Chapter Eight
Chie held Saki-senpai tightly as she ran to the back of the store. "Close the door, Naruto!"
"Can't you see that I'm trying!" Naruto yelled. His forehead slick with sweat, teeth clenching tightly, eyes were wide open as he stared into the face of the shadow.
The shadow's face was twisted sideways, nudging its mouth between the doors, forcibly using its own jaw to extend outwards, making the double iron doors inch apart bit by bit.
"You. Aren't. Getting. In!" Naruto growled with red eyes.
Behind him, Chie slowly knelt which allowed Saki to climb off of her. "H-How are you holding up, Saki-senpai?" Chie asked with a gasp.
Saki-senpai didn't respond. She was still frozen in shock, eyes staring past Chie, locking in at the monster's maw-like mouth which was pressing closer into the gap.
"W-What a-are those things?! I haven't seen them when I was walking around!" Saki was horrified. There were monsters here? This place was so spooky, and it was so hard to see due to the thick fog blanketing the area.
To think that there were monsters in here too! A shiver crawled up her spine.
She didn't know how long time had passed. She just kept walking, the areas were either dark or in fog. Her cell phone didn't work, no food and water to keep her body going. And her legs were sore from all that walking.
If Naruto and Chie weren't here... and she came across these monsters alone, could she have… died?
Saki's thoughts were broken as the creature by the doors let out a disturbing moaning sound. Saki shivered, "C-Come on, Naruto!" Saki was on the ground, her legs at a collapsing point, out of fear, strength returned, using her arms to she crawl backwards. "Shut the door! Don't let it in!"
"I'm trying, I'm trying!" Naruto yelled back. His arms were trembling, his fingers gripped onto the door handles, and poured all his strength to try to close the damn doors.
Despite the Uzumaki's best efforts, the doors seemed to resist his frantic pulls as the shadow's gaping mouth loomed closer, mouth shaking excitedly thinking it was finally about to break through.
"Chie!" Naruto's fingers were turning red from the pressure. "Help me!"
"O-On it!" Chie scrambled around the room, eyes darting around nervously for anything that could help her. "Saki-senpai! This is your family's store, don't you have any weapons or something?!"
"Weapons?!" Saki was baffled. "This is just a small town! Why would we need any weapons here?! My dad doesn't have anything like that in the liquor store!"
"Uh!" Chie looked around.
"Chie!" Naruto's scream echoed again.
Chie was panicking, her heart pounding at her chest. Crap crap. She can't just stand around and do nothing. If it keeps up like this, it's them dying instead!
Chie looked at a broom. No, it wouldn't help at all.
Looking at a wet sign board, no, it was too wide for the door.
She looked at a variety of objects before her eyes were glued onto a fancy bottle of alcohol. She stared at the bright label, 'Mori Ranmaru Shochu', the glass bottle just sitting on the counter.
Remembering what she saw in a bar fight scene in a movie once, Chie ran over, grabbed the bottle by the top and slammed it over the edge of the counter.
The bottom shattered.
Saki covered her eyes, screaming, thinking the monster wedged its way through.
"No!" Naruto cried out. His muscles were quivering, and he felt like his arms might give out any second now.
To his horror and disgust, the shadow parted it's red lips.
A large black tongue rolled around, slapping the edge of the door before it slowly inched to Naruto's face.
Naruto's face turned ugly, his mouth set in a scowl as the tongue came right to him.
The shadow gave a happy moan as its tongue was about to touch Naruto.
"Not a chance!"
Chie appeared, aiming then lunged, thrusting the jagged end of the bottle into the tongue and into the shadow's menacing mouth.
Black liquid appeared from the wound, the shadow emitted a loud, pained screech that echoed throughout the room. It recoiled from the attack, its large gaping mouth pulling back, swirling it's tongue from the wound while spitting out the glass bottle.
Naruto didn't hesitate, his hands still running with adrenaline, he forced the doors closed, but not before seeing two other shadows quickly approaching from the distance.
He locked the door and began to block the entrance with objects like crazy.
Chie, not too far behind him, grabbed the broom she saw earlier and slid it between the handles, securing the doors in place.
The two worked together, dashing from one place to another, grabbing shelves, crates, even tables, anything big and wide they would use to create a makeshift barricade.
It wasn't until when the doors were completely blocked from sight, Chie and Naruto walked over to the back, the two sitting with Saki in the middle.
