"You shouldn't tease me like that!" She muttered to me. I just chuckled, groaning from the pain every now and then.
"It was so worth it." I told her. She glared at me. We continued our way to school. After a few words exchanged from each other, I heard the sound of static. Yuno pulled out her phone and gasped out of excitement.
She quickly put her phone away and ran ahead of me. Confused, I ran to catch up to her. She made a turn into an alleyway and stopped at the end of it, peering into the main road. I made it up to her and peeked my head around the corner.
A few feet away from our spot, a boy was walking down the main road, distracted by his phone. I recognized the kid to be Yukiteru Amano, a boy from our class. Yuno was staring intently at him, not even blinking for a second.
"Stalker much.." I whispered into her ear, making her jump. She smacked me upside the head. She put her finger to her lips and told me to keep it down. She started to walk out of the alleyway and into the main road. I followed suite, looking at all the students around us. All of them kept eyeing us, whispering among themselves.
I ignored them and continued walking. We made it to school by 9:00, with homeroom just starting. Yuno took her seat and I sat behind her. The teacher started the class off by giving us a pop quiz. I grumbled to myself. Yuno heard me and kicked me from under the desk.
About five minutes into it, Yuno glanced back, but not at me. I turned my head to see who she was staring at and made direct eye contact with Yukiteru. I returned to my normal position, wabout to interrogate Yuno, but she was beginning to make a clay sculpture. The homeroom teacher scolded her for it, but she passed it off as something to help her focus. I rolled my eyes at her obvious lie.
At the end of class, I looked at what Yuno was sculpting, but she hid it from my eyes. She packed up and we headed off to our next class.
*Time skip to end of the day*
I was at the school's entrance, waiting for Yuno. "Where the hell is she?" I said out loud to myself. After five minutes, I checked the diary.
February 23 5:10 [Class 2-C]
Yuno corners Yukiteru
February 23 5:15 [Back of the School]
Yuno pursues Yukiteru as he flees from her
February 23 5:22 [Construction Site]
Yuno chases Yukiteru into a building
February 23 5:25 [Elevator]
Yuno confronts Yukiteru
"Huh?" I uttered. I checked the time. 5:10 . I ran to the school entrance, rushing to cut off Yuno. I made it to class 2-C. I slam the door open. Nothing. 'Damn it..' I thought to myself. I run out of the classroom and down the corridor. I made to back window, staring into the schoolyard. Yuno was strolling casually down the pathway. I was pounding on the window, attempting to gain her attention.
"Shit.." She couldn't hear me, 'Or she's just ignoring me.. now that I think about..' I ran down the stairs, practically flying down the staircase. After a few minutes of running, I made it to the bottom floor. I sprinted into the courtyard, shouting out Yuno's name. I checked my phone.
"No changes.." I ran in the direction Yuno went. I got to the construction site the diary mentioned. I stopped when I saw a figure standing in front of the building.
'Who is that?' I sweat dropped. The figure was dressed with a trench coat, gas mask, and goggles, in his hand, a machete. 'Are you my mummy?' He reached into his coat pocket and pulled out a cellphone.
'Is he one of the..' I began to think when he looked down at his cellphone. He looked back up at the building. I gazed into his line of sight and gasped. Yuno was in a glass elevator, standing with Yukiteru.
The man started to walk towards the building, dragging his machete on the ground, with me following behind him. I clutched my fist with an angry smile on my face, 'Yuno.. you better not screw this up..'
The man climbed up to the fourteenth floor, waiting for the elevator to open. When it did, he had a sullen look on his face. He angrily gripped his phone and strutted up the staircases. I reached into my pocket, grabbing ahold of my switchblade. 'Have to be ready for anything in this survival game.'
I closely followed the man, studying his every movement. My diary says that Yuno will be fine, so I won't make a move to screw it up. He made it to the rooftop. I stayed hidden behind the rooftop entrance and scanned the area, finding any signs of movement. Out of the corner of my eye, I notice Yukiteru holding a glass shard, watching the man closely.
'Must be one of Yuno's plans' The man scanned the area, then reached for his phone. Once it was out, Yuno rushed the man. Whilst in his startles, Yukiteru leaves his spot and tosses a dart, aiming straight for his phone.
The dart made contact with the phone, stabbing right through it. I walked over to Yuno, staring at the man while his body began to distort. His body started to fold in on itself until the man disappeared completely.
"Well, that was disappointing," Yuno stated. I had to agree with her, I was expecting more blood. Yukiteru was staring at where the man stood, shock written on his face.
"Yuno," I looked towards her, "Is he one?" She nodded at me. "What's going on!? Who is he?!" Yukiteru shouted. I looked at him, "My name is Rai. Rai Gasai." I offered him my hand. With a trembling hand, he shook it.
"And as to your second question.." Yuno began, "That will be answered soon." Still shocked, he began to shake his head, grabbing ahold of his head.
I looked over at Yuno. "$10 he is the next one to die." She punched me in the arm. We went over to Yukiteru, lifting him off the ground. "We should get you home, bud, okay?" He slowly nodded his head. We began towards - what I believe - is the direction of his house.
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I was standing on a platform, staring at eleven other silhouettes. The gigantic god sat on his throne, looking at everyone.
"Okay.. Now that all the remaining players are here.." Deus began to speak. I just zoned him out, 'I have already heard all of this before..' I waited until he stated the newest information.
Tenth spoke up to ask Deus a question, "Excuse me, but why have I seen my diary change itself." Deus then explained how if we avoided the entry of the diary, it would rewrite itself for that timeline. But then an interesting thing was spoken of, "But there is no way to avoid a fixed point in time."
"Excuse me," I raised my hand. "Yes, Thirteenth?" He asked. "I'm sorry to ask this of you, but could you explain what a fixed point is?" He nodded his head. "A fixed point is an event in time that is set to always happen, in every timeline, no matter how much effort you put in to change it. Not even a god can change one."
'So it's destined to always happen?' "Anymore questions?" Deus asked. When there was no response, he shouted, "Well then, let the Survival Games commence." As everyone shouted their threats at Yukiteru, I kept on thinking about the fixed points in time. 'What were to happen if one were to prevent it..?'
Eventually, I vanished from the platform, reappearing in my bedroom. I exited the room to check on Yuno. She was in her room, laying on her bed, giggling as she read her phone. I rolled my eyes as I returned to my room and collapsed onto my floor, too exhausted to reach my bed. Even through the roughness of it, I drifted off to sleep.
