The Mystery and Our Destiny

File 1: Evil Spirits All Over?!(1)

April, Thursday

✛幽霊∞✛∞シリーズ✛

Monsters are real, and ghosts are real too. They live inside us, and sometimes, they win.

✛幽霊∞✛∞シリーズ✛

"So then, they say that the girl brought a policeman back to the public restroom. Then, shortly after she went inside like the policeman told her to, she heard the creepy voice once again! Do you want me to cover you with a red coat? Without realizing it... Y-Yes... the girl answered. And then... suddenly the policeman heard a loud scream! The policeman hurriedly opened the door, and the girl lying dead, covered in dripping blood, almost as though she were covered in a red cape. There were small holes all over her body as if someone had repeatedly stabbed her with a knitting needle."

"No!"

"Mai, don't use that scary voice!" That day, in the audiovisual room, three students had stayed after school again to tell ghost stories. Every time one of them finished a story, they would turn off their flashlight, and then, when counting off at the end, there's supposed to be an extra person. Supposedly, that extra person will be a spirit.

"You're up last, Michiru," Mai said. Michiru let out a sigh, reluctant to go on after hearing Mai's story.

"Okay, I'm going to tell you about the old schoolhouse."

"The old one? You mean that half-collapsed wooden one?" Keiko asked. Michiru nodded in confirmation.

"It didn't collapse. Construction work on it was stopped. Because of a curse. There have been a lot of people that have died in that old schoolhouse. Frequent fires and accidents, a student's death, a child's dead body, including a teacher, who committed suicide. So, when they were going to build the new school, I heard they were working to knock it down, but then... the roof fell through the second floor and everyone on the first floor was killed. So, the work was suspended. When the new school building was built, they tried to completely demolish the old building again but many of the demolition workers became sick or got into accidents. Equipment broke down... Last year, they started again, to rebuild the gymnasium, but then, a truck went out of control, and crashed onto the field where they were having class and a student died."

Mai and Keiko backed up a bit in fear. This story was just getting more creepy and terrifying with every word that came out of Michiru's mouth. She wasn't done yet, though."What's more, and I heard this from one of the senpai's, but one night as she was passing by the old school... She looked up and saw a ghost staring down at her before it disappeared."

Mai and Keiko gasped. That was just creepy. "I'll turn it off," Michiru warned. With a small click, the light went out and they were engulfed in darkness.

"Here goes... One." Michiru started off the countdown, her sight focused on Keiko.

"Two..." Keiko added, a bead of sweat slide down the side of her face.

"Three..." Mai said, cautiously glancing around the room.

"Four." A deep, unknown voice echoed in the pitch black room.

"Five..." The next voice that spoke up was more soft and quiet. All three girls skin started to turn into a sickly pale color. There was more than one ghost in the room.

"Eeeh! Kyaahhhhhh!!"

"Nooo!"

"A ghost is here! It's here!" All three girls began to scream and panic, scrambling around the room to keep away from the spirits. Mai's movement was restricted, however, as Keiko latched onto her as if she were her safety line, squeezing her so tightly that Mai was starting to have trouble breathing properly. The lights were turned on in the room and seeing that there wasn't a pitch of darkness anywhere Keiko released her grip on Mai, allowing Mai to fill her lungs with sweet, sweet air. Keiko and Michiru glanced towards the door to see who had flipped the light switch. Standing beside the door, with his hand still on the switch, was a handsome man with dark black hair and dark indigo eyes.