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Chapter 2: Class Trip

Katsuki sat in his English class, bored as he and Naruto shot spitballs at Iruka. Hinata was asleep, and Gaara was doodling. Lee kept muttering things about wasting their youth but Katsuki just reached over and messed up Lee's bowl cut.

"Relax Lee, you can't tell me that you enjoy school that much."

Lee was about to reply when Iruka spoke.

"Alright everyone, we're nearing the time for our class trip."

Katsuki frowned and looked up at Iruka, Hinata woke up and yawned, Gaara dropped his pencil while Naruto continued to shoot spitballs. Lee snapped to some form of sitting attention, his spine rigid and his eyes focused intently on Iruka.

"This year we'll be spending a week in Tokyo, and then a special surprise at the end. We already contacted your parents, so all you need to do is pack and be here on Friday."

Katsuki felt excited, Zabuza and Haku would be on their spring vacation at that time.

I'll finally get to see them again… He thought, a grin spreading across his face. He glanced over and saw Hinata smiling widely, and Naruto with a dark look on his face.

"Hey, Naruto, what's up?"

He shook his head, "It's just another chance to catch shit from everyone."

Katsuki shook his head, "Dude, I've been here a month and you've never cared about what anyone said, why is this any different?"

"It just is," he muttered.

"Bullshit," Katsuki replied calmly, Naruto glanced up in surprise, Katsuki didn't swear that often, so when he did Naruto knew he was being serious. "You don't care, I know it. Be honest with me man."

"It's nothing," he said loudly, Katsuki knew he was fighting a losing battle so he just gave up. Hinata gave him a curious glance and he just shrugged.

After school, Katsuki went home and packed, calling Haku on the way. He got even more excited when she said that Zabuza and her would be meeting him at the airport. Hinata just went to her room and started packing stuff, while Naruto hung out with her and smoked.

"Not in my room," she told him, pulling it out and flicking it out the window, "I don't want it stinking in here."

He shook his head and sighed, then got up and hugged Hinata around the waist. She hugged him back, before a loud bang on the front door made them jump apart.

The next week was a blur for the five friends, struggling to not stare at the clock as Friday neared.

Finally, the day was there, Katsuki quickly hopped on the bus and ran to the back, with Hinata, Naruto, Lee and Gaara close behind. Quickly the rest of the class piled in. Ino Yamanaka, Shikamaru Nara, Kiba Inuzuka, Brittany Thomson, the only American exchange student, however, the real groan came from the five when Hinata's cousin, Neji Hyuuga came on-board.

"He's not in our class!" Katsuki said under his breath, Naruto and Hinata just shrugged.

"What are the little turds doing on the back of my bus?" Neji asked, his eyes focusing directly on Hinata, who blushed and started to stutter.

"We're sitting here, asshole." Katsuki said, sounding and looking bored.

"What was that you called me?"

"I said you're an asshole, now why don't you go back up front and blow Iruka some more so he'll let you go on next year's class trip."

"What the… who the hell do you think you are!?" Neji reached down and picked up Katsuki by the collar of his olive drab t-shirt.

Katsuki just stared calmly at him, waiting for the inevitable punch that was coming, but Neji just looked confused. Eventually he dropped him, and walked away muttering.

"How the hell, why didn't he flatten your face?" Naruto asked, amazed.

"Cause his dad, your uncle Hinata, is my mom's client, and he knows it, for the first time I'm actually glad my mom's a lawyer, and a damn good one because he knows if he did actually hit me, my mom would drop your uncle like a bag of moldy potatoes."

Finally, everyone got on the bus, and they pulled onto the road, and then the highway. After about an hour, Katsuki pulled out his cell and called Haku.

"Hello?"

"Hey Haku, its Shinya."

"Hey!" Came Haku's excited reply, "Where are you?"

"I'm still on my way to the airport, I'd say about another half hour, then I think it's a two hour flight to Tokyo. You still going to meet us there?"

"Um… Shinya… I uh… well our class is going on a trip as well, we don't know what's going on or anything, but apparently we're being split up into pairs, and we're playing some really famous game that none of us have ever heard about."

"You're fucking kidding right?"

"No, I'm really sorry Shinya, I really wanted to see you."

Katsuki sighed, "It's fine, it's not your fault. I'm gonna miss you, tell Zabuza I said hi."

"I will, I'm gonna miss you too Kat."

"I told you not to call me that."

