Title: Murderer's Play House
Genre: romance, horror
Rating: T for violence
Pairing: JohanXJudai (Spiritshipping)
Summary: Judai has a nightmare about a toture chamber. At first, it's just a simple nightmare. But what happens when the contents of his nightmare becomes a reality? Does Duel Academy actually hold a dark secret that no one knows about until now?
Me: Whoo I am on fire!
Lucy: Uh... you actually are on fire, Aibou.
Me: AAAAGH!! -runs around in circles- PUT IT OUT!! PUT IT OUT!! WAAAGH!!
Lucy: -sprays me with a fire extinquisher-
Me: ... Tha-
Lucy: -sprays me with fire extinguisher again, smirking happily at the chance to torture me-
Me: ... -spits- Thanks... but... Ya could've warned me first, ya know?
Lucy: Eh heh... Sorry? I panicked I guess?
Me: BAKA! -runs after her angrily-
Lucy: AAAGH! HELP ME GOD!! Please enjoy chapter two while I'm running for my life!
Me: RAAAAH!! -stops and smiles- Enjoy the chapter! -races after Lucy- GET BACK HERE!!
Chapter Two: Just a Dream
It felt like thin ice being pulled through Judai's neck.
He felt the thick crimson blood seep from the giant gash in his neck. He felt all the pain of the injury. He felt himself dying ever so slowly.
"IYAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!" Judai screamed.
He squeezed his eyes shut in pain. He hoped that someone would hear him and find this place where he was trapped. To find this place and stop these men. To spare the lives that would be taken. Because at this rate, he would be dead when they came.
"Judai!!" a voice yelled.
Judai felt a sharp pain on the left side of his face. He gasped and opened his eyes. He looked up. Johan was peering down at him. Johan's hand was red. Judai still felt the pain on the side of his face, but the pain from the knife was gone.
Judai looked around. He was in his dorm room.
Not the torture chamber he had just been in. He was in his bed in the Osiris Red dorms on the island that was home to the Duel school. Back at Duel Academy.
Johan, his best friend and secret crush, was kneeling on the bed, right next to him. He had his hands on Judai's shoulders, shaking him awake gently.
"J-Johan...?" Judai whispered, still in shock from what had just happened.
Johan nodded.
"Yeah, it's me. I'm right here. I'm sorry that I hit you. But I just had to wake you up. You were crying in your sleep," he told Judai. Judai sat up and stared at Johan. He felt tears forming in his eyes. Judai closed his eyes and hugged Johan. He broke down and started sobbing.
"It was horrible! I hated it, Johan!!" Judai sobbed.
At first, Johan didn't know what to do. Then he wrapped his arms around Judai and hugged him back. "It's alright. It's over. It was just a dream. It's okay now," he said quietly. He gently rocked Judai back and forth, trying to calm him down. Judai sobbed and buried his head into Johan's shoulder. "What happened?"
"I was... in a basement and... there was a tub of blood... Two men grabbed me and knocked me unconscious. When I woke up I... couldn't move and... the men tied me to a table. They took a knife and... p-pulled it across my neck. It felt like thin ice... and there was blood... I..." Judai told the dream to Johan.
As Judai told him, Johan hugged Judai closer. "It's okay. You don't have to think about it if you're scared," Johan told Judai. Judai nodded and continued to sob.
"What's going on!?" Ryou(1) yelled, running into Judai's dorm room.
Judai looked up at Ryou. "R-Ryou... why did you... come all the way here...?" he asked. Ryou stared at Judai and sighed in relief, leaning up against the side of the door.
"What a relief. You're not hurt. That's so good to hear," Ryou said quietly. Judai looked at Johan and realized something.
"Johan, Ryou, one question," Judai said.
"Yeah?" Ryou and Johan asked. Judai stopped hugging Johan and looked at both of them.
"If you were in the Obelisk Blue Dorms when I screamed, how did you know something had happened? How did you hear me?" he asked, wiping his eyes. Ryou laughed and looked away.
Johan sighed and looked back at Judai.
"We heard you screaming all the way at the Obelisk Blue Dorms," Johan replied. Judai was dumbstruck.
"You heard me all the way over THERE?!" he yelled in an unbelieving voice. Ryou nodded, biting his lip trying not to laugh at the tone Judai was using, which was very strange for him.
"Judai, the whole Duel Academy heard you screaming," Ryou said. Judai stared again, and shook his head.
"I'm an idiot," he said.
Johan laughed and hugged him again.
"No you aren't. Just try not to scare us like that again. We thought something horrible happened to you," Johan said quietly. Judai nodded and closed his eyes. But he opened them immediately.
Every time he closed his eyes, he saw either the cleaver or the torture chamber.
