Corpse Party

Memory Loss And Blood Spill

Chapter 11 – Another Split-up

~Yosuhei´s POV~

I widened my eyes and growled a bit as I suddenly felt a strange and sickening sensation in the back of my head and along my throat. I suddenly had a bad feeling that something had gone terribly wrong. Sakutaro looked at me with a puzzled fit as I threw a fit of nausea, tumbling around a bit as I felt lightheaded.

"Shit…" I mumbled softly as I looked up at Morishige who looked at me with a cool look.

"What is it Yosuhei?" He mumbled as he pointed his phone screen at my face, to light me up and take a better look at me.

"S-Something´s wrong" I mumbled, my voice shaking a bit from fear "Something has gone horribly wrong"

"H-How can you tell?" That was the first time I had ever heard Morishige stutter.

"I-It´s not something I can explain" I mumbled as I looked at him with a frightened expression "It´s just… I got this feeling something´s wrong"

"You sound like the class rep all of a sudden" He mumbled softly as he helped me recover my balance "If you feel bad you should take a break somewhere"

"N-No I´m fine." I mumbled and coughed a bit, feeling like I was about to puke "I just need to know the others are ok"

Morishige nodded a bit, regaining his stern and cool expression.

"Ok. Let´s search the rest of the school then" He mumbled as I stumbled forward, still having trouble with my nausea.

"Y-Yeah" I mumbled softly, feeling the warmth drain from my face, like I had just been stricken with a severe flu.

I panted a bit as I made my way forward through the dark hallways. I began freezing thoroughly and my hands were shaking intensely. My skin was crawling from sickness and even the faintest brush towards it made it crawl up, almost feeling like any touch towards my skin hurt.

Could a bad feeling or flu really affect the human body this much? Or was it something else, something related to the strange visions I had had lately?

I shook off these thoughts as I began concentrating on the matter at hand. If I really HAD become like this because something had happened like I had assumed, then I wanted to make sure everyone was ok. The unease about the other´s safety had been killing me ever since I had been left alone, and Morishige´s presence simply didn´t seem to be enough to quell my qualms.

I just had to see her again. Seiko.

"M-Morishige?" I asked softly as my nausea had begun to wear down.

"Hmm? What is it?" He asked as he turned around to look at me.

"W-We´ve been searching in here for quite some time now" I mumbled with a frown "How about we check the other building?"

He sighed a bit and looked up at the ceiling wonderingly.

"hmm… Maybe it is a good idea" he mumbled as he looked down at his cellphone with a growl "Grr, my phone clock is completely fucked"

"Calm down." I mumbled as I looked at him "getting mad about it won´t help solving the problem"

I felt like it was out of Morishige´s character to get mad like this. And for such a simple problem as his phone clock being shot to hell. It didn´t seem like him, and I hadn´t seem him act like this before. But I guess this place gets to everyone after some time, even the most coolheaded of individuals.

"Yeah you´re right" he said with a kind of arrogant huff "It´s not like knowing the time will help much anyway in this place"

"exactly. Let´s just focus on finding the others" I mumbled, looking at him with a soft sigh.

He nodded a bit and sighed a bit as well before we continued back to the open walkway between the buildings.

I frowned a bit as I fell slightly behind Morishige, deep in my own thoughts. I just couldn´t stop thinking about Seiko and the others. I was really worried. The strange feeling I had gotten just minutes before felt so strong. But it was weird since I had never gotten so sick, so violently before. I had never experienced anything like it before. So when my suspicions were so strong that I would get so sick from just the thought that Seiko or my friends were hurt, something must have happened.

The thoughts in my head and the extreme sickness troubled and worried me to the core. It almost felt like my mind was disappearing into my body never to be retrieved. I could feel how I was slowly starting to go insane. Nothing else but Seiko and the others filled my mind, and I was beginning to obsess about it when…

Suddenly the ground below me began shaking violently, wood and glass shattering everywhere around me and Morishige. Wood chips and dust fell onto my head and clothes and down my back, creating a soft crunching sound every time I would move.

