Chapter 10: The Ultimate Horror Game
Everyone tried to scare their hopeful classmate and only a few succeed in scaring him, but some made him scream though. But this wasn't satisfying. No. Most of the 78th class students didn't like the snauty Naegi, way too different than the one they came to know and love.
That is why all of them prepared one last challenge for him.
Everything was ready, now all they needed was the prey to come.
Mondo asked Naegi to meet him to the cafeteria as they need to talk about the Horror games challenge.
He waited and as predicted, Naegi joined him just one minute late.
"Oowada-kun, you wanted to talk about the horror games?"
"Yeah, I wanted to know why some games scared you while others that were actually creepier didn't." Said Mondo, serious, He actually really wanted to know that.
"Oh! Well you see I talked about this with Nanami-senpai before. We saw that there were two kind of horror games: the action ones and the scary one. Nanami and I think that a good horror game should be a game where you can't defend yourself from the enemy, unlike Dead Space or The evil Within. In those kinds of game, the real horror is at the beginning, where you can't defend yourself. But when you grab a weapon, it becomes an action game with horror theme. Which isn't very scary, mostly just creepy and gross. Then there's the one we prefer where during the whole game you can't defend yourself, like in Outlast or Slender. The creepy atmosphere in those game is great and enough to scare you."
"That's… actually pretty interesting."
"Also, Alien Isolation is a horror action game but what makes this game very scary is that you can't kill the Alien, you can defend yourself against the other enemies but the Alien is invincible, the only thing you can do is make it go away for a while, which increases the stress during the game."
"Well. That was really great to know, and now that I know all this I hope we'll play a good one next time!" smirked the biker.
"Haha, I'm looking forward to that day." smiled the Luckster.
"Also… I know that everyone challenged you already. But we all have one last game for you to play: The Ultimate Horror Game!"
Naegi's eyes lit up with excitement as he raised both fists in the air and shouted a 'hooray!' Mondo told him that everyone should be ready by now, making the ahoge boy to slowly lower his hands, dread slowly filling him. Then the teen with a pompadour said that first, they needed for the brunette to sleep. At this point, Naegi's face was completely uncertain.
Suddenly, some sort of mummy walked out of the
kitchen, holding… A chainsaw. By his voice, it was Leon.
"Yo, Oowada! Do you know how that wooooooooorks…" his last word stretched as he looked up and saw Naegi, "Oh shit!" he exclaimed before running back inside the kitchen.
Naegi pointed at the kitchen entrance, panic crystal clear on his face.
"What the hell was that?!" he exclaimed.
"Shit! Ikusaba! Now!" shouted the biker.
A thud was heard behind Naegi and before he could turn around, a handkerchief was put on his nose, chloroform. He quickly fainted but heard a 'Sorry Naegi-kun.' before slipping into Morpheus' arms.
When Naegi opened his eyes, it was dark, he waslayingon grass. He looked up and saw the dark night sky the moon and stars decorating it and giving a faint light around him and there were trees around him. If he had to guess he was in the school's small forest. On some trees were candles slightly illuminating the place. Some of them were placed to trace some sort of path between the trees.
He stood up and he poked something with his feet. He bend over and grabbed the item: a flashlight. And next to it a note and written on it:
'Find the school Naegi… scream for us Naegi.'
He stood immobile as he read that before laughing a bit.
"Hahaha.. is that your Ultimate Horror Game, guys? Good! Very good! You got me here but seriously, come and get me out of this!" He shouted.
But no one responded him.
"Guys! Come on!"
Then he heard a cracking noise behind him, he slowly turned around and illuminating with his newfound flashlight three bandaged creatures standing behind him, all armed with chainsaws?!
After a second of quick analysis he recognized them as being Mondo, Leon and Hifumi. Mondo because of his pompadour poking out of the bandages on his head. Leon because he saw him before all this madness and Hifumi because of his body shape.
But even if he knew they were his friends in front of him, he was frozen in fear.
"Uh guys?... don't you think that three is overk-"
Suddenly the three of them raised their chainsaw, turned them on and started to run in his direction. Naegi's reaction was spontaneous: he turned and bolted off in a speed no one saw before. But he didn't scream, just ran.
"Holly shit! I didn't know Naegi could run this fast!" Exclaimed Leon, impressed.
