Chapter 2 – Trapped in the forest of death

Hi ! It's me again I wanted to get the next chapter out as quickly as I could so I got to work right away after I published the first chapter !

AUTHORS NOTES : I don't own anything and secondly I will be updating this story as often as I can so hopefully you won't have to wait long in between chapters

Also I know that in the first chapter I said things would be told by Naegi's POV but I couldn't do so since the crash scene needed a bit more 3rd person

Also one last thing before I go this story will have some major character death so don't favor any characters in this story since any of them can die at anytime

And who survives and dies has already been determined

With that let's get this show on the road !

Naegi's thoughts were interrupted when the bus arrived to pick him up

He picked up his bag and boarded the bus , he noticed there luckily wasn't anyone else on the bus

He told the driver instructions to go to a certain location . At first the driver was reluctant but after Naegi handed a couple thousand yen , he immediately shut up and started driving

Naegi sat down at the window seat and looked at the forest as the bus moved to his destination

He continued his thoughts as to what happened that led him to where he was going now

3 Years ago ….

(DAY 1 )

Naegi's POV ….

I woke up with a serious headache " Ugh , what the hell happened " I asked not expecting an answer , I looked around and saw that everyone but me was conscious , I also noticed that the bus had flipped over and was now laying on its side

I looked over to where Sato was sitting just a few minutes ago , she was leaned up against her seat right next to Honoka Miyu

I picked myself up and headed over to her and checked her and Honoka for a pulse

(THUMP )

(THUMP)

I sighed in relief " Thank god they're alright " I thought carefully for a moment ' I need to get as many people away from the bus as possible , the fuel may cause an explosion ' I thought but then realized I couldn't smell any gas so I didn't need to worry about that

I looked up at the window and carefully took out my knife and smashed the glass with it , I then threw both Sato and Miyu over my shoulder and carried them out of the bus by using the seats as stepping stools

Once we were out I laid them down outside the bus and began checking them for injuries

I let out another sigh of relief after finding out they didn't have any injuries , mostly just a few scrapes here and there

I looked back at the bus and realized I needed to wake the other , assuming some of them survived

I reentered the bus and began probing them for signs of life , luckily by doing so I woke them up in the process

" Makoto ? What the hell are you doing ? " Seiga said as he regained consciousness as well as a few others

I quickly explained the situation to them " Alright , everyone get out of the bus now !" Fumito said to everyone as we began exiting the bus via the windows by using the sits as stepping stools again

" AAAAAAAHHHHHHHH" Someone cried out in pain which made the rest who were still in the bus jump in surprise

I quickly located the source of the sound and realized it came from Asako " Asako – san , what's wrong ?" Itsumi said with concern in her voice , while the others had worried looks

Asako winced in pain as she tried to move her legs " I can't move my legs !They hurt so much when I try to move them !" Asako cried out in pain once more

I quickly made the connection " I think Asako broke her legs on the way down " I explained to the others

" Alright Seiga and Akio ! Help me get her outside !" Fumito ordered the two boys to which the complied

"Alright ! Everybody else look for wounded and help get them the outside !" I ordered everyone else who was still in the bus to which they all complied

Afterwards , we found two more people who were wounded namely Meiko who caught some glass in her stomach during the crash and Hiroshi who suffered some head injuries but said he was fine

(LATER )

After everyone piled out of the bus , we laid down the wounded and Fumito began to do a headcount as some of the others were either panicking or …. panicking even worse

" 26…. 27 ….. 28 . Wait we're missing three people " he said aloud

" Yeah , the teacher , Haruko and Kotone aren't here " Ayaka said

" They might still be in the bus " Haruto suggested

"I'll go check , Makoto ! Could you come with me ? I could use some help " Fumito asked to which I simply nodded and helped him reenter the bus

As we entered we began searching carefully . It didn't take us long to find them

" Teacher ! " Fumito cried out and began to shake him to wake him up , but he wouldn't

