“Just summarize the first five chapters.”

“Nyoko-chan wants to know how was Koshiro-kun’s day!” that was the first thing she said when the match started.

Hirata (AKA “CHIFU”), Koshiro (AKA “RUZA”), Nyoko (AKA “NYOKOCHAN”), and Nobu (AKA “BERIFU”) were playing a game called Predator Legends (a game that normally allowed only groups of three people to play against dozens of other groups of three, in a battle to see which team would become the champion, but now, conveniently, it had released a new game mode allowing head-on battles between two teams of four).

“What exactly do you want to know, Nyoko-chan?” Koshiro asked while choosing his usual character to play: Corrosive.

“You can just summarize the first five chapters for me!” she chose Gorehunter.

“Okay then, but I clearly can’t tell you everything.” he said while checking Nobu’s and Hirata’s characters, Watdaugher and Illusion, respectively. “Where do I start…?”

“Start paying attention to the game!” Nobu shouted.

“Well, I woke up quite early today, then I started working on some drafts…”

“Did you come up with anything good? Nyoko-chan wants to know!”

“Hmm” Koshiro hesitated for a moment, “What do you think about boys grabbing balls?”

“...”

“...”

“...”

“Guys?”

"Actually, Nyoko-chan have been..."

"Nyoko." Nobu interrupted her with a serious tone, "Please don't."

"Okay..."

“Koshiro, you’re talking about basketball or something?” Nobu asked, "Please tell me that's the case."

“Oh yeah! I forgot to explain! The idea came when I failed to throw a draft into the trash…”

The other three sighed with relief.

“... and then I caught myself thinking about other men…”

“Koshiro?”

“I thought about something with Basketball and Yaoi…”

“KOSHIRO?!”

“Huh? Koshiro stopped for a moment, “What is it Nobu?”

“Since when did you started thinking about joining that side of the industry?”

“Oh! That’s what I thought too! I thought ‘'When did I start considering joining the cultured side of the industry??!’”

“Cultured…?” Hirata and Nyoko murmured with puzzlement.

“So, you discarded it, right?”

“Huh? Yeah, it probably wouldn’t sell”

“That’s the reason why he discarded it??!” the other three thought at the same time.

“A-anyway, how was your day after this?” Nyoko asked while smiling awkwardly.

“After this...after this, I accidentally woke Scar up, and then I got ready to go to school.”

“What about breakfast?”

“You know, Fujimori.”

"Nyoko-chan loves their Dolaaki!"

"It's Dorayaki." Nobu corrected her.

"Oh, sorry brother! Dorayaki loves Nyoko-chan!"

“Huh?” Hirata tilted his head with puzzlement.

“Anyway..." Koshiro continued, "After breakfast, I went to school. Yasutake-san and Hirata-san appeared, and then, our homeroom…” he stopped and shuddered.

“What happened at homeroom?” Nobu took his concentration off of the game for a moment to ask.

“Well, I met the devil…”

“Huh?” Nyoko and Nobu tilted their heads, “Devil?”

“Yeah… oh, no!” Koshiro was interrupted by the game:

RUZA WAS WAS KILLED BY AKUADO the game chat indicated.

“Anyway…” he started again but was interrupted again:

OBAREJI: LMFAO LOL LOL LOL HAHAHAHAHAHAHA you were able to be killed by AKUADO HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH YOU’RE NAME IS TOTALLY CORRECT, LOSER! HAHA.

“Ugh.” “What is wrong with this dude?” “Wait a minute guys, let me answer this.”

RUZA: C’mon “OBAREJI” it’s just a game.

“Yes, this should be enough for him to stop.” Koshiro murmured, but…

OBAREJI: AND YOU’RE BAD AT IT. LOL HAHAHAHAHA.

“Ugh.” Koshiro frowned and then typed:

RUZA: You’re even diminishing your teammate. What’s the point?

OBAREJI: LOL CARE ABOUT YOUR TEAM THAT I’LL CARE ABOUT MINE, RUZA. 

“Aargh.” Koshiro sighed “Before I continue, I have to say, we can’t lose to someone as toxic as this guy.”

“Well, we’re doing our best here you know…” Nobu was the first.

“Nyoko-chan is still alive…” she murmured second.

“Hehe, I’m sorry Koike-san...” Hirata finished Koshiro off.

“They’re totally saying that I’m the pushover…” Koshiro looked downcast. “And it’s not like it isn’t true, hehe” he then tried to smile.

“Well, I’m sure we can win this if we try our best!” Nobu tried to cheer him up.

“Nyoko-chan agrees!”

“Yes!”

“Let’s win for Koshiro!”

“Let’s win for Koshiro-kun!!”

“Let’s win for Koike-san!”

“Guys!” Koshiro seemed about to cry, “I believe in you guys!”

After a few minutes of INTENSE gaming:

“Yes!” Hirata celebrated.

“Hirata-san.” Nobu called.

“What?”

“Why are you celebrating if we lost?”

“Nyoko-chan wants to know as well!”

“Oh! It’s because I got to be the player of the match, although I tied with this OBAREJI guy…”

“Ugh.” Koshiro sighed, “It’s too bad I have to endure reading that.”

AKUADO: Nice match.

OBAREJI: HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHHAHA.

“Anyway, we can just play another match.” Koshiro continued, “About what I was talking before… when our homeroom started, not only I had to deal with a drunk Sumiye…”

“Oh my god.” reacted Nobu.

“Nyoko-chan didn’t want to be in your position...” murmured Nyoko.

