Song: Ghosts of Japan.

The picture above is Twenty-Three, since I believe I haven't shown you how she looks like...

O O P S I E...

Anyways,

Just play the song when I tell you to and imagine Mrs. Mary is playing it with a koto.

AAAAND, let's not forget a Mrs. Mary pic.

The Entertainer (see above)

(Why is it always shown as landscape when I took the picture as portrait? That's annoying.)

Okay! Let's carry on!
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Twenty-Three and Mono ran pass the halls of the school. Except when an occaisional monster comes by, it was actually going well.

"Welp, where are we even going Mono?" Twenty-Three questioned while climbing up the lockers.

Mono, who was already on top of the lockers, looked around, "I'm guessing," he trailed off while looking over a room that had the door opened afar, "There," he said.

"Uh, isn't that the gym?" Twenty-Three questioned as she finally climbed the top of the locker

"Better than nothing," Mono said and he hopped down, Twenty-Three glared at him, "I climbed up here and you hopped down," she growled.

Mono tilted his head, "Why did you climb up there then?"

Twenty-Three sighed, "Whatever," she said while hopping down.

Mono chuckled a bit, "Let's go in," he said and Twenty-Three walked past him, "W h a t e v e r."

"Hey, you can't be annoyed at me forever," Mono pointed out and Twenty-Three smiled, "Yeah, I can't be annoyed at my best friend forever, but for now I am," she said and went inside the room.

Mono followed inside and instantly got slapped by a bush, "Ow," he muttered.

Author: Dem boi got bush-slapped!

Author: *laughs while crying on how cringy the pun was*

Twenty-Three giggled, and Mono fixed his paperbag, "You know it's not funny."

"It is from here."

"Oh, now I'm the one annoyed at you."

Twenty-Three shrugged, "Mutual feelings."

BAAAAAAANG!

The two jolted from the sound of the gunshot and instantly hid behind the bushes, staying very still while peeking out the bushes. On the other side of the forest made a rustling sound, and pop came out the Hunter.

He was wearing a sack with one hole, a hat, a coat, and whatever else since I forgot. On his hands was his rifle and a lamp. The Hunter scanned the surroundings before putting down his rifle.

"I was sure I heard noises here," he said in a gruff voice. Mono looked at him and gulped, it looked exactly like the Hunter in his nightmares.

The Hunter continued to scan the surroundings, the two didn't dare to move, or else he would spot it and they are *cuts neck* good as dead, rip.

Mumu: Are you sleepy?

Author: Heh, maybe-ada

Myoni: I think you should sleep-.

Author: Nannniiiiii?

Mumu: *tries to grab Author*

Author: Naaaaaniiiiiiiiiii?

Myoni: My god- JUST GO TO SLEEP!

Author: haha, NAAAAAAAAAANIIIIIIIIII?

Finally, there was sudden movement from the other side of the forest and the Hunter notched his gun to that direction. He shot and moved closer to the said sound. Leaving the two kids to breath out of relief.

"Man, that was close," Mono whispered.

"I would say 'Ya think?', but I'm too scared to do a sarcastic remark," Twenty-Three muttered.

Mono rolled his eyes, "I guess we go to the Hunter's shelter then."

"Uh, why?"

"To get some weapons, maybe he has some," Mono pointed out matter-of-factly.

Twenty-Three nodded, "Okay, you're the boss."

And together they sneaked off to the Hunter's animal shelter. Twenty-Three looked around the tall trees, and her eyes did a double take when the trees moved by themselves.

"Uh, Mono?" Twenty-Three whispered called.

Mono turned back, "Yeah, what?"

Twenty-Three pointed a nearby tree that was swaying side to side, "Do the trees in your nightmare move?"

Mono did a little recap of his nightmares, "I-"

Before Mono could finish what he was saying, the tree did that for him as it snapped it's enlongated branch to them. Twenty-Three managed to make a silent-ish squeak before jumping back.

"RUN!" Mono said as he grabbed Twenty-Three's hand and ran for it, "You didn't have to tell me twice!" Twenty-Three remarked.

