They woke up bright and early at 5:00 AM, to get up for the competition. After they spent some time getting ready, they headed out with all of their stuff. 

(you dont care how they got there) 

The arena was filled with people, there was bright lights, decorations, and loud music to set the mood. The stage was much bigger than anything the group had preformed at before, as well as the size of the audience. They still had yet to find out who they were going up against. Since this was an elimination style competition, they would only have one group to go against today. The staff took the four back to their own dressing room. From there they could see the competitors room. It was about to start, the opposing group would come out any second now. 

The door cracked open, and out came the one and only... Muse. 

"Are we seriously going against muse?!" Tanaka rolled his eyes. "Who's Muse?" Tohru looked around at the others, confused. "How do you not know Muse? They're like the best idols ever..." Wakabayashi answered, "We still have a chance though.." 

They each grabbed their things and proceeded to follow Muse backstage, to watch their performance. The crowd silenced as the music started up. Watching them perform was a once in a lifetime opportunity. The four crowded in by one of the wings, careful not to be seen. Of course, Muse's routine was flawless as always, everyone was getting into it. The crowd was overjoyed seeing the dance. The group hit their final pose and soon the judges started their calculating. The girls took a final bow and fell back off stage. 

The four stepped aside to let the girls out. This was their chance to make a move. Following behind, they waited outside of their dressing room and knocked on the door. Kotori answered, "Oh hi! you must be the other competitors for today!" She greeted with a warm smile. "We just wanted to congratulate you for your performance. You did great as always, and we wanted to wish you luck with the judging." Wakabayashi smiled, and the others nodded, letting themselves in. "Oh thank you guys! We of course, wish you luck as well!" The other girls acknowledged their gratitude before going back  to fixing their hair and costume. "There is just one problem... you all are a lot better than us, and we need to win..." Wakabayashi's smile faded as he gave the signal to Tohru, who imminently jammed the door so it was impossible to leave. The girls expressions all dropped as they turned to see the others bags fall to the floor. 

Suddenly, the lights were cut out. As Muse was still oblivious, Tanaka was able to reach into his bag and pull out a chloroform soaked rag. He walked around the room cautiously, and slowly began to knock out select members. After awhile, the lights turned back on, revealing the sight to the conscious members. Akira began digging in his bag as well. The other girls were in a state of shock, not sure how to respond. Eli had let out a small scream. Wakabayashi swiftly moved over to the girl and elbowed her hard in the throat. "There is no point in screaming now, you will only make it worse." He sternly glared at the girl.  Akira had pulled out some loose rope from his bag. Lifting the unconscious members up, and securing them down tightly to the chair with it. 

"You all.. you're insane..! Look I don't know what you want here, surely we can work out something so no one gets hurt..." Nozomi stood up for everyone, the other four members were still frozen, unsure how to act in the situation. She gestured nicely, trying to get them to bring their guard down. Tohru quickly grabbed hold of her wrist however, while the others pinned her to the ground. "This is a non negotiable situation, but it's such a shame that you didn't get to see it all play out." He reached to the side with his free hand and dug a knife out of one of the bags. Her face changed to that of pure horror before Tohru drove his knife deep into her stomach. Tanaka was able to cover her mouth to muffle any weak screams. He used the knife to dig inside of her, making small repeated stabbing motions. Soon he removed the knife, and made a deep, slow cut in her throat as well, for good measure. Blood began to fill up the area, and Tanaka's hand also became covered in her blood as she used her remaining strength to cough some up. The group slowly released her, and moved the body out of the way, leaving her to bleed out. 

The other four girls and fallen to the ground, crying. Nobody had came prepared, there was no way to defend themselves.  Akira walked over to the four who were crouched in the corner. He had already grabbed another clean knife, using it to gesture to the girls, urging them to each get up and sit in front of each of the chairs. "Keep your eyes on the person in front of you, I advise you take notes." He added, walking towards the four taken chairs. They would be gaining consciousness very soon. Taking the knife, he drove it into the leg of one of the unconscious girls, Rin. Her body twitched as she came to, feeling the pain rush through her body. He then firmly grabbed it and jolted upwards, causing the knife to tear through her skin. Rin shot awake, unable to processes what situation she was in. She felt nauseous from the sight and smell of all the blood. Nothing was making sense, the others weren't awake yet. The knife was removed, and he walked over and repeated the process to the other three, waking them up as well.

