Corpse Party
Memory Loss and Blood Spill
Chapter 10 –
~Yoshiki´s POV~
I was sitting by myself in the corner in the classroom Ayumi, Ms. Yui and I had woken up in not too long ago. Ms. Yui was sitting with Ayumi by the teachers desk, caring for Ayumi as she was currently having a small panic attack, not anything too serious. But she seemed to be a completely other person when she was scared. I honestly liked the collected and serious Ayumi more than this one. But I guess I couldn´t do anything about it myself.
"Hey, Ms. Yui?" I asked softly as I grew tired of waiting and looked over at my teacher "We have to find our friends, so I´m just going to do a quick look-around. Ok?"
"Absolutely not" Ms. Yui said with a stern but shaky voice "It´s my responsibility to keep my students safe, so I´ll go"
"But Ayumi is much better off with you caring for her than me" I said, knowing it was true.
"Well, yes but…" Ms. Yui said hesitantly.
"Look, I´ll just look around for a bit" I said with a sigh "Nothing´s going to happen"
"You can´t be sure about that Kishinuma" She said with a serious expression "Just stay here with Ayumi"
She then proceeded to walk over to me and whispered in my ear "I don´t think any of us should leave her anyway. She needs us around"
"T-That´s true but" I mumbled as I looked over at Ayumi with a concerned frown.
"No buts. Let´s both stay here, for her sake" Ms. Yui said with a small smile and a nod.
I sighed a bit and shrugged.
"Ok then" I mumbled as I walked over and sat beside Ayumi "You ok, Ayumi?"
"Y-Yeah… Just scared" She mumbled as she looked at me with a smile "Thanks for caring about me, Yoshiki"
I blushed a little and blew some hair away from my face, huffing confidently.
"W-Well someone has to look out for you right?" I said with a smirk "You ARE my classmate after all"
"Hehe I guess so" She chuckled a bit and looked at me with a sweet smile "Thanks anyway"
"No problem" I said with a smirk, and nodded a bit at her "We have to stick together"
She smiled a bit and nodded as she sighed softly, pulling her legs up under her.
"I hope everyone is okay" she said as her smile dropped "Especially Satoshi…"
I widened my eyes a bit at that name. Satoshi was my best friend, and my classmate. We had been through countless adventures in the city. But he had that one thing I wanted so badly, but somehow couldn´t get. Ayumi´s affection.
She had had a crush on him ever since seventh grade. He was of course totally oblivious to the fact because he was so obviously in love with Naomi, another one of my classmates. But I knew it all too well. It was obvious that Ayumi, the girl I was in love with, was in love with my best friend. And I was so seethingly jealous on him for that.
What did he have that I didn´t have anyway? Yeah I knew I was a delinquent, but I knew I had the will to change. Ayumi was the one who give me that willpower in the first place. She had saved me from expulsion a couple of years back, and ever since that day I had promised myself that I would concentrate on school, and make it through graduation like Ayumi had said I should. I had promised myself to change.
My grades and my schoolwork had both improved. I came to school and class more than ever before, and my overall work had definitely improved. But still, she wouldn´t even notice it.
I knew that if I ever wanted to have a chance to be with her, like in a relationship with her, I would have to confess. But of course that would have to be the one thing I had ever feared in my entire life. I had feared nothing my entire life, right until I realized I was in love with Ayumi. That´s when I realized I was scared to ask her out, and risking having my feelings hurt.
But none of this mattered right now anyway. Right now we had to escape this creepy school building. I made a deal with myself the very moment I realized I was trapped in this building. I promised myself, that if I ever escaped this building with Ayumi, I would confess to her. Tell her everything about how I felt. That was a promise I made to myself, and not to Ayumi.
I was yanked out of my thoughts and raised my head from my hands as I suddenly heard an ear piercing scream from somewhere outside the classroom.
"W-Wait…" I mumbled "T-That sounded like… N-Naomi!"
"N-Nakashima-san?" Ms. Yui exclaimed as she looked at the open door of the classroom, in shock.
