【ᴍɪsᴀᴋɪ sᴛᴀɪʀs ❴ᴘᴀʀᴛ ᴏɴᴇ❵】

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(Y/n) deadpanned as she watched her daikon legged friend. Yashiro Nene was in deep thought to notice that her childhood friend, Aoi was talking to her.

Picking up her things and finally placed them back into her school bag, she decided to approached the girl to ask what wrongs when the violet haired girl beat her to it.

"Nene-chan?" Aoi asked, making Yashiro snapped back to reality. " Are you even listening?"

"You seems to be thinking so hard, Yashiro-chan." (Y/n) joined in.

"I-I.... I'm sorry."

Aoi grinned. "Your always staring out into space, Nene-chan....Maybe you have a new crush?"

"Oooh! Spill the tea, sister!" (Y/n) smirked at her friend. "Is it Minamoto's younger brother? Have you fallen for him already?"

"Definitely not! He's not my type." Yashiro sighed. "But I don't have a new crush...I wish, But I only like Minamoto-senpai."

"Bruh... He doesn't even know you exists!" (Y/n) exclaimed. 'Not yet though.....I think? But she already met Kou...Who might already told his brother....So I guess he knows?'

"Oh, I know! Nene-chan, (N/n)-chan, Have you heard of this one?" Aoi asked.

"Oh! Another rumor?" (Y/n) asked, even though she already knew what it was. 'Ah...Good ol' Mystery No. 2. I love Yako, but her obsession with Misaki is just too much! She gets better in further chapters anyways, though.'

Aoi began to tell them the new rumor spreading around the school. "No. 2 of the seven mysteries: The Misaki stairs...

You must never step on the fourth step of that staircase...

If you break that rule, you'll be dragged into the world of the dead... And you body will be torn in thousands, if not tens of thousands of pieces...

They say that at twilight, the blood of the victims drips down the stairs, even though no one could see the source.."

"Somehow, I seems to love the rumor. So spooky and creepy." (Y/n) grinned sadisticly. But her white haired friend thinks other wise.

"W-which staircase is this?" Yashiro asked, frightened.

"The stairway infront of the art room, Lot of students say they've seen the pools of blood!" Aoi said in a scary tone, making the daikon legged girl shake in fear. "Huh? I thought you liked these stories, Nene-chan?"

"I do love them!" Yashiro protested.

"Well I'm glad, but (N/n)-chan-" Aoi stared at her childhood friend in concern. "You're always hated the rumors since you're afraid of paranormal things. Why'd you like this one?"

The pain in her chest returned. (Y/n) gave her friend a fake smile to hide the aching feeling.

The model doesn't know what her personality is in this world. Ever since she came here, she's been worrying the people close to her here. The brooch didn't tell her what she was like in this world which made it a bit harder for her to blend in.

Not just that, Hanako himself is already suspicious of her from the moment he met her. He knows that (Y/n) is hiding something, but luckily, he respects her privacy so he didn't pushed her to tell him.

After all, everyone has secrets including him.

"Well they're aren't that bad once you get used to it, I mean their only rumors. There's no proof that they're true." (Y/n) lied. But in reality, it does. The rumors, Aoi tells always turns out to be true. From Hanako to the Shijima, they turned out to be real except for their rumors that were changed by a certain rat's assistant.

'Tsukasa, I love you but please stop messing around the lives of innocent supernaturals, you little rat.'

Fortunately for her, Aoi seems to have bought her lie and nodded. The pain eased afterwards.

"Hey! Akane-san, I think you forgetting something." Their homeroom teacher, Nagisa called out from the open door, interrupting their conversation. He then showed them a piece of paper that says 'Career Counceling Schedule' "Today at 4:30 in the art room. You, me. Guidance Counceling."

"That's right! I'll be right there!" Aoi took her school bag and ran towards the teacher.

'Huh....Nagisa-sensei looks a bit like Misaki, now that I got a closer look at him' (Y/n) thought. 'Wait...Don't tell me, He's an rencarnation?! AHHHHH! IF I EVER BEFRIEND YAKO, I NEED TO TELL HER THIS!'

"(L/n)-san, You're next, the day after tommorrow." Nagisa reminded.

"Hai! Sensei!" (Y/n) mocked saluted him.

"(N/n)-chan~ You can go home without me today." Aoi said, leaving the room with Nagisa. But before she could leave the room, she then turned to Yashiro. "Nene-chan! I'll find another scary story for you! So cheer up, Okay?!"

