Chapter 8

Yato Pov:

Yato: Cough Cough...

Fuck... 

Yato: Cough... Cough...

My head hurt like crazy... 

I mustn't pass out...

With my last strength, I manage to crawl up to a tree so that I can lean on it...

Yato: Shit What a fool I am...

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1 hour earlier

Yato: (sleeping)...

FLIP

Yato: Ehh

I woke up suddenly feeling the presence of someone

I saw someone further away who started to run away... I immediately put my hands in my left pocket...my leader cards were no longer there...

Yato: Hoi teme! 

I got up to start chasing the person but when I started to run I fell to the ground.

Yato: Ouch... Fuck my left hand...

I look back behind me to understand the reason that I fell.

Yato: Does my ankle is fucking tie to the tree??

What the fuck? My ankle was tied with a rope to the tree which I was sleeping on... Anyway, I don't have time to waste. I quickly detached myself and start to run again in pursuit of the thief...

I didn't see the person who stole my card because it was dark outside but she was about the same height as Ibuki.

I started to catch up with the thief But again... I trip on something and fell to the ground. 

CLAC

But this time I seriously hurt my left hand and I hit my head on the ground

Yato: ARGG... what is it this time??

I turned my head around to see what I had tripped in but...

Yato: What... there is nothing...

I would have tripped because of the mud??? No, I really felt something that made me fall...

Yato: What the fuck is happening?

I got up with a little more difficult this time and start to run again... Until I ran into someone passed out in the forest...

Yato: Kushida?

What should I do??? I looked down and saw the footprints in the mud of the person I was chasing... but the most surprising is that there seemed to have two pairs of footprints on the ground... and one of them seems to belong to a man...

Yato: Ah fuck...

I decide to wake up Kushida...

Yato: Hoi Kushida wake up!

I shook her a little to wake her up... then she starts to open her eyes slowly...

Kushida: Ehh Fukazawa-kun?

Yato: Hep it's me are you okay?

Kushida: Ehh yeah I think so

Yato: Good now tell me where are you here and what's happening?

I need to see her reaction and her version of the story to finally know if she is the one who said that I was the leader to Ibuki ...

Kushida: Ohhh yeah Fukazawa-kun have you seen Ibuki?? And your card of the leader do you still have with you??

She seems really worried and panicking...

Yato: So it's really was Ibuki who stole it eh...

Kushida: What?? she succeeded to stole it? Oh no, I have been trapped...

Yato: Kushida you will have to tell me the whole story.

Kushida: sure! Ibuki wanted to go back to the ship so I volunteered myself to accompany her but we all have been trapped... she brought me here and there was someone waiting for us... it was Ryuuen-kun

Hmm, I already suspected that he had stayed on the island... for the moment the story of Kushida makes sense...

Kushida: After he tells me that someone in our class sold the fact that you were the leader then he ordered Ibuki something and I don't remember anything after... I am soo sorry Fukazawa-kun, it's all my fault...

She started to cry... her story matched with the doubts I have... Ryuuen was still on the island and Ibuki was a spy... but why steal the card from me if she know that I was the leader??? To be sure??? I had a doubt about Kushida at first because she was ofter with Ibuki but now after seeing her reaction and hearing her story... but... Argg Fuck my hand and my head hurt...

Kushida: Are you okay Fukazawa-kun? Huh??

She seems to have noticed something...

Kushida: Your arm... why he has bandages on it, you hurt yourself?

Fuck I left in a rush and I forgot to put on my sports jacket... she started to approach her hand on my arm but I instinctively push her away.

Yato: Oh Sorry it's a personal matter, I don't want to talk about it...

Kushida: No it's me who sorry about that...

Well, now I will have to follow the footprints... I will have to find a solution to recover my card and settle all this...

Yato: Are you okay to walk Kushida?

Kushida: Hum Hum I think I will be fine...

What should I do with her...let her go back to the camp on her own??? No, it can be dangerous and it is still dark outside...

Yato: By the way what time is it??

I look at my watch but for another bad surprise, it seemed broken too... why am I so unlucky...

Yato: Kushida what time is it?

Kushida: Oh it is 4:49 a.m

The sun is not about to rise... but now there is still something wrong... the fact that I was tied to the tree before I noticed Ibuki... she couldn't have done herself...I would have noticed what she was doing and it wouldn't make any sense for her to take any extra risk to wake me up when her goal was my card... and there's still the fact that I'm sure I've tripped over something...

