Chapter 3


Wednesday – 5:56am

It was almost six in the morning. Mayura got up; still a little bloodied by her shockfest she had last night. She looked around and tried to get up. She felt the gash on her head and was in pain.

"Ow… what happened last night?" She thought.

She looked at her clock and saw that she was very early. Almost six in the morning and feeling very hurt; Mayura went to the bathroom to take a shower. As she entered the shower, she saw a female silhouette taking a shower. She was humming a few bars as she washed herself. Mayura started to shiver and quiver. She approached the curtain; she pulled back the curtain, and saw that no one was at the shower. Mayura was confused; she thought Seina was in the bathroom.

"Wait… if she's… then if… how did…" She stammered.

She turned on the shower and proceeded to take off her pajamas. However, as she nearly took off her shirt, Seina appeared from behind, wrapped in a towel. She smiled and said to Mayura that she had a relaxing shower.

Mayura shrieked. Seina smiled and took off her towel, revealing a school swimsuit.

"It's a good thing I remembered to put this on after my shower," she said.

Mayura gasped and looked at Seina's prone body on the bed. She turned around and saw Seina in smiles, all in confusion since she and another Seina are in two spots at once.

"Seina… oh, god, you are a ghost…" she whimpered, "My god, I'm so sorry, Seina! I didn't mean to shove you in anger…"

Seina held her shoulder and said, "It's okay, Mayura. You didn't mean to. But now I am in a better place now. And I was wondering if you could join me."

"I… I don't understand…"

Seina turned from a smile to an evil menacing grin. She grabbed Mayura by the neck and choked her.

Mayura gagged, "No… Seina… what are you…?"

"I'm already in heaven…" she said in a demonic voice, "But you are going to HELL!"

She threw her into a glass window. Mayura fell three stories, with a high-pitched scream.


Wednesday – 9:10am

"AHHHHHH!"

She woke up. It was a nightmare she had. She was at the nurse's office, with a bandage around her head.

"Unnh… where am I?" She thought, "I… I… Seina?"

"So, how is our favorite treasurer chick?" A boy called out.

The boy was actually Pucchan, Secretary Rino Rando's puppet friend; and with luck, Rino was there, as well. She's an Executive Member of the Best Student Council, like Mayura.

"Mayura-Senpai? Are you okay?" Rino asked.

"How did I get here?" She asked.

"Maachi found you on the ground when she was trying to wake you up," Rino explained, "She informed me and Pucchan to bring you here to Miss Wakana's office."

"And the rest was history. You were so cute sleeping, but we didn't approve of the blood on your PJs?" Pucchan added, "She had to tend to you, but you were out cold. Only I could bring you here. Rino couldn't stand the sight of blood. Don't ask me why."

"What happened?" Rino asked.

"Well… I don't remember…" Mayura groaned.

"Oh, no! Treasurer Chick's gone amnesiac!" Pucchan cried.

"Pipe down, puppet! I got a headache, all right?" Mayura shouted, "In any case, I thought I saw myself as a corpse, and I fainted. I didn't know I banged my head on something…"

She felt her head and started to groan.

"…although, I don't know where," she added.

"Do you think it must be Seina, Pucchan?" Rino asked him.

He replied, "You got me… Covert Cutie's out for two days now, there's got to be a pattern to this."

"What do you mean?"

"Yeah, tell me, puppet!" Mayura said.

"Don't you think it's odd that those nightmares you had that time were all because of Seina's sudden attacker? Why I would be honored to meet him and give him a Pucchan Knuckle Sandwich for you two!"

"Mayura, he's right. In fact, Rein told me about your sudden delusion over her and Sayuri."

"Well, I thought Seina killed her."

"You're wrong! Seina-senpai would never kill a fly!" Rino pleaded.

Pucchan added, "Besides, how can that cutie do that when she was bedridden in a vegetated state?"

Mayura cringed and asked Rino, "Would you be the same way, Rino? Would you attack someone you love out of something that was disrespectful?"

"Huh?" Rino asked.

"I get it now!" Pucchan cried, "Seina's attacker! It was you!"

Mayura sobbed, "I tried to keep it quiet! I thought I had the budget at the green this time! But Seina… Seina made a correction… and, well, I lost it! I wanted to oust her, but there was another side of me that wanted to not do it!"

Rino and Pucchan were shocked. Rino asked her in tears, "Why would you do that? All because of the Best Student Council budget? That was horrible!"

"And also stupid," Pucchan added, "You think that could be the raison d'être of why you shoved Seina?"

"I know! I know! I'm sorry!" She cried.

Pucchan nodded and said, "Okay, you win. We'll keep it under wraps until Seina wakes up."

