The Other

34

(Zulaykha)

We all sat down in Yuki's living room. I was worried for Yuki. She hasn't been in school much and she barely leaves her house.

"So..." Yuki spoke. "Why are you guys here?" she asked.

I sighed. "Things are crazy..." I began. "I wanted to talk to y-"

"It's nothing. Just coincidental deaths. I don't know why you guys are making a big deal out of it. People die every day, you know..." Yuki interrupted me.

Yuki wasn't religious. She wanted to believe that these deaths were coincidental, but they weren't...

"Yuki..." I said. "I want to tell you the truth."

Yuki looked at me with a worried expression.

"Hana... Show her." I said.

Hana revealed herself to Yuki. Now, it was me, Yasir, and Yuki who were able to see her. Yasin, Ziyad, and Mohammed were clueless. I still haven't got a clue where Mohammed came from. I just assumed that he and Ziyad met somewhere and became best friends...

Yuki jumped back as she saw Hana. She was speechless. A tear had ran down her face.

"What is this sorcery?" Yuki asked. "You guys are friends with ghosts now? Are all Muslims like this?"

Yuki seemed more angry than afraid...

"My name is Hana and I prefer to be called a spirit..." Hana said.

"Yuki... It's not like that." I said. "She's here to help us."

"With what?" Yuki asked. "Where did she come from?"

"114 Paradise Road in Jannah." Hana said with a smile.

We all looked at her.

"What?" she asked.

We then looked back at Yuki.

"What's Jannah?" Yuki asked. "Just what is going here?"

"Yuki, a calamity is happening. The cause of this is a demon named Alma who wants revenge. She was bullied in school, so she committed suicide. She went to hell for that and made a deal with Satan. He agreed to give her the power to kill when someone sits in her old desk, the desk I sit in..." I explained. "Alma isn't going to stop killing until I get blamed or everyone in our class is dead. If I die or go to some type of prison, the calamity stops. She wants me to suffer as well even though this is already enough suffering for me... Having to live and go about my days, feeling like this is all my fault..."

Yuki was silent for a moment and then she started laughing...

"This is crazy... You guys are crazy..." Yuki said. "I need some air."

Yuki left the house. I sighed and went after her.

"Yuki!" I yelled as I followed her out the door.

"You religious people are crazy!" she yelled. "How can you believe the things you do! It's so unrealisti-"

Suddenly, Yasir's car had blown up. The door flew off horizontally and aimed straight for Yuki's waist. Yuki fell to the ground, the door slicing her in half at the waist...

Yuki was dead...