Kousuke: I hadn't updated this in a while…..hmm….Enjoy!

Disclaimer: Down own.

Rating: T

STAIRS

Chapter 3: Sound of Death

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Yusuke was breathing as hard as fast possible. If he had asthma he would have died already.

But now he wished he would really just die…

He figured when he fell down the steps from that thing a couple hours ago, why not tumble down by himself?

All the blood that was on him dried up now, leaving it like an amber color of blood.

Yusuke shook his head, but proceeded to stand up and get ready for his 'tumble.'

Yusuke lunged forward a bit, and then fell. As soon as he hit the step in front of him it broke in half. It was like recoiling against the other steps. The next three steps disappeared into shattered wood too.

Yusuke hung on tight onto the edge of the step that he had fallen from. He could here it creaking; about to crack. He pulled himself up, feeling many loose pieces of small wood going through his hand. Ever have a splinter that went through your whole hand?...and stuck out the other side?

Yusuke winced in pain, pulling the rest of himself up. Gasping for a relief of his 'move' Yusuke sat against the step. He was proceeding to take the piece of wood out of his hand.

He through the wood away from him, and looked through the hole in his hand.

'If I make it through this…..ma's gonna be pissed.'

Yusuke stared down into the hole the shattered steps made. There were millions of dead bodies piled up below him. Some were rotted away, some were nearly new at there death.

There was a creature feasting upon alive ones.

The creature looked up at Yusuke, the insides of a person currently between his teeth.

It growled loud, baring its teeth at him. Yusuke just stood there quiestly and the creature proceeded to eat its 'dinner'.

Yusuke sat back again and began to sob. The thing he couldn't figure out is why?

Was it his fear?

Was it happy tears?

What?

He once again looked at his hand. Again there was newly blood spouting out on him.

He took and ripped some of his pants off and wrapped it around his hand. He stood up, his balance unstable.

Yusuke could here his step breaking beneath his feet. If he wanted to make it out of here, he had to jumps to the step that wasn't gone. Which would be 4 steps ahead.

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He jumped, and barely made it. The edge of the step smashed into his gut as he landed like that. He coughed up a blob of blood, a trickle of it going down his neck.

He proceeded to climb up more of the step. He leaned against the wall of the shack, trying to take a rest. He was panting and crying at the same time.

…..and that must be the sound of death.

Yusuke looked over, seeing the end of the steps. It looked like a total of only 6 to go.

Yusuke managed again to stand up. He wanted to make it, he wanted to live.

He started to walk down the stairs, his eyes closed for it.

He made it only one step before there was an odd screech and that same creature broke up from the stairs in front of him.

He froze in fear. It looked hungry for human flesh once more.

Yusuke turned around….not wanting to see what this thing looked like. It could give him nightmares…..for the rest of his life. Even if it only lasted another few seconds.

The creature took its very long claws and lunged them at Yusuke.

Yusuke suddenly had a feeling to scream as loud as he could, but nothing but a few last tears came out.

He looked down at his stomach, where the few last inches of the creature claws were sticking out of his stomach. It attacked him through the back.

It roared loudly and then pulled on Yusuke, his claws still set through him. Yusuke lost his balance and fell flat on his face. The creature then proceeded to drag him down the stairs.

When it reached the end of the stairs, there was indeed a puddle of blood lying at the end of the floor. Like Yusuke imagined.

There was again a small flight of stairs right next to those. The creature was about to drag him down those, but Yusuke opened his eyes, finally seeing the metal doors at least 20 feet away from him. It was the way out.

He looked over and seen a pipe sticking out of the floor. He grabbed onto it and tried to get away from the creature, hoping it would release its claws from Yusuke.

The creature didn't notice Yusuke was doing this, and tried to pull him. Its claws flung out of Yusuke's body from how hard he pulled, and how Yusuke was hanging on to something. Yusuke chuckles and sprinted up and began to run towards the door.

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He crashed out of the doors, feeling the sun light on his face and the smell of fresh air.

Yusuke fell to the ground. He was way to damaged to move another inch.

He could here that creatures angry growls, but it wouldn't step into the sun light.

Yusuke smiled as he lay there in the grass crying of joy.

There was much pain over his body. He was sure he would die…..you could probably see through his stomach the creature cut so deep.

Yusuke chuckles slightly before closing his eyes.

"Over Here!" An officer yelled, many ambulance people following him.

"What the hell? What happened to the young boy? Get the bed over here now!" The officer yelled, carefully examining Yusuke.

The ambulance men brought the ambulance bed to Yusuke.

The officer lifted him up onto the bed, immediately getting covered by his blood.

"Is he gone sir?" The ambulance man asked, lifting Yusuke up into the ambulance.

"Yes men…."

Hiei stood on top of his 'killing shack' staring down at Yusuke. "Shame shame shame…."

"……we lost him."

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Kousuke: Yes. Indeed it's over but at least I liked the ending.