JOKER || Alice In Borderland

⁰¹⁸ "Witch Hunt"

Not expecting it, Chishiya sucked in a breath at feeling arms wrap around his shoulders, Koichi's hit breath fanning against his neck.

"Do you really think we'll escape? Get out of here?" Koichi voiced his thoughts quietly, his eyebrows furrowing together at the thought of being stuck here forever. It's not like this place was awful but imagining never getting back home started to creep up at him.

Chishiya raised his arms and placed them on top of Koichi's, not responding straight away. His attention turned to the blue bracelet secured around Koichi's wrist and without any thought, he started to undo it. They wouldn't need them soon anyway.

"I truly have no idea." Koichi frowned at the response but then perked up when the blonde kept talking.

"But, there has to be a way out of here. That would be cruel if there wasn't so.." He turned his head slightly to face Koichi, their noses practically touching.

"Just trust me. I'll get us out of here." Finding himself giving the ravenette a small smile in small reassurance.

Koichi stared into Chishiyas eyes with doubt and sighed quietly but nodded. "Alright. I believe you."

He did, truly. But he has no idea why he's putting his trust into someone he hadn't known for very long. He was a cautious person on the inside especially to strangers so why did he feel so comfortable, like he should trust Chishiya with his whole life even if he couldn't trust himself with it.

He wasn't able to think for very long because Chishiya pulled away, his stray bracelet in hand, as he moved towards the exit, this time followed by Koichi.

The pair found themselves outside of the building and Koichi perked at the sight of Kuina leaning against a pole. "Guess I don't need this anymore." Chishiya held both their brackets in hand as they walked next to the girl.

"Don't you feel sorry for him? Arisu I mean." Kuina questioned, suddenly pausing Chishiya in his footsteps.

"Sorry for him?" He repeated with a blank tone.

"Hm. I know I do." The girl mumbled to the boys, having this look of slight sadness wash over her features.

Koichi frowned and bit his lip while Chishiya faced Kuina. "Sometimes we have to do things in order to survive." He explained like it was a dumb question but Kuina didn't respond and Koichi eyed Chishiyas look of mischief as he continued talking.

"If you're so worried about him, then you should help him."

She frowned and looked at the ground once more, sucking on the unlit cigar. Chishiya went to walk forward again but abruptly stopped and appeared as if he was looking at something. Kuina scoffed silently and went to walk past the blonde but he halted her.

"Wait!" She froze and looked at him, Koichi raising a brow and taking a few steps so he stood directly behind them. "What's wrong?" he asked the blonde.  Chishiya didn't respond, instead he threw the two brackets in front of them, all three watching as lasers cut holes through them. Koichi gaped and touched Chishiyas shoulder passing him, carefully looking at the sides seeing the red lasers appear.

"You're joking." He whispered.

"Seriously?" Kuina said with disbelief, the three looking behind them slowly.

*cue the ominous music >:)*

A few bells chimed and then a voice started speaking over the PA.

"We would like to take this opportunity to sincerely thank you for staying at Seaside Paradise, Tokyo.

As a token of our appreciation, we will now commence a game with all 58 participants in the venue."

"Difficulty, Ten of Hearts."

"You're fucking kidding me." Koichi placed a hand over his forehead with a grimace, not liking the sound of a game being held right where they were staying. And the Ten of Hearts? A bloody heart game with all of them? Koichi felt like killing himself then and there.

"All participants must assemble in the lobby immediately. The rules of the game will then be explained. I repeat. All participants must assemble in the lobby immediately."

The three all looked at each other, all having different thoughts then collectively made their way to the lobby where everyone else was going. Koichi observed everyone in a panic, a few shouting it was ten of hearts but soon crowding around the front area. Chishiya lifted his hood up and the three made their way into the crowd soon seeing what had everyone's attention.

"Momoka!" A girl yelled in distress, running from the crowd and kneeling down. Lying there with a knife in her chest, was a girl dead. The girl sobbed at seeing her friend when all their phones chimed.

"Game, "Witch Hunt"." The murderous witch who killed this girl is hiding amongst you in plain sight. The witch role is not limited to women. To clear the game, you must find the witch and burn him or her in the Fire of Judgment."

"Time limit, two hours."

Right as the women finished, a bright glow emitted through the windows catching everyone's attention. A fire burning outside, the Fire of Judgement. Koichi gulped at the sight of the fire.

If there's a few things the boy is scared of; it's cars and fire. That fucking big thing of flames caused Koichi to take a hesitant step back and behind Chishiya who glanced at him.

This game was gonna be hard. Murderous even.

And Koichi didn't feel like he was prepared at all.

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I know it's short and dry but writing has been difficult cause I feel like everything I write is plain or dull so Bare with me -_-

On another note, thank you everyone who's read this!
I appreciate your lovely comments and the votes it makes my day truly. I'll try to get back into a writing frenzy so I can get to writing season two soon :)