Chapter 13: I Got You!
"Where is he? Where is Morishige?" Mitsuki demanded. The boy had left to go exploring and hadn't come back. "He's gone, alright?! We have to go find everyone else
now. We'll look for him later." Fukuroi assured her. "I don't trust him! He's creepy and so suspicious." she admitted. Fukuroi wasn't happy with how she was treating
the guy. "That may be so, but he still needs our help to get out and I won't let anyone die because of a mistake on my part." Meanwhile, Morishige came upon a
personal treasure. It was the body of Seiko Shinohara. She had apparently hung herself in a stall. "Whhh...what...What a sight! It's...indescribable! It's...dare I
say...breathtaking! I don't want to forget!" He shakily took out his phone and snapped himself a picture. "Never forget...Never...Never...Never forget! It's just so...
I don't know how to put it! Words can't do it justice! She was so annoying. So annoying...so annoying...She was moving, breathing, talking, thinking all but a few
hours ago! Now here she is! Dead! Dead! Dead!" He was sitting in front of the corpse and rocking back and forth in an upright fetal position. After the initial craze died
down, Shig dusted off his uniform and continued his search for Suzume. "That was fun and now I don't have to worry about that Yamamoto bitch! Always judging,
always watching. She knows nothing about Mayu! I heard her! She's lost and I need to help her!"
"Why are we going to the incinerator, Sachiko? Is there something there?" Mayu questioned her companion that was leading her and Kizami. Mayu stumbled upon a
distressed newspaper article at the incinerator entrance and read it aloud. "After a series of tragic events and low student enrollment, Heavenly Host Elementary has
finally closed its doors. The decision comes after the 1972 murders of three children in the school's basement by Yoshikzau Yanagihori, a teacher at the school and son
of principal Takamine Yanagihori. The perpetrator was admitted to a highly secured psychiatric institution and somehow managed to escape after which he returned to
the scene of the crime and took his own life by hanging. The only survivor was one Sachiko Shinozaki. The rest ends here." Mayu looked at the saddened girl with
intense amounts of concern. "Are you dead, Sachiko? It's ok. We'll still help you." Sachiko felt very thankful and had Mayu and Kizami go into the incinerator to look for
clues. * cough* "It's so sooty in here. I can barely breathe. How you holding up, Kizami?" "I'm fine, Mayu. I think we should go back. This thing is huge and we haven't
found a thing." Mayu followed him out but when they got out, Sachiko was gone. "She can't be here by herself! We have to find her, Kizami! Kizami?" He was right by
her side, but he too disappeared. She read another newspaper clipping as she walked out the incinerator room. "Former principal of the now defunct Heavenly Host
Elementary, Takamine Yanagihori, committed suicide today. This comes one day after the school he was in charge of closed down for good due to the combination of
recent and past tragedies along with poor enrollment. Witnesses say the principal became paranoid and psychotic in the last few years of his life, and would often
complain about an unnamed child telling everyone he had committed a horrific crime and covered it up. The demolition crew that was assigned to commence the tear
down saw Yanagihori jump to his death and immediately called police and emergency personnel who declared him dead at the scene. He is survived by his wife and a
few somewhat close relatives." "This place is insane! Why did it all happen though? Maybe if I find Shig he'll have some ideas." Mayu felt so alone since her two new
friends left. Sachiko was only six, maybe five, and Kizami looked like he really needed her help too. She tried her luck on the third floor. "Murderer!" The voice was from
a boy that sounded like he was around Mayu's age. Out of the darkness of the hallway a boy came running from a corner and crashed into her. "I'm sorry! Are you
alright?" Mayu knew he had seen something bad. "Run! He'll kill us all! He killed Ryosuke! He's going to kill the both us if he catches us!" The boy was screaming and
crying in a panic attack trying to be logical and coherent. "What do mean? Who is he? Maybe I can help..." "You can't help me or him! Kizami-kun will kill all of us! You
have to run!" Mayu was sure she felt her heart skip a beat or two. "Kizami-kun? He was just with me! We can't be talking about the same Kizami! The one I saw was
kind and gentle!" Mayu knew this boy was very likely referring to the same guy she had been with a couple of minutes ago but her heart was in complete denial.
"Ohkawa...It's not nice to spread rumors. Come back here." The voice was that indeed of Kizami, the one Mayu knew about. "He's coming! Let's go!" Ohkawa
grabbed her hand and had her hide under the stairwell on the first floor. "Were are you going?" Mayu sobbed. "I have to go check on my classmates who don't know
about Kizami's intentions. Besides, I'll try my best to keep him distracted so he'll forget about you so you can run away. I couldn't let a nice cutie like you get killed."
Mayu hugged onto him tightly and cried. "Everything will be fine. Don't worry about me." He ran up to the second floor to see if he could find Fukuroi, Mitsuki, Kurosaki,
and Morishige and tell them what is going on. Mayu rocked and shivered behind the old rickety stairs and tried to hide for as long as she had to until she felt safe.
"AGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" The scream was loud enough to shatter both glass and eardrums. Even though she was scared, Suzumoto wanted to make sure
Ohkawa was ok. She slowly crawled up the stairs and called out for him. "Ohkawa? Are you alright? If you're hurt I can help you run!" The journey up the stairs took a
more eerie turn as silence encompassed the space around her. "Ohkawa, I'm coming up the stairs! Don't you move a muscle!" Mayu leaned against a wall and peered
around the corner to make sure she could move forward. She looked at the floor and saw a blood trail. "Blood? Ohkawa! Are you ok? Are you bleeding? Where are
you?" She reluctantly followed the trail and stumbled upon Ohkawa's corpse; his headless corpse. Mayu gasped and cried in shock and fear and tried to keep herself
from screaming. "Mayu! There you are! I was worried about you." Yuuya walked out from in front of her while casually carrying the boy's head. Mayu slowly backed up
and tried to think of an escape plan. "What did you do to him?!" "Oh this? Nothing really. Just got myself a souvenir. Do you want it?" He tossed the head over to her
and Mayu screamed and dropped it. His face had the look of fear embedded into him. "You don't like it? Too bad. He tried to be so quiet when I tortured him a little bit
but in his weakness I saw his beautiful life light shine at it's peak! It was like a star glowing and sparkling brilliantly in the night sky!" "I won't let you get away with
this! You'll be left here all alone!" "Why does it matter who does the killing? We'll all die and you're no exception Mayu." He march walked to her in the most frightening
way imaginable. Mayu really wanted to run, but her mind was swallowed in a trench of fear and she was struggling to stay above it. "Mayu, come with me. We'll find
Morishige together." "NO! I won't let you find him!" She ran down the stairs and down to the corridor that joined the school halves. She collapsed to her knees and
tried to catch her breath. "Looks like I lost him. Ha...ha...God, my lungs hurt. Ha...I have to find Shig and let him know there's a killer in the school." Mayu felt a hand
touch her shoulder and it felt rough. "Shig? Boy am I glad you're safe. You're hand feels rough. Did you have to move around a lot of stuff?" Her smiling happy face
turned to a pale white horrified face when she saw Kizami standing over her. "Get away from me you creep!" "Now now. Name calling isn't very polite. You need to
mind your manners." His face rapidly changed from a normal, concerned look to an evil, sadistic look that wanted to shove more fear down Mayu's throat. She crawled
back further and ran into a locker room. "Got to hide!" She couldn't even decide before he came in after her. She rapidly did a double take at the two doors that she
could possibly go through. "Stop running. You need to relax and calm down." Kizami's voice was soothing and gentle and the knot is Mayu's stomach slowly untied
itself. He approached her without his knife and she impulsively hugged him. "I'm sorry, Kizami! I didn't mean to upset you!" She paused and continued. "That was kinda
funny now that I think about it. You were really convincing!" "You played a very good part too." He reached into his hind pocket and stabbed her through the shoulder.
"AGHHHHHHHHHHHKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK! THAT HURTS! WHY WOULD YOU DO THAT?!" Mayu had never felt pain quite like this. Sure when she lost her virginity was
bad and then she thought she reached her pinnacle when she had the stillbirth but this was different. "Such a loud scream from such a quiet and shy girl! Do it again!"
He lifted up her arm and jammed the bloodied knife into her palm. She screamed and thrashed her head against the wall from the pain and Kizami stepped in by
making sure she was stuck against the wall. "Get off of me you jerk! This isn't fair!" Mayu kicked his feet and shins but he didn't even flinch. "What's not fair?" he
mocked her. Suzume tugged his arm and bit him rather hardly. "Was that supposed to hurt? You can't escape, Mayu! I will find you and kill you and your boyfriend!"
Mayu fled as far as her body would carry her and collapsed onto the stairs halfway to the second floor west hall. "Got to run! Survive...For Shig. For Ohkawa. C'mon,
Mayu get up! Your friends need you! Don't give up now!" She used her good hand to pick herself up and stumble up the stairs. "Mayu! You're bleeding rather badly. Let
me help you with that." He grabbed her left arm, the one he had stabbed, and forcefully dragged her up the stairs. She wailed in agony as the wound still burned in
her while he yanked on her arm which only made it worse. "Stop! Shig, were are you? Save me for christsake!" "Be quiet Mayu! You'll attract too much attention!"
