"Well let's get started."
"I didn't think it would end this easily."
"Huh? It's not the end, right?"
"This is just the beginning… right?"
"First, we need to let this game world end…"
"And from that point on… we are the ones who are going to create."
As one, the five remaining survivors pressed both buttons at the same time.
Cracks started to appear in the giant Enoshima like a smashed pain of glass. In a burst of light Usami, twirling faster than a spinning top, broke her way out of her chest. The giant Enoshima tried to crush her, but the little rabbit dodged to the right and, with a twirl of her magic wand, conjured a sword of radiant multi-coloured light. She leapt into the air, plunging the sword into Enoshima's hand and sending bolts of colourful lightning flowing across her body. Enoshima dropped her phone, trying to crush the rabbit with her other hand, but Usami nimbly dodged that as well and pinned her second hand down with another light sword. With a flick of her wand she sent out a rope of rainbow light which attached itself to the monsters head, and then with surprising strength pulled it down to the floor. No sooner had the Ultimate Despair's head hit the ground than Usami had leaped towards it again, spinning around and delivering a powerful kick to her head. Then with a large blast of rainbow light from her wand Usami flew, circling around and around Enoshima with a trails of multi-coloured light in her wake. The rope tightened around the giant, and as Usami landed back on the floor she raised her wand, summoning an enormous sword of intense golden light, and sliced Enoshima in half. The Enoshima construct started to fall apart, as she did Usami released what could only be described as an explosion of different coloured hearts that wiped the giant out from existence.
The Enoshima in the phone cackled quietly to herself between heavy breaths. "Man, this is absolute despair… I feel despair upon despair and despair towards despair yet again… How fun. Once you've experienced the despair I've suffered… there's no turning back. Living in the shadows of past memories… That's… too sad, you know… Ah, but I guess… I no longer… I no longer have to… hope for despair…" She took once last deep gasp. "That… is… just… so… hope… l… e… s… s…"
With a flick of light, the screen vanished into black.
All around them the world started cracking, breaking down into blocks of white light and green numbers. The five survivors stood together in a circle, the last bastion of reality left in the collapsing illusionary world.
"Man, it's collapsing…" Akane sighed.
Hinata nodded. "You're right."
Sonia looked around at them nervously. "Um… I am sorry to trouble everyone but… Even if we awake in the real world and forget about what transpired here… it will still have meaning, right?"
Souda smiled, his smile seeming genuinely heartfelt despite his shark like teeth. "Of course, Miss Sonia. I don't know the proper way to say this… but I- I kind of feel the same way too!"
Kuzuryu shot him a mocking smirk. "You're so bad at explaining things… Now that it's the end, you should at least try a little harder."
"People can't change that easily, y'know!" Souda muttered.
"Well, whether it has meaning or not, it all depends on us now…" Kuzuryu replied.
Hinata nodded, looking around at the white expanses of nothingness all around them crept closer and closer. "Time's almost up."
Souda gulped, his knees shaking ever so slightly. "I'm pretty scared."
"I am… scared too…" Sonia whispered.
"But it's ok right? It makes sense to feel scared, right?" said Akane.
"THAT'S THE FUTURE!" bellowed the mini robo-Nidai at her belt.
"Hey! I'll never forget you guys! Or the others!" Souda grinned as they too started to break down into cubes and numbers. "You guys better remember me too! My name is… Kazuichi Souda!"
Kuzuryu chuckled. "Heh, with your colourful personalities, there's no way I'd forget you guys that easily!"
Sonia smiled, pumping her fist a little as determination filled her face. "Even if I forget… I will use all my might and remember!"
"If you start talkin' weird later, Hajime, I'll beat you up till you turn back to normal!" Akane grinned.
"That's a relief," Hinata laughed, "but make sure you hold back as much as you can."
The break down of their bodies spread more and more, until all that was left in the world of white was Hinata's face. He looked up at the white above him, eyes burning with determination. "So this is the end… But… it's just the beginning. Isn't that right? It doesn't change how scared I am… I can't help but feel scared… so scared, but…"
He closed his eyes, as the last parts of his face broke down. "Thank you… Thank you, Nanami… Phew, I finally said it.
As the last cube of light in the world of white faded, a whisper of a voice replied.
"Me too… Thank you. I'll never forget about you guys… I'll never... ever forget. I'll be cheering for you guys from now on… from somewhere. Cuz… we're friends, after all. "
"Hey… Can you hear me?"
Slowly Hinata opened his eyes against the harsh light above him. Was this it? Was he back in the real world? How were the others?
"Are you ok? You seem pretty out of it."
The voice was familiar, very familiar. And yet Hinata's mind was so damn foggy at the moment. Couldn't someone turn that damn light off? You'd think it'd be common sense not to shine bright lights at someone who's just woken up from sleeping for over a week! Some small part of his mind had turned cold at the sound of the voice, but Hinata was too disorientated to tell why.
"To be honest, I'm also… No, everyone else feels the same too."
As the voice spoke again, Hinata's brain finally clicked on. That voice… was that? No… it couldn't be!
"Since we suddenly got put in this weird situation."
Hajime looked up, eyes fighting against the light. He could only make out a silhouette, but with every passing second it became more and more defined. Long, messy hair sticking out in all directions… a thin physique covered by a jacket…
"… Hey, are you listening?"
Colour began to fill the silhouette, turning the messy hair into a pale white and the jacket into a dark brown. His blood turned cold in his veins as he made out the all too familiar face, thin and pale that was now pulled into an expression of concern.
There was no way, no way! It wasn't possible! He'd seen him dead! Participated in the trial to discover his murderer. He should be gone, he shouldn't be here! Unless Junko had lied, unless dying in the simulation hadn't put them into a coma after all! It couldn't be, there was no way… and yet as his head cleared Hinata couldn't deny that the person kneeling before him was without a doubt…
"K- Komaeda?"
