"May I take your orders?"

"Oh, Ummm." Akira turns to the waitress. "Ummmm, Water and, Uhhhh." Then he turns back to the girl sitting in front of him…before turning back to the waitress.

"And Ice, Uhhh."

"An-and, coke And-and…."

"And Soda and a cupcake…."

"…I will have nothing.", "Just water, please." The waitress stares at him weirdly.

"No, you have to order something."

"I just ordered water."

"No. You know what I'm talking about."

'God.' Akira feels the money in his pants pockets. 'GOD, I should have stop at one beefbowl!', "So-sorry to ask but Is there anything under 300 yen?"

….

"Ahahah…Ahah…Hahh…."

The waitress stares him weirdly this time for more than just a second. 'Someone, anyone, please Kill me!'

"….", 'Please, Someone!'

"Water, it is!" The waitress said with a bright smile before going to the back.

….

'Talk what you want about Japan but you can not get this kind of customer service just anywhere.' Akira turns back the the girl who's still not looking up, just staring down at the floor with a very, very sad face.

'Although that sad face may be because I kidnapped her.'

….

'Nah! Haha! Got you! Of course I didn't kidnap her. I just ran after her when she ran around the station and tired her out and took her forcefully inside this cafe.'

….

'Am I going to jail? Of course, I'm going to jail.', "Kurusu.", "Hm?" Akira looks up from his inner rumbling as the girl said a single word. "Yes, Takamaki-san?"

"…How much did you hear?"

Akira looks away. "Uhh, From the beginning." Akira looks away even farther. "Probably to the end."

"So, everything?"

"Kinda."

Ann lets out a scoffs with a self-deprecating smile. "…You heard rumors about Kamoshida and me, don't you?"

Akira doesn't say back anything and just looks at her.

"Everyone thinks we are seeing each other but…Heh, well, I can't blame them. We probably look like that.…But they don't know anything!"

"…."

"*Sigh* , You probably put two and two together by now.…That was Kamoshida on the phone before."

"Here's water." The waitress comes and puts down the water but he could care less about that.

Ann waited a little before continuing. "I avoided giving him my number for a long time but…." Ann's tears threaten to break out again. "He told me to come over his place…you know what that means! But, I don't want to! I never wanted to! The only reason I even talk to him is because of Shiho And now he's threatening to take her off the team if I don't go and I-I"

"I think that's enough." Akira stops the girl. "I've already get what you are saying. Or what you're implying. So,…you don't need to hurt yourself to continue."

The girl stares at him for a moment before looking back down. "You're right…*Sigh* , I don't- I don't even know why I'm talking this to you."

'What?', "What? No, No! Tha-that's not what I mean, What I mean is I can't see you getting hu-"

"Aheheheh." Ann finally laughs with a sad smile. "I know what you mean, Kurusu, you're an idiot."

"H-hey, Feelings."

"Heheh, *Sighhh* This feels a lot better." Ann says sighing loudly. "Maybe I just needed someone to vent it out."

"Oh, then you're welcome.", 'Although I didn't really do anything.'

"*Sigh* , sometimes, I wish he just changes his mind... Like, forget about me, and everything... but, I mean, heh."

Akira looks down the floor, lost in his own thoughts. "His desires would go away, too.", "He would change into a good persona.", "There's a chance he could die."

"…But, thanks for this, Kurusu. I really needed this." Ann's voice breaks Akira out of his reverie. "But, I'm gonna be going back. It's kinda getting late."

"Wait!" Akira stops the girl, holding her hand back.

….

"…Are you going there?"

The girl didn't say back anything.

"Please don't."

Ann bites her lips down, before it turns into a smile. "Hahaha, Of course, I won't!"

"Huh?", "I mean I'm not that easy. And he's probably just bluffing. He can't really take her off the team. She's like the best volleyball player I've ever known." The girl's smile again turns sad. "Just the be *Bap* , Huh?"

The girl turns around to see Akira sitting back on the desk, covering his face.

"H-hey, Kurusu-kun, what's wrong?"

"Nothing."

"O-oh, Did I-did I hurt your feelings again?"

