It was still the first day of the Heiwa, and the worst day in Endo's life was still going on.

But this isn't about him.

When the first half of the day ended and students left their classes to go have lunch, Tate rushed out of the classroom before Izuru could catch up to him.

Since running around the school for ten minutes lead to nothing, and with his legs growing week from running, Izuru gave up and returned to the student council room.

And things weren't pretty there either.

Instead of eating their lunches, or try to save their lunches from the black hole Aimi calls a stomach, all those inside were looking through their decks...

And acting awfully depraved at how the new Ride Deck mechanic fixed all their first world problems.

"W-what the hell is wrong with you...?" Izuru muttered, entering the student council room with a twitching eye.

Oh boy, where to start.

Let's see how Aimi was doing.

"One Nightrose... One Nightrose is all I need...!! I have space for more Skull Dragons and a way to get them in drop, I can finally stop dying to them hitting the damage zone...!! Eheh... Eheheh... I can mulligan for Navigator all I want!!!"

Her days of losing firepower over Skull Dragon hitting the damage zone were over, but her days of milling all her crits with double Navigator were very much alive.

Now it's Chika's turn.

"I can run so many extra Battle Sisters now... All I need is to have one Kuroikazuchi in my ride deck for turn two and the rest can be Amaterasus and Battle Sisters...!! So many cute nuns... So many cute nuns and with cute guns!"

Maybe the ride deck can save Battle Ssisters from how bad Fromage turned out to be.

But how was Yumi doing?

"Ah... Ahah... Ahahahahaha...!!!"

She didn't even have words for the massive consistency boost her monstrosity of a deck got. Hard to believe one of the most recent players in the group was also piloting the dirtiest deck of them all. Just when you thought the Lupina trauma was about to end, it only grew stronger.

Thankfully, Minami was a normal person and wasn't on the room acting like a massive creep towards a new mechanic.

She was doing that with her friends on the cafeteria.

But you know who was there? Ban.

And he wasn't acting like a massive weirdo about it. He actually just silently looking at different cards he had scattered on the table.

"Hm... Blaus really don't restand otherside Kick Kick or Hank, so running the Max Elephant engine in them seems like a massive waste of space... And Victor is super boring and forgetable... Hm... Maybe I can try the Beast Deity variant and see how that turns out. It's a shame most of the deck sucks but maybe having one Ethics Buster on the ride deck isn't that bad of an idea... But the Gurren Lagann aesthetic Victor has is really cool and I wanna be the drill that pierces the heavens..."

"Hey blonde monkey, where's Tate?" Izuru asked, standing behind Ban.

"I guess there's always God Hand but am I that desperate to play Max Elephant in a deck... I can always wait for the next Clan Selection but seeing they're bringing back Tetra Boil just makes me lose all hope in it right out of the gate... And they'll probably make up some stupid thing for Dimension Police instead of Daikaiser so who knows what stupid shit they'll do for Novas..."

"...stop being smart about this and tell me where Tate is."

"Why can't I just fill my deck with fifty Max Elephants and move on with my life..."

"Because you need sixteen triggers to play the game and snap back to reality!"

Enraged, Izuru slammed his bento on top of Ban's head, snapping him back to reality, and away from his dreams of using Paon Mask as the only card in his deck.

"What the hell was that for?! Why's your bento so heavy?! The hell are you wearing?!" Ban exclaimed, rubbing his head.

Oh, right, Izuru's fashion sense has been a downwards spiral ever since the thing with Endo began last semester.

Suspenders, the answer was suspenders, he added suspenders to the suit he bought for the fight with Endo and then burned the blazer and slapped on his school jacket. He kept the suit's shirt because every shirt is an 'heiwaian shirt' if you're wearing it in Heiwa, and he also started wearing his tie in a loose manner because one of his neurons thought it looked cool.

And yes, he actually burned the blazer by accident when making dinner.

If anything, this proves that Ryuuga giving Izuru money is the same as burning money and that Endo needs to stop letting these dumbasses wear whatever the hell they want. Make your dress code step up a bit.

"I'm fitted to the top, you hating because you can't match this ice. And where's Tate? He's been weird the entire weekend and has ignored me harder then I ignore my responsabilities as the council secretary."

"I heard that." Aimi spoke up.

"Now that you mention it... He didn't send us any good night slav memes for the past two days. That's pretty concerning."

"And he hasn't pinged us about any hot chicks every morning."

"And he hasn't sent us any secret codes for days, something really is going on!"

"That is why I called you depraved..." Chika sweatdropped.

