Chapter 5- Sacrifice and Regret
Part 1
"What the hell Kazuichi, you knew where Kettei was being held and you didn't say anything!?" Shouted Kuzuryū, considering this was news to him and most of the others he was pretty pissed. Soda tried to defend himself.
"W-Wait! I-I didn't mean to... er-" His stumble of words was interrupted by Koizumi.
"What were you thinking?! You just left him tied up for that long!" Soda seemed to shrink at the onslaught, Togami was more interested in what he had to say.
"Kazuichi, can you explain first how you actually knew where Kettei was tied up? Did a future foundation agent contact you?"
"Well, sorta. The night he was taken I found a note in my room telling me to head to the upper floors where I waited but no one showed… then I heard a lock click sound and er, ended up in the room he was tied up in and… er... there was some food and a note telling me to feed him and… a note saying not to tell anyone where he was, or else." Soda was pretty nervous at what he said, and rightfully so as he was lying about the note. Togami however did think of what he was saying to be suspicious but let it be and asked Soda on something else.
"So the next night instead of feeding Kettei like FF(Future Foundation) wanted you to do, you sent notes around to me Chiaki and Hajime hoping to get us to find him without directly telling us where he was." He was a pretty solid theory, Togami showing his genius once again. However since you never expected Soda to lie he assumed everything he had said was true. Soda got pretty relaxed at this, Togami had revealed his plan without exposing his lie and he no longer seemed like the bad guy.
"Yeah… you got it right Byakuya." Soda admitted. At hearing his reason everyone laid off on the cold stares.
"You should have just told us Kazuichi, we aren't going to let FF control us anymore." Sonia put softly. Akane backed her up.
"Yeah! I'm going to make these punks pay for everything they've done!" Togami tried to keep the conversation relevant.
"Yes we do have a lot to discuss with FF once they arrive but for now we have more pressing matters, Soda do you know where Kettei's laptop is then?"
"Huh? No, I don't know anything about it." Soda responded. This, however, was news to Tsuki.
"Wait, you haven't spoken to Alter Ego since?"
"Unfortunately not, FF must have separated him from us so he couldn't help us in finding you-" Togami's words were interrupted by a loud familiar horn noise.
*HONK*
"Kyaaah! W-What was that?!" Asked a very worried Tsumiki, Naegi enlightened her.
"It's a boat horn! There finally here!" He was pretty excited and was already running off to the shore.
"And there he goes, we should head there as well. We all have something to discuss if that's the boat FF have arrived in." Togami led them all outside for a confrontation that they would all remember.
It was indeed a large boat that most of them remembered, the ones that didn't were asleep at the time but they had been told about it. Naegi was already on the boat, a few FF agents let him pass on as they exited the boat and approached the group of Ultimate's, including Hinata and Tsuki. The three agents wore black featureless suits and sunglasses, the front one, clearly he was of higher rank, spoke in a deep gruff voice.
"Kettei Tsuki, step out." He and the agents behind him stood waiting. Tsuki stood out of the group and looked at the lead agent before speaking.
"What do you want?" At this an agent at the back took out a piece of note and handed it to the lead agent.
"You are being charged with the following crimes; theft of both physical possessions and classified information, identity fraud and assault on multiple FF members. How do you plead?" It was a hefty list of crimes that Tsuki carried on his conscious.
"That's how you put it? I took back what FF originally stole from these guys, call it theft if you want. I never stole anyone identity, I went under different names that no one was using. And are you really using the word assault? There's no way you all weren't aware of what exactly was happening this time around, and before… it wasn't my fault before damn it!"
"Doesn't matter, those are the charges." The lead agent put bluntly, he clearly didn't care for Tsuki's argument.
"…Well if that's how FF see it, then I plead guilty." Tsuki admitted to the horror of everyone behind him.
"Don't leave us Kettei!" Nanami called out, most of the others had the same worried look. Tsuki gave a short laugh before talking.
"Haha, I have no intentions of leaving this island Chiaki, you should know that."
Or the will to leave either…
"I'm under orders to bring you back with us, alone. No one has to get hurt if you just co-ope-" But he was interrupted by Tsuki.
"Well if those are your terms then I guess some will have to get hurt. You are not taking me anywhere!" He challenged, the lead agent didn't seem the least bit surprised and signalled the men behind him with a hand gesture.
As the three agents approached Tsuki the Ultimate's jumped into action. Nanami approached joined Tsuki's side followed by a slightly less willing Hinata. After that the rest of them joined his side. While some of them weren't exactly loyal to Tsuki, they all had a problem with simply letting FF do as they wanted anymore. The odds were ten to three, with Hanamura uselessly on the side while Naegi was still in the boat. The odds however were quickly turned with the movement of the lead agents hand, he took a pistol out pointed at Tsuki.
"Back off, this has nothing to do with any of you. But if you keep on insisting to interfere then I will be forced to use this." The lead agent shook the pistol slightly to make it clear what he meant. A few of them instantly backed off. Tsuki looked at the weapon directly, he recognised the pistol model, the only ammunition it could support was a cold, metal bullet. Tsuki put his priorities straight.
"Get back Chiaki, this is my battle."
"But we can't let them take you."
"*sigh* Trust me I'm not leaving, I have a duty to fill after all and I can't just ignore it. Hajime if you could please." At his request Hinata put a hand on Nanami's shoulder and slowly eased her back. After the retreat of Tsuki's backup the two lower ranked agents approached him, one of them holding handcuffs. Tsuki tensed up and tried to think of some sort of plan.
Two agents, both bigger and stronger than me, but just like everyone else they underestimate me. But the other agent doesn't look like the same, he is a lot more dangerous. Nggh, my body still hurts since being tied up, but that doesn't matter, it hasn't been for a while… *sigh*. This isn't going to help me at all… constant situations like this, when I have to use it to help me. In the end I just lose more and more…
Self-loathing and thinking time was over, the agents had approached him, one of them grabbed his arm but took a punch to the stomach for it, he fell back clearly surprised at how quickly things had escalated, the other agent grabbed both Tsuki's arms this time not taking any risks so Tsuki kicked him in the leg instead. However, the agent took the kick without flinching, Tsuki wasn't that strong after all. Tsuki now had his hands behind his back, a few seconds and they would be cuffed so he escalated the fight even more.
"ARGH!" The agent shouted as a shoe slammed against his crotch, he let go in pain causing Tsuki to drop on the floor and split his lip. The other agent was now back up and pinned the troublesome boy to the ground so he couldn't get up. The scene was both funny and concerning to the Ultimate's, some of them wanting to interfere but the pistol from the lead agent dissuaded them.
