I made MORE changes! YAY changes! I am so sorry that it has been so long since I last updated this story! I recently started college so I've been pretty busy. I apologize. But now I am back and I will be focusing on this! I promise!

*EDIT** What exactly does "Reboot" mean? Well, since It's been so long since I updated this I had enough time to think and I didn't like the way it was going so far. So I read over it, deleted useless information, fixed grammar and spelling errors, and changed some names

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The Iwatodai Dorm. That was the name of the dorm mentioned in her admission pamphlet. She was not looking forward to transferring to a new school. It felt as if she had just gotten use to her old one and now she had to move again. But she had no time to complain. She had questions that needed to be answered and she knew Port Island would be the right place to go.

Ten years ago. It was ten years ago that her parents had been killed in an accident on Port Island. The authorities listed the deaths as an accident, but Hamuko knew better. She knew something was not right and she intended to find out what.

The only other family member that Hamuko had left was an older brother. Mitsuo. He was all she had left. She loved him, and she intended to keep him safe. Even if that meant leaving him behind while she went in search for answers. He begged her not to go. He told her that it was too dangerous and that she didn't know what she was getting herself into. She didn't care. Too many people were keeping too many secrets from her. And she would not rest until she had the answers. So she left Mitsuo, making him promise that he would stay home and not follow her, and began her journey.

A few months ago she had gotten a letter in the mail. The letter was sent by a man named Shuji Ikutsuki.

Ikutsuki?

Why did that name sound so familiar to her? In the letter Ikutsuki said that he was an old friend of her parents. In the letter he mentioned Gekkoukan High. "Gekkoukan High would be a perfect place for a smart girl such as yourself". That's what Ikutsuki said in the message. Hamuko knew that accepting the request would give her an excuse to go back to the place where her parents and sister were killed so she accepted the request. And now here she is. On a train bound for Iwatodai Station. One step closer to her destination. And one step closer to her answer.

"Our next stop, Iwatodai!" A loud voice echoed over the train's intercom. Hamuko could even hear it over the loud music that was blasting in her ears. She never went anywhere without her music player. Music was her way of escaping from the pain that the real world had left in her heart. Listening to her favorite music could always make her feel a little better. Even when she feels like dying.

The train rolled to a stop. She had finally made it to Iwatodai Station. Her only problem now was that she had to find her way to the Iwatodai Dorm. The pamphlet had a map, but Hamuko wasn't very good with directions. When the train doors opened all the passengers that were left on the train rushed to get off. Hamuko managed to sneak a quick glimpse at her phone. 11:59 p.m. It was late and Hamuko was tired. She just wanted to get to the dorm and go to sleep. Then the clock struck midnight.

All the light in the station suddenly cut off. The song coming from Hamuko's headphones was silenced. Everything was quiet. Hamuko could hear nothing nor see no one. She looked to her left and screamed. The man that had just been standing next to her was gone. All that remained was a bloody coffin.

"What's going on?" Hamuko quietly asked to herself. Obviously not expecting any answers. "Never mind. Just hurry up and get to the dorm!"

Hamuko made sure she had everything she brought with her before she took off. There was an eerie feeling in the air and she didn't feel like wasting any time trying to figure out what was going on. She would just get to the dorm, go to bed, and everything would be better tomorrow. She hoped.

She began running in a random direction. She had no idea how to get to the dorm, but it was better than just standing still, surrounded by coffins. Her blind running led her to an alley way. She saw a few coffins surrounded by countless beer cans.

It was dark. Everywhere she looked was complete blackness. She was getting scared. Really scared.

"What are you doing here?" A voice called out in the darkness.

Hamuko turned around and saw a tall figure standing in the dark. She could barely see his face in the darkness. All she could make out was bushy hair, a long coat, and an angry expression.

"It isn't safe for you to be out by yourself this late at night" the young man said. "Why are you out here?"

"I-I just got here. Everything was fine when I got off the train," Hamuko. "I'm trying to hurry and get to my assigned dorm, but I can't find it."

Hamuko held out her pamphlet. The guy didn't take it from her hand. He just read it over and then turned to walk off.

"You're a long way from Iwatodai dorm, Miss. You should be heading in the other direction" he said.

"Wait!" Hamuko yelled. The young man stopped and turned his head slightly. "Th-that doesn't help. I'll never find my way by myself."

"Are you saying that you want me to walk you to the dorm?" The young man asked.

Hamuko nodded.

"That would be nice" she said sweetly.

"Tch, Miss, I'm the opposite of nice" he said.

The way he said that sent shivers down Hamuko's spine. He was bad? How bad?

"O-oh, um….I'm sorry to bother you. I'll find it" Hamuko turned to leave.

"Have you heard anything strange while you were here?" he asked.

"What do you mean?" Hamuko asked.

"Voices. Things like that" he said.

"Oh, no I haven't. Why?" she asked.

"You should be fine ask long as you haven't heard anything. Get going, before it gets too late."

Hamuko nodded and turned to leave. She allowed herself one quick glance back at the young man. He was staring down for some reason. He didn't seem as scary as he did when she first saw him. She was curious about him, but she couldn't do anything except turn around and slowly walked away.

She kept walking for what seemed like an eternity.

"Ugh! I've seen this building before!" she shouted to herself. She was never going to make it to the dorm, she realized. She was going to remain lost until she slowly starved to death.

Finally she came across some steps. She was excited to see something new. She ran up the steps hoping she would be able to see the dorm once she reach the top. Instead she found a shrine. She started to swear, but stopped herself. This was not the place for that. She dropped on her knees in front of the shrine and held her hands together in front of her face.

"Please, please, please let me find my way to the dorm. Please!" Hamuko prayed.

"What are you doing, you moron?" A familiar voice came from behind Hamuko.

She turned around to see the same young man from before staring at her with the same expression. The lighting here was a little better than in the alley. She could see that he had brown, shoulder length hair. The top of his head was covered in a beanie.

"What are you doing here?" Hamuko asked.

"You were walking in the wrong direction. You're going to end up getting yourself killed" he said.

"The wrong way?" Hamuko asked.

"Yeah, now get up on your feet. I'll lead you to the dorm" He said.

"Oh, yay!" Hamuko cheered.

"Please don't do that, k?" he said.

Hamuko smiled and nodded. She was happy. She was going to make it to the dorm after all. She wasn't going to let his rudeness bring her down.

"Let me see that pamphlet" he demanded.

Hamuko reached into her bag and pulled out the pamphlet. He took it and began reading.

"There's a map on here telling you how to get to the dorm," he pointed. "How can you not find it?"

Hamuko felt her face heat up. She didn't want to explain to him that reading a map was like trying to read a book that's written in another language for her.

"I-I uh…." Hamuko blushed. "I kind of suck at following maps."

The young man sighed. He sounded aggravated. That only made Hamuko blush more.

"Just follow close behind me. If you and I get separated, I ain't gonna look for you. You got that?" he sounded serious.

Hamuko nodded and followed closely behind him as he walked off.

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Their walk was quiet. Every now and then, Hamuko would see the boy look back at her. Probably to see if she was still back there. Finally, Hamuko decided to break the silence.

"Thank you," she said sweetly.

The young man turned his face slightly.

"Huh?" was all he said.

"I-I said 'thank you'. You know, for leading me to the dorm," Hamuko said.

The young man stopped walking and turned around.

"We're almost to the dorm, just one more block" he looked as if he wanted to say something else, but stopped himself. He turned back around and continued walking. Hamuko sighed then followed the young man.

"Hamuko," she said.

"Huh?" he replied.

"That's my name. Hamuko Arisato," she smiled up and the young man.

"That's nice," was all he said.

"This is where you say your name," she replied.

"Tch, whatever."

Hamuko was trying so hard to start up a nice conversation with this guy, but it just wasn't working.

"Okayyy. Well, thanks again, Mr. Whatever. You're really kind," Hamuko looked up at his face. She saw a flash of something. Red? Did he just blush? No, he couldn't have. She was just seeing things.

"Well, here we are," he said.

Hamuko looked up. The dorm was huge. How many people lived here?

