Game

I woke up to find myself again in a classroom.

In this empty place.

I can't even predict how far I am from where I started.

The creature is nowhere to be found.

I felt lots of burden on my shoulders.

I started walking until I found a picture.

It was a family photo.

It was very obvious in the empty halls almost saying look at me.

This looks like..

Yes, since I started looking at it I realized there was something familiar.

And I was right.

This photo has three family members.

A young father, with his wife.

And both of them holding a baby.

Since I saw her as a child and I know her as an adult I'm sure this is her.

It's Yami.

It's not just the fact that I knew it is her.

But, frankly I'm starting to get use to this game.

I know now for sure this isn't in our real world.

The thing that makes more sense is the fact that the school is a gate that lead us somewhere else in this universe.

What worries me more is the fact that I have no idea how these two worlds are connected.

I can't even think of how our bodies are right now.

Does this mean that Daichi still is alive and exists somewhere?

I'm getting lots of mixed feelings from this I feel like I'm not even sure what to feel about this...

After searching more and more I started realizing that there was a journal.

No wait that's...

It's the book that Yami believes to be my journal!

Why did she left it here?

Isn't very important to her?

I took it with me and opened it.

I couldn't read a thing!

It's full of this weird language.

I searched to find myself in a chess board.

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This place keeps on getting on my nerves.

Is it a game now.

This is frankly making me depressed.

This is absolutely like running in the highest speed on a treadmill.

I'm doing my best, but I'm not moving anywhere.

Making no progress at all...

What a pain.

"I know this is just a game to you, but I've had enough of this."

"Show yourself... Yami."

"Didn't expect you to realize it this fast… you're something else Sato."

She showed herself, but this time she's in her real age.

With her very white hair and pale face she sure doesn't look like her self.

Not even a little bit.

"What now? Are you surprised to see me this way?"

"You're harsh Sato."

At this point I know that Yami was related to all this.

Since the beginning I know something was wrong with me.

I guess even the Daichi that I met was even fake.

The places and everything were literal illusions.

But even though I understand lots of things I still feel like lots of pieces of this puzzle are still

missing.

"You're pretty sharp Sato, But I guess some things are still way more than just a mystery."

"The Yami you are seeing right now is the real time Yami."

"But.."

"When was the last time you looked in the mirror?"

Come to think of it.

I've spent like lots of time here to the point where I almost forget how I looked like.

"Look on the ground it has a glossy surface you'll see your reflection."

"W-h!!"

Who is this?!

Normally I would have never believed what I just saw.

But, She was right.

I was as different as how Yami looked to me, but I was sure that this is me.

"I was focusing to take notes of the surrounding things, finding myself in the end not realizing the obvious stuff."

Not even realizing I am not myself anymore.

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"I understand that look on You're face.

But, What you lived was all finished long ago.

This whole universe has ended long ago."

And I started feeling a sudden Deja vu.

Where have I had a similar conversation as this one?

"Sato, I understand how overwhelmed you are right now, but frankly I wasn't the only one who has a special ability."

"Everyone else has it..."

"Those special abilities are just things that we created ourselves without even noticing."

She lowered her voice and said...

"Maybe because of a tragedy or difficulty in our lives."

"I would say this resembles when you have so much hard reality to deal with so you try to escape by living somewhere very far way from it."

"Like those certain times when you put on your earphones and listen to music."

"The ability each one has shows a certain side of the person."

"I was having lots of problems in my life making any relationship because of how people looked at me as a perfect girl."

"Because of their point of view."

She stopped then continued.

"No one ever approached me as Yami...

They approach the smart girl.

They approach the wealthy girl.

Or even the wonderful girl.

That's why all those feelings of never being truly loved and loneliness...

With all what I witnessed in my house turned into this power.

And I never found it helpful ever in my life.

But, It's the reason why I know about you.

This power showed me the light in this very dark universe.

It is you Satoshi..."

Hearing her words I was supposed to be happy

But...

I felt a sudden ache in my heart.

When she started talking about all this I felt like the large missing piece in me grow bigger...

Then she continued.

"But, You are different."

"out of everyone."

"You're the only one who has no idea about anything."