Alright, you know how I said I am rewriting 'Rape Party'? Well here it is. I am making this chapter as a prologue to the next because I realized something the last chapter. Writing it without letting people who never watched or read certain series makes it difficult to understand. So I am making a basic and short summery of the beginning of the game/manga before diving into the actual story. And if people for some reason do not follow the story, I will try to make it as easy to understand as possible to people who have not seen this amazing series.
Anyway, I will give another warning for this chapter. If the title didn't convey the story, then I am telling you right now. If you are uncomfortable with Rape, Homosexuality, or Futanari, turn back now. I will not sugar code anything in this story. If you somehow want to read this, I hope you enjoy this fucked up tale of the most evil bastard you will ever meet.
Tenjin Elementary school,
Also known as Heavenly Host Elementary…
Built-in 1952, it was a source of pride for many in the town where it resided. It was the only one in that town you see. That was because no other elementary school was there prior to its construction. It became a desirable school for all parents and their children. Its reputation was known by all.
But in 1973, tragedy struck. A multitude of serial kidnapping had occurred. On September 18, four children were kidnapped. Three kids were found dead in the basement of the school, with only one of them still alive. The culprit was shockingly the principal's son Yanagihori Yoshikazu. The man
was found next to the corpses holding a pair of bloodied scissors.
He was arrested and taken into custody where he would stand trial for his horrific actions. In 1974 the trial for Yanagihori Yoshikazu would come down to the testimony of one person. The sole survivor of the crime that took place beneath Tenjin Elementary: Shinozaki Sachiko. The only thing saving him from a life of jail was an Insanity Plea. Because of his unknown Illness, he was taken to a mental hospital.
Unfortunately, he managed to slip past the guards and escaped back to Tenjin Elementary's basement, where he hanged him. From then on, incidents like rape, murder, and other horrific crimes took place at the school to the point where it was forced to shut down. On the date the school closure came, the principal, who's behavior had gotten worse from the school's declining reputation, jumped from the highest point of the building, and leaped to his death. His neck broke on impact, killing him instantly.
After that, Tenjin Elementary was demolished, and a new school was built over it. The school's name was Kisaragi Academy. Tenjin became a bad memory to all the people in the town. It's reputation spawning horror stories and the cause of many nightmares. Years later, Kisiragi has flourished.
Now, on October 27, 2008, is where the true story begins. The 30th school festival of the Kisaragi academy was taking place. Class 2-9 was celebrating with a red bean paste sale in their classroom. It was a huge success, and at the end of the festival, 9 students stayed in the classroom to make it last as long as possible. Their classmate was transferring to another school due to her father's job. To make her last day special, the class rep of the class wanted to do a charm.
The Sachiko charm was meant to make a group of friends stay friends forever. Now the group of friends and homeroom teacher of the students gathered around to do the charm. That is where this story kicks off. When the charm was completed, an earthquake shook the entire school. Then without any warning, the floor cracked and collapsed, causing the group of friends to fall into the abyss.
Now, true tragedy begins…..
"You can rest peacefully now okay? You don't have to suffer anymore."
The children's spirits holding the unconscious remained silent, their faces blank.
"I understand that you are angry about what happened to you. And I agree that it was horrible! But you can't continue to drag innocent people into your fruitless acts of revenge!"
Yoshiki, the boy to the left of the girl speaking looked at her and gave a surprised expression. "Shinozaki…." The girl now named Shinozaki continued to try and reason with the vengeful spirits. They began to react to her words now, their expressions now reflecting agony.
"Come on. I know you can do it. Your parents are waiting for you." She forced a smile of encouragement. The two ghost children looked down, their faces unreadable due to the shadow.
"Let go of that girl. Let go of Suzumoto." The spirits suddenly look up at Shinozaki. She gasps in fear at the emotion on their faces. Instead of seeing happiness, she saw rage. Uncontrollable rage and hatred.
"?!...No, stop!" Her pleas fell on deaf ears as the spirits turned towards the exit of the nurse's office and ran at an inhuman speed. Carrying their friend in the air. As they disappeared into the hallway, the girl that was within their grasp suddenly woke up.
"Eh ...?! No…..Noooo!" Those were Mayu Suzumoto's last words before a sickening sound rang all the way to the nurses' office. A sound that would forever haunt Ayumi Shinozaki, and Yoshiki Kishunama's nightmares for as long as they lived.
A dead silence came after the loud sound. The two high school students in the nurse's office were silent until Ayumi threw the doll she was holding onto the ground in a fit of panic and frustration. The doll they tried to use to appease the dead children by showing their murderers' confession and guilt. An idea that has backfired horribly.
"Aaaaaaaah!" Ayumi screamed in agony as she rushed out the door. Yoshiki remained in the room, still shellshocked at what he had seen. "Is she…..no" He dared not finish that sentence. He had to be sure before jumping to any conclusions.
With slight reluctance, he followed his class rep out into the hallway, his heart rate increasing with each step he took. After what seemed like hours of walking, he stepped behind Ayumi, who looked to have collapsed to her knees. And after what Yoshiki saw, he understood entirely.
"U-ulghhh!" He gasped at the sight, walking to Ayumi's side. On the wall at the end of the hall, was a bloody mess. Bones and muscles were pressed into a paste, the blood and entrails dripping onto the floor. It was if a person was thrown into the wall at incredible speed.
"W-what …..the..hell?!" Yoshiki's words were barely above a whisper, but they held the emotion he was trying to convey. Ayumi didn't respond to him, her body shivering and trembling as she sobbed. "This isn't ...It couldn't be...Suzo-
Ayumi let out an ear-piercing scream, suddenly standing up. Snapping out of his terror, Yoshiki quickly stood in front of his class rep so she couldn't see the bloody remains. "Shinozaki, don't look. Let's get away from here!"
"I CAN'T TAKE THIS ANYMORE!" With those words, Ayumi bolted away from the murder scene, leaving behind her classmate in the process. Yoshiki failed to stop her as she ran without him. So all Yoshiki could do was shout her name, telling her to stop.
"Shinozaki!" When he saw that she wasn't coming back, he turned to his friend's bloody remains and silently sobbed. "I'm ...I'm really starting to lose it…." While wallowing in his sorrow, he failed to sense the figure approaching from behind him. They raised their bat above their head and prepared to strike the unsuspecting teenager.
"Shino-" Yoshiki tried to call his class rep's name once more before being stuck on the head by an unknown assailant. He immediately falls to the ground, unmoving. The person that struck him threw the bat on the floor and let out a dark chuckle.
