Ryo had finally calmed down several hors later into the night, and lay asleep, wrapped tightly in his sleeping bag. After being examined, the others found no injuries on him, though that change of clothes had been torn to shreds. None of them could explain what had happened, and when Ryo was questioned, he said he couldn't remember. It was dark and quiet now, and all but Kento lie asleep. The man was still reluctant about staying there, and he jumped at every little sound. He sat in his sleeping bag for a long time, just watching Ryo.
"There was nothing more we could have done, Kento."
He looked up and through the darkness, he saw Sage staring at him.
"Yeah, I know."
"We should be thankful that he wasn't hurt."
"I am."
"You don't sound it."
"I said I am, okay? I just don't feel right about this house!"
"…Tell me…"
"Yeah?"
"Why are you so afraid of this place? Sure, it's old and dusty, but otherwise harmless."
"But the stories…"
"Probably just rumors."
"I doubt it."
"Look, you're supposed to be the tough guy! Don't be a chicken!"
"…"
"Kento?"
"Lets just go to sleep."
Kento covered himself up and went to sleep almost immediately, only to awake a very short period later. He was shaken out of his sleep by the creaking of the floors and the howling of the wind… and laughter. Kento sat upright in his spot.
"Who laughed?"
All the others were asleep, and did not answer. Strange, he thought. If all the others were asleep, then who laughed.
"Die."
"H-huh!"
He looked around, only to be met with darkness. He could have sworn that he heard a child speaking, but there were none around. He quietly called out again, and again, he was met with darkness and stillness.
"One will…Die…""Who said that…!"
"Die…t."
He couldn't believe his ears. The voice was coming from a small figure standing in the corner. The girl was see-through and she was staring at him.
"Kento… go on a diet!"That's when the warrior of stone truly awoke. He practically screamed as he thrashed about. But, once he felt a pillow land on his face, and realized he had been dreaming, he felt rather silly. Rowen was lying close-by and glaring at him.
"Kento, go back to sleep!"
"Uh… right."
Rowen ignored the fact that he had lost his pillow and curled back into his sleeping bag, with another, having stolen it from Sage in his sleep. (C'mon people, raise your hand if you've done THAT more than once! LOL). Kento watched him fall asleep, and thought about his own dream. Suddenly, he was hungry. The thought of eating less, and eating healthier food for that matter, made him want to eat even more. Quietly, he picked up a backpack lying next to him and rummaged through it in an attempt to find some potato chips they had brought along with them.
He took out some toiletries, a toothbrush, a picture of Mia? Aww, crap, he thought. He had picked up Ryo's backpack! He set things back in order, after ogling Mia a little, and then searched the floor with his hands for his own pack. Not finding it, he let out a grumpy grumble. (That wasn't the only part of Kento that grumbled! He's always hungry!) Giving up his own search, he resigned for crawling to the closest person to ask for help. Cye. Kento lightly nudged the light blue sleeping bag next to him, but received no response from the lump inside it. Again, he nudged and shook what he thought was a shoulder.
"Hey…come on… get up! Cye, I'm hungry! Hey…!"
He knew he had to keep his voice down, as to avoid the wrath of Rowen, the tired, but the quieter his voice got, the louder his stomach got. It was practically aching! He had to have those potato chips. In a desperate move, he pulled the cover up, hoping to find his friend underneath, but Cye wasn't there.
"One will die. Tonight."
The voice appeared in his mind, and Kento fell back and yelled, awaking the others. Sage awoke quickly, looking around for his flashlight before shining it on his friend. Ryo awoke rather slowly, letting go of his pillow, where Mia had been moments earlier in his dream. Rowen wasn't taking it too well. He had just been woken up, and he stood up, holding Sage's pillow over his head, ready to throw, until he saw the horrified look upon his friend's face. Ryo looked from Rowen to Kento. Everyone was frozen. He set a hand on his scared friend's shoulder, causing him to look at him.
"Kento? What's wrong? You look like you've seen a ghost or something!"
Everyone laughed a little, but the room was hushed again as Kento nodded his head.
"What?"
"S-seriously, Kento!"
"Yeah. Sure."
"Tell us what you saw!"
"Guys! Geeze… take your time, Kento."
Kento nodded his head and took a few deep breaths.
"I-it was a little girl… she was standing over Cye, and she kept saying "Die… one will die…" And then, it changed to "diet" and she kept telling me to go on a diet!"
No one was amused.
"B-but that was just the DREAM! When I woke up, searching for potato chips, she was really there! She was standing right there!"
Kento pointed to Cye's empty sleepingbag.
"…And Cye was gone."