This is too much.

Monika turned to pixels and then directly got teleported to the classroom in the void. She looked around, he wasn't there.

She sat on the floor and hugged her knees, sighing.

"Welcome home." - She heard his voice. He was now sitting on one of the seats at the only desk in the room.

"...Where did you put the arrow?" - Shel looked up at him, standing up.

"Aw, what's the matter? Is Miss Nicolaides sad that she can't get a stand for herself? Or do you just want more power?"

"...I want to give the arrow back to Dadsuki, its rightful owner. I mean, do you understand the danger you're putting everyone through?!" - She then walked past him and stood behind him, leaning against the wall.

He chuckled to himself.

"Whose fault is that, Monika? You created me to bring despair upon Natsuki, and then my objective grew wider to also make your life miserable. If giving you the arrow means you get the upper hand, which I know it will, I'm not taking any chances naturally. So tell me.." - He stood up and towered over her, looking into her eyes - "What is it you want: Being more powerful or to just bring back the arrow..? I think we both know the answer but I want you to admit it to my face."

Monika looked up at him angrily and remained silent.

"We're alone, you don't have to lie like you do to Natsuki and the others." - He said, with a smirk on his face.

Monika looked into his eyes and mumbled: "You're fucking despicable."

He looked at her expression and smiled, replying: "Wrong answer. Come on now, you can do better than that."

"...Fine then, I want to be able to beat you, and I need the arrow for that." - She said, while charging a beam in her hand.

"There we go.. Nice job, programmer girl..~" - He said, mockingly.

She tried to blast him but he didn't flinch, and smiled as the blast went through his face.

"Oops.. Looks like you forgot that in this place we can't harm each other." - Monika glared at him as he continued - "This is basically my home.. You threaten to harm me in my own home?"

"Not like you haven't done the same to me and Natsuki.." - She replied.

"...." - Killer.Chr backed away and said in a soft tone - "Why don't you look out the window, Monika?"

"Why, what's out there?" - She asked, looking out the window from afar.

"Closer."

She opened the curtains and looked into the void. Once she did, she started to feel overwhelmed. It was as if the void started entering her body through her eyes, corrupting her file slowly.

She started backing away, her face going from curious to afraid quickly. As she started backing away and got closer to the desk, Killer.Chr snapped his fingers and the curtains closed by command.

"Monika.. As I said, this is where I reside.. So remember, when I go into the game, here, it is ten times more dangerous."

"Y-Your stand.. It's the void, isn't it..? This entire place is part of your stand.. Except for where we are.."

She could see his smile growing, with that, she understood, his stand was not only inside the void.. It was the void itself. And it's presence was more than overwhelming, it would make someone go crazy from just looking at it.

"Y-You're demented.. YOU'RE AN UNIVERSAL THREAT!" - Monika shouted at him, not knowing what to do in his presence.

"Repeat those words again, but before you go to sleep, 'kay? Remind yourself what caused me to become this much of a threat. Or rather.. who." - He said, opening a portal back to her room.

Monika stood up, her legs felt weak from the amount of pressure she was in. She walked through the portal, going into her room.

Tears inevitably started running down her cheeks while her body was glitching. She then heard a knock on her door.

"Monika, are you okay?" - Atsui spoke from behind the door, she sounded worried.

She weakly opened the door and hugged her.

"S-Sorry.. You're not supposed to see me in such a mess.." - She whimpered while tears rolled down her cheeks.

"H-Hey, it's okay, what happened..?"

"We should sit down so I can calm down and explain it to you properly.." - Monika said, wiping her tears and letting go of her. Her body stopped glitching slowly as she felt safe again.

They both went to the living room and sat down on the couch, wrapping a blanket around each other so they could cuddle.

"Okay, what the hell happened back there? I heard something about the attack but my brain was too mushy to understand anything.."

Monika hugged her knees and replied: "....Me and Natsuki were at the village in ruins during the attack. The attacker was a man who me and Natsuki know as our nemesis. He must've caught Natsuki off guard and decided to attack there, since that place was special to her.. He almost killed us back there, and made our lives a living hell for a long time.." - Monika sighed and continued - "He's a stand user now too, so I just know we won't stand a chance next time we encounter him. Natsuki is only alive because of me and my powers.."

"Wha- Why would you walk into danger like that, are you crazy?!" - Atsui asked, surprised, the blanket was only around herself for now.

"....His objective was not only to kill her but to also kill me. I had to protect her at all costs.." - Monika looked at her.

Atsui pulled Monika closer and started cuddling with her to let her rest. Monika gasped slightly, she didn't expect her to pull her closer and looked up at her.

".....You're safe now at least.. Try to rest." - Atsui said softly, looking away, slightly blushing.

Monika got comfortable until she got an email from the school they both attended. She opened it and it read: "Hello, students of Doki Doki High.

We hope you are safe and sound, as you know there was a lockdown due to the explosion that happened in the destroyed village that is located just before you get out of the city. However, the school doesn't let us stay in lockdown for longer than 32 hours. Apologies in advance, but classes will resume in the afternoon by 4pm."

"You gotta be kidding me.. We're gonna have classes in the afternoon tomorrow.. I just received an email from our school!" - Monika informed Atsui, frustrated.

"Ugh.. Why do we have to go tomorrow? We were supposed to be home." - Atsui complained, sliding off the couch slowly.

"It's getting late.. We should rest for tomorrow.."

"Yeah.. Are you sure you're gonna be okay?"

"...I always manage to, why would this time be different?"