Yato: What the fuck is going on???

Kushida could not have done that herself so I should be able to trust her a minimum...

Yato: Okay Kushida,  you gonna have to follow me quietly.

Kushida: I will do what you tell me to do Fukazawa-kun

Yato: Great let's go...

We started to follow the footprints...

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Ibuki Pov:

I managed to finally lose him...He runs really fast that surprised me... he seems to have tripped twice but despite this, he managed to catch up with me... Anyway, now he had stopped following me, he must have found Kushida who was passed out... I ran away far enough so that he does not find me in this forest...

I was close to the meeting points but before going, I take out my flashlight and sent a light signal to confirm that the meeting points were sure... Then I saw an answer of light signal...

Ibuki: That's mean it is safe...

I approached and saw the other person do that same...

Ryuuen: So you got it Ibuki?

Ibuki: Of course what do you think?

Tsk... this man...  I gave him the card that I had stolen from Fukazawa-kun. He picked her up and smiled...

Ryuuen: Great, you finally succeeded in accomplishing a task that I gave you.

Ibuki: Huh what's your problem? You have the card now.

Ryuuen: Yes but if you would have followed my plan as I told you, we would not have all these complications.

Ibuki: Tsk. I told you already! The camera you give me was broken and I didn't plan to have him kicked out of the camp! I had to change the plan after all this!

After the unforeseen incidents of the camera and the underwear. I didn't have the choice to follow him to be able to steal the card. Lucky that this class is stupid and that they didn't ask any question when I wanted to retire... 

Ryuuen: Oh, do you mean that someone knew the plan all along?

Ibuki: I don't know but it can be my mistake too. Anyways stealing the card was easy in the end.

He woke up pretty quickly but I managed to run away from him. 

We were in the forest but we still feel that it started raining increasingly... Ryuuen retraced his steps and get closer to the bush and start to talk loud...

Ryuuen: Hmm you come here to check the cards right? That was the condition remember. Come here don't be shy, it's dark outside and no one is awake so there is no danger.

Ryuuen seemed to be talking to someone who was hiding in the bushes... The person who came out was Katsuragi from the A-class. Ryuuen told me that he made sure that the A-class would help us during this exam but how did he manage to do that???

Katsuragi takes the card and looks at the name which is written on it. However, his expression didn't change when he read the name ''Fukazawa Yato'' Ryuuen seems to notice something and he seemed amused.

Ryuuen: Eh you are really a careful man Katsuragi.

Katsuragi: Huh What do you mean by that Ryuuen?

Ryuuen: Kuku never mind. Are you convinced now that you have seen the card?

I didn't understand what Ryuuen was trying to say but from what I could see Katsuragi seems to be a cautious man, probably too much, which seems more like paranoia.

Katsuragi: You successfully infiltrated classes D and B. You have not been suspected?

Ryuuen: Don't worry. The way I had proceed doesn't concern you. It was not in the contract after all.

Ibuki: Huh contract? What are you talking about Ryuuen?

Ryuuen: To form an alliance with A-class!

Katsuragi: Well now that I saw the card I will be going now. I don't want to risk being seen together.

Katsuragi gave the card back to Ryuuen and started to go back into the forest...

Ibuki: Hoi tell me more about his contract! What do we gain from it?

I really need to know... I decided to follow the orders of Ryuuen only because he told me that we were going to be able to become the A-class...I need to know if I made the right choice...

Ryuuen: Kuku don't worry Ibuki. Do what I tell you and we will become the A-class.

Ibuki: Tskk...

I hate this man, he immediately knew why I wanted to know the details of the contract... he read me like it's was nothing...

Ryuuen: Kuku I love this face. Look, why I made this contract is...

???: KYAAAAA

CRACK

Ibuki: Huh???

I saw the expressions of Ryuuen change... He looks angry and pissed off...

Ryuuen: Wow I see that you managed to get you followed here.

Ibuki: No I'm telling you that nobody was following me!

Ryuuen: Signs... Chase him or them...

Ibuki: But how? I don't even know which direction he went!

Ryuuen: How?

Ryuuen stamps his foot on the ground...

Ryuuen: The same as they had followed you, with your footprints on the mud...

Ibuki: Tskk...

I start to run while Ryuuen just follows me...

