Crimson Red

.:Meeting:.

"What cost?'' I muttered to myself. Instead of texting them back, I decided that I'll ask them in person.
The warning bell rang for lunch to be over. Weaving my way through people, I finally made it back to my class. "Saki-chan, can I borrow a pencil?'' Shuka came up to me as I was sitting down. "What happen to all your pencils?'' I asked. "I- I broke them.'' She admitted. Sighing, I handed her my pencil that said 'I am a strawberry'. 

"Thanks. I promise I'll give it back. " she prance off to her seat. Waiting for class to start, I started thinking about who 'T' is. 'Are they a man or woman? Is it a trap to kill me? What do they want from me?'   My thoughts got interrupted when Nakasumi sensei came through the door. The entire class, he kept looking at me. not making a expression or anything. just a straight face. 

After school, Shuka came up to me. "Wanna go to Ippudo after tennis club?'' She asked excited. "No I have to go to my moms house to help her with redecorating the house. She said she'd stop sending me allowance if I don't help her this once.'' I lied, ''could you tell Nogoia sensei that I fell sick?'' I pleaded. She hesitated,  "Ok. But next time we go to Ippudo, you're paying''.  

 I hurried home and readied myself.

Once it got 23:30(11:30pm), I put on a long sleeve shirt and jacket to make sure that my bracelet was hidden. I let my long black hair up in a ponytail which I pulled through a hat. Then started out to shibuya station.

"Mei-chan!'' I heard the landlord say to my left. "Oh! You startled me!'' I said. "You shouldn't be out so late by yourself.'' She said concerned. "I'm just going to the convenient store.'' I lied. "Be careful.'' She said as she walked up to the garbage cans. She's so caring but I didn't know if I could trust her.

When I got to Shibuya station, it was 23:40(11:40). As I was waiting I decided to read the rules and information for the game since I have yet to read them.

Rule 1
Players must fight at least 3 people every week unless protected by shelter ticket. The player(s) that fail to follow this rule will be killed by Duboku Kutsu.
rule 2
Players may create a clan/group in which one of the heads of the clan/group must be of at least rank c. [Note: no less than 2 people must agree to start a clan/group]
Rule 3
Players may avoid a fight only once a week by tapping the "cancel battle" button. The player(s) that fail to follow this rule will be killed by Duboku Kutsu.
rule 4
When you kill another player you will earn all the points they have as well as all their weapons and tickets.

When I got done reading the fourth rule, a train came. Due to the fact that we are to meet at Shibuya station, I figured that I would be waiting for someone to get off the train so, I started to go up to the train doors. "Murasaki-san?'' I heard a little girls voice say. I turned and saw a girl who looked to be 15 and wore a loose white hoodie with the hood up and paired with with a black backpack and a black pair of jeans. "Uh..yes. who are you?'' I said. "It's not safe here. We should talk elsewhere.'' She pulled my arm and guided me 15 minutes away  to a abandoned building. The entire time, we didn't say a word. She showed no indication to want to converse with me and I was okay with that. looking at the building me goosebumps up my arms. 

She stopped and turned to me. "Ok, just call me Info Broker or I.B. '' She said finally. "Ok..'' I agreed. "So what are we doing here?'' I asked. "No one knows what I look like and you get to be one of the first few to ever get the chance or be considered the chance to see me. Your recent fights have interested me to meet you and ask you some questions.'' She said, getting straight to the point. "Firstly, did you read the rules of the game?'' She turned around. "Only up to the fourth rule.'' I took out my phone to show her where I left off on the app. "Ok. Then I'll start by telling you about the 'Great 6'.'' She let out a sigh. "They are a clan that is said to be strongest in the game and consist of 20 players.'' She sat down on some nearby rubbish. "Then why are they called 'The Great 6'?'' I asked. "They were originally created from 6 member but four of them got killed. You might be able to identify them because they look like yakuza but look girly with the game bracelets. The top two leaders are Shoruku Toto and Korsukamoko Yagano. They are rank A players.'' She said, pulling a bag of honey butter chips from her bag. "What are ranks?'' I ask. 

 She let out a long sigh. "You may have gotten lucky in your fights but, you're pretty stupid huh? They are to show how powerful a player is.'' She replied with a chip in her mouth. 

"Do you know how many players there are? Are you a player or spectator? When I fought Yagasumi-san, she surrendered, what does that do? Does it count as a kill?'' I asked in curiosity. The looks she gave me after I asked those questions made it clear that she was annoyed. "I do know how many players there are. I too am a player. And the only way to finish a battle without killing someone is to say that you surrender but that will not count as one of the people you kill in that week unless you kill someone. When a player surrenders, points are taken from both players. The amount of points are the amount of time the battle has been happening. Every 5 minutes, 500 points are taken.So if the battle has been going on for 15 minutes then 1500 point will be taken from each player. Any other questions?'' She said, continuing with her snack. "What rank are you and what's your ability? You're and infor broer so hat must mean you can help me find out my ability?'' I felt a little bad about asking all those questions but I had to find out. "I'm rank B and you don't need to know what my ability is because you can just look it up yourself." she paused,  "I have an idea about what you ability is and what I learned from your recent fights is that you are able to use other people's abilities and disable their use of them. But the thing that is weird is that you have one of your own. Maybe it has something to do with the telekinesis but I'm not so sure. I hope that I'll be able to find out more about your ability.'' She said as she crushed the,now empty, bag of chips. "Telekinesis?'' I repeated. "Yes. When you fought Yagasumi-san, you pushed her out of the way. I don't know exactly how but, you have made the game more interesting. especially because she's the untouchable queen. for someone who's quiet, she's quite flashy isn't she?" 

I don't understand what she's telling me exactly but it seems his game really has gone on for a while. "how long has this game gone on for?" I ask without hesitating, "it's been several months. No one knows exactly how this game started, even me. ma-" she stopped and looked at her phone. she looked up at me and said "looks like it's my cue that I need to leave. Don't misunderstand and connect  me to what's about to happen but I'll make this quick. As a spectator, I'm allowed to get notified when a threat has come in the vicinity with malicious intent. There is a player here with the intent to kill you. He's coming  through the north entrance of this building. Listen, I believe that he has used a cheat because we're completely  out of the way and I checked to see if anyone was following us and no one was with us so he must have seen you on the tracking map but that can only be possible when you initiate a fight which is also only possible when both opponents are with 5 meters of each other. I'll come back when the fight is done to congratulate you." she said quickly and disappeared into nothing. "WHAT!?"