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Chapter two: gruesome discover, frightening reality

In the far corner of the room, the white wall was smeared with thick crimson blood. It stained it in streaks, all leading down to the fallen body that was doubled over one of the boxes.

"That's odd…I didn't smell anything." Hatori said in a quiet stoic voice, as he dared walk closer to the obviously deceased figure.

"Hatori…what are you—" Shigure had started but was cut off by the seahorse.

"I am a certified doctor, am I not? I am going to examine it. See the hows and whys of this situation." He continued towards the body. An odor drifted into his nostrils making his eye twitch and his arm come up again, but he continued on.

Than once close enough he bent down next to the form. It was a girl. Her brown hair was fallen over her face; it was short but long enough to cover it. She wore tattered clothes, stained with blood and sharp glass stuck out at various places. A pool of blood had formed around her frame, on the floor, and he could see that sticking out of her chest was a long shard of glass, pressed into the heart area and probably the main cause of death.

A murder? A suicide? There were no leads, he didn't know who it was, he didn't know where they were and he didn't know how or why they got there. He noticed something sticking out of her pocket, in which he pulled out and noticed it was a wallet. Opening it he saw who it was and for the first time his face lost its stoic expression.

The others noticed his rather long pause after pulling an item from the victim. Hiro was pressed against Tohru, sobbing. He was too young to have to deal with all this, and even though it was Tohru, she became somewhat comforting at this moment and all his feelings towards hating her disintegrated. She smoothed the hair on the top of his head, hugging him. She noticed that in this room they were locked in, it seemed the zodiac curse didn't apply for some unknown reason. It was awkward and strange and even though it was in clear view that Hiro was actually embracing Tohru, no one really noticed or remembered the curse. The sight before them and the situation occupied too much of their mind to think anything else.

"This is a nightmare! It's all a nightmare! Tell me I'll wake up from this! I want to wake up! I don't want to die!" Hiro cried into her shirt, leaving a wet stain on it, but she was oblivious to it.

Hiro…she thought as she looked down at him. It was so unlike him to just run to her like this and start sobbing. But he was only a small kid. It was heartbreaking seeing him this way.

"It's alright Hiro, its ok, we are here! We will get out of this somehow. You aren't going to die, don't worry I promise!" She said softly. His only response was hugging her tighter.

"Wow…" Yuki finally let out in a sigh. He ran a hand through his hair, looking away as the doctor approached; his head down and hair hiding his eyes.

"Hatori…" Shigure stepped forward grabbing his friends arm. He looked up, and Shigure and Ayame gasped as the others raised eyebrows and exchanged looks of confusion and fear. The once calm collected adult that kept a stern expressionless face was crying. Tears wiped down his cheeks as he frowned.

"Hatori, why?" Ayame placed a gentle hand on his friends shoulder.

"Its…its Kana.." he said in a small voice. At the sound of that everyone's eyes widened in fright.

"Hatori…" Tohru whispered, seeing the pain and sorrow that had built up in his eyes.

"Tohru." She squeaked at the sudden touch and turned her head to look up at Kureno. His face was dead serious and his eyes bore into hers.

"Where is that package you had.." He said slowly. She blinked and then pointed to the fallen pack and Kureno steadily at a face pace walked over and snatched it. He flipped it over in his hands examining it.

OPEN ME, it read on the front in a sharpie black marker. He ripped it open, causing everyone to stare anxiously.

A tape slipped out, small and frail. It had the little sticky on it, in the same black ink it read

PLAY ME

The Sohma clutched the tape as he looked at the others.

"It says to play but there isn't a player, how are we suppose to hear it if we don't have a machine!" Hatori rubbed his eyes, wiping away his tears and returning to his calm demeanor. Although he was still deeply saddened that his love had truly died, he was also determined to find out what was going on.

He then felt around in his pocket and pulled out the portable tape player.

"I am a doctor, necessary to have." He stated quietly as he walked up to Kureno and handed it to him.

Kureno nodded before taking it in his own hands and popping in the tape. They waited, a crackling sound echoed from the speaker. Until finally a deep, low voice over powered the sound.

"I see you are awake, welcome. I can safely assume you are all wondering why you are here and where you are. I will tell you where you might be. You might be in the room you die in. Are you going to watch yourselves die today, or do something about it?"

Hiro clung onto her tighter, trembling. Tohru herself was clinging to Kyo whose eyes were darting from left to right at the adults in the room. Yuki stepped up closer to Haru, both showing signs of uneasiness. Ayame and Shigure remained silent and serious, Hatori thinking and Kureno registering the words being spoken.

"I want to play a game. Right now all 9 of you are breathing in a deadly toxin. As you will learn with time, it has devastating effects on the human body. It is a chemical similar to the ones used in the Tokyo subway attacks. You have been inhaling this chemical from the moment you have arrived, and only I have the antidote. You have 24 hours until your time runs up, and the side effects from the deadly toxin claims your life and the door in this room will be locked forever. The only way to open that door, the door of your escape, is to unlock the code. Each and every one of you posses the knowledge to open that door in the back of your mind."

