Shadows of Akademi: Deception

Chapter One

THE ASSASSIN SHADOWED

Beyond the threshold, awaits the NetherRealm, home of the trio. They who thrive in the nothingness, their bodies twisted and arcane. They wait for the one who shall open the gates of the NetherRealm, and unleash the legions of the Black Abyss, to which they shall return to this mortal domain once more. -Book of the Night

Akademi Senior High School was a normal private school located in Kyoto, and it ran like any other private school. All except for the fact that every teacher had extensive training in self-defense and there was one dark club room on the third floor. The self-defense training was because of an incident back in the 1980's where a student had been murdered, her killer never caught. Nobody talked about the dark room on the third floor. It was one of the unspoken rules about the infamous so called "Info Club". A lone teenage girl with crimson red hair sat in a swivel chair, pondering over a combined set of computer screens. She sat in darkness, the curtains drawn over the windows and the door, the only source of light was the pale glow of the monitors. This was normal for the girl, being completely isolated in her own little world of darkness. In fact, she liked it that way. Many knew her by her notorious nickname, Info-Chan; leader of the aptly named Info Club. It was a club shrouded in mystery and darkness, exempt from many of the school's rules.

Info-Chan was an information broker, specializing in gathering and selling people's dark secrets. Nobody knew her real name, what she looked like, how she gets her information, or how Info-Chan acquired the dangerous amount of power she had. But if you wanted something from her, provided she had contacted you, all one need do was text her a picture of a girl's panties to Info-Chan. If she wanted a favor from you though, well… you had better do whatever task she wants you to do, or there would be… consequences.

Info-Chan knew everything in the school down to every last detail. Even the inhabitant's personal routines. It was fairly easy for her, since she had installed numerous hidden cameras throughout the school. Observing the students and faculty day in and day out. Yet now, something new had happened. On one of the screens was a news article about a recent school bombing. On the second was a picture of a damaged school. About a week ago, a bomb had detonated inside Ritsumeikan Senior High. Luckily nobody had been injured in the blast, since the incident occurred after everyone had left the building. But unfortunately, the blast had been powerful enough to make the school inaccessible for the time being. Since Ritsumeikan was a private school, the headmaster was able to have the students transferred into Akademi until the school could be repaired. Info-Chan sighed heavily, staring intently at the many computer screens, leaning back in her swivel chair. This bothered Info-Chan slightly, since there would be more than one new variable in the school. She clicked the mouse and decided to check up on her newest client. Ayano Aishi. The school's resident Yandere. Ayano was not only a stalker, but a dangerous sociopath as well. Info-Chan had seen Ayano stalking her 'Sempai' through many of the hidden cameras she had secretly placed literally everywhere in the school. So Info-Chan reached out to Ayano, providing her with the means to access favors. She had thought Ayano would have a tougher time keeping a low profile with the added roster, but it seemed that Ayano was more skilled than Info-Chan had thought.

Info-Chan grumbled, something seemed off about the bombing, but she couldn't pin it down. None of the students had exhibited any suspicious behavior, nor did they seem bothered by the temporary school change. Her computer beeped and a screen flashed, someone had just tried to access her student profile. Info-Chan immediately switched to another screen, but it was too late. The person had retreated. Luckily they had only tripped the alarm to the fake profile. Yet, whoever it was, they knew full well that Info-Chan was watching them. Something then caught her eye, Ayano was on the move. This was going to be good. Ayano Aishi was not only an obsessive stalker, but also a dangerous, high-functioning psychopath. Ayano was obsessed with one boy, Taro Yamada, the source of all her emotions.

