Chapter 18: The Warning
Disclaimer: I Don't Own Corpse Party Or Any of the Characters
A/N: And I am finally back, with yet another chapter of Corpse Party! This chapter will focus on the five characters (and Sachiko I suppose, as weird as it sounds) approaching Naho and negotiating with her. If you remember Naho's words from the previous chapter, than you'll know she won't listen to them. Naomi and Seiko won't be getting along for a few chapters, until something drastic happens, which I won't be revealing. The last thing I want to mention is that Yuka will be returning in this chapter, along with an original kind of character, whom will be making their debut in this chapter. I do hope you enjoy this chapter, and as always, a favorite and follow on this story will always be appreciated. As will a review or PM if you want to submit your opinion or input to me. So, without further ado, let's get into the chapter!
Seiko
Heavenly Host Elementary School
Seiko stared at Naomi still, her eyes full of fear and hatred. "We have a deal." Sachiko said. "You're an idiot." Shinozaki told Kishinuma. "Hey, the enemy of my enemy-" he spoke, but Shinozaki interrupted. "Is my friend, yeah, yeah, yeah. I know how the saying works." she said. "But why her? I don't trust her. We can't trust her!" Kishinuma sighed. "Than who else can we trust? Naho is certainly not going to allow us to exit this place! She said it herself!" Sachiko laughed a little. "I'm afraid Kishinuma is right, my friend. Naho will not allow you and your group to leave this place. You need me!" she said. "We're not friends. I'd rather stay here than have to be affiliated with you!" Shinozaki said, as she ran off into the corner of the room, near a shelf of books. "You do what you need to do. We don't have much time for you to decide. We've wasted enough time as it is." Sachiko said. As the group mingled with one another, Naomi walked up to her. "No." Seiko replied, walking away from her former friend. "We need to talk!" Naomi said, following her. "No!" Seiko said, turning to Naomi, causing her to shrink back.
"We will not talk! We are not friends! You tried to kill me in cold blood!" Seiko hissed at her. "It wasn't like that! I was possessed! I didn't want to kill you!" Seiko sighed, as she walked off away from Naomi. I don't know why she continues to insist that we can be friends. The witch tried to kill me. And I don't, no, I can't trust her. She heard footsteps behind her and she sighed. She turned around, ready to yell at Nakashima. "Listen, leave me alone, before-" she stopped herself upon seeing that it wasn't Nakashima she was talking to, but it was rather Mochida that she was talking to. "Um, I'm going to go now." he said, as he backed up away from her. "No, it's okay. I just thought you were Nasashima and I don't want to talk to her." Seiko replied, as she crossed her arms across her chest.
"So I've heard." Mochida said. She glanced over to her left, to see Nakashima looking at her. "What are you looking at?!" Seiko shouted, looking over at her. "I didn't kill you! I didn't try to either! I'm your friend, Seiko!" Nakashima exclaimed. "You tried to murder me and I hate you!" Seiko yelled back to her. Seiko sighed as she looked back over at Mochida. "See? She claims that she never hurt me and I know that she is lying!" she said. Mochida sighed. "She's not lying to you, you know. She really didn't try to harm you." he said. "Oh, now you want to start too?" Seiko asked. "Shinohara, there is nothing to start. Nakashima-San is telling the truth." Mochida said. "Stop it." Shinohara replied. "I'm being serious." Mochida replied. "So am I. Shut the hell up. You're making me angry." she said.
Satoshi
He was about to open his mouth, when all of a sudden, they all heard a thunderclap. Satoshi looked around the room, as they all heard a voice. Oh, you are pissed off? What about me?! You people should have died off a long time ago! He heard Naho sigh. Okay, you guys need an excuse to get moving. So, here is your excuse. There is someone really small and emotionally devastated that has arrived, who really shouldn't be here. You need to find her, before something bad happens to her. Just then, there was a knock at the door. Oh! There she is now! Aren't you going to open the door for your precious little sister, Mochida? After Naho said this, she cackled, before going silent. "Little sister? Does she mean Yuka is here with us?" Ayumi asked. The knocks at the door continued, this time accompanied with a voice. "Big brother! Are you in there?! Please open the door!" they heard a little girl shout. "Yuka!" Satoshi exclaimed, before running to the door.
