Akiko Tsuchihara covered her ears, suffocating them from the piercing scream of the devil. She looked out the window, seeing her walking through the village, laughing in delight. Her minion behind her, slashing villager after village, their blood splattering onto the devil's Kimono. Akiko stared in shock, until the devil looked in the window, catching her black eye, Akiko jumped backwards, so not to get the darkness inside of her. Her family had warned her about this happening: the ritual going wrong and spilling Hell out onto their peaceful village.
"Akiko, quickly, we must flee!" a voice shouted.
Grabbing her things, Akiko followed the voice, that of her friend, Ikiko Tachibana. As the devils laughter got closer, Akiko could feel the darkness surround their house.
"Ikiko?" Akiko yelled, "Where are you?"
She turned to see the door opened to Heaven Bridge, the brigde that connected Ikiko's house and the Kiryu's house.
"Ikiko?" she yelled once more.
Running out onto the bridge, Akiko seen the Kiryu door locked. She turned back to see the devil on the ground below, her black eyes staring up into Akiko's eyes. The darkness filled her head, the screams of the sacrificed, the tormented. The sights of torture, blood, murder. The pain was too much to bear. Without hesitation, Akiko threw herself from the bridge, plummeting below before she smashed onto the concrete head first, causing her neck to snap in an instant, her last sight being the devil above her.
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"Come Ikiko!" voices of the villagers shouted.
Ikiko looked back at the house, standing outside. "Wait, where is Akiko?!"
She seen the other villagers run off, leaving her alone in the street. Hearing the devils laughter, Ikiko panicked and ran off. She looked back at her home, her thoughts pounding her head that she was leaving Akiko behind to be swallowed. Running further and further, Ikiko reached the Whisper Bridge next to the Kurosawa house. A sudden chill filled her, both from the cold air and from the cold water on each side of her. A noise startled her, causing her to turn around, as a hand tore out the water and jumped up the side of the bridge, grabbing her ankle. Ikiko cried out for help as the hands of the dead grabbed her, pulling her into the icy waters.
"N-No..." she whimpered, before being pulled over.
She thought of her family. The one's she loved, but whom she believed didn't love her. She was an outcast to them, not believing in the ritual her village held, she was seen as sub-normal. She then thought of Akiko, her best friend, wondering where she was now and if she was okay. The icy water froze her up, as the dead pulled her down under, the water going on forever. And as it filled her, she could feel it getting black, before her eyes caught sight of the darkness.