Here's the fourteenth chapter. We'll be able to see what happened right after after the fishing incident. Will Nakami recover? Did Hinata took care of her? I hope so. Enjoy. ^-^

Ch. 14

Battlefront was out in the field, serving the normal students the fish we caught. Everyone was cooking fish soup together. Even Angel was with them. I guess she wasn't as bad as I thought. Maybe Yui was right about her.

I wasn't with my team outside, however. I was inside the infirmary with Nakami in bed. She strangely fainted right after the fish was defeated, so I guess it was a bit overwhelming for her.

I sighed and walked out of the room. Nakami would be just fine. She just needed rest. In the meantime, I can go outside and see with what I could help with. But down the hallway, I was stopped by Yui who was walking towards me, holding a box.

"Hina-kins!" she smiled.

"Yui, what are you doing here?" I said.

"I was going to see if Nakami was okay."

"She's fine. She just needs to rest."

"That's good to hear."

Silence. Maybe I should do the mission I assigned myself to while I was alone with Yui.

I sighed. "Yui, do you think we can talk for a minute?"

"Sure, Hina-kins. What is it?" Yui said.

"Well, I'll be straight forward, are you going against Battlefront?"

"What? Of course not."

"But you have different beliefs than us. You don't have the same reason as we do."

"That doesn't make me go against you. To be honest, it makes me want to be with you guys more and more."

"You want us to get obliterated."

Yui tilted her head. "You make it sound like an illegal crime."

"But it's true," I said. "We don't want to get obliterated. We're fighting for that not to happen to us. Is that why you're with Angel? Is that why you defend her so much?"

Yui gave out a small smile.

"Is that a 'yes'? Of course. I should've known. You were against us all this time. Because you have Angel with you, you decided to get more company by keeping Koyomi all to yourself," I said.

"I'm not keeping him all to myself," Yui said.

"Then why didn't you report him to Battlefront?"

"Because he didn't want me to. He didn't want to join or be forced to join."

"And why not? Was it something you told him? Did you convince him into joining your cause than ours?"

"I only told him everything you guys told me. Yet he didn't want to join. He had something else to fight for."

"That is?"

"Nakami."

I hesitated. It was true. Yuri told me she heard Nakami being mentioned along with me. Were we the targets of these two weirdos? What do they want with us?

I growled. "You better leave Nakami out of this."

Yui tilted her head. "Hmm?"

"Have me as your target but don't include Nakami in this."

"But Koyomi-"

"Fuck Koyomi! I will not let both of you hurt Nakami. Hurt me but not her."

Yui giggled. It wasn't as cute as before. "Why would you think we would hurt you and Nakami?"

"Yui, I'm finding it hard to believe you anymore," I said.

"You don't believe me? But I'm being completely honest with you."

"Then tell me. Tell me why Koyomi wants Nakami."

Yui frowned. "I can't tell you that."

"Why not?"

"Because I promised him I wouldn't tell anyone about his plan."

"There it goes! Obviously, he's planning something evil, and you know about it."

"He's not planning anything evil."

"Then why can't you tell me?"

"Because it's a secret."

I sighed. It was hopeless. I can't convince Yui to tell me anything and I doubt that if I find Koyomi, he'll tell me something. I quit. I can't do it anymore. There's only one more thing to do.

"Yui," I began. "I think you should get out."

"Hmm? Get out?" Yui said.

"You're banded from Battlefront."

"Huh? Why?"

"Because you're no use to us. You're going against us by not telling us everything you know. You know that we tell each other everything especially to Yurippe. We don't want someone who doesn't share important stuff with us. You're a threat, Yui. We don't want you."

"Y-you can't band me! You're not the leader!"

"I'm the co-founder of Battlefront. I have the right to."

Yui gasped. "B-but Hinata..."

"Get out! Don't ever come close to us ever again. If you do, we'll treat you just as we did with Angel. You'll be our new enemy."

Yui gave me puppy eyes which I had to fight hard to resist them. "If that's how it's going to be, then let me at least give you this." She handed me the box she held. "It's the gift I was meaning to give you."

I looked down to the box then back to Yui who was walking away. The anger inside of me made me turn the gift down.

"I don't want this!" I said as I threw the box at Yui. I managed to hit her in the back of the head, causing her to fall. I was caught off guard. I wasn't aiming to hit her.

"Yui, are you okay? I'm sorry," I said as I walked over to her.

Yui pushed the box aside. She looked at me with red, tearful eyes. "Do you want me to be paralyzed here as well?!"

Then she left.

I felt pretty bad. I didn't mean to hit her. I swear I didn't. And with what she said made me feel a lot worse. But there's nothing I can do. Yui wasn't someone I could trust anymore. I can't go up to her and heal her wounds. We weren't friends anymore.

