THE CRYPTS
"Geez, I've been in this town thousands of times, how can I get lost?."
Yuki kicked a nearby rock away as she turned a corner, she was trying to meet with Sayori at a cafe shop called Custard, it was a place they usually went to when they could finally leave the dorms and more importantly, the school premises.
Yuki was running late with trying to finish up some of her disciplinary committee duties, so she just told Sayori to go on ahead and wait for her there.
When she had gotten done, she got dressed up and went out into town, but when she reached the Cafe, her friend wasn't there.
She called and called for her, but received no answer, by that point, Yuki had gotten scared.
She had decided to skim the town a little, thinking that Sayori may have just gotten bored of waiting and went to entertain herself with the other stores around the street.
Yuki had searched around, unfortunately, she got lost.
She had thought she saw her friend in the alleyway, her brown hair swaying behind her and the clothes she wore was unmistakably Sayori's.
So, she shouted her name and followed her friend into the alley that lead into more buildings and deeper into the town.
For ten straight minutes she looked for her friend, each minute that passed she began to quake more in fear, she had gotten lost.
She got more nervous as she could not locate Sayori, she had just saw her, called after her and she did by comply.
Yuki had gotten deeper and deeper into the town and was not able to find her way back, she shivered, what was she going to do?.
"Yuki!."
Said girl was in the process of turning another endless corner until she heard her name and it was in a familiar voice, Sayori's voice, and on a more frighting note, she sounded terrified.
She bolted towards her friend's shriek, which took her into another alley way, "Sayori!, Sayori is that you?." She skidded to a stop as she saw nothing.
It lead her into a large clearing, in front of her was what seemed like a church, it's walls overthrown by thorns and the occasional rose, it's large wooden doors shutting as soon as her eyes landed on it.
Yuki was thankful she had brought Artemis with her, taking it from it's sheath on her inner thigh, she headed straight into the cathedral.
Her weapon was gripped tightly in one hand as the other wrapped a round the golden handle, using all her strength, she opened it and slowly entered.
Yuki stood still, the large door shutting loudly behind her, causing a small, cold breeze to push past, it made her shiver.
"Sayori?." She croaked, mustering the courage to take a step forward.
What seemed a long way ahead of her, on a table, lay a brown, shiny, stainless wood; a coffin.
Yuki looked around, the high ceiling above her, it's decorative glass was breathtaking as the sunlight peaches though.
Suddenly, there was a sharp gasp in the air above her, making the petite girl alert.
Her eyes dart around, searching for the source of the sound, but she found nothing, though as she felt the fear growing within her in the agonizing silence, the doors swung open, causing Yuki to scurry away, closer and closer to the coffin.
The doors shut again with a loud smack, once again, it blew a breeze, this time it was abnormally strong as it had almost pushed her back if she had not grabbed onto one of the brown, long, wooden seats.
"Yuki!."
It was Sayori's muffled, horrified voice came from the box lying not to far from her.
She ran with Artemis still held to her chest, ready for any problem that may come her way. She ushered towards the casket, her fingers curl under the thin space to the box, but it did not budge, she pulled harder as she heard her friend's cries for help.
But, as she did, the table collapsed, the entire box fell in, Yuki shrieked as some of her nails felt like they were being ripped from place as they still were caught in the thin opening, all she could hear from the coffin was it's constant crashing.
She dropped Artemis as her hand held the injured one and she watched in horror as she saw blood cascading down her pale hands, the top part of her nails hanging.
A loud growl pierced her ears and despite her pain, she picked up the weapon and turned to what she presumed to be a level E, Yuki could never get over their bloodthirsty red eyes and insanity stricken faces and she honestly don't think she ever will, but this one wasn't or at least she didn't look like it.
Standing a few feet away was a girl, maybe fourteen, she had big, bright blue eyes with her blonde hair placed tightly in pigtails with red ribbons, her posture straight with hands behind her small figure, her maroon, transparent nightgown swaying to an invisible wind.
Her face was soft, serene, Yuki couldn't even decide whether or not she was a Level E?, she probably wasn't driven to the brink of madness, yet.
Artemis shook with her trembling hands as she realized she could not move a muscle from her current place, as she stood there, frozen in place for a moment they both stared at each other, it isn't until the girl begins to rapidly run in her direction that she is finally able to move anything.