" Makoto , he won't wake up for some reason !" Fumito said clearly distressed as I kneeled down and checked his pulse

But I couldn't feel anything

" Damnit , he's dead " I said to Fumito who covered his mouth in shock as he began to back away from the body

" This can't be happening …." Fumito said in disbelief

I quickly gripped his shoulders and looked him straight in the eye " Fumito , we can't do anything for him now but we need to check to see if Haruko and Kotone are alright " I told him and he snapped out of it and simply nodded his head

We found Kotone and Haruko rather quickly but sadly I had to say it again " They're both dead " I said with sadness in my voice

We climbed out of the bus and people turned to us " Where are Haruko , Kotone and Teacher ?" Yumiko asked with a little bit of concern and some of the other shared the same sentiment

" I'm sorry guys but … they didn't make it " Fumito said sadly

Gasps and cries of shock resonated throughout the group , some of the girls and even the boys started crying

Fumito himself looked in terrible shape

As for myself , I found myself wondering

What the hell are we gonna do ?

It had been about half an hour since Fumito had announced the deaths of our classmates and teacher , my classmates were picking each other up but very slowly

" So what do you think we should do now Makoto ?" A voice whispered in my ear which made me jump but not scream

I looked to my side and saw Sato standing next to me with an amused grin on her face " Not funny " I said bluntly but she just gave me a cheeky smile " But the look on your face was sooo worth it " she said cheerily

' Well I guess the only thing we can count as good news is that Sato has managed to stay positive in this situation ' I said as I turned my attention back to my classmates condition

"But in all seriousness Makoto , what are you going to do ? What are we going to do ?" Sato asked me to which I sighed heavily " Well first I'm going to talk to Fumito and discuss about our stay here and then I'll check on the wounded " I said to her

" 'Stay here ' ? What do you mean ? Makoto " Sato asked me again to which I responded " We won't be escaping here anytime soon , we don't have our cellphones with us since teacher strictly told us not to bring any electronics and we can't climb up back to the road we were on cause the wall is too steep and there's nothing to grab onto " I gave it to her straight since I knew she wouldn't want to be lied to

" Well , maybe someone will travel down that path and find us ? " Sato offered her two cents of the conversation " I'm sorry Sato but the chances of that happening is practically zero because like the teacher said the path we were taking was only known to a few people and even then we're so deep into the forest nobody would have a reason to travel this far into the forest " I explained to her again

Sato's smile seemed to have fallen but she quickly regained her optimism " I'm sure we'll get out of here alive !" she stated happily but then I realized she was holding my hand and I blushed " As long as you're with me " she gave me a sincere smile and I blushed an even darker shade of red

I regained my composure when she let go of my hand " A-anyway I should probably go talk to Fumito " I said to her as I walked away

" Alright see you later , cutie !" she said just loud enough for me to hear

I walked over and to Fumito who turned to me because he heard my approach " Oh ! Makoto is there something you need ?" he asked me " No , nothing I was just wondering if you guys were taking inventory of the supplies we have on hand " I said to him

Fumito sighed heavily as he looked at the items on the ground " We don't have much , we brought from camp " he said to me " Well what do we have ?" I asked him

Seiga who was with us spoke up " Well we have a few big tents that can fit all of us , some flashlights, blankets , a rag , some empty water bottles , soup bowls, plates and a first aid kit " he explained

Fumito who was looking at me for a while asked " So Makoto , what do you think we should do ?" to which I replied " Well first we need to find a fresh water source , so we don't die from dehydration then afterwards I gonna use that first aid kit to take care of the wounded " I said to him as I looked over to the injured with concerned eyes

" You have medical training Naegi ?" Seiga asked " No , just some stuff I read from books but it's better than nothing I guess "

" Fumito , Seiga I could use some help looking for that water source " I asked them to which they both nodded

(LATER)

After Fumito told the group about what we were going to do , we set out to search for water . Luckily for us we didn't have to travel too far since there was literally a river right next to where we crashed

