The Council's Road, Not Taken (Kaguya-sama/Oregairu Spinoff)

[ZeroXSEED]

Your name is Hikigaya Hachiman, 16 years old. Fairly athletic, reasonably handsome, if a bit ragged from bad lifestyle. Your family was neither rich or poor, more like upper middle class.

And you went to Japan's #1 Elite Shuchiin Academy High School through pure scholarship. It was a hard work, many blood and sweats were shed, nevertheless, here you are half a year later and this is the second semester of your unusually boring high school life.

You have decided that the idyllic boring life need to stop. Your best friend Shirogane Miyuki have decided to go for Student Council Presidential Election, and ask if you want to join him in the council.

You declined.

Part of you wondered, if accepting the invitation was the right thing. Nevertheless, he respected your decision, and this path separation didn't make you any less friendly with each other. The path of near-brotherhood more or less tempered over the course of summer vacation, you're not too worried.

Nevertheless, it was a road not taken, no use crying over spilled milk.

With a bit of rebellious streak, superfluous fund you don't know what to do, you picked a drowned motorcycle from a semi-famous dealer in Tokyo. To be honest, it wasn't really worthy of bragging, it was purely lifestyle choice. Nevertheless, it might just affect how people view you if they saw you in it.

Spoiler: Your trusty steed

[ ] Police Bike: Touring type for long distance ride, why is this being sold? (++Charisma, -Manliness, appeal to order)
[ ] Sports Bike: Sleek and elegant, not as comfortable but it's certainly look cool and fast. (+Charisma)
[ ] Standard Bike: It's average in all aspect but still imposing and tough, getting the job done. (+Manliness)
[X] Cruiser Bike: Low ride, low growl, comfortable to ride, looks like gangster bike. (++Manliness, -Charisma, appeal to chaos)

It was the first day of the semester and you ended up, somehow, tangled up with Yakuza group and it's Princess. Narrowly escaped with your life and dignity intact, you ended up knowing her more than before, originally as stranger even though the two of you were in the same class.

You gave her a ride to school when traffic jam blocked her family car, so she managed to avoid tardiness on the first day in the semester. She owe you at least that much in the end.

Her name was Ryuju Momo, the primary heir to Ryuju group, the biggest Yakuza group in Tokyo Metropolitan area. It could be said that they conquered half of Japanese's underworld, though most of their business appear legit.

Eh.

Spoiler: Relationship with Momo

[ ] Draw a line (Hard mode, no VIP protection)
You're still classmates but that's it, nothing more nothing less.
[ ] Keep it safe (+ Manliness)
Remains in contact, hang out from time to time as friend.
[X] Fairly chummy (++ Manliness, appeal to chaos)
Not quite best friend, nevertheless you're comfortable with each other and she taught you a trick or two.
[ ] Absolutely no fucks given (+++ Manliness, appeal to chaos, negative modifier with other girls)
More or less glued by the hip, rarely seen without each other. People mistook you for dating from time to time.

Thinking that your chaotic school life more or less stabilized, managed to keep your grade high for one semester, and all that important things, you wonder if you should begin searching potential girlfriend?

Heh.

Asking to get heartbroken again perhaps?

Who knows.

Time to let it rip.

But first's let's pick your choice of electives this semester. This will decide what elective class you attend outside the primary subjects.

[X] Journalism
[ ] Art (You picked this before)
[ ] Music (Miyuki is here)
[ ] Calligraphy (Momo is here)

Author's Note

This Quest is AU/Ofshoot of certain fanfic that I'm writing
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13226185/1/As-expected-the-Confession-they-want-is-wrong
https://forums.spacebattles.com/thr...rong-as-expected-kaguya-sama-oregairu.731617/
In which Hikigaya Hachiman joined the Shuchiin Academy student council and meet various girls and caught in their hijinks alongside Kaguya and Miyuki's machination. The primary heroines in that story were: Fujiwara Chika, Ryuju Momo, Hayasaka Ai, and (maybe) Shirogane Kei.

