So, I'm actually attempting to write this which has been forever. I've always struggled with intros, but now that this is the final part, my upload management should be more consistent. With that out of the way, let's get the reviews!

Prince PokePersona: "My golly! What a long review I shall die from answering. I know what you mean by 'more dynamic' I believe that's because this is a more social batch of characters introduced and they were able to interact with other characters besides Chisuke. Kai does seem suspicious, doesn't he? As for Miwa... I definitely did not forget about her clothing, and I definitely did not go back to edit in her clothing... Yes, I did accept Shiori! She's very interesting and I'm hoping I'll be able to utilize her to her fullest potential. Yeah, we always need that one tough guy, plus Jikan is a cool name. Ugh, yes, the BroTP; Aijin is very precious. Kunie throughout the story is going to be a controversial character I believe. My goal with Chisuke is to have the readers relate to his less than desirable traits and whether you would do something differently or if you'd act a little bit like him."

Yuuki Itsuka: "I'm sorry if you're disappointed, I hope you'll continue reading regardless!"

PainX65: "What can I say? I'm good with surprises. Kai does give off that vibe of a rival, doesn't he? Miwa, Misa, Mika; *cries silently*. I admit, my portrayal of Jikan was a little hesitant, but I feel a little bit more confident now. Shiori is probably going to be one of the most complex characters in the story, that's all I will say. I'll admit, there's not much for Aijin to do right now, but I'm glad his portrayal seems correct! Like I told Persona, Kunie will most likely be a controversial, if not, the most controversial character in the story.

It was silent as Chisuke observed some sort of… Robotic polar bear with a weird outie belly button and a lightning bolt eye. It was completely white, yet weirdly, something told Chisuke that this polar bear was not quite as pure as the color suggests.

Chisuke was snapped out of his thoughts as Akari was the first one to speak up. "I don't believe the invitation mentioned anything about some stuffed toy…" she pointed out as she brought out her invitation, reading through it again carefully.

The white bear seemed offended. "Maybe that's because I'm part of the surprise…? Aren't I just a cutie?" the bear then started posing as it tried to show itself off.

"This is just weird…" Miwa said.

"MY EYES! THEY BURN!" Lily over-dramatically shouted. She then looked over to Ginjiro. "C'mon nerd guy! Quick! Take control of that thing to make it stop dancing!"

Ginjiro look startled at the attention. "I can't do that…" he mumbled timidly. "I need to directly interfere with the software… to take control…"

Lily did not look pleased. "How did you take control of my precious Sandy then?!" she then widened her eyes and she looked angry. "Are you saying you tinkered with my Sandy while I wasn't looking!? Why I ought to punch you!"

This alarmed Ginjiro, but Kunie bounced up to Lily and got very close to her face. "As mother, I won't tolerate any violence under my supervision, okay~?" she chirped.

Lily looked ready to argue with her, but Misa intervened. "The both of you, knock it off." she told them curtly.

Kunie nodded her head happily while Lily just pouted.

"Yes! We must all be friends with each other!" Isamu said optimistically.

"I'd like that very much…" Shiori muttered as she shared a smile with Isamu.

Jikan looked confused as he scratched the back of his neck. "Why're you guys acting like you've never had friends before…?"

Aijin didn't say anything, but this question clearly upset him, though Jikan didn't notice.

"I don't mean to be rude, b-but that seems likely for some people here…" Mika commented with uncertainty.

"Speak for yourself, I have lots of friends." Unmei snobbishly said. "It isn't too surprising that a lot of you are lonely though, no shame in that."`he gave everyone an empty smile.

Mika looked conflicted, wanting to argue with Unmei, but seemed uncertain if she would win the argument. She was saved as someone else spoke up.

"I don't think that matters right now… Shouldn't we be inquiring who the bear is?" Fuyu asked everyone else softly, but confidently too as she clutched her dream catcher necklace.

Kai smiled in her direction. "I couldn't have said it any better, darling!"

Fuyu stuck her tongue out at him when he wasn't looking.

"Puhuhuhu… You guys are very amusing." the bear idly commented, not seemingly bothered about being ignored by nearly everyone. "I would introduce myself… but not everyone is here yet!"

Kai looked surprised, "Who are we still waiting for?" he asked, looking genuinely caught off guard.

"He'll be here in 3… 2… 1…"

Chisuke heard the doors slam loudly as a man larger than Isamu entered. It was silent as everyone observed the man that had entered.

"Hello, hello, hello!" the bear happily greeted. "I'm glad you came! I nearly thought your driver had gotten you lost!"

