Hello everybody~ Time for Chapter 8!

I hope you guys are reading my author's note xD Joke, I know you guys do, I have faith on you~ I have something to say at the bottom, I wish you guys could read it :3

Um, I think… the start of the epilogue is on the next chappie. I usually split my epilogue on three parts, but I think this story is an exception. Most likely two parts only each epilogue.

Sorry, timeskip. It's necessary and I can't help it :(

To CJM80: Nope, not yet. The ending will split after this chappie.

Ayt, I've nothing to say anymore other than my full gratitude to everyone who're supporting and following my story! You guys are the best~

On to the story now~ Enjoy! Harasho Honk~


Two days have passed.

A certain brunette slowly opened her eyes as she woke up on her bed. It was just around five o'clock in the morning. She normally wakes up around six, but today's an exception.

Yes, an exception. She doesn't know why, but she just had a feeling of uneasiness in the air as her consciousness gradually came back to her.

She got up from her bed and went inside the shower. She washed her face and looked straight in the mirror. Her vision's still a little blurry and felt like going back to the bed, but didn't do so as she might have a headache later.

She decided to fully take a shower to wake herself up. Now she wondered why she didn't do it in the first place, and mentally slapped herself about it.

She covered herself with towel as she finished her shower and went back to her room. Some of her notebooks were scattered on her desk, the reason was because she almost couldn't find the book she borrowed from her friend two days ago. She then placed them back in her bag including that book and cleaned up her mess.

She then changed to her school uniform and went downstairs for breakfast. After she finished, she bid goodbye to her mother and went out of the house.

As she reached the gates, there were two girls standing in front of it, seemingly expecting her arrival.

"Tsubasa! Let's go to school~" One of the two girls said.

Tsubasa smiled. "What's up, Anju, Erena?"

"Nothing really, it wouldn't hurt to do this once in a while, right?" Erena said.

Though it might look like she would become a third wheel, it's not the case anymore.

"Well, sure thing, I guess."

Tsubasa then opened the gates, went outside and approached her two friends. They walked down the streets as they chatted with each other about different stuff. It's been a while since the last time they had a bonding together. Thanks to that certain time.

"The Elimination Period will take place next week, huh?" Anju said.

Tsubasa raised an eyebrow with Anju's sudden change of topic. "Yeah, what's with it?"

"Are you even prepared, Tsubasa?" Erena asked.

"What are you saying, of course I'm-"

"Tsubasa, that's not what she meant." Anju immediately interrupted their leader as she already knew what she's going to say. "It's about Kousaka Honoka. Are you prepared to face her on the competition?"

Tsubasa stopped on her tracks as she heard her name. The other two did the same.

"Tsubasa?"

The brunette was drowned in her thoughts. Yes, she and Honoka were definitely friends, but the competition is another matter. That thought didn't occur in her as she was too busy dealing with her.

"You seem to have a lot of things in your mind right now, Tsubasa." Anju said as she had grown suspicious with Tsubasa's action recently.

Tsubasa sighed.

"You need not to worry about that. She won't go easy on me, and I'm sure that she doesn't want me to go easy on her either." She then smiled.

Erena and Anju brightened up as they heard Tsubasa's response. "That's good to hear." Anju said.

"Alright, let's be on our way now." Tsubasa said as she walked past the two. "Or else we'll be late."

"Come on, we're an hour early, no need to rush."

Tsubasa just chuckled, but not because of Anju's comment.

Because she just dodged one bullet.

~o~O~o~

Around half past five in the morning, a certain ginger-haired girl woke up from her sleep. She doesn't seem to be feeling well, because she didn't get up immediately. Well, people normally don't get up immediately after waking up too, but that's not the case for her.

'…I bet a day has passed without me knowing it again…' She thought to herself.

Even though she know what the answer was, she reached for her phone and checked the date and the day today.

It was Thursday.

"Well, I kinda expected this." She murmured and slowly got up from her bed.

