Battle Royale: Day 3
Day 3, 0.17am
"What's wrong, Junichi?" asked Yamato.
"Eriko," Junichi replied. "I heard Eriko."
"You're imagining things."
"I did hear her!" Junichi shouted and sped off.
"Wait for me!" called Yamato running after him.
***
Eriko winced in pain as she tried to free her leg from the animal trap. Yet, the harder she tried to pry away the strong hold of the trap, the deeper its sharp ragged teeth seemed to bite into her skin. Her hands were stained with blood. Her own blood.
"I'd never expect the top student to walk into my trap," a cold icy voice said.
Eriko looked up and saw Sakura holding a raised sickle. "Die, Eriko," Sakura brought the sickle down when a hand stopped her.
"Eriko, you alright?" asked Junichi wrenching the sickle away from Sakura and throwing it aside.
"Junichi! Yamato!" Eriko cried in relief and tried to run towards them when she fell back down in pain.
"Eriko!" Junichi rushed towards her.
"Yamato, watch out!" Eriko suddenly lunged out, despite the heavy pain that clung onto her right foot. It all happened too quickly. There was a moment of red flash. Fresh blood splattered onto the leaves and ground. Eriko stood between Yamato and Sakura, clutching her stomach, a small pool of blood, with a spear stuck through her.
Sakura withdrew her spear and Eriko fell backwards onto Yamato. "Eriko!" Junichi shouted, rushing over to Eriko and Yamato. "Eriko, why?" stuttered Yamato.
With much difficulty, Eriko managed a weak smile, "Because I loved you, and I still do. Remember when we first met, and I was shouting at you? I really hated you then, but I don't know when and how, I just started falling for you. I don't know what I saw in you. You were inferior to me in both studies and looks, but I just liked you. Whenever I saw you, I just had this unexplainable feeling. But when you found out of my feelings for you, you rejected me and even started treating as invisible. The pain I felt whenever you passed by me without looking was heart wrenching. It really hurt so much. Now, I'm really happy. I always wished I could be of help to you, and now I'm finally useful. I'm really happy, to be able to do something for you and die in your arms. Could I ask you of one last wish? Hold me tight, just this once, for the first and last time."
Yamato was left speechless and touched by what Eriko had just told him. Slowly, he put his arms around the injured girl and held her close to him. Eriko clung tightly onto him and held his hand, "Thank you. I know I've asked of too much. Please survive, Yamato. Aishiteru (means 'I love you' in Japanese)." Her eyes shining and looking misty due to her tears brimming, Eriko summoned the last of her remaining strength to place her lips gently and lightly on Yamato's, before the fire in her went out, and her body went limp, warm tears gushing out and streaking her cold cheeks.
Yamato held on to the lifeless body of Eriko, "Gomen nasai, I never spared a thought for your feelings."
"Eriko," gasped Fuuko as she and Domon arrived at the time to see Eriko and hear her parting speech. "Who am I to quarrel and chat with when you're gone?"
Junichi was now holding onto Eriko's hand, "Eriko, Yamato's not the only man in the world. I like you. I want you to be my girl. I never dared to ask you in the past when I saw how much you loved Yamato. Why do you have to go now when I've made up my mind to profess to you?"
"What a heartwarming scene," smirked Sakura emotionlessly. "Who wants to die next?"
Junichi growled, "Sakura, you'll pay for this."
"How can you be so heartless?" yelled Fuuko. "I'll take you on! I hate people who don't take the lives of others seriously! You're a cold-blooded animal who won't achieve anything! I thought you were an innocent girl!"
"What do you know?" retorted Sakura. "You aren't me! I tried to be good, but I never got anything! I was always left out in class! I tried hard to be a good student but Eriko always trumped me in academic results! I tried to be friendly and easy to get along with, but Chizuro was still more popular than me! I thought that at least the teachers liked me, but now, I was made to play this game! It seemed that life would be more worth it being bad! I even went against how I felt to get this far! What do you know?"
"Enough," Junichi said as he rose. "Fuuko, please do not interfere in this. I want to avenge Eriko."
Sakura threw her spear at the approaching Junichi. It sunk into his leg but the thin and usually weak Junichi pulled it out and broke it into two. Sakura looked surprised but took out her gun and shot continuously at Junichi. The bullets grazed him and lodged into his arms, chest and legs, but Junichi continued advancing towards her. Sakura grew alarmed. Junichi towered over her and she attempted to shoot him again. She pressed the trigger. Nothing came out! She had run out of bullets! She reached for another gun when Junichi snatched it from her and shot her. Sakura staggered. Shot after shot rang through her as she fought to remain standing, before her petite body finally gave way and she fell, darkness closing in on her.
