(Yup, yup. Midnight Raven again. But Sunny wrote this story)

Wow. Already he second chapter and a murder take place. Dude, what the hell is happening to those poor teenagers? Who killed Junpei and why? Maybe I'm trying to foreshadow you things in these chapters…ARGH!!! What am I doing? Now I'm just giving you ideas!

Chapter 3

Izumi wasn't sure if she heard right. She stared into the innocence of the little boy's eyes. She put her arms around him and asked, "Are you sure he's not sleeping heavily or something?"

Tomoki stared into her eyes, his pupils swelling up again. There was a faint noise of rustling in the grass. It grew louder and louder….

Takuya popped out of the grass!

"Ahhhhhhh!' Tomoki and Izumi screamed.

"Chill out man. What the hell is wrong with you?" wondered Takuya.

Izumi was about to call him a jerk when she noticed he was covered in mud, and a stream of blood running down his arm.

"What happened to you babies?" he said again.

"Junpei's dead, Takuya. He's dead." Izumi explained softly.

"This is bullshit! Tell me you're joking with me."

"It's not a lie." She continued.

"Where is the body?"

Tomoki pointed to the field of grass. "Over…over there." He choked out.

The three of them walked past the field of grass, and found Junpei's corpse lying in the mud. Bloodstains streamed all over him.

Izumi put her hands over her face, crying real hard. So did Tomoki.

Takuya stared at the body speechless.

"Oh my god." Shouted someone. Kouji stood in front of the corpse holding onto Kouichi. Kouichi had a scraped knee.

Izumi noticed something. Takuya, Kouji, and Kouichi are all stained in mud. Why does Takuya have blood on his arm and Kouichi with a scrape knee, she thought.

"Let's bury the poor guy." Whispered Takuya.

Kouji nodded. "I'll help."

A couple of minutes after burying the corpse, the all waked back inside the house. They walked into the living room and Izumi started tearing again.

Kouji held her in his arms. "It's okay. Whoever did this, we'll find him. Do you want to rest?"

Izumi stared into his eyes and nodded. Takuya and Kouji brought her to her room. She turned on the lights.

"Thanks." She murmured.

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Her hands were tied behind her back. She kept struggling to set herself free.

"It won't work. You're mine now." Laughed a raspy voice.

"So it was you! It was you all along!" shrilled Zorana, filled with angst. "Of all the things you do, you go do something insane like this! Are you out of your mind!?"

"NO, you're wrong my love. I did it for you, for us." He said.

"PTUIIIIIII!" She spat. "There is no "us." I'm not your beloved at all and never will be!"

He grabbed her by the shoulders and looked straight in her eye. "As long as you're my hostage, you will love me."

Behind Zorana, she used her brooch to incision the rope. Finally, it broke and—she kicked him in the groin.

He yelped and she made a run for it.

"You can run," he screamed. "But you can't hide!"

Zorana ran down the corridors of the hallway and shouted, "Someone, help me! Please help me!"

He seized an axe and followed hot on her trail. "If I can't love you, no one can!"

She fled for her life. Her dress staggering past her feet and her shoes clicking against the wooden floor.

She grew weak in her legs and ran out of breath. She took one more turn…Dead End.

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Takuya and Kouji stood at the doorway. "You shouldn't worry about what happened right now. You'll build up stress." Explained Takuya.

She stared at the both of them. How could they be worrying about stress when a close friend of ours was…was…murdered!?, she thought. Maybe they're the killers and don't want to admit it. But why would they kill him? And why am I suspecting my other friends? This is just scaring me a lot, she thought.

"Izumi."

She looked at him.

"Are you okay?" Kouji asked.

"Yeah, just a bit tired." She bent down to grab her pillow and plumps it up when something shiny fell onto the floor.

Takuya and Kouji noticed it too and waked over to her. Izumi gasped. Kouji's eyes widened and Takuya stood there with his opened.

The glistening object on the floor…was a butcher knife all swarmed in blood.

Dude! So Izumi's the killer! Where the hell did she get the weapon? How come there's a bloody weapon under her pillow? Could it possibly be Izumi? How could she!? Stay tune for the next chapter!