What If The Bottle Didn't Break...?

Chapter 8

I woke up the next morning with an intense headache. I slowly sat up to find Kuzuryuu standing next to my bed.
"Kuzu...?"
He blinked and then blushed.
"Uh... I uh... Wasn't worried about you I swear... I just came to wake you up."
I laughed a little and his blush intensified.
"You don't need to act tough anymore."I assured him.
He huffed and began to walk out the door.
"There are some clean bandages on the table. Don't worry, I didn't tell anyone. Take care of yourself."
As soon as he closed the door I realized what he had said.
I was no longer wearing Komaeda's coat. It was neatly folded next to me. My bandages had also been changed. Kuzuryuu did this? I guess he does care about us after all... After I changed my bandages and put my clothes on, I grabbed Komaeda's coat and left the cottage.

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(We all know what happened after that. The same thing that happened in the game. I don't have much to say for that, or the first part of the trial. I'll be skipping around alot in the trial, so sorry for that.)

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"Yes, Nanami Chiaki was an AI!"
I slowly felt the color draining out of my face. I knew she was off, but that much? An AI?
Junko laughed... A laugh filled with despair. I absolutely despise everything that's happened from the moment we've got here... My only light of hope was.... Hah, he would be really happy if I told him that...
"Why did she start acting like a fucking weirdo in the trial then?" Kuzuryuu asked angrily.
"Her personality did a full 180. Why?"
Junko put her finger to her chin and grinned.
"Well, honey, even advanced AIs such as herself can malfunction. It was simply just a crack in her code. Which is what caused to kill Komaeda-kun. You see, a virus infected the Neo World Program. That's what caused the killing game in the first place. Eventually Nanami-chan's code started to get infected too. It completely broke it's settings and that happened! Satisfied?"
I blinked, confused. Just a virus? All it was is a virus? I looked around slowly at everyone, and they looked just about as confused as I did.

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"Hajime."
"Hinata-kun"
I somehow felt myself floating in midair. I had no idea what in the world was happening, but two people stood- well floated in front of me.
Chiaki and Komaeda.
"I... I can't do this... I don't want to disappear! You don't understand..." I vented. Komaeda gave me a hug and Chiaki smiled.
"Just do what you think is best, okay?"
"I believe that your choice will bring a great hope no matter what it is, Hinata-kun!"
I felt tears welling up in my eyes. I began crying as Komaeda tightened the hug and Chiaki joined in.
"It's going to be ok. You'll see us when you get out, Hinata-kun."
As soon as my head shot up, I was back at the trial grounds...

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I looked around at the collapsing building. With my friends around me... I'm not sure what Komaeda meant when he said "You'll see us when you get out"... but I was probably hallucinating.
"This is it." I heard Nevermind remark.
"Yeah..." Souda smiled.
"You guys will remember me, right?" He laughed.
Kuzuryuu nodded excitedly.
"You better remember me too, asshole!"
"Me too!" Owari yelled.
"Let's do this." I smiled them, and for the first time in a long time, they smiled back. Genuine smiles. We were happy to be leaving, happy to know that we might see our friends again. Happy to know that we're going to have a better life... I don't know what's going to happen when we get out of here, but I'm excited for what will come!

(A.N. are you surprised? This is the end! This is the FIRST time I've ACTUALLY finished a book! Don't worry, there's going to be a sequel (Komahina of course) with the both of them and their classmates working at Future Foundation! Anyway, see ya there! Thanks for reading to the end!❤️❤️❤️)