OreShura: Volume 4 Chapter 0

Chapter 0 Announcement of the Disciplinary Committee is Mayhem

The atmosphere stormed with charisma.

"Come on, let's start club activities!"

Fuyuumi Ai stood in front of the whiteboard, and pointed at us.

She seemed to have very arrogant look.

Today was August 2nd, which was also the dark day that ruptured our summer vacation paradise—｢The First Day of School｣. After classes, we in ｢Jien-Otsu｣ gathered in the club room for the first time in a long while, but--

"Um...... Fuyuumi?"

Chiwa whispered quietly, her right cheek twitching slightly.

"What, Harusaki Chiwa?"

"Why are you acting so full of yourself?!"

Fuyuumi helplessly tilted her head and said:

"The person who worked to saved your club from being shut-down was me, hm? "

"The person who pushed our club to the brink of being shut-down was also you!"

When our club was considered a ｢menace to school discipline｣, the person who led the movement to shut down Jien-Otsu was ｢demon disciplinary committee｣ Fuyuumi Ai, herself. But after a lot of chaos, Fuyuumi joined ｢Jien-Otsu｣ while taking the role of ｢coach｣. She was still serving as disciplinary committee member, and she still wore the discipline armband.

"Since I have joined this club, I hereby prohibit all strange community activities. Please prepare for a transition to sensible, pure, and beautiful high school activities.

"Huhuhu...... she's obviously just a rookie."

"Talking back to the coat is also prohibited, general member!"

"Obviously just a rookie, obviously just a rookie—!"

"Chihuahua, can you not make Master angry?"

Hime, who stood next to her, stroked Chiwa on the back as Chiwa knashed her teeth.

"Master is a love expert, and she'll certainly guide us to becoming ｢popular｣.

Hime's shining eyes looked at Fuyuumi, her gaze full of admiration. To go as far as to call her Master, she must have wholeheartedly worshiped Fuyuumi.

Fuyuumi beamed with joy, nodded satisfactorily and said:

"It seems you're quite promising, Akishino-san."

"You can call me Hime."

"Hime, I will guide you to become pure and proper maiden."

"I am happy, Master."

Hime let Fuyuumi rub her head, and she shrugged like she was being tickled. Was this... the birth of the master-student relationship between a disciplinary committee member and a Chuunibyou?

"As president, I also very warmly welcome this increase in club membership."

Masuzu sat on the opposite side of the table as Chiwa, sipping a hot cup of green tea as she spoke.

"With regards to the goal of becoming popular, I think Fuyuumi-san will be an excellent coach. After all, Fuyuumi-san has a rich handsome boyfriend who attends a private university in Tokyo."

Fuyuumi's expression turned morose when she heard this.

"Handsome boyfriend? What do you mean?"

"Didn't you show off to us a few days ago the sweet feelings you have for your boyfriend?"

"......Ah, right! You mean Mitterand."

"It's Michel, right?"

"Y-yes, Michel!"

I really did see Fuyuumi's cheek twitch.

The college boyfriend ｢Michel｣ this girl talked about was actually a total lie. He was an imaginary boyfriend.

The time when Fuyuumi and Chiwa were desperately quarreling, she was forced by the circumstances to blurt out a lie. But since then, she's been continuously stretching the story.

"R-right! After all, my ｢Love Experiences｣ are completely different than yours. Whether it's cuteness or womanliness, I have the upper hand!"

"Mmm, you're so incredible. Please teach your juniors, Harusaki-san and Akishino-san these skills."

Masuzu smiled sweetly--but since I sat next to her, I could see that the surface of her arms uncovered by her short sleeves were full of goose bumps.

After all, Masuzu was ｢Anti-love｣, just like me.

So what about popularity or womanliness? Her heart should be very resistant to this kind of frivolous vocabulary, so much so she could even hold back from saying her feelings. She really was something.

"Well, you can teach us...... the right way to confess to the people we like."

Chiwa stole a glance at my face. Stop looking at me.

"I also want to see. I want to study Master's ways."