"Now them...time for phase two." The person then picks up the boy by the legs and slowly drags him across the floor, laughing sinisterly while doing so. Across the haunted school, two siblings of the same school as Yoshiki and Ayumi stood inside classroom 1-A.
Satoshi Mochida and Yuka Mochida had been transported to this school at the same time. Normally people unlucky enough to perform the forbidden Sachiko Everafter Charm did not get the luxury of having a family member with them in the hellhole they were residing. But the two siblings were fortunate enough to be together.
When both woke up in the classroom, they were immediately confronted by a blue flame. The flame introduced himself as the spirit of someone who died in the haunted school. He was an unhostile spirit that had shown himself to relay information on the separate plane they were transported to.
"I'm impressed, Yuka. You have gone this entire time without crying.." Satoshi Mochida looked to his little sister and gave her an encouraging smile. Yuka sniffled and tried to hold back the tears of fear welling up in her eyes. "I'm ... not crying. I'm not." Yuka said in the bravest voice she could muster. Satoshi chuckled and patted his sister on the head.
"I sense that other corporal beings such as yourselves were brought here as well. Nine in total. Nine poor souls at once." The spirit spoke up after a moment of silence. Satoshi turned to him and counted off the nine people.
"That would be me and Yuka...Naomi...Yoshiki...Shinozaki…Ms. Yui...Shinohara...Suzumoto and Morishigue… In other words, everybody in the room at the time" Satoshi grit his teeth in frustration, "Damnit!"
Yuka looked up at her brother. "So everybody else… is in this school too...?"
"Not exactly. As I mentioned, this is a nexus of closed spaces. Your friends are scattered among them. So in essence, they are in the same school… but it's not quite the same everyone. Meeting anyone else here may prove...impossible.
If you attempt to defy the will of this school to find them, you may ultimately incur its wrath. And that's a fate...best avoided."
Satoshi stood without saying anything for a moment. "We appreciate the warning, but we have to try. We'll do whatever it takes to find everyone and get out of here."
Yuka looked at her brother in awe, her face flushed. "Big brother…"
"They're all such good people… They've done nothing to deserve this! And I absolutely will not give up on them just because of some nebulous curse that might strike back at me!" Satoshi spoke with determination, fire in his eyes.
Even though the spirit lacked a face, it's the tone of voice that showed what emotion it was feeling. "It's a rarity to find such righteous determination these days. Be sure you don't lose it along the way. Your desire to not let a single person die… Try to retain that noble spirit, no matter what horrors may await you.
And even if you can't save anyone…. You may be able to alter your fate for the better, even if only by the tiniest of margins…. Just don't end up…like us ..." With those final words, the ghost disappeared without a trace.
"Big Brother?" Yuka meekly asked for her siblings' attention. Satoshi looks down at his sister. "Mhm? What is it?" Yuka looked to the side for a moment before looking at her brother again. " What did he mean by 'the school's wrath'?"
Satoshi looked down for a moment, his expression disturbed. "I'm not exactly sure… is he saying the school has a mind of its own?" Satoshi quickly shook his head. "At any rate, we need to find Ms. Yui and the others as possible. And we need to get you home too. If we come across an exit, I want you to take it."
Yuka remained silent. "There must be some sort of entranceway or an emergency exit of some kind. Something that leads to the outside. And when we find one, you are to go straight home, no 'buts'. Capiche?"
Yuka stared at her brothers' stern gaze. "Okay…." With her answer, they head to the classroom entrance and begin to explore the malicious school.
When Morishigue Sakataro woke up this morning, he expected it to be a normal day. The school festival went by quickly, the class stayed behind for their class rep to relay fun little ghost stories, and say their farewells to their beloved classmate Mayu Suzamoto who was changing schools due to her father's work. So when their homeroom teacher came to send them home (with Satoshi's little sister in tow), the class rep wanted one last thing for their friend. Which led him to his current predicament. He was unconscious not too long ago and had woken up in the hallway in what he had gathered was some sort of school building.
When he woke up, he wasted no time in looking for his classmate. But no matter where he searched, he could not find another living soul. The only things he could find were…
"Another dead body…" Morishigue looked at a rotting corpse propped up on the wall, its clothes all in tatters. He stayed silent for a few moments, before pulling out his flip phone.
He snapped a picture of the body, his mouth etching into a grin. "Another one to my collection." With the picture taken, he puts his phone back in his pocket. "Damnit, where is everybody?" Morishigue grit his teeth in irritation. (I'm never going to find anyone by just aimlessly wandering the halls. I need to find Mayu. She needs me.) With that thought, Morishigue continued his journey through the school, calling out his friend's name.
"MAYU! WHERE ARE YOU?!
"Who might you be?" A voice sounded from behind him. Morishigue quickly snapped his head around.
Satoshi and Yuka had been walking the building for what seemed like hours. After investigating multiple classrooms, finding nothing but notes, messages, ID's, and warnings left behind by people who were already trapped. They found nothing leading or hinting to their friends. While walking around though, they ran into child spirits, and read multiple articles containing information about the tragedy of Tenjin Elementary School.
But along the way, Yuka revealed she needed to use the restroom. So the siblings set about finding a usable bathroom, but to no avail. After many failed attempts at finding a bathroom, they came across a key that so happened to give them access to the infirmary down a long hallway. It held a few cabinets, a sink, a couple of diagrams, a heater in the middle of the room, and two beds in one of the corners.
"I'm so sorry, Seiko…" A voice sounded around the room when they walked into the room. Satoshi looked around the infirmary in surprise. "..? Naomi…?" He didn't hear a response so just assumed he heard it in his head. Walking further into the room, he spotted the sink in the farthest corner. (I never realized I was so thirsty until now…) Deciding not to focus further into it, he turned his head and walked over to the two beds in the other corner of the infirmary.
"The bed's a lot less dusty than I would've imagined…"
"Uh-huh." Yuka nodded in agreement. "Big brother...I'm tired."
"You are? Do you want to take a quick rest before we go, then?" Yuka pulled at her brother's arm. "You rest here with me too, big brother!"
"Alright, if you insist," Satoshi said while climbing into the bed next to her. Yuka smiled in gratitude. The two siblings lay on the beds in silence, enjoying each other's company.
"I'm hungry…"
"Yeah, me too."
"I wonder what time it is… It's probably about time for dinner…"
"I'm not sure. My watch stopped a while ago."
"I want to go home…" Yuka whined, her voice nearly cracking. Satoshi turned to his side, facing Yuka. "Don't worry, we'll get home. We'll find a way out. Once we meet up with Naomi, Yoshiki and the others, I'm sure we can think of something.
