Chapter 14: In Love and In Death Pt. 1
When Mayu woke up, she found herself right next to Shig, but she couldn't move over to check up on him. "Shig, are you alright? Can you hear me?" His faced grimaced
and he groaned loudly before he woke up in shock. "Mayu! Oh my God! Are you hurt? Do you need my help?" He tried to get off the table like he would when he wakes
up from bed, but his wrists, torso, and legs were restrained. It brought back the memories Morishige had when he was admitted through emergency psych.
*Where'd that flashback come from?!*
"I want to go home! I want to go home!" Sakutaro cried. Just about every part of his body was restrained to prevent him from injuring himself, and he felt like he was
stuck in a closed space, suffocating to death. He struggled valiantly against the leather that held him down and what little he could move was subdued by nurses and
medical assistants while a team of doctors were taking notes before they were to interview him. "Let me go! I have to save Mayu! She'll be killed! Let me save Mayu!"
he begged them. "Move the patient to the observation room down the ward before we get in contact with his family! Make sure there is nothing but him in the room!"
Shig saw the room he would be held in and refused to go in. "Let me go! Let me go!" Shig kicked and fought against the staff but he was outmatched and locked in the
room all alone. "Get me out! Get me out! They're going to kill Mayu!" He vigorously pounded on the door with every last bit of strength he could muster, but retreated
to the corner of the room when the doctors from before approached him. "Don't be afraid. We're here to help you."
"What's wrong, Shig? Why are you screaming?" "Let me go! I want to go home! I want to go home! They're going to kill Mayu!" "SHIG!" Mayu yelled louder than
before to get his attention. "What? Mayu? Are you alright?" "I'm a little beat up but I'm doing fine. How are you holding up?" "I've been better. Say, how'd you get
here and why are we restrained so tightly?" "I don't know what's going on. The last thing I can remember is this tall boy attacked me and knocked me into the wall
and that's when I must've blacked out." "Really? The same thing happened to me! Do you remember what he looked like?" "Yeah. He was really tall and he had
lavender purple hair and he acted so sweet and innocent until the last I saw him." "How is it that we dealt with the same person for both of our troubles? Was his
name, Kizami by any chance?" Mayu gulped loudly as it was all coming back to her. "Yes it was, but I don't know where he is. Is he the one who brought us here?"
"Don't worry so much, Mayu. We'll get out of this place. I promise." Morishige gave her a smile to try making her feel safe and calm, but what assurance she did gain
was demolished by a familiar voice. "You shouldn't promise things you aren't so sure of, Morishige. After all, you two will die here and feel the pain forever! But before
that, I'll get to see your true faces and learn everything I can about you! So..." he stopped and pushed his hands hardly down onto Morishige's stomach, "Shall we
begin? Just remember that when I start, neither of you can hold back, and you should do your very best." "Kizami! Let Mayu go you fucking asshole! She never did
anything to you! She doesn't deserve this!" Morishige screamed at him. "Now now, it's not nice to call names! Besides, you'll get plenty of attention too, but as a
gentleman I must let ladies go first." Kizami-kun turned his attention to Mayu and gently caressed her face. "Get your hands away from her! I swear I'll kill you when I
get out! How do you like that one?!" "Excuse me, Mayu. Your boyfriend is being rather rude and I can't focus with him talking." He took a small ice cube and a can of
iodized salt and prepped it next to Shig. "That's your torture? Ice cubes and salt?" Kizami easily tore open his sleeve and poured a generous amount of the salt and
then casually put the ice cube on top. At first all Shig felt was lots and lots of cold, but that feeling was replaced by a harsh burning sensation that radiated all the way
