Hey guys! Here is chapter 5! Now, before starting from this chapter, I would like to say that starting with this chapter, things start to get serious. It will start from small stuff to get more serious. If you are squeamish about these themes, what I will do is when is comes to stuff like this, I will put a warning in bold for you to skip the scene and at the end of the scene for you to resume reading. For this chapter, there are only small scenes but you will understand what I mean. These certain scenes are optional to read but they will give insight on what's going on.

"You have returned to the real world. Welcome back."

Those were the last words I heard as my surroundings faded into red and black. It slowly became the busy Shibuya I need to get used to. "Are you okay Akano? You're staring off into space?" something latches onto my arm. I turn my head in that direction and see Ryuji looking at me concerned. "Yeah I'm fine. Just feeling a light-headed, that's all!" I shake my head and flashed a smile at him. "What's with you two? Are you two students of Shujin Academy?" a voice calls at us as we turn in that direction. Oh shit, it's the fuzz. "Cutting classes are we?" one of the officers asks which makes me tense up and Ryuji look vexed. All Ryuji was doing was making the cops think he's on drugs by talking about the castle. Hell, they even wanted to check his bag. One of the cops turn to me, "Hmm? Red hair... you Kenny~San's kid?" he asked and I just groaned. With a roll of my eyes, "So what if I am?" Ryuji was shocked at my response but what he did was sigh. "Get to school and take your boyfriend with you now or we will inform your school. I hope you know that Kenny~San will know of this." Great, Kenny is going to kick my ass. 

"Eh? We're not boyfriend and girlfriend!" Ryuji freaked out with a red face. Really? Eh, I just need to get out of here. If these cops are dumb enough to think he is my boyfriend, I guess I have to play it off. Unwillingly, I clench myself onto his arm, "C'mon babe, lets get to school!" I say and practically drag him away. "H-Hey! Wait!" He's too flustered to answer properly. I look back and see that the two cops walked into a nearby store. With a sigh of relief, I let go of Ryuji's arm. "Sorry dude, I just had to get away from those guys. Didn't want to get more of an ass whopping then I'm already gonna get..." I do a small bow and looked at his face. It was as red as a tomato. "I-It's fine! R-really!" he scratches the back of his neck and I continue to walk to school. I just took the same path as before and it lead me to the school. I was still expecting a castle so my mouth was open in shock.

"Is this for real...? I'm sure we came the same way... what's goin' on?" I try to look at his reaction to see if his is the same as mine but he wasn't looking at me. I shook it off as someone steps out of the school building. Fuck. "That's exactly what I wanted to ask you. We received a call from the police." It was a middle aged man who looked like a councilor. "Damn cop snitched on us after all!" No duh, Ryuji. He's not a cool cop from those movies. This old guy starts asking where the fuck were we and Ryuji became a dumbass and spoke about the castle. Of course, this guy didn't believe him. "What's this about a castle?" That fucking voice. "Kamoshida!?" Ryuji exasperated. So this is the asshole in the castle? "You seem so carefree, Sakamoto. Quite a difference from when you did morning practice for the track team." Did? Track team? He really did do track team? Morning practice, too? I don't know sports but if you practice that much you must be devoted. Why did he stop?

"Shuddup! It's your fault that-" "How dare you speak that way to Mr. Kamoshida! There's not much leeway left for you, you know?" The councilor scolds Ryuji. They have a small argument with the old man finishing it with threatening Ryuji about him being expelled and ordering him to go with him. "What!? This is bullshit!" his outburst made Kamoshida chuckle. "Come now. I should have been more considerate, too. Let's just say we were both to blame." if it wasn't for his smug look, I would've thought he was a nice teacher. "Well, if you say so... still, you're coming with me. It's undeniable that you are extremely late." these two piss me off. "Fine..." Ryuji submitted and walked up the steps. I do the same. "Hey, are you the transfer student, Akano Kurusu, correct? Ms. Kawakami is waiting for you. I'll take you there." Kamoshida asks me while giving me a smirk.

