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[hr][right][color=gray]April 8th, yesterday’s future.[/color][/right][hr]Still alive, not bad. 

Akari was not the easiest person to have a conversation with. She wasn’t quite as prickly as Shiori could be, but Akari had a certain…vertical presence that inspired doubt in those who approached her. Kanna had been a fearful sort herself once, too intimidated to risk the ire of people much bigger and stronger than she was. Now, though the prospect that Akari might at any moment become tired of her presence and hurl her headlong across the classroom [i]was[/i] still there, it didn’t scare her. 

Besides, what had started out as a means to cover her little informational dead drop seemed to be blossoming into something worth sticking around for. 

[color=92278f]“Vengeance? Spicy.”[/color] She held her sandwich in her mouth and pulled the notebook from her pocket. [color=92278f]“I didn’t know you and Kenzo were so close. Is it an honor thing? Or is it, like, about respect?”[/color]

The beatdown article had been a good one-off to start the year, get people’s blood pumping. Kanna had planned to do one or two follow-up pieces to cover Kenzo’s recouperation and whatever punishments got dolled out, enough keep people’s interests for a few more issues until the buzz wore off, and she’d had enough time to find a new hit. 

But if Akari was planning to make some kind of crusade out of this, Kanna was more than happy to keep tapping the vein. Chances were high that Totsuka would just body the girl and it’d be over in another day, but that was another solid article itself. And hey, maybe there’d be an upset. Maybe Akari would hold her own—hell, maybe this campaign dragged on for days, or weeks. With the right coverage, this little spat could turn into a thrilling serial. 

[color=92278f]“You ever been in a fight with someone bigger than you?”[/color]