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Fatal Frame 2: Second Run

Chapter 13: Beginnings of The Truth

"Mio!" Mio drifted through the wall and Saiyuuri attempted to lunge at her. "Dammit!" The two twin spirits phased out of her.

"You need to get to Mio or-"

"I know, I know," Saiyuuri snapped at them. "Dammit, how am I going to get to her now?" She sat down in the corner to think. Something shadowy, and with nameless shape, flew by the doorway. She quickly sat up and rushed to the door, stuck her head out, and looked… Nothing. Nothing was there. Nothing but cobwebs, dust, and a Mayu… Hold on… Mayu? Didn't she go with Mio? "Mayu… Mayu," she called. Mayu slowly turned her face to her.

"Saiyuuri…." Saiyuuri looked to Yae.

"Saiyuuri, run. That's not the right one," Sae said. Suddenly, a number of ghosts rushed to two former Shrine Maidens. Saiyuuri caught a glimpse of the so-called "Mayu" looking at her. Her neck was crooked to the side, her face smeared with blood, and a crooked, cynical smile upon her face. She began to move to her at an increasingly quick pace, arms sprawling in her direction. Saiyuuri bolted out of the room, leaving the pinned twins to their own doom. "Mayu" didn't falter in her chase. She continued her ghostly pace, face through objects in her effort to complete her twisted objective. She closed in on Saiyuuri who tripped as she was about to grab her, falling through another hole. "Mayu" stared at her through the hole and smiled at the girl who had trapped herself. Saiyuuri struggled grabbing at her leg to escape from the gap the now enclosed her foot. Knowing her fate, the spirit jumped through the ceiling, rather than phasing through. Her form had seemed to solidify, causing the room to shake with her weighted landing. Several items fell from the ornamental dressers. This looks like the end for me… Saiyuuri closed her eyes as "Mayu" reached for her.

"Uuraaah," "Mayu" rose her hands to her face, screeching and faltering back. Saiyuuri scanned the room for something. Anything… a decorative blue-tattooed mirror lay on the ground, glinting in the candle light. She reached for it. A liquid had run from a bottled seeping into the floor around her and the mirror. One of these things seemed to be affecting her. As she touched the mirror, "Mayu" stomped on her hand, trying to keep her from taking it. Saiyuuri felt around behind her for the bottle the liquid had spilt from, finding it, grasping it, and throwing to liquid on her. She screamed louder and phased away.

Saiyuuri finally broke free of the hole, taking the rotted wood around her leg with it. She stood up, and put the bottle into one of her pockets, as well as the mirror. She walking toward a door she had found, crossing paths with candles and their braziers. Once again, "Mayu" fazed into the room charging her from behind, catching her off guard. She grabbed her by the shoulders, staring deeply into her eyes. Saiyuuri felt her energy seeping from her body. A weary feeling came over and it felt as if her soul was being removed from her body. She found the will power to fight after a brief moment, and shook her off, rushing over to the door. She didn't have time to just open it or deal with locks, so she dove into the door, barely making it through. "Mayu" disappeared as she chased her into the room, fading away as she crossed the rolling Saiyuuri. Saiyuuri found herself dazed as the room spun. A young man with short dark hair, wearing a white shirt under a blue over shirt looked at her from above. Her vision doubled and she fainted, keeping his worried face in her mind.

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Mio continued to follow Mayu, follow Koeiji. She observed the surrounding walls and spacious rooms. Thin, torn, pale colored drapery flowed from the doorways. A cold draft kept the tattered cloths continuously flowing adding an eerie touch to the rooms. Koeiji led them through a door which led to an even bigger room. Rocks and various types of debris littered the floor. As she looked around, she could see the ghostly visages of people who had once interacted with one another.

"Koeiji, are you sure we're going the right way?" Koeiji continued. He began to lead them down a hall that resembled a cross between a mineshaft and the cavern the Crimson Ritual had been held in. Boulders block several paths; wooden staves supported the tunnel, keeping it from caving in. A gray mist filled the area as it opened wider. As they entered the chamber, Mio noted shrine ornaments on the staves and boulders, including what seemed to be excorcismal notes.