"Tate-kun was on the rooftop a while ago, ehehe... You might still find him there, eheh... Eheh...!" Yumi was still doing the depraved bit.

"Huh, right... Please stop being weird by the time I return-"

"EHEHEHEH!"

"OH SCREW THIS, THAT IS WORSE THAN KNEECAP BREAKING AIMI!"

While Izuru ran away from the student council room before Yumi's weirdness caught up to him, Ban reacted the way one would react to seeing the girl they like act too weird for her own good.

'Cute. I wanna marry her.'

Of course not.

But let's move on to the rooftop, where Tate was eating lunch by himself and looking out at the city in peace and quiet. He took a sip of his cold apple juice, but then spat it out when he got jumpscared by a loud mouth that kicked the door to the rooftop open and came in yelling.

"DAMMIT, I FINALLY FOUND YOU!"

"W-what are you doing here?! How did you find me?!" Tate asked, looking back at his best friend. "Who snitched on me?!"

"Who do you think?!"

"Goddammit, Yumi-chan! I-i mean, look at the time, I gotta-!"

"OH NO YOU DON'T!"

Just as Tate was about to get up and run the hell out of there, Izuru came at him in full force and tackled him to the ground.

"WHICH ONE OF THE BITCHES HURT YOU THIS TIME, I WILL HUNT THEM DOWN AND FLEX TRUE GENDER EQUALITY BY DROP KICKING 'EM!" Izuru yelled, holding Tate's hands behind his back. "NO ONE'S HURTING OUR FAVOURITE SLAV WHILE I'M AROUND!"

"IT'S NOT THAT, LEAVE AKO-CHAN AND TAMAKI-CHAN OUTTA THIS! AND GET OFF ME, YOU'LL GIVE THE WRONG IDEA TO THE FUJOS!"

"SCREW THE FUJOS! NOW SPEAK UP, THE HELL'S BEEN GOING ON WITH YOU?!"

In certain friendships, loud yelling is proof of how strong the bond is.

"IT'S NOTHING, JUST FORGET ABOUT IT, DUDE!"

"I'LL BEAT THE SLAV OUT OF YOU IF YOU KEEP TRYING TO LIE YOUR WAY OUT OF THIS!" Izuru screeched. "I'LL DO A TAIRA AND REEEEEEEE UNTIL YOU SPEAK UP!"

"FINE! YOU WANNA KNOW WHAT'S BEEN GOING ON?! I'M A LIVING FAILURE, THAT'S WHAT!"

Izuru's eyes widenned.

He let go of Tate and got up, and then helped Tate to get up aswell... Right before hitting him with a lariat and throwing him back into the ground.

Tough love.

"THE HELL WAS THAT FOR?!" Tate asked.

"You know... If someone told me that my best friend, the guy who's like a brother to me and who I look up to, my brozza, my besto frendo, the guy who gave me his friendship when all I deserved was to be hated by the whole world, was a failure, I'd go after them to hit them because lying is ugly and it's wrong to lie!"

"Tch, you stupid moron...!" Tate jumped back up and looked at Izuru. "Let's face it! I'm a failure! You've grown so much and changed so much since that day... You've moved on from there! But I haven't! That guy... Nobuyuki was here during your fight with Endo and all I could do was act like a scared sheep and not even fight to get him out of oir lives for good...! And you know what's worse?! He moved on too! He calls himself Junpei now, he goes to a new school- He even has friends! Meanwhile all I can do is laugh to ignore things I don't like! I'm a failure!"

Izuru clenched his fist and slammed it across Tate's face.

"IF SOMEONE TOLD ME THAT MY BEST FRIEND-"

"DAMMIT, STOP SAYING THAT!"

Tate repaid the strike by slamming his fist across Izuru's face.

"I'M GONNA BEAT THE SAD OUTTA YOU!" Izuru exclaimed.

Izuru grabbed Tate by his collar and shoved his knee into his torso.

"I WANNA SEE YOU TRY, BITCH!" Tate yelled.

And in return, Tate slammed his knee into Izuru Izuru's crotch. Low blow.

"THAT'S A DIRTY LOW BLOW!" Izuru coughed, staggering back.

"HURTS, DON'T IT?!"

"EVEN SO, I'M NOT DONE YET! AAAAAAAAAAAAAH!"

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!"

Yeah that fist fight lasted a whole five minutes and ended with the two punching each other's faces at the same time and then falling on the ground.

"Bro, this was a terrible idea..." Tate groaned and sat up.

