Chapter 2: The Sleepover

Disclaimer: I Don't Own Corpse Party Or Any of the Characters

Author's Note:

* Just so the readers know, this fanfiction takes place roughly three months after the Heavenly Host Incident. So Seiko, Yui-Sensei, Morishige and Mayu have been dead for three months now. Just wanted to let you guys know in case there was any confusion.

Satoshi

"So," Satoshi said, as he talked on the phone with Ayumi. "Did you talk to Nakashima-San?"

Ayumi sighed on the other line.

"Yes, Mochida-San," she said. "I did. And she ran out on me as soon as detention ended."

Satoshi sighed.

"Well," he said. "What did she say?"

He waited for her response.

"She said that Seiko has been talking to her for three months now."

Satoshi nearly dropped his phone. After he recovered, he spoke to Ayumi once more.

"How is that?" he asked.

"I don't know!" she said. "But when you and Kishinuma get over here, we need to talk about it."

Satoshi switched his phone to his other hand as he packed his sleeping bag in his overnight bag.

"Okay," he said. "I'll see you whenever I get to your house then."

Just as he hung up on Ayumi, Satoshi's little sister, Yuka came running into his room.

"Onii-Chan!" she exclaimed, jumping onto his back from behind.

"Whoa, Yuka!" he said, struggling to maintain balance. "You are getting too heavy for me to do that!"

He sat down on the bed so she would get off of his back.

"Onii-Chan," she asked, as he continued packing his overnight bag. "Where are you going?"

Satoshi pulled a pair of pajamas from his dresser.

"I'm sleeping over at Shinozaki's house." he replied.

Yuka's eyes widened.

"Oh," she said. "You're sleeping at a girl's house tonight. I get it."

Satoshi's eyes widened.

"No, no, Yuka!" I said. "That's not what I mean! Shinozaki and I are friends!"

Yuka giggled.

"Sure, Onii-Chan," she said. "Friends with benefits!"

Satoshi was appalled at his seemingly innocent, younger sister.

"How do you even know what that is?!" he said.

"Onii-Chan," she said in a serious tone. "I'm fourteen years old. I can't be your "little" sister forever."

Satoshi sighed.

"Listen to me Yuka," he said. "I promised Shinozaki that Yoshiki and I would drop by tonight to talk about Nakashima-San's problems."

Satoshi slung his overnight bag onto his shoulder, and walked out of his room.

He walked downstairs to tell his mother that he was leaving.

"Mom?" he asked, as he walked into the kitchen.

She looked up at him.

"I'm going to sleepover at Shinozaki's house tonight."

She raised an eyebrow.

"Why?" she asked.

Does she suspect something too?

"Yoshiki and I are going over to her house to talk about Nakashima's problems."

His mother stared at him.

"What problems?" she asked.

"She has constantly been talking to herself," he replied. "And we just want to help her." She turned back to making dinner.

"Oh, that's very nice of you." she said. "Go on ahead. And be back before noon tomorrow."

He nodded and walked out the door. He ran down the steps up to his house, and ran right into Yoshiki.

"Whoa man, watch where you're going!" He said, after recovering.

"Hey Satoshi," Yoshiki said, not mad at all. "Where you headed?"

They walked out of his front yard as Satoshi cleared his throat.

"I was headed to Shinozaki's place." he said.

"What's with the bag?" he asked.

Satoshi found the question to be dumb, because Yoshiki too had a bag with him.

"I was going to sleepover at her house." Satoshi said.

"Same." Yoshiki said.

Ayumi lived a few blocks away from Satoshi, and they usually walked to school together.

Yoshiki lived down the street from Satoshi, in an apartment complex and lived by himself. So Yoshiki usually came and went as he pleased. He had a job at a convenience store, and wasn't usually home.

"You don't have to hide it, my friend." Satoshi said.

"What are you talking about?" Yoshiki asked.

He looked at him.

"I know you like Shinozaki, dude."

He glared at Satoshi.

"Seriously, with this again? I do not!" he said.

"Oh come on, Yosh!" he exclaimed. "You'll be here all night! All you have to do is tell her how you feel."

