Chapter 2 immediately, since the idea is still there! Now, let's fix something quick:
"Any languages other than Japanese"
"SHOUTING IN ANY LANGUAGES OTHER THAN JAPANESE"
Need to fix that because the OC won't speak just English, or any characters in the future.
With that out, let's head to chapter 2!
"Kuro, huh? Nice pick you did there." Seiko teases the person, as Ayumi translates his words to the group.
Said person pouts while a tiny pink appears on his cheek. "I can't help it. The name is cool… to me." The pouting intensifies as everyone chuckles at his confession.
"It… it just… doesn't seem to fit your look with that pout…" Naomi says between her giggle.
"Don't be mean to…" Suddenly, his mood turns completely one-eighty, as his eyes narrow dangerously. "I nearly forgot…" Standing up, Kuro looks at the door, as it opens on its own. "Taguchi, Yoshiki." He calls for the two.
"…What… what is it?" Taguchi asks in concern.
Wielding the scissors, Kuro slowly walks to the wall next to the door again, before kneeling down, and he raises his left hand up, signaling them to stay put, but then he signals the guys to stay next to him. Seeing how serious he is, Taguchi and Yoshiki comply and move. Once they're in position, Kuro slowly pokes his head out… then slowly walks out of the room, looking both ways before signaling the group to come out. The girls slowly walk out, trying to keep their steps as quiet as possible. After everyone's out, Kuro looks at the stairs, then puts his left hand on the floor and closes his eyes… and he could feel the footsteps coming from the stairs and something being pulled. "!" The moment he realizes that, he stands up and prepares to fight, just in time to see the zombie man walking towards them with the sledgehammer being pulled on the floor.
"AHH!" Taguchi shouts in surprise, as everyone starts stepping back from him. "That guy is not dead!"
"Taguchi!" Not losing focus on the zombie man, Kuro shouts. "Tell Yoshiki to protect them! Get close looks on Naomi and Ayumi…" He immediately dodges to his right to dodge the hammer swing. "Don't let them run alone…" Rolling to the left before the hammer meets his head. "GO!"
"What about you?" Ayumi says over Yoshiki's arms, since the latter is trying his best to cover the girls from the sight.
"I have to…" Stabbing on the guy's heart before pushing him out, Kuro continues. "Deal with him first!"
"Taguchi! I'm helping him!" Yoshiki, despite not knowing what he said, clearly understands his plan. However, the moment Kuro has a space to breathe, he immediately pushes Yoshiki back. "Hey! I'm trying to…"
"For God's sake! If you want to help, then look after Ayumi! Don't let her get possessed and run around!" After shouting at his face, Kuro turns back just in time to stab the zombie's right arm with his left arm raising up, successfully stopping the hammer from reaching his head.
"TSK!" Yoshiki plans to try to interfere, but Ayumi has pulled him back, causing him to shout at her: "Shinozaki! He needs help!"
"He's telling us to run!" The class rep explains.
"And leaving him behind?" Yoshiki asks back.
"Pal! He's trying to help here!" Taguchi also pulls Yoshiki back. "We have to take care of the girls first!"
"…*TSK!*" Yoshiki says no other words, and starts covering the girls as they head to the way opposite to the fight. Though, before he's completely out of sight, he shouts: "Don't you dare die on us!"
'Damn it! This guy's too strong!' Kuro screams in his mind, as he swats the arm away, and rolls back to dodge the hammer swing. 'That sneak attack can only work once. I need to somehow stop him from advancing.' Pulling his earphone, he waits for the zombie to attack. When he sees the hammer getting swung down, he sidesteps and wraps the earphone around the zombie's neck, then he uses his strength to pull the zombie to the stairs and throws it down. The zombie screams as it starts falling down, as its body vanishes into the darkness. Kuro sighs in relief. "Kho vai chuong... Du sao thi cung tam thoi song duoc mot luc…"
"Hehehe…"
"!" Swallowing hard, Kuro slowly glances back from the left, using only his left eye to see who's behind him. And lo and behold, the true killer is right behind him. 'Shit! How can I get out of this situation?!'
"You managed to defeat him… Well, defeat is a strong word. You survived." The ghost girl keeps talking, despite that she is aware that Kuro doesn't understand a word. "However, your luck won't last forever, so you better savor it."
'She could just kill me now…' Gripping the scissors harder, he starts focusing on the scissors in her hand, readily to deflect it out.
"Hehehe… how curious. You're planning to fight me?" The girl taunts. "You really expect that you could overcome me?"
