Chapter 16: Resurrection
A/N: Hello and welcome back to another chapter of Corpse Party! This is a wonderful chapter for this story, because by the end of the chapter they will begin the ritual in which they will resurrect Seiko with. So, I hope you enjoy this chapter! And as always, please drop me a review and/or favorite or follow the story! Anyways, let's get into this chapter!
Ayumi
Heavenly Host Elementary School
Several Months Earlier...
Ayumi and Yoshiki both sat on either sides of the cot, both of them as red as a cherry. Ayumi was too embarrassed to speak and she felt as though Yoshiki was the same way. I'm so stupid! Why did I allow myself to fall asleep? And of all people, in Kishinuma's arms? I don't even like him! I mean, I'm grateful that he was able to calm me down after my attack, but I should never have allowed myself to fall asleep! She looked over at Yoshiki, who she saw was eyeing her. But as soon as she made eye contact, his face got even redder and he looked away. Does he know something that I don't? Is there something wrong with my face? "I-I'm sorry." Ayumi said, in a shaky voice. "Sorry? About what?" Yoshiki asked. Ayumi felt herself blushing again. "For, um, falling asleep." she said, a little above a whisper. "Shinozaki, there's no reason for you to be sorry!" he said, looking at her. "You were attacked. You could have been killed! And luckly I heard your screams. You found me and started crying into my shirt in response from your attack. You probably just exhausted yourself." Ayumi nodded. 'Yeah, you're probably right." she said, even though she didn't think it was the truth. "I'm sorry I fell asleep as well." Yoshiki said. "You better be!" she said, laughing. She didn't intend to be harsh to him. She was just sort of messing around a bit. "Do you mean that?" he said in a cold voice.
Ayumi looked at Yoshiki, who looked back with an intense stare. "What? No! I was just joking around! I didn't mean anything by it!" she said. Yoshiki just stared back, as his eyes narrowed and his frown shrunk a little, but it was still there. "Sure you didn't..." he said, his voice eventually trailing off. Did I hurt his feelings? Whoa, whoa, whoa Ayumi! What are you talking about? Since when do you care about Kishinuma's feelings? We're hardly friends! I mean, we are, but not by a whole lot. Besides, you like Satoshi Mochida and only him! But he likes Nakashima... What's so great about Nakashima?! What does she have, that I don't? "Um, Shinozaki?" Yoshiki asked, waving his hand in front of her face. "What?" she asked, with a bit of annoyance in her voice. "You just looked like you were a bit dazed." Yoshiki said. "I'm sorry. I kind of was." Ayumi said. Ayumi decided to change the topic. "So, have you had any thoughts on the crypt we found back home?" she asked. "Excuse me?" Yoshiki asked, looking at her with a confused look. "Um, Earth to Kishinuma? The crypt we found in the basement of Kisaragi Academy?" she asked. He looked like he was thinking for a minute and he finally spoke. "Oh, yeah that! Jesus, why couldn't I remember?" he said.
Yoshiki
Kisaragi Academy
A Few Hours Ago...
"I can't wait to have Seiko back!" Naomi said, jumping up and down, like a giddy school girl. "Yes, we've heard you say that so many times." Yoshiki said. "Shut up, Kishinuma." Ayumi said in a sort of gentle tone. "Whatever." Yoshiki said, as he looked around the dark basement. That's when something caught his eye. "Hey, guys?" he asked. "What is that?" His friends turned to look at him, as he pointed at what looked like a medieval type of door. It was like the typical wooden door, but instead of having a door knob, it had like a knocker of sorts in place of a knob. "Um, why does that door look so old?" Satoshi asked, walking up to Yoshiki. "I don't know..." Yoshiki said, looking at his friend. "Um, should we look inside? I'm kind of curious to see what's behind that door." Naomi said. "Yeah, me too." Satoshi said. "Same." Yoshiki said. "I don't know. I have a bad feeling about whatever is behind that door." Ayumi said, in a voice full of fear. "What about it?" Yoshiki asked. "You don't even know what is behind that door, Shinozaki!" She just looked at him. "Fine." she said, still having a look of fear on her face. "Kishinuma?" Naomi asked. He turned to look at the brunette. "What?" he asked. "You're the one who noticed the door. Want to do the honors?" she asked. "Yeah!" Satoshi said, patting Yoshiki on the back. "Go for it." he heard Shinozaki say. He looked at Shinozaki, to see her smirking. He let out a sigh, before a bit of an angry look on his face came on. "You know what? Fuck you guys. What if I die?" he asked. "Hey, you're the one who wants to know what's behind it." Ayumi said. "Fine, I'll open it!" he said, walking slowly and cautiously up to the old door. He cautiously gripped the the door handle and pushed on it. The door didn't move at all, but a considerable amount of dust fell from the frame.
