This Saturday, I woke up at 05.00.

Normally, I woke up late on the weekend. But Hazama-Sensei made an appointment. He wanted to check my body, so I had to walk hobblingly across the school to the hospital since the sun didn't rise.

"Um. I'm afraid that you can't walk before the sports festival. " He said.

"Hah. It's fine. Do you think I can run fast enough with this cane?" I asked. If I could, I would try to avoid the last place.

"Everything is possible. Have you ever run with your cane?"

"No. "

"You should try. I suggest that you shouldn't run in the sports festival. If it's unfortunate, it might injure your leg. "

Unfortunate.

Sorry, Sensei. I never knew those words.

After I ate instant noodles from the department store, I went to the road behind the gym and tried to run.

It didn't work. My speed wasn't more than Doc's when he crawled on the floor. If I increased my speed more than this, I would stumble.

I sighed. It looked like what I could do was hope that my opponents would be broken their legs or something.

"Oi! Ayanokouji!" I heard someone call me from the swimming pool.

I turned my face in its direction and saw Onodera waving to me.

"Good morning, Onodera. " I greeted her and walked to the bench. She was wet and wearing a one-piece swimsuit. "Swimming practice?"

"Yeah! We have no match until the sports festival end. But I think keeping my muscle strength has nothing wrong, right?"

I nodded. Onodera Kayano was the best swimmer in the class. She was one of the favourite in our class. If it was about sports, I thought she was better than Horikita or Kushida.

"So, what are you doing this early?"

"Same as you, practice. "

Onodera nodded. "Hey. Don't push yourself too much. No one expects a great result from you. Oh, it's not in a negative way."

"I don't want to be class's counterweight. "

"Huh. Why does you guy always think like this? Yesterday, Yukimura and Sotomura came to practice too. They said in the same way."

Yukimura was always proud of his academic ability. He was an important weapon for our class in every test. But now, because of lacking athletic skill, he could do nothing for his class. I understood him, I felt the same as him.

"Who are you talking with, Kayano?" A man pushed himself out from the swimming pool and walked toward us.

My attention was captured by him as soon as he appeared.

He had long black hair and a handsome face. His body was as great as Koenji's. I was surprised that I never noticed him before. He was the kind of man that would shine among a million people.

"Oh. Hayato. This is Ayanokouji from my class. "

"The one who broke the world record?"

"Yes."

"Wow. That's very impressive, man!" The one who called Hayato extended his hand to shake mine. He might be close with Onodera because they called each other by their first name.

"Ayanokouji Kiyotaka, nice to meet you."

"Kito Hayato, nice to meet you."

I almost spit a tea that I ate yesterday out of my mouth.

In our war room, Kushida showed us the list of athletes from other classes. One of them was Kito Hayato of class A. I didn't want to be rude to him, but he looked like a drug addict. He scared me sometimes.

He was completely different from the hot guy standing in front of me.

Kito laughed after seeing me become silent for a long time.

"Haha. Confused, right?"

"Completely confusing. " I replied.

"Um. Let me explain. I was very hot at the mid-school..."

"He was the man-whore. " Onodera spoke out.

"Heh!"

"Come on. When I see you dating with your girlfriends. I never saw the same one twice."

Kito smiled. "Well. I had to admit it. I'm too hot. The chick snuggled around me all the time. And it made me annoyed. So I used make-up to make me look bad. So I can live peacefully."

Wow. Maybe I used his method. He seemed to succeed to catch the peaceful life.

"Do you know each other for a long time?" I asked.

"Well. We are the life rival. We met each other in the swimming race when I was three years old. And always met each other. " Kito said. "Since we aren't the same sex. We can't fight each other in the tournament though. So we always challenge after the match. I win more."

"Oi! Don't trick Ayanokouji. I win more."

They started arguing about their statistic for a while. I felt like I was the third wheel for some reason.

"Hey. It's almost 7. I will change my cloth and go to have breakfast. Will you come?" Onodera asked Kito.

"I have something to speak with Ayanokouji. You go first."

Onodera shrugged her shoulder. "Fine. Oi, Ayanokouji. Beware yourself. Don't let his charm make you fall for him."

"Don't worry. Hirata is the only one in my mind. "

Onodera laughed and walked away, leaving me with Kito.

"So, what do you want to speak?"

"I just want to warn you something. " His tone was suddenly changed.

"Hm?"

"Do you know Sakayanagi Arisu?"

I nodded.

"Well. She is my leader and she is interested in you. "

"Hm? Just because I can swim fast?"

Kito shook his head. "I don't know. She just said you are an interesting person. There are two kinds of people that she's interested in. The person that she wants to use, or the person that she wants to beat."

He extended his head to me.

"What kind of person are you?"

I shook my head.

I didn't know.

But no matter how that girl thought about me. I was sure it was a misunderstanding like always.

"However. I know that you close with Katsuragi, don't you?"

"Yeah. Pretty close. We worked together once. "

"Well. I'm sure that you know about the factions in class A. Sakayanagi made sure that everyone in school know."

