Entering the host club with Saya trailing behind my back, we glanced across at the only booth with people sitting on them, seeing Ueko flanked by two guys with slicked-back hair and dressed in flamboyant suits; Keiji and Dai.

"Ueko!" I called out to her as I strolled over to her booth with Saya.

"Kaya!" Ueko shoved one of the guys down to the floor, making room for her to bolt over and crash into me with a hug. "Thank goodness, you're actually okay!"

My face warmed up instinctively and Saya pouted to my side, side-eyeing Ueko. "Yeah, I'm okay. We came back to get you," I said. "Nothing happened while I was gone, right?"

Ueko pulled away from me, glancing behind her with eyes that were both fearful and nauseated. "I can't believe you left me behind with those two primitive apes..."

"Uhm, were they really that bad--" I started.

"Yes!" Ueko immediately snapped.

As if on que, the guy that Ueko had pushed onto the floor hollered out to me with a dumb smirk, "Oi Kaya! That blondie is just my type! Can you help set a brother over here up?"

"Did he just call me 'blondie'...?" Ueko turned around flabbergasted and looking ready to curb stomp Dai in the face.

"Damn Dai," The second guy scrowled, reclining on his seat inside the booth. "Do you have loose screws in your head? Obviously Kaya's way hotter than the blondie!"

If Saya wasn't next to me right now, I would had already thrown these two dumbasses straight out the window. Just because I was in this female body, none of my kobuns seemed to have respect for me still. Forget it. Now wasn't the time to discipline these dropkicks.

I grabbed the steaming Ueko by one shoulder, leading her quietly to the door alongside Saya who was just exhausted and ready to hit the bed after everything that happened to her today.

"Hey, are my eyes messing with me or am I seeing two Kayas?" Keiji uttered as we were leaving.

"Huh, oh yeah, that's probably just her sister. Higuchi was saying something about it earlier." Dai replied, then squinted at us. "I gotta say they're both super hot though!"

"But don't you think Kaya's sister looks a lot more lady-like than her?" Keiji said, then laughed idiotically. "Maybe I should try introducing myself to her sister next time, haha!"

I patted Saya and Ueko's back, nudging them softly out the door of the host club with a serene smile, "I will see you guys downstairs, I forgot I left something behind."

"Huh? What did you forget, Kaya?" Keiji called to me. "I will get it for you!"

"Did she even bring anything when she came in?" Dai said.

The door closed and I turned to glance at the confounded faces of Keiji and Dai.

"So, the two of you are into 'lady-like' chicks, huh? Good to know." I slowly unravelled the bandages around my hands, revealing fists that were still wet with blood, mostly from other people's.

Keiji and Dai swallowed, staring at my fists. The realisation of their looming predicament hit them even before I did. "H-hey Kaya, about all that stuff before, we were just joking around... just boys talk you know, haha...! Oh wait, you're not a boy..."

They laughed nervously to one another for a moment but instantly shut up when they realised I wasn't laughing one bit.

"Uh-huh." I said stoically, continuing to unwrap my bandages. "I see. Very funny indeed."

"Ah! I know!" Keiji clapped his hands together, sweating bullets from his forehead. "Are you upset because we said you're not lady-like? Don't worry Kaya! I like my ladies as strong as a gorilla so you're always the cutest in my eyes!"

"R-right!" Dai nodded desperately. "Your ape-like power and chimpanzee temper is seriously unmatched! Although I think you could try to act more like a human girl sometim..."

I walked over to Dai and the words on his tongue froze. Then I gave him an affable smile for a second, before I leaped up and smashed my knee into his face, exploding blood all over the floor. His unconscious body dropped down on the ground like a dead fish and I turned to glance at Keij to see him dropping down on his rear to the ground despite him not being the one that was hit.

"Who the fuck are you calling a gorilla--?!" I yelled, kicking Keiji in the face to send his soul shooting of his body. Then I pounded the sole of my feet down on top of his head over and over again ruthlessly. "If you say even a single god damn word to my lil sis then I'll rip that useless junk straight out of you with my bare hands, you hear me, bastard!!"

~x~

The three of us went home in a tired zoned-out state, Ueko eventually separating from Saya and I to go on a different train on her route home.

Then the next day came like a blur and I was walking with a quiet Saya on our way to school under the faint morning sunlight. She had been acting quieter than usual ever since the incident yesterday. I was hoping it wasn't because she finally realised that I didn't act like her sister at all.

"Sis..." Saya called out to me from behind, trailing me.

"Y-yes...?!" I said, spinning around with a forced smile and feeling electricity shooting up my spine.

Saya peered into my eyes silently, causing me to have an instant panic attack.

'Is this it?' I thought. 'Is this the day when she finally realises that her sister isn't supposed to be acting like a yakuza gang leader?'