Before Ayano met Taro, she felt nothing. She couldn't. No matter how much she pretended, Ayano could never fool herself. Not until HE came along. HER sempai. It was then, in that brief moment, she felt. Ayano felt one simple emotion. Desire. And from that one emotion, there was fear, the fear of nothingness. Ayano was afraid of losing her emotions, returning to her heartless state. Then came the feeling of desperation. Other girls were after Taro, her only link to emotion, and they would take her world away from her. Ayano could not allow this. She would not allow this. Those pests just wouldn't understand, and how could they? They who have been born with something she lacked. Feelings, emotions. They take it for granted that they can love, laugh, and cry… They did not know the horrors of feeling nothing, and so Ayano had have Taro for herself, by any means necessary. It was quite easy at first, just being around Taro for short periods of time could draw forth her emotions. Lasting emotions, yet at the end of the day, they would fade away. That didn't bother Ayano, not much anyway. What did bother her, was that a girl was starting to make moves on HER Sempai, and she couldn't bear the possibility that HER Sempai… her emotions… would be lost forever. So Ayano came up with a plan to take her rival out of the picture, for good.

Ayano Aishi had been watching her rival, Kokona Haruka, for some time now. Learning everything about her, down to her daily routine. That purple haired bimbo had the nerve to hit on HER sempai. Ayano's fists clenched at just the mere thought of Kokona. Everything about her angered Ayano, from her oversized breasts (Which Ayano was in no means jealous of…), down to her bubbly carefree personality. Ayano breezed through the halls, entering the girl's bathroom. She put on latex gloves, took out a screwdriver that she had hidden inside her sleeve, and unscrewed the safety plate to the light switch. Ayano exposed the wiring and carefully placed it onto the metal. Then she filled up a bucket with water, arranged the other's into a makeshift staircase, and placed the water bucket near the rest. Ayano locked one stall and then checked her watch. It was 7:30AM. Ayano then hid in a stall, sat down to make it look like someone was occupying it, and waited. Kokona had entered the bathroom right on schedule. She tried the stall next to Ayano, but it was locked, and then went to the stall that had the buckets near it. Ayano waited for Kokona to close the door before she left her stall, and picked up the bucket. Ayano dumped the water over Kokona and turned the light off.

"Did… Did someone really just throw water on me?" Kokona asked with both anger and incredulity as she stumbled out of the bathroom. "Why would somebody do this?!"

Ayano waited and watched. If everything went accordingly, the next shock Kokona would receive, would make her blow a fuse. Literally. Ayano watched as Kokona stumbled around, soaking and fuming. She found a faucet as a handhold and reached for the light switch, not realizing the immediate danger. CRACK! The room lit up for a brief moment as electricity blasted out of the wires, through Kokona's body, and into the faucet. Her body instantly went into cardiac standstill, and she was blasted back onto the floor, hissing and steaming. Kokona's body violently spasmed about, her eyes rolled up, and foaming at the mouth. There were numerous 2nd and 3rd degree burns on her hands and chest, her uniform had charred and ruined. Eventually the seizures ceased and Kokona was still. Ayano sniffed the air, it had a charged scent. Like the air after a thunderstorm. She walked out of the bathroom and checked her watch, it read 7:35AM. She was right on schedule. Ayano sighed as she hid the screwdriver in her sleeve while palming the screws. She took the safety, walked out of the school and headed for the gardening club, Ayano then buried the screwdriver, screws, and gloves; making sure that there was no dirt on her uniform before walking to class.

Info-Chan watched her leave the bathroom, perplexed as to exactly what had happened inside. Of course she was sure that Kokona was dead, but how did it happen? Did Ayano slip a knife into her neck? Did she just up and drown Kokona in the toilets? She was curious, too curious. Maybe that's why she found all of Ayano's deviations… Interesting. Info-Chan sighed, she wished she had placed a camera in the bathroom, but having to wire it into the bathroom without affecting everything else would be a pain. Info-Chan got up from her chair and stretched, Ayano wouldn't be cocky enough to try anything else today, an accident and a murder always looked suspicious. Info-Chan watched as Ayano went to her class like normal, participated in class, and then something happened. The police had arrived. Info-Chan wondered how Ayano would fare when the police eventually questioned her. There was a doctor there as well, he examined the body while eight officers searched the grounds for anything suspicious. Two other officers began questioning the students, and when they got to Ayano, they were still unable to gather any relevant information. The officers moved on and soon the investigation was over, the case was concluded as a freak accident. The doctor and his team brought out Kokona's body in a black body bag, no hope seeing the damage there.

