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Chapter 35: Ribbon

"That's right, if one of you could open the door!" Lucy giggled, "I don't know how to use this key either! It's a complete mystery to me! The real game starts now! Obviously, the weretiger is very good at tag! The pretty one seems to be easy to catch but fun to play with. As long as they're on the board, you seem to have motivation! Once I take them though, I'm sure you'll crack!"

Her words caused Atsushi and you to glance at each other. It was becoming more and more obvious that she had a new main target: you. You grumbled under your breath, "why does this always happen?"

"I wonder just how much longer you'll last!" With that, Anne prepared to pounce on you.

Although Atsushi reached to grab you, you decided to get out of everyone's way and run towards a present box. Once you were there, you crouched and hid, sneaking into a dark crack so you wouldn't be seen by Anne. The doll quickly rushed over to quickly search the area, until you heard Atsushi screaming to catch her attention and make sure she got away from you, successfully causing her to dash off in his direction.

During this time, you decided to make a game plan. Remaking the key out of your ability wasn't impossible. But in order to make it, you'd probably have to run up to the door. Then you could just fill the keyhole with crystals and turn it.

Making a quick decision, you ran out of your hiding place and sprinted towards the door holding the hostages. Your hand was outstretched as if that could somehow help you reach it faster. You were almost halfway there when you decided to quickly glance over in Atsushi's direction. Of course, you just happened to look over as he fell from the sky, a ribbon hanging from the ceiling blocking him from leaping to another wall.

"Atsushi!" You yelled out as concern got the better of you. His eyes locked with yours as he sat on the ground he had just fallen upon, Anne looming over him threateningly.

He gulped before yelling, "I'm sorry about what I'm about to do, (Y/N)! I guess I'm just not the hero everyone thought I was!"

With those words said, he quickly leaped away from Anne as she turned around to you. Lucy kept her attention on Atsushi as he ran towards the exit door. You felt betrayed as you watched him leave you behind.

"What are you doing!? Atsushi!" You yelled after him in a last desperate attempt to get him to come back. But honestly, you knew that all you should focus on at that moment was the large doll staring you down.

"At least save your partner, you moron!" Lucy yelled after him too surprisingly. She seemed shocked by his actions as well.

Meanwhile, you were getting ready to face Anne head on. Your ability wasn't good for agility, so you couldn't outrun her. Your only hope was to stand your ground and fight.

In less than a second, Anne's hands closed around you. You quickly made spikes sprout from all over your body. You curled into a ball to protect yourself, hoping that the spikes would warn Anne off. You thought it would at least pierce her, but she wasn't human, so you couldn't have known what she'd do next.

She swiped her hand up to get ready to knock the crystals out of you, which made you make a quick decision to retract them. Of course, this now caused you to be completely open. The last thing you saw before a bunch of tinier dark orange hands dragged you into the room of hostages was Atsushi's eyes. The doctor-looking man seemed to stop him before he could reach the exit. "Fight, Atsushi!" You shouted, "fight!"

With that, you were pulled in and vanished into the darkness of the hostage room.

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Everything was pitch black around you. You could no longer feel the ground beneath your feet and the air felt stuffy. You wondered how long it would take until you were free from whatever place you were in.

Unless you truly were stuck here forever...

But all of your thoughts were broken as something bright entered your vision: a bright yellow ribbon being pulled inside the room and familiar screams echoing around you.

In the next second, suddenly you blinked and you were in the middle of the road once more. You were surrounded by the other people that were in Anne's chamber with you, but drivers angrily honked at you. They all yelled stuff such as "get out of the road" and "move it, idiots!"

Before you could go with the crowd and move out of the way, a familiar voice yelled, "(Y/N)! Naomi! Oh, thank goodness! You're both safe!" You were brought into a large hug by Junichiro.

Although you could spot Junichiro and Naomi, you also worried about where Atsushi was until you saw him running over to Lucy. You looked over at her, wishing you knew more about how to help her. If only you knew each other better...

Suddenly a voice spoke beside you three. "Can I join the communal hug too?"

Casting a glance behind you and seeing a grinning Kenji caused you to smile and hold out a hand to him, beckoning him to join the hug. His contagious smile only grew as he kneeled down and joined the hug.

A couple seconds later, another familiar voice caught your attention. He yelled your name in the distance. "(Y/N)!"

When you saw who it was, you broke the hug and sat up. Dazai's eyes were wide with fake worry as he ran up to you, but you only glared at him and sighed. He knew all of this was going to happen, of course...

"You're a bit late, you asshole!"

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(A/N): Hello everyone!! I hope you enjoyed the twenty-fourth chapter! The struggle for motivation is real though... I promise I'll get new chapters out ASAP as soon as I finish writing them!!

I want to slap M*ri and hug Kenji so much. Like... how can I adopt Kenji and where. He's such an innocent and wholesome child.

Weekly song recommendation: "The Red Means I Love You" by Madds Buckley

Anyways, I hope you all enjoy the story and don't forget to vote, comment, and maybe follow if you really liked it!

Everyone have a stupendous day/night!!

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