Chapter 4: The Game

It was 9:30 in the morning. She woke up with tears from her eyes. "It was a bad dream," Yuuki said as she hugged her pillow tight. While looking at the ceiling, she heard Ruka's voice outside. She sighed, stood up and made a cheerful smile. "Ruka-senpai is an early riser. Okay, you can do this. Just forget everything and it's going to be alright."

Upon opening the door, Yuuki saw the group gathered in a small circle. Aidou called her, "Good morning Yuuki. Hope you had nice dreams," he said. "Uhm, y-yeah, really nice. And, what are you all doing?" She asked curiously. Rima who's feeding Shiki Pocky answers her, "Yuuki-chan, remember the activity they prepared for us?" Ichijou continues on Rima, "It's a pair activity, so…." Hearing that it would be a pair activity, Yuuki quickly said in a loud voice that her pair would be Zero. He's the only one she's comfortable with. Ruka laughed, "Silly. The pairings will be also like what happened on the room picking." Yuuki gulped. For her, this is not a good idea. At the same time, she's also scared about who's going to be her partner. "Okay then, time to pick your pairs. Still going to be draw lots, so you know what to do," Ichijou said.

Each of them started picking their pair from the box. On the other hand, Yuuki is trembling while getting her paper. She is scared on how would things turn out once again if Kaname will be her partner.

Aidou: Ooooh! Look at this Ichijou! It's you.

Ichijou: My bad. But hey, welcome partner.

Ruka: Kain, I'll be your partner.

Kain: *blushes* Oh.

Ichijou: Oh, I forgot to tell you that one group will be 3.

Shiki: Rima.

Rima: Yes. I know.

Zero: W-what? So that means I'm going to be with Yuuki and this bastard! *points at Kaname*

Kaname: He he he. I'm so happy to be your partner Zero.*gives his creepy face*

Yuuki: Uhm, he he, you two are, uhm, going to be alright with me.

Zero: *sighs* Fine. As you say.

Ruka: Ichijou, explain to them what's this whole thing.

Rima: *nods*

Ichijou: Ah, y-yes. Right. So this is going to be a game.

All: EH? GAME?

Ichijou: Not just a normal game. It's either you survive….. or stay.

Aidou: U-uhm, w-what do you m-mean by, s-stay?

Ichijou: It's going to be a 3-day game. I know you already saw that there are woods on the east part of this beach. It's a forest actually, to be specific. Right?

Kain: Come to think of it, I really saw woods from the east. Then? What's the connection?

Ichijou: Ruka and I saw that there's also a forest in the west part. Yesterday we got the map of the west forest and knew that it also connects with the east.

Yuuki: So, if we are going to the east forest and continue until at the very end, we'll end up at west forest and can go back to the beach.

Ichijou: Yes. And that's the main idea of the game.

Shiki: What do you mean?

Ichijou: All of us are going to the east forest and should make our way out by the west. Get it?

Aidou: I can't understand.

Ruka: Let's just say this, you'll go in the east forest and should be back here on the beach by the west forest.

Aidou: Uhm, me and my partner will go inside the east, and we should be exiting on the west since the two forests are connected.

Kaname: Finally Aidou, you got it.

Ichijou: We have 3 days to do this.

RIma: What's the price?

Ruka: *smiles* A very big one. But you'll know after the game. We will start tonight.

Zero: What? That's pretty quick.

Yuuki: *holds Zero's hands* It's okay. Kaname-senpai and I are here.

Zero: *annoyed* Can you not include that dope?

Ruka: Free time for now. Rest as much as you can and let's meet again tonight.

Ichijou: Uhm, ah, r-rest? *uncomfortable* O-okay.

Yuuki: *whispers to Rima* Why does senpai look uneasy?

Rima: What? You didn't know? Remember that we only have 7 rooms active. He didn't even join on the draw lots. He doesn't have a room.

Yuuki: What? Then where does he sleep?

Shiki: Here.

Ichijou: H-hey! I can hear you over there! S-shut up!

Yuuki: *pats Ichijou* It's okay, Ichijou-senpai. It's not bad here.

They started to rest in their rooms, except for Ichijou who doesn't have one. Tonight, the games will start. All of them are afraid that they will stay in there and will not make it out of the forest. Especially for Yuuki, he's going to be with the two of them.

End of Chapter 4

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A/N: Totally sorry for some errors here. I don't have time to review my work. I'm in a rush once again. Enjoy reading! Hope you'll like this chapter.