||Y/n's P.o.v||

Steal the other team's flag or wipe them out is how you win the game. Who lives, who dies; if the world will be saved or destroyed all comes down to this one game of paintball and I intend to win. Whether that will benefit either side I don't know, and honestly I don't care. I don't care about anything anymore, all I know is that I'm going to make it out of this game victorious. Mr. K is the referee of our little game, essentially. He told us this via our headsets, but I'm not really worried about the rules. I've already talked to the highest official of the game there is, so I planned on breaking the rules if plenty. With nothing left to gain or loose in this game I decided to play for my own personal reasons...revenge and the only way I could do that was by picking a side, thus why it didn't really matter what side I picked. I'd just end up killing them eventually either way. Until then, I decided I'd play along with this little game that I already loathed.

I climbed up a tree before the game started so that I'd have ample time to clear my head and load up my hand gun. I knew the game started once I saw birds scatter out of trees and take flight up into the blue sky. Already, my classmates were staggering. I let out a breath and prepared for my moment to strike. I decided to camp out somewhere in between both territories, but closer to the red side, seeing as how that's most likely where I'd end up seeing both Karma and Nagisa. While I was waiting though, every once and a while I threw a rock or a pinecone to create distractions so that my fellow blue teammates could sneak by if needed. What? I may be pissed, but I am still a team player...for now at least...Anyhow, while I was in my hiding spot, I saw something...interesting. Mimura was heading right over to me. I was sure it was per Karma's instruction. He's probably relishing getting to boss people around to kill other people's spirits and lively-hoods. I grit my teeth and cocked my gun. The closer he got, the more I prepared my aim.

He was right underneath me. "Karma...I'm in position..." He said. "---Sugino and Fuwa, I think, in the forest on the right flank."

I felt my eyes narrow at him and I carefully put my gun away. Without much thinking I jumped down. Before he could react though, my hand was already over his mouth and I had a stupid green knife with blue ink right up against his throat. "Hello Mimura~" I whispered. He gasped underneath my hand, "This is nothing personal I hope you know. I just need to send a little message to your big bad boss..." And with that, I eliminated him from the game. One quick swipe against his throat and he was out. I grabbed his wrist where I saw him talk into previously. In it was his radio. I turned it on,

"Karma..." I spoke into Mimura's mike, "I'm coming for you next..."

And with that, I finally let Mimura go. "Aw man, I didn't even see you there!!" He complained. I forced a smile on my face, one that I doubt was convincing. Still though, I didn't want to come off as pissed, not towards him.

"Uhm, hey Mimura...now that you're out of the game, is it okay if I borrow something from you? I already asked Koro Sensei, so it should be fine." I asked, holding out my hand to him, to help him up.

"Oh, uhm. Sure! What is is N/n-chan?" He asked, taking my hand.

A genuine smile appeared on my face, "Oh, it's nothing big, really!" I explained.

After getting what I needed from Mimura I decided to move closer to the red territory on foot. It was a dangerous feet, and there were times I felt eyes on me that weren't really there. By pure luck I was able to get deep into the red territory without being shot or spotted. I took this to my advantage and climbed another well covered tree. Once I was hidden by the leaves I took out my extra pellets. This time in my tree, I saw Kayano and Kurahashi. They were both back to back. My eyes scanned the perimeter, searching for any red team members. I thought it was safe, but my eyes deceived me. Seemingly out of no where Okano jumped out and stained Kurashi's jacket with her paint covered knife. She went about trying to attack Kayano next, but Kayano was quick. She was able to dodge many of Okano's advances and I watched down below, my gun trained of Okano just in case things went south. They both slashed at eachother in a contrasting color knife fight. Right when I though Kayano was going to win and get the drop on Okano, she was shot mid air by Justice, who also came out of nowhere. Seeing as how Kayano was down. I waisted no time shooting both Justice and Okano without a second thought.

"Wha—" I heard Kayano say.

I didn't bother revealing myself to them. I instead jumped down from the tree I was in and hid behind it. I inched away from the tree but did not make my presence known. I instead inched further into the forest. After a while I broke into a jog, then a run. I shouldn't have done that because when I did Rio rounded a tree and I ran smack dab into her. I fell onto the ground, dropping my gun onto the floor. I rubbed my head, but the moment I noticed who I bumped into, I scrambled towards my gun, but Rio was quicker and she snatched it away from me. She then pointed her own gun at me and I felt my life flash before my eyes. 'No...' I thought. 'It can't end like this...the game can't end...not when I haven't gotten my revenge, not when I didn't get to make my peace...' I thought. Rio looked at me and her hands shook a bit as she hesitated to pull the trigger. I thought I was a goner once she squeezed it, but I never felt the impact of the pellet. I looked down in between my legs and there was the red. Right on the ground. I looked back up at her,

"What? Don't look at me like that...I'm doing you a favor, so get up and don't make me change my mind!" She told me.