"Sir, I'll write a report on this student. She's new, so I'll show her around the school as well." he tells the councilor as he nods and walks inside the school. Ryuji turned his head around and glares at Kamoshida before he enters. I was left with him. Not only the fact that he is creepy as fuck, I barely know this guy. "I remember your face... you're that girl who refused to a ride with me and Takamaki." He tells me and I nod. "Just saying, stay away from Sakamoto. He's bad news. If you have any problems, come consult me." He wraps his arm on my shoulders, which make me shudder and move out of the way in time. "I'm sorry it's just-" "Nah, it's fine. We have all year for you to warm up to me. Anyway, let's get on with the tour." Kamoshida walks into the school. Taking a deep breath, I walk in after him.

Back to the interrogation room...

"The school turned into an old castle...? A talking cat...? Are you hallucinating from an overdose? I won't put up with you if you're simply joking around." Oh great, she doesn't believe me. "I'm going to have you continue the story." She pulled out three sheets of paper. One was one with a logo and 'Take Your Heart' printed on it while the other one held someones photograph. "The one who received a 'calling card' from the Phantom Thieves was an Olympic medalist... an alumnus from Shujin Academy - the PE teacher Suguru Kamoshida. It's true that what he did were deplorable crimes from... indulging his desires. He confessed to it all. But there should've been no connections between the two of you since you had just transferred. Why did you target him?" her question lingered in my head. Flashes of events that happened with him came to me. "I'll tell you later..." I say as she got angry. From there, I told her what happened next.

Back to the game...

"And this is the faculty office where Ms. Kawakami is waiting for you." With the fakest smile I have ever seen, Kamoshida gestures to the door of the faculty office. "I gotta get ready at my next class so I'll see you later. And remember, I am always here when you need me Kurusu~San." And with that he's gone. Mental note, don't talk to him. Period. With a sigh, I open the door. First thing I see is Ms. Kawakami. The moment she noticed me, she had this annoyed look on her face. "Unbelievable..." she sighs, "Being over half a day late on your first day...? Can you explain yourself?" She asks as I roll my eyes. First you don't want me here and now you 'act' concerned? I mean, yeah, you're a teacher, but you've made it clear that you don't like me. "Trains at Yongen were packed. That ain't my cup of tea, being pushed up against walls of a train, no. I waited for a later train that had less people. Also what effected it was the accident." I lie as she sighs.

"Next time, take the first train. I get the second part but the first part, that doesn't excuse your actions. Will you pull yourself together? You were given fair warning yesterday. More importantly... the councilor said that you were hanging around that Sakamoto~Kun." Her eyebrow raises as I stop talking. This bitch is gonna scold me for hanging out with a 'delinquent'. He may look like one but, he doesn't seem like it. With a sigh, she begins again, "He's nothing but trouble. If you want an okay year, stay away from him. Though, I don't think you will listen to me. Anyway, the bell is going to ring, let's get to class." She stands from her chair and exits the faculty office. I do the same and follow her to my classroom. On the way, I hear students gossiping.

'Oh my god! Is that the transfer student?'

'I hear she's got a record...'

'Yeah, assault.'

'Damn, she's cute... though, she could hurt me if I try flirting'

How the fuck do these shitheads know about my record? Seriously man... this is going to be a rough year. After a long time of walking, we make it to the classroom. "About you being late, just be serious about it even if you're lying. Do NOT say anything unnecessary." Just as she finished speaking the bell rang. "Here's a chalk, write your name when I introduce you." Kawakami hands me a thin piece of white chalk and I hold onto it. Students flooded the class and found their ways to their desks. "Good afternoon class. Today we have a transfer student. She's only able to join us from this period due to the fact that she was in the nurses office." as she was speaking, I wrote my name on the green chalkboard in both Hiragana and English. "Please introduce yourself to the class and give one fact about yourself." Her hand gestures tell me to speak. "My name is Akano Kurusu and I'm foreign." I say with a bow.

'You think that's her?'

'Being over half a day late on her first day? Man, she's insane...'

'Is that really her? She doesn't look like a criminal...'

'It's got to be her! She's the only transfer student in our year!'

