Iron hand (a Miki story) chapter 5

(This is part of a multi-chapter story, if you haven't read the first one, go to https://pastebin.com/gtbQ1W11 or click my name 'MREN' on the top left, to continue where you're at in the story!)

Shizune was reading the incident report sheet for the day. Or at least, she intended to read it, but there was nothing to read; Second day in a row without any incident. After Emi, Hanako and Lilly, the word got out, and the students knew about the new disciplinary officer, and the cost of breaking Yamaku's rules. Everyone was well-behaved, which had been the goal, or part of it anyway, but... Miki didn't bother showing up to the student council's meetings anymore. Or for student council work, for that matter. Without anyone to punish, Miki's motivation faltered, and she was back to her old self; Getting herself in trouble, not paying attention in class, even bullying some of the other students... It would only be a matter of time before she got into another fight, and find herself kicked out of the school. And then, Shizune feared some people could have a word about the student council to discuss with the headmaster, without the lingering fear of Miki's retaliation. She had to find a way to keep Miki in... A way to have more people to punish...

After a short reflexion, she stood up, signed something to Misha, and dragged her out of the student council's room to a near-deserted corridor, where Misha climbed onto a small box, to be four inches higher, then talked loudly;

Misha: 'Students of Yamaku! The student council is glad you are all working together to make the school a better learning environment, by respecting the rules and behaving properly. However... We also believe we can do much more than that! We came up with new rules for you to observe, in the hope that we can better ourselves as learners, as students, and as young adults, citizens of this great country! The rules will be pinned to the board, in the student council's room. Please acknowledge them, for ignorance of the law will never be an excuse! Wahaha!'

There! They had done their part. Of course, there were less than twenty students present to listen to this proclamation, but they could spread the word... If they felt like it. When Shizune and Misha left to go back to their student council duties, none of the students followed them, so it was likely no one would ever read these new rules. Perfect, thought Shizune.

They walked around the school for a while, until they finally found Miki in the cafeteria. She had a small bag of cookies in front of her on the table, and a juice box in hand, but what Shizune noted first was that the students sitting at the same table - most of them unknown to her - seemed to be talking with Miki, and didn't look particularly happy. Miki was laughing, like she was trying to provoke them.

Misha: 'What's happening here?'
Angry student: 'Oh nothing, it's just that your so-called disciplinary officer just...'
Miki: 'I forgot my lunch, so they shared their lunches with me. Thanks a lot, guys! Though I could use something to eat, other than cookies.'

She didn't wait for anyone to react, and took the sandwich out of the hand of the student to her left before he could even take a bite of it. He stood at once, to confront Miki. This could get ugly, thought Shizune; She knew the student, a member of the art club, with more courage than sense; He had a respiratory condition, couldn't do any physical activity for more than a minute. Not that it'd take a minute for Miki to send him to the Nurse's office; Shizune signed something for Misha to translate, then took five hundred yen in coins, and placed them on the table next to the student.

Misha: 'The student council thanks all of you for your generosity. Sharing food with a student in need is commendable, and we'll make sure to put a good note on your file for this, could serve as future reference. Wouldn't want you to go hungry over it though, so please use this to buy something to eat from the vending machines!'

Even without hearing the words, Shizune didn't believe for a second that the students gave Miki anything... But as long as they had money to buy something back, and the promise to get good references from the school, should be enough to make them forget this little incident. Regardless, Shizune was still worried; Miki was walking on thin ice, they all were.

Misha: 'Please accompany us to the headmaster's office, Miki. We need to talk about... something.'

Shizune didn't want to mention new rules here in the cafeteria, now that they were the center of attention. Students could always visit the student council room to learn about the rules, but she wasn't about to just give it to them that easily.

Miki: 'Sure, whatever. I'm still hungry though, I'll get myself something on the way.'

She tried to grab some of the coins still on the table, but Shizune swatted her hand away;

Miki: 'Oh, you wanna play now? Don't make me slap your ass again girl, you know I will!'

And just like that, there wasn't a sound in the cafeteria, not a movement; Everyone was waiting for Misha to translate, and Shizune's reply. Misha looked like she didn't want to translate this, but eventually signed something, and Shizune looked like she was about to go nuclear on the spot, but... Could she do it? Would she dare oppose Miki, and publicly? It looked like everything, everyone stood still for half a minute, then Shizune grabbed some more coins and put them in Miki's hand. She then turned around and walked out, hoping Miki would follow;

Thankfully she did, after buying an energy bar from the vending machine and pocketing the rest of the money.

