Higurashi No Naku Koro Ni: Sedai (A Murder Mystery)

[Szayel Aporro]

Nana looked at everything that was going on. It was way too soon for this to be happening. They were just playing a friendly game of paintball! Hearing Sakiko scream like that nearly made Nana want to cry out, herself. She clenched her fists, looking at Szayel converse with Sakiko, and she looked just as terrified.
She shook off the thought, "We'll leave you alone, okay, Szayel-sensei? Kiko-chan?"
This was his business, and she didn't want to interrupt.

Szayel sighed, watching Sakiko break down into tears. He shut his eyes, and got to eye level with her. "We all do senseless things, sometimes. Your sister will be fine." He stood up straight, and adjusted Masako in his arms, trying to cover up the wound as best as he could to stop it from further bleeding.
"Come with me to the clinic, I... have something for you too." He said, in a much more serious tone.

Once they got there, he set Masako down on one of the gurneys, turning her head to the side a little. Fixing her up wouldn't require as much, how she would act when she woke up was an entirely different subject.
Wrapping bandages around her head to protect her from bleeding anymore and would hopefully close the wound faster than if it were left out to the particles in the air.

"Now, Sakiko. I just want you to calm down, alright?" He looked through one of the draws at his desk, and placed a test tube holder, filled with numerous liquids on the surface. He picked one of the syringes up and looked at her. "This wont cause any harm to you, alright? It'll... return you back to normal."
He didn't want to go into too much detail, pulling out a needle was frightening enough.

Nana over to Mayonaka and Light, who was on the floor in a nice huge puddle of water.
"Light-kuuun, are you alright? We all sort of got distracted! Gomenasai!" She smiled, trying to lighten up the mood a little.
She stood beside May, but didn't look at her. She knew that May was just as concerned as Nana was about the whole situation.
"The battle's not over yet, anyway. We haven't picked a winner." She smirked.

[Artistry of Schedius]

"Don't die don't die don't die don't die... Sako-chan, don't leave me..."
"Nonononono, I didn't. I DIDN'T! "
"I DIDN'T DO IT! I DIDN'T DO IT! I DIDN'T DO IT, I DIDN'T! I DIDN'T!"

Light over heard the converasation over in the pool of water and wondered what happened. Someone was screaming about not doing it. But not doing what? He sat in the water for a while pondering over this. Just infront of him, there was a wide gap in the bush where he rolled into and saw a gun lying on the floor; it was covered in blood.
"That's Sakiko's gun," he said quietly. Next to the bloody gun was a girl lying on the floor, she had green hair and it was stained it red. "Masako?"

Sooner or later, Nana came back dragging Szayel by the wrist in a hurry.
"Sakiko-chan... was this your gun?"
"Y-yes..."

Light saw May running towards him in concern.
"Light-o!" Mayonaka ran off to the pool of water and reached in to grab the poor boy. "Sorry, sorry, sorry!"
"Its okay," he replied as he got up on his feet. His clothes were now soaking wet, his hair flat down on his head. He shivered as the cold wind blew towards him and sat back down.
"Light-kuuun, are you alright? We all sort of got distracted! Gomenasai!" Nana smiled, trying to lighten up the mood a little.
Light smiled back at Nana as if the incident with the twins never happened.
"Yes Im okay thanks." he laughed.
He looked around the area and saw that Szayel-sensei was carrying Masako and Sakiko followed him.

"The battle's not over yet, anyway. We haven't picked a winner."
Light scrambled to his feet, trying to find his gun. It was lying in the water and grabbed it.
"We're still doing it?" he asked and cocked his gun, ready for the action.

[Crimson]

Sakiko's teary eyes met Szayel's, as he crouched and looked at her calmly.
"We all do senseless things, sometimes. Your sister will be fine."
She nodded again, trusting the pink-haired doctor.
"T-t-thank you, Grantz-sensei..." she whispered quietly, looking at the ground.
"Come with me to the clinic, I... have something for you too."
He sounded serious; Sakiko raised her head, bit her lip, and then stood up slowly, avoiding the stares her friends shot at her.
Soon they arrived to the clinic, Sakiko following Szayel, who was carrying the still unconscious Masako. They stepped into a white room; the green-haired girl sat down on a chair, staring at her hands sadly as Grantz-sensei treated Masako. After a moment the doctor turned to her - Sakiko raised her gaze towards him carefully.
"Now, Sakiko. I just want you to calm down, alright?"
Sakiko's muscles tensed; something was up. She nodded, not saying a word. When she saw him preparing a syringe, her emerald eyes widened in shock. What was he about to inject into her?