Here, Hachiman declined to join. So I hope people go wild in this quest and pick different girls to approach. Note of caution, be careful!

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[ZeroXSEED]

HIKIGAYA HACHIMAN

Character information Skill Quirk

• 
  
  
  
  Date of Birth: August 8
  Height: 174 cm
  Title: Captain of the Survival Game Club
  Social Rank: 3-
  Academic Rank: 10
  Reputation: 250
  
  Charisma: 7 (Fairly handsome)
  Manliness: 9 (No nonsense and takes no shit)
  Alignment: +2 Chaos
  
  
• 
  Cooking Skill: 8, You can cook fairly exceptionally great home food
  Engineering: 4, You can tinker with simple electronics and machines
  Swimming: 8, You're almost competition level swimmer
  Running: 8, You're almost competition level runner
  Parkour: 5, you do much better than average person but nothing amazing
  
• 
  Heart Broken Veteran
  Already rejected 11 times, you hesitant to acknowledge your romantic feelings.
  
  Romantic Paranoia
  Unless a girl confess to you outright, you will not believe she has any feelings for you. You're always suspicious of nice girl as well.
  
  Natural Big Brother
  Has good affinity with younger girls (romantically or otherwise)
  

 

[ZeroXSEED]

Shirogane Miyuki Ryuju Momo Yukinoshita Yukino Kino Karen Kose Erika Kashiwagi Nagisa Shijo Maki Hayato Hongo Tanuma Tsubasa Toyosaki Saburo

• 
  SHIROGANE MIYUKI
  
  Date of Birth: September 9th
  Height: 175 cm
  Title: President of the Student Council.
  Social Rank: 4
  Academic Rank: 1
  Reputation: 500
  Relationship: Best Friends, Almost Brothers
  
  Charisma: 8 (Very handsome and charming)
  Manliness: 8 (Masculine and somewhat intimidating)
  Alignment: +1 Order
  Contact: E-Mail, Phone Number
  Quirks: Extreme Pride, Genius at Hard Work, Poor Talents
  
• 
  RYUJU MOMO
  
  Date of Birth: Unknown
  Height: 162 cm
  Title: Treasurer of the Student Council
  Social Rank: 2+
  Academic Rank: ??
  Reputation: 500
  Relationship: Close Friend
  
  Charisma: 10 (Almost inhumanly beautiful)
  Manliness: 10 (Manliest of the men, somehow)
  Alignment: +3 Chaos
  Contact: E-Mail, LINE, Phone Number
  Quirks: Extreme Whim, Delinquent
  
• 
  YUKINOSHItA YUKINO
  
  Date of Birth: January 2nd
  Height: 170 cm
  Title: President of the Public Service Club.
  Social Rank: 3+
  Academic Rank: 3
  Reputation: 400
  Relationship: Friend
  
  Charisma: 10 (Inhumanly beautiful, almost angelic)
  Manliness: 8 (No nonsense)
  Alignment: +3 Order
  Contact: E-mail, LINE
  Quirks: Pride, Natural Genius
  
• 
  KINO KAREN
  
  Date of Birth: Unknown
  Height: 162 cm
  Title: Member of Mass Media Club
  Social Rank: 3+
  Academic Rank: ??
  Reputation: 150
  Relationship: Friend
  
  Charisma: 9 (One of top school beauties)
  Manliness: 5 (Average)
  Alignment: +1 Chaos
  Contact: E-Mail, LINE
  Quirks: Delusional, Foolishly Romantic
  
• 
  KOSE ERIKA
  
  Date of Birth: Unknown
  Height: 163 cm
  Title: Member of Mass Media Club
  Social Rank: 3
  Academic Rank: ??
  Reputation: 150
  Relationship: Friend
  
  Charisma: 8 (Traditional, distinguishable beauty)
  Manliness: 5 (Average)
  Alignment: Unknown
  Contact: E-Mail, LINE
  Quirks: Cult of Shinomiya
  
