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Date Uploaded: February 23. 2016- Tuesday.

Note: Advanced apologies for the OOC's and for the made up nicknames.

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WARNING! A scene in this chapter might not be of your liking. It's not sexual content, more like a.. it's hinted in the first scene below.

CHAPTER SIX: JUMP!

Round Four. How many round do we have to finish exactly? Maybe if we finish all rounds, we can all go home.

Tsk. I can go back to my super rich but lame family while everyone else can go back to their happy lives. I guess I shouldn't be selfish about it. I'll do my best to get everyone home.

Kido though.. if she doesn't have anywhere else to stay, maybe.. maybe she can stay with me.

Everyone of us were gathered in one classroom, afraid of more doppelgangers showing up. Every round our opponent changes. But still, it's better to be safe than sorry.

"Big bro.. I'm getting scared." Momo said all of the sudden, breaking the silence. No one was talking.

No one died or will die, but the scary thought that we might never be able to go home ever again, the thought that our lives will revolve around this world, this dimension.. we're all afraid that we will be stuck here forever.

"It's okay Momo. We'll get out of here. I promise." Shinta assured, hugging his younger sister for comfort.

We didn't know how long has passed. There's no day or night in this world, the environment changes from time to time, the atmosphere is always silent and gloomy no matter how hard well all try to liven up the place.

"Kano!" Seto shouted, pointing behind me.

I was leaning on the wall next to the window. I turned to the window and everyone else followed to where he pointed his finger. There was a figure of someone on top of one of the buildings.

"A person!" Marry exclaimed.

"How do we know it's not just one of them?" Hibiya said. He's gone paranoid.

"Yeah, the next round could've started." Ene stated.

"Probably. But if it's a person it could also be a victim!" I told them. I was too much of an optimist.

I wanted to cling onto hope. To believe in something that will help me- us, find a way out of here. I know there's a way out. We just have to find it and if there are obstacles, then we have to fight through them.

I took the lead when I ran out of the classroom, everyone followed. It was a long run, to go all the way to the other building and running up the stairs to the rooftop. It was tiring but hopefully it was worth it.

He had headphones hanging around his neck, he wore a white shirt and a red jacket similar to Shinta. He had odd markings on the side of his face.

"I've been waiting, players." he stated.

Players. When he said that, we all knew that he was the opponent for the next round.

"What is it this time?" I asked.

"Don't tell me, you're up for another one-on-one?" Shinta said lazily. He wanted to make a wild guess and expect that he was right and pretend he got lucky with his guess. I know his style.

"Nope. I'm here to play chase." he said, turning to us with an odd grin.

"Play chase?" Hibiya looks around, seeing that we were in a rooftop, possibility of falling is present.

"Yes Amamiya-kun. I want you and everyone else to chase me. I cannot kill you but you cannot kill me. I have no health bar as you can see." He pointed above his head where an empty space was. "All that matters is that one of you is able to touch me."

"Hey Shuuya, if he's this cocky about being touched, this means that he's.." Shinta told me, lowering his voice.

"Yeah." I agree with him. This person.. he can't be anyone normal or simple.

"This round is called Catch the Jumper!" he said, shifting his mood to a lively one.

Suddenly, the lights played like a disco ball. Different colors flashed around the sky. Blue, red, green, yellow, pink. You name it. We all looked around, expecting that the lights and change of colors has any effect on us, but it was only because of the Jumper's mood.

"Once we touch you this round ends, correct?" Ayano asked.

"Yes."

"So what are your skills?"

At first we didn't understand why she was asking that, but then we realized she was gathering information about what we're up against. Since the round hasn't officially started, we could still ask questions.

"Well, since they call me the Jumper, I can jump high or low, fast and slow." he explained with a smile.

"That's it?" Hibiya was expecting he'd say something else. And the Jumper chuckled, talking a few steps towards us but we took a few steps backward. We couldn't risk being near him.

But if he said we can't kill him and he can't kill us, then what are we afraid of?

"Well, I can go through anything solid. Non-living matter that is." he added. As if he wasn't interested in it.

"No wonder he was up for the chase! His skills are unfair!" Momo whined.

"Oh come on! There's ten of you and one of me. I know you guys also have your own special powers." he taunted. Momo's whining stopped. "Shall we begin then?"

None of us answered. Shinta was already behind him, silently sneaking to touch him from behind but he smirked. He knew. He spun half 360 degrees and Shinta fell down on the ground, he missed. Then my eyes widened when I saw the Jumper made a high jump, so high that he was able to reach the rooftop on the next building.

"Crap that was close!" Shinta yelled in frustration.