Naegi ran, his mind yelling 'what the Hell?!' He already knew what was going on but with the present conditions. As he ran he didn't see Hagakure and Sakura between the trees near him.
The clairvoyant was draped in a white cloth, two holes for the eyes. And a rope was attached to his waist and to a branch. The plan was that Sakura will push him in the air so he will 'fly' above Naegi and scare the boy.
"Are you sure, Hagakure-kun? This rope doesn't seem very stable..." Asked a concerned fighter, it was his idea by the way.
"Of course! Now let's scare Naegichi!" He said, excited as Sakura obliged, lifting him up, "do it quickly, he's about to pass us!"
And with this last order she threw him and as she expected and warned, the rope broke, making the 'ghost' literally fly instead of balancing between the trees. Hagakure screamed.
When he heard a scream, Naegi looked up and saw a ghostly spiky figure, staring at him with wide eyes. He immediately recognized Hagakure and would have said he was disguised as a ghost but the rope behind him just made the older classmate look like some giant disfigured spermatozoa. And knowing that he was running in the same direction of the giant Hagakure sperm was enough to make him run in a different direction.
"Hey! You're supposed to scream!" Shouted Hagakure just before he crashed, Sakura quickly came to his aid.
Naegi ran as if his life depended on it and came to a quick stop as he saw Celeste's form standing in front of him, blocking his path, her back facing him. Just seeing her standing there quietly was alarming enough to make his mind scream danger.
"C-Celeste?" He asked anyway like an idiot.
"Naegi-kun. What a beautiful night…" her head did a 180, facing him directly, "... isn't it?" She smiled sweetly.
He took several steps back, sweat rolling down his face in fright. Then her face started to melt he was about to scream but he blocked his mouth with his hand and ran away not to faint before this horrifying sight.
"Tch. So close." Seethed the gambler before walking away.
Naegi ran as if he was going to save the person he cares the most and who was about to die. He suddenly heard some movements in the bushes on his left. Not wanting to wait and see what it was, he ran faster. Then he heard a cackle he'd recognize between thousands: Genocider Syo!
She jumped out of the bushes, scissors out, and landed before Naegi who almost fell on the ground when he suddenly stopped his mad dash.
"Big Mac! Where's Byakuya-sama?!" She screeched, the point of her scissors aimed at the poor Luckster's throat.
"I-I don't' know. Maybe that way?" He said, pointing behind him.
"Are you sure?"
"I don't' know I just woke up here!" Said the brunette, actually fearing for his life.
He closed his eyes, when he didn't hear the serial killer speaking or laughing for more than 10 seconds he opened them back. She was gone. He decided that it wouldn't be a good idea to stay there when she'll notice that Togami wasn't where he'd pointed.
Naegi ran as if he was getting late for class and knew that Ishimaru was going to yell at him and give him detention. But after a whilehe was getting tired so he stopped, panting loudly, hands on his tights. He looked around and heard another noise. He turned around with his flashlight.
He flashed a form for a brief moment and went back on it but it was gone. From the brief instant he could say it was humanoid, wearing a suit and had a completely white face.
"Slender?"
What on earth?
He looked around and saw it again but it was… taller?
He understood what was going on, from the body position the previous Slenderman was standing, it was certainly Taka the other one might be Togami. While one was between the trees the other one was hidden. They were doing it pretty well! Naegi was scared even if he knew what was going on.
Then the ahoge teen stepped on something. The moment he looked down, they were gone. He grabbed what was under his feet, it was a note.
"SCREAM NAEGI!"
Naegi stared at the paper before tearing it into pieces, his eyes angry and determined.
"Oh so that's how it is, heh? Well no! I'm not going to give you that satisfaction! I will not scream!" He challenged as he walked away.
He walked down the candle lit path as if he was going to a trial and knew who the culprit was. He walked for a good few minutes and saw some candles formed a circle near the path, intrigued he approached it. What he saw froze him to the bone.
Sayaka and Asahina were laying on the ground, at least what was left of them. They both had their belly wide open and guts out. Blood everywhere and in front of the two bodies was Kirigiri on her knees, back turned to Naegi and her hands near her face.
"K-Kirigiri-san…? W-W-What the hell is this?" He asked shakily, a finger pointed to the corpses of his friends.