"Now, let the games begin."

With that the tape went static again. It was dead silent in the room, everyone shocked by the words that seemed to replay in each of their minds.

Oh mom, I don't get it! I don't get it at all! Why did it have to be this way, what did we ever do? Tears formed in her eyes as the words echoed through her head. I'm scared! And that voice….it seems familiar. I've heard it before.

"oh no…no…" Haru blurted as he fell to his knees, in a trance. The others watched him. He shook his head.

"I know who that is….I know who it is…." He repeated. His eyes were wide, fingers curled as if ready to claw the floor and tiles. His teeth clenched as he stared hard at the floor, images flashing threw his mind, screams, blood, everything racing threw his mind.

"Haru..?" Shigure took a step towards him.

"What do you mean" Kureno shot at him angrily. Haru looked up, a smirk playing across his face, his grey eyes now darkened.

"We are all as good as dead. Nice knowing ya! HAH! We are all going to die! That's what it means! THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT IT MEANS!" Haru yelled, turning black and slamming his fists into the ground.

"THIS IS BULLSHIT! BULLSHIT! WHAT DID WE EVER DO TO DESERVE THIS, HUH! WHAT THE HELL DID WE EVER DO? THIS IS ALL FRIGGING BULLSHIT!" He panted, his fists red, still clenched.

Everyone was silent once more. They were all shocked by Haru's reaction, that and they didn't want to deal with the pissed off Black Haru.

"I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT BASTARD! WHY US! WHAT THE HELL, ITS SUPPOSE TO BE ALL FAKE! NOT REAL! NEVER HAPPEN! WELL THAT JUST FUCKING FIGURES THAT OUT OF ALL THE PEOPLE IN THE WORLD, HE CHOSES US! DAMN YOU!"

Ritsu had refrained from freaking out, even through all of this, surprisingly. He was just so scared out of his mind, he didn't know how to respond, so instead he watched pathetically as Haru screamed and shouted to no one.

"Haru. It's alright…I am sure we can find a way--- Tohru was cut off by the snickering of Black Haru.

"No. It ISN'T ok! Don't you get it? WE ARE ALL GOING TO FUCKING ROT AND DIE IN THIS HELL HOLE! THERE IS NO POINT IN EVEN TRYING, UNLESS SOME OF YOU WANT TO DIE EARLY!" He screamed again.

"Hey!" Kyo shouted back, stepping in front of Tohru.

"I don't care HOW pissed you are about this right now, but you ARE'NT the only one scared out of his FUCKING MIND!" Kyo screamed back into Haru's face. Haru stumbled back into a sitting position, silent again, wiping a hand over his forehead.

"Now, how about you dish us the information you know so we can figure this whole fucking thing out!" Kureno demanded in a loud voice, stepping up next to Kyo looking down at Haru with narrowed eyes. A pissed Kureno, was a Kureno you didn't want to mess with.

Haru sighed, turning white again. He looked back up at the two looming figures.

"Well, you might as well sit. Why waste energy standing. You'll probably need it some time in the next 24 hours."

The rest sat down, all agreeing with the suggestion. They were all worn out by the sudden unfortunate news anyway.

"Well, Momiji and I were at the estate hanging out and were both bored, so we decided to rent a movie. We got two horror flicks, called Saw, and Saw2. Of course, it scared us shitless, but we didn't really think much of it. The story was about a guy named John who had cancer and knew he was going to die soon, and he for some reason decided to test humans in these sick and twisted ways." Haru explained rather calmly.

"For example, the first movie showed two guys cuffed to the pipes in what appeared to be a large bathroom. One was a lawyer, the other a doctor, and they got the tape with that same voice telling them that they didn't deserve to live because they were unworthy and didn't appreciate and weren't grateful to be alive. They woke up in the room when it was dark, just like us, and then the lights turned on and they saw the dead body in the middle. And that's how they got the tape recorder…but anyway the point is after being tested and played with they went through things like sawing off their leg, shooting people, finding a way to escape. In the end the lawyer was left alive, and the dead guy ended up being the guy that planned it all. Jigsaw is his nick name; he takes a jigsaw piece out of his victims to show they are missing a piece of their survival skills or whatever."

"It's basically a survival of the fittest game. Oh and in the second one, the people were in the same scenario we are in. They inhaled the toxins too, and they needed to find the antidote and the people died in various ways. Like it said the needles with the cure was in the burner but when the guy pulled on one it locked him in there and he burned alive and they never got the antidote from him. But each were there because they all hated this one cop guy, they all got arrested by him, and stuff. And his son was in there, too. He was probably the only one who didn't do anything wrong."

"In the end, it shows that the son's father goes to the house, and ends up being locked in the basement, like in the Saw one movie. Jon dies, and the one person from the group locked in the room with the arrested people, Amanda, takes over his job in testing people. Yeah and the son lives. And those are the movies."

Everyone stood in silence, all thinking over this new piece of information.

