A/N: Ignore my grammar mistake and enjoy.

Mikado POV

My ears hurt!

That is one thing that I manage to describe at this moment, my body feel weak as well as I try to stand up but sadly a piece of the building just had to fall on my left leg of all places. What happen anyway?

All I remember is that Kida look afraid all of a sudden.

What happen to him and that bartender guy?

Slowly I gather my strength to my hand to push that piece away so I can stand up, to tell you the truth it was a pin in the ass when I push it away. It hurts so damn much that I scream loudly seeing that y skin is peeling off as well. It was so damn red and disgusting, I'm sure you guys can imagine how it looks like.

Also because of that injury it is hard for me to actually stand straight so the broken pipe beside me is use as a support for me for the time being.

Now I need to find that stupid item and find an aid kit to heal my wound, if this is Hunger Games I hope someone kind enough to give a miracle medicine for me to heal fast or something. Well, his life is not a movie so there is no way that will happen won't it.

"Kida!" I shouts. "Where are you?"

Slowly I start to walk while gripping both of my hand around the pipe as I walk, one step already hurt me so much, the second step is hell and the third step is a bonus when my entire body feel the shock wave when the injured leg accidentally bump to a broken object. No words can express how I wish to die at this moment.

Once this game is over I will have to make sure to kill that Izaya for causing this to happen in the first place.

"Kida! Where are you?" I shout once more.

Slowly I takes another step forward and this time not letting my injure my leg touching the ground, seeing that one of my legs has become useless I take out the knife I hide inside my socks and shoes later I put it inside my pocket instead. I have to at least make sure my weapon is somewhere reachable if someone decides to attack me out of nowhere.

When I put my hand inside my pocket, my fingers start to tremble to feel the unfamiliar cold metal, without thinking twice I take the object out and gasp in shock.

It was the item that Izaya tell us to find but why is it in my pocket? I don't remember owning a cartouche before, did someone place it inside my pocket without me knowing it. Memory of the time when I was in the park with Izaya comes back to me, Izaya must had use that moment when I was off guard to put it inside when he is busy kissing me.

My face reddens remembering his lips touches mine.

Why does my heart start beating?

Now I find the key to get out from the level one I have to find the other two, right? There is no way I will leave them here. We will get out from here together.

'Don't waste your time-saving them.' The voice inside my head said.

"I will get out from here with them."

'Leave them!'

Quickly I close both my ears not wanting to hear the inner self to take over my body; I won't let it happen again. I won't let myself to become a monster that I once was, I will do everything to lock it away.

'You can't get rid of me.'

"SHUT UP!" I shout not notice the pipe in my hand has fallen beside me causing me to lost my only support, I grip the cartouche in my hand tightly as I fall down from the pile of junk hat create a small hill. Why am I doing there anyway?

I can feel as body roll down and came contact with many sharp object causing me to injure at every part of my body, there are few trail of blood on my face and blood are flowing down from a spot at my forehead not letting my right eyes to open anymore. I never felt this much pain before.

I hope those two are doing fine.

Slowly I sit up trying to find anything else that can become my support, it is better I do it fast since my instinct is telling me another attack will come soon. If it is another hand bomb there is no guarantee I will survive this time. That first explosion I was lucky to make it out unscathed since Kida pushes me away as far as possible keeping me save as always.

Now he isn't here who is going to protect me and more importantly who is going to protect him if he focus on my safety more than him.

Why does he care about me so much?

When I sit beside the hill, I bend my knee pressing it against my chest. My uniform are torn apart which cause me to give a loud sighs. My dad wouldn't be happy if he knows about this since he did tell me a few times before I start school here that I must take care of my stuff since it is my responsibility. Surely he wouldn't believe me if I tell him that I somehow got stuck in a death game at Ikebukuro and everyone here has to take part.

I turn on my phone and went to the contact list, when I try to call my family there is no signal. How did Izaya control the satellite anyway? What kind of connection he has? Why his name sounds familiar?

"Excuse me, are you dying?"

I feel piss off hearing someone asks me that stupid question, do I look like I'm about to die? Slowly I turn around and meet face to face with a girl wearing acute hat and black clothes. She smiles gleefully at me and then turn into a surprise when our eyes make contact.

"Wow, you have red eyes. That is so cool!" She says excitedly.

'Red eyes, since when did I have red eyes?'

"Who are you?" I ask.

"I am is Karisawa Erika, what's your?"

"Ryugamine Mikado."

Just like that we become friends straight away. I don't know why I feel like that I can trust her but it doesn't matter anyway since she is helping me to walk.

