Cards of Death.

ɴɪɴᴇ ᴏғ sᴡᴏʀᴅs: sᴇᴄᴏɴᴅ ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀ.

"Let me see what you've got." He took a seat on the couch and got the Ace of Swords and Four of Swords from his bag again, placing the cards on the coffee table in front of them.

"King of Swords. What do these cards mean?" Riku asked and the door suddenly got open, seeing their manager arriving. They greeted him good morning and when Hokuto is about to hide the cards, their manager got one of it.

"Isn't this a tarot card? This one looks so aesthetic. I bet this is expensive. The quality is good." Their manager smiled at them but at the same time, his remarks didn't shove their worries off.

"Hontou ni desuka? Do you know what each card means?" Their manager shook his head and gave back the card to Hokuto.

"But you can search the meanings on internet. Tarot cards are popular to those people who want to know some insights about their past, present and future. Ah! Fortune telling. That's it. That's the right term." The trio looked at each other and decided to discuss everything later to the other members.

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When the trio arrived at the practice room, they saw that the other members are gathered around and talking about something. Zin, the second leader is the first one to notice that they already arrived since he is facing the door.

"What's with the commotion?" Kazuma asked and the other members showed the black envelopes they got yesterday as well.

"We also got those. Manager-san said those are tarot cards and they are used for fortune telling." Hokuto said once he placed down his bag on the chair and then, he gave the black envelopes to them.

"I got Four of Swords. Kazuma got King of Swords. Then, Hoku-chan got Ace of Swords." Riku took out the cards from the envelope and placed it down on the table, next to the other members' cards.

All members got their own black envelopes and tarot cards but most of them are confused why they received something like that. They searched for the meanings of the cards and they realized that the two leaders got The Sun and The Moon cards while the rest of the members got all the Swords cards.

"Rui-san, aren't you the one who is interested with things like this one?" Shogo, the all smiles prince said while arranging the cards.

"Iya, iya. It's my first time to hold tarot cards. I'm not interested with these though." Rui stopped from writing the meanings of the cards on the paper when the lights started to flicker.

"What's happening?" They looked around and the lights went off completely. It is pitch black and they heard the door went open.

The members got their phones to turn on the flashlight from it but they heard screams from one of them.

"Turn on the lights! What's happening?!" They shouted while they are trying to look for the light switches.

Makoto, the member who is always sensitive and scaredy screamed when he felt something passed behind him, sending chills to his spine. The whole building is out of power and it will take a few minutes before the power comes back with the use of generators.

The screams stopped when the table suddenly got flipped and it made some members fall down on the floor. It is almost night, so it is really dark and they only have their phones as flashlights.

The power finally came back and the lights went on. Their eyes widened when they saw one of the members on the floor, lying down on a pool of blood with a katana stabbed on his back.

"Ryu.." Hokuto mumbled before stumbling down on the floor but the one who is just besides him, Itsuki quickly caught him.

Their gazes shifted to the ripped tarot card next to dead Ryu and saw that it is Nine of Swords. Makoto's face turned so pale and slumped down on the floor.

"What is happening in this world.." The fifteen members froze on their spots as they are still shocked with what happened to their friend and co-member.