"Um, it won't open." he said. "Ha ha ha. Very funny." Ayumi said. "You got us." He could tell she was being sarcastic and it angered him. "I'm being serious." he said in a firm tone. He heard Satoshi sigh. "Alright, let's see it." he said, walking up to Yoshiki. "Have at it." Yoshiki said, moving out of the way. Satoshi grabbed the handle and pushed it a little harder than Yoshiki had, but it didn't move. "Damn, dude. You weren't lying. It really will not open." he said. "Wait, I have an idea." Yoshiki said, as he backed up from the door. "What are you doing?" Naomi asked. "Oh nothing bad. I'm just going to ram the door with my shoulder." he said. "Um, I wouldn't do that Kishinuma." Ayumi said. "Calm down. My ribs should be healed by now. It's been nearly a week." He said, getting ready to run towards the door. "Yeah, but I don't think you should risk it." Ayumi replied in return. "Aww. How cute, Shinozaki! Are you concerned for my well being?" he asked. Her answer surprised him, at least until she gave an explanation. "Yes, I am! I don't want to lose anymore of my friends!" she said, as a sad look came across her face. "Oh, I'll be fine. A simple ram into a door never hurt anyone." he said, before running towards the door. He rammed into the door shoulder's first and it was as if the door pushed him back, as if it had hands. "Ow! Son of a bitch!" he shouted. "Shh!" Naomi and Satoshi hissed at him. "Language!" Ayumi said. "Sorry, God damn." he whispered as he got up. "Are you regretting your decision?" Satoshi asked, laughing. "A little bit. The door still won't open and it's as if something is holding the door in place on the other side. Something supernatural, perhaps?" Yoshiki mumbled.
"If it's a supernatural something, it wouldn't be that surprising. As this place is pretty much riddled with supernatural activity." Ayumi said. "Come on Satoshi!" he said, walking over to his friend. "Let's see if both of us can break it down!" Satoshi looked a little glum, probably at the thought that he could hurt himself in the process. "Um, ok." he said. They both walked far away from the door and got ready to run for it. They both ran and rammed into it with their shoulders. Luck was on their side, as the old door buckled and fell from it's hinges. When the old wooden door hit the ground, a good amount of dust was kicked up from the floor. Causing Yoshiki and Satoshi to cough, so bad, it would have seemed like they had asthma. When the dust finally settled again, Ayumi was the first one of them to turn on her phone's flashlight and walk into the room. She wasn't in there very long, when all of them could clearly see a blue light coming from the room, along with Ayumi screaming not even a second later. "Shinozaki!" Yoshiki said, running into the room first. As he got in, he saw what Ayumi had screamed for. He was expecting a demon or possibly Yoshie's spirit. But no. What he saw, believe it or not, were nine statues, set up in a perfect circle, with a column in between each one. "What the literal hell?" he asked, as he saw them. It was statues of them! Ayumi, him, Satoshi and Naomi! And even more shocking, the others were there as well. There were statues of their deceased friends in the room as well. He also saw the source of the blue light as well, which was a blue fire coming from a small pit in the middle of the room.
