Author's Note:

Me: As promised, here's the continuation for Chapter 11.

Naru: (sarcastic) Oh, you didn't have to.

Kyouya: (agrees while pushing glasses up) I agree. I bet that they wouldn't mind you not updating again for another year.

Me: Look. It's not my fault I left.

John: (defending) Yeah. It's the writer's block's fault.

Me: (glares)

Chapter 11.5

Flashback

The three combined forces to push the button. By their strength, they felt the button stop. The brick was completely even with the rest of the bricks. They looked left; the button brick was even with the others. They looked right; their eyes widened. JUST WHEN WAS THERE A PASSAGE WAY?!

"Sweet find, guys," Bou-san whistled in admiration. "Let's report back to Naru."

"Alright," they agreed.

xTx

"Masako, you go tell Naru," Ayako ordered.

"Why?" the medium asked bluntly.

"Probably not because you love sticking to Naru," Bou-san hinted teasingly.

Masako blushed. She then turned away from them while covering her mouth with her kimono sleeve. Without any further ado, she headed back to the Third Music Room.

She opened the door slowly just like how any dignified person would. When she did, rose petals bombarded her like a horizontal hurricane.

"Irassaimase," the remaining members of the Host Club greeted. (Don't tell me you've forgotten that Tamaki, Yasuhara, and the twins have been captured!)

"You do know that I'm just here to see Naru, right?" she told them with her back faced away from them.

xTx

"And that's how it is," Masako concluded after narrating to Naru fully the events that unfolded while they were doing their duties. Of course, she couldn't complete her story without batting her eyelashes and sipping some tea every few seconds.

It was a miracle that Naru was able to put up with her.

"You head back to them, Hara-san," Naru commanded as he stood up and looked at his file sorter…thing (you know those big cubbyholes found in admin offices?).

"Try to see if there's any paranormal movement in the area," he continued. Masako just nodded and headed out after bowing.

xTx

"We were waiting for you," Ayako said as she drummed her fingers impatiently on the wall. Wait, shouldn't she be doing that before Masako arrived?

"Naru told me that we should explore that passageway and see if there are any lost souls in there," Masako rallied to them. They nodded as she gave that statement.

"So…" Bou-san sounded. "What took you long?"

"Ugh, were you even listening?" Masako shot at him angrily.

"Okay, okay," John stopped, being the peacemaker that he was. "Let's stop, you two. It'd be best if we just do what Shibuya-san told us to."

"He has a point," Ayako agreed and looked at the passageway reluctantly.

Before anyone could argue with her reasoning, they entered the passageway.

"It's dark," Bou-san stated. Ayako hit him on the head.

"Of course, duh," she told him. "What do you expect from a tunnel?!"

"Wow, this tunnel is long," John marveled with his eyes closed from his grin.

"Uh, where are you holding?" Ayako questioned after they walked a bit more. She quickly slapped the person who she thought was Bou-san.

Sadly, it turned out to be Masako. It signaled WWIII.

"Ouch!" Masako shouted. "What did you do that for, Matsuzaki-san?"

"I'm sorry!" Ayako quickly apologized halfheartedly.

"No, you're not," Masako shot back with a lower tone, covering her mouth with the sleeve of her kimono.

"Yes, I am!" Ayako retorted.

"Stop, you guys," Bou-san intervened.

"You stay out of this!" Ayako yelled at him and pushed him away.

"Guys, guys," John tried to stop, holding a red STOP sign that he found somewhere.

"Stay out of this!" Masako told him without raising her tone. She knew God would not forgive her if she yelled at a priest. But a monk? Oh sure. That's fine.

So, the two females continued dueling it out like little children. Bou-san and John had already given up trying to stop them after they walked a few more meters.

Hey, if they would just be cast away every time they tried to, why bother trying?

They continued walking - and fighting in Masako and Ayako's case. That was until they came across a dead end. The tunnel was shut by a strong metal gate that would probably open if someone inserted a card key in that obvious card slot at the left side.

"Oooh," Ayako marveled with sparkling eyes, stopping the argument once and for all. "I brought my shopping discount card!"

"Uh, Ayako…that's not a very good idea…" Bou-san sounded from the sidelines, but he was ignored.

Ayako took out a shopping discount card from her pocket and put it in the card slot. Expecting the door to open, she was surprised by the smell of smoke coming from the card slot.

After the smoke emission cleared, she noticed something black and burnt sticking out from the card slot. She took it out and began sobbing.

"My discount card!" she cried and held her melted, burned card in sadness.

"I told you that was a bad idea," Bou-san told her.

She looked at him angrily with teary eyes. It was really scary.

"You did not!" she shouted and smacked him upside the head.

"Ow!" Bou-san held his cheek or whatever part of his face was hit. "What did you do that for, worthless miko?!"

"You were being stupid, demented priest!" Ayako shot back.

"Now, let's not play the name game…" John tried to calm them down.

"Yeah, shut up," Masako suddenly said so loud, sounding as if she was angry.

"That's not a very nice thing to say," John told her gently.

"Shut up," she repeated angrily and held her head as if she was trying to concentrate.

"Well…?" Ayako questioned impatiently.

"There's a dark presence here," Masako stated with her eyes closed.

Masako's Vision

There was a girl of probably 17 standing in front of her. She looked like she had cried for such a long time. She looked wrathful and hurt at the same time.

The girl noticed she was there and glared at her.

'Get lost,' she sounded with a creaky voice hoarse from crying.

"Oi, Masako," Bou-san called, shaking her from her vision.

"We should run," she sounded weakly and tried to run away. Sadly, she went in the wrong direction and stepped on a very weak portion of the soil there.

She fell with a shriek - a very demented shriek. Seeing her fall and not wanting to meet the same fate, the other three ran out of the tunnel for their lives as quickly as they could.

xTx

Author's Note:

And this would be the true end of Chapter 11, but I was so tired last night that I ended up writing a part two. Please review! It's just the button below this! (*squee*)