They're all likely looking for possible escape routes themselves. So we'd better keep looking at ourselves or else we'll look like slackers when they find us." Satoshi rolled back over, now looking at the ceiling. "Either way, It'll work out. I know it will."
"Okay...If you really believe that...Then… I'll believe..it too…" With those words, Yuka fell into a merciful slumber.
"Yuka…" Satoshi frowned. ('It'll all work out,' huh? We can't even open the windows, much less get outside…)
(I basically just told her we can circumvent reality. Nothing but empty words, thin as paper… But I guess it's the hope of escaping that gives us a reason to keep going. To keep living.)
(All we can do is tell ourselves we'll find a way out, and pray that it actually happens…)
"Sure is cold…" Ayumi Shinozaki shivered in the annex of the two buildings of an Alternate reality. "Where the hell did Ms. Yui and Kishunima go, anyway?!" Ayumi yelled in anger and unease.
"Don't leave me by myself! I'm scared, you know…" When tears started welling up in her eyes, she quickly raised her hands to wipe them away.
"Is someone there?..." A voice sounded to her left, startling her. Her head snapped to the direction the voice came from and saw something she was not expecting. It was a boy, who was older than her by the looks of it. He was very tall and had very dark brown hair. His attire consisted of a simple pair of black jeans and a red shirt. He wore a red trench coat over the shirt and left it unbuttoned. With all the time she spent analyzing him, Ayumi completely ignored his question.
"...Hello? Are you listening?" Ayumi snapped out of her daze and took a step back in caution.
"Sorry…?" The boy narrowed his eyes a little and repeated his question.
"I asked if you were injured? You seem disturtbed…" The boy's face developed into something of slight concern. Not wanting to be rude, she answered his question.
"N-no I'm fine. I was separated from my friends. I was just about to go look for them." After answering, Ayumi cursed at herself in her head. (What the hell am I doing?! I shouldn't have told him that!) Sweat began to drip down Ayumi's chin as she began to get worried.
The stranger raised an eyebrow in confusion. "Are you sure you're okay?" Ayumi looked at the man in a growing concern.
"What do you mean?" He looked down at Ayumi's lower body and narrowed his eyes. Suddenly feeling self-conscious, Ayumi lowered her hands to cover her lower half.
"W-what is it?"
"Your rear is covered in blood. Did you scrape in on a piece of glass or something?" Ayumi immediately blushed and stared in embarrassment.
"Wait, Seriously?!" She felt behind her and did indeed feel a wet and sticky spot on her butt area. Shame and mortification found their way onto her face and tried to cover up her butt as best she could. "Oh my god! Please look away!" While in her embarrassment, she failed to notice the boy in front of her desperately trying to conceal his laughter. After his shoulder shook for a few moments, he released his hand from his mouth he was using to keep his smile hidden.
"Hey, If you want, I have some stuff you can use to wipe the blood off you." Ayumi looked at the man with hopeful eyes. "Really?" He nodded.
"Yeah, I got a towel or two in my bag. I don't mind lending it to you so you can clean yourself off." Ayumi smiled with glee and bowed her head several times to show her gratitude.
Reaching behind him, the man revealed he did indeed have a bag with him and pulled out a towel and walked over handing it to Ayumi. "Thank you. But could you please turn away for a moment." The man turns around while Ayumi quickly gets to work on cleaning her behind. After a few minutes of the sound of rain and a towel rubbing on skin and cloth, she gave him the okay to turn around.
He turns around to face her again and sees her embraced flush, showing she was still embarrassed at having the blood on her butt pointed out. "Thanks for the help. I would have died of shame if my friends had seen that," She gives a small smile. "May I know your name?" The man looked at her with amusement and slight annoyance.
"I believe it is customary to introduce yourself before asking others who they are." Ayumi is taken aback by this and apologizes.
"S-sorry. My name is Ayumi Shinozaki. I am a 9th grader at Kisaragi Academy. And you?" The man gave a small bow before answering her question.
"Well, my name is Gomi. As you can probably tell, I am a little old to be in high school. I am 19 years old, my occupation is a freelance reporter on the paranormal." Ayumi's face expresses surprise at hearing his name.
"Excuse me for asking but...are you aware of what that word means?" She watches as his face loses his polite smile which degrades into an annoyed frown.
"Yes. I am well aware of what my name means. I would appreciate it if you didn't go pointing it out and insulting me for it."
Ayumi felt a pang of remorse and sympathy go through her. "I'm sorry. Please forgive me." The man's face became less annoyed as he sighed.
"Forget it. I should have expected a question like that." Pity etched its way on her face. His name was clearly a painful subject to bring up. Deciding to change the subject, Ayumi decided to point out something else.
"Did you say you were a paranormal investigator?" The man nodded.
"Yes, that's right. Why do you ask that?" Ayumi smiled somewhat excitedly.
"Not too long ago, I met another paranormal investigator. Her name was Naho Seanoki. Perhaps you have heard of her?" He shook his head in denial.
"No, I can't say I am familiar with that name. Before getting into the Paranormal, I was merely an investigator of abandoned sites and buildings with stories behind them. Which is coincidentally why I got into the Occult in the first place," the man replied with a nostalgic smile. Ayumi smiled with him.
"I'm sure it is a fascinating story, one I wouldn't mind hearing later. But right now, I have to go find my friends." She pauses to give him a polite bow. "It was a pleasure to meet you. Thanks to you, I feel a lot calmer now." With that, she began to walk past him back into the building behind him. Before she could enter, the man spoke to her again.
"Hey." She turned around to face him again.
"Yes?" He smiled at her. It was a rather mischievous smile, one that confused her.
"I think you are going to meet your friends again soon. I wish you the best of luck." With those words, he turned away from her and parted ways. He walks away with his hands in his pockets. Without another word, he entered the building across from hers and stepped inside, closing the door behind him.
Ayumi continued to stare at the spot where he left and pondered. (What did he mean by that? He acted as if he knew I was going to find them.) She looks down at her feet, deep in thought before her head snapped back up with a smile on her face. (I get it! He must have met them already. That must be it. They're close by!) With that new thought in her head, she turned back to the door and quickly opened it, stepping into the building.
When entering the building, she heard the sound of children laughing, causing her head to start pounding. She clutched the side of it, hoping to lessen the pain.
"Huh?!" Ayumi looked around, frantic. Then without any warning, a ghost appeared before her, causing her to yelp. "AGHH!" The little girl stood unmoving for a moment, just staring at Ayumi. Then she walked away, leaving her shivering in fear. "That...girl was...the one not involved ...in Suzamoto's death…"
"She seemed different than the others...lonelier...But why?" Ayumi fell to her knees holding her head, the laughing getting louder. "Stop it! Leave me alone!" Then the voices disappeared, leaving her in silence. She took a few moments to regain her breath. "I should try and check classroom 1-A again...maybe Ms. Yui came back." With that plan in mind, she set about to the place where she started.
