"She kept souvenirs of all her victims?!" Ayako shouted, covering her mouth. I noticed that her face had turned green, which I didn't blame her. It was quite gross if you asked me.
"That's just sick," Monk said, looking just as green as Ayako.
"It is gross," I said, "and twisted."
"Very twisted," Naru agreed. He flipped a page in 'Death Diary'-what we decided to call it-and continued reading down the page.
"Strange thing is," I said, putting a hand to my chin. "There were men and children in the book… But I've only seen ghosts of women."
"Well," John said, putting a hand to his chin, "women do tend to hold grudges more often then men or children."
Ayako and I glared at John. He smiled sheepishly and waved his hands. "Oh, I didn't mean that disrespectfully!"
"In other words," Naru said, leaning back in his chair, "the men and children have already past on, leaving the women wanting revenge." Naru looked back down to the book. "Although, I'm beginning to wonder if revenge is the only reason they're after Mai."
"What do you mean?" I asked, raising an eyebrow. "It's obvious they want revenge on Mihoko because she brutally killed them!"
"Wait a minute," Monk stepped in before I could shout anymore. "Are you saying they want those…" Monk gulped. "…souvenirs…back?"
"Exactly," Naru answered, a small smirk playing across his lips.
I crossed my arms and begun to think this over. Wasn't that too easy? I had a feeling like something was going to go wrong is we started doing this. But, it was better then continuing to live in hell like I have for the past few days.
"Mai?"
I jumped when I felt a hand on my shoulder. I looked up to see Ayako and everyone looking at me.
"What's your idea on this?" Ayako asked calmly.
"Do we even need to ask?" Monk said, putting his hands behind his head.
I laughed a bit, thinking the same thing.
"The answer goes without saying," Naru said, standing to his feet. "We should begin looking for the first item."
"I agree," John said, smiling, but that smile soon faded. I didn't know what John wanted to say next, because the conversations around me were interrupted by laughing echoing through the room and the lights shutting off.
"How about we play a game, Mihoko?" the bitter voice asked. "If you can find all the pretty items stolen from us before we can kill you, we'll let you and your friends go." The voice giggled. "Unless you're too scared to put your precious life on the line."
I looked to Naru, knowing him and everyone else was hearing the same thing. I didn't know what to do and I was hoping he could give me the answer. His eyes were cold, but they gave me the answer I was looking for. I knew what he would do in this situation, and it was best that I made that same decision.
Before I knew it, I had said my answer. "Alright."
"Wonderful." The voice began giving an evil laughter, but it soon calmed. I felt a hand on my shoulder and a cold, chilling, voice whisper in my right ear. "Let the game begin."
I soon felt something cold wrap around my neck, like a hand. I got slammed against the wall as the annoying laughter continued, more laughter joining in with it. I tried clawing away the hand at my throat, but I only touched my own skin and clawed away at that.
The laughing was beginning to fade as I was beginning to fall unconscious. My hands dropped to my side and the grip got tighter. I blinked and that when I heard words sounding like Monk's incantations echo through. The voices screamed and I dropped the ground, gasping for breath. It was now silent.
The lights flickered back on.
"Mai!" Ayako said, helping me to my feet. "Are you alright?"
"I'm fine," I said, smiling and laughing. I turned to Naru to see him looking at the closed door. I followed his gaze to find one, blood covered, words inscribed on the door.
"Death," I read.
"We should get looking right away," Naru said, picking up the 'Death Diary' again. "Lin"-Naru looked at Lin-"you should come with us, there's no point in staying here any longer." Lin nodded and we all left together, leaving all our equipment behind to go looking for the first item listed in the book: A Finger belonging to Ayuzaki Kimiho.
I might just add, I got lazy on this chapter. I do hope I don't get lazy on the next one. But it will be up soon. I do hope you enjoyed and I thank you for reading. I also want to thank everyone for the comments, favorites, alerts, and everything else. =) I do hope I can continue to please. And if you have anything you wish to happen (like a Mai and Naru scene, or a scary scene, or something of another) just let me know and I'll see if I can fit it into a chapter. =D
