Hiya! Chapter Two now. ^~^

Also, I'm going to start using different paragraph separator things, because the lines I use don't always show up I think (sorry about that!)

Anyway, enjoy chapter two!

.~.~.

Ib and Garry ran through out the wild maze that was called the art gallery. They ran into many paintings, statues, and puzzles already, and they were currently in the middle of another.

"Ehehehe, pretty flower, can I have a sniff?"
"Ib, don't give this... thing, your rose. I don't trust it."
"Come on, I just want a sniff!"
"Ib, don't do it!"

.~.~.

Aki yawned, looking around. He was currently lying on the floor in a secret room he found. He looked unhurt, even though he was attacked by walking paintings. Something had woke him up from his little nap, and he wasn't happy about that. He looked around scowling, trying to see if he could find the source of the noise.

Nothing. All he saw was the four pieces of harmless art in the room with him. A chair that looked like a wine glass, a harmless (creepy) sculpture, a tree type figure, and his favorite, the one he was currently lying in front of, a colorful skeleton.

Aki slowly got up, stretching out his tired joints as he got up. How long was he sleeping? He felt sore from lying on the floor for so long. He looked around again, and heard a click. He looked over to see a door that wasn't there before. He walked towards it, and reached for the handle, but stopped once he heard voices.

"Behind the tree? What tree? We're in an art gallery, not a garden."
"Stop whining, Garry. We'll find something."
"I wasn't-"
"Shhh, stop whining."

The door began to open, and Aki jumped out of the way of it to avoid getting hit with it.

There, standing behind the door, stood two people, a young man and a little girl. The man stared at him with wide eyes, while the girl kept a straight expression. She looked Aki up and down, as if studying him.

"Aren't you the girl I ran into earlier?"

Aki felt a vein pop as those words came from out of her mouth.

"I'm a boy you idiot!"

.~.~.

The three sat in a circle in the secret room, studying each other.

"So you're from the gallery too?" The young man, whose name was Garry, asked, looking Aki up and down.

"I am," came his answer, as he studied Ib. "And I assume the same for you two?"

"Yeah,"Garry said, smiling. "Glad to finally meet someone else. ...were you traveling alone?"

Aki looked over at him, his one eye giving him a cold stare. "Yes, I was traveling alone. Unless you want to count the many paintings chasing me to this place as my companions. Then, no, I had many people traveling with me up to this point."

Garry and Ib stared at the Aki, silence falling over all three of them.

"...what? Did I say something?"

"No, no,it's just that... are you okay? Being chased by that stuff can be creepy, and you must have been horrified, being chased by so many at once." Garry sat up on his knees, and brushed his hand against Aki's pale cheek. "Why don't you travel with us, that way you won't have to worry about traveling alone anymore."

Aki looked at Garry his eye wide. He blushed, and smacked Garry's hand away,hiding his face. "I only travel a-"
"You're coming with us."

Aki looked over at Ib, shock written all over his face. She hadn't spoke once since she mistook Aki for a girl.

"But I-"
"You are coming with us. No excuses." Ib grabbed onto his hand, and pulled both of them up. She looked over at Garry, and held her hand out.

Garry smiled and took Ib's hand. "Now, lets all go to-"

"Weren't you guys looking for a ring?"

.~.~.

"So many fucking ladies," Aki said, gaping at the room filled with Ladies in Rainbow and Headless Mannequins.

"Language!" Garry yelled, putting his hand over Aki's mouth. "We have a nine year old girl with us!"

Aki rolled his eyes, and pulled Garry's hand away from his mouth. "Sorry," he said, his voice dripping with anger.

Ib watched the two glare at each other, before tearing her gaze away and looking around the room. This was a room was indeed full of ladies. The walls covered in paintings, and random mannequins scattered around. She took a step forward, about to go across the path filled with the paintings when she felt a hand grab onto her arm. She turned her head around to see Aki gazing up the path.

"Don't go that way. The Lady in Red will hop off of the wall and chase us." His face was serious, his one showing eye wide. He let go of Ib's wrist and turned around. "We go this way, it's harmless for now."

"Hey hey hey!" Garry yelled, grabbing onto Aki's shoulder and turning him around. "Why are you taking charge all of a sudden? We don't know if that painting will attack or not!"

Aki smirked, shrugging Garry's hand off his shoulder. "Don't believe me now, do we?" He asked, his smirk growing. "Take that way then. I'm going this way." With that said, he turned around and started walking towards the path with the mannequins.

Garry stood there, a scowl on his face. "What was up with that smirk?" He mumbled to himself, turning around to face Ib. "Come on Ib, let's go this way."

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The room was now alive with a buzz. Paintings and mannequins chased the group of three around. Or, at least two of them. Garry and Ib had lost track of their white haired companion.

"Aki!" Garry called, looking around for the teen. They were currently in the middle of the excitement, and were trying to find an exit.

There was no answer.

Garry sighed, before finally spotting the exit. He pulled Ib over and ran out of the room, saving her from the paintings.

After Ib had fainted from the fear, Garry heard something he would never tell anyone, not even Ib.

He heard a blood curling laugh, followed by a loud scream.

"I love this! I love you! But you don't love me!? Huh!? NOW YOU DIE! Hahaha!"

.~.~.

End of chapter two. ^~^

And here's the disclaimer I keep on forgetting to put: I do not own anything except for my OC, Aki.