Chapter 15:

Bughouse brawl

En Passant Grandmaster

All the spectators sat down in the bleachers that spawned as Gyro went over the rules. "I'm sure you are all well aware, but this is a two player game. You are free to converse with your teammate, but do be mindful of the time. All players will only have 10 minutes each on their clocks. The only other rule I’ll remind you of is that pawns cannot be dropped on the 1st or 8th ranks. Also, if a pawn that has been promoted is captured, it will return to being a pawn, meaning your teammate will not get to use the piece it was promoted to. And with that, white's time starts now!"

Mimoko immediately opened with the king's pawn at e4, followed by Nagi moving his pawn to e5. Mimoko then moved her knight to f3 followed by Nagi moving his pawn to d6.

On the other board, Mami opened by moving her knight to f3, followed by Utami moving her pawn to d5.

"This truly is an intellectually inferior game to shogi," Mami scoffed as she moved her pawn to d4.

"Do not insult chess. Chess requires lots of planning and thinking, just like shogi," Utami glared as she moved her knight to c6.

"OI! Who said you could talk back!?" the principal shouted.

"Do not interfere, spectators interfering will result in a loss, as well as a penalty for the perpetrator," Gyro warned.

"Huh? But you're-"

"The DESPER is not so easy to sway. I suggest you make use of this and shut up," Gyro glared as he tossed the principal a roll of tape.

Back at the board, Nagi began glaring at Utami as Mimoko moved her knight to c3. "Where did this attitude come from? I've never seen it before," he glared as he moved his knight to f6.

"I become strong and unrestrained when I play chess," Utami stated as Mami moved her pawn to c3.

"Only during chess?"

"Yes, though I hope to expand my confidence outside of chess," Utami nodded as she moved her pawn to f6.

"You are nothing but an expendable pawn. I will not allow you to be promoted," Nagi glared as Mimoko moved her bishop to c4.

"Shouldn't you be more supportive of your little sister?" Mimoko glared as Nagi moved his bishop to g4.

"Why? She's a failure. Her only purpose is to be an expendable pawn," Nagi scoffed as Mami moved her queen to a4.

"That's right, she's doing perfectly well as Shion-sama's sandbag," Mami sneered as Utami moved her bishop to d7.

"I hate it," Utami glared as Mimoko castled.

"But you keep coming back, so you must love it," Mami sneered as Nagi moved his knight to c6.

"I'm making my stand, now," Utami glared as Mami moved her bishop to e3.

"A stand? You think you'd actually be able to better yourself? Shion-sama can easily get you years in prison for a crime of her choosing," Mami sneered as Utami moved her pawn to e5.

"I can't believe despicable demons like you exist," Mimoko glared as she moved her pawn to h3.

"This is called "society", woman. She has no value, thus she is nothing but garbage, and garbage cannot rise from the trash heap," Nagi glared as he captured the knight at f3 with his bishop.

"Clearly you have a messed up worldview. All the more reason for me, and Utami-chan to beat you both," Mimoko glared as she captured the bishop at f3 with her queen.

Mami then immediately dropped the captured knight at a5, prompting Utami to capture it with her knight. However, Mami then captured the knight at a5 with her queen and handed the knight off to Nagi.

"I heard you are skilled at chess, however, that is only in regular play. Utami is a failure, and as such will be your downfall," Nagi sneered as he dropped the knight Mami captured on g5.

"Utami-chan won't lose, she's strong," Mimoko smiled as she moved her queen to e3.

"No, she will drag you down to hell with her. A fitting fate for someone like you that dares to step out of line," Nagi scoffed as he moved his queen to d7.

"And what did I do to offend you? All I did was stand up for Utami-chan and tell off you and your lousy father when you both resisted my request to form a chess club," Mimoko glared as she moved her bishop to e2.

"And that's why you must be dealt with. You must not be allowed to jam the cogs," Nagi glared as he captured the pawn at h3 with his knight.

"Then call me a rebel, cause I'm fighting back," Mimoko retorted as she captured the knight at h3 with her g-pawn.

"Then you will be bearing the brunt of your punishment when I mate you."

"Mate me? Well, you-"

"Utami will provide all the pieces I need and just like I ordained, she'll be the one that drags you to hell with her," Nagi coldly stated as Mami moved her queen to a6.

A smile began to spread on Mimoko's face. "You're the one underestimating Utami-chan."

"No, you have blind faith in her."

"’Blind faith’? Utami-chan, what do you think you should do for your next move?"

"I should place the bishop you captured on b5," Utami confidently stated as she did just that.

Nagi's eyes widened with shock. "MAMI! YOU IDIOT! Salvage that mess immediately!"

"Huh? But I can just- UGAH!? I can't go there, or there. UGH!" Mami fumed as she moved her queen to b7.

"Nagi-ni, Manabe-san, I will never bring Inoue-sama down!" Utami roared as she moved her d-bishop to c6, diminishing any hope of Mami avoiding the capture of her queen.