"Aww. She truly does cares~" (Y/n) wipes an imaginary tear from her eyes as Yashiro weakly waved goodbye to her violet haired bestfriend.

"The flowers are blooming, Aoi will be so happy." Yashiro said as she turned around, noticing a flower on the plant, Aoi was caring for. (Y/n) nodded, agreeing with her.

"I'm just glad that Sensei made the wise decision to have Aoi be incharged of the plants. " (Y/n) said and decided to joke around despite it coming true, tomorrow. "It would be ashame if he gave the job to Yamabuki-kun. He's like one of the irresponsible kids in class."

Yashiro didn't seemed to get her hint and decided to say. "She worked hard to take care of them, I'll tell her tomorrow."

"Yah... You do that." (Y/n) yawned and waved Yashiro, goodbye before picking up her bag and walking out of the classroom.

After the model was out of ear shot, she sighed.

She know what will happen to Aoi. It might have already happened.

She know that Yashiro will be really upset tomorrow, the girl literary cried in both anime and manga when her friend disappeared.

(Y/n) shook her head. She has to be positive, the three stooges literary went and saved her along with the other unfortunate souls.

'Worry about that tomorrow.' (Y/n) thought. 'Right now I need to worry that I have to model for victoria's secret again.'

(Y/n) mentally cried. She hates it when she models skimpy outfits, knowing the fact that Hanako literary owned every single one of the magazines that has her modeled revealing clothes and bathing suits.

He won't let it slide and tease her like the last time when he gets his dirty hands on a copy of her next magazine.

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"Good morning~" (Y/n) yawned as she entered the classroom. She know that she was late, but took her time to get ready.

Aoi wasn't there to wake her up, knowing the fact that the girl is somewhere in the second mystery's boundary. With her gone, Akane only bother to wake her when Aoi is there with him.

'Some friend he is...' The young model thought bitterly. 'That asshole of a clock keeper, went to school early and didn't even tried to stop by and wake me up.'

Just then, someone held both of her shoulder, desperately. (Y/n) blinked, trying to proceed what just happened.

"(Y/n)-chan! Tell me...Please Tell me!" Yashiro cried as she stared at her, frantically. "Do you know an Aoi?! Please tell me you do!"

Seems like Yashiro already know that no one in class know or remembered Aoi. Their classmates were whispering, thinking that Yashiro got insane. Nagisa was staring at the two weirdly and confused.

"Ofcourse I know, Aoi. She's my childhood friend." (Y/n) answered. She didn't want to pretend that she forgot about her, she doesn't have the heart to do that to Yashiro.

Yashiro Nene is a queen who deserves to be treated with respect with that heart of gold that she has.

"Thank goodness..." Yashiro sighed in relief. Hugging the model tightly and cried on her shoulder. (Y/n) hugged her back comfortingly, rubbing her back in the process.

"Um...Sensei...Could we leave the room for a few moments?" (Y/n) asked, now seeing the fact that Nagisa and her classmates were staring at the two weirdly.

Nagisa merely nodded, watching the girls as (Y/n) walked backwards to the door, not wanting to break the hug.

Once they were out of sight, Yashiro began telling her the situation. (Y/n) nodded, listening to her friend despite her already knowing the current events.

As expected, nobody remembers Aoi. Her plants and things disappeared. She doesn't exists at all.

"My best option is to ask Hanako-kun..." Yashiro finally said after explaining. "He might know something."

"Well then, let's go ask him after class." (Y/n) replied. "Aoi is my friend too. I wanna know what happened to her."

The day passed faster than (Y/n) expected. Next thing she knew, the afterschool bell already rang. Her and Yashiro quickly left the classroom once the teacher dismissed the class.

The two girls ran towards the direction of the bathroom. Just then, Yashiro bumped into a certain brunnet.

"Eek!"

"Whoa!"

"Yashiro-chan!" (Y/n) shouted. 'And....The simp appeared!'

"I'm sorry!" Yashiro apologized as she fell into the ground. Her phone fell besides her.

Natsuhiko helped her up, trying to be charming. "No, I'm sorry. Are you okay?"

(Y/n) coughed. "Simp."

She noticed that Natsuhiko tensed at her presence, seemingly heard what she said. He rubbed his neck embarrasingly as he returned the phone, Yashiro dropped. "Here. You dropped this."

Yashiro blushed, awestruck of Natsuhiko's appearance. She took her phone. "T-thank you, very much..."

(Y/n) rolled her eyes. "Come on! Yashiro-chan~ We have better place to be!"