"N-no."

"Oh, come on!" Ann also has to sits back down. "Don't be sad. How about this? I will buy you both Soda and cupcake?"

Akira's whole body shudders and he peeks out a little. "Y-you heard that?"

"…Yeah, I mean I was sitting righ-"Ann stopped talking as she saw the horrified look on his face. "…Oops."

"I'm going home!" Akira suddenly stands up, grabbing his bag.

"Oh, Please, don't be mad. I'm sorry." Ann says pulling his back with a bright smile on her face. "I swear I won't tell anyone this. So, please. Please sits back down, Okay?"

Akira stares at the girl putting on her best innocent and brightest smile, before sitting back down. "F-fine."

"I thought you are some kind of psychopath but you are just a dork, aren't you?"

"*Snif-*"

"Aheheheh, Hey, I like to order something!" The girl shouted to the waitress, as Akira keeps staring at the girl.

….

…before his lips curved into a little smile. 'If It means I can able to make the clouds move over and her smile shines brightest on her face, acting like an idiot is a price I'm willing to pay anytime.'

….

'That's right. I'm just acting. You really think I feel bad and miserable because I put my heart out and acted all cool and she's just laugh it off. No, no. That didn't affect me one bit. I'm bad to the bone.'

'What, surprised? Well, It won't be your last surprise.'

x-x

The next day…

"So, hey, Kurusu, you still going to to do it?"

"Yes, and I'm even more sure that I should do it."

"Why? Did something happen?"

Akira glances to the girl sitting in front of him.

"Sorry, I can't tell you."

"Why?"

….

"Kurusu?"

"I can't tell you why I can't tell you."

"What?"

"Just accept it, pls."

"Okay", …., "So, what about Arisato? Did he say anything?"

"No, he was pretty silent the whole way and he didn't reply my messages and I didn't see him this morning either."

"You too?"

"I also said him I'm sorry about freaking out yesterday but he didn't reply back to me either."

….

"Wait, now that I check it, he has not even seen it yet! The heck!?"

"Yep, it's the same here."

"What the hell is he doing?"

"I don't know. I take him as who's gonna be on his pho-", "*Bap* , Ah!"

"Hey, Kurusu, you think this is the place to use your phone!?"

"S-sorry, Sensei." Akira said, touching the growing bump on his forehead.

"Use your stupid phone on your own damn time! If you don't want to learn, get out of here!"

"Ummm! I'm sorry! I'm sorry! It won't happen again next time!" Akira shouted loudly standing up.

"Uh." The teacher becomes a little unnerved at that. "Fine, Tch, teenagers."

Akira slowly sits back down. '*Sigh* , I won't last long if things like this keep up.'

"Hey, Look!"

'What now?', "What now?" The teacher and him seems to be in sync.

"Oh my god, she's on the roof!", "What is she doing up there?"

"Huh?" Akira turns towards the scene.

"Suzui-san!?" The boy he met the other day, Mishima said, standing up.

"What, Su-suzui?", "Shiho?" Ann suddenly stands up and looks towards the windows. "Shiho!" Then she runs out of the classroom.

"Ta-takamaki-san!?", Akira also runs after her.

"Hey, Don't go out of the classroom! Hey!"

Akira ran out off the classroom, to see that there are many students already out in the hallway. But, they are not his focus. He's searching for one person. The one who's looking at the scene from the window with fear in her eyes. "Shiho, Please…no…."

"Takam-Huh!?", "No!" Akira stopped in mid sentence as a girl's body pass through his vision.

…*…* He heard some kind of unbearable crunching noise and suddenly screams of fears came through his ears.

"No, no…" Ann backs away in fear. "No, Shiho!" Ann runs past him but he's too stunned to even move his spot.

"Wh-what? I-I don't unde-", "Hey, Kurusu!", "Ahhh!"

Akira jumps back in fear but it was just Ryuji. "Did you see that?", "I-I sa-I saw, I", "It's Suzui!"

"Ahhh!?" Akira's already pale face goes more pale.