Tsuki now being pinned to the sand and now dropped into a deeper state, the pain from his cut lip went absent and he focused on dispatching his captors. He couldn't use his hands and the agent stayed away from his legs to avoid the fate of other agent, who was now getting back up. Tsuki struggled and tried to throw the agent off him by shifting his weight left and right but it was too little effect, he was being held down too hard.
Tsuki changed his plans and took a mouthful of some sand under him, he turned his head and spat it back out at the agent, in his moment of blindness Tsuki focused his strength to overwhelm the agent off him and before he could retaliate Tsuki kicked him hard in the shoulder, part of him held back from going for the head. As the agent backed off Tsuki took a blow from the back of his head from the other agent who had gotten up, he staggered forward before falling.
Tsuki caught himself while falling though and jumped back up, he then charged at the agent hoping to catch him off guard.
"AARRRGGGGHHH!" The battle cry did take the agent by surprise so he ended up getting shoulder charged into the floor. A booming shout then ended the fight.
"STOP!" The lead agents voice summoned silence and everyone focused their attention to him.
"Now that you're done making a mockery of my subordinates this ends, now." He pointed the pistol directly at the boy.
If I take one wrong step, he's going to shoot me… heh.
He took a moment to think before responding.
"Do it! I. Dare. You." Tsuki goaded him to the surprise of everyone. It caused a ruckus among group.
"Drop the gun!"
"D-don't shoot him!"
"Why would you say that?!"
"Are you trying to get shot?!"
"S-stop, please!"
"He isn't going to shoot you."
All the voices were hard to distinct from each other for Tsuki, all he heard was a mesh of voices.
"Now get on the floor and no one has to get hurt." The lead agent offered but Tsuki didn't take it, he had an idea, a particularly crazy one.
"Haha, you aren't going to shoot me. There's no way your boss will be happy with that."
"That won't be your problem, you do anything out of line and I have every right to shoot you." Tsuki though didn't seem to care, in fact he took a step closer to him and gave a crazed look. His thought process going out of whack.
"Hehe, I call your bluff so you better put me down!"
"Stop Kettei!"
"What the hell are you doing?"
"This is ridiculous."
The voices behind Tsuki tried to hold him back but he ignored it.
There's no way he's supposed to shoot me, FF want to do things by the book after all, he explained what I was being charged with as if I was going to court or something. Something like that can't happen if I get shot. If I approach him and he doesn't stop me then I prove my point, but if he shoots me then, then… haha! If I got shot then stuff goes down, maybe a riot back at FF. A young boy shot dead by an agent, there's no way the civilians people back there will let that just go by. People authorities will be questioned, this guy and his boss probably fired and their decisions questioned. The ex-remnants of Despair see their friend brutally murdered in front of them, there's no way you can keep on testing them for seeing that, after this time it is an actual death, I won't just be asleep. Alternatively, even if they keep them on this island surely my death will convince the Novoselic kingdom to save everyone else, surely a murder on their part will convince them of that. They can be safe… Is this my fate? To die for a promise? A-am I right? Did I miss something, surely I'm wrong… no I'm just saying that… because, because… I'm scared.
Crunch
The sound of Tsuki's foot taking another step through the sand filled the air, he stared the gun straight in the hole.
"You have 3 seconds to move back before I shoot you." The lead agent put bluntly.
"3" At the countdown Tsuki smiled sadistically. Shouts came from behind.
"Stop it Kettei!"
Why did I take a step forward? I'm actually going through with this. This is the most crazy dumb plan I've ever had, but it might just work…
"2"
"What the hell is he doing?"
Th-this is it! C-can I really go like this?! Nggh. Staring at a pistol is a lot more difficult than I thought… N-no, not like this!
"1"
"Come back!"
Hngh, *gasp* *gasp* Dammit why can't I move back?! Move, back, Move, Back, Move back, Move Back, MOVE, BACK, MOVE BACK!
He breathed heavily and rapidly. He took a step back, or at least tried to. But something held him in place, bounded by his only real attribute. His determination. In the end it would be his undoing, it allowed him to do things few others ever could, both good and bad but now it was about to pay the price for it. He stood in place staring death in face.
WHAT THE HELL AM I DOING? MOVE BACK DAMMIT! ... ... ...
I guess I can call this proof, I really am delusional... a sickness of the mind, I knew this the day she died, I knew a while before that, I knew this was it, in the end I never really ever had a choice... tch, ha. Maybe that's wrong... I'm delusional after all, everything I do or think could be wrong... I could be a flying bird that just fell unconscious. Oh well, there's only one thing left to do... Sacrifice, I knew it would come down to this. I-I'm not ready, but it doesn't matter. Please don't shoot me… I didn't mean it…Haaahaa, I want to cry! But I can't, not since she died! Hahahahaha. This is it! *gulp* I'm sorry sis… I failed… But maybe it's good it ends like this… maybe I'm just in the way...
"Zero"
"NOOooOoOOooOoo!" Multiple high pitch screams filled the air but it was outmatched with a loud gunshot.
BANG
Tsuki eyes kept staring at the weapon, wanting to see the bullet the would end him but even in his last moments he was denied the luxury of it. His vision went white and he fell to the floor, hitting the sand with a thud, he made no scream or shout, as if determined to stand strong until the end.
Everyone stood still in shock except the lead agent, they had just witnessed a murder right in front of them. The lead agent walked up to the boy on the floor, he didn't seem to care what had just happened. He grabbed him by the scuff on the back on his neck and lifted him up for everyone to see.
"Test failed, none of you saved him." Upon lifting him up, they saw that his clothes were stained with… sand. That was it, no blood or wound could be seen apart from the cut he sustained on his lip during the fight.
"That's the cruellest thing done yet! You simply shot a blank!" Togami, as always, assessed the situation first.
"Waves, bullet radio waves that disorientate the target." Takumashī explained blankly. His words were followed up by someone else.
"God dammit, how sick you are?! Go to hell!" Spat Kuzuryū.
"Why isn't he moving?" Asked a concern Nanami, she held a pale yet blank expression. Togami replied, having an idea.
"When faced with death and the person is fully expected to die just the sound of a gun can trigger them to fall unconscious." It was a technique Togami had heard of but he had never tried it before.
"Y-yeah Byakuya's right. The mind goes into shutdown and tried to survive the shot by shutting down its senses…right now he genuinely thinks he's dead…it's rare occurrence patients with certain illnesses show. But s-should be impossible for Kettei..." Tsumiki's mentality knowledge informing everyone.
"Takumashī, drop him!" A distant yet authoritative female voice shouted. The lead agent immediately put the boy down and turned to the speaker.
"I am under orders Miss Kirigiri."
"Well I am ordering you to leave him!" Kirigiri spoke with a tone that wouldn't allow any defiance.