"You're right!" Yashiro gasped in realization. She quickly took the model's hand and ran away from the brunnet.

However, (Y/n) glance emotionlessly at the brunnet, noticing a black crane floating after them.

Natsuhiko's eyes widened. He was caught. The girl seems to know about what he was doing. He played it cool and smiled at her.

She purposely ignored the sudden sting of her chest, knowing the fact that Natsuhiko was now suprised, curious even.

(Y/n) cursed mentally. Last thing she ever wanted was making Tsukasa suspicious of her well being. Knowing the little rat, he'll make sure to find out her real motives.

No one should ever know the trial or the wish she made because that's what more important. Even that she should never changed the course of the story.

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"She vanished?" Hanako asked as Yashiro explained the situation. He was currently playing cards with two mokkes. "Hmmm..."

"Don't 'hmmm' me! Come on, Hanako-kun! You were gone this morning and at lunch!" Yashiro snapped, now impatient.

Earlier when she first arrive in school, she went to the bathroom to find Hanako not there. And during lunch time, she came back but with (Y/n) this time. But he was still not there.

The two girls thought that this was their last opportunity to find him.

"I'm a busy guy, Did you tried contacting the police?" Hanako told them.

"Well genius, why would we ask the police to find a girl who doesn't exists after what ever happened, yesterday." (Y/n) answered, annoyed.

Surely the (Y/n) of this world is childhood and close friends with Aoi but not her. She barely knew the girl personally but (Y/n) cares. Aoi was her friend now, and she's really worried for her safety despite knowing where the violet haired girl's wherebouts.

"There's something weird about it. Her flowers, desks and everything Aoi owned is gone. And everyone says that they don't know any Aoi." Yashiro explained.

"How can they even forget someone sweet and kind like Aoi, just like that..." (Y/n) muttered. 'I forgot to ask Akane if he still remembers her...Damnit...'

Hanako was about to say something when an angry voice interrupted him.

"HANAKO!" The door slammed open, revealing the young exorcist, Minamoto Kou. He had a fierce look on his face as he glared on the male seventh mystery.

"Minamoto-kun?! This is the girl's bathroom!" Yashiro yelped.

"Have some decency, Young Minamoto!" (Y/n) scolded. Although deep inside, she would enter a boy's bathroom without any hesistation.

The blonde boy only ignored the two and shooked Hanako back and forth.

"YOU JERK! WHAT DID YOU DO TO MY CLASSMATES?! YOKOO AND SATOU!!?" He yelled.

"Hey, Bro...Calm down..." (Y/n) approached the boy, with her hands raised up in defense. "Put. The Perverted Ghost. Down."

"Y-you wounded m-me... (L-L/n)" Hanako managed to stuttered out, getting dizzy with the constant shooking of the young exorcist on him.

"This is obviously your doing! Spreading those weird ghost stories! Why don't anyone remember them?!"

"You mean?!" Yashiro gasped

After a few minutes passed, Kou managed to calmed down.

"Vanishing students and rumors about the staircase, hm... Yeah, your right. I do have an idea of what's going on here." Hanako said as he fixed his uniform, it got dishelved when Kou shook him.

"I knew it! Damn you!"

"Where did Aoi go?!"

"Damn...I'm hungry..."

The three stared at (Y/n) blankly. She just laughed nervously as she scratched her cheek. "Sorry....I was just trying to lighten up the mood, here."

Hanako chuckled at her attempted humor and decided to ignore that. He cleared his throat and began to explain. "In this school, there are seven locations that connects to the netherworld. That staircase is one of them, the missing students were probably taken to the netherworld"

"T-the netherworld?!"

"It's called A boundary. When a living person crosses it, their whole existence disappears. Although it look like there are special humans who aren't affected, like you, (L/n)  and this kid here." Hanako finished.

"The boundary, my brother told me about that. He said it's a world where things end up where they have no where to go. Spirit's of the dead, supernaturals and things that everyone forgotten." Kou said.

"Exactly! Your quite the knowledgable young lad!" Hanako praised sounding like an old man making Kou flinched and (Y/n) cringed.

"Hanako...How old exactly are you?" (Y/n) asked. Not liking his choice of speech.

"Curious now eh? I'm actually around 50 years old!" Hanako exclaimed proudly. "I died at the age of 13, which is why I look younger."

(Y/n) noticed how his mood dropped when he mentioned his death. Now she was regretting asking him that question.

'Well, atleast I know that the Hanako-kun wiki didn't lied about his actual age.'