I sighed and turned around only to be faced with Nakami who stared at me.

"Nakami, you're awake," I said.

"Yes," she said.

"You okay?"

"Yes."

"I'm glad."

Silence.

"Nakami, did you hear us talking?" I said.

Nakami nodded.

"How much of it did you hear?"

"From where you told Yui to get out."

I sighed. "Do you think I should've done that?"

Nakami blinked once. "I have no comment."

"Yui won't be with us anymore."

"I know."

"Doesn't that affect you in some way? After the good time you had with her earlier today?"

"Of course, but that was your decision. I cannot over rule your decision especially since you're the co-founder of Battlefront as you said it yourself."

I frowned. "You make me feel so guilty."

Nakami then grabbed my hands and gave me eyes that I never seen before in her. She looked like she was begging for hope from me.

"Hinata-kun," she said. "I need you to help me."

"What is it?" I said.

"Please help me find peace."

"Nakami, what are you saying?"

"I want get out of here, to find peace. But I don't want to go alone. Hinata-kun, please come with me."

I froze. Nakami did not say what I think she just said. She couldn't had possibly said she wanted to vanish after the conversation I just had with Yui. Was Nakami feeling okay?

"Nakami, you can't be saying something like that," I said.

"Why not? It's what I feel, Hinata-kun. I want peace," Nakami said.

"But the reason to join Battlefront was to fight against Angel and God for giving you an unfair life."

"Angel is not against us anymore. There's no reason for me to fight anymore."

"But-"

"Please, Hinata-kun. All I want is to leave this place, and I want you to help me. Please come with me. I'll help you find peace as well. It should feel wonderful, Hinata-kun. Don't you want to be happy?"

I looked at Nakami. She was pleading for peace, pleading for me to help her, pleading for me to vanish along with her. This was what Yui wanted. She wanted for everyone to find peace and leave this place. But why? And now Nakami is telling me that she wants to leave this place in her account. Did Yui had something to do with this? Did she convinced Nakami otherwise? It could be possible. I mean, the two were left behind earlier today. It could be possible that Yui told Nakami about her plans.

"Nakami, please tell me what changed your mind. Please tell me," I said.

Nakami nodded. "I just felt like there was nothing else I could fight for. There was no reason for me to be here anymore. I just need a little push to get me to the other side. No one convinced me. I convinced myself."

I sighed. "Do you really want peace that bad?"

Nakami blinked once. "Yes."

"And you want me to help you."

"Yes."

"And...find peace myself, so I can vanish with you."

"Yes. No one has to know about it. We can leave together without no one knowing."

I sighed. This was tough. Okay, so I had two, well, three choices to be exact.

One: To be on Yuri's side. Meaning, I will fight against God for the unfairness of all of our lives. No one gets left behind, and we fight together. No one will get obliterated. Period.

Two: To be on Nakami's side. Meaning, I will help Nakami and I find peace on our own account without letting Battlefront know. We will be working on our own to get out of this place, a place I was hoping to escape a long time ago myself.

Three: To be on Yui's side. Meaning, I will work with Yui on helping everyone get peace. We would all leave this place and accept another life, whatever that may be.

Okay. Three choices. Three paths to choose from. Two I'm considering while one is still a rough one. What should I choose? Which way should I go? I wanted to help all three girls, even though I kicked one out. I wanted to help Yuri, to fight with her. I wanted to help Nakami, to help her find peace. I wanted to help Yui, to get everyone to a better place.

But which one should I choose?

Nakami waited patiently for my respond. I looked down at her eyes, eyes that were finally eyes of a real human with emotions. She made me want to protect her and say 'yes' to her request. But should I?

I sighed. "Nakami, if you want, I'll help you."

Nakami blinked. "Thank you, Hinata-kun." She leaned forward and planted a small kiss on my cheek. "Thank you."

I hope this was for the best.

"We'll be able to leave this place once and for all, Hinata-kun. Isn't that exciting? We'll find peace. Together," Nakami said.

I sighed. I felt uncomfortable. But why? I wanted to leave this place a long time ago but because I met Yuri, I couldn't leave. But now here's Nakami, telling me we can leave without letting anyone know. We'll help each other. This should be the best day of my life. Finally someone who wanted to leave as badly as I did.

I wasn't happy.

Oh my! Hinata did not just do what I thought he did. He did not just kicked Yui out of Battlefront. No way!

Poor Yui got her heart broken and her head hit. Damn Hinata.

Well, the good thing was that Nakami was able to recover fairly quickly. But what's this? She wants to leave the Afterlife? She wants to find peace? And she wants Hinata to join her? Ooohhh...Hinata said yes. I wonder what will become of them.

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