"We have to go to the courtyard, Come on!", "B-But-", "Hurry Up, Kurusu!", "So-sorry." Akira apologizes and quickly follows Ryuji as they run through groups of students muttering loudly in the hallways. He's not sure what they are muttering about. He can't hear anything.

"Hey, Make way!" Ryuji walks through a mob of students stuck on the courtyard entrance with difficulty as he follows close behind.

When they reach the courtyard, an ambulance is already there and they are trying to put the girl on the stretcher.

"Shiho…" Ann holds the girl's hands tightly. "Shiho, why?" Ann said in tears.

The girl's eyes slowly open. "Ann…?"

"Shiho!?"

"I-I'm so sorry. I'm so sorry."

"Shi-Shiho, Don't worry. Everything's going to be fine. Everything's going to be fine. Please, don't close your eyes!"

'Takamaki-san…' Akira watches as the she trying to reassure the girl with a smile although tears are flowing down like a dam on her face.

Then he hears some footsteps nearby.

x-x

"Minato-san, Are you okay?" Makoto asks the boy beside her but he didn't say anything back. He's just stares at the girl on the stretcher with eyes of a corpse. He doesn't even look like he's breathing. 'Minato…'

"Please…." The boy's body slumps down like a rock on her arms. "Please…."

"Minato-san…." The boy didn't even react. "Minato-san!" Makoto tries to shake the boy to no avail.

"Minato-san, Look at me!" The boy's eyes slowly turns towards her. "It's not your fault. There was nothing you can do. So, please don't blame yourself!"

The boy just stares at her with those lifeless eyes. "…Ma…koto…."

"Y-yes, It's me."

The boy slowly looks around the place before settling back on her again.

….

"…Niijima?…What are you doing here?"

"Huh?" Minato slowly and wobbly stands up from her arms. "Ca-careful!" She helps him up before he could fall over.

The boy looks at the ledge again for sometimes before he slowly walks toward the exit.

'What happe…ned to that door?'

"Niijima-san?"

"Huh…Y-yes?"

"…I'm sorry for running in the hallway." Saying that, the boy walks down the stairs one by one.

"…What?

'And that was the last thing he said.' Makoto thinks looking at the transfer student before turning to the scene. Although the girl regains conscious for some time before but now her eyes are closed and she's just lied there with a pain look on her face. And the girl beside her, Takamaki seems still too shocked to process as she stares at the unconscious girl with wide eyes.

"Somebody needs to go with her. Are there any teachers here!?" A medical officer shouted towards the group.

"Uhh, I'm not her homeroom teacher.", "The principal probably should go.", "Where is he? Where's the principal?"

'For god's sake, that teachers….', "I can g-", "I'll go!" Ann said suddenly interrupting her. "Please, let me come!"

"Uh, We need an adult for thi-", "Then, can two students make up for that?", "Huh?", "Huh?" Suddenly the boy beside her said, walking to the front.

"Uhh, like I said we need an actua-", "Please, you're going to lose her!" Ann suddenly shouted.

"Uhhh, Th-then, please hurry up." Saying that, they pull the stretchers outside as Ann follows them behind, with still not stopping on holding the girl's hand. "Thank you, senpai." Ann said to Minato but he didn't react or reply back.

Makoto runs up to the boy who's walking to the ambulance. "Minato-san, are you sure you should be going? I can go in your pla-"

"Thank you but…." Minato doesn't continue and he just follows after the others.

x-x

'Senpai….', "Hey." Ryuji nudges him from beside. "Huh!?"

"Uhhh, Don't you think Mishima looks a little strange?"

"Uhhh." Akira looks towards the blue haired boy who seems to shaking with a nervous look…Before he suddenly runs out.

"Uh! Hey, we should run after him!"

"Wha-why?", "I bet he knows something. Come on!"

With that they ran after the running boy for reasons unknown…that will be known later.

x-x

After 5 minutes or so…

"*Huff, Hufffff…* , why are you guys chasing me!?" Mishima said in an exhausted voice as they finally corner him in the locker room.

"Y-you…Hnnngh…." Although they also are in similar condition. "Mi…Mishima, you know something, right?"

"Kn-know w-what?"

