Transition And Restart

They lost close to a third of their members within two days after Kareyoshi pulled the plug on the club, or rather the student council did . Well, in theory they lost all of them as they were no longer recognised as a school club .

Ryu looked at the people gathered in the café . Around a hundred of them, including journalists . Kuri had just finished off her defamation speech, and for everyone present their princ.i.p.al seemed like a third reich goon . Tomorrow would see a ma.s.sive media scandal .

Ryu could understand Kuri"s intense hatred of Kareyoshi . He was an a.r.s.e after all, and somehow he was involved in the a.s.saults on their friends . Yukio, Kyoko and Urufu had all been physically attacked . Kuri as well, even though she was the only one dodging hospital .

"This isn"t a club meeting . She turned it into a press conference . "

The worst part was that none of those sent to hospital was there . That had to be Urufu"s fault . Yukio was his best friend, and together they pushed Kyoko into a corner where she had to chose between her best friend and her boyfriend . The result was a given .

That hurt . Ryu could see in Kuri"s eyes how much that hurt . He felt it himself, because more often than not, Noriko was absent as well . It was as if Urufu wanted to tell him and Kuri that if they became a couple, then that would be at the cost of their friends .

Advertis.e.m.e.nt"d.a.m.ned dirty way of fighting . " But Urufu always played dirty, and he wasn"t even ashamed of it . Efficient, he called it . "Dad, is this the way you solve things as well?"

Ten members lost, four new gained . Six if you counted Tomasu and Jeniferu . Apart from their two Irishima High newcomers there was a freshman and one junior, both previously from Red Rose h.e.l.l . There was a list as well, the red list .

"These are the applications from students Kareyoshi paid others to bully," Kuri said, and she got the expected shouts of outrage .

"Kuri, you"re a wonder, but I don"t think you understand just how deeply rooted our antagonism towards Koreans and Chinese are . " The uproar would blow over . What happened to non white foreigners wasn"t news at all . As long as the hara.s.sed students were non j.a.panese Asians a lot of the parents would silently applaud the actions .

Then again, with Kuri going up in flames, well you never knew . Urufu once said he might be ruthless, but that Kuri was the dangerous one .

While Kuri continued to pour petrol on the flames Ryu contemplated why he wasn"t more disturbed by Urufu keeping his distance than he was . Maybe because Urufu was just as much the condescending arrogant a.r.s.e that he accused j.a.panese people to be .

With a smirk Ryu amended that thought . Urufu got his daughter killed in Sweden, but that wasn"t the work of some right wing loonies like the insane a.s.saults on Urufu, Yukio and Kyoko .

"I"m pretty sure you have your share of the idiots in Sweden as well," Ryu thought . "You were just to old to notice it . "

In the centre of the café Kuri finished her thinly disguised speech .

Ryu looked at Jirou, who grinned and tapped on his keyboard . They must have gained yet another one or two members . From Irishima High or Himekaizen Ryu didn"t know .

"Maybe we won"t lose overall in the end anyway . "

Ryu rose from his chair and joined Kuri . He"d promised to show how they belonged together whenever he got a chance, but this time he also represented their club, even though it was an unofficial one .

"Two new members? Superb! There are clubs with just two members," he said and flashed his best smile . That bought them another member . "Don"t be shy . We"d like more members from Irishima High, for balance I say . " Ryu kept his smile glued to his face . The effort got them yet another .

"Two cute girls from Irishima High," Kuri said and laughed . "No male takers?" Her voice rang like bells in the café .

"You know, that"s outright unfair . "
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Unsurprisingly she hooked two boys . Freshmen both .

And it was unfair . Kuri and him working in tandem was a behemoth when it came to recruiting . It worked just as well this year as it had done a year ago .

"But it wasn"t fully a year ago, was it?" Urufu"s brainchild . "Dammit, Urufu, you"re usually so full of yourself, so where the h.e.l.l are you now?"

Jirou shook his head and added the new members . Now, even if another half a dozen left the club, they"d have the numbers needed to continue their activities .

Which mean Urufu was absolutely vital, Ryu noted . Urufu embodied their walking talking sessions . Without the ingenious problems he posited they were worthless .

Ryu saw how Kuri suddenly grabbed her phone . One moment she was happily chatting with their latest members and giving bland answers to what had to be journalists, the next she stared at her phone with a predatory smile in her face .

"Seems he"s not abandoned us," she said . Her voice broke a little, and the subtle tone of sadness took some of the edge away from her cynical comment . "Ryu, get the tablets . We got some doc.u.ments from Ulf .

"I can organise the walk as long as the material is here . " "Yeah, I"ll do that," Ryu said, and his mood rose several degrees . It didn"t matter that Urufu was an a.r.s.e . As long as he delivered he wasn"t a total a.r.s.e .

A hand landed on Ryu"s shoulder . Slender fingers digging in and a moment"s caress . "I miss him as well," Kuri said, "But you"re my boyfriend now, so please bear with him, will you?"

That was one h.e.l.l of a way to declare both your love as well as your loyalty . Ryu wasn"t certain he liked it all that much, but Kuri just said that she wouldn"t cheat on him . "Guess she can"t forget she got cheated on herself when she was young . The first time . "

"Sure," Ryu promised .

A few minutes later he was back from the inner room with an armful of tablets . "Guys, it"s walking talking time!"