The Fate Of Hope

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A/N: sorry this chapter is a bit... rambly but I'ma post it anyways.

Munakata had called Tengan to briefly inquire about Yukizome's condition before leaving to go find Enoshima. Tengan had dealt with her and put her into the care of a mental health facility. It pained both Sakakura and Munakata but they knew it was for the best. They hoped that Yukizome would get better under the care of professionals.

Munakata was hesistant to ask but asked Tengan for help, not wanting to be underprepared when facing off against Enoshima. He knew Enoshima was dangerous but had underestimated her when he sent Sakakura looking for her. He would not be making the same mistake.

Sakakura suggested asking Kizakura to help out. Munakata didn't really want to ask Kizakura for help but he really wasn't in a position to have the luxury of being so selective with who he requested the aid of.

After a few brief calls and gathering a couple weapons, the group set out to search for Enoshima.

"Munakata, what's the plan for what to do when we do find Enoshima?" Sakakura asked as he lead the way in the direction he saw her going in last time he went looking for her.

"Execute Enoshima," Munakata replied. Kizakura shot him a bewildered look.

"Murdering a student is a bit extreme," Tengan said, putting Kizakura's exact thoughts into words. Though, Tengan didn't seem as disturbed by the idea as Kizakura did.

"Precisely. She's been killing off students and we must ensure it never occurs again. Sometimes sacrifices must be made for the sake of hope," Munakata replied. Sakakura smiled, he appreciated Munakata's ability to be able to do the difficult things for the sake of his ambition.

"I mean yeah you're right but y'know we could just expel her," Kizakura pointed out.

"You think the murders are going to stop here if she gets expelled? Munakata's right, we've got to do the harsh thing. It's the only way to stop this mess from getting worse," Sakakura said to Kizakura.

"Are you saying that because you actually agree with him or just because it's Munakata saying it and you'll always agree with him though? What if word gets out? It'll look pretty bad if staff are discovered killing students," Kizakura replied. Sakakura stopped in his tracks.

"You say that as though all of these murders haven't been swept under the rug. My own fucking sister died and we all swept that shit under the rug like it never fucking happened. Munakata's the only one who seems to give half a damn to investigate it in the first place," Sakakura snapped back aggressively, evidently still rightfully upset about the fact that his sister had died not all that long ago. He still missed Sato every day and it pissed him off how everyone was acting like nothing ever happened. It was like she never even existed.

"Yeah I suppose you have a point there," Kizakura relunctantly agreed. "In any case I know Jin wants his daughter safe so I'll do anything to guarantee that happens. If that means letting one person die then I'll turn a blind eye to it."

"You have no right to criticize my loyalty to Munakata," Sakakura seethed. Sakakura almost wanted to call out Kizakura's hypocrisy, to point out that Kizakura was agreeing with him only for the same emotion he accused him of having cloud his judgement. He bit his tongue, resisting the tempting urge to point out that Sakakura loved Munakata for his ideals, not the other way around. There were so many words he wanted to say in his anger.

"Sakakura, that's enough. This bickering is pointless. Let's keep moving," Munakata spoke up.

"Fine," Sakakura replied and continued leading the way. Kizakura held back the urge to make some snarky jab because right now was not the appropriate time to poke fun at Sakakura. Not when there were students' lives on the line.