The girl saw a note on her desk as she passed by it, and picked it up. The note contained only a few words.

See you~

She raised an eyebrow as she read that.

"What the heck does this mean?"

She then crumpled the note and threw it in the trash bin beside her desk. Weird events were surrounding her one after another, and she couldn't get any more irritated than she was already.

She went to the shower and cooled herself off. She let the shower water run down on her body as she sighed constantly. Obviously, she doesn't like what's going on right now.

She changed to her school uniform after showering and went downstairs to eat breakfast with her family.

"Wow, onee-chan, you're up so early again." Her little sister greeted her.

'Again…?' The ginger-haired girl raised an eyebrow as she heard that. Though she didn't know what did that mean.

"Ah, I'm wondering about that myself." She said awkwardly.

Her little sister chuckled a little before speaking, "Funny that you said the same thing again."

The older girl just laughed it out, though she's got a bad feeling about it.

~o~O~o~

The ginger-haired girl went out of her house as she finished her breakfast and bid goodbye to her mother who was sweeping the front of their shop. She dashed out and headed straight to Otonokizaka Academy without any detours.

She slowed down her pacing as she could see more students of Otonokizaka walking around her.

"Honoka!"

She turned to the source of the voice who just called her name and saw two girls approaching her, one had a long blue straight hair, while the other had a long grayish-brown hair, with a portion of it tied on one side.

"Umi-chan, Kotori-chan." Honoka called their names in a not-so-cheerful tone.

Umi and Kotori caught up with Honoka. "What's wrong? You don't seem to look well." Umi said.

"A-Ah, really…? Well, I didn't get much sleep last night." Honoka chuckled nervously.

The bluenette stared at Honoka suspiciously, though the ginger-haired girl didn't seem to notice it quietly. Or she just couldn't care less.

The three walked together to Otonokizaka Academy. On their journey, they saw two familiar figures few meters in front of them. One had a black hair tied in a twin-tailed style, while the other one had a short crimson-red hair.

"Ah, it's Maki-chan and Nico-chan!" Kotori said as she dragged her two companions to the said people.

Umi was startled with Kotori's sudden outburst. "Ah, wai—Kotori!"

Honoka didn't have the chance to protest, as her mind's probably in disarray once again. She does this every now and then. Like it's something new anyways.

The two persons turned around to see who called them, and saw the three sophomores approaching them.

"Ah, it's Kotori and-"

In an instant that the trio caught up with the black-haired girl and the crimson-haired girl, a loud slapping sound was heard, and everybody around directed their attention to the five girls.

~o~O~o~

I heard that loud slapping sound. That sounded like it's gonna hurt a really big time. Well, of course, it was I who got slapped in the first place. And it definitely hurts more than what everyone around would think.

I was there, standing in shock. I couldn't even move my head to look to the person who slapped me, nor move any of my limbs. I was just there, frozen in place.

"Maki-chan?! What the heck did you just do?!"

My senior was shocked with Maki-chan's actions. Well, for the most part, everyone here do.

"How… How… HOW DARE YOU?!"

I still didn't move an inch, even when Maki-chan shouted at me.

"How dare you, how dare you, HOW DARE YOU?!"

"Maki-chan, stop it! Umi, help me out here!"

I hear Maki-chan's rage all over the place. But for the reason why she's angry with me is something that I do not know. I don't even know what's going on anymore.

I could hear the whispers of the other students around. They must be surprised that the school's idol group was having a fight right now.

Not that I really care.

Not that I really care? Since when did I start thinking that way?

"W-what's going on, why is Maki-chan and…?" Kotori's definitely frightened with what she's seeing right now. Well, two of her friends were fighting, and of course, she couldn't stand it.

At the same moment, I managed to move, and turned my attention to the one shouting at me. In an instant that I saw her, my heart felt an infinite blades piercing on it. She was crying, crying that it looks like something terrible had happened to her.