"We're almost there," Koeiji to a grand door and smiled again. Mio took note of their surroundings once more. There was something off in the distance: Something huge and moving. She began to stray off from the other two. "Don't go there," Koeiji warned. "You'll regret it." He stood next to Mayu."

"Don't go, Mio." Mayu held her to her mouth. "Please don't." Mio ignored them. "Please, Mio, please don't!" Mayu looked down at the ground. "This is the last time… that you'll ignore me…" Mio looked back at the seemingly sobbing Mayu and then to her goal. "The last time," Mayu faintly whispered.

Mio climbed up higher to reach the moving object. She slipped on some jagged, wet rocks, but stopped herself, then pulled herself up again. A ringing sound, followed by an inhuman screech, threatened to destroy her ears. The shrill cry seemed so familiar, but so strange; nevertheless, she continued up the rocks to discover the sound's owner. She reached the top and looked through the thick mist, straining her eyes to see what lay in front of her. She took a few steps forward, and to her horror, found the creature from her dreams. "Obake Sakujou!" She whispered loudly. The thick-roped monster seemed to have caught notice of her and launched an arm in her direction. It caught one of her feet, tightening and pulling her towards it. As it drew her closer, she caught site of several people, among them: a younger Mayu, Kei Amakura, and her younger self. She found the images of the spirits of Sae and Yae floating above the monster. They seemed to be struggling to free themselves and to reach for the two young girls. Kei seemed to be battered, nothing for the monster to be worried about: He could only watch as it crushed his beloved nieces to death.

"Mio….Ma….yu…" He passed out as reached for his camera. Mayu screamed for her life and for Mio, while Mio in turn did not react. It had seemed she had lost consciousness.

"Mio! Please!" Mayu paused as she was squeezed. "We said we'd always be together….forever.." She began to cry.

"Mayu! Mayu! Don't cry! I'm right here!...Mayu?" Mayu didn't seem to notice Mio's yells. "Uncle Kei! Ji-san!" He failed to respond either. She noticed the two spirits motion to her.

"They can't hear you, Mio," Yae said softly. Mio felt herself suddenly angered.

"No shit!"

"We want to help you…" Mio wasn't very convinced by Sae.

"Not after what you did to us before-"

"It's not the same," Sae argued.

"Indeed, it is not," Yae agreed. She paused and looked at everyone. "We're almost like reincarnations, you know," she paused. "The four of us."

"What?" Mio was puzzled.

"Down to every last detail." Yae seemed to be spelling something out, separating every word from each other.

"What do you mean?"

"It means we're the same," Sae said timidly. "Yae and yourself: Mayu and myself." Yae nodded.

"Exactly."

"How are we similar? We're nothing alike! Nothing!"

"Why don't you look at yourself sometime?" Yae said smuggly. "Or are you too afraid to find something you won't like?"

"Like what?" Mio sneered.

"Like one of us, looking back at you." Yae paused once again. "Maybe you'll see our mistakes." Mio laughed at her.

"I have no mistakes to share with you-"

"That you remember!" Yae yelled at her. Mio became silent. "Don't you find it strange: Dreams of your own death, Mayu's pain, your pain. Isn't it strange? Haven't you seen this place before?" Mio contemplated this.

"A dream's a dream."

"Well, maybe you can live happily in a lie, but you should realize that not everyone can." Yae glared at her. "When you need us, and you will, you'll know where to find us… and heed Saiyuuri's warning. She's more useful to you than you know." The rope0monster released her.

"Huh?"

"Why do you think Koeiji could drag you through walls? It only works on normal people when they are unconscious or sleeping…" Once again she was puzzled. "You're like him now… You both are… and it will only get worse. One of you has already become like him. You can save yourselves though… but only you can do it." The rope monster grabbed her around the waist and swung her back then began to throw her. "Find Saiyuuri again. Ask her about the Seishou Kaihou Theory and her family," Sae voice began distant. Mio hit a wall, feeling her insides crush against it, she dropped to the ground. She saw two men: Each grabbed one of her arms and dragged her through a door.