Second Thoughts (Ayano x Budo x Taro)

Chapter Eight

Ayano couldn't move. What was most likely an assassin was holding her under her own bath water. Her oxygen was running out. She desperately tried to gasp for air, but the assassin had their hand over her mouth. She kicked frantically and tried to scream, but no sound came out. She was on the verge of giving up, when-
"Okay, okay. You can let her go now."
The assassin immediately let go of Ayano. The yandere shot her head up and gasped.
"She was almost dead, master. Why?" said the assassin.
"I want to talk to her before her death," said the master. Ayano turned to look at them. The master was wearing a big woolly hat to keep their hair in. They were also wearing a mask from the Drama Club to hide their face. From the neck down they were wearing a large, green overcoat and long boots.
"Well, well. The murderer almost got murdered herself. Ayano, honestly. You should be more aware," said the master. Their voice was muffled, so Yandere-Chan couldn't tell who they were.
"Who are you? Why do you know my name? How do you know I'm a murderer? What do you have against me?" Questions came tumbling out of Ayano's mouth.
"Oh my, so many questions. All will be answered when I reveal my identity." The master nodded, and the assassin locked the bathroom door. Then, the master pulled off the woolly hat and ripped off the mask. Yandere-Chan was gobsmacked.
"Osana!?!?" she screamed. Osana laughed at the reaction. The assassin decided to reveal their face, too.
"Kokona!?!?" she screamed again. This time Kokona laughed.
"I'm smarter than you think, Yan-Chan. The amount of times you've tried to kill me and Kokona...and that Info-Chan, wanting me dead by next Friday. That pathetic diversion she set up didn't fool me. I don't want to confess my love to Senpai yet. I want you dead first."
Osana nodded again, and Kokona walked over to Ayano.
"No! NO!" shouted Yandere-Chan. She tried to strangle Kokona, but the purple-haired girl was too quick. Ayano tried many things - pulling Kokona in, wrestling her to the ground, knocking her unconscious - but none of these attempts worked. Finally, Kokona grabbed Ayano's head and pushed it underwater. Ayano flapped her arms about and tried to pull herself up, but to no avail. She was a goner...well, so she thought at the time.
"Take that, assassins!" shouted a voice. Kokona was hit on the head with a frying pan and fell to the ground. Osana tried to escape, but she was hit with a baseball bat and fell to the ground too. Ayano looked up, and she saw two figures standing near the bathroom door. None other than Senpai and Budo.