"There was no such thing as a fair fight. All vulnerabilities must be exploited."
― Cary Caffrey
Chapter 11
Hinata woke up in a good mood Monday morning. It was the last day of the sleepover at Naegi's house and he just knew that today was going to be a blast.
A glance around the room told him that he was the only one there. His friends had probably woken up already. He took out his phone and noticed that it was almost nine a.m. hopefully breakfast was still being served. He quickly put on a pair of black skinny jeans and a random t-shirt and headed downstairs.
He was met with silence. No one was in the kitchen either. He took a look outside and noticed that no one was there as well. Weird he thought. Could they have gone somewhere without him? Better to check the rest of the house first. He headed upstairs again and looked inside the other rooms. It was on the last room that he found everyone with their ears on the bathroom door.
He raised an eyebrow. "What are you guys doing?"
Teruteru covered his mouth and hushed him.
"Quiet," he reprimanded him. The others beckoned him to come. Teruteru released him and they both made their way to the door. He knelt down and put his ear to the door and listened. At first he didn't hear anything, but after listening a little longer he could start to hear voices.
"Okay, ready?" That was Togamis' voice.
"Please, don't let it hurt." That was Naegi.
"Just leave everything to me."
Naegi let out a whimper. "Ow, that hurts! Take it out!"
Togami grunted. "Just relax, it'll be over soon."
Hinata's eyes widened. No. Freaking. Way. They weren't doing what he thought they were doing, were they? A glance at the others told him that they very well could be. Toko was trying to keep her panting in check and had taken out her voice recorder and placed it on the wall. Tsumiki looked like she was going to faint. Owada was trying to keep Ishimaru from shouting by placing a hand over his mouth.
Junko was trying very hard not to laugh. Komaeda's face was bright red and-was that blood dripping from his nose? Celestia and Sonia looked scandalized but intrigued. Chiaki's face was red and her eyes were wide. Yamada was trying to draw out the scene in his sketchbook. Everyone else was bright red and wide-eyed like Chiaki.
"Togami, please! Take it out, it hurts!"
There was another whimper and Hinata couldn't take it anymore. With a roar he kicked the door down and rushed inside.
"She said take it out asshole! I won't let you take advantage of-wait, what's going on?"
Hinata took in his surroundings, Naegi was siting on the bathroom sink with a few tears running down her cheeks and Togami stood between her legs. Both were fully clothed.
Togami let out a scoff and turned a glare in his direction. "Knocking. Ever heard of it?"
Hinata pointed at Togami. "Wait, so you're not forcing yourself on her?"
Togami's glare turned fierce. "As if I ever would, you incompetent fool!"
Hinata looked back at Naegi. "Why is she crying then?" he turned a glare in Togami's direction. "I swear, if you hurt her, I'll kick the shit out of you!"
Naegi placed herself in front of Togami. "Hinata wait! It's a misunderstanding! Honest! I'm okay!"
He gave her a dubious stare. "Why were you crying then?"
Naegi looked embarrassed. "Well, you see. Yamada gave me some colored contacts and I was trying to put them on but I was too scared to do it so I asked Togami instead." She gave him a sheepish grin. "I kept moving though so he poked my eye by accident."
Hinata's anger instantly disappeared and he crumbled to the floor in embarrassment. "Aww, man! Jeez! And here I was ready to fight him!"
It was at that moment that everyone else spilled into the room. Toko gripped Naegi's arms and had tears in her eyes.
"That was seriously hot! If you could do a few more scenes like that I'll be set for my new book!" Junko shoved her out of the way.
"If you need any tips, you can always come to me okay?"
On the other side of the room, the boys were trying to get more details out of Togami.
"I keep telling you, we weren't doing anything like that!" Togami growled out. Yamada and Kuzuryu elbowed him and told him to stop being so modest.
Hinata sighed. These people were going to be the death of him.