"What?"

"Pucchan? What are you saying?"

"Rino, I know how bad this looks now, but Mayura here has to fend it for her own. And when she said that you'd be the same way, I think it's because of Miss Kanade."

Rino had a tragic image of when Rino would attack Kanade Jinguji out of anger. She trembled in fear and cried, "You're right… I'd be a bad person for that, but I'd never hurt the President… EVER!"

Mayura smiled and said, "Thanks, Rino. I guess you two came to me to cheer me up… sometimes."

Just then, Kaori Izumi, an Assault Squad member, appeared and saw Rino in tears.

"Geez, Mayura, you didn't have to make her cry!" She scolded.

"WAIT! I didn't…" Mayura stammered.

"Anyways, we have to get to class, Rino," Kaori continued, "You and that puppet better hurry."

Rino and Pucchan left the room. Mayura said thanks to them and asked if they could visit her soon.

"Oh, we'll be there after school; don't you worry," Pucchan said.

Kaori stepped in the room and gave Mayura her homework.

"Here. You missed a lot yesterday," she said, "But don't worry; Miss Kanade and I will help you out."

Mayura smiled and thank Kaori. She then asked her what happened to her, but Mayura said nothing.


Noon

Rino and Pucchan were having lunch together. They were visited by their best friend, Ayumu Oume, a member of the Best Student Council's Covert Squad.

"Hey, Rino," she greeted, "How are you two doing today?"

"Oh, we're okay, Ayu-Chan," Rino said, "I had to visit Mayura today. She had an accident, so she's gone from school today."

"You don't say? Well, Mayura has been agitated since her friend was involved in an accident."

She then whispered to Rino, "Just between me and you, member to member, Mayura's a prime suspect in Seina-Senpai's accident."

Rino and Pucchan gasped.

"It seems we've just heard from Kotoha that she has seen Seina with Mayura, when she was saving her. If I recall, Seina was shoved down, not stumbled."

"How can you tell?" Pucchan asked.

"Because…"

Ayumu then stated the story behind Seina's alleged accident:

"Seina was shoved after a thunder clap, but after a girl shrieked 'Shut up'. She stumbled down the barricade and fell to her apparent near-death. Kotoha found Mayura, who saved Seina, which she was badly bloodied and bruised. Kotoha may have seen a very nervous-like Mayura, but it seems I didn't see her shove her. It seems the high-pitched shriek was the familiar identification of our treasurer."

Pucchan smiled and said, "At the very least, Mayura told us all about what she did."

Rino cried and covered his mouth, "Pucchan! We promised Mayura we didn't tell!"

Ayumu nodded and said, "I see… Mayura wants to keep it a secret. It seems Kotoha was right. Mayura did shove Seina."

Rino was dejected.

"Aw, man!" Pucchan groaned, "We're screwed! I had to open my big mouth!"

Ayumu then said that it'll be kept under wraps, since Seina was not killed. But she asked Rino why she would do such a thing.

"To be honest, it was something about Seina correcting her about the Best Student Council budget."

"So that's it…" Ayumu groaned, "Rino, I'm afraid Mayura was unfocused of herself, she's started to experience a sudden schizophrenic aftertaste."

"Please say it in laymen's, ninja girl," Pucchan barked.

"In other words, she's losing it." Ayumu stated.

Rino then asked, "Ayu-Chan, what will we do? Seina is out, Mayura is crazy, and we don't know what will do."

"I would say that we sit back and see," Ayumu said, "But the President will do something about it, when Seina wakes up."

Rino grew worried about Mayura, who is now a prime suspect.


4:37pm

Hours later, Mayura was sleeping, with her abacus in her arms. She started to shake precariously, knowing what would happen to her next. Just then, the room began to grow very dark. A figure appeared from behind and held up a baseball bat. She approached Mayura and placed it by her arm. Unfortunately, Mayura grabbed her arm. She woke up and saw the face of President Kanade Jinguji.

"Miss President?" Mayura gasped, "What are you doing here?"

Kanade replied, "Rino told me about what you did and the horrors you endured. So as President, it's my job to have you obtain protection."

"WHAT? Rino told you about…" Mayura yelled, "I'll get her!"

"No, it's okay. I wanted to help you get over your problems. Sadly, Nanaho wanted to relieve you of your role as Treasurer. But I stepped in and explained that it was an accident. Even though Seina is injured, I cannot let someone like you get over what you did alone. It was an accident, after all."

Mayura then sobbed and cried, "Miss President… I am a fraud! I killed Seina! Why can't you get it?"

"She's not dead, Mayura; she's out cold."

"Stop it!"

