You fidgeted in the back seat, a high tension in the car due to Yuki and Yuno. It could be something related to the future changing last night, you honestly have no idea because you were with Akise yesterday.
"The 9th was caught yesterday." the detective cut through the suffocating silence, temporarily relieving the tension that engulfed the car. "2km ahead there is a religious group belonging to the 'onukata region'. My diary says that it is them who caught her." The car was once again silent, the rest of the journey not taking long, but those were some very painful minutes.
When you all arrived, you were met with a large gate and multiple people queueing in front of a temple. Yuki went off towards a river, Yuno probably going to stalk him, and the 4th went up to some random cultist, supposedly asking to see the 'leader'. When the others went their separate ways, you decided to find somewhere quiet while you wait.
After a minute or so of wandering aimlessly around the temple grounds, you found a large tree next to the river. Almost noone was around and Yuki and Yuno were a bit further down, so you decided to relax in the meantime.
Leaning against the tree, you closed your eyes and began to focus, looking for any evident danger in the near future. After not finding anything, you stopped searching and just looked towards the river, picking up a small stone with a relatively flat surface and skidding it across the surface of the water, effectively making 3 skips before the stone sank to the bottom. You felt a hand grab your shoulder, making you jump and turn around to come face-to-face with the 4th.
"She's ready to see us." You just nodded in response and got up, following him towards the temple where Yuki and Yuno were waiting. You were given a piece of cloth with eyes on it that goes around your neck and a weird stick with ribbon on it... Not even gonna ask.
Walking into the room, you immediately saw a large cage-like wall with a woman sitting behind it, a scroll laid out in front of her form and a large, way-too-happy smile on her face.
"Welcome honoured guests! I am 'Onukata' or Kasugano Tsubaki!" Yep, way too happy. You all kneeled down, pretending to pay respects. "Amano, will you please let me have a closer look at your face?" Yuki followed her request and soon noticed that she had bad eyesight. "This is my diary, I call it the clairvoyance diary. As 6th, this is my diary." she stated, making the people beside you gasp in shock. Honestly, you already knew; it was ridiculously obvious. She held up the scroll, revealing 'DEAD END' clearly written on the paper. "A dead end means unescapable death, if this continues I will be dead tonight. But-" she turned towards Yuki, "Here there is someone who managed to change what would not be changed twice, Yukiteru Amano." Everyone sweat dropped at her comment, curious as to where this was going. "This is a trade, we'll give the 9th to you as replacement... Please give Yukiteru to me." You could pretty much feel the anger from Yuno at her comment.
"HOW CAN YOU ASK FOR THAT?!" She screamed furiously, the 4th was clearly considering it and Yuki just seemed like he didn't know what to do. You just closed your eyes and relaxed, not really that interested as nothing looks particularly peculiar about this situation... Well that's a lie, but you just don't care.
Soon, the discussion was over and some followers walked in with blankets for Tsubaki's bedding. Yuno was standing by the door while Yuki was talking to Tsubaki, you were back at your tree from before and relaxing... Until you heard some followers yelling, that is. You ran inside, the followers attacking each other with axes as Yuki, Yuno and Tsubaki just stood there, shock evident on their faces. Yuki ran into the cage which was on fire to save Tsubaki. Suddenly, the sprinklers turned on and the fire was gone.
"SHUT UP YOU PACK OF IDIOTS!!" Tsubaki screamed, effectively halting the cultists' violent actions. You looked towards Yuno, tears were streaming down her face as she looked down sadly. You continued to stare at her, trying to work out the pinkette's thoughts, but to no avail. Before you could talk to her,she picked up an axe and began walking towards the cage. You pulled out your throwing knives from the strap around your waist and quietly followed behind her, trying to analyse what her next move might be.
"Yuno, you don't need to come in. W-We'll come over there." Yuki put his hand in front of him defensively, giving her the biggest fake smile he could muster.
