Author's note: Nothing new, but thanks for waiting as always!

Battle Royale II: The Game

Chapter 12: The First Day

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Outside the school, Keiji was able to comfort Kanami until he heard a voice, which was full of panic and fear.

"Keiji..."

He immediately went to locate the source of the voice, and when he reached his destination, his eyes widened a bit. Standing before him was Natsuko, who had an arrow or two in the nape of her neck.

"Natsuko...?" he asked.

"What should I do...what's going on?" she managed to reply, before falling into his arms.

Just as the brown-haired boy was about to carry the blond to a safe destination with Kanami, another arrow was shot straight into one of her thighs. Apparently, it was clear that she was now dead.

Keiji took a look around as to where the arrows were coming from, and to his surprise, he found Nozomu armed with his bowgun located on top of a slope. It seemed that since he was now involved in the Program, he had already begun to develop a psychotic, unhinged persona as memories of his father within the Program had finally caught up with him.

The brown-haired youth took out his flashlight and threw it right at the green-eyed boy, immediately hitting him right on in the head, prompting him to hit the ground. Out of sheer curiosity, Kanami was attempting to run over to Nozomu, but Keiji took hold of her hand and the two escaped after he managed to get his flashlight back.

"Where's my bowgun...?!" Nozomu muttered to himself as he tried to find his weapon, until a young man with spiky red hair popped out of the bushes, and smirked as he approached him.

"Doesn't this belong to you?" Ichiro asked as he picked up the bowgun. "Do you mind if I use it?" he added.

Nozomu was about to reply when the red-haired youth aimed the weapon at him, and immediately tried to grab it away from him when he felt an arrow hit him in the chest. Ichiro shot a couple of more into the area, until the brown-haired boy collapsed to the ground, his eyes rolling up in the back of his skull.

"See ya." the spiky-haired boy said, before taking his victim's bowgun with him and leaving his corpse behind.

Nozomu Hiiragi, Boy #19, deceased

Natsuko Harasaki, Girl #7, deceased

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At the coastline, Keiji and Kanami were able to take a breather as they went inside a cave and sat down together.

"Is your arm allright?" he asked.

"It's...it's okay, I guess." she managed to reply.

He was able to use his flashlight and allowed her to remove her blouse, and upon inspecting the gunshot wound on her left arm, he began to undo his tie and wrapped it around the area. He made sure that it would stop bleeding thanks to his efforts, and while she put her blouse back on, he opened his bag, discovering that his weapon was a pan lid.

"A pan lid, huh? I can't see myself attacking someone with this." he replied.

Kanami even opened hers and found that her weapon was a pair of binoculars, and frowned a bit. Keiji sighed as he added, "Unless we find reasonable allies like Keigo and Keiichi, we'll never get off this island and rescue Miss Matsuyama and even my father and Whirlwind."

"It's impossible." she replied.

"What do you mean?" he asked.

"All the other students in my class, except you and Daiki and Nobuko, they all think I'm weak-willed. Ibuki's friends even tried spreading the word that I was in love with you." she said.

"You're...you're in love with me?" he managed to ask.

"Well...kind of." she replied as she shrugged.

"Daiki thought so, too, especially since you and I first attended Shiroiwa Junior High together. Then again, there were many other female students that thought I was quite the looker." he said. "Still, there has to be a way to get out of this hellhole, and maybe even try and get more classmates of ours to help us." he added.

"I hope so...oh, I almost forgot!" she exclaimed, before taking something out of one of the pockets in her jacket. "Here's the remainder of the cookies I brought for the class trip." she said, and Keiji couldn't help but smile, before he began to eat a couple of them.

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Meanwhile, Ayatsuji had been watching every move of all the remaining students, until she decided to look over at Miyuki, still confined to her electric chair. Out of sheer curiosity, the black-haired woman approached her and gently removed the pipe from her mouth, though she'd have to put it back in once they were done talking.

"Let's see now...Hiiragi, Harasaki, Uehara and Matsubara...that makes 38 remaining. Tell me, are you enjoying yourself?" she asked.

The brown-haired woman shook her head 'no', before she asked, "Why did you stop Shouichi's rebellion? Why did you take him and Whirlwind captive? And...just why do you seem so infatuated with Keiji so much?"

"First of all, Shouichi was hellbent on ending the Program completely and overthrowing the government, and if he did, then there will be no more bloodshed, which I clearly won't like. Second of all, I spared their lives, but decided to imprison them anyways, though they demanded that they kept kept alive and healthy. And finally...Keiji's his son, and his family is perhaps my greatest enemy. Even if he does win, I'm still gonna kill him and his father anyway, whether they like it or not."

Miyuki just glared at her, and just as Ayatsuji was about to continue speaking, she heard someone talking. Immediately after putting the gag back on the teacher, just before she could demand that she'd be set free, the black-haired woman took a gander at the monitors, until she discovered one that had the voice speaking in the background.

In the monitor was Tomoya and his gang, having apparently met up with Akihito...

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With love for my fans,

Chrissy