It was a quiet night in the Samezuka High School gym. The giant windows let the moon light shine on the large pool, which was being inhabited by a few teenagers. 6 teens were swimming laps, practicing. Two of the teens attended Samezuka, while the other 4 attended another high school, Iwatobi High School. The Samezuka swim team's captain sat on a chair next to the pool, blowing a whistle whenever they'd slow down. The Iwatobi's swim club manager and advisor sat next to him, doing the same.
"Nagisa! Stop messing around!" Iwatobi's advisor, Amakata, scolded the club's only breaststroker. He was splashing around when he should have been practicing.
Nagisa looked up at her, giggled, and splashed the nearest person. Rei. Who was trying to take a breath during a rotation in his butterfly stroke. The blue haired teen choked on the water and tried to compose himself, blushing furiously at Nagisa's laugh. He and Nagisa started to splash each other, now having the remaining teens stop and stare.
"Stop it you two! We're lucky enough to have Samezuka let us practice here, so don't goof off!" The manager, Gou, stomped her foot. Haruka and Makoto, Iwatobi's freestyler and backstroker, respectively, swam to the side of the pool and hung out.
Gou was trying to get the team back to practicing, like they should, when an arm wrapped around her. "It's okay, Kou, we need a break." Gou blushed and looked up at Samezuka's captain, Mikoshiba, and sighed.
"We have a tournament coming up, though. We need to practice. Say, why do you only have my brother and Nitori practicing?" Gou asked, looking over at her brother and his friend, who were laughing at Nagisa and Rei's bantering.
Mikoshiba winked. "I need to keep an eye on them. Plus, some more practice couldn't hurt, could it?" He blew his whistle loudly and said, "Alright, break time!" To Gou's amazement, Nagisa and Rei stopped, and everyone but Haruka got out of the pool.
"I've got a surprise for you all. The principle has allowed us to stay in the school over night!" Mikoshiba grinned.
Nearly all of them were happy, except Makoto. "But…what if the school's haunted?!" He squeaked.
Amakata pushed him slightly. "We dunno if it is or not! Even if it is, it'll be fun!"
"Nice for you to say…"
The grey haired Samezuka swimmer spoke up. "I hear it is, actually. The upperclassmen told me that there's a demon that lurks around at night and locks people in the school and…" Nitori paused.
"And what?" Makoto was practically holding onto Haruka, who eventually got out of the pool.
"It kills them."
Makoto nearly fainted, while Nagisa was cheering. "That's cool! We can fight the demon and save the day!" He had a huge grin on his face and his pink eyes were shining.
Gou sighed. "You guys, it's probably not true! Upperclassmen tell underclassmen made up stories all the time!" She tried to calm Nagisa down.
Rin rolled his eyes. "Really you guys are so gullible."
Mikoshiba wrapped his arm around Nitori's neck. "Rin's right, little dude! We pretty much just make that stuff up to scare you. It's not real." He leaned into the boy's face, "As far as you know."
It was Nitori's turn to squeal and run to Rin. "Really, Captain? You know he scares easily." Rin scolded.
The red head crossed his arms and looked out the window. "It could be a myth, or it could be true. We don't know. But from what the stories say, the demon can take a physical form."
"And how does it come out?" Hauka asked, staring at the pool.
"I hear it comes out as soon as the sun sets." Rin said, still trying to comfort his kohai. "It locks all the doors and windows, and makes all the windows un-breakable."
"So there's no escape?" Rei sat down on the wet tiles, putting his glasses on so he could see.
Rin ran a hand through his hair. "I don't know much more than that."
Amakata looked down at her watch. "Well the sun has set and it's 11:00, and nothing has happened yet."
Haruka looked around. "Maybe it doesn't want to show itself yet."
Gou giggled nervously. "Anyway, since it's late and we worked really hard, why don't we go to sleep? We can sleep on the bleachers, right Mikoshiba?"
"I guess. You could use me as a pillow." Mikoshiba flirted, making Gou blush and Rin swear to kill him.
"Don't you dare, Captain." Rin growled.
As the group managed to get comfortable on the wooden bleachers and get to sleep, a voice was heard.
"Wow! There have never been so many people here ever!" It said.
Haruka tried to cover his head up with his jacket. "Go back to sleep Nagisa."
"Oh~ Nagisa, huh? That's a pretty name! Let's see…. 9 people! This should be fun!"
Makoto, on the bleachers next to Haruka, grabbed his arm. "Haru…what's that?"
"Nagisa goofing off I think."
"But…Nagisa's asleep. I'm scared. Could it be the demon we were talking about?" Makoto whispered.
