"Let the hunt begin..." Kuriza thought as he was soaring through the thick forest. He hadn't even checked his map, or his bag yet. "Baseball practice finally put to good use.", he said to himself. His stamina was in top shape from running what seemed to be thousands of laps around the bases at practice - his coach overworked the kids, he wanted to win. That's all that mattered to the baseball coach of Manayashi High, and now...it's all that mattered to Kuriza. After these events, whether live or die - he knew he wouldn't be the same. He couldn't exactly figure out why his class, why now, why at all, but he had no time to think on that.
The hunter and the hunted, the fear of death. Fear is what Kuriza would've been feeling, but he didn't feel much of anything now. His words to Mr. M held a high value as they rung through his ears. Kuriza ran aimlessly around, bag thrown over his shoulder. The forest seemed to be never ending, he didn't want to stop just yet, however. As he was running, he felt a slight pinch on his leg. "It's nothing. I'll stop ahead, and see what I have. If I'm to win this I'm going to have to be quick and with this bag being as heavy as it is, I don't know how that is going to happen...", he thought. The bag wasn't what he expected, he knew there was basic supplies: water, map, food...and a weapon. He had a feeling that was what was slowing him down, "An axe maybe? Buddha, I hope so.".
Eventually, Kuriza came to a slight clearing, he could see a large body of water surrounding the coast. "Here we are", he let out softly. He dropped his bag on the ground, and slumped onto the nearest tree. Hopefully, no one would see him, but who knows what the hell these kids are up to. "What now? he thought. He reached into his pocket to see if he still had his lighter he'd brought along, "Let's see...Ah...what?, he felt what seemed to be liquid in his pocket. When he pulled his hand out, it seemed as if it was bleeding. "My leg. Damnit. Must've got a cut on a branch or shrub", he let out a resounding sigh, "Nothing like getting hurt before this game actually starts". It was a minor scrap, nothing to be worried about. Not now at least.
He was thinking about what his first move would be: find Junichi, meet up with Kiyoshi, or stick to himself? Either way, there'd be death. It was unavoidable now.
Kuriza's first action after stopping was picking up the bag that had seemingly sealed each student's fate. "Water...Food...Map...", before looking at his weapon, he checked the map. Seemed he was, indeed, by the coast. He'd ran pretty far, but hadn't realized that far. As he went back to stick his hand he the bag, he pulled out his weapon. He examined the weapon and studied it. "This'll do wonders." It was called a Springfield Rifle. Kuriza had a little experience with guns, but he still knew how to work them and how to use them; although he'd never shot at a person before. For this game, it probably was one of the best to get. He laughed inside for the person who might get stuck with a pot lid or maybe even a pair of binoculars.
"So, the government gives me this as a weapon...", he thought, "Perfect" he had spoken aloud. He reached deep down into the bag and pulled out some shells for it. He loaded the gun, and cocked it to make sure. It would be now or never, he thought. Time to put it to the test.