I raised my eyebrows. So Sakayanagi was pleased by letting her class's weakness spread around.

"I will confess. It's not me wanting to speak to you. It's Sakayanagi. She sent you a message."

Kito Hayato whispered. "Choose your ally wisely. I don't want to beat you before the right time."

...

"Wow. Cultural!" Ike exclaimed and looked at Horikita who running on three legs with Onodera. The girls necking each other was his favorite.

"Hey! Kanji! I'm here!" Shinohara Satsuki said angrily.

"Oh, sorry. Satsuki. " Ike feed Onodera the eggs.

They were on their break. Ike and Shinohara used this time for flirting.

"I never understand why you are into Yuri that much. "

Shinohara sighed.

"I don't understand too. But you don't mind about it, right?"

"Well. I always support my love. " Shinohara smiled.

"This's why I love you. " Ike grabbed his girlfriend's hand, ignoring the curse from his friend. "Wait a minute. I will take the dessert."

Ike stood up and walked to his bag. Shinohara changed her mind to the yard. Her classmates appointed her as a class nurse. Her main duty was to take care of her classmate's injury.

Then, something captured her glance.

Hirata and Ayanokouji were three legs running.

Since Ayanokouji's leg couldn't be used. Someone thought he could three-leg run because he would be carried by his couple. This was one of the experiments.

Hirata who always smiled was carrying cold Ayanokouji with difficulty. Ayanokouji couldn't stand stable. So Hirata didn't walk together with him but dragged Ayanokouji instead.

Suddenly. Shinohara felt something wrong in her chest. It felt like there was a fire burning her heart.

What is it? She asked herself. What was going on with her?

Or was falling in love?

No way. She already had Ike.

But why? When she looked at Hirata and Ayanokouji touching each other, why did her heart feel warm?

When their breast and their cheek touched, why did she feel like this world was the happiest place?

Then, Ayanokouji fall down and dragged Hirata with him.

Hirata was on Ayanokouji's body.

What? What happened to me?

Hirata seemed to be worried about Ayanokouji. When he saw Ayanokouji's wound, Hirata carried him like a princess and walked this way...

Ah!!! This is... This is...

Cultureeeeeeee!!!!!!!!

At that moment, Shinohara instantly understood Ike's feeling.

"Shinohara-San. Ayanokouji got a wound, please help him...Shinohara-San? Shinohara-San! Somebody help! Shinohara-San is bleeding!!! Oh my god!!! This's so bad! Her blood almost out!!!!"

...

Considering our statistics, our class lacked speed. There were only Sudo, Miyake, and Koenji which was satisfying. For fixing it, Hirata decided to ask Sudo to train us.

But for some reason, he took us to the mountain behind the school.

(The sound of reason: Wait! Your school is on the island! And you can't go out of your school! How can you go to the mountain!?)

Um. Plot Convenience.

(The sound of reason: You can't use it every time! It's not fun any more!!!!)

Ok. Um. I know! Our school wanted the student to learn about nature. So they built a mountain in the school!

(The sound of reason:... Do what you want.)

Alright. The reason was gone. Let's continue our story.

Sudo stepped in front of us and looked around.

"Before our training. Is there someone curious?"

Hondo raised his hand. "Yes. Why do we have to come to the mountain?"

"Because I want all of you to feel the power of nature."

"Another question. Why do we have to wear only the boxer!?"

The men of class C were almost naked. Luckily, it was summer.

"Because we have to throw everything away."

Sudo stepped toward us. He didn't wear anything.

"Zen is about throwing everything away. Remember, everything is nothing. There is no use to carry anything. Cloth, happiness, sadness, or honor."

Yukimura raised his hand.

"I still didn't get it. Why do we have to throw everything away?"

"You're talking with the tree, sir. " Doc told him. Yukimura didn't wear his glass. He--interpreted Sudo's command too strictly.

"Tell me. Yukimura, Between the man who carries 300 kg baggage and the man who carries nothing. Who is faster?" Sudo asked Yukimura.

"Of course, the one who holds nothing. Hey, I never know there is an elephant in Japan."

"It isn't an elephant. But you make a point. Make yourself as light as you can. Then..."

Sudo stepped forward and disappeared.

"Oi! Where is him!?" The chaos began. But the next second, Sudo appeared behind us.

"Then, you will run as fast as your think. " He finished his lines.

"Sudo! Where have you been?"

"I just run around this mountain. "

Everyone became silent and started looking at Sudo with faith.

"Sensei..." Yukimura mumbled. "Teach me."

"I will. First, you need to throw everything away. Take your panties off."

...

"Alright. Everyone is here!"

Hirata smiled and looked at the group of class B and C's men. At this sports festival, there was a game called Pole War.

Two teams would fight each other to fall the other team's pole down. The one who could fall the pole first would win. We needed to set one team to attack their pole and another to proter ours.

Class B and C would do it as the same team. So we had the big rehearsal for it.

First, we selected the leader. Sudo rejected to be the commander. He would serve the army as the vanguard.

