A/N: I own nothing except my Oc`s. Corpse Party is owned by Team Gris-Gris.
As the three of them searched, the doll began to speak again. "From red door, six steps horse thirteen paces rooster" it said. They followed the instructions and found a bag beneath the floorboards. Checking the contents of it, they found a human tongue. "Why the hell is there a tongue in this bag? And whose is it?" Miss Yui asked, "Royu Yoshizawa" Honda replied, appearing. "The bag has his name on it" he said, "Isn`t he one of those children?" Yoshiki asked. "Yes, he`s the boy" Honda replied, "Return it…return it" the doll said. "I guess we should return it" Miss Yui said not knowing what else to do, the others nodded and they looked for him. They found him in the infirmary, "You need to let him see it" Honda said. "I was afraid of that" Yoshiki said, they walked into his line of sight. "Royu-kun!" Ayumi shouts catching his attention, "This is yours, I`m giving it to you" she said handing him the tongue. "My tongue. Miss thank you" he said before disappearing, causing the room to shake. After the shaking stopped, and Ayumi used Yoshiki`s shirt to blow her nose, they went to find the other tongues.
Satoshi`s group had found the cusdains key and used it to open the door to the cusdains closet. They found a TV and a casete player hooked up. Despite it being rather recent, it wasn`t plugged into the TV. Meaning it couldn`t be used. "Now what?" Seiko asked and Naomi and Satoshi only shock their heads in response.
As the three of them continued to search, the came across a locker room. There, Yoshiki found Gonta lying there, "Gonta!" Yoshiki said, running towards him while Miss Yui looked after Ayumi who had begun nose bleeding while grabbing her head. "You okay, Shinosaki-san?" she asked, "Y-Yeah…I`m fine" Ayumi replied shivering, they went over to Yoshiki and saw Gonta as well. After he woke up, Miss Yui asked, "How did you get here?". "I don`t know, after the earthquake everything went dark" he replied simply. "You okay Shinosaki?" he asked, seeing her shiver, "I`m fine…don`t worry" she replied. They then explained what they were doing and why. They then went outside and found a pool in the rain, "Miss Yui, you should take Shinosaki inside, me and Gonta`ll handle this. Besides, it`s better then you two freezing out here" Yoshiki said. "What if a spirit attacks you, huh?" Ayumi asked, "If it happens, I`ll run to go get you" Gonta said. Miss Yui and Ayumi reluctantly agreed, "…Thankyou…" Ayumi mumbled. Gonta smiled while Yoshiki just looked confused. As they looked around, they found a key that had a note attached to it. "Pump room huh?" Yoshiki said, "I`ve had enough" a voice said. Then a splash was heard, "Huh?" Yoshiki wondered. Gonta ran towards the locker they came from, but Miss Yui met him outside, "Where`s Shinosaki-san?" she asked. "Wait, that means, Kishinuma! Shinosaki`s in the pool!" he yelled. Yoshiki then jumped into the pool while Gonta was scanning the surface. "There!" he said, pointing at a spot. Yoshiki swam to the spot and dived there. He then came to the surface with Ayumi in his hands.
"Well, how is she?" Miss Yui asked. Gonta was checking Ayumi`s pulse, "She`s fine, she needs CPR though" he replied. They turned to Yoshiki, "Fine" he said irritated. He did it twice and Ayumi began to cough. "…Wh-What happened?" she asked, "You`re okay" Gonta said. "Why did you do that?" Yoshiki asked, "Wait, you didn`t yell for me?" Ayumi replied confused. "I heard you call for me, then everything went dark" she explained, "So that`s why you just suddenly walked out" Miss Yui said. "Must be the spirits messing with you again" Gonta said, "I got something stuck in my tooth" Ayumi said. "Let`s try to use one of the showers" Yoshiki said, none of them worked however. "Let`s try to use the rain outside" Gonta said, the others agreed and they did just that. "Does it work?" Yoshiki asked, "Yeah, surprisingly it worked well" Ayumi replied. "Since we found the key to the pump room, let`s check it out" Yoshiki said. He went in the room with Ayumi and Miss Yui while Gonta waited outside against the others wishes. Just who could have brought me here? He wondered, the sound of the water in the pool going the drain shock him out of his thoughts. He went into the now empty pool and saw more corpses. "Goddammit" he mumbled, he saw a bag in the spigot and looked inside. "There it is" he said, "Found anything?" Yoshiki asked, seeing him down there. Gonta tossed him the bag and jumped back,"Woah!" Miss Yui said in surprise. "That`s two of them" Yoshiki said, "Only one left" Ayumi said.