"Wow, you'd think more would wake up than just 2! Ahem. Wake up!" The voice screeched, making a few fall off of their spot.
When they all looked up, they simply saw a black cloud. It's voice was oddly high pitched for it's scary body. "I'm bored! Let's play a game!" It hissed, swirling. It plopped down on the ground in the form of Iwatobi's mascot, but its colors were black and white.
Makoto was holding onto dear life, well, he was holding onto Haruka. Rei and Nagisa were frozen in fear. Gou held onto Mikoshiba for support, and Nitori hid himself behind Rin. Amakata looked up at the thing.
"What kind of game?" She asked, hoping to please the demon.
"Fuufuu! My regular game! You'll be trapped here, forever, if you refuse to play!"
"Okay. What are the rules then? What's the point?" Mikoshiba's voice was shaking as he spoke up.
"Since there's so many of you, I can't kill you all at once. So, you'll do it for me!"
"So you mean…"
"That's right! You have to kill each other! If you do and aren't caught, you get to leave. If you are caught, you die~ But we'll have a vote, and if the killer isn't caught, the others die and the killer is set free!" The thing cheered.
Rin screamed up at it, "But we can call for help!"
The thing looked over at the large windows and nodded its head. Instantly, the windows had a black veil cover them from the outside. "Now you can't! Plus, I turned off your cell phones to make it more interesting! All classrooms are unlocked, but any exit doors are locked! Like these windows, all windows cannot be broken nor seen through!" It cackled. "I hope you're smart and decide to sleep in the classrooms alone and not together~ If you're thinking people would just come in and save you when school starts back again, you're wrong! Nobody will help you~" It vanished.
"So…it's not a myth." Mikoshiba shook.
"We have to…kill each other?" Tears formed in Nitori's eyes.
"We'll get out alive! All of us!" Makoto reassured.
"What if we can't?" Nagisa looked down at the floor and picked at his clothes.
Amakata stomped her foot. "Now no negative thinking! If we don't kill, it'll probably let us go!"
Haruka sat on the bleacher. "So we don't kill anyone?"
"Exactly!"
Haruka nodded. "Okay. So we'll do that. In case anyone breaks it, we'll sleep alone just in case."
Mikoshiba blew his whistle to try and calm them down. "Since we're doing that, I'll assign rooms since I know the school well. Miss Amakata, you'll be in 1-1. Gou will be 1-2. Haruka, you'll be 1-3. Makoto, you'll be 1-4. Nagisa will be 1-5. Rei will be 2-1, I'll be 2-2, Rin will be 2-3, and Nitori will be 2-4. Is that fine with everyone? And to be safe, how about everyone tries to stay in their room between 10:00-7:00, since it obviously isn't letting us out anytime soon." He instructed.
Gou shivered. "What about food?"
"The cafeteria usually has a lot of food, so we'll be fine." Rin said. He knew this because he'd seen Mikoshiba after practice raid the place.
Haruka sighed. "Can we go to sleep now? That thing woke me up and I don't like being woken up."
The group paused at Haruka's bluntness. Nagisa started to giggle, despite the situation. "Haru, you're funny!"
Rei smiled. "I agree with Haru. Let's go to sleep soon, yes?"
At around 3:00 A.M., the group was resting in their individual classrooms, making a makeshift bed out of desks and chairs, and finally was sleeping. Most of them managed to get comfortable, while others not so much. It was cold in the building, making the group shiver in their sleep. Some would swear they heard footsteps outside, tiptoeing away. If one of them was lucky enough to have a window in the room, they'd try to break the window or try to see out the dark veil over the glass. Some cried themselves to sleep, not wanting to die or not wanting to kill.
It was peaceful as possible, until they heard a voice scream loudly,
"Wake up! A body has been found!" The demon cackled loudly.
Haruka shot up from his makeshift bed, sweating. 'No way…I thought it would be longer than just a couple of hours…' He stood up and grabbed his jacket. 'Please just let it be a joke. Please let it just be a dream!'
Author Note time alright: So this was Dangan Ronpa inspired kinda not really (I don't know how to explain it). So there will be eventual Rin/Nitori and Gou/Mikoshiba (because both of them are my guilty pleasure). I'm really sorry if it seems rushed; I'm trying to post it before the voting dead line tomorrow.
By voting I mean: You can vote who dies!
Yup! Just send me a message/ask on my Tumblr (PandaPasta69) with the character you'd like me to kill, and whoever gets the most dies! Until tomorrow, all characters are available for voting. On my blog the voting/general updates will be posted under the tag Sink or Swim.