After the people in the base had finally figured out how to use the broadcast system and announced to everyone else on the island that the game was over, the fleet of ships that Atobe's dad had dispatched picked them up and took them home. The next day was a weekday and the students had to go to school without even getting a few days off, and everything went back to normal. It was as if the day on the island had never happened. When the students remembered their experience in the program, they actually felt kind of nostalgic—they were busy students who had exams every day after all, so the day of pointless games and relaxation on the island actually seemed now to be quite lovely.

Of course, it would be unfair to say that the day on the island had no effect in the students' lives. They all changed, at least a little, after the program.

Jiroh, said to be dead over the broadcast, was in fact quite all right. He had been sleeping peacefully as usual in his hole when a bug got in his collar and messed up the wiring, and was therefore counted as dead by Coach Ryuuzaki. He slept through the whole game and never once woke up to tell the others that he was not dead, so the others naturally believed that he was. He slept all the way until Atobe's henchmen pulled him out of the hole to place in a body bag. He then sat up with a bright smile and said "good morning," causing two of the men to have violent heart attacks.

Bane and Yuuta became good friends, exchanged IM addresses, and frequently chatted online about Yu-Gi-Oh GX cards. Yuuta moved home because his desire to play Wii was too great, though he still went to St. Rudolph. Fuji was very happy about this.

Rikkai was the only school that lost their captain, since Yukimura was, unlike Jiroh, really dead. Sanada went insane. The other senpai were busy preparing for their high school entrance exams and declined to be captain, so Kirihara took over the position. He gave the position of vice captain to the fake Sanada they picked up from the lake on the island.

Mizuki and Gakuto also became friends, however strange it may seem. It could be because Mizuki now knew the biggest secret in Hyoutei, that Atobe was losing hair, and thanked Gakuto for it.

The Hyoutei regulars realized that their custom of keeping their cell phones under their wigs was actually pretty useful, and therefore started to carry other things like ipods, wallets and student ID cards under them as well. Sengoku thought it a good idea too, so he kept his pigeon in his hair. It seemed that keeping pointless things in one's hair would soon become the biggest fad in Japan.

Atobe and Kisarazu Atsushi became good friends as well, but Atobe still could not distinguish Atsushi from his twin, which made Atsushi very sad. As for Kisarazu Ryou, he never believed that his teammates and twin were in a Battle Royale program and persisted in thinking that they were playing a giant prank on him.

Oishi still had stomachaches every day. Eiji and Momo played with blowguns all the time and slacked off in their practices, and even Kawamura and Kaidoh joined them sheepishly sometimes. Tezuka was still a good captain. Fuji smuggled quite a number of shotguns home and practiced shooting things whenever he was not playing tennis. Ryoma thought that his senpai were all crazy and was contemplating going back to America.

Shishido and Ootori still played pointless little games together. Shishido had become especially good at kendama—so good that he could do the most difficult "around the world" trick while standing on his head. Atobe and Jiroh started playing with racecars on the sidewalks at school, and it had also become a fad around Hyoutei.

Davide still made bad puns. Bane suggested that Saeki taught Davide to play with blowguns, and it worked surprisingly well—now that Davide had a straw in his mouth, he could not talk as much, and therefore could not make as many bad puns.

Kamio, who was unconscious, was rushed to a hospital and saved in time. Tachibana, who loved his teammates, cried for a whole day when he heard the good news. Shinji, however, felt nauseous whenever he was near Kamio, probably the after effect of dragging him around everywhere for such a long time. He swore never to speak to Kamio again, until poor Kamio promised to help him get a date with Kabaji.

Kabaji decided to become an engineer in the future and make a subway line in Papua New Guinea.

Jackal, who had been stuck in a hole for most of his time on the island, developed a fear of manholes. Every time he saw a manhole he cried. Marui thought he was a sissy and stopped talking to him. The other people stuck in holes did not have this kind of phobia: Aoi told everyone he met about it as if it were something he should be proud of, Gakuto remembered nothing about the hole since he had been so busy reading comic books down there, and Horio went about telling others that he was "Horio with two years of being-trapped-in-holes experience".

Yanagisawa had been worried that others would find out that he was a spy for Coach Ryuuzaki, but it turned out that no one even remembered that he was there. When he tried to speak to other St. Rudolph people about the Battle Royale, they all replied, "What? You were there too?"

Akutsu and Dan did not go back to Japan. They built a house on the island and had a wonderful life full of peace and cabbages. Their family in Japan thought that they were dead, and sad as it was, they could not do anything, since it was Battle Royale after all.

Hiyoshi was also still on the island, not because he chose to stay like Akutsu and Dan, but because the others forgot that he was there and therefore did not remember to pick him up. He lived on fish he caught from the river. Sometimes he would visit Akutsu and Dan and they would all drink tea together. They found the tea in one of the houses in the forest.

Sometimes the Rikkai people, especially Kirihara Akaya, would remember that they once had a gentle, wise dataman with small eyes on their team. The Hyoutei people, especially Mukahi Gakuto, also would remember that they once had a sexy, romantic genius with blue hair on their team. The Seigaku people, especially Kaidoh Kaoru, would also remember that they once had a dangerous, evil dataman with strange glasses on their team.

But they never saw these people anymore.

"Are we there yet? When will we reach the giant's house?" Yanagi wondered as he climbed upwards on the still growing enormous cabbage.

"I'm sure we'll get there soon," Oshitari assured him. "When we do, we'll stick our uniforms up there so the world will know that we got to the top."

"This is troublesome," Inui muttered. "I have to climb, push my glasses, and hold on to this black notebook at the same time. I don't have so many hands."

"You still kept your weapon? I've already thrown away my foil paper," Yanagi said with a gentle smile. "I have to admit, though, Sadaharu, that a notebook is a much better weapon than foil paper."

"If you are worried that someone will take it if you let go of it, you can write your name on it. If you don't have a pen, you can bite your finger until it bleeds and write with the blood," Oshitari suggested.

"Good idea," Inui said and did so. "Still, I have to say that it is only because of this Battle Royale that I could obtain this lovely black notebook. See the beautiful print on the cover? I guess I have to thank the program for this. I wonder how everyone else are doing down there?"

"They are probably all dead by now, since it's a Battle Royale after all." Yanagi sighed. "Their parents must feel very bad. But then, probably no one will remember them after a few years except their parents."

"Yeah," Oshitari said, feeling nostalgic. They had been climbing for such a long time that he almost felt old. "Inui, write everyone's name on your notebook. That way, even if people forget about them, at least their names will live forever in history."

Inui nodded. The fresh young faces of the others flashed past his mind. The memories, the lovely memories—they played tennis together, dug holes together, discussed the collars together—Inui realized just how much he really liked these other people.

He bit on another finger, scribbling furiously on his nice black notebook with the nicely printed words Death Note on the cover. He knew that even if he had to bite on all his fingers and maybe Yanagi's as well, he would write everyone's name down.

"Sure. I'll let them live forever in history.

The End

Not to be continued. Thanks for reading! Reviews are very welcome. I am very sorry that everyone died anyway. Though, as my lovely beta pointed out, Hiyoshi might survive since Inui and Yanagi will probably forget about him. xD

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