Seiko Shinohara clutched at her neck in agony as she stumbled through the halls of Heavenly Host, choking and wheezing soundlessly. Her lungs burned and her head throbbed.

Why?! Why would you do this, Naomi?! Seiko screamed silently. I was willing to sacrifice everything for you, even watch you run off with that boy, but you threw me away like a dirty tissue, you traitorous bitch!

Deep down somewhere, Seiko knew Naomi hadn't been herself- she'd seen the empty, devoid darkness in her friend's eyes, felt the unnaturally strong and unwavering grip, as she'd killed her. And this would've been clear to Seiko if she had a moment of calm to think about it.

Only she didn't. The constant pain, her gripping desire to breathe, her fear, anger, irrational feelings of betrayal and loss- all these negative feelings she'd been trying to suppress- were all magnified tenfold by the darkening now gripping her tortured soul.

After wandering for a while (for the tormented Seiko, it could have been days, it could have been years, no one really knew in this place), she rounded a corner and spotted her classmates, Ayumi Shinozaki, Satoshi Mochida, and her killer, Naomi Nakashima, grouped together. The three people Seiko hated the most at that moment.

Balling her fists up in festering rage, the vengeful spirit charged straight at Naomi, hands outstretched as if to strangle her former friend… and passed into her.

Disoriented, Seiko blinked her eyes for a moment. Then she realized she could breathe. The pain, while still there, had receded into a dull throbbing of the neck. She looked down and realized she was looking at Naomi. Naomi's boobs, her child-bearing hips, her pretty legs- Naomi's body, without a doubt. She was Nao- no, she was possessing Naomi.

"HA- HAHAHAHAAHAAAA!" Seiko cackled hysterically, arching her- Naomi's back- as she did so.

"Naomi? NAOMI!"

"NAOMI!"

Satoshi and Ayumi wheeled around in disbelief at how Naomi was acting.

"No, no, this can't be happening!" Ayumi clutched at her head, as she realized what was transpiring. She'd herself been possessed earlier, only learning about it afterward from Yoshiki's earnest testimony.

"S-Satoshi, d-do something!"

"W-What?" Satoshi stammered, pale-faced and terrified. "What can I-I d-do?!"

"She's been possessed!" Ayumi exclaimed. "W-When I was possessed earlier, Yoshiki snapped me out of it! H-He… uh… well, he hugged me?"

"Hugged you?!" Satoshi exclaimed.

"Well… yeah! That's not important! Y- You l- like Naomi, don't you?" Ayumi's voice fell quieter at the end of her last sentence.

"Yeah, well…" Satoshi nervously approached Naomi.

"Hell, no!" Seiko snarled in Naomi's voice. "It's all because of that boring, good-for-nothing boytoy that I never got to spend any girl-love time with Naomi! If you think dull wimp touch Naomi again, you've got another think coming!"

Satoshi lurched backward in fear, as Seiko knew he would.

"D- Don't let i- it trick you!" Ayumi cried, clutching her head with both hands in a panic. "No, we have to save Naomi and get out of here!"

Seiko wheeled on Ayumi. "Get out of here and leave poor me alone?" She exclaimed shrilly. "Do you think I'd let you do that?! Especially you, Ayumi! It's all because of you and your creepy-ass ritual that we're even here in the first place! It's all your damn fault!"

"Wha-" Ayumi was taken aback, a flicker of both familiarity and confusion passing over her face.

Seiko ignored and kept rambling, driving the knife home as to her identity. "And now I've gotten my hands- or perhaps ectoplasm- on my sexy Naomi, I'm letting go either! If I'm going to be tortured here for eternity. I'm keeping sweet-ass Naomi here with me as well!"

"N- n- no!" Ayumi's eyes widened in abject horror, reaching forward instinctively. "S-Seiko? N-no, it can't be! Seiko!"

"Ayumi, b- be careful!" Satoshi warned, eyes wide with fear. "T- That's not really Seiko anymore! D- Do you think Seiko would do something like that to Naomi?"

"So, I suppose Naomi told you guys about my death, huh? Well, I bet she didn't tell you it was her who killed me with her very own hands! Strung the rope around my neck and hung me, right after we had a little quarrel!"

"Wh- What?! N-No! Y-You're lying, Naomi would never- " Satoshi protested in horrified disbelief.

"What, can't accept the truth about your pretty, little princess, huh? I bet she told you I hung myself, didn't she?! Passing it off as suicide… I think there was a witness, a cameraman, red jacket and hat… name was Taguchi or something? He saw everything, saw Naomi MURDER me!"

Deep down, a part of Seiko wondered how she knew these details, but it was quickly swallowed up in the whirlpool of hostile emotions. She felt like there was… something in the darkness guiding her words.

"So- that's why he freaked out and ran, when he saw her-" Ayumi's jaw dropped at the realization. "Naomi, you didn't- "

"No, surely you can't buy what this spirit is saying!" Satoshi brandished his arms.

"Well, this place can- it can make people behave weirdly- I- know- " Ayumi choked back sobs.

"Oh, looks like our titless, sadistic class rep ain't so tough when the joke's on her," Seiko chuckled demonically. "Well, thanks to your tiny dumb ass, I'm dead, in pain, trapped here forever, and you wonder why I'm mad and crazy!"