"...Okay, I understand. Come quickly, Yuki." she started backing up and you backed away, cautious of your surroundings, still not fully trusting Tsubaki or Yuno. You felt a mild static in your head, it was bearable but far from enjoyable. The future has changed. The others in the room checked their phone and you tried to look for what had changed... You're surrounded. The only question is how. There's pretty much noone visible outside... The squelching sound of a blade slicing through flesh cut you out of your thoughts. Turning around, you see the insane pinkette's axe enlodged in the head of some dead cultist.
"Yuki! (y/n)! Go chop some remains." You could feel a smirk grow on your face. This girl is a genius.
"Remains?!" Yuki screamed, thinking both you and the yandere had gone insane.
"They're not corpses, Yukiteru. They're playing dead." You clarified, sticking your knife into another 'dead' man's skull. The bodies all suddenly got back up, moving towards the four of you and closing you in. You and Yuno kept them away temporarily, barely taking out enough to keep the followers at bay.
"The 6th will become 'bait'! Yuki, use her to escape!!" Yuno screamed as a small opening was revealed between the hoards of bodies. "Come on, Yuki, choose." she turned towards him with a smile as I continued to keep the cultists away. "Choose me and (y/n) and live, or choose her and die." Yuno sliced a man who was trying to chop of Yuki's head in half and you grabbed her hand, she used her other hand to grab his and he used his other hand to grab Tsubaki's as you led them through the door and out into the series of corridors. You let go of her hand, running by her side from then on as she probably knew where to go better than you did. Yuki got a phone call and answered, the call soon ending and he turned back to you.
"It was Kurusu. Apparently he called a work colleague and they're here somewhere at the moment, he told us to go to the gate." Yuno continued running, purposely slamming Tsubaki's face in the wall when she rounded a corner.
"We'll be at the gate soon." she led you out of the door and you were met with multiple followers blocking your escape. Suddenly, all the followers seemed to be back to normal and everyone, including you, let out a sigh of relief. "Look, Yuki. There's the front gate. Once we get there, we'll be safe."
"No, Yukiteru. Let's meet the enemy here." You all turned back to see Tsubaki holding you back. "The worshippers are okay, it's the perfect time to beat the enemy." You defensively grabbed your three throwing knives and got in a ready stance, prepared to help fight if need be, whereas Yuno got her axe out, ready to swing it at Tsubaki until Yuki got in front of her protectively.
"...Yuki, why are you still protecting her?" she turned towards the woman in question, "You're still deceiving Yuki!" The atmosphere was tense, but Yuki got a phone call from Kurusu again.
"The 12th is coming..." he mumbled when the call ended, you heard multiple footsteps and turned towards the roof to see five rejected power rangers... Dancing?
"12th Red!"
"12th Blue!"
"12th Pink!"
"12th Green!"
"12th Yellow!"
You honestly didn't know if that was overwhelming or underwhelming.
"This is the first time we've met-"
"-1st-"
"-I-"
"-am-"
"-the 12th."
Once again, you were attempting not to clap your hands and/or cringe at the same time.
"My objective is to kill the 6th! If you don't want to get involved then just run away now. One of us has swallowed a time release bomb, that one is the real me."
"WATCH ME, 12TH, I'M GOING TO THROW A ROCK!!" She pretended to throw one to the left, but threw the actual one behind her back with the right. All but the red one looked to the left and she sliced into the side of his head with her axe, throwing him over the railing. She looks worryingly hot, though, she seemed unwell.
"Not bad, the 2nd did pretty well." You look towards Tsubaki, some of her followers appears from behind her, the other followers were either dead, on the yard or closing the gate. Wait... Closing the gate?!
You felt multiple people restrain you from behind, looking around you saw the same having happened to Yuki and Yuno, your throwing knives now on the floor and out of your reach.
"What's the meaning of this, Tsubaki?!" Yuki screamed, still oblivious to his current situation.