Kanade stepped back. Mayura couldn't stop bawling. She patted her back.

"Don't touch me!"

Kanade stated sternly, "Mayura Ichikawa, it's okay. What you did was awful, but you did it out of your own self-defense."

Mayura then stopped crying.

Is Kanade praising me? She and Seina are close… I'll never understand why.

"Stop acting like you killed her. You did it by accident and loss of self-control. But you did save her from being drowned in the ocean."

"I did?" She blubbered.

"Oh, right. I did." She thought.

"Thank you, Miss Kanade," Mayura smiled, "May I stay with you for the night?"

"Oh?" Kanade thought.

Kaori stepped in and was shocked, overhearing what they said.

"Miss President, why are you welcoming her to your room?" She gasped.

Kanade responded, "It's okay; but I would be worried about Seina. Would you mind watching over her in Mayura's?"

Kaori nodded and said in nervousness, "I understand… Seina needs to be watched over, since her injury."

"What about Rino?" Mayura asked.

"She'll be with Kaori," Kanade stated.

Kaori gasped and thought in anger, "RANDO? WH- WHY WOULD SHE-?"

"Huh? Something wrong, Kaori?"

Kaori gulped, "Oh, uh, no, not at all… Rino and I will watch over Seina-Senpai!"

"Good," Kanade said.

"Miss President, may I have a word with you… alone?" Kaori asked sternly.

They talked with each other outside the hallway. Mayura sighed with relief.


4:52pm

Outside the hall, Kanade and Kaori talked with each other.

"Miss President, why would you be protecting a murderer?" Kaori scolded.

Kanade replied, "Because, Miss Mayura needs to get over what she did. Now what she did to Seina was despicable, but-."

"But nothing! Miss Vice President Kinjo said that she would be exiled from the Best Student Council immediately!"

"Kaori, that's enough!"

"Uh… Miss Kanade…"

"Kaori, I know there would be a rightful punishment for her, but until we decide what to do, and until Seina is recovered, no one must touch her out of discipline. That's my jurisdiction."

Kaori was startled. She then calmed down and groaned.

"Understood, Miss President…" she sighed.


8:47pm

Mayura arrived in Rino and Kanade's room in the middle of the night, with her bat in hand. She knocked on the door; no one answered. She turned the knob.

"Huh?" She thought, "It's open?"

She opened the door and saw the room completely pitch black. The sky turned very dark and it started to rain. Mayura looked around, trying to find Kanade.

"Hello? Hello… Miss President…" she called out, "Where are you?"

She then smelled something very warm, like blood. She looked in Rino's room and found Kanade on the bed. A flash of lightning struck. She saw Kanade, lying on the bed, facedown, bloodied, and stabbed. Mayura was terrified.

"M-M-M-M-M-Miss President…" she whimpered.

Thunder struck and a flash of lightning showed a figure by Kanade's dead body. It was Seina, who was holding a bloody knife.

"N… No… Seina…" she cringed, "No…"

She looked at Mayura, and grinned very demonic-like.

"Hello, Mayura. I am glad to be awake again." She said, "Though, the President is going to be out for a while."

Mayura held her bat high as Seina stepped closer.

"Stay back! I'm warning you!" She cried, "What did you do to her?"

"I didn't do anything, except… kill her; like when you killed me… Mayura Ichikawa… If that's your real name!"

Mayura stepped back further. Seina grinned evilly and held the knife high. She was about to attack, when Mayura asked her one other thing.

"What about (gulp) Rino and Kaori?" She asked nervously.

"DIE!" Seina shrieked.

She jabbed the knife at Mayura, but she ducked and it jabbed into the wall. Mayura ran off, screaming in terror. She ran off to the hallway, which was all pitch black. She had a hard time seeing where she was going. She ended up crashing into the walls every five feet.

"Damn it! It's too dark!" She screamed.

Seina was following her grimace-like with the knife in her hand. Mayura continued to run all the way to her room. She barricaded the door and was panting for her life.

She gasped for air and cried, "What did I do to deserve this?"

She held her bat and clutched it tight. However, the knife prodded through the door, nearly nicking her. Mayura could only shriek meekly.

"Heeeeeeere's Seina!" She called from behind the door.

Mayura jumped out of the way. Seina punched the small hole in the door and tried to open the door. Mayura swung her bat at Seina's arm.

"STAY BACK!" She shrieked.

She kept swinging it at her, shrieking continuously.

"Mayura!" Seina cried in an evil demonic voice, "You cannot escape! I'm going to kill you, like you did me!"

"LEAVE ME ALONE!" She screamed.