"Hey guys? You may want to come check this out!" Yoshiki called. "What did you f-" Satoshi started to speak as he ran in with Naomi, but Naomi cut him off. "Holy shit!" she said, which surprised them, as Naomi wasn't really a huge cussing person. "Are you guys seeing this?" Yoshiki looked at her. "What? The nine statues of us? Uh, yeah!" he said, with a hint of sarcasm in his voice. He started walking around the statues to look at them, starting with his. "Mine doesn't really look like me. I was never really one for facial hair." he commented, noticing that the statue had a noticeable goatee/beard. He walked to his left, to see the statue of Ayumi. "Is that me?" Ayumi asked in surprise. He looked to see what she was confused and surprised about and then, he saw it. Her statue, didn't have her hair in two ponytails, on either side of her head. Instead, her hair came down to a little bit below her shoulders. "Yeah... why would I ever stop wearing my hair in pigtails?" Ayumi asked. "I hope you don't." Yoshiki said, mentally noting how cute she looked that way. "You hope I don't?" she asked. "What do you mean?" Damn it. Yoshiki was glad it'd be hard for his friends to see him blushing in the dimly lit room. "Moving on." Yoshiki said, as he moved to the next statue to the left. Is that- "Is that Mayu?" he asked, turning to look at his friends. "Why would Mayu's statue be here with the other's? And Yui-Sensei's? And Morishige's? And Shinohara's?! Why are any of them here? Why are they here at all?!" He was shouting the last of his question. "I don't know why they're here. Maybe it's a sign." Ayumi said.
"A sign of what?" Satoshi asked. "Maybe it's a sign telling us we need to resurrect all of them!" Ayumi said. "Who? Suzumoto, Morishige and Yui-Sensei?" Yoshiki asked. "We can't resurrect them!" They all turned to look at him in utter shock. Ayumi was the first to respond. "You bastard! You evil, evil bastard! How could you even say that we can't bring them back?!" She said, running towards him and trying to hit him. Yoshiki grabbed her wrists, as he was easily able to fend off her attacks. "You need to understand. I'm not saying that we can never, ever allow them to come back. I'm just saying with the responsibility of resurrecting Shinohara, we need to focus on that right now!" he said. "Besides, what if after it's all said and done, Naho won't want to help us any further? We won't be able to use the Book of Shadows!" Ayumi looked angry. "Oh yeah!" she said, sneering. "We won't be able to use it! I forgot I could translate it and practice with it! I didn't fucking think of that!" She screamed the last part in her face. "Both of you stop it!" Satoshi came up to them and pushed them away from each other. "You stop antaganizing my best friend!" he said to Ayumi. He walked up to Yoshiki and began to whisper in his ear. "And you, stop talking that way to the girl you love! If you do love her, you need to be nicer to her!" he whispered as quietly as he could in his ear. "You're right." he said, after Satoshi walked away. "I'm sorry. I underestimated your abilities, Shinozaki. And for that, I'm sorry." He looked up at her, who still looked angry, but let out a sigh. "Whatever." she said. "But this can't be Mayu! She doesn't have that weird thing in her hair!" Yoshiki said, as he looked back at her statue.
They all made murmers of agreement. He walked to the left of Mayu's statue and saw Morishige's statue. "And this can't be Morishige!" he said. "He isn't wearing glasses! And his hair is longer!" He walked to the left of Morishige's statue, to see Shinohara's statue. "That can't be Seiko!" Naomi exclaimed. "She always keeps her hair in 'curls' near the top of her shoulders! That statue's hair is longer! And it doesn't even curl!" Yoshiki nodded, as he walked to the statue to the left, Nakashima's statue. "It looks like me, but is my hair even that long?" she asked. "No, it's not." Satoshi said. Yoshiki moved to the statue to the left, which was Mochida's statue. "Unlike you, this statue is rocking the beard action." Yoshiki said as he grinned and looked at his friend. "Plus, he has wild sideburns and his hair is way longer!" Satoshi started laughing, as he looked at his statue, if that's what it was. "Yeah! You're right!" Yoshiki moved to the statue to the left of Mochida's statue. He was about to speak, but Satoshi beat him to it. "What is a statue of Yuka doing down here?!" he asked, in a shocked voice. They all looked to the expression-less statue of Satoshi's little sister. "It's Yuka alright! But her hair is longer!" Satoshi said. "What is with this place?!" Naomi asked, in a voice full of fear. Yoshiki walked to the left and saw the final statue, of Yui-Sensei. And they could easily tell it was Yui-Sensei, as they could clearly see a panda-looking pendent on the statue's robe. None of the statues had robes on, they were just chiseled into the stone, along with their facial features.
The statue of Yui-Sensei had longer hair than the Yui-Sensei that they were used to. Yoshiki looked at the bases of the statues, to see there was a plaque on each one. He walked over to one of the statues and read the plaque out loud to his friends. "The Ancients. May God guide them through their infinitely long journey." he said, reading it out loud. "What does it mean?" Ayumi shrugged. "I'm getting creeped out by this crypt of sorts." Yoshiki said. "You're not the only one." Satoshi said. "We should get back to Heavenly Host. We can worry about this room later." Ayumi said.
