2. Project IZ*ONE II

Chapter 7- Scars

"There's also that one detail you haven't mentioned yet, Eunbi." Hyewon interjects, still rubbing her head from the hit she took yesterday. "Chaewon, you said that one of the girls looked like Chaeyeon, right?"

"Yeah, she did." Chaewon nods before continuing. "She even had some speed related power. I was really caught off guard."

"But Chaeyeon-unnie went with Sakura-unnie to Japan, didn't she? That doesn't make any sense." Wonyoung replies.

"Wait, I think I remember Chaeyeon-unnie mentioning she had a sister one time." Yuri says. "She didn't go much into detail, but she said that they had to separate because they were both mutants."

"Okay, that's good. It looks like we at least have a lead now. I'll try to see if Seunggi-sunbae can get any information from JYP's school for mutants." Eunbi jumps in.

"What about, Chaeyeon? Shouldn't we tell her about this?" Yena asks.

"I think it would be smart to hold off for now until we have confirmation. We don't want Chaeyeon to make any rash decisions when she gets back either." Hyewon advises. Everyone in the group nods as the discussions continue throughout lunch.

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A few hours later...

"Hey, Chaewon, whatcha got with you?" Yena asks as she enters the short-haired girl's room. Now without Sakura, Chaeyeon and Minjoo, the room looked a lot emptier than it usually did.

"Oh...it's nothing." The younger girl responds, throwing a piece of clothing into her closet before turning around to face the duck. "Any word from Eunbi-unnie on the JYP stuff?" She continues, trying to change the subject.

"That's what I was coming here to call you for actually. They found some info. We'll get Minjoo back in no time!" Yena says optimistically.

"We're still going to have to sneak out though. I'm sure Principal Ahn is going to double up on security later tonight to stop us." Chaewon responds.

"Listen, Chaewon..." Yena begins to say, her expression becoming a bit more serious. "Like Eunbi-unnie said, I know what you're going through right now. Just...don't do anything stupid. Let's go and meet with the others first." She ends, patting Chaewon on the shoulder, and making her way out.

"Heh, yeah...nothing stupid..." The short-haired girl says to herself as she picks out the black article of clothing she'd found when she went back to the forest earlier. Engraved on it was the company 'Yujeonja Tech Solutions'.

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"Okay, girls, Seunggi-sunbae sent me a message of what he found out. He made sure to say though that we cannot let Principal Ahn find out about this." Eunbi begins. This time, the group had all chosen to meet up in the leader's room to avoid any unwanted attention.

"Well, don't keep us waiting in suspense, go on already!" Yena rushes, earning a slap on the shoulder from Yuri for her rudeness.

"ITZY was originally a mutant group formed under JYP to do missions much like us." The leader says as she takes out a few pictures the group's members. "Hwang Yeji is the leader, a pyromancer. Choi Jisu, better known as Lia, has elasticity powers. Shin Ryujin...she's the shapeshifter who duped me and Hyewon. Lee Chaeryeong, Chaeyeon's younger sister, her power is essentially super speed, but the file said she actually slows down time around her as opposed to Chaeyeon who's purely speed. Lastly, their getaway member, Shin Yuna, a teleporter."

"That's quite the lineup..." Wonyoung says. The synergy of that team certainly did feel like one that would be able to infiltrate any base with ease.

"I agree, but if they're supposed to be working for JYP, aren't they supposed to be good guys like us?" Yujin asks.