"You still don't understand, Yukiteru? You are going to die. Using the 9th as bait was my plan to simultaneously eliminate the 1st, 2nd and 4th."
"But... You said you had no intention of becoming God..." Yuki seemed genuinely hurt by her betrayal, you however lacked any empathy with him as you had suspected her all along.
"When I was born, I wasn't used to deceiving either... Should I teach you?" She leaned in towards Yuki, kissing him and staring right at Yuno while doing so. When they separated, a string of saliva still connected them. Yuno ripped her attackers away from her, swinging her axe towards Tsubaki. You took this opportunity, while they were distracted, to get away from their grip and grab your knives off of the floor, taking down as many as you could but eventually getting overwhelmed. Some more men grabbed you as you were exhausted and at your limit, much like Yuno. Turning around, you saw Yuno also being restrained and Yuki gone, as well as Tsubaki's hand being cut off. The men dragged you and Yuno back into the shrine, the two of you left unable to fight due to exhaustion.
"From the time my parents were killed, I became this group's plaything. I've always endured this kind of pain." she glared at us while her followers wrapped her arm to the best of their ability. "I just came up with a great idea, I'll use the two of you to lure out the 1st... Then I'll kill Yukiteru right in front of you."
"What are you attempting now?!" Yuno screamed angrily as you sat there silently, trying to deny the fact that you were in this situation. Tsubaki turned towards her with a smirk.
"It's not a bad opportunity, 2nd. How about using this to test how the 1st thinks of you?" Her smirk grew as she ripped Yuno's clothes down the middle. Your once expressionless face now contorted with fear and anxiety as you were faced with your greatest and possibly only fear: rape. "You'll just have to have a taste of how I was treated!!!" You could feel tears prick at the corners of your eyes as she turned towards you, violently grabbing your chin. "Hold them down, make sure you play with this one, too." she let go of your chin as some men held you down, ripping off your clothes as best as they could with all of your struggling.
"Please... Not like this..." You felt tears begin to run down your face, any sense of hope was now gone as they effectively ripped off your shirt, moving to take off your jeans and holding your legs down. "Stop... I'm fucking begging yOU!!! JUST FUCKING STOP!!!" You screamed in a futile attempt to discourage them. The second they slid your jeans down your kicking legs you couldn't move anymore. At the worst of times, you were completely paralysed.
You felt your bra get ripped down the center as more tears cascaded down your face. Hands moved towards your last piece of clothing and that was when you finally regained your ability to move, kicking the guy in the face and struggling once more.
"A... ALL OF YOU GET AWAY FROM (Y/N) AND YUNO!!!" You looked towards the door, seeing Yuki swinging an axe around like a mad man and a white haired detective behind him, holding your throwing knives in a defensive position. You couldn't help but smile through your tears, curling up into a ball to cover your shivering state.
"You really came, 1st. And who's this? Do you two plan to destroy my diary? Impossible. Appearing before me and the worshippers, my clairvoyant diary could kill you anytime."
"True, but... My dead end flag has not been raised yet, this means I can depend on my ability to change the future! I choose Yuno and (y/n). We'll continue living!" He threw a handball in the air, distracting all of the followers and he ran towards Tsubaki with a dart in his hand, he threw the dart and it pierced the scroll as she stared at her hand (or lack thereof) in shock. Her attention turned towards the handball in her final moments.
"Why... Now... WHY DID THIS RETURN NOW?!?!" With that final statement, her body twisted and vanished.
You looked around you, trying to find your shirt, but you found it lying there ripped down the middle and completely unusable. You put you arms over your legs, putting your head inbetween them as you cried silently, your shoulders shaking as you sobbed. You felt a hand on your shoulder and looked up, seeing Akise handing you your throwing knives with a smile. He took off his jacket, resting it on your shoulders to cover you up as you reached for the strap on the floor that held your knives. You put your arms in the sleeves, zipped up the oversized jacket and pulled up your jeans, putting the strap around your waist before turning towards the albino who still had a comforting smile towards you. Before you could even think over you actions, you jumped towards Akise, wrapping your arms around him in a hug while knocking him back slightly.
