Ｉ ｗｏｕｌｄ Ｌｏｖｅ ｔｏ Ｌｉｖｅ {ᴀ ʟᴏᴠᴇ ʟɪᴠᴇ ᴀᴜ ғᴀɴғɪᴄ}

"Cornered"

Umi was busy telling all the plans as Eli, Rin and Maki was listening until the redhead doctor took notice about something off. The oldest girl in the group has her head away from most of them,staring up at the corner of the walls and ceilings. "Azrael,is there something wrong?" The formality between the girls was already gone after a few weeks of staying under the grey-head's wings.

Maki was about to question further when the female turned when she noticed the security camera which is pierced and broken by a throwing knife already. She turned to Azrael who looks agitated and she headed out of the secret room  back to the crowd.

"Wait!" Rin finally noticed that there's something happening between Maki and Azrael and she was about to stop the chief officer for getting any further but the older girl brushed her off. The female sooner snapped her head around and she shoot her piercing gaze towards Umi who has her head down. She didn't noticed the pair of shady men behind her. 

"I'm sorry guys.. This is all a part of their plan.."

Kotori's eyes went wide open and she immediately turned to Azrael. "No!"

Before Azrael could turn around to defend herself, the persons behind her already held her by her underarms and gripped around her shoulders tightly. Their large bodies are enough to recognize them as the guards from the entrance earlier. " Let me go!" She groaned and struggled and she tried to move her elbows but they are way too strong for her league and she was already in their hands.

Eli being the nearest to Umi other than Kotori, strangled the bluenette in between her forearms and biceps that made it harder for the girl in her arms to breath. She pulled out her gun from her back and pointed it at Umi's temple while Kotori was still in shock about the current scenario she was in.

Maki and Rin also pulled out their own handguns and Rin pointed hers at the guards while Maki was gritting her teeth as she shakily aim her gun at her older friend.
 
"LET HER GO AND I'LL LET GO OF YOUR FIGHTER!" Eli growled as she digs her gun's mouth further on Umi's temple that it made the girl groan in pain. The guards didn't said a single thing nor muttered any reactions,they simply tightened their grips around Azrael's shoulders just like how Eli digs her gun's mouth at Umi's temple.

Rin was glaring at the guards, her gun was aimed and she was ready to pull the trigger any time. Maki on the other hand was on the verge of crying as her gun shifts around the dark room,from Umi and Eli, and to the guards who holds Azrael. She gritted her teeth when her gun finally find the right target, Umi.

" S-seriously..!?" The redhead doctor shakily yet angrily asked Umi who was groaning in Eli's arm,she tries to free herself to no avail. Eli was also shaking like Maki but her emotions are far from from clear and it's unhealthy for everyone of them. 

"Are you on drugs..?!" Maki shouted again at her friend but received no answer.  " Are you really going to sell us off.. !? For what!? Your safety!? Money?!"

Rin can feel herself crying from frustration as she listens to Maki.

"Are you fucking insane. !? How many times did you hit your head while fighting..!?" This time, Maki was already tearing down and her voice was shaking uncontrollably out of anger.

"Umi.. Why..?" Kotori asked as her voice echoed around the room,making the tension go higher. She tilted her head with a worried expression in her face to see Umi's reaction,hoping that she will see sadness, fear or even worry but she saw nothing but anger.

"Umi.." It was Kotori's last word before silenced gunshot hits Eli's shoulder,Forcing her to let go of the traitor who punched Maki's forehead immediately before the redhead could fire back. Rin shifted her body from the guards to aim her gun at Umi but she find it hard to fire when Umi smiled at her. The memories as an idol came back to her; she remembers that time when they auditioned along with Hanayo and Maki, their practices, their little games and that time when Umi copied Rin to change their personas. All the good memories caused her to shake and the gun fell from her hands that gave Umi time to jump, spin and knock her down by kicking her at her temple.

Azrael wriggled harder to free herself and avenge her comrades despite of the pain digging to her shoulder, but a hand hits the top of her head that instantly knocked the consciousness out of her.

Shits happened in a matter of seconds as Eli and Kotori watch their friends fall one by one in front of them. Kotori fell down unto her knees to aid Eli who slides down the wall while holding her bleeding shoulder. "E-Eli-san!" Kotori cried out and Eli groaned in pain when her friend touches her wound while panicking.

"Shit..!" The blonde cursed under her breath and she looked up to see Umi looking down at them. Her eyes looks empty and lifeless. Is she drugged like Eli? But why does she act normal just a few moments earlier? Countless questions circled through her mind as her consciousness slowly drifted until her head finally fell to the cold ground. The last thing she saw was Kotori being dragged by the traitor and her friends getting carried by the guards. 

They are done.. They failed to save Honoka and themselves.

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It was coming back...

The traumas..

The pain of being held and chained down in a chair...

The sight of enormous crowd cheering for your death and prize... 

" We're back again at our idol  Auction! LOVE LIVE HELL HAS MUSE AGAIN!!!"  The familiar voice rang out through the speakers seated in the corners and under the bleachers. Some costumers are startled by the host's voice and they laughed and giggled as if selling and buying people was a normal thing for them.  Rin was the first one to see and hear everything with her aching ears and terrified eyes. She was presented in front of the crowd again, but they aren't preforming nor talking to the audience; they are chained down on chairs once again, their mouths are free from any tapes that will allow them to speak but all she do was open it out of fear. She looked beside her and saw Eli who was still unconscious. Her blonde hair was messy and it lost it shine from all the shits that happened to her. On her other side was Maki who was groaning and trying to open her eyes and in front of them,standing in the middle with hands chained behind her while fazing the crowd was Azrael. Her head hangs low and it was supported by the rope around her neck that extends up to the post above her.

" W-wait.. No.. They are going to hang her... " Rin muttered to herself and snapped her head to where Maki is.  "Maki!" She whispered shouted to the groaning girl who was still trying to wake herself up. The host might have heard them and he walked behind Rin and held her shoulder with a firm grip before leaning down to whisper against her ear. "There's no point of waking up each other because you all fucked up for raiding my lair. Once you closed your eyes,there's no waking up..."

Rin's eyes went wide open, they aren't just auctioned to be brought like before. They are going to place bets on their deaths. 

She realized that the host was the same as the one who sold them off to those bastards who made them suffer. Anger rose up to her face and she started growling in anger, the trauma was replaced by rage as the Host slowly approach their savior and held her jaw while facing the audience.

"Today's event isn't like the last ones! Today's event was named "The Revenge!" Even though the Host was covering most of Azrael's body,Rin can see him lifting the police head up to face the audience.

"Remember this fucker?" The host asks as he face the audience with his creepy doll mask and smirked under it.  

" I don't know how she survived from her buyer but this shit is trying to take revenge of me with the use of this girls!"

' We... We're tools for her..?'