Gantz: The beginning

Suspect.

"We came as fast as we could," Yoko replied.

Nishi stepped in front of them, and his boots squelched in the black goo. "Sure you did."

Ryo huffed, "Well, we were a little bit preoccupied, at least I was."

Yoko smiled despite Nishi's doubt. "Are you okay?"

Jiro shook his head. "The important thing is that it's over."

Nishi looked back at the alien's remains. That was a close one; I was almost eaten by that thing! He regarded the roof of the house above them with a frown; everything happened so fast. "What's wrong," he heard Yoko say, but he was too consumed by his thoughts to answer. I was perfectly balanced, I had a perfect aim! Nishi's eyes widened when he remembered his body's sudden jolt forward. I was pushed! It was the only other explanation he could think of. Nishi looked back at his 'team;' Jiro, Yoko, and Ryo were the only ones there, but he knew they weren't responsible. "Where's the reporter?"

Yoko shook her head. "We don't know, he was with Ashi."

Ryo snorted, "Yeah, he was, but after I helped him and killed the other alien, he ran off and left me."

The information didn't surprise Nishi because now he knew the truth. "He's also the reason why I was inside that thing."

Yoko gasped, unsure if she wanted to know, but she asked anyway, "What do you mean?"

Nishi pointed to the roof in anger. "I had a good balance up there, but conveniently, I still fell."

Ryo did nothing to hide his anger. "Are you saying Daikei pushed you off?"

Nishi frowned. "Well I didn't fucking jump!" Nishi clenched a fist; he hadn't meant to answer so defensively; he tilted his head and regarded Ryo's condition. "Looks like he didn't have a problem leaving you to die, right? Reporters will do just about anything if it means their story will get published, and he knew that he had to stay alive until the end of the game to do that."

"But purposely putting one of us in the kill zone wouldn't help."

"Maybe not, but he didn't want the alien to die either."

"This doesn't make sense," Yoko said, "what would he have to gain from this?"

"Maybe he thought helping the alien instead would work in his favor," Jiro said angrily; how dare someone purposefully endanger one of his teammates.

Yoko watched as the top of Jiro's head began to disappear.

"Safe to say it's definitely over," Ryo said.

The team appeared back in the room, followed by the dog. Ryo was the first to speak when they noticed Daikei had survived. "Where the hell did you go?"

Daikei lifted his hands up apologetically. "I'm sorry, I panicked, I didn't mean to leave you like that!"

Jiro shook his head. "We work as a team."

Daikei pointed at Nishi. "What about him, he left you."

Nishi walked in front of him, shoving his hands in his jacket pockets. "I left to kill an alien, but then you know that, don't you? See, I think you knew exactly what you were doing when you left Ashi to die or how about when you shoved me off the roof!" Nishi slammed his hand against Daikei's shoulder to shove him back against the wall.

Daikei started to tremble; by now, the rest of the team crowded behind Nishi, willing to back him. "I didn't, I wouldn't!"

Nishi sneered at him and grabbed his shirt. "You figured that by leaving the alien to attack Ashi, it would distract him away from you, and you'd be safe."