 "Good morning everyone ! Now I know you must be confused and all, so let me catch you up." Wakabayashi stood at the front for his announcement. "You four that are tied to the chair will be taking part in a fun little performance for the other four who are watching you, unfortunately we've already had an accident with Nozomi, but no matter! The show must go on, at least the numbers are even now..." Each of them randomly walked over and stood behind one of the chairs. Tanaka behind Rin, Tohru behind Honoka, Akira behind Kotori, and Wakabayashi behind Nico. "Don't worry you all who are watching you will get your turns eventually." Wakabayashi added from where he was standing. The reality had set in for the girls in the chairs. They began to fight against the rope, and jump and squirm in an attempt to escape. Their attempts would be shut down however, as nothing would be stopping the plan already set in place. 

They each began their work at the same time. Rin was being watched by Maki. She observed as Tanaka reached into his bag and pulled out a hammer. He slowly presented it to Maki, to insure that she was paying attention. He then quickly grabbed Rins arm that was tied to the armrest and struck the tool down onto her hand. The arm of the chair snapped a little, and the crunching of the fragile bones could be heard. Not being able to let anything out, Rin began to silently cry. "That was just to ease you both into it." He dropped the hammer and reached into his bag again.  "You know Rin has anyone ever told you that you would just look awesome with some piercings? Probably not but we can try it, might as well have some fun while you're still here right..." He pulled some big needles and out from the bottom of the bag. "Don't worry my hands and the needles are 100% not clean hope that doesn't matter."  There was already dried blood on the needles from another time. Carefully, he inserted a needle into a random spot near her lip. "I don't have any jewelry but this is a look too I guess." He continued to do so, filling her face with random needles. Some in her nose, cheek, eyebrow. anywhere he could fit. After about 20 or so, he stepped out of the way, letting Maki see his work. Maki stared at the girls distorted face with wide eyes. Taking deep breathes, she remained as calm as she could. "Yeah okay I'll take them out now." Going individually, he ripped each other needles out, tearing through her skin. Blood was flowing everywhere at this point, every part of her face was bleeding. The nausea and dizziness had started to set in for Rin. She started coughing and gagging, spitting up even more blood. "Ehh, I honestly have no interest in keeping you any longer," He finally pulled a big kitchen knife out, "Maki care to do the honors?" He held the weapon out to the girl. She stared back at him in disbelief.  "You really think I can..." Tanaka shot her a done expression. She reluctantly grabbed the knife, complying to what he said. "I'm sorry Rin but I didn't want you to suffer anymore I think it's best." Maki closed her eyes, held her breath. and gave one fatal stab wound to her. "I honestly did not expect you to agree, but you can sit down and wait now."  

Umi was sat in front of Honoka. She was already visibly stirred but was not about to accidently make matters worse so she kept it together. "I heard you're like the leader, that's a pretty big responsibility  so I have to make it worth it," Tohru was rummaging through his bag for inspiration. "I have an idea, since you ARE the leader after all I'm sure you've got a nice winning smile, right? Just Imagine it, how prized of a possession it would be." He nudged her shoulder as if to get her on board, but she was not taking it. Regardless, he pulled out his pliers from his bag and got to work. Using the base of his hand to keep her head still, and his fingers to pull her mouth open, he firmly gripped her top row, and slowly pulled them out as to avoid damage. After the top row was done, he had to give her time to spit up all of the blood that was pooling but quickly went back to work on the bottom row. Umi was still watching out of fear. "Oh see I have a nice collection here,,," Tohru poked around at the pile of teeth in his hand. He put them in a pocket near his bag as he contemplated his next move. He saw scissors in one of the pockets, "Well while we are on the topic of your mouth..." He trailed off, bringing the scissors closer to her face. Sticking his hand in her mouth again, this time pulling out her tongue. He stretched it as far as it would go, and began to slowly snip away at it. Several minutes later, it finally came off. You could see the dying still moving muscles towards the end. At this point Honoka was choking on her own blood, unable to breathe or speak. Tohru threw the tongue on the ground, and pulled some thumb tacks out of his pocket. "Oh yeah one last thing," He bent down to Honokas level. "I want you to make eye contact with your friend..." The tacks were fumbling in his hands, "Just keep looking at her..." He snuck up behind Honoka. "Andddd..." With one swift movement, the tacks were drove straight into Honoka's eyes with no hesitation. You could hear the sound of her eyes popping before the blood started seeping down her face. "Alright that was enough of a show, hey watch this!" He stared back at Umi, grabbing Honoka's neck and twisting it in such a way that she was out instantly. "Well that was fun, I hope you were paying attention." 