"This wont cause any harm to you, alright? It'll... return you back to normal."
The short-haired teen gulped. Yet before Szayel stepped forward, she spoke:
"Return me... back to normal?" she asked, fear reflecting from her stare, "I-is there something wrong with me?"

[Szayel Aporro]

In truth, Nana didn't want the others to think about what happened. Drop the subject, she knew it was the best solution. Especially when she saw Hanyuu come by to her, squealing with fear, thinking that it was already too late. But Nana had faith in her friends, and telling them why everyone reacted so strangely to Sakiko's behavior would just make everyone explode. It was too early for that.

Nana chuckled, taking out her gun. "It should be a quick match. We don't want to keep Kiki and Sako-chan waiting too long!" She said.
The small blue haired girl smiled violently, taking her 'weapon' and raising it at the older student, aiming it right at his chest.

"I'll do the count off again!" Nana smirked, turning towards Mayonaka now, "One..."
She stepped forward.
"Twwooo~"
She cocked her weapon.
"Three~"
Preparing her aim.
"GO!!!"
And she shot her weapon.

Szayel shut his eyes, clenching his teeth. He knew that she would ask a question such as that. But what could he tell her.
"No, no, no, no. I can tell, that you're just under high levels of stress. You were playing paintball with your sister and your friends, correct?" He asked, keeping his distance from her. Szayel didn't want to scare her off by moving any closer with a syringe in his hands. He wasn't trying to frighten the girl.
"You two can get pretty competitive when playing games such as that and... eventually it becomes a big deal for power and winning." A smile. "My brother and I used to be like that too."
He set the needle back onto his desk, "You don't have to take the injection if you don't want to. But... I highly recommend it. If you don't... you should just go home and take a nap, or something. Clear your mind. I can be the one to tell you're mother what happened to your sister, she'll understand." He replied to her, trying to make the situation as friendly as possible, 'She would understand... she knows what the disease does to people...'

[Crimson]

"No, no, no, no. I can tell, that you're just under high levels of stress. You were playing paintball with your sister and your friends, correct?"
"Yes..." Sakiko replied, biting her nail. She was starting to get even more nervous... a weird feeling started to grow inside her. Maybe it was stress after all - this young already?
"You two can get pretty competitive when playing games such as that and... eventually it becomes a big deal for power and winning. My brother and I used to be like that too."
Sakiko sighed in relief, as the needle was put on the desk. She disliked needles greatly.
"You don't have to take the injection if you don't want to. But... I highly recommend it. If you don't... you should just go home and take a nap, or something. Clear your mind. I can be the one to tell you're mother what happened to your sister, she'll understand."

She was silent for a while, thinking how her mother was going to react to the news. He would probably be horrified... and maybe a little angry.
Should she take the injection? Grantz-sensei was a clever man, he always knew what to do. She could definitely trust her health into his hands. Breathing in deeply, she pulled up the sleeve of her purple shirt, revealing her arm.
"I'll take it, sensei", she said quietly, starting to prepare herself for the injection, trying to relax her muscles to cause as little pain as possible.

[Artistry of Schedius]

"It should be a quick match. We don't want to keep Kiki and Sako-chan waiting too long!"

He knew that was coming, since there was only half of them left outside of the school. It's been quite a while since the Twins had disappeared and yet; nobody wants to talk about it. Why, how? Light kept it to himself for now and put on a serious face, still determined to win. He felt a light press on his chest and looked down on it and saw the tip of the paint gun and looked forward only to see Nana's wicked smile.
Okay I'm scared now, and swallowed hard.

"I'll do the count off again!" Nana smirked, turning towards Mayonaka now, "One..."

"Twwooo~"
Light shuffled backwards, away from his target so that he could get a good aim.
"Three~"
He lifted to his eye level and kept his eyes at them.
"GO!!!"
There was a gun shot and purple balls hurtled towards them both.

In an instant, Light pulled at his trigger unintentionally, red balls flew out of the barrel. He jumped to on his side narrowly missing the ball. He looked up and a pair of legs were standing in front of him.