"Where's a cute nurse when you need one..." Izuru coughed, sitting up aswell. "You know... Who gives a shit about any of that? Big deal, that guy's back and he calls himself Junpei now... We'll get a blue wig and calls ourselves Mahito...!"

"Yeah...!"

And then the two started crying.

"Junpei was so pure...!"

"So relatable... He deserved better!!!"

But then they recomposed themselves and fistbumped.

"Junpei's a thing now, but so what? Whenever he wants to fight, we're gonna give him a fight! We can tag team him any day of the week!" Izuru exclaimed.

"Spoken like a true poet!" Tate nodded.

Cute bro moment.

But then Doujima and Keiki from Ban and Minami's class showed up on the rooftop.

"Dude... We got a..." Keiki panted.

"We got a code omega...!" Doujima exclaimed.

Izuru and Tate's eyes widenned, and soon, the two were dashing through the hallways, guided by Doujima and Keiki.

"Tell us the details, corporal Doujima!" Tate ordered.

"Roger roger, admiral Tate!" Doujima nodded. "New chick, long legs, thighs that you want your head to be crushed by, super cute and bright blue eyes, and a really long and pretty purple hair to boot!"

"Private Keiki, the other details!" Izuru exclaimed.

"Understood, major Izuru!" Keiki nodded. "She is a tall woman with a big ass, exactly the type every decent and honest man in this world loves! And she's wearing this super cute black dress that shows alot of her legs and her shoulders, I want her to step on me!"

"You think senpai will keep thinking we're depraved caveman because of this?!" Tate asked.

"Without a doubt!" Izuru replied.

Keiki and Doujima guided the best friend duo to Endo's office, where a crowd of boys and girls surrounded the described girl in awe. She stood in front of the office's door, almost like a security bouncer.

And then when Izuru and Tate saw her, the entire image they built in their minds crumbled.

"AAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH?!"

"Oh, you're finally here. Come now, Endo-san wants to talk with you." The girl said, looking Izuru.

"A-a-a-airi?!"

"Shut up and get moving." Airi pinched Izuru's nose and dragged him into Endo's office. "I brought him in, Endo-san." She said, closing the door behind her.

"Oh, did I said to bring him in by accident? My bad." Endo apologized. He was trying to duct tape his desk back together.

"W-what the hell is going on here?!" Izuru asked.

"What the hell is going on outside?!" Minami asked, stepping into the office. "Why the hell is there a giant- N-nijimura-san?!"

"Minami!"

Endo became so overjoyed by seeing his daughter that he forgot about the desk and rushed to her side, only to be kicked away by Airi hitting him with a brazilian roundhouse kick.

Did you know Airi was in the martial arts club when she was a student and that she looked up to the legendary Enomoto Risei? Me neither.

"ENDOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" Izuru cried.

Right before Endo's cold body hit the ground, Izuru caught him and held him in his arms, tears flushing down his face.

"Endo... HANG IN THERE, ENDO! WE'RE SUPPOSED TO GO TO THE GOD OF COMBAT TOGETHER AND GET FILTHY RICH OFF PUNCHING EACH OTHER!!!"

"Sawada... Kun... When I go..." Endo grabbed Izuru's tie and pulled it down. "Stay the hell... Away... From my dau-"

But before he finished his dying wish, Airi slammed her foot on his face.

"That's for treating me like shit for the past years. Do it again and next time I won't avoid hitting your vitals." Airi scoffed, and then looked back at Minami.

"Eek!" Minami staggered back. She was really regretting going saddistic mode on saturday right around now.

"You were really mean last time we saw each other... But it's fine, it was the right type of wake up call I needed." Airi gigled and showed Minami a smile. "Now get out of here. Lunch time is almost over, right? I'll help this slacker fix his desk until he decides to buy a new one."

"Y-yes ma'am." Izuru and Minami nodded and left right away.

"Actually, why haven't you bought a new one?"

"Because I've been paying the kitchen club's replacement tiny whisks with my own money because the financial team will yell at me about it if I use the annual clubs budget for it..." Endo coughed.

"We really need to sort that out." Airi sighed.

Meanwhile, Izuru and Minami stood on the hallway outside, staring at the window like they had seen a ghost. Since Airi went into the office, the crowd dispersed.

"I don't remember her being this scary..." Minami muttered.

"Me neither..." Izuru nodded. "Me and your dad are going to meet Risei-san, come with us, I'll buy you something."

"Y-yeah, sounds good."

And then they went their separated ways, walking away in robotic movements thanks to the fear Airi instilled in the two.

At this rate, Izuru is going to be dead by the end of the week with how many years have been taken of his lifespan because of Airi scaring him.