Y U U K I  H A R I K U

I looked around the school and kept turning back to look if someone's behind me. I never really heard anything except someone whispering something that I can't really hear. Of course, I can hear them but I can't really understand what. As I felt someone breathing on my neck and was whispering beside my ear, I clenched my fist and got angry.

"Whoever's out there making that noise, will you just stop?!" I yelled as I turned around, meeting face to face with a dark and vast hallway. No one in particular was going on.

Silence.

There was no response.

The aura then changed from normal to eerie. I felt like a bunch of arms was brushing its way to my shoulders and neck. I looked up and around me, looking for anyone who could've been pranking me and then quickly ignored it, walking for a bit.

Suddenly, a loud thud came from the Music club. Something that I'm not really fond of hearing. This was the first time I heard it and wished that I had never yelled. It was like a body slamming on to the cold wooden floor.

I silently walked and tried to open the door to the music club. The door was a bit dusty but just as I thought, it was locked. I tried to budge it open but all the response I got was a slam from the piano and a water splashing sound. Wait, water?

I then heard something clicked. The lock was suddenly triggered. I was about to open the door but someone quickly yelled. I looked at my right to see a girl with a DSLR camera strapped on her neck and an asian guy stopping me.

"Don't!" the guy yelled as I looked at him confusingly and looked in front of the music club. The door was opened and I quickly faced an old lady who was wearing white and was looking at me, just standing there.

She had two bloodshot eyes and a wide grin. Her eyes were filled with mucus and worms. God, she looked awful. Petrifying too. That was all I remembered before I saw black dots filling my vision.

A K I O  D A I C H I

"Don't!" I yelled as the lady looks at the girl, grinning as if she was a prized possession left at her front doorstep. The girl looked a little bit petrified as she stumbles for a bit while backing away.

I then saw the girl fainting as I tried to catch her as quickly as I can. The grotesque lady then walked towards Jun, her long hair and petrifying face smiling widely at her presence.

Jun was looking around, not noticing the lady approaching her. Shit, I can't leave them both!

"Jun! Don't make an eye contact!" I yelled as she quickly gasped as she notices the woman and closed her eyes. I could see the lady brushing her long nails into her neck and plays with her hair. I stood up, putting the unconscious girl on the and tried to approach Jun without alarming the old lady.

"Ara~ Ara~ Is that you Jun~" it calls out to her as Jun kept her eyes tightly closed. I then pulled out my knife, trying to stealthily kill the lady while she was distracted.

I then saw Jun holding tightly to her camera that was strapped on to her neck. Her eyes were twitching for a bit as she starts to shake in fear. The lady then grabs a scissor and snips a little bit of hair. I saw Jun trying not to shiver as the lady kept taunting her.

I looked at my knife and then back at Jun. This was now or never. As I twirled the knife in my hands and swing it towards the lady, Jun then screamed as the lady used her scissors to create a small cut on her neck and she accidentally clicked the snap button of the camera, flashing a bright light on the lady.

It then screamed in agony and vanishes as my knife just went through her. I looked at the knife in shocked sighed in relief as I knew that would at least give us time to leave. I then approached Jun as I inspected the cut on her neck. She then sobbed uncontrollably on my uniform, muttering some words that I couldn't understand. I then hugged her tightly before leading her back to the unconscious girl I left on the hallway floor.

"Jun, I'm sorry you had to experience that. I felt like I messed up big time." she then shook her head as she held her camera like it was going to protect her from harm. I then sat beside the unconscious girl and checked if she had some wounds or scars. Fortunately, there wasn't any.

"I-It's alright. Atleast she's safe," Jun told me as she looked around, walking towards the music room. I stared at her as she tooks some pictures of the Music club's door before opening it. She quickly gasped and tries not to puke as she stumbles backwards, her falling to the floor.

I then followed her gaze and quickly saw some students corpses bundled into a circle. Then I saw a random student with his head bashed in the piano while his intestines drops into the floor. I looked away, trying not to look at the organs scattered across the floor. I looked back and saw a large scissors was laying on the ground. It wasn't large as in hand sized but it was very much alike human size for some sort. Beside it was a decapitated head with her eyes rolled back.