[Szayel Aporro]

"I'll take it, sensei" Sakiko said silently.
Szayel did a mental sigh of relief, knowing that it probably wouldn't have ended too well if she were to skip out on the offer. It was better to act now than if it were too late.
"Alright, Kiki-chan. Relax, I'll make the procedure as painless as possible."
He moved over to her, taking Sakiko's arm in one hand, and disinfecting the area where he would inject her carefully. He placed the top of the needle to her skin and impaled the skin with the greatest of sensitivity, pressing down on the syringe to inject the liquid into her veins.
After a couple of seconds, he pulled it out and set it on his desk, placing a small bandaid over the area to stop it from any further bleeding.
"All done." Szayel smiled at the teenaged girl. "You can tell your mother that I'll be looking over Masako for a couple of more hours. She has the clinic's number if she needs any more information, alright?"
His ember eyes traveled over to the door, and he sighed.

"Szayel."

"Cirucci, I'm in the middle of work."

"What happened?"

"I'll tell you later, okay"

The scientist rolled his eyes, knowing what she came by for. But he knew what he was doing. This vaccine had been in the works for decades, and Szayel was just perfecting it. There was nothing wrong with that.
Turning back to Sakiko, "You're sister will walk out of here, fine, alright?" Smirk.

Nana smiled, aiming the gun down at Light, who was just clumsy enough to shoot his bullets without realizing it, causing a series of rather unfortunate events for him.
"I think yoou lose, Light-o-kunn~" She grinned, pulling the trigger.

[Artistry of Schedius]

"I think yoou lose, Light-o-kunn~"

Light's eyes widened in fear as the purple paintball travelled towards him. He was cornered and could not do anything, his gun was out of ammos. As he was admitting his defeat by staying on the floor, he felt a quick but painful pressure on his forehead and pushed him backwards on to the floor. His gun slid across the ground, making an annoying screeching noise.
Everything spun around Light wildly, making him even more dizzy. he slowly lifted his head and tried to focus on a object infront of him. It was blurry and half visible, as if a blanket of fog hovered on top of it.
"Nana..." he croaked.

The sky was the last thing he saw at that moment.

"Light-kun?"

[Tenyasyugan]

Mayonaka was still slightly shaken up by all the things that had been happening. Realizing that Nana wanted to continue playing, May had no wish to say otherwise. Nana began her countdown again, this time aiming clearly for Light. Mayonaka was smart enough to distance herself again. Dashing off for cover, she saw Nana end her count and the poor teenage boy get shot. Giggling at the game and forgetting her other worries, May aimed her gun to shoot at the only other competitor. But... Something was up with Light. He was acting funny....

OH NO! Nana shot him in the head! "Pause!" May ran up, gun slung around her side and barely staying there by the strap. Worrying about the boy, she stood in front of his vision. "You shot him in the face, Na-chan!" Gently, she prodded the purple mess that was getting into his hair. Welt. Holding her hand up in front of his face, May lifted up 3 fingers. "How many am I holding up?" Eh... For some reason this felt normal. But this was one of the first times she'd played Paintball with Light. In fact, she hardly ever played games with the boy. She was too busy off doing her own things.

[Artistry of Schedius]

"You shot him in the face, Na-chan!"
Light could just about hear a voice, she sounded really concerned and it was angelic to his ears. Trying to keep his eyes awake and stay concious, he looked at the things that was lifted up to his face. It looked like fingers; no more like small puddles of mud.
"um...ugh...iunno wozat is..." he garbled. "uhh..."

This was the second time had played games this violent and this will be his last.

Another figure came behind May, it looked like a tall man from the stature. He hovered on top of May and said something to her.
"May...who's...who's there? Behind..you..."
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Seto strode across the Hinamizawa school and saw a bunch of kids playing a game. One of them was lying on the floor in agony, the another one was just standing next to him lifting up three of her fingers and the final one was standing there with her aim at the girl who is standing next to the teenager.
"Paintball? Why would they play such a dangerous game without any gears?" he puzzled himself. "Heh, I guess I should stop them before anybody gets hurt...even though i would challenge them myself; kids are no match for me anyway. But I shouldn't underestimate seeing how one of them is now half-concious."

He carfully approached the blonde haired girl who was still standing. Seto looked down on the red-haired teenage boy and saw a purple stain on his forehead as well as a bruise where the ball must have made its impact.
"May I just ask what happened here?" he said to the girl.

