FIGHT! FIGHT! FIGHT!

(chapter originally by doragom333 at writing.com)

The choice was obvious. If Mitsuru backed down now, then she unworthy to be Student Council President, Kirijo heiress, SEES coordinator, or even human, in her eyes. She tried to settle things reasonably, but Arata had pushed her too far.

With a roar, Mitsuru threw herself onto Arata, knocking him to the ground. With Arata stunned at being tackled by the naked redhead, and the rest of the room in shock at her actions, Mitsuru was able to wrest the phone from his grasp and throw it against the wall with enough **** to break the device into pieces.

"What are you doing!? Stop her!" Arata commanded, squirming out from under Mitsuru's body.

As Shoji and one of the other boys advanced towards her, Mitsuru backed up towards the filing cabinets, starting to regret her decision. Fighting multiple opponents naked and unarmed was the last thing she ever thought she would be doing. True, she had managed to break one of the phones, but there were more that had captured every last second of her humiliation, and they wouldn't be caught off guard again.

"Rrraggh!"

"Hey!"

Or would they? Mitsuru blinked as she saw Odagiri lunge at another one of the guys with a chair. The sudden blow to the back of the head knocked him out like a light.

"Who's next?" Odagiri shouted, waving the chair menacingly.

"Oh no you don't!" Emiko's voice could be heard.

In the corner of her eye, Mitsuru saw her fending off Chihiro, who was trying to make a break for the door.

Words could not fully express Mitsuru's joy as she saw that she was no longer alone in her struggle. She knew that Arata wasn't much of a fighter, and with the other 3 of his cohorts presently engaged, Odagiri might be able to take him out. Furthermore, if Fushimi could break through and seek assistance, any at all, then the battle would be theirs, even if it meant being temporarily exposed to whoever assisted them. She poised herself to try and counter the pair as they approached her.

And then everything went wrong.

*BZZZT!*

"Gaaaggh!" Odagiri yelled.

"What?" Mitsuru gasped, looking again to see Odagiri collapsing as Arata had shot him with a taser. How could he have snuck a taser onto school grounds!? Unfortunately, this lapse in attention proved deadly as Shoji belted her in the stomach before she could guard herself. Gasping for air, she doubled over, unable to stop the other boy from knocking her down and pinning her to the floor.

*BZORT!*

"Kyaaa!"

Mitsuru could hear Chihiro's scream as the taser shot out again, forcing the meek treasurer down in a crumpled heap. Raising her gaze as best she could, she saw Arata walking towards her, his face wearing an expression of... disappointment? "So this was all the great Mitsuru Kirijo was capable of," he said.

Those remarks and that expression only served to fuel Mitsuru's anger.

"Even now, you still try to resist me?" he sneered, taking Mitsuru's chin in his hands.

Mitsuru did the only thing she could think of, futile as it was, and spat in his face.

The other students, now fully focused on Mitsuru, gasped. Arata didn't react at all, just slowly let the saliva drip down his cheek. "You've become so predictable, Mitsuru... It's sad, really."

"Don't forget, she busted my phone!" Shoji yelled. "Dude, gimme yours, I'm sending it out now."

"No," Arata stated.

"What!?" Everyone in the room, Mitsuru included, responded, leading to complaints from all the other students.

"No," Arata continued, silencing the muttering. "Not like this. Mitsuru has been especially naughty. And Odagiri and Fushimi as well," Mitsuru's face paled upon hearing their names. "They tried to help her as well, even after saying they wouldn't, you see? Therefore, their punishment needs to be exceptionally harsh, don't you agree?"

"Yeah, yeah!" "We didn't even do anything to them and they tried to hurt us!"

"Yes!" Arata cried out exuberantly, his flock firmly under his control. "Now, here's what we'll do, but first," he then drew his taser one more time, aiming at Mitsuru's face.

ZAP!

"AAAAggh!' she cried, before slipping into unconsciousness.

The first thing Mitsuru noticed upon waking up was that her throat felt really, really dry. This was followed by a low growl from her stomach, showing that she was hungry as well. Thirdly, the room she was in was pitch dark, but as she could not make out a window among the walls that was probably due to them being in an enclosed space rather than it being nightfall. Upon attempting to stand up, she found that her arms and stomach seemed to have been bound with rope, holding her in a reclining position. After a bit of struggling, she realized that she wasn't tied to a column, but to other people, judging from the warmth she felt on her bare shoulder.