They spent the next few minutes, catching their breaths as their chests heaved with some effort. The room fell silent, save for the soft, shaky breaths of the two.
Saki's face was pale, but seeing Naruto and Chie all sweaty, working together to make sure they were safe, caused her to lower her head down in shame.
"Sorry… if I wasn't so tired, I would have…"
"It's…" Naruto gasped, "Alright, Saki. You've been missing for a long time, you're probably just as tired or even more. I can't believe we found you in this place. What happened to you?"
Chie, wiping the sweat from her face, managed to tilt her head so she could face the girl.
Seeing their gazes, Saki bit her lips. "Is now… really the best time to talk about it?"
Naruto and Chie looked at each other then looked at the entrance that was blocked off due to their efforts.
"They… don't seem like charging straight into here…" Chie paused. "And I don't hear them banging against the doors like crazy…"
"Oh. Trust me, we aren't going anywhere in the meantime." Naruto chuckled, trying to lighten the mood. "Guess we're on lockdown. Get it? Cause… cause we're locked inside? And the lock, er, barricade is up or was it down? Hehe."
Chie, still catching her breath, gave him a skeptical look. "Really? That's… I feel like I'm about to die, and that's what you throw at me? Geeeez~"
"That was horrible." Saki snorted, a smile coming on. "I'm with Chie on this one. If I'm going out, I don't want the words said to me to be a bad dad joke."
Naruto pouted. "I'll let you two know, that back in the city…"
"Back in my time…" Chie joked with an old man impression. "Girls used to look at me funny, and the road to school was at least 5 miles long…"
Saki snorted some more, bringing a grin. "Hahaha. Chie, you're so funny."
"More than Naruto?" Chie jokes.
Saki nodded seriously. "More than him, I swear it on my father's future grave."
As the two girls giggled, Naruto rolled his eyes, but his own smile grew back.
Due to the laughter in the room, the tension of their situation eased. Not a whole lot, but eased just enough to bring back their little smiles for everyone to see.
After a bit, Saki's smile fell. "I…" she began. "It was yesterday after I left you guys at the food court. I remember walking down the street, I had just passed the Samegawa flood plain when…"
"When what?" Chie asked, sitting up straight.
"I think… someone called out to me? I don't know who it was. It's weird. One moment, I was on the road, then I was… in a room? I think?" Saki placed a hand against her head. "Huh. I… can't remember. But I know that someone called me out, a male's voice…"
Naruto and Chie exchanged looks, frowns on their faces.
"... and when I woke up. I was here." Saki weakly gestured around. "This place was so big, and foggy. I walked for so long. I don't know how much time passed. It's strange. I passed by dark colored buildings plus with the fog covering everything up, it was so easy for me to get lost in."
This time around, Saki looked at Chie and Naruto suspiciously. "I came to this place, but to my surprise the fog, although dense, was a bit lighter… then you two came. How did both of you manage to find me and in all of this fog too?"
"It's kind of a long story…" Naruto said.
"Well…" Saki, taking a page from Naruto's book, gestured to the barricade. "We aren't going anywhere in the meantime."
Naruto clicked his tongue. "Touche."
"Thank you." Saki proudly smiled.
"Um." Naruto looked at Chie. "So where do we begin? It all started…"
As Naruto and Chie explained what occurred on their side of the story, Yosuke was riding the escalator up to the second floor of the Junes Department Store.
This place was exactly like Junes. This thought was on Yosuke's mind as he explored the areas he entered.
Everything was so familiar, the food court, the grocery department. Except for the void of people, everything was placed as it was in the real world.
Getting off the escalator, Yosuke took out his black flashlight and switched it on, light shone, aiding him in his path.
Although the glasses helped with the fog, in Junes, the lights on the ceilings tend to flicker every now and then for some reason. But then again, it may be Junes, but not his Junes.
Where did he find the flashlight? He grabbed the flashlight off from a counter back in the grocery department, along with a backpack which was then filled with extra flashlights he found, batteries, knives, some snacks and drinks.
Of course, enough to fill the bag, but also, not enough to keep it from dragging him down if he has to make a run for it.
To his luck, there were copies of what Junes had in stock on the shelves. The water tasted fresh and real. He carried whatever he could. The others must be starving right? Chie would probably praise him for finding food and Naruto would make some kind of joke about monsters, right?