Misha: 'So, I'm sure you're wondering what we're going to talk about, right?'
Miki: 'Not really, I don't care.'

Shizune tried her best to stay calm, but Miki wasn't helping.

Misha: 'We thought of a few new rules that would make Yamaku a better place for everyone. As long as we can get the students to obey these rules, obviously.'

Despite Miki's lack of reaction, Shizune knew she probably had her attention now. They were only a few feet away from the headmaster's office, and through the window's stores, they saw that he was talking with someone, sitting in a chair in front of him; Some guy in a business suit, it looked. An investor, perhaps?

Misha: 'So, we only need to get them approved by the headmaster and then we'll - Oh!'

Though Shizune couldn't talk, she stopped in her track at the same time as Misha. Only Miki kept going, until she realized she was alone, and turned around, after taking a look inside the office. A blond... guy? Girl with short hair? A blond 'someone' was talking to the headmaster, animatedly. Shizune and Misha eventually moved again, and entered the office.

Misha: 'Headmaster. Akira. Hi hi!'
Headmaster: 'Mikado. Please come in. Hakamichi, Miura, you as well.'
Akira: 'Well well. The whole crew is here, that's good, easier that way.'

Shizune signed something to Misha before anyone else could talk.

Misha: 'What a surprise to see you here! We thought you would be too busy at work!'
Akira: 'Too busy, why?'
Misha: 'Isn't your firm defending the Azuba's group?'

It was all over the news; Some big embezzlement lawsuit coming up, and Akira's firm was on the case.

Akira: 'Well first off it's not "my" firm, I just work there. It's not like I'm an associate yet. Second, no, the senior partners are on it, it's not for newbies like me. And third... I'm not here to discuss my job or what my firm is or isn't doing.'
Misha: 'Oh? What brings you here?'
Akira: 'You guys should know better than anyone what brings me here. A spanking club in Yamaku, which of you geniuses do we have to thank for this farce?'

The cat was out of the bag. Shizune signed something quickly, like she already knew this time would come, and had all her answers ready.

Misha: 'It is not a "Spanking club", it is a disciplinary measure used in many schools to ensure the students best behavior.'
Akira: 'Many schools? Care to name a few?'

Shizune tried her best to remember the names on that list she gave to the headmaster, then signed to Misha.

Misha: 'Mitsura's high school. Kaizo Academy. We can find more if you want.'
Akira: 'Mitsura's high school was shut down like five years ago, converted into a factory. Kaizo academy stopped using corporal punishment 2 years ago when some rich kid's parents won a lawsuit against the school. You haven't done your homework right, Shizune. But I did.'

Losing this battle, even a small one, made Shizune furious... But she couldn't let it show, or get in a childish argument with Akira; She had to stay professional here, to keep the headmaster on her side, assuming that ship hadn't sailed already. They were walking on thin ice - again - here, especially considering that no one wanted to be held responsible for this project, yet they had to defend it. Their hesitation proved beneficial, as Akira continued;

Akira: 'Oh, sure, there are a few schools that still practice it; Daito Kita's academy, a few others as well. But the people in charge of corporal punishment are trained for it, they take a psychological evaluation, make sure they understand what they're doing. They're not just... Random goons hired to do your dirty work.'

She looked Miki in the eyes when saying that, but if she expected her to be intimidated by an adult talking to her like that, she couldn't be more wrong; In fact, Miki even took a step forward, before Shizune blocked her path with her arm, to prevent the situation going from "bad" to "terrible".

Shizune wasn't sure how to proceed from this point... Akira was right, of course; Miki was precisely what she said, a goon at her service to help with the workload - dirty or not. She signed something, hesitated for a while, then signed something else to Misha.

Misha: 'We use great care and judgment in our disciplinary procedures, we are working hard for everyone's benefit.'
Akira: 'Yeah? Care to tell me why'd you get my sister spanked? Your own cousin? Let me guess... You found her dealing drugs on school's grounds? Or was she threatening other students? We all know Lilly's a bad ass thug, right?'
Misha: 'Your sister was interfering with... She was doing obstruction of justice!'

Akira laughed derisively;

Akira: 'Lilly couldn't possibly have been doing any obstruction of justice, because this isn't even justice in the first place. This isn't just some law stuff you can throw around to make a point. In case you forgot, I'm the lawyer here.'