Satoshi woke up with a gasp. He quickly looked around and noticed he was still in the infirmary. (Damn...I nodded off…) He glared at the sheets of the bed. (What am I doing? This is no time to be sleeping!) While Satoshi berated himself, Yuka woke from her slumber as well. "Big brother…" She groaned while sleepily muttering under her breath. Then her eyes fully widened, now awake. "Ahh!"
Yuka looked around and saw that she was still in the same place she fell asleep. "This...isn't home…" Her voice cracked as she began to hic and sob.
"Don't cry, Yuka! It's going to be a little while longer, I promise," Yuka didn't appear to hear her brother as she continued to cry. "When we get back, I'll buy you some rock candy, okay?" With tears in her eyes, she turned to her brother.
"The green kind, with the sweet red bean flavor?" Satoshi nodded. "You bet. I know how much you've been craving it." Yuka sniffed as she wiped her eyes.
"...Okay, I'll be good."
Satoshi smiled at her proudly. "Atta girl." (Food, it gets her every time!) he thought while inwardly chuckling. He patted her on the head, making her giggle.
(I'm worried about Naomi. I hope she has someone like Shinohara or anyone to keep her company. She may be strong-willed, but she loses heart really quickly if no one's there to keep her grounded.)
Shaken off those thoughts, for now, he gets off the bed onto his feet once again. "Come on, Yuka. Let's go. You can stand, right?
Yuka nods her head. "Uh-huh. I'm okay now."
"If you get tired again, we can always come back."
"Okay." She hopped out of the bed and joined her brother to continue their quest. When attempting to walk out of the room, a paper was found on the floor. It was a newsprint of some kind, and looking at the title, it had more information on the Heavenly Host Tragedy. Curious, the siblings read it, hoping to find useful information on the school.
"Big brother...the children in this picture…"
"Yeah...That's the girl in the red dress...and that boy who was wearing shorts... He's the one we saw earlier." Looking closer at the paper, someone had made notes on it with red pen ink.
Finding it to be interesting, Satoshi filed the information in the back of his mind.
Satoshi's eyes widened after hearing the familiar voice. "That was Shinozaki's voice! Come on, Yuka! Let's go!"
"Okay!"
When they set foot out of the infirmary, they see red skid marks. After examining them for a moment, they realized the stain on the floor was blood. Yuka lets out an Eep of fright.
"!...W-what is...it…?" It was as if something or someone had been dragged down the hall. Following the trail of blood, Satoshi notices a metal tool of some kind lying on the ground. It was a nail puller. Finding it to be of use, he picks it up, stuffing it in the back of his pants. They continued down the hall, and a spot on the wall they were facing, was a large black stain on it. I looked almost organic but wasn't actually wet, and there was no indication of how it got there.
Thinking little of it, Satoshi chose to ignore it, and travel past the wall and up the stairs to the next floor. Where he was hoping to find a usable bathroom for Yuka to use. Walking up to the boy's bathroom, he uses the Nail Puller he found earlier to pull the nails used to block access to the room. "Alright Yuka, it's all yours. No need for you to hold it any longer." he looked down to his side and saw the relief on Yuka's face.
"Good...that's a relief…" Satoshi walks into the restroom, Yuka following close behind him. They were both shocked when they saw there were no stalls.
"There are... no stalls…"
"So what now…" Satoshi pondered out loud. He turned and knelt so he was at Yuka's height. "Do you have to go really bad?" he asked her.
"Uh-huh…"
"Well, if you can't hold it any longer...how about I wait outside, and you do what you've gotta do?"
"No! ...I'll keep holding it…"
"Okay...but don't strain yourself. When you've gotta go, you've gotta go after all." Yuka nodded but moaned a little in discomfort. They both walked out of the bathroom and descended down the stairs where they heard something neither of them was expecting.
"Huh…?"
"Sounds like...a camera?" Yuka answered his unspoken question but still did not sound sure of the answer herself. Deciding to investigate, they both quickly but quietly follow the sound to the origin. They see Satohsi's classmate, Morishigue looking at his phone, smiling in delight.
"Ah! Morishgue! You're okay!" Satoshi looked relieved to see one of his friends, walking over to him smiling.
Morishigue gasped. "M-Mochida! You as well!" he smiled, his face becoming relaxed. "I'm so relieved to see someone from class…"
"Yeah…?" Satoshi looked to his side and yelled in revulsion. Yuka yelled with him
"Gwah!"
"Kyaa!" Yuka backed away from the sight and fell to both knees, clutching her head while shivering.
"W-What...is that?! Is it...Was it...a person…"
"It's an awful sight, isn't it? Looks like a pulverized human remains to me. There's a bit of breath meat mixed in, so I'm guessing female." Morishigue looked down at the remains. "Never thought I'd see something so horrific. It makes me want to throw up." Morshigue's voice, despite describing how he viewed it, was talking very nonchalantly about something like a human smashed into a paste.
"Y-Yeah…At any rate, I'm glad you're alright. Have you found anyone else?"
"I'm afraid I haven't. I only just woke up here a short while ago, and haven't encountered any familiar faces."
"Same story as us, then. My sister and I haven't come across anyone else yet."
"So... you haven't seen Mayu, then?"
"No, sorry," Satoshi told him regretfully. Morishgue looked down the hallway, concerned on his face. "That poor girl. I'm sure she's in here somewhere...shivering...crying…I need to find her. I need to be with her."
"I'm certain Suzamoto feels the same way about you. How about we look for her together?" Morishigue shook his head in disagreement.
"No...If we split up, that raises the odds of stumbling upon someone else. Besides, I won't be alone." Satoshi raises an eyebrow.
"What do you mean? Is someone with you?"
"Yes, actually. I met him when I woke up here. I stumbled upon him by chance and we decided to look for our friends together. He even offered to join me." Satoshi leans to the side and looks past his friend.
"So where is this person? I haven't seen anyone else here besides you." Morishigie shrugged his shoulders.
"He was with me until a couple of minutes ago. He said he had to do something really quick. I expect to be reunited with him shortly." Satoshi nodded. Yuka had returned to his side, still slightly shaken at the bloody mess she saw.
"Alright. How about we designate classroom 1-A as an official rendezvous point? If you find any of the others, tell them we'll all be gathering there. And we'll do the same. Sounds good?"