He opened the door and was kind of surprised to see Yuka, his little sister, standing there, quivering in fear. "Big brother!" she said, as she jumped up and hugged him. "Yuka! What are you doing here?!" Satoshi exclaimed, being extremely worried. Yuka didn't respond at first, but finally looked up at her older brother. "I was sitting in my room doing homework, waiting for you to get home from school. All of a sudden, not even feeling tired, I just dozed off. And I woke up here." she replied. "How did she end up here though?" Yoshiki asked. Isn't it obvious? They all heard Naho's voice. Everyone, including Yuka, started to look around. It's quite obvious when you really think about it. I mean, do think about it my friends. You have Mochida's lonely little sister, being all alone and unprotected. I had to do the right thing. I teleported your little sister here into my world, so big brother Mochida could protect her.
"To protect her from what?" Satoshi asked. Why, to protect her from the impending apocalypse of course! All of those who have ever wronged me, will taste eternal damnation! All of a sudden, Sachiko appeared among the group. "Stop!" she screamed. Naho appeared as well, standing across from Sachiko, sporting glowing red, demonic eyes. "Stop what?! Stop what?!" she screamed in a demonic voice. "Stop this!" Sachiko exclaimed. "Give me back my dimension! Give my power back!" Naho just laughed in a demonic tone. "I'm afraid that I will do no such thing! And besides, you can't tell me that you never once thought about killing everyone in the world?" Naho asked. "Of course I didn't. Not ever! I'm not crazy!" Sachiko said. "Yes, you are." Satoshi and Yoshiki said in unison.
"Shut up!" Naho and Sachiko both exclaimed. Naho sighed. "The thing is, I won't kill you." she said. "You won't?" Yuka finally spoke up. Naho looked over at Yuka. "Why of course not, my dear little girl." she said. "Besides, I have my associates to see to that. One of them you know as Kizami Yuuya." Satoshi noticed how Yuka shuddered at the mention of that name. "Please don't say that name..." Yuka replied in a small voice. Naho eyed Yuka and smiled an evil smile. "Kizami Yuuya. Kizami Yuuya. Kizami Yuuya. Kiz-" Yuka began to cry. "No! Stop it!" she yelled, as she held her ears. "Hey!" Satoshi shouted. "You are traumaziting my little sister, you evil bitch! Stop it!" Naho just looked at him. Satoshi backed up in fear, as Naho said nothing. "Right." she finally said. "Well, we have six of you here." Naho hovered over to Naomi. "Naomi Nakashima." she said, as she snickered. "Haunted by a murder that you didn't even commit."
Naho now hovered over to Seiko. "Seiko Shinohara. Certified pervert and in love with her best friend." Seiko frowned at Naho, with a look of anger in her eyes. "Oops! Make that ex-best friend." Naho said, as she cackled. As she hovered over to Yuka, she glanced back over at Seiko. "Oh, and Ms. Shinohara?" Seiko perked up. Naho turned to look at Seiko, her demonic red eyes glowing brighter than ever. "The only reason you are alive is me. So it wouldn't kill you to thank me." Naho said in a deep, demonic voice. Naho laughed once more as she hovered back over to Yuka. "Yuka Mochida. I just had to save you from eternal damnation." Naho said, as she looked at her brother. "Satoshi Mochida. Coward, yet good hearted. The world needed more people like you." Naho hovered over to Yoshiki and Ayumi. "Now, the duo that really pisses me off." Naho said. Yoshiki exchanged glances with Ayumi, before looking back at Naho. "Um, excuse me?" Ayumi asked.
"Don't even get me started on your sins, Shinozaki. There is a boy in this room that has desperately been seeking your affections, and yet you don't even notice his efforts." Naho said. "Shut up." Yoshiki said. Ayumi looked over at Yoshiki. "Kishinuma, what is she talking about?" she asked. "I have no idea." Yoshiki said. "Just make her stop talking." Naho turned to look at Yoshiki and hovered over to him. "You're not listening Yoshiki Kishimuma. I am telling each and every one of you what your flaws and advantages are. Have you been listening?" Yoshiki just smirked. "I don't care. Just stop spreading personal information." he said. Naho frowned. As she did, a violet outline appeared around her body. She lifted up her arm and pointed at Yoshiki, causing him to start levitating. "Is that so? Maybe I should just kill you and rid the world of your existence." Naho replied, in a demonic voice.