"Do I ever listen to you?"

"No, I'll call you when we land, bye."

"Bye."

Katsuki slammed his phone shut and shoved it in his pocket. "Damnit!" He exclaimed, punching the seat in front of him.

"Who's Shinya?"

Katsuki sighed, "That's my last name, my best friend Zabuza, before we got to know each other we both called each other by my last name. When I met Haku she said that she liked the name Shinya better and kept calling me that. Half the time she forgets that my first name is actually Katsuki."

"Oh, and who is Haku?"

"A really close friend of mine, I've known Zabuza longer, but I find that I'm a lot closer to Haku. They live in Tokyo, they were gonna meet us at the airport but for some reason their school set up some mysterious trip."

"Oh, I'm sorry."

Katsuki shook his head, "It's fine, not your fault Hinata."

As we pulled up to the airport, Katsuki glanced out and saw a bunch of military men standing near armored trucks, wielding weapons. .

After the five went through security, they sat outside our gate, just relaxing by a window. Katsuki was listening to his iPod, and Naruto and Hinata were cuddling together. Katsuki sat there and still couldn't help but be reminded of the days when he was with Haku.

We never dated, not officially, it was a lot like what Hinata and Naruto have going on. Unfortunately I didn't get to be with her long, as we admitted we liked each other the day I found out I was moving, which was about three days. After that we skipped school and spent those 72 hours with each other entirely. Not a moment went by without us seeing or feeling one another. Nothing sexual happened, but the farthest that we went was sleeping in each other's arms all night.

Hinata poked him and he shook his head.

"It's time to get on the plane." It was around 9: 30 PM and the sun was just setting. They got on the plane, threw their carry-ons up above us, and Katsuki sat down next to Gaara, Naruto and Hinata obviously were together, and Lee was in the row ahead of them with Kankuro. Kankuro's sister, Temari was across the aisle from Lee.

After a half an hour on the plane, Katsuki, and everyone else apparently, was suddenly overcome with the urge to sleep, and they all leaned their chairs back and closed their eyes. Immediately sleeping.

Katsuki's POV

When I woke up, I found myself in a dark room with Hinata using my stomach as a pillow.

"Morning," a very familiar voice said behind me. I spun around and saw Zabuza, looking very… wild. His hair looked messy and his jacket was unbuttoned. His eyes were narrowed, and he looked pissed.

"Zabuza… I thought you guys had a trip…"

"This was the trip I guess, we were sent out in pairs on planes to different places, and Haku and I ended up here.

"Haku? She's here?" I glanced around, trying to find her.

"Yeah, she's still sleeping over there." He jerked his thumb over his shoulder to the curled up form by the window. I jumped up and immediately wished I hadn't, my head started spinning and I clutched at it until it stopped.

"Yeah, be careful I had the same thing happen."

I nodded, and walked over to Haku, who was sleeping softly.

"Haku?" I shook her lightly, she stirred, but was still asleep. "Haku!" I whispered more urgently, shaking her more roughly.

"Hmm?" She rolled over and sat up, blinking. "Shinya? Is that you?"

I nodded, "Yes, it's me." She smiled and hugged me, before asking where we were.

"I don't know, neither does Zabuza. I wonder why we're here, and what's that necklace you're wearing?"

Haku frowned, and she felt at her neck. On it was a collar-type necklace, with a black screen in front. She shrugged, and she pointed at my neck. I felt mine and found I had something similar on. I looked around, and saw Naruto cursing as he woke up. I rushed over to him, and looked at his neck. He had a necklace on as well.

"Damnit!" I cursed, banging my hand on a desk, Naruto shot up, as did Hinata.

"What's wrong?" Naruto asked, looking alarmed. I pointed to my neck, and then to his, then to Hinata's.

"What are these, and why is it such a big deal?" Naruto asked.

"I know what this is," I said quietly, "My dad's talked about this to my mom and I overhear them arguing about the ethics. This is a game, ever hear of Ba-" I was cut off as the door was slid open, and a man in combat fatigues walked in, an emblem on his hat flashed, and I recognized it as one of a Major.

"After you," I heard him say, and in walked Iruka.

Those students who were awake exclaimed as they recognized their English teacher, especially after he flicked the lights on.

"What the hell is this!?" I yelled as I stood up, walking forward. "Iruka you bastard, did you sign us up for this?"