Morishigue turned his back, "Sounds like a plan." He then began to walk away, leaving the two siblings alone once again. Or he would have if another voice hadn't called his name.
"Morishige! There you are. Sorry for just leaving you like that. I just had something to take care of and...oh, who are they?" A man came from behind Morishigue. He was a tall man, dressed in a long trench coat and a simple pair of a shirt and jeans. The colors were simple, black and red. It had helped brighten up his brown hair and surprisingly golden eyes.
"Ah, Gomi. Good to see you again. Don't worry about it, I was finishing talking with my friends. I told you about them, right?" He turned back to Satoshi and Yuka. "Mochida, this is the person I was talking about earlier. Gomi, this is Satoshi Mochida, and his little sister Yuka." The man now named Gomi gave them a curt bow.
"A pleasure to meet you two. Morishigue said many good things about you, Satoshi." Satoshi bowed back. "No, the pleasure is all mine." Yuka looked up at the man and gave him a curious look.
"Gomi? Doesn't that mean trash?" Yuka asked him with a naive expression on her face. The man immediately glared down at her and straightened his posture. Morishigue face palmed and Satoshi looked down at her with disappointment.
"Yuka!" Satoshi said in a stern and angry voice. Yuka jumped back at her brothers' tone and looked confused. "Huh?" Satoshi sighed and gave an apologetic stare to Gomi. "I'm sorry for my sisters' rudeness. I assure you she didn't mean any ill-will towards you. She is just not very smart with her words sometimes."
Gomi continued to glare at Yuka in annoyance and anger, his previous politeness gone. Then he just sighed, rubbing his face with his palm. "No, it's fine. I expected a question like that from a child. I should have made it more clear that I didn't like those questions."
Yuka's confused expression turned to that of annoyance. She didn't like being called a 'child', even though she was 14 years old. She was about to try and yell at him, but her brother and Morishigue's stern gazes kept her from doing so. "It's no matter. Let's forget about it. On a separate note, would you like to search the school together? I believe that the living should stick together as much as possible." Gomi asked, his anger now vanished from his face.
Morishigue gave him an annoyed face while Satoshi looked at him giving a grateful look. "Yeah, that sounds like a plan. What do you say, Morishigue? I still think we should stay together." Satoshi looked at him, silently pleading he would say yes. Morishigue looked over to Gomi, his eyes demanding an explanation. Gomi sneakily smirked at him and his eyes said it all. (Don't worry.)
"I am going to have to decline again. Mayu is honestly my number one priority right now. But I will be sure to tell everyone else to meet in classroom 1-A like planned." Satoshi looked disappointed but nodded nonetheless.
"Understood. Then Yuka, Gomi, and I will continue our search. When we find Shinozaki and the others, we will do the same." With the plan now formed, they parted ways, Morishigue went the other direction. With him gone, the now trio was in silence.
"Big brother? What...is that…? Is it...throw up?" Yuka trembled slightly with her question. Satoshi looked disturbed as well.
"It's nothing...Don't look at it, okay? Come on, let's get out of here."
"That boy...he was...taking…" Yuka stuttered with her words.
"I'm sure it wasn't what it looked like. Come on, let's go okay?"
"O-Okay…" Satoshi looked at Gomi. "Do you still intend to come with us? You don't have to if you don't want to." Gomi shook his head.
"No, I will stay with you guys. I am just worried about Morishigue. I hope he will be okay…" He looked at where Morishigue left earlier. Satoshi shared his concern, looking even more concerned. "Well, there is nothing we can do about it now. Let us continue onward. Although, before that, let us talk about ourselves first.
As you know, my name is Gomi. I am an investigative reporter on the paranormal who came here with a group of experts. Although we were separated when we arrived." Gomi told them more about himself. Satoshi then followed his example.
"Well, My name is Satoshi Mochida. This is my little sister, Yuka. I am a sophomore at Kisaragi Academy and she is in Junior high. We arrived here when our class rep showed us this charm…"
Nghh..." Yoshiki moaned in pain, his head throbbing and pulsing. When he came to, he looked around. He noticed he was in some room he did not recognize. It wasn't any of the classrooms or the infirmary. It was a big room. Tables occupied a majority of it, they were stocked with all sorts of equipment. Beakers and testing tubes were a common item. Cabinets were in the corners of the room. They seemed to have an assortment of bottles in them.
He groaned, trying to remember how he got into this room. He remembered being in the infirmary. He was with his class rep, Shinozaki. They were trying to save their friend Mayu. She was taken by the spirits of children. They met this girl, Ayumi called her Naho, saying she was a famous person within the paranormal. She told them that she was already dead, and how they can save their friend. They had to gain repentance from the killer of children holding onto Mayu.
They found this doll. She said that it was a childhood toy from the killer's mother. Naho said that was the only way to show the killer regret. So they showed the doll to the spirits. The doll wept, expressing remorse. Unfortunately, it had the opposite effect. They went into a rage, killing their friend Mayu by making her paste against a wall outside the room. They went to see what happened, only to find her an unrecognizable mess on the wall.
Ayumi ran away screaming. Leaving Yoshiki alone, lamenting the loss he had suffered. Then, everything went black. "Dammit. I can't remember anything after finding...Suzumoto." He lifted a hand to his head, feeling blood on his forehead. "Where the hell am I…?" He wondered. That was until he remembered something important. "Shinozaki! I left her all alone! I need to get out of here, and find her." Withrenwed detirmanation, he got onto his feet. He walked to the door and attempted to slide it open. He was unsuccessful.
"Come on." He pleaded, doubling his efforts. But no matter how much he pulled or pushed, the door would not budge. It was almost like the door was painted on a wall. He kicked the door in anger, upset that he was stuck. "Stupid piece of crap! Just open!" He fruitlessly punched at the door, hoping to break it open. Finally stopping, he caught his breath. He hung his head, feeling hopeless. He began to turn around and go back to sitting on the ground.
That was when the door behind him suddenly opened. He never had the chance to turn around before a kick to the back knocked him onto his stomach. "Gah!" He collided with the antique wooden floor with a loud thud. He tried to get up off the floor but was pushed back onto it. A foot pressed into his back, preventing him from getting off his stomach.
"Ohohoho. Yes, continue to struggle. It will only fuel my desire to inflict pain on you." It was a males voice. From the deep tone, an adult. Whoever he was, he was wearing boots. And they were digging into his skin, causing him to yell in pain. Yoshiki could have sworn he heard his spine snipe from the stomp he received.
"Who the fuck are you?!" Yoshiki demanded. The unknown man chuckled sinisterly.