He looked at Satoshi.

"Hi, Shinozaki!" he mimicked himself talking. "I just want you to know that you are such a good friend!"

He glared at Satoshi.

"Happy?" he asked.

"Yeah..." Satoshi said. "I don't think those are your feelings for her, Yosh."

He sighed.

"Whatever. Just shut up."

After a few more minutes of walking, they arrived on Ayumi's street. They walked most of the way down the street, and stopped in front of her house. Ayumi was out on the front porch, and balancing on the railing as she read a book.

"Typical Shinozaki," Yoshiki said. "Always has her head in a book."

They both laughed.

"I can hear you guys you know!" Ayumi exclaimed.

Satoshi looked over at his blonde friend.

"Well?" he asked. "Go get her!"

He pushed Yoshiki forward, towards the railing Ayumi was sitting on.

"Um, hi?" he heard Yoshiki say.

Then Ayumi noticed the bags they had with them.

"Hey guys," she said. "What's with the bags?"

Satoshi walked up to her house.

"We were going to sleepover tonight?" he asked.

"Ugh, I never said anything about sleeping over!" she said, touching her forehead with her fingers. "Fine, but anything that happens is your problem. I'm not going to clean up after guests."

Satoshi laughed as he walked up the steps.

"You won't have to!" Satoshi gently pushed Yoshiki out of the way, but it didn't go as planned.

Yoshiki was pushed forwards, and he slammed into Ayumi, pushing her off the railing.

"Shinozaki!" Yoshiki called out with concern. "Are you okay?"

After a few seconds, Ayumi let out a groan.

"I'm fine, Kishinuma." she said. "No thanks to Mochida-San's clumsiness!"

Satoshi was slightly embarrassed.

"Um, sorry?" he asked.

Satoshi's "plan" had failed.

There has to be someway to get Yoshiki and Ayumi together, he thought. I just know that they like each other.

Ayumi got up from the ground, brushed herself off and walked up the stairs to the porch.

"So," Satoshi said, putting his bag down. "Why are we here again?"

Ayumi sighed.

"We have to talk about Nakashima's various problems." she said.

Out of nowhere, a new voice joined the conversation.

"You're not talking about me," Naomi said out of nowhere. "Are you?"

Satoshi, along with the rest of them turned to face her.

"Nakashima-San!" Ayumi greeted her friend. "You actually showed up!"

Naomi smiled a shy smile.

"I originally wasn't going to come by." she said. "I don't need help."

Satoshi stepped forward.

"Nakashima-San, as much as I hate to argue with you," he said. "You do need help. Hearing voices of the dead, i-i-it's just unnatural."

Naomi looked angry.

"I do not need help!" she screamed at him. "I'm perfectly normal!"

He was taken back by this.

"No one ever said you weren't normal!" he exclaimed. "Hearing the dead's voices just isn't right!"

Naomi all of a sudden softened up.

"I appreciate your concern Mochida-San," she said. "But really I'm fine."

Ayumi yawned, stepping forward.

"Well," she said. "It seems that everything is under control here. Let's go inside!"

Ayumi opened her front door, and walked in. Everyone filed in behind her except for Satoshi. He was deep in thought, until he was interrupted.

"Mochida-San!" Naomi said. "Are you coming?"

He looked up.

"Yeah!" he said, picking up his bag. "Be right there!"

He walked into Ayumi's house, and sat his bag down next to Yoshiki's bag.

"What are we doing for dinner?" he asked.

"I was thinking we could go out for dinner," Ayumi said. "Considering the fact that my cooking skills aren't excellent."

"Just promise me something." Naomi said.

They all turned to look at her.

"If we go out to eat," she said. "When we get back, can we not talk about my "problems"?"

"Nakashima-San," Ayumi said. "You really do need help."

She glared at her.

"And why did you run out on me at the end of detention?" Ayumi asked her.

"I was doing what Seiko asked!" she said.

Satoshi raised an eyebrow.

"And what exactly did she ask of you?" he said.

"She wants me to build a gateway to Heavenly Host." she said.