Kizami yelled at her, stopping dragging her in order to stomp on her injured hand. Of course, she instinctively howled out her affliction. Kizami grabbed her head and
smashed it into the wall savagely and many a time as well. Mayu's skull oozed blood as her unconscious body was dragged around like a sack of bricks. "What room
should I use to hold onto you?" He looked thoroughly and saw a slightly open door and dragged her in. It was a science lab. This was too perfect of an opportunity for
him to pass up. He let go of her for a little bit to gather the necessary materials. He saw a couple tables that had the same kind of leather straps used on a violent
mental patient and had no qualms about using these little gems. He double checked the versatility of the leather and made sure they were as tight as could be without
completely cutting off circulation while assuring they were properly attached to the splintered table. Yuuya grinned as he saw her helpless body lying all bruised and
bloodied on the table. He made sure the room was locked up tight and calmly walked to the eastern hall of the second floor and heard a door closing. "Eek! Someone's
coming! Is it HIM? What do we do Fukuroi?" Mitsuki whined. "Ssshhh! Let's wait!" The two saw Kizami walk down to them with a very collected demeanor. "See,
Yamamoto? It's just Kizami. You worry too much." "Kizami! Are you alright? Are you still fit enough or do you need some help?" Her eyes darkened when she finally got
it through to her head that Kizami was coated in blood. "What happened to you? Are you bleeding?" "I'm fine. Slipped and fell on a few dead people. They're
everywhere!" "I know right?! Well, Fukuroi and I are glad you're alright, Kizami." Fukuroi had regained his sulked look and Kizami asked what was troubling him. "It's
Emi. She...Got her brains splattered all over the floor by that hammer man." Mistuki frowned at the remembrance of one of her best friend's death. "Yeah I saw her too.
What a tragedy!" He sighed and shifted his feet around on the floor until Fukuroi approached him. "Kizami, this may be asking too much, but could you help us find
Morishige and his girlfriend? Morishige wandered off and we still haven't found any trace of Mayu." Fukuroi frowned. "Sure...Right after I do this." He grabbed Fukuroi
by the throat and slammed him into the wall. He punched him in the eyes, shattering his glasses and causing the lens shards to puncture his eyeballs. "GAHHHHHH!
IT HURTS!" Masato tried kicking Kizami in the shins but he was completely powerless. "FUKUROI!" Mitsuki had been watching the whole thing play out and she
was too scared to help or run. "Run Mitsuki! Just run! Don't let him catch you!" She really didn't want to leave her friend to fend for himself but he insisted, no
demanded, that she run and save herself. "Don't you know she'll die anyways?" Kizami teased him. "No she won't! She won't let you get her!" Kizami's grip around his
throat increased to where Fukuroi couldn't breathe. "Doesn't it hurt to be choked? No matter. I will find ways to get you to pathetically cling to the smallest strands of
your life and then I'll see who you really are outside and..." He plunged the blade in his stomach. "INSIDE!" "FFFFFFUUUU...AGHHHHKKKK!" "You never fail to please! I
love it!" He dragged Fukuroi to the nearest bathroom and proceeded to shank the knife into him farther. "STOP! PLEASE!" He didn't listen and he started to carve into
his body further like he was a Christmas turkey. He carefully and playfully examined Fukuroi's intestines and other organs and marveled at how they were working.
When Fukuroi bled to death, Kizami used his small intestine as a noose and hung Masato up in one of the decrepit stalls. "Who knows how many are left? I can't wait
to find out!" He didn't even bother cleaning himself up and left the bathroom to go pursuit Mitsuki to her death.
Morishige swore he was in heaven. Every crevice, every corner had a body or a skeleton in it. He took pictures of every single one so he couldn't forget. He was
ruminating about what each life was before they came to the school and what they were doing in their final moments. He was having so much fun, he almost forgot his
original goal. "These things...they're so distracting! I have to stop and find her or else I'll be stuck...in this atmospheric place! It's just so relieving. It makes me feel
better." He paused and shook his head. "No! I can't be doing this! It's not right! What am I doing? I..." he paused. "I have to find her. I have to stay sane for her.
But...What if I'm already insane right now? Am I actively psychotic? I scared Mochida's sister away even though I was just trying to help. Did I say something to scare
her?" He turned back to face Yamamoto's body lying on the floor. "So pretty!" He heard someone coming up the stairs and wanted to go check it out. He walked out
and bumped into Kizami again. "Morishige? Where have you been? I've been looking all over for you!" "Oh...You know. Around." He looked at the ground with that
awkward stare and noticed Kizami was grabbing onto his arm. "Hey! Let go!" he demanded the boy who was clearly physically superior to him. "What were you looking
at?" Kizami teased him. "Let go! I have to find Mayu! Someone might kill her!" Kizami smirked when he saw Shig's hidden delights and bragged about how he killed
some of them. "You? You killed people?! Where's Mayu! What did you do to her?!" "Nothing. I just put her someplace where she'll be safe. Don't you worry." "Where is
Mayu?!" He grabbed Shig by his collar and threw him against the wall. "Get up, Morishige! Don't you want to save her?" He struggled to maintain his balance and tried
swinging his fists at Yuuya but every time he kept grabbing onto Shig's fists. "How do you expect to save someone with that kind of strength?" He threw Sakutaro
against the wall and his head hit it and cracked too. He lay there unconscious and defenseless while Kizami stood over him. "I got you!"