"Sorry but last I checked my boss's word was of higher importance." He smiled as if he was proud of the words he spoke. Kirigiri wasn't pleased but she knew what to do.
"Naegi what is your word on this?" Naegi who was behind her stepped out and spoke.
"Do as she says." Kirigiri was pleased with this and carried on talking after.
"Two high ops beat one, that's how it works. Now take your team and stay on the boat, I don't want to see your face on this island!" Just like that he headed on the boat with other two agents, clearly annoyed at the situation.
"The boss will hear about this."
The rest of the group on the island joined up with Kirigiri and Naegi. Tsumiki and Nanami were at Tsuki's side trying to wake him up.
"Sorry about that, he shouldn't have gone through with those orders." Kirigiri apologized, even though it didn't help. Naegi sighed and also expressed his sorry-ness.
"I'm really sorry… I know FF have done some terrible things but they mean good…" It was a pretty weak argument and it only seemed to tick off the ex-remnants of Despair even more.
"I want out! You all are crazy! You can't put us through anymore of this!" Soda shouted, he had practically cracked under everything they had been through, the killing school trip had already pushed him and most of the others over the edge and now everything that had happened after that was pretty brutal.
"I know you all feel h-" But before Naegi could console them, Kuzuryū snapped.
"Shut up! We're tired of all the shit you've put us through! Can't you just let us go already?" Koizumi then joined in.
"What do you think you're doing?! You suppose to fighting Despair and here we are, being tortured!"
"What makes you any better than Junko? We're practically living like we're back on that god damn school trip!" Claimed Soda. Akane followed it up.
"Have you got a problem with us or something? I'm going to punch someone if these tests keep coming!"
"These tests have been pretty inhuman." Sonia mentioned.
"Didn't you promise that you were trying to save us?" Recalled Hinata. Togami finished the group rant with his own comment.
"I must say you have gone pretty far." Their anger now all expressed Kirigiri carried on talking while Naegi looked at the floor feeling ashamed.
"…We do know how you feel. We took part in the Killing School life and had ten of our friends brutally murdered. Unlike your situation though, they aren't coming back." It was enough to silent everyone for a while so she carried on talking.
"The orders were supposed to have stopped after the kidnapping, the real test was to see if you could wake up all your friends with their sanity. However, as you discuss before, there were those who were uncomfortable with you all so the majority voted for a representative who rivalled me. He planned both the kidnapping and this fake shooting in order to test you all further." Kirigiri had deliberately left out the name of perpetrator.
"But why? Why don't they trust us?" Asked Sonia.
"We've been through a lot as well. FF don't just hire agents, we work to save people who are escaping from Despair. People like Tsuki who at the time was just trying to get their family to safety and FF are setting up safe areas for them to live and support the fight against Despair, a lot of people join our ranks, risking their lives, an unfortunately that is exactly what happens. People die and their families are left to mourn, the killers are of course Ultimate Despairs, just like most of you once were." The fact that all this was still going on in the world made the scene even more depressing. Hinata pointed out what most of them were thinking.
"So considering everything that's happening we can't really blame people for being so distrustful of us…"
"Exactly, you all understand now? Now before we carry how about we help Tsuki?" Kirigiri pointed out, the boy in question was still completely unconscious on the sand. Tsumiki had laid him a recovery position.
"How long will he be out for Mikan?" Asked Sonia.
"Sorry but… I'm not sure, it could be hours or… days. He er, his mind may think he's dead… Sorry I can't do anything."
"But this doesn't make sense, he called the bluff out loud and stood in defiance. I don't get why he fell unconscious." Mentioned Togami, he had been thinking about it since it happened but it still didn't make any sense.
"Ironically, he's in a similar state to your sleeping friends, we have an infirmary on the boat if you could bring him there." Kirigiri offered but she was met with a response from Koizumi who had a sense of pride in it.
"Hold on he just beat up two of your agents because he didn't want to get on that boat, we should respect that."
"Take him to the hotel then, you won't need a nurse from our boat of course." Kirigiri swiftly said finding a quick work around to the problem.
"That will do, Akane and Hajime if you could please escort Kettei to his room for him to rest." Togami asked and they both agreed and carried him between them while the rest of the group now joined by Kirigiri and Naegi headed over to the common room.
"Ok, we left Kettei on his bed. Mikan said he was breathing fine." Informed Hinata to everyone in the common room. Kirigiri responded.
"Good, someone can check on him later on. Now feel free to ask what you want, I'll share any information that isn't too sensitive." Togami was the first to take up an offer of free information.
"When do we get access to Alter Ego? We don't know when our friends are ready to be woken up." The fate of his sleeping friends being his first priority. Even though Togami still had a condescending tone to him, he clearly had his priorities of his friends at the top.
"Not for a while, we recently discovered a different virus that's hiding in his code and so after a while he agreed to contain himself on a server back at FF. Tsuki's laptop was taken to be scanned and cleaned and will be returned to you all later today."
"But how are we supposed to know when to wake up our friends?" Asked Koizumi.
"When you get the laptop back there will be a program on it that shows the vitals of the remaining people in the pods, anyone that can read them will be able to distinguish when they are able to wake up."
"What about Alter Ego, will he be ok?" Asked Nanami, her face was no longer pale but still concerned.
"He will be fine, I doubt a virus will be able be his undoing. The real problem is finding out how he got it, but that doesn't involve any of you due to the lack of technology on this island."
"You got that right, are you trying to keep technology away from is?" Asked an annoyed Soda, he hadn't been able to tinker with much as of late.
"That's because there isn't much left in the world, phones are practically useless due to service towers being down permanently as is the internet. Any technology we use such as weapons aren't useful for you all, resources such as that are spread around FF. Even that laptop Tsuki brought with him should have been confiscated under normal circumstances."
"That's a bit harsh isn't it?" Mentioned Sonia.
"It's how things need to be done, we provide a safe haven for survivors to live while they by offering objects they have or their services. A war is expensive to fight, resource's need to be used wisely." Kirigiri explained, the real word was indeed harsh and they all knew that. Hinata's curiosity peaked on Tsuki's past.
"So what did Kettei offer to FF?" Togami was also interested and followed up on the question.
"Yes he did mentioned a lot about sneaking around in your organisation." At this Kirigiri put a hand to her cheek, Tsuki had been a problem before and he still was one.
"Well he's been both an asset and a large problem. He joined FF before me and Naegi had, from what I heard they were in debt to him for bringing them Alter Ego and did indeed let him off with various things such as keeping a laptop but there was an incident that involved him, and it changed things dramatically. It occurred a bit before me and the others had been rescued from the Killing School Life.
"*sob* *sob* S-sis… I promise, I'll do whatever I can! *sob* You kept your promise to me so I'll keep it to you… just stay with me… please… I know your dead b-but, your soul is with me right? …Right? That's how the theory should go but this all seems so… so… fiction. Y-you're dead and I just can't accept it."
