The green eyed brunette was slowly opening his eyes as he lifted himself up with his arms. Urata grabbed his head in an attempt to calm his throbbing headache. He rubbed his eyes to adjust to the light— well, there didn't seem to be any light at all.

He looked up to see that he was surrounded by darkness, it was void of light or color. What? Urata was confused about where he was but his confusion went away for a bit as he spotted the guys laying on the ground.

"E-Eh? A-Are you guys okay?!?" Urata shouted in worry, but received no reply.

Urata turned to face the redhead, that was laying on his side next to him.

"Sakata?"

Urata shook his shoulders, trying to get him to move even the slightest bit. He saw that the redhead seemed to stir a bit, which calmed him down for a bit. He's still alive, that's good enough. He continued to shake the redhead's shoulder until he would get up.

"Sakata."

"...."

"Sakata."

"...."

"Oi! Get up!"

It seemed like the redhead was still unconscious. Urata was growing worried with each passing minute. The short brunette looked around to see that the guys were beginning to move a bit.

Amatsuki sat up as he rubbed his head, he still felt a small headache. The red eyed brunette looked to see that Urata was still trying to get the redhead to wake up.

"Eh? Urata you're awake?"

"No I'm still unconscious. Of course I'm awake dumbass."

"Don't have to be rude about it." Amatsuki pouted before he walked to the short brunette's side.

"Sakata won't get up?"

"Nope. No matter how many times I've shaken his shoulders, he still is unconscious."

"Maybe wake him up with a kiss~?"

Urata smacked the red eyed brunette, who whined about the pain.

"Oi!" Urata glared at him, a small blush on his face.

"You guys are too loud." Nqrse said as he was getting up.

"Sorry." Amatsuki apologized as the pink haired male looked around.

"Where are we?" Nqrse asked, the red eyed brunette shrugged his shoulders.

The three males saw that the others were gaining consciousness one by one. The guys were all awake now, except for the redhead, which made Urata start to think of the worse case scenario.

"Is Sakata okay?" Senra asked in concern as the green eyed brunette continued to try to wake up the redhead.

"He's been unconscious for a while now." Kashitaro stated as the light haired male sighed.

"Well, he used his ability before all of this and using it in a large crowd already gives him headaches." Luz said as the albino added on.

"That's true, and the headache would be even more painful so he might be really tired."

"I guess that makes sense."

"I'm still wondering where exactly we are." Shima said as the guys looked around again.

"It's completely pitch black." Nqrse said.

"Are we even on a floor?" Amatsuki asked as he looked down at the ground.

Urata rolled his eyes at the red eyed brunette's question before noticing that the redhead was getting up. Sakata was holding his head as he blinked his eyes a couple of times. The redhead looked at the guys before being almost crushed into a hug.

"E-Eh???" Sakata was startled a bit at the green eyed brunette suddenly hugging him, "Urata?"

"Shut up."

The redhead had a smile on his face before looking around to see that he was back here again.

"Oh....I'm back in the void."

"The void?" Senra repeated confusingly as Kashitaro realized something and asked the redhead.

"Wait, is this the place you guys were in after you died?"

Sakata nodded his head as the guys made an 'oh' expression. Urata let go of the hug, now feeling calm knowing that the redhead was definitely okay now.

"What happened that made us pass out?" Shima asked as he had a hard time recalling.

"Soraru....." Mafu quietly said as the memory of the raven-haired getting hit came back in their mind.

"A-Ah, we need to go back to see if he's okay!" Luz shouted as the pink haired male replied.

"But we don't know how to."

"Sakata should know." Kashitaro said as he looked at the redhead.

"I....actually don't know. Whenever I came here I would either be forced to become unconscious or Akiza would make me leave."

"So we're stuck here." Urata stated as the redhead sheepishly rubbed his head.

"I guess."

"So why are we here?" Mafu asked as the redhead furrowed his brow in thought.

"I don't know. Akiza said that she could bring us here."

"We're going nowhere with this." Luz complained as the guys were completely lost on what to do.

"Should we just walk around?" Amatsuki suggested, they really had nothing else to do.

"Lead the way Sakata." Shima said as the redhead made a confused noise.

"E-Eh? Why me?"

"Because you're more familiar with this place than us." Urata stated as the redhead sighed.

"That doesn't mean I know any directions, it's hard to tell where you're going here." Sakata mumbled as he began to walk ahead of the guys.

They followed him and walked for a few minutes, which of course felt like hours to them. The guys were starting to get annoyed at how the only thing they could see was emptiness.

"This is so boring." Luz and Amatsuki complained as the others rolled their eyes.

"Stop whining." Kashitaro said as the two males pouted.

Urata sighed at their usual whining before noticing that the redhead seemed to stop dead in his tracks. The short brunette rose his eyebrow as he walked up to the redhead.

"Oi, Sakata. What are you—"

Urata quickly moved out of the way as the redhead missed him. The short brunette widened his eyes as he saw the very familiar black snake on the redhead's tattoo. The guys saw Urata tackle the redhead in an attempt to restrain him.

"E-Eh?!? W-What's happening?!?" Kashitaro asked as the green eyed brunette pinned Sakata down.

