Starting in class C: not completely defective.

Arc 3 chapter 4: blackout

I turned around, and she slapped me in the face. I fell to the ground, clutching my cheek. It was so painful. Her strength belied her lithe arms.

"Awww. Is the widdle baby hurt?" She asked, mockingly. Her face had become like what I'd seen on the second day of the cruise.

"H-help me." I tried to shout, but only a hoarse whisper left my lips. Even if I had shouted, I don't think anyone would have heard me over all the commotion. I felt tears in my eyes, and I could feel my body stiffening up out of fear.

"I've seen the way you are around Ayanokouji. I bet you like him, don't you." Her grin grew wider.

"N-no. That's not..."

"Well. News flash, you little wannabe: Ayanokouji is mine. Not yours, and not that slut Kiryuuin's. He's mine, whether he likes it or not." Kushida was squatting next to me. Her skirt was rather short, so her crotch, clad in blue panties, was exposed to me. I wasn't an expert fighter, but I knew that the crotch was a weak point.

With all the might I could muster, I pulled my foot back and drove it right into her weak spot. Kushida yelped, and her eyes went out of focus. This was my chance, so I took it and ran.

"Oh, no you don't." Kushida had recovered. She yanked me by my collar, and my legs gave out underneath me. She had such a strong grip.

I was sprawled out on the floor, Kushida looming over me.

"Heh, good one. I didn't think you had it in you. Just for that, I'll make this quick." Kushida raised her foot over my face. I couldn't move, as her other foot was pinning me down by my hair.

Just as she was about to drive it directly onto my face, someone rugby-tackled her to the ground, and I could hear her being punched in the stomach, repeatedly.

"Don't. You. Dare. Touch. Shiina. You. Bitch." I was surprised at who had saved me.

It was our leader: Ryuuen Kakeru.

Ryuuen pov
I didn't feel bad about punching Kushida like this. If I hadn't caught her by surprise, she would have stomped on Shiina. I couldn't allow that to happen.

I punched her in the stomach again. And again. And again, until she managed to kick me off of her. I don't think she could fight anymore, so I went to check on Shiina.

"Are you OK, Shiina?" I asked.

"Y-yes. At least, I think so. Thank you for saving me, Ryuuen." Shiina blushed.

"It's no problem." I said, pulling her up.

Ayanokouji pov

The lights had come back on now, to reveal Kanzaki 'sleeping'. It seemed that he had too much to eat.

And I could see near Ryuuen and Shiina that Kushida was clutching her stomach. I hadn't noticed that she was with us. She must have eaten a bit of bad fish.

"Attention students: we are sorry for the sudden power failure. Backup generators will be used until the main circuit box is repaired. We are sorry for the inconvenience"

The announcement came over the ships PA system. It turned out that there had been some kind of power failure. Judging that Kushida and Kanzaki had come to us almost immediately afterwards probably meant that they had engineered this themselves. Interesting.

I checked to make sure everyone was ok. Outside of Shiina, who had a red mark on her cheek, everyone was ok. We had beaten their plan, once again.

Timeskip
It was the last day of the cruise. I had my luggage, and I was at the front deck of the ship. I could see the dock, where there were a small congregation of students. I tried to find a certain platinum blonde, and my heart skipped a beat when I saw Fuka.

It had been 2 weeks since I had seen her, and I was struggling. It was hard for a boy my age to be away from the outlet that someone like Fuka provided for me, especially after I had gotten used to it over the past few months.

I waved at her, and I could see her waving back.

Once I had gotten off the ship, I immediately made my way towards her. Once I had reached her, I hugged her, and kissed her on her soft lips.

"Mhm. Hello, Kiyotaka. It looks like you missed me." She said, smiling.

"Yes, I definitely did. It's so good to be back, here with you." I kept hold of her slim waist. The usual boys gave me their usual death stares, but I didn't care. All I wanted to do was be with Fuka right now.

Authors notes
1400 words
Quick addendum to the apology in last chapter. I didn't know that people liked how the exam ended.
I think this was a good chapter. To be honest, I never liked the cruise arc. All it did was introduce Karuizawa as a person and not just as a side character. And since this fic is dedicated to queen Fuka, I didn't really see the need to carry the arc on for that long.
Summer break next. Be prepared for some slice of life.
From now on, I'll probably be doing a max of 2 chapters a day. I'll always do at least 1 upload a day, unless I actually can't.
I'm so sorry about doing that to Shiina. Just wanted to remind you that Kushida is a yandere. Any girl who so much as looks at Ayanokouji is dead to her 😡.
Not much else to say really
Hope you're all doing well and I hope you enjoyed.