Just like Kiyone. Her fate just like Kiyone's. Poor Ryoko. One of the spirit's arms through her neck, the other through her chest. There were only two differences. Number one, Mihoshi dropped the camera and ran, not stopping until she got to the control room. She didn't even hesitate when it came to the doors. Number two, Ryoko didn't survive.
"Mihoshi, what happened?" asked Ayeka once the door was closed. "Where's Ryoko?"
"Ryoko's dead," Mihoshi sobbed. "I didn't even try to save her. I didn't want to feel the pain I did last time that happened. I don't want to stay here anymore, you guys, I don't want to see anyone else die. I want to go back home, back to where I'll be okay and not risk my life." She fell to the floor and buried her face in her hands.
"It's okay, Mihoshi," said Washu, sitting by her friends side and placing a reassuring hand on her shoulder. "You don't have to stay here anymore. Why don't you and Sasami go back home? Ayeka and I will be fine here for three more nights, I assure you."
"And I assure you Ryoko's still okay," said Ayeka. "Trust me, she won't go easily if she knows Tenchi is still alive."
Mihoshi nodded and dried her eyes off on her sleeve.
"Okay," she said, standing up again. "I guess I'll go now." Then, without hesitation, she took Sasami by the hand and the two of them left.
CHAPTER 5

Ryoko lay still and unmoving. She had died that same night that she was attcked by Hiro's spirit. But it didn't occur directly afterwards. She had died after Ayeka and Washu found her, to tell her that Mihoshi and Sasami had gone back home, and they'd be fine, if she could just hold out one more night. But she had only nodded and said 'That's good. Say goodbye for me.' Then she died.
However, a few minutes after the death of Ryoko, a shadowed figure appeared and knelt down beside the body, feeling for a pulse. Obviously, none was found. The figure picked up the body and carried it downstairs, all the way down to where the two doors were. However, instead of going to the left door, the figure turned and went to the one on the right. That is the last time we hear from Ryoko. And Ayeka and Washu don't have the slightest idea this just happened.
The spirit's evil seems to be working, not just on Ryoko, but Kiyone as well. The morning after Ryoko's death, Ayeka had gotten a call from Sasami. Kiyone had died. Mihoshi, from what was heard, hadn't stopped crying and had even brought up suicide. She had been stopped several times from taking a knife to her throat.
However, Kiyone and Ryoko's deaths and Mihoshi's threats were only a few of the problems Ayeka and Washu were having. The two girls had spent two of the three remaining nights just trying to figure out what the spirit really was and what it wanted. Several times, they had heard voices in the hallways, but they all seemed to be the same. There was apparently some other person in the mansion. The question was who? Could it have possibly been the spirit?
With all said and done, Ayeka and Washu have been keeping in touch with the other three, trying to comfort Mihoshi and stop her from doing anything too violent. Sasami had offered to come back to help Ayeka and Washu, but Mihoshi wouldn't allow her to leave. However, with one night and one dare left, they really didn't need any. Sure, the deaths of Hiro, Ryoko and Kiyone were hard for Ayeka and the others to handle, but they've held together through it all, no matter how much fear they had to endure. Speaking of which, this final dare is said to be the worst one. And so, the dare begins.
CHAPTER 6

