Deceiver: Guys, official name of Kagepro is actually KagerouDaze. It's been confirmed already.
Also this contains major spoilers, and this Deceiver's theory on what's going on. Full Theory is on Tumblr and if anyone likes to read, I'll give you the link :)
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At the end of this route
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This was not Kagerou Daze, that's for sure. And some of them were supposed to be dead or turned into a psychotic killer a few moments ago.
It all started out with the gang entering that world together, hoping to find the ones they lost in there, knowing the risk of not being able to return or remember anything, even the times they spent together after they got their Eyes. Kano had admitted he knew more about Kagerou Daze from Kenjirou's research after he brought Ene back into her body and showed them. He told them how their Eyes were actually snakes from Mary's grandmother and that losing them was liking losing their lives. But they had to push on, hoping to save those who were trapped in there because of them.
But all went downhill once they all made it through, because the next thing they knew was that Konoha started to act strange. At first he just stood there, staring at the crimson red world around them with everyone, before suddenly he doubled over when black snakes began to pour out of his stomach. Konoha's expression, along with his attire and hair, changed into something that spelled evil, his eyes that were once a dazed pink glinted at them in an ominous shade of yellow. All of them had a horrible feeling and backed away at once, Seto and Kano had to stop Shintaro from running towards him.
And then they were attacked. Kano and Seto took the initiative action when Hibiya got caught by the corrupted male. The idol screamed when the young boy was tossed onto the road just when a truck materialized to run him over. Kido ordered her close friends to stop and for them to retreat, but they wouldn't listen, and for that they died.
"KANOOOOOOOOOO!" Kido screamed when Kano fell backwards, mortified to see a bullet hole in his forehead. Konoha had strangled Seto to death with his brutal strength and the blond took the bullet when the dark android materialized a gun and aimed it at the leader. This time Shintaro and Momo had to hold her and Mary back when they tried to run up to their fallen close friends, tears streaming down their faces as they cried. This was not right.
"What the hell happened to you, Konoha!?" Shintaro yelled, horrified to see how the once innocent albino cackled at him. "This isn't you at all!"
"This isn't me?" he snickered at his remark. "This is me! This is what that stupid Kokonose Haruka wanted to be!"
The hikiNEET froze at this. "Ha…ru…"
"That's right, Haruka. One of your friends who died because I made that quack of a teacher killed! What was that guy's name again? Tateyama Kenjirou?" he continued to smirk. "Oh, how your friends suffered! He killed all of them, his own daughter too!"
"You're lying!" Kido snapped, but the dark man only laughed.
"Still in denial? Oh, you should know, dear failed leader of the gang. That's the whole point of why you and your precious boyfriends moved out of his house when he went obsessed with the power inside all of you!" he sighed longingly. "And the way I used the one with the Deceiving Eyes…I can still remember how he cried after pretending to be your sister's corpse." Kido's whole body went rigid from his words as his yellow eyes slowly trained onto Mary's. "You humans are so stupid, always denying the horrible past you experienced and beg for it all to change into something better. That's why I got sick of our previous Queen…and want you, my dear."
Momo's hold on Mary tightened, glaring daggers at the android. "You…sick monster."
"HA! Aren't you one as well? We allhave those snakes in us to become what we wanted. And that stilldoesn't satisfy you and you want to find your daddy. Lame!"
Shintaro gritted his teeth, stepping forward in front of everyone. His eyes travelled from the dark-albino's yellow eyes to the snakes, which were still gathered within his stomach and slithered everywhere. He narrowed his eyes. "Give him back."
Konoha cocked his head to the side. "Excuse me?"
"Give him back. Give back Kono…no…give Haruka'sbody back!" Shintaro stepped forward again. "That blockhead I knew back then is still the blockhead that became Konoha! He didn't want to become a monster like you! And he certainly wouldn't enjoy killing his friends with his own hands!"
"Oh? That's rich coming from you!" the android mocked. "Back then your pathetic self didn't care about any of them. You never considered them as friends.That girl…her name again? Oh yeah, Takane, you always mocked her and fought with her. Haruka's no different; you ignored him for being such a scatter brain. But most of all…that girl, Tateyama Ayano, you killed her with your coldness towards her!"
"You're wrong!" both the boys turned back to see Kido, trembling a bit as she tried to remain calm and maintain the act of the leader. "Shintaro…Shintaro didn't kill onee-chan!" the raven haired blinked at her words. "She always talked about how great he is and the way the colour of hero looks good on him! She wouldn't die because of him, so don't you mock someone who she looked up to!"