The man did not look amused as he crossed his arms, his face stern. Misa in particular looked uncomfortable with the man's appearance, subtly trying to hide behind Mika.

The man himself looked down upon the bear, though their gaze was unwavering. "What is the meaning of this?"

His deep voice oozed authority, demanding respect.

The bear didn't look very fazed. "Oh… Nothing much… Just that we were waiting for our final participant... " Suddenly, his lightning bolt eye shined sinisterly. "SO WE CAN START THIS KILLING GAME!"

Chisuke stopped breathing for just a second, unable to hear the voices of protest around him as he started staring off into space. "That thing can't be serious… it just can't. Please say its a joke or something… I don't want to die!"

And as much as he prayed for it, his prayer didn't come true.

"WHAT THE HELL IS THAT SUPPOSED TO MEAN!?" Jikan yelled indignantly, his face pale as he started sweating bullets.

"It's… definitely a joke, I know it is." Unmei said, shaking his head as he went into denial.

Mika was panicking hysterically. "Oh my God, oh my God, oh my God…" she kept mumbling to herself, nothing would clearly comfort her at this minute.

Akari looked furious, her hands clenched. "I did not agree to some killing game! You have a lot to answer for! I'm warning you now…" she continued to fume.

Shiori took out the accessories in her hair and tied it into a ponytail, her face turning stern as she crossed her arms. "I ain't playing no game that includes killing! That would risk precious Shi- I mean, my life!" Shiori corrected herself. "I'm getting the fuck outta here!"

BANG

Everybody froze as the gunshot came very near to making a hole in Shiori's foot. "The fucker…" Shiori whispered, her eyes widened in surprise.

"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO"

Everybody had turned their attention to Lily who had cried out in agony. "No gunshots, no gunshots, no gunshots…" tears rapidly fell down her face as she rocked herself back and forth, clamping her hands to her ears. Continuing the same sentence over and over again.

Misa rushed forward at once, Lily not caring who it was as she hugged the Hostess tightly and buried her head in her shoulder. Misa rocked her back and forth comfortingly as she glared at the white bear.

"That was completely unnecessary!" Misa hissed as she stroked Lily's hair comfortingly, her glare sending daggers into the bear's direction. Lily's robotic dog, Sandy, had made its way to Lily's side as it nuzzled its head against her body. Lily gladly put Sandy between herself and Misa, not noticing that Ginjiro had once again taken control of Sandy.

"Puhuhu… Yes it was." the bear replied simply.

"You're horrid!" Isamu exclaimed. He looked like he wanted to comfort Lily, but realized he'd only do more harm than good.

The bear grinned as they suddenly pointed towards Isamu. "Yes, yes, I'm horrid, despicable, outlandish, flamboyant, name the stupid adjective cause I'm probably just that!" The white bear than pointed at the large man. "He's gone all tight lipped now, so I'll introduce him for you guys!"

The man glared at once as he adjusted his tie. "Shut up, I will do it myself." he cleared his voice as the bear snickered.

"I'm only introducing myself because I demand to know what's going on. My name is Tatsunari Nakashima and I am the Ultimate Prosecutor."

Tatsunari Nakashima

Ultimate Prosecutor

Tatsunari has a bulky build with broad shoulders, defined muscles and pale skin. His harsh, sharp crimson gaze contrasted with his thick dark red hair that was slicked back with a few strands loose in the front.

As for his clothing, Tatsunari wore a long sleeved button up shirt with a red and black plaid necktie, red suspenders and a blood red three piece suit. His black dress shoes are squeaky clean. He also wears golden rimmed glasses, a crest of a black shield with the letter "N" in the center with a silver dragon wrapped around it, and finally he wears silver scales of justice cuff-links.

Chisuke immediately paled as he heard the name. "Oh that's just great, why is he here!?"

Mika decided to approach him first. "H-Hello! It's nice to meet you!" she greeted politely, but also nervously.

Tatsunari turned his hard stare onto her, causing the girl to shrink in her seat at his gaze. "Silly introductions can wait." he then turned his harsh glare on the white bear. "I'm more interested in knowing who you are bear."

The white bear giggled cutely. "Somebody wants to know who I am! Oh how glorious! Please, call me Yukikuma! That was the name I was given since birth, you know? I just think It's dastardly to lie about your name! Wouldn't your mother be ashamed of you if you shunned the name you were given?"

"Yukikuma…" Tatsunari rolled the name on his tongue, sounding very disgusted by it. "What will your role be in this… Killing game?" Tatsunari quickly glared at everyone who tried to protest.