"C-can the people who ever go there.... Ever come back?" Yashir tugged on Hanako's sleeve, tears threatning to fall from her eyes just at the thought of her bestfriend not coming back.

"Don't make that face~" Hanako squished his assistant's cheeks. "It's alright. I'll help them. I told you didn't I? I am No. 7 of the seventh mysteries. It's my duty to maintain correct relationship between humans and supernaturals."

He began to pat her head like an animal. "But ofcourse you're helping me, Yashiro."

"Hanako-kun~" Yashiro sniffles.

"There, there, there..."

"Can you not do that?!" (Y/n) exclaimed. She honestly would squeal if this scene was still in the anime but Hanako is treating Yashiro as if he's calming down a crying puppy. It's not really good to look at personally.

Luckily, Kou appeared between the two. "HEY!"

The model quickly pulled Yashiro into a protective hug, away from Hanako as Kou stood infront of them.

"What was that for? I was just getting into the good part." Hanako wriggled his fingers, pervertedly.

"Stay away, perv. Yashiro is a precious queen that needs to be protected from the likes of you." (Y/n) said menacingly, hugging Yashiro tightly as she glared at the ghost.

"Yeah! What (L/n)-senpai said!" Kou agreed.  "You were gonna take senpai to the boundary, weren't you?!"

"Well yeah..."

"I'm going too! I can't let you take senpai to a dangerous place like that alone!" Kou declared. "I'll protect her!"

"Me too!" (Y/n) exclaimed. "There's no way I'll leave Yashiro with two guys like you two! And I want to rescue Aoi, too!"

"(L/n)-senpai! It's too dangerous!" Kou stared at her, worriedly. "You need to stay here where you'll be safe. We'll rescue Akane-senpai."

"And let you guys have all the fun and thrill? No way!" (Y/n) huffed. "I'm not going to be in danger anyways. A powerful and adorable exorcist is there to protect me anyways."

'Plus. Delhi will protect me...' (Y/n) thought. Just yesterday, she had a talk with the deity of the gem. The brooch casted a spell of protection around her, it will last until her trial is completed.

Delhi herself said that (Y/n) is able to use the brooch's power only if she's cautious enough to not be caught.

Kou blushed at her comment. (Y/n) literary called her adorable. No one ever called him like thay before.

And he just met her literary, the other day ago.

"Hmmm... Okay... But you aren't my assistant, so you are on your own over there." Hanako said towards Kou.

"Like I'd ever need your help!" Kou snapped.

"Don't blame me if you ended up as a piece of meat." Hanako darkly joked making Kou jolted up a bit terrified.

The seventh mystery then continued as he smirked towards the said girl's direction. "Although I'll make am exemption with (L/n) here... I need her alive for her next magazine I've been waiting for."

The young model shivered. "You're truly are a perverted ghost, Hanako."

"Hey! Don't talk about (L/n)-senpai like that!" Kou said angrily.

(Y/n) sighed as the two began to argue. She turned towards Yashiro who held a sad expression, obviously worried for Aoi's well being.

"Hey." The (H/c) haired beauty placed a hand on her friend's shoulder, Yashiro looked at her. (Y/n) smiled. "We'll save Aoi. Don't worry much about it, okay? She'll be alright."

"I hope your right, (Y/n)-chan..." Yashiro muttered.

The four arrived at the rumored stairs...

Blood was dripping down on each steps.

'Blood of the victims at twilight.....Aoi..' Yashiro thought, shakily.

'I'm going to protect my two senpai, no matter what! And I'll exorcise that jerk, Hanako while at it!' Kou thought with determination...

'Yako~! Wait for me, my favorite little kitsune udon~!' (Y/n) grinned, not really bothered about the blood dripping at the stairs.

Hanako remained silent...

The four then simutatiously stepped on the fourth step of the staircase, their surrondings soon changed.

The four looked around them in amazement, Well Kou and Yashiro are, they didn't imagined that the boundary of the misaki stairs was this beautiful.

(Y/n) obviously already knew what the misaki stairs look like but seeing it in person and real looking made it even better than what she saw in the anime.

"Is this, inside...The misaki stairs?" Yashiro asked in awe.

"Look at all of this knick-knacks!" (Y/n) exclaimed as she looked at all the things around them.

However, Hanako smirked.

"Looks like she's been walking into town."

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Fact: Nagisa is actually the name of Yashiro's homeroom teacher. If you don't believe me then look it up in wiki. He looks so much like Misaki too!