"We have to save her!" Ayumi yelled in half panic "S-She must be in trouble to scream like that!"
"No! You two stay here!" I mumbled as I frowned and sat up, getting onto my feet.
"No Kishinuma!" Ms. Yui said sternly, almost in a pleading manner.
I didn´t listen to her though, and stubbornly walked towards the door.
"Kishinuma!" Ms. Yui yelled as she grabbed my hand "Listen to me!"
"Sorry Ms. Yui" I mumbled softly "But this time I have to say no"
"W-What?" She asked as she looked at me in shock.
"look guys" I mumbled as I turned to look at them "I have learned self defence and you guys haven´t. I have a better chance to defend myself if something would happen"
"B-But…" Ms. Yui mumbled softly, unable to come up with an argument.
"Don´t worry, I´ll be fine" I said with a reassuring smile "Just look out for Ayumi, ok Ms. Yui?"
"O-Ok fine…" She mumbled softly and sighed "But if something comes up, don´t be careless. Run if you have to, ok?"
I nodded a bit and smiled as I thumbed up at her to let her know everything would be fine.
"Don´t worry. I can look out for myself" I said as I looked over at Ayumi "And the people I care about"
I could see she blushed a little, trying to hide it by looking away from me harshly. I smiled and chuckled a it as I looked back at Ms. Yui.
"See you in a moment" I mumbled as I began walking out the door, and towards Naomi´s scream.
"I wonder what is hiding out there" I mumbled as I looked around the hallway.
~Ayumi´s POV~
"W-What did he mean by that?" I mumbled softly as I desperately begged my blushing to disappear.
"I don´t know Nakashima-san" Ms. Yui mumbled as she sat beside me "But let´s put faith in him to help Nakashima-san and make it back, ok?"
I nodded a bit at her words and sighed a bit, wondering if he would be ok on his own.
"I´m scared Sensei" I mumbled softly as I looked at her with a worried expression "What if he or Naomi gets hurt? Or worse?"
"I´m sure Kishinuma-kun will do just fine" She said with a caring smile "He´s the toughest kid I know. He´ll be fine"
"If you say so" I mumbled as I stared down at the ground "He´s just been known to do some pretty stupid things"
"Yes but he knows when something is serious" Ms. Yui said with a nod "Don´t worry, he´ll be fine"
I nodded a bit at her words and sighed softly as I stared down at the ground with the slightest smile.
"He is quite brave actually" I mumbled "To go do something that might get him hurt? I wouldn´t be able to do something like that"
"Hehe that is very true" Ms. Yui said with a giggle "but living alone in his age takes courage"
"Yeah I know" I said with a nod "I can´t believe that his parents threw him out of his own home, just because he didn´t want to live like them"
"Huh? What do you mean?" Ms. Yui asked surprised.
"What? You didn´t know?" I asked softly and Ms. Yui shook her head.
"No! What happened?" Ms. Yui asked surprised.
"Well, Kishinuma´s family is quite a rich one" I began my story "But when he turned 14, he told his parents, that this lifestyle wasn´t for him or his tastes"
"Ok, and?" Ms. Yui asked, curious to hear the rest.
"Well, he had a massive fight with them" I said with a frown and a sigh "And it all culminated into him being thrown out by his parents. He´s lived alone ever since."
"Wow… I cant´t believe I didn´t know this, as his teacher" Ms. Yui mumbled softly as she looked down sadly
"Yeah, but he told all of his friends about it as soon as he began trusting us" I said with a smile "That Kishinuma… He trusted us the moment I saved him from expulsion not too long ago"
"well, as curious as I am to hear that story" Ms. Yui mumbled "It´s been quite a while since he left hasn´t it? Should we start looking as well?"
"No I don´t believe so" I said with a small smile "I believe in him now. Let´s give him time to go save Naomi"
"Y-yeah you´re right" She said with a nod and a smile "I guess there is nothing to do but wait then?"
"Yeah…" I mumbled and sighed as I pulled my legs up under me again, closing my eyes.