...Chie knows kung fu, and Naruto looks like he can take on a guy or two. The two of them must be safe, they just have to...
Whenever Yosuke thought of those monsters chasing after Chie and Naruto, a chill crept up his spine.
His left hand reached down and patted at his pocket. A long kitchen knife in a cover rested there.
To his frustration, only these knives seem to be the only choice of weapons there were in the grocery area. It was better than nothing though.
Yosuke walked through a door, rows and shelves of toys were stacked on both sides.
Yosuke kept quiet, "This... really reminds me of a horror movie." groaning, he walked forward.
Passing by the toys, Yosuke was on alert. His eyes darting while the hand that held that flashlight swerved left and right, downwards.
With hesitation, he also shined upwards, nothing was there, but that didn't stop him from being wary.
If anything he saw in movies were real, a monster would be hiding just around the corner for their prey, or they would silently crawl on the ceiling as if it was the floor, moving above the victim before pouncing.
Yosuke paused at a doll on the shelf, looking at him.
The doll was dressed up as a farmer, holding a mini rake on the side. For extra accessories, there was a little plastic chicken tied on the side of the box as well as a mini toy tractor.
Yosuke stared into it's black beady eyes.
The doll stared back at Yosuke, it's patched face smiling.
"Yeah. I watch too many scary doll movies..." Yosuke groaned as he moved on.
While walking, his mind can't help but go back to that talking bear. Called himself, Teddie? Teddie said that he lived here, so it lived in this hell hole his entire life?
What kind of... thing was he? A bear? He said so, but what kind of bear would talk? A crazy bear, that's what.
"The shadows..." Teddie's words echoed back into Yosuke's mind as he exited the toy section on the other side.
"Are those what he called them? The monsters that chased us through the streets? Shadows..." Yosuke muttered. He lifted his flashlight and looked around.
At least, there were no shadows here. "Or, are they hiding?" Yosuke muttered. His guard didn't falter one bit as he continued on.
He was careful, even doing that thing that a spy or secret agent would do. Having your backs against the wall, eyeing the surrounding area, and if it was clear then roll to the side, going forward while hiding in sight.
This went on and on until Yosuke finally decided to just walk out in the open.
Those shadows. Yosuke hasn't come across one since he entered this place. However, now he has a weapon, a means to defend himself.
By the way. It was odd, but there was this feeling inside of him, telling him to go into Junes. But boy was he happy to listen to his gut. He now not only has food, water, but also weapons now.
At the same time however, there was a certain feeling gnawing at him. Those shadows from earlier stopped near the entrance of Junes. Yosuke was sure. They were scared, scared of something...
But Yosuke wasn't sure what it was. He walked around Junes in some locations, but nothing seems to scream 'danger' at him. So... what made those monsters scared to the point of running away?
Yosuke paused, looking up and flashing his light at a Jean's logo with a cartoon face on it. He peaked over into the room and saw the many clothing, shoes, and bag accessories there were.
He narrowed his eyes at a group of mannequins in swimwear, either standing or sitting next to each other doing a few poses.
Light instantly flashed upon them.
A few seconds more, seeing that there was no movement from them, Yosuke just blinked at them several times.
He blinked, blinked, and blinked. His hand trembling a bit.
Seeing that he was safe, and that they weren't moving. Yosuke breathed a sigh of relief. "Thank god!" he turned around and walked quickly away. What was that movie called? The one where that whenever you blink, the statue would come closer and closer. And when it finally gets close to you, it lunges for the kill.
Weeping Angel? The Haunted Statue? Don't Blink? Ah. Whatever. That has nothing to do with him! Thank god he didn't come across that, otherwise, he would have been dead meat for sure.
As for the clothing section. Yosuke doubts he could find anything he can use as a weapon in this place.
But... what other place in Junes holds weapons? A knife he has, but... oh who was he kidding. There was no way he can find something as deadly as a gun in this place.
Yosuke clicked his tongue. Crossing his arms as he thought.
Okay. He entered this Junes copy and for some reason the shadows did not follow him in.
He found food, water, and now has several knives to use to defend against the creatures called shadows.
Exploring areas where there is no or barely any light, he has flashlights which come into play, as well as extra batteries to power them.
It's limited, but besides the knives, he doesn't find anything else that seemed useful in fighting.
