We get there. It's a large house and nothing is broken. Nothing even appears to have been stolen.

"This place is really intact."

"My friend's house was actually destroyed. This is her neighbor's house."

"I'm sorry to hear that."

"It's fine."

We get inside and I look around at the place around me. Everyone does their best to give me a tour. There's two bathrooms, two bedrooms, a kitchen, and a small living room. It'll have to do for now.

Surprisingly enough, the water works. I have no idea how, but it's surely a godsend. There's also a lot of food, but half of it has gone rotten. The electricity doesn't work.

As Tastuha had stated earlier, there are two floors. The top has the bedrooms and bathrooms and the bottom has the living room. There actually isn't very much space when you consider that eight of us will live here.

When night falls, we decide that we should keep all three guns on our person in case something happens. We don't know who will try to kill us in the night. I still have the rifle Kin gave to me.

I hear a loud rumbling sound and everyone goes to check it out. I hear a scream. It's coming from the bathroom. The door's locked. I knock really loudly.

"Is everything okay!"

"We're fine!", it's Togashi.

"This shower's just really loud! I think it's broken!", it's Saito.

"Ah, Why are both of them in there?"

"Maybe there's some'em going on in there…"

"Kin, you moron. Togashi doesn't have arms. How is she supposed to bathe herself?"

"Hehe…", he sighs, "You're right."

We quickly figure out that the other shower doesn't turn on if the other's being used. It sucks, but we can't be that picky considering our circumstances.

The three girls opted for the master bedroom. I got the couch. It's not like I could sleep on the ground. I don't have legs. There were two beds in the other room, so everyone else went there.

When daybreak hits us, I am the first one up. I don't want to wake anyone up, but I think that everything went well last night. Slowly but surely, everyone wakes up. The girls seem lively, but everyone else.

Kin grabs me by the shirt and shakes me back and forth like a zombie. He looks like he didn't sleep at all.

"What the hell, Captain. Who the fuck is that asshole?"

"That fucker kept sleep-talking all night. I think I'm going to go insane."

"Who?"

"It's morning? But I never fell asleep."

Tatsuha looks fine.

"What are they talking about?"

"I don't know. I slept fine. Then again, I can fall asleep with any kind of noise." He laughs timidly.

Chikao is the last one to wake up. He walks out as if he slept well. Murata, Oda, and Kin alls look right at him and drag him over to me.

"This fucker."

"What's wrong with him? He's a little cooky, yeah, but why are you all so angry?"

"Ask him. He refused to talk to us."

"Chikao. What did you do?"

"Oh, I have a habit of talking in my sleep. I often get vivid dreams. I'm sorry if I disturbed anyone."

"Disturbed anyone?", Murata gives a hearty laugh, "Do you know what kinds of things he said in his sleep?"

"What?"

"'They're spilling everywhere. His eyes, her love, his hope, her despair. Everyone's dead. Dead, dead, dead, dead…'. The 'dead' part went on for a while."

"That was a nice dream."

"A dream about people killing each other? What kind of psycho are you?"

"Look at his eyes."

They do.

"What about them?"

"Chikao, tell me about your favorite thing."

"My favorite thing? Oh! That's got to be Despair. I love Despair so much. It's what Lady Junko told us to give to the world. But imagine never getting what you want. That Despair! It's what I create. Despair gained from Hope."

Something within him shines a holy white color. They seem to get it. It's not like his eyes are actually changing their color, it's the way he looks at things and reacts.

"I'm sure you could tell, but Chikao is deep into Despair."

"You mean like those masked people who tried to kill us?"

"And that chick in the hospital?"

"Yes. Exactly that."

"I don't mean to doubt you, Captain, but why'd you let him come along with us?"

"Besides for having grotesque dreams and being slightly annoying, what has he done? He shows no signs of hurting any of us. Isn't that right, Chikao?"

"Yup."

"How come he only responds to you?"

"Something to do with whatever Taeki Mizoru did. I think I beat him around and ordered him to do crazy things. He'll do anything I ask. I'm not even joking."

"Like blow up a warehouse?"

"With C4."

"Damn."

Chikao keeps talking, "My goal is to give myself Despair, as with all who are in Despair try to do. Not having Despair is precisely what makes me Despair."

"…You can stop talking now."

Throughout the rest of the day, we finally got some time to explore the world around us. Murata, and Kin decided that they wanted to explore a bit. After I recommended that Chikao go along, the group suddenly switched to Tatsuha, Togashi, Oda, and Chikao. I told them that it was stupid to bring someone without arms and someone blind, but they told me that they are equivalent to one person when combined. I hesitantly agreed. If there's four of them, they should be fine.

While they were gone, the nurse helped me to walk. It's really difficult. Imagine not being able to control where the lower half of your legs are. It's like being on stilts at all times. Also, your stumps get really sweaty. It's quite nasty.

Murata and Kin just kinda vanished. I think they went their own way. I'll have to yell at them when they get back. We're not to split up that much. Suika made a giant pot of soup. I didn't know she could cook. It smells really good, too.

It's now nightfall, and I'm really fidgety. Where are Murata and Kin? The four who left earlier still aren't back, either. We can't eat without them.

There's a knock on the door. It's Togashi, Oda, Tastuha, and Chikao. They're all really dirty.

"You're back! We just got dinner ready."

Togashi speaks, "Can I take a shower, first?"

"Go ahead. Did you find anything?"

"We got some seeds. Carrot and strawberry."

"Anything else?"

They look at each other.

"Some string. And some clothes."

"Did you find anybody else?"

"Only the masked people. None of them attacked us, though."

"Well, nothing lost, nothing gained."

"Where's Kin and Murata?"

"I don't know, either. That's the issue we're having."

We eat, then we all go to bed. I wake up to the shower kicking on. Ugh. I told everyone to use the quieter shower. It was quieter by just a bit, but come on.

Time passes and the shower doesn't turn off. Why are they taking so long? And where are Murata and Kin? They still aren't back.

I get up, plop myself on my chair, and wheel myself over to the shower door. Suika, Togashi, the Nurse, and Oda are already there.

"Who's taking a shower at this time?"

"I don't know. I think Tastuha's still asleep. Murata and Kin are gone.", Oda says.

"Togashi already took a shower, so…"

"Where's Chikao?"

"Uh, we kicked him out to the hallway closet."

"You what?"

"It was his idea. He said that he didn't want to bother any of us."

I slammed on the door. "Chikao! Get out of there!"

He isn't responding at all.

"We're going to break open the door in 3…2…1!"

We all slam on the door and break the lock. Steam hits us in the face but we barrel forwards.

I open the shower door, and there he is. There, someone is. A head exploded, diluted blood makes pink water. He's dead.