• 
  KASHIWAGI NAGISA
  
  Date of Birth: Unknown
  Height: 161 cm
  Title: Vice President of Public Service Club
  Social Rank: 2+
  Academic Rank: 5
  Reputation: 300
  Relationship: Friend
  
  Charisma: 8 (Extremely cute and pretty, if a little plain)
  Manliness: 4 (Somewhat meek)
  Alignment: +1 Order
  Contact: E-Mail
  Quirks: Unknown
  
• 
  SHIJO MAKI
  
  Date of Birth: Unknown
  Height: 160 cm
  Title: Secretary of Public Service Club
  Social Rank: 1
  Academic Rank: 4
  Reputation: 300
  Relationship: Friend
  
  Charisma: 9 (One of the top school beauties)
  Manliness: 7 (Confident and Self assured)
  Alignment: +2 Order
  Contact: E-Mail, LINE
  Quirks: Tsundere
  
• 
  HAYATO HONGO
  
  Date of Birth:
  Height: 176 cm
  Title: Member of Survival Game Club
  Social Rank: 3
  Academic Rank: 44
  Reputation: 300
  Relationship: Friend, Club Member
  
  Charisma: 8 (He's very handsome and charming)
  Manliness: 7 (Confident and self assured)
  Alignment: +1 Chaos
  Contact: E-Mail, LINE
  
  Athleticism: 7 (Good)
  Shooting: 5 (Mediocre)
  Quirk: Serial Romeo
  
• 
  TANUMA TSUBASA
  
  Date of Birth:
  Height: 170 cm
  Title: Member of Survival Game Club
  Social Rank: 3+
  Academic Rank: 128
  Reputation: 50
  Relationship: Friend, Club Member
  
  Charisma: 7 (Good looking but a little plain)
  Manliness: 4 (Rather meek)
  Alignment: +1 Order
  Contact: E-Mail, LINE
  
  Athleticism: 5 (Mediocre)
  Shooting: 6 (Average)
  Quirk: Naive, Lack of Confidence
  
• 
  TOYOSAKI SABURO
  
  Date of Birth:
  Height: 172 cm
  Title: Member of Survival Game Club
  Social Rank: 3
  Academic Rank: 6
  Reputation: 50
  Relationship: Friend, Club Member
  
  Charisma: 6 (Average)
  Manliness: 7 (Confident and self assured)
  Alignment: Neutral
  Contact: E-Mail, LINE
  
  Athleticism: 6 (Average)
  Shooting: 9 (Excellent)
  Quirk: Hyper Competitive, Cunning
  

MMC President Saionji Kotoka

• 
  MASS MEDIA CLUB PRESIDENT
  
  Date of Birth: Unknown
  Height: 160 cm
  Title: President of the Mass Media Club
  Social Rank: 3-
  Academic Rank: ??
  Reputation: 100
  Relationship: Senior
  
  Charisma: 7 (Pretty but not exceptional)
  Manliness: 4 (Somewhat meek)
  Alignment: +1 Order
  Contact: E-Mail
  Quirks: Unknown
• 
  SAIONJI KOTOKA
  
  Date of Birth: Unknown
  Height: 156 cm
  Title: None
  Social Rank: 1
  Academic Rank: ??
  Reputation: 400
  Relationship: Senior
  
  Charisma: 8 (Exceptional beauty)
  Manliness: 6 (Average)
  Alignment: Neutral
  Contact: None
  Quirks: Nice Girl, Polite

 

[shanagan]

[X] Sports Bike: Sleek and elegant, not as comfortable but it's certainly look cool and fast. (+Charisma)
[X] Fairly chummy (++ Manliness, appeal to chaos)
[X] Journalism

 

[TriGayatri]

[X] Police Bike: Touring type for long distance ride, why is this being sold? (++Charisma, -Manliness, appeal to order)
[X] Fairly chummy (++ Manliness, appeal to chaos)
Not quite best friend, nevertheless you're comfortable with each other and she taught you a trick or two.
[X] Journalism

By the way, fanfic canon was cruiser and give no fucks option.

