----- G7
"Run!"
It all happened so fast. Hiroshi leapt forward, and Yukiko felt something pull her back fast. The sudden movement made her loose focus on what was happening right in front of her in the few seconds she had before she was facing the other way, in the direction that Yumiko was pulling her...
No, together! We need to stick together!
"Yumiko!" she screamed, but Yumiko continued to drag her away, running fast. Yukiko's feet dragged along the dust, as she cried out in protest. Somewhere in the background, Yukiko heard someone scream loudly. A shrill high pitched scream... blood curdling.
It was as if the huge fortress of hope that Yukiko had built up was crumbling before her very eyes. They were already killing...
They were murderers...
As Yumiko reached the tree line, Yukiko struggled free, and spun around to stare back at the school. Yoji was not far behind them, looking mortified.
All he could think to do was run. There was no room inside his head for anything but the panic. They'll come for you...
Hiroshi hates you... he'll get you too!
Whimpering loudly, he collapses beside the other two, gasping as he stared at what the other two girls were fixated on.
There was no sign of Kuninobu anywhere, however, the two figures standing just ahead of the school's exit were still plainly vissible. Kuronaga and Kotohiki.
Both standing stock still. The three by the treeline watched in horrified awe.
Very slowly, as if in bullet time, Kayoko's body slowly fell over to the side, landing with a thud that resonated around the school's playground.
A meek and feeble gasp escaped from Yukiko's mouth as she stared tearfully, her entire world falling before her eyes. She would have fallen herself had it not been for Yumiko there with her.
Don't leave me, not now...
Hiroshi looked up, and beside her, Yukiko heard Yoji whimper.
"Yukiko, we have to go!" Yumiko said urgently.
Yoji stood up at this, looking very prepared to run. He wasn't too keen on sticking around either. His lips were trembling from the sight of Hiroshi standing by the dead body of Kotohiki. A murder... right there...
That's what murder looks like...
He felt like he was going to be sick at any moment, and that as well as the terror in his heart was a very good case for running as far as he could.
Don't let Hiroshi get you too...
"Yukiko!" he cried. Hiroshi wasn't walking towards them, but Yoji still couldn't stand to be there any longer.
Yukiko bit her lip, and stood up weakly, turning with the other two to run into the forrest. She didn't even know why she was bothering to run. We've already lost...
Don't loose hope Yukiko!
But we can't beat them. We can't even trust each other now...
The goverment was right. The whole time...
... they were right...
----- G7
Yuko had emerged quietly as was her custom. She wasn't a girl for big exits, prefering to not get noticed, to avoid any bad attention. The situation she had just been plunged into had acted as a catylist to this immediately.
Trembling, she took the bad from the guard. She clung to it as her tiny frame ambled slowly out of the room. Peering round the corner cautiously, she spotted a group of people waiting outside. Her eyes widened.
She began to step forward very slowly, carefully prodding the floor with her foot to check which beams of wood were creaky before putting her whole weight on them. In silence she moved, every move carefully calculated and every slight noise making her heart leap with fear. She had only five minutes in which to get out unnoticed, or Ryuhei would be out and right behind her. Why did it have to be her let out in between to members of the gang?
Suddenly, without any sort of warning to Yuko, a shrill scream peirced the silence which she had so carefully maintined.
She froze, standing in the doorway with wide eyes and a such a strong and fast heartbeat that it was almost painful.
She bit her lip. Please no... Please
The group in front of her had disbanded. Hiroshi stood looking outwards, with his back to her, and on the ground was a body... a girl...
He killed a girl!
"Boys #10: Ryuhei Sasagawa!" called Kamon from the room behind Yuko. She spun around, nearly loosing her balance, and gasped loudly.
Oh no! God... please help me!
She began to take large steps backwards, before whimpering, and turning round, running full speed.
Unfortunately, Hiroshi had noticed her by now and moved in on her, and as she turned to run, she smacked right into him.
Being a light and fragile girl compared to most, the force of the collision was enough to send Yuko to the ground, where she lay, not even daring to blink up at the grinning figure of Hiroshi, who stood above her, knife raised threateningly.
"Hiroshi!" called a grating and unpleasant voice from behind Yuko.
Sasagawa!
"Ryuhei." Hiroshi answered plainly.
"Man, what the hell is going on?"
Hiroshi smiled. "We just got a hostage." he said plainly.
"What the fuck?"
"You have a gun?" Hiroshi asked plainly to Ryuhei, who opened his bag, and eventually shook his head.
Hiroshi shrugged. "Well then, we hold little miss Sakaki here hostage. One of those girls is bound to have a gun. We can do a trade. Simple."
Ryuhei grinned maliciously. "Hey dude, good plan! Then we go find Kazuo right?"
Hiroshi nodded unenthusiastically. "Oh... right. Yeah."
Yuko was trying her best not to cry as she trembled with fear, still not daring to get up. "Please... no..." she whimpered.
Hiroshi sighed. "Just get up."
Yuko gasped and leapt to her feet a little faster than Ryuhei and Hiroshi had been expecting.
God... please...
----- G7
"Girls #10: Hirono Shimizu."
Hirono shot Mitsuko a glance as she got up from her seat, however, her friend wasn't looking in her direction. Strangely, Mitsuko actually looked bored. Turning back to the front, she walked towards the soldier at the front, snatching the bag from his hands without waiting for him to hand it.
Kamon smirked. "Oh, she's a lively one."
"Tosser" she whispered under her breath as she exited the room.
She stepped cautiously into the hall, looking around quickly for anyone hiding there. Everyone inside the room had heard the screams, and struggled to listen in on a conversation that had happened in the hallway, though if anyone had actually heard it clearly, they hadn't bothered to inform her.
She glanced back at the doorway to the classroom. Everyone in there would still be shitting themselves, all thinking someone was still waiting right outside. Shrugging, she called back in "The hall is empty guys."
Wait...
Violently she shook her head. Hiro, what are you doing? Why are you helping those pansies! Get a grip! What would Mitsuko say!
... Ah, yeah... I said it so Mitsuko and Yoshimi could know.
Yeah...
It's OK, I'm not helping anyone else.
She grinned, and walked out. Just you three alone now my dear. Not like you ever cared for anyone else, but hey! At least this will be a little easier that way.
As she entered the playground, she suddenly noticed that there was a dead body lying in the dirt. Hirono raised an eyebrow and walked forward.
Hey, it's flower girl! she thought, bending down. Kotohiki had bled to death, that much was quite evident. Hirono smirked. Either whoever killed her hadn't checked her bag, or had just zipped it back up afterwards.
Bending down, Hirono pulled the zip back, and looked inside. The bag looked untouched. All the water, bread and...
Whoa! Nice! Hirono said, grabbing for the Sig Sauer.
Opening up her own bag to drop it in, she spotted that she herself had also been given a gun.
Two guns baby! And the game barely started! Oh Hirono... you are just too good at this!
Smirking, she also took Kotohiki's water and bread. On second thought, she took the flashlight too. It was just her sort of luck to get a flashlight that ran out after 20 minutes. Always her luck. Well, not this time hey Hiro...
She stood up, and stared back at the school. Someone else would be out soon... Hiroki, or whatever. It was a reunion that Hirono wasn't bleeding from the mouth with exitment over. Time to split.
Smiling widely, she turned, and ran at full speed to the west.
Looks like it's my lucky day...