Hime also gazed steadily at me. Really, stop looking at me!

Fuyuumi shook her head sharply and said:

"The idea of confessing to the boy yourself was wrong in the first place. As young maidens, we need to make the boy confess to us!"

The Spring, Summer, and Autumn trio all exclaimed, ｢Oh｣!

"So to speak, Michel also confessed to you, right?"

"To be confessed by a college student, Master is cool."

"I hope you can tell us how to behave and be mentally prepared during a confession."

Masuzu was probably the number one most confessed-to person in the school, but she even said this. It clearly made Fuyuumi very anxious.

"Even if you say it l-like that, you can only be resourceful. Y-you need to act suitably according to the situation?"

"I understand now."

Thus, Masuzu turned towards me and said:

"Eita-kun, can you confess to Fuyuumi-san right now?"

"Eh?"

"Because I want to give Fuyuumi-san the opportunity to demonstrate the proper behavior of a maiden when being confessed to.

This Masuzu really gave me so much trouble.

Fuyuumi hugged her arms close:

"Hey, Kidou-kun is going to confess to me? Don't joke. I have the right to select the person who confesses to me, right?"

"But why do you look like you're so delighted?"

"H-how could that be!? You must be seeing things!"

However, unfortunately! The disciplinary member's mouth had already turned soft!

Since I couldn't disobey the order of the president, I began to act out my ｢confession scene｣.

"W-Well, let's start then."

"Okay, come on!"

Fuyuumi placed her hands on her hips, and posed with a seriously earnest arrogant expression.

............

"What is it, Kidou-kun? If you stay silent, you won't be able to confess."

"I know."

Because I've never confessed to anyone before.

Whatever, I'll just do it casually.

"Fuyuumi Ai-san, I actually really like you!"

"Hmph, I know."

"I like you—will you go out with me—?"

"Sorry, but I've never regarded you as a man. Can we just be friends?"

"I understand—I give up——"

"You can't give up now."

"Eh!"

Fuyuumi pointed at the dazed me and said:

"If you give up, this chance for love will end. You need to have your love and feelings for me explode!"

……Such un-unreasonable demands......

"But, if you look at the circumstances, wasn't I already rejected?"

"That's obvious, right? I'm not the kind of girl you can pursue so easily."

"Then I might as well give up."

"How can you confess without enthusiasm!? You need to attack with even more ferocity, and then I'll refuse you even more ferociously. A confession is just like that."

I don't want to—go through that kind of trouble—

I turned around to see if the other three would help me, but—

"Ei-kun really doesn't have guts! He's been rebuked to this extent, and he wants to run away?"

"This person who is the Warrior of the Holy Dragon Race, I am very ashamed. "

"Such a worthless man, we might as well break up."

I was isolated, and I couldn't find even half a companion. It was too much, too much.

Just as I was at the end of my rope, Masuzu started to rummage through her bag.

"In this kind of situation, it's better to let this take the stage."

In a very familiar development, Masuzu took out by ｢Eighth Grade Notebook｣.

"That's a really old notebook. What is it?"

"This was the diary my ｢first love｣ left for me. The secrets of how to attract the opposite sex and how to be an attractive person are recorded inside."

"You mean it's a notebook on how to be popular? Sounds kind of interesting."

It seemed like even Fuyuumi's interest was perked, and she looked as if she wanted to try it out.

Masuzu's shoulder leaned close on mine as she opened the notebook and said:

"Please try this out: ｢Super Explosive Strength ☆ 100% Concentrated Collection of Pick-up Lines｣♪"

"Ah? Don't joke around. Go try it yourself, you poisonous tongue bitch."

"Fuyuumi-san—let me correct myself, this notebook is actually Eita-kun's—"

"I'l do ittttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttt Masuzu-sa—n!"

Well, it wasn't a big deal. I'll just do it. That being the case, I'll give it my all!

With a 180 degree change in attitude, my hands firmly grabbed Fuyuumi's shoulders.

"W-what's with you all of a sudden? E-Even if you use force to convince me, it's useless!"

