I hope you enjoy this chapter, Rai talks a lot but he tells wonderful stories. Sorry for the late update but school started back up. Busy busy.

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Rai proceeded in a deliberately slow pace around Sakuno before he placed a hand on her shoulder making her jump much to her displeasure of showing how scared she really was. He leaned down closer to her ear but far enough away that she couldn't see him out of the corner of her eye and she didn't have the heart to turn and look at him.

"One fine day the doctor that always took care of me came to this room to feed me as usual, but this time he actually spoke to me. First voice I heard beside my own and the ones I made up in my mind, he told me my mother was coming to visit me. The first time in six years, I wasn't sure how to feel. I guess I was supposed to be happy and I was in a way. Not a good way, not a good way." He smirked and Sakuno could sense his snide facial features he then stood up straight and proceed to walk to the front of the room with his back to her and he watched the T.V. monitors.

"I felt something that day, after feeling nothing for so long I felt something and it was so strong. I rushed at the man, for no reason I could think of, and he easily hit me away. I was still a young boy, but something animalistic came over me. I guess I lost my human self a long time ago." He started to giggle and was trying to calm himself down.

Rai then looked back to Sakuno and raised his hands up. "I jumped on him; I hit him, bit him and scratched him. It was a wild scene but I finally got hold of his neck. I wrapped my hands around it and held on. At one point we fell…I don't remember when but I remember watching him fade away under my hands." He started to giggle again like a little kid would.

"R-Rai-sempai…I don't…I don't believe this." Sakuno said in disbelief and pity.

He stared into her eyes and seemed pissed off; he clenched his fists then released them when a spark appeared in his eyes.

"Then I guess what I tell you next will be even more unbelievable." He smirked with a dark looming gaze.

"I dragged! His lifeless body out of my room and into an empty room further down that hall. I took his keys and hid them in my shirt and decided to go back to my room to wait for my dear mother to come talk to me. I wanted to know what she had to say, as you can see I am a patient boy even at eleven. So, I waited and waited till finally the door opened up and a woman, probably being my mother walked in. She didn't look at me at first and only looked at the floor. So as sickening sweet as possible I called out to her."

"Mama?~"

"You should have scene her reaction, she looked straight up at me and ran towards me to embrace me, I didn't move though. She didn't notice and started to talk randomly asking if I would be a good boy now and stop giving her trouble." Rai coughed at the memory.

"So I told her in that same sugar coated voice."

"Of course mama!"

"I think she cried a bit from the joy but I didn't pay attention on no, I was looking at her hair, it was just like mine except so beautifully kept and long. I remember it was soft to the touch and I began to stroke it. Then she said something funny."

Flasbback

"Rai my boy, my only child, listen to your mama. Papa has gotten sick, really sick! When he dies and hope it's not for years to come, the family will turn to you and you will be responsible for the business. It's in his will that you have the money."

"Really?~"

"Yes, you love your mama very much right? Be good and come with me we'll start your training. You won't need to go outside, just stay inside and study." She said.

"I want to go outside." Young Rai said.

"N-no you don't! You said you would be good! So you will stay inside because you love me!" She shouted.

"Haha, you're right mama!~" Young Rai beamed showing a horribly twisted smile.

"Yeah, I loved her hair when she grabbed my wrist and started to drag me out of the room I guess I grabbed onto it a little harder then she'd like. I pulled it really hard and got as much of it in my hand as possible, it was so silky. The pain brought her to her knees and I guess I got lost in the moment I started yanking it around as she tried to grab me." Rai then looked back at the T.V. monitors and seemed to look over to Usagi's channel who was crying, and squirming in pain.

"With a rough yank I through her to the ground, she was screaming and cursing at me but I ran and jumped on her neck. I think it only knocked the wind out her because she was still conscious just gasping for air."

Sakuno looked at his back frightened and disturbed.

"It may have been the second or third stomp that killed her but I'm not sure, I simply put her body with the corpse of the doctor. I then remembered the keys and the room with the other children in them but ignored them. I had other things to worry about."

"Rai-sempai you must be confused or imagining this up because of the stress, I know it's been hard but please come back to reality. Come back to being the real Rai-sempai!" Sakuno said in slight hysterics.

"Reality?" He walked over and smacked her across the face. "I'm telling you reality." He said.

He didn't back up and stared at her with a slight smile as he continued his story.

"I went up back into my old house I could barely remember it but thankfully they didn't change anything. I walked to an attendant and asked where the kitchen was where I grabbed a rather large knife. Can you guess what's going to happen next? …I'll keep going then…I found my dad at his desk doing paperwork and it was easy to see that whatever sickness he had was taking its toll on him, for he was a ghastly white with foggy eyes and shriveled old hands." Rai then smirked and raised up one hand like he was raising a knife.

"I walked up to him and put my hand on his shoulder, he looked at me and he stoically said hello. He said son I guess it's time we talk. He rambled about the business but I didn't care I raised the knife like I'm doing now and brought it down harshly into his chest. Still I wanted to be sure and did it a few more times. He didn't even fight back."

Rai said and then brought his arm back down gently.

"The next few things were simple, blackmail the house workers but promise them work and money if they helped teach me the business. Since the will was made out directly to me I had all my parents' money if they wanted to continue working they were going to have to listen to me. I freed Yoi, Kaito and Shiro and made sure they were on my side which was easy, they were easy minds to mold." Rai said with a snicker.