~ 'All I wanted was to prove myself, to do something right, to carry on my life. Yet each step I took seemed to bring me further from my target. I thought I would find a way, but it turns out that my life was purely empty.' ~
Just as Sakura fell, Junichi came down also. Fuuko, Domon and Yamato rushed to his side. Junichi smiled, "Now I can join Eriko and ask her to go steady with me." as he finished these words, he breathed his last.
~Girls # 13 Hamasaki Eriko dead, Girls #16 Morishima Sakura dead, Boys #6 Kanzaki Junichi dead, 7 to go~
"Someone's approaching," said Tsuboi Yoshina as she consulted her sensor. "We'll have to move soon."
"You're really smart, Yoshina," replied Yamamura Noboru. "Avoiding any direct clashes."
"I would rather everyone could survive on their own," Yoshina sighed.
"Yoshina, what if we are the only two left later on?"
"I don't know. I'm trying to think of how to get rid of the chokers on our necks."
"Yoshina, you're very independent, I'm sure you can manage better without me. It'll also increase your chance of survival."
"What are you talking about?" Yoshina turned her head and gasped when she saw Noboru pulling at his choker. "You'll kill yourself!"
"That's the point. Yoshina, I'm sure you can survive," Noboru pulled off his choker and it exploded at that instant.
"Noboru," Yoshina saw his corpse with his partly severed and bloody neck, and fell to her knees and stared dazed. She didn't notice her sensor showing the presence of someone right outside the house. She smelt petroleum but did not care. A few grenades crashed through the window and in a few minutes, she was engulfed in flames, together with the dead Noboru. There was a huge blast and Yoshina felt herself burning in intense heat before the fire overcame her vision and what she could only see her death.
~Boys #3 Yamamura Noboru dead, Girls #5 Tsuboi Yoshina dead, 5 to go~
The control room screeched warning sounds as the soldiers all cried out in dismay, "The system's gone down!" In the confusion, a soldier sneaked out.
***
Aizawa Koichi saw his mother, 10 years ago, being dismembered by sadistic murderers in front of his eyes. His father was sitting on the floor, wide- eyed, dead, his brain on his lap. Aizawa screamed and shielded his eyes, nut the torturous and gruesome scene was etched permanently in his eyes.
Fuuko, Domon and Yamato gasped as they saw Aizawa Koichi standing outside a burning house. Aizawa turned and caught sight of them. Taking out his gun, he fired at them as they hid behind the trees. "Fuuko, stay here," said Domon. "I can easily handle him."
Domon took out his machine gun and went out. He did not fear the shots Aizawa aimed at him. He was strong enough to withstand the bullets. He just continued shooting at Aizawa, knowing that he had to protect Fuuko. He and Aizawa only stood there, exchanging brutal shots, in a fight to see who could last longer.
Minutes passed. Both were weak and badly injured after the numerous shots each of them had taken. This was the last final deciding shot. Who was hit by the next one would surely die. Both of them pressed their triggers at the same time. A shadow passed by. Both remained standing. Both bullets lodged into her. Her flaming red hair flowed in the wind, before she fell onto Aizawa, who caught hold of her.
"Miyuki," Aizawa held her. "What are you doing?"
In Aizawa's arms, Miyuki felt the comfort that she had sought for after the short moment of Aizawa's sudden kiss. Reaching out her hand, she stroke Aizawa's face with her slender fingers, "I don't want you to die, nor do I want you to kill. I love you and I don't want you to kill and regret it like I did in the past. Ever since my encounter with you, you've always been on my mind and I no longer feel the sorrow of the past in my heart. Maybe fate brought us together. I'm sure no one, no matter how heartless, enjoys killing. Please stop. I know you don't enjoy doing this either, deep in your heart."
Aizawa felt Miyuki's words strike a chord in his heart. Did he really like killing? It had just been a crazy desire, brought on after witnessing such an event in his childhood. But, he had never really wanted to kill. Especially after meeting Miyuki, all the more he wanted to stop.
"Miyuki, we'll die if there are other survivors," he said.
"Better than regretting it for the rest of our lives," Miyuki spoke softly. "I'm already very tired."
"I understand," said Aizawa as he kissed Miyuki once more, before lifting her up and carrying her in both arms and walked towards the dancing flames of the house. As they entered the gateway to death, both of them were still in each other's gaze.
Natsumi, Miyuki thought. I'll be seeing you soon. I won't regret doing this as I promised you. I'll meet you soon and you can meet Koichi. Maybe this will be life after death.
