Original Series
Hyouka
Setting of my fan fiction:
The main characters will be the 4 members of Kamiyama High School’s Classic Literature Club, Houtarou Oreki, Eru Chitanda, Satoshi Fukube, Mayaka Ibara. One day, an incident happened at Handidraft club which Satoshi belongs to. Houtarou and others will help him solving the case. In my fan fiction, I’ll introduce 1 or 2 original characters.
Point of view: 3rd person
Charaters:
Houtarou Oreki
A less-than-energetic boy who doesn't particularly like to do anything that involves effort. However, if given something to think about, he will see it through until it is solved and then manages to make brilliantly logical deductions. His “gray life” has being changing since he joined the Clssic Literature Club.
Eru Chitanda
A curious girl who likes saying “I’m curious!”. Whenever a mystery is brought to her, she won't be able to stop thinking about it until it is solved. She is also polite and kind.
Satoshi Fukube
A boy who has really good memory and knows lots of things which may not be very useful in daily life. He calls himself “database”, and can almost always be seen smiling. He’s also a member of Handicraft club.
Mayaka Ibara
She’s a conscientious girl who’s strict to herself and people around her. She’s good friends with Eru Chitanda, and has crush on Satoshi Fukube since middle school.
I'm sorry, but my draft is about 2000 words....
Please read it ONLY if you're intrested.
~ COLORFUL ~
Satoshi Fukube had been acting weird these two days.
He used to smile all the time and his school life was always too colurful, so that Houtarou called it a “shocking pink” life. However, now, he’s “gray”. Same color as Houtarou Oreki, a less-than-energetic boy who didn’t want his school life to have any extra excitement.
Houtarou was thinking about the unusual behavior of Satoshi while he was sitting in Classic Literature Club room, and waiting for the other 3 members. Houtarou was a 1st year student at KAMIYAMA High School. He’s motto was “Don’t bother doing things you don’t have to do, and just rush through things you have to do”.
The door of Classics Club room opened, and two girls, Eru Chitanda and Mayaca Ibara came in.
“Houtarou......” Mayaka hesitated. “May I… ask you… for a favor…?”
Hourtarou turned his face to Mayaka. He thought he knew what Mayaka was going to ask about. She’d had feelings for Satoshi since middle school, and she wouldn’t ask for Houtarou’s help unless she’s desperate.
She’s worried about Satoshi.
Houtarou didn’t say anything. Maytaka took the silence as his cue to continue.
“It’s about Fuku-chan,” Mayaka increased her voice a bit. “Something happened at Handicraft Club, I think that’s why Fuku-chan is not like himself these two days!”
“Oreki-san” said Chitanda in her soft and clear voice. “There were 3 models, which will be entered to a competition next week, were found broken in the Handicraft Club room. The other members suspect Fukube-san did it, because he’s the last one to leave the room and locked the door on that day. And……”
“But that’s not true!” Mayaka interrupted. “We all know Fuku-chan is not the kind of person who would do something like that!”
“……”
While Houtarou tried to say something, He saw Satoshi was standing behind the girls.
“Thank you, Mayaka.” Satoshi smiled and looked at the other 3 Classics Club members. “It seems you all heard about the incident happened at the Handicraft Club.” He paused for a while.
“But… I’m fine. Those malicious gossips will go away with time, since they also don’t have evidence I did it. ”He shrugged, feigning nonchalance. “So, don’t worry about me……”
“No!” Mayaka shouted. “Let us help you!” She’s a bit angry because Satoshi didn’t seem to care about himself.
“That’s right! We have to find the truth!” Chitanda leaned forward towards Satoshi, and looked straight into his eyes. “I’m curious!”
Satoshi was a bit surprised at the girls’ reaction, and he could’t think of anything to say.
“If Satoshi didn’t do it.” Houtarou finally spoke a word in a long time. “It could be someone else broke the models by accident, or …….. did it on purpose.”
This time, Satoshi gaped.
“Are you going to help me with this, Houtarou? Where did your energy conservation motto go!?”
Houtarou rolled his eye on Satoshi. “If I don’t help you, Chitanda and Ibara won’t stop bothering me until I say yes anyway.” said Houtarou in a lazy voice. “Can someone tell me the detail?”