Hinata made his way to the kitchen, where Teruteru was making something that smelled incredibly good. Licking his lips, he went to investigate.
"What are you making?" he asked the Ultimate Cook.
"Jambalaya."
Hinata's brows shot up. He'd eaten this dish a few times back at home but it had never smelled this good before. He licked his lips. Teruteru gave him a look and sighed.
"Feel free to sample it." He said as he handed him a spoon. Excited, he dipped the spoon in the pot and took a bite. He let out a moan; pure bliss.
"It's good right?"
He turned towards the voice and came face to face with Naegi. He gave her a nod and offered her some jambalaya as well.
After swallowing the food Naegi gave him a small smile. "By the way, sorry for the misunderstanding upstairs."
His cheeks warmed. He scratched his head in embarrassment. "Oh right. Sorry about that, it was my bad."
Naegi shook her head and smiled at him. "No it's okay. I find it sweet how you came to defend me." She gave him a fist bump on the shoulder. "Thanks Hinata."
How many times was this girl going to make him blush in embarrassment he thought. "No problem. It's what friends do. I'll always have your back Naegi." he gave her a fist bump and she returned it.
The moment was ruined when Owari stepped between them and took the spoon from Hinata's' hand. Teruteru put himself in front of the pot and blocked her view.
"Oh no you don't! This isn't ready yet!"
"Just a bite won't hurt! I'm hungry!" Owari screeched. A chase soon ensued.
Hinata pinched the bridge of his nose and squeezed his eyes shut, then took a long, deep breath. He just wanted to eat his food peacefully.
Owada looked up from his phone. "Guys! I have an announcement!"
Ishimaru crossed his arms. "Very well! You have the floor!"
The living room was packed today. Owada got up from the couch and turned towards everyone. "So there's this place that's like an hour away where we can play paintball! It's our last day here, let's do something awesome!"
Sonia tilted her head. "Paintball?"
Kuzuryu got to his feet. "Sounds fun. I'm in. Peko?"
Pekoyama inclined her head. "If that's what you wish young master."
After a lengthy discussion, everyone eventually agreed to the paintball idea and after putting on some long sleeves, everyone clamored into Sonia's bus and were on their way. Togami had argued the whole way there, something about not wanting to ride with commoners.
Everyone ignored him and eventually he fell asleep in his seat.
"Okay everyone, here are the rules!" Kuzuryu practically strutted to a chair and stood on top of it to look down at everyone. "Number one, make sure your maximum shooting velocity is 300 fps, nothing higher. If it's higher than that it'll definitely hurt more. Number two, no hitting the face. Number three, don't be a dick. No shooting someone multiple times, no pushing or shoving and don't aim for any private areas. Enoshima I'm looking at you, keep your anger in check. Number four, you're out if you get hit on the chest or the back and lastly if you're out, shout it out to let everyone know. Once you're out make sure you go leave the game, there's a TV on both sides of the field displaying the players that are out. Any questions?"
He was met with silence. Then.
"We're going to crush you guys!" Hagakure shouted. "It's class vs. class!"
"As if! We have Pekoyama, Nidai, and Owari on the team! We got this in the bag!" Soda shouted. Junko let out a haughty laugh.
"We have my sister the Ultimate Soldier in our team, there's no way we can lose."
Kuzuryu took a menacing step towards her. "Oh yeah? You want to bet? Losing team has to pay for dinner!" There were groans from both teams. Here we go they thought. Fujisaki and Tsumiki tried to calm both sides down, but they refused to budge.
Junko let out an evil laugh. "We're going to give you the most despair inducing defeat of your lives!" Komaeda grimaced.
Sonia and Koizumi suggested they all come up with team names. Everyone immediately quieted and started to think.
"The Hope Rangers!" Komaeda shouted. Everyone in the 77th class immediately protested.
Togami wrote down the name on the digital board and let out a smirk. "All right then, since Komaeda's suggestion was the loudest, the hope rangers it is then."
