Faces of the moon

The assasins blade

Maki

I'm in an arena. Not my favorite place to be. I'm an assassin. I work in the shadows not in the open pleasing a crowd, especially not a crowd of stuffed bears. But it's nothing less than I expected from Kokichi, the ultimate supreme leader.

He sits on a high thrown in the middle of the audience. A crown on his head and a smug expression playing on his face. This Kokichi is pink instead of purple though. I have my guesses why but I'm not sure.

I stay in the background beside Kaito. There's no sharp object around to fight with. Not that I would have a chance agains him here but it would make me calmer. I wish for my knife. Kokichi must have removed it when I entered the neo world program. I guess I should be grateful that he didn't dress me up in a clown outfit or a bikini, but I'm just angry.

Miu is in the lead. With her fists in her sides she looks up at Kokichi and laughs. "I'll bet that brat into a plump!", She sais.

"Oh really?" Kokichi looks down at her like she's an ant that crossed his pass. "Since your a guest here I'll let you go first."

"Ha! Wrong move you little..." Miu walked up to the nearest pawn and started pushing it forward. It moved about an inch or so. "What the hell is it! It won't move!"

"Well I guess it's my turn then!" Kokichi raised his hand but then stopped to think. "I just remembered... I don't know how to play chess."

"What!?", Miu yelled. I sighed and shaked my head slowly.

"New game!", Kokichi ordered and and the chess board changed into a simple tick-tack-toe. "And since I'm so very nice I'll let you start."

"You bitch!", Miu yelled.

"How are we even supposed to play? Are we going to draw on the floor?", Tsumugi wondered.

"For this game... you'll be the pieces! We'll have three pieces each so three of you we'll stand on the board. But be careful, when the game's over all the pieces will be discarded." Kokichi's eyes glimmer as he smiles. "And with discard I mean die."

"D-die." Himiko was suddenly shaking.

"No way! You don't have the b-balls to!", Miu said but she sounded unsure.

I sighed and took a step forward. Ouma's threats doesn't scare me. "He's lying.", I said. "Even if he wanted to kill us he can't do it here."

"Are you referring to this world, that it isn't real?" Kokichi sounded bored. "Sorry to burs tour bubble but if you die here you die in the real world too."

"Yes, I think I've heard something like that. If the body is convinced that it's dying out mind goes into chock that will kill us in the real world.", Tsumugi explained.

"That's just a myth.", I sigh. "The chock would probably effect our real body but not kill us. Let me demonstrate." I reach out my hand and look at the boy on the thrown in front of me. He raises an eyebrow and for a moment I think he won't let me, but his curiosity takes over. A knife appears in my hand, similar to my own. I guess he tried to make it look like the one I have but he couldn't remember the details.

When I grab it and feel it's weight in my hand, I immediately feel calmer. I take a deep breath in relief.

⚠️TW⚠️

"Maki-roll, wait! What..?!" I hear Kaitos voice behind me but I don't let him finish. I hold the knife in a tight grip and grit my teeth before I jab it into my through. At the same time I hear my friend scream.