I had done a lot of suspicious things yesterday to blow my cover, but all of that had been done for the sake of keeping Saya safe from that Shigeo bastard. It wasn't like I had much other choice.

Also, I didn't really know why I was panicking. Didn't I want Saya to find out that I wasn't her sister in the first place? The first day that I woke up in this body, I had tried countless times to convince her that I wasn't her sister, but she absolutely refused to believe me, even going so far as to threaten to jump out the window of the house if I didn't just go along with being her sister.

Now it felt like things had only gotten super complicated since then. But the plan in my mind was still the same -- be Saya's sister for now. At least until either she was ready for the truth or I can find the real Kaya myself.

"Sis, about yesterday..." Saya said slowly, and I braced myself for her next words. "I..." She paused, then flushed crimson, "I didn't know you learned how to fight in America...!"

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"W-wha?"

"I-it was seriously so cool when you fought all those guys by yourself, sis!" Saya stared at me with eyes filled with admiration. "You remind me of those superheroes in animes we used to watch!"

A bewildered cough came out of my lips that gradually turned into an anxious full blown laugh. "Hahaha...! What can I say! Your sister is just a natural genius, amiright!"

"Also, what's up with all those yakuzas that knew you?" Saya asked and I flinched, freezing into place. "Or were they hosts?" Saya glanced up thoughtfully. "I thought they were hosts at first but then they were all saying stuff about the yakuza at the warehouse. It was really hard to understand what they were saying..."

"T-they were hosts!" I quickly said. "To be honest, I didn't know them too! I-I just met them when I was looking for you in Kabukicho and they said they wanted to help out, that's all, haha...!"

"Really?" Saya said, then she leaned in to peer at me with suspicious eyes. "Are you sure they're not your friends, sis...?"

"Of course not!" I laughed.

Saya leaned back with a relieved sigh, then glanced across at me, smiling gently. "Still, it's a shame though, sis..."

"Huh?" I stopped laughing, feeling alarmed. "What's a shame?"

"That you're not a guy," Saya laughed embarrassedly, "Otherwise I would be falling completely heads over heels for you I think."

"...!"

"Aah, jeez, what am I saying! That was such an embarrassing thing to say!" Saya blushed, beaming smittenly to herself as though enthralled by her own thoughts. Then she realised I was watching her dumbfoundedly and snapped out of it, striding past me to walk ahead. "F-forget I said that! A-anyways, we have to get to school or we will be late, sis!"

"W-wait up, Saya!" I called out, chasing after her. "Y-you never know! Maybe I could turn into a guy in the future, hahaha!"

"What are you saying, sis, haha! That's impossible!"

"Anything could happen in the future!"

"You're playing with me now!"

"No, I'm not! I'm being serious! Hey! Are you listening to me, Saya?!"

~x~

Another day of school. Another day of pretending to be a girl.

I yawned, staring wearily outside the window next to my desk. It felt like it took a lot longer to recover than normal after being in a fight with this body which I guess was natural. My hands were also still in the bandages that Saya had re-wrapped for me yesterday night.

"W-why do your hands look even worse?!" Saya had said when she saw my hands last night after getting home.

"Ahahaha, I bumped into the wall on our way back..."

"Seriously, sis, you need to take care of yourself better..."

Thinking about the conversation again made me think about Keiji and Dai, and I clenched my teeth angrily, holding my pen tighter on my desk. Back in my male form, those two had been indispensable loyal kobuns that I could trust with my life. But now that I was a girl, I felt like I couldn't even trust them to look after my hamburger. I guess I needed to first earn back all the kobuns' respect if I wanted any hopes of restoring the Shi-kai to its former glory...

"Kaya!" The teacher's voice boomed at me from nowhere and I threw a punch into the air instinctively.

KLACK.

My fist was spot on, and I turned my head to watch in horror as the teacher collapsed down to the floor next to my desk.

The entire classroom froze for at least ten seconds before some girl in the back of the class let out a dismayed wail, "S-Sensei...!"

Then the cluttered sounds of chairs sliding backwards followed as concerned students rushed over to check whether their teacher was still alive.

"K-Kaya, what the hell was that?!"

"Check his pulse!"

"Can someone go get the nurse?!"

"I-It wasn't my fault!" I stammered to the frantic crowd, "He just called out to me so suddenly! At least he could had warned me first!"

But they were all too busy trying to find the teacher's pulse and checking whether there was any air coming out of his nose.

Ueko squirmed past the crowd to come up next to me, laughing comically with tears in her eyes, "Y-you are too much for me, Kaya! The last thing I expected when Matsuda-sensei asked you to solve a quadratic equation was for you to sock him in the face!"

"It was an accident, Ueko..." I said hoarsely.

I stood on the sidelines near my desk with Ueko, not knowing what to do. I was a virtuoso at putting people to sleep, not waking them up from it. Glancing up at the crowd gathered around the teacher, I spotted Saya's face staring at me worriedly from the back, the crowd blocking her from coming over to me.