"Don't play dumb with me, Mishima!" Ryuji holds the boy by the collar. "Suzui…Suzui just tried to kill herself and you're still going to be like this!?"

"I don't know! I didn't know! It was not my fault!" Mishima struggles free from Ryuji. "Kamshida-sensei told me to call Suzui-san yesterday, he-he usually call someone whatever he's angry or something and h-hit them."

"What!?"

"But, last night, it was out of the blue. Suzui didn't do any mistakes and he-he seems more worse than usual, he looks pretty angry and I think-I think he might have-he might…,"

"Night…." Akira realized something he wished he never wanted to. "You don't mean….", "Did that bastard…tell me he didn't?" Ryuji asks the boy who is on the floor. "Mishima!"

"I'm sorry! I didn't know! Bu-but It was not my fault!"

"That Son Of A Bitch!" Ryuji stormed off the place.

"Sa-sakamoto-san," Mishima called out to the boy. "Kur-kurusu-san, please stop him.…Kurusu-san!" The boy turns to the Akira to see him staring at him with wide eyes unmoving. Mishima looks at him for some time before finally running out of the room to after Ryuji.

….

"…Are you going there?"

"Please don't."

Akira looks at his hands. "Was that my fault?", Akira covers his mouth as he thinks about the sound he heard before. 'I stopped Ann from going and…Suzui was…She was…'

"Even if something's happening in front of you, just pretend like you don't see it…."

Akira holds his head. 'Why did I butt in again!? If I didn't, Suzui-san wouldn't have…'

"He told to come over his place…you know what that means! "

'But, If I didn't Takamaki-san would have….'

"But, I don't want to! I never wanted to!"

"I-I had no choices!"

"Hey, Frizzy, what are you doing!?", "Huhh!?" Akira turns to the voice to see Morgana above the locker. "Mo-morgana-san!?"

"What are you doing just standing here?" Morgana said jumping down. "Go after Ryuji, he probably gonna do something he's gonna regret!"

"B-but.", "Come on, Question yourself later!", "R-right."

x-x

…*Slides!* "Hey, you bastard!"

"Huh?" The man turns around. "Sakamoto? Didn't your mother teach you to knock?"

"You bastard! What did you do to that girl!?"

"Huh? What the hell are you talking about?"

"You know damn well what I'm talking about!" Ryuji kicked the nearby chair. "Do you really think you can get away after doing this to a girl!?"

"Okay, Enough! What the hell is this?" Kamoshida stands up and walks up to the boy then he stops as he saw someone in front the door. "Mishima?"

"Uhhh!" Mishima almost runs back in fear.

"Oh, now I see." Kamoshida glares at the boy who's quaking in fear. "You came here because Mishima ran his mouth, don't you?"

"Huh!?", "What!?"

"But, Sakamoto, really? I'm hurt. You really believed a student over your teacher?"

"Don't you dare call yourself a teacher, you son of a bitch!"

"Or what?" Kamoshida said with a sick grin. "What if I do? *Sigh* , you know I just got a call from hospital. Poor Suzui's in a coma and it seems her chance of recovery are slim."

"No…."

"Ahahahh, What a shame. If she's here, you can ask whether Mishima's lying or not. I'm sure she would have take my side. She and I are close, you kn-"

"Shut the F*ck up, you bastard!" Ryuji tries to punch the man in front of him before someone stops him. "Mishi-…Kurusu?"

"Tch!…Kurusu, stop it!" Ryuji tries to struggle free.

"N-No, I won't." Akira uses his both hands to hold Ryuji back. "Don't do that."

"The hell!?"

"Don't. do. This. You're not thinking straight."

"I Am Thinking Straight!" Ryuji breaks free from Akira's hold.

"If you really are thinking straight, you wouldn't try to punch a teacher. Don't you know that you will get expell-"

"I don't Give A Damn about That! I will kill this bastard Even I have to go to prison!"

"Ohhh, now that's a threat if I ever heard one.", "If I hear another one word from your shithole, I gonna really kill you, Kamoshida!"