~Boys #9 Aizawa Koichi dead, Girls #9 Fuyukawa Miyuki dead, 3 to go~
"So that leaves only the three of us left here," muttered Yamato. "Are we going to die after this?"
"Fuuko, since we're going to die, can you kiss me and we'll walk into the flames together as well," said Domon.
His comment earned him a big whack on his head. "BAKA!!!! HENTAI!!!" Fuuko yelled.
"You guys still fighting?" a voice said from behind. Fuuko and Domon spun around to see a soldier, "Who are you?"
"Idiots will always be idiots. You guys are still as stupid as ever," the soldier removed his cap and long strands of hair came flowing down like a silver river.
"Mi-chan!" Fuuko yelled. "How come you're here?"
"I found out that you guys were chosen so I sneaked in as a soldier to help you. I used a virus to disable the system permanently but that required time. I had thought that at least all of Hokage would make it that far, but it seems like only you two and that weakling have made it. By the way, as the system's disabled, you can take your chokers off now," replied Mikagami Tokiya.
Fuuko and Domon both immediately snatched the chokers off. Yamato was too afraid to do so, and ended up being strangle by Fuuko, who tried to take it off for him, and was too rough in handling it.
"So that means we can go home?" asked Fuuko.
Mikagami shook his head, "I'm afraid not. A teacher in charge of this game is allowed to kill the students if they cheat, and what I've just done is counted as cheating. Minamoto is sure to come after you guys. And don't underestimate him, he was sought after by Mori Kouran before to be part of Ura Uruha. You guys will have to defeat him first."
***
Minamato finally collapsed at the same time as Domon did. Fuuko fell backward and Tokiya stood panting after the long fight. Fuuko's tears were now flowing out, "Domon. why must everyone die?"
Tokiya stood behind her, "At least it's finally over."
Dead bodies were strewn all over the island and misery and sudden realization overwhelmed the survivors, especially Fuuko, who had been suppressing her tears for too long, and was crying her heart out now.
~Day 3, 4.15am, the game ends~
Ok, I know the ending sucks, but I was rushing to complete the last chapter, so it wasn't done so well. There's still an epilogue though, so please stay tuned. Also, please please please R&R! I really need your comments and I've noticed a drop in the number of reviews, so please do send in your reviewers. A million thanks to those who reviewed my story and continue reviewing please!
Day 3, 0.17am
"What's wrong, Junichi?" asked Yamato.
"Eriko," Junichi replied. "I heard Eriko."
"You're imagining things."
"I did hear her!" Junichi shouted and sped off.
"Wait for me!" called Yamato running after him.
***
Eriko winced in pain as she tried to free her leg from the animal trap. Yet, the harder she tried to pry away the strong hold of the trap, the deeper its sharp ragged teeth seemed to bite into her skin. Her hands were stained with blood. Her own blood.
"I'd never expect the top student to walk into my trap," a cold icy voice said.
Eriko looked up and saw Sakura holding a raised sickle. "Die, Eriko," Sakura brought the sickle down when a hand stopped her.
"Eriko, you alright?" asked Junichi wrenching the sickle away from Sakura and throwing it aside.
"Junichi! Yamato!" Eriko cried in relief and tried to run towards them when she fell back down in pain.
"Eriko!" Junichi rushed towards her.
"Yamato, watch out!" Eriko suddenly lunged out, despite the heavy pain that clung onto her right foot. It all happened too quickly. There was a moment of red flash. Fresh blood splattered onto the leaves and ground. Eriko stood between Yamato and Sakura, clutching her stomach, a small pool of blood, with a spear stuck through her.
Sakura withdrew her spear and Eriko fell backwards onto Yamato. "Eriko!" Junichi shouted, rushing over to Eriko and Yamato. "Eriko, why?" stuttered Yamato.
With much difficulty, Eriko managed a weak smile, "Because I loved you, and I still do. Remember when we first met, and I was shouting at you? I really hated you then, but I don't know when and how, I just started falling for you. I don't know what I saw in you. You were inferior to me in both studies and looks, but I just liked you. Whenever I saw you, I just had this unexplainable feeling. But when you found out of my feelings for you, you rejected me and even started treating as invisible. The pain I felt whenever you passed by me without looking was heart wrenching. It really hurt so much. Now, I'm really happy. I always wished I could be of help to you, and now I'm finally useful. I'm really happy, to be able to do something for you and die in your arms. Could I ask you of one last wish? Hold me tight, just this once, for the first and last time."
