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❝𝓦𝓱𝓸... 𝔀𝓱𝓪𝓽 𝓪𝓶 𝓘 𝓮𝓿𝓮𝓷 𝓯𝓲𝓰𝓱𝓽𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓯𝓸𝓻?❞

                          -𝐒𝐚𝐤𝐚𝐲𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐠𝐢

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"Now then my dear Royalties." Sakayanagi cooed, hand extended to the crowd. "Surrender your chess pieces to my will or have what semblance of dignity you left shredded into pieces."

"Now then, what will you choose?"

(OPENING HERE)

"Surrender? Never knew you were such a comedian Sakayanagi." Rin wheezed before looking at her head to toe. "I'm never bowing to you."

"Not even after I show this to everyone?" Sakayangi elegantly pointed her finger to the black and white pixelating screen it then flashed into Yuki with Rin. 

"R-Rin, calm down!"

"How can I?! Kyoko! She was really improper! I can't keep calm!" Rin ranted to her.

"What did she do this time?" Yuki asked, her lips formed into a frown.

"Do you know how many times I told her not to use it?!" She vented arms crossed.

"Well y-yeah but shouldn't you let her be who-"

"If I do that then do you really think she could stand on her own? Someone like her wouldn't be able to." She cut off scoffing.

The crowd chatters and whispers begin erupting once the footage ended. Kyoko was her own friend yet they stabbed her behind her back. Surprisingly however, Kyoko looked unfazed by it, as if she knew this was bound to happen anyway.

"Kufufu, how controlling are you? You're controlling on how she acts on a daily basis." Sakayanagi cackled. "Your greed for power never ceases to amaze me." 

Rin shot a glare towards Sakayanagi but it died down once she received ugly looks from the crowd.

"R-Rin.." Shiro muttered before she could say more a bucket of slime was shoved towards her by Takara. "Huh?"

"Pft don't be dumb, go on, dump it." She pointed to the Rin that had a worried and shocked look on her face. "I dare you."

Shiro tightly gripped the bucket on her hands, her hands were sweating as she took a deep breath and dump to goop, but not towards Rin.

"AHHHHHH!!" Takara screamed as the slimy goop was thrown to her. "WHY YOU LITTLE—"

Laughter was errupted from the crowd as her face was fuming red along with a huge pout.

"Mmf!" Shiro's arms were grabbed by one of the hooded figures again as the plastic bucket dropped to the ground.

"Sakayanagi!" Takara gritted her teeth as her cheeks puffed.

"I know I know." She said calmly, her soothing yet menacing voice was able to calm the crowd down. Opening the book, she cleared her throat. "The so called innocent, poor and arguably bullied Jack. There was a reason why Rin even picked on you after middle school."

"What do you mean..?"

"You used to just stand there while Rin was bullied back then didn't you?"

Shiro's eyes widened trying to let herself go from the hooded figure.

"Not everyone is the hero type and could stand up for you that easily." Sakayanagi stated plainly her face turned towards Rin. "So you bully her when you two came to highschool just because she didn't stood up for you? How petty are you?"

Rin gritted her teeth at that, her lips parted but no words came out as she closed them again. She's already ruined her image at this point.

Sakayanagi did made a point. It was petty.

"Hm, I don't really have much on Shiro.." Sakayanagi frowned with a pout formed on her lips before chuckling. "Unless it's about her other eye."

Shiro's heartbeat began to pick up its pace when she said that. She was never confident about that topic at all.

Sakayanagi snapped her fingers as the hooded figure who restrained Shiro moved her bangs to reveal a yellow eye instead of a red one.

"So the rumors were true!"

"The Jack's eye is different." They whispered which made Shiro tremble and shook her head to cover her eye again.

"That was they targeted you, didn't they?" Sakayanagi hummed. "Not just back at middle school but in highschool as well."

"Oi so what Sakayanagi?!" A familiar voice from the crowd yelled, it was none other than the Ace; Kazane.

"Kazane, quiet down." Junji hushed her putting a finger on his mouth.

"I'm tired of her picking on my fellow royalty!" She  Even if Rin isn't nice, no one deserves to be treated that way." She whispered harshly.

"Hm? What do you mean so what?" Sakayanagi questioned gesturing one of her hands towards Kazane; her own cousin.

"Why.. why are you doing this?!" She yelled at her while Sun Hee was holding her wrist back.

"Hm? Why..? Isn't it obvious?" Sakayanagi looked down at her before staying silent. Her lips quivered lightly gripping the book. "It's for.. It's for.."

Kazane's tensed nerves relaxed tilting her head lightly making Sakayangi cleared her throat.

"For my own personal gain." She answered coldly flipping the pages to where Kazane was talked about. She stood there in silence for awhile staring down the pages.

"Sakayanagi?" Takara called getting the goo off of her as much as possible, but even during that there was no answer. "Oi, Sakayanagi!"

"Tch.." She gritted her teeth. "Consider yourself lucky, traitor."

"Traitor..?" Kazane trailed off standing there taking a step back.

"Are you done yet?" A new voice echoed through the room making Sakayanagi and most of the people turn towards the man who spoke; The Joker of Setsuna himself.

"Hm? Done?" She questioned.

"With your whole speech, I have a trade to make." He stated in a calm tone and arms crossed.

"And what is that?"

"I'll give you my chess pieces if you let me and my faction members go." Mashiro looked up at her narrowing his eyes.

The rest of the students—except for his own members—gasped lightly.

"You can't be serious!"

"You're surrendering to her?!"

"How could you?!"

"Good choice, I don't have use of you anyway."

Mashiro walked pass the students who were giving him ugly looks as he walked up to the stage. Standing face to face with Sakayanagi he had the pieces out. She had her black gloved hand out as he just dropped the rainbow pieces down and stepped down from the stage.

Before he went out he passby Asahi stopping his tracks.

"I'll be going to find the teachers." He muttered that's only audible to him.

"I know, go on ahead." He replied looking up to Sakayanagi, and with that Mashiro and his faction members made their way out of the gymnasium.

Sakayangi noticed the glance of Asahi and hummed.

"Hm? Would you also like to hand over your pieces?"

"No, but I'd to make a deal."

"Enlighten me."

"We'll settle this with an old fashion way, a simple cardfight. If I win, you'll let us go and I get to unmask you. If I lose, I'll hand you my pieces. Sounds fair?" Asahi kept his hands on his pocket, eye contact not broken from Sakayangi.

'I will never bow to the likes of you, I am the God of Kings after all.'