"Let me explain how punishments work in this class" the substitue started, "you all may have noticed the board I have placed on the back of the wall" and we all turned to look.

It was large board, it had all our names written on sheets of paper and on top of the board read 'hero' and the bottom read 'villian'.

I raised an eyebrow, hero? Villian? The sub then nodded "you see for every good deed you do you will get rewarded! Once you reach a hundred merit points you will never be able to sink to 'villian' no matter what you do and the reward is a pizza.

Really? I rolled my eyes. As if that would make anyone want to change. The sub continued "and if you reach villian you have exactly one day to clear out of that status, and if you don't...you will be punished" he said coldly.

"What's the punishment?" Kiibo asked and the teacher clenched their fist "best not to motivate them, it shall remain secret"

Congrats. I have been motivated.

-/-/-

'So what do you think the punishment is?' Nao asked, it was lunch and most of us were smoking outside, we all had mastered sign laungage and while talking we had learned to also sign the things we were saying so she could understand.

'He** if I know" I said puffing some smoke out 'not that I f*cking care, we are probably going to become 'villians' in two hours mark my words' I said with a grin.

'Amen, so whose on the list tonight boss?' Kazue asked and I opened up the notebook full of names.

It had started when we were young, at first we just pranked the people we didn't like at school. Or the people who used to bully or tease them and make them regret it. Or if we just wanted to get people to start laughing after something bad happened.

Eventually though...we realized how much sh*t this world had. And we noticed how people in this town treated each other, you were either rich or poor. And if you were poor this town wouldn't treat you fairly, didn't matter what kind of person you were.

We often had to come home to find our parents beaten up and left on our doormats. So, we wanted revenge. For our parents, and for ourselves.

Not everyone in this group is poor of course, but the ones that were really led the group. They wanted vengance for our parents. And even though this town might see us as just delinquents so be it.

We just fight for the people who don't have a voice or the strength to show the middle finger. So, we make those people who treat others cruelly for no reason lives a living he** until they clean up their act.

Course it has never ended that way before, and no one even knows that's what we did at night. The police mainly catch us doing stuff like that for fun, but the times we are serious...they better get ready.

'We already messed with someone last night, maybe we should lay low and see if anyone got the message' Chiasa signed. I nodded 'yeah, the person who runs that grocery store on main street has been better lately, this might be the first time it works'

Everyone started clapping and cheering when I noticed Riko just digging the ground with her shoe.

'What's wrong Ri?' I signed once I had gotten her attention by tapping her shoulder.

'He hasn't gotten better' she signed and I raised an eyebrow 'what did they do?' I signed and I noticed she was crying.

No...she couldn't mean...that b*stard...

'Change of plans, we are giving the grocery store manager more than he**" I signed they nodded in agreement.

We all then began grabbing our stuff and our matches when the sub walked up, Genkei had yet to throw his cigarette away.

"Are you smoking? In our school?" He asked sternly and I rolled my eyes, please who do you think buys us these? The freaking school if we promise not to prank them for a month.

"What does it matter to you? Oh wait can you put this out? I forgot an ashtray, bye!" Genkei asked runnung up and forcing the cigarette in the subs hand and we got the message to start running.

"ALL OF YOU! FIVE VILLIAN POINTS, AND GENKEI HAS TEN FOR SASS!" the sub screamed and we laughed.

What's the big deal with a billboard right?

-/-/-

'So you ready to go?' I signed. We were all on the roof of the grocery store, armed with spray paint cans and other things to mess with him.

They nodded and we adjusted our clown masks to be tighter 'let's go then, Genkei and Mirai are look out' and we entered the building.

Let me just be honest, we made it look like the apocalypse happened in there. But the thing is, no one, and I mean NO ONE messes with our friends in that way.

It's sick and wrong.

So whoever is stupid enough to will pay.

-/-/-

'Think we done' I signed and they nodded as we began climbing out of there when we heard a scream from the roof.

We glanced at each other and raced up there to see Genkei on the ground clutching his face "MY EYE! MY EYE!" He screamed and Mirai was panicking and grabbing her phone to presumably call 911.

"What happened?" I asked and Mirai just seemed out of it and I ripped my shoulder sleeve and used it to put pressure on Genkei's wound so he didn't bleed out.

"We need to take off his mask" I said and they nodded "which means we should get out of here, we can't have them know about the store and we were involved"

We then procceeded to carry him off the roof into a nearby street and we removed our masks and DICE gear for our normal clothes we wore underneath and Takura did the same for Genkei who had fainted.

"Come on...don't die on us..." Takura begged as the sound of an ambulence could be heard...

-/-/-

"What happened?" I asked, we were in the waiting room waiting for news on Genkei.

"We were just sitting around when suddenly someone was on the roof, before we could even warn you guys they raced up to Genkei and slashed through his mask, they then ran as I screamed and you guys came up" I gritted my teeth.

Who would do this? Is it one of those families we messed with?

I then got up and decided to walk around. Genkei...did he get hurt...because of me?

No...it can't be that...can it?

I snapped out of my thoughts when I saw Momota in one of the hospital beds. I then knocked on his door "what happened to you?" I asked walking in and he seemed to freak out.

"Nothing! Absolutely nothing! You can go now!" He practically screamed and I rolled my eyes "that's a lie, seriously what happened?" I asked and he sighed.

"Just some health problems...you better not tell anyone you little brat! Wait...why are you in here?" Momota asked and I sighed "something happened to Genkei when we were out getting ice cream"

Momota raised an eyebrow "you eat ice cream ten at night?" I nodded "yeah" and he just seemed to go along with it.

"But yeah I'll keep yout secret, going to cost you though" Momota paled "what?" He asked and I grinned "some cigarettes, seriously not joking me and some of the members need it right now"

Momota's eyes narrowed "you know that's bad for your health right?" He said and I nodded "yeah, but who cares" I said shrugging and Momota sighed "I don't have any" and I groaned.

"Fine I'll keep it for free then...gosh darn it..." I said and left.