“So, you’re still saying there is a reason to live, even if everyone is fiction.” came Ryoma’s voice.

“Heh, there could be many reasons to live. I personally like to take a walk outside whenever I feel hopeless and down. And even now, we still have the people we met before we died as well as some new faces. We could be friends. And I dunno, aren’t you glad that you’re not a criminal who massacred everyone?” asked Rantaro.

“Yeah, but what’s even more painful is that my girlfriend, my cat. None of them are real. It’s…painful” grumbled Ryoma.

“Almost makes you wanna wish that Shuichi and the others were pulling a big one on us huh” said Rantaro.

“Yeah, but that Shuichi kid. He’s not the type of guy to-” 

Ryoma and Rantaro came close to the stairs. But Ryoma was alert enough to see Mukuro’s boot which was visible just in the corner. 

“They’re here! Run!” yelled Ryoma.  

Rantaro understood quickly and they both run back the way they came from.

“Kill them!” cried Byakuya.

Genocider darted off with extreme speed followed by Mukuro then the others. When the hallway split into two both Rantaro and Ryoma split. Genocider was tailing Rantaro fast and arrived behind him.

“Hyahaha, pretty boy needs to bleed!”

Genocider stabbed her scissors down on Rantaro’s back.

In pain Rantaro slowed down, Genocider kicked him from the back with strength.

Rantaro was thrown forward, rolled on the ground and almost rammed into the wall in front of him. He pulled himself up to look at the terrifying red eyes of Genocider.
   
“Ahh, how cutie wootie you are. Such a precious little clean-”

Ryoma rammed his legs onto Genocder’s chin. Genocider slammed into a wall. Ryoma jumped and raised the bat he was holding onto Genocider’s head but Genocider retreated to dodge it. 

“You midget, get out of my way!”

Rantaro ran away from those two and turned around the corner. Mukuro came from the other hallway and chased after Rantaro eagerly. When Rantaro climbed down the stairs Mukuro catched up to him and stabbed her knife into his back. In pain, Rantaro tumbled down the stairs. 

He rolled onto the second floor and lied on the ground. His arms and legs moved but he couldn’t get up.

Mukuro raised her knife to finish him off. Just then someone’s footsteps resounded and she jumped back just in time to dodge a sword stab. It was Tenko who was holding the sword. Mukuro retreated, she put the knife in her mouth and swiftly pulled out the bow and arrow from her back. Tenko rushed to hit her but Mukuro was taking safe distance. Suddenly Ryoma slammed into her side with his legs and used her as a footing to jump again to dodge Genocider’s double scissor slash. He jumped onto the ceiling, jumped again to land on the ground. Genocider lunged to stab him but Ryoma quickly ran away. From the two hallway that split two, Ryoma chose the left hallway, the one he chose before. 

Ryoma intended to run away the same route he used to come here. But when he turned right around the corner a knife stabbed into his throat. And the assailant pushed Ryoma to the ground with their weight. It was Sayaka who had been waiting in the corner. Her patience had paid off and now she was on top of Ryoma who was helplessly twitching on the ground.

“Hyaaahh!” yelled Sayaka and stabbed Ryoma’s body again.

Her body shook. Her eyes trembled in their sockets. Still she pulled the knife out of Ryoma’s body and stood up.

“I-I did it.” she said, her hands shaking violently, her clothes and legs full of blood.  

“Oh jeez, I wanted to have a piece of that little shit.” grumbled Genocider.

Mukuro jumped into the hall next to Genocider, Tenko was at the other side of the hallway, gaining ground. Mukuro had already grabbed the bow from his back and released an arrow with it towards Tenko who came out of the corner. Tenko swiftly ducked and dodged. She walked down the stairs once seeing Genocider and Sayaka. 

While going down the stairs Tenko realozed Rantaro was not in his original position. Rantaro was now walking down the hallway, blood dripping from his back. Tenko caught up to him. 

“Hurry it up, move!” yelled Tenko.

“You…move. You’re g-gonna get yourself killed cause of…“

Before they could turn around the corner Mukuro came out from the other side of the hallway and shot an arrow. The arrow headed straight for Rantaro but Tenko jumped in the way. The arrow stabbed through her forearm.

“Yah! It hurts, it hurts, it hurts!” yelled Tenko while jumping in place. 

Mukuro rushed towards her with the knife but Tenko’s expression tightened and she stabbed with her sword back. 

Mukuro swiftly hit the sword to the side with her knife and attempted a stab. But Tenko threw her sword, dodged to the side and grabbed her arm that was holding the knife. Tenko kneed her then pulled Mukuro’s arm that was holding the knife and slammed it against the wall, causing the knife to fall. Mukuro threw a punch but Tenko ducked, grabbed Mukuro from her waist. Tenko brought her leg behind Mukuro’s and sweeped her legs off the ground but Mukuro wrapped her arms around Tenko’s neck, pulled her down with her free leg and they both landed on the ground. Tenko was still on top of Mukuro but Mukuro brought her hand on Tenko’s throat to choke her.

The strength on her hand proved to be too much and Tenko pulled herself back up to take distance but Mukuro sweeped her leg from the ground and Tenko fell down. Tenko crawled on the ground to bring her hand to the knife but Mukuro sat on top of her, punched her and put her hands on her throat to choke her out.