Hajime walked over to me.

"Hey Chiaki, you're not swimming?" The brown-haired boy asked.

I shook my head and placed the strap back into my backpack.

"I can't swim." I said, rubbing my hand against my eye.

"Tired?" He asked.

"A little bit, yeah." I replied. "It's been a long day."

"I still don't understand why everyone's going swimming." He remarked with a slight chuckle.

"Everyone's just trying to enjoy themselves." I said with a gentle smile. "We… We don't know how long we're going to be here. So, we should enjoy ourselves, right? That's what I believe."

Hajime nodded in approval.

"You're right." He replied. "Sorry for being such a downer."

"It's no problem." I said warmly. "Hey Hajime, you never told me your talent."

"My talent? Well… I can't remember my talent." He said with a shy chuckle that clearly masked his melancholy of not being able to remember his talent.

"You can't remember?" I asked, placing a finger to my chin. "Strange…"

"Yeah…" He replied, looking a bit upset.

"Don't worry, I'm sure you'll figure it out soon." I said, smiling at him.

"Thanks, Chiaki." He said, now smiling as well.

His smile seemed partially real as well as partially forced, I wondered if he was doubting himself. However, it was probably best now to press him any further. After all, I didn't want to upset him again. I figured I may as well find out what he thought about our situation.

"Hey, Hajime." I started. "How do you feel about all of this?"

"It isn't right." He replied plainly. "Something just… isn't right about all of this."

"I agree…" I said, crossing my arms as I did. "But…we need to stay positive, right…?"

"Yeah…" Hajime responded. "We need to keep a level head about this."

Suddenly, everyone came out from changing into their swimsuits. All of them, but Mikan headed straight for the water. Mikan quickly scurried over to me and Hajime.

"H-Hey, Chiaki." The shy nurse started. "How do I look…?"

I gazed at her swimsuit. From my perspective, it showed her curvy figure extremely well.

"Hmmm… It's not bad. It shows off your 'proportions' a bit too well though." I said with a chuckle afterwards.

"H-Huh?!" Mikan asked as her cheeks turned a dark shade of crimson.

It didn't help that Hajime was with us. That just made her blush brighter. Hajime was also blushing just as brightly as Mikan, trying his best not to look at said proportions.

"Come on guys, I'm kidding." I said, giggling to myself. "You look great, Mikan. Go enjoy yourself, alright?"

"A-Alright!" She replied happily, still blushing somewhat. "H-Have fun, Chiaki! A-And it was nice to see you again too, Hajime!"

We both nodded and Mikan ran towards the water, jumped in with a large splash and began swimming.

Hajime and I both sat on the sand and watched everyone.

"Yahoo!" Ibuki screamed as she made a big splash in the water. "Uah! Salty! This water's too salty! It's not going easy on me!"

"Aaah, the water is so cool. It feels so great!" Sonia said happily as she stuck her foot into the water.

"Heeey! I got some suntan lotion from the supermarket." Teruteru started. "Anyone want a rub down?"

"Oh, you're quite considerate! Now then, will you apply it right away?" Nekomaru asked cheerfully.

"Eh? Rubbing lotion on a muscular man…?" Teruteru said, thinking to himself. "Alright, no problem! My tastes are pretty open, you know!"

"You seem a little too open…" Mahiru stated in slight annoyance. "Like, you're covering too many bases by yourself…"

"Mmhmhm…" The cook giggled. "I'll make sure to cover you with lots and lots of oil."

Teruteru then walked over to the muscular boy and started slathering his abs with oil ever so slowly.

"W-What is this feeling of intense bloodlust?!" Nekomaru asked loudly.

"Hey, Fuyuhiko! Come in the water with us!" Akane yelled with a large smile on her face.

I looked over to Fuyuhiko. He looked like he was drawing something in the sand.

"What? No way, swimming blows." He responded.

"Aw, come on, don't be like that!" The tan girl said, still grinning widely.

Suddenly, Akane sprinted out of the water and picked up Fuyuhiko bridal style.

"H-Hey! No means no!" Fuyuhiko yelled angrily.

Akane quickly darted into the water and dropped Fuyuhiko in the middle of the surrounding ocean, which made a large splash.

"Y-You big tittied bastard!" The Ultimate Yakuza yelled just as loudly as before.

Then Peko quickly swam over and playfully splashed Fuyuhiko with water.

"H-Hey, stop that." He said, trying his best not to smile.

Mahiru swiftly swam over to where Peko was and did the same.

"H-Hey! I said stop!" Fuyuhiko said in a slightly more displeased tone, but still grinning none the less.