I scrambled onto my feet. "Rio...why are you doing this? I'm going to kill Karma!" I reminded her.

"I know! I'm not an idiot, I heard you over our earpieces! But, that's all you want to do, right? Is kill Karma?"

"Yea, but—"

"Then take this back!" She said, thrusting my gun back into my hands, "I can see that your hurting and that you don't actually care about this game, but I do. Our agendas don't align! At this point in the game we're gonna win anyway, so killing Karma won't really matter!" She expressed.

Her face was a bit pink, which made me blush a bit as well. I stared at her dumbfounded,

"Rio..."

"Just get out of here before I tell the others I found you!!" She told me.

This snapped me back to my senses and I grabbed my bag from off the floor along with anything else I dropped. I looked back up at her once I stood upright. I then did something I wasn't really expecting myself to do, I hugged her right before I ran off. "Thank you..." I whispered. A few feet away I hid behind another tree and took deep breaths to try and calm myself down. 'What the heck was that!!' I thought, 'I'm not gay!!'

Then I thought about all the sus shit I've done just this year and my face got hotter, 'Okay, maybe a little, but not for Rio! Maybe?? God, I need to stop liking everyone who's nice to me!! I need a break from boys...girls...my bestie, everyone!!' I concluded. After I got myself together, I took a breath and took out Mimura's incognito jacket that he let me borrow. I then proceeded to shoot the jacket with the red pellets I had swiped from Rio earlier. That's how I was able to sneak past the rest of the red team. I fooled them into thinking I was already out. Once I was past them, I started running again. I was too eager to shoot him. I felt myself getting so close that I could taste it. And that's when I saw him. Instantly, I stopped moving. I knew that fiery red hair anywhere. I was quick to hide behind the nearest tree and I was content with inching my way over to him. Luckily, the rest of the red survivors were too distracted with my other teammates to notice me . That's one of my many perks, being invisible to everyone in this class.

"Come out, I know you're there." Karma said.

I remained still and silent. I heard shuffling, Karma was on the move. Quickly, I got into a running stance incase I was going to have to flee and recover, "That's you, isn't it N/n-chan? How'd you make it this far in anyways?" He asked. Now he'd done it, how'd he know it was me? I let out a sigh of defeat and stepped from out of my hiding spot. His eyes widened, and he let out a chort laugh,

"Ha! You've been shot, idot."

I smirked, and took off Mimura's jacket. I tossed it at his feet, "Not exactly...Go on...pick it up..." I urged him. He eyed the jacket suspiciously before he cautiously bent down and picked it up. My eyes followed him from the moment he bent and rose and his eyes too, did not waver from mine. It wasn't until he glanced down a the tag that he understood. Mimura's name was written in his jacket. He looked back up at me and I had my gun trained on him. He smirked at me,

"Isn't what you did...cheating?" He asked smugly.

"You and Nagisa would know a lot about that, wouldn't you? Cheating others? Well unlike you, I haven't cheated or broken any rules. I got permission"

"Ooo...'permission' I'm soooo scareddd!" He mocked, "And let's be honest about the whole cheating thing, let's be honest, Nagisa's the real pro at it. I mean, kissing Kayano in front of you and everyone else after everything you two have been through, talk about betrayal!! And to think, I was really rooting for you two!!"

I gritted my teeth.

"Shut your mouth! I know that's not true! I know a lot more about you than you fucking think , Akabane."

Karma smiled, "Yea, you got me. Honestly I couldn't care less about whether the two of you stayed together or not , I'm not a big fan of cheaters....So What though? You gonna shoot me now? Gonna take out your anger at Nagisa on poor defenseless me?" He asked.

I'm sure he already knew the answer. I shook my head and tossed my gun to the side, "No..." I said I pulled out my knife from it's holster, "This is personal..." I told him. Karma grinned and tossed the jacket to the side. He too branded his knife,

"Atta girl!! It's about time we sparred again!! Maybe you'll actually manage to beat me for the first time...or not..."

Karma then charged at me, I dodged his attacks and any ones I couldn't, I blocked.

"You fucking jerk!" I exclaimed as I moved out the way of yet another blow, "I hate you!!"