"Oh shit!" Morishige yelled as he tumbled around, barely managing to keep himself on his feet "What a big earthquake!"

"M-Morishige!" I yelled towards him as the whole building shook.

The building shook so violently I could no longer control my movements. I woppled farther and farther away from Morishige, creating more and more space between us. I widened my eyes as I looked up and saw falling building debris, headed right for Morishige.

"Sakutaro watch out!" I yelled loudly, trying to alarm him in time.

Luckily I did. He looked at me with a shocked expression, looking up sharply. He gasped a bit and jumped backwards, letting the debris fall onto the floor he had just been standing mere seconds ago. The debris landed with a loud crunch and carved it´s way through the floor, falling several meters and floors down, until we finally heard a loud crash at the bottom.

If Morishige had stayed there for just a second more, he would have been crushed under the debris, and sent down into the dark pit below, who knows how far. And who knows how painful it would have been?

Morishige was looking at the giant open hole that had been carved into the floor, frightfully. We were both panting a bit, simply from shock. After a couple of minutes the earthquake finally dulled down, slowly getting weaker and weaker until it stopped all together. I sighed a bit and helped my breathing calm down, until I looked over at Morishige.

"You ok Morishige?" I mumbled and Morishige simply nodded, at a loss for words.

"U-Uh thanks for the warning" He mumbled as he tried to regain his composure.

I nodded a bit and smiled.

"No problem" I mumbled "I want everyone to escape this place"

"Y-Yeah…" he mumbled as he looked down the hole.

"Hole shit…" I mumbled as I took a deep breath "What an earthquake huh?"

"Yeah it was" He mumbled as he sighed a bit "It doesn´t seem likely you can jump over this hole"

"Yeah it´s pretty wide" I mumbled, frowning a bit from growing frustration and fear.

"W-Well I hate to say it but…" Sakutaro suddenly mumbled, looking at me.

"What?" I asked as I looked back at him.

"Well, I´m going ahead" He mumbled with a frown "If I go ahead, maybe I´ll find Mayu and the others faster"
"H-Huh!?" I looked at him in shock "W-What about me?! You can´t just leave me here!"

"You will have to find another way around this" He mumbled carelessly "It shouldn´t be too hard dude"

"So that´s it? You´re just going to leave me?" I asked, growling slightly, pissed off by his arrogance.

"Yes I am. But it´s for the sake of Mayu and the others" He mumbled with a sad expression "I´m sorry Yosuhei"

I sighed a bit as I began prioritizing which was more important. Me, or the others.

"I guess nine lives is worth more than one" I mumbled, saddened a bit.

"I´m sorry. I have to go" Morishige mumbled as he turned away from me.

He began walking down the hall and soon disappeared into the darkness of the school. I sighed a bit and shook my head from hopelessness.

"I guess I always end up alone huh?" I mumbled as I frowned "I have split up from my friends three times now"

I shook my head again to clear my head, looking around for any ways to get around the big hole, and out to the open entranceway. But before I even took a step, I heard an all too familiar voice.

"Hihihi so he abandoned you huh?"

I widened my eyes and felt my face contract in fear as I realized who was behind me. I slowly turned my face around, to face the threat behind me.

"What do you want?!" I asked desperately as I looked at the girl in the red dress from before.

She giggled a bit as she sat on a small wooden chair, swing her legs as carefree as you can get.

"I´m just curious when you´re going to have your breakdown" She mumbled.

She made that sound like the most normal thing to say in the world.

"A-Are you going to send that man after me again?!" I mumbled, fearfully.

"No silly." She said with a maniac smile "You outran him, so it wouldn´t matter"

"Then what is it!?" I growled, irritated by her lack of taking this seriously.

"I just wanted to tell you something" She said with an innocent, and yet creepy smile.

"What is it?" I mumbled, my patience nearly gone from her games.