... Should he leave Junes and go back onto the road to find Naruto and Chie?
It seems like the best option, other than staying here that is.
Yosuke bit his lips. What if... the shadows were nearby? They were just waiting for him to come out of Junes so they can sink their fangs onto him?
But at the same time...
Yosuke thought back, when he looked behind the two chasing shadows, in the distance, there were five of those things, running the other direction.
"Naruto and Chie are probably dead. There is no way that they survived from the shadows. They're goners. Why should I go out there and risk myself getting killed when I could just stay here an-" Yosuke was spooked, slapping a hand over his mouth.
Wh-Where the hell did that come from?! No! He shouldn't be thinking of this! Naruto, Chie, his two friends!
They were in danger!
They were in danger because of him!
"Yosuke. Yosuke." Yosuke muttered, slapping himself wide awake. His eyes opening with determination. "What the hell, Hanamura?! Since when did you feel so weak that abandoning your friends for your own safety became an option!"
Yosuke gripped his flashlight. A sense of frustration, guilt, and shame flowed in him. "They have to be safe. They just have to." he whispered. "We'll get out of this place alive! I promise that here and now, on my own words!"
Adjusting his backpack, determined to go back and reunite with his friends, Yosuke was about to head back to the escalators, when suddenly... gaming and mechanical noises sounded to his right.
"Huh?!" jumping, he aimed his flashlight.
The light spread out, enveloping a doorless entryway.
Yosuke blinked as neon party lights flashed deeper in the room.
"This is... the Arcade Room? But... that place is located on the other side of Junes. How did it...?" Yosuke was puzzled.
Why did the entrance appear here?
Yosuke paused, his eyes looked back to where the escalators were at. "I should leave here..."
His eyes returned to the entrance.
And before he knew it, his legs walked on their own again, entering through the entrance.
"Flip the score!"
"Press 'start' to begin!"
"Radical leaps, dude!"
"Shor-yuken!"
"Insert yen to continue!"
The Arcade machines beamed with life. Their screens playing as music beats filled the air.
"Wow. I haven't been here in ages." Yosuke awed as he looked around. When was the last time he stopped by at the arcade game zone? It's been ages.
"Wait. No way, Street Fighter?! That game has been broken down!" Yosuke ran to an arcade stick machine that had the classic 'Street Fighter' logo in colors yellow burning to red.
"Ken. You have to try harder if you wish to stand a chance against Sheng Long!" on the screen, a video game sprite of Ryu hopped back and forth in front of a badly injured Ken who was lying on the ground with stars swirling above his dizzy head.
"Oh, I remember this!" Yosuke gushed. "I tried so hard for weeks until I finally managed to beat Sheng with Ken's combo. But then a few days after, dad said the machine couldn't be fixed so we had to scrap the arcade game away. It was such a shame!"
"I know right!" a familiar voice sounded right behind him. "A great game like this having to end up in a garbage of junk, is a shame."
"I know right! It was a classic of all time, can't a handyman or someone come and fix it? Why'd we have to throw it away?" Yosuke complained before blinking.
Wait... someone speaking...
The next second, he jumped back. His right arm positioned in front of him, the flashlight flaring. On his left hand, the knife was pulled out from it's cover, the long blade glinting under the flashing arcade lights.
Yosuke felt goosebumps erect from his arms. "W-Who's there! Show yourself!"
"I said..." Yosuke swung to the other side with his flashlight. "A great game like this. Street Fighter, a classic amongst classic of fighting games in our youth. But something as great as this, ending up in the garbage? It's such a shame. Am I right..." and then a figure came under the flashlight's view. A figure that made Yosuke's jaw drop.
"N-No way..." Yosuke gaped, because the figure that he was currently pointing the flashlight at was...
"Am I right? or am I right?... Me." stepping into the spotlight, an exact replica of Hanamura Yosuke stood. The same posture, the same clothes, down from the shirt to the shoes, even the headphones around the neck were the same.
... it was himself.
"Y-You..." Yosuke was shaken, his eyes staring at his own reflection, no wait, his eyes! Although the hair and eyebrows were the same, there was a difference in their eyes.
Unlike his brown eyes, his doppelganger had bright yellow eyes which pierced through the dark, a creepy feeling in them.
"What... the hell is this?" Yosuke swallowed. "W-Who are you? And why do you look like me?"