Afterwards, my vision went black.

~o~O~o~

"Maki, calm down!" Umi said as she restrained the crimson-haired freshmen, with the help of her senior. "What the heck is wrong with you?!"

"How the hell can I calm down?! You were there, right?! You should know what the heck she did!"

Nico stared to the bluenette as she heard what Maki just said. "Seems like we have a lot to talk about, Umi."

The bluenette didn't reply.

"Let me go, dammit! I'm gonna beat the crap out of her!" Maki's voice could be heard all over the place as she tried to break free from Nico and Umi's bind, but she couldn't.

"I will if you'll-"

She was interrupted as she heard a loud scream.

"HONOKA-CHAN!"

Umi turned to the source of the voice, but another horror was all she got.

There was Kotori sitting on the ground, beside her childhood friend, who was also on the ground, but not the same way as hers. From the way it looks like, the ginger-haired girl was unconscious, and her skin was pale.

"Honoka-chan! Honoka-chan! Honoka-chan!" Kotori called as she kept on shaking Honoka's unconscious body.

In an instant, Umi let go of Maki and immediately rushed to Honoka's side. She checked her pulse, and it seems she still have it. At the same time, Maki finally calmed down and NIco let her go also. They do not know what or how to act with the current situation.

She already expected what would happen if Maki and Honoka cross paths, but she couldn't do anything to prevent it, because whatever the case, the two will definitely meet, wherever and whenever.

"Umi-chan, what's happening to Honoka-chan?" Kotori asked the bluenette who was drowned in her thoughts.

Umi didn't reply and looked around her. Other students were staring at them, the attention they're getting were already too much to handle.

"Nico, we'll take Honoka to the infirmary for now." Umi said as she slowly lifted Honoka up.

The black-haired third year crossed her arms. "Okay, but you have a lot of explaining to do."

"You'll get your answers later, so for now, just shut up and help me out here." Umi said in a slightly irritated tone.

Nico nodded nervously and helped the bluenette.

"Kotori, contact Kira Tsubasa."

"E-E-Eh?" Kotori was surprised with her request. "B-But, I don't know her number."

Umi didn't reply and threw something to Kotori, in which the grayish-brown haired girl caught with ease.

"Use it."

Kotori looked at the object that was just thrown at her. It was a phone, but not just anybody's phone. It was owned by her childhood friend, Honoka.

She browsed her contacts and found Kira Tsubasa's number. She selected it and pushed the call button. After five seconds, a voice suddenly spoke from the phone.

"Hello? Honoka?"

Kotori's heart raced a little after hearing her voice from the phone. "Err, um, t-this is M-Minami Kotori, f-friend of-"

"I'm on my way there now." And the line got cut instantly.

Kotori was flabbergasted with what just happened. She hasn't even said anything yet, and Tsubasa hung up already. From the way it looks like, Tsubasa might've already known that something happened to Honoka, was what Kotori had in mind.

She hurried back to her friends who were on their way to the school.

~o~O~o~

Below the stairway that leads to UTX High School, there were three girls gathered together as other students passed by them. It looks like their journey upstairs was interrupted by something.

The girl with brown hair just received a call earlier, and it was done within seconds.

"What was that, Tsubasa?" One of the girls asked.

The girl named Tsubasa didn't reply, and instead, she just bit her lips. The other two girls could definitely see that Tsubasa was worried about something, or someone. But for sure, she doesn't want them to know it.

"Tsubasa?"

Tsubasa clenched her fists. Even though she said that she's on her way there now, she's still conflicted. Why? Because it's been a long time since she had a good time with her friends, and now she's about to throw it away.

But, she herself knew what was far more important.

"Come on, wha-"

The same girl tried to pry on Tsubasa's worries, but she got interrupted by the other girl.

"Go ahead, Tsubasa."

The brunette's eyes widened and she directed her look towards her friend. "Erena?"

