Utapri: Haunted Hill Adventure

Chapter 4: Everything is not, what it seems

A/N: We are really nearing the end now!! This is the chapter before the last chapter, and then a small epilogue will be added to the story
I hope you have enjoyed the story this far, please enjoy this chapter as well >_<

"You know, despite the creepy creatures and unexplainable noises, this place isn't that bad" Van said as he dodged a spider web. You had made it to another level of the house, and were currently searching for the next staircase. It was clear that the higher you got, the more extreme the haunting became. You had to this point encountered a horde of zombies and another trap door. How you all had avoided these things, were a mystery to you.   
"You do realize that if we don't find this portal we will all be doomed, and spend the rest of our life in this living hell, never seeing the light of day again, dead" Kira calmly stated as he sent Van an unamused glare.
Van looked to his fellow bandmate, and sheepishly scratched his neck, while laughing nervously at his previous statement.
While you were walking, you kept an eye on the necklace. The blue gem would shine brighter the closer you got to the portal, and it was slowly gaining a brighter light as you walked. That meant you were going in the right direction.
Come to think of it, you felt like you had seen the necklace before, the gem and pattern it had, all seemed familiar to you, you just couldn't quite place where you had seen it before.
"Oh my gosh, I can't believe it, you are all here" you suddenly heard a female voice squeal out in excitement.
Confused, you turned around with the rest of the group, and caught the sight of a ghost girl floating around not far from you.
"Asuka!" Otoya exclaimed in what seemed like relief.
The ghost flew over to him and said in a sad voice: "I'm sorry I had to leave before, but the master is planning something, and I thought that if I heard it I would be able to help you" she explained.
"That's okay, we found the others anyway" Otoya reassured her in a kind voice.
She nodded in return and turned her head to look at the other boys and you, who stared at her in mild disbelief. Eiichi had mentioned them meeting a ghost, but that she would return, hadn't crossed your minds.
She looked at all of you with sparkles in her eyes, and flew over to the others.
"It's so amazing to finally meet all of you, I could probably die of happiness, if I wasn't dead already" she trailed off at the end looking sheepishly to the ceiling.
The boys kept staring at her in wild amazement. Ren was the one to break the silence and said: "Well I'm always happy to meet a fan" sending a smirk to the ghost, that made her squeal in delight.
You all sweatdropped at the flirty idol. Seriously, even ghosts?
"Well anyway, I'm here to help you, so please just follow me, and I will lead you to the portal" she said in an optimistic voice as she started to fly ahead of your group.
You all started following her, and you were quite sure that she was mumbling something about being happy that Haruka wasn't there, or else she would have pushed her down a whole, now it was just the stupid manager she needed to get rid off, and she would have all the boys to herself.
You decided to ignore what you heard in the hopes that she would be too caught up in the pretty idol boys, to hurt you.
While following Asuka, you were attacked by many things. First it was the bats, as you walked up another set of stairs. The bats grabbed your hair, pulled your clothes, and tried to bite you, but they were soon gone again, only to be replaced by a set of shadowy creatures that crawled across the floor in a weird manner. You all screamed as you sprinted up the stairs, which proved to be rather hard, as you were all dressed in silly costumes. The monsters had disappeared as soon as you reached the next floor, but you were attacked by a group of spiders, which made Masato and you scream in unison, and sprint away from the others. They luckily caught up to you, and as you all came to a stop. You noticed how this floor seemed to be darker and more cramped than the rest of the house. The walls were more worn and some pictures had fallen to the ground. Everything was completely dark, and you felt a shiver run down your spine as the shadows around you moved on their own. This place was clearly closer to something much darker than you had been before, and it scared you slightly. Good thing you weren't alone in this mess.
"We are almost there, just a little longer" Asuka reassured the panting and scared group, as she continued to lead them down the dark hallway. You had subconsciously all moved closer together as you walked, the presence of each other, having some sort of calming effect on all of you.
As you walked, you realised far too late, that the necklace you were wearing, wasn't gaining any light, but losing it.
You only realised this when Asuka came to a stop, and you all heard a deep dark laughter ring through the house. It was a trap.
Asuka didn't turn around to look at any of you as a dark cloud came up from the floor, and revealed the red demon with the yellow eyes.
This was the first time you saw him, and the sight, scared you. Despite his well dressed looks, the bare presence of him, scared you. It was like something about him oozed of power, and it was clear that this one, was not a creature to be taken lightly upon.