I then went back to crying on the hospital bed. I then heard a distant voice.
"a-l-i-v-e"
"Huh? S-sis? You aren't gone?"
"G-o-n-e"
"What the?…It's true… Alter Ego was telling the truth… Your body is in front of me, completely lifeless, and yet I hear your voice. No, I feel you as well, your soul… Can I do it? Just stay with me sis, and I'll do all I can keep your promise."
"c-a-r-e-f-u-l"
"I will…"
"What was the incident?" Asked Hinata and Kirigiri replied to him.
"I read files about it, it occurred the day his sister died. He had spent a lot of the day crying in her hospital room, FF offered him psychological help for the day after and he agreed. But something happened that night, he was allegedly spotted roaming the grounds in the night. Certain residents claimed to hearing footsteps throughout the night, the guard on watch also saw and called out to Tsuki but he would end up running away in the night. It was pretty unusual behaviour and when he was questioned on it he simply said he was 'thinking'. This was the start of his unnatural behaviour."
Arghhh ugnh, m-my head! Why does it hurt so bad?! I just need to walk it off… this though… it hurts a lot more than it ever has. The wind is sooo cold, I should go back inside… huh?
I then dropped to his knees, my hands clamped on my head in pain.
Nggh, what is happening.. why?! Is this some sort of curse or something? I feel like my head is about to split open.
" r"
S-sis? What's happening?! Why do I feel like this? Is it because you're gone?
My thoughts were racing, I tried to think of something to stop the pain.
N-No? Is there something I should be doing?... It is?! I-I need to be doing something right now, something useful… to help fulfil my promise. But it's night time, everything is locked up, I can't do anything right now. Arghhh! Are you trying to tell me something, through pain? No, you wouldn't do this sis, something else is. Am I thinking too physically? Maybe I suppose to plan… what am I doing tomorrow?
"In the morning Tsuki had his appointment with a psychiatrist, FF had trained many of them to help people overcome the loss of loved ones but in this case it went horribly wrong. Tsuki resented the way he was trying to be consoled and things ended badly. A guard interrupted them and tried to restrain Tsuki before he got violent but it made things worse."
"Shut up! You don't understand anything!"
"I'm sorry you feel that way but I'm just trying to help."
"Are you? I don't-"
The door then opened and a FF agent came inside.
"What's going on here?"
"The boy has gone crazy!"
"Now just calm down!"
I leaped back when the agent approached me.
"Stay away from me! I'm not in the wrong here!"
He clearly didn't believe me, I was losing my nerve as he approached me. Did I really look that dangerous? Before I knew it he had grabbed hold of my arms.
"What the hell!? What did I do?"
"Just calm down and I'll let go of you."
I struggled more, I didn't know why but suddenly I panicked even more. Being held in position wasn't pleasant.
"How am I supposed to calm down when you're restraining me!?"
My voice had changed, it was some sort of mixture of terror and fear and probably convinced the agent even more not to let me go. I knew I would never be able to overcome him, he was at least twice my size and was a lot stronger then I was.
But still I struggled, out of fear, out of terror, but also out of something else. I suddenly felt a rush of energy, I need to keep going, I couldn't give up so easily, if I fall at an obstacle as simple as this I'll never be able to keep my promise. With newfound willpower I thrashed even harder, harder and harder… but it was to no avail, pretty disappointing. Even though I felt the energy to fight in the end I was still limited to my muscles. I couldn't just brute force my way through, I had to be smart about this. He was now pinning me to a wall while my hands were being held behind my back. I could use my foot but I would surely fall… but does that matter? If I kick him hard enough, then it doesn't matter if I fall. It felt like a stupid idea but I did it anyway.
I lifted my leg and gave him a good kick in his leg, I fell immediately after due to the force I sent at him, I hit the floor hard but for some reason I didn't feel the pain. The psychiatrist just watched in horror, the agent spat blood out from the cut he just got from biting his lip as he fell. He took a bewildered look at me and did something uncalled for, it was completely uncalled for!
Why the hell would he do something like that! Surely some sort of training would have told him not to, of course him pulling out his gun would cause me to react like that! I remember the sudden jerk, the moment he un-holstered his pistol and lifted it at me, my body went full auto pilot mode. He probably had no intention of shooting me but that's not what I thought at the time. All I knew was that I wasn't safe, I ran at him, tried to make it so he would hesitate before shooting me. It worked…
I wish it didn't, I can't believe what I did. When I got close enough to him, sprinting as fast as I could, I grabbed the gun from his hands then quickly distanced myself from him. I raised the pistol at him, thinking of my options.
Option 1: Throw the gun and run out.
Option 2: Keep the gun and run.
Option 3: Shoot them both… where it won't kill them and run
Option 4: Kill them both and run
They all had their ups and downs, it terrifies me now of what I was willing to do but for some reason I don't feel regret. I think part of conscious forced me to pick in between option 1 and 2… I went with 1. I threw the gun at the agent, he caught it but by the time he did I had already left, running like my life was endanger. …
That's wrong, I think I wrote that for sanities sake but that's too late. Even now my hands are shaking, I can't seem to wash the blood off them. I picked option 3 and I hate admitting it. I don't know why, but I did end up shooting the agent in the leg. I remember the blood spatter and his scream… the loud animalistic shout spooked me enough so that I dropped the gun and ran to my apartment before grabbing my personal possessions.
That leads me here, at the edge of the forest just outside of the FF safe zone. I'm leaving my journal here, if someone finds this then please don't hate me, I don't know what's happening to me, my thoughts are mixing with each other and I'm losing who I really am, all I know is that I have a promise to hold. I can't stand writing more words down; it hurts so much. I'm heading deeper into the forest, carrying all my essentials in my bag, I'll handle any Despair in my way. Don't risk your life to save me, I can't guarantee I'll do the same for you. I hate to say this but I know I'll be back, I have a friend to speak to and a promise to fulfil. How far I will go I don't know. -H-e-l-p- -m-e- –Kettei Tsuki.
"His unnatural behaviour continued during his appointment where he got into an argument with the psychiatrist, a FF agent tried to calm Tsuki down but they ended up fighting, Tsuki had managed to take his pistol off him somehow and ended up shooting the agent in the leg before running away from the FF secure zone." Kirigiri gave everyone a moment to take in what she had said.
"H-He shot someone?" Stuttered Hinata.
"That cannot be…" Moaned Sonia.
"Did you find out why? It doesn't make any sense why he would do such a thing." Asked Togami intrigued but also disheartened at what he had heard. This time Naegi answered him.
"We think he did it out of fear or self-defence but officially on the files it's put due to insanity reasons."
