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 principal seemed like a third reich goon . Tomorrow would see a massive media scandal .
Ryu could understand Kuri's intense hatred of Kareyoshi . He was an arse after all, and somehow he was involved in the assaults 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 .
Advertisement'Damned 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 Hell . 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 harassed students were non Japanese 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 arse that he accused Japanese 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 assaults 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 hell 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 documents 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 arse . As long as he delivered he wasn't a total arse .
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 hell 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!"
Chapter end
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