Erena crossed her arms. "You're just going to waste your time here."

Anju seemed to be a little surprised with what Erena just said. "Erena, that's not nice."

"I didn't mean it like that, Anju."

In a few moments, Tsubasa sighed and smiled afterwards. Seems like Erena has saw through her already. With regards to when she did, was something that the brunette didn't know.

"You're right, Erena." Tsubasa said as she turned her back on them. "Thank you, I'm definitely going to waste my time if I stay here."

Tsubasa dashed away from UTX, leaving her two friends alone.

"What did you just do, Erena?" Anju asked.

Erena turned around and started to walk to the school building. "Didn't it strike as odd to you? That was the first time I've seen Tsubasa looked so worried to death."

Anju didn't say anything as she just followed Erena's tracks. It seems like Erena knows something that she doesn't.

"You were with her few days ago, right? You should know why."

Anju tensed a little.

"W-Well, Tsubasa and Honoka forced me to hang out with them after my pursuit. Nothing else…?" Anju said with uncertainty.

"Hehh, let's leave it at that then."

Anju couldn't even piece Erena's puzzles.

~o~O~o~

She remembered the day she met Honoka for the first time. It does seem like a coincidence, but to her, it wasn't. It definitely wasn't.

Look at me...No, don't look…

'That's right. It was my cue already.'

My heart is crying out as my memories are torn apart

'There's no time for me to hesitate. I have to do what I have to.'

By a fate that won't let us be together

'Even if the whole world comes to hate me for it, I will definitely reach you…'

Look at me...No, don't look...

Tsubasa particularly ignored everyone around her as she ran through the streets. She doesn't have time to waste. She had been doing nothing ever since she knew what was going on. And today she's going to change that, even if she doesn't like it. She will definitely reach her.

Both of those options are me

Tsubasa knew that she herself was the only one who can help her. It might've sounded so arrogant on her part but it was the truth. She must act, whoever it will be today.

I'll give you a farewell kiss and pray for happiness

'I love you'

Before leaving for a land of sorrow, alone…

'I love you'

~o~O~o~

It was already around 8:00AM when she arrived near Otonokizaka Academy. A lot of students were passing by so she was sure to keep her face hidden to avoid attention, but the result was the opposite. Additionally, she's creeping everyone around her.

Why? Because she's wearing a cap and a shades that she picked up on her way here.

"A student from UTX?"

"What is she doing here?"

"Is she stalking someone or something like that?"

"Ehh, a stalker?"

"She must be stalking someone from µ's!"

She could hear different whispers from other students around her, but she couldn't care less. She definitely wanted to know what happened to Honoka. For the reason how she knew that something happened to her, was the call she received from her friend earlier. Well, why would her friend call her using Honoka's phone in the first place if nothing happened to her?

"…"

Somehow, her heart's racing a little bit. It felt like a déjà vu to her, but she couldn't figure out when the exact same event happened. She swung her head to calm herself down.

She's still creeping everyone around her, but nonetheless, her care about was already somewhere else.

She pulled her phone out from her pocket and attempted to call Honoka's number, but she stopped as a thought that her phone might not be on her friend's hands right now, so calling her number won't do any good.

She noticed that there's almost few to no students entering the school anymore, and that made her decide to enter the place.

'Now then, I guess the infirmary should be the first.' She thought to herself.

The infirmary. Yes, as she had a hunch that Honoka might've collapsed again. It's not new to her, but there's a weird feeling inside her, which she couldn't pin her finger on why she's feeling that way. It was another feeling of déjà vu to her.

She hit her cheeks to calm herself down and looked for the infirmary. The school isn't really that big so it didn't take her more than fifteen minutes to find the place. Well, practically speaking, more than ten minutes is rather long.

She was about to touch the door but then her hand retreated as the door suddenly slid open, revealing a certain bluenette, who she personally knew.

"You arrived at the perfect time, Tsubasa. If you did arrive a little earlier, you might've bumped into everyone."

