"Better watch myself in this place," I warned myself. This school looks so old, you never know just what you'll find here. I'd been extra cautious when wandering around this place.
While I may have been alone, I was not the only one in here. There were others in this place, trapped like I was. I'd even seen a few.
But as I stated before, I was being extra cautious in this place. Therefore, I only ever watched the others from a distance. But that suited me just fine. I wasn't that great with people.
As I wandered through the abandoned hallways, a small noise caught my attention. It sounded like a child crying, and it was coming from the classroom just to my right. I listened a moment, hoping to hear if the one who was crying was alone or not.
"Tsubaki, you gotta stop," a boy's voice whispered. Possibly a friend of hers? Tsubaki was a girl's name, so I assumed it was a her. "We don't want those bad ghosts to find us."
The sobbing got quieter, but it didn't stop. Peeking into the room, I spotting a girl crying in the corner. In front of her was a boy who looked a lot like her, probably her brother. He was kneeling in front of her with his hands on her shoulders. The boy was either trying to calm her down or scare her into shutting up.
"Are you alright?" I asked, coming out of my hiding place, startling the two. The little boy instantly moved between us, shielding Tsubaki from me. I held my hands up defensively, trying to look harmless. "I'm not going to hurt you. I just want to help you."
"Are you stuck in here too?" little Tsubaki asked between sobs. She couldn't be any older that ten at the most. How could such a young child be brought into such a terrible place such as this?
"My name is Rina," I said as the little boy backed off, letting me come over to where the girl was sitting with her knees pulled tight to her chest. "I'm a second year at Kawasina High School. What are your names?"
"I'm Shiro," the little boy said cautiously. He sounded like he didn't trust me. But then again, aren't kids taught to not talk to strangers? "Tsubaki's my twin; mess with her and you'll answer to me."
His fierce protectiveness over his sister was quite adorable. "You must care about your sister a lot. I bet you're really close, right?"
"So what? It's none of your business!" Looks like Shiro was a real fireball. Maybe I should watch myself around him. Not once did he take his eyes off me.
"Well, I was going to see if you wanted to come with me," I said, using the most innocent voice I could come up with. I wasn't about to leave them here alone, not if it meant they'd more than likely die. So I would convince them to come along without them realizing it. "I'm going to find a way out of here. I thought you'd want to get out of here, but I guess I was mistaken."
I turned and started to walk away very slowly, giving them time to change their minds. It didn't take but a few steps for them to give in. "You'd really help us get out?" Shiro's voice called after me.
Smiling, I turned back to the twins. "Of course. I'd feel bad if I left you to be ghost food."
"Can we really go with you?" sweet little Tsubaki asked, peeking out from behind her brother. She must have stood up when my back had been turned.
"What good would I be as a teacher if I left two sweet little children alone in a big scary place like this?" Still smiling, I extended my hands to them. Shiro held onto Tsubaki's hand and then grabbed mine.
"Do you really want to be a teacher?" she asked as the three of us left the dark classroom and headed down the hallway.
"That's my dream." Together, we set off to find a way out of this lifeless school known as Heavenly Host Elementary.