“Alright” Satoshi smiled at Houtarou, as he’s saying “Thank you” to Houtarou. “Let me go through the whole incident.”
“It was on Monday afternoon, the members of Handicraft Club have finished making the models for next week’s competition, and I was the last one to leave the room.”
“We don’t usually lock the door for the club room, but that day, I thought I should lock it just in case someone else comes in and break the models by mistake.”
“The next day, on Tuesday morning, when the club leader used a key to open the door, 3 models were already broken. The 3 models belong to the club leader, another 1st year boy called Yuuya Hamada, and me. That’s all I know.”
“Then,” said Houtarou. “I think we should talk with the club leader.”
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The 4 people went to the Handicraft Club and Satoshi introduced them to the club leader.
“Fukube…I believe you didn’t do it, but the other members are….” The club leader felt sorry for Satoshi.
“It’s alright” Satoshi smiled. “We are here to find the truth, can you tell us about what you saw on Tuesday morning?”
“Sure, I’m happy to.” The club leader replied. “As all the club members know, I’m always the first one to come to the Handicraft Club room in the morning. On Tuesday morning, I came to the club room as usual and found the door was locked, so I went to the staff room upstairs to get the key. And after I opened the door, I found my model was broken, so did Fukube and Hamada’s.”
“You didn’t see anyone else?” Chitanda’s curiosity was getting fired up.
“No. But after 10 minutes, Hamada came to the club room because he wanted to modify his model. And he got very upset when he saw it’s broken.”
“Then why the member suspect Fuku-chan!” said Mayaka a bit impatiently.
“Er…..That’s because when I asked who lock the door on Monday afternoon. Hamada told me that he’s the last but one to leave, and Fubuke told Hamada he’s gonna stay longer and will lock the door when he leave. ”
Houtarou asked, “Club leader, is there anything unusual happened in that morning?”
“No….I don’t think so. Maybe just that, I took the music room’s key instead of Handicraft Club room key for the first time, so I have to go to the staff room upstairs again and get the correct key.” The club leader laughed at himself for being careless.
“Wrong key……” whispered Houtarou.
“Oh, that,” Satoshi explained. “The Handicraft Club room’s key and music room’s key are both kept in the staff room, and they’re hanged next to each other. The two keys look very similar, so students took the wrong key carelessly time to time. ”
“I see.” Houtarou pondered for a while and started to squiggle his fringe. That’s the look he gave when he had some sorts of deduction. Then he said, “Club leader, we would like to talk to Yuuya Hamada as well, do you know where he is?”
“He hasn’t come to the club room yet, so I think he’s still in his class room.”
“Thank you very much for answering our questions.” Chitanda bowed and said it politely.
Then they headed to Yuuya Hamada’s classroom.
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“Sorry to bother you, Hamada-san” said Chitanda.“We would like to ask about the incident happened in the Handicraft room, if you don’t mind.”
“Sure! Please ask me anything!” Hamada seemed to be a happy, bright and breezy freshman, and he gave Chitanda a big smile.
Houtarou looked at Hamada’s big smile and asked “Do you usually go to Handicraft Club room in the morning?”
“Ha?” Hamada seemed didn’t expect about the question, but he still answered it with a big smile.“No, I never been to the Club room in the morning until this Monday, I just wanted to modify my model a bit. So I was really upset when I see my model was broken.”
“Even if you are the one broke the models?” said Houtarou calmly.
“ ! ? ! ? ”
Suddenly everyone looked at Houtarou, but no word was coming out their mouth.
“I don’t know what you’re talking about.”After a while, Hamada finally squeezed few words out from his mouth. His big smile has already disappeared. “Fukebe is the one locked the door, and there is no one went in or out the club room, until the club leader unlocked the door next morning!”
“No, you went into the room before the club leader came.”
The other 3 Classics members kept quiet, they didn’t want to interrupt Houtarou.
“You went to the Handicraft club with the key before the club leader arrived, and locked the door from inside, then broke the models. You’ve placed the music room’s key where Handicraft Club room’s key is usually hung beforehand. So even if the club leader came earlier than you expected, he has to go back to the staff room upstairs to get the correct key after he couldn’t open the door with the key he had. The club leader didn’t take the music room’s key by mistake, he just took the key which was already replaced by you.”
