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Chapter 11: Guilty or Not Guilty
(Joshua giggled.)
Joshua: You already fulfilled your purpose last time you were here. What reason would I have for bringing you back?
Neku: How the heck should I know!
Joshua: Well, it wasn't me this time.
Neku: You're lying!
(Joshua was now serious.)
Joshua: I'm really not.
(Neku looked at him with a surprised expression.)
Neku: …Really?...
Joshua: Yes.
Neku: [I wonder who did then…]
(Joshua shrugged.)
Joshua: Who knows.
(Neku's angry expression returned.)
Neku: Stay out of my head!
(Mr. H got in between them.)
Mr. H: Come on now guys. Let's all get along. Besides you have a mission to complete, don't you?
Me: Not anymore.
(Everyone turned to me.)
Neku: How is that possible? We didn't have a time limit.
Me: Looks like someone else completed it for us though.
(I pointed to a pair of teens that had collapsed on the ground and appeared to be asleep.)
(Joshua smirked.)
Joshua: I thought you wanted to complete every mission yourself.
(I was serious.)
Me: This will be the only one that I don't.
Joshua: Are you sure?
Me: Yes. I am. I will get through this. I have to.
Joshua: Why?
Me: To see- ow! My head… Why…does…it hurt now…?
(I suddenly had flashbacks of some people, but it was kinda fuzzy.)
Me: My family…my friends…I can't really remember much about them now…No! I have to! I have to remember! What happened to my memory?
(Everyone looked at me sympathetically, except for Joshua.)
Joshua: Rules are rules. Your memory of them is your entry fee.
(I was shocked.)
Me: What?
Neku: You monster! I bet you think that this is funny that an innocent girl just lost her life and now her memory!
(I turned to Neku.)
Me: [Is he actually standing up for me?]
Neku: The real reason for the game isn't for your amusement; it's a chance for people to get their lives back! Stop making people suffer like this!
(Joshua sighed.)
Joshua: You're such a hypocrite.
Neku: What?
Joshua: At first, you didn't care about anyone. Now you're trying to protect everyone.
Neku: People can change Joshua, except for you. You are still the same jerk that you were a year ago.
Joshua: Need I remind you that I became her partner and am protecting her from being erased.
(He pointed at me.)
Joshua: But you let her walk away, partner less and defenseless against the dangers that await her during the game.
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