Life in Borderland

Osmosis

A/N: I am going to try and condense most of the game into two chapters. So, these next two might be a little long!

Kagami and Niragi kept on running, weaving in and out of the shipping containers that was so much like a maze it wasn't funny. How were they supposed to find any of the items in this place? Kagami stayed in the lead with Niragi close behind her. Before the fire incident, Niragi was the faster runner out of the two, but already, Kagami could tell his burns were getting to him.

"I'm glad you decided to come with me." Niragi told her.

"This isn't the time for sentimental bullshit." Kagami said in response, keeping her eyes peeled for anyone from Kyuma's team. Her tactic currently was to try and battle as many of Kyuma's teammates as she could and win points that way while Kuina and Arisu searched for items.

"Right, sorry." Niragi replied, causing Kagami to look over her shoulder at him. He was acting so strange.

The Niragi she knew apologized for nothing and pretty much demanded attention constantly. The pair locked eyes and Niragi flashed her a small smile which just caused Kagami to narrow her eyes at him in suspicion before looking back ahead of her. Turning the corner, Kagami eyes fell onto one of Kyuma's team who she believed was Maki. As he caught sight of Kagami and Niragi, he froze and looked at them. 

"We've got 5000 between us." Niragi whispered to Kagami who kept her eyes locked onto Maki.

"He can't have any more than that. It'd be stupid to give one person half their points." Kagami replied, looking to Niragi, "Let's get him."

"Yeah, let's do it." Niragi agreed.

Niragi then held out his hand towards Kagami who glanced between it and his face. He was way too eager to hold her hand for her liking and Kagami couldn't help but feel both suspicious and annoyed with him as she reluctantly took it. She didn't believe that Niragi had changed and it didn't matter that he was able to take a joke. He would have to show a lot more to prove to her that he was a different man. She just couldn't shake the feeling that everything she was seeing was all for show. Once they were holding hands, the pair ran towards Maki who froze for only a second before he turned on his heel and ran off. Knowing that they wouldn't be able to catch up to him, Kagami and Niragi stopped their pursuit.

"I guess he didn't have that many after all." Niragi said, staring ahead of them where Maki disappeared but still holding onto Kagami's hand.

"Guess not." Kagami agreed before she snatched her hand back away from Niragi who looked at her in amusement.

"Don't be like that." Niragi mused.

"I'm not being like anything." Kagami replied. "I just don't want you getting the wrong idea about us. We are still over, Suguru and nothing is going to change that." She told him quite seriously as the pair continued to move through the shipping containers.

"So, you and Chishiya must be pretty serious then, huh?" Niragi asked and Kagami couldn't help but roll her eyes at his question. She just knew he was waiting for the perfect opportunity to ask about them.

"Everything I said to Kyuma was just to get him to stop calling us a cute couple... and because he's naked and that's really fucking weird for me." Kagami replied. That was only half true, but Kagami really didn't want to talk about her Chishiya problems with Niragi of all people. She suspected that whatever mask he was wearing would immediately slip if she told him that she loved Chishiya and he loved her back.

"So, it's not serious then?" Was his follow up question and this time Kagami stopped dead in her tracks and turned to face him.

"Shut up." She snapped at him. "Stop asking about Chishiya. All you need to know is that you and I are done but, I am happy to be your friend. That being said, you can't say anything about Chishiya and if you hurt him our friendship is over. Got it?" She said and Niragi shrugged his shoulders in response.