Among Us: The Story

Super Space Academy or SSA is the place for talented students all around the country. High top international and national colleges there accepted lots of alumni.

There's only two ways you can study at SSA: One, you invited by them, or you pay a lot sum of money. SSA only received 23% of students every year. SSA founded by Junko Hashimura. He is determined to make Japan the leading aerospace center in the world, as well as the only nation offering aerospace tourism.

That was the internet said.

I walked downstair, and there was my mom and dad having breakfast together.

"Naegi?" My mom called me.

I approached her and looked at her hand. She brings me a plate of sandwich. I picked a slice and a honk sound heard. "I'm off."

It's hard to leave them alone. I'm gonna be miss them so much. My sister and brother already has a job at the other side of this country, and my little sister, Aiko, She has scholarships at top boarding school in Tokyo.

"Good morning, Furukawa-san." He greets me as he opened his car door.

"Good morning too." I get inside the car with my belongings. Two months ago, a man wearing a black suit came to my house, and he said that I was one of the 16 lucky students who gets a full scholarship in SSA.

What they want from me? My score may be in the last rank. Top 16 from students all over Japan. "Maybe it's your luck, Furukawa-san," said the driver.

He can read my mind? As we passed by, I kept seeing the scenery where people go to their respective destination. I hope I did not make a poor representation of myself. I looked at my pocket watch and I gripped it tight. Will you be there too?

I took a deep breath. "This journey will take 3 hours long. I hope this journey will not make you bored." He took a glance at me. I looked at my right and a mini fridge with full of various drinks.

Should I take the drink? I only had a slice of sandwich. I took a small carton of milk, then close the fridge. Without hesitation, I drink the milk until it's empty. Ah… it feels good.

I put the milk inside the cup holder and continue watching outside. 10 minutes later, my head become too heavy, my eyes lost its sight, and I yawned. It's weird.

I can't handle it for more. I decide to close my eyes and everything I remembered is the driver took a U Turn. After that, I don't remember what happened next.

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"Hey, are you alright?" I blinked my eyes several times, and I saw a male figure shaking my body.

I feel a massive headache in my head. "Where... Where Am I?" I looked around to looking for a clue, but I only got both of us inside this white room. Just a small circular window attached. Is… that earth? I walked towards the window and observed outside the window.

"I-I think we are in space." He said. Huh? Space? How we get there? I took a deep breath and start not to panic. It's couldn't be just two of us, right? Maybe… there's someone else here, too.

I looked at his face. I think he's familiar. Who was he? Why I can't remember him? "Who are you?" I asked.

"Haruto Kanaka, I'm a doctor." He said clearly. "What about you?" He raised his eyebrow and waited for me to reply.

*You already met with Haruto Kanaka, the Ultimate Doctor

"Naegi." I quickly walked towards to the door, and he followed me. "We should look for another clue. It's only a waste of our time to waiting until we rescued." We left the room and walked around.

Haruto nodding his head. "So, Naegi. When you received your invitation?" He asked with his hand inside his white jumpsuit pocket. This feeling… I don't know why I can't remember after that? "Naegi? Are you okay?" He patted my shoulder with his hand.

I should focus on getting out of this place. "Y-yeah… I'm fine. Thanks for asking." I smiled at him.

We stop in front of the white big door with a keypad next to it. "Shall we?" We walked together inside and found a male opened the drawer. Is that the culprit!? Haruto pulled me behind his back and give me a sign to keep silent.

I nodded my head and strolled. "I knew you guys will get inside to this room." He closed the drawer and took a deep breath. "Don't worry. I'm not the culprit." He walked towards us while he hands his hand up.

"Wh-who are you!?" The person in front of me wearing a same jumpsuit as me and Haruto.

"My name is Saichi Takada, and worked with police," he said with a cheerful tone.

*You already met with Saichi Takada, the Ultimate Detective

Haruto did not reply to his handshake. What's wrong with him? "You don't have to be suspicious about me, Haruto," he drew a smug face.

How did he know? "Haruto…" Haruto did not let me continue his words. This feeling.

"Haha hahaha… you never change, Haruto." Huh? Changed? It could be… "yes, me and Haruto are a childhood friend," he embraced Haruto's shoulder.

"Shut up!" He keeps glare at Saichi.

"Um… excuse me?" I looked at my back and saw a female with a pink jumpsuit. "H-hi?" She greets as she walks entering this room. I welcomed her because she was my idol.

My Lord! She was attending this academy. I closed my mouth and screaming. "You are Kyoto Noginawa!?" She closed her eyes and raised her hand.

*You already met Kyoto Noginawa, the Ultimate Dancer

"Whoa, whoa, whoa, you've got me," she said. "So, you want an autograph?" She was offering me!? Today it was my lucky and bad day. I'm searching for my phone, but where is that thing? Kyoto looked at me while she raised her eyebrow.

