"Is this the real life, is this just fantasy?" I heard, with me lifting my head up, but I couldn't see anything. "Open your eyes look up to the skies and see that you're just a poor boy, I need no sympathy, because I'm easy come, easy go, A little high, little low!" I heard Junko, with me looking in her direction.

"Are you... quoting queen?" I asked, not sure as it was there but missed a line.

"Doesn't really matter to me, you're about to kill someone." Muruko said, with me hearing screaming.

"Put the needles there, in her head! Great, now she's enlightened!" Junko said, where she ripped the sack off my head, with me seeing Muruko removing the needles from Chiska's head, shocking me as she wasn't moving. "Now I'm gone, later sis!" Junko yelled, with me looking over my shoulder at her and Hinata as they left, where I turned to face Muruko as she let Chiska go and pushed me against the desk as Chiska walked away.

"Miss. Yukizome! Ow, oww!" I said, feeling Muruko stabbing the top of my head, but it didn't go deep in.

"Didn't make you cry, and you have metal there?" Muruko questioned, knocking on my head and feeling it. "I see, you knew something like this would happen." She said with a sigh.

"Stop this, this isn't you!" I pleaded, looking at her as she forced me to face the screen as I watched the kids kill each other again.

"Too late, my time has come." She said, letting me go and pushing me along with her.

It sent shivers down my spine. Not knowing what was to come, but I knew she had something planned for me. If I was right, then she still cared for me, if I was wrong, then she was going to kill me. Either she still wanted me or she wanted to get rid of me. That scared me, not knowing which it was. Getting pushed through a secret door, I was pushed along a long hallway, with me narrowing my eyes, my body aching.

'Goodbye everybody.' I thought, closing my eyes, knowing that one fate was worse than the other. 'Chiaki, I will miss you most of all. I don't even know what happened to you.' I thought, looking up at Muruko. "Hey, what happened with that guy and girl I came in with?" I questioned, with me looking down at me.

"They got away, but just barely." She said, making me sigh as that meant that Yukizome saved them. We came to a stop and she faced me to a pair of curtains, where she opened them soon after. "She will be a pawn for our uses though." She said, scaring me once she said that.

"You lay a single hand on her hair I will NEVER forgive you!" I warned, glaring daggers at her as she pulled out a ball gag and placed it in my mouth, tying it on tightly.

"I know you wont." She said, turning the TV on and walking away, with me screaming at her to let me go but couldnt make out any words.

Later

Seeing Junko walk in front of the screen, she turned to face it. "Now, you may ask yourself, why would my favorite teacher do this to me?" Junko questioned, with me narrowing my eyes at the screen as I wanted to know what was going on, but I took notice in something else and looked away.

'Hypnosis through TV?' I thought, narrowing my eyes even more. 'They must have everyone, but who would they need Yukizome-CHIAKI!?' I thought, squirming in my chair to break free, but it only ended up with me falling over. 'Its no use, the chair, its steel!' I thought, looking at the handles as well as the legs. 'Muruko knew I would try to escape, damn her!' I thought, laying my head down. 'I can try to over power the restraints, but that wont end well for me, I'll end up burning my wrists with the rope. I'm useless.' I thought, relaxing.

"Its not as complicated as you may think." Junko said, with me looking at the door, just seeing the TV out of the corner of my eye. "I made her watch a video! Still working on the title, but for now we're calling it the video of despair!" She said with a smile.

Seeing Chiaki, I actually started crying as there was nothing I could do to help her. Seeing Chiaki flinch, I knew she could see me. "Where is he!?" Chiaki questioned, with me shaking my head as I didn't want her to come find me, because it would mean she would die if she did.

"He's at the end of the game silly! Reach it, and you two can live happily ever after! If not, then you two will end up in my new movie!" Junko said, with me yelling at her. "Sorry, cant hear you! Now then, its punishment time!" Junko said, with me seeing lights get flashed on Chiaki, and a pixel Chiaki getting dragged away by a pixel Junko followed by Game Over.

Without looking at her, I could feel the despair that Chiaki was giving off, and that alone, was enough to make me cry a river and pray to whatever god there was to help her through this so called game.

Later

I had cried myself to sleep, and I knew I wasn't out long by the sound of Junko's voice. "She's already made it to the midpoint of my death trap, how many more of these traps can this Ultimate Gamer avoid, because so far, Nanami is doing Ace's!" Junko said, with me seeing Chiaki was hurt, but I didn't look at the screen all the way.

'Her arm, or her shoulder, a blade of sorts?' I thought, laying my head down. 'If she's half way, then she's doing good.' I thought, closing my eyes. I wanted to run, to prevent this from happening, and it happened anyways. 'I'm such a fool.' I thought, feeling like my heart was breaking.

