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Itsunos Tale of Love and Hate Showdown Part 1*This story contains spoilers from the main game, so we recommend you finish TCY Season 4 Part 10 before reading.One day.I head to the club room after classes end.I open the door to find Hibare, Raku, Megu, and Takato in the room. Everyone besides Takato shifts their focus to me.Megu wastes no time in greeting me with a big smile. Good morning, Itsuno! G-Good morning?Hibare grimaces as I reply to Megu in confusion. What do you mean Good morning? Classes have already ended for the day... Oh, right. Haha, its just this is the first time Ive seen you today. Well, we are in different classes. Raku, youre in Itsunos class, right? Yeah. Mina is in the same class, too. Itsuno and Mina are on cleaning duty today. Thats why theyre late. Right. Well, wheres Mina, then? She went to go get Hina.As were talking, the club room door suddenly flies open. Im issuing a challenge to a duel!"Hina shouts immediately as she enters the room. Mina, who is behind her, seems both surprised and shaken by Hinas words.Hibare makes a sharp quip in return. Well, thats one way to make an entrance. Now, just who on earth are you issuing this challenge to? I have a bad feeling about this... To the people in the real ninja seeking club! You mean to senpai? Thats right! How can they call themselves the real ninja seeking club when they disregard us?! Even though theyre old news, they act all high and mighty! I dont think its something you have to get so passionate about. Of course I do! How could they come up with such a cool name despite us being the originals? No offense to senpai, but I really dont think its such a cool name...I agree with Hibare. In my opinion, its actually kind of a corny name. I think Phoenix has a point here.Its Takato, whos been posing strangely for a while now, who speaks up and agrees with Hina. Um...is Phoenix referring to Hina? Indeed. Being that she possess an unbreakable spirit and is able to manipulate fire, Phoenix is the perfect name for her. Takato, thats...so cool!Youve got to be joking...I guess Takato and Hina may be more alike than I thought. I want to see with my own eyes whether or not we are skilled enough to be able to steal the part of real from them. Are you already forgetting how bad we got beaten at the last training camp we had? We are much stronger now than we were then. Plus, if we Empress, Deus Machina, ViewTube Meister, and Itsuno to group, we should be able to beat them. So, youre saying that we should be able to beat them if all of us participate? Even though we lost to them when we had more people the last time we fought them? And dont you have a different name for Itsuno, too? Her true name has yet to make itself known. So, you just cant think of one, huh? Regardless, this isnt something that just we can decide, so how about we talk with Empress? We have a club meeting today, anyway. Well probably get told no, but its worth a try.And so we all gather for the club meeting. Once it starts, Hina wastes no time in suggesting the competition between the real ninja seeking club. A battle with senpai...?Myu-senpai places a hand on her chin and thinks deeply. Dat sounds wike fun! Wets ask onii-chan and the others! Yeah, okay. Ill contact them. All right! A battle with senpai! I cant wait! Youve got to be kidding me. Agreeing to the idea just like that?Hibare seems surprised at the unexpected outcome. Well have to adjust schedules to theirs, so I am not sure when it will be, but we should focus club activities around training until we fight them. Lets definitely win this thing! Heh, theres no loss in my dictionary! Weve already lost to them once...And so, match against the real ninja seeking club is set into motion.The last time I met them was when I apologized for the incident.Just like my fellow club members, the senpai also forgave me quite quickly.Even so, meeting them again makes me somewhat nervousor should I say scared.Several days later.The day of the battle is decided surprisingly quickly and we train until the destined time.We all meet in a forest on the school property. I had everyone from the true ninja seeking club gather just like you asked. Are you sure this is what you want? Yes. Still, these numbers...The true ninja seeking club has 17 members, while we have 12 members, totaling 29 people in all. Quite a lot of people have gathered. So? What will the type of battle be?Akari steps toward Hina and asks in excitement. Saika-style dodgeball! Dodgeball?!Almost everyone in the area is confused, me included.I for sure thought we would be sparring against them. This is actually kind of disappointing.However, some people seem rather excited at the idea. Those people being the ninja from Saika village, Mina, Raita, and Tsubame-senpai. D-Dodgeball?! The ultimate game of life or death! That sounds awesome!Hibare, who is standing next to Raita, immediately retorts with a quip. The ultimate game of life or death? I think youre being a little overdramatic. Huh? What are you talking about? Even though this is practice, one mistake could be the end of the line for you.Raita doesnt seem like hes joking... The other people begin to catch on that this doesnt appear to be any ordinary game.Seeing everyone confused, Tsubame-senpai begins explaining things. Saika-style dodgeball is one of the actual combat drills we run in Saika village. How is dodgeball a combat drill?Kazuki Araya asks the question we are all thinking. Tsubame-senpai says ah, nods her head, and continues her explanation. The rules are surprisingly simple. We will break up into two teams, with the team that eliminates the other one first being the winner. Like I said, its quite simple, but theres a twist. You may use live ammunition and real weapons. This means that this is a sparring match that is very close to an actual battle.People still dont seem satisfied with Tsubame-senpais explanation. No one responds