"Okay, Okay. Calm down." Kamoshida said with the same grin like he's above them all. "Always the emotional one, Sakamoto. But, I'm really surprised our resident criminal try to stop you."

Akira turns to the man. "Who do you think you're calling Criminal?"

"Scary. I wonder how would you react If I told you the one who leaked your information is the one standing behind you?"

"What?" Akira turns around behind him. "Him?…Mishima?"

The boy looks way in shame. "I had no choice."

"B-but, why? I didn't even know you since yesterday. Or the day befor-I don't even know when did I know you."

"Kamoshida made me do it! He threatened me that If I don't do that, he's gonna kick me out of the team!"

"Hahahaha," Kamoshida laughed loudly as all three of them turned towards him. "See! He's always running his mouth. You can't trust someone like that. He's a born lia-" Kamoshida suddenly stops talking and just stares at the entrance. "…Arisato?"

"Huh?", "What?", "Who?" All three of them turned around to see their blue haired friend standing on the door with his usual emotionless eyes.

"What are you doing here? Didn't you go to the hospital with Takama-Im!" *Crunch!* *Clang, Clangggggg!*

"What the?" Minato suddenly appeared in front of the man and hit him right across the face, blowing him away through half way across the room.

"Huhh?" His three juniors just stares at him, too stunned to say anything and too stunned to close back their mouths.

"Ahh…Ah!" Kamoshida slowly gets up trying to stop the blood from his nose with his hand. "The f*ck is th-"

"I'm sorry." Minato suddenly said in his usual monotone voice. "…just think of me as a child lashing out at everything because he's angry at himself." Minato walks over to the tissue box and takes one and then he throws it towards the man still on the ground covering his nose that still didn't stop bleeding. "Wipe yourself…You're bleeding."

The others are still too stunned to even make a sound as Minato walks back towards the entrance.

"You real-Ahh, you really think you can get away with this, Arisato!? I'm gonna make sure you go stra-"

"Didn't you say it yourself?" Minato said interrupting the man. "I went to the hospital with Takamaki.…The whole school saw me. And I made sure no one see me coming here" Minato cranes his head towards the man. "So, unless this three decided to take your side, you got no proof that I'm even here."

"Uh!?"

"*Sigh* , not like I care either way." Minato turns towards Akira.

"S-senpai….", "Dud-dude…."

"Sorry. Looks like I made more trouble for you two."

"Fo-forget about that. How are you even her-"

"Sorry." Minato said walking out of the room. "…Say hi to Morgana for me." *Sli…des…*

With that he left, leaving the three boys staring at him and half beaten man glaring at him.

….

'Wait, how does he know I'm here?'

x-x

After some time…

"*FLIP!*…*Gulp, gulp* , Berrrgh…"

….

"Man, If I knew we are going to get expelled either way I would have beat up that bastard more."

"Yeah." Akira replied back.

….

"I mean, F*CK YOU ARISATO! *clang!*" Ryuji angrily throws away the can on his hand. "The hell? Because that asshole couldn't keep his anger straight, we are going to get expelled!"

"Huh?" Akira looks at the boy weirdly. "I thought you don't care if we get expelled or not."

"Yes, If I did the punching." Ryuji explained almost like a crazy person. "I don't want to get kick out for the shit I didn't do!"

"Uhhh, Arisato-senpai didn't tell us take the blame though."

"Yes! But, what did you expect after his stunt like 'Hey, look at me. Nobody saw me coming. So what? I punched a teacher. But I don't care enough deal with it. So, bye.' Who does that!?"

"Uhhh, Arisato-senpai?"

"'I know who does that. I just told you who did that!"

"Oh, Come on, Ryuji." Morgana said from beside them, yawning. "We finally have a serious atmosphere. Why did you have to go and ruin it?"

"GaHhh! I'm so mad!"

"Oh, get your pants straight. The board meeting is still days away."

"Yeah, but that's for Ryuji." Akira answers back, looking up. "I'm not even sure if a Swat team coming to this school to lock me up."

"Wait, you are that high-profile?"

"Not really. But I like to overthink things. It's one of my charms."