“It was pretty weird.” mumbled Hirata.

“But this crazy and devil-like girl named... Takyu? Takyoa? Tachibana? Takataka?”

“Takayama.” Hirata corrected him.

“Yep, Takayama, she just kicked me out of the window.”

“Oh my god, how are you okay?” asked Nyoko.

“Well. a be… Kuma-chan saved me, it’s a long story.”

“Kuma-chan?” Nyoko and Nobu tilted their heads.

“Anyway, I wanted to confront her, but her friend interrupted me and…”

“Allow me to interrupt you, Koike-san.”

“Huh? What is it Hirata-san?”

“It’s just that I think that… I think that you’re being too harsh on her, you know?”

“Hirata-san.”

“What?”

“If Kuma-chan hadn’t saved me I could be at the hospital now, so I don’t think I’m overreacting.”

“Okay, but…” Hirata hesitated for a second, “You can’t judge a book by its cover, right?”

“Hirata-san.”

“What?”

“I’m not judging by its cover. I’m judging by the strength of its kick.”

“Yeah… this makes more sense...”

“Anyhow, after her friend interrupted me, the principal called us to his office.”

“Nyoko-chan bets that mean girl got what she deserved!”

“Haha.” Koshiro scratched his head “He actually congratulated her for giving a nice kick.”

“Huh?”

“Yeah, the principal and Takayama knew each other, they chatted a bit.”

“But what about the aggression??”

“Well, to be honest, most of the people in the class didn’t even see it. They were paying attention to a mosquito or something.”

“Mosquito?” Nyoko seemed puzzled.

“It was a butterfly.” Hirata corrected.

“Oh, butterfly.”

“I don’t know why a butterfly is more comprehensible but okay.” Koshiro smacked his head and then continued: “So basically nothing happened at the principal’s office, a filler chapter if you asked me.”

“Okay, and after that?” Nobu was the one asking now.

“After that… “ Koshiro considered what to say “It was lunch.”

“Nothing interesting at lunch?”

“Well…” he thought a bit more, “I talked to a Senpai that looked like a Kouhai, does that count?”

"Of course! Kouhai?! Is she going to replace Nyoko-chan??!" Nyoko shouted.

"Huh? What are you..."

"Koshiro, what are you doing, playing with my sister's feelings like this?!" Nobu chimed in, "Oh, no. Don't tell me I'm getting replaced as well??"

"Hey guys, that's not..."

"It's all because we're secondary characters, brother!"

"You're probably right! We should do something about it..."

"Maybe if something happens to one of the main characters..."

"Hey! Don't consider doing something horrible!" Koshiro tried to stop the two.

"Don't worry! Nyoko-chan will make sure no one finds out!"

"That's not the problem!"

"Guys, what are you talking about...?" Hirata's voice trembled.

"Oh, we forgot you were here, Hirata..." Nobu lowered his voice.

"Yes..." Nyoko composed herself, "You can continue, Koshiro-kun."

“Geez, thank you, Hirata-san."

"No problem, Koike-san..."

"Anyway, after lunch it was time to come home. I tried to bail on Sumiye but she caught me right at Fujimori’s door.”

“Is that it?”

“Yeah…”

“So, you didn’t come up with any decent idea Koshiro-kun?? Nyoko-chan must know!” Nyoko requested.

“Well…”

“Well…??”

“I did think of something, I even told Sumiye while we were eating.”

“And…”

“And?”

“What is it?? Nyoko-chan must know!” Nyoko demanded.

“Well, it would be about a girl that dresses like animals, like a bear…”

“Wait Koshiro.” Nobu interrupted, “Isn’t that ‘Old Game?’”

“Nyoko-chan thinks so too!”

“What is ‘Old Game?’?”

“Yeah, I didn’t realize at the moment, but it is.”

“Pretty cute anime.” Nobu affirmed.

“Nyoko-chan thinks so too!” Nyoko agreed.

“Is it a manga?” Hirata said with puzzlement.

“C’mon Hirata, get your face out of your ass, they just said anime.”

“It wasn’t this time Koshiro-kun, but Nyoko-chan believes in you!”

“I don't believe so much, nut I believe too. You know that, right Koshiro? But pay attention to the game, another match is starting, we have to win this one.”

“Okay.” Koshiro looked at the screen, “But I wouldn’t get my hopes too high.”

“Huh? Why is that?”

“Look at the chat, Nobu.”

OBAREJI: OH IT’S ANOTHER FREE WIN! THAT RUZA IS ON THE OTHER SIDE AGAIN!!

“I’ll give you an early apology.” Koshiro said crestfallen.

“You don’t have to do that.” Nobu seemed to calm Koshiro, “Just tell us when Daichi is coming back so we can have him or Sumiye play in your place.”

“I really have to apologize then, because I don’t know.”

“That makes things difficult…”

“Nyoko-chan thinks you should call Scar then!”

“Are you seriously saying the cat is better than me?” “Nyoko-chan…”

“Yes?”

“Are you seriously…” the boy stopped midway “Yeah she probably is.” he then buried his head in his hands “And the worst part is that it’s probably true.”

"So... Scar-chan is coming or not?" Nobu asked.

“I don’t think I can call her now. She’s probably sleeping with Sumiye.”

“Oh, that’s too bad.” Nyoko sounded disappointed. “Anyhow, let’s do our best! Nyoko-chan, Nobu, and Hirata at least.”

“Yeah… I'm sorry guys...”