I slowly raised my hand as others shrugged in confusion. The man pointed at me. "As in fighting to the death?" I ask.
"It's sad that neither of you know but this young lady." He said in disappointment.
"Why am I part of this?" I asked.
"It's your own damn fault." He said. I threw my hands in the air.
"How is it my fault I barely started today." I said loudly.
"Your teacher and I had a little disagreement." He said ignoring my out burst. Two soldiers walked into the room bringing in a gerny (sp?). The took off the white sheet showing the dead body of my new teacher. I tripped back being caught by Nanahara. He set my down and I stared at the bloody body. They covered it up and rolled it out the room.
"Why? How is this..." Said one of the girls.
"You don't know? Bad very bad. That is not good." He said. He pointed on the board again. One of the girls was whispering and he threw a piece of chalk at her. The girl stood up and went up to his face.
"That hurt." She said.
"When someone is talking you shut up and listen." He said and pushed her by the forehead using his finger. She fell back but regained her balance and sat down.
"We are going to watch a video." He said. A soldier brought in a tv set and placed in front of us. He grabbed the controller and press the play button. The video was about how to play battle royale. I slowly crawled to the back and listened to it. I hide my head and think to myself. 'I'm going to die'.
I didn't notice that the video was calling out names. "Boy #6 Kiriyama, Girl #6 Prescott." Said the woman in the video. I walked up and grabbed my bag. I walked to the door and one soldier threw a bag at me and I caught it with one hand. I run out and make my way into the island. 'Keep running Lily.' I think to myself
. My legs keep on moving but I trip when my legs tire out. I sit on the ground and lay up against a tree.
I close my eyes and my vision goes blurry. I feel a sharp pain in my left arm and I stare at it. I've been shot and I didn't even notice. I stand up slowly and I slung my bag over my shoulder that wasn't wounded. My forehead started to sweat and I fell over a tree. I grabbed on and picked myself up. My eyes start to close and I pass out on the ground.
'I scream at mu mom to run away from someone but she doesn't hear me. I scream at her to look at me.' My eyes snap open and I pick myself up. I touch my head and I feel a wet cloth. I remove it from my head and place it on a nightstand in some shack place. I look around and see a piece of tied up cloth on my arm to stop the bleeding from my arm. I wonder around when I hear speaking coming from outside. I quickly laid down again and pretended to sleep again.
The door slowly creeks and I hear footsteps walking in. They were speaking Japanese before they stopped. I hear one pair coming towards me and I feel it touch my forehead. It seemed like it was a boys hand. He removed it and then I felt a needle pierce into my skin. I wince a little bit and then calmed down when he pulled it out. I slowly open my eyes. "Where am I?" I asked.
"Lily we found you on the ground passed out." Said Noriko.
"What do you mean we?" I asked.
"Nanahara, Kawada, and I found you." She said.
"How long has it been?" I asked.
"It's only been 7 hours." She said. I slowly stand up but fall from lack of blood. I was caught by a pair of strong arms. I slowly looked up and it was the boy that Noriko said his name was Kawada. It slouch/hung there for a minute when he helped me up and let go of me.
"Thank you." I say. He nods and sits down. He lights a cigarette and smokes it. I roll my eyes and sit next to Noriko. "Has anything bad happened?" I asked.
"A lot of our classmates have died only leaving half of us." Said Nanahara. I look down and stare at my hands. I wonder what my parents are doing right now that I'm here fighting to the death with my classmates.