"Well, the good news is that we probably don't have History anymore after lunch." Ueko commented with a chuckle.

"..."

"Cheer up, Kaya." Ueko said, patting my back soothingly as we watched the students carry Matsuda-sensei out of the classroom to the nurse's office.

"Thanks..." I said dispiritedly, then I glanced around at the astray students inside the classroom. "So... what happens now without our sensei?"

Ueko shrugged her shoulders, "Who knows. Do you want to go t--"

"Kaya Yoshino."

A third voice entered into our conversation and I thought it was another teacher at first because of how stringent their tone was, but we turned to look up at a boy with crisp black hair and firm sable eyes. The expression on his face was so stern that I started feeling nervous about whether I forgot about something I had done that I wasn't supposed to do. There were probably already quite a few things there though.

"Uhm, how do you do?" I said to the boy, causing his face to become more rigid than it already was.

"I'm fine, thank you very much." The boy said with a hint of irritation. "Could I ask you to come with me for a second, Kaya? I need to have a word with you..."

"Huh?" I blinked at him. "Who are you though and why do I need to speak to you?"

I felt something nudging into my ribs forcefully and I turned to look at Ueko who hissed into my ears, "Kaya, that's our class rep, Shozo Koda! He's the only first year to have ever gotten into our school's prestigious student council so he has a lot of authority around the school! Some people have even gotten expelled because of him!"

"W-what?!" I stammered. "How come I've never even seen the guy...?"

"That's because you're sleeping in class all the time!" Ueko winced.

I glanced back across at Shozo, feeling his unyielding stare on me. That meant this was serious then. No way was I going to put myself in a situation where I would have to break the news to Saya that I was getting expelled because of something stupid that I did.

Putting on the most girly voice I could muster, I fluttered my eyelashes at Shozo and tried to act cute, "O-oh! Shozo, right? Hahaha, of course, we can have a chat any time you want...! ❤"

"..."

Silence came from both sides, then Ueko said to me, "That was kind of creepy, Kaya..."

"Anyways," Shozo said, pretending he didn't hear what I said, "Please, come with me. Let's go to the student council room where we can talk alone."

He stopped, glancing to my side at Ueko. "And you, stay here, Ueko. Another teacher should come soon to take over the class for Matsuda-sensei."

"Eh? But Kaya's my best friend!" Ueko said. "Can't I just tag along with her pleas--"

"No." Shozo said flatly. "This is something I have to talk to her alone about."

"Tch." Ueko crossed her arms defiantly. "Ruler."

"What did you say?" Shozo glared at Ueko.

"Nothing." Ueko pouted, flicking her head away from Shozo.

Shozo turned back to me. "Come now, Kaya. Let's go."

I glanced at Shozo then at Ueko with a reluctant look. She glanced back at me with a weak smile. "You'll be okay, Kaya... just don't say anything dumb."

"Y-yeah, of course." I laughed feebly. "Do I ever."

Ueko stared at me without a laugh though.

Then Shozo led the way out of the classroom and I followed behind him hesitantly.

"S, sis...!" Saya stepped towards us just as we were about to leave the classroom. "Where are you going?"

"Ah, Saya," Shozo said to Saya from besides me. "Don't worry, I just need to have a quick word with your sister. Another teacher should be coming soon."

"Yeah, hahaha...!" I laughed embarrassedly. "It's just as he says, Saya."

"Shozo...?" Saya glanced over at him then at me, her face suddenly paling. Then she turned back to Shozo. "I-If it's because of what sis did to Matsuda-sensei, please let me explain for my sis...! She has a condition when she sleeps where she will hit--"

"Please, Saya." Shozo said. "It's fine. We are just having a little chat."

"But...!"

"Now if you'll excuse us."

Shozo opened the classroom door, gesturing for me to walk out and I did, then he stepped out after me closing the door behind him.

"Please follow me, Kaya." Shozo said, walking across the corridor.

I followed quietly, staring behind his back. Judging from Ueko and Saya's reaction, this kid might be an even bigger threat to me than Shigeo. At least with Shigeo all I had to do was beat his ass alongside his cronies'. But with Shozo, I couldn't simply resort to my yakuza ways without ruining Saya's sister's image.

"By the way," Shozo said as he walked ahead, "I've called for the rest of the student council to meet us at the student council room too."

"Hahaha..." I rubbed the back of my head, following behind him, "T-that's a bit overkill for just a little chat, isn't it...?"

"Actually, we were planning to have this meeting with you today at lunch, but after what happened with Matsuda-sensei, I think earlier would be best."

"What do you mean...?"

Shozo stopped for a second, glancing back at the confused me. "Yesterday... you were at Kabukicho, weren't you, Kaya?"