"How come?" Asked Hinata, this time they were answered by Kirigiri.
"No proof, after that incident we never got a proper hold of him. He would make any return visits to FF quick and relied on information by Alter Ego to remain unseen and would then leave once he was done. Either hiding within FF or on the fields of despair we aren't sure. More recently he infiltrated the boat headed for this island and joined you all."
"So he lied to us… why didn't he tell us any of this?!" Asked Koizumi, feeling betrayed. Kirigiri was already prepared with an answer.
"I've been thinking why for a while and my theory is because he wanted to gain some of your trust, he only told you parts of his past, lying at parts and leaving out large crucial bits of information."
"I knew he couldn't be trusted! What did I tell you all?! He was and is a psychopath!" Shouted Soda, pleased that his suspicions were on point.
"He is indeed more dangerous than you all thought which is why he was tied up. Although we don't think he intentionally means harm, that doesn't change the fact that he's dangerous." Kirigiri pointed out. She carried on talking.
"Naegi's team has theorized that he's probably sick with some kind of psychotic disorder. Right now the boys in the lab think it's a variation of schizophrenia."
"So they figured it out? I haven't been given communication while on the island." Naegi said.
"Yeah, they did. Tsumiki could you explain the illness in question?" It sounded like a complicated disorder but Tsumiki gave it her best try.
"Schizophrenia is a psychotic disorder as you said… and it's a very terrible one at that. As well as delusions and hallucinations, victims can also experience muddled thoughts and mild changes in behaviour. It's not easily treatable and usually is affected by it for the rest of their life… therapy can help a bit… i-I can't believe I didn't notice this before…"
"Well he's definitely deluded! There's no questioning that." Pointed out Soda heartlessly.
"I saw him hallucinate once… he kept washing his hands thinking they were stained with blood…" Tsumiki slowly said, clearly disappointed in herself.
"He also talked about having problems with his thoughts when me, Chiaki and Byakuya untied him…" Hinata recalled.
"And we've all seen how quickly he changed his behaviour drastically at numerous times, I think it's clear then. This also explains why he's unconscious right now, he truly believes he's dead." Togami wrapped up. Kirigiri then carried on talking.
"You're right, now that we've sorted that out, I have to tell you all this. We need to take Tsuki back to FF and have him treated for his illness. Are you going to stop us?" Now that they heard the truth they had to decide whether or not to let their 'friend' go.
"How do we know your word is true?" Asked Togami, he didn't ask out of distrust but because he wanted to see proof, his morbid interest growing.
"I found his discarded journal during my private investigation, the last entry details the events on what happened during the day of the incident I mentioned before. You can look at it if you want but it's important evidence for his trial so you can't keep it."
"Trial?! What are you going do to him if he's sick?" Sonia asked, scared of what 'trial' implied. Kirigiri expanded on what she meant after handing Togami the journal, the leather cover had damp stains but wasn't torn. Togami quickly flipped through until he found the last entry and started reading with Hinata beside him reading it as well.
"It's just as Takumashī (the lead agent) said, Tsuki has a list of charges against him and needs to go to court for it. This journal will help prove that he did it due to his illness and he gets help for it, otherwise things get a lot worse." The last few words put a chill down everyone's spine.
"That's pretty disturbing…" Hinata commented to Togami as they read the journal.
"You're right, but it certainly is evidence. Do you think this was all caused by his little sister dying?" Asked Togami to both Hinata and Kirigiri, the latter responded.
"Essentially yes, and it all started with that promise."
"Hold on I'm still confused, when did this all happen?" Owari asked, she and others were still unsure about all these events. Kirigiri was already prepared for such a question.
"You all have been told various thing so I'll start from the beginning. A few days after the tragic world catastrophe both Tsuki's were saved by FF where the sister, Seikatsu, was put into hospital care and FF got a hold of Alter Ego. After a week or so she died which resulted in the incident where Kettei Tsuki shot a FF agent the next day, this, we think, was the start of his psychotic disorder. He left the safety of FF, likely due to fear of what he did. Seikatsu's body is then frozen at Alter Ego's request. A few days after me and other survivors of the Killing School Life were rescued by FF. Move on a month where me, Naegi and the real Togami have gained a lot of authority and respect, using this Naegi managed to save you all and the rest of the Remnants of Despair by sending you to this island and we had to put through the Neo Reality World before it was complete otherwise you would all be executed as originally planned by FF. Alter Ego, who was the main worker on the Neo Reality World, also added two observers at my request, the first one being Monomi and the other one being Nanami. Your memories wiped we tried to rehabilitate you all but then Monokuma virus had infected the system as you all experienced. This went on for over a week before we managed to break you out, we had to leave directly as there was a meeting back at FF where we would discuss your fate. We ended up with the plan of putting you all through some tests to prove if you had truly gained redemption but in exchange we performed Nanami's operation and sent her to you all on the island. Of course there was something else, the reason Naegi was sent back to join you on the island because I had a hunch Tsuki would find a way onto that boat, he had been reported showing up multiple times in FF but we could never catch him and of course Alter Ego wouldn't spill the beans on him. My hunch was right and Tsuki did end up on the boat and so it was Naegi's job to keep him under control, unfortunately that didn't go so well." Apart from the last bit Kirigiri had managed to keep constant tone but the annoyance in her voice showed. Before anyone could comment she carried on talking.
"While Tsuki was on the island somehow he knew how to wake up your unconscious friends, this was surprising to us all so we delayed the ship headed to bring Tsuki back. First few days went well, you had managed to wake a few friends and passed a test, Tsuki hadn't done anything drastic either and his disorder hadn't developed. While he was completely normal he wasn't too bad either, but then some problems occur, Tsumiki had woken up still as a Despair and Hanamura without a soul. We instantly prepped the standby ship, a live Despair was dangerous and could even convert you all back to Despair so we had to be quick, but while I was on the boat I was informed of the stabbing event occurrence and since I wasn't at HQ i couldn't argue with any orders leading to Tsuki being tied up. Naegi's team who were back at HQ kept me updated over what was happening here and Tsuki condition, it had gotten considerably worse but something else had happened. Somehow it had actually worked, Tsumiki was 'cured' of her Despair, it should have been impossible but it did indeed happen. This now leads us to our current scenario where Tsuki is unconscious after thinking he's been shot. Does that all make sense?" It was a pretty lengthy explanation but it was important for everyone to understand what was happening.
"It appears that Kettei has travelled a difficult journey like us, Naegi why has your 'team' been studying him? Is there some other significance to him?" Togami was still suspicious as to why it seemed like they were using a lot of resources on him. Naegi was about to respond but before he could the door slammed open with some FF agents entering.
