Troublemaker - Kang Daniel

34 - Clean

"Nobody is going anywhere Student (y/n)," my headmaster suddenly said as she helped me to get up.

I looked at her confused.

"As a judge and also the headmaster of GoPe School, I would like to ask a few minutes of everyone's time to have my say on this," she said as she looked around to everyone in the room and said thank you when they agreed.

Then she put up a video on screen.
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SLAP

"Why are you so stupid? How could you be no. 3? I don't care how, but you gotta take down those two. Don't embarrass me in front of my friends," my former headmaster said after he slapped his daughter in his office.
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I was shocked when I saw the video. Jessie was ranked 3rd in the class after me and Kaitlyn.

"So by take down those two, did he mean me and Kaitlyn?" I wondered in my mind.

Jessie's dad was trying to pull down the video but the head judge ask him to get back to his seat.

Then another video started.
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"Please spare me. I will do anything you want," Kaitlyn said as she kneeled down in front of Jessie with a beat up face.

It was the same scene when I saw her getting beaten up the day I got expelled

"Good choice. I want you to be dumb and help me to get the first rank in class," Jessie said.

Then the video continued with the scene where I came into the picture. Jessie and friends were beating us up until the teacher came right when I pushed Jessie as she's about to punch Kaitlyn.

"Blame it all on (y/n) or don't say anything, if you wanna be save," Jessie whispered to Kaitlyn and she nodded as we're herd to the headmaster's office that day.
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My heart was broken. Dongho was right. Kaitlyn stabbed me in the back, and actually I kinda knew it, but I was too proud to admit that I got fooled by her.

Then another video played.
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"Go and get (y/n) here. We have to make sure that she can't participate in the competition," Jessie said to Kaitlyn in the bathroom where they beat me up earlier.

Then the video jumped to when Jessie confessed that she wanted to get me suspended from the competition just like when her dad got me expelled from the school.
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"Huff. Thank God, they're not captured there," I sighed relief when I didn't see Jojo and the other girls from my school in the video.

My school would be tainted too if they're captured in the bullying scene.

Then the last video played.
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"You're sure you've taken care of (y/n)? Make sure that we'll win this time," Jessie's dad whispered to her and she nodded as the contestants entered the competition room.

And that video ended the video stream
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"What kind of nonsense is that?" Jessie's dad asked.

"I don't know Sir. You tell me. You're the one who're in that video. I myself is also dying to know what's going on," my headmaster said.

"Where did you get those? What you do is illegal! I can bring you to the police and sue you," he warned.

"Hohoho. Be my guest, Sir. And let's see what they have to say about you framing this innocent student just to feed your greed. And I'm gonna sue you back for that. Now I demand you to apologize to Student (y/n) and clean her record," she warned back.

"This is ridiculous, why would I d...," he said but got cut by the head judge.

"Enough! We've decided that we will conduct further investigation on this. But for now, nobody is leaving the competition. So let's get started," the head judge said.

I sighed relief that we got to continue the competition. I smiled as I thanked my headmaster for what she did. I was so grateful that I gave it a try to trust her.

After the competition, we're all gathered in the room for the announcement. I was already thankful that we got to participate, but winning the first place would of course be a nice cherry on top.

"And the winner goes to ...," the head judge said as the drumroll began, "GoPe School! With the highest score that has ever been recorded throughout the competition! Congratulations!" he continued as he approached to congratulate us.

I was just blinking with opened mouth in disbelief. I was beyond excited that not only we won, but we also became the new record in the history of the competition. My school would get a lot of buzz for it. How awesome was that.

Everyone was gathered to congratulate us.

"Can I have your attention please. I have another announcement to make," the head judge suddenly said to calm the crowd.

"We investigated the issue that was brought to us earlier. We studied and checked the legitimacy of the video and interviewed several witnesses. Hereby, I, in the name of the headmaster's association, officially annul all the accusations that were directed to Student (y/n) and clean her record. And I would also personally apologize for not conducting an extensive investigation before black listing her name from the public schools," he said as he bowed down to me followed by the other judges.

"Is this for real? Am I dreaming?" I asked as I slapped my cheek.

Then they all chuckled.

"Please give it up for Student (y/n) everyone," he said as he invited me to the podium.

As I got to the podium, I was so moved when looked around, I saw everyone was standing to cheer for me. My loved ones were all crying in happy tears. I was so grateful that finally I won't be known as a Troublemaker anymore, because my records are now clean. And I could use my full potential (read: kicks and jabs) to protect my loved ones.

I was so grateful for everyone's support, I kept bowing to them until I felt dizzy and light headed. I felt my surroundings were spinning before everything turned black.