(A/N: OH GOSH YOU GUYS I'M SO SORRY I HAVEN'T UPDATED THIS IN FOREVER! I had my thumbdrive confiscated and just got it back a week ago and then I had school and I couldn't write and BLEH!
Well. After this chapter coms thefinal match, but I have no idea who's gonna win it. I have too mayn ideas ;-; So, there will be a poll on my profile ( ) or just let me know through a PM who you want to win (Wattpad). I'll tally up the votes and post the next chapter as the OFFICIAL ending. The other endings will still be released, just as alternate endings. If you guys have a request for an ending, I'll get to those. I already have a few requests pent up so...yeah.
I need your help, guys. Thanks for being so patient!)

The Gory Match

"Is Makochin gonna recover in time for the final matches?" Ami asked.

Leo shrugged. "Last I heard, she was starting to recover. I guess something inside her just decided it wanted to live and now…yeah."

"You're welcome," Iori muttered.

"Eh?!" Ami gasped. "It's 'cause of Iorin? But, Iorin, you hate Makochin…"

"…I don't hate her," Iori corrected. "I…she was trying her best. In the end she can be really sweet and it was wrong of me to judge her. I can't even imagine how she must have felt. I mean, if I killed Yayoi…goodness, I can't even picture it…"

Ami nodded. "Glad to see you like her." She gave Iori a wink that made the older girl blush.

"What the heck was that wink for, idiot?! Geez, don't look at me like we're in love! That's disgusting in so many ways I want to throw up!"

"Don't throw up on Ami's shoes, Iorin. Ami likes those."

"You idiot…!"

"This match will be Kuma versus Ami Futami!"

"I hope you die," Iori snapped bitterly. Her eyes widened and she gasped. "No, no! I-I didn't mean it! Please don't die!"

"Iorin, you softy~"

"Sh-shut up…!"

Ami stood and trotted into the arena, excited for her first fight. For a moment, she was completely carefree and started humming a tune.

Then her opponent, the huge grizzly bear named Kuma, reared onto his back paws and growled loudly, and Ami remembered how mercilessly he'd torn apart his other opponents.

She gulped. "Hi there, Kumakiichi," she greeted. "Ami is gonna fight you. Will you go easy on Ami?"

Kuma roared and settled back down onto all-fours.

"…um, Ami doesn't speak bear," Ami sighed.

Kuma roared again.

Ami took a couple of steps back. "Right…" Suddenly, she whirled and sprinted to the other side of the arena. Kuma chased after her. Ami turned and started running all around the arena, darting left and right like a zebra escaping a lion. Kuma continued to run after her.

"Run, Ami! Come on!" Iori screamed. "Tire him out!"

Ami nodded and kept running. But it was getting harder to breathe, her legs ached, and her throat burned. She couldn't keep running for much longer, and she needed a bit of energy to fight back. So she stopped and spun to face Kuma. The giant brown animal leapt at her and Ami dodged. Kuma slammed into the wall. He growled and turned towards Ami, baring his teeth.

"Good job, Ami!" Ritsuko called. "You're doing great! Keep it up!"

Ami offered her a thumbs-up and backed against the wall, panting. Again Kuma lunged for her, and again Ami dodged. Kuma slammed into the wall, and Ami could see blood dripping down his fur from a spot on his head, but it only seemed to make the bear angrier. He reared again and stepped towards Ami on his hind legs. Ami stepped back and ran against the far wall.

Kumakiichi won't fall for that trick again, she told herself. She cracked her knuckles. Ami must control him. If Ami can get on his back, she can steer him into the wall! That's it!

Her strategy in mind, Ami beckoned Kuma to come towards her. "Come at Ami, bro!" she yelled. She paused to gather as much energy as possible, then Kuma ran at her, roaring viciously. Ami took a deep breath.

As soon as Kuma came close enough, she circled around him and jumped on his back, clinging tightly to clumps of his brown fur.

Kuma roared and reared, stumbling backwards on two legs. Ami gripped the fur in her hands and tried to steer him into the wall. Thankfully, the young idol was successful and the massive grizzly crashed into the wall. Again Ami turned him towards the wall, and leaned forwards to give the bear the momentum he needed to slam against it. Ecstatic, Ami giggled gleefully, her grip on Kuma's fur loosening ever-so-slightly.

It was all Kuma needed to suddenly buck and throw her from his back.

Ami flew onto the ground in the middle of the arena. Her back cracked loudly and she coughed up blood, eyes wide and mouth hanging open. Iori screamed. Ritsuko gasped. The audience cheered.

Kuma ran to Ami and pounced on her with a growl. Ami felt her heartbeat speed up and she gasped. Before she could even move, Kuma dug his long claws into her skin and ripped them out, tearing a long gash in her abdomen. Ami screamed and began to wriggle, but Kuma ignored her struggling and instead fastened his jaws over her face. There was muffled screaming, a low rumble from the back of Kuma's throat, and a loud, horrible snapping sound…and when Kuma pulled away, there was a mess of blood, bone, and brains where Ami's face had once been.

Iori screamed again and beat at the glass with her fists. Ritsuko looked away in disgust. Takane dipped her head, acknowledging the young idol's defeat. Alisa tried to get herself to cry, but her cyborg nature wouldn't allow it. Leo and Lili stepped closer to each other and exchanged a sorrowful glance.

"…I'm going to go tell Makoto, alright?" Leo said quietly, then repeated it louder to be heard over the roaring crowd, half of which were on their feet, cheering for Kuma. The grizzly got on his hind legs and beat his chest, then collapsed back onto all-fours and lumbered out of the arena. Paramedics ran in to retrieve Ami's bloodied corpse. Iori began to sob.

"Perhaps it would be better for her not to know," Takane said quietly. "Not yet, at least, when her mental condition is so unstable. She will find out eventually. Right now, my concern is—" She paused to wipe a tear from her eye. "—how we will deliver the news to Mami."

Leo nodded. "You're probably right," she agreed. "Mami was…her twin, right?"

"Yes." Takane nodded. "No doubt she will be absolutely devastated."

Ritsuko hugged Iori tightly as the auburn-haired teen bawled into her shoulder. "We can't let Mami live in the dark. She has to know," she murmured. "But I don't look forward to telling her. …let's go home, alright? There's nothing here for us anymore."

The other two idols present nodded solemnly and joined their elder. Ritsuko took their hands in her own ad led them out. She paused by the door.

"Oh, and Leo?"

"Yeah?"

"…do tell Makoto. I trust you can calm her down if she explodes."

"…got it."

Slowly, the three teenaged idols wandered back to their apartment, clutching hands. None of them looked forward to sharing the news with Mami.