"…" Kuro says no words, as he waits for any moves coming from the girl.
"You know you can't fight me. That sweat on your forehead tells that much." True enough, Kuro's sweat gets cold, probably scared for his life. "You know I'm the real killer. Yet… you don't seem to have a plan to oppose against me. You are… planning to 'save' me?"
'… Should I tell her that… or not…'
"It doesn't matter. You can't get out anyway. Farewell." With that, the girl leaves forward and aims her scissors towards Kuro's heart…
"Yoshie Shinozaki." Kuro, instead of deflecting the attack, calls out the name.
"!" Just about a centimeter hitting the coat, the blade stops in midair, and the girl floats back in surprise.
Knowing that it works, Kuro slowly turns back, as he points his scissors towards the floor, indicating that he's not planning to attack, yet. His eyes, however, focus on the scissors, so he won't be put into anything problematic. "I know you're the one who killed the other kids. However… I don't blame you. I can sympathize with your actions, and I would do the same if I was you… But that doesn't justify your kills. Not at all!" He shouts from this part, causing the girl to stumble back. "You killed them because you thought they could help your mother from being lonely? No, that's a poor move from you! The only thing you need to do, is to stay right next to her! Be her company! From the beginning! That's all it takes for both of you to be happy!" Breathing in… breathing out… "… Look, it happened, and you can't reverse it. However, if you feel guilty for your actions… then, I could help you atoning. Of course, if I manage to save everyone first."
"…" The girl's head hangs down, and it's for the best, because Kuro doesn't want to look directly at her eyes for sure.
"*ROAR*" Kuro immediately turns back, and sees the zombie man starting to walk up to the floor, preparing to attack again.
"Persistent. I don't want to completely kill you, because I'm sure you can be atoned. But… to save the others…" Kuro points the scissors up. "I need to make sure you can't stand up again."
Seeing this as a taunt, the zombie roars up again, and Kuro lowers down to prepare another dodge…
"Stop." The ghost girl suddenly orders the zombie man, and he slowly lowers the hammer down. "Go." The zombie grunts in confusion, but complies and goes down the stairs.
Kuro is confused and turns back… only to see the girl vanish, and a piece of paper is lying on the floor. Still being cautious, Kuro grabs the paper and tries to read it, only to not be able to understand, because it's in Japanese. 'What did I really expect?' Kuro chuckles to his own silliness, as he puts it in his inner coat pocket. "Du gi thi cung song duoc mot luc. Nen tim bon ho truoc khi…"
Suddenly, another earthquake occurs, forcing him to kneel down to avoid getting face-faulted to the floor. Without him noticing, the floor has changed again. After it dies down, he stands up and immediately sees some differences. And one big difference, being the blood stain on the floor just before the infirmary door. "! Dua nhau a?" Panicking, Kuro runs to the direction the group has run off… and sees the bloody wall in front of him. "M…M…MAY DUA TAO A?" Falling down to his knees, Kuro is angry that his efforts have been wasted… until: "Ma khoan… cai truong nay no von the ma. Vai that…" Realizing his stupidity, Kuro stands up and hardens his thoughts. 'Totally forgot that this school will show the worst fear in their minds. It has own thoughts and it could be separated with the ghosts' minds. But… if it's here…' Turning to his right, he could see another way to go. 'Sorry… past Mayu, maybe…' He's uncertain that which timeline he's currently in, but…
"Who's there?" A flashlight suddenly points towards him, forcing Kuro to raise his left hand up to cover his eyes.
"Um… Hello?" Yeah, he's saying in Japanese, and that's the most stupid thing he has done.
"… That's the most terrible accent I have ever heard." The light then moves down a bit, so Kuro could see who's facing against. "You look alive, that's for sure. But what kind of sound did you just make?"
Kuro points his finger towards his lips while smiling nervously. "Sorry. Can't speak Japanese."
The student before him nods. "Now that makes more sense. My name is Sakutaro Morishige. What's yours?"
"Call me Kuro. My real name is a bit hard to spell." Kuro answers back.
"I'm glad I have seen alive people here… say, were you shouting back then?"
"Ah… yeah. Some… unpleasant scene… can we uh, go somewhere else?" Kuro suggests… then remembers this part. "Thoi chet…"
"? What's wrong?" Sakutaro asks back, clearly confused at the new language.
"Actually…" Before he could say more, footsteps can be heard behind the other student, forcing Kuro to raise his scissors in defense…
"Morishige!" The student turns back. That sounds like… "You're okay!"