Soda let out a tiny scream. "Oh hell no! Anything but that!"
Celestia laughed into her hand. "My my, arguing already? I hope you give us a challenge at least." The 77th class let out a few not so nice words at that.
Kirigiri decided to speak up before things went out of hand. "All right then, we need to come up with a name for our team. Any ideas?" she asked looking around at her classmates.
"It better not be something dumb." Toko muttered.
Naegi tapped her chin. "And it has to be something we can all agree on."
"The donut lovers!" Asahina whispered.
"Denied." Celestia said. Asahina whined. Sakura put a comforting hand on her shoulder.
"The idols?" Maizono suggested. Leon shot that down.
"The Moe Moe Collection!" Yamada suggested. Ishimaru and Owada shot that down. Junko glanced at her classmates back and forth and sighed and then a serpentine smile appeared on her lips.
"The Colorful Balls of Despair!" she shouted. The 78th class looked at her in horror. Meanwhile, the 77th was laughing it up. Kuzuryu roared with laughter as he wrote down their team name on the digital board.
After that the weapons were handed down to each player. The 77th class got the pink and blue paint bullets and the 78th class got the purple and green paint bullets.
"Okay, everyone has ten minutes before the game starts! Whichever team gets the other teams flag wins the game! Everyone disperse!" Kuzuryu shouted. "We're going to wipe the floor with you guys!"
"How much you want to bet that Kuzuryu's the first to go down?" Togami whispered in Naegi's ear.
Kuzuryu turned to him. "I heard that! I'll make it to the end of the game!"
Togami scoffed and crossed his arms. "Yeah if you have your bodyguard with you, I'm sure you will."
Kuzuryu's face turned red in anger. "Fine!" he turned to Pekoyama. "This is an order! Get the other teams flag and bring it back to our side, don't worry about me." Pekoyama looked like she wanted to protest but she refrained. She gave him a firm nod.
Hinata sauntered over to Naegi and gave her a cocky grin. "I'm going to wipe the floor with you."
Naegi gave him a smirk. " If you're going to spout nonsense you should go back to sleep." Hinata's jaw dropped. Togami sauntered over and patted Naegi on the head. He looked like a proud father.
Hinata looked back and forth between the two before he lout out a small growl. "Oh great! You've tainted her!" he gave a mock cry. "She used to be such a good girl."
Naegi laughed and bumped shoulders with him. Komaeda and Chiaki had walked up to them by that point. Chiaki looked like she was ready to get down to business and Komaeda looked like he wanted to cry.
"To think I'd have to fight the Ultimate Hope!" he cried as he wrapped his arms around Naegi's shoulders. "I'm sure that with everything going on, you'll find a way to persevere and that will only make your Hope shine brighter! If only I could be on your side to experience it myself!"
Togami counted to five before he had enough and separated the two.
"Let's give it our all!" Chiaki said.
And with that both teams went to their separate sides of the field and took their positions. The 78th class had put Naegi, Fujisaki, Celestia, Toko and Maizono up on the trees to act as snipers. They would protect the other players.
Sakura and Owada were both picked to guard the flag and everyone else had the job of capturing the other teams flag. Kirigiri and Togami had distributed walkie-talkies for everyone so they could stay in touch.
Mukuro could hear the excited yells from the opposite side. It seems the other team was still getting into position. The Ultimate Soldier took a deep breath, going over the layer of the field that she had memorized before the game. She checked her weapons and made sure she had plenty of ammo. Junko had told her to go all out.
To be honest, she was excited. It took all her will power not sprint to the other side of the field and start taking down targets. She scowled at the clock displayed on the digital board. Three more minutes. Something nudged her shoulder. She turned and saw her sister Junko give her a smirk and a thumps up.
"Show them no mercy."
Mukuro's smile turned feral. She gave her a nod. An alarm suddenly went off. The game had begun. One minute she was standing next to Junko and the next she was gone.
