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"Big Brother… I'm scared…" Yuka whines, as she hides herself in the boy's lavatory in the Second Wing. Morishige is her brother's friend, but right now he looks way too mysterious to her. She's afraid that he might do something to her.

Then, she hears footsteps coming from the outside… and moments later, a ghost with a bloodied eye socket walks in, causing Yuka to stumble back and yelp in fear.

In any other circumstances, she would be dead. However: "Don't be scared. I'm not going to hurt you."

"…Huh?" Yuka asks back in confusion. "You were chasing me back then…"

"That… was a past…" The ghost replies. "Your brother is looking for you. Try heading back to the main hall." With that, the ghost turns to the exit and walks away.

"…He's looking for me…" Yuka registers the fact. "I should go to the main hall." With the objective in her mind, she walks out of the lavatory…

And she bumps into a certain student from Byakudan Senior High School. "Kyah!" Yuka falls on her back, whines a bit because of the impact.

"Oh, my apology." The person speaks up, then offers a helping hand to Yuka. "Can you stand up?"

After seeing him being friendly, Yuka nods and grabs his hand, and he pulls her up. Once on her feet, she bows and speaks: "I'm sorry for bumping into you. My name is Mochida Yuka."

"Mine's Kizami Yuuya." He replies. "Yuka, was it? Were you also spirited away here after performing the forbidden Sachiko charm?"

"Um… I'm not so sure…" Yuka is having doubt. "But, I did do a charm with the name in it…"

"I see… If I'm right, you were calling for your 'big brother', right?" He earns a nod from the girl. "Going alone is too dangerous for a small girl like you. How about I accompany you…"

"YUKA!" The voices of two persons are calling out for a certain girl. "WHERE ARE YOU?"

"…That's my brother!" Yuka says in disbelief. "She's right…"

"… I heard two voices." Kizami recognizes. "Are you sure one of them is your brother?"

Yuka nods. "I'm sure."

The two then head to the main hall, just in time to face Satoshi and Kuro, the latter is checking the fallen cabinet on the floor. Upon seeing her brother, Yuka immediately runs to him and wraps her arms around his neck in happiness. "Big brother! You're back!"

Startled a bit, Satoshi acknowledges the girl and hugs her back. "I'm here, Yuka. I'm sorry for leaving you…" He then notices Kizami standing behind the girl. "Oh, hello. Did you take care of my little sister back then?"

"… Ah, no." Kizami finds his voice back after a small moment of silence. "I was just meeting her. She was a little afraid when I found her."

"I can see why." Satoshi pats Yuka's head, before prying her arms out. "We need to return back with the others. Kuro!" He shouts to the person, who turns his head back to him. Satoshi points his thumb towards the exit, and Kuro nods. He then turns back to Kizami and introduces: "My name is Mochida Satoshi, and you have met my sister. He's Kuro, and unfortunately he couldn't understand Japanese."

"… The name's Kizami Yuuya." The person replies. "It's nice to meet you."

"To you as well." Kuro has reached the door and waves at them. "Let's go, shall we?"

"How the hell… could Kuro withstand this?" Yoshiki grunts, as Morishige picks up the bag that contains Tokiko's tongue. The pool's water has been extracted, leaving behind the corpses of unfortunate souls.

"He might have seen things like this before. And we don't really know how long he has been here. He must have gotten used to this before we met him." The megane theorizes. He then asks Taguchi: "Can you hold on for that bag? The other one I mean."

"Ah, it's okay… I will get used to it soon…" The cameraman says nervously. They have found Ryou's bag near the red-door room before heading to the pool. "But, man, hiding those things away. It's too cruel for the kids."

"It is. Let's return back before the girls panic. But, since Kuro and miss Yui are there, I think there's not much of a problem." Yoshiki says, earning nods from his companions.

Although… when they reach the way that leads to the 'supposed exit' of the school, they meet the girl trio from Musashigawa school who emerges from the direction. Chihaya backs away for a second before release a relief sigh. "Thank god you're not the ghosts…"

Taguchi does the same and says: "My goodness, more people? Man, now I feel less and less afraid now."

