Chapter 65, originally posted on March 16, 2018.

At the meeting in school, Team Phase meets up.
“Today’s the race at the class to compete with Yuki.” Phase I said.
“We are planning to have Yuki be part of our team.” Phase A said.
“Yep. She is valuable enough to help all of us.” Phase E said.
“And now, our school plans will come faster.” Phase O said.
“Definately. Hopefully, she is willing to join.” Phase A said.
Later during Gym class, Yuki and Phase I are at the track.
“Yuki and Lila are gonna start a three lap race!” Coach said.
Yuki is next to her.
“You’re ready, Yuki?” Phase I asked.
“I am! I am ready to race with my new competitor.” Yuki said.
“On your mark! Get Set! Go!” Coach yelled.
They both start racing, and her fans are cheering.
Yuki notices that Phase I is just next to her.
“Wow. You’re just as fast as I am!” Yuki said.
“It looks like it.” Phase I said.
Minoru and the friends are watching them.
“It seems like that girl is just as good as her.” Minoru said.
“Yeah. She’s right by her.” Retasu said.
The audience keeps cheering and few laps later, they are heading to the final lap.
“Been practicing during the weekend?” Yuki asked.
“Longer than that.” Phase I responded.
“Same.”
As they are running, the audience still cheers.
Yuki tries to go a bit faster than her, but still is on par, and Phase I is a few steps more than Yuki.
They both are by the finish line, and Phase I beat Yuki in the game.
“Yipee!” She said.
“Wow.” Yuki said.
Yuki’s friends are surprised that Phase I has beaten Yuki.
“No way!” Rin said.
“I can’t believe it.” Retasu said.
“Seems like her competitor is a good match for Yuki.” Minoru said.
“It looks like it.” Leon said.
The crowds claps for both of them.
Later after gym class has ended, Yuki walks with her friends.
“I cannot believe she actually beat you.” Rin said.
“Well, it’s a good thing I got a competitor. I just think winning almost all the time without a competitor makes me look too good. I am great at gymnastics and geek culture, but others are welcome to be as good as me.” Yuki said.
“She has a point.” Minoru said.
“Besides, my last competitor was Ron, who became a terrible person at first.” Yuki said.
“At least even without a competitor, your fans still love watching you and play with you or against you.” Retasu said.
“You’re right, but it’s still good to have a team who is willing to give the school a smile.
"I see.” Rin said.
The next day, Yuki and Minoru are in the classroom, talking. Phase I comes in and talks to Yuki.
“Yuki.”
“Hey Lila.” Yuki said.
“On the first break, we want you to come to the student room. We want to invite you to our meeting.”
“Sure.”
“What is it about?” Minoru asked.
“It’s about the school and to improve all of us seniors to have the best senior year yet.” Lila said.
“Cool.” Yuki said.
Phase I leaves.
“I think it’s pretty good for them to offer me to help them.” Yuki said.
“It seems fun.” Minoru said.
Yuki gets her manga from her backpack.
“I got this last night and read all of it.”
“Awesome. I think that series is pretty cool.” Minoru said.
Later during the break, Yuki went to the student room and sees the Phase Team.
“Welcome, Yuki Koriyama.” Phase A said.
“We’re glad you decide to show up.” Phase E said.
“Kaname?” Yuki asked.
“That’s right. I am part of their team.”
“Team? What is it called?” Yuki asked.
“We’re Team Phase.” Phase I said.
“We offer plans for this school, and it’s our first and only year of Fujiwara High.” Phase O said.
“I see.” Yuki said.
“We heard that you are popular for few years in Fujiwara, and we think you’re the perfect fit on our team since we heard you’re pretty helpful and athletic.” Phase A said.
“So what do you guys do for this school?” Yuki asked.
“We want to be as popular as you are, and help us on our secret plans.” Phase U said.
“You did bring you peer’s attention to Phase I.” Phase A said.
“Phase I?” Yuki asked.
“That’s me. We are usually called by a letter after Team.” Phase I said.
“It’s our way on the Phase Team.” Phase A said.
“So, what are you guys called?” Yuki asked.
“Phase A” He said.