There was a sudden rise of voices on the other side of the field. Shots were being fired before one voice rose among the others
"Fuck! I'm out!" Kuzuryu shouted from the other side of the field.
Togami snickered. "Knew it."
There were a few more shouts before Teruteru, Tsumiki, Mitarai, and Koizumi shouted that they were out.
Team Colorful Balls of Despair, minus the snipers, stalked through the woods in a horizontal line like they owned the place. They made sure to keep as silent as possible as they looked for the Hope Rangers. Kirigiri motioned for Leon and Asahina to climb a tree to scout ahead. Once there, Asahina put up two fingers.
Two targets Kirigiri deduced. She took out her walkie-talkie. "Can you take them out?"
Asahina and Leon gave a thumps ups. Kirigiri nodded. "Do it."
A barrage of bullets hit Saionji and the Ultimate Imposter. Saionji let out a curse and walked out the field with the imposter hot on her heels.
The sound of bullets nearby made the rest of the team turn with their weapons ready. Their eyes widened. Pekoyama and Mukuro had found each other and they were having an intense battle.
"Go big sis!" Junko cheered.
Hagakure raised his hand. "Uh, should we go help?"
Togami shook his head. "We'll only slow her down. Let's keep going."
They were in enemy territory now. They had to be careful and quiet.
"For free food!" Soda and Owari jumped down from the trees behind Yamada and Leon. Paintballs rained down on them. Ishimaru started heading in their direction.
Togami grunted and pulled Ishimarus' collar. "Leave them! They're already done for!"
And with that they made a hasty retreat further into the forest.
Back with the rest of Team Colorful Balls of Despair, Naegi was wondering if it was possible to die of boredom. They were about twenty-five minutes into the game and all the shouts and the sound of bullets was making Naegi jealous. She might be one of the nicest people out there but put a paintball gun in her hands and she was going to shoot people with it damn it.
Across from her in the other tree, Maizono giggled. "Let me guess, you want to be out there?"
Naegi's eyes widened. "How'd you know?"
Maizono turned serious. "I'm psychic." Naegi's eyes widened again and Maizono giggled. "Just kidding. I want to be out there too. Want to go?"
Naegi hesitated. The rest of the team had given them a job, if Maizono and her left to join the fight, they'd be leaving the team flag defenseless.
From the tree in front of Naegi, Celestia looked up from doing her nails and gave her a smile. "Go ahead. Fujisaki and I can cover this side. Besides, Sakura and Owada won't be easy to take down so I think we'll be fine."
Fujisaki nodded from her position in the tree. Toko stopped biting her nails and looked at Celestia in anger.
"You didn't mention me! Do you expect me to go with them?" she stuttered.
Celestia gave her a cool look. "Yes. You'll be quite useful." She have her a smirk. "Especially, if you turn into your other self."
Toko almost fell off the tree in shock. How did she know Toko thought.
Intrigued Maizono and Naegi looked at Toko closely.
"What other self?" Fujisaki asked.
Celestia crossed her legs and got more comfortable. "Our dear Toko has another personality, one that could be very useful right about now. All she has to do is sneeze."
The other girls looked at Toko in astonishment. "Will you let her out?" Maizono asked.
Toko shook her head. "She's dangerous! I don't know what she'll do!"
Fujisaki tapped her chin. "Is she strong?"
Toko gave a hesitant nod. Naegi gave her the best puppy eyes she could muster. This usually worked. "Please?"
Toko shook her head.
Naegi hummed and an idea came to her. "You know, I bet if you helped us win Togami will praise you."
Toko straightened. "M-master will p-praise me?"
The other girls nodded.
"Well, okay then. But don't blame me if she goes nuts!" And with that Toko brought one of her pigtail and moved it under her nose. She sneezed. The change was instantaneous. Toko suddenly sat up in the tree and pulled out two pairs of scissors. She gave a haughty laugh and looked at them all with narrowed eyes.