"Miss Kirigiri there you are! We finished the Vital programme but the results…" He wasn't sure how to explain it so instead he opened up the laptop and showed it. The laptop in question was Tsuki's. Both Naegi and Kirigiri gave the contents of the laptop a look, Naegi's face lit up while Kirigiri gave a small smile.
"We're going to have to cut this short, the program mentioned shows that most of your friends are ready to wake up, you should all head over there now. Naegi I need you to go back to the boat and use the radio to contact your team, they have important information for you, these island agents will watch over Tsuki." Kirigiri dished out the orders at them all.
"Sure, I'll get going after I check on Kettei. it's nice to have you back Kirigiri." He wanted to refer to her by her first name but she insisted on being professional during any sort of business.
"Thank you, the rest of you lets go." They all headed out while the agents that handed the laptop to Kirigiri dispersed, leaving behind Naegi. Sonia and Koizumi were last to the door but waited a bit. Sonia then called out to Naegi.
"Hey Naegi, she's your special one isn't she?"
"Yeah." It was all Naegi could say while trying to stop blushing. Koizumi suddenly had an annoyed look as she spoke to him.
"You better make it up to her!"
"Huh? What do you mean?"
"…Could you not tell? Jeeez you're so inconsiderate! She was clearly must have been worried about you when you got stabbed! You better have something special to give her, you're a lucky guy!" After the tactful and jealous comment by Koizumi they left him to think about what they said.
"So who's ready to be awoken?" Asked Togami to Kirigiri, they had all gathered at the pods.
"According to the Vital program; Peko Pekoyama, Ibuki Mioda, Nekomaru Nidai and Gundham Tanaka are ready to be awoken." That was a lot of them, but last time they were checked on was two days ago.
"We don't have Kettei this time though." Sonia mentioned, every time before he had led them on what to do. Togami being the most observant one had an idea.
"It shouldn't matter, each time was a similar process. Fuyuhiko should be fine with Peko alone, Sonia and Mahiru go to Gundham's pod. Akane get to Nekomaru and finally Hajime and Chiaki accompany me to Ibuki's pod." That left Soda, Mikan and Hanamura without a job.
"If you aren't needed immediately then join me, I have some questions still." Kirigiri told them.
"That's fine, now everyone remember how you woke me and others up, you all know the person your speaking to pretty well so I'm sure you know what to say." And with that from Togami they all split to wake up their dear friends. Soda headed over to Kirigiri with Mikan slightly nudging the soulless Hanamura forward.
"So what do you need?" Asked Soda, even though he was weary of the female before him she had a mysterious aura about her that enticed him.
"Actually I'm more interest in Tsumiki's and Hanamura's condition."
"What?! Aww…" Soda was visibly disappointed.
"What do you want to know…" Asked Tsumiki, she felt slightly intimated by Kirigiri's authoritive tone.
"What exactly changed about you after the stabbing, in terms of Despair Tsumiki?"
"Sorry but I'm not really sure how to explain it… before we were fighting over control but then things erm… changed. I know this might sound weird but… I think Despair me had er, thing for Kettei. He had managed to understand her and wasn't put off by her like everyone else."
"Hmm… I have to ask this but what about during the stabbing, what did you feel happen?" Both girls were uncomfortable with the topic but never they less they carried on.
"Well when it happened I felt a sudden urge to help him and er… overpowered her. I could never leave someone hurt and I'm not sure why but… she let me. S-sorry but I don't really know what happened next, she sorta fizzled out…"
"That's fine, I'll relay the information back to Naegi's team. One more question, has anything happened to Hanamura at all? A change in behaviour?" Soda was the one to reply to Kirigiri, desperate to join in.
"He hasn't done anything at all! Ever since we woke him up all he ever has done is walk, breath and cook."
"That's all I need to know, zero improvement."
"I can't believe we're waking up four more friends, we almost have everyone back." Hinata pointed out, a while ago he was mourning most of their deaths.
"I must say I'm jealous of both of you, you got to knew everyone personally during your time on the island. My experience ended pretty abruptly." Even though Togami has said so, there was sound of jealousy in his voice.
"It's fine Byakuya, you have been getting to know everyone now haven't you?" Nanami reminded him.
"I've been trying to, but mainly I've been focused on getting through our current predicament, we can't forget about the ones like Ibuki here." Togami stopped and gave her a look through the glass and then jumped back in horror.
"AHH! What the…" He tried to recover from the jump scare.
"What's wrong?" Both Hinata and Nanami asked in union.
"She opened her eyes an-" But he was interrupted by a familiar sound.
"Ready and at service!" It was familiar cheery voice but something felt wrong.
"Ibuki?! Are you ok?" Asked Hinata, she had just jumped out of her pod.
"I feel fine, ready for orders!"
"N-no! Ibuki snap out of it!" Togami started shaking her shoulders, clearly not wanting to accept that she had the Despair disease still.
"Hehe, Ibuki is just messing with you! See I'm fine!" She gave him a cheerful look which caused Togami to let her go and turn in annoyance.
"That's not funny! Hmph, I'm going to talk to Kirigiri." He left abruptly.
"Well that was uncalled for Ibuki, but it's nice to see your fine." Hinata laughed, the prank was pretty silly but it had relieved a lot of the stress from the past few days.
"It's nice to have you back Ibuki, how are you feeling?" Asked Nanami, Mioda turned and took a look at Nanami and then gave her a hug.
"Chiaki I knew you would never leave us! Ibuki is so happy to see you again."
"Oh yeah, we need to tell her and everyone else what happened…" Hinata sighed, they had just endured a long speck from Kirigiri and they would need to give a longer one to their friends who had just woken up.
"We should group with everyone, look they all seem to have been successful." Nanami pointed at the other pods, Nekomaru was holding up Akane with a bellowing laugh, Tanaka's hamsters had somehow managed find their way to him and was enjoying his scarf while both Sonia and Koizumi watched in pleasure. Peko had just finished giving Kuzuryū a hug as well to both his satisfaction and annoyance.
"Are you done already Togami?" Kirigiri asked with suspicion and awkwardness, it would take a while to get use to calling the person in front of her 'Togami' even though he wasn't the real Togami.
"Yes, Ibuki woke up relatively quickly. But I still have some questions for you, can you explain the roles of these 'teams'?"
He does have the familiar egotistical vibe about him… but it seems a lot less heartless. The more I hear him talk the less I hear of the real Togami.
"Anyone that has risen to a high enough rank gets authority over a team of agents. Naegi's team focus on helping console people with problems such as grieving and disorders, of course in Tsuki's case it's more extreme which why they have been studying him."
"What about the other teams?" He seemed to be prying for more information, Kirigiri was slightly surprised but kept talking, he would find out sooner or later. The information wasn't exactly sensitive either.
