THE SILENT SLAP GAME

Hearing Yuki's words, everyone instantly perked up. Tatsuya teased, "What kind of crazy idea has gotten into your head now?"

Kazuya chimed in, "Let's hear it, let's see what this crazy idea is."

They wouldn't even give Yuki a proper chance to speak. When they finally quieted down, Yuki said, "Hey, let me talk! Listen up." Then Yuki looked over at Yumiko, Momoko, Kitsune, and Sora, who were all just staring. "Oh, by the way, are you guys playing too?"

Momoko asked, "Wait, why?"

Kitsune looked curious, "What are you trying to say? What is the game actually about?"

Yumiko cut in from the side, "Just tell us the game first."

"Alright, listen up," Yuki explained as a few others nodded along. "We will all stand in a big circle. Everyone will put one hand out in front of them and keep the other hand behind their back. Now, any one person will start by hitting someone else's open hand as hard as they want. Then, whoever gets hit will turn around and hit whoever they want next. But here is the catch: you cannot

make a single sound when you get hit! If you make a sound, you are out. Oh, and whoever gets out has to take a massive beating from the rest of the group before they leave the game."

Hearing Yuki's bizarre plan, the looks on everyone's faces said it all. Yumiko asked skeptically, "Yuki, are you trying to take some kind of revenge here?"

Yuki laughed it off, "No, no! Let's just see who is the strongest."

Masaru leaned over and whispered to Kazuya, "Look at Yuki, Kazuya. Yuki is totally using this chance to give you, me, and Tatsuya a massive beating."

Tatsuya called out, "Yuki, if you want to hit us so bad, just do it directly! What's with all this drama?"

Kitsune grinned and said, "Come on, let's just play, maybe it'll be fun."

Meanwhile, Yukito and Satoshi were sitting off to the side, just watching the whole conversation unfold. Yukito murmured, "Man, I never know what goes on inside Yuki's head."

Satoshi smiled, "This game is gonna be awesome, isn't it?

Yukito just stared at Satoshi, completely speechless.

Seeing them sit there, Tatsuya called out, "Hey, why should we be the only ones getting hit while they just sit back? Let's invite them over too."

Yuki agreed, "Yeah, bring them in!"

Tatsuya called them over, and they all formed a big circle. Everyone targeted someone else's hand. To start things off, Yuki smacked Tatsuya's hand incredibly hard. Watching the sheer power of Yuki's hit, everyone collectively swallowed hard.

Tatsuya smirked a bit and said, "I knew it. I knew exactly why you planned this game."

Yuki laughed, "Wow Tatsuya, you totally read my mind!"

"Yep, I knew it," Tatsuya laughed along with everyone else.

With that, Tatsuya picked the next target: Momoko. Tatsuya brought his hand down with a loud slap right across Momoko's palm. Her hand turned bright red instantly, and without thinking, Momoko let out a loud yell.

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"Out!" Tatsuya shouted immediately.

Momoko snapped angrily, "Why did you hit me so hard?!"

Tatsuya mocked her playfully, "Hey, those are the rules of the game!" Now it was time for Momoko's group beating. They absolutely wrecked poor Momoko, and Tatsuya looked incredibly pleased with himself.

Next up, Satoshi smacked Yukito's hand. But Yukito didn't show a single reaction, standing completely still as if nothing had happened 

The whole chaos started when Yukito called Yuki over and said, "Hey, since you invented this game, you have to test it too, right?" Before Yuki could even answer, Yukito slapped him incredibly hard. Yuki held his cheek, looked at him with puppy eyes, and said, "Seriously? Brother, I didn't expect this from you!" Yukito just rolled his eyes and scoffed, "Cut the drama, Yuki. I know exactly what you'll do—you'll go home, sit in a corner, and cry. There's no need to act all cool right now." Hearing this roast, Satoshi couldn't hold back and burst out laughing.