“You were inside the Handicraft club room when the club leader was trying to open the door with the wrong key, so after he headed to the staff room upstairs, you just ran to the staff room using the stairs on the other side. Then you hung the Handicraft club room’s key to its right place before the club leader arrived at the staff room.”
Houtarou took a deep breath after he spoken so much words.
“Is it just that simple?” asked Satoshi. He’s surprised with the simple method that he didn’t know if it could be called a trick.
“Yes, it is simple.” replied Houtarou. “It’s simple because I think the person didn’t have much time to think about a complicated trick. Satoshi, you said the Handicraft club doesn’t usually lock the door, right? Which means only the person who knows the door has been locked can do it, which is you, Hamada, aren’t you?” Houtarou looked at Hamada.
Hamada took a deep breath, and then sighed. “Is that all?” A smile returned on his face.
“You just admitted you’ve never been to the Handicraft club room in the morning except that day. I don’t think it’s a coincident. If a person caused an incident, he must be curious about it and want to go back to the scene. Don’t you think?” Hourarou asked Hamada in reply.
“Ahahaha” Hamada suddenly started laughing. “It seems what I heard about you guys are true.”
“I’ve heard some rumors about the Classic Literature club that you guys are good at solving mystery, and I wanted to know realness of the rumor” Hamada looked at Houtarou and smiled peculiarly. “And it seems the rumor is true.”
Before Mayaka tried to accuse Hamada for being nonsense, Satoshi disrupted.
“It’s alright that you destroyed my models.” His voice had never been this deep and cold, and he spoke with deliberation. “But giving trouble to other members of Handicraft club and my friends, is NOT FORGIVABLE.”
All Classics members and Hamada were surprised and froze for a second, they didn’t expect to hear this kind of warning from the boy who almost always be seen smiling.
Satoshi continued.”If you do it again……”
“SORRY! I’m so sorry about what I’ve done!” Hamada seemed finally realized who he had pissed off and he didn’t want rest of his school life to get miserable. “I’ll make confession to the club leader and tell him I’m the one break the models, so please forgive me this time…” He bowed deeply to beg Satoshi for forgiveness.
Satoshi looked at other Classics member for a second, and then he said to Hamada. “Just for this time!”
“Thank you! I’ll make sure I won’t cause trouble to other people, if I want to challenge the Classic Club next time” He ran away as soon as he said it in a cheerful voice.
Houtarou and Satoshi looked at each other, and shrugged helplessly.
“Is there gonna be next time…..?”
======= 3 days later =======
On the way to Classic Literature Club.
Mayaka caught up with Satashi and asked him how was Hamada after that.
“He told the club leader that he broke the models by ACCIDENT. And he’s helping us with fixing the models. I think the club leader and the other member will forgive him since they don’t know the truth.”
“But is that alright with you, Fuku chan?” Mayaka was still worried about Satoshi.
Satoshi pondered for a while.
“I think he’s not that bad after all. He’s just, you may say, too naughty” Satoshi shrugged his shoulder. “He’s really conscientious when he’s fixing the models.”
“We all have different sides. We all have some dark, evil side in us, but at the same time, we also have bright and good sides. Humans are COLORFUL, aren’t we?” Satoshi said it in his usual big smile.
While they were talking, they arrived at Classics club. Houtarou and Chitana were reading books as usual.
Satoshi walked towards Houtarou. “Houtarou, I want to thank you for helping me. But can I ask why you helped me this time? Because it’s against your energy-conserving motto, isn’t it?”
Howtarou looked at Chitanda, and replied Satoshi “You know why.”
“Besides” He continued. “Your weirdness makes me feel uncomfortable. I want you to go back to your “shocking pink” life, so that I can continue with my “gray” life as usual.” Houtarou said it a bit coyly.
“I see, Houtarou.” Satashi smirked.
Satoshi looked at Houtarou, Chitanda and Mayaka, and said it with a very big smile.
“Thank you for all of you!”
“I’m very happy to have you all as my friends!”
END