Yoshiki
Heavenly Host Elementary School
Several Months Earlier...
"Oh yeah. That thing." he said, holding his head. "God! Why can't I remember that well?" Ayumi shrugged. "Sorry." she said. "I can't really help you with that." Yoshiki sighed. "It's ok." he said, as he got up from the cot they were sitting on. "We should get moving and find our friends." he said, as he got up and grabbed his bag off of the ground. "Can we look for my bag along the way? I dropped it while I was being chased." Ayumi replied. "Of course we can." Yoshiki said. He was about to move out of the room, when he heard her stomach growl. He turned around, to look at her. "You're hungry." he said. She just blushed, with a sad sort of expression on her face. "Come here." he said, as he took his bag off and unzipped it. She slowly walked over to him as he produced one of the apples from his bag. "Here." he said, handing the apple to her. "Eat." She shook her head and waved her hands in front of her face. "No, no, no! That's your food! I couldn't possibly eat your apple!" He sighed as he took out his pocket knife. "Then we can share it. I'm kind of hungry as well." He said, as he cut the apple in two after a few seconds. He handed one piece of the apple to her and she relucantly took it from him, allowing their hands to touch for a couple seconds. He couldn't take it anymore. I have to confess my feelings for her. I'm going to go fucking mental if I don't. "Kishinuma? Are you ok?" she asked. He looked up at her, to see that her eyes were full of worry. "What do you mean?" he asked. "You're eyes were just glazed over and you looked like you were in pain!" she said. "I'm fine." he said. Well, that's not especially true. Every second I am with her causes a heart ache, seeing as we will never be together. But at least I can confess to her.
"Hey, Shinozaki?" he asked. "Yeah? What is it, Kishinuma?" she asked, smiling at him. "I need to tell you something." he said. "Well? What is it?" she asked. "Shinozaki I-I, I just wanted to tell you that I l-" he was about to tell her that he loved her, but then he heard a thunderclap. "Oh come on, Sachiko!" he said, getting up. "Are you really going to come in and fuck this up now?!" He walked out of the Infirmary a little bit and peered down the hall, to see the Hammer Ham slowly lumbering down the hall towards the Infirmary. "Oh, shit!" he screamed, before running back into the Infirmary. "We have to go now!" he said, as he took her hand without even thinking. "What? Why?" she asked, as he pulled her up from the floor. He quickly grabbed his bag, slung it over his shoulder and ran out of the room and down the opposite direction of the hallway. He heard the Hammer Man slam his hammer into the floor as Yoshiki ran with Ayumi right behind him. The timing was perfect and Sachiko just had to screw everything up! he thought as he ran with Ayumi's hand still intertwined with his. We have to lose him. I promised myself I'd keep Shinozaki safe, and that's exactly what I plan to do!
Satoshi
Heavenly Host Elementary School
Several Months Earlier...
"Hey! It's right here! Right where I found it the last time..." Satoshi said, as he picked up Shinohara's Cell Phone. "I picked it up and gave it to you." He looked over at Naomi. "And then you took it. So, why is it here?" Naomi looked at him. "We're in the past Satoshi. We're not going to be seeing things from our future here." she said. He nodded. Then, he started to see the blacks, grays and whites of the time travel "portal". Then, everything went black.
Satoshi
Heavenly Host Elementary School
Present Day...
After they came out of the haze, Satoshi was able to see that they were back in the past, in the Reference Room. Once he recovred, Naho spoke to them. "Place Shinohara's Cell Phone next to her right foot! Do it!" she said in a voice full of impatience. Satoshi laid down the Cell Phone in the indicated place without hesitating. He heard a chime go off, before a thunderclap right after it. "Oh great. This guy." Satoshi said, as the Hammer Man spawned into the room. Wait. Naomi just happened to have a vial of holy water in her pocket the first time we were here? What about me? He reached into his pocket as they started running and he felt something that wasn't his phone. He pulled it out and saw that it was a vial of holy water. Hmm. Why is it we have these whenever we need them most? He aimed his hand at the giant that chased after them and threw it. The giant stopped in his tracks upon the impact of the vial, his eyes glazed over in black and he fell over, exploding into clouds of black. "You only need one more Ritual Item. You should go find your friends and help them find the last item. Move quickly." Naho said, before Satoshi started to see the blacks, grays and whites of the time travel portal. Then, as expected, everything went black.