Was this more of a joke, or was it a threat? Shizune didn't want to see this idea fail... She had to do the right thing, to make sure they could go on;

Misha: 'If Lilly does not break important rules, we can assure you she will not be touched again. Satisfied?'
Akira: 'Lilly's not breaking any rule and you damn well know it. You're gonna have to do better than that.'
Misha: 'What do you mean?'
Akira: 'I mean that I want this thing to go legit, if it's gonna continue. I mean that I want your word that Lilly won't get it again. Same thing with Hanako, she's a good girl too, same as Lilly. And I want someone above you to supervise this... operation. Give you the go for every disciplinary action. Give me all of this, and we're good. Oh, and I want it in writing, of course.'

Shizune couldn't do it... Not only she was loath to put anything on paper, anything that could be used against her someday. She didn't want to give Lilly a pass either. Same goes for Hanako, but mostly Lilly; She liked having Miki as an incentive for Lilly to work harder on her class representative duties. She considered the situation for a while, the signed to Misha;

Misha: 'I can't give Lilly and Hanako exemptions. What I can do on the other hand, is to discuss every rule with them to make sure they're up to speed, so they won't need to be punished in the future. And I can give you the supervisor. Sounds good?'

She could always just use the headmaster as supervisor; Akira could hardly object against it.

Akira: 'Not good enough. I don't care about what stupid rules you come up with, I don't want Lilly or Hanako to get it again. And I want all of us to have a copy of your rules, signed by everyone taking part in this project.'

The writing again...

Misha: 'Won't happen. Take it or leave it.'
Akira: 'Leave it? I'm not going to "leave it". I'm gonna sue this school if I have to, and remove you from the student council. And maybe you too, Mr. Headmaster, for allowing this to happen in the first place.'
Headmaster: 'Please Miss Satou, there's no need for that... I'm sure we can come up with something, we need to be reasonable and-'
Misha: 'You're going to sue us? I say, bring it on. You might be a lawyer Akira, working for a big company, but my father OWNS a big company, with a team of lawyers working for him. I mean Shicchan's father, not mine!'

Truth be told, Shizune had no idea if her father would devote even one lawyer for a day, to help her in this. But she had nothing else that held any weight against Akira... She had to use it. Use the lie convincingly, and hope it was good enough; Akira was doing her best to pretend she didn't care, but Shizune knew Akira hated this family feud, and wouldn't want to add fuel to the fire.

Akira: 'You're going to use your father in this, really? How's that gonna go exactly? "Please father, can your lawyers help me become legally allowed to spank my cousin's butt", something like that?'
Misha: 'We're not doing any spanking! Miki is!'
Miki: 'Hello!'

She was dozing off on a chair, not paying much attention to this legal talk, but hearing her name being called got her attention. Akira turned toward her.

Akira: 'You do realize you're gonna be in that lawsuit as well? You know you're gonna get expulsed from the school, right?'

Miki laughed at this;

Miki: 'Funny, that's how it all started! Damned if I do, damned if I don't.'
Akira: 'What do you even get out of this? You don't really strike me as a paragon of justice, no offense. You're a sadist or something?'
Miki: 'I don't know, it's just fun I guess? Come with me and I'll show you!'
Akira: 'This isn't going anywhere, I'm out. As they say... See you in court!'

And with this, Akira stood up and left the office. Shizune signed something real quick for Misha to translate;

Misha: 'Don't worry sir, we're going to talk some sense into her. Will be easier alone, just family talks!'
Headmaster: 'Sure... Go. But I want this settled, and now. And I don't mean settled in court, you hear me?'
Misha: 'Yes, sir!'

Shizune stood and left the office as well with a quick pace, almost forcing Miki and Misha to run to catch her. When they did, Shizune signed again without slowing the pace. A short question that brought a smile to Miki's face;

Misha: 'Can you carry her?'

Miki nodded, getting her meaning, and they picked up the pace again, making sure not to let her leave. Eventually, they saw her in the corridor, a few seconds before she left the school; Shizune pressed a hand in Miki's back, not having the time to sign something as short as "Go!" for Misha to translate. Miki bolted, running toward Akira while trying to avoid making any sound that would get her to look behind. Thankfully most of the students were in the cafeteria, so there were only three other people in the hallway. Shizune knew them all and took a mental note of each name, in case she ever needed to... keep them silent, at a later time. Miki eventually caught up with Akira, grabbed her at the waist and turned her around before she even realized what was going on then she brought her over her shoulder, legs up and head down, so she couldn't struggle too much to escape. She was about to take the long way to the student council's room, but Shizune snapped her fingers to get her attention and pointed to another room behind her;

Miki: 'Music room?'

Shizune nodded, and Miki opened the door - with difficulty, having only one hand -, banging Akira's head on the wall a few times before moving in the room. Shizune and Misha followed, closed and locked the door behind, then Miki released Akira.

