Chapter 26: Goodbye Despair Club

Michael: "Game Over Michelle! You lost."

Michelle: "No, no, no." She says repeatedly while she pulls on her hair.

Michael: "Are you girls ready to cast your votes?"

Sayori: "Of course."

Yuri: "I'm ready if you're ready as well."

Monika: "Awesome cause I'm ready too."

Natsuki: "Damn right."

Michael: "Then all of us have made our decision. We all vote to leave this fake world."

Michelle: "Leave this world? … I don't think so."

Michael: "What was that?"

Michelle: "You heard me. I refuse to let you all leave."

Monika: "But we had a deal. If one of us votes for Despair then we all lose. None of us voted for you to win, so we have the right to leave."

Michelle: "Deal? Who cares about some dumb rules and shit. I can change any rules to my advantage as I please."

Sayori: "But that's not fair!"

Michelle: "Life isn't fair. That's what leads people to Despair. The fact that reality will always knock you backdown."

Natsuki: "Who the hell do you think you are? You lost, so just give up!"

Michelle: "Who am I? I'm a God of this world. I'm the one that infected this world. As a God I could never lose."

Yuri: "Your insane."

Michelle: "And so are the rest of you. Look at your faces. You all had Hope, but now it's slowly fading away."

Natsuki: "Does this bitch ever shut up about her Despair?"

Michelle: "I'm going to restart this world again and we can all be trapped in here forever. You won't have any memories of recent events, so all that talk about Hope and the future will just be deleted. Everything Michael said will be meaningless."

Michael: "Your wrong! All my efforts aren't meaningless. We will escaped this fucked up world you made and we …"

Michelle: "Oh shut the fuck up! I can do whatever the hell I want in this world. I'll make sure you all suffer a terrible fate. You will never escape my world."

As she said her final sentence she started to grow larger. Michael and the others watch in horror as she grew to the same size as a building. They should've known that a lot can happened in this world, but they never expected this to occur. They were not expecting her to be this desperate, but for her to do this? How low can she be?

"Now what are you going to do now? You all can't do what I can do. In here I'm a God. All of you are helpless and there's nothing you can do about it." She started laughing maniacally, until.

*Initiating Anti-Virus System*

"The what now?" Michael smirks.

Michael: "So long Despair Club."

When he gave his final line to Michelle, chains started to wrap around her. The chains wrapped around her body started to burn her skin. Giant spray bottles appear above her head and started to spray her, burning more of her skin.

"Bout time you finish something." He said to himself while smiling. Meanwhile in the outside world.

Jason: "It took me a long time, but I finally finished it. Thanks for buying me time to finish this."

Michelle: "What's going on! Let me go! I'm a God! Michael!"

As she started to fall apart. She desperately tried to break off the chains binding her and when she did broke some of them a random cow appeared. The way it looked it look like the same cow doll Sayori keeps in her room. Soon enough more of them appeared and held the chains on Michelle.

Michael: "Really Jason?"

While the cows hold down Michelle one appeared in front of the Literature Club members and pulled out a wand charging it up for one finally attack. The wand looked like it just came out of Parfait Girls and while the cow charges it up Michelle tried to stop it, but was unable to reach as more chains wrapped around her. At long last the cow holding the wand finished charging it up and blasted a huge beam on her, finishing her off once and for all. Michelle was no more as she exploded into hearts and stars. Soon after all the cows waved goodbye before disappearing in a ray of sunshine.

*Virus Terminated*

Natsuki: "Woah, I couldn't believe what I just saw."

Sayori: "That was awesome!"

Yuri: "I can't believe it's finally over now."

Monika: "Never thought a stuffed cow would show up to save us like this?"

Yuri: "Agreed. It was weird, but I'm glad that it showed up."

Natsuki: "So how do we get out of here?"

Jason: "Hey can you all here me!?" Everyone jumped.

Michael: "Yeah, but could you tone it down a bit?"

Jason: "Oh Sorry about that. Well the virus is finally gone and all of you can leave this world. All I need to do is set things up from here, so until then all of you are going to have to wait a bit. When I'm done the world will start to fall apart, so when there's nothing left, you all can leave."

Sayori: "Ok thank you!"

Yuri: "So what shall we do until then?"

Monika: "That's a good question."

Michael: "If it's ok with you girls? I'm going to go walk around town one last time." He starts walking away from them until Natsuki spoke up.

Natsuki: "How are we supposed to leave this room? The door's gone remember?" Suddenly the door appears. "Never mind."

Monika: "How about we all walk around town. To pass the time. We have each other's numbers, so let's go on ahead."

Sayori: "Awesome"

Natsuki: "Might as well since this is going to be last time we're ever going to be here."

All five of them walked out the door and saw that they are now outside of the school. The sky was black, but the sun was still out as ones and zeros appear as stars. The world around them was slowly falling apart. Almost everything was covered with ones and zeros, but it didn't stop them from walking their separate ways. They all promised to call each other when they are done looking around and to meet up again. After their talk they all went their separate ways walking around town before heading to their houses.

They all looked around town to the places they visited before whether it was in here or at the outside world. A rush of nostalgia began running through their minds. They started to remember the good time and the bad times, but are glad that they have these memories.

