The Ramblings of Nikaido Nozomu

- Chapter 2 -
Attack and Counterattack
or...
Jab and Dodge


Okay, so here's what I decided to do. I let things slide for a while. Let them have their fun, it wouldn't last long. As long as I stayed cool, I could figure out how I was gonna get these loonies back for all the crap they were tryin' t'pull on me. What sucks, now, is I found out that Kanrinin-san Otonashi suspects somethin' is up. Couldn't have that. She kept askin' if there's a problem... damn it, there was, but it was MY problem! I'd handle it MY way! And besides, I'd never hear the end of it if I'd tattled on 'em. So I just gotta figure things out... alone. She tells me to talk to Godai in room 5... well, why not? He's known these jerks for a while, right? Maybe he had some ideas. Well, this is what I was thinkin'. Wrong, and boy was I ever! He was little to no help at all, but he did give me an idea.

It was over breakfast that I learned from Godai that all that was known about Yotsuya-san was that he was a pervert. His hobbies: voyeurism. His age: unknown. His occupation: unknown. So much mystery! Well, okay, so no one knows anything about this guy. Kanrinin-san confirmed what little information Godai had offered. This got me t'thinkin'... why so much secret? I figured he HAD t'be doin' somethin' illegal! Or too embarassing to admit to! It had t'be!! So, one day, I decided t'follow him t'work. This way, I could find out what he was upta and get some leverage on him! It was a good idea... one that, sadly, failed miserably. I think he led me on a wild goose chase for about an hour! And he mooched a meal offa me in the restaurant I was spying on him at! He's a tricky one, what a huge waste of effort, and I snagged up one of my sweaters in my persuit, too! That sleazy jerk!

So I'd been had. Duped. Played for a fool, AGAIN! Grrr... it was almost too much when, as I was relaxin' in my room, I hear Godai yellin' about somethin'. Looking up, I saw a ceiling panel slide away to reveal Yotsuya-san! This was incredibly annoying! He did it just to sneer at me and goad me, I know, but it still PISSED ME OFF! I stayed calm, as always, but after a bit of thought, I knew I couldn't take that! I got myself a ladder and climbed up t'break inta the room above me... which turned out t'be, t'my suprise, Godai's. Oops. So Yotsuya had gone through Godai's room to taunt me. Well, two can play at the game, no? So I decided to peep in on Yotsuya-san like he had me! Only fair, right? So I go through this hole in the wall and find myself in a closet... then I'm boarded in! Why that sneaky little...! Usin' a bit of my carpentry expertise, it was simple to break out... with the help of a convenient log. Godai was no help at all in it! All he did was sit and gape. Anyway, Yotsuya-san figures out I'm not so simple as he thought! There's a bit of progress anyway. So I headed back to my room... which had been boarded up. Damn, he's fast.

Here's where tooth for a tooth comes in! I snuck upstairs late at night and went to his door. Heheheh... I glued that sucker shut but good! Enough glue to hold back a herd of elephants! See that jerk get outta that! It was a great prank, really it was, too bad I glued the WRONG door shut. *sigh* I found out rather stupidly the next morning that Yotsuya-san had taped a number '4' paper over the window to room 6... Akemi's room. Damn him! Damn him! Damn him! I looked like a total IDIOT! How the hell could I tell? It was so dark that night! Grr, they were conspiring, I know it! Damn it, this meant war! I spent the whole day chisling the glue offa Akemi's door! The WHOLE DAY! Fine, two can play at THAT game...

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