Yoshiki grins. "The same now." He then asks: "Were three of you the only group?"

Nana shakes her head. "I'm not sure myself…"

Morishige suggests: "Then we should stick with each other, the more the merrier. Oh, my name is Morishige Sakutaro, and they are…"

"Morishige?" Nana interrupts. "Did you know who Mayu is?"

"You know her?" The megane asks in disbelief.

"Uh-huh. We were in our respective theater clubs, so we sometimes met each other."

Yoshiki: "Well that's convenience." Then, everyone turns to the door that leads to the Second Wing as footsteps can be heard from there. And the door opens, revealing Kuro's group. "Kuro? When did you wake up?"

Hearing his voice, Satoshi recognizes: "Kishinuma? Is that you?" When the two groups are close enough, Satoshi sees another familiar face. "You too, Morishige?"

"Ah, Mochida. It seems you found your sister as well." Morishige looks at the group and sees someone he doesn't recognize. "May I ask whom you found here?"

Taguchi raises his camera up, only for Kuro to grab his shoulder and pull him towards a space away from the groups, earning looks of curiosity from the others. "Hey, what gives, Kuro?"

Kuro, once confirming that no one would hear them, whispers: "Listen very careful…"

Meanwhile, Nari asks Satoshi: "You know this guy?"

The boy nods. "He was helping us finding our friends."

Morishige takes a quick glance towards Kuro and Taguchi, before continues: "But, he was knocked unconscious after, what I heard from another girl, being fallen through floors and getting hit by the zombie man. Seeing him recovering that fast is quite surprising."

Kizami changes the subject: "Do you happen to find someone from my group?"

Satoshi: "Before we headed to the Second Wing, I saw a group of three girls, not them *glance towards Nana's group*, in the Infirmary. Maybe…"

"Hey, Kizami…" The student turns to the nervous cameraman. "Can you go with Kuro for a moment? He said that he needs to go somewhere that requires two persons to do the trick."

"…Okay…" Kizami then sees Taguchi confirming to Kuro, and the person nods then gestures for him to follow. The two then say their goodbye to the big group and go to another way.

Yoshiki asks: "What did Kuro tell you?"

"I am not sure myself." Taguchi scratches his head. "He just told me what I just said."

Morishige turns suspicious. "That's not a reason to pull you away from us."

"… Let's return to the Infirmary, and ask the girls something."

"It's you Nana!" Mayu hugs the girl the moment she walks into the Infirmary.

"It's great to see you as well Mayu!" Nana hugs back. "Seriously, we have wandered for so long! Finally we found someone alive!"

"Don't rule out Kuro like that." Nari lightly accuses. "But yeah, other than him, we only found some ghosts and corpses. Not exactly pleasant."

After everyone's in the Infirmary, Taguchi walks to the girls from Byakudan school, and asks: "Are you three… do you know someone whose name is Kizami?"

Immediately, the girls tense up. Noticing that, Yoshiki asks Ayumi: "Hey, Shinozaki. What's that about?"

"…Sit down. It's not a pretty story…" Yui suggests, and everyone picks up a comfortable spot for their own on the floor. Yui looks at Tohko and says: "You might have seen the bandages on Kuro's right hand, right? It was caused by her."

"… I guess there's a reason behind it, right?" Morishige asks, not exactly in anger.

The girl nods. "It's… before I met him… Kizami Yuuya chased me and tried to kill me." That earns gasps from people who haven't heard about it. "However, during the chase, an earthquake occurred and I fell into a hole, and into this part of the school. I stood up and ran away, and then I saw a pair of scissors just right outside of the Infirmary. Holding it on my hands, I entered the room and saw Kuro… in a panic…" She swallowed hard. "That's… mostly it." Then, she asks: "Where is he now?"

"He… is with Kizami now." Taguchi reveals. "Saying that he needs him to…"

"Then we need to chase him now!" Emi pleads. "With the wounds he has, he couldn't defend himself if Kizami tried to kill him."

"Then we need to go all out. We can't leave anyone behind." Satoshi says. "The moment a door closes, we could be sent into anywhere we couldn't know."

