A/N: Second introducing chapter.

Once again, Thank to all of you who submit your OCs. The submission is now closed, by the way. Also, thanks to readers/viewers/followers/favorite-ers.

Also, thanks Darling-Stardusted-Traverser, who pointed my mistakes in the previous chapter and will correct my mistakes from now on. well I think. Anywayyyyy-

P.S.: Corpse Party's weird written noise for the win! XD

I hope you enjoy this chapter! :3

MOCHIZUKI ACADEMY, Around 6:55 PM

"Hmfph…" huffed Mikku Warae-Sakurai. He had messy blond hair, his bangs swept altogether to the right. He was also known as the tallest boy of the school. Mikku wore a beige sweatshirt over the usual white button-down shirt, both sleeves rolled up to the elbow and red tie. He also had bandages covering his neck and forearms, hiding pinkish-white scars, unknown to the others, as he always avoid the subject. He had green suspenders that weren't suspended on his shoulder, which dangled over his hips. He also had black boots and green headphones around his neck, as he didn't listen to his music at this moment. Also, one thing he wore at every moments of the day was his goofy smile, which was always plastered on his face for unknown reasons.

His big, round, innocent-looking vivid green eyes wandered to his classmates, who were cleaning the auditorium, which was a pain in the ass. Removing bubble-gum glued under chairs, cleaning the big scene, the high walls, the backstage, including the dressing rooms.

Why did I have to volunteer? He asked himself, deep in thought as one of his classmates accidently hit him. He turned to face him, or more precisely, her.

"Ah! Sorry dude!" said Sumiko Yokomaki, who had an ivory skin, with the bridge of her button nose and slim arms spotted with freckles. She had long, ringlet-y, in the ombre style, as it went to auburn red to aquamarine, passing by lilac and platinum blond. She had almond shaped, bright aquamarine eyes. On top of both ears, she had hoops and at the end of the cartilage of her left ear a diamond stud. On both lobes, she wore teal birds earrings. She had a droopy hear tattoo suspended from a taunt rope wrapped around it, making it looks like it was dropping, behind her ear. Sumiko had several small white scars littering her arms, due to stressful and continual manual labor and her constant temper that got her into fights. Her school uniform was altered; her jacket left open and a tie at the place of the usual girl's bow. She also wore legging underneath her skirt, as she felt shy by the fact they are so short, in her opinion.

"Do you need something?" kindly asked Mikku, wearing his usual wacky smile.

"Just some towels." She answered as Mikku nodded, continuing to mop the scene.

Sumiko brought some towels back at her small group washing the chairs.

"Here's the towels!" she chirped, handing them to her friends.

"Oh, thanks." said Mamoru Kurosawa, taking a bright red towel from Sumiko's hand. He had a skin color between white and light tan and blue eyes. He also had shaggy dark brown hair, mildly long. He loosely followed the Academy's dress code, but often kept his jacket open.

"Ah! Thank you Sumiko-chan!" responded Akasuki Eguchi, sheepishly smiling. She had long brown hair tied into a braid with grey eyes. She wore the casual uniform.

"Glkh!" groaned Shawn Smith, a transferred student from USA. He had a slender brown eyes and uncontrolled, cheek-length black hair. A long scar was running on his right arm and he wore his jack opened. "Why do people must put their bubble gum under chairs? It's disgusting!" he said, scratching under a chair, as he was tasked to get rid of these glued bubble gums.

"I know! I'm assigned to the same job, bro!" whined Hisaka Ishibashi, a blond man that was a rich spoiled brat. He had striking blue eyes and wore his uniforms perfectly.

"Haha!" laughed a green-eyed boy, named Tetsuya Shimabukuro. He had wavy, light brown hair and missed his uniform's tie, having forgotten to put it on this morning. "I was lucky to not have this task!"

"Lucky as hell, yeah!" replied Hisaka, annoyed, but still smiling at his friend.

"You know what?" asked Mikku, jumping off the stage. "We should take a pause!" he continued, putting his mop and his bucket in a corner.

In complete agreement, they all put their cleaning tools in the corner with Mikku's. This one hopped back on the scene, his friends following him.

"What do we do now?" asked Mamoru, staring at the others who had sat in a circle.

"I have something I wanted to try." answered Sumiko, taking something in her pocket and unfolding it, showing a paper doll.

"Oh, what is it?" excitedly asked Mikku, clearly interested. His big, round eyes were staring right at the paper, shining with curiosity.

"It's a Sachiko doll, isn't it? I already heard of that charm." commented Hisaka, also eyeing the proxy doll.

"Yep! It's the 'Sachiko Ever After' charm! It's meant to seal unbreakable friendship, even if these friends have a whole continent between them! I thought it would be fun to try, as Shawn is soon going to go back in the USA." She responded.

"That's… Quite sweet of you." answered the mentioned person.

"So like that, even if we are separate, that charm will bond us through friendship!" smiled Akasuki.