At this, Shadow Yosuke gave out a wicked grin to which Yosuke flinched to. "Who am I?" Shadow Yosuke mockingly asked. "Why..." he stepped forward once more, rather proudly in the light, spreading his arms wide. "I'm you."
"I don't... I don't understand." Yosuke muttered.
Shadow Yosuke sighed, placing his hands in his pocket, turning.
This action caused Yosuke to jump in his spot, Yosuke pointed the flashlight on him, his hand around the handle of the knife shook.
Finding the act to be cowardly, Shadow Yosuke sneered with rolled eyes, before looking around in interest. "Ah. The Arcade... how I miss it so, not here, but the one back in the city. Remember?"
Seeing that he was looking at him, Yosuke stuttered out an answer. "Y-Yeah. I used to c-come to the arcade back in the city's square with Kenichi and Lee..."
"We played so many games together here, at the arcade." Shadow Yosuke mused, trailing a finger along an arcade machine's button, stopping to flick the joy stick in a playful manner. "The day before we left, it was just us guys, reminiscing of the good old times. But..."
"But what?" Yosuke, still confused on what was happening, still asked.
Suddenly, Shadow Yosuke slammed his hands on the counter of the arcade machine. He whirled around revealing a ferocious face.
"That stupid old man ruined everything! He just had to accept the promotion and became the manager of Junes. 'Let's move out together as a family.' mom says, but even she's the one at fault!" Shadow Yosuke erupted, allowing Yosuke to see the glimmer of hatred in his eyes, "and what do we get when we moved out of the city, where our friends were, and into the sticks?!"
He swung his arm as if to vent. "Mocking looks, suspicious stares! And the whispers! I can't stand them! Because of Junes and because of that stupid, rotten, dumb-fuck we call as parents, the town's people hate us!"
Shadow Yosuke screamed to the point saliva flew. "Why should they blame me?! Blame mom for agreeing, blame dad for accepting! Blame themselves for being so useless that they can't keep their own customers to themselves!"
"But..." Shadow Yosuke suddenly grinned. "At least the girls here seem fine. Chie's long athletic legs, Yukiko's creamy touchable skin, and Saki-senpai... Saki-senpai!" he wrapped himself in his arms, heavily breathing the air. "Oh. How I love her! Dad introduced her when she signed up to work under us! Unlike others who glares, she softly looks! Unlike others who whisper, she states her thoughts openly! Unlike those scowls, she... she smiles... deserves to be my woman!"
Seeing Shadow Yosuke squirming in pleasure, Yosuke had a look of disgust on his face. He also couldn't believe what he was hearing.
"T-That's not true!" Yosuke found the courage, pointing with a yell. "Dad accepted the job, and with that raise, he helped us with the bills, to have a roof over our heads, and food to fill our stomach! Mom's the same! She respected dad's choice so I respected hers as well! As for Chie, Yukiko-san and Saki-senpai... I can't believe you would look and treat them, as if they were sex dolls!"
"Fine, fine, Chie and Yukiko-san were boring. But Saki-senpai! Saki-senpai! Don't tell me you don't feel the same?! The girls back in the city were dull, wearing heavy makeup, spouting lies. But Saki-senpai was different! She was the truth! A beautiful truth!" Shadow Yosuke chuckled, even bouncing in joy.
But then Shadow Yosuke stopped to scowl. "Uzumaki Naruto... I hate him!"
"Wha? Naruto." Yosuke was stunned. What does Naruto have to do with all of this? Wait. What the hell is even happening?!
Not seeing Yosuke's confusion, the shadow version of him was stomping the floor. "Showing up out of nowhere! That damn pretty boy getting all the girls attention! Even Saki-senpai! But I'm happy. King Moron showed him! He vomited on our shoes, but he was looked on as a loser as well! Saki-senpai smiled at him as if he was better than me?! I hate him! Uzumaki Naruto, I hate him!"
"Oh come on! Now you're being childish!" Yosuke snorted. "Did you forget that Naruto has some good points of his own. Hell! He literally helped me up from the side of the road when nobody else would! 6 months! I've been here for 6 months, but he was the first to reach a helping hand out!"
"Haha... Hahaha..." Shadow Yosuke, as if hearing the greatest joke, grabbed his stomach and laughed. Wiping away imaginary tears off his face. "Helping hand? What a joke! And also, how long are you going to keep deluding yourself? Screw mom. Screw dad. Screw our so called friends. Screw the shopping district, and Junes too! You're sick too! I know it! You're sick of everything, especially living out in the sticks!"