Author: Did I just make my OC too sarcastic?

Twenty-Three: *reading the last part and the other parts she made a sarcastic note* I think you just did.

BANG!

The two jolted when they head a gunshot, they turned back to see the Hunter, who under his one-holed sack was smiling devillishly.

"Found you!" He said while notching his rifle to their direction and shooting.

The two ran like their lives depended on it cause it actually did. The Hunter chased them, and the trees didn't help one bit, they tried to grab Twenty-Three or Mono's ankles.

"We have to hide somewhere!" Twenty-Three said.

"Where?! The trees will kill us and we have a Hunter hot on our tail!"

As if on cue, the two spotted a tall building, the animal shelter.

"There!" Twenty-Three pointed while running to the door. Luckily, there was a hole underneath the door and the two slipped through.

"This is a trap, Twenty-Three," Mono said and Twenty-Three looked around, then smiled when she saw a specific tool. Ignoring Mono's warning, she climbed a cabinet and went to the shelves.

"Twenty-Three?!" Mono exclaimed while catching up to her, "What are you doing?"

Twenty-Three grabbed the - somehow a just the right size for her - scissors, "Go grab whatever weapon you like, this is mine," she said.

"Wait-" Mono said but he was cut off by the Hunter once again. The Hunter slammed the door open and spotted the two on his shelf, where he placed the tools for taxidermy and such.

"Well, seems like you handed me your life!" The Hunter said while laughing and pointing the rifle to them.

Twenty-Three scoffed, "As if!" She said while running to the edge of the shelf and jumping.

"Twenty-Three!" Mono gasped.

The Hunter notched the trigger and was ready to shoot, but - by some kind of magic - Twenty-Three managed to reach and aim for the Hunter's eyehole, stabbing his eye deep with the scissors she just got.

The Hunter bellowed in pain while stumbling down, his sack drenched with his blood. Twenty-Three grabbed her scissors again and jumped off the Hunter's sacked face, smiling triumphantly. Then she looked over at Mono, "Hurry!"

Mono looked at the assorted tools on display and raised an eyebrow when he saw a ladle, What would the Hunter need a ladle for, I don't want to know, he thought as he grabbed the ladle and jumped down.

Twenty-Three went to grab the small gas lamp and umbrella that was in the corner of the cabinet where she climbed on, then she hung it in the inside of her cloak.

Author: YOU CAN PUT ANYTHING IN HER CLOAK, HER CLOAK HAS MAGIC POWERS-

Twenty-Three: That's how you made it right?

Author: MaYbE. ( > ω >)

The two headed to the door, the Hunter was still holding on his stabbed eye and patting around for the two. Sadly, his sack only has one hole so he couldn't see them with his other eye.

"Let's leave this place, pronto," Twenty-Three said and Mono nodded, "Okay, let's go," he said and they ran off to the invisible door once again.

Behind them the Hunter stood up and grabbed his rifle, "I'M GONNA KILL YOU!" He said while blindly shooting.

Mono and Twenty-Three finally reached the door, Mono turn back, "Well, his first wishlist will never happen," he said and Twenty-Three giggled.

Then they shut the door, leaving the Hunter shooting blindly at whatever.

"That was the worst yet coolest idea you thought, Twenty-Three," Mono complimented and Twenty-Three shrugged, "I just thought of it... And it came to me naturally."

Although it was weird I kinda enjoyed seeing the Hunter bleed, Twenty-Three thought but kept it to herself.

"Anyways, let's keep going," she said and the two walked off away from the gym.

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"Where do we go now?" Twenty-Three questioned as they kept walking in the hallway. Mono looked ahead which was very dark, then he turned to Twenty-Three, "Hey, didn't you got a lamp, care to light the way?"

Twenty-Three nodded, "Sure," she said and pulled out the gas lamp from her cloak.

Mono's eyebrow raised when he saw the size of the lamp and how it would fit inside Twenty-Three's coat, "What is that? A magic cloak?"

