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The Battle Royale...That Never Was	By : Chris2007 Category: Manga . to F > Battle Royale Views: 3044 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
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The Battle Royale...That Never Was
Chapter 10: Day 9
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Day 9 2:00 PM
Shuya sighed in content as he strummed his guitar while Yoshitoki was watching. He was planning to dedicate a song to Noriko, the girl who he, and even Yoshitoki, had longed for all his life since they first met.
"I know you never wrote this song, but what's the title?" Yoshitoki asked.
"'Together Forever'. It's from Rick Astley." Shuya replied as he wrote down the guitar notes on a piece of paper from the drawing supply.
He was nearly finished when he caught sight of a tall, muscular man smoking a cigarette. Shuya could tell he was none other than Shogo, the transfer student who was rumored to have a terrible lingering memory.
"Hey, Kawada!" Shuya called out. But no answer.
"That's odd. He's not one for talking." Yoshitoki said, scratching his head.
Shuya put down his guitar and placed the pencil near the table with the paper containing the guitar notes and went over to Shogo. "Uh, what brings you here? And aren't supposed to be in like, high school, rather than junior high? You're probably a bit older than us." he asked him with curiousity in his voice.
Shogo glanced at him briefly before taking a drag from his cigarette and blowing out the smoke from his nose. "Listen to me carefully...I have a story that I want to tell you about." he told him.
Shuya sat next to him and replied, "Go ahead. Shoot." as he began to listen in on what Shogo had to say.
"Have you ever heard of the Program?" Shogo asked, causing Shuya to nod and reply with, "Uh...yeah, when I was little."
"Well...the Program is a way of entertaining the masses, and it's all about survival...and death. Back in my old junior high school, my class and I were part of it. Trying to ensure that I could get out of that horrible island alive, I took down most of my fellow classmates. When I discovered my girlfriend, Keiko, being cornered by some classmate who'd been stalking her, I had killed him. Then the two of us remained on this island alive, trying to think of what to do. We could find the guys that brought us here and kill them and escape, or have one of us kill the other so that one of us could escape. Then something happened. Our collars were about to detonate...and just when we had come up with our strategy...I killed her." Shogo explained.
Then he took out something from his jeans pocket and showed it to Shuya. It was the collar that he worn from the previous Program!
"Now listen...This so called Program must be stopped. Someone needs to cancel this shit or have those guys that came up with the idea arrested." Shogo added.
"Wow...that was...quite a story you have there. Now I know what it's all about: life and death." Shuya said. "Thank God we're not selected for the latest edition of the Program." he added, smiling lightly.
Shogo nodded. "Make sure you tell only your friends about this. If they understand your words, good for you. If they don't, then you tell them the entire story bit by bit. Understand?" he said.
"Right. Anyway, I gotta go get back to writing some guitar chords down. See ya!" Shuya said, then returned back to Yoshitoki and began playing his guitar and resuming writing down the rest of the guitar chords of the song.
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After it was completed, Shuya and Yoshitoki were eventually talking about what Shogo had told the rocker boy, and this caused Yoshitoki to flinch a bit.
"Yikes! That's the same thing we saw on television when we were little! Like Ryoko told us, it's like a bad lottery, and we didn't win that lottery." he said, smiling triumphantly with a happy sigh at the end of his speech.
"I know. Anyways..." Shuya said, then trailed off when he noticed a pretty brown haired girl sitting near the lake, gazing at the afternoon sky. That girl was Noriko herself!
"Uh...I gotta get going, see ya!" Shuya told Yoshitoki before he quickly got up and ran over to her.
Yoshitoki almost fumed, but suddenly noticed a trio of girls walking over to him.
"Hey, Kuninobu, we're looking for a valiant hero wanting to accompany us. Would you like to join us in searching the woods for any animals?" Mizuho asked.
Mizuho, Megumi and Kaori were wearing what must be capes, although they were actually bedsheets. Yoshitoki shrugged before he replied, "Sure!" and smiled as he followed their lead.
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Meanwhile, Shuya went over to Noriko and sat next to her. "Beautiful day out, ain't it?" he asked.
"Yes, of course. In fact, some of the other girls told me that yesterday, Kiriyama and Mitsuko were actually seen making out after that day's showdown. Turns out they're in love now." Noriko said, smiling and giggling at the same time.
"I also heard that a few days before that, Mimura is no longer single because he's now in a relationship with Takako." she added, causing Shuya to raise an eyebrow.
"Well, what do you know? Love is in the air after all." Shuya said, smiling as well.
"But...what about you and me? I've been really wanting to say something to you in a long time." Noriko said, then cleared her throat before she began with, "Ever since we first met, you were probably the perfect match for me. After all, I've been harboring feelings for you since then."
"Really? Wow! I've been possessing the same feelings for you as well. In fact, there's a song I've heard of and I wanted to sing it to you as well as playing it on my guitar." Shuya said, smiling brightly.
"Shuya...that's so sweet of you." Noriko said, touched by his words. "Well...let me just finally admit to you once and for all...Shuya, I-" she said, but heard a scream from the woods, and so did Shuya.
"A bear! Shuya! Help!" Yoshitoki screamed as he ran out of the woods, apparently too scared to go back into the forest.
Shuya and Noriko were both taken by surprise and watched as the trio of dreamers also left the forest, Mizuho crossing her arms and saying, "What a coward. He doesn't like huge creatures after all."
"Yeah, but I feel sorry for him." Megumi added, a look of concern on her face.
As the trio went back into the forest, Shuya chuckled as he told Noriko, "Some of us can be so scared easily, but at least some of us are pretty brave, like Kawada."
"Who's Kawada? Oh, wait a second. Are you talking about that transfer student?" Noriko asked.
"Yeah, and I want to tell you about that story he told me." Shuya said, then told Noriko everything about Shogo being in the Program.
Noriko was completely shocked but a bit sad as she said, "I actually feel so sorry for him now that you told me about it." But she smiled as she added, "But I know he's feeling a bit better now. Maybe now he can get on with his life like the rest of us."
Shuya smiled and let Noriko rest her head on his shoulder as the two watched the bright blue afternoon sky together.
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In the next three chapters, Shuya and Noriko's friendship will blossom into something even more. Until then, see ya later! And don't forget to review!
With love for my fans,
Chrissy
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