The bright light from my laptop glared deviously onto my glasses. I wasn't tired, to my surprise, but I wasn't really in the mood to work. As quiet as the night already was, there was a loud crash in the hallway. I sighed. It was out of my stupid curiosity that I had to open the door.

Hidaka was laying on the floor, trying to defend himself from a murderous Domyoji. "Ah! Fushimi-san! Help me, please! Domyoji-san is trying to kill me!" pleaded Hidaka. I looked at him, then Domyoji, and back at him.

"Oi! You're the one who decided to barge in while I was stark naked in the bathroom!" Domyoji said, hitting Hidaka really hard in the head, which caused Hidaka's head to cock backwards with the force.

"B-but, we ALL take communal showers, right, Fushimi-san?" I stared blankly at Hidaka.

"I don't, but, yes, you all do." I replied. Domyoji peeled himself off of Hidaka and looked away like a little kid.

"But, I was busy doing work for Awashima, and I took a late shower, so why would you need to go into the showers when you took yours before me, huh, pervert?" he asked.

Before Hidaka could respond, Fuse's head popped out of the corner. "Keep it down, will you!?" he whisper-hissed. "Captain's out to see what's the problem, and Benzai said that he overheard him saying that whoever was caught would be punished, in addition to everyone else."

I sighed again. "Tch. It doesn't matter... We're all dead either way." There was a pair of hands on my shoulder.

"My, Fushimi... You were causing the ruckus in the halls? It doesn't matter, like you said. We'll all participate in a punishment together, right?" Munakata smiled at me. He turned his head to Fuse.

"Good job on informing these men. Now, will you please inform the others about a surprise punishment tomorrow?" Fuse smiled and nodded awkwardly before hurrying down the hall.

Munakata bid the rest of us in the hall good-night, but I was about ready to cause even more damage to Hidaka and Domyoji.
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The next morning, everyone hesitantly headed towards Munakata's office. We weren't excited, but we were definitely pissed at Domyoji and Hidaka. "I can't believe we're really doing this... I wasn't looking forward to this at all..." Benzai said, biting his thumbnail.

"You two act worst than my daughter!" Camo said, following Domyoji with an annoyed face.

Domyoji smiled. "Yes, yes..." he mumbled.

Goto looked at Hidaka. "What's you need anyways?" Hidaka looked back at his roommate.

"Eh? I needed my spray-on conditioner." Goto gave Hidaka a weird and puzzled look. Hidaka turned away in embarrassment, but spoke confidently. "It's not only for women, you know. There's a reason why I have such beautiful locks." He somehow managed a hair-flip.

Awashima opened the door to their captain's office. "This is an all-boys' punishment, excluding everyone except those in Scepter 4 and the captain. Enjoy." she said bluntly. Awashima moved aside, and everyone filed in.

I tried to escape, but Awashima grabbed me by my shirt and threw me inside. "Did you here me? I said, 'except those in Scepter 4', Fushimi." She walked away and shut the door. So much for being Lieutenant...
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Munakata was in his usual kimono and was casually sipping tea like he did almost every single day. Akiyama smiled pleasantly at Munakata. "Hello, Captain. What is our punishment today?" Knowing Akiyama, he wasn't very fond of Munakata's "punishments" because they involved long games that the Captain would always win.

"It's something different, but it still includes bonding together as one. This time...one of you must defeat me in a challenge."

Camo looked at his Captain and smiled. "So, a real one-on-one match with you?" Camo was in charge of the dojo practices and all, so of course he'd be excited.

"No. A slightly different one." He got up and walked towards the unnoticed end of the room.

There was a television set with a game station, along with four consoles. I partially died on the inside. I never participated in any of Munakata's nonsense games, and, even though I enjoy playing video games, I preferred to not have the idea of ever playing another video game tainted by him.

"We'll be playing to see who can beat me at video games." While everyone was groaning, I quietly crept into a corner and sat.
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"Hey, it's summer, and since we have some free time, you should come over to my house." Misaki said, running up to me in the late summer heat.

"Why should I?" I retorted. Misaki pouted his lip at me.

"Because you have nothing to do. Anyways, we'll do something you just love, Saru." Misaki smiled at me and grabbed my hand.

"Come on! My home's closer to school than yours." We both ran to Misaki's apartment. His mother greeted us as we both ran upstairs to Misaki's bedroom.

"Woah! Misaki, what exactly are we doing?" I asked. Misaki was changing out of his uniform.

"Want a change of clothes, Saru?"

"That's not what I asked..."

Misaki pulled down his black tank top and sat on his bed, dragging me, too, so that I would sit with him. "Let's play video games together."

"What?" I asked. "You dragged me here to play video games with you? Misaki, we do this almost every weekend." Misaki placed a finger on my lips to shut me up.

"Actually, this one will be more fun. Whoever gets three losses, the winner gets to choose one person that the loser has to ask out. I have most of our classmates' numbers, so this should be fun." Misaki finally said.

I smirked. "But, you suck. That would be an unfair advantage, wouldn't it?" I said.

Misaki folded his arms and smiled competitively. "That's what makes it better! Competition is healthy between friends." He crawled onto the floor and pressed the power button on his game station.

Five minutes later...

"Hello?"

"Ah! Uh, is this...Takagi Yuki?" Misaki stuttered.

"Yes. Who is this?" Takagi asked.

"This is Yata Misaki."

"Oh... Yata-kun, how are you?"

"Good. Uh-can I ask you something?"

"Sure. Go ahead."

Misaki turned and looked at me, glaring and blushing in embarrassment. He took a deep breath and said, "Will you go out with me, Takagi-kun?"

Takagi was silent. He finally replied after a long while. "Y-Yata-kun? Are you okay? You sick or somethin'? But, if you're serious.... I can't accept."

Misaki's face colored into a bright shade of rose red. "N-no! Takagi-kun, this is all a dare from Saru!" Misaki blurted.

I hit Misaki's head with my hand, making Misaki whelp. Takagi burst out laughing and eventually caught his breath to speak. "Fushimi-kun did this? Fushimi's so cruel to you, Yata-kun. See ya next year." He hung up.

I burst out laughing, too. It was funny seeing Misaki turn red from asking out a guy. Misaki glared at me. "You knew that was Takagi-kun, Saru!"

I tried to hold in my laughter. "Sorry, but 'Yuki' IS a unisex name, isn't it?"
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"-shimi-san? Fushimi-san!" I opened my eyes. Enomoto was leaning towards me. "Good, you're awake." He smiled at me. "It's your turn to go against Munakata-san. Everyone failed really bad." He chuckled and left to go comfort a tired Hidaka.

I rubbed my eyes and realized something. That game console I had. Misaki had the game cartridge! I ran to the door and slipped on my sandals. "Wait! Fushimi-san! How are we supposed to beat Captain!?" Benzai asked.

"Ask Enomoto! He's an otaku!" I replied, rushing out the door. I could hear Enomoto squeal in terror as everyone dragged him towards Munakata.

I quickly ran into my bedroom and grabbed it. The old handheld console we used to play with in middle school. I don't really know why I was so excited, but, by the time I realized what I had to deal with, I was already at the Homra bar entrance.

~End: Fushimi - Chasing~