A/N- 2 chapters at once, it's for a good reason. Enjoy!

Hiro woke up in a room that was definitely not his own, strapped into a chair. What was this place? Looking to his left, he saw a TV screen. to his right he saw Kisa, unrestrained in another chair, unconcious with a gun above her head attatched to a timer. Hiro tried to stay cool, but was losing it with the sight of Kisa at gunpoint. What was this?! The screen flickered to life, and a creepy looking puppet appeared on the screen.

"Hello Hiro. I want to play a game. You and your crush, Kisa, are in this room together for a reason. Part of it is because you cause her pain for your own selfish reasons. Part of it is not for you to know, as it is her test. If you want to save Kisa and yourself, you will have to hurt her again, for Akito to see." Hiro brimmed with rage. Akito was behind this, wasn't he! The puppet kept talking. "Your hands are pressed together, palm to palm, finger to finger, next to a machine. To save yourself and Kisa, you will have to inject yourself with the substance in your other hand. Doing so will lock the machine onto your hands like a set of jaws, making you unable to pull them apart. But that's ok, Hiro. The substance is a sedative. You won't feel it for very long. Oh, and I should mention. That gun above Kisa's head is set to go off in 30 seconds. When the jaws close, the timer will be deactivated and she will be spared. As for you Hiro, you have no way out if she doesn't save you, so I wouldn't let her die if I were you. Will you help her save herself and in turn let her help you save yoursefl? Or will you let her down and watch the both of you die? It's your choice, Hiro. Live or die."

The screen went black, and the timer started. The needle in his hand was huge, and he was afraid to inject himself. "I have to do this!" he said, plunging it into his vein. It hurt, and the liquid in the syringe burned. It was hard to push the sedative into his veins without screaming, and he had to take a break.

15 seconds.

With a cry, he pushed the rest of the stuff into his veins, and the metal jaws dug into their hands. He was feeling woozy from the drug already, and passed out quickly.

X

Kisa opened her eyes to a room she'd never seen before, with green light and a dirty feel to it. She was bound to a chair, and had a stinging pain in her left hand. Looking over at it, she screamed as she saw the metal contraption binding her hand to Hiro's. "Hiro, what's going on?" she asked timidly. But he was unconcious. She noticed the gun above her head, and started to cry, from fear and pain. A TV screen past Hiro came on.

"Hello, Kisa. I want to play a game, or at least finish the one Hiro started. Forever you have run away and shut yourself out from your fears, but today, you will have to be brave in order to save yourself and your friend. The metal device on your hands is not going to move. If you want to free yourself, you will have to force your way out. On your lap is a knife, if you choose to use it. Once you get free, you can go across the room and press the switch that will open the device, Hiro's restraints, and the door. If you do not free yourself in 3 minutes however, the switch will deactivate and you will be trapped here forever. Live or die, Kisa, make your choice, and Hiro's too. The time is wasting."

Kisa was sobbing. She was afraid to pick up the knife, but even more afraid to rip her hand from the device. She tried calling for help. 30 seconds went by before she decided nobody was coming. She uneasily pick up the knife and made a small cut on her hand. She was never going to be able to do this.

Another 30 seconds wasted, and she became wild with fear. She stabbed her hand, but came back to her senses when she saw the knife in her flesh. She decided she couldn't let Hiro down, not when she had only one chance. Another stab freed part of her hand. Another and another, until she was hysterical. One more should do it. 30 seconds left now.

The final stab was the worst, and she had to rip part of her skin to pull from the jaws. she stumbled over to the switch and flipped it, falling onto the floor in a sobbing heap. She had saved her best friend and herself, she thought before she passed out.

Akito and Yuki watched the door open to Kisa and Hiro's trap, and sighed in relief. Ayame was no longer in the room. Shigure's remains were still on screen as well, and he was not up to seeing it. "Ayame, Kisa and Hiro made it!" Yuki shouted to his older brother. Then the monitors changed again.