"How kind of you to ask! I am your headmaster of course, your supervisor!"

Chisuke decided to speak out, ignoring Tatsunari's glare. "Why should we go along with this game? I don't see anything stopping us from leaving."

Akari bit her lips. "I'm starting to think… Something this elaborate, he probably has a plan…"

Yukikuma shrugged. "No, there isn't really anything stopping you from leaving… " the white suddenly growled. "... Except for the bomb implanted in your heads!"

This alarmed everybody, including Tatsunari.

"IMPOSSIBLE" Tatsunari roared, menacingly approaching Yukikuma.

"Oh… I wouldn't try to hurt me if I were you." Yukikuma cautioned mockingly.

"WHY THE HELL NOT!?" Jikan shouted, his angry eyes shooting holes into Yukikuma.

Unmei rolled his eyes. "Oh calm down Tony Hawks wannabe, on the off chance this is actually real, we'll probably be punished, right?"

Jikan made a move to punch him, but Aijin held his fist back, calming the angrier boy slightly. Unmei just scoffed at the interaction, but kept silent.

"And Bingo was his name-o!" Yukikuma cheered.

"U-uhm." Mika stuttered. "I don't suppose the punishment is just a timeout…?"

"We have a fucking bomb in our heads! What the fuck do you think it's for!?" Lily shouted harshly at the Chocolatier who whimpered at the tone of her voice. She then turned her glare on Ginjiro, who closed his laptop at once. "YOU! Stop controlling Sandy! She's perfectly fine!"

Ginjiro flinched at the hostility, only muttering a "Yes Lily…"

"Yukikuma…" Akari started, looking a little desperate. "Please, let me go! I can't afford to be here right now! Killing game or not!" she flinched as Tatsunari towered over her, his face very close to hers.

"What, so you think you're so special that we deserve to rot here while you get off without consequence? I don't think so."

The pressure of Tatsunari's domineering face made Akari's face flush, her lips quivered as she tried to keep a brave face, though she was on the verge of tears as her eyes started to water.

Miwa noticed this, and her nostrils flared with anger as she pointed at the Prosecutor accusingly. "Hey! She's just scared! Back off you insecure alpha male wannabe! Who got you your suit? Daddy? You're such a big man for bullying a girl half your size!" she ended with a disgusted sneer.

Before Tatsunari could retort, his face looking impossibly more stern, Yukikuma talked again. "I know I've been fairly docile up till now, and since it looks like we'll be arguing forever, I need to take control! So listen up, I'm going to start explaining the rules now!"

"I didn't realize such a dastard act of killing could be made into a game, let alone have rules." Isamu observed with a pointed frown.

"Fucking believe it kid, something as demented as this is bound to get fucked." Shiori told him in a deep voice, sucking on her grape juice nonchalantly.

"Can we get the normal Shiori back already?" Jikan muttered under his breath, clearly exasperated with her behaviour.

Aijin fidgeted as he kept his voice low enough for Shiori not to overhear. "I think It's a… Coping mechanism, I don't think she can help it." he laughed lightly. "It's sort of ironic in an unironic environment."

Yukikuma looked a little annoyed as they glared at Isamu. "That's because it isn't a senseless killing game! If I'm going to force you all to kill each other, there's at least going to be an interesting formality, it would be rude not to include it after I technically except not really kidnapped you guys." Yukikuma nonchalantly said.

"So you admit to false advertisement?" Kai questioned aloud.

Unmei shook his head in mock shame. "If anything, that's the most dastardly act that's been done yet."

Yukikuma faltered as the banter offered a few snickers, and the polar bear lashed out in embarrassment. "Shut up! Anybody who talks again gets their head blown off!"

Nobody laughed or said anything after that threat, not even Tatsunari.

Chisuke was mostly confused. Who would go to such lengths just to leave sixteen stranded kids in the middle of the woods with this demented bear? He quickly concluded that whoever set this up was going to be a psychologically damaged person and that whoever it was probably couldn't be reasoned with.

A nasty thought made its way into Chisuke's head, but he quickly dismissed it as there wasn't enough evidence to prove it. It didn't stop him from glaring over at one of his classmates, but the classmate he was glaring at noticed, and Chisuke quickly looked down again.

His mouth felt dry.

When was the last time he had drank anything? When was the last time he ate something? Aunt Mae would be scolding him by now, though, he did find it weird that this is where his thoughts went to considering the scene in front of him.

Yukikuma haughtily puffed their chest out as his red eye glinted in the light. "Not so cocky now? Are you, ya little shits!" Yukikuma quickly composed themselves and started to explain the rules of this killing game.