 

[ZeroXSEED]

Not counting votes until Morning time for GMT +7

Feel free to ask anything

 

[bastur2]

[X] Cruiser Bike: Low ride, low growl, comfortable to ride, looks like gangster bike. (++Manliness, -Charisma, appeal to chaos)
[X] Absolutely no fucks given (+++ Manliness, appeal to chaos, negative modifier with other girls
[X] Journalism

 

[giodan]

[X] Sports Bike: Sleek and elegant, not as comfortable but it's certainly look cool and fast. (+Charisma)
[X] Fairly chummy (++ Manliness, appeal to chaos)
[X] Journalism

 

[McLuvin]

[X] Cruiser Bike: Low ride, low growl, comfortable to ride, looks like gangster bike. (++Manliness, -Charisma, appeal to chaos)
[X] Absolutely no fucks given (+++ Manliness, appeal to chaos, negative modifier with other girls
[X] Journalism

 

[Flagrais]

[X] Police Bike: Touring type for long distance ride, why is this being sold? (++Charisma, -Manliness, appeal to order)
[X] Fairly chummy (++ Manliness, appeal to chaos)
Not quite best friend, nevertheless you're
comfortable with each other and she taught you a trick or two.
[X]Journalism

What are the perks and downsides with chaos and order respectively?

 

[kenmadragon]

[X] Police Bike: Touring type for long distance ride, why is this being sold? (++Charisma, -Manliness, appeal to order)
[X] Fairly chummy (++ Manliness, appeal to chaos)
[X] Journalism

This is where it's at. We get bonuses to Charisma, to Manliness, and appeal to both Order and Chaos. That fits Hachiman very well.

Plus, Japanese police bikes are fairly slick and fast, and we can probably give it a paint-job to fit our style rather than just going for the plain-white the police use, making it look cooler.

 

[Cane Toad]

[X] Cruiser Bike: Low ride, low growl, comfortable to ride, looks like gangster bike. (++Manliness, -Charisma, appeal to chaos)
[X] Absolutely no fucks given (+++ Manliness, appeal to chaos, negative modifier with other girls)
[X] Journalism

Little manly+police bike, medium manly+standard bike, high manly+cruiser.

 

[TriGayatri]

What are the perks and downsides with chaos and order respectively?

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Going to assume it influences our affinity with school factions and characters.

Momo is full chaos allignment.
Fujiwara chika to a lesser degree.

Thats how the fanfic version have them as main heroines.

 

[bastur2]

ZeroXSEED, does Hachiman already lives alone?
How Hachiman's "work" will be dealt in quest?

 

[ZeroXSEED]

What are the perks and downsides with chaos and order respectively?

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It affect mostly faction relationship and character's first impression on you.

ZeroXSEED, does Hachiman already lives alone?
How Hachiman's "work" will be dealt in quest?

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Yes, and his work will be determined by your reputation and connections at school.

 

[skaro]

Anyone want to join /tg/ club?

I think those lunatic in table top game club is pretty fun.

 

[kenmadragon]

Anyone want to join /tg/ club?

I think those lunatic in table top game club is pretty fun.

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I believe that's Fujiwara's club, so... yeah, they're all hilarious lunatics. Though, all of them are girls, and their daily antics would probably shave years off of 8man's loner-soul lifespan through the insanity. So, for our mental health, probably best to avoid them for a while and pick a club that's got sane people in it...

Though, now that I think about it, the Mass Media Club is also kinda split between sane and insane - Erika and Karen are sort of outliers in their club, but they're also both totally mental. Karen's obsessed with writing fics to ship Kaguya and Miyuki, and Erika is simply idolizes Kaguya to an obsessive level... The rest of the club seems to be fairly normal though, and the club's president is actually a rational person.

However, just because one takes Journalism as a class doesn't mean we're going to be a part of the Mass Media Club, right?

