Tridon woke up to Monika snuggling with him in his sleeping bag. He thought back to last night and was confused.

"She fell asleep in her own bag. Why is she in mine?"

"Mmm." Tridon looked up to see the other 4 glaring and puffing their cheeks out at him.

"Hm. I think I've had a good run, so I'll accept my fate."

"Good." Sayori cracked her knuckles and nodded to the other 4, "We'll take our time with your fate."

"Please not the face!" Tridon shouted.


Later that morning, the girls stared at Tridon who was tied to a chair with his shirt off and his mouth bounded. He looked up at the girls and shook his head.

"Do you think this was a little much?" Yuri questioned, "I mean, it wasn't even his fault."

"Mhm!" Tridon shouted while muffled.

"Yeah." Sayori agreed.

"All we did was poke him repeatedly." Natsuki sighed, "But one of us poked him a little too hard." Everyone turned to Erica who nervously laughed.

"What?"

Tridon spat out the cloth covering his mouth and shouted, "You poked me until I had bruises!" Tridon snapped his fingers while binded and he was no longer tied up, "I swear, how could you girls think that Monika," Tridon pointed over to Monika who was whistling and looking away, "didn't hop in my sleeping bag herself?"

"I'm sorry." Sayori started, "I just feel weird now that there are other girls you might choose. I don't know."

"Are you jealous?" Sayori quickly appeared behind Tridon and grabbed his shoulder, "Alright, I see. That was very concise..."

"So what are we gonna do?" Sayori questioned after handing Tridon a pair of shorts, "After he puts on a pair of shorts."

"Right." Tridon grabbed the shorts and put them on, "You girls didn't try and see anything right? I was blindfolded for most of that torture session."

"No." The girls quickly answered in unison.

"Whatever." Tridon sighed and asked, "So what kinda adventure are you girls looking at?"

"Well what did Tiffany say?" Natsuki asked, "What were your results?"

"She said nothing too big. Maybe something like Yuri's asylum adventure. Something within a closed space and doesn't go anywhere spectacular."

"I think I have something." Erica added, "A treasure hunting adventure." Erica walked over to her bag by the door and pulled out a packet of paper, "Remember. I handed this out earlier this week."

"Oh right." Tridon nodded and snapped his fingers. The spawned at the entrance of a large temple of some sort."

"Nice." Erica commented while looking around, "This isn't too big right? Because we're in the middle of a jungle."

"Go ahead and try and go past that bush right there." Tridon pointed over to a bush, but none of the girls wanted to, "Fine. I'll do it. Nothing was gonna happen-." Just as Tridon tried to pass the bush, he was launched back into the wall of the temple.

"That's why." Natsuki sighed and ran over to Tridon to help him up, "Come on idiot."

"Not gonna lie," Tridon supported himself on Natsuki and said, "that was kinda fun."

"Don't do it again." The girls all groaned in unison.

"I wasn't. Yet..."

"Anyway," Yuri interrupted, "I remember that once we enter, the temple doors will close behind us."

"Oh," Tridon reached into his bag and took out an unlit torch and a lighter, "we'll be ready in case it gets dark in there." He looked at the girls and asked, "Should I take the lead or?" They all nodded at him and he gave them a thumbs up, "Alright. Let's go girls!"

They all walked inside the temple and as planned, the temple door behind them slammed shut, locking them in. Tridon quickly lit the torch and looked around for the girls.

"Are we all here?"

"I think so." Sayori answered.

"Alright," Tridon walked a little forward and looked around, "so in the story, we should come across two paths eventually. Both lead to the same place, but one holds more danger than the other."

"We can't split up either because we only have one torch." Yuri added, "Any suggestions?"

"Maybe we could try and flip a coin?" Natsuki offered, "It's a 50/50 chance that we actually get the dangerous path."

"True." Tridon agreed, "We could just go in blindly, but we can leave it to luck. Or faith if you're into that."

"Let's try luck." Monika handed Tridon a coin and asked, "Can you do the honors?"

"Sure thing." Tridon twirled the coin on his fingers and asked Sayori, "Do you wanna see if I can land this perfectly on your hand?"

"Oh yeah." Sayori held her hand out and said, "Do it."

"Alright." Tridon flipped the coin and everyone watched it flip in the air. It barely landed on Sayori's arm who covered it, "What does it say?"

"Did we ever say which way was what?"

"We haven't seen them yet." Tridon responded, "So we should just use process of elimination."

