Author's note: Nothing new, but as always, thanks for waiting!
Battle Royale II: The Game
Chapter 9: The School Trip Part 3
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The Next Day, 18:00 PM
"Bon appetit!" Shizuka exclaimed.
As she and Hana brought out plates of delicious food for the whole class to enjoy, Kanami was ready to dig into her tomato soup with Nobuko when Miyuki immediately approached them. The two girls took notice and put down their bowls of soup, taking notice of their teacher.
"Um...there's been a slight change of plan for tonight." the older woman said.
"What do you mean?" the light brown-haired girl asked.
"Well, instead of doing Christmas carols at 7:00 PM, the entire class has to head to the hot springs." Miyuki replied.
"Are you coming with us, too?" the black-haired girl added.
"No...Not really. I have to stay in my room until...I don't know..." the brunette teacher said, shaking her head as she frowned.
"Oh, okay. But we can still do Christmas carols tomorrow night, right, Nobuko?" Kanami told her friend.
"I think so." Nobuko replied, nodding her approval.
"I'm not sure about that, either." Miyuki said, maintaining her frown.
"What do you mean...?" the freckle-faced girl asked.
The teacher sighed, before she returned to the table to resume eating. Of course, what she also didn't know was that Ayatsuji and the task force were planning to take her hostage as well.
Regardless, the two schoolgirls resumed eating their soup, before they had some roast beef, followed by the Christmas cake that Keiko had made for the trip. When all was said and done, all 42 students would depart for the hot springs.
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Meanwhile, Ayatsuji was watching from a distance when she decided to contact the task force. Activating her communicator, she immediately spoke into it.
"Listen carefully: quickly through a can or two of sleeping gas into the springs; they're pretty small, but can be quite powerful, and the students won't even notice." she told them.
"But how can we avoid being detected?" the leader asked.
"Hide behind the rocks, that way, they won't know where you are." she replied.
"Do we need to take off our clothes?" another member asked.
"No, keep the suits on; oh yeah, and don't forget to don those gas masks." she responded.
"Understood." the leader replied, before the dark-haired woman turned off the communicator.
Ayatsuji smiled almost devilishly to herself; soon, the entire class would find themselves in a nightmare they can never get out of...
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19:00 PM
As Keiji stripped himself of his towel and poured warm water onto his body, he sighed in contentment. While he was expecting a good soak in the baths, he knew there were more of the male students waiting for him on the men's side of the springs.
There was Itsuki, who was too busy staring at the well-toned buttocks of Tooru and Ayato, and Akihito was lounging against a large rock. Keiichi, Mikihiko and Shinnosuke were even attempting to take a gander at the women's side, and Keigo had brought in a small book of Japanese haiku to read (he made sure not to get it wet, though).
"Hey, Keiji! Enjoying yourself?" Daiki asked as he approached him.
The brown-haired boy was startled at first, but smiled as he replied, "Oh...hi, Daiki. Yeah, I am, obviously. Thanks for asking."
"Keiji, you wanna take a look? There's a bevy of beautiful girls, all nude and bathing together. Which one do you wanna keep your focus on?" Keiichi asked.
Keiji rolled his eyes, before he stood and went to where the basketball team member and his friends were, and proceed to get a closer look. His mouth nearly gaped as he witnessed what was the most beautiful thing he'd ever seen in his life...
All 21 female students were conversing, bathing and playing together. Some of them like Emi preferred to relax, some of them such as Kasumi and Aoi chose to talk and gossip, some of them like Sayako and Erika were intent on spying on the men's side, and finally, some such as Natsuko wanted to splash around and play tricks on the other girls like groping their breasts and finding out what size they were.
But Keiji brought his eyes to Kanami, who had just arrived and was finishing up pouring water on her body before entering. She smiled over at Nobuko, and the two girls began to talk.
"You likin' what you see?" Keiichi asked, prompting the brown-haired boy to break out of his stupor.
"Oh, uh...yeah, I am." Keiji replied, rubbing the back of his neck.
"Hey, you can't be spying on the girls! It's not gentlemanly!" Daiki called out.
That caused his friend to take notice, and immediately headed back to the curly-haired youth. "Sorry, Keiichi convinced me to take a look at the girls for a brief moment...I couldn't help myself." he said.
"Dude, you should know better!" Daiki told him with a frown.
Of course, the entire class was blissfully unaware of the small packets of sleeping gas hidden within the waters of the hot springs, and that the task force were ready to activate them.
Putting on their gas masks, the task force's leader, pressed a button on a what appeared to be a small device (which was used for automatically opening the packets), and from underneath the water, the gas packets began to open. As it emanated a colorless gas into the springs, Keiji was the only one that noticed the sound of the packets being popped.
In fact, it was the same sleeping gas used to put Shuya Nanahara and his class to sleep on the bus...
"Something's wrong..." he said, then looked over at Daiki, "We gotta go! We need to talk to Miss Maruyama about what's going on!" before he covered himself with his towel and fled.
"Wait, what?" the freckled boy asked, and was about to follow him when the sleeping gas began to take effect. Within minutes, the entire class, excluding Keiji, had fallen into a period of unconsciousness.
The task force, still donning their gas masks, took a glance to see if all 42 students were asleep, but noticed that there were only 41. Thus, they took it upon themselves to find the boy that escaped the hot springs.
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Back in the lodge, though still clad in only a towel, Keiji hurriedly arrived outside of Miyuki's room, knocking on the door almost frantically. Right behind him, however, were the task force, and the leader was carrying what appearing to be a cloth doused in the sleeping gas used to put the rest of the class to sleep.
"Miss Maruyama! It's me, Keiji! Open the door!" the brown-haired boy called out.
Meanwhile, Miyuki was writing into her diary when she heard the sound of the door being knocked. Putting down the diary, she stood and approached the door.
Unfortunately, the task force grabbed Keiji, and the leader shoved the cloth right into his nose, prompting his eyes to widen, until they slowly fluttered to a close. He then collapsed onto the floor, just as the door was opened.
The teacher stood there, eyes wide with fear as she noticed him unconscious and on the floor, as well as noticing the task force. "Who...who are you?" she asked.
The leader immediately seized both her hands and tied them together, then flung her over his shoulder, with her continuously screaming for help, as the others were able to pick Keiji up, and bring him to the other students. Soon, the entire class were dressed in the same clothes they wore on that day, and eventually be brought into a classroom.
There, Renge Ayatsuji was waiting for them, especially Keiji Miyazaki...
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In the next chapter, things go from good to bad as Keiji and the class meet Ayatsuji for the first time.
With love for my fans,
Chrissy