“Phase E” Kaname said.
“Phase I, as you know.” Lila said.
“Phase O” She said.
“And Phase U” She said.
“And you can be Phase Y if you decide to join.” Phase A said.
“Thanks, but I am curious about the team. I want to know more about this.” Yuki said.
“Well, you cannot tell anyone else about this team.” Phase O said.
“Why not?” Yuki asked.
“We have secrets and we don’t want anyone else to know about this whole team.” Phase E said.
“Our plans must be kept away from anyone else. We don’t want anyone here to share plans to anyone else.” Phase A said.
“You can’t tell your friends either.” Phase U said.
“Not even this meeting.” Phase E said.
“I don’t know about this.” Yuki said.
“I thought you are trustworthy, Yuki. I think you can’t keep secrets.” Phase U said.
“Easy! Yuki, as much as we want you to be on our team, we gotta keep most of our plans and meeting a secret. You can say you are having a meeting, but you can’t tell anyone else about it.” Phase A said.
“Well, thanks, but I gotta decide.” Yuki said.
“And please don’t tell anyone that we are a team!” Phase U said.
“How is this a team if no one else knows? They will figure out that you guys have a team anyway, even if I stay silent.” Yuki said.
“I knew you can’t be trustworthy!” Phase U said.
“You guys are too secretive! That’s no point to join this club. I’m out!” Yuki said.
She left.
“Yuki!” Phase A said.
“Leave her!” Phase U said.
“You’re were a little hard on her.” Phase I said.
“So?” Phase U said.
“That’s gonna keep her away from joining our team.” Phase A said.
“I don’t want her to join with us for the way she acts.” Phase U said.
“She is chosen! She got the penguin toy from the ground, and I am the leader! I choose Yuki to join and help us to succeed our goals to get what we wanted.” Phase A said.
“Now she doesn’t want to join.” Phase E said.
“We gotta change a few rules so it would change her mind.” Phase A said.
“But don’t forget, if the person who has the penguin toy, betrayed us, we make her regret everything.” Phase U said.
“She’s not gonna go in that path. She may if you keep yelling at her.” Phase A said.
“Okay. I’ll stop this.” Phase U said.
Later during lunch, Yuki talks to Minoru about the meeting.
“I’m been suspicious about Kaname and Lila. I didn’t want to make it look like I don’t like them, but they seem suspicious.” Minoru said.
“It’s better to be said sooner, but I understand. However, Lila seems to be nice so far.” Yuki said.
“Yeah, but I don’t know about their team. If they are secretive, they mostly want to use you or something.” Minoru said.
“Hmm. Well, I’ll decide to eavesdrop on them to know what they are.” Yuki said.
Phase A came and talks to Yuki.
“Yuki, we want to apologize for the meeting. You were right that we are being too secretive.”
“Okay. So why was that a thing on your team?” Yuki asked.
“It was because our previous school experience is pretty bad. Our plans didn’t turn out well. I should’ve stated that earlier.” Phase A said.
“But if you guys want help, why not work hard and do something impressive to bring attention like what Lila did?”
“We want to do other thing too. We could have a meeting after school.”
“Thanks, but I got a job.”
“Oh. Well, just talk to us.”
“Ok.”
He leaves.
“I don’t think I want to join them, but I want to know more about them. They are suspicious.” Yuki said.
“Well, just remember that if you join their team, they may want you to not be with us if they are proven bad, and if they want their plans to all be a secret, it’s most likely a bad idea.” Minoru said.
“Pretty much. I’ll keep checking on them.”
Later when school is done, Yuki walks to the rooftop, and she sees Team Phase by the edge, and she sneaks to the edge of the entrance and hides at the wall.
“You spoke to Yuki about this in public?” Phase U asked.
“I just don’t want her to think we are too secretive so she could be more comfortable to join.” Phase A said.
“But no one else should know about our school plans.” Phase O said.
“Yeah, but no one else knows our plans yet. We said we want to rue the school one day, and if Yuki joins, we will make her to do what we want, and only help to give us attention and no one else.” Phase A said.
“Exactly.” Phase I said. “Someday, if she joins us, our school plans will go exactly as planned.”