Misha: 'You know why we brought you here?'
Akira: 'Because you're crazy? Because you think my lawsuit won't be solid enough, you're trying to give me more?'

Shizune smiled after Misha's translation, and signed something back;

Misha: 'Because it's soundproof!'
Akira: 'You guys are fucking nuts. You think you can do whatever you want here?'
Misha: 'We know we can, we've been doing this for a while now!'
Akira: 'So what happens now? Tell me exactly how you picture this happening, after you set your goon on me, and then I leave the school. I'm sure you considered everything.'
Misha: 'First, you're going to get spanked. I mean... disciplinary corrected!'
Akira: 'For what reason? I'm not even a Yamaku student, your rules don't apply to me.'
Misha: 'Obstruction of justice! Seems like crime runs in the family, wahaha!'

Akira considered a moment talking about obstruction - again - but if the message didn't pass the first time...

Akira: 'Fine. Do whatever you want. I don't care, you're just giving me more stuff to use in court.'
Misha: 'This will not get to court. Miki? Start with five, if you will.'
Miki: 'My pleasure! You guys are gonna watch this time? You usually wait outside the door, it's not as intimate now.'
Misha: 'We want to make sure it's done right!'
Miki: 'Hey, I'm the expert here! But whatever, take a seat!'

In truth, Shizune wanted to stay in, to ensure Miki wouldn't cross the line here. Or rather, cross even more lines. But she also wanted to get to an arrangement, a way for Akira to drop the whole lawsuit thing... And she thought she knew just how to make it happen.

They sat in front of the door, to make sure Akira wouldn't make a run for it, and Miki started unbuttoning her pants, but Shizune signed quickly;

Misha: 'Over the pants! Keep this professional!'

They had to punish her, to try to keep her in line, but taking her pants off was something that could make any deal impossible. Plus, Shizune didn't really want to see her cousin butt-naked; After the Lilly thing and now this, future family reunions would be awkward enough as it is.

Miki: 'Aww, really? It's not as fun with the pants on.'
Misha: 'We are not doing this for fun. This is for... Justice!'

Akira rolled her eyes, and let Miki guide her next to a wall, but Shizune pointed to another wall, one that you could not see from outside the room. Miki forced Akira to put her hands on the wall and spread her legs, then let her hand move to her ass, lingering there a while, as a preview of what was coming Akira's way. They let her continue for a while, but Miki was pushing it too far; She was enjoying herself a bit too much to Shizune's taste.

Misha: 'Enough playing! Please proceed with the punishment, Miki!'
Miki: 'Man, you guys are all business, no fun! Fine, fine.'

Miki's hand landed just slightly above Akira's ass, closer to a hit in the back than a spanking on the butt;

Miki: 'Sorry about that! Hard to aim with the pants on. You sure you don't want to take them off? For your own benefit, of course.'
Akira: 'You really think you can get away with this? It's fine, give me more bruises, it'll be easier for me.'
Misha: 'Stop playing around, Miki! We don't want any bruises. Only spankings!'

Spankings, they could explain - somehow... But if people came out with bruises or injuries, this could be considered assault. They had to avoid this.

Akira: 'The mad dog is going mad. Who could've seen this coming, right?'
Miki: 'Woof!'

With this, Miki spanked her, this time directly on her left cheek, and then her right, without giving her a second to rest between the hits. Akira refrained from screaming, but the expression on her face was one of pain, and surprise; No one expected Miki to be that strong, to spank that hard.

The next few hits alternated from left to right, and Miki even spanked her up and down, spreading it all over Akira's ass. She was brash and impulsive, but she wasn't stupid; She knew there wouldn't be any lasting marks, this way.

Misha: 'Anything else to say, Akira?'
Akira: 'Are you - Owww! Are you done yet? You said five!'
Misha: 'Wahaha! We have to make sure the lesson sticks!'

When Miki's hand landed on her ass once more, Akira turned her head back to look at her and removed one of her hand from the wall, like she was about to try and fight her way out of this... But when she saw the smile grow on Miki's face, she resigned herself, closed her eyes and placed her hand on the wall again; She was defeated. Worse, she had given up without putting up a fight. Miki slapped her again, and again, while Shizune signed something to Misha, something that apparently took some time to explain;

Misha: 'So, Akira. Here is what's gonna happen now...'