"You don't need to concern yourself with that. You just need to know that you are about to become something absolutely stunning. It will leave you in tears, I guarantee it. Hahahaha!" He paused for a few seconds, watching Yoshiki struggle against his hold on him. Smiling in amusement, he lifts his foot off the blond. Thinking he could get off the ground, he pushed with his arms, lifting his body up slowly. Only to fall back on the floor when a sharp kick to the side cracked one of his ribs. He cursed out in pain, rolling onto his side and clutching his ribs.
"Now you are looking a little tired, why don't you go back to sleep." Now able to turn his head, Yoshiki looked at his assailant. He gasped at what he saw. It was a tall man in a trench coat. His eyes a golden yellow, piercing into his soul. He had an unnaturally wide smile, almost like a cartoon character. If it wasn't for his lack of horns, Yoshiki would have mistaken him as a demon. "W-What are you?!" He got no answer as the devilish man lifted his leg once more and all he saw was blackness.
"Just go to sleep." Was the last thing he heard. Before falling unconscious, he thought about his friends
(Shinozaki...Satoshi!)
"And that's the full story," Satoshi concluded his explanation to Gomi. He had not interrupted throughout the entire thing. Staying silent beside the occasional question. If one were to deeply look into his eyes, they would see amusement at the story. "That is an interesting story. I do have to question how naive your class rep Ayumi must be to trust something on the internet so easily, and take it at face value." Satoshi looked to the side, not agreeing or disagreeing with Gomi's statement.
Yuka had remained silent through most of the conversation. Still having trouble forgetting about the bloody mess on the wall. "Alright, now that I know your situation, we can continue." Putting his hands in the pocket of his trench coat, he began to walk down the hall. The siblings follow him, making sure to stay close to him. "To start our search, we need to find a way to the second building." Satoshi looks at him confused.
"What? A second building?" Gomi nodded.
"Yes. I was reading the victims' dying messages around the school, and one of them described a hallway becoming larger, and a door appeared." He pulled out a piece of paper from his bag and handed it to Satoshi. "If we can find it, we may be able to find a possible exit or even our friends."
Satoshi read the will, making sure not to misread a single word. It described a person who saw a hallway in the school get bigger, leading to a door way towards the second building. He was most intrigued by this. "Do you have any idea on where to start?" Satoshi asked.
Gomi looked at him uncertainly for a moment. "Possibly yes. When walking with Morishigue, we entered one of the classrooms and found this." He reached into his pocket and pulled out a small key. "It might be probable that this key will unlock the doorway to the annex. But we still need to find the right door."
Satoshi nodded in agreement. "Alright, let's continue on then. Ready to go, Yuka?" he looked down at his little sister in question. She gave a small nod.
"Yeah." As soon as she said that, an earthquake shook the entire building. It caused the new trio to stumble, nearly falling to the ground. Yuka shrieked and held onto her brother's shirt, nearly ripping the fabric.
"Damnit. Another earthquake! Yuka, keep holding onto me." Yuka didn't need to be told twice. Gomi himself was doing fine, he surprisingly did not fall to the ground like Satoshi and Yuka. Over the sound of the ground shaking, all three of them heard the sound of something being connected. Then, the earthquake stopped.
The siblings took a moment to regain their bearings. Gomi walked over to them. "You guys okay?" he asked them with stoic concern.
Satoshi nodded, and looked over to Yuka and saw she was uninjured as well. "Alright, let's try and find the entrance to the second building. I have a feeling that we will find it soon." With that, they were on their way to find the second wing of the school.
The thought that today would be the same day she saw her best friend die right in front of her never crossed her mind. She expected it to be a normal day. Wake up, have breakfast with her mother and Seiko, go to school, argue with Satoshi like usual, enjoy the school festival, then wish her classmate Mayu the best at her new school and go home. That was the plan. But now…
Naomi Nakashima's friend hung lifelessly in the third stall of the girls' restroom. Not too long ago, Seiko had hung herself in the stall when they seperated after a huge fight. The pressure of the nightmarish school caused Naomi to snap and yell at her harshly. They then went their separate ways, and Naomi immediately regretted her decision. After desperately trying to find her friend again, she found her hanging, struggling to breathe. She was unable to save her, and she died. Unable to bear the sight of her best friend's lifeless body, she left the bathroom, not sitting atop the stairs leading down to the second floor.
While drowning in her self pity, she was remembering a conversation with a girl that had approached her moments after Seiko's death. She said that Seiko was taken over by the school's curse. And she commited suicide as a defense mechanizim. To keep herself from hurting her friends.
Naomi looked down at the floor in silence. Her phone was at the bottom of the stairs. She had thrown it when she got a disturbing call from a man repeating the same message over and over.
(My cell phone...It does have Seiko's number in it… and everybody else's too...) She decided to go retrieve it. When standing up, however, her ankle suddenly exploded with pain. "Eek!" She fell down to the bottom of the stairs with a sickening thud. She then heard a snap. "Oh, God! It hurts!" She tried to stand up but the pain in her leg made her fall back down. (That sound… Was that my leg?!) Trying to stand up once more, the pain doubled. This caused bile to raise up her throat, spilling her contents all over the floor.
*Gag* Spit* *Retch*
(Pull yourself together. You're a tough girl, Naomi. This isn't like you!)
"... I'm not...tough at all.." She sobbed. "Seiko...Seiko…I can't take this anymore! Somebody, please save me!" Naomi sobbed deeply, no longer trying to conceal her tears. "WAAAAAH! AAAAAAAAHHHH! WAAAAAHHH! MOMMY!"
She tried to breathe, but the tears would not stop. She finally cracked. "SATOSHI! WAAAAAHHH!"
"Oh? What do we have here? A crying damsel in distress? That is just sad." Naomi didn't react at first. Thinking the voice was a hallucination. But when she heard footsteps beside her, she slowly turned her head. It was a tall man. He had his hands in his pocket, the pocket from a trench coat. He looked down at her, with curiosity. His eyes reflected slight amusement.
"Who might you be? And why are you sobbing like a child?" She didn't answer him. She was caught off guard by his appearance. That girl told her that she would be the only remaining living soul in this closed space. Seeing another living person beside herself was more than a little shocking.
"Well? Are you going to answer me?" Then asked while raising a brow. Naomi slowly wiped her tears away and faced him fully.
"Who are you?" Naomi asked. Her voice was still strained from her crying. The man's expression became unreadable for a moment. Then, without any warning, he placed his foot directly into her solar plexus. She spat out saliva. Falling to the ground, she cradled her stomach, tears spilling out of her eyes once again. "Gah! Ahh!" She cried out in pain.