“So our job is to get her to join.” Phase O said.
“Yep. Anyone else below our level will not get attention.” Phase A said.
They started walking to the door to leave.
“Also, we can ask others to join if they are proven great for our team.” Phase E said.
“Yep.” Phase A said.
They left. Yuki got out and talks to herself.
“So they just wanna use me. I bet they are planning to bully others. I won’t allow them to do this.” Yuki said.
Later at evening, Yuki is texting at social media with her friends.
“…Yeah. They are pretty much bad.” Yuki explained.
“I had a feeling they were bad.” Minoru said.
“I am glad I didn’t join with them.”
“What does their ‘school plan’ mean?” Retasu asked.
“Maybe wanting attention because they care about themselves. They can also pick on others, and even worse.” Yuki said.
“Wow. So what will you do with that girl?” Ryo asked.
“Lila? I’ll act natural to her unless if she snaps out like their other team member.” Yuki answered.
“I shouldn’t keep this, but I had a feeling that I won’t like Lila. When I saw her and doing activities, I feel something strange about her. and so as their members.” Minoru said.
“You’re free to tell us what you think. Even though we act like good competitors, I want to know who actually feels about her.” Yuki said.
“I thought she was pretty good and shocked when she beat you.” Rin said.
“Besides the point, what happens if they snap out?” Takahashi asked.
“I’ll see what happens, but time will tell.” Yuki said.
Next day at the classroom, Yuki talks with her fans about the new video game.
“I’ll pick that game up at my job. I heard it is a big upgrade to its last game.” Yuki said.
“Cool!” Boy1 said.
Lila comes to Yuki and she sees her coming.
“Hey Yuki.” She said.
“Hey.” Yuki said, pretending to not know about their plan.
“So, we changed few rules for the team. I know that girl who yelled at you is pretty annoying, but she calmed down after school.”
“I see. Well, being the popular girl and wanting to do something that I enjoy, I don’t have a lot of time to join a team. I already have my own fanclub every wednesday.”
“Fan club? Interesting.”
“Besides, I have some homework and a job for Tuesdays and Thursdays, so I don’t want to fill things that imbalance my needs.”
“I understand.”
“Good.” Yuki said.
Meanwhile, Rin is in a student room and she is trying to take a look at her cheerleader uniform.
“It is still pretty clean.”
Kaname comes in the room.
“Hey Rin.”
“Oh. Kaname.” Rin said.
“So you’re a cheerleader?”
“For this school, yes. I joined since last year.”
“It’s pretty cute. Are you into fashion accessories?”
“Yes. I have a couple of accessories in my home, and some on my locker.”
“I could tell that your main interest is fashion.” Kaname said.
“How? Is it because of my uniform?” Rin said while showing her cheerleader uniform.
“It’s because I heard you talking to other girls about the accessories that you own. I have a couple.”
“That’s awesome. I know you’re in my class and wanna have lunch together during break?”
“Sure.”
Later, Yuki is preparing her lunch and eats it at her desk with Minoru.
“Should I tell you what I think about the game that I got last week?” Yuki asked.
“Yes. I bet it was pretty good.” Minoru said.
“I kept fighting a lot of them, the whole dark team. I used a lot of psychical attacks and I liked it.”
Meanwhile, Rin went to the roof with Kaname to eat while sharing their accessories.
“That one is cute!” Kaname said.
“I got it few months ago and Retasu said the same thing.” Rin said.
“I see. Rin.”
“Yes?”
“I wanna ask you something important.”
“Okay. What is it?”
“Before I ask you, I want you to think this through.”
“Sure.” Rin said.
“I am in a team and I want to ask you if you can join. I have other four members already.” Kaname asked.
Rin is thinking, and there is a silence while thinking.

Next Chapter: Rin’s Decision.
Rin is thinking about if she wants to join her team, which is Team Phase. Yuki is aware that Rin is spending time with Kaname and tries to warn her about her and the team. The team talks to her about the team and made Rin in a situation to where she wants to decide, despite hearing about the team from Yuki. Is Rin gonna join them? Tine in next time!