Was it normal for tongues to dangle like that Naegi thought.
"I believe this is the first time we've met. You bitches can call me Genocider Sho!" she said, while lazily spinning a pair of scissors in her hand. The rest of the girls quickly introduced themselves.
Celestia spoke up. "Very well, now that you're acquainted with everyone, we have a job for you. We need you to get the enemy flag across the field. Avoid getting shot in the back or the chest. Also," she eyed the scissors in the Genociders hands, "no scissors. You're already equipped with two paintball guns, use them."
"I just have to take down people on the other team and get the flag?" Genocider asked. Celestia nodded. "No cutting people up?" Fujisaki and Maizono shook their heads. Genocider looked at Naegi. "And master will praise me?" Naegi gave her a thumps up.
The braided girl gave them all a wink and launched herself across the field before she disappeared into enemy territory. Naegi took out her walkie-talkie.
"Togami, this is Naegi. Do you read me?" there was static on the other end before Togami's voice rang out.
"Yes, I'm here. What is it?"
Naegi looked at the grinning faces of the other three girls before replying. "We've sent you some back up. I think she'll be very useful." She snickered.
"Back-up? Who'd you send?" Togami asked.
Naegi was about to reply when they heard a blood-curling scream. "Holy shit! She just did the exorcist walk! Oh hell no, I'm out!" that was Soda's voice.
"P-people shouldn't be able to move like that! I'm out too!" Owari screamed. Team Colorful Balls of Despair could only stare blankly ahead. After a minute, Togami's voice rang out through the walkie-talkie.
"Nevermind. I think I know who it is…" on the other end of the line Naegi could dimly hear Junko laughing her ass off and Hagakure saying a small prayer before the line went dead.
"Ready to go?" Maizono asked Naegi. She gave her a nod and after getting down from the tree, said a farewell to Celestia and Fujisaki and headed into battle.
Across the field, Hinata Hajime looked wide-eyed at Toko Fukawa as she did the exorcist walk across the field from his position in the tree. That was not normal he though. No one should be able to move like that. A shudder went through him. He did not want to meet her in the battlefield. He decided to stay put for the moment.
Sitting down next to him, Chiaki judged his shoulder. "Want to fight her?" she asked pointing at Toko.
Hinata looked at her in horror and shook his head furiously. "I'd like to sleep like a baby tonight, thank you very much." Chiaki frowned and glanced down at Komaeda who was hiding in the bushes.
"What about you Komaeda?" she asked him. Komaeda poked his head out cautiously. He looked pale.
"I don't think that's a good idea." He said. Chiaki huffed.
"Fine, I'll go myself. I bet if Naegi were here she'd want to go with me." She muttered.
Hinata looked back at her. "Probably. Then again, Naegi is pretty fearless. Remember when she ate the mystery food at school? I swear, that thing moved! She ate it anyway!"
Chiaki and Komaeda laughed at the memory. Togami kept asking her if she was okay and if she needed to go to the hospital.
"I found you!" Toko sang as she looked at them a few meters away. She tilted her head. "What do you say," her tongue curled in amusement, "Want to play?"
"Oh shit," all three of them said.
Back with Naegi and Maizono, they hadn't encountered anyone yet. Naegi really wanted to shoot something. She looked at Maizono from the corner of her eye as they walked.
"Don't even think about it." Maizono scolded her. Naegi pouted.
They continued their trudge through the woods in silence until Maizono grabbed Naegi's arm and pushed them both inside a nearby bush.
"What is it?" Naegi whispered.
Maizono pointed ahead and Naegi looked. There, sitting by a tree was Tanaka Gundam. It looked like he was feeding the squirrels. Upon closer inspection, Naegi noticed he also had two hamsters sticking out of his scarf.
"How cute." Naegi and Maizono whispered. They looked at each other.