"This type of killing game is going to be set in a murder mystery setting!" Yukikuma exclaimed excitedly. Much to Chisuke's horror, he received a few apprehensive looks, Akari in particular looked frazzled and openly scooted away from him. Suddenly, Yukikuma paused, "To be completely honest, I'm not sure why I'm explaining this to you guys. I'm sure you're all capable of reading, right~?"

Yukikuma looked smug as everybody stayed quiet. "Yeah? Goodie! Okay then! Let's give you guys what I like to call the Yuki-Handbook!" Suddenly, Yukikuma brought in a cardboard box. Inside the box were what looked like to be some sort of tablet. What made them distinctive though is how they had an implantation of Yukikuma's face on the back. What also made them distinctive is that everybody had a different colored tablet. As Chisuke received his Yuki-Handbook, he noticed that his hand book was silver, a colour that caused him to frown.

Kai's Yuki-Handbook was lime green, which fit nicely with his more than nauseating clothing. Kai merely hummed in response.

Misa's Yuki-Handbook was orange, which complimented her dress. Misa begrudgingly took it.

Akari's Yuki-Handbook was sea-green, matching her hair color. Akari took it with a shaky hand, but made no comment.

Isamu's Yuki-Handbook was light blue, matching his uniform. Isamu just grunted, his face showing clear anger at the situation.

Lily's Yuki-Handbook was gold, matching the embroidery on her cape. Lily made a face, her eyes still red from, which she clearly looked embarrassed about.

Ginjiro's Yuki-Handbook was a dark yellow, matching the dullness of his eyes. His face remained unresponsive as he started to tinker with it.

Unmei's Yuki-Handbook was dark purple, matching his eye color. Unmei didn't look concerned as he shrugged, almost admiring the tablet, as if his mother had given it to him as a gift.

Mika's Yuki-Handbook was brown, most likely referencing her talent. Mika cautiously took it, looking around at everyone else, afraid she would be met with judging eyes.

Aijin's Yuki-Handbook was pink, appropriately matching both his hair and talent. Aijin was quick about it as he tried to fade into the background shyly.

Fuyu's Yuki-Handbook was a mauve purple, matching her hair and general clothing. Her face was childlike, but her face looked strangely calculated as daintily took her Yuki-Handbook.

Shiori's Yuki-Handbook was rose red, matching her entire attire. For the first time in what felt like a while, Shiori snapped out of her vile character and looked slightly calm, her cheeks tinted red as she grasped her tablet.

Jikan's Yuki-Handbook was pure white, only matching his vest. He angrily took it, a snarling noise escaping his mouth as his eyes looked scarily primal.

Kunie's Yuki-Handbook was striped bright yellow and purple, matching her attire. She giggled to herself as she started tampering with it immediately.

Miwa's Yuki-Handbook was a neon pink, matching her punk rock style. Clear disgust was on her face she dangled her tablet by the edge.

Finally, Tatsunari's Yuki-Handbook was black, which just matched everything about him. His face was stern as he took his tablet and looked through it immediately.

Chisuke tapped on his own tablet to see what was on it. As he turned it on, his screen started static before revealing a white screensaver. For a brief moment, it read "Welcome Chisuke Yukizome." and faded away afterwards. On the upper screen, there were multiple options that read "Student Profiles", "Rules", "Chat Logs", and "Motives". Chisuke ignored the other options for now and immediately tapped the rules section. Little bits of data moved around before showing Chisuke the rules.

Rule A) "Attempting to leave the designated area will result in a 1 minute timer. If you are not back in the designated area in that limited amount of time, your head will unceremoniously blow up."

Rule B) "Attempting to murder a student with the bomb inside of your heads is strictly prohibited. The perpetrator who attempts this will get their head blown off and the victim will safely be brought back into the area, alive or dead."

Rule C) "Nighttime is from 12am to 8pm. It is not mandatory to enter or leave your rooms regardless of these announcements."

Rule D) "Males may not enter any rooms that are strictly for Females. Females may not enter any rooms that are strictly for Males. The exception to this is if both genders come to a consensus or if a gender oriented room is the crime scene."

Rule E) "Violence against Yukikuma will result in torturous isolation. Further acts of violence will result in death."

Rule F) "Once a murder has taken place, there will be a period span of time to investigate the crime scene before the class trial begins! Participation is mandatory for all living students."

Rule G) "If the guilty party is exposed during the class trial, they alone will be executed."