"I'm- I'm so, so sorry," Ayumi sobbed. "You… Mayu… Morishige… it's all your fault!" She stumbled and lurched forward unevenly, as if possessed herself. "Oh, Seiko, I'm so sorry-"

"Still, I don't think you've sad enough," Seiko smirked. "But you're about to be!'

As soon as Ayumi within arm's reach of the possessed Naomi, Seiko willed Naomi's arms to seize the blunette by the shoulders and lunged forward with surprising speed, launching Naomi's left knee right into Ayumi's crotch.

"AAAAAHHH!" Ayumi screamed out in pain, falling backward as Seiko let go. She hit the floor and rocked back and forth, shaking in pain, hands cupped over her damaged special place.

"A- Ayumi!" Satoshi hollered in shock. "N- Naomi, you have to fight it! Please!"

Like a marionette with dead eyes, Naomi's head twisted unnaturally to stare at Satoshi. "You're next, whore."

"Wha- No- " Satoshi stumbled backward, but Naomi was already upon him.

Seiko snapped upward with Naomi's leg, her foot sinking into Satoshi's groin in a front kick, delivering blunt trauma straight to the poor boy's nuts.

The force was so strong that Naomi likely strained her muscles or sprained a tendon or ligament, but Seiko was beyond caring about that.

"GAAAAHHH!" Satoshi's eyes bulged and spittle flew from his mouth. He crumpled forward in a heap, hands clutching his injured nether regions.

"Haha, I love how sturdy Naomi's body is!" Seiko cackled evilly, as she grabbed Satoshi's ankles and kicked aside his hands. "She really is well-built! Take this!" She stomped down again and again on his genitals.

"AAAUUUUGHH!" He screamed, writhing, eyes rolling to the back of his head.

"S-SATOSHI!" Ayumi screamed, crawling forward painfully, unable to endure listening to Satoshi's heart-rending shrieks. "Stop, Seiko, please! Just let him go! Go ahead and take your revenge on me, but it isn't Satoshi's fault! PLEASE! STOP!"

"Stop?" Seiko sneered. "But I'm just getting started! This… is just the beginning. I'm gonna make you all pay!"

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Irrelevant Historical Facts:

Today in History

1. Six years ago, on April 18, 2013, an Islamist suicide bomber set off his suicide belt in a cafe in Baghdad, Iraq, where young people were using water pipes and playing pool, murdering 27 people and wounding 65. The attack was carried by the Sunni-Islamist Islamic State of Iraq (ISI) terrorist group, taking advantage of tensions between Sunnis and Shiites.

The then Shiite-Islamist, Iranian-backed regime of Nouri al-Maliki's increasingly autocratic regime was marginalizing, oppressing, imprisoning the Sunni minority, and sometimes outright murdering them. Maliki was also supporting the brutal socialist dictatorship of Bashar al-Assad in neighboring Syria, which was violently and indiscriminately suppressing all opposition.

These brutal, sectarian actions only pushed more Sunnis toward joining Sunni terrorist organizations, including the Islamic State of Iraq, which would eventually blossom into the horrifying rise of ISIS/ISIL in 2014, when they overran large parts of Iraq and Syria.

2. Twelve years ago, on April 18, 2007, five car bombs were set off all across Baghdad, Iraq by the notorious terrorist group known as Al-Qaeda in Iraq (AQI), killing 198 people and wounding 251. The attacks mainly targeted markets and locations frequented by Shia Muslims (the rivaling sect of the Sunni Muslims that comprise Al-Qaeda) in Sadriya, Sadr City, Karrada, al-Shurja. Many in the Sunnis minority felt oppressed by the heavy-handed rule of Iran-backed Shiite Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, which would help push many toward Sunni terrorist groups like AQI.

3. Thirty-one years ago, on April 18, 1988, amid the Iran-Iraq War, the United States won a brilliant victory of the Islamic Iranian Navy in the Persian Gulf during Operation Praying Mantis.

During the Iran-Iraq War, the brutal Islamist dictatorship of Iran attempted to take the world's oil supply hostage by attacking oil tankers of neutral countries passing through the Persian Gulf and the Strait of Hormuz, including American tankers.

The US began patrolling there to ensure the safe transit of merchant and civilian vessels, and several battles erupted when the Iranians attacked American forces. On April 14, the Iranians damaged the US guided missile frigate USS Samuel B. Roberts with an M-08 naval mine, wounding ten American sailors. Iran also dispatched Boghammar speedboats to attack unarmed civilian vessels, including an American supply ship, a Panamanian oil rig, and a British tanker, damaging them.

The United States retaliated against these attacks by attacking two militarized Iranian oil platforms used to coordinate attacks, destroying the heavy weapons mounted there and boarding them.

When the Iranian Navy counterattacked, the US Navy stood its ground and fought well, sinking 1 Iranian Alvand-class frigate, 1 Combattante II Kaman-class gunboat, and 3 Boghammar speedboats in the attacking force, as well as damaging another frigate and a fighter jet, killing at least 56 Iranian troops. The US only suffered two fatalities when a AH-1T Sea Cobra helicopter gunship crashed. Although the helicopter appeared not to have suffered battle damage, it may have tragically crashed while evading Iranian fire.

The battle was a resounding success, crippling the Iranian Navy, forcing Islamist Iran to stop attacks on American and neutral shipping, cease their aggression against Iraq, and come to the negotiating table.