Fuyuumi's cheeks were blushing a little, and I stared into her eyes and spoke:

"｢Although I'm just acting for myself, I will make you so infatuated with myself｣."

"........................Ah?"

Fuyuumi gave this surprised cry from the bottom of her heart.

And I regretted this from the bottom of my heart. I wanted to die, and die worthlessly.

"Why are you saying such embarrassing lines? Are you stupid?"

—So annoying! I'm the one who feels embarrassed!

While I was crying in my heart, the next bullet fired.

"｢What you're looking for is not words, but an Excalibur-class (EXCALIBUR) KISS.｣"

"Are you all right? Do you need to go to the hospital?"

I truly made on worry.

Although I wanted to immediately go home, burry my face in a pillow, and kick my feet, if I stopped here it would be even more embarrassing. I could only see it to the end!

"｢Be careful. People call my KISS the Wind Slash｣'."

"......Um, Kidou-kun?"

"Wind Slash! Wind Slash Wind Slash!"

"When other people are talking, can you listen!?"

"W-Wind————Slash————!"

Huff, this is all I can bear!

Although I felt like I lost something very important, but I tried my best to finish it.

Would Fuyuumi never look at me again? But Masuzu should be able to accept—

Just as I was thinking this, Fuyuumi's wrinkled eyebrows suddenly glazed over into eyes looking afar.

"｢Just rely on this kind of KISS. There's no carrier that my lips can't break through.｣"

"……Carrier?"

"B-Barrier!"

"So it was a barrier—"

Fuyuumi was a really interesting person.

I didn't actually think she would go along with my ｢Eighth Grade Confession｣.

But then again, she was the owner of that ｢Delusional Notebook｣, so maybe she already had this kind of behavior.

Well, if that's the case, then I'll turn up the notch a bit.

"｢Your universe has become caught in the color of me. Me-ER. Me-EST ｣."

Wuuuuhhhhhhhhh—

I really want to die—

I didn't understand what I was saying anymore.

Why would I want to die from making a love confession?

Anyway, by did I always try adding superlatives to nouns back then? This was ever since in eighth grade, my English teacher asked: ｢What is the past tense of 'IS'?｣ And I answered, ｢ISED｣. It was my greatest humiliation ever.

I thought that Fuyuumi would be astonished to the extreme this time—but I didn't expect her to be stifling her mouth, looking down.

Did this mean she was happy? Because of this kind of confession?

"Even if you're words are so flow-flowery and cool, it's not good enough!"

......

This is cool? Me-ER?

I didn't understand how this was different from the first two things I said. Even though I wrote it myself, I still didn't understand.

It's okay? Then I'll keep going then!

I leaned close to the ears of my prey:

"｢When did you find out? That my charm is a social phenomenon?｣"

"Ah......"

Fuyuumi lowered her head and shook, her long hair swaying like waves.

Her eyes began to get moist, and she turned them towards me and said:

"F-For something that inappropriate I'll have to get angry?! You look down on disciplinary committee members too much!"

"｢If it were me, I could press out something even more pure than POM-JUICE. 120% of your juice.｣"

"Hwuahh……"

Fuyuumi's beautifully hair once again began to shake like waves. This time, they were even bigger than the last.

Fuyuumi dumbly faced the three people who had watched the entire development:

"L-L-L-L-Look carefully. If a stupid guy like this tries to flirt with you, you can't let him affect you no matter what."

I continued to pursue this disciplinary committee member who was trying to be brave:

"｢The more you struggle, the more the Beast (BEAST) within me will awaken with ferocity!'｣"

"Enough! You're lying! Lie, lie, it's absolutely a lie!"

"｢Even if I'm lying, it's entirely because of your pheromones!｣"

"............Ah............"

Fuyuumi's eyes suddenly sank.

She was like a small kindergarten child stumbling forward with small steps, as she grabbed my shirt:

"If-if you say so…… t-th-then I'll go out with you……?"

Yes! I got her!

I caught her—

......Strange? What was my goal in the first place?

While I was was thinking about my original purpose, Fuyuumi happily hooked my arm.