to his nerves. He fought against the torturous restraint, but he was powerless. Mayu cried as she was unable to help Shig who was thrashing and crying in pain. She
begged Yuuya to stop hurting him, but he was so intent on torturing him it didn't even matter. A massive hole of missing flesh and pain burned all over Shig's arm. He
panted from exhaustion but was still ready to put up a fight. "Wow! I didn't know you could be so loud! I love it! I will definitely get back to you!" "Don't you dare touch
her! Let her go! Let her go!" Morishige tried his hand at swaying side to side to break free and attack Kizami. Mayu hypoventilated from fear and tried to wriggle her
wrists from the leather bonds but Kizami firmly pressed down on her hands and smiled at her. "I can understand why you're so impatient, but don't worry. I'll make
sure everything goes smoothly for you." "Let Shig go, please! He has done no wrong to anybody!" "Really? He hasn't killed a person before? He hasn't threatened
anyone?" "He was just trying to defend me! He was going to be killed if he didn't help me or himself! He's a good person and he deserves none of this! Besides, who
are you to judge Shig? You brutally murdered Ohkawa! He never hurt you either!" "I know what I do but at least I don't deny my actions. He murders and you both
pretend nothing ever happened!" He yanked Mayu's shoes off and continued on. "I remember reading about the murder and the trial. It was simply fascinating!" he
paused and pulled off her socks and traced his knife around her knees and legs. "So delicate and warm. It'll be interesting to see how you beg. You'll probably be
better than him!" Mayu whimpered and cried as his face got closer to hers. He wiped off her tears and spoke soothingly to her. "I know in that little body is a person
begging to cry out and scream. Why don't you indulge me a bit, hmmm?" "Get your hands off of her you pig! If you hurt a hair on her head you will be sorry!" "How so?
What do you plan to do?" He freed her hands only to stack them together and jam his knife to keep them in place. "AGhhhhhhhhhHHHHah! Shig, get out of here!
You need to get Sachiko and save everyone! Please!" "I'm not going anywhere, let alone without you!" Shig couldn't even think about leaving her alone like this. He
must see her escape safely and then he could think about getting himself out. "You two are so wonderful! It's as if you're both one! Maybe I can get a dual reaction
out of you!" "Mayu! Mayu! Look at me! Don't look at him! Just look into my eyes and think of something else!" "I can't! I'm sooooo scared!" "Mayu, listen to me! Look
me in the eyes! He can't take you away from me no matter what he does to us because we are together in love and in death forever." He managed to slip a wrist out
the leather and reached out to grab Mayu's hand. "Mayu, take my hand." "My hands! They hurt! I can't move them!" "Let me help you with that." Kizami smirked before
he violently ripped the blade out. She wailed and cried and tried to stop from giving in to Kizami's wants, but all this emotional and physical torture made it near
impossible. "Morishige, why aren't you participating? Don't you want in on the action?" He walked to Shig and stared into his ravaging eyes. "Fuck you!" Sakutaro spat
into Kizami's face. "Alright then." He grabbed Shig's tongue and cut it out. "Ahhhhnnnnnnn!" Morishige could feel blood pouring down his throat and he felt his throat
constrict. "Shig! No! Kizami, what have you done?!" "He spat at me and I'm just making sure he never does it again." Kizami's attention was being focused on the
dying Morishige up until he could hear Kurosaki calling for him. "I have some important business to attend to. I won't be long." When he left, Mayu struggled with all
her might until her wrists were freed up so she could unbind herself. She hastily undid his bondage and had him lie down on the floor. "Shig, bro are you ok?" The
blood was pooling in his mouth and it was hard for him to communicate. "He did cut out your tongue! I have to find something to stop the bleeding!" Suzume looked
everywhere for gauze or anything that could absorb blood real good but nothing came to mind. She tried her socks as a last resort but it was too late. He was dead.
