Liar, Liar, the Mage's Desire Vol. 1 (A New Oumeno)

The Not-Your-Talent Show! (3)

   "Okay, we're going to the courtyard next," Ibuki said to the other girls. They all looked anxiously at Ibuki.

   "There?!" Himiko exclaimed. "But that's where..."

   "Eeeexactly," Ibuki nodded grimly. "Let's go." Ibuki led them out of the rec room and outside to the back of the school building where the courtyard was. It was a large area with cherry blossom trees and a path leading towards a fountain in the center. Placed around the fountain on the grassy areas were tables and benches for the students to sit as they ate their lunch. Usually, the courtyard would be filled with students, but ever since Junko Enoshima and her sister, Mukuro Ikusaba, started hanging out in the courtyard during lunch, the whole area remained silent as a tomb.

   "Um...heeeeyyy, Junko! Hey, Mukuro!" Ibuki said, trying to hide the apprehension in her voice. Junko snootily looked up from her meal while Mukuro looked sadly at Junko's meal, longing for something to eat. 

   "What do you want?" Junko asked snobbishly. 

   "Erm...well...I was wondering, actually, if we could talk to Mukuro?" Ibuki asked. She was so nervous that her eye began to twitch. Mukuro looked up at Ibuki but remained silent. Junko scoffed and rolled her eyes.

   "Why do you want to talk to Moo-Cow for?" she asked rudely. 

   "Er...well, it's kind of a secret, so-" Ibuki began.

   "That's all I have to hear," Junko interrupted haughtily, flipping her hair. "Sorry, Idookie, it's a 'no' from me."

   "Her name is Ibuki!" Sonia corrected angrily. Junko gave her a cold stare that pierced through Sonia's soul. Sonia turned red, then shrunk back into the group of girls. Junko then gave her an evil smirk.

   "So...Sonia Nevermind, is it?" Junko asked, tapping her fingernails together. "Mm-hmm...I have loooots of information about you. Information that...I don't think you'd want everyone else here at Hope's Peak to know." Sonia gasped and turned white. "If you don't want me divulging that kind of information, I highly suggest you don't go popping off at the mouth at me. Understand?"

  "I...am sorry! Truly, very sorry!" Sonia gasped, trembling with fear. 

  "I thought so," Junko replied smugly. "So, now that I've spoken, you all can go away now. Shoo!" She waved her hand dismissively at them as if they were annoying mosquitos. Ibuki started to panic as she looked frantically at the other girls who shrugged in confusion at her.

  "Wait, wait, wait!" Ibuki said. "How about we make a bet?" The other girls' eyes widened with shock and fear. Junko smirked. 

  "I'm listening," she said. 

  "Okay, well...first of all, I can't tell you what I need Mukuro for, but how about this, if we lose in this particular...thing that I need her for, we'll all do your biddings for a week!" Ibuki said. The other girls' mouths hung agape.