"Hehe that weird feeling and the sickness you felt earlier?" She said with a smirk "It was real. Something bad happened to someone precious to you"

"If you hurt any of my friends I will-" I growled, but was interrupted by that psychotic girl.

"What? Hurt me? Kill me even?" She asked coldly "Even if you wanted to, there´s not much you can do to a ghost"

"N-No i.. uhh" I mumbled, realizing that really was what I wanted to do to her.

"Hahaha I like your way of thinking" She said with a smirk.

"S-Shut the fuck up!" I yelled, growling at her angrily.

"Hihi shush now" She said with a giggle. "You haven´t even felt true despair yet. Don´t work yourself up"

"What the hell is that supposed to mean!?" I asked panicly.

"I think the message is pretty clear" She mumbled with a psychotic smile "See ya!"

She stood up and smiled a bit, letting her hair fall down over her face so I couldn´t see it. Then she simply vanished out of the air, without a trace.

"Enough of your goddamn games you bitch" I growled, looking at the blank space where the girl once stood.

My anger still stayed with me, even after a good while as I began searching for a way around the hole to get to the other building. My fear for the girl had been so intense that it had turned into intense anger, even after she had disappeared a long time ago. Something about her just gave me the creeps.

It almost seemed like that girl had two sides to her. One gentle and innocent, and one evil and murderous. And she would change between the two sides at the snap of a finger, and without warning. And even when she was acting kind and gentle, she would always hint that there was something grim behind the façade. Something… Really dangerous.

~Ayumi´s POV~

I was suddenly ripped out the light sleep I had finally managed to fall into when Ms. Yui shook my shoulders gently, as to not scare me or do anything harsh towards my person when she woke me up. I looked up at her softly and groggily as I yawned from still being half awake.

"W-What is it Yui Sensei?" I mumbled softly, groaning a bit as my body felt quite stiff.

"I´m getting kind of worried for Kishinuma" She mumbled softly as she looked at me worriedly "He´s been gone for quite some time now"

"Huh? He has?" I mumbled as I rubbed my sore neck "How long have I been sleeping anyway?"

"About 30 minutes or so" She mumbled with a nod "It seems your mood is better now though"

I nodded a bit and sighed as I processed what she said.

"Yeah I guess it is" I mumbled softly "At least I´m not having a freaking panic attack anymore"

"Yeah, that´s always a plus" My kind teacher said with a smile "Now let´s go search for Kishinuma ok?"

"A-As long as I´m not alone" I mumbled as I sighed "It´s ok I guess"

"Ok. Now let´s go" Ms. Yui said with a cheerful smile as she pushed the door to the side.

Venturing into the unknown in search of the person I had felt bad for several years ago, the one I had seen get in nasty arguments with several teachers in school, the one that would rather smoke than take biology seriously. And the one who had so unselfishly ventured out to protect those few people he could. The mere thought made me blush for some reason.

"He had been really unselfish" I mumbled softly to myself under my breath

"I have to remember to thank him later" I sighed a bit as I followed close behind my teacher.

"Don´t worry. You´ll be able to see him soon enough" Ms. Yui said with a reassuring smile.

"Yeah. I´m sure I will" I mumbled with a small smile.

~Yosuhei´s POV~

I had finally managed to get around the giant hole in the floor, and now stood on the other side, looking over at the other side where I had just been about half an hour ago.

"Geez. Took forever to get here," I mumbled with a sigh "This school is huge. I nearly never got back here"

I sighed a bit but smiled as I finally had made just a little bit of progress. I smiled brighter as I realized, that I wasn´t that far from the door that led to the open walkway.

"If my memory is correct," I mumbled softly "The walkway should be just down this hall"

I smiled a bit as I walked down towards where I believed where the door was, actually getting some of my hope and courage back, for the first time in a while I might add. I could finally see some light at the end of the tunnel, finally had even the tiniest glimmer of hope sparking to life within me. I smiled a bit as I finally saw the door, picking up my pace as I quickly opened and ran out of the door, outside the two buildings.

I quickly made my way into the building where I had first awoken with Naomi and Seiko, and looked around the new hallway I entered.

