Part Fifteen : Kaichuu Strikes Back! Beware the Toilet Hunter.
"Be very careful... we're hunting toilets," Kaichuu declared to her friends Akio and Raish as the three of them walked down the hall quietly. Kaichuu had never been early to school, but some of the boys had begun to piss her off, so she decided to teepee the boy's bathroom in their honor. "We're gonna get caught, and everyone is going to know that it was you," Akio warned as she put her brown waist-long hair back into a ponytail. "That's the point," Kaichuu said with a grin as she brought out a box of clear plastic wrap. Kaichuu and her friends had worked out exactly what they were going to do the night before, and they had gotten up early just for this. "Can't understand why Shakaku didn't want to come," she said to herself. "Maybe because she actually has some common sense," Raish said as she rolled her eyes. "No," Kaichuu corrected, "she just doesn't have a sense of adventure." "Still think that it's the common sense," Raish added. The three of them grew quiet as they walked closer to the main bathroom. From the sound of it, there were no boys inside, and Kaichuu was a bit disappointed because she wouldn't get to use her duct tape. "Let me guess, if anyone sees us you will duct tape them?" Akio asked after a few moments of silence. "Exactly," Kaichuu said with an evil grin. "This isn't going to work," Akio added. "Everyone will know by mid-morning," Raish commented. "I know, and that's the point," Kaichuu said as she turned around to look at her friend. Akio and Raish both looked at each other, and they shuddered. The group entered the bathroom after they were absolutely sure that no boys were inside. Raish brought out another box of clear plastic, and she began to line all of the toilets with it. Akio took out the toilet paper from the dispensers, and she replaced it with flypaper. Kaichuu smiled as she walked over to the soap dispensers by the sink, opened one of the containers, and she replaced the soap with maple syrup, which she took from her bag. When the three girls were done with their duties, Kaichuu passed out gum, and after they chewed it, they put it on the floor where they knew the boys would put their shoes. For the final touch, they placed buckets of fudge on top of the stalls, but they were placed in a way that the bucket would tip on the guy's way out instead of the way in. Inside each door, Kaichuu put a little sign that read: "Thank you for using this toilet. You've been officially Kaichuued." The three girls stood at the door of the bathroom, and they surveyed their work. The bathroom looked the same as it used to, and even they could not tell that they had done anything to the room. The first bell rang a few seconds later, and the girls ran out as fast as they could. They pretended to be talking in the hall as they watched as Kaichuu's target boy walked into the bathroom. They all smiled at him as he happened to turn in their direction, and they quickly walked away before a few more guys walked in. "KAICHUU!!" they guy screamed a few seconds later as he came out of the bathroom drenched in fudge, his hands full of syrup, his pants wet, gum on his shoe, and he was trying to take off some flypaper from his hands. A minute later the other guys that had been in there stormed out of the bathroom, and they were in the same state as the first guy. All of the girls that were around began to laugh, and they all knew that it was Kaichuu who had done this to them. Makoto and Usagi were among the crowd, and they looked at each other, as they also knew that Kaichuu was behind this. "I wonder what they did," Usagi whispered to Makoto. The boys began looking around for Kaichuu, but the second bell rang, which meant that they only had a few minutes to get to class. The targeted boy was clearly mad, and he realized why he had seen Kaichuu smiling at him when he entered the bathroom. He should have known better, but he was going to have his revenge. Birds chirped, school kids roughhoused, and teachers prepared for the lunch period as Shakaku sat down at a table by the main field to start on her newly assigned Biology homework. Shakaku knew that the assignment was going to take her a while because the teacher said that he would know if they did the assignment in less than forty minutes, and their grade would be based on how much effort it looked like they put into it. No matter how hard Shakaku tried to understand the pre-chemistry section and information about atoms, it was hard for her to grasp, so she tried her hardest to tune out the other students as she tried to review what she should have already learned. However, Shakaku could not tune out one particular scream, and she looked up to see Kaichuu run out of the main building, and Shakaku rolled her eyes as she saw three last year boys running after her. It was clear that all of the boys had suffered from Kaichuu's attack on the boy's bathroom, and like all maturing males, they wanted revenge. "ACK!" Kaichuu screamed as she saw one of the guys gain on her. Kaichuu's face brightened as she noticed Shakaku out by the field. However, there was a very large field in between Shakaku and Kaichuu, and she didn't know if she would be able to reach Shakaku in time. Surely Shakaku would save her from the nasty boys because she was loyal, and she cared about her too much. Kaichuu's main concern, however, was to get across the field before the boys could catch her. Kaichuu broke out into the