Iruka sighed, and shook his head, "Shut up Katsuki." He turned around and grabbed a piece of chalk and started writing on the chalkboard.

"B R Act." He said as he wrote, "Does anyone know what this is?"

I raised my hand, and I was the only one.

"Ah, only Katsuki? Well I would rather you not steal my thunder, so if you'd please sit down."

I shook my head, "No, how the hell could you do this!?"

Iruka shook his head, and threw the piece of chalk at me. I ducked and it hit the wall behind me, shattering.

"Sit Katsuki, before I'm forced to make you." He reached into his pocket and pulled out a small remote, my eyes widened, and I quickly sat down.

"Everyone else, shadup and sit down." By now with all the noise everyone had woken up, so they quickly grabbed a desk or a seat on the floor. Haku made an attempt to get over to me, but I cut her off and motioned for her to stay put.

Iruka put away the remote and motioned to the Major. He nodded and pulled out another remote, pointed it at the tv and pressed a button. The screen and movie came to life, and a pretty girl who wore too much make-up to wear with any kind of camouflage came on screen.

"Hello class!" She said with a smile on her face, "Welcome to Battle Royale! Remember to fight hard, vigilantly, and to die with honor!"

Gasps ran throughout the room at the word 'die'. I shook my head, as I already knew most of this information.

Iruka only sat on the desk and watched, but when she said congratulations on being picked he clapped and said thank-you.

About a minute later, right after the girl had finished telling us about how the game was played, Iruka paused the movie and yelled out "Mia!"

Mia looked up, only to receive a knife in the forehead. Her eyes glazed over, and her body fell limply to the floor.

"Told you not to talk," he muttered, getting up and pulling the knife out. He flashed the knife to everyone else, who backed up, and then he motioned to the Major and he played the movie again.

"Now, you will each receive a bag with water, food, a bag with a map compass pen and flashlight, and lastly a weapon. Each weapon is randomized so it eliminates most of the natural advantages. Not all weapons are guns and knives either, you could get anything, from a deck of cards to an automatic machine gun," she continued, "Your teacher will read off the list of the dead every six hours, and will also tell you the danger zones. Be careful, the dangers of these zones are that if you are here after the ten-minute safety time, the necklaces explode! Boom!" Everyone jumped, and felt for the necklaces.

"Now, about the necklaces, these monitor your pulse, and tell us your location. Don't try to take them off or they'll explode as well. If you escape, they explode." Immediately everyone's hands dropped to their side at the sound of 'explode'. "Lastly, after three days, if there is more than one person alive, they all explode! Remember all this! Now I will call your name out with your number, grab anything you want to bring and get your bag from the Major."

"Male #1, Kazuhiko Takahashi,"

Kazuhiko jumped up and ran a hand through his short hair, he grabbed his bag of clothes and caught his bag as the Major threw it at him. He ran out the hallway and outside.

"Female #1, Ino Yamanaka,"

Ino jumped up and tripped, she told Sakura Haruno that they were still friends, then got her stuff and left.

"Male #2, Koninobu Imihara,"

With wide eyes, Koninobu, or Nobu as most of us called him, jumped up and left.

So the list went on, until finally…

"Male #22, Zabuza Momochi,"

I glanced over at Zabuza as he got up calmly, grabbed his bag from the Major, and walked out with a grin on his face.

"Female #22, Haku Sakamoto,"

I whipped my head around as she shakily got up with her bag, got her bag from the Major and walked out.

Shit… there's nothing I can do now…

"Male #23, Katsuki Shinya."

I sighed heavily and jumped up, happily remembering that I had chosen to wear my combat boots. I grabbed my school bag, which I always packed a survival knife inside, and grabbed my bag from the Major, before Zabuza came back inside, bumped into me rather hard and threw the bag from the Major back in his face.

"This isn't my bag," he spat, and grabbed his own from the rack. I eyed him and he grinned at me.

"As you can tell," Iruka said, "These two are quite dangerous."

"Katsuki Shinya?" I heard Haruno ask, "Dangerous?"

I only grinned as I walked out the door, I'd been here before, I knew all about this, and I'd been mentally prepared for it as well. I dashed into the bushes making sure I was a good 300 yards away from the building before I checked my bag. I mentally grinned as I looked at my weapon. It was a nice, tactical 12-gauge shotgun. With it were about 8 boxes of ammunition, with about 12 rounds per box, so I should have enough to take care of the class, if it came down to that.

