The next morning Chiaki was healthy again. To celebrate her recovery teruteru prepared pancakes for everyone. Chiaki slowly ate her pancakes while others like twogami and Akane scarfed theirs down. Izuru however wasn't that hungry. He didn't show it but he was shaken up inside after his nightmare.

After breakfast, Chiaki went to work on the garden. Or at least she would have, had mikan not advised against it. Instead Chiaki had to stay inside. However Komaeda gave Chiaki something to do so she wouldn't be bored. "What's this" Chiaki asked as she held the console in her hands. "It's a video game" Komaeda explained before pressing the power button "see?". Chiaki looked at the screen, as it lit up, completely baffled. "Have you ever played a video game?" Komaeda asked. "No, but I did hear about it" Chiaki said still looking at the screen. "If you press the start button it will show you what to do" Komaeda instructed. "Okay" Chiaki said before starting the game. Suddenly as if driven by instinct Chiaki started to play like a professional. Komaeda smiled as Chiaki pressed away at her game. Ten whole minutes went by until Chiaki was defeated. "Did you enjoy it?" Komaeda asked. "It was fun" Chiaki said "what's this game called?". "Gala omega" Komaeda said. As soon as he said it Chiakis vision blurred before she passed out.

"is that gala omega?"

eh you know it? It's such an old game.

"y yeah"

it's a classic right

"y yeah. I once played through it five times in a row"

really?

"yeah"

ten times is my limit

"that's even more impressive"

but I've never met anyone besides me who would play that much. Show me sometime, promise?

"uh s sure"

...

"you all have incredible talents don't you. If only I had a talent too"

it doesn't make a difference whether you have talent or not

"huh"

I mean that isn't the end goal

"but"

you have a greater freedom than we do. All I have are games but you can go anywhere and become anything.

Chiaki woke up faster than the last time she fainted. When she woke up Komaeda had a fresh glass of water prepared for her. "Did you sleep well?"Komaeda asked. "I had a weird dream" Chiaki explained before taking a sip of water. "What was the dream about" Komaeda asked. "It wasn't really a dream" Chiaki explained "there were only voices". "Did you recognize the voices" Komaeda asked. "One voice was mine but the other" Chiaki explained "I think it was izuru but he sounded different". "Maybe it was someone else" Komaeda suggested. "Yeah you're right I think" Chiaki said before starting another game.

Izuru traveled through the devastated city until he found what he was looking for. A small flower shop filled with flower seeds. Slowly he gathered all the seeds he could find. He was about to leave when he heard footsteps. With out a moment of hesitation, izuru tossed his knife at the sound. After a horrible sound of agony, izuru examined the area and discovered A body. It was a male about 30 years of age. The knife izuru tossed was now lodged into the mans chest and slowly killing him. Izuru watched as the man struggled to live only to die. He was supposed to be numb to killing, but for the first time in so long izuru felt guilt over killing. Izuru placed his hand over his heart. His heart felt empathy for the dead man, but he couldn't explain why. after one last gaze over the dead man, izuru left for the castle.

Back at the castle Komaeda had ordered some of the despairs to clean the castle. "I can't believe I'm doing this" Akane said as she wiped the windows clean. "It's not that bad" nekomaru said as he delicately dusted" the castle was in desperate need of cleaning". "Yah but can't we get the servants to do it" Hiyoko complained. "They're all dead remember" Mahiru said as she stitched up the curtains. "I bet that crazy pig bitch killed them all" Hiyoko complained. "Nah ibuki killed them" ibuki said "ibuki threw a concert for them as a reward but the music made their heads explode". "Of course" Hiyoko said as she rolled her eyes. "Say where's gundam maybe his animals can clean this place" Mahiru said. "He's outside cleaning the roof with his animals" Akane said. "I'm glad to see this place coming back together" Komaeda said as he walked in. "What do you want peasant" Hiyoko sneered. "I just came to check on how the cleaning is going" Komaeda said "I want the place to be perfect when hope shines". "For an ultimate despair you sure love hope" Mahiru said. "Yeah why do we keep you around" Hiyoko asked. "I guess it's just my luck" Komaeda replied with a smile.

After a long day of cleaning everyone gathered in the dinning hall. However izuru had not made it back yet. This caused Chiaki to worry. Once dinner was over Chiaki met with Komaeda. "Do you need something" Komaeda asked. "I'm worried about izuru" Chiaki explained "do you know where he is?". "No" Komaeda said "but I know someone who might".

As part of Chiakis request Komaeda enlisted gundam and his animals to search for izuru. After thirty minutes gundams Wolves came back with izurus body. It turned out izuru was shot in the shoulder and his body was freezing cold. Mikan was able to bandage izurus wound and warm him up but he still had a horrible cold. Gundam was kind enough to let some of his furry animals warm izuru up while he slept. Teruteru prepared a warm soup while nekomaru an Akane gathered firewood. All the while Chiaki stayed by izurus bedside the same way he had done for her. She couldn't help but feel sorry for him. It was as if something deep inside her drew her close to him. Was it fate? She had no idea, but one thing was for certain. Izuru was important to her somehow. Maybe he was the person from her dreams, but until she found out she would stay and try to figure out how they were connected.

Downstairs Komaeda happily hummed a tune. "What are you so happy about" mikan asked as she cleaned her tools. "I'm just excited for hope to shine once more and end this curse of despair" Komaeda said. "Are you sure you're an ultimate despair" mikan asked. "Hmm I never really thought about it" Komaeda said "maybe I'm both like monotone". Mikan rolled her eyes as Komaeda laughed to himself. "But in all seriousness the finale can go either way" Komaeda said "will hope shine through or will despair swallow it whole who knows?". Suddenly Komaeda let out one of his crazy laughs as darkness swirled in his eyes. Mikan eventually got sick of him and sedated Komaeda before kicking him out.