This disturbed Satoshi. It wasn't what she had said, it was that she sounded as if she was in a trance.

"Um, Nakashima-San?" Satoshi said, stepping up to her, and snapping his fingers in front of her face.

She frowned.

"What?" she asked.

"Are you okay?" he asked. "Your voice didn't sound normal. You sounded like you were dazed."

She shook her head.

"I have no idea what you are talking about," she said. "I was just talking."

Ayumi cleared her throat.

"If you two don't mind," she said. "I'm getting kinda hungry."

Yoshiki chimed in.

"Same." he replied.

"Okay," Satoshi said. "Let's just go."

Naomi

"Nakashima-San," Satoshi said. "Can I ask you a question?"

Naomi looked up at him, in slight excitement.

"Yes?" she asked.

Don't listen to him, Seiko's voice gurgled in her head. He doesn't actually like you anymore than a friend.

"Shut up." she whispered. "Do you think Yoshiki likes Shinozaki?" he asked her.

Naomi hung her head in disappointment.

Didn't I tell you?

"What?" Satoshi asked. "What's wrong?"

She looked up at him, trying to hide the look of sadness in her eyes.

"Nothing." she said. "I don't know Mochida-San. I think Kishinuma deep down really likes Shinozaki, but I don't think she feels the same way."

He nodded.

"There's got to be something between them." he replied. "He ran off at the mention of her being his "girlfriend"."

Naomi giggled at this comment.

You must seek out the stones underneath the academy.

Naomi's eyes widened upon hearing the message.

"What is it?" Satoshi asked. "Is something wrong?"

Naomi stood up from the chair that she was sitting in. "

I'm so sorry, Mochida-San," she said. "But I have to go."

She started to walk towards the exit of the small diner.

She heard Satoshi get up behind her.

"Wait, Nakashima-San!" he called, but she was already gone.

Yoshiki

Yoshiki was tossing and turning on the pallet of blankets that Ayumi had laid down for him. He was trying to fall asleep, but sleep simply would not come to him. He finally gave up sleeping, and got up from his pallet, trying not to disturb Satoshi who was sound asleep beside him.

He walked down the hall to the living room, where the T.V. was on. He stopped at the end of the hall, and saw Ayumi sitting on the couch watching late night television. She yawned, completely unaware of his presence. He let out a silent cough, but it wasn't silent enough.

She looked behind her and their eyes met. He stepped out of the shadows.

"I'm sorry if I scared you." he said. "I just can't sleep."

She sighed.

"That's okay." she said, gesturing to the space next to her. "If you're awake, why not keep me company?"

He nodded, and sat down on the couch's space to her right.

"I wonder why Nakashima-San just left us at the restaurant?" he asked, wanting her thoughts.

She shook her head, yawning.

"I don't know, Kishinuma." she said. "Maybe she freaked out."

After a while of silence, she slipped the T.V. remote into his hand.

He looked over at her.

"What-?" he started, but he decided to just end his sentence there.

"You can watch whatever you want," she yawned, resting her head on his left shoulder. "Good night, Kishinuma."

He looked at her to find she was already asleep.

"Um, good night?" he quietly said.

She looked so comfortable, he decided not to get up and risk waking her. He turned off the T.V. and leaned his head back onto the couch, using it as a pillow.

"Sweet dreams." he whispered.

Little did he know, the dreams were not at all going to be sweet.

...

In his dream, he was back in Heavenly Host Elementary School, walking around with Ayumi, trying to find a way to escape. He was on the pool deck, when he noticed Ayumi in the water, underneath the slightly murky surface.

No, he thought. Not this again.

Yoshiki was freaking out, wanting to do what he had done the last time. For some reason, his body was forcing him to do something else. He walked down to the other end of the pool deck, and unlocked the pump room. He proceeded into the pump room, and turned the wheel on the drain pipe.

After he was done, he walked back out onto the pool deck to help Ayumi out of the pool. Little did he know, there would be little left to help out of the pool. Once out on the pool deck, Yoshiki was met with a horrible fate. He thought his actions would help save Ayumi. It would do the exact opposite.

