~ At a cafe near Akademi high school~
Three hours and twenty minutes, that's how long the boys squad had been watching quietly as Ayano talked, smiled and even laughed with Taro.
All of them were currently sitting on a table in the far corner of the cafe and were watching these two being lovey-dovey with a jealousy that could be sensed meters away, surprisingly enough neither Taro nor Ayano sensed it at all.
"So you really think they are officially a couple?" Hanako asked and Osano growled.
" If I knew, we wouldn't have to do this." He said annoyed and Hanako looked at the rest of the team.
" How about we just ask them?" Oko said and Amao nodded.
"I think that's the best thing to do."
" I have a better idea." Nemesis said and everyone's attention was directed to him.
" What?" Aso asked curious, Nemesis looked at Osano and smiled.
"Me and Osano will ask Ayano, we've known each other longer and we are closer to her as the only friends she had in grade school." He said and Osano nodded as he thought back the emotionless little girl that was always spacing off or simply ignored everything in existence around her.
"Seriously?" Aso asked and Osano nodded.
"She used to be a real pain in the neck." Osano said and Nemesis glared at him.
" You were more of a pain than her, you obnoxious sissy." He said and Osano snapped at him.
" And you still look like a something out of a horror novel, talk about creepy. No wonder she wants nothing to do with you."
" Says the person who looks like a unicorn vomited on them." Nemesis hissed back, the two of them glared at each other trying to intimidate each other, only to receive a good punch on the head by someone.
When they both raised their gaze they saw the Osoro glaring at them. He was intimidating enough to make them stop arguing for the moment.
" Shut up, you're going to ruin everything." He said and Osano glared at him.
"What the hell are YOU doing here? Don't you have to fight another brain damaged idiot like you?" He spat and Amao smiled nervously.
" Come now, let's not forget why we're here."
" We can ask Mido sensei, he isn't any different, he likes her more than a normal teacher should." Aso said and Osano raised an eyebrow.
He wanted the pedo to help? How was that a good idea?
" Was Rana sensei ever normal?" He finally said and Oko nodded in agreement.
"Ayano would be in great danger if that incubus were to come near her."
" Guys, what about Ayano? We can ask her now!" Aso said with a large grin.
" Too late, they're gone." Budo said as he looked at the table Ayano and Taro were sitting a few minutes ago.
Truth be told he had seen them leave a while ago but he really didn't know how to get the rest to listen.
" Oh great!!! Now what?" Osano asked annoyed.
"Will you shut up? You've been going on and on like that for the past three weeks. You uncultured peasant." Kizano said with a deep frown as he moved so that Osoro could sit with them.
"And I have every right to act this way, what happens if they go too far?" Osano said with a small blush, everyone understood except for sweet, little Hanako.
" What do you mean?" He asked innocently but Amao touched he shoulder in a friendly pat.
"Nothing, forget about it."
" Aw come on!!! Tell me!!!" Hanako whined but no one answered to which he pouted but got over it after he had something sweet to eat.
The rest of the males ordered something and spoke about something irrelavant until their drinks and snacks were brought. Once this was done, they got back to their previous topic.
" Okay, okay so let us get this straight, we go and ask Ayano, then what?" Osano asked as he looked at Nemesis.
" Then we sabotage the whole dating process. There has to be a time where we can interfere, we've known her for so long!" He said and Osoro glared at him.
"Don't you dare! She had been through enough because of you. Heck, you call yourself her friend but you were just another bully." He said in a low tone but enough for Nemesis to hear.
"Oh please! Like you don't feel the same towards her. And it's not like you treated her any better, girly face." He said with a dark smile.
" Nemesis, Osano, what are you talking about?" Amao asked and Nemesis shook his head, slowly standing up, ready to leave.
" Nothing important, if you'll excuse me I-"
Nemesis wasn't able to finish his sentence as he bumped into someone, the individual was a very tall, thin woman with really short black hair, she was around thirty to thirty five at most, her expression was empty, her face emotionless, she wore a grey long dress that reached her knees with a black flower pattern in the end, she was carrying a large bag and was about to leave as well when Nemesis bumped into her.
" Pardon me." She said coldly, the males felt a shiver down their spine, that was the tone Ayano and Haruka used when the spoke to others, especially to people they didn't know.
" No, I should apologize miss." Nemesis said with a small bow. He then caught himself wondering why he was being this polite all of a sudden.
The woman gazed at the boys uniform before raising an eyebrow. Her tone though remained cold as she asked.
" Are you all students at Akademi High?"
Nemesis was suprised by her sudden interest, looking up to meet her gaze before nodding.
" Yes... why?" He asked but the female only nodded and left silently, leaving the entire team staring at her in shock and confusion.
" Who was she?" Amao asked and Budo looked at Aso.
"You think she's an Aishi?"
" Not every female with black hair, choroal eyes and a serious expression is an Aishi." Kizano said reasonably, Hanako and Oko nodded in agreement as Aso, Budo, Amao and Osoro smiled, as for Osano, he watched Nemesis exit silently and was still wondering who that woman was.
What the hell happened just right now?
~Right behind the cafe~
" So have you seen her? Do you have at least have any clues about her whereabouts?"
" No, apparently she's dissapeared with no trace whatsoever... why the sudden interest?" A voice said through a cell phone.
" This is none of your concern. What about the Journalist? What happened to him?"
" Dead, the whole place was burnt to the ground. No further information is known... for now."
" I see, anything else?"
" Nothing for now... you know, I don't know why you came all the way from London but..."
" But? What? Speak, I can't read minds, you know."
" But please don't try to ruin everything they've done so far."
" You've all had your chance, now I am taking control."
" No!!!! I won't let you, you can't!!!!"
" Of course I can, have you forgotten who I am?"
" No, I haven't but that doesn't mean you can always have your way."
" We'll see about that."
" So be it then."
And with that the call ended, the female looked at the time before she moved away, this whole situation had gotten out of control and she'd be damned if she allowed anyone to meddle in her plans.
Now it was time... for the real game to be unveiled.