"Shig! No! No! No! It's not supposed to end like this! We were supposed to have babies and grow old together! You promised! I promised..." she sniffled and saw
Yuuya standing across the room. He had even more blood on him. "What did you do?!" "I took care of a little distraction." "You killed Shig! You killed him! I love him and
you took him away from me, you monster! I hate you!" "Whoah! Those are some strong words, Mayu! I'm really impressed. How about I let you take off with your
boyfriend and then I come get you and bring you back? Does that sound like fun to you?" He was getting closer and closer. "What do I do? I have to run, but I can't
leave Shig behind! I don't care if he slows me down. I will carry him with me till I'm not alive and that is a promise!" Mayu kept these thoughts within her while also
simultaneously running away from the remorseless and evil boy while carrying Morishige's body. "Hang on, Shig! I'll get us out of here!" She pulled and tugged him
along as she got to the staircase. "Ok, I'm doing good! Now I just have to find a way to carry him down the stairs." She cautiously walked down but it wasn't enough
as she fell down the flight of stairs and snapped her neck, killing her. When Kizami caught up to her, he saw her lying face down at the bottom of the stairs. "What a
fast one! Too bad I couldn't have used her more." Kizami laughed a little. He was planning on bringing them back to the science lab but he liked the idea of having
them splayed all over one another as if they were some fine art exhibit. It was sure to add a lot of mental pain to someone, somewhere in the school.
"Ayumi, are you feeling alright? Wanna take a little break before we move on?" Kishinuma asked the wary girl. "Sure...I guess...Maybe this next room will have a nice
place to sit down." Yoshiki had been doing his best to put up with her and himself. She had been possessed more times than he could count, saw a guy about his age
hanging in a stall by his own intestines, and he had to witness the death of Ms. Yui and there was nothing he could do. He really wanted to help her, he really did, but
she insisted that he and Shinozaki leave and the floor was caving in so fast he didn't have enough time to think. He thought he could be useful and save everyone, but
he felt useless and powerless against the school. Yet despite all this, Yoshiki remained strong for Ayumi because she needed all the confidence she could get and
because he loved her. Correction. He was IN love with her. She was the only one besides Satoshi and Mayu who were nice to him. Morishige wasn't mean to him either
really but Morishige was also more solitary and preferred Mayu's company over anybody else's and therefore came off as rather stand offish. Yoshiki had been wanting
to apologize to them both about his dumb bet he made with Seiko and how he had been rather inconsiderate of their feelings. He didn't know about their stillborn
baby. Fuck, nobody but Morishige, Mayu, and their parents knew. Had he known about Kumi, Yoshiki would've probably blown his head off or more likely try to avoid
Shig and Mayu in shame. But he had to focus on the here and now, and that involved him and Ayumi making their way to this classroom and looking for rest and some
help. The classroom had a pungent, horrific odor wafting from it. "Let's go, Yoshiki. It smells in there." Ayumi tried to block the smell with her blouse over her face but it
was hopeless. Yoshiki held the door open for her and closed it behind her. He had her lie down on the floor while he searched what he knew was a science lab.
"Hmmmm...Nothing here...What? Is that blood? And Mayu's shoes?" "Where they here?" Ayumi wondered. "I don't know but we need to get out of here and find
them!" He picked Ayumi up gently and walked down the hall to the stairwell. The stairs had the same odor as the science lab did and it got worse as they walked
down. Ayumi felt apprehensive about their discovery. The couple were lying down on the floor motionless and they didn't look like they were breathing. He checked
Morishige and saw his torn uniform and bloody face and that his tongue was gone. Ayumi carefully touched Mayu and gasped when she saw her cold, glossy, dead
eyes and finally noticed her twisted neck. "Oh my God! Suzume's dead!" "Morishige's dead too...Someone cut his tongue out." "Why them? What did they ever do to
anybody?" "Nothing, that's what." he paused and continued, "We have to survive. For them. Ayumi, we can't stay here. We need to find Satoshi, Naomi, Yuka, and
Seiko and get out."
Sorry for the long, long update. I've been really busy, and tired, and tired again. This is a two parter for a reason because I needed to get a chapter out and I
felt it would appropriate for this type of situation. Did you expect that ending? Yes? No? Make up your damn mind! There's about three more chapters left before
the story ends. *sad face* Will there be a happy ending despite what we just saw? You'll find out in the next chapter!