"…e…a…i…" Everyone turns to the door, to see the three ghosts standing there. Everyone immediately backs away in surprise, with the boys standing between the ghosts and the girls. The voice comes from Tokiko.

"Sorry about it. She and Ryou are eager to have their tongues back." Yuki bows apologetically.

"The t… alright." Taguchi recognizes what she's talking about, and pulls out the two bags. "Here they are." The cameraman slowly walks to them and raises the bags towards them. Then, the items in the bags disappear, leaving the empty bags in Taguchi's hand.

"…Thank you…" Ryou bows thankfully, with the other two follow.

"Well, at least now we have appeased you three." Shinozaki relieves. "Can you step aside? We need to find Kuro, he's in danger!"

The ghosts nod and stand out of the exit, as everyone exits the Infirmary and heads to the stairs… with Yui and Taguchi stay back a little, as the former asks with a whisper tone: "It's more than that, isn't it? Kuro knows something…"

Taguchi nods. "It is. He's planning to…"

"You two…" The two turn to Yuki. "We need to tell you something. Can you keep this a secret, please? At least, until you leave Heavenly Host."

"What is it?" Taguchi asks.

"It's… about Kuro…" Ryou replies. "… He could never leave this place on his own."

"… You are joking right?" Yui asks in disbelief. "Then, what about us?"

"You could, but only after Sachiko is appeased." Yuki reveals. "Kuro told you everything… except one thing. It was how he appeared in here."

Taguchi: "…Didn't he also perform the charm?"

Yuki: "… Turned out, it's not. When he appeared, he was alone. There's no other souls with him during that time."

Yui gasps. "It's… it's not possible, right? The charm…"

"And that's what we only found out. When we were still in our darkening state, we didn't mind it. However, after he told us that he would find them for us, we took a look around to see if the people he talked about were in here…"

Taguchi: "And there's none."

The ghosts nod.

Yui: "…You said that he couldn't do it alone, right? That doesn't mean that WE couldn't save him… right?"

Yuki nods. "However, you can't do it here. We want to ask you to find another way, when you're out of this place. Maybe there's some ways to help him."

Taguchi gets the message. "Right then… we should leave now. Thanks for telling us that."

Yui: "Take care of yourself."

"Be careful." The ghost kids bow, as the two return to their group.

"I have thought that you're just being affected by Darkness." Kuro says in a low tone, after he manages to dodge a swing from Kizami's arm and backs away. "But, I guess I'm too optimistic of the matter."

"HAHAHA! You seriously think you can kill me?" Kizami laughs. "You couldn't even hold the scissors properly! HAHAHA!"

Even when he can't understand it, Kuro understands that Kizami is taunting him. And he knows that he couldn't let the fight last longer. "Hm…" Lowering his stance, he reaches into something in his left pocket of the coat. "One second… is all it needs…"

"DIE!" Running towards Kuro, Kizami aims his punch towards Kuro's head…

Only for Kuro to dodge to the left, and pull out his earphone. He then wraps it around Kizami's neck and pulls it hard, choking the taller student in the process. The crazy psychopath tries to use his elbows to hit Kuro, but Kuro soon kicks Kizami's back with his knee, stunning him for a second, before quickly stabs the scissors towards his opponent's heart. Hearing the person gasp in pain, Kuro uses the earphone to pull Kizami towards the stairs, pulls the scissors out and cuts Kizami's throat, destroying his vocal cord. Feeling the resistance falling, Kuro then retracts his earphone and kicks Kizami down to the stairs.

The psychopath tries to close the wounds with his hands, but a cut in the throat is not that easy to be covered. Kuro slowly walks down to the stairs and pulls out a lighter and a candle he received from Shinozaki. "To be honest, I don't like this. But… to make sure that you're not going to hurt us…" Lightening up the candle, Kuro throws it to Kizami's body, and by a miracle, his body catches on fire quickly. Kuro backs away so no accidents, and watches the person's body turning into ashes. "…One less problem…"

"Didn't take you for someone who likes to kill." He turns back, and for a second he thought he saw the Queen, but turned out to be Sachiko standing there. And for some reasons she's speaking English.

"Obviously not… so, you planned to kill me now?"