As they were walking, the doll began to speak again. "Under the floor boards where your friend was splattered" it said and laughed. Ayumi then threw the doll away and fell to her knees. "If that`s where it is…I don`t think we will EVER be able to get it" Yoshiki yelled. "Is somebody there?" a voice asked. Then Morishige came into view, "Morishige! You`re alive!" Yoshiki exclaimed, "Ah, Kishinuma. And Miss Yui and our class rep! I`m very glad to see you safe and sound" Morishige said. Ayumi then sobbed and moaned, still on her knees, "Huh! What happened?" Morishige asked, "And why is Gonta with you?". "It`s…a long story" Yoshiki said, "How did you get here?" Gonta asked. "I was in the second wing, then I suddenly lost consciousness. Then I woke up here and you?" Morishige replied, "Same thing, only I woke up in a locker room" Gonta replied. "What`s that bag you have there?" he asked, "Oh this? I found it under the floorboards in the hallway" Morishige replied. "Do want it? Please take it. I`m merely looking for someone, so I don`t need it" he said, handing Gonta the bag. "Well I should get going. Is something wrong class rep? You look like you`ve seen a ghost" he said, "Also Mochida said we should meet up in classroom 1-A" and with that he was gone. What`s with him? One moment he`s taking pictures of a corpse then the other he`s acting all calm Gonta thought, then looked inside the bag. "That`s all of them" he said, "Then let`s do it. The sooner we can find the others the better" Miss Yui said, the students nodded and they went to find the children. "Tokiko Tsjui! Yuki Kanno!" Ayumi yelled and the girls walked towards them. "These are yours" Gonta said as he handed them their tongues. "Thank you Onii-chan" the girls said in unison. Then a giant earthquake occurred and the four of them lost consciousness.
With Satoshi, Naomi and Seiko, a bar on the celling fell on Satoshi`s head and he lost consciousness. "Satoshi! Mochida!" Naomi and Seiko yelled, then they also lost consciousness. Ryutaro`s group also lost consciousness while looking for Gonta. Yoshiki then woke up and looked around, "Is this…our classroom?" he wondered. It was, he then went to wake Ayumi and Miss Yui. "Shinosaki! Miss Yui wake up!" he said, after Ayumi coughed she and Miss Yui woke up. "Take a look around you! I can`t believe it myself…but we are here!" he yelled, they looked around, "We`re back? Really? Is this…really our school?" Ayumi asked. "It is. Here`s my desk" he said, "Mine too! I can`t believe it!" Ayumi exclaimed. "That`s wonderful" Miss Yui said, Gonta had woken up thanks to Yoshiki`s yelling. He looked around and couldn`t believe it, We`re here…we`re back he thought. He also noticed that the others weren`t there, Maybe they`re in the halls he thought as he went to look while Yoshiki, Ayumi and Miss Yui were all hugging. The halls were pitch black and no one were there. "AAAHHHH!" he heard someone yell, he then went back in and saw the corner engulfed in darkness. "What the hell is that?" Yoshiki asked, "Stay close!" Miss Yui yelled. Out of the darkness came one of the children, "It`s…you!" Yoshiki yelled. It was the spirit named Yuki Kanno, "It was a rainy evening after school…just like this one" she began. Yoshiki was about to say something, but Gonta stopped him. "…on the day I was kidnapped. I remember having a fight with my mom that morning", "Wh-Why is she telling us this?" Ayumi asked. "I-I have no idea" Yoshiki replied, Miss Yui only shook her head and Gonta stayed silent. "I didn`t want to see mom…so after school, instead of going home…I`d stay in the outdoor walkway, and watch the rain" Yuki continued. "That`s when Mr. Yoshikazu showed up and sat down next to me. I told him about the fight with my mom and he just kept saying, uh-hun, uh-huh… He was sick and couldn`t speak much, but he was very kind.
