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Chapter 6: The end...?
Sakaki stopped. "Hey, what's the matter, Sakaki-san?" asked Tomo. "Don't tell me you actually believe these idiots!" Sakaki turned around and headed back toward the house. "Sakaki-san?" Tomo called. "Don't go out there," called Sakaki. "It's nothing but darkness. There's no sense in going." Tomo turned her head away from Sakaki. "I'll show you all," she said. "I'll show you all that your ideas are ridiculous! There's plenty of snow out there! I'll have a snow party alone!" Tomo walked off in a huff. "You just watch!" she said. "I'll go away... Far, far away! I'll meet real friends who won't play tricks on me!" Osaka took a step forward. "Don't you think that's a bit over-dramatic?" she called. But by then, Tomo was too far off to hear her.
"Stupid Chiy-... Osa-... Sakak-... Everyone!" Tomo said as she walked down the icy road. "What makes them think I need them to have a snow party with?" she asked to nobody in particular. She sat down and thought. "Although..." she said, "it seems a bit boring here by myself..." She noticed a shadow move over her head. She looked up and caught a glimpse of something she probably would have preferred not to see as the someone that the something was attached to landed beside her. The someone looked incredibly like Kaorin, but her eyes were buttons, and her head was always hanging down as if she were depressed.
"Hey, Tomo-chan," said the Kaorin-like person. "Wanna have a snow party together?" Tomo was shocked to see Kaorin there. "Kaorin!" she exclaimed. "I knew it! You're not only a lesbian! You're an alien freaky ghost thing, too!" "Kaorin" raised her head up and revealed her horrific face. Tomo gasped. "What happened to your face, Kaorin? You are Kaorin, right?" The creature thought about this. "I was," she said. "But now... I don't know who I am." Tomo cocked her head to one side. "What the hell?" she asked. "Now..." said the creature, "I am a horrible monster with no name that can describe it." Tomo was not confused for more than a couple moments. "Wait a minute... Is this about Sakaki-san?" The creature nodded. "I KNEW IT!" said Tomo. "Geez, Kaorin! Sakaki-san's all you ever friggin' think about!" Tomo began to go off into the world she's in when she boasts. "If you attracted more boys like I do, you wouldn't have to be tortured by your thoughts about anyone! You're just like Yomi-san. She can never attract any-" Yomi came out from behind a tree, grinning wildly, her eyes replaced by buttons. "What was that about who I can and cannot attract?" she hissed. Tomo gasped. "You're one to talk, Tomo-chan. You really are," said Yomi, who sounded unnaturally sick. "After all, you've already attracted two people who have a crush on you... In a way." Upon hearing this, Tomo was excited out of fear. "Who?" she asked. Yomi chuckled. "Us," she said. Tomo was about to tell Yomi that she already knew that and what a sicko she was and many, many other insulting things when Kaorin interrupted. "Yes... Tomo-chan... We want you to be one of us." Tomo wondered what they were talking about when Yomi held out a pair of black buttons and a needle and thread, all three polluting the air with the black dust all over them.
"Eww!" yelled Tomo. "No way I'm putting those on!" Yomi stared into her for about three seconds before pulling back her hand with the sewing material still in it. "Well, then," said Yomi. Kaorin took it upon herself to finish. "We'll just have to... take you by force." Yomi twisted her wrist around a couple full rotations and ripped it off while Kaorin clutched Tomo by the throat. "Wait! You're making a big mistake!" Tomo yelled. "Do you know who you're dealing with here? I'm Takino Tomo! I'm the Takino Tomo! You can't do this!" Yomi walked over to her, holding her disembodied hand in the hand she had left. "Oh," she said, "but perhaps you don't know just how well we can." With that, she lifted her severed arm over Tomo's mouth and stood there as her black blood poured in. Tomo suddenly felt very dizzy and passed out. Kaorin let go of her throat, Yomi put her hand back on and sewed buttons over Tomo's eyes, and, without saying another word as if they spoke only to terrify, both started off into the snowy woods as if nothing had ever happened.
In the meantime, Chiyo, Osaka, and Sakaki were once again at Chiyo's house and were bored. Suddenly, Chiyo had an idea. "Oh!" cried Chiyo. Osaka and Sakaki turned to her. "How about we play a story-telling game?" Sakaki liked this idea. "What kind?" she asked. "Someone begins to tell a story," said Chiyo, "and then the next person continues the story from wherever the last story-teller left off!" Osaka and Sakaki nodded. The group let Sakaki start out, giving her what they called a "telling stick." "Once upon a time," she said, "there was a kitten named Jeff who lived on an intersection on a small sidewalk with..." Sakaki passed the stick to Chiyo. "A mouse named... Umm... Tomo," she finished not-so-creatively. "Every day, Tomo and Jeff would go down to the mirroring sidewalk and look for..." Chiyo passed the stick to Osaka. "Aliens," said Osaka. Chiyo and Sakaki heard this and were exasperated. "But they never had any luck... Until one night when the aliens... Found them. They came at 7:00 PM in the midst of winter... In a flying saucer the size of a giant..." Osaka passed the stick to Sakaki. "Puppy," finished Sakaki. "The giant-puppy-sized flying saucer landed near a port village at the end of the sidewalk in which..." Sakaki passed the stick to Chiyo. "There was a secret miniature wormhole leading to the other side of the world," she finished. "The aliens tossed down small cockroach-like devices that were made of pure..." Chiyo passed the stick to Osaka. "Corn," she finished. Chiyo and Sakaki collapsed. "What?" asked Osaka. "I like corn."