These voices are going to be the death of me. "Your seat will be... hmm... over there. The one that's open. Sorry, but could the people around her please share your textbooks with her for today?" she informs the class as they complain. Reluctantly, I walk over to the desk she pointed at. "...lies." It was the girl from before. I didn't want to make a scene so I just glared at her and sat at the desk. Unfortunately, she's in front of me. The students start talking about it and how our side of the room is horrible. What do you mean? She looks like the nicest girl in this school. Either that or one of the popular kids from those movies. Oh wait, that's a Western thing... I sit at my assigned seat as more people talk about me. Kawakami starts teaching class while also mentioning that this is the last period because of the accident and that the volleyball rally is coming up. Great, two things I give zero shits about.

Class was a drag. Nothing really important that I learned, like always. I leave the class and go light-headed a bit. Flashes of the castle appear in the hallway. "Hey, are you okay?" I hear. It was Kawakami. "Yeah I'm fine. Just need some advil." I tell her as she sighs in relief. "Okay. I just came to say that rumors about you are going around, but I'm not the one who told them." Sure you didn't. "Anyway, I'm going to reassure to you to stay away from Saka-" She was cut off by Ryuji coming towards us. "Speak of the devil." The two go on and on about bullshit I didn't need to know. Apparently he used to have black hair before. He went to leave but he came to my ear. "Meet me on the rooftop." He said and walked away. Kawakami goes on again, shitting on Ryuji and telling me that Sojiro was pissed, fucking snitch, then left. Now I can go talk to Ryuji. Now, where are those stairs... 

As I walked, I bumped into a boy with slightly spiked, dark blue hair. Wait, he's in my class. Mishima? Was it? There was bruises and bandages on his face. "I... uh... m-my a-a-a-apologies Kurusu~San!" I goes to run away but I call for him to wait. "Y-Yeah...?" He's scared of me. Great. "You're in my class, right? Mishima~Kun?" I ask as he shyly nods. Wait, Ryuji bruised his hand, right? "Do you know where the stairs are? I forgot where they are... also the nurse's office..." I look down in embarrassment as he sighs in relief. "O-Oh! J-J-Just follow me..." He leads me to th nurse's office and I was able to take out a first aid kit, as long as I brought it back. He then leads me to the hallway that has the stairs in it. "Arigato Mishima~Kun!" I bow and run up the stairs. I continue to run up the stairs until I reached the rooftop. There was a sign on the door that says not to go up there but I don't give a fuck.

I open the door and saw Ryuji just sitting there. "...Oh, you're here. Thought you were gonna up and leave." He smiles at me and I perk up my glasses. "I'm not an asshole, Ryuji." that comment made us chuckle a bit. "Anyway, sorry for calling you up here last minute. Bet ya that Kawakami told you to stay away from me, huh?" I knew he was gonna say that. "She says you're trouble. Though, she doesn't like me. I don't care since the feeling's mutual." I sit on a nearby desk and hug my left leg. "Well, the two of us are in the same boat. For both of those. I hate Kawakami and she hates me. But the other thing, I heard you got a criminal record, everyone's talkin' about it. It's strange though, you don't look like the criminal type." He looks me up and down as it make my face pink. "What do I look like then?"

Ryuji's POV

"What do I look like then?" was her response to my answer to that. "Um, let me think about it... a chinchilla maybe?" That took a lot of thinking honestly. "Chinchilla...? The fuck you mean?" of course she's questioning it. I swear, if I tell her, she may slap me to kingdom come. But I'm gonna say it. "Because you're feisty like one and cute like one." The moment I said that, her face went read her eyes widen."E-E-Eh!? Why would you say that so calmly!?" I was expecting her to rush up to me and slap the shit out of me but she just stayed there, fidgeting in place. "A-A-Anyway, what did you need before I go into bitch mode." She threatens me in that cute, pissed off tone of her's. "I asked you up here so I can ask about that castle without sounding crazy. Was it all a dream? Do you remember it?" I asked, hoping that she remembers it. She does a small nod while her face returns to her normal pale skin.