I think I dropped it somewhere. "Our gadget confiscated," Saichi joined us. Confiscated? His eyes looked at Kyoto, who was looking at him suspiciously.

"How do you know!?" She stared at Saichi while strolled back. Saichi walks approaching her.

"I already checked all the rooms inside this place." He said. "The vent, there," he pointed his hand at the vent in the corner. "It's locked, but I guessing the vent connected to one another." He explained.

We stared at Saichi. "So, who are you? What's your importance to came here?" Kyoto interrogates him.

"I'm from Police Department, and this guy, who was standing next to me… is my partner." Haruto rolled his eyes and pulled me to get out of this room.

We walked to another room, and we saw a Medical Bay. "Huh? What is that thing?" We walking towards the big scanner.

"Haruto!" I poke his shoulder and pointing to the right. "I think Saichi was right." Haruto looking at where my finger pointed. He walked towards to the corner and widened his eyes.

We looked at our back and a female figure looking at us and furrowed her brow. "What are you guys doing?" She asks. She is wearing a brown jumpsuit same like us. Does she also Super Space Academy too?

Haruto pulled me behind his back and stared at her. "Who are you?" He asked as he looked at the girl in front of us. She wants to reply his question, but a bell suddenly heard.

"All of Super Space Academy students, please gathering at the main hall." Where the voice is came from? I looked at my surrounding and nothing. I found nothing.

"We should go. Maybe we can find another clue there," she said. Haruto looked at her with his eyebrow raised.

"You haven't told us your name." Haruto asked her with a glare in his eyes.

She only smiled and took a glance. "Kaede," she said as she vanished from our sight.

*You already met Kaede Hashimura, the Ultimate Botanist

We walked to the main hall. "Haruto." He hummed. "Who are we?" He stopped in front of me and look me in the eye.

"I don't know. Whenever I tried to remember, my head hurt."

That is strange. We were now n the main hall and there are many other students and I saw a guy in blue neon jumpsuit. I think… I saw him somewhere.

"He's the famous American Football player," a girl wearing a yellow jumpsuit approached me. From the way she looks…. "ah, my name is Aoi Sakurage, the Ultimate Attorney. Nice to meet you!"

*You already met Aoi Sakurage, the Ultimate Attorney

No wonder I'm familiar with her face. Kyoto, her, and… that guy. The guy who is wearing a black jumpsuit. Ah…. I've got a lot of famous classmate. As we opened the main hall, we saw another student.

All of them are the same as me, wearing jumpsuit with their name tag on it. "Hey," I'm looking at Haruto, then a thin smile drew on my face. "It's not that bad after all..."

I sighed. Why SSA wanted us? Did they... need something to our 'Power'? A Smoke came out showed a figure of... a cat?

All of the sudden, the eyes stared to a plushie-looking cat with black color and hi eyes are red. Who... "Hi... my name is Duo Neko and I'm your principal. Welcome to the..."

A guy kicked the plushie to the air, then it's exploded. The plushie-looking cat glared at him. "You... little jerk! How dare you don't respect me!?" His claws shined bright like a knife, then approached him.

"You can't killed them. It's our arrangement." A female voice echoing through the main hall. We're stay where we're standing, stared to each other. I tried to process what happened.

"My name is... X. You can call me X or whatever you want. We all stuck here and... the only we can survived is we should kill each other. The task is... you should found who is the real impostor because... before all of you wake up, he wiped and injected you with some kind of venom. There's one impostor inside this space ship." Just one? Who could be. 

This is insane! I stared to each other and sighed. I'm looking at Haruto's face. He remained calm after revelation by X. How we can trust each other by then? I sighed.

"H-hold on!" Saichi interrupts and everyone stared at him. "That means... we're here stuck with no help?!"

"Yes, you right. All the communication outside this space ship it's impossible to made. I already tried, but I can't hack or try to reach the earth." Duo Neko giggled. His giggled made me shiver.

"hehe... I put surveillance camera at your... private room." Duo Neko smirked. "This will be interesting..."

"So... what if we succeed killed that impostor... we will be free, right?" A man, who was wearing a glasses raised his hand.

Duo Neko nodded his head, "but if the culprit get caught... they should received a punishment!" A punishment!? What kind of the punishment will we received? "Hehe... if their succeed, you can get out from here, but... you should hide your true identity, impostor."

The air changed into a thick, tense, and cold. How? "Now... let's get back to your dorm, kids! It's time to... rest." He disappear into the thick smoke before we able to asked more question.

A bell ring loudly can be heard. I took a deep breath and walked to my room. "Hey, Naegi?" I'm looking at him. "Everything will be alright, don't overthink that much, okay?" I only nodding my head slightly.

I sighed, then opened my room's door. I'm looking at the top left and right corner, and I found it. He said it's true.

I sighed, then locked the door. It's marked my first day, trapped at the dark space and far from my home. I'm looking at the rounded window. This space ship was massive. Tomorrow, we will searched for a way out.

It's just the beginning, I think.

TBC

Introduction END