Tsubasa somehow got what she just said. Well, it's not really a nice situation if she met the rest of µ's right now.

"I guess I'm pretty lucky then." Tsubasa said and made a smile.

"You sure is." The bluenette said. "Honoka's still unconscious, let's talk somewhere else."

Tsubasa nodded and followed to wherever the bluenette was headed to. After a few minutes of walking, they arrived at the end of the hallway and entered the room near it. The room wasn't labelled as anything, and it doesn't seem to belong to any of the clubs.

"This room is always empty, nobody uses this often because this serves as an extra room for whenever the student council or clubs have issues in their respective rooms, so we can talk here." The bluenette said as she opened the room.

"Is it not a little, no, too convenient?" Tsubasa asked as she looked around the room. She's seriously getting chills right now, as her arms were shaking a little.

"I think we have a different opinion with that one." The other girl said. She looked to Tsubasa and saw that she's shaking a little. "Are you okay? You seem restless."

"A-Ah, yeah, I'm okay. No need to worry about me." Tsubasa said as she waved her hands. "So, my guess is, Honoka and that Nishikino girl met? What happened afterwards?"

The bluenette sat down on a nearby chair before speaking, "She slapped Honoka."

Tsubasa's expression turned into an angry one. "That girl…! I'm gonna get-"

"Hold your horses, I know you're mad about it, but Maki didn't know that Honoka has a split personality."

Tsubasa calmed down instantly and composed herself up. "I know, I'm sorry about that."

"I'm surprised, you could be like that." The bluenette said as she chuckled a little.

Tsubasa glared at the bluenette, "Just what kind of person do you see me as?"

The bluenette swung her head, "Anything but special."

Tsubasa sighed. Sometimes, she can't get the vibe that this girl was giving off. Not that she cared about it anyway.

"By the way, I have something to tell you, Sonoda Umi." Tsubasa said in a serious expression as she pinned her attention to the bluenette. "I will be a bit going in riddles, so you have to piece it yourself, because if I told you directly, it would lose its meaning."

"Go ahead."

Tsubasa remembered the events few days ago before talking again.

~o~O~o~

(FLASHBACK)

"Remember the thing that you didn't tell me? I might find an answer there."

That state. It's the statement that Tsubasa received from a certain mature woman in front of her, who was a professional psychiatrist.

Tsubasa couldn't act. She couldn't choose. She couldn't talk. The only part of her body that was only functioning was her brain, and it eats almost all of her energy.

"Tsubasa-chan?"

The brunette snapped out of her thoughts as she heard her name got called. "A-Ah, yes?"

"You're spacing out for more than a minute, what's happened?"

"Ah, I'm sorry, Mrs. Toudou, I was just debating with myself." Tsubasa apologized as she bowed down.

Mrs. Toudou didn't seem to be an impatient person as she just let Tsubasa think about the course of action she's going to take.

"Alright, I'll tell you, but-"

"Not like I'll gain anything if I go telling anybody about it." Mrs. Toudou interrupted Tsubasa before she could say anything.

Tsubasa took a deep breath before speaking again. "Kousaka Honoka has been the leader of µ's all the time, I didn't know about the hardships she'd been through for her to reach the same stage as us…"

Mrs. Toudou didn't say a word as Tsubasa paused and waited for her to continue. She somehow got the gist of what the school idol was about to reveal, but she wanted to hear it directly from Tsubasa in order for her to have a clear thoughts.

For the most part, her job was to listen in the first place.

"She had always been the leader. There were nine of them, and she had always been the odd one out."

In an instant Tsubasa stopped, Mrs. Toudou somehow felt herself chuckling.

"So that's how it was…" Mrs. Toudou said between her chuckles.

Tsubasa felt a little offended with that statement. "Umm, that's not funny, Mrs. Toudou."