"Fine. Kill me! I'm not afraid to die!" Yoshiki screamed. Naho stared at him for a few seconds, before smiling. "Very well. Kizami!" she said. All of a sudden, what appeared to be a zombified high school student appeared, holding a pair of rusty scissors. "Do it." Naho said. "Yeah! Do it! Do it!" Yoshiki screamed as loud as he could. "Kishinuma-Kun! No!" Ayumi exclaimed. Kizami approached Yoshiki, leveling the pair of scissors with his eye. And then, out of nowhere, some one shouted. "Stop!" a male voice shouted in a thunderous voice, shaking the whole building. All of a sudden, Sachiko, Kizami and Naho disappeared, along with Yoshiki falling to the ground, undamaged. Okay." the voice said, letting out a sigh. "I have been watching. I have seen each and everyone of your misdeeds. I know who all of you are. Sounds familiar, doesn't it? GOOD! Because it should!"
Yoshiki
As Yoshiki got up, everyone looked around the room. "Um, hello? Is someone there?" Seiko asked, speaking for the first time in a long time. "Yes, I am here. I have been here since the beginning." the voice said in a calm tone. "Since the beginning of what?" Ayumi asked. "Since the beginning of the whole universe, I suppose. Since the beginning of the dimension you call 'Heavenly Host Elementary School", some few thousands of years ago." the voice said. "Who exactly are you?" Ayumi asked. The voice didn't answer for a second. "That's not important. What's important is that the entirety of this universe is fractured and broken. And because of recent events, the Earth will soon follow suit. Something that you clowns hold a little bit of responsibility for. Well, guess what? You're gonna fix it! Look, I understand that you guys must be confused. So, do what you guys usually do, and that is surviving. Listen out for things, I'll help where I can."
After that, they didn't hear the voice again. "Who was that?" Yoshiki asked. "I have no idea." Ayumi replied, turning to face him. "But it sounds like who ever it is just saved you from being killed." Yoshiki shrugged. "Well, he took his sweet ass time, who ever he is." Yoshiki said. Just then, they heard the voice again. "I can hear you, you know. Please, don't disrespect an Elder." the voice said. "Well, who are you then?" Yoshiki asked. The man didn't respond. "He may have saved us. We need to find Naho, and try to convince her to let us go home." Satoshi replied. He looked at his little sister, who was still trembling. "As for you Yuka, you need to stay with us. It's too dangerous for you to be alone." Yuka nodded to her big brother. "Unless anyone has any comments, we should get going." Ayumi said.
"Yeah, I got one." Seiko replied. "Yes, Seiko?" Ayumi asked. "Well, actually, it's two things." she said. "Yes?" Ayumi asked. "Well, more like three..." Seiko replied. Ayumi let out a sigh of frusteration. "What is it, Seiko?!" she exclaimed, sounding very impatient. "Um, what happened after Naomi tried to kill me? Who is Naho? And what the hell is going on here?!" Seiko asked, stomping her foot, sounding frusterated. "Um, you want to take this?" Satoshi asked, looking at Ayumi. "No, I will. I'll explain everything to her." Naomi replied. "Okay, no. Fuck that. Any one else but her." Seiko said. "My God, why are you acting like Naomi is Caboose?" Yoshiki asked. Everyone, even Yuka, looked at him. "What the hell does that mean?" Ayumi asked. Yoshiki sighed. "Right, because none of you watch Machinima." he said. "Um, Caboose is the dumbest fictional character in existence. He is from the web show Red vs. Blue."