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2 minutes earlier

Yato Pov:

We had followed Ibuki and we were well hiding so that we could listen to their conversation... I finally understand a lot of things that I had doubts about... Like the fact that why Ryuuen didn't send a spy in the A-class because he had formed an alliance with them... And the reason why they have stolen my card... it was to show it to Katsuragi because that was a part of their contract... Katsuragi already know that I was the leader but he still wanted to check it with the card of the B-class probably...

Katsuragi left Ryuuen and Ibuki... Ryuuen started to talk about the contract he had made with the class-A

Yato: It can be useful if I can find out what this contract entails

But...

Kushida: KYYAAAA

Yato: Huh?????

I got up and take the hand of Kushida with my right hand because my left hand hurt too much... I was really injured by falling twice earlier...  when she was up I started to run to escape in the forest...

After being further away from Ryuuen and Ibuki...

Yato: Why did you scream?? Now they know there was someone and they going to run after us probably...

Kushida: Sorry Fukazawa-kun, is just there was suddenly a lot of insects on me!!! That scared me!

Yato: What??? Sighs...

We were running in the forest but I had to quickly find a path with no mud...because they will just follow us as I did with Ibuki... I heard footsteps behind me...

Yato: Fuck they catch up with us...

Kushida ran slower than Ibuki so it was normal that they eventually caught up with us... I must quickly find a way...

But Unfortunately... my bad luck has struck again...

Yato: Fuck why...

We had arrived at the end of a cliff with no possibility of escape... there was just a lake down the cliff... they will be here in a short time and they will see that it was us who was spying... 

Yato: Well sorry Kushida, looks like we won't be able to run away...

Kushida: B-But...W-What we are going to do?

She seems to be afraid...

Yato: Sighs...

Ryuuen was a delinquent before coming to this school... so he will probably use violence to silence us on what we saw... Ibuki had probably some fighting skills if Ryuuen trust her... I looked at Kushida...

Yato: Hm I still don't know if she was the one who sold me... she could have been betrayed after revealing that I was the leader to Ibuki... that's why she may be rallied to me after being betrayed by Ryuuen...

Anyway, I don't think she can fight against them... I will be all alone...

Finally, Ibuki and Ryuuen caught up with us...

Ryuuen: Look who we have here... Fukazawa and Kushida, it's not a bit early in the morning for a romantic date?

It pisses me off to admit it but he has a good sense of humor...

Yato: Ehh well we didn't want to be disturbed during our date, so can you come back later?

My nonchalant response seems to have amused him...

Ryuuen: Oh I see I see, but I will have to ask you to stop your 'date' and to surrender yourself.

He started to step forward probably to try to scare us... Ibuki did the same thing...

Ryuuen: Or I will be forced to use...

He stops talking for a moment and hits his fist in the plan of his other hand...

Ryuuen: to use some violence to force yourself and quit this exam and get you back to the ship!

It's what I had thought... he wants us to abandon this exam so that we cannot reveal our plan... technically in the rules, violence is prohibited but in this situation how the school can know who is the victim and the culprit... the answer is that they cannot... it will just end like the incident with Sudo at the beginning of the year...

Yato: Sighs... what a shitty situation...

Ryuuen seemed surprised by my words and my attitudes... then he noticed my left hand...

Ryuuen: Seems that you are hurt at your left hand... and we are 2v1. But you still don't seem to be afraid?

My expression remained neutral even after these words...

Ryuuen: Kuku we could maybe be the same you and me.

Yato: Huh? 

Ryuuen: After all, we will beat you and hurt you! If you would be a normal person you should be a bit scared, right?

There was a moment of silence 

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Until...

Yato: HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

Everyone was surprised by this reaction, even Ryuuen...

Yato: What bullshit are you telling me!

Ryuuen didn't answer me... I had a smile on my face a bit creepy and evil...

(A.N): Without the cap obviously

Yato: Nahhhh Ryuuen I would not be scared for that... You know after that you had the fear of your life... experience hell... after that believe me... nothing will scare you anymore!!!

Ryuuen seemed to be disappointed with my answer... Kushida and Ibuki didn't dare to say a single word.

Yato: Sorry come back in 100 years to try to scare me!

Ryuuen: Ehh well I am not patient enough for this. I will try it right away!

Ryuuen: Ibuki shows them what fear is!

Ibuki: Tsk doesn't give me orders...