The older woman stood up from her chair and walked to the front of her desk and leaned on it, with Tsubasa beside her. "I know, I'm just a little disappointed with what you've told me."

The brunette was confused.

"I guess I didn't need to ask. I had a thought that something like that happened." Mrs. Toudou said.

"Then-"

"Then go. You don't need my advice anymore. What's left for you to do is to believe in what Kousaka Honoka wants, and more importantly, yourself." Mrs. Toudou said as she patted Tsubasa's head. "Whatever your actions will be, there will only be two outcomes, and for sure, there's a moment where you have to make a critical decision."

~o~O~o~

Tsubasa remembered everything what Mrs. Toudou said. This moment could be one of the moments that she has to decide, or not.

But she had to do this. Honoka did something like this before, when she couldn't make any decisions. If Honoka couldn't speak for herself, then Tsubasa will do it for her. Just like that time.

"A question for you, who's your leader?" Tsubasa asked, emphasizing the word 'leader'.

"Haah? Do you even-"

"Just answer the question." Tsubasa cut her off before she could say anything.

Umi somehow felt a slight shiver. "Honoka."

Tsubasa nodded in affirmation. "Next question, are you dating someone?"

Umi's cheeks immediately turned red after hearing her question. "W-w-why a-are you asking me t-that?! What-"

Tsubasa glared at the bluenette. It was obvious that she's not amused with the answers she's receiving.

"I don't need your reactions, just answer my damn question." Tsubasa said in a sharp tone.

Umi calmed herself down. It seems that she finally understood that Tsubasa's really serious.

"Kotori… Minami Kotori…" She answered quietly.

Tsibasa sighed in relief. It wasn't a good choice to use her in that question. Nonetheless, it's for the sake of Umi herself and her friends.

"Good. Now, have you learned something new?" Tsubasa asked again.

Umi tried to think about it. Tsubasa's questions repeated inside her mind, trying to find the hidden Easter egg in it, and before she could find her answer, the door immediately slid open, with a panicking grayish-brown haired girl outside appeared.

"Umi-chan!"

Umi instantly directed her attention to the door. "Kotori? What's happened? You look like you've been chased by a monster."

"Honoka-chan…" Kotori muttered someone's name between her panting.

Tsubasa started to feel uneasy after hearing that.

"What about Honoka?" Umi asked.

She doesn't like whatever's happening right now. And she's not gonna like what she's about to hear.

"Honoka-chan… Honoka-chan disappeared!" Kotori said as she finally caught her breathing.

At the moment Tsubasa heard Kotori's report, she instantly dashed out of the room, and headed to the infirmary.

"Tsubasa?!" Umi stood up and tried to chase her, but she stopped halfway as she forgot something. "Kotori, call everyone and tell them to gather up in the infirmary."

Kotori nodded and left the room.

"I don't like this… I really don't like this… I'm so dense, dammit!" Umi said in a low voice and punched the wall, which caused her hand to swell.

~o~O~o~

I ran down the hallway, heading back to the infirmary. The strange déjà vu feeling I've had inside my chest is growing. I don't know why in hell I'm feeling this way right now.

I shook my head to calm myself. After a few moments, I found myself in front of the infirmary. I slid the door open, and went inside room. I inspected each of the beds that was separated by a curtain, and found out that nobody's here.

"Honoka, where are you…?"

Instead of leaving, I stayed there. I should look for Honoka, but I cannot bring myself to. It seems like there's something important in this place, and I should find it. I looked around, but there's nothing sort of mentioning here. This room is just a normal infirmary.

Few moments after, the door slid open once again, and I saw eight girls entering the room. The six of them had this surprised look as they saw me here. Can't blame them, because right now, I'm in their turf.

"K-Kira Tsubasa…?! What are you doing here?!"

That doesn't sound good. That short, black-haired girl sounded like she's suspecting that I'm up to something. Not that I care though.

But… I'm getting a weird feeling about this. It's like, I've seen this scene already, but I can't pin my finger on where, or when did it happen.