"Mochida! You as well!" Sakutaro is surprised as well. "I'm relieved to see someone else from class…"
"Yeah… huh?" The older Mochida notices Kuro standing behind Morishige, who now lowers the scissors in relief. "Who is this, Morishige?"
"Ah, right… He can't speak Japanese, unfortunately, but we could call him Kuro." Morishige then turns to Kuro and introduces: "Sorry for the waiting. Anyway, the boy here is Satoshi Mochida, and the girl is Yuka Mochida. They are siblings."
Kuro bows. "Nice to see you."
Mochida siblings return the gesture. The elder then notices something behind Kuro. "?" Satoshi then tries to get to there, but Kuro stops him. Satoshi sends him a look of questioning, and Kuro gestures with his hands, saying to cover Yuka's eyes. Not understanding why he asked for it, but Satoshi still follows.
"Um, Big Brother, why are you…"
"Kuro didn't want you to see something… I think so." Yuka nods, and covers her eyes by herself. "Okay… Kuro, can we go?"
Kuro turns to look… and reluctantly nods. The group then moves back where Kuro just came… and meets the fleshing wall. "!" Satoshi immediately understands why Kuro wanted Yuka to cover her eyes.
"A… human?" Morishige reaches his left hand forward and points the phone to the corpse, only for Kuro to immediately stop him. "What's wrong?"
Kuro just shakes his head and gestures them to follow him. The others don't know what Kuro's thinking, but decide to honor his request. When everyone is standing in front of the infirmary, Kuro decides to drop the truth: "Morishige… I have bad news and good news…" He points his finger towards the flesh wall. "Bad news is… Mayu…"
"! What happened to her?" Sakutaro immediately asks in concern, however, Kuro's gaze towards the wall. "No…nonono…"
"But, that comes with good news." Kuro immediately says before he snaps. "I managed to save her. That flesh wall is trying to mess with our minds."
Sakutaro's breath slows down, as he orders: "Explain."
"This school is trying to make everyone fall into madness. That flesh wall COULD BE Suzumoto if I didn't stop it. However, it seems this school already marked our deaths already, so now we have to be extra careful of what's around us… If we're unlucky enough, we might encounter our own deaths for some reasons."
"… How can I trust you?" Sakutaro's breath fastens. "It COULD BE HER, RIGHT NOW! You SAW IT, AND…"
"What did I gain, lying to you?" Kuro interrupts. "I have to remind you: I have ZERO ideas who you guys were. I saw people about to be killed, I jumped in and saved them. If I want to kill anyone…" Kuro points the scissors right at Sakutaro's face. "Then that corner was a perfect opportunity to deliver a surprise attack. And I wouldn't shout out like a madman before to attract attentions."
"…" The student can't counter that point.
"Big brother, what are they arguing about?" Yuka asks her brother, scared at the voice of the guys.
"I… don't know. But it maybe relate to Suzumoto, if I have heard her name…"
"And to ease your fear. Suzumoto is with everyone else except you three and your teacher. We need to…" Another earthquake suddenly occurs, and this time the floor gives in and collapses, throwing the four down…
Except Kuro, who manages to grab on the remaining floor before he falls. Pulling himself up, Kuro looks down at the hole to see an endless darkness. "Damn. Luckily that picture is not in his phone… or is it?" Looking at the stairs, he sighs and walks down to the lower floor, knowing that he couldn't make it further at the other direction.
Turning left after going down the stairs, he walks to the intersection… and feels something freezing on his back. "!" Not daring to look back, Kuro runs forward and takes a left turn. Running into the entrance way, he hides behind a shelf from the way he just came in, tries to slow down his breath so whatever it is won't be able to detect him…
"…!" However, he forgets a crucial thing: A ghost could float through any materials. After he peeks out to see if he's being followed or not, he turns back to the door and looks down, and he looks straight to the eyes of the ghost boy. Immediately, his mind is filled with agony and pain, causing him to fall on the ground, his hands grabbing his head while he screams in pain, the scissors drops next to him. "God damn it!" Gritting his teeth, Kuro tries to keep his eyes open and himself conscious, but it proves to be difficult. "No! I can't die here!" Shouting to himself, Kuro uses one of his hands to push himself up, however, he accidently looks at the ghost's eyes again, and the pain intensifies. "DUNG CO DUA…" With his last attempt, he grabs the scissors and tries to swat the ghost away, but, even when the ghost floats away, the pain of his death causes a heavy trauma in Kuro's mind. And with the last attempt to save him, his mind shuts down…
Chapter 2 end!
A Bad End right at chapter 2? What really happened? Find out in next chapters!