As Fumito and Seiga collected water in the bottles we brought along ' I am one lucky bastard ' I thought to myself

When we returned I gave full credit to Fumito since I know he could use some " Why did you give the credit to me ?" To which I simply replied " I don't like attention "

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH" another scream came from Meiko in pain " I think they need you over there , here take the first aid kit " Fumito said handing me the first aid kit , to which I nodded heading over there

" AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH" another cry of pain came from Meiko as I kneeled down next to her " Meiko please , I need you to stay calm and quiet for me okay ?" I asked her and she nodded

" Alright Meiko I'm going to clean the wound now " I said pulling up her shirt and looking at the shard of glass in her stomach ' Not good , well at least the shard didn't go in too deep so I think I can stich this up ' I thought as I opened a water bottle and used it to get rid of the blood around her stomach , she winced in pain a few times but stayed strong

" Alright Meiko , now I'm going to need to remove the shard of glass okay ?" she nodded once more , I looked over to Honoka and Itsumi who was also with the wounded " And I need you guys to hold her down , okay " I asked them

" Don't worry we'll help as much as we can !" Honoka said to me and Itsumi simply nodded as they both held Meiko by the shoulders and held her down

" Okay on 3 …. 1 …. 2 …. 3 !" I yelled as I pulled the shard of glass out and quickly placed a rag over it to stop the bleeding , luckily for me she the cut wasn't so deep so she didn't bleed up

After cleaning the blood up with the bottle of water , there was no more bleeding . I sighed in relief " Okay now we need to sterilize the wound , this is gonna hurt a bit " I said gently as I poured some rubbing alcohol to clean the wound

" AAAAAAHHHHH" she lightly screamed out a bit but did her best to suppress the pain " I'm gonna need to stich the wound up now , so just try not to move to much " I said as I pulled out a long length of thread and a needle from the first aid kit

Itsumi and Honoka looked at me with concern , silently wondering if I knew what I was doing "Don't worry girls , I know what I'm doing " I reassured them as I started to stich up Meiko

To my surprise she didn't scream or struggle much , just squirmed around a bit from time to time . After I made sure the stich was secure I pulled out a bandage roll and wrapped it up

I looked over to Meiko who had a grateful smile on her face " Thank you Makoto , thank you so much !" she said to me to which I simply nodded at her with a smile and moved on to help Asako

However before I did that I went grabbed a few long straight sticks to tie to her leg so that it healed up properly

As I approached her , she looked over to me " What do you want Naegi ?" she said with spite in her voice " I want to help you , since you're wounded " I said kneeling down next to her

" I don't want your help " she spat back at me " Well , I'm pretty sure you don't want to die out here , so just let me help you !" I yelled at her which got the attention of some the people around us

I looked back to Asako who had a defeated face " Just do what you have to " she said to me softly

I nodded and as quick as I could reset her leg but she screamed in pain " AAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH ! NAEGI YOU STUPID ! AHOGED MOTHERFUCKER !" she screamed at me in pain and anger

" Relax Asako " I said as I tied the sticks to her legs

As I did so she asked " Where's Kotone and Haruko ?" she asked with concern

I gave her a straight answer right then and there " I'm sorry Asako but they didn't make it " I said with sadness in my voice

She gasped in shock and began to cry , I looked at her as she cried ' I don't if this is the right call or not but ….' I gently placed a comforting hand on her shoulder as she cried over her fallen friends

Afterwards I approached Hiroshi but after seeing that I couldn't do anything for him other than bandage up his head

After that was finished , I helped set up the tents for the night and helped make a fire

Nobody spoke during that time , since we all knew the chances of escape or a rescue team coming were practically zero

Then one by one , we piled into the tents as each of us slipped into the land of dreams …

Hoping to wake up from this nightmare ….

(DAY 2 )

The next morning we woke up , Fumito did a headcount of everybody until ….

