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CHAPTER 31

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CHAPTER 31

Spook 31 - The Hell of Mirrors P.1

"Is it really you?" (Y/n) questioned.

"You.." Mitsuba muttered. (Y/n) looked at him, she was nervous and confused. "You have an ugly bracelet." he said.

(Y/n) deadpanned. "What..?"

"I thought someone was finally here to help me, and it's just a girl with a pretty face. This sucks."

At this point (Y/n) was upset. "What is wrong with you!? You drag me here with no warning, and that's the first thing you say to me?!" At this point (Y/n) was fuming. "Where am I!!?"

Mitsuba grabbed the girl's hand and dragged her with him.

"Huh? What the he-"

"This way." Mitsuba cut her off. They went through a door. "This is the boundary of one of the seven mysteries, the hell of mirrors." Mitsuba let go of her hand. "Or, I guess that's it's name. But that's all I know."

(Y/n) looked around. 'There're mirrors everywhere.. The hell of mirrors, I think I heard some girls talking about it today in class, I bet Aoi-chan would know, Yashiro-senpai would know too.'

"I'm Mitsuba. I'm stuck here. I have no idea how to get outta this mess..." Mitsuba introduced.

"Oh, I know. You're from the middle school department. And you're a ghost, right?" (Y/n) said.

"Who cares..? None of that stuff matters now." Mitsuba said.

"Hm, maybe so, but we have to get out of this place.. Why did you bring me here?" (Y/n) asked.

"Well, I wanted someone who could help me. So I asked them to find someone." Mitsuba pointed at the hands.

"Uhm, Mitsuba-kun.. Are they your uh friends..?"

"HUUUH?" Mitsuba looked at (Y/n). "ARE YOU SUGGESTING I'M FRIEND WITH MY RIGHT HAND? WOULD YOU PLEASE NOT BE SO VULGAR?? YOU PERVERT!!"

"What.." (Y/n) deadpanned.

"Of course they're not my friends. They're kinda like extensions to the school mystery who lives here. They're not mine."

"Oh, I see."

"Anyway. I asked for someone who could help me, and they brought you, so... Will you help me?"

"I can't make any promises, but I have been in a place like this before! So I'll help as much as I can!!" (Y/n) smiled.

"Oh, what a relief, Thank you!"

(Y/n) looked at Mitsuba, a tear slowly fell from her eye.

"Is something wrong?" Mitsuba questioned.

(Y/n) quickly wiped the tear from her face. "No, nothing at all!"

The two decided to walk around for a bit, Mitsuba was keeping a bit of space between them. (Y/n) decided that she would start some idle chatter with the boy.

"Mitsuba-kun!" (Y/n) said as she turned to face the boy. "This is your first time in a boundary, right?"

"Huh?"

"I'm taking that as a yes, well this is my fourth time!! I don't know much but I can try to explain it to you!" (Y/n) said, hope shining in her eyes. "A boundary is what exists between this world and the netherworld! The Netherlands is where most of the supernaturals reside, the worlds of the living is where people who aren't supernaturals reside. The school mysteries have this thing called a yorishiro, it's what makes them really strong!"

"Don't you know an awful lot about this for a living human being?" Mitsuba questioned.

"I- maybe.." (Y/n) said, she was walking backwards and bumped into a mirror.

"Are you ok, dear?"

(Y/n) turned around. "That voice.. Mom..?"

"Yup!"

"How are you..? Why are you? How did you..?" (Y/n) staggered back, the woman looked like her mom, had the same voice as her mom, but dressed differently than her mom.

"Why are you still alive? You're nothing but useless,"

"What.." (Y/n)'s face paled.

"No one else will say it, but everyone thinks so, y'know?" The mirror's around (Y/n) began to hold the faces of the people she cares about dearly, even the boy from the door when she was trapped with Tsukasa.

"And we're not going to hide it anymore. Because this world is a mirror that reflects what's in our hearts!" (Y/n) shut her eyes, tears threatening to spill.

"So, to be honest to our hearts, starting today, we're all going to call you.. The perfect little mistake."

..Did you know?

No. 3 of the school's seven mysteries..

Is the hell of mirrors.

It's a wonderland on the other side of the looking glass.

There are mirrors there that reflect

The hearts of all those who wander inside.

Someone with a beautiful or brave heart will be just fine

They'll be able to return to their world without any trouble.

But..

If their heart contains even the smallest bit of

Ugliness or fear..

The mirror will reflect it...

And the world will change instantly,

Becoming a dark hell to attack its victim.

Or so they say..

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"RAAAH!!" Kou yelled as he jabbed at the bathroom mirror with his exorcist tool.

"KID! STOP IT!! KID!!" Hanako yelled at Kou, he was holding Kou's arm trying to prevent him from breaking the mirror. The two tumbled down.

"SCHOOL MYSTERY NO. 3!?" Kou yelled.

"Yes.."

"Dammit! Come to think of it, I do remember hearing a rumor when I first started coming here.. That said, be careful about looking in mirrors when you have a guilty conscience.."

Yashiro was on the floor, she was upset about what happened to (Y/n).

"That's the one.." Hanako said. "I mean, there's only one mirror supernatural in this school. So it has to be that one." Hanako put his hand on the mirror. "I would like to go help her immediately, but to put it simply when you go into n0. 3's boundary, it attacks you with the things you don't want to see, things you're afraid of. In other words, the strength of the boundary changes based on who's inside." Hanako put his forehead on the mirror. "If I'm not careful, I could make it stronger just by going in there." Hanako turned his head to Kou, whose face was in the book. "Er. Hey, have you been listening to me??" Hanako asked.

"Yeah!" Kou closed the book. "You were telling me about how incredibly filthy your heart is!!"

"Well, yeah I won't deny it, but.."

"We have to figure out what to do, and fast.." Yashiro finally said, she had been quiet the entire time.

"Because no. 3's approach is going to depend on what (Y/n) is afraid of..For now, It would be nice if we had some way of knowing what's going on in there.."    

(( Sorry for the short chapter btw ))