"Thank you Asuka" the demon said, as he snapped his fingers, making various spider webs descend from the ceiling and wrap around all of you, squeezing you all together, as you let out grunts and screams.
"Disgusting" Camus muttered underneath his breath, as he was smushed up against Ranmaru, who only sent him a mean glare in response.
"You lot were getting a little too close to actually getting out of here" The demon started, as he smoothed his coat.
"And as I have already said, nobody gets out of here, alive" he finished as he flashed them all a deadly smirk.
"But I of course couldn't have done it without the help from my dear Asuka here" he stated as he pointed to the ghost, who still refused to look at you.
"But Sir, aren't you forgetting something?" Asuka softly spoke from the spot she had been in for the whole time, avoiding all of your gazes.
"And what would that be?" the demon asked in wonder, raising an eyebrow at her.
"Well you promised, that if I lead them to you, you would make me human again" she stated, looking at the demon with hopeful eyes.
"Ah yes, I did" the demon started, "sorry, I lied" he finished with a small chuckle at the end. You could only watch as Asuka's face turned into one of pure betrayal. She had just lead the people she admired the most into certain dead, only for it to be a trick. You felt sorry for her, despite what she had just done.
"But, you promised" she slowly let out, her eyes wide and voice weak.
"Sorry Asuka, but I'm no God, what's dead, is dead, and you are, so tough luck" he stated calmly, ignoring the desperate eyes Asuka had.
Asuka didn't answer him, but instead she disappeared into the floor, only to appear again beside you, as she tried to untangle you from the web.
"I'm so sorry" she started in a hurried voice, "I should have known it was a trick I'm so sorry, can you forgive me?" she continued in a desperate voice, looking into your eyes. You couldn't help but nod at her. She just wanted to live again, you couldn't blame her. But before you got a chance to answer her probably, the demon snapped his fingers, and she was gone.
"Tsk, I didn't need her anymore" he stated in a calm voice as he walked closer to you.
You all stared in shock at the spot where Asuka had just stood.
"You bastard" Eiichi called out earning the attention of the demon.
"My, my what cruel words" he answered in a mocking tone.
The demon took a few steps towards you as he said: "I'm almost pleased that I get to see your demise, this is my realm, and I certainly can't just let you do as you please"
You stared at the tall man as he stopped in front of you and bowed down to your eye level and said: "It's almost sad, having to see such a pretty face go, but then again, that's what I do" as he cupped your face in his clawed hands.
"Hey, don't touch her" Tokiya uttered at the demon, who sent him an amused look.
He let go of your face as he continued away from you.
"Well you will have me excused for a moment, I need some materials for this show to go down" he stated as he disappeared in a grey cloud of smoke.
"Well look on the bright side, it could have been worse" Natsuki said, in an attempt to be optimistic.
"How?" Ai asked skeptically, eyeing the older male.
"I don't know, I'm just trying to lighten the mood" Natsuki answered with an uncertain smile.
"Well, you are really bad at that" Nagi chimed in as he wiggled in his spot.
You tried to think of something to get you out of this. The spider web was as hard as steel, and every time you tried to move, it only got tighter. If you didn't get out of this, you were literally going to die.
"Move your elbow from my stomach" Syo suddenly spoke out loud, directed to Yamato, whose elbow was indeed in his stomach.
"Then get your hand out of my face" Yamato retorted, as he tried to move his head away from Syo's hand.
"Guys! Not the time to argue right now" Reiji tried to calm the situation between the two males.
This was turning into a real nightmare, and before you had the chance to think of any means of escaping. The demon returned.
"Missed me?" He asked in a mocking voice as he smirked at the group.
"Well, I'm happy to inform you that this will be your last minute as living and breathing humans" he started as he fished a box up from his pocket. You all stared at the small brown, tree box in confusion. There was nothing extraordinary about it, it was just a brown box with a lock and key situated to it.
"I see you are all confused" the demon chuckled, "Well you see, this, is a soul sucking machine, and it will literally suck the soul out of your body" he explained as he started to fumble with the lock and key.
Your eyes widened in shock, and you could only look to Ren who was on your right, who stared back at you with equally wide, scared blue eyes. Without thinking much of it, you grabbed on to Ren's hand in some sort of comfort, and he quickly returned the gesture with a light squeeze. This was it. You couldn't escape, and you couldn't do anything with your powers either, being trapped in a spider web that drained your energy. You simply couldn't see a way out of this, as you slowly closed your eyes, and waited for impact.