I really liked him, but then…" she began sobbing, the others stayed silent. "You four are nice people" she stated, "I`m so sorry". She`s so tiny, she must be "A fifth grader. Yuki Kanno, right?" Ayumi asked, "Ah…Thank you for what you did back there. For trying to help those of us…who were killed in that school" Yuki replied. "Didn`t we succeed though? So why are you still here?" Yoshiki asked, "No…you didn`t" Yuki replied. "But we returned your tongues! We gave you back the ability to speak!" Miss Yui exclaimed, "And we even got your murderer to repent for what he did," Ayumi said. "Is it just…you can`t forgive him?" Gonta asked, "Appeasing us isn`t about forgiveness. It doesn`t matter if we forgive or not. Repentance is between the criminal and the victim. It`s the sole act able to move us" Yuki replied. "We exist as fragments of the sacred ground with Heavenly Host is sealed. I believe moving us…is your best option. But…it`s not enough. His repentance…just wasn`t enough". "So you`re saying…the words spoken by his doll…weren`t enough to appease you?" Ayumi asked. "That`s…not…" Yuki became silent, "So, what then? Why do you feel the need to trap innocents in there?" Yoshiki asked. "You child spirits are the ones who summed us there, aren`t you?", "That`s…not true" Yuki replied. "What do you mean by that?" Miss Yui asked, "We just hold the closed spaces together. "But you…you killed Suzumoto didn`t you?" Yoshiki asked, "Wait, let`s hear her out," Ayumi suggested. "What choice do we have?" Gonta asked, Miss Yui and Yoshiki reluctantly agreed. "I`m just glad I was able to get even the four of you back to safety" Yuki said, "Why the hell are you suddenly concerned for us?" Yoshiki asked. "I heard about a situation like this from onee-chan once," Ayumi stated. "A lost soul whose life ended painfully and abruptly, leaving her in a mountain of worries and regrets. Kida like stopping short on the edge of madness…with all sorts of thoughts and feelings stuck in your head and you just act without thinking" she explained. "Your sister`s a medium or something" Yoshiki asked, "Yeah…something like that" Ayumi replied.
"Please Yuki-chan, you have to bring the others here to!" Miss Yui exclaimed. "I don`t…think it`s possible anymore" Yuki said. "What? Why?" Miss Yui asked, "The closed spaces" Gonta replied. "Yes, that`s right" Yuki said, "Because the closed spaces have trapped so many innocent souls…and their hatred has nowhere to go… it feeds on the minds of those bound there. It won`t be long…until I go back to attacking people like you without mercy". "So we have to go back to square one…damn" Gonta said, while Yoshiki grabbed his head in frustration. "Can you please tell us why it didn`t work the first time?" Miss Yui asked, Yuki became silent. "Bad memories?" Gonta asked and Yuki nodded. "You have some too?" she asked, Gonta nodded silently, looking away. "If you really want to know, I`ll tell you everything that happened" Yuki said, she the gabbed Ayumi`s hand who started to panic.
Everything was dark, all Ayumi could hear were the cries of small children, wanting to go home. She then heard them yelling, the sound of stabbing and cutting. The cloth that covered her eyes was taken of, and what she saw next shocked her. "Sa-Sachiko Shinosaki" she said with a shaking voice. Sachiko looked down at her and then started giggling with an evil grin. She then brought the scissors near Ayumi`s left eye, "No…No!" Ayumi yelled. Sachiko stabbed the eye, laughing while Ayumi was screaming in pain. "It`ll be all over if you just die already" Sachiko said, digging the scissors into Ayumi`s eye. She then pulled the eye out, and procceded to cut off the tongue as Ayumi kept yelling.