"Alright." Sayori showed her hand and said, "Tails."

"Sweet." Tridon took the coin and handed it back to Monika while saying, "Let's keep going. I wanna see how this treasure looks when we actually see it."


Once they approached the paths, they noticed that the floors leading to the paths were very unstable and could collapse in. Tridon squat down and looked at the ground.

"This could collapsed after some of us cross it." He looked down at it and nodded, "I honestly don't know if this is going to end well or not."

"Who's gonna go first?" Erica questioned, "If we end up getting separated because of this floor, then we'll need to know who goes with who."

"Now before you girls fight over who I go with," Tridon interrupted, "I say we draw straws to figure that out." Tridon reached into his bag and pulled out 4 sticks, "So two of these sticks are longer than the other two. The shorter sticks will determine who goes with me. The longer will go together first."

The girls quickly chose their sticks and 2 of them were rather sad while the other two were happy. The two happy girls were Sayori and Yuri. The other 3 were rather angry and pouting behind them.

"Well, you 3 go first. We'll follow suit in case something happens."

Erica and Natsuki pushed Monika ahead of them who sighed and walked forward. The two girls followed behind her and once they were in the passage, they looked back to the others.

"Alright," Tridon started, "you two girls ready?" They nodded and he took a deep breath, "Okay. Let's do this."

The three of them slowly trudged forward, ensuring they wouldn't cause anything to happen. Eventually, they made it to the passage safe and sound.

"Whoo..." Natsuki wiped her forehead and sighed in relief, "Oh man that wasn't too bad."

"Yeah." Tridon leaned on the wall and it pressed just slightly further into the wall, "Uh..." Everyone looked at Tridon wide-eyed who chuckled nervously, "Run!" Tridon ran ahead of the girls.

He sprinted far ahead of them until he came across a massive gap, "Hold up stop!" He yelled back, but it was too late. He was knocked forward into the large gap and the girls all yelled at him.

Tridon quickly ripped from his back a grappling hook and he grappled a stalactite. He swung a little before holding his hand out to the girls, "Grab on and I'll swing you one at a time to the other side! Hurry!"

Monika was the first to grab and be swung over to the other side. Then Yuri followed by Erica. Next Sayori and last Natsuki. However, in the middle of their swing, the stalactite lost it's strength as it broke mid-swing and sending both Tridon and Natsuki into a free fall.

"Tridon! Natsuki!" Sayori yelled.

Tridon grabbed Natsuki and placed his body towards the ground as the both of them collided with the ground.


Darkness...

Darkness was all Tridon could see. The faints calls of someone calling his name caused his eyes to flutter open. His vision was blurry for a short moment before it fixated on a teary-eyed Natsuki.

"Natsuki?"

"Oh my god..." Natsuki tackled Tridon for a hug and said, "I though you were really gone for real this time."

"How far did we fall?" Tridon asked before wincing.

"I don't know, but our only way back is caved in. I managed to pull you into this corridor before the rocks crushed us."

"Damn." Tridon breathed, "Maybe this is a sign that my powers are overheated." Tridon winced a little as he stood up and supported himself on a nearby wall, "I guess this adventure was bigger than we thought."

"I knew it wasn't a good idea to do this." Natsuki offered herself for Tridon to lean on, but Tridon refused, "Come on. Your leg is busted and you're barely able to stand. Just lean on me."

"But I..."

"You saved me and it's time I saved you." Natsuki forced Tridon to lean on her and said, "But don't get the wrong idea."

"Haha..." Tridon chuckled, "There's the Natsuki I know..."


After aimlessly wandering the rest of the cave, they came across a massive pedestal atop of an altar of some sort. It was surrounded by a rather small moat of water that looked to be only a few inches deep.

"Is that what we came here for?" Natsuki questioned, "It just looks like something valuable."

"It might be." Tridon looked around and pointed over to a nearby rock, "Lay me over there so we can take some time to rest and wait for the others."

"Alright." Natsuki helped Tridon over to the discarded piece of rock. Natsuki sat near him while Tridon took some deep breaths while grabbing his ribs, "Are your ribs hurting?"

"Yeah. The pain is starting to set in now..." Tridon closed and tilted his head back, "Haha. I didn't think this is what would come from being in the Literature Club. I thought it would be like when I taught all of you how to write haikus properly. Geez, this is far from that..."

"But it hasn't been boring." Natsuki retorted, "In fact, it's brought us together. Before you joined, nobody in the club talked or even acknowledged each other. Now, it's like we all rely on each other so much and we've all become best friends."