Before she could though, the girl was extremely close before she leaped into the air her claws pervading from her cuticles as she descended onto her target, Yuki.
With a swift movement of her arm, Yuki manages to strike the girl with the long metal against her wild face knocking her to the side.
A grunt escapes the monster's mouth as she is thrown against the chairs of the church before slumping onto the ground.
Turning around, Yuki jumped onto the table, below her was what seemed like to be a cave, it's opening the size of a rectangle, she observed how it was big enough to cause the casket to fall right in so effortlessly.
She hears a groggy moan and realized that at any moment, the Level E would wake up, taking a deep breath, the girl leaped in.
Her knees buckled as her feet landed harshly to what seemed like ground, looking up, there was the light of the church, it hung way above her, illuminating the spot she stood on,
"Sayori?." Yuki called out, she looked down, taking note that she was on stairs.
She received no response, gingerly, she took a step closer into the rest of the pitch black staircase, she called out again, but instead of a voice, she got a burst of bright light, she closes her eyes for a second before opening them.
Fire was now visible as it was burning on touches, lighting the way, she does not hesitate to dash down the stairwell.
As she reached the bottom step, she examined the clearing.
There were alcoves everywhere, each holding a coffin, all were simple, but the one on the far end of the middle wall seemed to more elegant than the others and much older, wrapped all around it was roses adorned with it's thorns.
"A Crypt." She whispered.
"Help, Yuki!."
It was Sayori's voice again, this time coming from the decorated coffin, it shook as her friend banged against it.
"Hang on, I'm coming!." Yuki ran onward, as she made it to the box, she left her weapon supported against a wall as her hands lifted up the lid.
She bit her lip in anticipation as she swung it open, the vines snapping easily before withering to dust. Yuki wanting nothing more to find her friend and get out of there, so, she put all her effort into opening the box, ignoring the throbbing pain in her fingers.
But, as she did, she stood there in disbelief at the sight before her, it wasn't her beloved friend in the casket, but an entirely different person, lying quietly on the cushion, eyes shut, but what scared her was how the girl's chest was softly rising and falling.
I thought a coffin was for the dead...where's Sayori?.
Before she could go checking for her friend, Yuki's wrists were grabbed, releasing them from holding up the coffin door, behind her, she could hear the heaving and uneven breath of the beast now held her hands behind her back.
She struggled to get free, but was held in a tight grip.
"Why don't you be a good little girl and obey."
Yuki could feel her entire body go stiff as the girl spoke, her sultry voice seemed to hypnotize her limbs and left them completely paralyzed.
Her insides felt as if they were going to explode from fear as she felt a hand be placed on her back, pushing her toward the sleeping body, her breath intake increased as her eyes watered from the growing anxiety.
"No, stop!."
Her face was just inches away from the slumbering person in front of her, she could feel her body being pushed up so that her neck was closer to the woman's lips, her stomach churned as a hand slithered to her neck.
"This'll hurt only a little." The girl was up against Yuki, her chin resting on her quivering shoulder, grazing her fingernail on her neck, she could only stare with wide eyes as the girl's nail dug harder, creating a cut deep enough to spill blood.
"Mm, so sickly sweet, Mistress will love that." The girl teeth find their way to her earlobe before giving a little bite as the captured girl cried.
The girl pulls away, still pushing Yuki down, "Very, very sweet."
From the corner of her eye, Yuki could see the woman's eyes twitch just once, her ebony complexion becoming more lively by the second as her blood landed on her lips.
Even if it was just a little spill of blood, Yuki could feel sleep try and invade her senses, slowly, it was overcoming her, it did to the point that she stopped struggling and her eyes drooped.
The girl in the coffin's slight movements became more constant and through closing eyelids, Yuki could see a tongue pervade from her plump lips, licking away the blood.
She was thrown to the ground as the woman's tongue retreated back into her mouth, her head hit against one of the nearby coffins and the pain vibrated in her was as she slid to the floor.
"Hm, If you weren't so important, I'd kill you." The girl grinned maliciously.
Yuki laid there unresponsive as her vision blurred, as it did she could see the outline of the Level E nearing her, but before she could react, her eyes rolled into nothingness.