Ayano was quite sure Oka was ready to return to school.

She hadn't expected herself to torture her; she just felt a need to punish her for even looking at her Senpai.

And now, she was a shell. It's not like she had much personality before; now she was a husk of a human.

Ayano brought her to school. She slumped against the wall, mumbling to herself.

"Okay, Oka. You've been such a good girl. Now, there's a pretty nurse in the infirmary, with pink hair. I need you to go and destroy her." Ayano handed her a knife. She had checked that Muja was there, and knew all that she needed was Oka. She had put on a pair of her mother's leather gloves, so none of her DNA would be on the knife. Once the knife was securely in Oka's hand, she took them off and placed them in her bag.

She didn't stick around to watch Oka, she simply went to her locker and changed her shoes, before going up to the library for some "studying". She could need an alibi.

She heard a scream from downstairs, and she hid her smile. Continuing with her homework, she waited until it was lesson time, and entered the classroom. There was some quiet whispering in the room.

"Oh, God, Ayano, there you are." Hina said, grabbing her hand. "I was so worried. Haven't you heard?"

"Heard what? Oka came back. She and the student nurse are dead."

Ayano feigned shock. "What? Oh, god. Did someone hurt them?"

"We don't know. The police will be here soon."

Sure enough, the police arrived. One officer was assigned to a classroom, while the senior team took care of the murder. All the weapons were sent away for forensics to study.

"Ayano, if someone hurt them... that means there is a murderer at school. Budo's right. It's not safe here."

"Hina, calm down. You don't know what happened." Ayano said. "Let's wait for the results."

It only took a few days. A teacher announced it to the class.

"I know you're all wondering what happened with Oka and Nurse Kina. The police discovered it was Oka's fingerprints on the weapon, and so it's assumed a murder-suicide took place."

"So Oka goes missing, comes back, and kills someone?" someone said. "Why's that?"

"We don't know. We hope both of them can rest in peace."

Hina next to Ayano shook her head. "God, this school is going down the pits."

Ayano nodded. "Yes. Isn't it awful?"

Hina's anxiety didn't cool over the next few days. She spent most of her time as close to Budo as possible, knowing he would provide protection should it come to it. She wasn't the only one; Ayano noticed a few more girls hanging out close to Budo and the other martial arts members. She felt it silly. If someone was dangerous, they can't create a bubble around Budo - how on earth would he protect them then?

Even so, she was simply grateful. Surely her chance to confess to Senpai was coming up.

But it didn't. She got another text.

Info-chan: I heard there's a new substitute teacher arriving at school. I've done my research. She's into young boys.

Ayano: Young boys? Disgusting. Why are you telling me?

Info-chan: She goes after the most basic boys possible. Ones that likely get no girls interested in them. Like your Senpai.

Ayano: That's not true. He's had loads of girls on his back for the last few weeks.

Info-chan: She wont know that just looking at him. She'll make him feel special. I'd get her fired if I were you, though, students are getting anxious.

Ayano thought about it. She thought of the rules set for teachers. No cigarettes, no alcohol, definitely no lewd behaviour. This would be easy.

She got ahold of a fake ID, and went into Buraza town, purchasing anything she could need.

She could do this easily.