"Because of this, I'll start going out with Ta-kun! Ai-chan epic win! ♪"

The Japanese-style pancake in Chiwa's hands gave a ｢crackle｣ sound, as then crushed and scattered.

"What—is going on—with this?!"

Masuzu revealed a hidden ｢something｣ smile, tilted her head and said:

"I don't understand what you mean?"

But Hime had an expression like she was about to cry:

"Master betrayed? Really really? Betrayed?"

In my heart, I wondered ｢how she would explain herself｣ as I looked at Fuyuumi, but I instead found her with a face red like a tomato and her lips soft.

But she still clung to my arms as she said:

"｢If you like them, then you can't help it｣. That is the principle of love! It doesn't matter if it's the childhood friend, girlfriend, or ex-girlfriend. If you're not careful, he'll be snatched away. Remember that well!"

"No kidding! That being said, you're too easy to deal with. You were so easily won over by Ei-kun!"

"I-I wasn't won over! Ai-chan just pitied him, so I agreed!"

Her arrogant attitude hadn't fallen at all this entire time, so it was probably something admirable about her?

In short, it looked like she was out of control, so I whispered to her:

"Hey, Ai-chan."

"What is it, Ta-kun? Y-You want to seal it?"

"No. This isn't good for you, right? You have a boyfriend (Michel)."

Ai-chan immediately took some small steps and said:

"If-If I can go out with Ta-kun, then I'll break up with him!"

Oh that was cute. Really cute.

But if we acted on impulse, mayhem would be waiting in front of me, so:

"But earlier didn't you proclaim in front of everyone that ｢immoral activities with the opposite sex are prohibited｣?"

"Y-yes that's true."

"And as a disciplinary committee member and the coach of the young maiden's club, wouldn't you be setting a bad example? You should also think about the other disciplinary committee members who believe in you so much."

"......Ah, that's true. Rules and trust can't be trampled over."

Ai-chan's hazy eyes finally rediscovered the rational light.

It seemed like she was restored to the normal ｢Fuyuumi Ai｣. Her mood could turn hot and cold and easily. It was really easy to understand her character.

After Fuyuumi hugged my arm tight, seemingly reluctant to leave it, she released my arm.

"So the above confession performance has now ended. So? It should have benefited you all."

The Chiwa who was planning to crawl across the table and pounce, stopped.

"Performance? What's going on?"

"I said it earlier, right? ｢You need to have your love explode｣. I was just playing along those lines."

Masuzu had a suspicious look on her eyes as she started:

"That is, you weren't actually won over?"

"You actually have to ask that? After all, I already have a handsome boyfriend. Why would I be won over by Kidou-kun?"

"Eita-kun, could you repeat that line from earlier again?"

"｢Even if I'm lying, it's entirely because of your pheromones!｣

"Woooomeoww—————! I lub Ta-kun! I really lub him—————!"

The escape route was completely destroyed.

I quickly cleared my throat and coughed dryly. Fuyuumi awoke to her senses.

"—Eh, in short, it's like that."

Masuzu smiled and tilted her head:

"Then I'll ask what is that?"

"This so-called love, is something that you can't control before it explodes. J-just like I just demonstrated for you all, it's like that!"

Chiwa's eyes were filled with resentment as she spoke:

"So it's really an act!?"

"Of course! You have to confess as enthusiastically like that, or be confessed like that! The road to popularity is very dangerous!"

Fuyuumi finished, ｢Do you get it?｣ Chiwa only reluctantly nodded.

"As it stands, we'll just take this issue to here—okay, Fuyuumi?"

"You can call me ｢Ai｣, really. And I'll call you Chiwa."

"Well, Ai-chan—why did you just call Ei-kun, ｢Ta-kun｣?"

Alarm!

"I am also very concerned about it. Eita also called Master, ｢Ai-chan｣."

Alarm Alarm Alarm!

"You two seem very close? How did you become so intimate after just attending summer cram school together?"

Damn...…

I carelessly called her name the way I used to.