"So once I heard that voice on the tape player, it all fit in. Though, I thought he died. I guess not…" He finished, leaning back with his eyes closed.

"Well that is just great! But that still doesn't answer why we are still in here!" Kyo shouted again, breaking the silence.

Haru opened his eyes and turned to him. After a few moments, his eyes widened and he jumped into a standing position, shoving his hands in his pockets frantically as if looking for something.

"What are you doing?" Kyo asked suspiciously.

"AH! Of course!" Haru exclaimed, whipping out an envelope from his pocket with his name on it.

"Just as I figured. This should explain about why I am here, I think. Guys, check your pockets or what not!" He ordered.

Everyone was hesitant, but each slowly looked through their pockets and sure enough, whether from a pocket, or a sleeve, each pulled out an envelope similar to Haru's but with their names printed in the bold sharpie letters.

They all exchanged curious, frightened glances before looking back at Haru.

"Haru, since you are more….experienced, with this sort of situation we are in, you might as well be our leader in this." Yuki said calmly, glancing around at everyone for their confirmation on this opinion.

Most of them nodded slowly, still in shock at the discovery.

"Aw, I wanted to be the leader…" Ayame whined from the back, pouting.

"No, we would all end up dieing under your poor leadership skills" Yuki pointed out, sighing.

"You are so cruel, younger brother! Having no faith in such a caring person as myself! You know, I WAS president of my high school back in my youth! Of course I am a fit leader!"

"Ah ah ah! But Aya! You are forgetting that you were only chosen as president because of your looks and fashion sense and popularity!"

"And you created more problems than you did solve…I was always the one to fix up your messes." Hatori added to Shigure's comment.

"Oh but I did help those boys from becoming expelled that one time! When they went into the red district!"

"No, you only made it worst. If it wasn't for Hatori they would probably have been expelled!" Kyo said aggravated.

"Will you guys stop arguing about stupid stuff and focus on our current situation?" Kureno shrieked. Kyo, Ayame and Shigure looked over at Kureno with heads low, silent.

Hatori looked over to Haru.

"So…should we open these?"

Haru looked at his envelope again, twisting it in his hands over and over. "Well what else do we have to loose?" He remarked, gripping it in his hand.

Hatori nodded in agreement.

"Yes! Maybe it will even tell us how to get out of here, or even contain the code or something!" Tohru said with a smile, trying her best to keep her spirits up. It was enough that more than half the people in this room were already scared, depressed, or angry, the least she could do was spread some hope.

Haru gave her a doubtful look, but decided not to bring down the girls efforts of hope.

"Alright then. Who is going to open their's first?" He asked, looking around.

"How about you do…leader…" Yuki half smiled, half frowned. He was anxious about what was in the letters, but trying to cheer up just a tad, for Miss Honda's sake.

Tohru noticed his effort and reached over, grabbing his hand and squeezing it with support. He only smiled back at her, and all of them turned over to Haru, watching as he nodded and started to open the letter.

"Well, here goes nothing." He muttered tearing the envelope and finding the familiar tape with PLAY ME written on the front.

He motioned for Kureno to hand him the tape player, than popped in the cassette. Everyone scooted over to Haru, forming a circle, waiting to hear the creepy voice of a man they could only identify as Jigsaw.

Me: not a very humorous chapter…more serious…but… I wonder what the tape will say THIS time!

Kyo: AH! You're killing me with these cliff hangers!

Me: tee-hee. I am evil, huh? Well, it's all to add suspense! I hope this is coming along ok, I needed time to plan the second chapter and the rest of this fic.

Kyo: great, you made us wait for weeks!

Me: weeks? Sorry if it was that long! Well I hope the wait was worth it, even just a little. And as long as I keep getting reviews I will find the inspiration to continue! The more reviews, the faster the update for the next chapter will be!

Kyo: and what if no one reviews since this story sucks?

Me: well then, you will forever be burdened with the questions of 'what happens next?' in your mind!

Kyo: ooo scary…

Me: SHUT UP! Anyway, I hope you enjoyed this chapter. Sorry I had to kill Kana! I couldn't think of anyone appropriate to kill! And Akito wasn't an option, unfortunately. You'll see why though, in the upcoming chappies! Oh and a little warning! This story might get a guest from a rather popular horror film series! Might be Freddy Krueger, might be Jason Voorhees….

Kyo: WHAT! ISNT THAT JIGSAW GUY AND THE FACT WE ARE POISONED AND LOCKED IN A ROOM ENOUGH!

Me: of course not! There is always room for a guest star to appear!

Kyo: BUT THAT'S TOO RANDOM!

Me: ah, I didn't say it was a DEFINITE thing! It might not happen, or it might. Depends which way I want this story to go (I got it planned in my mind multiple ways hehe)

Kyo: well as long as they don't kill me…

Me: as much as I love you, I can't guarantee that…

Kyo: O.O

Me: have hope! Anyway see you next time! And If you don't know already, this is a Kyoru pairing! They are just the best anime pairing ever! Well bye byes! KEEP REVIEWING!