"What're you saying...?" Yosuke unknowingly stepped back. "That's not true, I- Chie, Yukiko-san, Saki-senpai, Naruto- they all..."
"Bah." Shadow Yosuke spat on the side, raising a hand up to block off Yosuke's face. "Put a sock in it. You put on a good show of being carefree and happy-go-lucky 'cause you're sooo terrified of being alone here."
Shadow Yosuke slid to the left with a smile. "The more the merrier, right? And what's this about saving, Saki-senpai? You think we're some kind of knight in shining armor?! God. Haha. You are such a tool!"
"S-Stop it!" Yosuke's lips quivered, the hand on the knife was loosening.
Seeing this, the other Yosuke laughed out. "Hahaha! Why so panicked? I thought I was just spouting bullshit? Or maybe... I DO know everything you're thinking!"
"And why's that...? Because I AM you!" Shadow Yosuke went to step closer, but stepped back in time to evade an unstable swipe from Yosuke's knife.
Shadow Yosuke smirked. "But then there it was..." he let out a gasp, with wonder in his eyes. "My hand inside the tv? A world inside the tv?! Now that's exciting!" he began to dance like there was no tomorrow.
The Arcade lights and music from the many machines were booming.
Yosuke looked around in panic, before stopping at his copy.
That thing... that monster was saying that it was him?
"That's not true... Stop... Stop it..." Yosuke muttered.
"I'm the protagonist!" Shadow Yosuke punched through the air, ending with karate chops. "I can save senpai! I... you can be a big shot, the hero of the story! The tv Warp-Man, Hanamuuuuura Yosuke~!"
"Just what are you?! Who are you?!" lies. lies. All this thing was spouting were lies, Yosuke gritted his teeth.
His head clouded with rage.
Shadow Yosuke chuckled. "Seriously... are you a moron like King Moron of morons?!" he stuck his tongue out, blowing a raspberry. "I already told ya. I'm you, dumbass... your Shadow... There's nothing I don't know about you!"
"Screw that!" Yosuke wasn't having it. He glared at his counterpart. If glares can melt people, Shadow Yosuke would have already turned into liquid about now. "You curse mom, dad, my friends! You look like me, but... but... I don't even know you!"
Yosuke gripped the knife and flashlight harder in his hands. His resentment for his situation, the Shadow's words, everything seemed to burst out that moment. "You can't be me, you son of a bitch!"
Then, the arcade room went silent, even the music stopped.
"Snrk... mehahahahaha! HAHAHAHAHA!" Shadow Yosuke laughed like a deranged lunatic. "THAT'S RIGHT! SAY IT AGAIN!"
Yosuke, still shaking in rage, screamed out. "You're not me! You ARE NOTHING LIKE ME!"
"Hn." Shadow Yosuke stepped back. "Yeah. You're right, that's right. I am me now." adjusting his collar, the shadow gave out a cool look. "I'm not you anymore, see."
To Yosuke's panic and confusion, the music in the arcade room boomed once more, genre leaning more into rock 'n' roll.
Yosuke covered his eyes as Shadow Yosuke was suddenly enveloped in a bright light.
As the light shone brightly, pools of shadows surrounded, entering and exiting the light.
When the light died down, Yosuke's eyes widen.
Instead of his self, in its place was a giant cartoonish looking smiling frog with a body fused to it's back. The body has it's own face, wearing large yellow gloves and a long red scarf around its neck.
"I..." a distorted voice of Shadow Yosuke came out. The frog took a step forward, causing the very ground to shake.
Yosuke was shivering in fear.
"... am a shadow... The true self..." it declared. "I'll crush everything that bores me..." four eyes stared back at Yosuke. "Starting with you!"
That was the only thing Yosuke needed to hear to have him run away.
The frog eye-smiled, hopping after Yosuke with a happy croak.
Back with the trio, Naruto and Chie were quiet as they stared at Saki, who was still processing what she had just heard.
The Midnight Channel... Yosuke's arm going through the tv... Falling into the tv at Junes...
Coming across the creepy apartment room... Teddie, a talking bear...
The monsters appearing... splitting the group apart...
Saki held her head, closing her eyes.
"Hana-chan..." she whispered.