"Okay, I'm not talking about Akira's…Charms.", "You're not?", "I'm not! What I'm talking about is neither of you…50 percent on Akira's case…Neither of you! Would not get expelled If we change Kamoshida's heart in time."

Both Akira and Ryuji stares at their ressident cat.

"You mean…The treasure thing?"

"Yes, Frizzy. Yes, I am talking about the 'Treasure thing'. So, did you two decide what to do?"

"I was in from the start and after this and from yesterday…I don't really care either he dies or not. I'm going to do this no matter what." Akira looks down. "…It's the least I could do…."

"Nice, Frizzy. Nice! What about you, blondie?"

"Count me in. I will make sure that bastard pays for every lives he destroyed." Ryuji said, looking straight ahead.

"…Even if there's a chance that he could die?" Morgana asked, looking the boy.

"Even If there's a chance, I will do it. This has gone too far."

"Yes, we can't let others suffer like Suzui-san or Mishima-san. This needs to stop. It's us or him. And we're going to change Kamoshida's heart."

"You bet we will."

"Before anyone get over excited, let me remind you that I'm the one who came up with this plan."

As three of them celebrates, they didn't notice a girl listening on them.

"…Change Kamoshida's…Heart?"

x-x

After some time…

"Okay, so we're finally going to the metaverse."

"Yes.", "Yeah."

"Are we sure we won't wait on the one eye?"

"Senpai is…he's going through a hard time. …And I think he gonna wants to stay near Suzui-san as much as he could."

"Yeah, we will fill him in later. After going through the grief process, he's gonna be more than raring to change Kamoshida's heart. Punching may have felt great, but he will know sooner or later that it won't help us one bit."

"Well, then let us make sure we make him proud." Morgana said jumping out from Kurusu's bag as they reach the alleyway. "So, you two ready?"

Akira and Ryuji nodded back.

"Then, Kurusu, hit it."

….

Ann peeks out to the trio. 'Who are they talking to?' Ann tries to look a little more closer. 'And again with the changing heart…is Senpai they are talking about Arisato? That means they are all worki-', "Huh?" Ann notices the change in her surrounding. "Wha-what's happening!?"

x-x

Castle of Lust

"We're back to this hell hole again.…Yippe." Ryuji looks around the place. "Man, I hate this place."

"So, Morgana-san?", Akira turns towards the cat. "Is that treausre thi-Ohhh, you're in this form again." Akira said looking at the cat…And weird cat hybrid thing.

"Well, that cat is my temporary form for when I'm in the real world."

"And this is?"

"This is also my temporary form for when I'm in the metaverse."

"Okay, So, which is your real form?" Ryuji said carefully looking at Morgana.

"Neither of those. My real form is a handsome young man in his prime." Morgana proudly boasted.

"Young man in his prime? What kind of age group is tha-"

"What is this place!?"

"Huh?" The trio turns around to the voice. 'That voice…No, please. Not Takamaki-san!'

"Wa-wait, who are you guys!?" Ann said pointing at them.

"Takamaki!?", "Oh no."

"Oh my god, what a beautiful young lady!?" Morgana said in a slurred voice.

….

Ann keeps staring at the weird cat and weirder cat hybrid without sa-"What the hell is that thing!?", 'Please wait for my monologue to finish.'

"Id-idiot, shut your trap!" Ryuji quickly kicks away the cat in question. "MEOWA!"

"Wait, that voice…Sakamoto!?"

"Huh, Uhhh, No? NO, I'm not Sakamoto!" Ryuji said nudging Akira.

"Wha-Uhhh, I mean, yes. This is not Ryuji…It's…uhh, Ryoji." Ryuji jerks his head towards him. "The hell!?", "Sorry, that's the best I could do!"

"Kurusu-kun? Is that you!?"

"Huh!?"

"Why are you two so suck at this?" Morgana said walking back towards them.

"Oh my god, the monster cat is back!"

"I'm not a monster cat!…Or a normal cat." Morgana quickly defended his honor. "Hey, you two, how did she get here?"

"I don't know.", "How would I Know!?"

"…What is the radius of that app?"

"Uhhhh, I'm not sure.", "What's a radius?"