Rule H) "If the guilty party is not exposed, they alone will graduate, and everyone else will be executed."

Rule I) "Breaking your own Yuki-Handbook will result in a severe disability. Stealing a student's Yuki-Handbook will be met with punishment."

Rule J) "A singular entity may murder a maximum of 3 students. Anymore than 3 will result in death and a very pissed off Yukikuma."

Rule K) "Your Yuki-Handbook will beep in alert if you are close to breaking any rules. Make sure to specifically read which rule you are about to break so you can backtrack, it will tell you."

There were many questionable things about the rules, but Chisuke's focus was on one thing only. "Class… Trial…?"

"It looks straightforward to me." Kunie thought to herself aloud.

"No it isn't!" Jikan growled. "So fucking murder isn't enough, we need to make sure nobody finds out as well!?"

Aijin widened. "Would you a-actually?" he squeaked in fear as Jikan glared at him.

Chisuke narrowed his eyes. "In essence, we need to create the perfect crime."

Yukikuma giggled. "That doesn't sound like a question~"

"It isn't." Chisuke said bluntly.

Akari read over the rules with a shaky breath. "Execution, torturous isolation, disability? What's with all of these specific p-punishments?"

Yukikuma shrugged. "Death's overrated whenever rules are broken, I have a couple of torture devices I've been wanting to use, and what better victims than troublemakers?" Yukikuma questioned wickedly. "Also, if the guilty party gets executed for failing to cover their crime, it only makes sense to execute the innocent if they can't pinpoint the murderous fiend who disrupted the harmony among you all. Not that there's any harmony in the first place."

Shiori in particular looked troubled, she was trying to calm herself down. "S-Singular e-entity…? What does that e-even mean…?" she asked, messing with the flower in her hair.

Miwa shrugged. "Isn't it just a fancy phrase? I'm pretty sure it's just saying that we can only kill 3 people, not that anyone would do that." she barked, sending a pointed look at everyone.

"Wouldn't we?"

Everyone turned their heads towards the voice that said that.

It was Fuyu.

Jikan's face flushed red with anger. "What the FUCK is that supposed to mean?!"

"She's only pointing out the obvious, not that this is real anyways, so why're you getting so fired up?" Unmei said matter of factually, not quite realizing how patronizing his tone of voice was.

"That doesn't mean she should've said it." Misa said, sending a disappointed look over at Fuyu. The Oneirologist clutched her stomach and turned away, her face frustrated.

Kunie noticed and turned a harsh glare at Misa. "Hey! Aren't you an adult? Stop bullying her!"

Misa looked flustered as she stared at Kunie incredulously. "That's rich coming from you, I'm not bullying her!" she snapped. Realizing what she did, her face flushed even more and turned her attention on Lily, who had fallen asleep. "Can someone help me get her to bed? I won't be able to carry her myself."

"I will." Isamu volunteered at once, who looked uncomfortable the entire time and just wanted an excuse to get away. "I think we're all a little shaken up and getting angry at each other will do nothing, I suggest we all rest for the night, it's getting late anyways."

That was true. Chisuke looked out the window and it was dark, Chisuke's stomach grumbled embarrassingly. He blushed slightly, hoping no one heard that. Suddenly, something was shoved into his face, surprising him. It was Mika, who shyly smiled at him, and her face grew red; and her smile grew wide.

"I heard your s-stomach." she admitted, causing Chisuke to groan. She frantically shook her head. "No, no. I didn't mean to embarrass you, but, I know it isn't o-organic." The Chocolatier grew more nervous. "B-But m-m-maybe t-this c-c-chocolate cake will do…?" Mika grew quiet, her self-esteem clearly low.

Chisuke just stared at her awkwardly. He suspected that Mika might have an infatuation with him, and while he's had his fair share of fan-girls, he just wasn't into her. There's no way he would go out with a girl like Mika, she just wasn't his type, after all-

-Mika was fat. Chisuke would never go out with a fat girl. He had standards, and she didn't meet them. He theorized that Mika's talent more likely than not has made her fat and he was about to tell her so, but he didn't get the chance.

"I'm not going to bed." Tatsunari objected.

"Me neither, this is very serious and I believe it needs a thorough discussion." Kai supported, an unusually serious look on his face.

Ginjiro, who hadn't spoken up in a while, timidly raised a hand. "I'm really sleepy though…" he muttered softly.

Unmei scoffed. "Why are you all so worried? This isn't real anyways, you guys can discuss whatever, but leave me out of it." and with that, Unmei left the room. Ginjiro followed closely behind, giving an apologetic smile.

