"Let me explain the situation. The reason why you're all here today is... To kill each other"
"-Your class has been selected for this year's 'Program'"
Sakamochi spoke these words with a notable sadistic grin wiped across his face.
As those words rang out into the classroom, numerous students began to shriek in terror, although few individuals like Shogo Kawada (Boy #5) and Kazuo Kiriyama (Boy #6) didn't even raise a brow (Although Shogo's lips almost broke into a slight grin).
Shuya Nanahara (Boy #15), remembered the first time he had heard of 'the program' when he was an infant and recalled being told that he wouldn't need to worry about being chosen as it was a 1,000 to 1 chance. This new revelation was filling Shuya with both fear and anger, he thought 'Damn. I thought that 9th grade would've been a blast I mean, seriously what are the odds that we would be chosen to participate in this horrific game- No! Not a ga-'
"That can't be"
That was the voice of Kyoichi Motobuchi (Boy #20), the class president jumping out of his seat and letting it fall, causing a loud crash raw throughout the room. His face was practically white, which perfectly contrasted with his silver- rimmed glasses. The majority of the class were hoping that Kyoichi would adequately convince this figure that they wouldn't have to participate in 'the program'. Of course, he threw away their dreams.
"M-my father is a director of environmental affairs in the prefectural government. How could the class I'm in be selected for th-the program?..."
He was shaking violently which caused his voice to tremble and sound more wound up than usual.
Sakamochi didn't seem like he was taken in by this comment. He mealy grinned and shook his head, causing his long locks to sway in the air.
"Let's see. You're Kyoichi Motobuchi, right?"
"You must know what equality means, listen up. All people are born equal. Your father's job in the prefectural government doesn't entitle you to special privileges. You are no different. Listen up, everybody. All of you have your own distinct personal backgrounds. Of course some of you come from rich families, some from poor families. But circumstances beyond your control like that shouldn't determine who you are. You must all realise what you're worth one your own. So Kyoichi, let's not delude ourselves that you're somehow special- Because you're not!"
Yoshitoki Kuninobu (Boy #7) kept facing the front of the classroom and was starting to zone out, this Sakamochi guy kept rambling on about equality, he almost forgot about his current situation. He was wondering if he was just going to sit there throughout the whole of the program's time listening to this psycho's rambling. When Sakamochi finished with his withered speech, he felt a small vibration through his feet and then a quiet 'clank' behind him, he took it that Kyoichi had finally sat back down. Yoshitoki began to turn to face Kyoichi to check if he was right, he was then startled when Sakamochi began talking again. When he was returning to his original position facing the front, only to be distracted by the terrified face of Noriko Nakagawa(Girl #15), who sat directly behind him and began to think about how cute she was, even in such a situation as this one and then returned his gaze to Sakamochi.
Before he knew it, three soldiers were reeling in a lectern which carried a huge nylon sack that resembled a sleeping bag, which looked like it was filled with something big and hard. Sakamochi was introducing them to the class as One of the soldiers had begun to unzip the sack, something drenched in blood began to pop out. Yoshitoki watched Noriko scream in fear and nausea, then turned to see his home room teacher, Mr Hayashida covered in blood and with only half of the glasses that earned him the nickname 'Dragonfly' remained in tacked. A quarter of his head was ripped from his skull, instead, a grey substance clung in it's place.
Yoshitoki was gob-smacked, 'What is this? A joke?'. He heard the sound of a student in the background vomiting, the smell was almost as strong as the stench of blood flowing across the room. There was only silence afterword, well, to Yoshitoki. He was in too much shock to pay attention to Sakamochi's new speech. He then pulled himself together 'Wait. He had just told us that they had contacted our parents. Me 'n Shuya don't have parents-'
Yoshitoki began to half raise above his seat "I-I...I..." He couldn't bring himself to ask his question, he then though that it might not be that important anyway.
"Yeeeees? What is it? You can ask me anything", Sakamochi had suggested and then offered a friendly smile toward him. Yoshitoki then continued, "I... Don't have parents. So who did you contact?"