….

"You two don't know!?"

"What are you guys talking about!?" Ann said nervously looking around. "Why are you guys dressed like that!? Why is that thing talking!? Where is this place!?"

"Uhhhh, my lady. Please, one question at a time.", "Don't come near me, you monster cat!", "Gack!" Morgana slumps down in shame and pain.

….

Akira nudges the cat still lying on the floor. "Morgana-san?"

….

No response. It's just a corpse. "It's just a corpse, my ass!"

"L-look Takamaki, You need to get out of here." Ryuji said in an awkward voice.

"Define here!" Ann said firmly.

"Uhhh, It's Kamoshida's heart or something."

"Huh?", "Huh!?"

….

"Ah, Shit!"

"You idiot! Why did you tell he-", "Now, wait. Wait! She wouldn't get all of this from just that."

"Wait, Kamoshida's heart? Is that what you guys were talking earlier? Changing his heart? You can change that bastard's heart here?"

"…Damn it." Akira stomps down his feet in frustration.

"I don't care if she gets it or not. We need to get her out of here. She's defenseless if Shadows come out."

"Yeah, but how do we get her out of here?"

….

The trio turns towards the girl.

"Wait." Ann covers her chest fast. "Wha-what are you guys planning to do with me?"

"Well, if talking doesn't work, force is the only option here.", "Hmm, that's true. But, how much force are we talking here?", "As much as force as needed, of course."

Ann watches around her for something before addressing the trio. "Uhhh, need I remind you that the only talking you did is among yourself?"

….

"Sorry, My lady.", "Takamaki-san, I'm so sorry.", "I don't really mean it but Sorry."

"Wait. No. No. No!" Ann backs away slowly as they walks near her. "No! Hey, Don't touch me!"

"Oof, Please stay cal-Ahhh! Takamaki-san, please!", "Wow, she's a feisty girl.","Is this any way to treat a gi-HAH! Hey, Kurusu! Did you just touch my butt!?" "Huh!? No, No! It's Ryuji!", "What the f*ck, Kurus-wait, Ryuji? Then what the f*ck, Akira!?", "Are you two really having a moment with me in the middl-Hah! Someone touched my butt again!", "Mwaga!"

….

"It was you!?", "SORRY!" Ann slapped Morgana across the place.

x-x

After some little time…

"Oww." Morgana touches his cheek. "I think she broke my cheek bones."

"I think she broke my ribs." Ryuji said back painfully.

"I think she broke my heart."

Morgana and Ryuji turns towards the boy.

"I'm a romantic. It's also one of my charms."

"Kur-Ah, Akira, why are you like…I don't know, Why are you so much like Arisato today?"

"…You mean 'Weird'?"

"Yeah, weird. Since after we saw…Suzui in fact."

"Uhhhh." Akira looks away. "Nothing it was just-Ahhh, I guess there's no hiding it."

"Huh? That was easy.", "Insultingly easy."

"*Sigh* Remember when I talk to you about the thing I can't tell you."

"On the messages?" Ryuji said as Morgana listened from beside.

"Yeah, I met Takamaki-san in the station after we left school yesterday. And I learned something more about her and Kamoshida."

"Oh, this guy again?"

"Nothing good though. So, I will just get to the chase. Kamoshida told her to come to his place yesterday."

"…That asshole!", "He dared ask Lady Ann's hand before Marriage!?"

….

"Just ignore that."

"Ah, right. Well, Long story short, I stopped her from going.", "As you should.", "And I think that made Kamsohida angry and I think that's why he called Suzui-san and…You know what happened."

Ryuji and Morgana stares at him without saying anything back.

"I guess, I feel kinda responsible for that. I mean I kinda indirectly cause her suic-", "What kind of bullcrap is that?", "Huh?"

"So, you are making weird jokes all day to try to hide the fact you are in pain over something that doesn't even make sense?"

"It-it makes sense."

"To a mental. To you? No, it does not. What are you, some kid with Messiah complex? No, I would have done exactly the same thing. I would have stop Takamaki from going there too. That's not your fault."

"But, Suzui-san was…."

