~Fatal Frame 5~

Mafuyu's feet pounded against the hard wood of Himuro Mansion. Groaning and mutters of pain followed him.
As he ran faster, his heart pounded against his ribs. His eyes filled with fear as he sped up his pace.
No matter how fast Mafuyu ran, the male was always on his heels. Finally, after 30 minutes of sprinting, Mafuyu felt something grabbed the fistful of his hair and pull him back.
Mafuyu screamed and fought against whatever caught him, but he couldn't get away. Nails dug into his shoulder like daggers, growling could be heard as blood seeped through Mafuyu's jacket.
"Nothing will stop me!" A harsh voice growled. Mafuyu felt faint, before finally, he saw only black, and heard nothing...

Mafuyu jerked awake, panting and covered in a cold sweat. "Just a Dream...Just a dream..." Mafuyu mumbled to himself. He stood up and looked around. Kirie was no where to be seen.
'Maybe she just left for a second to protect the mansion...' Mafuyu thought, walking around. Mafuyu was in the Rope Hallway when he felt his heart stop.
A young male was walking away from him, toward the door to the entrance room. Mafuyu followed the male, calling out to him. "Wait!" Mafuyu said, but stopped when the male disappeared.
In his place was a couple of pages. Mafuyu picked them up, the pages were not easy to read, but he could read it pretty well.

'August 5th, 1842

Why does everything hurt?

Where is my mom?

Someone help...

Please...my mother...alone...cage...

What are these ropes on me?

I'm scared...Mommy help me!'

There was dried blood on the rest of the page, making it hard to read. It looked as though the handwriting was of a frightened child. Mafuyu stuffed the diary scraps in his backpack and continued to look around. He looked, the Camera Obscura cluched to his chest. "Hello?" Mafuyu called, and held the camera up. Mafuyu almost dropped the camera when the same young teen appeared infront of him, staring at the ceiling. Mafuyu took a picture and fell backwards, blinking. The figure and its shadow disappeared. "Well...That was weird." Mafuyu said, getting up and dusting his black jeans off. "Whats going on here?" Mafuyu asked himself. "There has to be a connection between the disappearance of Kirie and the young man I keep seeing...?" Mafuyu said. Mafuyu pulled out the diary scraps again. Something flashed in his vision, in black and white.

-Flashback-

A young male in a blue Kimono sat, cross-legged, in front of a old, worn out table, on the other side was another male. Tea cups had been placed in front of them both.

"Aoichi..." A harsh voice barked, causing the male that wasn't in the blue kimono to jump in fear. "Having tea with a guest, I presume?" The Himuro master said.
The male in the blue kimono nodded. "Yes master...He wanted a talk with me alone." Aoichi replied, his voice soft and sweet, as though it was a soft soul behind the mask of the emotionless man. The other nodded. "Akino...Akino Marbrami..." The other male said, The Himuro Master nodded and left.

"Tell me about the ritual." Akino said to Aoichi. "Are you planning to stop me?" Aoichi said, looking at Akino. The black eyes danced with plans. The eyes screamed of telling anyone that the young, raven haired man was a murderer, as well as a sacrifice and nothing more to the Himuro family. "Maybe, Maybe not." Akino replied.
Silence stitched its way into the room, the only sounds were the soft patters of rain and the harsh crash of thunder.

"..." Aoichi got up and grabbed a rope from under the table, going behind the other man and wrapped the rope around his neck and pulled onto the rope, strangling to poor man to death.
The male fell to the floor, lifeless. Aoichi grabbed a knife and carved his name into the victim's back and dragged him away to the Demon mouth. "No one will stop me..." Aoichi said, his face covered in sticky, red blood.

-End Flashback-

Mafuyu blinked. 'Was that the same man from my dream?' Mafuyu asked, looking down at the diary scraps that were patched with blood like a sewn quilt.
"Why does he not want to be stopped? What does he not want to be stopped from doing?" Mafuyu asked himself. A voice ringed in his head, 'Stop him!' but he ignored it and walked back to the Hell Gates.

'I should get rest...' Mafuyu said to himself and fell into a deep slumber.