"Do we really need to shoot him? He looks pretty harmless." Naegi said looking at Tanaka.
Tanaka looked up. "Who dares intrude on this peaceful moment?"
Maizono and Naegi stood up guiltily. Tanaka eyed their guns. His hand reached for his own.
"You wish to battle me?" Tanaka whispered, looking down at the animals in his lap.
Naegi bit her lip and kicked a stone away. "Not really." She muttered. She felt like he'd scolded her. Tanaka looked at Maizono. She pouted and shook her head.
Seemingly satisfied, Tanaka nodded and gave them a small smile. "You may proceed. I shall not go after you." He reached into his left pocket and pulled out something. "Cookies?" he asked.
Nodding, Naegi and Maizono both went up to him and crouched down to take them. Tanaka patted their heads while they nibbled on the cookies. "You may go." He said.
As Naegi and Maizono left Tanaka behind, they couldn't help but feel like they'd lost the battle.
Back with Sakura and Owada, Owada was bored.
"Ugh, I want to shoot something! Aren't you bored?" he asked Sakura.
Sakura shook her head as she eyed her surroundings. "This is kind of fun actually. Although I do wish Hina was here to make things more interesting."
Owada ruffled his hair. "Yeah, I get what you mean. I wish Ishimaru were here. At least it wouldn't be so quiet."
Sakura suddenly straightened. Owada brought his gun out. "What is it?" he asked looking around.
"Someone is coming." She frowned and tilted her head. "No wait, there's two people coming. Get ready."
Owada cocked his gun and walked a few steps forward. They had to guard the flag. Their class was already in the lead from the look of things, it would really suck if the rest of their teammates had taken down so many of the 77th class only to lose like this.
Owada spotted a head of blonde and black hair from one of the bushes and started shooting.
They heard two grunts in pain before Sakura and he started heading towards the bush. Owada pulled back the leaves and his eyes widened. Stuck on some of the leaves, were two pairs of wigs and a tape recorder.
Sakura immediately straightened and started heading back to the flag. "It's a decoy!"
Scowling, Owada cursed and started running. He could already see Sonia and Mioda of the 77th class running towards the flag.
He cocked his gun and took aim. He managed to hit Sonia in her left leg and he let out a curse. He had to shoot either the back or the chest in order to get them out.
"Ibuki is going to get her hands on your flag!" Mioda yelled. Sonia turned around and started shooting in Owada's direction. He flung himself to the nearest bush and started shooting back.
"Go after Mioda! I've got this one!" Owada shouted to Sakura.
Sakura nodded and took after Mioda. Sakura brought out her gun and shot Mioda on both legs. Mioda went down with a shout. Sakura was upon her in seconds.
Mioda managed to get out from under Sakura but the martial artist pulled her by the leg and shot two shots on her chest. Mioda whined.
"All right! We got them both!" Owada said as he high-fived Sakura. Mioda and Sonia grudgingly left the field after announcing they were out.
So this is how he was going to die Hinata thought as he ran for his life. A glance at his side told him that Komaeda and Chiaki were getting tired of running. Chiaki kept shooting bullets at Toko, but they were all missing.
Toko cackled. "Come on, make this interesting for me!" she was chasing after them by jumping from tree to tree.
"Maybe if we go where Nidai is, he'll take care of her!" Hinata suggested.
Komaeda shook his head. "We can't lead her to the flag!"
"Aww, damn it! What do we do then?" he shouted back. A paintball came flying at his face and he quickly looked away. It splattered with a shattering impact on a tree and he paled. "That could have been my face!"
A bullet suddenly scraped Toko's cheek. She stopped and looked at her right. Three trees away, stood Pekoyama Peko. She was covered in purple and green paint everywhere except for the back and chest.
"Oh thank god!" Hinata exclaimed looking at Pekoyama. He looked at Komaeda. "We really are lucky!"
"I'll fight with you!" Chiaki announced. Hinata and Komaeda both pulled her by the scruff of her neck.