She paused every time Miki's hand came down, to make sure Akira would be focused on her words, and not the pain;

Misha: 'When you leave this room, you are going to leave the school as well; Don't talk to Lilly or Hanako, and certainly not the headmaster. You are going straight home, or straight to work I don't care, but you will not ever mention this to anyone. And at least, you will forget that ridiculous idea of a lawsuit. Is that understood?'
Akira: 'And what exactly makes- Owwmph! What makes you think I'm going do as you wish?'
Misha: 'Because I know what you're about to do!'
Akira: 'Other than having you all expelled from the school? By all mean, please tell me. What exactly am I about to do?'

This was their one shot. If Shizune was wrong about this, or if Akira didn't bite... It was all over.

Misha: 'You're going to defend Azuba's board of directors in that lawsuit!'
Akira: 'Again with that? Where did you get this idea? It's a huge case, class action stuff. It's gonna last for months, if not years. I already told you, this isn't for low-level people like me. The lawyers on this case, they have twenty, thirty years of experience, most of it in similar cases. With my five years in, I'm basically a rookie compared to these guys.'

I got her, thought Shizune. She could deny it all she wants, but her reaction, the way she talked about it, made it obvious; She might not be on the team at the moment, but... She definitely wanted to be on it. Encouraged by his involuntary confirmation, Shizune pressed on, signing to Misha;

Misha: 'Yes, a rookie... A hard-working rookie, keen to climb the ladder to success! What better opportunity for a young, ambitious lawyer to make a name for herself?"

The way Akira appeared lost in thoughts all but confirmed that Shizune was right, and she pressed on;

Misha: 'Of course, they might not be willing to have you on the team, if you're already busy with a personal case, now would they? Especially a case like this, they'd want the case to have all your attention...'

Shizune signed more, smiling.

Misha: 'Do you think it would hurt your chances? I wonder, what would a large banking consortium think about one of their lawyers taking two cases at the same time? And one of them being the butt-spanking lawsuit, Wahaha! And keep in mind... Shicchan's father deals with the Azuba's group. You might not even be allowed to represent them, if you're also in a judicial battle with Mr. Hakamichi's lawyers! Conflict of interests!'

Akira kept silent, but they all could see her considering the issue... Then Miki slapped her on the ass once more, bringing her to reality;

Misha: 'Well, I think we are done here, Miki! Akira? I hope you will think on all we've discussed today!'

Akira hated admitting defeat, but they had her; Getting that job was a long shot already, she had no chance if she was suing a school at the same time. She would have to make Lilly understand.

Akira: '...Fine. I'll let you crazies do what you want, but you don't touch Lilly or Hanako anymore. Final offer.'

Akira was the lawyer here, but Miki's spanking and Shizune's argument did get her to come up with much better terms; No more required supervision, no need for anything in writing, none of the dozen other conditions Akira wanted at first. This was reasonable enough...

Misha: 'Granted, as long as Lilly does her class representative work on time! No more missed deadlines! Deal?'

...But might as well abuse the situation, thought Shizune. Just a little.

Akira: 'Mmph. Whatever. Deal.'
Misha: 'Let's shake hands! Lawyers do that right? Wahaha!'

Akira grabbed her extended hand without really thinking about it, same with Shizune, then took a step toward the exit.

Miki: 'Hey, what about me? I'm part of the deal as well!'

Akira sighed, but walked back to Miki, who presented her stump in front of her. Akira, not wanting to make the situation even worse by refusing to shake her hand, or rather her arm.. grabbed Miki's forearm and shook it twice, awkwardly, but Miki moved quickly to get closer to her, and spanked her once more, hard, and held Akira against her, with a hand on her ass;

Miki: 'It's even better from the front, I can see your reaction, live in your eyes!'
Akira: 'Let me go, you fucking psycho!'
Misha: 'Miki! We have a deal now, let her go!'
Miki: 'Ah, yeah. Sure, you can go.'

And with this, Akira left... Hopefully, never to return. Shizune had a silent prayer about Akira getting that job; If she didn't, she could very well come back with her original idea; Suing a school might not be as prestigious as defending a bank, but it was something.

Misha: 'Should we huh... Return to the headmaster now?'

When they did, everyone took a look at the new list of rules; While the first list had mostly been rules against endangering other students, vandalism, bullying, theft, fights... These new rules were for minor offenses; Not doing homework, littering, talking loudly in the hallways, insufficient effort in tests... This last one - and some others - were subjective, which had been part of the idea; If you don't know exactly how low you can afford to go, you'll need to try a lot harder. It also gave Miki some room to judge, which meant she would always have the possibility to find someone at fault. Everything was going to be fine now. Or so they thought.

End of chapter 5.
Chapter 6: https://pastebin.com/KghkB6Zd