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The pain in Vincent's chest is excruciatingly painful now. He looks up to find that his vision is starting to get blurred. He can barely make out two figures nearby calling out to him. They must be Chen and Komachi. Slowly turning his head, he can make out another figure rummaging through the drawers. He barely makes out the word "medicine" as Keine frantically searches for something. Standing nearby is the girl named Sakuya. She doesn't seem to be saying anything as she watches him with disinterest.

Then, another voice whispers to him through the commotion.

"You are going to die here," the voice whispers. "Kill them before you get killed. It's the only way."

His vision blurs violently for several minutes. The world becomes a confusing, violent torrent of lines and shadow. For several minutes he loses track of the things happening around him. Then, without warning, everything returns in sharp focus. Before he can react, he finds the crossbow already in his hands.

As he looks around, he finds the room in chaos. But he can't hear anything at all. The world, while visible, has fallen deathly silent. To his left, he can see Chen crying out to him silently. The little nekomata seems to be emotionally distraught. Komachi is behind her, holding the girl back firmly. The shinigami has her scythe ready in her other hand. Keine is standing frozen behind her desk. In her left hand is a small unlabeled bottle. To her left, he can see the Sakuya still observing -

"Kill them now!" cries another voice.

That order is the only thing he hears as he finds himself slowly raising the weapon. The crossbow is already armed. All that is left is to fire it. At this range, he can't possibly miss.

"..."

But something is wrong. Horribly wrong. Every time he searches his mind for a reason to hurt them, all the voice does is repeat itself. Kill them now. Kill them now. Kill them now. Kill them now. Kill them now. Kill them now. Kill them now. Kill them now. Kill them now. Kill them now. Kill them now. Kill them now. Kill them now. Kill them now. Kill them now. Kill them now. Kill them now. Kill them now. Kill them now. Kill them now. Kill them now. Kill them now. Kill them now. Kill them now. Kill them now. Kill them now. Kill them now. Kill them now. Kill them now. Kill them now. Kill them now. Kill them now. Kill them now. Kill them now. Kill them now. Kill them now. Kill them now. Kill them now. Kill them -

"No!" cries Vincent. "I don't want to hurt anyone!"

In that single moment of sanity, he forces himself to fire the weapon at the ground.

Except that it wasn't aimed at the ground. His eyes widen in shock as he realizes that he just shot his right foot. As he watches the blood slowly flow down to the floor, his senses start returning to normal. Starting with the sense of pain.

"AAAAARRRGGGGHH!" he shouts, causing everyone else but Sakuya to jump in surprise. He feels himself lose balance and fall on his back, but his foot is somehow stuck to the same position. Even the slightest movement makes it hurt. Did he just impale himself on the ground?

"Big brother!" cries Chen. She breaks away from Komachi and quickly runs up to him. The nekomata kneels down beside him, looking frantically from his face, to his wound, to his face again.

"Are you alright? You must have lost your mind to do something stupid like that," says Komachi sternly. She quickly starts examining his foot. Wait, when did she get beside him?

"I'm going to get some bandages and medicine," mutters Keine as he searches her drawers frantically.

"..."

Vincent blinks in the confusion.

Suddenly, the girl named Sakuya is standing right over him. He can't see the expression on her face very clearly. Before he can react, the maid bends down and grabs the crossbow bolt firmly in her hand.

"W-wait!" cries Vincent. "W-what are you -"

Without warning, she pulls out the bolt in one swift motion, freeing his impaled foot.

MY GOD IT HURTS!

Vincent's scream echoes loudly along the school hallways.