"Oh, that show. Well, we already established the fact that you are insane." Satoshi said. "I'm not insane! I just have a uh, interesting taste in things." Yoshiki said. "Yeah, like saying you weren't in love with someone, than admitting you were." Satoshi replied. Yoshiki got pissed off when he mentioned that. Yoshiki stepped up to Satoshi. "Go fuck yourself, with yourself." he said, in a gruff tone. "What?" Satoshi, Seiko, Ayumi and Yuka all said in unison. "God damn it, Kishinuma." Naomi hissed in anger. "Quit saying stuff like that! You'll mess up the plan!" Yoshiki exclaimed. "Plan? What plan?" Naomi and Ayumi asked. "Yeah, for once, I'm with Nakashima." Seiko replied. "What plan?" Yoshiki sighed, before looking at them. "If we stop fighting and get to work, we'll be able to go home. Then, you will find out." he said.
"Does this plan of yours involve me?" Ayumi asked. "Yes." Satoshi said. "God damn it, Satoshi!" Yoshiki said. "Shut the fuck up!" Satoshi became defensive. "Stop cussing in front of my little sister!" Just then, everyone heard the voice again. "Stop fighting! You are wasting time!" Yoshiki let out a sigh of anger. "Shinohara, just let Nakashima explain to you." he said. "This whole thing will go by much faster." Seiko let out a sigh. "Fine!" she said, sounding angry. She turned to face Naomi. "So? What happened?" she asked.
Naomi
"While you explain to her, we need to move, so just walk while you explain to her." Ayumi said to Naomi. They all moved out of the Reference Room, as Naomi began to explain to Seiko. "Okay, so listen to me Seiko." she said. Seiko just rolled her eyes. "After you were hung-" Seiko interrupted her. "Why do you say after I was hung? I'm standing right here!" she exclaimed. "How many times do I have to explain it, Seiko?!" Naomi exclaimed. "Look, do you remember me getting mad at you because you left me alone in the Infirmary?" Naomi asked. Seiko nodded. "Well, yeah. And that was like an hour and a half ago." she said. Naomi was confused. "Wait, what? Seiko, when do you think that happened?" Seiko looked confused. "Um, like I said, only an hour and a half ago."
"Well, shit." Yoshiki said. "Ooh! Language!" Ayumi said. "I guess she doesn't remember anything from after she died." Satoshi replied, heaving a sigh. "What? I didn't die!" Seiko exclaimed. "Yes, you did!" Naomi practically screamed at her. "Why can't you remember?! Don't you remember being a ghost?" Seiko shook her head. "No. I don't." she said. Naomi sighed, as she took out her phone. "What are you doing?" Seiko asked. Naomi ignored her and opened her messages. "Nakashima!" Seiko exclaimed. Naomi went through her messages list until she came to Seiko's contact. She clicked on it and showed Seiko the most recent message from her. "What about this message?!" Naomi screamed at Seiko, leveling her phone with Seiko's face. Seiko seemingly read the text, before looking up at Naomi.
"No hard feelings?" Seiko asked, as she stared at Naomi. "What does that mean?" Naomi shrank back in defeat. "So, you don't remember?" she asked. "No, I don't remember. What does it mean?!" Seiko repeated. Naomi sighed, painfully remembering her memories of when she found out what really happened to Seiko. "When we were close to escaping this place the first time, I found a room with a T.V. So, I played the tape I had on me at the time. And I saw myself hanging you, while being possessed. Seiko, please. I promise you, I swear to you, it wasn't me. I was possessed when it happened! I wouldn't even hurt you! Please you have to believe me!" Seiko looked at her. "Not today. Not tomorrow. But maybe some day." she said. "And what do you mean I died? If I really did die, than what happened after that? And where are the others at?"
"Others?" Yoshiki asked, as they kept walking. "Yeah! Yui-Sensei, Mayu and all of the others! Where are they?" Ayumi gasped, as they all stopped. "Oh crap." she said. "What?" Seiko asked. "What is it?" Naomi, Satoshi, Yoshiki and Ayumi all exchanged glances, and nodded, as if they were thinking the same thing. "Right." Yoshiki replied. "She doesn't remember being dead, so she doesn't know about-" Ayumi cut him off, and finished his sentence. "-the others." she said. "What about them?" Seiko asked. "Shinohara, when you died, we had to keep moving. So, we escaped. And we did it three months ago." Ayumi said. After a few seconds, she responded. "Oh." Seiko said. "And that's not all." Naomi said. Seiko turned to look at her former friend. "What else is there?" she asked. "Mayu, Morishige, Yui-Sensei. They're all dead." Ayumi said.