"Ah ha," Sakamochi nodded. "I remembered there was someone from one of the welfare institutions. So you must be Shuya Nanahara? Let's see, according to the school report you were the one with dangerous ideas. So-"
"I'm Shuya." Shuya had barked, causing Yoshitoki to jump a bit. Sakamochi then began to glance back and forth between both Shuya and Yoshitoki. Yoshitoki, still in a daze, turned to face Shuya.
"Oh, that's right. I'm so sorry. There was one more. So you must be Yoshitoki Kuninobu. Well, I contacted the superintendent of the institution where you were both raised. That's right... She was very pretty," Sakamochi explained with a grin that could rival the Cheshire cat. Yoshitoki watched Shuya's face tense up and began to become more aware of what Sakamochi had just said.
"What the hell did you do to Ms. Anno?" Shuya asked, with growing anger.
"Well, like Mr. Hayashida, she was very uncooperative. They both didn't accept your assignment, so in order to silence her, well, I had to..." He continued, staying perfectly calm,"...Rape her-"
Yoshitoki couldn't believe what he had just heard from Sakamochi's lips. The one person- no, the one woman who he could rely on, the one woman that he knew would never betray him and always stay be his side... Was violated by that thing?! He was usually quite calm and peaceful, but he just couldn't contain his anger toward this man and his crime against this woman.
"I'll kill you!"Yoshitoki had announced. He could feel his anger taking control.
"I'll kill you, you bastard!"Yoshitoki continued "I'll kill you and dump you into a pile of shit!"
"Hmm" Sakamochi looked quite amused "Are you serious, Yoshitoki? You know one must be responsible for the things one says"
'Is this bastard fucking kidding me?'
"Give me a break! I'm going to kill you! Don't you forget it!"
"Stop it. Yoshitoki! Stop it!"
He wasn't paying any attention to Shuya's screaming.
Sakamochi the spoke in a patronising voice "Look, Yoshitoki. What you're doing right now is voicing your opposition to the government."
" I'll kill you!" It was beyond self control now, Yoshitoki couldn't think of anything else but this prick violating the woman known as Ryoko Anno. " I'll kill you I'll kill you I'll kill you I'll kill you I'll kill you!"
After that statement, Sakamochi shock is head in disappointment and gestured for the three soldiers to attack. Yoshitoki then realised the situation he was in and his eyes began to bulge more so than they did before. He began to calmly step into the aisle as the three soldiers raised their guns in a dramatic manner toward Yoshitoki and then all exploded in unison.
Yoshitoki shock violently as all three shots hit him and collapsed in between Izumi Kanai's (Girl #5) desk and his own, causing Izumi to shriek in horror. Yoshitoki then began to panic and writhe in pain, he couldn't move, he kept his vision fixed on a particular area on the floor. His right shoulder, down to his fingers twitched uncontrollably. He could feel the vibrations on the floor as Shuya pulled his chair away and stood up.
"Yoshitoki!"
'That was Noriko's voice, he could feel her crouching beside him. Yoshitoki was thinking about was how much pain he was in, Noriko had then appeared in his thoughts. She was so considerate, even in such a situation.
Bang!
Yoshitoki had felt Noriko tumble on top of him, she was shot. Was she dead? No. She was just shot in her calf. Yoshitoki had then practically stopped paying attention to his surroundings and continued to twitch. His life then flashed before his eyes. He remembered the time he had first entered elementary school, when he defended Ms Anno, when he chased after the car that ran over and killed the Charity house's Dog, Eddie, when he entered Junior high, when he met Shinji Mimura (Boy #19), Hiroki Sugimura (Boy #11) and Yutaka Seto (Boy #12) and he then reminisced about Shuya Nanahara, his best friend who, was almost like a brother to him and all of the good times he had spent with him. And of course, before he knew it-
Blamm!
Yoshitoki Kuninobu's head bounced up and then splashed Noriko with his blood that gushed from where he was hit. Her mouth agape, Noriko tried to hold back the tears that poured from her huge eyes, followed by Shuya who had become as stiff as a statue. Shinji Mimura then raised his hand.
"M-m-m-mister Sakamochi-"
Blamm!