"That can't be possible; people would look into it, the cops and the doctors, the families!" Sakuno countered in a slight rage because this didn't seem humanly possible. The crimes would raise police suspicion without a doubt.

"First, Yoi, Kaito, and Shiro were abandoned here, so no family was looking for them, the workers had their lives at stake and anyone who would start digging around could be paid off. My fathers' death was reported as a heart attack, my mothers the same from losing her husband. It sounds nicer that way too." Rai said confidently.

"Anyway, I started my studies like my mother said and I grew up to take over the business, I created a fake identity to make up this school and see if I can make use of a hope experiment." He said.

"Experiment?" Sakuno asked.

"Like I said I want to see people break but not just that, I want to see how they break. I want to see how people react under pressure and the faces when they realize all their hope is gone."

Now let's move onto the story how you killed a good friend of mine." Rai's eyes glared at Sakuno and she gulped in confusion.

"I-I wouldn't hut Jiro." She said cursing herself by her stutter.

"You being alive is what killed him, now shut up and let me explain." He then crouched down in front of her.

"Jiro has a phobia of young or innocent girls, girls who are pure-virgins. When he was little he was normal young boy who loved to just play with his friends of any gender. He was out playing by a stream one day, there was a girl with pretty back hair to her shoulders and light brown eyes big and round. They were actually good friends and lived relatively close to one another. She fell into the stream and she wasn't a good enough swimmer. She sank to the bottom and Jiro the whole time just watched her trying to call her name, I'm guessing all he can remember is her crying face with those big eyes just staring at him, begging him to help."

Rai finished his story by standing up and placing both hands on Sakuno's shoulder and leaned his body and face in close to hers.

"You know how you're involved?" He asked and Sakuno turned her head and closed her eyes trying to further herself from him.

"The day he saw you, he went and drowned himself, you reminded him of that time and surfaced the guilt he has been hiding for so long. You with your naïve innocence of the world who is cared for by so many, who's biggest hiccup in life was being rejected by a boy and not having everyone come and pity you." Rai said in a harsh whisper in her ear.

The truth hurt so much more then it should and she started to cry, she tried so hard to hold it back but couldn't stop it from flowing from her closed eyes.

"He's right…I…I compared to everyone else I'm so weak and stupid. I shouldn't have made such a big deal out of it. I just loved Ryoma so much, it just hurt so much. That was the harshest pain I ever felt before, it's so pathetic!" Sakuno thought as tears continued to poor out of her eyes she then felt something warm, moist and squishy touch her cheek then slide up to the corner of her eye where her tears were spilling out of.

She opened her eyes quickly to see that Rai was licking up her tears, she jerked away and was blushing from embarrassment but the shock stopped her tears. He only smirked at her horrified and disgusted face.

"Do you feel yourself losing hope yet?" He asked.

"I…You are right! I am pathetic! …but I want to still try and learn and grow!" She yelled afraid the words wouldn't even come out if she didn't

"fuhuhu~"

Tezuka saw that the cafeteria was locked up and he wasn't sure if he should knock or not. Things were still fuzzy in his mind but he knew it wasn't safe or at least he felt it wasn't.

"You there!" Tezuka turned sharply to see what looked like a teacher in a lab coat with a flashlight approach him. The light in his face made it hard for him to see but he could tell the teacher pulled out something.

The teacher dropped the flashlight quickly and rushed towards Tezuka with a killer intent; Tezuka dodged the man and was analyzing the situation. The teacher seemed to be carrying a knife, probably a switch blade. It didn't really matter what knife it was all he knew was he had to unarm the person.

He dodged another attack and swing from the knife he was able to grab hold of the mans arm and make him release his grip on the knife. The man seemed like he was going to call for help so Tezuka in a rush knocked him unconscious.

He wasn't sure what to do for a moment, this was the first time he was ever in a fight and with a teacher no less but he was attacked first so there was no helping it. He picked up the switch blade and put it in his pocket then scanned the teacher and was able to find two keys, one of which he hoped opened the cafeteria. To his luck it did and he unraveled the chains. Tezuka peered inside a bit before opening the door all the way and saw it was completely void of people.

He walked cautiously forward and looked around till he came to a hole in the stage, he peered down it to see a rusty ladder, Tezuka looked at the map in his hands then took out his cell. He had no service inside and had to step out again.

"Hello, Tezuka?" Inui answered.

"Call the cops; I think this is a kidnapping." Tezuka said stoically.

"What! How can you tell?" Inui asked confused.

"I was just attacked by a teacher and there's a hole in the cafeteria leading to the underground facility. I'm going down to look." Tezuka said and then hung up only hearing a loud "Wait!" from Inui on the other line.

He proceeded back inside the cafeteria and lowered himself down the ladder into the dirty old part of the facility.

Here comes the hero? Maybe …maybe not, haha.

I hope you enjoyed this chapter Rai sure likes to talk and be a creep. It's hard to compare him to before, but I guess that's what makes it a twist. The Rai from earlier chapters was just him acting, this one now is his real self. Sorry for the mistakes!

Fun fact: Rai is described as having a high ponytail that reaches a bit past his shoulders. In all actuality that's not his real hair, his real hair probably reaches to past his ears the rest is his mothers hair he cut and made into an extension.

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