"I believe I asked you a question first." Naomi couldn't answer. She was too busy trying to ease the pain in her abdomen. The man annoyed at this, walked over to her. He lifted her head and forced it into the pile of vomit she threw up earlier. Naomi immediately tried lifting her head to avoid swallowing it. But the man kept her face facing the floor. Vomit coated her face and stained her short brown hair.
This was starting to have bile raise up her throat again as she couldn't breathe. She started flailing her legs while her arms tried to remove the man's head from the back of her head. This proved unsuccessful as the man was much stronger than her.
"Well, are you gonna answer my question?!" The man demanded while mercilessly shoving her face deeper into the vomit. Her vision was starting to fade, her hearing starting to lessen. The voice of the man was sounding like he was being muffled. When she thought she was going to pass out, the hand preventing her from moving released itself. Naomi wasted no time in lifting her head out of her vomit and took lungful gasps of air.
After finally regaining her breath and wiping her face of vomit as best as she could, she turned fearfully to the aggressive tall man who was staring at her apathetically. "Now, what is your name?" She stared at him, afraid. Whether it was fear, or the lack of will she had because of Seiko's death, she answered his question.
"...Naomi Nakashima." She said while still looking up at him. He smiled when she answered.
"That's a good little girl. Continue to be submissive and you won't have to suffer that much longer." Naomi gulped at his tone. She shivered at his smile. It was a devilish smirk, that showed a few of his teeth. "Now let me guess. You came here with your friends at Kisaragi Academy. Your class rep Ayumi presented to you a doll scrape and you did something called the 'Sachiko Everafter Charm'. Am I right so far?" Her eyes widened in surprise.
"H-How do you know that?" His smirk widened.
"I met them. You know, I can see why Satoshi has so many girls who lust after him. He is a respectful young man. I was even thinking of taking a bite of his flesh as well." He chuckles sadistically while licking his lips. Naomi shivered in disgust at the way he was looking at her.
"What do you want?" She tried demanding, but her scared voice prevented her from being assertive. The man grinned in amusement at her attempt.
"What do I want? That is a tough question. What I want is too convoluted for you to comprehend. Your tiny brain could never understand it. Yet, what I need is something that every mortal man wants in his lifetime. I want power. I want money. I want fame. I want everything in this multiverse. But what I want most of all is perfection. To be at the very top. That is what I need." Naomi looked at him with a lost expression. What the man was speaking sounded like gibberish to her. Wanting to be perfect? Does such a thing even exist?
"Are you insane?" Was all she could ask. He looked at her with mirth.
"Hahahaha! Am I insane you ask?! I guess I would look that way to you. But I am just more open about my desires. I am not tied down by moral compass, or by some doltish laws! I do what I want when I want! Of course, I would seem insane to you!" He said in an exhilarating tone.
The fear Naomi was feeling was being heightend to a new degree. This man was clearly unstable. She needed to get away from this madman. Unfortunately for her, he noticed her raining panic. "Now don't leave yet. I am going to take you to your friends after all."
"W-What did you say?" Naomi asked in a dreadful voice. The man's smile turned even more evil as he grabbed her by the shirt.
"Come on, Naomi! I am sure your friends are dying to see them again!" He yelled with levity. Naomi screamed in terror as the air started to become ice cold and his laughter haunting her ears.
"No, let go of me!" She screamed in distress. He merely continued to laugh insanely.
"HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!" Naomi let out one final scream before a flashing light consumed the staircase. And then, they were gone.
Satoshi, Yuka, and Gomi were standing in front of the door way of the second building. Whoever wrote that note was right. A hallway that wasn't there before was now present. It was like the person said. The school just expanded. When Gomi tried the small key he showed them, it fit perfectly. They now had access to the second wing. Opening the door, they were immediately blasted with cold air and the sound of rain.
"Brr! It's freezing out here!" Satoshi crossed his arms and tried to warn himself. Gomi stood next to him, unbothered by the cold. But when wearing a big trench coat like he is, it was to be expected. Yuka though was shivering badly. Her smock was too thin and didn't provide protection against rain.
"There really is a second wing, huh? I can't believe the school is this big…" Yuka let out a whine of pain as her shivering started to increase. Satoshi looked over to her concerned. "A-Are you alright?!"
"Uh-huh... I'll be fine."
(Maybe they'll be a faculty bathroom in the second wing.) Satoshi looked out to the forest surrounding the school. (Seems like we could climb this fence pretty easily and get the hell out of here...But look at these woods! It's like they go on forever...And they're completely surrounding this whole building….) He turned back to Yuka. (I guess now's not the time to be worrying about that, anyway. First things first, let's take care of Yuka's little predicament!)
"Come on, Let's go." Yuka started panting in an excursion.
"Okay…" The trio then walks to the second wing of the school and steps in. Once setting foot inside though, Satoshi noticed something wrong.
"Wh-Whoa! This place doesn't feel right at all! The air...is really thick…"
"Ohh! Big brother, my head hurts. It feels like...it's going to split open…" Yuka shut her eyes in pain.
"Mine too. And my ears are ringing…"
"I don't think it is a good idea to stay in this building for very long. I think it would be best if Yuka stayed in the second building." Gomi suggested. Satoshi nodded in agreement. It seemed like a wise decision. He didn't want Yuka in any danger after all.
"I agree. Yuka, do you want to stay in the other building while we explore here? I get the feeling you would be safer there…"
"No, please! Take me with you! Don't leave me by myself…"
(Don't have much of a choice...), "All right. No need to worry, okay? I'll stay right by your side."
"...Okay…"
With that, they went on to find a bathroom for Yuka. The three searched the whole building. Going around the floors, they found several corpses with name tags. All of them are from different schools. After going through the entire wing, they finally found another bathroom. Although they were unlucky once more. The boy's lavatory had no stalls either.
"No luck here, either…"
"Nnnnng...Rrnnnng…" Yuka groaned in pain once again. Holding in her need to urinate was clearly becoming too painful to bear. Satoshi looked at her in concern. They needed to find a bathroom quickly. Gomi himself was looking a little annoyed at Yuka. Exiting the restroom, they entered a long hallway where a few classrooms came into view. One of the rooms was a 'Art Room'. Entering it, it was bigger than they expected. There was a circle of aisles with art pads in the middle of the room.
Cabinets occupied the closest corner from the entrance. And in the one across from them, stood a girl. "Ah! Big brother…!"
"I-I see her… I don't recognize the school uniform, but she looks like a living person, at least…"
"We should talk to her!"
"Y-Yeah, we should…" Gomi looked at the two and scowled.