"Mind explaining, yourself, Kira Tsubasa?" The tall blonde approached me.

I found myself looking up at her, but I didn't feel any less comfortable. Then I turned my gaze behind her, I see two girls outside the door, I don't know if they're excited or conflicted because they seem to not know what or how to act. Again, not that I care.

And for the record, I find it familiar, again.

Either way, I didn't say anything. Instead, I looked at each of the person inside the room.

"Are you just going to stand there?"

I ignored the blonde's words and just continued what I was doing. I stopped when I pinned my attention to that certain busty purple-haired girl who was standing next to the door. I don't know her personally but I know her by name.

I unconsciously slid my hand inside my bag, which I didn't realize that I'm still carrying it. And that's when it hit me when I touched a certain item in my bag.

I should've realized it earlier. But nonetheless, I know where everything of these came from. And now I know what Honoka really wants. From me, specifically.

"Tojo Nozomi…" I called her name, which surprised the said girl.

The tall blonde in front of me grabbed my shoulder.

"I am talking to you right now."

I sighed. I was about to talk back, when suddenly someone got between us.

"Eli, stop. She has her reasons." The bluenette said as she separated her from me. "I'll answer your questions later, is that fine with you?" She asked the blonde in an intimidating tone.

Eli nodded reluctantly.

I thanked Umi for stopping Eli. I turned back to the purple-haired girl next to the door, which had this confused expression right now.

"Tojo Nozomi." I called her again.

"Y-Yes?" She replied in a not-so-normal tone.

If this is how it's going to be, then I might as well as play along with it.

"You have tarot cards with you right now, right?"

She then had this surprised expression in her face as she heard my inquiry. "Yes, how'd you know?"

She then pulled out a deck of cards from her pocket. From the way it looks like, she must've been using it often that she's keeping it in her pocket.

"Kindly draw a card…"

Tojo Nozomi abided with my request and slowly drew a card from the deck. From the top, or middle, or below the deck where she drew the card was unknown to me. She then flipped the card to see what did she just drew, and her eyes widened after seeing it.

It really does look the same…

If I'm not mistaken, it is…

"The Hanged Man…" I said. Tojo Nozomi looked at me instantly after what I said.

"H-How did you know…? I haven't shown it yet…"

I kept my mouth shut. So my hunch was correct. Everything of these events were already predetermined since the very beginning. And the fact that I didn't realize by the time I received it, is really shameful for me. It's like I could slap myself a thousand times.

"That idiot…!" I said as I curled my fists.

Erena's mother was definitely right. There are only two possible results, whatever my choice will be. This could end pretty well, or pretty bad. All of the recent events might already be cut and dried, but the outcome's yet to be determined.

Or so I thought.

I brought my attention to Umi, and we had a short eye contact. She seemed to be a little confused, but I can't help her, I too am still a little confused with what's happening right now, but I more or less got the gist of it mostly because I have it with me. Time is ticking, I can't waste any second.

Because right now, I need to find Honoka, but I also need to tell them what Honoka was feeling in the past few days.

Two choices.

Left or right.

Up or down.

Front or behind.

I have to decide what should be my next action.

-Trust my own judgment, and go after Honoka.-

-Talk to Umi.-


Aye, Chapter 8 is done!

Okay, this is where the ending will split. I want you guys to pick which of the two choices above you want to take first! One route is the good ending, and the other is… hmm, so-so? Hue. The choice with the most votes will be the first route that I'll write, then the other choice will be written after the first route is finished.

I have final exams until 10th of October, so I won't be touching this until this semester is over (But seriously, I've had exams since two weeks ago :( ). The voting will run during that period, so choose wisely!

Please drop your votes in the reviews! You can also give your thoughts about why did you choose that choice. You can also drop your comments/reactions! It can help me improve my writing.

Until next time guys! Remember to vote! See you guys in the next chapter! Bye Bye!