Tatsunari's face was grave with frustration as he growled out his next question. "Who here doesn't give a shit about making a plan and just wants to go to bed?"

Nobody spoke up, but after a couple of minutes Shiori raised her hand nervously. "I don't feel so well… It's been such a s-stressful day, I just want to go to sleep." Shiori got up from her chair and briskly walked out, muttering a quick goodnight.

Fuyu was the next one to get up, who glanced at everyone before giving a wispy smile. "Goodbye friends, don't stay up too late, sweet dreams." Kunie was quick to follow Fuyu, not really caring about the planning phase.

"I don't give a shit about this meeting, and neither does Aijin." Jikan spat out.

Aijin spluttered and looked alarmed. "I-I don't!?" he questioned.

For the second time, Jikan glared at the smaller boy. "You don't." he fiercely whispered. He started to walk out, and gestured for Aijin to follow. Aijin looked conflicted, but was about to follow, before being held back by Miwa.

"He doesn't answer to you, stop being such a jackass." Miwa told him with narrowed eyes. She looked at Aijin a lot more softly. "You don't have to do what he says, you do what you want to do."

Aijin shook his head. "It's f-fine! R-Really! I don't want to cause any trouble…" Aijin quickly walked out, Miwa crying out his name as she forcefully stood from her chair, but it was no use.

Jikan just smirked. "See? Stop being such a pain in the ass Miwa, you're becoming way less cooler than I thought." he slowly followed after Aijin, walking with an infuriating swagger. Miwa's golden eyes flashed with hurt as she slowly sat down.

"We'll take Lily back to her room." Isamu whispered softly, concerned eyes gazing down at Lily as he started to pick her up bridal style.

Misa stood up, ready to follow Isamu. "If you can carry her to her room, I'm sure I can drag her to her bed. You can't get in because of the rules…"

Isamu nodded, flashing a small smile at Misa. "Good idea, thank you for helping me." and the two left.

Nobody else made a move to leave.

Nobody else made a move to leave. "Is that all?" Tatsunari asked everyone sneeringly.

Akari's face was hardened. "Yes. I'm not leaving, so don't even try." she told him seriously.

"None of us have eaten all day, right?" Chisuke asked everyone. There were only nods, so Chisuke continued. "I'm not saying I'll ditch the discussion, but like Isamu said, we're all kinda angry and I think the lack of food is to blame." he paused. "I could use some help in the kitchen though."

Mika looked excited, and got herself ready to volunteer, before Chisuke spoke again. "Miwa, come help me?" the girl in question looked surprised, but nodded readily. Mika looked downtrodden as Chisuke and Miwa left to make some dinner for everyone.

"Hey, sorry for dragging you out of there, but it looked like neither of us were clear headed." Chisuke apologized as he put an apron on, passing one to Miwa, which she caught easily.

"Is this about what Jikan said to me?" Miwa asked as she put on her apron.

Chisuke awkwardly nodded. "Yeah… He was kind of an asshole, but I saw myself in him, and the way I acted towards you earlier in the day; it wasn't cool… So, truce?" he held a hand for Miwa to shake. She shook it easily enough.

"Truce." she smiled. She then donned a worried look. "I am worried about both Aijin and Jikan though, I didn't think Jikan would be so dominating, and Aijin just followed along like some helpless prisoner, it pisses me off!" she fumed, stabbing some lettuce multiple times with force.

Chisuke just listened as he continued to cut some vegetables. He hadn't planned on making anything too extravagant, just some stir fry should enough for tonight. Miwa made a face as she looked on in disgust at the vegetables. "Ew, are you some sort of health nut?"

"Are you a junkie?" Chisuke quipped back.

Miwa burst out laughing. She laughed so hard it was enough for Chisuke to crack a smile. Even though this is probably the most bonding he's done all day, he can't deny that choosing Miwa to come with him was a selfish decision on his part. The first reason he chose Miwa is because he'd look better in everyone's eyes, he rationalized that if he was seen as a nice guy trying to cheer up someone who was hurt, he wouldn't become targeted. His second selfish reason is because he just wanted any excuse to get out of that stuffy room for a second, it was heavy with tension and conflict, and quite frankly he was a bit sick of it. Finally, his last selfish reason is because he didn't want to be alone with Mika. Chisuke thought nothing of her at the time, but with the interactions he's had with her, it's become a bit hard to keep a smile as she's started to become annoyingly clingy.

Speak of the devil, Mika bounded into the room eagerly. "H-Hey! Are you nearly done? We've changed our location to the front of the cabin, Isamu's got a warm fire going so it should be very toasty!'"