The two didn't stop however and all three of them quickly broke into laughter. I couldn't help but smile. Everyone seemed so happy. Something about that made me energetic and happy too.

"It looks like everyone's having fun." I said looking over to Hajime, still smiling sweetly.

"Yeah…" He responded, a small grin on his face as well. "This place really does feel like a resort, you know?"

I let out a happy, satisfied sigh and nodded in agreement.

Suddenly, Hiyoko ran across the sand.

"What's she doing?" I asked curiously.

"She's chasing crabs, or something." Hajime replied.

"Oh, well, I hope she doesn't kill them…" I said.

"Yeah…" Hajime responded. "But even she's enjoying herself."

I nodded in response, smiling happily as I did.

"Hehe, I'm very happy." Usami chirped.

"Huh?" Hajime asked, looking behind him to see Usami.

"Everyone seems to be getting along with each other, so I'm very happy." Usami remarked happily. "I thought this would be hard until everyone got used to this, but they're all acting like Ultimates! Let's keep up the pace and all do our best to peacefully enjoy this heart-throbbing school trip!"

Hajime looked down at the ground for a little bit. He looked quite upset.

"Hajime, you alright?" I asked in concern.

"Yeah." He replied. "Just thinking is all…"

I nodded in response.

"Yeah… I think… I'll do it." Hajime said to himself.

"Something wrong, Hajime?" I asked curiously.

"No… I think, I'll do it!" He exclaimed.

"Do what?" I asked, cocking my head as I did.

"I'm gonna go swimming!" He said loudly.

He quickly got up and ran over to Usami.

"Hey, Usami." He started. "Hand me one of those swimsuits!"

Usami happily handed him a swimming bag and Hajime began running to the others.

"Hey, you guys! Don't forget about me!" He yelled as he began unbuttoning his shirt. "Hey hey! Wait for me! Let me join in on the fun!"

Suddenly, the sky grew eerily cloudy. The sun was shining brightly just a moment ago, but now it was completely covered in dark grey as far the eye could see.

Hajime stopped in his tracks and looked at the sky, as did everyone else.

Byakuya quickly walked over to me.

"Hey, Byakuya." I started. "What's with these clouds? It was sunny just a moment ago."

He shrugged.

"I have no clue." He responded. "But, I may know who's behind it."

He turned to Usami.

"You!" He yelled. "Tell me what you did!"

"Wha…wha-wha-wha-wha…?!" Usami exclaimed fearfully.

"Answer me!" Byakuya yelled angrily.

"I didn't do anything!" Usami exclaimed. "What is all this?! There's no way something like this should be happening!"

Then, when it seemed like it couldn't get any worse, the monitor on the tree near us turned on, on its own.

"Ah, ahh…! Mic check! Mic check!" Came from the monitor. "Ah, ah! Ah, ah! Can you hear me? Can you hear me?"

The voice was so laid-back and gleeful it made my skin crawl. It was undeniably different than Usami's. It was so sinister as if there was nothing but antipathy was behind it.

"Puhuhuhu… Surprised?" The voice asked. "You were totally surprised! Right?! Now then, sorry to keep you all waiting for so long. Let's leave all this worthless entertainment behind… It's time for the main attraction! You guys better hustle over to Jabberwock Park!"

"Could it be? That voice…!" Usami said to herself fearfully. "I-If this is… Oh, this is very bad. I gotta do something…"

"Huh… Usami…?" I asked in concern.

"It's all up to me!" The rabbit exclaimed, seemingly not appearing to hear my last comment.

Usami began dashing off in the direction of the bridge.

"It seems that was an unusual occurrence…" Byukuya said looking over to me.

"Yeah…" I responded. "Should we go too…?"

"Naturally." Byukuya stated.

"Hey, what about everyone who's swimming?!" Hajime asked.

"There's no time to wait for them to change." Byakuya responded. "I have a bad feeling about this… I'll head over first."

Byukuya then left in the same direction as Usami.

"Boo… There are too many Mr. Crabs… I guess I'll just step on them later!" Hiyoko said with a large, unsettling grin before quickly following in the direction as Byakuya.

"Hajime… Jabberwock Park, right…?" I asked, a bit fearful myself.

"Yeah…" He responded. "Let's go…"

I quickly put my backpack on and Hajime and I began running towards the bridge. What had happened was extremely unsettling. I honestly felt bad leaving Mikan and the others behind, but I understood why there was no time to wait for them. Someone could get hurt if we didn't go there in time after all. This was all too strange. I just wanted this to be over soon.