It was way past midnight. Everyone was sitting in the dining room with a glass of cola in front of them. Some glasses were about half full, but most hadn't been touched at all. There was a strange silence in the room, filled with just one unspoken question.

What do we do?

"I can't take it anymore!" Yuu exclaimed suddenly. "What exactly are we going to do? We can't just sit here until the end of time!"

"Why don't you think up something then?" Mitsuba asked in a dry tone.

"You better think too!" Yuu yelled before he withdrew into his own head to start digging through his memories. He wanted to figure out if he had been in a somewhat similar situation before, being lost and not knowing what to do. Something told him he hadn't but he wanted to dig through his memory to be completely certain that this was not the case.

What Yuu came up with, was nothing. He couldn't find anything at all. It was as if everything before he woke up in the dining room with Mika was one big blank!

"I can't remember anything," Yuu said suddenly.

Everyone turned to look at him, and then looked away.

"That's what's expected, Yuu," Mika said. "You really aren't that smart so-"

"I said I don't remember anything!" Yuu exclaimed.

"That's because you're stupid," Shinya said.

"Are you copying Guren?" Yuu asked.

"I'm not even trying," Shinya answered. "I'm stating facts."

"I'm not stupid!" Yuu yelled then.

"Calm down, Yuu," Mika tried to comfort Yuu. "We are all feeling a bit off because of all that have happened, it's okay." He said.

Yuu felt even more angered from this. He wasn't saying that he couldn't remember because he was stupid. He knew he didn't have that much brain capacity, but this was different. Normally you would remember more than just what had happened about a month ago. When you were 16 years old, you should at least have some memories of when you were younger and such.

"Yuu-kun's right," Yoichi suddenly said. "I don't remember anything either, at least I don't remember anything from before I woke up here," he said.

"That's what I'm talking about!" Yuu yelled while smiling.

Mitsuba shut her eyes and gave the matter some thought before she opened them and a surprised expression appeared on her face. "Me neither," she said.

"Me neither," Shigure answered while looking between Shinya and Mika.

"I don't remember anything either…" Shinya said.

"I don't think I do either…" Mika finally said.

"So it really wasn't just me!" Yuu smiled happily at everyone. "I'm not that stupid."

"Sorry, Yuu-kun, but I think you are," Yoichi said and everyone else nodded in agreement.

"That's not fair!" Yuu yelled.

Shinya laughed before picking up his glass of cola and drinking half of the content. "It seems the mood has been lifted, only an idiot can do that," he smiled at Yuu who smiled back.

"Thanks," he said, not realizing the insult Shinya had mixed in his sentence.

Mika also drank some of his cola. "But what do we do to regain our memories?" he asked.

"You don't know?" Yoichi asked.

"I don't," Yuu stated.

"That would just be impossible," Mika said.

"I don't have a clue either," Shinya said. "Except…. Maybe we could ask that mastermind we have wondering around," he said.

"Did someone call for me?" Ferid entered the dining hall and sat down in their midst. He smiled widely at all of them as they met him with frowning faces.

"We have learned that we don't have any memories from before we ended up here and were wondering how this could be," Mika said. "We figure you may know something about it."

Ferid was silent while putting on a more thoughtful smile. He looked like he really was keeping secrets and it could very well be this they were looking for.

"Indeed," he said. "I know something, but knowledge isn't given for free like that," he said.

"You're having way too much fun," Yuu said.

"What's the prize?" Mika asked, seeming willing to give whatever it took for the knowledge Ferid had.

However, Ferid didn't give it up that easily. "I don't want any prize for this much information, besides, what you can give will never be enough."

Mika looked unsure, and then he looked down.

"What do you want then?" Yuu asked.

"I want you to figure it out. Go to sleep now and then you'll have a few hours in the morning to investigate. Look through the library, play some games if you like, check the kitchen or give me something and I might give you bits and pieces of information," he smiled.

With those words, Ferid got up and left the room. The others were sitting around the table. Still with a glass of cola in front of them. They kept on sitting there for another half an hour until every glass was empty.

"I'll go read some books," Mitsuba said.

"It might be a good idea," Shinya said.

"Didn't he tell us to sleep?" Yoichi asked.

"We're just discussing what we're gonna do tomorrow," Shinya said. "I'd personally rather check out the games though," he said in relation to the previous subject.

"I'll look through the books then," Shigure said.

"Me too," Yoichi said.

"Then Yuu and I will play games!" Shinya said. "And Mika?" he asked while looking to Mika.

"I think I'm gonna get some answers from Ferid," Mika said. "I know where to find him and I think I will be able to ask the right questions, and he does have important information." He stated.

"Good point," Shinya said. "And with that planned, let's get some rest," he said.

And so they all did.

As Yuu closed the door to his room he thought of how long a day it had already been. He had discovered Guren in the bathroom and then they had spent hours investigating before they had held the trial. Then they had been sitting around the dining room, doing nothing, and only after this gotten another task before they went to bed.

"What a night…" Yuu muttered as he laid himself down on his bed and his head hit the pillow. He didn't manage to think another thought before he fell asleep.

This chapter is the second to last. I guess you'd already figured as much. Also, this is the absolutely shortest chapter of the story. I did put a lot of thought into it. I remember. I actually had trouble finding out how they would figure out that they had lost their memories. I hope you don't find it weird or anything.

Anyways, thanks for reading.

Jackie