Hanayo had the job of watching Kotori. She was in the worst condition out of everyone. Still visibly upset over Nozomi, and already breaking out into tears, hardly being able to keep her composure to look at Kotori. Akira, however, chose to ignore Hanayo. "It's best if you still watch but if you chose not to that is your fault and you will face your own consciences."  He turned back towards Kotori, with a lighter in hand. She watched as the flames made contact with the back of her hand. She jolted around as the fire moved around her skin. Deep burns were being made and the smell of burning flesh was filling up the room. He carried the lighter from her face to her toes before turning it off. "I would keep going but I don't want to burn you alive or set off the smoke alarms, neither of those would be good." Putting the lighter down, he reached into his bags and pulled out a decently big hand saw.  First, he gently took it to her wounds and gently left scratches and cuts on them, opening them up more. He left the cuts all over. Hanayo was struggling to watch without gaging and she knew the worst was yet to come. He wiped some of the dead skin of off the blade, and lined it up with edge of her hand. Applying pressure at the top, he began sawing at it, until it fell off the side of the chair. He picked it up and set it in front of Hanayo, making her vomit a little. "Aw man, do you need a... hand.. cleaning that up.." She looked back up at him with a look of disgust. "No ok, alright then.." He walked back over to Kotori and repeated the processes on the other hand. Going for the legs would have taken too long, so he went for the feet instead. Repeating the same process of tearing through the skin and bone. After all of that he sat the saw down. Kotori was starting to faint from all of the blood loss. Akira came in from behind and held her head up. He pulled a small knife out of his pocket and started the final process. Tilting her head back he slowly sliced through her neck. One step at a time the weapon made its way through her throat, vocal cords, and everything until he made it to her spine. He brought the saw back to get through the spine, letting her head flop around as he reached for it. Returning back to the knife for the last bit of muscle and skin. He held it back up to where it used to belong, and with one small push from behind, her head fell into her lap, and rolled onto the floor right in front of Hanayo. The girl imminently fainted on sight of the decapitated head. 

The last pair was Eli, who was watching Nico. She was staying pretty well considering the circumstances and was keeping her eyes dead set on who she was supposed to. "Nico you were always my favorite so I won't be as harsh." Wakabayashi grabbed some steel wool pads from his bag and used it to rub her face and other parts raw, causing big rashes and deep scratches. They were all over her, he checked back to see if Eli was catching everything, and she was very laser focused in. He put the pads down and was looking for what to do next. Suddenly, he got inspiration from a plank of wood that was in the corner of the room. He couldn't ignore the idea, so of  course he had to grab it. "I take back what I said about not being harsh." He held up the plank and struck it down back onto her face multiple times, causing her nose and mouth to bleed, and for her eyes to get swollen.  After that, he took a pocket knife out and began to go a little crazy with it. He left small scratches and cuts all over, going back to the previous cuts and making them worse. Wakabayashi wanted to wait to kill Nico, so he sat it out until the others were done. "Before I get this kill, I want you four on the floor to tell the others about your experiences and what you have seen today." Hanayo was still passed out, so she was disqualified and taken to the side by Akira to be killed off. The other three told each other the story through their tears. The four listened in to make sure that the stories weren't off, and that everything was recited back perfectly. Going through the details of the things used and how they were, and having to recite the horrible things that they had just witnessed, all while being monitored. After they finished, the three were killed off by the respective person. Nothing too extra, just about the same as Nozomi's. 

The bodies were moved off to the side and out of the way. The others began cleaning up and getting their change of clothes ready. "Nico I didn't forget about you" Wakabayashi turned back to face her. He was now covered in Eli's Blood. Nico had gained the strength to look back at him. "I did mention that you were my favorite, so I do have a favor." He began reaching into his bag, and pulled out a tubular object. After rolling it out, it was revealed to be a limited edition poster of Nico herself. "You need to sign this for me, it would be very special, 'Nico Yazawa's last signature' and on a limited print too!" He untied her arm, and gave the pen to her shaking hands. She gave it her all, knowing that she had to, and that it would be the last thing she would ever do. He recalled the poster, and quickly killed her off just like the rest. And that was it, that was muse. Granted there still was a lot more work to do later, at least they were guaranteed to win this competition. 

a/n: yes the ending was rushed I was tired of writing this its 3000 words long D: