Cries and moans of pain echoed through the hallways of the haunted elementary school's hallways. If one were to follow the tormented sounds, they would easily find that the sounds were coming from a classroom on the first floor. To one's surprise that a young highschooler, around the age of sixteen, was becoming another one of this accursed place victims.

The highschooler made a small whimper as a blade slowly made its way into her chest "Please Nashoshimi, I am your friend. Don't do this." The assailant had a bewildered look in his green eyes as he applied more pressure on the blade, causing it to sink deeper into the girl's chest. As she began to scream in complete agony, Nashoshimi slowly made his way to her ear.

"Maybe now you will think about stab people in the back, Mikai." he said in a harsh whisper before plunging the knife deep into chest, immediately puncturing her right lung in heart and continuously stab her in the same area several more times. After Mikai's wails and sobs were cut off from the blood pouring into her throat, she began choking on her own blood before dying a slow and painful death.

Serves her right Nashoshimi thought with a harsh tone, that damned bitch got what she deserves. He retrieved his blade that was embedded into Mikai's breast. He moved the teacher's desk to hide her dead body. As he walked away from the scene he made, he noticed his navy blue school jacket was tore and covered in Mikai's blood.

Damn it, I liked this jacket He carefully unbuttoned it and toss it onto his classmate's corpse. He made his way out of the classroom and continued his journey to "find" his other schoolmates.

Meanwhile…

Two teenagers, one girl and one boy, were walking at a slow and steady pace home; it was a Friday evening and school was finally dismissed. Teenagers from North Lotus Academy were all eager after school because today was the final day of the semester.

"You know, Miranda..Yuma is throwing a little party for our class tonight" The boy said as he accidentally brushed his hand against Miranda's.

Miranda blushed madly when the boy's hand touched her own "I-I know she practically begged me to c-com-come." She looked at the darkening sky "We still have an hour or two to get ready" After five minutes of walking, the road split into two paths: One going to Miranda's house; the other heading to the boy's home.

"Well I guess it is time to get ready then.." The male teenager said sounding a bit disappointed.

"Yeah" Miranda agreed, "but don't worry, it only takes a few minutes to get ready." Keeping true to her word, it only had taken her twenty minutes to change into a new school uniform and brush her hair and teeth. As she left her home, her mom Mrs. Kiamia gave her daughter a hug and wished her luck.

"Bye mom, see you in a little while." Miranda said as she headed out, if only she knew what would happen later on that night.

A few hours later…

The party Yuma Monarishi set up was terrific, even though seven people out of fifteen showed up, including Yuma herself. As the party began to settle down, Yuma beckoned everyone to sit in a circle around her.

"Yuma, why do you want us to sit like this?" An eighteen year old boy with blonde hair and green eyes asked. "It looks kinda…silly"

"Well Taoso, if you will shut your damn mouth for a minute I will explain" Yuma hissed with a harsh tone in her voice, "As you may or may not know, today was the last day of our final semester at North Lotus Academy. Meaning we will no longer be in the same class we have been in since elementary school."

Taoso's twin sister, Chiharu was the first to speak "But Kiyomizu, I am sure we will all still keep in touch after everything we have been through."

"Right Inoue" Yuma Kiyomizu reassured her "but I have brought something to guarantee that everyone here will never forget each other" Yuma and her "sister" Amaterasu both left the room to retrieve the object she was talking about.

"Max, do you know what she is talking about?" Miranda asked her best friend worrying that it may be something bad.

"Don't worry" Max Shibata told her to cheer her up "It might be a good luck charm or something"

"And what if it isn't?" Gregory Ishii, Miranda's half cousin retorted.

"Greg, do not act like a dumbass…" Ojima Kikome, a girl with black hair and blue eyes advised him. Ojima was the representative of their class; she is usually kind to all of her classmates …except Ishii.

Yuma and Amaterasu returned with a paper doll before Ojima could slap Gregory "Everyone, this charm is called the Sachiko Ever After Charm. A friend of mine from Kisaragi Academy told me about it and she said it will bring everyone good luck if performed correctly."

Amaterasu looked startled "Wait Yuma….what if we don't perform it correctly?"

"Well, Shinozaki didn't tell me what would happen if we did not correctly do it" Yuma said sadly, "I am sure nothing bad will happen if we fail it. So what you say, should we try it?" A chorus of agreement for the group was the reply Yuma needed.

"Alright, everyone please gather around the paper doll so we can begin this charm." Everyone rose up from their seats and assembled around Yuma, Amaterasu, and the paper doll. "Everyone hold a piece of the doll; make sure you hold on to it really, really tight to it. Ok, now we will chant 'Sachiko, we beg of you' for every six, seven, eight people participating in this. After the chant is complete everyone must rip off a piece and keep it safe for this to work. Are we ready? Now begin!"

"Sachiko, we beg of you" Ojima was the first to chant, followed by Miranda, Yuma, Gregory, Max, Amaterasu, Taoso, and Chiharu. All eight of them ripped the doll into eight separate pieces with enough force to throw everyone back.

Author's Note: Hahah cliffhanger. For those of you who have read the manga or played the game you know what is about to happen. If you are confused with the characters their bios will be in the beginning of the next chapter. Until then, Read and review –OrcaremiFox