I swiped the knife at him and he dodged it like it were nothing. He ended up grabbing my wrist and turning it upwards, causing me to drop my knife,

"Oh shut up, you brat! Don't take your anger out on me when Nagisa's the one you're mad at!" He 'reminded me' via elbowing me in my gut.

I doubled over in pain. Him saying that pissed me off and I punched him in the face, causing him to stumble backwards. He held his jaw and spit out blood. I felt myself bream a little bit, I made Karma Akabane fucking bleed! His eyes narrowed at me, he looked like he wanted...to kill, me.

"What the hell's your problem?" He practically growled.

Oh, now I'd done it. I had angered the beast, and I wasn't really scared of him for the first time. Seeing that dangerous look in his eyes, I felt...ready...I felt...worthy. He wasn't going to hold back anymore, and honestly I wouldn't have it any other way.

Karma came at me again, kicking and punching at full swing. I barely had time to dodge, so I resorted to blocking. "So you gonna tell me what's wrong, or am I going to have to beat it out of you??" He asked whilst attacking me. I was able to get some attacks in and I even elbowed him in the face!

"As if you don't know you fucking dick!!" I exclaimed.

I grabbed another knife from my second holster, and I began swiping at him sporadically. Karma was just barely dodging, "I can't believe I ever considered you my friend!!" I shouted at him. Karma pushed me away and I fell onto the ground.

"Fuck this...I'm getting sick and tired of your attitude..." He said, "Maybe you'll be willing to talk things out after I kill you..."

Karma pulled out a handgun from behind his back and began shooting at me. I was just barely able to roll out of the way. "Fuck you! What did I ever do to you to deserve this?!" I exclaimed as I clambered onto my feet. "You're just as bad as Nagisa!!" I told him. Karma didn't seem to like that very much and I ran over to my gun and back into the tree line. I wasn't done though, I just needed to get behind him...

I crept and snuck over every branch and twig as Karma slowly surveyed the area. As I was coming up behind him, I put my gun back in my backpack and took back out my knife. When I jumped to make my move on him, he quickly spun around and held me in a chokehold. "Take it back...you take that back right now...Nagisa and I are nothing a like..." He muttered into my ear. I tried to break free but he only choked me tighter. I clawed at his arms, but because of his combat uniform, it was to no avail. "I would never do what he did to you... lie to you? Embarrass—no, humiliate you like that? How can you even stand to be on his side?" I felt myself tear up as he said that. I shook my head.

"Y...you're wrong....I'm not on his side...This is all for me...t-to get back at you for hurting me!!"

"Huh? Wanna say that a little bit louder??"

I felt myself actually beginning to loose oxygen. I choked on my tears a bit because of it, "I know you're not ...You're not t...telling me the truth...I heard you...I heard you..." I told him.

Karma let go of me and I collapsed onto the ground, gasping for air.

"What the hell are you talking about N/n-chan? What have I ever done but tease you?" He asked right before he kicked me in my ribs.

I fell onto my back and he got on top of me. Right beside my head was my own knife and he grabbed it. He knelt over me and tried to dive the knife into my chest. I stopped him and was trying my best to keep him from stabbing me, but unfortunately Karma is much stronger than me. I cried more.

"You ru-ruined my life!! I-I thought we were friends!! I thought that you cared about me, that you  liked me!!" I sobbed.

"Shut up...I care about you more than anyone else here does! More than Nagisa does! I cared about you before he even knew you fucking existed, you fucking idiot!! That's why I'm gonna end this...so you and everyone else on this God forsaken planet can fucking stay alive past the age of high school!!" Karma told me as he forced the knife down further.

My arms were no match to prevent the knife from getting closer to my chest. The tip of the blade was just inches away from my heart. Blue paint dripped onto my jacket. I cried more, knowing I'd soon loose to him in yet another aspect of my life.

"You're lying! I heard you!! I heard what you said about me outside of class today!! I was there!! right by the window!! I just wanted to sneak out so I didn't have to deal with this anymore!! I trusted you! I trusted Nagisa too, and you both have been lying to me!! My feelings matter too! If you didn't wanna be friends you should have just said that!!" I told him.

Karma suddenly stopped, he hesitated in delivering the final blow, and so in that split second I kneed Karma in the gut and pushed him off of me. I scrambled onto my feet and grabbed my gun—which inconveniently fell out of my bag—when Karma kicked me. I quickly retreated into the forest,

"We're not friends anymore!!" I cried. 

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The hurt in this chapter the further down you read goes absolutely crazy😳😳 Also this chapter climbed up to almost 3000 words so if you read this whole shit, even the big ass paragraphs just know I love you and I appreciate you more than life🥰🤞🤞And see you next chapter for more hurt🥰🥰