Info-Chan watched as the police left and as everything returned to normal. Classes resumed and Info-Chan switched monitors. She started playing a videogame, to pass the time until lunch. She would probably text Ayano to see exactly how she had eliminated Kokona. Ding! Info-Chan paused her game and switched monitors again. Oh, it was just a subscription alert. Info-Chan resumed her game, and when it was lunch time, she got up. Info-Chan went over to her phone, and her stomach growled. She then took something out of a box and began blowing it up. It was a blow-up doll, the kind one gets from the back of a more… erotic… store. Info Chan placed a red wig on it and sat it down in her chair, making it look like there was someone on the computers. She put on a wig and changed glasses. Info-Chan set the screens to the cameras and walked out of the room, locking the door. Info-Chan rarely went outside when there were people in the school, but she was hungry, and she did want to know what Ayano did to Kokona to make her murder look like a freak accident. Or maybe it WAS a freak accident, no, that's not true. She knew better than that.

Info-Chan then went to the small cafeteria, she saw Ayano and sat next to her. Ayano instantly stiffened and began observing the disguised Info-Chan. Now that Info-Chan was close to Ayano, she felt nervous. There was a dangerous air about the Yandere, something that just quite couldn't be described. Much like when one has something on the tip of their tongue, they instinctively know what they're trying to say, but the words fail them. Info-Chan's heart beat a little faster.

"Hey." Info-Chan began.

"Do I know you?" Ayano asked, to which Info-Chan reminisced about their first initial contact.

"No, but you know my boss." Info-Chan replied, earning a look from Ayano. "Info-Chan."

"I see." Ayano replied calmly. "What do you need?""

"Well, Info-Chan was curious." Info-Chan explained, her voice becoming a hushed whisper. "How did you kill Kokona?"

"I don't know what you're talking about." Ayano lied flatly, but Info-Chan showed her that she too had the Student Spreadsheet. Something only given by Info-Chan. "I have only one request."

"A request?" Info-Chan raised her eyebrow. That was a new one.

"Yes, a free favor." Ayano replied.

"I see." Info-Chan smirked, she liked this. Ayano was clever. "I can personally give you that free favor."

Info-Chan opened up a dummy phone and typed something in. Ayano received a text and read it, she nodded and put her phone away.

"… I opened the electrical socket, spliced the wire, and dumped water on Kokona. She did the rest." Ayano told Info-Chan.

"So she died by electrocution. Nice." Info-Chan smiled maliciously. "I'm sorry for such short notice, but Info-Chan is very busy at the moment."

"It's okay." Ayano told her.

The two ate in silence and Info-Chan left. She really didn't need to be at the school anymore, and so she walked home. Info-Chan played videogames the rest of the day, waiting for a text from Ayano, but it never came. She went to bed and got up early the next day, walking to school in her disguise and entering her isolated world of darkness. Info-Chan raised an eyebrow, there was something new going on. There was a teen guy with a straw hat over his face relaxing at the usual spot where the delinquents would hang out. He looked like he was sleeping.

"Aiming for a beating…" Info-Chan rolled her eyes at the monitors.

A female delinquent walked up to the incinerator. She had dark brown hair with a teal streak on the left side, which covered her left eye. Her mouth was covered by a red surgical mask that had a Venus symbol on it and her cold turquoise eyes glared down at the sleeping teen. She poked the teen roughly with her wooden shinai.

"Beat it loser." The delinquent growled, and the teen lifted his hat ever so slightly.

The teen shrugged and got up. He walked over to the other side and sat down again, angering the girl. She walked over to him and struck at the teen again. To her surprise though, he was up in a flash, catching the wooden shinai easily.