Yamato was left speechless and touched by what Eriko had just told him. Slowly, he put his arms around the injured girl and held her close to him. Eriko clung tightly onto him and held his hand, "Thank you. I know I've asked of too much. Please survive, Yamato. Aishiteru (means 'I love you' in Japanese)." Her eyes shining and looking misty due to her tears brimming, Eriko summoned the last of her remaining strength to place her lips gently and lightly on Yamato's, before the fire in her went out, and her body went limp, warm tears gushing out and streaking her cold cheeks.
Yamato held on to the lifeless body of Eriko, "Gomen nasai, I never spared a thought for your feelings."
"Eriko," gasped Fuuko as she and Domon arrived at the time to see Eriko and hear her parting speech. "Who am I to quarrel and chat with when you're gone?"
Junichi was now holding onto Eriko's hand, "Eriko, Yamato's not the only man in the world. I like you. I want you to be my girl. I never dared to ask you in the past when I saw how much you loved Yamato. Why do you have to go now when I've made up my mind to profess to you?"
"What a heartwarming scene," smirked Sakura emotionlessly. "Who wants to die next?"
Junichi growled, "Sakura, you'll pay for this."
"How can you be so heartless?" yelled Fuuko. "I'll take you on! I hate people who don't take the lives of others seriously! You're a cold-blooded animal who won't achieve anything! I thought you were an innocent girl!"
"What do you know?" retorted Sakura. "You aren't me! I tried to be good, but I never got anything! I was always left out in class! I tried hard to be a good student but Eriko always trumped me in academic results! I tried to be friendly and easy to get along with, but Chizuro was still more popular than me! I thought that at least the teachers liked me, but now, I was made to play this game! It seemed that life would be more worth it being bad! I even went against how I felt to get this far! What do you know?"
"Enough," Junichi said as he rose. "Fuuko, please do not interfere in this. I want to avenge Eriko."
Sakura threw her spear at the approaching Junichi. It sunk into his leg but the thin and usually weak Junichi pulled it out and broke it into two. Sakura looked surprised but took out her gun and shot continuously at Junichi. The bullets grazed him and lodged into his arms, chest and legs, but Junichi continued advancing towards her. Sakura grew alarmed. Junichi towered over her and she attempted to shoot him again. She pressed the trigger. Nothing came out! She had run out of bullets! She reached for another gun when Junichi snatched it from her and shot her. Sakura staggered. Shot after shot rang through her as she fought to remain standing, before her petite body finally gave way and she fell, darkness closing in on her.
~ 'All I wanted was to prove myself, to do something right, to carry on my life. Yet each step I took seemed to bring me further from my target. I thought I would find a way, but it turns out that my life was purely empty.' ~
Just as Sakura fell, Junichi came down also. Fuuko, Domon and Yamato rushed to his side. Junichi smiled, "Now I can join Eriko and ask her to go steady with me." as he finished these words, he breathed his last.
~Girls # 13 Hamasaki Eriko dead, Girls #16 Morishima Sakura dead, Boys #6 Kanzaki Junichi dead, 7 to go~
"Someone's approaching," said Tsuboi Yoshina as she consulted her sensor. "We'll have to move soon."
"You're really smart, Yoshina," replied Yamamura Noboru. "Avoiding any direct clashes."
"I would rather everyone could survive on their own," Yoshina sighed.
"Yoshina, what if we are the only two left later on?"
"I don't know. I'm trying to think of how to get rid of the chokers on our necks."
"Yoshina, you're very independent, I'm sure you can manage better without me. It'll also increase your chance of survival."
"What are you talking about?" Yoshina turned her head and gasped when she saw Noboru pulling at his choker. "You'll kill yourself!"
"That's the point. Yoshina, I'm sure you can survive," Noboru pulled off his choker and it exploded at that instant.
"Noboru," Yoshina saw his corpse with his partly severed and bloody neck, and fell to her knees and stared dazed. She didn't notice her sensor showing the presence of someone right outside the house. She smelt petroleum but did not care. A few grenades crashed through the window and in a few minutes, she was engulfed in flames, together with the dead Noboru. There was a huge blast and Yoshina felt herself burning in intense heat before the fire overcame her vision and what she could only see her death.
~Boys #3 Yamamura Noboru dead, Girls #5 Tsuboi Yoshina dead, 5 to go~
The control room screeched warning sounds as the soldiers all cried out in dismay, "The system's gone down!" In the confusion, a soldier sneaked out.
***
Aizawa Koichi saw his mother, 10 years ago, being dismembered by sadistic murderers in front of his eyes. His father was sitting on the floor, wide- eyed, dead, his brain on his lap. Aizawa screamed and shielded his eyes, nut the torturous and gruesome scene was etched permanently in his eyes.