Yumiko Kusaka's (Girl #7) neck, the bottom portion of her skull and a chunk of the upper part of her torso was suddenly blown up, her blood and some of her remains had covered some of her surrounding classmates. What was left of Yumiko had then collapsed to her left side in the aisle, leaving a river of blood underneath her. Shinji ripped his hand from the air and placed it underneath his desk. Shogo Kawada then looked as surprised as the rest of the class, Kazuo Kiriyama however, still looked as stotic as he did before and calmly turned his gaze from the front to Yumiko.
The class became silent again.
Yumiko!
Yukiko Kitano (Girl #6) screamed at the top of her lungs, this then drew the class' attention toward her instead of the newly decapitated Yumiko Kusaka. Yukiko had been best friends with Yumiko since they were infants, it was only natural that she would be devastated by these turns of events. She then began to break into tears at her loss. 'W-why?...Why were they doing this? Yumiko hadn't done anything wrong, she was beyond quiet.'
"Oh, I didn't get the chance to explain the new rules, did I?" Sakamochi explained. Everyone, including Yukiko returned their gaze back to him as he continued.
"Usually on 'the program', students fight for their survival until one is left alive but this year, beginning with this class, all participants will have to work together with their partner. So in other words, that student over there-" Sakamochi raises his finger toward Shuya, who was still standing, dumbstruck "- Shuya Nanahara, wasn't it? Is student number 15, will be paired up with Noriko Nakagawa. Hmm, where is she? Would you care to give us a wave." Noriko tried to stand up luckily, Shuya had snapped out of shock and helped her up.
"I'm Noriko Nakagawa, sir" She trembled a little bit as she said those words to him.
Yukiko watched her in admiration, thinking about how brave she was standing up to him, she then began to doubt whether she would be able to do the same.
"Ah. What a coincidence, well at least you'll be no bother to each other then" He chuckled as the pair struggled. Yukiko had noticed that Shuya looked like he was both enraged and focused, seemed as if it took all of his energy to restrain himself from attacking Sakamochi, he then let go of Noriko when he had realised that she was back down in her seat 'Shuya is such a gentleman.', she thought.
"You all have a 48 hour time limit, that's a 2 day period. Use this time wisely."
Sakamochi then began to draw a grid on the black board, he then filled it with a sketch that resembled a lemon.
"Well this island here, is our location. It is filled with different locations known as danger zones, these take up a squared sector of the island. As the game proceeds, the number of danger zones will increase. As you can see, those collars that you all are wearing are armed with explosives. If you lurk through one, they will blow up." The class gasps in unison.
"Now on to the partners system. You would have to protect your partner throughout the game as, if you or your partner dies, the other will too. If you are apart from each other from over 100 feet range, you will both die."
He raised his right arm in front of his face to check his watch. "Alright then, it's now 1:26 am, which means we should hurry ourselves along with this show. Usually, we'd draw the first to leave from a lottery but, since this is our first 'paired' program, we'll just let the first person on the register to leave first which is-" He then pulls a piece of paper from his pocket and glances at the top. "-Ah. Yoshio Akamatsu (Boy #1), you're up first."
As Yoshio raised above his desk, Kazuo Kiriyama raised his hand. "I was wondering when the game would begin.", had had said this calmly but with a harsh ring to it, distracting the vast majority of the class, including both Yukiko and Yoshio. Yukiko had then realised that both she, and Kazuo shared the same number, meaning that they would be partnered together. 'I hope I won't be a burden to him', she thought.
" The game will begin once you leave the classroom, you may choose to wait for you're partner or begin the game without her." Kazuo didn't respond to this. Yukiko found this act to be quite distrustful. 'How can I trust him not to play? I mean, he was quite close with Mitsuru Numai (Boy #17), Ryuhei Sasagawa (Boy #10), Hiroshi Kuronaga (Boy #9) and Sho Tsukioka (Boy #14) but, he didn't seem like he cared, hell even a guy like Shogo had reacted to this situation. But, then again, he might just be overconfident that we'd escape this-'
"Hurry up Yoshio," Sakamochi sounded a little irritated at this point "You are holding up the class now."
After hearing this, Yoshio came to his senses and headed toward the door where, he was given a bag from the soldiers and continued to exit the room.
Sakamochi looked back at his watch and exclaimed, "Mizuho Inada (Girl #1), you're up. Don't dawdle now."