"He's gonna tire us out this way." I said.

"We need a good plan for this." Seto said.

All of us eyed the Jumper that was now standing on the next building.

"He knows Kido was there too." Ayano asserted.

"Tsubomi was there?" Seto asked and turned to the once-empty area. Kido was there, standing, looking at her own hand.

"He must've heard you coming." Marry said.

"He's hot." Kido mumbled as she continued to stare at her hand. I pouted. What does she mean by that? I eyed her hand closely, seeing light smoke coming from her singed hand.

"You touched him?" Hibiya asked, a hint of excitement and curiosity.

"No. A few inches before I could touch him, I felt my hand burning." Kido explained. Marry walked towards her to pull her by the wrist and have a good look at her hand. It was burned indeed. If she hadn't pulled it away from him, her flesh would be damaged a lot.

"So not only does he have high jumping powers and going through solid matters, he also has a protective barrier!" Hibiya panicked.

"Calm down! We can do this!" Shinta tried to lift the atmosphere.

"How can we get through him if we can't even touch him?!"

"Maybe it's just his jacket." Ene said. Her hand on her hip.

"What makes you say that?" I asked her.

"It can't be a coincidence that his jacket is somehow similar to Master's."

"You still call me that?" Shinta said, raising a brow on her.

"Just now."

"Then how do we touch him without touching his jacket? He's fast, vigilant and he can jump meters high." Seto said.

"Hibiya, can you see how our future will turn out?" Aya-chan asked him. But Hibiya shook his head.

"My powers doesn't work when a round begins." he replied.

"Come to think of it, some powers doesn't work on certain rounds." Seto realized.

"It can't be helped." I muttered and looked back at the Jumper. He was still there, standing, waiting for us. It feels like he's mocking us this way.

"Hey, if the last round was meant for me, who's meant for this round?" Ene asked.

Hmm, she has a point. Enomoto-san was our wild card the last round. It was a PvP round that both Shinta and Ene specializes in but since Shinta lost, it was a round meant for Enomoto-san. The second round was meant for me. The first one was probably meant for Seto or Marry.

So far, this dimension seems like it was really created for all of us. Like each round is intended for one of us. Or it belongs to a pair like Seto and Marry? I'm not quite sure. The rounds began even if not all players are present. Does it mean that any player can come anytime?

Maybe there will be ten rounds since there are ten players. It's plausible right?

"It's probably meant for Big bro now! Since it's his jacket." Momo said.

"That can't be a basis." Enomoto-san muttered. "But hey, maybe it is. We'll see."

"Alright then! To catch the Jumper!" Shinta was pumped up.

"But aren't you forgetting someone?" Aya-chan said, her eyes gazing on a certain someone.

"Konoha?" Hibiya said, his eye twitching.

"Don't tell me.." Shinta's heart felt a pang of pain and jealousy. There's a possibility this round isn't his.

"You'll have your spotlight soon." Kido told him and walked towards the stairway to run after the Jumper. I took a glance of her health bar before she turned invisible. 906/1000. It seems that the protection of the Jumper took a toll on her. It's not a simple barrier.

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"Over there!" Shinta shouted, pointing at the Jumper standing at the edge of the rooftop.

Konoha nodded and ran towards the Jumper. The Jumper had a smirk on his face as he waited for Konoha to come near before taking a leap behind Konoha and ran towards Shinta and I. We positioned ourselves, ready to catch him but he slides his foot and he stumbled, ending up to roll over the passed by us, going straight for the stairway.

"Haruka, stay here, we'll get him out!" Shinta ordered and we ran after the Jumper.

Konoha destroys the pathway when he chased the Jumper inside one of the buildings. It was hard for us to pass by. So we gave him the rooftops as his territory.

We passed by Hibiya who was already panting, he was lying down on the floor, catching his breath.

"What do you think you're doing?!" Shinta yelled.

"I'm tired already! I can't run!" Hibiya shouted back, I noticed his health bar was slowly draining from 1000/1000, it was 989/1000 and counting. I turned to Shinta to see his health bar, his health bar was also slowly draining.

"Shinta.. this can't be good. He can't kill us but if we all tire out, we'll die."

"Darn it!"

"Where did he go Hibiya?" I asked. Hibiya no longer spoke, wanting to calm his breathing. He pointed at the classroom. Shinta and i entered and saw the Jumper smiling, waiting for us to come and chase him.

Then he jumps out the window.

At first I was bothered but I realized we were on the second floor. I can take a small damage from the fall. I told Shinta to take the stairs though. Not all of us should waste our life for this. He nodded and went towards the stairs.