 

[arsdraconis]

Can we have a crotch rocket for a sport bike? 99 Hayabusa comes to mind

 

[TriGayatri]

Yeah. Lol.

Personally I want Maki route.

 

[ZeroXSEED]

However, just because one takes Journalism as a class doesn't mean we're going to be a part of the Mass Media Club, right?

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Yes, it was a class activity, not club.

 

[Kerrowe]

[X] Police Bike: Touring type for long distance ride, why is this being sold? (++Charisma, -Manliness, appeal to order)
[X] Absolutely no fucks given (+++ Manliness, appeal to chaos, negative modifier with other girls)
[x]Music

 

[inlurkshadow]

[X] Cruiser Bike: Low ride, low growl, comfortable to ride, looks like gangster bike. (++Manliness, -Charisma, appeal to chaos)
[X] Fairly chummy (++ Manliness, appeal to chaos)
[X] Journalism

 

[rocket501]

[X] Cruiser Bike: Low ride, low growl, comfortable to ride, looks like gangster bike. (++Manliness, -Charisma, appeal to chaos)
[X] Absolutely no fucks given (+++ Manliness, appeal to chaos, negative modifier with other girls
[X] Journalism

 

[Yveski]

[X] Standard Bike: It's average in all aspect but still imposing and tough, getting the job done. (+Manliness)
[X] Absolutely no fucks given (+++ Manliness, appeal to chaos, negative modifier with other girls)
More or less glued by the hip, rarely seen without each other. People mistook you for dating from time to time.
[X] Journalism

 

[Cuchulin]

[X] Standard Bike: It's average in all aspect but still imposing and tough, getting the job done. (+Manliness)
[X] Fairly chummy. (++ Manliness, appeal to chaos)
[X]Journalism.

 

[ZeroXSEED]

Spoiler: Vote tally

Vote Tally : [NSFW] - Council Road, Not Taken (Kaguya-sama/Oregairu Spinoff) | Questionable Questing
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[X] Journalism
No. of Votes: 12
shanagan
bastur2
Cane Toad
Cuchulin
Flagrais
giodan
inlurkshadow
kenmadragon
McLuvin
rocket501
TriGayatri
Yveski

[X] Fairly chummy (++ Manliness, appeal to chaos)
No. of Votes: 7
shanagan
Cuchulin
Flagrais
giodan
inlurkshadow
kenmadragon
TriGayatri

[X] Absolutely no fucks given (+++ Manliness, appeal to chaos, negative modifier with other girls
No. of Votes: 6
bastur2
Cane Toad
Kerrowe
McLuvin
rocket501
Yveski

[X] Cruiser Bike: Low ride, low growl, comfortable to ride, looks like gangster bike. (++Manliness, -Charisma, appeal to chaos)
No. of Votes: 5
bastur2
Cane Toad
inlurkshadow
McLuvin
rocket501

[X] Police Bike: Touring type for long distance ride, why is this being sold? (++Charisma, -Manliness, appeal to order)
No. of Votes: 4
TriGayatri
Flagrais
kenmadragon
Kerrowe

[X] Sports Bike: Sleek and elegant, not as comfortable but it's certainly look cool and fast. (+Charisma)
No. of Votes: 2
shanagan
giodan

[X] Standard Bike: It's average in all aspect but still imposing and tough, getting the job done. (+Manliness)
No. of Votes: 2
Yveski
Cuchulin

[x]Music
No. of Votes: 1
Kerrowe

Total No. of Voters: 13

Backstory Tally: +4 Manliness, -1 Charisma
Academic Rank: 10
Social Rank: Rank 3
Alignment: Chaos +2
Reputation: 100 (Known by name, not much else)

Before you know it, the hectic September had passed and the new Student Council began their work. Shirogane Miyuki was known as the first outsider student to be elected President for a while. The importance of social caste in Shuchiin Academy cannot be overstated, and Miyuki's background as a poor, destitute outsider student reliant on Scholarship was quite a hot topic to argue about. Nevertheless, he gathered enough votes to get elected, thanks to his peerless effort.