Mami immediately clicked her tongue in frustration as she captured the rook at a8 with her queen.

"I won't let you gain the upper hand, CHECK!" Nagi shouted as he slammed the captured rook down on g6.

"Your words don't phase me, you're going to lose," Utami glared as Mimoko dropped the captured knight on g3.

"SHIT!" Nagi fumed as he castled on the queen's side.

Mimoko immediately smiled and patted Utami on the shoulder. "Give her a scare, girl."

Utami blushed and happily nodded as she captured the queen at a8 with her bishop.

"This isn't over yet!" Mami roared as she moved her knight to d2.

Mimoko simply smiled as she captured the pawn at a7 with her queen.

Almost immediately, Nagi and Mami began grinning maliciously as they burst into mocking laughter. "What a fool! You just lost your advantage!" Nagi laughed as he captured the queen at a7 with his knight.

"Now I have a queen again. Who would have thought YOU would be the one to ultimately blunder!" Mami laughed as she twiddled the captured queen in her hand.

Mimoko immediately began smiling from ear to ear. "You'll never get the chance to use it," she confidently declared as Utami dropped the captured knight at c2, placing Mami's king in check.

"So you delay my wrath by a turn," Mami scoffed as she moved her king to d2.

"Yes, Mami only needs to protect her pieces while I mate you," Nagi sneered.

"Inoue-sama just said you'll never get the chance to use that queen," Utami glared as she captured the rook at a1 with her knight.

"You are delusional. Mami, place the queen at e6 and put her in check."

"You got it! Utami-chan, you've become dumber from all the times we've kicked your face in. Guess we’lll have to smack you around some more to see if you'll start working again!" Mami cackled as she thrust the captured queen towards e6.

"Checkmate!" Mimoko declared as she dropped the captured queen at a8 before Mami could even put her piece down.

"Do not make comedy, that is an illegal move. You cannot-"

"This isn't shogi. Bughouse rules allow you to drop a piece that will mate."

"You forget I have reserve pieces-"

"All pawns."

"So? I-"

"Can't drop a pawn on the 1st or 8th ranks. You lose."

In an instant, Nagi went pale as he stared at the board. "No, NO! HOW COULD I LOSE!? MAMI! YOU BLEW IT! YOU LOST US THE GAME!"

"HUH!? YOU'RE THE ONE THAT GOT MATED!" Mami shouted as she too went pale.

"I hope you didn't forget the punishment," Gyro snickered as Nagi and Mami found themselves trapped inside glass bug zappers.

"Wh- WHAT IS THIS!?"

"The punishment. As we all agreed, the losers get shocked, with the one who was mated receiving the more lethal voltage."

"'LETHAL'!? MR. GUNNERSON, WHAT ARE YOU- AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!"

Nearly everyone stared in horror as Nagi let loose a blood curdling scream as he was electrocuted before their eyes. Mami immediately began to soil herself as she frantically began banging on the clear walls imprisoning her.

"Wow, what a turn-on. I wonder how loud that bitch is gonna scream," Iori gleefully thought as she recorded the execution with a malicious grin on her face.

Okisato took notice of Iori’s attitude, but assumed she was likely filming for clout, though noted it probably wouldn’t be the best course of action for her to upload the video publicly. Though he had no qualms about Nagi and Mami’s punishment. In his mind, they deserved it.

As soon as Nagi finally stopped screaming, the walls around him vanished and he fell to the floor with a thud, before jittering around. After a few seconds, he stopped moving completely. Gyro then rolled him over with his boot and examined him.

"Completely dead. What a travesty, he was such a talented shogi player."

The principal immediately went pale. "D- DEAD!? No, NO! STOP THE JOKE-"

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!"

Everyone turned as Mami's electrocution began. Despite her voltage being lower than Nagi's, she visibly seemed to be in more pain.

Eventually, she too stopped screaming and was released from her prison. After she stopped jittering, Gyro examined her too.

"Why I don't believe it, a double kill," he clapped to nearly everyone's horror.

Despite winning, Utami and Mimoko were consumed with fear and shock as the DESPER deactivated and the room returned to normal. The principal immediately ran to Nagi's corpse as Kigyoku and Shion approached Mami's corpse and examined it.

"So she really is dead. What an intriguing development," Shion maliciously thought before immediately heading out with Kigyoku.

The full game:

White: Mimoko Inoue (Unrated) Black: Nagi Enoki (n/a)

White: Mami Manabe (n/a) Black: Utami Enoki (Unrated)

1. e4 e5 1. Nf3 d5

2. Nf3 d6 2.d4 Nc6

3. Nc3 Nf6 3. c3 f6

4. Bc4 Bg4 4. Qa4 Bd7

5. O-O Nc6 5. Be3,e5

6. h3 Bxf3 6. (after move 6)N@a5 Nxa5

7. Qxf3 (after move 5)N@g5 7. Qxa5 b6

8. Qe3 Qd7 8. Qa6 B@b5