In the second wing, Morishige was still searching, "How long have I been here? It must be night by now" he said to himself. He sat down on the stairs, "Mayu, where are you?" he asked himself. "You must be helpless without me. No, that`s not the reason I`m trying to find you, nothing so noble. You, your face, your voice that would always say "Shige-nii", you were saving me. So please, Mayu…I need you. Please, show yourself". "Damn, just once more. I have to see the suffering of others. It`s the only thing keeping me sane. And I am still sane…I am" he said, looking through pictures on his phone. He then began to laugh, "My my, I`ve taken so many pictures of the dead, haven`t I? It`s weird, they`re all honest to goodness real corpses, yet to me they all look fake, like they`re nothing but props". He then scrolled to the picture the Mochida siblings saw him take. "This one`s the flashiest by far. Absolutely breathtaking, all the blood and guts just lying there. And to think, this was once a human being. She must be embarrassed to show her face there. No I can`t be thinking like this". Just then his phone rang, "Hello?" he answered. "Don`t…look" a voice said, "Don`t…look". "Please…don`t look at me… Stop staring at my insides… Shige-nii…please", at the realization who that voice belonged to, Morishige lost it. "AAAAAAARRRRRRRRGGGGGGHHHHHHH!" he yelled, realizing that he had been staring at the insides of Mayu.
Back with the others, Ayumi woke up after having yelled for a good few minutes now, "Pull yourself together Shinosaki! Shinosaki!" Yoshiki told her. "Are you okay Shinosaki?" he asked, she then started crying into his chest. "Thank goodness she`s alright" Miss Yui said, "What she saw was what I saw before my death" Yuki stated. "She`s right, I took her place" Ayumi said, "What gave you the idea to do that?" Miss Yui asked angrily. "It`s okay Miss Yui, I asked for it. Plus we know the real identity of the murderer now" Ayumi said. "Wait, we had the wrong person?" Miss Yui asked, "Yeah, it wasn`t Yoshikazu. It was Sachiko. Yoshikazu was just the kidnapper, he was covering in the corner while the murderers happened" Ayumi explained. If Sachiko can get Yoshikazu scared, then she`s dangerous Gonta thought. "Yuki-chan, please take us back" Ayumi begged, "Are you sure? Once I bring you there, I can`t bring you back here" Yuki asked. "We have to warn Mochida-kun and the others" Ayumi said, "Let`s do this guys, for our friends". "Yeah" Gonta said, "Count me in" Miss Yui said. Yoshiki remained silent, "Kishinuma" Gonta said, causing Yoshiki to turn towards him. "I know you don`t want to go back there, hell none of us want to, but consider this. Even if we can`t save those who are dead, we can at least try to save those who are alive" Gonta explained. Yoshiki scratched his head in thought, I was hoping to at least see Miki one last time, but oh well, he`s right he thought. "Let`s go" Yoshiki said and with that, the four of them followed Yuki back into Heavenly Host. Once there, Yuki warned them that the next time they saw her they should run. After she handed them a baby statue, she disappeared. "Doesn`t it feel different?" Yoshiki asked, "Very" Ayumi replied.
Satoshi slowly woke up, having a really bad head ace. What happened? My head hurts like hell he thought, he then noticed something in his hand. What`s in my hand? It`s really tender…like some sort of… meat? What is it? he thought. He then saw what he was grabbing, it was Naomi`s breast. He yelped and let go "Tsk tsk Mochida-kun" Seiko said with her usual cat grin. "I-I didn`t mean to" Satoshi exclaimed, Naomi then woke up. "S-Satoshi?" she said, "I`m sorry Naomi I didn`t…" but she cut him off. "Your face is really red, is your head okay? A beam fell on your head during the quake" she said, "It`s not bleeding anymore at least" Satoshi replied. "That`s good" Naomi said, the TV then suddenly turned on. All three of them turned towards it. The video showed a reporter named Kou Kibiki and his camera man Taguchi Shougo inside Heavenly Host. They were surprised at just how many dead bodies there were, they also mentioned a "way out", but the tape ended before anything more was said. "I guess that`s the end" Satoshi said, "I wonder what this `way out 'might be" Naomi said. "Either way, we should get going to find the others" Seiko pointed out, "Right" Satoshi and Naomi replied in unison. As they exited the room, they saw that the school had completely changed. "Looks like the school expanded around us, again" Naomi pointed out, "Looks like it, let`s go" Satoshi said. "Hold on a second, Satoshi" Naomi said, "What is it Naomi?" he asks. "You`ve got splinters all over your back. Let me get rid of them" she replied, while she did Seiko smiled at them.