"Get away!" The delinquent snarled as she tried to wrest her shinai from the teen's tight grip.

A hand gripped the teen's shoulder from behind. A male delinquent with a dandy pompadour and a dark scowl was behind him.

"You're not welcome here." The delinquent warned the teen. "Beat it before we hurt you."

The teen let go of the wooden shinai to assess the group. There were a total of eight other delinquents ready to attack him. The teen then slipped out a dangerous looking switchblade. It was illegal by Japanese standards. The switchblade was a single action out of front knife, with the blade being a custom 4 ½ inches long. The blade was sleek and serrated, designed for one thing only. A quick and clean killing.

"What, is going on here?" A new person called out in a threatening manner.

Everyone turned to find a tall girl with has unkempt, shoulder-length spikey blonde hair and brown eyes. The girl wore a regular uniform with black shorts underneath and a torn male uniform as that acted as a cape. Her arms and legs were muscular and had bandages on them, the teen also noticed that this girl also had an X-shaped scar on her left cheek. Her name was Osoro Shidesu, and Info-Chan was not surprised to see her.

"You must be the boss of these punks." The teen finally spoke, he had a deeper voice.

"And you are?" Osoro glared.

"Shiro Tamagachi." The teen introduced, holding out his hand for Osoro to shake.

"What are you doing here?" Osoro narrowed her eyes and Shiro put his hand down.

"Well, I was here trying to keep to myself and possibly smoke for a bit, but then I got attacked." Shiro replied and cracked his neck. He tilted his hat down to the left side, revealing his right eye, which had a rough scar under it and staring into Osoro's eyes. "I'm not leaving."

Osoro smiled, she liked the new kid already. Not everyone had the guts to challenge ten armed and dangerous delinquents by themselves, plus the switchblade was kinda cool in her eyes. It also helped that one didn't possess a switchblade like that unless you yourself were dangerous.

"I kinda like this guy." Osoro sneered, offering her hand. "He's gutsy."

Shiro shook her hand, his grip strong. The other delinquents went back to their business while the girl only gave him a curt glare. Osoro motioned for the delinquent with the dandy pompadour to follow her, and they walked off. The girl walked up to him.

"Piss me off, and I'll bash your head against this wall until I can feel the stone." The delinquent warned. Suddenly there was a dangerous air around the two.

"Feeling's mutual. Piss me off and they'll never find your body… after I've drowned you like a sack of dumb puppies." Shiro glowered, he brushed past the delinquent and sat with the guys, pulling out a cigarette. "Anyone else?"

Two delinquents nodded and took cigarettes from Shiro, he took out his lighter and lit the cigarette before passing it around to the others. He got his lighter back and one of the delinquents told him he liked the switchblade. Info-Chan rolled her eyes, and switched camera's. Men. Something else caught her eye. A student, Kenji Murakami, was deviating from his pattern. Kenji had back black hair that had been messily combed back and red eyes. He was average for his height and usually wore a school blazer that seemed to hide his paler complexion. Info-Chan watched as he followed a girl with blonde hair tied in two pigtails and yellow eyes. Her name was Masami Shiroma, or more commonly referred to as "Conspiracy-Chan". Masami was a conspiracy nut, even attempting to delve into the myth of Info-Chan and who she was. Masami had almost stumbled onto a lead at one point, but then, her attention was drawn elsewhere. She became quieter, guarded, almost as if she were paranoid. This intrigued Info-Chan, she wondered what Masami had found. It had to be something worth her time. Info-Chan observed the two walk onto the rooftop and as the girl hid behind the right ventilation shaft. She began reading a lewd manga.

"Masami Shiroma?" Kenji asked in a flat tone, startling the girl.

"Y-yes?" Masami replied nervously, trying to hide the lewd manga.

"Good." Kenji replied monotonously and his hand swiped out.