"hmm everything looks the same" I mumbled in wonder "Maybe the feeling I had was false after all"

I had only just finished that sentence how ever when I heard a desperate scream from somewhere deeper into the building.

"W-What!?" I widened my eyes "T-That sounded like… Mayu!"

I picked up my pace again and sprinted down the hallway, towards where I thought I had heard the scream coming from. I widened my eyes in fear as I soon realized I was standing in front of the infirmary.

"Dammit… Why is it this place again?" I mumbled to myself as I listened to the desperate pleas of mercy from inside.

I looked at the door a bit and growled. The longer I waited, the less of a chance I had of saving Mayu, if it really was her I could hear. But did I have the courage to confront whatever dangers that was in there with her?

I growled a bit in a fit of panic and frustration over my own cowardice, but was pulled out of my train of thoughts as I heard another familiar voice. Morishige´s.

"LET GO OF HER YOU ASSHOLES!"

This was the angry and threatening shout I heard from behind the infirmary door. I was no longer in any doubt. If both Sakutaro and Mayu were in danger, that would mean I would possibly lose two friends if I didn´t step in. I didn´t want that to happen. Two lives are worth more than one after all.

I growled a bit and cleared my head of any fear as I yanked the door to the sight, finally seeing what had caused the screaming and shouting to begin with.

I widened my eyes as I watched an unconscious Mayu, held up in the air by an invisible force. Below her on each side stood a ghost girl, and I instantly recognized them both as two of the kidnapping incident many years ago.

In the other end of the room stood a furious Sakutaro, crowbar in hand, staring blind-raged at the two ghost girls.

"If you don´t let go of her right now," he hissed through his front teeth "I´ll hurt you even more than you already are!"

I stared at him, completely frozen from shock. I had never seen him lose it like that. What the hell is with him?!

"Sakutaro! Don´t anger them!" I yelled in desperation.

But it was too late. By the time I was finished talking Mayu was turned in the air, and began moving towards me faster than I could follow. I jumped to the side and watched in horror as the ghosts dragged Mayu out of the infirmary, like a puppet master would his doll. A loud thud was heard as her forehead hit the top of the doors, and this hit seemed to bring her back to consciousness.

"W-What?! What is happening?!" Mayu screamed loudly as she was thrown down the hall, at lightning speed.

She screamed loudly as she realized what was about to happen, and the scream echoed throughout the hallway, maybe through the entire school. Sakutaro and I could do nothing but watch as Mayu was thrown into what was her certain demise.

"No.. NOOOOOO!"

The sound that followed was something that made my skin crawl, almost making me puke. Several loud crunches and splashes, then silence. I stood there, stunned from shock and fear, still looking at the spot where Mayu had once floated. Sakutaro was the first one to dare move as he slowly, but surely, made his way out of the infirmary and down the hallway.

I slowly followed him, scared what kind of horrors I would lie my eyes upon this time.

I widened my eyes as I lied my eyes on the wall at the end of the hallway, stunned by fear and despair a second time. A gloppy mess of guts and entrails was clearly painted onto the wall, Splattering everywhere and slowly sliding down the rough segment of the wall.

"N-no… N-Not Mayu.." I mumbled almost silently.

I had witnessed one of my friends, who had been living and breathing up to this very moment, die right in front of my eyes. It was one of the most gruesome sights I had ever seen, even the corpses in this place couldn´t even compete with this grotesque sight.

I could do nothing but stare at what was left of Mayu Suzumoto, one of the people that had accepted me so openly, and helped as best she could to help me blend into my new life with Seiko and the others. She was one of my most precious friends and I had seen her get killed so brutally. I had failed to protect everyone I held dear. I had failed.

I had no idea how Sakutaro felt, but I was sure he felt the same kind of despair as I did, if not much, much worse. We did nothing but stare up at what was remaining of Mayu Suzumoto, our dear classmate and friend. This was only the beginning though. And this was only when the horror, would truly begin.