Well, after reading some reviews, and taking some time to slow down, I want to make two statements, both of which I will go into more depth about after I finish the Fic. One, this Fanfiction has gone completely as planned from beginning to end. Everything I've done was my original idea, and the reviews and outside opinions did not change that. Everything that has happened was planned. Two, the reason it seemed like it all happened so fast? It was supposed to. Sometimes, a quick recap fits a story better than a full, hands on account. I felt that was the case here. Anyway, we got two chapters to go. Let's get down to it. All Apologies Monday, March 24th, 9:07 AM. Tokyo. For the third year Students, the Seniors, this was it. On Friday, they would be graduating. Some would move onto College, and for the rest, their School years were almost over. What then, would the last week of school be? Not much. For those who didn't skip for the last week, School was more or less something to do if you didn't have anything better to do at home. Most of the time was spent sitting in home room all day, doing whatever. Some would play cards, or various other games brought in. Others would chat. Some would even watch Television, if one was present in the room. To the surprise of the students in Ms. Yukari's home-room, the latter was the case. Yukari, defying all odds, had actually put some effort in to bringing a Television Set into her class-room for the day. "Why? Becuase I don't want you all using your free time to bother me." Which was what Yukari had said, right before she lay her head down on a pillow she had brought with her, and falling into a deep snooze. That was Ms. Yukari for you. For the most part, the TV went unused. Most of the students just sat around talking and playing some of the aforementioned games. Then, about halfway through the class, Chiyo and Sakaki got bored of playing Jin Rummy, and decided to set down and watch the TV. "What do you want to watch, Chiyo?" Sakaki asked. She didn't really care all that much. "It doesn't matter to me." Chiyo really didn't either. After some silence, Chiyo had an idea. "How about the news?" Sakaki nodded. "Yeah, I doubt there's anything else on right now anyway." She responded. Chiyo nodded and pressed the Power button on the TV, then surfed to channel seven, the local news. It took either of them a moment to take in what they were seeing, but once it hit them... "Oh...Oh..." Sakaki stammered. Chiyo would finish it with a yell. "OH MY GOD!" She screamed, clinging to Sakaki and burying her face the latter's leg. Between Chiyo's high pitched voice, and the volume of the yell, even Yukari was awoken in a panic. Everyone gathered around the Television, and not a soul in that room was happy at what they saw. News Channel Seven, Live Report. 9:42 AM, Monday, March 24th, Tokyo A woman in her twenties, with long black hair, and a red business suit, held a microphone and was reporting on something. Behind her, was a run down apartment building in down town Tokyo. An ambulance, a body bag, and some workers could also be seen. "The body of a young girl was found today, hanging from a noose, off of a third floor apartment fire escape this morning." A picture of Yomi came up on the screen, her eyes closed, and the indintation of a rope was marked into her limp neck. "Koyomi Mizuhara, age Sixteen, of Tokyo, was found hanging from a noose. From the finger prints on the rope, and the way she was found, this has been dubbed a suicide. And now, we take it over to Shingiwa Minamoto, in uptown Tokyo, for a related story. The camera flashed now to a short, middle aged man with no hair, who was standing outside of a house that some of the girls found very familiar. The house of Tomo Takino. "Another young girl was found dead today, inside her Tokyo home." The camera now flashed on a picture of Tomo, being zipped up into a body bag. "Tomo Takino, sixteen, of Tokyo, was found dead today, when the neighbors complained about the smell of drugs coming from the upstairs window. When the authorities came, Ms. Takino was found dead in the upstairs bedroom of her two story house. She was found in a sleeping bag, and an autopsy showed two pounds of Cocaine in her system, all ingested at the time of death. Tomika, back to you." The camera cut to a female news anchor in a studio. Long blonde hair, mid thirties. "Thank you Shin. After talking to some of the locals, the two were identified as Lesbian lovers, who had reciently dropped out of high school. While the father of Ms. Takino is currently away in America on active duty, the mother of Ms. Mizuhara refused to comment. In other news, the Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch was found toady..." The rest didn't matter to anyone in that room. While blind sympathy was what came from most of the students, five girls in that room new otherwise. Kagura, Sakaki, Chiyo, and Osaka took Yukari outside, and the five of them had a talk. "It's all our fault." Chiyo said. Nobody else had the courage to speak up. She was right. "It's our fault guys." Chiyo said again. "And we-" She was cut off by Kagura, who if anything, was the most to blame for this. "And we have to make it right." She said. "But how're we gonna do that?" Osaka stated, on the verge of tears. There was silence for a moment, until Sakaki spoke up, a depressing look in her eyes. "The last thing we can do." After a moment of thinking, everyone nodded in agreement.
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