"…" Instead of answering, Sachiko turns and walks away.

"… Guess that's a 'not yet' then?" Can't be too optimistic about it. He then hears footsteps from under, so he guesses that the group is trying to find him. "Well... let's get out of here first." Kuro walks up to the upper floor and takes a few steps… before the floor cracks. "…I… seriously?"

"Well… I nailed the landing this time." Kuro manages to land on his feet this time. "But damn, that still hurts." Slowly standing up, he looks around to see that he's in the Second Wing again… in the Music room to be exact. "Welp. Let's see if I could find it again…" Going to a certain table, he looks into its drawer… and finds a bottle of holy water instead. "Not shoes? Strange…" Nevertheless, he has something to defend himself…

Suddenly something cold stands behind him, and he immediately reaches for the cap of the bottle as he turns back… to see the only ghost in the Music room. He breathes out and grabs his chest where the heart is in surprise. "Vai lua. Lam toi het hon…" He then moves around the table so he wouldn't bother her… and she starts following him. "Um… girl?" She just stares at him blankly. "Hm… well, if you want to…" Since she's not dangerous, he thinks, there's no points to stop her.

After exiting the Music room, Kuro heads to the second floor, with Akaboji following behind him. Once he is near the green slime, he picks up a fragment of wood nearby and throws it into the slime and watches the wood being consumed by the thing, which also creates some smoke. "… Acid blob?" Opening the cap of the bottle, Kuro lets one drop of holy water to fall out and land on the slime… and it just stay on the slime. "… Seriously?"

Seeing that he couldn't do anything to it, for now, he leaves and heads to the girl's dormitory where the seal is still there. He claps his hands before his chest before praying for the lost souls. He then heads to the Headmaster's office to see if he could burst it open.

…Planned to, to be exact.

"Who are you?"

'… Ah, question of the day.' Kuro chuckles to himself in his mind as he turns to see Kurosaki Kensuke standing at the door that leads to the main hall. He raises his right hand and waves at the person, only for him to back away in surprise. Seeing that, Kuro looks back at his right hand… "...Oops. Sorry." He quickly retracts it and raises his left and waves again. Though, the person is looking for someone else over his back, so Kuro turns to see Akaboji staring at Kensuke. "…Oh." Kuro quickly points the ghost with his right hand while raising a thumb up, gesturing that she's okay.

After a small moment, Kensuke sighs in relief, before he walks closer to him and says: "Oh finally, man! I was looking forever for anyone here that wasn't dead! Dude, you have no idea how happy I am right now! Do you know what the hell this place is? And…" He then notices Kuro is smiling forcefully. "Uh, what's wrong?"

"I… don't understand that." Kuro replies.

"…What did you just say?" Kensuke questions.

"He can't understand you." The two males turn to the ghost. "I can understand him, though. So just ask me…"

"Wait… you can speak?" Kuro interrupts. Akaboji nods. "And…understand me?" Nod, with a giggle. Immediately Kuro throws a tantrum: "Then you could just have said something to me! I thought I have to deal with the silence if he didn't come!"

"Sorry, sorry." The girl giggles, then notices that Kensuke is looking at them funnily. She explains: "Kuro's just a bit upset that I didn't talk to him when I met him, that's all." After throwing some more shouts, Kuro turns to another direction and pouts.

"… His name is Kuro?"

"Ah no, that's what I heard from the other girls… Actually, I think they're from the same school as yours."

"Really? Where are they now?"

"That… we have to ask him." Akaboji then calls: "Kuro. Where's the girls you were with before?"

"Them? With a big group from another school. They're probably safe in number."

"Can you lead me to them?"

"Well… I could. But since they're safe, I think that we should find the rest of your group first."

Then, another earthquake occurs, causing the two survivors to fall to the floor. "Woah! That's a surprise!"

"Yeah… it means that we're in a different dimension now." It lasts just for a few seconds, and Kuro comments on it.

"I can't feel anything, though."

"That's because you're floating." Kuro deadpans. "And being dead helps that as well."

Kensuke stands up first and gives a helping hand to Kuro, who gladly accepts it. "So… you were separated from your friends, too? Why don't you find them?"