"But... even if we both remember it, it doesn't mean much though... but to be honest, dream or not, you saved me from Kamoshida. So, thanks Akano~Chan!" With that comment, it made her smile and stare at my hand. I looked at it too and saw the black ribbon she wrapped on it. "Oh this. No wonder why the other students were looking at it weird. Here let me..." I began to unwrap it but then I saw a huge bruise mark. "Holy shit! Guess I was right to bring this then..." Akano proceeds to pull out a first aid kit from her bag. "Give me your hand." Her voice was calm and caring, so I did as she told me. She took out a container of aloe vera and a small patch about the same size as the back of my hand. "Shit. There's no wrap. Guess the nurse forgot to pack it. Meh, I just use the ribbon." and with that, she went to work. Spreading the aloe vera all on the back of my hand and massaging it, placing the patch on the bruise, and finally wrapping it in the ribbon.

Akano's POV

"And... DONE!" I says as I finish tying up the ribbon on his hand. "Wow, impressive! Thanks Akano~Chan, I had this bruise from yesterday and it was hurting like a bitch. I tried doing it by compressing it with heat and ice but I think that this will heal better." He praises me as I smile sweetly with pink tinted cheeks. "Thanks. My aunt taught me how to treat small things like this since she was about to be a nurse but ended up being an artist." I tell him as he give me an 'oh' face. He sighs and looks at me, "I wanted to talk to you about Kamoshida. There are some rumors going around about him." Ryuji states as I let go of my leg. "Kamoshida? That creepy motherfucker from this morning?" I ask as he nods. "That asshole who was full of himself at the castle. No one says anything against him 'cause he's some medalist who took the volleyball team to nationals. The way Kamoshida was a king of that castle felt crazy real 'cause of that..." He looked up at the sky and sighed. "...I wonder if we could back to that castle again..." 

Oh, I'm sure I can go back there. If nose was telling the truth, then I'm gonna go back there. It's my magical destiny or some bullshit. "Ugh, forget it! Must've all been a dream! It has to be!" Ryuji scowled and stood up. "Sorry to drag you out here like this. That's all I had to say. I feel like we're gonna get along just fine as 'troublemakers'. I'll come talk to you if I see you around. Don't ignore me, all right? Seeya." With that, he leaves. Guess I should leave soon too. Oh wait! I forgot to take my advil. I begin to dig in my bag as I pulled out my water bottle and a container of advil. I take out two and gulp it down with water and packed it back in my bag. I walk down the stairs as I see Kamoshida. I hid, praying to Jesus that he didn't see me. But it didn't work. "Kurusu~San? I thought you left already." He greets me, having his hand rest on the wall. "I'm leaving now, actually. I just have to drop this off back at the nurse's office." I hold up the first aid kit and he smirks. "It's getting late, how about after you take that kit to the nurse's office, I'll drop you off." He drew closer to my face and I shake my head. 

"I'm fine Mr. Kamoshida, really. You being a teacher, you're probably busy. I'll take the train home, have a nice day!" I rush down the stairs before he could grab me and I rush towards the nurse's office and place it on the table since it was empty. That was the best idea I could've think of. This guy is just creepy and him dropping me off means that he knows where I live. I'm not having that. After transferring from train to train, I make it to Yongen and Leblanc. I got an earful from Sojiro about how late I was and all I could do was apologize. I mean, I would've thought I was insane if I start mentioning the castle. After that, he got on the phone. He seemed pleased at it but it changed when he found out I was eavesdropping and told me to go upstairs. I do as I'm told and changed into my nightie. Hmm... guess I should write something so that Kenny has something to read.

4/11

I end up going to school today. As I was walking towards the school, I overheard students talking about a transfer student who has a criminal record. If they don't want me in their school, I won't go to school. Or at least that's what I thought. During lunchtime the cops found me and ordered me to go to school along with some blonde kid by the name or Ryuji Sakamoto. We talked on the way to the school and became acquaintances. I hope the rumors about me don't drive him away, he seems cool.

Not a total lie.

So there is chapter 5! I hope you guys liked it. In this story, I'm gonna make Kamoshida an absolute asshole in this because of what he does later on. I hate this guy and in the beginning, I had those 'intense feels'. I will elaborate when it comes to that so yeah. Anyway, I hope you guys like this. Bye-bye!