back, and Nanao-senpai raises her hand. Um...where are the balls? Oh. Balls in this case means bullets. It seems as though ancestors said the hail of bullets flying from one side to the other looked exactly like dodgeballs. Thats why we call this combat drill dodgeball. Are you serious?! Why call it dodgeBALL, then? It should be dodgebullets...I almost laugh at Iroha-senpais joke, but I manage to stop myself in the nick of time. Anyway, this will be a mock battle. Thank you all for coming. How could we ever say no to beloved, Myu-myu. Right, Kazuki? Yeah, but go easy, okay? Thank you.As the conversation wraps up, Nanao-senpai raises her hand again. We seem to have more people on team. But we also have a lot of non-fighters, so things should be okay as they are, right? Are you stupid?! Of course not! H-Hina! You cant call senpai stupid... Whats wrong with calling a stupid person stupid? Ill have you know that Im not stupid. I do very well in my studies, and when it comes to the sciences, I had even better grades than Enju. WHAT?! Youre smarter than Enju-senpai?! Why dont you ask her yourself?Enju looks annoyed as the conversation shifts to her. Kashima-san is right. She had better grades than me in science. Ha! How about that? Do you still think Im stupid now? Grrr... Youre just as hopeless as he is! Im hopeless like Kazuki is?! Hey, wait! Why am I being involved in this whole thing now?! Anyway, cut your team down! And one of the people you take out has to be Tsubame. I dont think we could win against her even if all of us came after her!Hm? Is Tsubame-senpai really that strong? Surely not stronger than Kazuki Araya is...Wondering who is stronger, my line of sight land on his. He reacts by giving me a smile.Beautiful and cool...oops! I find myself getting caught up in him, so I quickly look away. In order to make the numbers even, we have to take off five people from team. Since Tsubame has already been decided, who will the other four people be? Well, Im pretty much the representative of us non-combatants, so I nominate myself to be in charge of cheering. Hina immediately responds to Nanao-senpais suggestion. No, you have to join! Why? Because you look weak. Wha?! Also, you, you, and you!Hina points at Yamabuki-senpai, Hotaru-senpai, and Iroha-senpai. You three also have to join in with Miss Helpless here! Miss Helpless... I see...The four senpai picked by Hina get glazed looks in their eyes.I dont know how strong they actually are, but I hope we dont end up regretting this... Thats it for demands. You can pick the other five people yourselves. Huh? Dont you mean eight people? Whats this? Dont tell me you have trouble counting, Hina.Nanao-senpai glares at Hina as she eggs her on. But Hina just sighs deeply as if she were annoyed at Nanao-senpai.*Sigh* Do I really have to spell it out for you? Youre obviously going to give us a handicap!Nanao-senpai is speechless at Hinas bold declaration. Okay, this should do it!It looks like senpai have picked their team.Akari-senpai, Ricka-senpai, Yozuki-senpai, Hayuki-senpai, Yamabuki-senpai, Nanao-senpai, Hotaru-senpai, Iroha-senpai, and Kazuki Araya are the ones chosen to participate. Wait a second.Takato, who is posing weirdly as usual, speaks up. I need to see how much power I have gained. Fenrir, I wish to challenge you in battle!Who the heck is Fenrir? Dazed and confused, Yamabuki-senpai speaks up. By Fenrir, ya mean the wolf of legend in Scandinavian mythology, right? Does that mean ya want Lily-san to participate in this thing? What a roundabout way of asking... Fine, I will join the battle. But that means that they have to remove somebody again, right? Hahaha!Just as senpai are about to talk about it, Takato laughs while changing his weird pose, causing everyone to focus on him. What a strange guy... Theres no need to remove anyone from the team! Have all 10 of them, including Fenrir, come at us!Needless to say, Hina does not like Takatos suggestion one bit. Hey! Stop deciding things on your own! Youre adding people to their team! Adding one more person hardly matters. It does so! And you picked to add Lily-senpai of all people! Shes super strong! Then how about I only attack Takato. Meanwhile, everyone from your team is free to attack me. How does that sound? Permission granted!Seriously? This sounds like some kind of comedy routine... So, give us the deets. Why do ya wanna win so badly that youll rile us up and even make us give ya a handicap?Hina seems to recall something before speaking. Isnt it obvious? When we win, well make you change that ridiculous team name of yours! You mean the real ninja seeking club? Thats right! Were the ninja seeking club right now, not you! I could understand if the name was something like old ninja seeking club, but real ninja seeking club?! I cant allow such a cool and authentic name! You think its cool? I actually think it kind of lacks originality... Hmmm... If youre really that caught up on the name, we could always change it, you know? At least thats what I think...Huh? If their team members dont even like the name, is there really a need for us to even play this dodgeball game?All of a sudden, Akari-senpai shouts something out. No, we cant change it! Its such a cool name! Thats right! We cant just casually throw away the name of the real ninja seeking club! Has to be that name.Both Oka-senpai and Ricka-senpai seem to like the name. I guess we really will have to fight over it. All right. Ill play the role of judge, then. Thank you, Tsubame! For everyone not participating, please help round up the people that get eliminated. Ill let everyone know when things are ready, so please come to the designated starting point when I contact you.Our battle with the ninja seeking club is about to start.I dont really care about having the name of real ninja seeking club, but theres something I want to find out in this match by facing that man...to be continued:
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