◥◣Vocesai School◥◣

The school was constructed nine years ago before Vocesai had reached its current status of a glamorous city.

At first, three long single-storied structures was erected - each structure having seven rooms - and on those partitions alone it houses the principal's office, the clinic and the restrooms.

During its early years, the school had faced numerous problems: from funds that needs to made the school stands on its feet up to private groups that wanted the exact same spot to be demolished and converted into a dirty cash factory. One time it was burned down to ashes when the school principal refused to surrender the place, resulting into postponement of classes until the school was rebuilt from the devastating fire.

In its fourth year, still the school was barely recovered by the damage of the recent incident, the charred place was barely moved. Trash and damaged school items were mixed along the outlines of the former buildings. All the textbooks, equipments, desks and chairs, including all reading and teaching materials were no closer to be replaced, due to the fact that none had minded to rain down any money in order to recover the burnt property - or scared to help.

Things had started to get better when a man from the neighboring country had established a hardware store and covered all the expenses just to rebuild a new and more sophisticated building for all children and students to use; that's where the Vocesai School came to be.

***

The curtain of slanted lights had started to be intense as the day rolls, leaving the open front area of the school to be cooked under the heat of the early afternoon. The wind was randomly blowing from the northeast side was bringing in a hint of salty smell of the sea nearby.

Before the group could place the tents, stands and other articles, the truck and its contents were parked under the shade of the trees at the side of the school, near the wide entrance of the school premises.

Kaito and Haku were at the right wing of the school building - at the ground floor - gone into the principal's office to talk some things about the event. Ritsu remained outside to guard his truck and the items that they had brought.

"Well, as long as I can see," the principal said, removing her rectangular glasses and placing it just above a stack of test papers. "you managed to get here hours before I could even leave.."

Seated at the left side, near the principal's desk, Kaito uncertainty smiled at her explanation. "Uh... Miss Teto, what do you mean by.. 'before you could leave'? Was there any appointments you have there to attend this Saturday afternoon?"

Teto keenly looked at him, both of her arms placed away from each other at her wooden desk, holding a fountain pen. "Geez, that was a both yes and a no to be honest. Because yes for it was needed for the school's growth and no because that particular appointment was off of my weekly schedules." then she looked at Haku. "So Miss Haku, the former Drunk Queen of the Road, how nice to see you here at my office. I never thought that you'll change dramatically after two weeks. It feels kinda strange seeing you like that - back at yourself."

Haku made a small smile. "I want to make myself a better person again. I don't want to be a drunkard anymore. Those lost days had already passed. I want a new beginning and Mister Kaito will help me change."

Teto held a folder at her right with a smile. "Very well Miss Haku, you indeed found a good person to start your resolutions at your near-trash like living as an alcoholic." then she pulls the folder at the center of the table. "And, I would like to add, if you want to participate at the event, better not to bring any liquors at my school."

"Wait.. Your school?" Kaito asked, confused. "I- I thought that Governor Mayu was funding some of the expenses here. And this was a semiprivate school."

She problematically looked at Kaito. She placed the pen at the top of the closed folder and said, "Used was the word Kaito, used; now Governor Mayu let the school to be funded by us and take over completely. Geez, besides of being only the man of the house, now I have to roam around and gather support for this school."

Kaito said, "Does this mean that.."

She slowly nodded. "Yeah. She cut off the funds of this school for the next year - literally. She chopped off the moneybag and the scale model of the school on her office using her signature red ribboned axe. Sheesh, if I knew that this school would be mine, maybe I called this as Kasane Academy instead of Vocesai School."

"So the students for the next year will pay additional school fees in order to afford the education here?" Haku asked, Kaito was holding a small matryoshka.

She waived her hand in disagreement. "Not really to be honest, I know that the profit of the hardware store of my big brother Ted would be sufficient enough to make the school running at its feet by the coming months ahead. I-"

While she was explaining, Teto's phone rang suddenly. "Hold on a sec."