"I'm sure they're safe by themselves. I met them a while ago already."

"Well…if you say so." Then, Kensuke asks: "Is it just me, or the air here feels colder?"

"Since we don't know where we end up… and I feel it like you." Kuro says. He then looks out of the window to see the raining sky. "It's raining now…"

Then, both of them suddenly hear screaming from the direction to the stairs just right where Kensuke emerged from. The trio rush out and to the location…

And see a body down to the stairs. It belongs to a friend of Kensuke, unfortunately. "R…Ryosuke? NO!" Running down, the scared male slowly kneels down to the body and flips it over, only to confirm his fear. "NO! NO! NO! It can't be happening! Emi just died, and now you? I… I can't…"

"…" Kuro decides to leave the boy a few seconds to mourn, as he walks up a bit further, to try to find if there are footsteps nearby… and he then hears another scream. He immediately turns to Kensuke and calls for him: "We need to go, now. That scream could be one of your friends!"

A little startled, Kensuke stands up and nods, while there are still tears in his eyes. The ghost girl simply floats with them, as they run out to find who just screamed.

Half a minute later, they find the source: One of Kensuke's classmate is dead with a knife through his torso, while another is crying for him. Kensuke, though his sadness deepens because of the dead one, is relieved that at least one of his friends is still living. "OHKAWA!"

The brown-haired boy looks up with teary eyes, and luckily he still has some senses left. "K…Kensuke? Is that you?"

The person in question immediately hugs the living one and says between breathes: "Thank god! I just saw Emi and Ryosuke's body…"

When the two start trying to talk it out, Kuro observes Kai's dead body from afar. Akaboji whispers: "Do you know who caused this?"

"I do. But… this is not going to be fun." Kuro scratches his head in annoyance.

Ohkawa then notices Akaboji… and he screams in surprise. Startled by it, Kensuke asks in concern: "What's wrong?" The afraid boy points at the ghost girl, and after seeing that, he assures: "Don't worry. They're not going to hurt you." With that, Kuro raises his hand up to wave at them with a smile. "See?"

After a minute of trying to calm himself down, Ohkawa stables his breath and says: "My apology. I was… in a panic…"

"It's alright." Kuro understands the 'apology' part, but not the rest.

Hearing the response being in English, Ohkawa asks Kensuke: "Why is he speaking English?"

"Oh… He just can't speak Japanese." His friend explains.

"I see…" Ohkawa stands up and offers a handshake. "My name is Ohkawa Tomohiro. Nice to meet you."

"To you as well." Kuro shakes it. He then looks at the dead body. "He's your friend?"

"He is…" The boy responds sadly. "And Ryosuke back there…"

"What if I tell you that there's a small chance that we could save them?" Kuro immediately suggests, earning widened eyes from the others. "I'm not joking. I found the girls from your group, INCLUDING Emi, mind you Kensuke. However… it will be much harder to save these two…" He points to the corpse with them, and the location where another one is. "Since it involves some… very tricky earthquakes for this to work."

"As long as there's a way!" Kensuke pleads. "Please save them!" That earns him a blank stare, causing him to remember that Kuro couldn't understand him. "Oh, sorry… Ohkawa, can you help?"

After hearing it from the brown-haired boy, Kuro says: "I'm planning to do so, so don't have to tell me twice. However… I'm not very sure if we could do it immediately. It requires the earthquake to send us at the right moment."

"It's really that hard?" Kensuke asks.

"Yeah. The earthquake could send us to a random point of time. And that leads to dimensions as well. So… right now, I need to ask you to also help me saving the others as well, no matter who it is."

"Not that bastard…" Ohkawa grunts.

"Who?" Kensuke asks his friend.

"Kizami Yuuya…" Kuro then taps Ohkawa's shoulder, as he turns to see Kuro pointing at the bloodstain on his coat. "What?" Kuro then pulls out the bloody scissors, which causes the other males to back away in afraid, then he puts it around his neck and makes a 'cut' gesture. "…Wait… you killed him?"

"Once." Kuro reveals. "But… since we're here… I guess I have to kill him again…"