Twenty-Three snorted, "Possibly," she said while turning the gas lamp on, it gave her three tries before it's small flame flickered inside.

Twenty-Three lifted the lamp so they could see what's ahead and they continued to stide into the dark aisle. They looked around to see some lockers slightly open and strings attached everywhere; some had black ooze seeping out.

Then... A dark hunted tune filled the air.

[Play the song, it's creepy, but cooooooooool]

The two's spine shivered from the sound. Mono turned to Twenty-Three, "Should we go to the sound?"

Twenty-Three gripped on Mono's other arm, and nodded. Even if the sound and the aura was creepy, Twenty-Three felt like she needed to see who's playing the sound.

The two walked on and Twenty-Three lifted the lamp to see another door opened ajar.

"The Music Class," Twenty-Three noticed the door she always opens to meet her favorite teacher. The tune filled the room and hung in the air. It was melancholy, like as if the instrument was mourning.

Twenty-Three lifted her free hand and pushed the door, the room was filled with black ooze and strings that passed through the wall. Inside was Mrs. Mary. But it wasn't how she looked like.

Her back faced them, she wore a dark blue kimono with sakura details and branches. Her hair was down, yet some strands was on a ponytail. And she was playing a koto while sobbing.

It was the Entertainer.

She continued to pluck that sad tune, Twenty-Three felt entranced by the sound. It was like she could feel the instrument itself weep.

Then the Entertainer chocked a sob, "My daughter...."

Her daughter? Twenty-Three wondered, then remembered that Mrs. Mary's daughter was kidnapped, then killed, Twenty-Three's eyes widened, Is she talking about her dead daughter?

"He killed her... My baby," The Entertainer sobbed while her hands played on the koto infront of her.

Mono looked at the Entertainer then to Twenty-Three, "I think we should head out," Mono whispered to Twenty-Three, but Twenty-Three couldn't move, her body wanted to hear more.

The Entertainer's hand stopped playing, "Who's there?"

Mono gulped, then he tried dragging Twenty-Three away but she stood there, unfazed.

The Entertainer turned, her face can't be seen since she was wearing mask yet black ooze spilled out the eye holes.

"What are you two doing here?" She asked, suddenly strings spilled out her back, followed with the black ooze.

Finally, Twenty-Three unfroze and took a step back. Then she remembered a slight bit about The Entertainer, she was a mouring mother and will kill anyone at sight because of rage.

Why did I even let my stupid curiosity take over me?! Twenty-Three mentally face-slapped herself.

The Entertainer glared at them while the strings on her back snapped, "Leave," she growled.

Mono, who noticed the Twenty-Three finally unfroze, took that chance and grabbed Twenty-Three's hand, "We will," Mono said and ran for it with Twenty-Three behind him.

The strings snapped and followed them, they broke through the hallway's wall. The black ooze dripped down those strings and turned to leeches or sizzled, which meant getting one drip of that would burn your skin painfully.

The leeches lurched before noticing the two, then went slithering to their direction.

"Out of all the things, it had to be leeches!" Twenty-Three frowned.

"What happened to you a while ago?" Mono questioned while looked back at her.

"I.... Felt entranced with the music," Twenty-Three muttered, "It was so sad, I could feel the Entertainer's pain," she said.

Mono sighed then turned back ahead, "I'm not letting you hear music again," he said and Twenty-Three pouted, "I won't let that happen again, I promise."

Mono chuckled, "Fine."

The two kept on running until they saw light ahead, the leeches stopped chasing them when the two stood under the light.

Twenty-Three panted, "Gosh, where are we gonna go next?"

"I think-" Mono was once again cut off.

Mono: *raises his ladle* CAN YOU. JUST. LET ME. FINISH. WHAT. I AM. SAYING?!

Author: Oh dear...

Creak. Creak.

The two turned to the sound and Twenty-Three whimpered.

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CLIFFHANGER!

Hmmmmmm, I wonder what saw them this time?

Annnnnnnywasyyyyyyyy, Bye!

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