"(Y/N)!" Teru shouted from the doorway.

I groan. Is he the one trying to annoy me now?

"What is it, warugaki?" I ask, slurring my words as if I were tired. He just rolls his eyes at me and crosses his arms.

"Kou's in the female's bathroom again."

"What?"

"You heard me, spirit."

No, I don't think I did-

"You're telling me to pick Kou up from the girl's bathroom just because you're both male? Give that poor boy some space! Let him do whatever he wants there!"

"That's not what I mean- I'm saying he's with Hanako and Yashiro again," Teru facepalms.

I laugh on my back. Playing dumb with the exorcist is fun.

"All right, let's go pick up your brother."

Just as I stand up to exit with Teru, Tsuchigomori lets out a grunt.

"I'm still here, you know?"

"Oh! Sorry, Spider-sensei. I hope we meet again! And don't forget..." I smile, ""

I happily walk away to the girls toilet, summoning my mask once again with a light hearted feeling.

'Where could they be...'

When Teru and I checked the woman's toilet (Teru, rather reluctantly), but no one was to be seen. A few minutes ago, I sent out my Mura-Joudai to search. They came back pretty quickly, saying the three were on the school roof.

Now, we're running up the staircases to the rooftop.

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"No! I don't like Minamoto-senpai, I idolize him!" small voice squeaks right as we step onto the roof.

"Oh, it's another one of your fangirls, 'Minamoto-senpai'" I mock while giggling, making him roll his eyes.

"He's out of reach, but I'm happy just looking at him," The girl daydreams, "I mean, he's student council president, handsome, kind and smart... Oh, Minamoto-senpai, what a wonderful gentleman!"

"Why... Thank you very much..." Teru Minamoto smiles as he appears behind her. I hide behind the wall, watching the scene unfold. The pink headed girl just stares blankly and 'Minamoto-senpai'.

"Umm... Did I startle you?"

I can literally see him sparkling.

"MI-M-M-MINAMOTO-SENPAI?!" The girl suddenly jumps and looks away with a horrified look on her face.

Poor girl...

I spot another blond boy who looks like a mini Teru.

"Nii-chan!" He happily shouts, approaching him. Teru hits his head with a book.

Ah, so that's his younger brother.

Not going to lie, I could've figured it out from a mile away.

"I've been looking for you, Kou."

"W-Whats going..." The small girl still looks frightened. Teru must have scared the life out of that poor girl.

"Are you.. Yashiro-san? I don't believe we met."

Suddenly, a boy in an old school uniform pops up from behind Yashiro. "Huh? I thought you said he picked up your pencil case."

Pf-

Still tense, she yells, "Nice to meet you!"

"I'm Teru Minamoto." Teru says, as if introducing himself for the first time. "Thanks for taking care of my brother."

The girl looked dazed. The most popular guy in school just thanked her. "You're welcome..."

"Now..." Teru's face darkens and turns to Hanako and slightly at me, "for you..."

"Kou. Meet me on the first floor by the staircase later."

The mini Teru obliviously nods.

"Oh... Sure."

As Teru glances at me while leaving, giving me a look saying, 'let's finish this quickly'.

I nod, biting my cheeks as a habit.

I'll just say hi and leave-

But now looking at her closely... That girl has awfully...

Fat ankles...

"OH! Come to think of it, they have the same last name! Minamoto!" Her puzzled look disappears and now holds a proud expression.

...So that's what she was stuck on the whole time?

Kou and Hanako sweat-drop. "How slow can you be..."

"Pfft-"

I can't help but laugh at the daikon girl.

Soon, I realise that's a mistake.

They heard me laugh.

"Hanako, did you hear that?" The blond looks around as Hanako.

I don't feel nervous nor scared.

I'm thrilled and excited.

I might as well show myself now. I smile.

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"HELLO!" I wave and grin.

They don't seem too happy to see me.

"Yashiro, Kou, stay behind me. HAKUJODAI!" He yells out of the blue and looks at me with his eyes.

"Oya? I just met you, Number 7," I wave my finger back and forth, as if warning him. "That's not the best way to greet another fellow Mystery. If you start fighting me I have to defend myself. MURAJOUDAI!"

Not the greeting I expected...

My purple joudai dances through the air, leaving the foggy path of smoke. The Joudai start to fight each other as Hanako frowns.

"I'll finish her Hanako." Kou proudly steps in front of them, holding his sealed staff proudly.

I tilt my head slightly.

Finish me with that flimsy weapon?

Hanako begins to protest but Kou flaps his hand as if pushing him away.

"You're Teru's brother aren't you? I'm not sure what you're going to do with that staff," Taking one of my ribbons from my hair, "but you should have thought this through."

"Hah! You don't even have a weapon!" He yells, ignoring the fact I exposed his sealed staff.

I tie him up and pull him in front of me.

"DON'T DO THAT TO KOU!" I see Yashiro Nene stand up in front of the boy, defending him.

"What are you going to do, fat ankles?" I snap. I'm starting to get impatient.

Out of all three people, I'm fighting the two I'm least willing to interact with.

"I-I don't know who you are, but you... you better stop or else I'll have to stop all of this by force!" She cries.

Does she know how pathetic she looks?

I reach my hand out to use my sleep induction on Kou and sigh. "Look, I just want to talk to-"

I pause midway through the induction as their savior shows up.

A blond head looms in front of me.

"That's enough, you. You can do anything you want to Hanako, but not my brother and the girl over there. I won't help you harm them, and I warn you, I'm fully armed."

He just had to ruin it.

"Hmph. Fine, fine." I sigh and tie my black ribbons back on my head and slowly approach the 'honourable number 7'.

"See you again, Amane!'' I happily exclaim, smiling from ear to ear, as he stays still in place.

'hat a lame reaction.

I thought he would at least have acted more surprised or happy.

And just like that, I walk out of the rooftop with Teru-nii and go to see Sakura in the Recording room.

"SAKURA-CHAN!"

"Yes?"

She gets used to my screaming faster than I thought she would.

Well, then again, I'm not the first.

"I think tomorrow morning is just the right time to talk about my rumour as planned."

"I see. I got the script ready."

"Good!" I say, "See you tomorrow then, bye-bye!"

After the whole fiasco, Kou paid a visit to his brother, who is unusually with the Recording crew.

The trip wasn't nice, but he comes back to the girl's bathroom his most determined expression, if it was possible to be more determined than his usual face.

"Hanako, Senpai, do you know who that was?"

"No... I don't know... who is she?"

"Is she also a school mystery? She does have a Joudai."

"As far as I know, she isn't a school mystery... but I don't know how she has a Joudai. Besides that, it's 3:30 PM, shouldn't you guys head home?"

Yashiro jerks in a weird direction as she hears this. "Ah, we're going to the library. Bye, Hanako!" She nervously stutters while Kou gets their bags, and together, rub to the library.

Before they knew it, it's 4PM and a butterfly leads them to No. 5's boundary.

ɴᴏᴡ ᴘʟᴀʏɪɴɢ: für elise

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'Hey, have you heard?

The 8th mystery, Black Ribbon Jisatsu-san.

It is said that she lives in the music room of the old school building where she hung herself with two black ribbons, each ribbon from a loved one that abandoned her.

If you seek her in the basement at 9PM at night and play a song on the grand piano, she will answer 3 questions truthfully, and she is never incorrect.

However, if your song does not satisfy jisatsu-san, you will be hung just like her and many other victims, hearing a familiar tune from her music-box.'

{ collaboration with @Big_brain_Author }