Yoshiki
Heavenly Host Elementary School
Several Months Earlier...
Yoshiki kept running, with Ayumi right by his side. The Hammer Man thing had apparently "phased" out for a minute or two, before coming back to try to get them again. It now looked like they had lost the giant and were running through the halls still, just to get to a safe distance. They were running around a corner and they both ran into their friends, with Yoshiki running into Naomi and Ayumi running into Satoshi. Naomi fell onto her back, while Yoshiki fell on top of her. He quickly got up and helped Naomi up. "Sorry about that, Nakashima! We didn't see you there!" he said. She just smiled at him. "It's ok, Kishinuma! I know you didn't mean to run into me!" she said. Yoshiki looked over at Satoshi, with Ayumi still on top of him. This sent a chill down his spine. He could just barely see the mischievous glint in Ayumi's eyes. He could also see the look in Satoshi's eyes that was directed towards Yoshiki, obviously he was silently telling Yoshiki to help him out. "Get her off!" he hissed under his breath, hoping that Ayumi didn't hear him. It appears she either didn't hear him, or she did, but she just tuned it out, because that same mischievous glint in her eyes remained. "Um, sorry about that Shinozaki!" Satoshi finally said, having to force her off of him. As soon as this happened, Yoshiki looked back at Ayumi, and could easily see the look of disappointment in her eyes. That pissed him off. She should be gloating over me, not him!
After a few seconds, Ayumi had gone over to talk to Naomi in the corner. Yoshiki took this chance to talk to Satoshi. "I really want to slug you in the jaw right now." he whispered to him, after he walked up to him. "I'm sorry! It's not my fault that Shinozaki fell on me!" Satoshi whispered back. "It doesn't matter. It pisses me off when I see her gloat over you like that! She should be gloating over me!" Yoshiki whispered, sort of hissing back to his friend. "I'm sorry! I don't even like Shinozaki like that! You know that I like Naomi!" he whispered to Yoshiki. "I don't care!" he shouted back. "It still pisses me off!" He was fuming with anger and he knew he had just caused a scene. But he didn't care. You are clearly jealous. Why do you even try to win her affections? You will never succeed! You are wasting your time! And your existence. You don't even deserve to live! "Jesus, Kishinuma! What's gotten you so uptight?" Naomi asked. "Yeah! What's your problem?" Ayumi asked. "Shinozaki, he-" Satoshi was speaking, but Yoshiki gave him a death glare, which shut Satoshi up. I can't give away my feelings for Shinozaki now! I'd be ruining the plan! So, he decided to lie about what had him so uptight. "This place has me so uptight!" he shouted. "I shouldn't even be here! I'm risking my life here and frankly, I should be back in our world, working every night shift I possibly can!" Satoshi looked at him, with a confused look on his face. "Why?" he asked. "Because I never do have enough money! Hell, I don't even have enough money to keep myself afloat this week, because I've missed pretty much every one of my work shifts!"
Satoshi walked over to him and patted his friend on the back. "It's gonna be okay man. Once we're all out of here, we'll pitch in to help you out!" he said. "Right guys?" He looked up at Naomi and Ayumi. "Of course we will! That's what friends are for!" Naomi said, smiling. "Seiko can help too, since she'll be alive when we leave this time around!" Ayumi just stared at them. "Well, maybe you guys will help him. I don't exactly feel like donating or helping out a delinquent." Ayumi said. Satoshi started waving at her, with a worried look on his face, as if telling her that wasn't a good idea. But, it was too late. Yoshiki's temper had flared. He was pissed, and he was pretty sure that Satoshi could feel the anger radiating from his body. "I give up!" Yoshiki said, throwing Satoshi's hand from his back. "You can have her." Yoshiki whispered in his friends ear. "She obviously has no feelings whatsoever for me. So, have at it, buddy!" He walked off, before hitting his friend on the back and not exactly in a soft way. "Way to go, buddy! You didn't even have to put forth any effort!" he said. "Yoshiki! Wait!" Satoshi called, running after his friend.