"I'm sure you'll like it here. As long as you like following strict rules," he said.

"Do you know anything about the people who live here?" Hamuko asked.

"Nah, not much," he said. "This is where you go inside and make new friends and I leave. See ya," he started to walk off.

"Wait!" Hamuko called out. Making him stop and turn around.

"You never told me your name," Hamuko continued.

"I'm not going to," he smiled slightly. "You'll just have to wait."

With that, he turned and walked away. Hamuko didn't take her eyes off of him until he disappeared into the darkness. Then she opened the door and walked in.

The dorm was quiet and dark. She couldn't see any person or coffin in the building.

"You're late," a voice said from behind the counter.

Hamuko gasped and saw that it was a young boy.

"I've been waiting a long time," he said.

"Who are you? Do you live here?" she asked.

The little boy didn't reply. He just snapped his fingers and made a booklet appear in front of him.

"If you wish to proceed, then you must sign the contract" he said.

Hamuko didn't move. She just stared at the piece of paper.

"Don't worry. It just says that you'll accept full responsibility for your actions." The little boy held out a pen.

Hamuko took the pen and quickly signed her name.

"Very well," he said. "No one can escape death. It delivers us all equally to the same end," the boy said.

Before Hamuko's eyes, the boy started to disappear.

"And so it begins," the boy said before completely disappearing.

Hamuko stared at the place where the young boy had just been standing. There was no trace of him at all. Was he really there. Maybe she was just tired.

"Who's there?"

A female voice interrupted Hamuko's thoughts. She looked towards the stairs and saw a young girl about her age standing in the shadows.

"How can you be…? Don't tell me…"

The girl was obviously nervous. Suddenly she pulled out a gun.

"Takeba, wait!" another female voice called out.

Behind the first girl, another girl appeared. She had long red hair and appeared to be very mature.

Suddenly the light came back on. The music on Hamuko's music player started up right where it left off.

"I didn't think you'd arrive so late" the red headed girl said. "My name is Mitsuru Kirijo. I live here in this dorm."

"Who's she?" the first girl asked.

"She's a transfer student. It was a last minute decision to assign her here. She'll soon be sent to a room in the normal dorm" Mitsuru said.

"Is it ok for her to be here?" the first girl said.

"I guess we'll see," Mitsuru said. "This is Yukari Takeba. She'll be a Junior this year just like you."

"Hey," Yukari said.

"….Hey, it's nice to meet you" Hamuko said. She was obviously concerned about staying in a dorm with two gun carriers. In the town she use to live in, no one carried guns. There was no need to. It was peaceful. This was going to be difficult.

"Sorry about the gun thing" Mitsuru said. "It's for protection purposes. You can never be too careful nowadays."

"…Oh…it's ok." Hamuko said.

"You're probably tired, Hamuko. Your room is on the third floor. Your things should already be there."

"Oh, I'll show you the way. Follow me" Yukari said cheerfully.

Hamuko followed behind Yukari up two flights of stairs and down a hall.

"Here we are? Pretty easy to remember. Since it's right at the end of the hall" Yukari said.

"Thanks" Hamuko said.

"Can I ask you something?" Yukari asked.

"Sure" Hamuko replied.

"On the way back from the station was everything ok?" Yukari asked.

"Yes, everything was fine." Hamuko wanted to tell Yukari about the coffins and darkness, but she would just leave that for another day.

"Oh, I see." Yukari replied. "Well, good night. I'm sure you still have other questions, but let's just save them for another time. Night."

With that, Yukari left. Hamuko knew she was not going to get any answers tonight so she just opened the door to her room. Just as Mitsuru said, all of her things were there. She saw her stuffed pillow pet already laying on the bed. She laughed when she thought of whomever put it there. They probably thought she was still a child. She quickly changed into her pajamas and jumped into bed and cuddled the stuffed panda pillow pet.

What a day it had been. Earlier that day, she had been in Kyoto. Her home. She missed it already. Now here she was in Iwatodai and she had already had a gun pulled on her. This was going to be a long school year.

But, despite all that, Hamuko couldn't help but smile. She already had a goal for this school year.

Find out the name of the mystery boy.