GJ Bu Vol 2 Chapter 13

Chapter 13: Proof of Club Membership

One day after cla.s.s, in a certain club room.

“Hey, Kyoro.”

When Kyoro looked up, he saw Mao first in line in a line of 4 people standing side by side.

“What is it?”

“I acknowledge you as a club apprentice.”

Mao suddenly said this as she stood in the middle of the room.

“Then what was I before?”

As Mao stood before everyone like she was the presenter in an award’s ceremony, Kyouya asked this question for the time being.

“You were a trial member, or something?”

“So I wasn’t a club member?”

“You didn’t write a club member application form, did you?”

“I didn’t write one…”

Said Kyouya despairingly. He even thought he was a club member all this time.

“Hey, hey. We have the forms right here. If you sign it, you’ll be a club member… right?”

“Sis, you completely forgot about them in the desk drawer for three months.”

“Ah, Megumi you little – don’t rat me out!”

“At any rate, I guess I’m just… well…”

“You’ve improved enough that I acknowledge you as a club apprentice.”

Mao forcefully changed the topic as she boldly declared this.

“Did I ever do anything?”

“Now you can do greetings, and you did vocal training.”

“You mean this?”

Kyouya raised a hand and made a greeting. It was a strange sign. It was like a V sign, but the middle and ring finger were split apart. His fingers seemed cramped up. It was the traditional GJ-bu’s greeting. At first, it seems silly. But if people put enough effort into it, they could do anything. As for the so-called voice training, they would stand in front of an electric fan and talk into it to sound like robots. It was a weird training.

“Anyways, congratulations Shinomiya-kun.”

“Congratulations. Let’s continue to get along.”

“Kyoro. You happy? It tasty?”

Everyone congratulated Kyouya. He felt a little embarra.s.sed.

“Then, I’ll give this club member badge to you.”

Mao gave Kyouya a green badge. It was a custom badge with the words “GJ” written on it.

If you actually looked around, you could see everyone was wearing a badge on their chest or lower torso. Each badge was a different color: Mao had orange, Megumi had pink, Shion had purple, and Kirara had yellow.

As for Kyouya, his badge was the color of green gra.s.s – a bright green. The color of a greenhorn.

Mao, who couldn’t just reach up, stretched up and put the badge on Kyouya’s chest. Kyouya, as he thought about things like liking ceremonies and Mao, calmly accepted the badge.

“What’s with you? You don’t seem very happy with it.”

“Huh? No way, I’m very happy. Wooo.”

Mao scoffed.

“Hearing you say that makes me glad. That badge is a communication device. If you press the b.u.t.ton on the back side, you can talk with the other club members.”

“Huh, really?”

Kyouya took off his b.u.t.ton. He immediately pressed the b.u.t.ton on the back.

Nyaa~ was the sound that came out.

A sound came out from the b.u.t.ton. Upon pressing the b.u.t.ton again, the same sound, Nya~, definitely came out.

“Pfft…”

Mao was holding her stomach as she curled up laughing.

“I’ve been tricked again!” shouted Kyouya.

How is Kyouya this easy to fool? Was he Mao’s toy or osmething?

“In about 1 in 100 times, a different voice is used, right?”

Megumi said as she kept pushing her badge’s b.u.t.ton.

“What? No way!”

Mao exclaimed and then plucked her own badge off. Shion also silently kept pressing the b.u.t.ton on her own badge. Even Kirara was pressing the b.u.t.ton three times the speed of everyone combined. Until the sound came out, they couldn’t stop pressing the b.u.t.ton.

The sound of b.u.t.ton pressing filled the room as they silently continued their task.

As they continued to press their b.u.t.tons, from somewhere a Pya~ sound came out. A sound that was like a kitten calling out for her mom was heard.

“It’s really true!”

Mao exclaimed excitedly. When she realized, she cleared her throat.

“Uh… Ahem. Well, uh… Basically… That’s great right?”

Mao patted Kyouya’s shoulder. As Mao fixed her necktie, Kyouya said:

“Yeah, looks like everything’s more or less settled.”

GJ Club Badge

Proof that you belong in the GJ Club. It looks like a normal metal badge, but it’s specially made so that it can make a “Nyaa~” sound. On the back of b.u.t.ton, “Paw-shaped” is written. It looks like everyone wears this badge during club activities. However, because Kyouya wasn’t a club apprentice yet, he never got one as well.

 

Top Left: GJ Club Membership Proof
A specially made metal badge

Top Right: Each person’s color is chosen
Kyouya’s color is gra.s.s green

Bottom Left: Not a communication device
Everyone is fooled

Bottom Right: On the back is written “Paw-shaped”
If you press the b.u.t.ton, “Nyaa~” will sound. 1 in 100 times, “Pyaa~” will come out instead.