Her bare shoulder. She blushed with shame and remorse as she remembered what had happened during the Student Council Meeting, and that she was still naked. Still, the warmth felt smooth, much like her own skin. Her eyes went wide and became fully alert. "Odagiri, Fushimi, are you awake?" she asked into the darkness.

"Mitsuru-san," Odagiri replied, showing that he was also awake.

"And Fushimi?" Mitsuru asked further.

"She came to earlier, but after realizing that we're, well..."

"Because they took your clothes too," Mitsuru sighed.

"Yeah," he sighed, likewise. Mitsuru could sense that he was thoroughly embarrassed. She wasn't surprised. She herself was mortified beyond belief after what happened today. It fact, the real surprise that she was handling it as well as she was.

"Waking up like this next to a boy in a similar state must have been too much for her," Mitsuru mused.

Wanting to get the subject away from their nudity, Mitsuru turned her thoughts elsewhere.

"Hm..." Mitsuru looked around, still unable to make heads or tails of their location. "Do you know where we are?"

"We're in the closet in the Student Council Office," Odagiri replied. "I overheard one of them mention it before they **** us."

"****!?" Mitsuru was taken aback.

"With sleeping pills," Odagiri continued, his displeasure clearly apparent. "I also managed to stay conscious long enough to overhear that they plan to release those videos after publicly presenting them at today's assembly."

"Today? But the next assembly wasn't until Monday next week?"

Odagiri didn't say anything which was all Mitsuru needed to hear.

"Today's Monday!?" Mitsuru croaked weakly. "How could they have kept us here all Sunday without anyone figuring it out?"

"It seems that people did get suspicious, or at least Minako-chan did. But those bastards were able to turn her away by claiming 'Emergency Student Council Business, Mitsuru's orders.'"

Using her own name to imprison them. Well, that would explain why she felt so hungry, thirsty, and sore, but still... "But if it's Monday, then why do I not need to use the facilities?"

"Yeah..." Odagiri said, somewhat bashfully. "Apparently, being knocked **** by 120V of raw power causes one to evacuate both their bowels and bladder, they said so while also griping about the smell."

"Oh..."

That killed the conversation for a good long while.

Eventually, Mitsuru broke the silence. "You must be disappointed in me."

"What?" Odagiri replied, taken aback.

"Because I fell into Arata's trap and then tried to foolishly fight back without a plan, I brought you two into this."

Odagiri said nothing.

"I am so, so sorry," Mitsuru continued. "This battle wasn't yours to fight, and now you'll be **** to share my fall from grace. Neither of you deserve such-"

"Mitsuru-san, please, stop!" he interrupted. "It's not your fault Arata turned out to be a total scumbag. If anything, the fault is all mine! I just sat back and watched like everyone else."

"Nonsense! Your assistance in that battle was most valuable."

"But I should have acted sooner!" he continued. "Unlike Fushimi, it was my duty to stop these ne'er-do-wells, yet I did nothing until the last moment. I didn't even record their actions with my own phone to maintain proof of their ill deeds!"

"You did as well as anyone could have. Besides, that wouldn't have helped anyone. I'm sure they took your phone with everything else, and the hidden cameras would have recorded everything anyways..." she drew off.

"Cameras!?" Odagiri said, astonished.

"How could I have forgotten about the cameras!?" Mitsuru chastised herself. "They were installed as a safety measure and record everything that happens in this school! All I have to do is to get to the PA room, and then I can get the evidence I need. Que Magnifique!" she exulted, a plan now in place.

"Uhh... wha?" Chihiro's voice could be heard struggling to regain consciousness.

"You're awake!" Odagiri cried out.

"Huh, wha? AH!" Chihiro screamed, squirming around frantically.

"Fushimi! Calm yourself!" Mitsuru yelled. "I can't have you fainting again!"

"M-Mitsuru-san!" Chihiro replied, barely keeping her wits. "You're still alive!"

"Yes, and I have a plan that just might get us out of this, but first we need to escape this room," Mitsuru continued.