She collapsed on the corner and whimpered and sobbed. She was balled up in the corner, saying over and over again that she doesn't want to die. Seina broke the door down and held the knife in hand. She approached Mayura, who was whimpering.

"No… No… Seina, no… have mercy…" she blubbered.

Seina snickered and said, "Too late… you're such a crybaby. You dare to kill me? I'll kill you!"

"No… Seina… no…"
Seina swung her knife high; Mayura ducked away, frightened by her actions. She lunge her knife at her.

"Goodbye… TREASURER!"

"NOOOOOOO!"

But when she opened her eyes, Seina disappeared. Mayura, who was still in the corner, gingerly got up and was scared stiff.

"S-S-Seina?" she whimpered, "Where are you?"

She looked at the dark bedroom and found a body on Mayura's bed. It turns out it was Seina's body, still out cold. She approached her and tried to feel her pulse. Her heart was still beating.

"What's going on? Why is she trying to haunt me?" She thought aloud.

Thunder sounded again, and she was tackled by a second Seina. Mayura fell to the floor, dazed. Seina got up and held the knife in her hand.

"Seina-Senpai… let's be reasonable…" she pleaded, "I… I didn't know you… what I mean… please let me ex-! SEINA!"

She threw her knife at Mayura, nearly cutting her shoulder. She started to bleed.

"Seina…"

She smiled and spoke very demon-like, "Mayura Ichikawa, you will pay for killing me!"

"What are you talking about? I… I didn't kill you!"

She reached for her bat.

"Yes… you did. I am dead. Dead as a dodo; dead as the dinosaurs; dead as Rino Rando."

She held up Rino's severed arm with Pucchan attached to it. Mayura quivered in fright and disgust. She stood up and cried out, "You… murdering witch!"

"You're the murderer; you made me do this…"

She approached Mayura, but she swung the bat at her head. Seina fell down, onto the floor. Mayura struck at her repetitively. Seina started to bleed heavily. Mayura kept screaming from her lungs. Seina's entire body was mutilated. Mayura stopped and sat down.

"This… this is a nightmare, isn't it?" She cried.

Oh, poor Mayura… who knows what evil deeds you did? Seina is still alive…

"What?"

She looked at the other Seina's body and was struck with horror, when the lightning flashed. In reality, she killed Kaori. Mayura trembled in fear. She then looked outside the window and saw Rino, with her right arm missing, hanging in the window with a shotgun in her hand. She broke through the window and cried out that she killed Pucchan. Rino got up, with glass shards all over her body; her skin was discolored and scabby and her face was zombie-like. Mayura was scared, she dropped the bat. Rino raised her shotgun and aimed at Mayura. She couldn't move anymore.

"Rino? Is that y-y-y-you?" She whimpered.

All Rino could do was load her shotgun and let out a demonic screech.

"Oh, sh-."

BANG!


9:12pm

KNOCK! KNOCK!

Another dream? Yes. Mayura woke up from her room, when she heard the door knocking. She approached the door with the bat in her hand and her abacus in the other.

"Who's there?" she stuttered.

"It's Kaori! Open up! Miss President has ordered me to guard Seina!"

"GO AWAY! I KNOW IT'S YOU, SEINA!" She screamed.

"Mayura, quit acting like a damn coward! LET ME IN!" Kaori called out.

"Kaori… you're dead. Rino's dead… Kanade's dead… Seina… Seina killed you all!" She cried.

"What are you talking about?"

She balled up behind the door and shed tears. Kaori was confused. She gave up and went to Rino, who was outside with her.

"Is Mayura gonna come out?" Rino asked.

"I'm afraid she's having an episode again…" Kaori responded.

"Treasurer Chickie's gotten worse…" Pucchan said.

Meanwhile, Mayura was crying still. She looked at Seina's body from far away. She walked to her room, held onto Seina, and hugged her tight. She started to sniffle and sob. However…

WHAM!

She was struck in the back of her head by a lead pipe. She collapsed and landed on the floor. Seina's body fell on top of her.

"What was that?" Kaori gasped, hearing the WHAM sound.

"Oh, no! Mayura-Senpai!" Rino gasped.

"Rino, go find Nanaho and Kuon! I'll try to break the door down!" She ordered.

Rino ran off as Kaori rammed at Mayura's door.


9:20pm

A small girl appeared in front of Mayura, who was still out cold.

"HAH! Serves you right!" She jeered at her.

The girl holding the lead pipe was none other than…

Minamo Katsura, Seina's little sister.

"Foolish Mayura… that's what you get for injuring my big sister! Now to make sure this won't happen again…"

She dragged her from her legs, with a small trail of blood, leaking from her head. Where was she taking her?