"Dotachin asks me to find other survivor so we can work together trying to get out from here."

"Who's Dotachin?" I ask due to curiosity.

"He is our leader in our small group, even though he doesn't call himself as a leader but I and Walker always think he is since he is good in ordering us on what to do. Everyone respect him since he is kind and always help for those who are in trouble. He is quite cool if you get to know him better since many thinks he a cold guy on their first meeting." She explains excitedly.

"Oh . . ." I respond.

The way she speaks about him is like a girl talking about her dream guy, a true respect and admiration come out from her mouth.

"Are you alone?" She asks.

"No." I say suddenly remember about Kida. "I have two friends with me but then someone throw a bomb at us so we got separate. I'm trying to find them but my legs . . ." My words trail off looking at my injure leg.

Erika see the look on my face and he expression turn into a worried look which makes me feel guilty, she looks cuter with that gleeful smile. Slowly she help me to sit down so we can rest, slowly she rip out my pants and gasp to see how bad my legs look. Quickly she rip out her inner clothes to close my wound, she keep mumbling how she regret to bring medicine with her making me smile. Erika is a nice girl.

Even though she is a bit weird from time to time when she suddenly mention about manga out of nowhere, I guess she must be one of the otaku.

"Thanks Erika."

"You're welcome Mikado chan."

Hopefully things will turn out well from here on out.

But then our peace is interrupt when a gun shoot is heard.

"AH!" Erika screams when a bullet almost hit her.

"ERIKA!"

I turn to see a group of delinquents with weapon in their hand, about two or three of them have guns while smiling widely at us. They seems to amuse to see how injure I was and then turn to look at Erika thinking that they can take us easily, I feel like punching them for thinking of us as weaklings.

If only they know who they're dealing with.

"Let's just kill them and take whatever they have." One of them said.

"Why don't we have some fun with them first especially that girl, she seems to have a nice body."

Erika glare at them for ever think of touching her while I was deep in my thought on how to get out from this situation. I have to start planning on how to handle all ten of them. If I'm correct I have exactly ten knives in my pocket but about three of them have guns. Even though they are not so professional in using it since their aim sucks but they still know how to use that damn thing.

The only way for me to beat them is if Erika helps me, it will be an advantage if this girl knows how to fight as well.

"Erika, can you help me beating their ass?" I ask.

She startle hearing my question but then quickly nod as she take out something from bag, I smile seeing she is holding match dagger in both her hand.

Without wasting any more time I throw the knife at the one with the gun with the speed of lightning, the dead manage to pull the trigger but as I say before their aim sucks so much that it didn't touch me. I pull two more knives and throw it and manage to hit their necks making the group sweat drop seeing that the three members of their group die instantly.

If they aren't dumb they would have run but since they have pride they decide to run toward us to attack. Since I have given an opening for Erika she manages to hurt them with 360 degrees swing. It was a beautiful sight to see a girl dancing with weapon in her hand and blood is spray at her side.

I thought everything is over seeing them all unable to move anymore but I was dead wrong.

When I was about to call her name I sees a hole appear at her head, her smiling face is gone replace with a shocking look as she stare at me. I feel like I'm watching in slow motion as she falls on the ground.

"ERIKA!" I shout not noticing my eyes are getting redder.

"So beautiful." Someone whispers behind me.

When I was about to stab him with my knife he quickly pin me down not giving me any chances to attack him, if only my legs can function properly I would have kill him by now.

"Red is pretty, right?" He asks me.

"Who are you?" I hiss trying to break off from his grip.

"Please don't tell me you forget about me Mikado chan."

In front of him is none other than himself. I can't be wrong seeing a face looks like mine, have the same red eyes and short black hair. Even his uniform is torn at the same place as mine.

"Y-you look like me." I say.

"Because I am you silly, it was you who shoot that girl."

I turn to look at my hand to see that I was holding a gun that one the delinquent must have drop when I kill him.

'It was me?"

"Hurry up and remembers Mikado, Izaya is waiting for us."

I close my eyes feeling the sudden pain in my head, tears start falling out from my eyes knowing that this inner self isn't laying about the part that I kill her. Why do I kill her? I didn't remember I kill her.

Does that mean my inner self take over my body without me knowing?

"Help . . . I don't want to become a monster."

It was then I blurry see people wearing white suit approaching me, they carry me in their arms saying something about I have succeed in passing the first level. I want to punch them and shout that I don't want to leave without Kida, I don't want to become a monster but my body has given up on me and the darkness take over.

"Let's go Mikado chan." Izaya smiles seeing me fallen asleep in his arms.