"What the hell" you heard the voice of the demon say.
As you opened your eyes, you saw a white cloud of smoke surrounding the demon, dragging him through the floor as he let out a noise of confusion.
When he was completely gone, the only thing left was the white figure of a ghost. Aine.
He snapped his fingers, and the spider web came off as he started to move in another direction, saying in a soft voice: "Follow" 
You all looked to each other in relief as you started to follow the fading spirit of Aine. He would sometimes disappear, only to reappear further ahead.
He came to a stop in front of a door that lead down another way, and pointed in that direction. At the end of the hallway you could see a set of stairs, and assumed that that was the stairs to the next floor. You looked at the necklace around your neck, and noticed that it was shining brighter than before, almost glowing, this meant that you were close. Very close. You turned to look at Aine, but he was already gone, and you couldn't help but notice the saddened look in Reiji's eyes, as he once again didn't get to talk to his old friend.
"So, I guess this is it" Eiji spoke softly as you all looked at the stairs at the end of the corridor.
You nodded in response. The portal was on the next floor, you just had to get to that, use the key, and get out. It sounded so easy. Too easy. 
As you took the first step towards the stairs, all of the boys following you. You noticed that all of the walls around you, except for the floor, were mirrors.
You stopped to look at yourself for a moment. It wasn't all that bad, you looked a little worn out, you all did. And despite being turned in to your costumes, Yamato and Otoya seemed to keep up just fine, despite being a little debrained.
As you started to walk again, the mirrors around you, started to wobble. Tokiya, Ai and Kira's faces distorted into something that had seen pure terror, but you decided to brush it off as you looked at what the mirrors would show. As the wobbling came to a stop, you almost broke down laughing. All of your reflections, were dressed in ballerina outfits. Tutu skirts in different colors, glitter, pinned hair, and tights. It was amazing, seeing the boys in that get up, and you nearly cracked a bone, from laughing.
"Stop laughing (y/n) this isn't funny!" Yamato nearly screamed, but that only made you laugh harder as you stared at his reflection. A beautiful sight.
Before you knew of it, the mirror wobbled again, only to show you all in cheerleading outfits. Again in different colors, completed with miniskirts, pigtails, and pon pons. You almost screamed at the sight, and couldn't really blame half of the boys from blushing. Especially Masato and Eiji looked like tomatoes.
"This is beautiful, where is my phone?" you asked no one in particular as you fished your phone up from your bag and snapped a few pictures.
"I swear to God, if those pictures comes anywhere else than your phone, you are dead" Kira threatened, but again, you couldn't take it seriously due to the pigtails and miniskirt.
"Let's just continue walking" Shion suggested, as you once again started laughing.
"Well you certainly don't look bad in this get up (y/n)" Ren commented as he walked past you, but you were to busy laughing to even give him a retort.
As you walked behind the boys, the mirrors started to wobble again, and this time, you turned into princesses. Big fluffy gowns, all in different colors, tiaras and jewelry decked the boys' and yours reflection. It was like seeing a parade, and when Camus said: "Not bad" you simply couldn't keep it together anymore, so you almost crawled to the end of the mirror hallway, and sat down on the floor, laughing. The boys stared unamused at you as they continued walking towards you, only to stop and look at their own reflection in pure terror. The screams that left their mouths, were inhuman, and when you popped your head over to see what their reflection showed them. You were happy you weren't in front of the mirrors. There in the mirrors you could see all 18 men, wearing women's underwear. Laces, bras, panties, stocking, girdles, everything. The sight both amused you and scared you, and you weren't sure how to react, so instead you just sat down on the floor again, and observed the boys' reaction.
"Ugh, this is so not my color" Cecil stated, as he turned to look in the mirror with a disapproving glare.
"True, this isn't mine either" Eiichi chimed in.
This was priceless, and you wished you had recorded the sight of them looking at their reflection.   
As they walked out of the hallway, all with various looks of displeasure or amusement plastered to their faces, you stood up and turned towards the stairs.
"Let's never speak of this again" Tokiya said in a horrified voice, staring straight ahead.
"Agreed" Kira and Ai said in unison, as you took the first step onto the stairs.
The necklace had started glowing, and you knew that this was it. This was your chance to get out.