"Th... Thank you so much, Akise..." You mumbled out, crying into his shirt. You felt him stroke your hair gently and wrap his remaining arm around you.
"... I'm sorry I'm late, you must've been scared, (y/n)." You only nodded in response and he hugged you tighter. "Let's go, a friend drove me here and he can take us back to my place." Once again, you could only nod as he led you to the car after explaining to Kurusu where you'd be going.
You met up with a man that had brown hair and he led you and Akise to the car and began to drive you to Akise's house, which was apparently about 20 minutes away. 10 minutes into the ride, though, you had fallen asleep on Akise's shoulder.

Approximately 10 minutes later~
You rubbed your eyes after you felt someone shaking you to wake you up. Looking up, you saw Akise and felt him grab your hand, leading you towards a large house that clearly wasn't yours.
"Come on, (y/n). We're at my house now." You couldn't help but question this, confused.
"...Why are we at your house again?"
"You don't remember what happened at the cult?" Suddenly, memories flew back to you like wildfire and you began to shake at the memory of what happened at the cult, feeling vulnerable and violated. The albino in front of you gently rested his hand on the small of your back and led you inside calmly, trying to comfort you. "It's late and you're clearly tired, you should get to bed." he said once you were inside, leading you upstairs, presumably to his bedroom. "You take my bed, I'll sleep on the couch." he smiled down at you and handed you one of his shirts to put on as you had no clothes to wear. He closed the door and went downstairs, leaving you to change on your own in the large room. Once you had changed into the shirt that went to just above your knees, you sat down on the bed, looking at the ground at your feet and thinking about the day's events. You looked around the room, feeling isolated and lonely. Right now was probably the worst time for you to be alone, and having lived so long without your parents didn't help either. You got up, heading downstairs to try and find Akise without even starting to think it over first. You found the boy sitting on the couch, watching television and drinking hot chocolate. You went and sat next to him quietly, the boy soon noticing you and raising an eyebrow. "Couldn't sleep?" You just shook your head, not in the mood for talking. He put down his beverage and grabbed your hand, turning your face towards him. "It's okay now. It's over." he smiled at you, probably expecting you to just smile and nod at him.
"I'm sorry... You must think I'm annoying, I-I just... I was so scared..." You could feel tears surface in your eyes again as your bottom lip began to quiver. You looked down at your lap, trying your best to avoid eye contact and feeling embarrassed that someone had seen you in this state. You felt him pick you up and place you on his lap, leaning your head on his chest and stroking your hair until you were done (which wasn't long as you had cried alot already). He wiped away the remainder of your tears and smiled at you again.
"I'll go get changed, will you be fine on your own for a while?" You managed a smile and nodded at your friend as he got up and went up the stairs to get changed.
After a few minutes, he came down wearing a plain fitted black shirt and pyjama pants. "Come on, you need some rest." he grabbed your hand and led you up the stairs and back towards his bedroom where you sat down on the bed once again. "If you need anything, just call. As I said before, I'll be asleep on the couch." he began to walk out of the room until you grabbed his hand and stopped him, not exactly aware of what you were doing at the time as you didn't really think things through at that moment in time.
"Don't leave... I don't want to be alone anymore..." You were looking down, your bangs covering your eyes as you anticipated rejection. To your surprise, you felt him lift you up and place you back down nearer to the pillows and further to the right, pulling up the covers and encouraging you to lay down before getting in on your left. He turned off his bedside light and turned towards you, giving you another smile. "Goodnight, (y/n)." he closed his eyes, you following suit and falling asleep almost immediately.
However, just before you fell asleep, you felt two soft lips press against your forehead. "I'll be here when you wake up."