Meanwhile, Ayumi`s group were just walking around. "Shinosaki" Yoshiki said, "What is it?" Ayumi asked. "Are you okay? There`s some blood on…the back of your skirt" Yoshiki replied, "What seriously?" Ayumi asked. "Did you scrape your butt on a piece of wood or something? Looks pain-" she cut him off, "Shut the hell up already! Geez! Just, look the other way!" Ayumi shouted and then stormed off. "*sigh* Kishinuma-kun, you don`t usually say things like that to a girl" Miss Yui said, disappointed. Gonta and Yoshiki simultaneously face palmed while saying, "Goddammit" in unison, "I better go apologize" Yoshiki said and went in the direction Ayumi went. "That boy, doesn`t he have any manners at all?" Ayumi asked herself, she looked at the back of her skirt. "What do I do about this? I don`t have my gym bag so a change of clothes are out of the question. I don`t want Mochida-kun to see me like this though. Goddammit…goddammitgoddammitgoddammit" she said while on the floor. "Shinosaki" Yoshiki said, having caught up with her, "What is it now?" she asked irritated. "I`m sorry…I guess I should`ve thought before I spoke. Please forgive me" Yoshiki said while bowing, Ayumi just stood there, surprised by his actions. He didn`t just apologize, he bowed too. Maybe he isn`t just a delinquent after all Ayumi thought, to Yoshiki`s surprise she brought him into a hug. "I forgive you, just think before you speak next time" she said, "Right" he replied, and then she pulled away. "Huh, what`s this?" Ayumi noticed something on the ground, "It`s a Kisaragi student ID, that means someone we know must be nearby! It`s Nakashima-san`s, it even has the scrap from the Sachiko charm" she happily exclaimed. "That means she might be nearby" Yoshiki said, "Nakashima-san! Nakashima!" they both yelled. "Guess she`s not THAT close" Yoshiki muttered, "She can`t have gone too far, come on" Ayumi said. Gonta and Yui came running towards them, "I heard you yell Nakashima-san`s name, why?" Yui asked. "We found her student ID, we thought she would be close by, but she wasn`t. But she can`t have gotten far" Ayumi replied. " Then let`s try to find her and the others" Yui stated, "Right" the students said in unison.
Not long after, they spotted Naomi, Satoshi and Seiko across a chasm. "There they are! Satoshi, Nakashima Shinohara!" Yoshiki yelled, catching their attention. "Yoshiki, Shinosaki, Gonta, Miss Yui. I was hoping to see you again" Satoshi said, "Class rep! Thank goodness, I was hoping to run into you!" Naomi exclaimed. "Alright, you guys are okay!" Seiko yelled, "And so are you! Yui said relieved. "Yoshiki" Satoshi said, "Heh heh, pretty sore lot we`ve drawn eh?" Yoshiki asked. They then told the others what had happened to Mayu. "Oh god no, poor Suzumoto" Naomi said, "Suzume, why? She didn`t deserve it" Seiko said. "Why…why. We were laughing in the classroom a minute ago. Why did this happen to us?" Satoshi yelled, "*deep breath' Anyway, the murderer is Sachiko, so be careful" Ayumi said. "The girl in the red dress, but wasn`t she a victim?" Satoshi asked, "No, she was the one who committed the murderers" Yoshiki replied. "Onii-chan!" they heard someone yell, Satoshi turned in the direction of the voice. "Yuka!" he exclaimed, Yuka ran towards him and hugged him, crying into his chest. "Thank god she`s alright" Yui stated, then two others came. "Nana, Ryutaro!" Gonta exclaimed, "Gonta-kun, thank goodness you`re alright!" Nana said. "Sorry to worry you…again" Gonta said, "It`s alright, but what happened?" Ryutaro asked. "I was brought to some locker room" Gonta replied, "I see" Ryutaro said. "Thanks for taking care of Yuka while I couldn`t" Satoshi said, "It was nothing" the young couple told him while smiling. Honda`s spirit then appeared, "Looks like most of us are here" he said. The others all nodded in unison, "Honda, do think you could send Nana and Ryutaro home?" Gonta asked. "Sorry, no can do, besides I have a feeling that it wouldn`t be that easy." Honda replied. Gonta nodded, seeing that Honda had a point.
A/N: This is the longest chapter I`ve written yet at over 3000 words. This is the second last chapter of act one or the Blood Covered arc if you will. Hope you have enjoyed this so far, I know I have and that you will look forward to act two.