(Last Time)
"Aww you're too good at hunting me down…" A child's laughter echoes in the room.
"Come out Sachiko!" Hitoshi shouts into the room. Almost on command she appears next to a bloody table, "My sister…?"
"Oh! How could I forget?" She looks at the table as Oni appears unconscious, "Now that you all are here what should I do first…?"
"Leave her alone!" He glares at Sachiko.
"She may be 'alive' but she can't leave here anymore…" She chuckles.
"Little bitch… what did you do?!" He steps forward.
"Heheheh! Trust me you never want to know!" Before Hitoshi could grab her, she disappears.
"She's dead isn't she..?" Hitoshi momentarily becomes see through then goes back to normal. "Now I remember happened… When we fell through the floor… I was… impaled by a piece of wood…" He looks at the silver-haired girl as her hand moves slightly. "Oni..?"
Oni sits up slowly holding her head she slowly looks around gathering her surroundings. Hitoshi hurries and hugs his sister. Oni looks at Hitoshi worried, "What happened? Where are we?"
Continued...
"You don't remember?" Hitoshi asks concerned but relieved as Oni shakes her head. "Well I learned one thing…"
"What's that?" Oni responds curiously.
"Sachiko said you can't leave here… which can mean many things…" He says calmly as he keeps the girl close to him. "She was the girl who took you…"
Oni nods quietly then looks around once more, "Where are we?" she asks again the question that wasn't answered.
"The basement of Heavenly Host…" Ayumi replies quietly. She looks at Hitoshi, "Should we get going."
"You guys go… I'm going to look for Sachiko…" He replies.
"Don't you want to stay with Oni?" She looks at Hitoshi shocked.
"I want to know what Sachiko did to her… I want to help my sister leave this place… even if I can't…" He looks at the small silver haired girl and turns away to leave the room to the ladder. Ayumi picks up Oni quietly. Hitoshi climbs up the ladder and back into the principal's office. He stands up out of the hole and looks around the room. He sees Sachiko in the corner of the room, "Found you."
"Your sister. She's 'alive' right?" She mocks the older boy in front of her.
"You did something to her…" Hitoshi glares at the spirit.
"Why do you say that?"
"Explain why she can't leave then!"
"You should have stayed with her. Your new friends may be dead… No one can stay in this place for too long."
"Why do you want to torture me!? What do you gain from this?"
"Killing those dearest to you will make your soul rot. You'll forget who you are eventually."
"I should have known. What do you mean it'll make my soul rot?"
"Why don't you got see your dear little sister…" Sachiko disappears from the room.
Hitoshi quickly climbs back down the ladder skipping the last three rungs. He heard commotion from the room that Ayumi, Yoshiki, and Oni were still in. Running down the corridor he stops at the room to see Oni on top of Ayumi choking her. Yoshiki was trying to pull the small girl off of his friend. Hitoshi quickly runs back in and pulls Oni off of Ayumi without trouble. Yoshiki helps Ayumi sit up as she coughs and regains her breath.
"What's wrong with you!?" Hitoshi doesn't receive a response from Oni.
"Sh-She just attacked… out of… nowhere…" Ayumi says breathing between words.
"Why…?" He holds Oni protectively. "You can't leave me…"
"Everyone will die." Oni says coldly.
"What?" Hitoshi's eyes widen at his sister's sudden change in behavior.
"Everyone… they will all die…" She shakes.
"Oni get a hold of yourself!" He shouts as another earthquake shakes the building.
"You see… She's a part of this world now, filled with the urge to kill…" Hitoshi hears Sachiko's voice through the room, "She's lost her sanity and you can't free her from this place."
"No…" Hitoshi falls to his knees filled with rage and defeat. Oni leaves his arms and stands in front of him unmoving. Feeling a new presence in the room, Hitoshi looks behind him to see Sachiko as the earthquake ends.
"H… Hitoshi?" Ayumi steps backward as dark energy surrounds the teenager in front of her.
"No… No No No No NO NO!" Hitoshi looks down at the ground finding a knife, and grabs it. He jumps up and tackles Sachiko down. "I'm going to kill you!"
"Stupid big brother… I'm already dead…" She looks at Hitoshi coldly with no emotion.
"Then I will kill you… over and over again… until there is nothing left…" Hitoshi's eyes darken.
"Don't… hurt her…" Oni says quietly.
"Stay out of this!" Hitoshi doesn't look at his sister as he lowers the knife to Sachiko's neck.
"Don't hurt her…" Oni says a little louder.
"Why should I listen to you..? You're not yourself…" He's about to stab the small ghost girl, when he moves away from her, "What… was I about to do..?"
"Don't hurt her…" Oni says quietly as she's being held back by Ayumi and Yoshiki.
"I'm not going to hurt her…" He drops the knife and backs up "My soul hasn't rot yet…"
"You're going to go insane in this place, you won't be able to leave either…" She laughs.
"I won't go insane… I won't…" He looks at Sachiko as she continues to laugh.
"You just tried to kill me!"
"That doesn't mean I'll do it again…" He looks away from the girl.
"Sachiko…" Oni shaking voice breaks through the conversation.
"It's hard to stay sane in a place like this…" She looks at the silver-haired girl, "It didn't take her long to lose control"
"I will stay sane… I may be dead but that doesn't mean I'll go insane…" He walks over to Ayumi and Yoshiki who is still keeping his sister restrained. "You two, complete what you came here to do… Oni and I can't leave…"
"What if she tries to kill you?" Ayumi replies thankful but worried.
Hitoshi frowns at Ayumi and goes to put his hand on her shoulder but it goes through her body. "I'm already dead…"
"I… I forgot…" Ayumi nods and slowly lets Oni go. The moment her hands left the girl's body, Oni turns and attacks her once more. Hitoshi kicks Oni away from Ayumi as Yoshiki grabs Ayumi and they both run. He watches them leave then walks over to Oni.
"I'm sorry but… If I have to go insane in order to keep you safe… then I will…" He looks at his sister quietly.