Ears still hearing only the sound of the explosion, ricocheting off the insides of their skulls, the four girls in the hospital were circled up, discussing a plan. Ino was firmly in favor of going out to see who it was…thinking that whoever had died deserved to not be left outside in the street, all dead and mangled. Yuri was the polar opposite; she didn't want to open the door to their safe little home for any reason whatsoever. Kezika abstained from the vote, not caring either way how they dealt with whoever was out there. That meant that as things usually were in the class…a vote was needed from Hara to decide.

"Let me go get the walkie-talkie…I'm gonna tell Akari what's going on in case she heard the sounds. Kezika…gimme the gun. We're gonna need it out there…'snot safe."

"No…I'm…I'm keeping the gun. I'll go with you."

"But you don't…"

"I'm not letting myself get killed because I don't have the gun…so it's not leaving my grip."

"You're not gonna get hurt…we'll be right back."

"No! You want the gun, I'm going with you!"

"Okay…calm down. You can come. Just make sure you can use that."

"Trust me, I will."

"Okay…I'll just go contact Akari. Ino, come with me…you can probably use those throwing stars better than I can."

"Hey guys…what about me?"

"Just wait here Yuri."

"But…"

"Trust me Yuri…you're gonna be fine. You're getting all worried over nothing. We'll be right back."

Hara headed down the hallway, Ino following and closing the door behind her. Yuri was left alone with Kezika, in a very frightening situation. She had not trusted Kezika one bit, and the way she'd behaved about the gun just made her more uneasy. The two girls faced each other, Yuri still standing by the hall door, Kezika leaning back against the bulletproof glass, safety on her pistol as it twirled around her index finger. She looked at Yuri, head cocked to the side, sizing the other girl up while the beads of sweat formed on Yuri's forehead.

"I'm gonna go…check on them…"

"You're not going anywhere Yuri. You're gonna stand right there."

Yuri, whose head had turned slightly back to the door, looked to find the gun pointed at her, Kezika clicking off the safety. She wanted to scream, run, do something, but as long as Kezika had that gun, she was powerless, and her best bet at staying alive, or at least keeping the other two girls alive, was to just let Kezika go, and hope for a miracle.

In the back of the hospital, the room where the girls had first met Akari and Sabin, Hara pressed her finger against the button as she continued the conversation already in progress. Ino hovered over her shoulder, anxious to get going, and personally not feeling safe splitting into groups of two, and leaving Kezika with the gun. They had to show some trust in each other if they were going to survive, but that was simply ridiculous.

"I'm playing the game Yuri…you off all people know this. Sure you guys are okay to hang around with at school…but I'm not gonna sit back and let everyone else kill us off because we're too afraid to do any of the dirty work ourselves. So…starting with you…I'm gonna to play…and I intend to win."

"I knew it…I fucking knew it you stupid bitch. I knew you'd betray us…I knew…"

"I know you knew…hence why you're the first. You'd tell everyone about me…you'd make them go after me first. I can't have that."

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"Do mean you didn't hear that typewriter sound? A while back?"

"What? There was an explosion."

"I know. I heard that…but then there was the typewriter…a rattatattat sound, you know?"

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"I'm going to kill you first…then I'll take out the other two when they come to check on your poor soul. You'll be first though…simple as that. So…any last words?"

"Go to hell."

"Heh…you first."

Kezika fired, the first shot blasting a chunk out of the door, the splinters shattering directly above Yuri's head. The second shot didn't miss though, spiking itself through Yuri's shoulder and spinning her sideways before a third shot went through and through, leaving a very interesting blood pattern on the door, right behind where her head had been. Kezika pulled out the clip to check the bullets, and replaced it as she prepared for the other two girls.

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"What was that? It sounded like gunfire."

"I'm on it…hang on Yuri…"

"Ino wait!"

"Not now Hara!"

"Hara? Hara what's going on?!"

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The glass of the door, perhaps not as bulletproof as they had thought, rained to the tile of the hospital waiting room, and barrage of bullets whizzing through Kezika's unprepared form from behind, her body shook violently as blood sprayed from her mouth, a single bullet getting her in the head, exiting through her cheek and taking a bit of tongue with it. Sefi stepped through the now broken entrance and looked at the GPS he held in his free hand. There were two blips in front of him, and two more getting closer, one after the other.

Had Hara been first, she would've died. As Ino opened the door to see what had happened, Sefi's Uzi burst out once more, riddling her and sending her back into the class president. He stared into Hara's alarmed eyes and pulled the trigger once more, only nothing came out. He needed a reload at the worst possible time. And that was all the opportunity Hara needed. She pushed Ino's body off of her and, sliding on the blood forming on the floor, ran into the hospital's labyrinthine corridors, dropping the walkie-talkie with Akari's voice still speaking out through it.

Sefi paused to pick up the device, switching it off as he deposited it, along with his GPS, in Kasumi's bag, fishing out a new clip and locking it into place within the chamber of his weapon. With that, he continued, listening for the frantic and squishy footsteps of Hara and she reached her goal, a door leading upstairs. She pushed it open and ran, gripping the banister for balance and trying any door along the way, each one locked all the way up to the fourth floor…the roof. As she emerged onto the roof, the morning sun shining brightly overhead, she looked around and saw herself surrounded...encased by a chain link fence with barbed wire that lined the edges of the lofty roof.

"WHO THE FUCK DESIGNED THIS FUCKING HOSPITAL?!"

She ran at one of the fence sections and thrust herself into it, shaking the metal but not doing much to budge the obstruction. Sefi was in pursuit, taking his time and simply following the trail of bloody footprints she had left behind. He reached the staircase quickly enough, and scales it, taking only one step at a time, pausing to check the doors, just in case. Hara continued her efforts, her cheek bloody from striking the fence, but making some progress, the beams starting to bend. It was just as Sefi emerged into the sun that she made her final charge, hitting the metal just right that it bent, snapping and falling back against the hospital wall, while Hara's momentum propelled her into the air, gravity taking effect instantly.

Sefi watched her go over, still taking his time as he though of how even if she survived…he would easily be able to return down the stairs and take her out with no hassle on his part. Hara screamed as she fell, her eyes closed, not wanting to see her death coming. She stopped suddenly, seconds later, but she wasn't dead. She wasn't even really hurt. She opened her eyes and found a pair of strong arms holding her, just a few feet off above the ground.

Yuji looked up, not waiting for whatever had made her jump to show up to finish the job. He didn't bother to explain…he'd seen Kezika attack Yuri through the glass, and he'd seen Sefi take her out. That was all he needed. He'd run out of the fire station just in time to see the fence fall and see a figure, a little smaller than himself plummeting to Earth. He acted fast, and now he had to do so again. He ran, still holding Hara in his arms as she cast a glance back, to see Sefi standing at the edge, firing from high above. The bullets struck harmlessly into the ground, as Yuji turned off the street, leaping over the fallen body Magoichi Tadakatsu as he lay in his path.