Seiko
Seiko felt as though her stomach had dropped. "What?" Seiko replied after she had processed what her blue haired friend had just said. "I'm sorry, Shinohara." Yoshiki replied. Seiko began to tear up and ultimately she started to cry as she covered her eyes with her hands. A few seconds later, she felt Naomi hug her. No, I'm not doing this. Seiko pushed Naomi away from her. "Don't touch me!" Seiko exclaimed. "You may have been my friend, but you're not now and you never will be." Naomi just looked at her. "Oh, is that so?" she asked. "Shut up." Seiko said. "Mayu, Morishige, Yui-Sensei. I wish they were here." Ayumi replied, as she began to tear up. "Listen," the voice said. "I can understand how you feel right now. I can't promise you that I will resurrect your friends, but I can promise you this. If you do as I told you, I can promise you that their deaths will not have been in vain."
"Hey! Who are you?! Where are you?!" Yoshiki screamed. He didn't get an answer. "We need to move." Ayumi said. "We have stopped and explained to Shinohara for too long." They all nodded and kept moving. "Wait, what about the Book of Shadows?" Yoshiki asked, walking up to Ayumi. "Don't worry, Kishinuma. I have it." she said, pointing her thumb behind her, gesturing to her backpack. "Oh." Yoshiki said. "Good job." Ayumi sighed. "Thanks." she said.
Yoshiki
Half An Hour Later...
Half an hour later, Yoshiki and his friends were still walking. He looked over to Satoshi, to see that he was carrying Yuka in his arms. "Dude, is your sister asleep?" he asked. Satoshi looked over at him and nodded. "Yeah." he whispered. "How old is she?" Yoshiki asked. "Fourteen." he said. Yoshiki was more or less surprised. "And you are carrying her while she sleeps? As if she is a baby?" he asked. "Yeah, Yoshiki. She's really not that heavy, despite her age. She asked me to carry her and she must have calmed down so much that she fell asleep. And I'm okay with it." Satoshi replied. Satoshi pushed his arms up a little bit, as he let out a bit of a tired grunt. "You okay, Satoshi? I can carry her if you want, so your arms can rest a little." Yoshiki said.
"No, that's okay, man. I appreciate though. She is my little sister, so she's my responsibility." he said, as Yuka could be visibly seen wrapping her arms around Satoshi's neck, looking as though she was trying to get more comfortable. Just then, they walked into what looked like to be the school's derelict cafeteria. "Hey, Satoshi?" Yoshiki asked. "Yeah?" he asked back. "Did we ever find a cafeteria in the times we've been here in the past?" Yoshiki asked. "I don't think so. Ayumi?" Satoshi said. "No. We've never seen it." she said, confirming it. That's when they all saw Naho, standing with the zombified version of Kizami Yuuya, with their backs to them. "Ah, full at last!" Naho exclaimed. "As soon as the portal forms, I can usher in the apocalypse of the real world." Yoshiki, feeling brave, walked forward, and stood in front of the group. "Not if we can help it."
Naho turned around to face them. "Of course. Why do you people always insist to follow me?!" she exclaimed, as her eyes glowed a demonic red. "You are just lucky that the Elder stepped in when he did. Especially you Kishinuma, you should be dead now." He shrugged. "Wait, you know who this 'Elder' is?" Ayumi asked. Naho nodded. "Of course I do. He is-" Before Naho continued, she cut herself off. "Oh! So, that's the thing you want to know, isn't it? Well guess what? Since I am the Goddess of this dimension, I don't have to tell you anything! You are all nothing to me and I am something, I am your Goddess!" Naho let out a sigh, before speaking again.
"Well, I suppose someone has to die." she said. "What?!" Everyone except for Yuka screamed. Yoshiki heard Yuka wake up and speak. "Big brother, what's happening?" she asked, her voice full of fear. "Nothing Yuka, just go back to sleep." Satoshi said, his voice full of fear as well. "Yes. Go back to sleep little rabbit." The zombified Kizami said, in a deep voice, not sounding human. As they heard this, Yuka let out a scream of fear. Naho pointed her index finger at them, and began to alternate who she was pointing at, as if trying to decide who she was going to torment.
