Truth or Dare (Satsujin Series #1) | COMPLETED ✔

[14] Facing the Demon

H A N A   A Y A N O

While I was leaning on the other door of the classroom, I could hear a large metal thing landing down on something soft. What was that? It sounded like a hammer crushing down on a melon. Finally awake, I tried to listen very carefully — putting my ear against the door.

I then felt something warm beneath me as I gasped, standing up in shock. A pool of blood started to form and some parts of the head were going inside, making the other students alarmed. Miwa looked at it, gagging for a bit before looking away.

She's also one of the chosen students at our academy. President of the student council government and the smart one in our class. We weren't really friends but I guess you could say that we know each other a bit.

"What the hell is that?" she asked, making me turn at her with an 'are you serious?' look. Even though she was smart, she's clueless at a time like this. I then rolled my eyes before ignoring her remark.

It's a piece of smashed head, b*tch.

I then saw Fujiko shaking her head before rolling her eyes like what I did. I looked back, seeing Miwa still there. I sighed, knowing that she it was the first time she saw some parts of a person that exploded right outside the classroom.

"So, who's going to pick a paper on the hat?" Fujiko asked, unfazed about the situation going on. Someone then answered her question like they were expecting it.

"Miss Fujimiya Kirisaki, please pick a paper from the hat." She then stood up as we backed away, feeling a bit scared. She wasn't talking much but I could already feel like she was a bit cold if she did.

Picking a paper from the hat, she opened it and looked around. "Hana Ayano."

I then walked towards the table, seeing a bloody hat. I then slowly pulled a paper out, noticing that it had some kind of oil. I quickly opened it, reading it carefully.

D A R E

Pick a student (it needs to be a boy) to follow you along the dare. Make sure that he is following you. Go to the occult club and pick up the can of gasoline and pair of matches. Pour it to him and burn him alive. You only have thirty minutes to do this and five minutes to go back.

I then gulped, looking around. My gaze then stopped at Akio, who was a bit suspicious of what my dare was. I approached him, seeing his knitted eyebrows glancing at me.

"Can you — " he then interrupted me from asking. He raised his finger, silencing me from ever talking.

"No," he answered back as I then walked away, a bit taken aback and offended by his cold stare. I then saw a guy looking at me as he puts his book away and turned his attention to me.

I then walked towards him, smiling a bit. I saw him stand up, dusting the dust off his pants before returning the smile.

I already met him.

His name was Ryoto Daisuke.

I met him once at the streets of Honishima. He was the only guy that stood up to protect me from the people who were picking on me back at my academy. By picking, I meant bullying me every single day I went outside my house.

I then saw him smiling, looking down right at me. I gulped, not even sure if I could do this to him. He seems like a nice guy.

"Can you, um, help me with the dare? I don't really want to wander the halls alone," I shyly asked as I glanced back at him. He nodded as we both went outside. Gulping, I quickly looked up to find the Occult Club.

I then went upstairs and saw a guy walking down peacefully. He wasn't really looking at us. He was just whistling a tune as he looked around. But I didn't really expect him to go back.

He then looked at me as my eyes widened.

Is that Akio? I then looked at Ryoto, who was shocked to see Akio standing there. We then looked at each other and nodded. We both ran towards our left, hearing him calling out to us.

We then saw the Occult club as we both went inside and closed it, hearing Akio furiously knocking on the door.

"Open the door!" I heard his voice that sounded like Akio but a lot deeper. I didn't really pay much attention as we tried to close the door with our hands.

"Open the door this instant! You'll get killed in there!" he yelled, still trying to push the door open. We then heard something sharp behind us. A claw or something like that was brushing up to the wall, its breathing was right behind me.

I didn't even move an inch.

The door was practically stuck. We weren't holding it anymore and yet, Akio still can't open it with his hand. We both then turned around, seeing a large demon grinning widely at us.

Its large nails slide across my face slowly, making me shiver a bit. It then laughed before holding out a gasoline can and the pair of matches.

"You should've stick to your first decision, Ayano," it said as it poured gasoline all over me, making me a bit scared. I then turned back around, trying to open the door. Even if my hand were slippery, I still tried to push it sidewards.

But it won't budge.

The demon then looked at Ryoto, giving him a sinister smile. It then brushed its nails to his face as well. I then saw him trying to be brave all of a sudden by pushing the demon's sharp nails away.

The demon then laughed at his reaction as it then glanced at me before laughing.

"Since you were her second choice, I'll let you be." I widened my eyes as it lets him go. Wait, that's not fair. It pushed Ryoto to the middle as it turns around back to me, a smirk still plastered on its face.

"But first..." it trailed off before giving him another sinister smile.

"I'll let you see her suffer." The demon then lit the match before throwing it at me. I then screamed, feeling my skin burning every second.

The only thing I heard before falling down and feeling my demise was someone breaking the door.

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