◊ BATTLE ROYALE PREQUEL : AKIHABARA BLAZE

LIST OF SELECTED GIRLS AND NUMBERS

8th January 2012

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CHAPTER 4

Amina ran as fast as she could to get out of this fake theater. When she got out, she was able to see where they were : a deep forest, but the air was hot and heavy. Amina noticed a few seconds afterwards she was sweating hardly.

The only thing she thought about was how she would be able to meet Nacchan when she will have got out of the building. But they are 41 of them, and Natsumi is #1 on the list. She will take a long time to get out.

Amina started running in the wild. The forest was dense and deep, and the theater was built between trees. It must have been built a long time ago, because as new and unusual this building was in the woods, plants and trees already had started growing on its roof and outside walls. Now she was able to take a look at the theater from further, she saw the heliport on its roof. It must have been how they took the girls in the building while they were in such a deep sleep, after the rapture in Akihabara.

Amina stopped wondering and started running, trying to wipe the tears from her cheeks. She did not really have any close friend in AKB, she was only close to Kanako. Kanako Hiramatsu, from SKE48 Team S. The only girls she felt like trusting were Nacchan, and her fellow 4th generation member Asuka Kuramochi, known as Mocchii in Team A. Maybe Amina would trust Nacchi too. Natsuki Satô, fellow Team B member, was known for being such a great big sister with younger girls and fun to be around, but also very smart. She was not especially close to Nacchi but she was someone she could think of trusting - but only if she was only accompanied by Sumire, the only younger girl Amina trusted a bit.

She learnt how to keep fighting and not lose hope, but also not to rely on too many persons. As she was running, she got to a small cabin hidden in the forest, at the very bottom of a little natural well. The wooden cabin was tiny, and Amina did not know what she would find in it, but since she was the first to go, no human would be hiding in here. 

As she locked the door behind her, she dropped her bag at her feet, and began looking for her weapon. She held out a huge gun, a shoot gun especially, and for the first time in a very long time, felt like she was one of the lucky girls in the group.

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« Get out you bitch! »

« Aika, stop this! »

« Shut up, let me kill that brat and cut her before I cut you! » Miho said, pushing Sakiko aside and running to Aika. She fell on the ground, in the grass, and Mariya helped her standing up with her bag.

« You fucking took my place and my spotlight, I’m going to kill you, bitch! » Miho yelled, going towards Aika, « You and your ugly pig face can fuck off and push daisies soon! » Miho lifted her baseball bat, her weapon, while Aika tried to take out her machine gun but couldn’t figure out how it worked. While she was panicking, Miho suddenly lifted her arm and hit her right in the head. Sakiko and Mariya screamed, as Aika was lying on the ground.

Miho was breathing hysterically. « That bitch. That bitch. You… you tried to stop me? » she said, turning to Sakiko and Mariya.

Miho was turning crazy. Fear and rage transformed her and if they didn’t do anything, they would probably join Aika soon. Sakiko shook her head. « No no… oh my god you killed Lovetan- » As Miho lifted her baseball bat again, Mariya took her Glock and shot.

Miho fell on her knees, a dark red hole in her stomach, and dropped the bat. Mariya was petrified, both her hands on the gun, while Sakiko was crying heavily. Then she came back to reality and took Sakiko’s hand.

« Come on, we have to run, we’re too close of the theater and the noise will warn everyone… »

Sakiko shook her head. « …we have to find Micha… » Sakiko whispered.

Mariya took her hand, both bags, and they stood up. But Sakiko insisted to close Aika’s and Miho’s eyes first.

And they started running.

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Ayarin was walking in the deep forest, without knowing where she had to go. She decided to run away as soon as she got out of the theater, and seeing Miho’s and Aika’s corpses a few meters away confirmed her fear: some girls were ready to play the game.

