"A WHAT?" Chie screamed.
"As I just said, a recount." Kashiwagi replied with a smile that did very little to hide her spite.
"I believe Chie heard you correctly. What she and all of us would like to know is what precisely that would entail?" Naoto said, trying to keep her voice calm.
"Oh? I thought it would be perfectly obvious. But if you insist....It means that the Yasogami High Beauty Pageant, the most important event of our school's festival and the highlight of the semester, has been rendered invalid and must be judged once again." Miss Kashiwagi said, a hint of glee leaking into her voice.
"Invalid? What does that mean?? Everybody already voted! We beat you fair and square!" Rise chimed in, crossing her arms and glaring at the teacher. She and her trio of girlfriends had walked to school together as usual, but had found their classroom empty save for the jealous cougar they had for a teacher waiting for them. And she had a bad feeling about where this was going....
"Yes, they did vote." Kashiwagi said, her eyes flashing with anger. "Unfortunately, they voted for someone who neglected to show up for the final event! Hence, the contest was invalidated."
"You...You can't do that! That event was humiliating enough with my clothes on!" Naoto said. "I...I can't subject myself to that again! I refuse!"
"And that is precisely the problem. Miss Yasogami High is SUPPOSED to be the charming representative of our school to the people of Inaba and the rest of the country! We can't have her disappearing without notice whenever she gets a little shy of the crowd. Furthermore, as a contestant myself who had the courage to stand up with the other competition and submit myself to the scrutiny of the audience I ABSOLUTELY refuse to see the award go to sole coward in the group that couldn't be bothered to put her good looks on the line. Who's to say what the audience would have thought if they had actually seen the pasty little detective 'prince' in action next to my perfect figure?"
"....Didn't you come in dead last in the poll? Even Hanako scored better." Yukiko pointed out.
"NOT WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT!" Kashiwagi thundered, slamming her hands on the desk and startling all four girls. "The POINT is that the Pageant was effectively ruined, and after a lengthy debate our principal finally agrees with that analysis. Therefore, we are going to do a little recount. As far as you four are concerned, the last contest never happened! We're going to do it again, properly this time. I've personally selected a swimsuit for each of you which will highlight what miniscule charms your underdeveloped bodies have, which I will be LOANING to each of you and expect to have back on my desk before my lunch hour. The students are already assembled. I am personally going to escort each of you to the auditorium, you are going to present yourselves to the school, take a moment to greet the audience and highlight why you deserve the title of Miss Yasogami High, and wait for the audience to vote!"
"No way! That was humiliating!" Chie snapped.
"D-Do whatever you want! I don't have any need for the title! I-I won't be dragged into this again!" Naoto snapped.
Yukiko simply blushed in silence and shook her head.
Only Rise seemed composed. In fact, she flashed a smile.
"That's it? That's all we have to do? Heh! No problem! Bring in on! I'm surprised you want to risk getting shamed by us all over again, but I'm always happy to do a repeat performance!" Rise said, her hands on her hips.
The other three girls glowered at her. Kashiwagi glared, then sat back in her chair. "Oh, I'm not competing today. The vote clearly indicated that you four were the biggest deadlock."
"......Okay then!" Rise said, a little less confidently. What was she playing at if not a chance to show them all up again.
"As for you other three....do you really want to draw this line in the sand? Miss Satonaka, your grades are a disaster. You don't need your odds of graduation any more stacked against you. As for Miss Amagi and Miss Shirogane...do I need to remind either of you how you spent weeks upon weeks on end away from school with barely an explanation provided to either the school or the police? In addition, Amagi has missed several more days due to her family business, and I don't think I need to remind MISS Shirogane that she originally claimed to be a boy when she transferred here. And of course, if our little superstar gets any second thoughts, let me just remind her that she has missed just as much school as our innkeeper and ace detective...and her grades are even more dismal than our kung fu expert here. There are things your school teachers have kindly been overlooking up until now. So...can any of you afford to make me angry?" Kashiwagi said.
None of the girls dared to speak.
"Wonderful. Now strip." Kashiwagi said.
Her order was met with a chorus of horrified protests.
"We are NOT having a repeat of the previous contest. I will be keeping your things...ALL your things, here at my desk, locked and safe. I will return your clothes to you when we are done here. If any of you are still nervous about going up on stage and want to run for it, I suggest you consider the prospect of having to spend your whole school day wearing your skimpy little suit, to say nothing of having to march through Inaba wearing all that skin and having to explain yourself to your parents. And yes, I'll be happy to correct any embellishments to the story upon request." Kashiwagi snapped.
All the girls were blushing furiously now. Even Rise, despite her bravado, was blushing crimson and the prospect of being naked in front of her homeroom teacher right in the middle of their classroom, empty or not. Ironically, Rise was in many ways as shy and timid as Naoto when it came to her body, a trait she had been shamed and taunted for in her early years. Showbusiness had never really eliminated or even reduced her shyness and insecurities, but it had taught her to cope with them. Flamboyant displays of emotion and enthusiasm allowed her to sidestep her terrors by essentially leaping headlong into situations that could otherwise terrify or embarrass her. She suffered through a number of bikini shoots this way, getting it all down to a science. But there were some parts of her body even she could not bluff her way past her mortification in exposing, a fact her Shadow had known and exploited by making it the central theme of her dungeon. Now she found herself trembling even as her fingers mechnically removed unbuttoned her blouse and pulled off the ribbon from her neck. As if she was in a dream she opened her shirt and pulled it off her shoulders, unzipping her skirt in a similar dazed fashion. Her progress slowed when she got to her underwear. She felt herself fidgeting from foot to foot, biting her lip. It wasn't until she noticed the looks of her friends, standing naked and blushing and covering themselves while glaring at her with consternation that she forced herself to unclip her bra and let it fall to the floor. One hand covering her not inconsiderable breasts, she used the other to strip off her sheer panties and step out of them as her off hand hid her shaven inner folds.
Kashiwagi watched the mini-drama unfold, a look of malicious satisfaction on her face. "Good. Now hurry up and put them on my desk."
Rise blushed as she bent down and gathered up her clothes. She and the others placed them on the desk then returned to their places.
".....those postures aren't proper for Yasogami students. Stop bending over, put your hands at your sides, straighten your shoulders, and place your feet apart. NOW!" Kashiwagi snapped as she casually examined each garment in turn.
All the girls obeyed except Rise and Naoto. Their hands simply refused to reveal their charms. Kashiwagi stopped her inspection, gathered up a large ruler and repeated her instruction. When only Naoto obeyed she instantly strode around her desk and was upon Rise in a few strides. The idol shrieked in surprise as her butt was painfully smacked with the ruler. Even after her hands had fallen into place and all her secret were laid bare the spankings continued until her cheeks were as rosy as her face.
"Poor thing. I doubt the little thong you'll be wearing can hide that. Oh well. Spare the rod...." Kashiwagi said as she strode back to her desk."
All the girls stood at naked attention as Kashiwagi slowly (agonizingly) put each of their garments into a metal cabinet and locked it. Rise couldn't help but wince as the bolt went into place. The sound had a sense of finality to it.