Life in Borderland

The Things we do for Love

Kagami kept on moving, opening container door after container door. She had opened so many in such a small time period that her arms had begun to ache. But she had to keep on moving and more importantly, she needed her mind to stop repeating the last conversation she had with Chishiya in her head. As she closed the door on another container, Kagami's eyes were drawn to the screen that indicated that the King of Clubs team had located one of the items that gave them 500 Points. They were leading by 4500 points overall. With only a limited number of items left, Kagami needed to move even faster. Running towards a new group of containers, Kagami turned the corner only to find Kyuma himself.

"Namika, hey there." Kyuma smiled at her and Kagami began to back up. "I was wondering when I would run into you again. I honestly thought you and that Arisu would have teamed up. I guess you decided to stick with the ex, huh?" He asked. "Guess you and Chishiya aren't as serious as you make it out..."

"Two things. One, stop calling me Namika and two, stop making assumptions." Kagami growled in response before she sprinted away.

Kyuma was close behind her, but Kagami was determined to make things as difficult as possible for him as she weaved through shipping containers. Kyuma was calling out her name from behind her and she knew he was just trying to psych her out. It seemed that Kagami was the only one who, from the start, saw right through Kyuma's friendly persona. Oddly enough, Kyuma somewhat reminded Kagami of Hatter when it came to charisma. Kagami looked over her shoulder for a second to see that Kyuma had stopped in his tracks and simply watched her, causing her to frown. But, once she looked ahead of her, she quickly worked out why he had stopped when she ran right into Goken, who grabbed her arms with both hands.

"Got you." He smirked before letting her go. "Looks like you won't be seeing that guy of yours after this." Kagami jumped back away from Goken and shot him a glare. She was over this game and over these people.

"You know what, fuck you, Goken. But especially fuck you, Kyuma!" She added, pointing to Kyuma who laughed at her before the two men both ran off in opposite directions, giving Kagami no choice but to return to base.

She was angry at Arisu. If they had of attacked the base like she suggested, things would have changed. If both Kyuma and Goken were running around looking for them, then at a minimum only the woman, Uta would be at the base as she figured Maki would also be running around somewhere.

As Kagami walked back to their base, she heard the scores change not once, not twice, but four more times. The King of Clubs team had secured two items and won two battles. They were in the lead by 12 000 points. As Kagami reached the base, she sat down on the other side to where Tatta was and pressed her back against the pole while she waited for everyone else to returned. They were screwed and she knew it. Taking off the cardigan she wore, she placed it next to the pole. They also had only 30 minutes left in the game which made everything so much worse. Kagami also only had 50 points left which meant if she battled another one of the King of Clubs teammates, she was going to die. Not even a minute passed before Kagami saw Kuina, Niragi and Arisu all make their way towards the base.

"Not even 30 minutes left." Kuina sighed as she touched the pole.

"-and their up by 12 000 points." Niragi finished for her as Kagami got to her feet to face them.

Arisu was on his knees with his head in his hands and Kagami moved towards him with fury in her eyes. He should have listened to her, but he didn't and now they were going to die. Kagami had always considered Arisu to be gullible and naive, but he was taking this to a whole new level at the moment. He was off his game and quite frankly, was making terrible decisions. Seeing the look in her eye, Niragi grabbed onto her arm and pulled her to his side before she could reach Arisu. But, it didn't stop her from yelling at him.