- Ryozo Munakata's Journal
They're all gone. Mitsuko, Yoshiko, Katsu…and Mikoto. They're gone. I don't know where they could have vanished off to, and they won't return to us when we call to them. The only trace left of Mikoto is the camera. We found it in the room with the Buddha statues. She must have been in there before she disappeared…
Yae is falling into a depression. I can't say I blame her. She says it's her fault that Mikoto's gone. She says she never should have given her the camera.
Yae's in a coma. She fell asleep yesterday afternoon, and she hasn't woken up since. I don't know what to do…
Yae stood in the courtyard before the shrine. She had fallen asleep again, she had gone through the Manor again, and now she was here. Sae between her and the shrine doors, staring at her.
Yae began to walk forward. Sae's form disappeared into the air as Yae ascended the small stairway. She opened the doors and went inside…
Everything turned white. When her vision cleared, she found herself standing in a large cavern. Sae stood on the other end walking toward an old building. And, holding the woman's hand, was Mikoto.
"No…wait!" Yae called. She ran after them, reaching her arm out to them. "Don't leave me! I don't want to be alone!"
She charged after the disappearing figures. As she reached the stairs leading into the shrine, she woke up.
Her eyes opened slowly. She looked inside herself for the energy to stand up. As she rose, she began to plan out what she was going to do next.
"Mikoto…I'm coming…"
The first thing Ryozo noticed when he entered the study was that his wife was gone. "She's finally awake!" he exclaimed. He ran through the room and threw open the observatory doors to check the Cherry Atrium.
At first he didn't understand; when had Yae learned how to float? He looked at her for a second, trying to comprehend what had happened. Her body, hanging from the tree. The rope around her neck. It didn't mean…
Ryozo stared at her hanging body for a second, then turned and went back inside.
"Yae…" he whispered into the room.
The burial was short. He took her body from the tree and carried it to the backyard. There, he placed her on the ground near a small shed and dug a grave for her.
When he returned to the Cherry Atrium, he found the camera. It was lying at the base of the small stairway that led to the Moon Shrine, facing the Doll Room. He picked it up and carried it to the door that Mikoto had so desperately wanted to go through, not really knowing why.
If he had taken the time to look, he would have seen a little girl pointing the way.
His body was running by itself. He had no idea what he was doing, no consciousness. Put simply, Ryozo Munakata was dead even as he entered the Demon Mouth.
He climbed down the ladders to the bottom of the large room. He walked through a circle of stones, not even noticing the woman groping through the air behind him. He stood before the door and placed the Blinding Mask in its place.
The doors began to swing open. He stared ahead, waiting to meet what lied behind them.
He felt the evil coming at him. He felt the Malice surround him, tearing at his mind like a jackal. And then he saw the Shrine Maiden.
"Kirie," he breathed.
She stood in front of him, staring down at him.
I'll make you feel my pain.
The evil covered him, and he collapsed.