Fuuko, Domon and Yamato gasped as they saw Aizawa Koichi standing outside a burning house. Aizawa turned and caught sight of them. Taking out his gun, he fired at them as they hid behind the trees. "Fuuko, stay here," said Domon. "I can easily handle him."
Domon took out his machine gun and went out. He did not fear the shots Aizawa aimed at him. He was strong enough to withstand the bullets. He just continued shooting at Aizawa, knowing that he had to protect Fuuko. He and Aizawa only stood there, exchanging brutal shots, in a fight to see who could last longer.
Minutes passed. Both were weak and badly injured after the numerous shots each of them had taken. This was the last final deciding shot. Who was hit by the next one would surely die. Both of them pressed their triggers at the same time. A shadow passed by. Both remained standing. Both bullets lodged into her. Her flaming red hair flowed in the wind, before she fell onto Aizawa, who caught hold of her.
"Miyuki," Aizawa held her. "What are you doing?"
In Aizawa's arms, Miyuki felt the comfort that she had sought for after the short moment of Aizawa's sudden kiss. Reaching out her hand, she stroke Aizawa's face with her slender fingers, "I don't want you to die, nor do I want you to kill. I love you and I don't want you to kill and regret it like I did in the past. Ever since my encounter with you, you've always been on my mind and I no longer feel the sorrow of the past in my heart. Maybe fate brought us together. I'm sure no one, no matter how heartless, enjoys killing. Please stop. I know you don't enjoy doing this either, deep in your heart."
Aizawa felt Miyuki's words strike a chord in his heart. Did he really like killing? It had just been a crazy desire, brought on after witnessing such an event in his childhood. But, he had never really wanted to kill. Especially after meeting Miyuki, all the more he wanted to stop.
"Miyuki, we'll die if there are other survivors," he said.
"Better than regretting it for the rest of our lives," Miyuki spoke softly. "I'm already very tired."
"I understand," said Aizawa as he kissed Miyuki once more, before lifting her up and carrying her in both arms and walked towards the dancing flames of the house. As they entered the gateway to death, both of them were still in each other's gaze.
Natsumi, Miyuki thought. I'll be seeing you soon. I won't regret doing this as I promised you. I'll meet you soon and you can meet Koichi. Maybe this will be life after death.
~Boys #9 Aizawa Koichi dead, Girls #9 Fuyukawa Miyuki dead, 3 to go~
"So that leaves only the three of us left here," muttered Yamato. "Are we going to die after this?"
"Fuuko, since we're going to die, can you kiss me and we'll walk into the flames together as well," said Domon.
His comment earned him a big whack on his head. "BAKA!!!! HENTAI!!!" Fuuko yelled.
"You guys still fighting?" a voice said from behind. Fuuko and Domon spun around to see a soldier, "Who are you?"
"Idiots will always be idiots. You guys are still as stupid as ever," the soldier removed his cap and long strands of hair came flowing down like a silver river.
"Mi-chan!" Fuuko yelled. "How come you're here?"
"I found out that you guys were chosen so I sneaked in as a soldier to help you. I used a virus to disable the system permanently but that required time. I had thought that at least all of Hokage would make it that far, but it seems like only you two and that weakling have made it. By the way, as the system's disabled, you can take your chokers off now," replied Mikagami Tokiya.
Fuuko and Domon both immediately snatched the chokers off. Yamato was too afraid to do so, and ended up being strangle by Fuuko, who tried to take it off for him, and was too rough in handling it.
"So that means we can go home?" asked Fuuko.
Mikagami shook his head, "I'm afraid not. A teacher in charge of this game is allowed to kill the students if they cheat, and what I've just done is counted as cheating. Minamoto is sure to come after you guys. And don't underestimate him, he was sought after by Mori Kouran before to be part of Ura Uruha. You guys will have to defeat him first."
***
Minamato finally collapsed at the same time as Domon did. Fuuko fell backward and Tokiya stood panting after the long fight. Fuuko's tears were now flowing out, "Domon. why must everyone die?"
Tokiya stood behind her, "At least it's finally over."
Dead bodies were strewn all over the island and misery and sudden realization overwhelmed the survivors, especially Fuuko, who had been suppressing her tears for too long, and was crying her heart out now.
~Day 3, 4.15am, the game ends~
Ok, I know the ending sucks, but I was rushing to complete the last chapter, so it wasn't done so well. There's still an epilogue though, so please stay tuned. Also, please please please R&R! I really need your comments and I've noticed a drop in the number of reviews, so please do send in your reviewers. A million thanks to those who reviewed my story and continue reviewing please!