Yoshiki noticed that she was mouthing something. As he read her lips, he recognized it as "Eeny, Meany, Miny, Mo". After a few more seconds, she stopped. "Kizami!" she barked, as she pointed to someone. "Kill Shinozaki." Yoshiki had no time to react. Kizami just laughed, stepped forward, holding his pair of rusted scissors. He moved it in his hands, positioning it like a throwing knife and then he threw it. Either out of complete luck, or a miracle from Sachiko herself, somehow, Yoshiki managed to catch the pair of scissors, between his ring and middle fingers. Yoshiki looked in surprise at the scissors being held in his two fingers.
"You failed!" Naho screamed in a demonic voice, turning to look at Kizami. "Ma'am, it wasn't my-" Kizami began to speak in a raspy voice, but Naho cut him off. "You failed!" she screamed, sounding even more demonic, if that was even possible. "Be gone!" She screamed, raising her hand to chest level, causing Kizami to launch across the room. He hit a wall, causing him to explode in a cloud of red. Naho looked back at them, as the red faded a little from her eyes. "I am very sorry about that." she said, her voice returning to normal again. "I won't kill you." Yoshiki frowned, as he stepped closer to Naho, almost being nose to nose with her. "Why?! Because you don't have the guts to kill us yourself?!" Yoshiki screamed at her. "You have to make a servant do it their selves?!" Naho waved him away. "Don't make me angry." she replied in a calm tone.
"Naho, I want to know something." Ayumi said. "And what is that, Shinozaki?" she asked, turning to face her. "You used to be my idol! Why are you doing this?! Can you even imagine how many innocent people you could kill when you start your apocalypse?!" Ayumi yelled at her, taking her place next to Yoshiki. "Anyone else want to band together?" Naho asked, as he looked at them. Naomi walked over and stopped next to Ayumi. "Me." she said. "Me too." Seiko said, walking over and stopping beside Yoshiki. All of a sudden, Yuka hopped down from her brother's arms and walked over to Seiko, stopping beside her. "Me three!" she exclaimed, even though she still sounded scared. Satoshi wasn't too far behind, as he stopped beside his little sister.
"Very well." Naho said. Then, she did something that scared the living daylights out of everyone. As she pumped her fist into the air, her fingers began to expand outward, from the fist they originally formed. That's when Yoshiki realized that he, along with all of them, began to levitate. He also couldn't move his body. "Can't move!" Satoshi exclaimed. Naho's eyes began to glow a demonic red again. "You crossed a line." Naho said, as she started to sound demonic again. "I am going to put you in your new home now. Try to run again, and I'll destroy your pathetic planet. You will now know the definition of pain and suffering." Naho finished her sentence, sounding as demonic as ever, and they were all teleported away.
Satoshi
Hours Later...
Satoshi finally came around in a dimly lit classroom, and the first thing he noticed was that all of the doors and windows were boarded up. As he got up, he noticed that his sister was the only one in the room. "Big brother?" she asked. "What happened?" Satoshi shook his head. "I don't know Yuka." he admitted. He looked around the poorly lit classroom. "Guys?" he called out, only to get no answer. Just then, he heard something. He turned to look at one of the boarded up windows, to see a completely black figure, with glowing yellow eyes. As it reached the window, it let out a loud groan and began to quickly tear down the wooden boards, followed by at least one additional figure at each window, doing the same thing. Despite his little sister being in the room, he cussed. "Well, shit." he said, as he raised his fists, ready to defend his sister.
Naomi
Hours Later...
Naomi came around in a poorly lit room, but she couldn't tell what kind of room she was in. The only other person that was in the room with her was Seiko. She scooted over to Seiko and lightly slapped her cheeks, in an attempt to wake her up. After a while, she let out a groan and sat up, holding her head. "Seiko!" Naomi exclaimed. Seiko sat up. "Naomi?" she asked, let out a sigh of disgust. "What the hell do you want?" Naomi was hurt, but tried not to think about it. "Where are we?" Naomi asked. "I don't know..." Seiko said, not sounding angry, but just as curious. That's when Naomi noticed that there were stalls in the room, and no urinals. It was safe to assume that they were in the girl's lavatory. That's when she noticed that one of the stalls was open, but it was too dark to see what was inside. "Seiko?" Naomi asked, her voice full of fear. "Yeah?" Seiko responded, sounding fearful as well. "What's in that stall?" Naomi asked.