"Please be safe Kishinuma. I still haven´t helped you with your homework" I whispered to myself before drifting into sleep.
~Naomi´s POV~
Things had been pretty rough between me and Seiko ever since we had that small rant earlier, after watching someone die in front of us. It was horrible to say the least. I will never be able to get that horrible sound of my head. The sound of someone´s head getting carved in, that loud crunch. It was still ringing in my ears, and it wouldn´t stop. I hated it so much.
As we walked down the hallway I sighed a bit and looked at Seiko. She was as keen as ever before on finding her friends and boyfriend, even after seeing that horrible sight we had laid eyes on less than 10 minutes ago. That was one of the things I admired her for. Her courage and determination.
I had been wrong when we had fought before. I should have been more considerate towards Tohko, and not just try to forget about her. I really had been a stubborn brat. I needed to apologize to her soon.
Suddenly I heard a yelp from Seiko, making me look at her with a surprised expression.
"W-What!?" I yelped in surprise "What is it?!"
"A-A-Another corpse" Seiko mumbled as she slowly pointed down the hallway, and as true as it was told, another corpse was lying there, further down the hallway.
I felt like I had to puke again, and hastily covered my mouth so I wouldn´t. I looked away as Seiko searched the corpse for any lead there might have been to help us escape. I almost broke down in tears.
"No… No clues here.." Seiko mumbled dissapointedly as she looked at me with a saddened expression
"Just forget about it… Were never going to make it out of here anyway!"
Suddenly my mouth began speaking on it´s own. All the negative and scared thoughts I had had up till this moment suddenly began flowing out of my mouth, in a constant stream. I couldn´t stop myself from saying what I said, and it almost felt like I had been taken over by something from the outside.
"Were finished. I´m tired and hungry. I just want to go home!"
No… This isn´t what I wanted to say at all. Stop it!
"C-Come on Naomi. That´s not true" Seiko mumbled softly in response to my mindless babbling "Y-You can´t give up yet"
"It doesn´t matter!" I yelled in a fit of panic and frustration "Were all going to die just as horribly as Tohko did! Game over!"
"C-Come on Naomi… This isn´t like you" Seiko mumbled softly, almost weakly." W-We can still do this if you just believe we can!"
"What the hell makes you say that?!" I yelled at her "You have just as little hope as me left! I can tell!"
"T-That's…"
"And my mother will worry about me you know! She will keep searching and searching until I finally come home. And when it doesn´t happen she will be overcome with sadness! I´m such a burden for everyone who knows me…" I yelled as I began to cry.
"That´s not true" Seiko mumbled softly as she stared at me with a frown "Yes your mom will be worried about you, but you will never be a burden to her. You´re the most important thing in her life Naomi. So let´s make sure you don´t worry her too much ok?"
"I don't´ know you and your mom´s relationship was, but me and my mom don´t work that way!" I yelled, despite my best to try and stop myself.
No… I said it. I brought up her mom. I reminded her how her mother suddenly disappeared several years ago. I can´t believe I would hurt her like that, not Seiko, not my best friend.
"H-How can you say something like that!?" Seiko yelled in defense as she broke down in tears "How can you say such a thing?! We have been through everything together you and I! how can you tell me something so ruthless!?"
And with this she turned on her heel and ran down the hallway, crying loudly into her hands.
"Yeah! Run!" I yelled after her in a frenzy "Run until you can´t run anymore!"
Suddenly my mouth stopped talking and spewing out evil words towards Seiko, as I saw her run. I widened my eyes a bit as I realized what had just happened, and I broke down in crying, running after her as fast as I could in a frenzy.
My thoughts of what I had just done to Seiko filled my head and made my vision and way of thinking unclear. My panic and frenzy made me run throughout the entire school building, I didn´t know where I was when, nor did I know how long or how far I ran. I just knew that when I finally had my mind and vision cleared, I stood outside the female lavatories on the second floor.
I was panting slightly as I leaned onto the wall beside the door to the lavatories from exhaustion.