He smiled. "Its okay Miss Teto. Please take your time."

She gets the phone at her desk drawer and answered the phone. "Hello? Kasane Academy..." then her face became irritated. "Geez, another prank call..." then she puts down the phone, being the screen faced down. "Where was I mm.. Oh yeah.. I hope that nothing bad would happen to the school. Anyways, since it is Saturday today and no one here - except me and a few unwilling staff of the 'academy' are here - you will have a very long time at this high thirty-seven degress of burning light to set- up all the things you needed for the event tomorrow."

"Yeah, pretty much." Kaito said, returning the matryoshka back at the table, sweat beads were forming at his forehead.

"In this folder, you will see the set-up that you will use for the event - no questions asked. The planning was made by our beautiful Mathematics teacher Riza Sotone and I know she calculated that to perfection." Teto said, putting back her glasses and fixing up her red coat. "Please return that folder here at my desk after you used it. I need to go after this okay? And I don't want you guys to mess with the school janitor, he maybe 'charge' you hardcore."

Kaito and Haku had left principal Teto's office with both smiles at their faces. Carrying the folder for the event set-up, they both walked their way out the building to see Ritsu in order to begin.

At the office, Teto stood up from her leather seat and placed her hand just above the stack of papers. She smiled briefly while looking at her phone. "You hear her loud and clear right? I'll be there right away just let me finish this work. See me there."

◥◣Cul's Apartment◥◣

Sound of the construction was prevailing at the atmosphere after the gun was left off the glass table at the living room, laid alone and loaded with a single bullet.

While Cul was viewing the workers from the wide curtained window of her kitchen, she smirked when she remembered what she and Aria talked about before leaving her house. She fixed her bangs at the side slowly and picked up her tea cup.

"Will you ever learn, honey. Poor girl, such a very pure love wasted only by a douche like him. If I was a boy, maybe the church bells were ringing right now. Heh, I wonder why she had fallen at that guy easily." Cul said, then she sips.

Afterwards, she puts down the tea cup and went to the doorstep and picked up the thick carpet. When she saw that Dell was looking at her, she said, "I forgot to say to you, if you or the other guys will see a door with a giant carrot drawing at the back, bring it here also in good condition. I want that piece here, okay?"

Dell just made a thumbs up to Cul. When Dell got the instruction, Cul shuts the front door, carrying the red carpet at her shoulder.

Twenty minutes had gone past and Cul opened the door together with the carpet, but this time it was standing, Yuuma's body was at the center. She was dragging out the carpet tied with three electrical cables - at the neck, mid-section and between the knees and feet - with the guy's body. Dell came to aid at the landlady's problem of getting the carpet out.

Dell's first touch at it, while Cul was dragging it out, made him shocked and unable to breathe fine. To confirm his guess, he looked at the top and saw the guy's head covered by his own gray and black striped beanie.

"I- I s this a --"

Cul replied an intimidating look at Dell. "Yes. It is. So just help me load this guy at my bike and then you're good. You can back at your work."

Dell just nodded in terror while assisting Cul to put down the body at the gravel in the ground.

"This won't happen to anyone of your guys if you will be good ay my company, understand?"

"Y- yes Miss..." Dell said, his head held low.

The moment the carpet was standing, she held her hand at the top of it; the other at her hip. "Did you get the door I told you to bring here?"

Dell points to a certain part of the site. "Yes Miss Cul, we have it already."

"Good." She said, followed by a smile, looking far at the door. "Now, all you only know about is that you are working for the landlady's apartment remodelling and not seen anything," Then she kicked the base of the carpet. "not even this dummy I have here, understand?"

"Yes, yes. Of course. We never paid by you to know those kind of things. We only know how to build people's houses and dreams." Dell said, a slight shake was noticeable at his body.

"If you build, so do I Dell. I do build..." Cul said slowly, "... and destroy."