Chisuke held back a groan and nodded. "Yeah, just about done, we made some stir fry; think everyone will like it?"

Mika nodded vigorously. "Absolutely! It smells good from here, you probably need some helping hands, right?" she impressively balanced four plates and carefully walked out of the kitchen. Chisuke and Miwa both took two plates and followed in her suite.

As Chisuke gave a plate to Isamu, he smiled kindly and patted the Mystery Novelist's back. "You're a star Chisuke, it smells good too."

"Oh yeah! It's so delicious, thank you for making this Chisuke, I'll be sure to enjoy it!" Mika praised happily.

Kai, who sat next to Mika, side glanced her; his brows furrowed in annoyance. "It's adequate." he admitted.

"Never mind the food." Tatsunari intervened. "We need to start planning our next course of action."

"Shouldn't it be to find a way out?" Akari asked, head tilted.

"Impossible." he shot down. "Until we get these bombs out of our heads, we can't actively look for a way out."

Misa brought a fist to her chin. "Still, it shouldn't hurt to look outside, right? Even if we can't look for a way out, we can at least explore the landscape to get a better idea of our surroundings."

Isamu nodded approvingly. "Good point! We would probably go insane if we were stuck in this cabin, right?"

"We wouldn't want to suffer cabin fever now, would we?" Kai said with a pleasant smile, an amused look directed in Chisuke's direction.

Chisuke rolled his eyes. "How clever, you know one of my book titles, brilliant."

Kai smiled, almost creepily. "I'm certain I know a lot about you Chisuke, more than even you know yourself, to be perfectly honest."

"Of course you do…" Chisuke sighed to himself.

"Is it worth organizing a routine? I think it's better if we can schedule a time for everyone to meet up, we shouldn't make midnight meetings a habit, breakfast would be a more opportune time." Akari suggested, scribbling down a time table.

"Amazing Akari! Is this the talent of the Ultimate Organizer at work?!" Kai marvelled, watching the Organizer with awe and fascination.

Akari giggled cutely. "If that's what you want to call it, sure!"

Miwa looked wistful. "I was just thinking, if everyone had stayed, it would've been cool to have a midnight feast." she then blushed. "T-Technically we are, I was… Thinking about everyone else."

Tatsunari clicked his tongue. "We don't have the time for foolhardy nonsense, we need to make a plan, and fast." he then scowled. "First, we need to talk about the unruly bunch here. It's clear that more than half of you lack discipline, and I will have things go my way."

Miwa and Misa were the most disapproving.

"You're acting exactly like Jikan! What is it with guys trying to fight for dominance? You don't control anyone here!" Miwa shouted, her face red with anger.

"I strongly agree, I will not fall into line to a dictatorship. In fact, that sounds like enslavement you're trying to suggest, I will not go along with it." Misa declared, standing her ground as she fearfully glared at the much bigger man.

"I don't want to upset anyone here, but doesn't he sort of have a point?" Akari inquired. She rushed to explain herself as the two girls turned their glare on her. "I mean, I wouldn't have phrased it like that, but it's exactly as Miwa said; we're all fighting with each other. I'm not suggesting dictatorship, but there needs to be a functioning foundation for us to effectively cooperate with each other."

Tatsunari nodded approvingly. "Well said, at least someone here is being sensible."

P"lease! No more fights!" Isamu begged. "We either discuss this properly, or we can just forget about this for tonight and just go to bed!"

Misa breathed a heavy sigh. "That sounds like a lovely idea. I apologize, but I should've gotten a good night's rest in the first place." as she walked out, she turned to Chisuke with a teasing smile. "Now, don't have any drinks without my supervision, alright?"

Chisuke huffed as the clicking of Misa's heels could be heard.

"Might I suggest we just go to bed." Kai suggested. "It breaks my heart to see everyone get so heated over nothing. If we save it for the morning, not only are our heads cleared, we also have everyone in attendance to give their own opinions."

Before Tatsunari could object, Isamu smiled. "I completely agree! To be perfectly honest, I wanted to go to bed, but I was afraid everyone would start fighting if I left. I would feel reassured if everyone went to bed."

Tatsunari sighed deeply. "If that is the consensus, we can adjourn the meeting. Go to bed." with that command Tatsunari professionally made his way to his room.

"Prick." Miwa muttered bitterly.

Isamu opened his mouth, but Chisuke beat him. "Just leave it alone for now, like you said, we're all tired."

Isamu reluctantly nodded.