fastest sprint that she could despite the fact that she was carrying a heavy bag. One of the boys gained on Kaichuu, and they leaped to grab her, but she moved aside, and they fell into the muddy field. Kaichuu was close to Shakaku, and she smiled gratefully. "Save me! Sanctuary! Sanctuary!" Kaichuu yelled as she hung on to Shakaku for dear life. "I don't want to know what happened," Shakaku said as she stood up. The boys stopped when they realized whom Kaichuu had run to for help. Shakaku was known across the school as being just as tough as Makoto, and she also had one of the best hitting arms on the volleyball team. The boys began to get scared when they thought of the idea of Shakaku also coming after them. "She got into the bathroom," one of the boys spoke up, but he was a little afraid of what Shakaku would do. She was just as tall as they were, and they knew that Shakaku had a reputation for not being kind when she had some sort of motivation. "Is that right, Kaichuu?" Shakaku asked as she pried Kaichuu off of her. "Yes... but they deserved it," Kaichuu said as she pleaded with her friend. Several people were now watching to see if Shakaku would kick the guys' butts, but they were shocked when she stepped back. "Sorry," Shakaku said as she took a step back, and she put her hands in front of her defensively. Kaichuu knew exactly what that meant, although she didn't blame her friend because she knew that she just wanted to stay out of the way. Kaichuu let out a yell as she boys closed in on her, and she moved out of the way and ran back towards the building. Everyone that saw began laughing at the sight of Kaichuu running around like a chicken without a head. Shakaku shook her head as she sat back down to begin working on her Biology assignment. She looked up briefly as she heard Akio and Raish run up to Kaichuu, save her from the boys, and the three of them began to run as fast as they could. Shakaku knew very well that Kaichuu and her friends were going to have to hang out in the detention room for a while. Shakaku slammed her pencil on the table as she heard Usagi, Ami, and Makoto walk up to the table. Shakaku was pissed that she would not be able to get any Biology homework done, but she couldn't be rude to them if they wanted to stay for a while. "What happened?" Ami asked as the three girls continued standing by the table. Shakaku looked up, and with a sigh she explained. "A guy got Kaichuu mad, so she went and redecorated the boy's bathroom. I guess the boys didn't like it too much." "We saw it this morning," Makoto said. "The psycho one stuck again." Shakaku couldn't help but laugh at how naturally Makoto said it, and pretty soon the other girls began to stifle their laughs. "I guess that means that Kaichuu will be in detention for a long time," Ami pointed out as she took the seat across from Shakaku. "So since you don't have anyone to study with, you should come over to the temple with us after school," Ami offered. Shakaku stroked her chin as she thought about this. She knew that deep down Ami was really asking for her to go because the senshi wanted to ask her something. In an attempt to not reveal that she knew their plan, Shakaku nodded, and the three walked away. Kaichuu let out another loud scream as the boys gained on her, but a teacher, who happened to be Shakaku's music instructor, broke up the fight, and he began to lecture Kaichuu on the importance of being a model student. "Thanks for inviting me, Ami, but are you sure that Rei and Minako will be ok with having me there?" Shakaku asked as she, Makoto, Ami, and Usagi walked up the steps to the temple. "Don't worry, I already asked Rei, and she said it was fine. I'm sure Minako won't mind," Ami replied. Shakaku still didn't feel right about being at the temple because she was the only senshi from her group, and all of the inner senshi were very close to each other. The group walked into the study room, and they saw that Rei was already there with Minako. No one asked how Minako had gotten there early, and it was lucky for her that no figured out that she ditched her last period. The two girls didn't say anything as they noticed Shakaku, but they did not give her the cold shoulder. Everyone felt a bit awkward because they had never had just one of the Constellations with them during one of their private study meetings. "Hello," Shakaku greeted, not really knowing what to say because she had never encountered the group like this. "Hear something happened at school today," Minako finally let her curious side take over her, and even Rei listened in. "No," Shakaku said sarcastically. "But some boys did get an ass kicking." "But they got her back anyway," Usagi added. "Anyway," Ami jumped in. "The reason why I asked you to come, as I'm sure you've already figured out, is to ask if you and the Constellations might be interested in working with us." Shakaku raised her left eyebrow, and she looked at the group of senshi. Even though she was expecting to see Rei give a look that gave away that they were not sincere. Even Rei looked calm, and she nodded her head when she heard what Ami said. "It's not up to me," Shakaku replied flatly. "What do you mean?" Rei asked as she began to believe that Shakaku was just scared of working with them. "Who's your leader?" Shakaku asked, and the girls thought that she was trying to change the subject. "Usagi," Minako replied, but her reply came defensively as if she thought that Shakaku was trying to make a