"Exactly!" nodded Sumiko.

"How does it work?" asked Tetsuya, looking at the strange paper doll.

"You have to chant "Sachiko, we beg of you", seven times, as we are seven participants. Then, we rip the paper doll in seven pieces." She answered. "Simple, isn't it? Let's start! Grab a part of the Sachiko doll, anywhere!"

The group obeyed Sumiko's command, grabbing a part of the doll.

"Dig your nails into it, if need. If you mess up a line of 'Sachiko, we beg of you', do no try to say it again. It still counts as one! Now, let's begin to chant!" she continued, as the group obeyed once again.

"Sachiko, we beg of you!"

"Sachiko, we beg of you!"

"Sachiko, we beg of you!"

"Sachiko, we beg of you!"

"Sachiko, we beg of you!"

"Sachiko, we beg of you!"

"Sachiko, we beg of you!"

"Everyone said it seven times?" asked Sumiko, while everyone nodded. "Good. Now, we'll tear apart the doll in seven pieces at the count of three."

"One…"

"Two…"

"Three!"

The sound of ripping paper echoed through the auditorium as every students had a scrap of paper in their hands.

"Excellent, guys!" cheerfully smiled Sumiko. "Now, put these scraps of paper somewhere safe!"

They did as told, showing it in their pocket or student I.D.

"Now, what are we doing?" asked Mamoru. Right after his simple question, the floor began to shake fiercely.

Akasuki lost her footing due to the violent shaking and grabbed Sumiko. They both fell down the stage, landing in a loud 'Thud', almost covered by the noisy sound of the huge earthquake.

"W-what sh-should w-we-e d-d-do?" asked Tetsuya, stuttering because of the violent shaking.

Anyone trying to stand up was immediately propelled back on the floor, as they soon understood. The only way to move was to roll or crawl.

A light noise attracted Shawn's attention; the cleaning tools they used earlier fell down, the bucket emptying all the mixed liquid they contained on the floor.

"Don't know!" shouted Mikku, rolling to avoid being hit by a fallen spotlight.

"Get out of the stage! We'll be safe from the spotlights that way!" screamed Hisaka to cover the loud noises caused by the ground shaking.

All but Shawn managed to get off the stage quickly. A big part of the roof fell right behind him, creating a big hole which took Shawn away.

"Aaaaaah!" he screamed, accompanied by the more high-pitched scream of Akasuki, who was frightened.

"We have to get out of here!" yelled Mikku, crouching on a chair. The gap in the floor had largely opened, engulfing the whole stage and it kept advancing.

"Gkkh!" Hisaka nodded, going toward the right stairway, which lead to the doors. Sumiko, followed really closely by Akasuki, followed his lead, heading toward the same place. They were still right before the first line of chairs, next to the gap which had devoured the stage. Unluckily, Sumiko stepped in the spilled liquids of the fallen buckets.

"Waaaah!" she screamed, falling backward on Akusaki, tumbling down in the deep hole with her.

Mikku stared with round eyes full of dread after the sight of the girls disappearing in the abyss, their mixed screams fading with their image.

"Hurry! The gap is getting wider!" screamed Hisaka. Mikku and Mamoru managed to break their frozen state, while Tetsuya still stared, terrorized, at the gap growing closer.

"Whatever we do… We''re all going to die…" he muttered, as Mikku, the nearer, stared at him in panic.

How can he say such things? The door is just over there! He thought. Briefly shaking his head, he decided to break Tetsuya's trance, trying to get to him.

Suddenly, the gap opened under him, engulfing Tetsuya, still sat on his chair. "Gah!" he shouted, soon after, he volatilized in the darkness.

"Gkkh!" Mikku retreated toward Mamoru and Hisaka, who were currently at the door. Quickly climbing the stairs, he was next to them within seconds, while the gap had eaten half of the lines of chairs. Only five lines of chairs separated them from the deep hole.

"It won't open!" screamed Hisaka in despair, forcing on the door to pry it open.

"I'll try to bust it open, alright guys?" asked the blond, while his two remaining friends cleared the way. Even if he tried, the door didn't even move a millimeter, even with the help of both Hisaka and Mamoru.

"It's the end…" mumbled Hisaka, sliding to the ground.

The gap had engulfed two of the five lines separating them.

"It can't be… We can't all die here, it's impossible…" muttered Mikku, trying to find a way out while Mamoru kept quiet beside him.

Only three lines of chairs separated them from the abyss.

Two lines.

Only one line left.

Mikku closed his eyes, sliding next to Hisaka.

Maybe… there is a slight, tiny chance that we don't die… That our friends survived… Even with injuries… I just want them to live!

"Gkkh!" His eyes still closed, he frowned, as if in pain. There was no way they would all die. There was always hope. Always.

The gap finally engulfed them and they fell in complete darkness, incapable of seeing anything.

There's… Always hope… Isn't it?