Sometimes you wondered, is there such a thing as a genius at hard work? Because cynically speaking, Shirogane Miyuki was a talentless hack forcing himself into this cruel and unjust academy. Nevertheless, the strength of his determination was what allowed the two of you to be friends like this.

Standing beside him was a deathly cold Goddess of death, or so you like to call her, the Goddess of lonerdom. The so-called perfect girl incarnate, blessed by numerous talents and achievement, born into one of the most elite families in Japan, the Shinomiya. That is, Shinomiya Kaguya.

All this time, more than half a year, Shirogane Miyuki put so much effort into chasing her shadow. Of course, you also contributed and helped Miyuki passed multiple trials and tribulations that allow him to be a perfect man worthy of her attention as rival and equal.

You have an inkling that there's something beyond simple rivalry into their relationship, nevertheless, you decided not to meddle unless asked.

OCTOBER 2020

It's time for you to begin your second elective class. The previous class last semester was uneventful, though Miyuki was there so you never get bored. Nevertheless, you decided to pick a different subject than him this semester.

You decided to pick Journalism.

From a practical standpoint, this is basically the densest and productive elective class. You're taught foreign policy, language, general research and publishing, and 100% of the activities were done using computers. In other words, almost everything relevant to the modern job market.

You wonder what kind of people you'll meet here?

From what you hear, most of the big names went for Calligraphy again this semester, so you're unlikely to meet a bunch of bigshots. Nevertheless, that's not really a problem for you, as someone who has very few friends in the first place.

Wrong.

It seems that two anomalies had slipped under the radar.

Kashiwagi Nagisa was the Daughter of the President of a major shipbuilding company in Japan, looking at that fact, it sounds like someone you shouldn't really deal with casually. Though admittedly, it's not as if you're not chummy enough with Ryuju of all people.

But the second one is even more terrifying.

Shijo Maki was the Daughter of Shijo Group, an offshoot family branch of the Shinomiya who decided to expand outside as the Shinomiya dominate the Japanese economy. Shijo group was a massive multinational conglomerate, and it's total wealth and influence was not less than Shinomiya's own, combined.

Along with them, the more noticeable sort of students there was Kino Karen and Erika Kose. Kino Karen was the daughter of Bodansha's CEO, a major publishing company in Japan. Erika Kose, if you remember, her family owned a Miso Company. Of all these four girls, Kose was the closest to you in social strata, as your father is a famous producer of a massive Idol production company, and your mother being the General Manager of a powerful Cellphone and Banking company in Tokyo.

Unfortunately, aside from that, your information on them was fairly limited. Nevertheless, you had to work with what info you have

UPDATED INFORMATION: KNOWN MEMBERS OF JOURNALISM ELECTIVE CLASSMATES
Shijo Maki, Class 1-B, Social Rank: 1, Academic Rank: 3
Kashiwagi Nagisa, Class 1-B, Social Rank: 2+, Academic Rank: 6
Kino Karen, Class 1-B, Social Rank: 3+
Kose Erika, Class 1-B, Social Rank: 3

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And so began the introduction to Journalism class. To be honest, you studied this ahead of time so it should be easy to relearn everything with a preexisting foundation of knowledge. Nevertheless, you should work according to your own desired pace, though the way you present yourself will influence how people look at you.

But hey, since when you care about reputation?

[ ] Be proactive (Hard)
[ ] Work normally
[ ] Be passive (Easy)

 

[Fieryfoxpaws]

Editited: [x] Work normally

 

[ZeroXSEED]

Fieryfoxpaws a bit late there....

 

[Fieryfoxpaws]

Y

Fieryfoxpaws a bit late there....

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Yeah kinda unexpected update.

 

[Renko]

I wish I found out about this a bit sooner.

The voting time is just way too short!

That Police Bike option was just one vote away into a tie!

I really want it to be a bit different from the origin fanfic that this one was based on....

[insert sad face]

[x] Be passive (Easy)