[Tenyasyugan]

"um...ugh...iunno wozat is..." he garbled. "uhh..." Yeah. His mind was on vacation. "You must've gotten hit hard then." Considering how close Nana had been, heck yeah he got hit hard. What he said next caught May off guard though.

"May...who's...who's there? Behind..you..."
"Hmm? Behind?" the Blonde turned and looked and saw a tall, young man, towering behind her. She gave a slight jump, almost tripping over Light, and stared.

"May I just ask what happened here?"
"May I ask why you sneak up behind young girls like that?" She wasn't really trying to be rude, it was just her thing to lead people in circles. It was pretty obvious what had happened. Light had paint splatters on his face, and both Mayonaka and Nana had paintball guns. Light's was laying off to his side, waterlogged and forgotten.

[Artistry of Schedius]

"You must've gotten hit hard then." "I guess...so."
He looked up to the young man, he squinted his eye and recognised the blue coat and the popped up collar. And that smile that he barely see and the empty look on his face. He'll never forget how he always look so emotionless. He was grinning at Light, mocking him in the same way that he...

As May turned around and nearly fell over him, he rolled on his front and struggled to get up. His elbow slipped and he landed on the floor again with a thud and hit his head on a rock right in front of him.
Everything went black again.

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"May I ask why you sneak up behind young girls like that?"
"I don't, you were just paying too much attention to him...Do you even know who you're dealing with? " Seto replied sharply." And who's that anyway?"
This was his normal tone but this would normally scare who he was conversing with. He looked at the boy on the floor who was now trying to get up on his feet and failed. Trying not to laugh, he looked at where the gun was and went over to look at it and carried it back with him.
"Why are you playing in the first place?"

[Tenyasyugan]

"I don't, you were just paying too much attention to him...Do you even know who you're dealing with? " Seto replied sharply." And who's that anyway?"
Now, that, was rude. "That's Light, a friend of mine. And I take it your some pompous new comer from another city, neh?" Mayonaka folded her arms across her chest. She glared at the man as he walked over and grabbed Light's paintball gun. She noticed then that the boy had managed to knock himself out cold. May was torn between laughing and sympathy.

"Why are you playing in the first place?" The man held up the paintball gun questioningly.
"Well, last time I checked, we're kids. And kids play with their friends." She was frowning now. Was he blind or something?

[Artistry of Schedius]

"That's Light, a friend of mine. And I take it your some pompous new comer from another city, neh?"
"Indeed. Hey, did you just call me 'pompous'? Nobody-Nobody calls me pompous except for my brother" he snapped and looked at the student. His eyes returned to the paintball gun with care, trying not to break it even more and saw someone's name somewhere at the bottom. This Isn't Light's. The name hidden here is not Light. Its something else that starts with a 'R'. He saw that there weren't anymore paintballs in it. Seto went over to his metal briefcase and opened it. Inside were hundered of cards and paintballs. He took out some paintballs and reloaded it.

"Well, last time I checked, we're kids. And kids play with their friends."
"You're probably thinking that Im blind. Last time i checked in an eye clinic they said i needed glasses but i still havent got it" he joked. Seto gave the girl a smirk and cocked the gun.

"You do realised that you're facing an expert at games; may it be childrens games or not. So are you game?"

[Crimson]

"Alright, Kiki-chan. Relax, I'll make the procedure as painless as possible."
Sakiko closed her eyes, forcing her body to relax. She still felt, how the needle pierced her skin - the feeling made her want to shudder, but to avoid pain she stayed still. Soon it was over; Szayel put a bandage over the spot where she had been injected. Sakiko realized, that she had been holding her breath all that time, finally breathing out in relief.
"All done. You can tell your mother that I'll be looking over Masako for a couple of more hours. She has the clinic's number if she needs any more information, alright?"
The green-haired teen started to be afraid of talking to her mother. What would she say? Would she shout at her? Probably. Would she punish her? Most likely. Sakiko's fear grew more and more as she thought about it.
"A-Alright", she stuttered out, standing up. That was when she noticed a woman at the door, peeking inside. She recognized her as Grantz-sensei's wife. The two exchanged a few words before she went away.

"You're sister will walk out of here, fine, alright?"
Sakiko nodded, feeling much better as she saw Szayel's assuring smirk.
"Thank you, Grantz-sensei", she said and bowed, looking at the unconscious Masako one more time before turning around and walking out of the room, towards home, fear and panic creeping across her mind.