"We leave things to you Pekoyama!" Komaeda shouted back.
Toko licked her lips and grinned. Pekoyama narrowed her eyes. They both clashed.
Back with Togami's group, they had made contact with Maizono and Naegi. Togami had been a bit angry but since they were already in the lead he let it go. After walking for a bit more, they came upon Mukuro leaning on a tree.
"Big sis!" Junko said as she helped her walk.
"Sorry." Mukuro mumbled. "I almost had her, but I ran out of bullets and had to retreat."
"There's no need to apologize." Ishimaru said patting her shoulder. "You did great!" The others nodded.
Kirigiri ran a hand through her hair. "I have a plan."
Togami crossed his arms. "What do you have in mind?"
Kirigiri looked at Naegi before she let out a small smirk. "This plan will only work with the remaining members left in the 77th class. What we have to do first is…"
Hinata, Chiaki and Komaeda had made it to where Nidai was guarding the flag. The Ultimate Manager straightened upon seeing them.
"We're losing aren't we?" he said looking at their faces.
Hinata glumly nodded. "They have some strong people. Toko Fukawa is particularly frightening."
Nidai rubbed his chin. "Really? She looks so meek though."
Komaeda shook his head. "She's completely different right now though. It's like she's another person."
Nidai nodded. "Well, the only thing we can do now is to guard the flag then."
Suddenly here was a rustling of leaves. All four of them got into a fighting position around the flag. After more rustling, Naegi Makoto appeared from the trees. She looks surprised upon seeing them.
"You're outnumbered Naegi, give it up!" Hinata advised before pointing his gun at her.
Naegi looked at each of them in turn before she shook her head. "I can't do that. If I don't at least try, I'll always regret it!"
Komaeda was practically in tears. "Beautiful! Even in the face of danger, Naegi refuses to give up! I can feel her hope shining brilliantly!"
Naegi took out her gun and let out a battle cry as she ran towards them. Hinata gave a battle cry of his own and ran towards her. They were almost in front of each other before Naegi tripped on a rock and fell face first. Hinata came to a stop.
"Naegi?" he asked warily. "Are you okay?" Naegi didn't move.
Komaeda took a step forward. "Naegi-chan?" Still she didn't move.
Nidai and Chiaki came forward and crouched in front of her. After a minute, Hinata and Komaeda took similar positions around her. Upon closer inspection, they heard sniffling.
Hinata's eyes widened. "Oh crap. Are you crying?" he glanced at his teammates in panic. "What do we do?"
Komaeda took out a lollipop from his pocket. "Naegi I have some candy. Would you like some?" Komaeda asked. Naegi shook her head. She hadn't gotten up yet.
"Would you like to ride on my shoulders?" Nidai asked her. Naegi stopped sniffling and then she shook her head.
"What about a game? I have two consoles with me. Wouldn't that be nice?" Chiaki asked her.
"Now!" a voice rang out.
Paintballs rained down on them, and the remaining members of The Hopeful Rangers let out screams. Team Colorful Balls of Despair lobbed paint grenade after paint grenade after them. By the time it was over, the whole field was covered in purple and green paint.
Junko calmly walked towards the enemy's flag and raised it high in the air. "Looks like we win bitches! Free food!" she screamed. Her teammates let out shouts of their own.
The sound of an alarm went off, signaling the end of the game. Both classes met up on the 77th classes side. Kuzuryu was cursing a storm from his position. Owari and Soda were eyeing Toko warily.
"Team Colorful Balls of Despair wins." Kirigiri announced smugly. Togami laughed and patted Naegi on the head.
Naegi looked at Hinata, Chiaki, Komaeda and Nidai and scratched her head. "Sorry about that guys. We really didn't want to pay for dinner. No harm done right?"
In answer, Hinata walked up to Naegi and shot her in the chest.
Naegi let out a tiny scream.
