Winter Mansion

Chapter 11

"Gah!" Momo and Kirihara both pointed to her. "She was in our room this morning!!" Everyone stared at them than at Aya.

"Why would she be in your room?" Taka asked.

"Nya, you two are too horrid for someone as pretty as her." Kikumaru jokingly said.

Momo and Kirihara sent him a glare. "You're so mean sempai."

"Why was she in your room in the first place?" Marui asked.

"And how'd she get in?" Jackal added.

"She is standing right there." Echizen said. "You could easily ask and stop pretending she doesn't exist." That was one of Echizen's biggest pet peeves. He hated the fact of talking about someone right in front of their face or even behind their back.

The six players sweat dropped and turned to Aya. She merely giggled and smiled. "Sorry for this morning. I didn't expect you two to be up so soon."

"What were you doing in their room in the first place?" Yukimura asked. "And how did you even get in this house?"

"Did no one listen to Echizen-kun's explanation?" She placed her hands on her hips.

"I told you they wouldn't believe me." Echizen said as he slung his arms behind his head.

"Why would we?" Sanada snapped. "Do you really expect us to believe that this house is haunted?"

"I expect you would believe me." She took a few steps towards them. "Seeing that I'm one of the one haunting this house."

They all gave her a blank stare. "Do you expect us to believe that?"

"I expect you to believe this." She walked to Fuji. "Please excuse me for this, Fuji-kun."

Fuji raised an eyebrow but kept smiling. Aya walked straight towards him and passed through. Everyone was a little shocked to see that but nonetheless, still didn't believe it.

"That could easily be passed off as a holographic projection." Renji said.

"Saa, maybe she can but you can't pass off the feeling that was left behind." Fuji said as he rubbed his arms to warm himself up. He opened his eyes slightly but still had a smile on his face. "Tingly."

Aya huffed and crossed her arms. "Boys are stubborn." She turned to Echizen. "Would you mind, Echizen-kun?"

Echizen looked at her and shrugged. He didn't know what she was going to do but if it would help them convince the others, he would gladly help.

Aya walked to him and smiled then turned to everyone else. "Bye boys." She went behind Echizen and hugged him. They were encased in a lite glow and then began slowly sinking into the floor.

"You can't use your hologram theory to explain this, sempai." Echizen said with a smirk as his head went through the floor and he and Aya vanished from sight.

Everyone stood, dumbfounded. What the hell just happened? How could it have happened? Their brother, friend and teammate just fazed through the floor. He was no hologram. They all looked to Inui and Renji for answers.

"I-Inui-sempai?" Momo was shaking.

Inui and Renji were speechless. As far as they could tell, what just happened in front of them was real. They had thought about a trap door or something but with the speed they descended and what happened to Fuji moments before, they had no real reason or evidence not to believe what Echizen and Aya told them.

"Ryoga-san." Tezuka's voice was stern. "Did you know about this?"

Ryoga looked at him and moaned. "A-Ah. He told me about this last week."