then a voice came from the entrance.

"Natsuru —going to school —"

It was Kondou Mikoto. That guy had come to my house again without permission. She forced the door open.

"Are you up —?...Ah, it's Akane, I see you here so often."

"Yes...yes."

Akane's expression twitched a little, but Kondou Mikoto didn't seem to mind.

"I'll make you breakfast, go eat it."

"I've already eaten. Akane made it for me."

She said she felt embarrassed to come empty-handed, so she brought ingredients. Akane's cooking skills were on par with Kondou Mikoto's, and her food was also delicious.

Kondou Mikoto looked surprised, and Akane lowered her head apologetically, muttering, "I'm sorry..."

"Well...never mind, it's easier if someone else makes you breakfast."

"You don't have to come to my house so early anymore. I want to get a good night's sleep."

"Yes, yes, then go ahead,"

she said, nodding several times.

Afterward, the three of us went to school together. Because the school was heavily guarded and had separate gates, we had to separate along the way, but that was okay.

It's a gloomy day today, but it's still better than rain. Since I have one less worry, I can barely tolerate this kind of weather.

"Natsuru..."

It was Kondou Mikoto who spoke.

"You're really popular."

"What? What are you talking about?"

"I said you're really popular with girls."

What the hell are you talking about? Akane also looked confused.

"Although I've known you since childhood, I didn't expect so many girls to like you."

"That's not true."

"Yes, there's a pretty girl who likes you too, the one who's all the rage lately."

You mean... the female version of me? How can this be considered popular? To put it nicely, it's just narcissistic masturbation, but it's really painful not being able to say it out loud.

Kondou Mikoto sighed.

"I thought I was the only one interested in someone like you..."

"Really? Only you could do something as weird as coming to my house every morning to wake me up. Stop coming to my house like you're looking at wild animals in the zoo, okay? Stop treating people like exotic animals."

"...I didn't expect I'd have a new cooking rival."

She glanced at Akane beside her, only to see the less imposing library committee member shrink even further.

"Plus, you keep spouting about Sakura Kaede and Sakura Kaede."

"Isn't it okay?"

Despite all the trouble I've been facing lately, my feelings for Sakura Kaede haven't changed at all. You could say I live for her.

"But it's still the same. Your beloved Sakura Kaede seems to only see you as a friend."

"What's the matter? She'll understand someday."

"But I heard she's attracted to someone lately."

That person is me, the female version.

Right now, Sakura Kaede is completely obsessed with the female version of me and has no interest in the male version at all, but it's okay. I believe things will change eventually. Although Shizuku's tactics left her a little hurt, she seems to have bounced back. Speaking of which,

the idea of the female version of me liking the male version of me is a bit strange when you think about it. The female version of me had been absent from school due to illness, and now it's suddenly reappeared. We have nothing in common with the male version of me. I really hope Sakura Kaede can calm down and think about it. And the same goes for Kondou Mikoto.

As we approached Iron Star Academy High School, the number of students started to increase.

"That Natsuru-san, almost..."

"Goodbye, Peach Blossom Boy."

I said I wasn't a Peach Blossom Boy.

I waved to the two people who were walking towards the gate of the girls' school, but I stopped halfway.

Because a female student was jogging towards me.

The girl turned out to be Sakura Kaede, and she was now walking towards me in a straight line.

Suddenly, she stopped in front of me.

She kept staring at me, and I felt my heartbeat getting faster and faster.

What could it be? A confession? It seemed that there was a similar situation before, but it was different. Akane and Kondou Mikoto were watching, and the other students were also paying attention to us.

She took a deep breath.

"Natsuru-san..."

"Yes... yes."

"That person is mine, and I will never lose to you!"

After saying that, she turned her back to me and left.

It was really terrible.

It must be the worst thing that happened this century.

I was so scared that I couldn't close my mouth, and I stayed there for a long time, unable to move.