Chapter 1: Disaster Strikes?!
The creaking of the wooden floorboards made Kariya jump as Raimon wondered into a giant creepy house. Thunder and lightning suddenly raged outside, causing them to enter the building in the first place. The team looked around.
"I-I don't like this place," Shinsuke mumbled "it makes me feel... Uncomfortable for some reason"
"Well you're gonna have to get used to it" Tsurugi snapped.
"He's right," Wonderbot agreed "we can't time jump in this weather so we'll just have to stay here for the night"
"But what if someone is living here?" Hikaru pointed out "wouldn't that be intruding?"
"If there is someone then we'll speak to them when we find them," Kirino answered "but right now this place looks empty and is the only house around here"
"Looks can be deceiving senpai" Kariya grinned.
"And houses in the middle of the forest are usually haunted" Aoi murmured, staying close to Midori. "Especially big dark ones like this"
"You don't actually believe that do you?" Midori asked "everything is going to be fine. Nothing is going to happen"
"What makes you so sure?" Nishiki enquired.
"I'm just trying to relax her!" Midori argued.
"Stop arguing!" Tenma shouted "We have to stick together to stay safe. Who knows what's waiting for us in here" Fei and Shindou nodded.
"Tenma is right," Shindou added "we have to be careful and stay together"
"But this house is big. We'll probably get tired searching the first floor" Taiyou mentioned. Shindou looked at Fei then they nodded.
"We're gonna have to-"
"Don't say it" Kaki interrupted, shaking frantically. "We can't split up! You know what these houses are like! We could get lost or even worse!"
"Calm down Aiko, this is our only option," Tenma said as he held her hand. "But don't worry, I'll be here with you" He smiled at her then she tried to smile back. Fei looked up.
"There's three floors so we'll split into three groups" Wonderbot decided "Group one will be Tenma, Taiyou, Kaki, Tsurugi and Shinsuke. You will explore the top floor. Group two will be the managers with Kirino, Shindou and Kariya. You will check the middle floor and the rest of us will look around on this floor"
"Do you have anything we can stay in contact with?" Shindou asked. Wonderbot nodded then got something from behind him.
"That's the same thing Fei wears" Tenma pointed out.
"Un, we can use these to stay in contact" Fei explained "we can all speak to each other at the same time" Wonderbat handed one to Tenma then the other to Shindou. They placed it on their heads.
"Alright, everyone ready?" Wonderbat asked. The team nodded. "Then lets move out!"
Tenma's group got to the top of the stairs then headed down a dark corridor. There were doors on each side as they walked past it.
"Shindou, Tenma, come in. It's Fei, is everything ok so far?" He asked.
"Yeah, everything is clear so far" Shindou replied.
"Things are clear here too" Tenma answered. They continued walking then the group stopped as they saw a light at the end of the corridor. "There's a light at the end of the corridor," Tenma said "what should we do?"
"You're in charge there Tenma, you decide" Fei replied. His group looked at him.
"Are we really going to investigate it?" Shinsuke mumbled "what if there's a monster there or something"
"I doubt that's the case" Taiyou smiled awkwardly.
"Someone could be in there," Tsurugi pointed out "we should take a look" Tsurugi made his way towards the light; Taiyou followed after.
"Wait you guys!" Kaki called as she laid against the wall. "it could be a trap" Taiyou and Tsurugi turned around; the light disappeared. They all looked over at it then gulped.
"It really was a trap" Shinsuke mumbled, sounding scared.
"Or maybe someone just switched out the lights" Tenma said.
"Why would you say that?" Kaki muttered.
"Because there's a light switch right where your leaning" He chuckled. Kaki moved then looked.
"Oh..." She flicked the switch; the light came back on. They looked over then saw a black beastly figure with red cat like eyes glaring at them, with its razor sharp teeth glowing as bright as its eyes. The group gazed at it in fear, not knowing how to react.
"Ahhh!" Shinsuke shrieked as he ran back towards the stairs. The beast was startled by Shinsuke's scream then it ran towards the group.
"Run!" Taiyou commanded. They all ran after Shinsuke then stopped and saw two paths leading in opposite directions.
"The stairs are gone along with Shinsuke!" Tenma shouted "it should have been right in front of us"
"We'll have to find Shinsuke later but right now that demon monster thing is gaining on us and we'll be dead meat if we just stand here" Taiyou panicked.
"Lets split up" Tsurugi suggested "there's two paths and four of us. This house is in a circular shape so we will meet up eventually"
"But-" The demon leaped at them then they jumped in different directions; it hit the wall.
"If we split up then it won't be able to get all of us easily" Tsurugi yelled "now lets go!" Tsurugi got up and started to run off then Tenma gazed at Kaki.
"Tenma!" She shouted.
"Take care of her until we meet up Taiyou" Tenma demanded then he got up and followed Tsurugi.
"Tenma!" She cried.
"Come on, we need to go" Taiyou said as he grabbed her hand and ran off with her. They hid around the corner; watched the demon get up. It glared in Tsurugi and Tenma's direction then ran after them.
"Ten-kun... Tsurugi..." Kaki sulked. Taiyou sighed as he carried on walking then Kaki followed after. "What are we going to do?" She enquired "we can't contact the others and that monster is gonna kill Tenma and Tsurugi" Taiyou stopped walking then Kaki did too.
"I don't know," Taiyou replied "I'm as scared as you are and I don't what to do" He held Kaki's hand tightly. "But I'm going to take care of you no matter what. As Tenma's friend and as your old school mate"
"Tai Tai..." She mumbled. They gazed at each other; they heard a growl coming from behind them.
"We better get going" He whispered. She nodded as they ran off.
Shinsuke panted tiredly as he saw Fei and his group in front of him. He dashed towards them happily.
"Fei!" He called. Fei turned around then saw Shinsuke. He approached them.
"Shinsuke! What happened? We heard screaming then Tenma wasn't answering" Fei panicked.
"We were exploring then this red eyed sharp teethed black big monster appeared then I ran away since I was too scared" He explained.
"You left them alone?" Nishiki asked.
"Un," Shinsuke nodded "I was just too scared"
"At least your safe," Fei mentioned "but we can't say the same for the others" Fei headed back; the group followed.
"Where are we going?" Hikaru enquired.
"Back to where we split up," Fei answered "I don't want any of us getting killed" He tapped on his head device.
"Shindou, can you hear me?"
"Yeah, what's wrong?"
"I lost contact with Tenma's group but Shinsuke escaped and warned me that there is a monster on the loose in this house. Come and meet up with my group at the center now. And hurry!"
"Right!"
Shindou's group looked at him with concerned faces.
"What's going on?" Kirino enquired.
"There's a monster in this house and its chasing Tenma's group. Shinsuke managed to escape but we lost contact with Tenma so Fei is telling us to meet back up" He explained "now lets go" He ran off then the others followed.
"Shin-sama" Akane mumbled.
"This is bad" Midori said.
"Tenma... Tsurugi... Taiyou... Kaki... I hope they're ok" Aoi murmured.