"Among us. I see no one decent for being commander except Lord Hirata. " Miyake announced.

"Lord Hirata? I think he is a good leader but he is a bad warrior. I support Lord Shibata. " Beppu from class B said.

"Huh! I won't fight under any lord's flag but Hirata's. I swear to my sword!"

"You will make us lose by your narrow vision. Miyake! House of B won't accept this action!"

"Say what you want. House of C is filled with the dead man, not the surrendered."

Before there would be Red Wedding CoTE's Edition. Shibata stepped forward to stop the fight.

"Everyone. I don't want to be the leader. I come to this place to defeat classes A and D. Not for glory, not for honor. But for victory. If it'll possible because of Lord Hirata. I don't mind to fight under his command."

Shibata looked at Hirata who nodded and stepped into the table. He grabbed the glass of wine.

"My comrade! I might not be the best leader. I might not be the best warrior. But I promise to you with my sword and soul. Victory is the only thing you will get from me. No matter how strong Ryuen and Katsuragi are. We shall go on to the end. We shall fight in this yard, we shall fight on the seas and oceans, we shall fight with growing confidence and growing strength in the air, we shall defend our island, whatever the cost may be. We shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender!!"

As soon as the end of his speech. Our army raised their fist and screamed bravely.

"My comrade! We will win!"

"Yeah!!!!!"

"My comrade! Before tomorrow's sun will rise. Katsuragi and Ryuen's heads will be plugged on our pole! Show them there is only a dead can be our enemy!"

"Yea---What?"

"We will raid their lands, burn their forts, kill their parents, eat their children, and stole their women!!!!"

"..."

Ok. I thought it was too much.

They screamed and drank the victory wine for an hour before starting the training.

...

I wondered how those sportsmen could handle their practice schedule. Just the practice for the sports festival could make me sick.

Um...I shouldn't say that. For most of it, I just sat on the deck chair and looked at my friend floundering. Every ten minutes, Mori would come to massage my leg. Then, Sato would come to give me a juice.

I enjoyed my Poonya while looking at my poor friend. Horikita was really changed. She could work together with Onodera and other people in the three legs race.

The only thing I should be worried about was Sakayanagi's message.

It looked like Sakayanagi was preparing to beat Katsuragi. But they were in the same class. There was no reason to fight each other.

Except...

I'm sure that you know about the factions in class A. Sakayanagi made sure that everyone in school know.

In class A, there were two factions. Katusragi's and Sakayanagi's. I wasn't sure about their situation. But after facing failure two times in summer vacation. It was possible that they would blame Katsuragi who took the responsibility.

And what did she mean about beating me at the right time?

I could deduct that she wanted to beat me. It was about time.

Why did she want to beat me?

Maybe she thought I was threatening.

I was sure that I never did anything that outstanding.

I just broke the swimming world record, saved Sudo from being expelled, be in his law teams, defeated the sex offender and sent him to jail, helped Horikita win the island test, won the Zodiac test...

Damn! I did many things, didn't I?

"Ayanokouji-Kyun! Here the juice!"

"Oh, thank you, Sato---Karuizawa?"

I flinched when I found that the one who send me the can of juice was Karuizawa Kei.

"Very happy, right? Your majesty."

"Ah. Most of it. "

Karuizawa sat beside me and stole the can from my hand.

"Moe! The practice is hell! Do you know? I almost scream with happiness when Horikita-San let us rest."

She could complain as usual, so I thought this practice wasn't that hard.

"But someone isn't enough with that hell training. " I said and pointed to the yard.

Doc was running around the yard while sweating like a waterfall. I never saw him trying this hard before.

Karuizawa nodded and looked at him too.

"Love can make the man do everything, right?" She said.

"What do you mean?"

"You didn't know? Mori-San told Sotomura-Kun that if he can win the first place in his match, she will let him call her by her first name."

I raised my eyebrows.

"Really?"

"Yes. I heard from Shinohara-San who heard from Sato-san who heard from Onodera-San who heard from Kushida-San who heard from Sato-san who heard from Mori-San."

It felt unreliable for some reason. And why was Sato's name referred twice?

"Why did she do that? I think Mori hates Doc."

"Mori-San can't hate anyone. She's kind of Tsundere, you know?"

"But she didn't act Tsundere toward me."

"Tch. Ok, Mr. Hotman. However, it's looked like Sotomura-Kun tried too hard to show off in the training. Mori-san's friend teased her. So she challenged Sotomura-Kun like that to make him give up. "

It didn't work at all.

"How do the girls think about him?" I asked.

"Well. It's a tradition that we needed to hate Otaku. But I don't hate him though. Mori-San told me once that Sotomura-Kun is the kind of people that won't surrender until he die. I like someone like that."

I felt something weird.

If Mori knew that Doc wouldn't give up easily. Why did she challenge him?

Or maybe----

"Huh! High-school love! I want some!" Karuizawa moaned. She was pretending to date Hirata, so she couldn't be in love with anyone now.

"Do you want to try it?"

"What?"