"No, that is a terrible decision. We have no idea what she is capable of.
You two go find a bathroom, and I will try and speak with her." Satoshi looked at Gomi with worry.
"Are you sure? As you said yourself, we do not know what she's capable of. She might be dangerous." Gomi looked at him with confidence.
"And yet you wanted to talk with her anyway. Don't worry, I will be fine. Remember that Yuka finding a bathroom is more important. Let me worry about this." Satoshi nodded and started to lead Yuka out of the art room. Gomi did have a valid point. Yuka's relief was his top priority. As they walked out, they failed to notice Gomi's sadistic smirk.
With the two out of his way, he walked up to the girl. She had yet to move out of the corner, even as the three were conversing. Still smirking, he called out to the air.
"Sachiko, come out. I know you were watching." After he said those words, a girl in a red dress descended from the ceiling. She was very young, with long black hair that flowed freely as her feet met the ground. She was very pale, like her blood had stopped flowing through her. "An honor to see you again, Sachiko. I know this is out of the blue, but I need something only the creator of Tenjin can do."
The girl named Sachiko looked up at the tall man and smiled maliciously. A smile never seen on a child's face. "Why of course Gomi. What can I help you with?" She asked while giving a mock bow.
Gomi chuckled at her attitude. "I need you to make sure that this girl doesn't fully succumb to the darkening. She will be someone that will provide me with extra entertainment."
Sachiko's smile disappeared and she looked at him with anger. "Is that what you called me for? 'Extra Entertainment'. Remember your side of the deal, you piece of trash. I help you and make sure I can never be exorcised. You said the nine students who came here would prevent that."
Gomi, refusing to be intimidated by the girl continued to smile confidently, "Of course Sachiko. I have not forgotten my end of the deal. It was done the moment we shook hands." He replied.
Sachiko still glared at him, but finally relented. "Fine," she growled while snapping her fingers, causing the air to shift slightly around the girl still in the corner. She still hadn't moved or even acknowledged either occupant in the room since they entered. She then fell onto the wooden floor, her breathing the only sign of her still beating heart.
"Anything else you need?" Sachiko asked with a slight snarl. Gomi smirked at the vengeful spirit's irritation. Never let it be said he didn't enjoy messing with the minds of his pawns.
"Not at the moment. You are free to act as you see fit without disrupting my plans." Sachiko grinned maliciously at Gomi.
"Finally! I will contact you if I need anything from you. For now, just focus on getting rid of those meddling brats." The creator of the alternate dimension started to float up to the ceiling. Before she disappeared, Gomi felt like he needed to say one more thing.
"You do realize that everyone here is older than you. The only brat here is you." He gave her a mocking smirk. Sachiko was silent for a few moments.
"...You're lucky I need you. Otherwise, I'd kill you." Then she was gone. Gomi chuckled in amusement.
(Oh Shinozaki's, so easy to manipulate. As soon as I get in her good graces, Sachiko will be easy pickings. With her gone, I will have complete control over this dimension. And with this book,) As Gomi was thinking over his future plans, he pulled a book out of his bag. He grinned in delight, cackling insanely. (The Book Of Shadows is even more impressive than I thought. With all of these spells at my beck and call, I will be one step closer to perfection.) Feeling as though he stared at the book enough, he put it back into his back.
He turned back to the girl in the corner, fully expecting her to still be on the floor from him. But to his surprise, the girl was now turned in his direction. Her eyes now more life-like, no longer empty. But it seemed like she still wasn't completely aware of her surroundings yet. Gomi smirked at her, his eyes full of ill intent. He walked up to the girl and reached towards her skirt. Her eyes widened in fear as she tried to take a step back, but ended up hitting the wall behind her. She whimpered pitifully as he reached towards it's intended target. Instead of her skirt being stripped of her body, she felt the man's hand fish around in her pockets. She looked at him surprised as his hand now helped her student ID.
"Akaboshi Kokuhaku." He said, catching her off guard.
W-what?" she asked softly, her mind still spinning from nearly succumbing to the school's power.
"Is your name correct?" The man elaborating his sudden question. Kokuhaku nodded slowly.
"Yes it is," she replied. She saw no reason to lie to him. He has her name tag after all.
"Alright, so here is how things are going to happen. I am not sure how much of my conversations you heard or even understood. But the gist of it is that I just saved your life. So now you owe me a debt. A debt you could never pay me even with your entire life. So from now on, your body and mind belongs to me." Gomi explained to the now aware high school student.
She looked at the tall man in terror and slight wonder. She was also confused with how she was even still alive. If she were to believe the man in front of her, she truly did owe him her life. "Wait a moment please. I-i have a question."
Gomi raised a brow in slight irritation. "What is it?" His tone tells Kokuhaku that he has very limited patience.
"What about my friends? I haven't seen anything in this building. Do you know where my friends are?" She asked the man in a desperate tone. He said nothing for a few moments. Just standing, staring at the high school girl unblinking.
"They're dead" Gomi blunt reply struck an arrow through her heart. The bluntness in the man's tone made her fall to the ground on her knees. She covered her face with her hands and began to sob. Her friends were dead! Gone forever! Never coming back like some sort of CPU in a video game.
(Oh god! What am I going to tell their families?!) She desperately asked herself. Gomi looked down at the girl with apathy and confusion. He truly didn't see why she was so upset. She was still alive after all. Wouldn't that be the most important thing to mortals? Having had enough of her sobbing, he walked over to her and grabbed her hair to make the girl look him in the eyes.
"Listen to me Kokuhaku, and listen well. I could care less about your friend's deaths. I have plans, girl. And I don't need the petty problems of a teenage girl getting in my way. Make no mistake, I don't really need you at all. All you are is my entertainment for what is to come. So if you don't want to share their fate, you will OBEY," he yelled the last word to her in a deep voice, not sounding human at all. Kokuhaku was still crying. But her tears were no longer out of sorrow. But out of pure fear. Fear it would entice the wrath of the demon hovering over her. She frantically nodded her head to appease him.
Gomi smirked at her terror and released his hold on her head. She fell on her rear and caught her breath that she was holding from her nearly having a heart attack. "Stand up. We have to catch up with Satoshi and his little sister. I get the feeling that they will have found a bathroom, or run into Sachiko. Also you are not to relay this conversation to anyone. If you do, I will kill you. Understand?" He asked her with menace. She nods with a whimper, trying not to sob. "Good. Now, let's go." He turns to the entrance and walks back into the hallway from whence he came. The tails from his trench coat flapping momentarily.
With high reluctance, she followed him into what she thought would be hell. She was wrong however. For what she was walking towards, was something far worse.