Seeing Chiaki fall back, I saw her foot get stabbed. "Your boy toy is waiting for you at the finish line, better hurry up!" Junko taunted, with me glaring at her. Seeing a bolder heading towards her, I watched as she started picking up the pace, where she was hit in the face with a small ball. She soon ended up moving her way around some saws, and I was glad she didn't end up getting killed from them.

Seeing her get away from the bolder, she looked up at the camera. "You cant win, this game is stupid! Me, Dakota, Miss. Yukizome, WE'RE GOING TO KICK YOUR BUTT!?" Chiaki said, with me cheering for her as I liked her speech she gave.

"Their is the hope I want to crush, more of that please!" Junko taunted, not effected by Chiaki's words. "When its done, you will have absolutely nothing!" Junko said, with me trying to break free once more, but failed as my binds started getting tighter on me.

Seeing Chiaki get pushed against the wall, I screamed as I thought she had been stabbed through the chest, but was proven wrong once she tore her hood to get free. "I don't care what you say, but I'm not giving up!" Chiaki said, with me smiling at her words.

'If she's not giving up, neither am I!' I thought, with me sliding my feet up and down, using the legs to try to break the rope that binned them. 'That was Chiaki's favorite hoodie, I WILL NOT LET THAT SLIDE!?' I yelled in my mind, wanting to runout and save her.

"As a reward for that unbreakable spirit, its take your chance time!" Junko said, gaining my attention. "Chin up baby doll, I'm told the power of friendship can work miracles! I'll give you a ten second head start!" Junko said, with me knowing that it was a trap and started working faster, only to hear Chiaki scream. "Crap, my timing is off!" She said, with me seeing that Chiaki had a dart shot in her leg.

'That bitch!?' I yelled in my head, with me getting back to work.

Getting my leg free, I kicked my shoe at the wall and watched it land in front of my hand. Grabbing it, I slid my thumb in it and extended the knife inside, where I started using it to cut myself free, with me hearing Junko laughing even louder. Freeing myself, I cut the gag off and stood up, only to fall as my left leg was asleep from the lack of use. Gritting my teeth, I crawled over towards the door, with me seeing it open and watching as Chiaki stepped through with a smile on her face.

I smiled at her as I stood up, with me running over to her, but froze once dozen of spikes stabbed into her, killing her. I stayed put as I watched the spikes lift her up, then dropped her onto the ground. Falling to my knees, I could feel the tears falling from my eyes, the life fade from hers. Grabbing my chest, I crawled over to her, with me taking her hand into mine, which she clinched with all her might. I laid next to her, holding her tightly as I didn't want her to be alone... I didn't want to be alone.

I buried my face into her shoulder, gripping her coat as tightly as I could. Her body was getting colder, she was losing too much blood and I didn't know what to do. I could hear Junko talking, but I ignored her for the one that I loved, the only TRUE person I loved! I didn't want to leave her, I didn't want her to leave me! We were supposed to be together, she was my HEART and my SOUL! MY DIMEAND AND PEARL!?

JUNKO TOOK THAT FROM ME, AND I WOULD BE DAMNED IF I WAS GOING TO LET HER WALK AWAY WITH HER LIFE!?
Breaking apart from her shoulder, I kissed her, with me getting a weak one in return. Her body was cold, her blood was warm. She must of been in extreme pain, more so than me. Placing my hand on her cheek as I broke the kiss, I could barely make out the tears in her eyes through my own. Feeling her grab my hand, that's when I felt her leave. Laying her down, I laid down next to her. I didn't have anything to fight for, nothing left.

I was alone...

No...

I'm not alone...

He was here...

Watching us in the darkness...

Hinata.

Grabbing her hair pin, I stood up, looking at him as he stood there. "Its useless." He said, with me making my way over towards him. "No matter what you do, I will counter. I have already foreseen everything." He said, with me reaching him and grabbing his shirt.

"Have you?" I asked, taking his hand and giving him Chiaki's hair pin. "You're the ultimate hope, and I challenge you to the Ultimate Game." I said, catching him off guard with that, the slight movement in his eyes said that. "You want to see what's better, what's stronger... Hope... Or Despair. There is an Island that I will go to... and knowing what just happened here... my classmates are brainwashed right now." I said, turning away from him and walking back over to Chiaki's body. "I will capture all of them, and use my secret on not only them, but myself as well." I said, looking down at Chiaki's body. "I want you to go there, and be apart of the experiment. There, we will see what is stronger, Hope, or Despair." I said, bending down and picking up Chiaki's body. "Do you accept?" I asked, not looking at him as I still had my eyes on Chiaki.

"I accept your game." He said, with me hearing him walking away. Once I was sure he was gone, I walked away myself.