"Want to take the glory for yourself?" said the Jumper. It was just the two of us now.

"I want to end this." But if my round has ended, I'll lose. This isn't meant for me. I'm not the one who should be here. It should be.. Konoha!

"Missed!" the Jumper teased as he dodged the sudden jump that Konoha made. He almost touched the Jumper but as Kido mentioned earlier, there was a hot barrier protecting him. Konoha didn't feel it though.

The Jumper jumped to a window on the fifth floor and stuck his tongue out towards us before entering.

"Geez!"

"I'm sorry." Konoha said.

"Don't worry about it Konoha. We'll get him for sure. We just need a plan. A good one."

"Kano! Did you get him yet?" Marry asked, breathing heavily. She wasn't even running much to be honest. I sighed internally and shook my head.

"He's too aware of his surroundings."

"Maybe Momo can distract him!" Hmm. A good one Marry, maybe Momo-chan can use her powers.

The next thing we knew was that Seto, Shinta, Ene and Ayano are at the rooftop, running after the Jumper.. Shinta was taking the lead, I can see the determination in his eyes. He was really into this. But he was going too fast and they were getting near the edge of the rooftop, I had a bad feeling about this.

"Shinta stop!" I yelled.

But he couldn't hear me. He was too focused and I was too far.

"What is it, Kano?" asked Konoha.

"Shinta's-" I wasn't able to finish because suddenly the Jumper made a long leap from one rooftop to another. Shinta wasn't able to halt in time. He was going to fall. If he falls from that height, he's surely going to die even if he has a health of 977/1000 and draining. "SHINTA!"

"Shintaro-kun!" Marry screamed.

Konoha saw my point and made his jump. Everything happened so fast. Ayano caught Shinta by his jacket, pulling him back and she falling. Konoha landed on Shinta, pushing him away from the edge, failing to get a hold of Aya-chan.

Everything went out like it was on a slow motion. It was both fast and slow at the same time. Kido and Seto tried to reach for Aya-chan's hand as they ran their fastest after her. But they were a few inches late as they also failed to reach for her hand.

When Shinta landed on the floor, he pushes Konoha away from him and ran towards the edge, getting in between Seto and Kido, stretching his arm towards Ayano who was now falling mid air down the ground. I ran towards Aya-chan. I wanted to catch her, to save her. I can't be a failure as well.. I have to.. I HAVE TO..

"AYANO!" Shinta screamed.

"AYA-CHAN!" I stretched my arm as well, as if my arm could reach the falling Ayano.

But even I was a failure. I watched as Ayano fall on the ground, her bones cracking and dislocating, her skin and flesh torn by the dislocated bones. There were no blood, her health bar was blinking red and showing '0'. She was dead. And I had a good view of her death, her corpse..

"AYANO! NOOOOO!" Shinta continued to cry out.

All I could do was cry silently as I fell on my knees. I stared at Ayano's body.. her lifeless body..

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"You said you cannot kill us!" I yelled at the Jumper. I faced the Jumper. He jumped in front of me with a sad look. Marry was behind me.

"I didn't kill her. Her death is the fall. She saved a player." he explained, he didn't sound like he was defending himself, simply explaining why this had to happen. Why it happened. Even so.. I cannot accept this.

"Still! If you weren't running.. if you.." I gritted my teeth as tears flowed from my eyes down my cheeks.

"It's how the game works. What happens to you and the other players because of your recklessness and carelessness isn't my fault."

"Aaaagh!" I tried to land a blow on him but he effortlessly dodged to the right. "Fight me you jackass!"

"If your fist hits me, it's considered as touching me. I can't let it happen."

"Kano.." Marry was out of words because of what happened. Aya-chan was the first death since we got here. And if there's a first.. there's a strong possibility of a second death to happen.

Konoha arrives from a jump and grabs the Jumper by his jacket and hits him.

"I will never forgive you.. for this.." he said, his tone.. he was in pain. "..but I will also.. not forgive myself.." the Jumper walked towards him and Konoha hits him again, stronger this time. The Jumper fell on the ground due to the impact of the punch.

I was out of words to see Konoha fall on his knees, breaking down in tears.

"..to have this body.. I was supposed to protect my friends! But I.. I..!" Konoha has never expressed this much feelings before.

The Jumper smiled and placed a hand on his shoulder.

"This is your win. Haruka." the Jumper said and slowly he pixelated away. And so did Ayano's body. The round ended with a tragic incident where everyone was left without words to say. Shinta arrived and was only able to glance at Ayano's body because it was taken away since the round ended.

All of us..

..all of us were in sorrow..

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