negative statement by saying this. "So naturally you ask her first before you make any major decisions, am I right?" Shakaku said as she looked around at the group. Even though the girls did not know where Shakaku was going with this, they nodded and agreed. To them, the leader was the one who made the important decisions, and they trusted Usagi with that position for a reason. "Well," Shakaku continued, "the Constellations do not believe in having a leader, so I, as a single senshi, am not allowed to make a choice like that for the rest of the group. You'll have to talk with the other girls," she concluded. "But having a leader means that everything is more organized," Makoto defended. "We can handle ourselves without a leader," Shakaku retorted calmly. The senshi dropped the conversation after they realized that Shakaku was not going to give in, and if they wanted to work with the Constellations, they were going to have to talk to them as a group. Ami brought out her math book as a sign that it was time for the girls to start studying, and Shakaku followed by bringing out her Biology homework. Usagi, trying to impress the new senshi, brought out her math book, but soon after she was fast asleep on top of it. Rei sighed as she brought out her literature homework because she didn't really like the class. Makoto also brought out her Biology book, and she had the same disgusted look as Rei; science was not her favorite subject. "Minako!" Rei yelled as she peered over Minako's own literature book to find that she was laughing over a manga. "Rei, no!" Minako pleaded as she tried to keep Rei from taking the precious manga away from her. The commotion woke up Usagi, and when Rei realized that Usagi had been asleep, she began to get mad at the both of them. "We came to study for a reason. I know you girls have homework to do, and there's always some studying that you have to do," Rei lectured. "Yes, mom," the two blondes said together, and they began to giggle. Shakaku watched as the group fought, and she realized that they were really close, and they looked just like the Constellations when they tried to have a study meeting. "This is why we don't have many study meetings," Shakaku pointed out after Rei lunged at Usagi, and they were pulling each other's hair. Usagi whimpered as she sat back, and she was forced to begin working on her math. Rei and Shakaku shook their head as they got back to work. Shakaku couldn't help but laugh to herself because she knew that if she would have been at a study meeting with the Constellations almost the same thing would have happened. Kaichuu wrinkled her nose as she walked into the detention room. Although she had been in there before, she hated the room because some of the worst kids in school were regulars here. A big guy sitting in the back looked up as Kaichuu walked in. "Hey, Kaichuu, thought you'd turned into a good student and stopped coming," he said. Kaichuu smiled her "Yeah right, now shut up" look, and she look a seat in the middle of the classroom. Usually Kaichuu would have chosen a seat in the far back, but the worst kids would sit in the back, and today she did not feel like dealing with them. As Kaichuu leaned back in her chair, she thought about Shakaku and how she had never been in detention. Kaichuu also thought about Dorei, who was really good with music, and she had very good luck with boys. Kaichuu's thoughts also drifted to Hoshi, and how she was a very good runner, and she was good at debating no matter what the subject was. But lastly, Kaichuu thought about Enzeru and how, even though she was blind, she still managed to do what other people had never even dreamed that she could do. Kaichuu sat up in her chair as she thought about how she could draw, and she had a very creative mind, but she also thought about how other people were also creative, and she wasn't extremely special. Kaboku peeked into the isolated classroom from his hiding spot next to the nearest tree. As luck would have it, Kaichuu was sitting in a seat that was near the window. However, Kaboku thought that Kaichuu was different somehow because she was thinking negatively instead of happily like she usually did. Kaboku narrowed his eyes, and he thought that maybe this girl was not Kaichuu. But then Kaboku also thought that no one had the same hair that she did because it was a very bright silver-like shade, and it was very rare for people to have that. Kaboku could also sense a high level of purity coming from her, but it was clouded over by the negative thoughts that Kaichuu was having. Something wasn't right. Kaboku turned his head suddenly, and he saw Kerai appear next to him a second later. "Do you think that it's a good idea that we target more than one senshi?" Kaboku whispered because he thought that sound might travel easily through the window. "Of course. There's no way that this could fail," Kerai responded with a proud smile. "I hope it doesn't," Kaboku said as he turned around and began to leave. Kerai followed him, and she began to question why he asked that. Kaichuu smiled to herself as she realized that she was just as good as the other senshi because they were all human, and they were created equally. Pretty soon, Kaichuu feel asleep on the desk, and she dreamt about volleyballs crashing into the tree outside, and Kaichuu had to save them before they died. Kaichuu woke up laughing when the bell rang because she found it funny that she had to save volleyballs from dying.