"I'm relieved." Mika admitted. "I didn't think this meeting would go anywhere, but I was too nervous in case I missed out on anything important."

"I suppose we cannot leave the plates here." Kai mused to himself as plenty of empty plates laid around the room. "Who wants to wash them."

Akari raised her hand immediately. "I will, I need to make up for my earlier freak out."

"You can't be blamed for that Akari, it was only natural to react the way you did." Isamu told her, his face concerned.

Akari brushed him off. "Don't worry about it! I want some alone time and cleaning the dishes seems like a practical use of my time. Really, It's not a problem!"

"At least let me assist you carry the plates, It's a lot for just one person." Isamu insisted.

Akari stared at him for a moment before simply smiling. "Thank you Isamu, you're really sweet!"

Isamu spluttered as he blushed a deep red. "I'm o-only doing what anyone else would, ma'am." he coughed into his head.

As the two gathered the plates, Mika smiled softly. "I'm glad Isamu seems nice, I was worried we would have a battle of the sausages or something."

Chisuke and Kai deadpanned while Miwa just face palmed.

Mika, realizing what she had said, blushed heavily. "No! T-T-That's not what I m-m-meant at all!" she squeaked, burying her face in her hands as she started to try and shrink herself.

Miwa just laughed as she grabbed Mika by the wrist. "Let's leave these sausages and have some lettuce time between us, okay?"

As the two walked out, Mika could be heard asking Miwa what she meant by lettuce time.

It was just Kai and Chisuke now.

"You've been awfully quiet Yukizome." Kai said.

Chisuke shrugged. "I didn't have anything insightful to input, besides, talking with a lot of people in the room just bugs me more than anything."

"If those ladies are going to have their lettuce time… Why don't we go have our sausage time?" Kai said jokingly.

"If it gets you to stop making those horrible innuendos, than sure."

As the two were walking, Kai asked Chisuke a question. "Have you thought about the question I asked you at the beginning?"

"No, it hasn't been on my mind since we've been in this killing game. It's stupid, isn't it? We didn't even see Yukikuma leave, that's how much we fought." Chisuke quietly. They arrived at Kai's room door.

"This is my room, thank you for accompanying me." Kai thanked gratefully. "And remember, put some thought into the question."

Chisuke waved him off as he walked to his own room. He walked in, and promptly fell onto his bed. Despite being a kidnapped victim, Yukikuma had gone out of their way to make the beds comfortable, so it wasn't an entirely uncomfortable. He noticed that his room didn't have any windows, which was probably for the best.

As Chisuke laid in his bed, he began to think about Aunt Mae. Why had she encouraged him to come here? She never mentioned anything about this happening. He missed her being all fussy with him, making sure he was well fed, good education.

Chisuke smiled as he remembered having to be put into another school because Aunt Mae had been very vocal about how vile his first school was. It wasn't as vile as she made it out to be, but she always wanted what was best for him, and he missed her very much.

"I love you Aunt Mae."

Prologue - END

Chapter 1: Cabin Fever - Begin

Survivors: 16

Yes! We are finally done with the prologue after being here forever! I hope you guys really enjoyed this chapter! Feel free to review as that's the best motivator for any writer to keep writing! If you have any qualms with how your OC has been portrayed, feel free to PM me and I'll be sure to readjust it for the future!

Until next time!

- zephryr

Bonus Scene

Lily's eyes suddenly shot open as she quickly sat up.

"Sandy!" she shouted out immediately. Thankfully, her robotic dog had barked back and she quickly hugged it.

"Oh Sandy, today has just been the actual worse! Ginny kept controlling you, and it made me so upset!" Lily pouted. Suddenly, her stomach rumbled.

"Man, I'm starving, do you want anything to eat Sandy? Maybe I have some spare batteries I can give you." she rummaged in her draws, and pulled out some batteries. "It's highly suspicious that whoever kidnapped me knows what you eat Sandy, but for conveniences sake, I don't care."

Lily held out the batteries, and Sandy promptly ate it. She barked happily, wagging her tail.

"Good girl! Now mama Lily needs to eat, kay? Now come with me so you can protect me, even though I'm practically immortal, you make me feel safe Sandy." Lily rambled to herself as she left her room.

"Now that I think about it, I tend to rant a lot when I'm by myself, why is that? I feel like the normal reaction would be because I'm highly insecure and loneliness is the new emo, but at the same time I'm not lame like that. I'm awesome and know it, so what could possibly be the reason?"

Lily shrugged as she entered, suddenly, an exciting thought entered her head.

She was going to make morning very interesting.