Yukiko had then watched Mizuho and several others leaving the classroom up to Izumi Kanai who, had been released after Shogo Kawada. He was the only one who seemed to have given Sakamochi and awful glare of utter hatred. She felt nauseous thinking about how close it was to her turn, she could feel her heart beat vibrating against her desk.
"Kazuo Kiriyama!"
Yukiko turned to face her partner, he then calmly turned to give a small glance toward her, he slowly turned returned his gaze back to the front of the classroom, began to raise above his seat and calmly walked toward the front of the room to collect his bag and left the class. The suspense was killing her.
"Yukiko Kitano!"
Yukiko then felt her heart leap out of her throat when she heard her name. She nervously stood up out of her seat and began to make her way to the door. She could feel the eyes of her classmates watching. Her stomach clenched and her heart beat even faster, she couldn't bare it, she felt as if she was going to collapse. Before she knew it, she was at the door, one of the soldiers were handing her one of the bags, she turned towards her classmates only to see that they were watching her. Yukiko quickly snatched the bag out of his hands and sprinted out of the classroom and into the hallway, ignoring the other soldiers that were monitoring her.
Eventually, she had exited the school building, taking no notice to this fact and continued to run through the forest next to the school building. She then came to a halt when she noticed she was in the middle of the forest, she didn't know how far away from the school she was, or long she was running for that matter. She could hear a rustling in the bushes behind her, she prepared to run again but someone had grabbed her arm and dragged her back to face them. It was Kazuo, he didn't seem to had changed his expression since the last time she saw him. Due to the tight grip he had on her, Yukiko thought he was frustrated with her.
"O-oh...I-I'm so sorry that I had ran off like that, I had …f-forgotten about the situation for a little while b-back there." Yukiko had stuttered. Kazuo didn't reply, although he had kept his position and continued to glance at her, loosening his grip on her. This made Yukiko more nervous than she was before, she turned her gaze to her right in embarrassment. Kazuo had then completely let go of his grip on Yukiko's arm and reached for his compass. After analysing it for half a minute, he headed toward his left, confusing Yukiko and eventually followed suit.
An hour later, back at the classroom, Yoshimi Yahagi (Girl #21) was the only student left at her desk. Her partner, Kazuhiko Yamamoto(Boy #21) had only just departed, leaving her feeling both terrified and lonely. She was worrying over her boyfriend, Yoji Kuramoto's(Boy #8) safety. She remembered the fact that he left with Kayoko Kotohiki (Girl #8) and hoping she wouldn't try to steal Yoji away from her, much less turning him on her.
"And last but hopefully not least, Yoshimi Yahagi!" Sakamochi had announced, grinning as if none of the past events had even happened.
Yoshimi had jumped out of her seat and proceeded to shuffle toward the soldiers to collect her bag, one had given her a strange look. Confused, she turned to face the window to check if was something wrong with her attire. She was shocked to see that her make-up had run all the way down her cheeks, she hadn't even noticed that she had been crying. She nervously picked her bag up and sprinted through the corridor, wiping her blood shot eyes in the process.
When she finally exited the entrance, she was shocked to see Kazuhiko standing in front of her, gun at the ready. She could feel her heart stopping at this site, only to be surprised when he tucked his Colt Python in his waistband. He then stepped closer to her, grasping her wrist with his right hand and gave her a warm smile.
"Lets get going, Yoshimi. We have loved ones to save." He said this so casually, Yoshimi couldn't help but plant a huge smile across her baby face.
For the first time since the game began, she had felt at home.
The game begins.
Time:2:51am
40 students left.
20 pairs left.
I had gotten the idea from the second BR movie and I've been meaning to write this down from several years (Meaning only one*lol*). The real meaning is to show how I think they would react to different situations, different students and their relationships. All quotes up until Yumiko dies are all from the original novel.
Before you get any ideas, the story won't be that predictable for example, the main antagonists may be different and maybe Shuya and Noriko won't be the main couple in this too (I'm not saying that they aren't, but I'm saying that they might not be though).
If there is some thing wrong with this chapter, please don't hesitate to contact me about it.
Feel free to review this. Both positive and negative comments are welcome.