" 24 …. 25 … 26 . Wait a minute , where the hell is Junichi and Daichi ?" Fumito asked the group

" They aren't in the tents " Kakichi said climbing out of one

" Well where are they ?! " Seiga cried out in worry

Everybody began panicking , even Sato clung to my arm and looked at me with worried eyes

" Everybody ! Please calm down ! Listen we're all going to go look for them but we need to two people to stay behind to look after the wounded " Fumito announced

" Sato , Ayaka , Honoka can you three stay with the wounded while the rest of us search ?" Fumito asked the three girls to which they simply responded with nods while wearing serious faces

After that we began searching , we split up into pairs and I got stuck with Akio

We were down by the stream to look for any signs of Junichi and Daichi

' Guess I'll be spending some time with Akio ' I thought to myself

" Goddamnit Naegi ! Why is this happening to us ! I mean why us of all people " Akio yelled out

' I guess Akio is just trying to vent some frustrations ' I thought

I sighed heavily before answering " Sometimes Akio bad things happen to good people and there isn't a good reason for any of it "

" But we are good people , so what did we do to deserve this !" he yelled out as he kicked a stone in the stream

I placed a comforting hand on his shoulder " The only thing we can do now is simply survive and keep hoping "

Akio took a few deep breaths before relaxing a bit " Okay I think I'm good now , thanks Makoto " he said with a smile

" Don't mention it " I responded back with a smile and we continued searching for our lost friends

It was only a few minutes until ….

" AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH"

A scream pierced the silence of the forest

"What the hell was that ?!" Akio questioned ,clearly startled

" I don't know but I think it came from over there , follow me !" I told Akio as we both began running in the direction of the scream

When we reached the source of the scream , we found a terrified Amelia sitting on her bottom with terror clearly occupying her face . It didn't take long for the rest of the class to gather around Amelia

" Amelia ! What's wrong ? Are you okay ?" Oliver asked kneeling next to her trying to comfort her

" D-d-daichi and J-j-junichi , are …." She stammered out but couldn't finish her sentence , instead she simply pointed in a certain direction

Me and Seiga carefully approached the direction she pointed at and what we found was …

Junichi and Daichi both dead ….

My classmates who were approaching with us at a slower rate screamed out in surprise

" Oh my god ! Daichi !" Seiga screamed out

I slowly approached their bodies and checked for a pulse

But felt nothing

" Are they ?" Naoko inquired hoping it wasn't what she thought it was

" Yeah , they're both dead " I stated and that got gasps and cries of shock

" How did they die !? I mean they look like they don't have any injuries on them !" Kakichi gave his observation , note with a bit of panic in his voice

I looked around at the bushes and noticed that they had some berries growing on them , I then noticed that Junichi and Daichi had some in their hands too

" They both died by poisoning " I informed them

" How were they poisoned ? There's nothing around here that looks poisonous " Mizuki said

" That's because they ate the poison " I said plucking out one of the berries and holding it up high for everyone to see " These types of berries are extremely poisonous , my best guess is that Daichi and Junichi got hungry and decided to eat them " I informed them

Because for the last two days nobody had ate anything , everybody could agree with my theory of what happened to Daichi and Junichi

Afterwards , we only slowly went back to camp with sad faces

That night Fumito made a rule saying we shouldn't eat anything we find out in the forest without telling the others first

I broke the news to Sato and … she didn't take it well

She cried into my shoulder that night

After she went to sleep I helped some of the guys move the bodies the deceased to a far location so we wouldn't have to smell or look at them

At that time of night all of us were asleep …

Well everyone but me ..

I looked at the moon and thought about how beautiful it was …

But the grumbling of my stomach stopped me from thinking such a thing

Our chances of survival decrease day by day and I can't help but wonder …

Are any of us gonna make it out of this forest alive ?

And that is a wrap boys and girls

I'll be getting the next chapter out very soon so don't expect to wait long

With that goodbye ….