Ayumi
Heavenly Host Elementary School
Several Months Earlier...
Ayumi was trying to comprehend what she had just seen. Kishinuma had apparently just flipped out, because now both he and Satoshi were gone. She was also ticked off that the moment she was having with Satoshi was interrupted. "We should go find them." Naomi said, before walking off in the direction that Satoshi had ran off in. "Are you coming? Ayumi!" Ayumi snapped out of her daze and looked at Naomi. "Yeah, let's go." she said, as Naomi ran off. Ayumi ran behind Naomi as they kept on the trail of their two friends. As they rounded a corner, they started to hear Satoshi's voice. "Are you ok?" he said. "No." Yoshiki's voice said. "Let's eavesdrop on them!" Naomi whispered to Ayumi. "Are you sure?" she asked. "I'm not sure it's such a good-" her voice trailed off as her curiousity go the best of her and she just listened. "What's wrong?" Satoshi asked. "You know damn well what's wrong." Yoshiki said. There was absolute silence, Satoshi said nothing. "You ruined the plan. You fucked everything up!" Yoshiki said, his voice rising. "I'm not the one who screwed everything up! It was you!" There was more silence. "You can't just come up with a plan and then abandon it! And all because of what someone said to you?" There was still silence. Yoshiki seemed to refuse speaking.
"I already told you. You win. Congratulations. Whatever it takes to get you off my back." Yoshiki said. "How can you even say that?" Satoshi said. "We haven't even rehearsed yet!" Yoshiki let out an angry grunt. "And we won't be rehearsing at all. It's not worth it. In her eyes, I don't even exist. I might as well not exist. Sachiko should just kill me." he said. "Don't talk like that. I'm sure that deep down, she really likes you." Oh! So Kishinuma is trying to impress a girl! How curious... That isn't like him! I wonder who she is? "Says the guy that she has a crush on." Yoshiki said, laughing a little bit. The girl Kishinuma likes has a crush on Mochida! Jesus, how many girls am I going to have to contest with? "Hey! I take offense to that!" Satoshi said. "You should..." Yoshiki replied in return. "Look, when we get back, I'll give you all the help I can! But right now, we're on a time table." Satoshi said. "You're right." Yoshiki said, as he heaved a sigh. "We should get back to the girls. We shouldn't have spent this time arguing." They stopped speaking and Ayumi could hear their footsteps coming. She and Naomi were quick to move a little farther away from them. After about three seconds, Yoshiki and Satoshi came into view.
"Ok, what's next?" Yoshiki asked, as he and Satoshi walked up to them. "We have to find the last item." Satoshi said. "Shinohara's Paper Doll Scrap." Ayumi said. "How the hell are we going to find that?" Yoshiki asked, as he itched his head. "I don't know." Naomi said, as a sad look came over her face. "I don't even know where to look..." Ayumi said, as she put her hand on her chin, beginning to go into deep thought. "Hey, Nakashima?" Yoshiki suddenly said her name. "Hmm? What is it, Kishinuma?" she asked. "I just thought of it... But, why don't we try to look in the area where you and Shinohara first arrived here?" Naomi didn't speak for a second. "I never thought of that..." she said, her voice trailing off. "Hmm. It's the best lead we have. I say we go for it." Ayumi said. "I agree." Naomi said. "Do you remember where the area is?" Ayumi asked. "Yes, I believe I do..." Naomi said, smiling. "This way! Follow me!"
Satoshi
Heavenly Host Elementary School
Several Months Earlier...
About half an hour later, he honestly didn't know how much time had passed, they had finally found the classroom that Naomi had claimed she and Shinohara had started in. "So, this is the room?" Ayumi asked. "Yes." Naomi said. "You're sure?" Satoshi asked. "Positive." she said. They all started looking around for the paper scrap, but just as imagined, they didn't find it. They were about to leave, when Yoshiki tripped over a loose board in the floor at the front of the classroom. "Watch where you're going, Kishinuma." Ayumi said. "Sorry." he said, as he got up. "Hey... This is of interest." Yoshiki said. "What is?" Satoshi asked, as he walked over to his friend. "This board. It feels, well, unlike the others." Yoshiki said. Satoshi felt the other boards, to feel hard wood. He felt the board that his friend was pointing out and saw what Yoshiki was talking about. The board was softer, as it it were made of paper or something. "What are you going to do?" Satoshi asked. Yoshiki didn't answer. He just put his fist through the wooden board. Quite literally. He punched the board, and his hand went through with no trouble at all.