I had just loaded four shells when I heard a twig snap behind me, and I spun around, one shell sliding into the chamber as I pulled it out of the bag and pointed it at the noise.

"Who's there?" I asked, glaring in the direction.

"Katsuki?" A male voice, deep and rough.

"Inuzuka?" I voiced aloud as he came into view. Sure enough, it was Kiba. In his hand was a pistol, and I jumped up as soon as I noticed the weapon. He frowned, and his eyes showed confusion, then widened in understanding as he realized I had just seen his weapon.

"Going to shoot me Shinya?" He asked, a small grin on his face, "Do you even have the balls to?"

I shook my head, I knew I could kill him, I knew in the end I was going to, I just wanted to hear what he had to say.

"Too afraid to speak loser?" He took a small step forward, I only narrowed my vision down the sights that were aimed at his chest. "You couldn't kill me," he said, confidence overcoming his caution, he started raising his pistol.

He didn't raise it any more, however, as a rustling of branches came from my right, and a flash of pink dove between us. Before I had a moment to think my shotgun was up and my finger was tightening on the trigger.

Sakura Haruno landed in a bloody heap between Kiba and I. She moaned in pain and clutched at her side where I had hit her. Kiba sucked in a breath.

"Sakura!" He yelled, "You just…" his voice trailed off and he sunk to his knees, he looked up at me, "YOU JUST SHOT MY GIRLFRIEND!"

"Wrong," I said calmly, walking towards Kiba, as I stepped over Sakura's curled up form I pointed the shotgun at her face and pulled the trigger. "I just killed your girlfriend."

Anger came to Kiba's eyes and he started raising his pistol, only to find my hand wrapped around it, and the gun yanked from his hand. As he realized he was weaponless and defenseless, he whimpered.

I sniffed the air and curled my nose, "Did you just piss yourself?" I asked, he glanced down at his crotch and we both saw the large wet spot. I rolled my eyes.

"Please Katsuki! Don't kill me!"

I shook my head and re-loaded the shotgun. At this point tears were running down Kiba's cheeks and he had his hands clasped together, still begging for life.

"You don't deserve life you piece of shit," I said, then pointed the gun at his head, and pulled the trigger.

Male #24, Inuzuka, Dead.

Female #28, Haruno, Dead.

Haku's POV

I stopped when I heard the first gunshot. I glanced behind me, worried about who it had been.

Shinya? The thought crossed my mind, and suddenly an image of Shinya laying there with a bullet-hole in his head popped in my mind, and I had to fight the urge not to run back and find out. Instead I checked my map, I looked over and found that a small cave was only three grids away, I looked at my watch. It was 3:30 AM. Hopefully I could make it there by daybreak.

Picking up my bag, I headed south, hoping to god I wouldn't run into someone who had a better weapon than I did. I only had an axe, those only do so much good against bullets.

Katsuki's POV

After I pocketed Kiba's gun, and grabbed Sakura's food and water, ignoring her useless weapon of a damned ping-pong ball, I packed up, loaded up my shotgun and headed south, hoping to find Haku or Zabuza before someone else did. With the way Zabuza had acted… seeming so happy about this, I didn't know if he was entirely trustworthy, same with Haku, but I knew for a fact that Haku wouldn't hurt me without a damn good reason. Though I'm not sure if survival counted as a good reason in her book.

I had just reached a small peninsula on the very south end of the island, where I saw someone being led down to the beach at gunpoint. They yanked his bag off his shoulder, and I got a good look at his clothing.

It was Zabuza.

They searched his bag and found nothing.

"No weapon? Boy you sure got fucked in the ass."

Zabuza just stood there, looking almost bored. Someone said something in his face that I couldn't hear, and he spat at him. He took a step back and grabbed his partner's Uzi, then fire point blank into Zabuza's chest. Zabuza's body jerked from the impact, and he fell backwards, his body twitching. The group shook their head and turned to leave, I ducked down behind the rock I was using for cover, and peeked out to find Zabuza slowly getting up.

"A bullet-proof vest huh? That's not all…" I watched intently as he reached deep into his school-bag, and pulled out a very large handgun. "So Haruno and Inuzuka weren't the only ones who died tonight…"

I ducked behind cover again as his eyes swept the area, I sat there and rested a moment, planning my next move when a series of bangs broke through the silence.

Apparently a lot more than just two had died.

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