"My team is based on investigating the world current affairs, trying to locate any survivors or groups of Despair that approach HQ."
"Does that mean your team was responsible for catching us?"
"Yes, if it wasn't for me and my team you and your friends would have never been captured or saved. You know better than to blame me though."
"I do, what about him? If both you and Naegi gotten high up in ranks, I'm sure the real Togami did as well."
"Yes he did, his team operates rescues and any field work, rescues on Towa city for example. His group physically captured you all. Do you plan to speak to him?"
"Indeed, his identity was practically fixed to me so it's likely he has some link to my original identity, who I really am."
"…He isn't one to talk much with others so you'll have to spend a good amount of time, but heed my warning, be prepared for the truth. The person you are now isn't any less important."
"Is there something you know Kirigiri?"
"It's not for me to say, but you are right." Before he could try to interrogate her further they were joined by the other Ex-Remnants.
"Bwahaha, I've never felt more ALIVE!" Shouted Nekomaru, who was no longer a robot, with an excess amount of optimism.
"Haha, dying twice isn't enough to keep coach down." Owari said as she out her arm around Nidai.
"Ibuki is so happy to have her friends around with her! We should all have a party to celebrate!"
"A welcome back from the dark depth of hell would be appreciated, somehow even I have missed the sound of your annoying chatter." Tanaka had also joined in with the unusual optimism.
"I must admit being dead has only strengthened my resolve to keep fighting." Even Pekoyama had joined in the optimism.
"Aren't you all forgetting someone?! Hiyoko?!" Koizumi reminded them aggressively.
"And Nagito… they both are still in those pods." Hinata pointed out, even though he wasn't looking forward to when Komaeda would wake up. Seeing as everyone was gathered Kirigiri talked to them collectively.
"Fourteen of the sixteen of you are here, alive and awake. To the four of you that just woke up, I'm sure you all recognise from just before the Neo Reality World was destroyed. There's a lot to explain but I will leave that up to your friends, there's hotel for all of you to stay the night. Future Foundation, the organisation I work for, has a boat prepared to bring you all off this island once the last couple has been awoken. An agent will stand guard in Tsuki's room for the night, I'll have him positioned there only for the night. That is all, I advise you to head back, there is a surprise waiting for you as well." And with that she handed Togami the laptop and turned around, headed off to the boat leaving the Ex-Remnants to stare at her.
"Who is Tsuki? Is he an athlete?" Nekomaru asked, curious as to the new name.
"And what sort of dark sorcery has brought back Chiaki?" Asked Tanaka in wonder at the power.
"Just how safe are we now?" Pekoyama asked.
"It's a long story, but we do indeed need to tell it. Everyone if you could follow me to the hotel." Togami announced and they headed over.
"Oooooh, Byakuya has changed for the better!" Ibuki announced on the way.
"Kyoko! How did it go?" Naegi asked, they were both in the boat lounge.
"Four others woke up leaving only Komaeda and Saionji left. Did you use the boat radio to contact your team?"
"Yeah I did, I got detailed explanation on Kettei's condition as well… is that really our only option?"
"I believe so, it was your team in the lab who told me anyway. That is the only 'cure'." At the response from Kirigiri, Naegi walked around the room in frustration at how little control he had.
"What are we going to do tomorrow?" He asked.
"It's unlikely Tsuki will wake up so we tell the Ultimate's that we need to bring back with us. But it's also pointless to wait for just two other Ultimate's who are sleeping, if they don't wake up soon then we will just bring them like that with Tsuki and everyone else, with all of them at FF they can help us finish this war. We still have Tsuki's trial to go through and the meeting to talk about what we do when the Novoselic kingdom arrive. And we can rub it Byakuya's face that he was wrong."
"Haha, still competitive with him. How is he doing by the way?"
"He's gotten a lot harsher after the Towa city incident, but he still means well I think. You'll have to see for yourself." Naegi took a second to take a breath, then tried to redeem himself for his previous actions.
"Ok… and Kyoko I'm sorry for what happened before… I didn't mean to scare you."
"You're going to have to try better than that." Kirigiri said, clearly displeased.
"The little boy in the other room did all that?! Woo, plus one for the short ones making a difference!" Ibuki shot her hand in the air at her unorthodox comment.
"We should proceed carefully, if it's all true then he still pose's as a threat." Peko pointed out.
"Blah blah, can't we just have dinner already!? All these long speeches so now I'm starving!" Owari asked with drool coming out her mouth.
"Yes! I can't wait to eat again, and I can't wait to SHI-" Nekomaru was interrupted by Togami.
"There is still one problem we need to resolve, we all agreed to stick together as a team remember? So we need make sure we all trust each other." Hinata had an idea on what it was about and wasn't sure whether to stop him or not.
"Is that really wise… I mean they just woke up."
"What do you mean trust each other? How can we not?!" Sonia asked, unsure what the uncertainty was about. Togami gave Hinata a smirk before addressing the group.
"I have faith in everyone, so if we could first have Gundham and Nekomaru stand out." They realised at that moment what he meant and concern etched on different faces. Nidai and Tanaka stepped out and stared at each other…
"HAHAHAHA!" Nidai proceeded to give Tanaka hard slap on the back with a bellowing laugh.
"You sure beat me up! You're going to have teach that fighting technique of yours!" Tanaka simply grinned with supremacy.
"I told you not to underestimate my dark power! I am not some weakling, even without the mighty power of my Four Dark Devas of Destruction!" He gave a short maniacal laugh, clearly no hard feeling was being held between them.
"Aww, so you really did fight for everyone's sake? That pretty valiant of both of you!" Koizumi praised.
"You didn't have make such a complicated murder you know!" Soda said with annoyance.
"It was simple conditioning for you all." Tanaka responded.
"And considering how close the future trials were you should thank him. Now moving on, Peko, Fuyuhiko and Mahiru can you step up now." And they did, tension rising in the air. Kuzuryū had avoided talking to Koizumi up until now, but now things would have to be settled.
"Mahiru, blame only me. It was my fault." Pekoyama tried to defend Kuzuryū but Koizumi wouldn't buy it.
"I don't think so Peko, if you hadn't done anything Fuyuhiko would have just done it."
"Look, I'm sorry ok! I've changed since then, it's my fault." Kuzuryū retorted. Koizumi gave him a long cold stare that no one dared interrupted.
...
"…It's fine. You really have changed a lot, but you don't have the right to give Peko or anyone else orders!"
"Hey! I haven't given Peko for ages. She's the one the keeps on insisting."
"Well when there's the Kuzuryū clan on your back you don't have much of a choice." Pekoyama reminded.
"Surely they aren't a problem though if you look at the state the world is in…" Hinata pointed out, Pekoyama and Kuzuryū gave an unnerving look at each other at the comment.
