Girls:

1. Hikari

2. Hikaru

3. Akako

4. Rin

5. Kin

6. Jin

7. Lin

8. Sacula

9. Hana

10. Reiko

11. Haruka

12. Elleanor

13. Minako

14. Hanabi

15. Sora

16. Mimiru

17. Rumiko

18. Umi

19. Fuu

20. Ami

21. Kamome

Boys:

1. Kubo

2. Akimaru

3. Haku

4. Tenchi

5. Kiba

6. Tatsumatchi

7. Kiyo

8. Dosu

9. Shinji

10. Miko

11. Kisho

12. Unari

13. Kohaku

14. Yoshi

15. Mamoru

16. Taku

17. Shun

18. Kenta

19. Takashi

20. Kenichi

21. Hibiki

Chapter Two, The Ride

About five minutes after the bus turned the corner, most of the students had started to liven up in expectation of several hours with nothing to do. Friends were chatting with eachother and the low hum of cd and mp3 players each playing a different song was clearly audible. Elleanor was staring out the window while next to her Kohaku was staring at his shoes, deep in thought. In front of them, Sacula and Unari were sitting holding hands, laughing at Tenchi's jokes and exchanging the occasional kiss on the lips. Even Elleanor would have to admit that they looked like the perfect couple. Tenchi and Kubo were across from the two lovebirds. Tenchi was cracking jokes like he was a machine while Kubo had his nose inside a magazine and was listening to his cd player. Rin and Kin were seated in front of them with Lin and Jin in the back. All four of the identical quadruplets were laughing at Tenchi's jokes. The rest of the bus were busy hanging out with their own cliques. Near the front, Izumi Natsuno was stretched out across two seats, busy being bugged by her younger brother Takashi and his girlfriend Minako. All in all, they were a normal class on the bus. All that changed when people started to fall asleep.

Elleanor first noticed something was up when she felt Kohaku's body slump against her. Her head was jerked back into reality when she saw her friend fast asleep. Kohaku had never fallen asleep on a bus trip as far as Elleanor could remember. Hell, she hadn't seen the kid fall asleep during the most boring class lectures It was like he had an immunity to naps or something. Looking around, she saw about half of the class asleep. The only person around her still awake was Unari, whom she promptly prodded in the neck. He turned around, slightly disturbing the head of Sacula which was resting asleep in his lap.

"Whazizit Elle?" More students were falling asleep, but Izumi and the bus driver seemed unaffected.

"Every... evriuns falling asleep..." Now Elleanor could feel her own eyes getting heavy. Something inside of her was saying that this was wrong, but it was quickly silenced by a need for sleep. Unari was sleeping now, his head was laying back a few inches from Elleanor. She tried to lift her own head up, but it seemed to have gained about twenty pounds. She fell forwards into darkness, her last sensation being Unari's spikey hair brushing up against her face...

Krissy! My parents'll get mad if we go on this bridge! Stop pulling on the leash Krissy!

Why Hello there, what a pretty dog.

Oh! Sorry ma'am, I don't know why but my dog seems to like you, I hope you don't mind...

Kohaku's friend, and my kindred spirit.. I have been keeping an eye...

Wait! Tell Kohaku what! How do you know him, why would a twenty-something woman be interested in my friend, who are you!

I need you to look after Kohaku, and present this message to him. Hopefully you will never find out why...

No- don't jump!

I was the one who gave you that locket

Motorcylcle... she jumped on a motorcycle..

I hope you will never need to know...

Elleanor froze, her thoughts on her strange dream. It was about that woman.. the one she had seen many times over the last few days, and whom she had run into, quite literally, while walking her dog. Suddenly, she realized that something had gone horriably wrong. She wasn't supposed to be sitting in a desk, she was supposed to be in a bus.

Lifting her head up, which had lost its extra weight, Elleanor was able to look over the situation. Her entire class was sitting in their desks in the same formation as in their class. The students were either asleep or looking around the room like Elleanor. Izumi was no where to be seen, but a handsome man looking to be in his mid-twenties was standing at the head of the class. Everyone was wearing a strange metallic colllars, and a quick touch of the neck confirmed that Elleanor had one on too. A strange, unearthly noise erupted to her right as she turned around, afraid of what she would see. It was Kohaku. He was curled up in his seat, whimpering and crying. The look on his face was a combination of both terror and utter disbelief. That's when it started to sink in for her, but the final blow came when the man opened his mouth.

"Welcome students of Class 3-C, you get the wonderful privalage of participating in this year's Battle Royale! Let's let the games begin!"

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