Should I rely on empty words to pass over it? No, I just did things half-heartedly, so it's a bit difficult—

"Since it's exposed, there's nothing I can do about it."

Next to the distressed me, Fuyuumi was the first to open her mouth.

"Actually, Kidou-kun and I were childhood friends."

Spring, Summer, and Autumn, the three of them were shocked, stunned.

Even I was stunned.

I didn't exempt she would throw such a fastball.

"W-wait a minute. I've never heard of this before?"

Chiwa rudely approached Fuyuumi.

"If you're Ei-kun's childhood friend, then you should have also been my childhood friend? But I didn't meet you until we arrived at Hane High!"

"When did you first meet Kidou-kun?"

"In first grade, after I moved next door to Ei-kun's house, our relationship has been very good. We've been together for nine years."

"Hmph? Nine?"

Fuyuumi smiled.

It wasn't that arrogant ｢disciplinary committee member｣ smile that we've seen before.

It was a rather conservative but fully assertive smile.

"The first time Kidou-kun and I met was ｢ten years ago｣. We've been together ever since ｢Star Class｣ in kindergarten."

Chiwa wasn't able to even gasp, as she stared at me with an expression like she was about to cry.

"Ei-kun, why didn't you ever say anything until now?"

"It's not that he didn't say. He forgot, until he remembered in summer cram school when we spoke to each other."

"I'm not asking Ai! Hey, Ei-kun!"

As Chiwa shook my shoulders, I gave a big sigh…… I guess I could only trust in my luck.

"As Fuyuumi said, I forgot. Because she moved away before we started elementary school, I forgot about it entirely until recently."

"Even earlier than me? You met her earlier than me?"

It seemed like Chiwa was very persistent about that point.

"I met Fuyuumi ten years ago in the spring; Chiwa moved next door nine years ago in the spring, so Fuyuumi was earlier than you by one year."

"How could that be...…"

Chiwa bit her lips firmly, and sank into silence.

"......No......"

Hime suddenly began.

She pulled on me hard, and hung wildly on my right arm as she whispered:

"I'm the one who met Eita first, because past-lives are even earlier than elementary school or kindergarten. So it's neither Master or Chihuahua. As the ex-girlfriend, I am the earliest."

Hime hugged me, her body trembling slightly.

Although she always appeared very well-behaved, and unremarkable compared to Chiwa or Masuzu, it probably took her a lot of courage to say that. Before, she used to talk like a spoiled child, but this month she's grown a lot.

However, this growth for me, however, meant a much more hectic mayhem. So to be honest, I have mixed feelings.

"Eita, hold me?"

"No I won't. But I can rub your head?"

"......Today I'll will be patient......"

I rubbed Hime's head, and she immediately smiled and raised her lips. Great, it looks like she recovered her enthusiasm.

"Wait a minute, what is this past life? What is this ex-girlfriend thing about?"

Fuyuumi tilted her head, and Hime stood straight and said:

"In our past lives, Eita and I had a romantic relationship. So hence I'm his ex-girlfriend."

"Ah, ah......?"

Fuyuumi looked at HIme's insistent face, and seemed to give up asking about it.

"Well, in short, our club has very complex relationships."

With her silver hair swaying, my ｢girlfriend｣ Natsukawa Masuzu stood up.

She looked at Spring, Autumn, and Winter one by one, and in a calm toned announced:

"But remember, everyone, that Eita-kun is my boyfriend. I don't know anything about kindergarten, I'm not clear about elementary school's events, and I don't plan to ask about what happened in the past life. But now, he belongs to ｢me｣. By no means do you forget that."

The three of them looked as if they wanted to say something as they stared back at Masuzu—but in the end they said nothing. One by one they dropped their gaze.

Such terrifying aura.

This was attitude of the legitimate wife.

No one would ever think that Masuzu was just acting the character role of a ｢girlfriend｣......

But afterwards I understood.

Regardless to the degree it went, an act was still a act.

Anyways this was a performance at the level of children's talent show—if an experienced adult saw us, it would be noticed right away.

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