"Seiko… Where are you..?" I whispered to myself in-between my panting. "I just want to apologize"
Suddenly I heard something like someone kicking a door from the lavatories. The sound made me jump onto my feet from surprise, as I stared at the entrance to the lavatories.
"S-Seiko?" I mumbled softly as I stepped inside, slowly and clutching my hands from worry "is that you?"
I slowly stepped further and further into the dark, and rotten remains of what had once been a female lavatory in a popular kids school, and looked around the darkness as best as I could. It didn´t seem like there was anyone in there though, so maybe that sound had just been a part of my imagination.
I honestly didn´t even know if this place finally had made me crazy or not. I didn´t even think when I had been so evil and indiscriminate to Seiko in the first place, so maybe my mind had been shut off in my body completely and all together? I made up my mind and decided the sound had only been a part of my imagination, and turned to leave the lavatory to search the school for Seiko again.
When I turned to leave though, I once again heard the sound of kicking towards wood. I gasped and turned back towards the sound. It came from the second stall from the back.
"S-Seiko?" I mumbled softly and scared, slowly and wearily stepping towards the stall with feet feeling like they had been filled with lead.
I slowly reached out for the door and pushed it aside. I screamed as I saw what was inside.
Seiko was inside, not sitting on the toilet like I thought she would be, but hanging from the ceiling, in a thick rope. Her feet and hands was hanging lifelessly along her body, and her face was white, free from blood, and lifeless as the rest of her body. Her pupils was shrunk in to almost nothing, and her eyes had rolled back into the back of her head from a lack of air.
"SEIKO! NOOOOO!" I screamed loudly and clung my hands to my head in fear and disbelief.
"NO! THIS ISN´T HAPPENING! NO!" I yelled loudly as I stared at the lifeless body of my best friend.
I then widened my eyes as I saw Seiko´s body twitch just the slightest, and her eyes turn back into position, staring at me.
"N-Na…O-Omi… S-Sorr" She hitched as she buried her hands into the rope, clinging to life.
"S-Seiko!? You´re alive!?" I yelled as I realized I still had a chance to save her "Hang on! I´ll get you down immediately!"
I grabbed the rope and without thinking pulled upwards, making Seiko choke even more.
"OH GOD! SORRY!" I yelled through my tears and panic "What do I do, what do I do!? I need something for her to stand on!"
I looked around in a frenzy and smiled of happy, or panicked surprise, as I saw a rusted bucket stand by the entrance to the lavatory. I dashed over and took the bucket, running back to Seiko to help her get down. But the sight in the stall quelled whatever hope I had left, and made me drop the bucket from my hands as I felt my whole world tumble down around me.
Seiko was once again a lifeless doll hanging from the ceiling. Her hands was once again lifeless, no longer attempting to remove the rope around her neck, but once again hanging lifelessly down her sides. She had given up. She was dead.
"No… S-Seiko.." I mumbled as I stared at her what remained of her in stunned silence.
"NOOOOO! SEIKO!" I yelled loudly as bursted into crying and collapsed onto the floor.
My whole body began to shake like if I had stood right in the middle of an earthquake. All sense of reason left my mind and I broke down into a desperate breakdown, yelling Seiko´s name over and over again, begging for this to not be real.
"Oh god… What do I tell Yosuhei!?" I mumbled as I thought about how he would react to the news.
"No Seiko… Why would you hang yourself?!" I screamed as I cried helplessly "you left your best friend… Your boyfriend… Your friends!"
I could no longer say anything and broke down again, lying on the floor helplessly, having lost whatever hope I had left and was left in this horrible school, all alone. I was the last to see Seiko alive, and I would forever be haunted by that horrible image I had seen that day. I cried long and loudly, having lost my best friend in the whole world. I felt agonized and alone. And I knew I deserved it from the way I had treated her.
But I still couldn´t believe it was true. I wouldn´t accept she was dead. But I knew I immediately had to. And I knew I had all the time in the world to do so.
A/N
Hey guys! Hope you guys enjoyed the chapter!
So… Seiko died. Sorry but this does involve drama, so I had to.
See you guys next week, and keep reading!