Heavenly Host Elementary School. What once was a regular school just like any other, had it's good reputation tragically desecrated when a series of unfortunate events unfolded within it's long past innocent walls.
The beloved school nurse, Yoshie Shinozaki, was tiding up after another long day at work, getting ready to go out to dinner with her daughter, Sachiko, to celebrate her seventh birthday. She'd even gotten the girl a black cat stuffed animal as a present, and she just knew she'd love it. That was when the unthinkable occurred.
The principal, Takamine Yanagihori, appeared in the room. He was usually so kind to Yoshie, but today was different. His stare was cold and unfeeling. Takamine forced the nurse over her desk and began unbuttoning her blouse. She was terrified. When she was finally able to slip away from him, she ran away, but only made it so far as the landing of the stairs. That's when the principal caught up with her and pushed her the rest of the way down the stairs. When Yoshie hit the ground, she was dead. But she somehow still had her consciousness.
She saw her daughter, Sachiko, staring in horror at her dead mother and the man who had killed her. The little girl had witnessed everything. No matter how hard Yoshie attempted to scream out and stop Takamine, her lifeless body would not grant her any sort of sound or movement. She watched the principal strangle the life out of her precious little girl, on her birthday.
The evil man buried Sachiko in the basement, where no one would ever look, since the room was never used by anyone in the school, and reported her as a missing child. He then blamed the nurse's death as an accident. Saying that she just accidentally fell down the stairs.
The spirit of Yoshie was bound forever to the place of her death. She watched another woman take her place as school nurse and was envious, but happy that not many kids seemed to visit the new woman. It made her feel like she was the only one good enough for the children, and that she was missed by them. She missed her little girl more than anything. And soon became very lonely, craving the company of anyone, especially her daughter.
At first, Yoshie was overjoyed when she realized that Sachiko was sending the souls of children to her after murdering them. But then she began to realize that this couldn't possibly make her happy. Her daughter was no longer sending her souls out of love, she was murdering because she /liked/ it. While she appreciated the company, the previous school nurse despised murder, since it had taken the life of herself and her daughter. She could never forgive anyone who took the life of another.
One day, something very strange happened. Sachiko, who had died twenty years earlier alongside her mother, had suddenly taken human form once more, in a flesh and blood body. She continued her killings. But she couldn't accomplish these vicious acts alone. Not with such a small body. This led to her enlisting the help of the principal's son, Yoshikazu, a former teacher at the school before being afflicted by Yoshie's curse upon the principal and all his family causing his mental health to deteriorate and his ability of speech to diminish, to kidnap three children by the names of Ryou Yoshizawa, Tokiko Tsuji and Yuki Kanno, and bring them to the school's basement.
That was when Sachiko proceeded to murder each one of those children in excruciating ways. For example, a little girl had her left eye stabbed an undetermined number of times with a pair of scissors, until it was soup-like in consistency. After they were left to bleed to death, all three had their tongues snipped off, as though to eternally silence them.
The police eventually found the crime scene. The three dead and desecrated bodies. However, the little girl had framed Yoshikazu for the murders, and made it seem as though she were a surviving victim. Her testimony led to the principal's son being put into a mental institution. After which the little girl completely disappeared, as though she'd never existed in the first place. One day, Yoshikazu managed to slip past the nurses and guards on duty, making his was back into the school, and hanging himself to death in the basement. The truth about the school's history was never found.
All of these awful events, and the severely decreased percentage of school attendance since the beginning of said incidents, led to the ultimate closure of the school. Heavenly Host Elementary School closed it's doors for the final time in November of 1975. On this day, principal Takamine jumped from the roof of the building, breaking his neck on impact and taking his own life.
A new school, Kisaragi Academy, was eventually built in it's place. And the past was left in the past. For the most part at least. Horror stories were still told. And a charm was named after the evil little girl.
The Shachiko charm required two or more participants. They would gather together in a circle while one held a paper doll, and chant the words "Shachiko, we beg of you!" as many times as there were people doing the charm, and once more for Sachiko. Then the paper doll would be torn apart into as many pieces as there were people. If done correctly, this charm would ensure that the participants would remain close friends forever, and nothing would tear their friendship apart. However, if the charm was unsuccessful, there would be severe repercussions.
Those participating in the failed charm would be taken away to a place that no longer existed. Heavenly Host Elementary School. Once in the damned school, there would be no escape. There would only be a hellish experience in store for anyone who entered. Absolutely no food and no water. Vengeful spirits. The overwhelming smell of decay and decomposition. And death lurking around every corner. Dead bodies of the innocent souls previously abducted would be strewn unceremoniously across the floor. Death would be inevitable. If they didn't die of starvation of dehydration, they would most certainly be caught by those who wished to harm the living. And if that didn't happen, many people went insane and began killing those they once called their friends. Either because they had succumb to the darkening process, been possessed, or had turned to cannibalism as a last resort to cure their intense hunger. Even worse than all of this, the pain that they felt in their moment of death would be tortuously inflicted on them for all eternity, never giving them a moment's rest. Those who died in that school had their existence wiped off the face of the earth. No one remembered them. Not even their friends or family. It was a terrible fate. And there was no end to this madness in sight. It would go on forever. There was nothing anyone could do, or so it was thought.
Yuuya Kizami was the latest victim of this curse. He had been whisked away to the school against his will, along with a few other people he knew, like his best friend, Kurosaki, although he hadn't yet seen them there.
The seventeen year old boy was an 11th grader at Byakudan Senior High School, class 2-4. He had always been rather popular, particularly due to his extremely good looks. He was a bit of a loner, always seeming to be "too cool" to hang out with anyone else. It made him unreachable and mysterious, and therefore more desirable among his classmates. While he appeared to be a normal person on the outside, underneath was a sinister psychopathic murderer. His hating relationship with his family might have contributed to the way he had turned out. Before coming to the cursed school, Kizami had taken joy in snuffing the life out of small, helpless animals. And since arriving, his craving to kill had increased, leading him to murder a few different people he'd seen in the hallways. He justified his actions to himself by saying that it was better he stab them to death, than let them suffer from starvation or have the ghosts and spirits kill them in the most unimaginably grotesque ways possible. In his mind, he hadn't done anything wrong. In fact, he'd been doing great services to humanity.
For as long as he could remember, Kizami had wanted a little sister. And now that he was in this school, he intended to search for a little girl to fill that role in his life. However, if he was ever to accomplish this goal, it would spell undeniable death for the female he'd chose. He'd snuff the life out of her.
Kizami was hungry, but he could deal with the stomach pains. He satisfied his thirst by drinking the blood of his victims. The air around him was cold, almost freezing, but he wasn't about to let that bother him. He actually kind of liked it. He held his jacket over his shoulder, and had his white shirt unbuttoned halfway to let the cold air nip at his pale skin. He ran his nimble fingers through his grayish-blue hair and sighed softly as he walked alone through the empty hallways, waiting and hoping he'd meet another living soul sooner rather than later.