SPIRITSHIPPING 4 EVER
After Judai had calmed down a little bit more, Johan and Ryou took him down to see Professor Banner and the Principal.
The principal sent Professor Crowler to inform the students that there was nothing wrong, seeing as everyone was wondering what the screaming was all about. Judai sat at a table with all his friends surrounding him.
"So, tell us exactly what happened in your dream," Professor Banner said to Judai. Judai nodded and told the dream again. When he got to the part about the cleaver being pulled through his throat, he shivered.
"The knife was... like ice... it... tore open my throat... and... and-"
Professor Banner placed a careful hand in front of Judai to signal for the brunette to cease speaking. Judai stopped talking and looked at him with a confused look.
"I understand. You don't have to continue if it makes you relive it," he smiled. Shou walked in with a cup full of some water.
"Here. This will help you calm down," he smiled at Judai, handing him the cup. Judai thanked him and drank the water in the cup. Shou was right. It did calm him down.
"So, why do you think you had that dream, Judai?" Jim asked.
Judai shrugged. "I dunno. It was weird. It felt real," he shuddered. Jim nodded and thought for a moment.
"Professor Banner. Has anyone ever disappeared or died in Duel Academy?" he asked.
Professor Banner remained silent for a while. He sighed and stood up.
"Yes. One student did disappear from here. But we don't know if she's dead or not. Her body was never found. Nothing was ever found of her whereabouts," Professor Banner told the group. Judai shuddered and Johan wrapped his arm around Judai's shoulders.
"Thanks," Judai said to Johan. Johan smiled and looked back at Professor Banner.
"Tell me, was she the only one who vanished?" Johan asked. Professor Banner shook his head.
"No. She wasn't the only one. There was one more. But we never found him either. But some people say they can hear a strange noise at night. Like a boy crying for help. But we don't know if it's a few students playing a prank just to scare the younger students," he said. O'Brien shook his head.
"I don't believe this. Why would Judai have a dream like that?" he asked. Professor Banner shrugged.
"I think maybe... someone, or something is trying to make its story known," Asuka said quietly. Judai looked back at Asuka. Asuka walked over to Judai and placed a hand on his shoulder. "Please tell me... Did anything else that might lead to what your dream means happen?"
Judai thought for a moment. Then he snapped his fingers.
"The basement looked like it was somewhere in Duel Academy. Or somewhere on this island," he told them. Asuka nodded.
"That's a start. Now all we have to do...is try to find this place. Before anyone else has a similar dream," she said. Johan and Judai nodded. So did everyone else.
SPIRITSHIPPING 4 EVER
Judai sat in front of a fire place. He stared at the orange flames as they danced around viciously. Judai shuddered as he realized that the flames resembled dying people. He shook his head and closed his eyes.
The images of the torture chamber haunted his mind. He couldn't forget it. The pain of the knife. The fear he felt. It would never leave his mind.
Johan walked up behind Judai and hugged him. Judai yelped in surprise.
"Oh, Johan. It's you. Geez, don't scare me like that," Judai sighed in relief.
"Sorry," Johan laughed. He hugged Judai closer and whispered something to him.
"Don't worry. I won't let anything like what happened in your dream happen in real life. I won't let you die," he whispered. Judai sighed and looked into the fire. The fire no longer looked like dying people. It was calming. Now that Johan was here.
"Thank you. Thank you so much," he whispered to Johan.
Suddenly, the room shook. Nothing fell to the ground, but the room still shook. Screeching filled the room. The sound of nails scraping the walls echoed through the air.
Judai screamed and covered his ears. Johan hugged Judai close. Judai felt safe now. But the noise got louder and louder.
"W-what is that noise!?" Judai asked. Johan looked around. The fire dimmed and it was hard to see.
"I don't know!" he yelled. After a few minutes, the sound suddenly vanished. The room stopped shaking and the fire had died. Judai sighed in relief.
"Hold on, I'm going to find the light switch," Johan said, releasing Judai.
He stood up and walked to the end of the room. He found the light switch and flipped it on. Once the lights turned on, both Judai and Johan were speechless. Judai ran to Johan and hugged him in fear. Johan held Judai in his arms and looked at the room.
Written on the walls, ceiling, and floor, in blood were the words...
"Help me!"
"Please...someone help me..."
"I don't want to die!"
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Me: Whee! Chapter two is done! (1) That would be Ryou Marufuji, not Ryou Bakura!
Lucy: And you forgave me. -sighs of relief-
Me: Watch it. Next time, I won't be so mericful
Lucy: EEKS! Forgive me, Ke-sama!!
Me: That's better. Please review, and thank you for your support. And remember...
Lucy: -chainsaw again- No flamers, please!