When you woke up Momomiya wasn't anywhere even though it was dark. "Momomiya? Are you here?" You asked, but there was no answer. You found a letter on top of your dresser saying,
It's me, Momomiya. I'm sorry but I had to be taken away last night, they wouldn't approve the two days I requested. I won't be your conscience for long because of the trail. The trail for which place I would go to, Heaven or Hell. It seems that I was sentenced to go to Hell... sorry...... I tried to kill you...
At the end of the letter you felt like raging, but instead you went to the living room where it was quiet. "She tried to kill me?" You asked yourself. "Who tried to kill you?" A voice asked you. When you turned around you saw Kitsune. She looked at you with a serious face."I asked, who tried to kill you?" Kitsune repeated.
"You're going to think that I'm crazy, but a ghost did, somehow." You told Kitsune while giving her the note.
"Yes, I think you're crazy. Do you think ghosts can write?"
"Wait what?!"
"Ghosts can't write, probably because they are invisible vile creatures to people that are an annoyance that make you go crazy, like Fujishoji."
"You're right ghosts can't write! Maybe one of us wrote the letter for Momomiya!"
"Momomiya?"
"She's Walker's cousin, she told me she died a few years ago, that's what she told me."
"I'll just believe you for now, the others will wake up soon. I'll have everyone meet in the courtyard gardens."
You nodded in agreement with Kitsune's decision. She walked away disappearing into the kitchen, probably getting a cookie. You sat on the living room's soft couch and thought deeply.
Thirty minutes later...
Tetsuya went down the stairs, he looked dull with dark circles in his eyes. You looked at him and he glared at you with a furious look. He kept on walking and went towards the kitchen. Yumi and Angelica walked down the stairs, chatting of course, Fujishoji looked like if he was stalking Angelica. "Creep." Ikutsku said emerging from the shadowy stairwell. He hit Fujishoji with his toy hammer and ran off. Nurusume was behind Fujishoji and Ikutsku, she was ignoring the fact that Ryota kept hitting on her. Walker was with Ryota trailing behind Nurusume, he and Ryota were close friends as it seemed. The twins were sitting on the other couch in front of you, drinking tea with Enlil. He kept on glaring at you. "I'm sorry for dropping your teacup okay!" You apologized with an annoyed voice. "I forgive you...partially." Enlil said sipping tea from his cup. You looked back at your friends who were heading towards the dining hall and followed them leaving Enlil and the twins with their little tea party.
You looked at the grandfather's clock near one of the dining table chairs. It was 9:27 A.M. in the late morning, no one died in the past two days. Everyone sat at the table, eating the food that Kitsune and Yumi had prepared. Tetsuya didn't eat a bite, he looked dull ever since Kokoro died."I wish I could just kill myself now." He said out loud so everyone could hear the depression in his voice.
"Don't feel like that, we know you're still sad that Kokoro died. Just let it slide and try to be happy." Nurusume told him in a convincing way.
"Be happy?! You think I could be happy after all this?!"
"Calm down! I was just trying to cheer you up!"
Nurusume sat still looking at Tetsuya on the verge of tears. You sat still, everyone was looking at them, remembering Kokoro and Aka's deaths. Tetsuya ran out of the dining hall, disappearing into the darkness of the halls. Nurusume sat quietly and ate her food, everyone was silent during breakfast, no one said a word. Once you've finished breakfast you walked towards the stairs and up to the second floor. When you looked at the end of the hall you saw a figure wearing a long trench coat. The figure seemed to be holding a person's neck. It was choking them, as it seemed. "Y-you, h-h-horrible p-person, w-we trusted y-you!" A voice yelled, you saw Ryumei being strangled. Ryusei hit the figure with a metal candleholder. "Why you little!" The figure dropped Ryumei and it pulled out a knife. It slowly walked towards Ryusei. "Ryumei! Run as fast as you can! Don't look back!" Ryusei yelled, you darted toward the figure, but it was too late. Ryusei was already on the floor, lifeless. "No!" Ryumei yelled, the figure looked at both of you and it ran off, dropping the knife. You looked at Ryusei, he was still, Ryumei looked picked up the knife that was stained with the blood of Ryusei. "Forgive me for this." Ryumei said to you while looking at her feet. She raised the knife slowly and immediately stabbed her own throat. You were frightened, she fell to the floor with a loud thud. "Why would this h-happen?" You said to yourself in fear. "Did you do all of this?!" A voice asked you in a angry tone. When you looked in the direction the voice was coming from you saw Kitsune and Enlil. I'm screwed, you thought, will they blame it on me?
You were in your bedroom waiting, night was coming already. The walls if your room felt like they were closing in on you like a cage. The darker it became the more anxious you got. Kitsune and Enlil said that they would come back, but did they lie? Did they lose trust in you? You were furious and depressed, you thought you fell in a trap, so the murderer can turn all the crimes to you. "It wasn't me!" You yelled, the last spark of the candle's fire flickered and disappeared into smoke. A note was slid under your bedroom door, it said,
Let's play a little game...
How about I start giving you these clues for now on?
Here's the first one!
Pictures are important for me and him, but here's a fact; the golden key Kitsune found is an important piece to this puzzle
Why yes, yes! Let's play a little game of chess!
-nerustihs, uerumnus
P.S: Read it backwards and mix some letters to make my name, find that I, the one amongst you, is to blame!
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Death Mansion Scramble (EDITING)
Mystery / Thriller------------------------------------------------------ You are also included in the story! Basically you help the friends as well. They were just friends in high school, but who's this mysterious stranger that gives them a special trip to a creepy a...