When Michael arrived at his house he looked around and saw some old photos of himself and his parents. He wonders if they're even still alive in the outside world, but even if they aren't, he's still alive to keep their legacy going. When he set the photo down he notices another photo of himself and his sister.

When he looked at it an image ran through his mind. The image of his sister's face. The last facial expression she made right before she was deleted. For the first time in his life, he saw the look of Despair on Michelle's face. The sadness she felt being alone.

Now knowing more about his past, he now felt guilt within himself. He murdered his sister not once, but twice. A burden he must now carry for the rest of his life. A sin he must shoulder. The more he thinks about her, the more he realized she was right about the world. However the choices he made was right as well. Hope and Despair are on two different sides of the same coin. He now understands the Truth of Reality.

He was scared of leaving this place, but now, he couldn't be much happier to face reality. No matter how hard it gets.

Meanwhile Sayori looked around her house and wonders if her parents are ok. When she got upstairs she notices the picture of herself with longer hair and looks at her hair now. She smiled and went to her room. She decided to clean up a bit and when she finished she looked at her old diary Michael found and returned to her.

She read a couple of pages to see what happened during the rest of their high school years. While reading it she was happy that her childhood friend joined the club and has no regrets guilt tripping him into joining. However she started to worry about him as she pulled out her favorite Duel Monster card from her drawer and hugs her cow doll.

During this, Natsuki went to her old house where she used to live before moving in with Sayori. She went through old photos of herself and her parents. They all looked so happy together until the day she lost her mother. Even though her fake dad was not real, she remembers her real dad. Even after suffering she started to remember what occurred after she stood up to him. She wishes her mother was still here to see how much she's grown. The scars she had never healed, but she now knows that she can still live on. When she reached her room she started to worry about Michael.

In the meantime Yuri has just arrived to her house. The first thing she did when she got home was going to her dad's office. There she found a photo of her and her parents. She wonders to herself if they're still around out there and wonders if they will ever forgive her for the crimes she has committed as an Ultimate. She went to her room and looked at all her knife collection.

She took one out and looks at it. A part of her wanted to cut herself again to feel the rush, but she made the decision of throwing the knife away. Soon after she grabbed all of her knives and put them in a box. She then went outside and dumbed them in a nearby dumpster before returning indoors. After clearing out her room of knives she looked at the Manga Michael gave to her and held it near to her.

For the first time in her life she can be confident with the choices she makes and will never let anyone talk down to her. She started to think about Michael and his Duel Monster card. She smiled to herself when she remembers why that card is so special to the both of them, but soon after she started to frown. She started to worry about him and how well he's doing?

During that time, Monika reached to her house. She went to a secret room that she didn't show her friends yet. The room contained a piano and she decided to play it. When she started playing her piano she started to sing along with it. She sang about how her life was empty and alone, but thanks to her friends she now knows that she is never alone.

After she finished singing she started to tear up. She couldn't understand why, but it had something to do with Michael and all of the hell he went through.

When all of them finished up looking around for the last time, they all called each other. They all agreed to meet up at the club one last time. With all of them coming from different directions the world around them started to fade more and more. Some of the houses disappeared and the sun started to turn dark.

By the time they reached school almost the entire town is gone. They all greeted each other before entering the club room. There they all had a conversation about how they loved being in the club. Meanwhile Michael was looking out through a window seeing the world disappear right before his very eyes. Soon enough he felt someone tugging his sleeve and turned to face them.

Sayori: "Hey are you ok?" She says with a concern expression.

Michael: "… Yeah, why do you ask?"

Sayori: "Because you look down."

Michael: "I'm doing fine. Thanks for asking."

Monika: "Are you thinking about your sister?"

Michael: "Yeah, just wondering what life would be like if she was a normal girl? Would she be a great addition to the club and would I still be here? The world may never know."

Yuri: "Michael" She holds on to his arm, but he looks away from her to see the world fade away. "I'm sorry for your loss."

Michael: "Don't be. I had to do what had to be done. For the sake of others my sister had to die." He looks back at the girls and gives them all a group hug. "I'm sorry everyone. I promised to save you all, but it took longer than needed." He sheds tears.

Monika: "It's okay Michael. Even when it took forever, you kept your promise."

Sayori: "None of us blames you."

Natsuki: "So don't beat yourself up."

Yuri: "Just lift your head up high."

Michael: "Thank you all. I'm glad I joined the Literature Club." The room around them started to fade away. "Well looks like it's time for us to leave this world?"

Sayori: "I'm going to honest with you all. I'm kinda scared."

Yuri: "But it's okay to be scared right?"

Natsuki: "Y-yeah."

Sayori: "We all made the right choice right?"

Yuri: "I believe we have."

Natsuki: "I'm looking forward to what the future has for us."

Yuri: "Agreed"

Monika: "Okay everyone, this is it. I'll see you all out there."

Everyone closes their eyes as the world fades to white. They all hold hands with each other as they started to lose consciousness.

Michael: "Good bye Literature Club. Good bye Despair Club. Hello Hope Club." Before they all lose consciousness, he had one last thing to say. "I love you all."

End of Chapter 26