"Hey," said Chiyo. "I wonder what happened to Yomi-san and Tomo-san... They've both been out for the longest time..." "They're probably doing okay," said Sakaki. "They're not the kind to get lost..." Chiyo looked out her window. "Hey, what's up with all the blackness?" she asked. "It's been like this for a long time..." Sakaki looked out the window and saw that, indeed, everything was still pitch-black. "It's the demons," said Osaka. "They've come for us." "But why?" asked Chiyo. Chiyo and Osaka froze when a knock came on the door. Sakaki, on the other hand, simply got up from her seat and went to answer it. "Wait!" Chiyo called. Sakaki began to turn the knob. "Wait! It's not safe! I know who it is! That's-" The door opened to reveal the mortifying figure of the doll-like soul of Kaorin standing in the doorway. "Sakaki-san..." said Kaorin. "Resistence is futile. There is nowhere to run. Give me your soul or I will take it." Kaorin took out a scythe with black blood dripping from the end. "I love you, Sakaki-san. I love you because your soul is beautiful. When I see something beautiful..." Kaorin pointed her scythe at Sakaki. "I take it." Sakaki shivered noticably. "Ah!" yelped Osaka. "I knew it all along! It was a demon!" Osaka ran toward Kaorin very angrily. "You're mean 'cuz you took our friends and turned them into mindless meatballs!" she yelled. It was at that moment that Yomi and Tomo sprung out of the ground in front of her. She ran right into them and fell over. "Go no further," began Yomi. "Lest you dare incur the wrath of our master," finished Tomo. Osaka gasped. "Tomo-chan! Yomi-san! Did they pour the meatball sauce on you yet?" Yomi and Tomo looked at each other in a confused manner and returned to Osaka. "Umm," said Yomi. "What?" asked Tomo.
Chiyo slowly took in all that was happening and remembered that Kaorin said that she was sleeping. "Wait," she said. She ran upstairs. "Do not let the pig-tailed girl escape!" cried Tomo. "Quite. Master needs all the sustenance she can get," said Yomi. Tomo floated after Chiyo as Yomi grabbed Sakaki by the throat. "Yaah!" cried Osaka. "What are you doing?!" Yomi punched Osaka in the face and knocked her unconscious.
Chiyo rushed up the stairs as fast as possible and slammed the door to her room, lying against it and noticably panting. She looked to her left and was surprised to find Kaorin, Tomo, Yomi, and Sakaki, all of whom had buttons for eyes, freakish grins, and the ability to float. "This is the end for you, little girl," said Kaorin. Yomi held out sewing equipment and buttons, Sakaki pulled her hand off, and Tomo reached out for her neck. "Wait!" said Chiyo. "I don't want to play this game anymore, guys..." Yomi chuckled. "This isn't a game, Chiyo-chan..." Sakaki lifted her head. "This is reality. Reality can be pleasingly cruel." Suddenly, Chiyo had an idea. Kaorin was unconsciously using her soul to control these people. She was actually asleep somewhere. How do you wake someone up over long distance? Chiyo reached for the phone. "Hey," said Kaorin. "Wh-what are you doing?!" Tomo backed up to let her make what she thought would be the last phone call she would ever get to make. Chiyo snickered as she dialed Kaorin's number. "Wh-what?!" Kaorin gasped as the phone began to ring. Kaorin began to sublimate. "NOOOOOOoooooo..." Her yelling gradually got smaller and smaller until she was no more than a gas. Tomo, Yomi, and Sakaki passed out. Chiyo heard a click on the other end. "Hey, Chiyo-chan..." a sleepy voice said. "Can I help you?" "Hey, Kaorin," Chiyo said. "I'm having an all-day snow party at my house! Tomo-chan, Yomi-san, Osaka-san, and Sakaki-san are already here. Wanna come over?" Kaorin gasped. "Sakaki-san? Really?" "Yep!" said Chiyo. "OH, MY GOD!!" replied Kaorin in her natural squeaky voice. "I'll get my stuff!"
And so, when Tomo, Yomi, Sakaki, and Osaka woke up, Kaorin was already there, everyone got their stuff together and went outside. Then, they all had the best snow party any of them had ever had, and everything was back to normal...
Or so it seemed... But hidden by the trees, a doll-like figure resembling Kaorin and carrying a scythe watched over them, carefully planning her next move...
Chapter 6! Is done! Woo hoo! And stuff! And yeah! And cowswhat? So anyway, r&r&bh&ukno&HMEEEEEEHMANAEIwhat?