Naoki couldn't exactly explain why he felt the need to go out. He knew it was a bad idea to go out alone but he needed to find out more about their situation. And it seemed the best way to do that would be to seek out the rest of the notes left by the author of the note. It said there was 5 of them. So he began his search on the second floor.

Naoki slowly opened the secret passage preparing for a possible encounter with a creature. Thankfully, there was nothing nearby. He saw the same blood soaked walls he had unfortunately grown accustomed to. He noticed the closet room to the entrance was a library. It might have been the reader in him, but he wanted to check it out despite common sense dictating it was a bad idea.

The library appeared as one would expect. Shelves upon shelves carried books and the like, though seeing the cobwebs everywhere made Naoki feel sad. He was a heavy book person, so seeing a library in a run down state like it was had a profound effect on him. He walked into the library and first noticed was the flickering lights. Secondly, he noticed just how cold it was in there. It was as if he stepped outside during winter. Naoki began to shiver, and held himself tightly to try to keep himself warm, but it seemed it was a futile effort. He walked inside. There seemed to be a little "base" that had been set up in the center of the room out of the many chairs and desks. He walked inside and almost felt his jaw drop at the sight inside. It wasn't the normal bodies he had been used to. In fact these bodies had no external injuries, they were simply frozen solid. The inside of the area was covered in ice and what appeared to be snow. How is this even possible?

Naoki examined the bodies and saw that they all seemed to have a look of horror on their face. As Naoki was starting to get uncomfortable he left that area and went towards the bookshelves. He scanned through looking at the books, however they all were blank. "Figures I wouldn't find a good read in a place like this." Naoki inwardly sighed.

He stopped when he noticed something poking out in-between a couple of books. It was a single piece of paper folded up. He pulled it out and began to read it.

Victim's Memoirs #4 1/5

We've all gathered up in the library. It seems safe enough, except for the huge freezer on the second floor, I can't really see any reason for it being here instead of being in the cafeteria. We've been running a little low on food, but I'm not worried. I sure Senpai has a way to get us out of this mess. He always seems to have a plan.

Naoki almost dropped the page. The last thing he was expecting was to find another one so soon. He inwardly groaned as he noticed this note was for a different set. Damn! Well, now I can see there's a lot more notes then I thought.

Naoki noticed a staircase he had neglected when he first walked in. There was a bit of rubble in the way, but he easily cleared it away. As soon as he cleared the way, he was assaulted by a blast of colder air. After it died down, he looked through the opening. What he saw, he couldn't quite explain without claiming it to be supernatural. He saw the top floor was slightly frozen, and it was snowing. Inside, and only on the second floor. "This is interesting..." His intrigue was set off even more as he saw a massive freezer. The door to it was open, and he noticed a string of tags normally used to ward off spirits plastered around it. He also noticed the body of a girl next to the door, completely encased in a block of ice. While that wouldn't have disturbed him any more than the frozen bodies down below, she seemed to not be in any distress at all.

Her unmoving eyes were staring out towards the wall, and her mouth was cupped into a smile, as if she was blissfully unaware of her own death. He walked over to the door and examined it.

"What was in here that they needed spirit tags for? It looks like they didn't help much..." It seemed whatever they had been trying to stop hadn't been stopped at all. He figured while they had already been used, the spirit tags might be nice to have around if they ran into another ghost. He grabbed about four of the ten tags he could see and put them in his pocket. Since it seemed like there was nothing more to gain here, Naoki turned around to leave.

He stopped dead in his tracks when he noticed the girl's head had turned to look straight at him. Not only that, but one of her arms had changed position as well. Naoki rubbed his eyes in an attempt to check if he was seeing things, but his question was answered when he saw her eyes blink. Naoki had never run so fast in his life.

As Naoki cleared the opening he made, he hit the rubble to cause the hole to be covered. He didn't think that whatever was up there would be stopped by a blockade like that, but he felt better for doing it. He immediately went back into the secret passageway and back to Goda's hideout.

When he walked back in, he saw Naomi sitting down by Goda drinking a cup of water. He felt an enormous weight lift off his shoulders when he let out his relief. "Naomi. You're ok."

Naomi noticed Naoki and ran straight for him giving him a hug. "Naoki! You're ok! When you didn't get up I was so worried!" Naomi sat there hugging him in silence for a while before she seemed to realize what she was doing and let go of him blushing like a ripe tomato. "I'm so sorry, I just..."

Naoki laughed. "It's fine. I'm glad to see you too." Naoki was glad she was there to help him forget what he just experienced in the library. Though he couldn't help but remember the way she had looked when they encountered the spirit. While he was glad to have her here, he would never forgive himself if she went through that much pain again. "Naomi...are you sure you're ok?"

Naomi stepped back again and stared at the ground for a bit. "Of course I'm fine! Why wouldn't I be?"

Naoki looked her dead in the eye. "If we keep looking for Makoto and Viva we'll more likely than not run into another ghost. I don't want you to get hurt."

Naomi seemed sad. "But!..."

Naoki shook his head. "No, I don't want you hurt. How do you think I'd feel if I led you to getting hurt."

Goda turned around. "Actually Naoki...she only felt that way specifically because of the ghost you encountered. See, she's a spiritual empath, so she can feel the emotions of the ghosts she encounters."

Naomi nodded. "Yeah, he said I could be a good help to you. I can tell when we're getting close to a bad spirit!"

Naoki sighed. He clearly wasn't wining this battle. "Alright, but you're gonna tell me this time before we're right on top of them, right?"

Naomi seemed to get really sad as he said that. "Yeah...I'm sorry."

Naoki grabbed her by the shoulder. "Hey, I didn't say it was your fault. I just wanna make sure you're ok."

Naomi blushed again. "You're too nice to me Naoki."

Naoki turned away as he blushed. "Hey...I mean I'd de the same for Makoto or Viva as well."

Goda laughed a little. "Alright you two love birds. Let's focus on finding your two friends, alright?"

Naoki and Naomi both nodded. "Right!"