Blood splashed onto the side of the wall and Masami let out a small squeak as her body fell to the ground, her throat slit open and blood leaking from the wound. It appeared Kenji was a better killer than Ayano, since he had no blood on his body. He took out a list and a pencil, crossing off a name and pocketing the paper once more. Kenji took out a blowtorch and cauterized the girl's wound. He then took her body and dumped it over the edge, it fell into the trash bin below and Kenji cleaned up the blood. There would be no trace of the girl's murder. He calmly walked down to the incinerator and dumped trash over the body, he saw the delinquents approaching and walked off. Info-Chan was stunned, there was an assassin in the school. Was this the reason the other school was bombed? What was Kenji's game plan? Info-Chan would have normally sent someone to… dispose… of the student, but this was far beyond normal. Plus, she wouldn't get the answers she needed. Info-Chan smiled, this was going to be interesting. Sure she would have to double up on security measures soon, but what's the fun in a little danger? Her computer alerted her to another probing, someone was sifting through the student files again, trying to bypass her security measures.

Info-Chan realized that Masami had apparently stumbled onto an actual conspiracy, in no way was this murder random. Kenji had been looking for her. Questions swarmed about like agitated wasps in Info-Chan's mind. Was the school bombing some part of a plan? Did Kenji bomb the school to get closer to Masami? What did Masami find? Had she also been the one that had currently trying to find out about her? How exactly did Kenji kill Masami? These were answers she needed. Something was up, something bigger than it seemed. Info-Chan narrowed her thoughts to a list. 1, how did Kenji kill Masami? 2, gather more evidence on the bombing. 3, gather evidence on what Masami had uncovered. 4, possibly have Ayano eliminate Kenji. With that in mind, Info-Chan began replaying the murder clip over and over, analyzing its contents with precision. Kenji had done something with his hand, and it had cut Masami's neck open. Upon closer inspection, it appeared as if Kenji had a spring-loaded hidden blade concealed in his blazer sleeve. Interesting. His movements were professional, he had to have had training. But by who? Info-Chan wrote that thought and then another, "Did Masami uncover that Kenji had professional assassination training? And started closing in on the identity of the person who taught him?" Info-Chan sighed and set the surveillance cameras on a 5 minute loop. This would make sure she wouldn't be seen leaving.

When finished, she set up her dummy and left the building. There was no need for her to be there now. Info-Chan pulled out a cellphone, it was a cheap, store-bought payphone. Untraceable, and completely covert. She dialed a number and a voice came over the line.

"What can I do for you, boss?" A male voice asked.

"I want you to investigate the Ritsumeikan Senior High School bombing, complete with a full assessment of the bombing site." Info-Chan ordered the person on the other line.

"Can do, will have the information to you by Saturday morning at the earliest." The voice replied, and Info-Chan hung up.

Info-Chan then dialed another number, she waited, and waited. Finally the person picked up. They sounded tired, as if woken from a nap. Which wouldn't have been uncommon at this time since it was 11:30PM. The person yawned.

"H-hello…" The person greeted, their voice was distinctly female.

"I need you to find out everything about someone, I'll send you the information when I'm in a secure location." Info-Chan ordered the girl. "If need, you may have to perform some outside reconnaissance."

"Sure…" The person yawned again. "I'll be… up."

"Good." Info-Chan nodded as she hung up.

She strode home, there was much work to be done, and so little time to do it. When Info-Chan got to her house, she sent over Masami Shiroma's info to the person. In the email was a description of what the other person was looking for, and what to do if personal reconnaissance was necessary. Info-Chan then started monitoring the school from her home after resetting the camera feeds. Interestingly enough, Shiro Tamagachi was in the building. His outfit was different though. He wore an all-black hakama over a black kimono. Info-Chan watched him as Shiro rummaged around the Occult-Club bookshelves, looking for something. Shiro seemed to be growing angrier with each passing moment. Suddenly against all odds, Kenji entered the room. Shiro didn't look fazed. The two had a quiet conversation and Shiro shook his head. Kenji walked out and Shiro began to exit, but he stopped, and looked directly into the camera. His gaze wandered to the knife and he shrugged. But for good measure, Shiro took out a handgun and took aim. There was a bright flash and the camera feed went static.