Shintaro couldn't believe what he just heard. No way, he didn't hear about this. "You're…"
She looked away, ashamed. "We…we were planning to tell you. Kisaragi told us how you suffered from losing your friends two years ago. When we met you on that day, we couldn't believe you turned out like…this." She looked back up to him. "Ayano onee-chan trusted you, and I know we do to, that's why we made you join our gang, hoping we can help each other somehow. And," Kido tilted her head slightly, a small smile on her, "we kinda looked up to you as a brother as well…the colour of your jersey reminds us too much of her."
Shintaro still couldn't believe it. This was…too much. This wasn't even the right time to hear such a confession, but to know this at the very moment when they could die any time soon, he was glad. So Ayano really never felt saddened for him being so cold to her? That was good to hear. And one of her siblings proved that by saying how great he was. Him, a useless two years old hikiNEET who freaked out over any fast moving vehicles and being a coward for not wanting to forget her, was looked up to.
But…
"I'm not that great," he said solemnly, looking down to the concrete floor. "I was always cold to everyone back then. I found everything boring and didn't want anyone to get close to me. But Ayano…" he sighed, "she never gave up on me. Always following me around, talking in a positive way that irritated me and dragged Takane and Haruka along. I kept pushing them away; to the point I thought I killed her. I even lost two of my only friends that day," he didn't know he was crying, and the regret he hid away for so long bubbled to the surface. "I lost everything, and I couldn't move forward because I was scared I would forget all about her. I'm nothing but a coward!"
"Onii…chan…" Momo began, but Shintaro shook his head. Konoha just smirked at him in glee.
"Heh, you are so pathetic. Still wallowing in regret for two years."
He didn't answer, not right away though. Instead, Shintaro lifted his head back up towards him, who was shocked to see a sudden determination flaring in his dark eyes.
"But ever since that day I got whirled into this crazy gang, I felt better. It was fun…and you ruined it." Konoha couldn't help it but back step back from the snarl the teenage boy gave. "I finally met new friends, and they knew Ayano too. You killed them, you killed them and Haruka!" he stepped forward, eyes mad as he yelled, "Give Haruka back right now, you bastard! I swear to god that I am sick of losing my friends because of those stupid snakes!"
Everyone was taken aback from Shintaro's sudden uncharacteristic outburst, eyes wide and cringing back. Konoha had to take another step away, showing fear in his eyes for a second before he glared back.
"Pathetic…Stop acting righteous already!" he shot back and waved his gun in front of him. "I've enjoyed watching you all despair over your regrets and tragedy, but to see you all fired up again is disgusting! It's about time," he aimed the weapon at Shintaro, whispering, "for you to die already."
Momo screamed for her brother to run, while Kido did the same. But Shintaro, even though he felt so much adrenaline in him, was glued to the spot. He was too scared, but he challenged it anyway. Konoha's finger was placed on the trigger, his lips morphing into another sadistic smirk as he got ready to fire and-
He gasped. He gasped in pain. Looking down, the snakes suddenly began to wither around frantically, as if trying to get away from something. Shintaro and the girls watched in amazement, not sure what was going on as the serpents all got dragged back into the pit of the dark-albino's stomach and disappeared. Konoha made choking sounds, staggering back and forth in agony while clutching his chest in pain.
"You…you idiot!" he roared, glaring down at his body. Shintaro, for a moment, believed that Haruka, whatever and wherever he was right now, was trying to stop him. "You…now you…how could you! Pathetic! Pathetic!Pathetic!You go against me now!?"
Shintaro took a cautious step up, his hand up to reach for him. "Ha…Haruka?"
Then he cackled. Konoha suddenly snapped his head back up. "You…You're all so pathetic. I won't let you win. I won't let that Haruka…win. I've come this far. I won't let this end as you wished." The gun he had in his hand slowly rosed up and placed against his forehead. Everything inside Shintaro ran cold. "As if I can let this weak human win against me…I won't allow it."
In a rush, Shintaro was running towards him at a great speed, ignoring the girls' cries and reaching for the weapon in his hand. He was not going to let it happen, one more of his friends were alive and he was not losing him again!
"Haruka!"
BANG
The gunshot echoed around the small world as they all watched the finale of the event played before them. It was as if everything was set at a slow pace, the blood splattered out and was landing onto the ground and Konoha's face. Shintaro was falling forward. Falling. Falling. With everyone's eyes on him, until he landed on the ground with a thud.
His blood was pooling beneath him.
"ONII-CHAAAAAAAAAN!"
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