I quickly closed the door and approached the Jun. She was hugging her knees, traumatized at the scene. Poor girl. I then got some chocolate on my pocket and gave it to her to atleast keep her calm.

As I stood up, I heard the speakers going on as someone spoke into the intercom.

Students of Class 2-A, please proceed to your classroom.

Wait, what? There was someone here? Why didn't I hear anyone walking through this halls if there was actually at teacher or someone?

I then heard the school bell rang. I looked outside, noticing someone looking up at us. A student, probably. The real question is, how could someone announce something if there's nobody here except us?

"Hello? Is someone here?" I heard someone calling from downstairs. His voice sounded like a deep one and some other footsteps continued. I looked to Jun and pointed to her camera. She looked at it for a second and nodded.

I then quickly carried the girl and lay her beside Jun in a sitting position and left to investigate. There, I saw a guy in a uniform who has spiky brown hair, looking at me.

"Hey pal, are you a ghost? Or just an ordinary student?" He asked me as he puts his hands in his pockets. I looked at him from top to bottom amd glared. This guy is probably a delinquent. I had no intentions whatsoever to pick a fight with this guy, that's for sure. I then shook my head in disapproval.

"No. I'm just an ordinary student," I said as I mentions him to follow me. He then stood his ground, glaring at me before crossing his arms.

"And why makes you think that I would follow you, bud?" he asked me as I skid to a stop. Well, maybe because in a minute, you could get killed by a random old lady with a pair of scissors. That's one of the reasons, you know.

I quickly turned back and glared at him. "Cause I've been here earlier than you and I know things much better than you, punk."

"You trying to pick on me?" he irritably asked me as he grabs my collar and hoists me up. Definitely a delinquent.

"Will you quit that Musume? You've been picking fights on lately." a girl said as she taps on his shoulder. Musume quickly lets me go and I adjusted my collar back to normal.

"Kitsame." I then looked at the girl with questioning eyes. She then smiled at me before giving me her hand.

"What was that?" I asked her again as she shakes my hand. "The name's Kitsame. The guy here is Musume," she said as she points to him.

"He's my brother," she continued.

I can't really see the difference. They really look alike. By alike, I meant that Kitsame looks like Musume with a wig. I'm not taking that back though. I then realized that I left the girl and Jun back there, sitting on the hallway floor. I quickly ran back, hearing the twins calling out for me.

I saw Jun still sitting there with her camera. I sighed in relief as I approached her. As I was near her, I saw her shaking and shivering.

"A-Akio..." she trailed off as she looks at the camera, scared. I then sat beside her and asked her.

"What is it Jun?" she then gave me her camera as it was still strapped into her neck. I gently grabbed it and looked at the picture.

I then saw a picture of the Music club with a student sitting next to the piano as she genuinely smiles back at the camera. She was wearing a white dress and had a long braided hair that went on her shoulders. She really looks a lot like the old lady we met earlier. But was innocent-looking though.

I stared at her and then saw the twins running towards us. Musume looks a bit angry at me and Kitsame on the other hand, looks like she was confused.

"What the hell man? Why did you leave us there? And who's she?" Musume asked as Jun looked at me, her brows raising at me.

"She's Jun. She's an ordinary student too," I said and saw Kitsume kneeling down infront of Jun.

"Hi, I'm Kitsame." she then gave her hand as Jun didn't hesitate to shake it.

"Hi," Jun greeted back as she smiled at Kitsame.

Then I heard an announcement once again. This time, it wasn't an ordinary announcement, it was a warning.

Students, this is your last warning, please go to your respective classrooms. The game has already started and will start without you. If you aren't in your classrooms in the next 10 minutes, we will not hesitate to leave you outside the halls. You already know the punishment for your actions.

We will not hesitate to do it. We will not wait for you. We will not spare you.

We WILL kill you.