Hola! Sorry 'bout the long wait. I've been busy and sick and I hafta work again. Plus I had my 18th birthday on February 3, so now I have my own computer. I'm happy!
JayJay: Hey, can you give me a suggestion for the A/Y parts? I can't think of anything… so… please help me! My e-mail is hikari_rioki@yahoo.com Thanks!
Chapter 3: Race to the Lobby
The sound of gears turning caught the attention of five Sohmas in the lobby of the mansion. Momiji looked to the others, wondering if they really heard it too. He saw that they did. "Someone must've turned something on," said Hatori.
"But what?" asked Shigure, a feeling of unease overwhelming him.
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"This is it. I'm sorry, Ayame, but I must complete the task of killing you." A shadowy figure with gray eyes waited beneath the lobby floor. How to get Ayame alone with Shigure still around? "Should I kill them both? Since they're both together all the time, it wouldn't be such a bad idea." Laughing cruelly, the figure stepped into another hallway, stopping when she heard voices.
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Akito still couldn't believe what Tohru was able to find in such a cursed house. "Do you mind if I see it?" he asked her.
"Why?" Yuki questioned Akito. He was sure that Akito knew something about it.
"You don't remember, which is probably best." Akito tried to grab the diary from Tohru, but she stepped away from his reach, earning herself a glare. Then she thought for a moment and gave it to him.
"This person… they really knew you," she said.
Akito nodded. He knew for certain whose it was now.
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"Damn! The diary! I completely forgot about it," said the figure. "How could I be so stupid?! Now he's gonna find out everything!" An idea hit her like a bolt of lightning. "Whoever said that nightmares don't come true?"
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Hiro and Kisa ran as fast as they could, not looking back at the scaly beast behind them. "Hurry!" the boy shouted.
"I'm trying to," said Kisa, starting to lose her breath. They continued running, the giant snake not far behind.
There was the exit! Just a little further. Just a few more feet…
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Akito flipped through the diary's contents, finally coming to the last entry.
This is it, I guess. Tomorrow is the day… I really wish I could've seen Akito one more time, but I suppose it wasn't meant to be. Tomorrow they choose who will guard the house for all eternity. Death is not what my family fears. No, the end does not frighten us, for it is only the beginning. What we fear is someone arriving here only to meet their doom in one way or another. They don't deserve it, but it must be done. Whoever should read this last entry of my diary, I am sorry, but now you must die.
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Knives aiming carefully into the lobby, the few occupants were unaware of their presence. Hatori thought he had heard something, so he looked toward the wall. His eyes widened when he saw the many sharp objects preparing to fire. "Get down!" he shouted as soon as they zoomed out of the wall.
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Hiro and Kisa made it to the lobby again, but didn't know what had been set loose.
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Akito frowned after reading the entry. If this was true, then… "We must hurry back to the others," he said, walking away from the two teens.
"But we're lost," said Tohru. "How can we possibly find them anytime soon?"
"We have to." Akito looked at them both. "They're about to die."
"What do you mean, Akito?" Yuki questioned him. "How do you even know this?"
The head of the Sohma family only looked away toward the door that he had come through earlier. "This place… is like a slaughter house. No one leaves here alive."
"But…"
"The diary," said Akito, "explained enough. We have to hurry."
Yuki nodded in agreement, and Tohru could only pray that their friends were going to be okay until they got there in time as they began their way back to the lobby.
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Haru had been walking around aimlessly for… how long was it again? "Damn, I can't believe I got lost in a place like this," he said to himself. He came to another closed door. Opening it, he went inside. "What is this place? A library?" Books were everywhere, even lying on the floor. He walked over to one of the bookcases. "No dust. Someone must be living here. I wonder if they know about the corpses they have around here." He was about to explore some more when he heard a scream coming from downstairs. "That sounds like Kisa!"
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Yuki, Tohru, and Akito ran as fast as they could. The scream they heard was definitely Kisa. "I hope we're not too late," Yuki panted, still running.
"I hope so, too," said Tohru.
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Somewhere else, another member of the family was hurrying to find his younger cousin. "Dammit," Kyo mumbled, leaping down from the second floor to the first. Where was everyone? He had to find them, and quick. However, no one could even begin to predict what was going to happen next.
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"This is only the beginning, my friends," a young woman said while standing in the shadows. "You think this is all I'm going to do? All that I'm capable of? Just you wait. I'll make sure you all suffer; then I'll kill you. One by one." Then she vanished, laughing as she left.
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Okay, now I know this must be kinda short, sorry. But I wanted to get this posted before I went to work today, so… yeah. BTW, I was listening to my new Lord of the Rings: Return of the King soundtrack when I was typing this. It really helped. Bye for now.