"Have you got a solution to it all yet, Washu?" asked Ayeka, hopeful of getting some sort of answer.
"Not the slightest idea," answered Washu, sounding disappointed. "I certainy hope I can find some sort of explination soon, though."
"Well, are you ready for the final night?" asked Ayeka, sighing in half relief of the dreadful week's end, half discouraged by the lack of good news. Washu looked up at her.
"I'm ready," she said. There was a sort of disappointment in her voice. Either disappointment or sadness. This concerned Ayeka greatly. She sighed again. At least tonight is the last night, she thought. Then it'll all just be a bad memory of the past. Then we'll be able to go back home. Or at least one of us will. It all depends whether or not the finl person encountered the spirit or not. And whether or not they lived.
"You wanna press it?" asked Washu, breaking Ayeka's train of thought. She blinked her eyes a few times, as if she were just waking up.
"Press what?" asked Ayeka confused, just snapping out of her daydream. Her long hair was tangled and oily from not having washed it in a while. Washu's was even worse.
"The button," answered Washu, aware of Ayeka's sudden absent-mindness. "Do you want to press the button?"
"Sure, I guess so," said Ayeka. She walked over to the computer and pressed a button for her third time. And the last. The 'loading data' sign flashed. For the last time. Everything seemed to be so final. The two final pictures showed on the screen. However, there seemed to be a slight problem.
"WASHU is to go on the dare," said the computer. "KIYONE is to be navigating."
"Little does this stupid computer know that Kiyone is already dead," muttered Ayeka.
"Well, I guess that leaves you to navigate," said Washu, walking over to the computer. "What is it I'm supposed to do?"
So Ayeka got into the system. For her first and last time. The way Washu did it, it looked so easy. Ayeka soon found out that it was exactly the opposite. It took a while of thinking and experimenting before Ayeka actually got to the system. When she finally did, Washu applauded.
"Congradulations Ayeka!" she said. "You did it! You actually got into the computer! Now what do I do?" Ayeka cleared her throat and began to read.
"WASHU is to travel to Hiro's third floor bedroom, where her spirit supposedly still hangs around. Your dare is to sit on the floor, in the exact position as Hiro was when she was killed. Stay in this position for a half an hour, then use the other half to browse around the bedroom, no flashlight. If you complete this dare, you will recieve $25,000."
"Well, I guess I should be on my way now," said Washu, half-heartedly. "I'll see you soon." She grabbed the camera and flashlight and walked out the door, leaving Ayeka alone at the computer.

Halfway to her destination, Washu stopped and looked around. Some kind of running water was coming from some direction in the hallway. Suddenly stopping in her tracks, she saw the brown, lack-of-paint door that opened to the bathroom Sasami had completed the first dare in. Making up her mind, she turned on her heels and went back downstairs.
"Ayeka," she said into the radio. "I've decided to look around the place for a while. Where's Hiro's spirit located?"
Ayeka was silent for a little while, then she answered, sounding as if she had just woken up.
"She's up on the third floor," she told Washu, stifling a yawn. "Don't worry, have a nice time." Without waiting for Ayeka to reply, Washu lowered the radio and went down to the very first floor of the entire house - the basement.

There was really nothing interesting down in the basement. Many of the rooms were just boiler rooms, infected with cobwebs and dust. Only one of them was still working and another had a gigantic puddle of gasoline on the floor. Only one room sparked Washu's interest in the slightest way - the bathroom. Like the boiler rooms, it needed a serious cleaning job, especially, as Tenchi had said, the rug in front of the sink, which was stained black. Well, that proved it. Hiro had always been thought of as abnormal, but now, upon seeing the color of her blood, it was proof. Turning to go back to the first floor, her foot hit something metal. Bending over to pick it up, then shining the dim beam of the flashlight over it, she saw it was Kiyone's gun, which had obviously been left behind in the life-and-death struggle that had occured on the second night.

"Okay, Ayeka, I'm there, now what do I do?" Washu asked after a half-hour tour of the house.
"You gotta sit on the floor," Ayeka answered, apparently woken up. "No biggie, just kneel on the ground in front of the mirror for a half an hour. And don't forget - you have to go into the other room when your done, so don't come back to me." This last comment was something even the greatest scientific genius of the universe feared. The end of the dare was all she thought about as she completed the first half.
The half an hour seemed more like five minutes, since Ayeka soon said, "The first half is over. Now turn off the flashlight and look around."
The idea of looking around in the most haunted room of the house sounded freaky enough, but actually accomplishing it wasn't as bad as it seemed.
By the time the hour was complete, it was official that Ayeka had fallen asleep and wasn't waking up for another eight hours. Without the assisting of the radio, Washu found her way downstairs, opened the right door and walked inside, shutting the door behind her. But there was a slight problem with the scene...
"Ryoko?" Washu asked, confused. It was true. Ryoko's body lay wehre Hiro should've been. But, then... where was...?
Washu stood terrified. All senses seemed to have left her body. SHe didn't seem to notice that the door slammed closed behind her, or that a few of the white candles had lost their glow. The one thing that brought her back to earth was the hand on her shoulder. She screamed and turned around...
"What the heck are you doing?" Hiro asked. Washu couldn't answer - she had turned completely white. Hiro was alive again?!?!
"So it is true," she said, finding her voice. "I did bring you back to life. Hiro looked at her, bewildered.
"I was never dead to begin with..." she told her. T.B.C.