"We cannot save everyone. We are not some kind of supernatural beings with freaky powers…I mean we kind of are in a sense but the point I'm trying to make is," Ryuji walks up to him. "This is not your fault. This is no one's fault except for that bastard. And we can make him pay for this. So get up, We have a castle to break in."

"Ryuji…."

"Well put, Bondie. I didin't know you can do pep talk.", "Haha, that's also one of my charms, am I right?" Ryuji asks back to Akira with a grin.

Akira stares at his two friends before laughing out loud. "Ahhahhaha,", 'I took a train across miles to meet a weird senpai, a blond punk and an alien cat.',"Yes," Akira sighs loudly. "Yes, you're right. I'm really stupid. Aren't I?"

"I said mental but that's fine. Stupid is fine."

Akira smiles at the two before taking out his dagger and pointing it at towards the castle.

"But, I, No, We will not stay down any longer."

"Mwehehe."

"With this power, we can make him pay for all his crimes."

"You betcha!"

"It's showtime!"

-x-x

Minato slowly walks to his school with his hands in the pockets without really paying attention to anything.

And as he finally reaches the building with a sign that reads 'Shujin Academy', he stops and turns towards it.

….

Minato removes the headphones on his head as he looks the school over.

"If I remember right, they did something on their phone." , "Hm?"

"How did they do that!? I don't know ho- Wait, what is that thing?" Minato slowly moves towards the place where the voice is coming from.

"What? Kamoshida? Shujin? Castle!?" Minato's eyes widen he sprints towards the voice.

"Is this how the-Huh!? What's happenin-" Minato arrives the alleyway but he was a little late, the girl's already gone to metaverse.

"Tch, Another one." Minato takes out his phone and removes the headphones plug. 'First, Kurusu, then Sakamoto, Now Umbrella girl. Who's giving these apps out.' Minato thinks as he searches for the same app on his phone as he drops his bag down. 'But, what's the point? The wildcard's already been identified. This amounts to nothing but Chaos.'

As he finally finds the place he has to go, Minato doesn't click it but he first turns around to the school.

….

Minato hovers his hand over the phone. "*Sigh* , I suppose I wil-Ahh!" Minato clutches his head in pain *Clang, Clang!* as he falls over to the trash cans nearby.

"Makoto-sama!"

"Ahhh….", 'My head. What is this?'

"Makoto-sama." He can hear footsteps of someone running over to him hurriedly.

'No time for this.', "Margaret, Watch my bag."

"Excuse me?", "Destination confirmed. Navigation beginning.", "What?"

The area around Minato shifted and Minato also teleported to Metaverse as Margaret finally reaches to the entrance of alleyway.

….

Margaret looks at the bag on the ground.

….

"*Sigh*" Accepting her defeat, Margaret picks up the bag from the ground. "Now, I know how Caroline feels." Margaret looks inside it searching for…

….

"Tch, nothing interesting."

-x-x-

Guys, calm down. Shiho didn't die. She didn't die in the game. Why would she die here? It's the same height.

And Thank you. Those are some high praise. I mean you guys made my year. And I had to search the steins gate on the web because of that comment and I still don't understand it. So, I'm sorry. (Sorry. This must be included in every author notes.)

Please wait patiently for the next chapter. There will be a surprising twist there and you guys are going to be mad at me, I know. Well, some of you may like it and be surprised…Then be mad at me. I just know it. But, I did warn you guys.

But, I mean if you guys really like this, there are other great fics here. As one of you guys said, I still can't decide on which verbs to use. But, I hope I can live up to you guys' expectations. And, no, I didn't study literature. I don't know what gives you that idea but I still haven't even finish the high school yet. But, still thank you for the praise. (Can I call you Zero?)

As for the question of why Shiho kills herself at school, my theory is that she probably didn't plan it beforehand. But when she gets to the school and saw Kamoshida, she probably can't hold herself anymore and just think along the lines of 'I need to die now'. The victims of that(This is a T fic so I can't say that) crime usually thinks like that.

(The AN become a little long, Sorry.)

Please wait for "Death is no judge(Finale):…But I am"