She stopped a while, hiding in a huge bush, sitting on the ground. Dropping her bag, she started looking for her weapon. Then she found it: a nunchaku. Ayarin sighed. She had no clue how to use this thing, actually. She would have to find a weapon in someone else’s bag. Maybe she should go back to the place were Aika and Miho got killed and see what she could find.

Just in case things got heated up.

Foot steps. In the ground. Ayaka put all her belongings in the bag and stayed still, trying to breathe silently. It was a lonely girl, probably lost. Maybe someone who killed Aika and Miho. Ayarin tried to stay silent but the girl was too close. 

« FREEZE! » she said, not too loudly, popping out of the bush, holding her nunchaku like a gun. Maybe in the dark, it could be mistaken for a fire weapon.

Ayaka’s face showed relieve. It was the best girl she could ever meet in this forest. She dropped her bag and weapon and hold her in her arms, digging her face into the girl’s neck.

« Sumire… » Pretty Sumire didn’t know what to do at first. Then she hugged Ayarin back. « You scared me… I thought you were really going to kill me, I- »

Ayarin told her to calm down, as she wiped Sumire’s hair from her cheeks, tenderly. « Okay, never never leave me, okay? » Ayarin said. Sumire shook her head. Her long dark hair was messy and she had soil stains on her cheeks and neck, as she fell on the ground earlier. Ayarin was so glad Sumire was alive and with her now.

« We have to find Natsuki-san… and Harukyan too- » Sumire said, « I promised we would stay together and now Shihorin- » Sumire started crying, falling on her knees on the ground. Ayarin sat besides her and hugged her, rocking her slowly to console her. Even if Shihori’s death would never be forgotten. 

Ayarin kissed Sumire on the cheek. « It will be okay. We’ll find a way to leave this place together. I promise. »

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The sun set around 6 o’clock in the morning when the chief named all the dead girls, to let everyone know the game really started.

Juri woke up. She was sleeping in a tree ; she found a large weeping willow to climb up and be hidden for the night. She was all alone ; she thought Hillary or Ricchan would have waited for her somewhere, but they were nowhere to be found. Her own bag contained food, water, map and compass but her weapon was just a large meat knife. Useful in case of one-to-one fight. Useless if her opponent attacked her with a gun.

She was hoping she could do whatever it would take to protect her friends in the game when she realized only one of them would win. Juri knew she would not go back home. She was too small, too thin, too scared to win on everyone else. Some girls were apparently determined since they were going to be many death to announce today.

« Hello girls! How was this first night? »

Juri packed her bag and stayed still. Today, she would find Ricchan and protect her.

« Let’s get started on our poor losing girls for today! #6 - Suzuki Shihori-san, #11 - Chikano Rina-san, #17 - Miyazaki Miho-san, #22 - Oota Aika-san… »

Juri sighed. Karen and Tomu were still alive. They were numbers 3 and 21.

« #26 - Kawaei Rina-san. »

Juri gasped, putting a hand on her mouth to keep silent. Rina. Ricchan. Her best friend, her best support. Gone. For ever. She started breathing hysterically but tried to calm down. She failed at protecting Ricchan. She was a complete failure.

« #35 - Kobayashi Kana-san, #38 - Nakamura Mariko-san, and at last but not least, #42 - Kuramochi Asuka-san. »

Kuramochi senpai was gone too. Juri closed her eyes and tried to sort out her feelings. They were in a deadly game. Even though it would be hard, she had to hold on and keep going.

First, she had to find out who killed Ricchan and make her pay.

« We even have an extra award for someone who provided us a good show! Our MVP goes to Iwata Karen-san, #21, who made a triple kill this night! She won on our number #26, #35 and #38! Congratulations! »

Juri felt her head dizzy. Karen. Karen killed Ricchan. And she killed two other members as well. Karen, her 12th generation friend, so fun to be around, so talented.

She had to make a hard choice.

Leave Ricchan’s death without a revenge. Or kill one of her friends.

She had no time to think as a bullet whistled near her ear, warning Juri someone was trying to kill her off as well.

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[Remaining girls: 34]

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