He knew it was fake, there was no smell and no blood on the grass… but oh god…
Kirigiri stopped moving and looked over her shoulder, her eyes were blood red. And when she turned to him, she had blood on her mouth and hands. She slowly stood up, like a zombie he thought.
"Naegi-kun…" she whispered.
"This is not real." He said.
"I'm still hungry…" she continued as she walked closer to him.
"This is not real." He repeated, he knew it wasn't real. It was all a prank.
A very mean one to make him scream.
"I'm hungry…" she whispered against his neck, when did she get this close?
"Thisisnotrealthisisnotreal" he kept going.
Then she bit him.
"Nope!" He half-shouted but not loud enough to be considered a scream.
He turned around and ran as fast as he could.
"Wow! I didn't know that Naegi was that super fast!" Chirped Asahina, standing up and making a scarf with the fake guts.
"You really were into this, Kirigiri-san! You acted very well!" smiled Sayaka, tapping her shoulder.
"Thank you. But he didn't scream… anyway, let's go join the other for the finale." The detective said before walking away with her friends.
Naegi ran as if the last ticket for the next Godzilla movie was about to get sold out. But again something on his path made him stop: two Junkos, holding hands and singing:
"Come play with us, Naegiii~"
It was of course Mukuro and Junko. But still two Junko next to each other was already a terrifying sight so he ran away, mouth taped with his free hand muffling his scream. He ran in another direction, even faster than before.
"Wow! Naegi-kun sure is fast! He came here as I predicted but faster than I predicted. I'm half disappointed." Grinned the real fashionista.
"I never thought Naegi-kun would be scared of me, or even you." Whispered the soldier.
"Haha, doesn't matter now!" Junko said as she jumped on her sister's back, "To the Finale!"
"Yes, Junko-chan."
Mukuro ran inside the woods.
Naegi ran because he was scared shitless. He almost screamed as some dangerous traps (Set by Michael Hyde) snapped in front of him, making him run in different directions. He was about to scream and cry when his flashlight ran out of batteries, just like in a horror game. But thank God the school was right in front of him. He dashed to the door, opened it and closed it back once inside the building. It was only when he was panting exhaustively that he noticed that it was unnaturally dark inside the building.
He took some steps forward and called for someone, then immediately slap his forehead: he just raised a death flag. He heard a footstep. He froze. He slowly look around but it was too dark to even see the tip of his nose.
Suddenly the light flipped on and everyone was around him in a semi-circle, all leaned forward.
"BOO!"
"EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEYYYYYYYYUUAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRGGGHHH!"
Naegi screamed bloodcurdlingly, then a flash in the middle of the scream.
Chihiro took a picture with everyone in it. Naegi screaming everyone leaning towards him. Celeste, Togami, Ishimaru, Kirigiri and Sakura were just staring at him. Mondo, Leon and Hifumi had their chainsaw raised. Genocider Syo, Sayaka, Asahia and Hagakure had their arms raised with scary faces. Junko and Mukuro were just grinning in a Junko-esque way. Everyone's faces were visible. Except for Junko as her face was hidden again, this time by Mondo's chainsaw.
"Hahahahaha! We got you good Naegi! Heh?!"
But there was no response. Everyone looked down and saw him unconscious, pale as a snowflake, his body shaking.
"NAEGI!"
It seems that Naegi grazed the heart attack and was veery lucky to not have one.
The next week, Naegi didn't speak to anyone.
When somebody tried to talk to him, he would just shush them, raising his left hand to their face as he'd look away… before walking away.
"Naegi-kun, I-" started Kirigiri but was cut off by a hand, "Really?" she deadpanned, trying to get an apology from her boyfriend but he just stood up and walked away, "Really." she frowned.
"Wow, he's even ignoring Kirigiri-san. He's really pissed." laughed Junko at the scene.
"I'll get my revenge…" Naegi mumbled as he walked away, "But what should I do for a prank…? Trap them and say through some plushie that they must kill each other to get out? No that's too mean… What. Can. I do…?"
Then he got an idea. But that was another story.
The End
(Of part 1 maybe)
Baka's note: And bam, Naegi's mad! What is his plan tho?
I hope you guys enjoyed this story, I'm thinking of maaaybe continue with the DR2 and 3 cast the next time. But I don't know yet.
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