"I don't know! He just started to attack me!" Urata shouted as he tried to calm the redhead.

"Sakata snap out of it!" Senra shouted as the guys saw the black snake disappear from the redhead's neck.

"E-Eh...?"

Sakata blinked his eyes as he stared at the short brunette. Urata let go of the breath he was holding as he removed his hands from the redhead's arms.

"Phew, he's back to normal." Shima sighed in relief as they approached the two males.

"What was that Sakata?" Nqrse asked as the redhead stayed silent.

"What do you mean?"

Sakata was confused on what the guys meant. The pink haired male pointed to the knife in the redhead's hand. Sakata widened his eyes as he threw the knife away.

"H-H-How did that happen?!?" Sakata shouted confusingly as he stared at them in shock.

"We don't know, that's why we're asking you." Mafu said as Sakata pushed the short brunette off him and scooted away a bit.

"S-Stay away! I-I might h-hurt you guys again!"

"No you won't!" Amatsuki shouted back as the blonde nodded his head in agreement.

"I agree, you stopped right when I called out your name. It was different then last time."

Sakata stared at the ground for a few seconds. Urata wrapped his arms around the redhead to comfort him.

"It's fine. You're okay." Urata said as the redhead looked at them.

"Though I'm wondering why you were controlled?" Luz stated as the red eyed brunette paled a bit.

"D-Does this mean that S-Sorato is still alive.....?"

The guys all tensed up at Amatsuki's question.

"He better not be, if he is then he's dead the moment I see him." Urata threatened as the guys could sense the short brunette's murderous intensions.

"Well I guess we should continue walking around, maybe we'll find something." Shima said as the redhead and short brunette got up from the ground.

"I think that's a good idea—"

"Help me."

The guys all turned their heads to look around to see if they could pinpoint where it was coming from.

"Please free me from this prison."

"Who's talking?" Luz asked as the albino furrowed his eyebrows.

"I don't know...but their voice sounds familiar."

"Akiza?" Nqrse said as the redhead frowned a bit.

This doesn't feel right. Sakata could sense a cold chill down his spine as they took a few steps forwards. The guys then noticed that there was something in the distance. Amatsuki used his ability to see if he could tell what it was.

"It's someone surrounded and trapped in spikes." Amatsuki said as the guys became confused.

"Is it Akiza?" Shima asked as the red eyed brunette shook his head.

"They have black hair, some of it was dyed red."

Sakata widened his eyes in fear as he stepped back. N-No.... The redhead hid behind the short brunette, who looked at him in confusion.

"Sakata?"

The redhead didn't respond and was visibly shaking.

"Sakata?" Senra said in concern.

"W-We need to get out of here. Now."

"Why? What's going on—"

The guys saw that the redhead's eyes became dull and emotionless. They quickly backed away in case the redhead suddenly attacked them again.

"Break me free."

Sakata began to walk towards the person before Shima used his ability to restrain the male.

"Oi! Sakata snap out of it." Urata shouted as the redhead broke out of his trance.

"Eh?"

"What a bunch of pest."

The guys looked to see the figure was glaring at them, their red snake-like eyes seemed to look at them as if they were watching their prey. Mafu looked closer and widened his eyes when he identified the figure.

"Y-Y-You...—!"

"I'm surprised you remember about me. I would've thought that pathetic excuse of a nephew of mine would've completely erased your memories."

"Wait Mafu you know this person?" Kashitaro asked as the albino took a few steps back.

"I-I-It's my granduncle."

The guys widened their eyes as they stared at the trapped figure. The figure could see the slight fear and panic in their eyes. What a bunch of useless humans.

"You all look terrified, but of course you would be afraid of me after everything I made you guys go through."

"So you're the one that made us suffer." Nqrse said as he narrowed his eyes at the black-haired medusa.

"Humans think they're superior than others when that's a bunch of lies. You're all weak without each other."

"Just like how you're weak without Sorato." Kashitaro said as the male medusa glared at them.

Don't speak to me about that pathetic abomination. He failed his orders, what a waste."

Sakata frowned a bit as the others looked at the male medusa.

"So now you're trapped, for good." Mafu stated as the male narrowed his glare even more.

"My own twin sister betrayed me. And left me here."

"You deserve it, and even more." Urata said as he glared at the male.

"Ah the one that the weak human wanted to save. Enjoyed my little gift?"

"Gift?" Urata said in confusion.

"Your friend is in a coma at this very moment because of the impact. Wonder how that happened?"

"Wait, you caused the accident!" Luz exclaimed as the male simply grinned.

"It's my way of thanking you for bringing me into this prison." The male said sarcastically before smirking at them.

"I have his life at the palm of my hand. Since I was the one to give him his ability, I have control over his life."

The guys all stared at the male in shock as they began to fear for the raven-haired's life.

"So I think it is wise to cooperate with me."

"And if we refuse, you're going to kill him right?" Nqrse said as the male smiled wickedly.

"Exactly, his life now rest in your hands. So the question is: will you save him or will you give up on him?"

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A/n

And so the granduncle appears

In case people are wondering his name is Akizo (very creative i know ww, didnt really know when i should've mentioned it in the story)

Hope you guys enjoyed the chapter~