"I doubt it, the guys were ready for an apocalypse. They probably just hiding underground somewhere." Kuzuryū explained.
"Well now that that's sorted we still have one more, Ibuki and Mikan can you step up." Togami asked.
"Whaaaaaaaaaaaat? There's no point in that! Mikan didn't do anything to me!" To prove her point, Mioda gave Tsumiki a one sided hug.
"Eek! I didn't mean to… I mean I didn't… I tried to… ah I'm sorry! F-f-forgive me!" She ended returning the hug with a lot of tears as well.
"Wow I thought people would be more bitter at their deaths… I still don't get how you can all be so optimistic." Hinata pondered, he was reminded of the very start of their island life, when Monomi had offered everyone swimsuits and most of them had accepted, ignoring the gravity of the situation. Somehow it had happened again.
"Maybe after going through sooo much all everyone can do is think positive." Nanami told him.
"I guess… how are you feeling Chiaki? You haven't said much."
"Honestly, I never thought the real world would be like this. But… I'm glad everything is working out, and I'm sure Kettei, Hiyoko and Nagito will wake up soon. But for no…for now…." She took a moment give a large yawn.
"I feel so sleepy."
H-Hello? Is anyone there… I guess not. Am I… dead? Everything is black again, but I don't feel like I'm tied up, I don't even feel my body… how did I die again? Hmm…. Oh. Haaahaa I got shot! I thought it would hurt a lot more but I barely felt anything! I wonder if I was right, is this really going to lead Chiaki, and everyone else being safe? It doesn't seem so reliable now that I think about it… but considering the only other option was getting dragged on the boat I'll take it. I can't believe I died so easily… heh never thought I'd be disappointed at my own death…
...
What the hell am I thinking? Getting shot was the dumbest plan I've ever thought of, why would I think of something like that… it's almost as if I just wanted to get shot… What the hell am I?
"w-a-k-e-u-p"
Huh?! Hello? Are you here to take me away?
"w-a-k-e-u-p"
It's you sis… What do you mean by that...Somehow I feel a lot… lighter? As if I'm finally free.
"i-t-s-n-o-t-t-i-m-e"
S-stop it! You're hurting my head! What are you trying to say?!
"n-o-t-f-i-n-i-s-h-e-d"
What?! I did the best I could! Want more do I need to do… a took a bullet for her…
"l-a-i-r"
Nghhh, aghhh… ugh. M-my head… did I… do something wrong?
Stop it! I tried my best!
"d-e-l-u-d-e-d"
Ok you're right! Clearly I lied! I'm so selfish, I just wanted to die for my own sake, what a joke. I'm dead though, it doesn't matter! So why does my head hurt so much!
"w-a-k-e-u-p"
What are! You trying! To say! Ugh, Nggh… DAAAMN IT!
SHUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUT UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUP AGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
"AHHH!" Tsuki screamed and opened his eyes, they were full of mist, clouding his view on the world.
"Eeek! H-he's awake." A girl screamed. Tsuki tried to take in his environment, he was in a plain coloured bed into a small room that was decorated with objects of no significance to him. There was a girl in the room, she was completely blank but was covered in blood.
"G-Get away from me!" Tsuki screamed as he got out of his bed, the girl moved back seemingly scared of him.
"S-Sorry! Are you okay Kettei?"
"W-what the, how do you know my name?!" Tsuki now had his back to the wall, trying to keep distance between him and the faceless girl covered in blood.
"What's going on here?" A large boy walked in, he was completely uninteresting apart from the mask on his face, the mask though had nothing on it, it was completely blank.
"Kettei just got up and started shouting, I think his disorder is getting worse." The bloody girl told him, but a certain word she said struck Tsuki.
"Just calm down Kett-"
"Shut up! Don't say that, you don't know me!" Tsuki shouted at the top of his voice, to the others it sounded like a mixture of complete despair and madness. The shouting brought others into the confined room. A tall boy entered, he had a slight glow to him, he was followed by a tall female student whose only interesting feature was a smile on her otherwise blank face, it quickly turned into a worried frown.
"Are you all right?" She asked, the glowish boy approached him slightly and spoke to him.
"We aren't going to hurt you Kettei." At this Tsuki tensed up and looked around for something to protect himself. He was in danger and he knew it. The room was mostly pale colours, a backpack near him stood out, he quickly unzipped it and reached for something, anything. Most of them were useless pure white looking objects but one thing was coloured with meaning. It was a combi-tool with a lock keeping it in place. He instinctively unlocked it and flipped the knife out.
"Leave me alone!" Tsuki's back was on the wall but he pointed the knife at everyone causing them to back off.
"Eeeek! H-he's got a knife!"
"Ha- give him some space, something is wrong." A word the masked boy spoke was cut off from Tsuki's ears, he had no idea why and was even more terrified by it.
"W-what are doing Kettei? Why are you acting like this?"
"D-Don't come near me! I don't know you, I don't know any of you! Now stay back!" Tsuki waved the knife to prove his point but also ended up shaking even more uncontrollably.
"Get Ki- and Ch-, th-y shou- be -ble to d- -ometh-g." The masked one told to the bloody girl. She scampered off quickly. The fact that his words seemed to break as he spoke struck more fear into Tsuki.
"What! N-No! She isn't here, that's impossible!" Tsuki spouted.
"What happened to you?! Why are you acting like this all of a sudden Ket-"
"SHUT UP! Stop this, stop it! Don't bring anyone else."
"Ha- stop saying his name. It's causing him to act more aggressive… look, his eyes have that look again."
"But why?! What's causing this By-?"
"I'm not sure, it may have been the shooting but we should keep here until someone can help."
"N-No! Don't do that! Just let me out that door!" Tsuki gained some confidence and approached them slightly, his arm clearly shaking but that made the knife he held more dangerous.
"Don't do anything stupid now, we aren't going to hurt you."
"No… no! Stay away!" Even though they hadn't taken a step closer to Tsuki, he kept shouting them back.
"What's going on?" A female voice went; the owner quickly ran into the room. She was, like everyone else, blank and plain. Her only feature was a badge she wore that showed some sort of status.
"N-no! Stop!" Tsuki felt completely unsafe, the door was being blocked by different people and his started losing his nerve. He threw the knife out of panic, it hit the window and the centre of it shattered with sharp triangle bits on the edge still attached. Tsuki jumped through the window, cutting his arm in the process, he ended up outside. He ran off, heading nowhere in particular.
"Follow him! We can't leave him alone of he's in a state like that!" She followed him through the window gracefully yet swiftly avoiding any of the glass.
Journal entry xx/xx
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So this took a while to write as I really had to think the story through with each bit of detail. Next part will come out quicker than this.