To get his revenge, Yuki turned around and smacked Kazuya. Kazuya squeezed his eyes shut, controlling his anger with a lot of effort. He wasn't about to take it lying down, so he turned and slapped Yumeko. "Why should we take all the beatings?" Kazuya grumbled. "Let's share the pain with them too!" Yumeko rubbed her cheek, thoroughly annoyed, and snapped, "None of you are useful at all!" With that, she swung her hand and smacked Masaru. The hit was so painful that Masaru let out a loud scream and was instantly knocked out of the game!

Seeing how intense things were getting, Yuki looked at Tatsuya and whispered, "Damn brother, they have serious power!" Tatsuya just smirked and mocked him, "So what? You think everyone is weak like you, Yuki?" Yuki didn't know what to say and just stared back at Tatsuya with a blank, totally clueless look on his face.

According to the rules, it was Kitsune’s turn next. She was told to pick anyone and hit them. She chose Sora and gave him a slap. When it was Sora's turn to hit Kazuya back, he did it so gently that it felt like a tiny tap. Everyone stared at Sora, completely blank and speechless. It really looked like that was the absolute maximum strength he had in his body.

While everyone was standing there acting like fools, Momoko was at the back washing her hands. She was still giggling to herself thinking about Sora’s funny, gentle hitting style. As she shook her hands, she purposely flicked her wrist, splashing water right onto Tatsuya’s face. Tatsuya whipped around, completely annoyed, and yelled, "Hey! What is your problem? Why are you throwing water at me?" Momoko didn't care at all and just made a funny face to mock him.

Trying to get things back on track, Yuki called out, "Alright, Kazuya, continue!"

Kazuya didn't waste a second. He stepped up and smacked Satoshi again. Right after that, he hit Tatsuya so hard that Tatsuya was immediately out. But Kazuya didn't stop there—he started jokingly beating up Tatsuya on the floor. Seeing the fun, Momoko nudged Masaru and whispered, "Come on, let's go join the beatdown!" Even though they were both technically out, Momoko and Masaru jumped in and started playfully hitting Tatsuya too. Tatsuya, struggling on the floor, looked up at them and yelled, "Hey! Aren't you two out? What do you think you're doing?!" The two of them just giggled and kept going.

So, those three were the first to sit out in the losers' corner. One by one, the others got eliminated too, until only Satoshi, Kitsune, and Sora were left standing. By this time, their hands were completely bright red. Yukito was standing on the side, constantly scolding Yuki for making everyone play such a ridiculous, painful game.

During the finale, Kitsune walked up and smacked Sora right across the face. Strangely enough, Sora had absolutely no reaction. No flinching, no pain—nothing. It looked incredibly weird to everyone. Even though he could take these massive hits without a blink, his own attacks were hilariously weak.

When it was Sora's turn, she tapped Kitsune softly. Then she got another turn and tapped her gently again. Surprisingly, after that second soft hit, Kitsune collapsed and was declared out! After taking hard slaps the entire day, even that tiny bit of pressure was just too much for her endurance to handle.

Now, it was down to just Satoshi and Sora. Satoshi was secretly sweating bullets, terrified of what to do. Sora stepped up and slapped him, but Satoshi managed to call a "stop" to hold his ground. Satoshi then gathered all his strength and slapped Sora back—yet Sora just stood there, completely expressionless, showing zero reaction. Right after, Sora delivered one final gentle tap, and just like that, Satoshi was knocked out!

Seeing Sora win, Yumeko, Kitsune, and Momoko jumped up in pure excitement, cheering loudly. On the other side , Yuki was lying upside down on the floor, completely drained, pouring water directly over his face to cool off. Yumeko looked down at him and warned, "Yuki, seriously, don't you ever bring up this game anywhere again!"

Momoko rubbed her chin thoughtfully and said, "You know, I just realized something. Everyone screamed or cried at least a little bit when they got hit, except for Kitsune and Sora. I think those two are secretly super strong!"

Tatsuya rolled his eyes, mimicked her tone, and muttered under his breath, "Oh look, here comes our great scientist with her research!"

Yukito let out a big sigh and stretched his arms. "Alright, let's just go home." But when he looked around the room, Yuki was nowhere to be found. He glanced toward the street and saw that Yuki had already sneaked out and started walking back home alone.