"What the hell did you do?" Naomi asked, walking over to them with Ayumi. "I punched through this board, since it was softer than the others." Yoshiki said. "Wait! Kishinuma, what's that?" Ayumi asked, pointing at the hole in the floor. "What's what?" Yoshiki asked, looking back at the hole. "Wait, is that-?" Satoshi asked, looking at the hole, as he saw something glinting in the dimly lit room. Yoshiki reached into the hole and pulled it out. He stood up with it in his hand, and showed it to his friends. They confirmed what it was. "Shinohara's Paper Doll Scrap!" Ayumi said. "It has to be!" Naomi replied, nodding in agreement. "This is the spot where I found her passed out during our first visit." Yoshiki handed it to Ayumi, and she took it from his hands. "Um, you're welcome?" he asked, as Ayumi walked away. She didn't respond. That's when Satoshi began to see the blacks, grays and whites of the time travel portal and that's when he knew, they had done it. Then everything went black.
Heavenly Host Elementary School
Present Day...
Satoshi came out of the haze and looked around the room. They were back in the Reference Room and as well, back in their original timeline. "Place the Paper Doll Scrap on the top right corner of the table! Do it, now!" Naho said, in an impatient voice. Ayumi ran over to the table and placed it in the top right corner of the it. Satoshi heard a chime go off and then heard a thunderclap. The giant Hammer Man spawned in and started to chase the four of them around the room. Satoshi knew what they had to do, he reached in his pocket and felt the vial of holy water. He pulled it out of his pocket and threw it at the Hammer Man, causing his eyes to glaze over in black and causing him to fall over. After they had recovered, Ayumi ran over to Naho. "Start the ritual!" she said. "Of course." Naho said. Naho started muttering words that none of them could understand and seconds later, all of the ritual items, along with Seiko's body, began to glow with an orange-like tint. Then, Seiko's body rose in the air as did the Ritual Items, and they started to rotate around Seiko's body. As the Ritual Items rotated around Seiko's body, a black fire started to engulf the edges of the room. "What's happening, Shinozaki?" Yoshiki asked, as multiple Hammer Men spawned into the room.
"I don't know!" Ayumi said. "Naho! What's happening?" Naho looked at them. "Sachiko and her minions are making one last attempt to stop you! All you can do is run!" she said. The black flames continued to grow, starting to get closer and closer to them. And to make matters worse, there were more Hammer Men spawning in and they were speeding up, getting faster than them. "Oh my God, we're all going to die!" Satoshi said, running around in circles as about three of the Hammer Men chased him. The flames grew closer and it looked like they were about to be burnt, when all of a sudden, it just stopped. It all just stopped. The flames died down, as well as all the Hammer Men. Satoshi stopped running around and looked at Seiko's body. The Ritual Items were still rotating around her, getting closer and closer to her with every rotation. Eventually, they impacted into her and "exploded" into a orange-ish gas. Seiko's body began to slowly descend towards the floor, eventually touching the ground. Satoshi noted that the rope had disappeared, it was no where to be seen, just like Seiko's Cell Phone. But he just guessed that her phone was in her skirt pocket. He also noticed that Seiko's ID was clipped on at the top of her skirt, with her Sachiko Paper Doll Scrap tucked away inside her plastic ID holder. He also noticed that the red mark around her neck was gone, possibly meaning that she never died. He honestly didn't know. All he knew, is that they had done it. They had resurrected Seiko. Satoshi rubbed his head, as he heard Sachiko's voice. Why did you trust Naho? Did you really believe that in the end, everything would go well? Well, I hate to say you are wrong. Are you positive that she won't backstab you in the end? You never know what could happen...
A/N: I do hate to end it here, but this chapter was definetely one of my longer ones. One thing, how the last chapter was titled "Part I", well, with having a character limit on chapter titles, there isn't a part two to that chapter. Although, in a sense, this is part two. I will tell you that the next chapter will be interesting... As always, I do hope that you enjoyed this chapter! And as always, it does help to drop me a favorite, follow, etc. And if you want to give me your input, drop me a review or a PM. I'm going to go though, so have a good day and bye!