"Well then, it seems Shiro was more than just a punk with a knife." Info-Chan mused, she wondered how he fit into all of this mess. "This just keeps getting more and more complicated."

Info-Chan watched as Kenji walked out of the school and around the corner, out of sight from the cameras at last. Kenji then made his way to his home and snuck in through a window he had left open earlier. Kenji then took off the hidden blades that he always had on him and began cleaning them off. He then took them apart, scattering the parts here and there, making sure nobody would be able to make the connection. Next, he took the blades, fitted them together, and then fitted them into an ordinary knife he had modified. Now there would be no trace of the weapons. With his work done ahead of time, Kenji changed into his sleepwear and turned the lights off. He got into bed and fell asleep almost instantly. He would receive more orders tomorrow morning. Suddenly, a pair of stark-white latex gloves appeared from the darkness. In the person's hands were a medium sized aerosol canister with a bigger output tube. The hands fitted the tube into Kenji's nose without waking him and the sound of someone breathing through a gasmask could be heard. The trigger was squeezed and the steady hiss of air slowly being filtered out was heard. The figure waited patiently as Kenji continuously breathed in whatever gas was being pumped out of the canister. Soon, Kenji's breathing became more and more relaxed with each minute, and after a total of 5 minutes, his breathing stopped altogether. The person checked for a pulse. He was dead. They then sprinkled a few hairs on his bed, opened the window, and were gone.

Many people might fault that Ayano is actually a Sociopath since she herself claimed that she could not feel anything. But as a Psychology Major, this is technically not true. Both Sociopaths and Psychopaths lack the ability to successfully feel empathy, and obsessively crave any object or person that brings them emotional stimuli. Both also can feel anger, and display violent behavior. The reason that Ayano acts like both a Sociopath AND a Psychopath, is exactly determined on how the player decides to eliminate their rival. Sociopaths tend to have a harder time connecting with people, and their crimes are generally haphazard and spontaneous. Just like when the player opts to quickly eliminate a rival via stabbing them out in the open and either disposing of the corpse, blood, and evidence… or leaving it there and throwing the knife away. Psychopaths however, are more precise and collected. We are not talking about low functioning Psychopaths like the Joker or Kefka Palazzo, we are talking about people like Ted Bundy and Jack the Ripper. These Psychopaths are very manipulative and can easily gain people's trust. They learn to mimic emotions, despite their inability to actually feel them, and will appear normal to unsuspecting people. This is characterized by either taking the time to expel Kokona, learn her weaknesses and fake her suicide, eliminate her by freak "Accidents", and or kidnapping and torturing a victim to make them commit a homicide rather than themselves. Yet not all Psychopaths are violent, very rarely, there are non-violent Psychopaths. But be warned, these people can still be highly manipulative. Maybe you desire peace, maybe it's more of a challenge for you to stay non-violent, or maybe you're afraid of hurting others. Whatever the case may be, If Ayano is a Sociopath or a Psychopath, it is entirely determined by you, and how you decide to play the game.

As to why Kokona didn't die like in the game? Well, with preforming some in depth research about electrocution, YandereDev's version is toned down. Probably since the game isn't really supposed to be an all-out gore fest, and to give it a more dramatic appeal. To stop a heart and paralyze the body, you need only 2 Amps. On average, a light switch carries 15 Amps, around 110-120 Volts, and around 1889 Watts. Kokona was exposed to around 15 Amps directly. What does this do to the body? One, the Voltage hit's your body like a truck, delivering 15 Amps almost instantly. Two, the result causes the output to overload. And since a human body is much more resistant than metal, the force will send you flying. You then die about 2-3 minutes later with severe burns. Anyway with any questions out of the way, please leave a review for the Fanfiction, thank you and until we meet again.