Upon returning to the edge of the pool, Yoshiki's eyes filled with horror. Sticking out of the drain, were Ayumi's legs. Yoshiki could only hope that it wasn't the only thing left of her lifeless corpse.

...

Yoshiki lurched forward a little bit, coming out of his nightmare. He looked to his left, and saw Ayumi wasn't sleeping there anymore. He looked down, to see Ayumi sprawled out asleep in his lap. She was sleeping on her stomach, and she looked comfortable, but to him it wasn't. He reached for her neck, to check to see if she had a pulse.

Upon touching her neck, she gently smacked his hand away. He let out a sigh, a tad bit relieved that it was just a nightmare. He gently lifted her legs and stomach off of him, and got up off the couch. He looked back at Ayumi, who was rolling over on her side, facing the couch.

He walked over to his bag, and grabbed a can of soda from it. He made sure no one had woken up, and then went outside on the porch. He opened the can of soda.

"Was it just a nightmare?" he whispered to himself. "Well at least she's okay."

What are you saying? You have no feelings for her! She's just your friend!

He took a sip of the soda.

"Well, at least it was just a dream." he said.

"At least what was just a dream?" a female voice asked.

Yoshiki jumped at the sound of her voice.

"Shit," he said. "Shinozaki, I woke her up."

He turned to face her, and was surprised. Standing there, with hands and forearms caked with dried mud was Naomi.

"Nakashima-San!" he said. "Where have you been?!"

She blushed at his worried tone.

"Around." she said. "I had stuff to do."

He was confused.

"What?" he asked. "It's nearly eleven at night! You should be sleeping!"

She put her muddy finger against her lips.

"Everyone's asleep, Kishinuma-San." she said. "You should be asleep too."

He sighed.

"I know," he said. "I just needed some air. Can't sleep."

She looked at him.

"You should go back to sleep." she said.

"What about you?" he asked.

"I'll just go back home." she said. "My parents probably aren't that worried about me."

She ran off of the porch and Yoshiki watched her until she was out of sight. He went back to his thoughts about his dream and finished his soda. He crushed the can and left it out on the porch as he went back inside. He closed the door behind him, and locked it. He walked down the hall and picked up his pillow and the blankets he had out.

He dragged them into the living room where Ayumi was sleeping on the couch. He draped a blanket over her, and laid down next to the couch. He looked up at her sleeping form.

Maybe I do have feelings for her?

He yawned and rolled over, eventually falling asleep.

Author's Note:

* I apologize if this chapter was a little too long. In the next chapter, the group gets one step closer to finding out what is wrong with Naomi. Yoshiki will keep having nightmares about Ayumi dying or being injured. And Satoshi will suffer a minor injury next chapter, so don't be surprised.

Author's Note As of 1/29/2018:

* As of January 29th, 2018, this story has undergone the process of updating into glorious correct grammar and punctuation. All of that jazz. Just like it should have been from the start. Back when I began writing this story in 2015, I wasn't exactly what you'd call a "pro fanfiction writer". I was still very much a newbie. But I'm better now. Upon thinking about this story and realizing it was grammatically incorrect, I decided to go back and update all current chapters.

* I know a few people have been asking for this story to continue. And it will. I promise that as soon as I am finished updating all of the chapters in this story, new chapters will eventually come.

* I will post this update author's note at the end of every updated chapter, so any viewer (current or old) can see it. If for any reason any of my old readers do go back and read this, thank you. Thank you for keeping the story alive, those of you who want it to continue.

* Also, for any of my readers (for any reason did decide to go back and read these), I planned to release a sequel to this story. Emphasis on planned. The sequel is no longer a guarantee from me. I'm not going to release the sequel, because not a lot of readers called for this story's continuation. That's part of why I stopped posting, is because no one seemed to want more. Don't get me wrong, if you guys want a sequel, I'll write it. You have to let me know that you want a sequel, otherwise I won't write it.

* Anyway, that's about it. Updates are coming, just after the updating of all the chapters is finished. There is no sequel planned anymore, unless you guys really want it. So, if you want a sequel, let me know and I will gladly write it! I'm going to go though, so have a fantastic day and bye!