"I don't know!" Seiko said. Just then, as if answering their question, there was a flash of lightning from outside, that perfectly illuminated the whole room. And they both could see what was in the stall. In the stall, hanging from the top wooden beam, was a noose, rocking back and forth. Naomi let out a blood curdling scream, as for a split second, she could see Seiko's dead body hanging from the noose. After screaming, she began to cry as she scooted as far back as she could, eventually hitting the wall. She began rocking back and forth, as she continued to cry. All the while, Seiko shouting at her: "What's wrong?! What is it?!" Naomi didn't answer. She just kept rocking back and forth as she cried.
Yoshiki
Hours Later...
Yoshiki eventually came to, waking up in a bright white, foggy room. He let out a groan, as he held his head. He sat up and immediately realized where he was. The next thing he noticed, was someone sitting up beside him. It was Ayumi. He looked at her, as he saw her holding her head. "Shinozaki?" he asked. She looked at him and nodded. "Are you the real Ayumi Shinozaki?" he asked. She nodded, looking confused and irritated. "Yes. What the hell does that mean?" she asked. He sort of ignored her question. "So, you're not my mental image of Ayumi?" he asked. Before she could answer, someone answered for her. "No, she's not." someone sounding like Ayumi said. "I am." Yoshiki, along with Ayumi looked up, to see an exact copy of Ayumi standing over them.
They both got up, with Yoshiki's mental image of Ayumi helping him up. "Long time no see Yoshiki. I hadn't expected to see you here again." she said."Kishinuma? What's going on?" Ayumi asked. Before he could answer, he felt someone slap him on the shoulder from behind. "Ow!" he exclaimed. "Hey buddy, we've been waiting for you!" The person from behind replied. "Who-" he started to ask a question as he turned around to face the person, but stopped in mid sentence, jaw dropped. He was looking at himself, along with at least seven other versions of himself.
Some of them had their arms crossed, some were just standing there and one looked really depressed. "What the fuck?" he asked. "Whoa, whoa, whoa! Hold on a second!" Ayumi exclaimed. "What the hell is going on here?" Yoshiki looked at her. "Where the hell are we?!" she exclaimed. Yoshiki sighed, as he looked at the crowd of identical hims. "Well, I knew I would have to say it." he said, as he looked back at her. "Shinozaki, we are in my mind." Just then, one of the hims spoke. "Dun, dun, dun!" he said, in an ominous tone, trying to sound dramatic.
A/N: So, that is the chapter for today! So, I want to apologize for being away from this story for so long. But, as I said in the author's note above, I am back. I was away for a long while, as I had my Senior year of high school to wrap up, and I bearely had time to focus on any of my stories. I would like to say that there will be a guaranteed chapter every Saturday for any one of my stories. So, I'd like to announce something. And that something is, I kind of want to start a QnA for this story, so if you have a question about anything to do with this story, or Corpse Party in general, you can leave your question in a review or PM your question to me.
If the readers don't want to go for this, I am fine with it. It's just an idea that I want to try. Also, an advantage for you readers, if your question gets chosen, than I will answer it in an A/N in the next chapter. Not only will your pen name be mentioned, but I'll answer your question as in depth as possible. So, how do you like Yuka's reappearance in the story? Since she was a main character in the game, I felt as though I needed to include her character before the story is over. What do you think of Naho being what could be described as the "demonic announcer"? I'd like to mention that at the end of the chapter, when Naho sends them off, it's punishment for intervening with her plans. So, she sends them all to different dimensions.
Lastly, what do you think of the character now known only as the "Elder"? Who do you think he his? Why is he trying to help the characters? Do you like where the story is going? Well, I hope you guys enjoyed the long chapter. If you did, a review or PM would be appreciated if you have input to submit. Don't forget to follow and favorite the story if you like it. I'm going to go though, so have a wonderful day and, bye.