"Really? Ha. I guess I did." Tridon winced as he fixed himself, "I don't know. I still just don't feel like I do anything. Yeah I make these world's but it's the rest of you that actually make it. Do you understand what I'm putting down?"

"Tridon," Natsuki crawled over to Tridon and leaned her head on his shoulder, "Erica told us you sorta have a inferiority complex."

"Huh?"

"Well, you always second-guess yourself. You don't think highly of your own actions and you just lack self-esteem. When in reality, you're one of the greatest people we've all met. Not to mention your boisterous personality. You have nothing to feel inferior about."

"But I..."

"You're athletic, handsome, and a great writer. We can't forget that you know what to do and say. Like protecting me from those bullies and that bully's boyfriend."

"I mean I guess..."

"Tridon," Natsuki stared Tridon in his eyes and said, "you're more than what you think you are. You're an amazing person and don't let anyone or yourself tell you otherwise."

Tridon looked down and slowly stood up, "Natsuki," he looked down at her and with determination, "let's go get that treasure." Tridon snapped and he was practically brand new.

"Haha..." Natsuki jumped and smiled brightly, "Let's do this!"

"Alright." Tridon clapped his hands together and pointed at holes in the wall, "Once we step onto that altar, water will begin to pour gradually from those holes. We have to get that treasure and get to that hole at the top there." Tridon pointed over to an expose part of the roof and looked at Natsuki, "Are ya' ready?"

"Let's go!"

The two of them jumped down and as Tridon predicted, water began to fill the room and the two sprinted up the altar. However, they underestimated the height of the pedestal.

"We gotta do this together." Tridon held out his hands and Natsuki took it, "We climb it together. Sync your climbing with mine." Tridon jumped high onto the pedestal and he looked down at Natsuki.

She jumped up, with the assistance of Tridon, and met him where he was.

"Climb." Tridon exclaimed.

The two of them climbed while the water began to rise around them. The two eventually got to the top of the pedestal. Tridon and Natsuki looked down at the treasure and smiled at one another.

It was a golden chalice and the two picked it up together and held it up high. The water stopped filling just as it reached the altar. They both sighed in relief and hugged one another. During their embrace, they heard the sounds of a helicopter blade above them.

Just outside the hole in the temple roof were the other girls who were in a helicopter, "Whoop!" Sayori imitated a siren and waved at them, "We have found out two lost friends and the treasure. Moving in to extract!"

"Hahaha!" Tridon laughed and waved at them just as Monika dropped the rope ladder down to them, "You first."

Tridon helped Natsuki get onto the rope ladder and later joined her. Once the two got on the helicopter, the setting changed around them to where they were all in Tridon's bedroom.

"Whoo!" Sayori cheered, "That was fun!"

"Yeah." Monika sighed in relief and leaned back, "I thought we were gone for sure."

"Wasn't that exciting?" Erica asked, "I worked on that 2 years ago, but I could never figure out a way to progress it."

"Well there ya' go." Tridon laughed, "You have the perfect way to progress it."

"I'm just glad you're both safe." Yuri sighed in relief and hugged Tridon and Natsuki, "We were so worried when you two fell."

"We're fine Yuri." Natsuki reassured Yuri and sighed, "It was fun, but tiring..."

"Well," Tridon stood up and stretched, "How about I go prepare us a great dinner and we can finally have some rest?"

"Whoo!" Sayori cheered, "More of your cooking!"

"Sayori, I'm making you a salad." Monika interrupted.

"Ah! No Monika! I need his food!"

"Hahaha!" Everyone laughed while Sayori held a pout, but joined them in laughing too.


In the distance, looking at the house through high-powered binoculars from his tower was Robert who smirked at him, "Don't think I forgot about this Tridon." He looked over to a large screen that showed Tridon's picture with the girls after his wrestling match. It zoomed in on each girl one by one while Robert cackled, "I know exactly how to hurt you and I'll do it by destroying the lives of them one by one..." Robert laughed devilishly while the screen switched to separate profiles of each girl, "I will destroy them and mentally destroy you Tridon! Just you wait! Ahahahaha!"


A/N: Sorry for this late update. Been kinda busy streaming and playing WWZ. So here's the next chapter and I'll do my utmost best at updating. Also, I appreciate on who you all think (granted it was only 2 people) will get chosen. I have a big twist when it comes to that. Look forward to it. It'll be sad and rather intense!