The four who hadn't escaped from the hellish school were all too aware of the strange happenings that had barely started. "Shig-nii!" Mayu screamed, desperate to see him again. "Shh, Suzomoto-San, he'll be fine," Yui comforted. Seiko nodded in uncertain agreement. None of them had seen Morishige since his death. The other three had met up and for the past four months, they'd been trying to gather information about the school. They'd had no time to search for Morishige. "Shig-nii... why..." Mayu whispered. Seiko closed her eyes for a minute, remembering the old times. She smiled slightly, memories of Naomi and Mochida together, of Yoshiki staring at Shinozaki while she gave instructions that nobody listened to, of Yui laughing with her immature class, of Mayu and Morishige, rehearsing lines together. Everyone laughing. Everyone happy. Not anymore. She opened her eyes, peering round the dank classroom they were currently occupying. Yui had her arm around Mayu, whispering words of comfort, of reassurance when really, they SHOULD be panicking, SHOULD be afraid. The ground shook suddenly and the three of them braced themselves for what they thought was a regular earthquake in Heavenly Host. But was it more? * "I'm-" "Kishinuma! Shut up alreAdy, we know you're hungry!" Ayumi yelled at the shocked blonde. "Calm down, Shinozaki," Satoshi said. Gritting her teeth, Ayumi turned away from the three, trying to focus on her notes. "Shinozaki? What's wrong?" Naomi asked gently. Ayumi scowled. "We are nowhere near closer to finding out what's going on!" "Don't you think-" A sudden tremor in the ground cut Yoshiki off, causing everyone to yell in shock. Nobody expected it to happen and without warning, the ground started shaking violently. Ayumi yelled something but her words were lost amongst the incredible noise. No one knew when it would stop. The girls grabbed onto eachother, the boys leaning against the wall for support, waiting for it to end. After what seemed like hours, the persistent trembling of the earth gradually stopped. "Is it over?" Naomi whispered. Satoshi placed a gentle hand on her shoulder. "I think." "Not again..." Ayumi repeated. Yoshiki was about to say something but stopped himself, remembering how much Ayumi hated being 'pitied'. All four of them standing silent, waiting, the tension almost unbearable. They knew something was about to happen. Seconds passed, minutes, maybe even hours. Yet nothing happened. The small room was still the same, strangely nothing broken in the earthquake. "Unnatural," Ayumi inferred, trying to fix her hair. Yoshiki smirked, noticing how even in the strangest situations, Ayumi had something to say. Slowly, the four began to relax, seeing no difference in the environment. "M-maybe it was just a normal quake," Satoshi said uncertainly. "But why is nobody else making a commotion? Its still a pretty big thing to happen," Naomi said, perching on the edge of the bed. Ayumi nodded. "Well, anyways, I'm hun-" Yoshiki started but a blinding light made them all yell in shock. Ayumi hid her face in her arms, Naomi burying herself in Satoshi's chest who was covering his eyes. Yoshiki, making no snide comments, put one arm over his face. All four of them shielded themselves from the persistent light. Yet it stopped just as suddenly. "Hi." A familiar voice. Everyone gasped. "Is that... Its..." Satoshi trailed off. "Yuki?" Ayumi asked uncertainly. A transparent blue figure, the form of the ghost of a young girl stood before them, watching them all with her one eye. "One of the ghost children?" asked Yoshiki. "Im sure you all know something is up," Yuki started quietly. Nobody moved, intimidated by the girl's appearance. "And... I have been trying to contact you four. But it was long before you were alone together." Silence. "Is anybody going to respond?" Yuki said sharply. Everybody flinched. "I've... Had dreams." Ayumi said, nodding towards Naomi. "I saw S-seiko," Naomi said quietly. She wasn't certain, but Naomi could have sworn she saw a look of worry in the ghosts eye, her mouth curling in displeasure. But nobody else noticed so she left it. "Yes. Well, you don't seem to have come too far at guessing what's up." Ayumi grit her teeth at that. The boys just watched nervously. "Do you miss your friends, Nakashima?" The question was sudden and rather unexpected. Naomi bit her lip. Satoshi squeezed her hand encouraginly "Of course i do." Yuki nodded, half smiling. Satoshi wished she'd get on with it. "And Kishinuma, do you want to get them back?" Yoshiki nodded straight away. Yuki turned to Satoshi. "Do you think there is a way to?" Satoshi looked down, unsure of what to say. Yes? Most probably their friends are gone forever. No? That might be underestimating the power of Heavenly Host. After many moments of silence, Yuki turned away from him. "Well. What if i were to say you can?" Naomi's eyes lit up and Ayumi leaned closer in, intrigued. "We can?" asked a shocked Yoshiki. Yuki nodded. "Yes. Its simple really. Its a charm you have to complete along with a few other things." Tension filled the room. "You know, since Sachiko's power left her, you'd have thought the school's power would weaken. BUT. It went into another, who made it even stronger." Yuki said, as if marvelling at how great this all was. "That means more deaths." Satoshi said confusedly. Yuki ignored him. "But... Who did it go to?" Naomi asked. Yuki quickly looked at her, shrugged, then started talking about something else. Naomi frowned. "The charm is easy. Shinozaki, you should know which one, yes?" Ayumi gasped, realising that she did. "But. You must include the people they are closest too in the ceremony. They must take part." "We'll worry about that later," Ayumi muttered. Yuki smiled "That's it. That's the least i can do to help you out." "Yuki, what-" Yuki disappeared. The four of them glanced at eachother, daring to believe how well this might turn out. "I'm gonna get some cake," Yoshiki said finally, leaving Naomi to her suspicion that something was really wrong. ((Thank you for the support on this, ill hopefully be able to change the spacing when life improves. But in the mean time.. Thanks))