Route Error: Ayano

The morning air was cold and chilly, but despite that, Ayano still forced herself to venture out. Fingering the red scarf around her neck, she wondered where she was supposed to meet them. They had given her a sheet of paper with the location on it, but the wind had blown it away before she had gotten a chance to look.
She sighed. It was too late now, so all she could do was guess where the meeting place would be. The park? The mall? The school? The choices were endless and she couldn't spend all day walking around and searching for them. And she couldn't just go home now, not because she had no choice, but because she refused to. This would be the first time she had ever gone out with her friends, let alone her new friends, and she would not let the chance slip through her fingers.

"Ah! I should've called Shintaro..." She mumbled to herself. Shintaro was her classmate and friend, and he usually acted cold towards her but she knew that he was just an antisocial person. His stubborn NEET attitude was getting a little better though, with the help of their friends, the members of the Mekakushi Dan.
As she continued down the park's footpath, she hummed a song to herself to keep her mind occupied. Apparently, not thinking could kill off brain cells, and that would make her grades worse off than they already were. Children Record was the name of the song, and ever since she had heard it on the radio at the Mekakushi Dan's hideout, she had become addicted to it. Whenever she was bored or feeling miserable, she would listen to it, and it would lift her spirits up without fail.

A slight movement from behind caught her attention, and she whirled around to see a man staring at her from a distance. Feeling slightly disturbed, she kept on walking, making sure to keep a look out for her friends. However, the man began slowly making his way towards her. A fox mask covered his face, but she could see a... Was it her imagination? Was that a smirk on his face?

Shaking her head, she pretended to not have seen him and was about to step off the footpath and onto the road when he suddenly called out. "Ayano!" This made her whole body freeze and she turned around, fear beginning to take hold of her. The mysterious masked man was now directly behind her. Letting out a tiny squeak she about to run away when he quickly grabbed onto her arm.
"Calm down! I'm a Mekakushi Dan member as well!" He said urgently. There was no hint of malice or evil to his voice, so Ayano relaxed a little. She hadn't seen or met him before, nor was he ever mentioned by her friends. Was he really one of them as well? Or was he simply lying? She was the leader, #0, but perhaps Kido or someone else had recruited him without her knowing. She gazed up at him in the eyes, or rather the fox mask's eyes. The fact that he was hiding his face was making everything seem slightly creepy, but she was sure he was a good person.
"Everyone calls me Kokkuri-San, so you can too. Kido recruited me yesterday and told me to come to the meeting today." He added. It was like as if he knew what she was thinking, but maybe the look on her face had given it away.

"However..." Kokkuri-San hesitated, letting go of her arm when he looked down and realised he was still holding onto it. "There has been some trouble." Ayano gasped. What? What trouble? Was he actually a bad person after all? Her face became pale and the wind swirling around seemed to be colder than it than it was before.
"Your friends have been kidnapped by someone. He wants to see us on the school roof." This was worse news than she had originally thought. Her whole body shook, and she became extremely fearful for her friends. She loved her friends a lot and for them to be kidnapped...
"Then we're going to the roof." She replied without hesitation. She had always believed herself to be a hero, and she would keep to it. Kokkuri-San stayed silent for what must have been ten seconds before he nodded. "Right. Let's go then before it's too late."

A while later, they were standing on the school roof looking around for the kidnapper. Besides them, there was no-one around in the area. It was Sunday after all, so there were no students hanging around and chatting to each other. Which meant that if they got attacked, there was nobody they could ask or scream to for help.
"I don't see them anywhere..." Ayano mumbled, wiping away the tears that were rolling down her cheeks. She was a kind, compassionate and caring person, so it was obvious something on this scale would affect her a lot.

Standing a few meters away, Kokkuri-San suddenly exclaimed, "I've found something!"
With renewed hope, she dashed over to him, curiosity showing in her dark eyes. There was a piece of paper in his hands.
"I'll read it out loud. Hikari Station, 10:30am. Make sure to be there on time..." Ayano abruptly gasped, seeming to have realised something.
"That's the note I've lost-" She started to say, wondering how it had gotten all the way here. The wind wasn't really that strong, so a person must've brought it here.
"Shh there's more. If you are reading this, then that means you are either Ayano Tateyama or Kokkuri-San. Your friends have been captured by me, and if you want to save them, you both have to jump off the roof and acquire a special power. That would increase your chance of rescuing them."
The school roof, that had once been a great place to hang out during lunch-breaks, was now probably going to be a place where she was to die. What sort of person would still live after jumping off anyway at that height anyway?

Gazing down at the concrete ground below, she saw that they were really high up. She imagined herself lying on the ground in a bloody mess with a broken neck and twisted limbs, and it was not a pleasant thought. But... She had to save her friends, she would save them, no matter the cost. Gaining powers after dying in pairs wasn't something new to her, the Mekakushi Dan members had told her about it, in case anything happened. And she was sure that if she received a power, she would be able to help them.

"I'm up for it." She said to Kokkuri-San, a look of dignity in her eyes. With the red scarf around her neck, she really did look like a super-hero, ready to go out and save people.
"I see. Then let's do it on the count of three." He whispered, climbing up to the edge of the roof, her hand in his. Ayano's heart was beating fast, and her current breathing pattern was different from the usual. Yes, she was nervous, but she wouldn't back down now. Not if it meant risking her friends' lives.
"1." She gazed up at the clear, blue sky. There was not a single cloud in sight, and it was getting warmer.
"2." Her palms were sweaty and tears continued to roll down her cheeks in steady streams.
"3." She closed her eyes and leaped off, expecting Kokkuri-San to have done the same. However, as she tumbled down to the ground, just before everything went white, she saw that he was still standing on the roof. The mask he wore was no longer on, revealing a wide smirk on his face.