She start walking toward me and got ready to fight... I was quite close to the cliff so I had to be careful not to fall...

Ibuki: Don't take it personally. You just weren't lucky enough and got caught. I will finish this fight quickly anyway!

Yeah, she seems confined with her fighting ability... she approached me on my left side because she knew that my left hand was hurt...

She kicked very quickly aiming at my left arm

BAM

Ibuki: Huh??

She was totally surprised that although my left hand was injured that I still block his kick with it...

Without giving her a second respite, I hit her in the stomach with my right hand.

My blow was powerful enough that she began to lose her balance and spat out drool.

Before she can do anything else, I was about to kick her to knock her out.

Yato: Don't worry I'm going to finish this fight quickly!

I provoked her before giving the final kick.

Ibuki: Tch... Cough... tem...

BAM

I kicked her on the head and she fell to the ground unconscious...

Even if this fight was short, I could see that she knew some art martial with her kick... but now my hand left was really unusable... it was hurting extremely...

Yato: Sighs...

Clap Clap Clap

it's was Ryuuen who was applauding...

Ryuuen: Wow I'm impressed, you managed to beat Ibuki despite the fact that your hand was already injured.

Yato: Ehh stop complimenting me, I'm embarrassed. 

Ryuuen: Kuku Ibuki was naive to think that you will not use your left hand because of your injury...

While he was talking I was something behind him that distracted me... the bushes behind him moved a little...

Yato: Wait there is someone behind...

Ryuuen: But unfortunately it's your lose Fukazawa

Yato: Huh? What he is talking about?

GRAB

I suddenly feel an enormous pain in my left hand and someone pulling off my bandages

Yato: ARG Fuck...

I took a step behind by reflex but for the last step, I'm starting to lose my balance because that there was no more ground behind me...

The last thing I saw and I heard was Kushida that pushed me down the cliff while telling me.

Kushida: I now know your secret behind the bandages!

I start to fall seeing Kushida with my bandages in her hands... I fell headfirst into the water which had hurt me extremely...

Yato: Shit...

Kushida Pov: 

Great, now I know why he put a bandage on his arm and why he was skipping all the swimming class... I found his weakness...

I had probably a mischievous smile right now...

Ryuuen: Kuku Wow Kikyo I'm impressed. Even I wouldn't have dared to push him off so high.

He started to approach the cliff to look down.

Ryuuen: That's was some nice acting who made there.

Kushida: I did not have the choice Ibuki has been caught soo I pretended you had trapped me to steal his card.

Ryuuen: Wow you are so evil Kikyo, I'm impressed.

Kushida: So Ryuuen-kun, does that was enough so that we can cooperate together?

Ryuuen: Of course, after your performance tonight I can only accept this cooperation. As long as you do what I tell you there is no problem, Kikyo!

Kushida: Great then I see you after the exam.

I started to walk to leave but he ask me something...

Ryuuen: He seems to have passed out. You will go save him, right?

Kushida: Don't worry. I will go save him and get him to withdraw from this exam. But I will need the card, please.

He tossed the card at me... some people in my class should be waking up now... I will find them and tell them that Fukazawa probably had an accident. I won't be able to carry him alone to the teachers...

But if it's someone else you find him and by miracle, he wakes up from his injury, he will not denounce me because he knows that I have seen his arm... but how he got all that scars on his forearm??? It was clearly not a normal injury... would he have???

Ryuuen: Great, so make sure that he returns to the ship and he withdraws from this exam Kikyo, I don't want to be obligate to intervene to solve the problem.

Kushida: Yeah I'm going there now.

Kushida: You wouldn't have to go through all this if Horikita hadn't chosen you, Fukazawa-kun.

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Yato Pov:

Yato: Cough Cough...

Fuck...

Yato: Cough... Cough...

My head hurt like crazy...

I mustn't pass out...

With my last strength, I manage to crawl up to a tree so that I can lean on it...

Yato: Shit What a fool I am...

Kushida didn't just say that I was the leader to Ibuki... she even work with Ryuuen against our class... and she even saw my arm... I had been stupid...... and wit........

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(A.N)

That's it for this chapter I hope you lite it. There will probably remain 2 more chapters for Volume 3. So normally next week we will be done with this volume. Thanks to those who comment and vote my story it's really appreciated guys, it is really encouraging! Anyway, thanks to those who read my story!