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"Misaki Stairs: Part One"
"So, they say that you must never step on the fourth stair and if you happen to break that rule, you'll immediately be sucked into another world, the world of the dead. No one will know if you've gone missing and you'll be ripped into tiny pieces. If you visit the stairs at twilight, its said that you'll find the blood of its victims dripping on it." Aoi-Chan finished off with a smile.
"The stair in front of the art room, right?" I ask, bringing my hand in front of my chin in a loose ball. Aoi-Chan nods while Nene-chan is a bit freaked out.
"Nene-Chan, are you okay? Did I scare you?" Aoi-Chan asked worried. Nene-Chan only nodded before she tried to speak, but got interrupted.
|Over the Intercom|
"I need Aoi Akane and Y/N L/N to the art room immediately to do an interview requested by the president and vice president. Thank you." It was Teru-Kun's voice! I wonder why... Maybe I should try the rumor? I mean the principal said not too, but there's no way it could be real,
Right?
I finished off the announcement with a frown. I still need to apologize to Y/N for running off earlier, I had sensed an apparition earlier but technically I didn't lie because I visited my brother.. And because she got too close, and I didn't want her mauled by my "fans" (which I mean stalkers) ...
Anyway, we need Aoi-San because she wanted to be part of the council and to be honest I kinda just want Y/N-Chan as another vice president or vice-vice president or something, if that's even a thing.
"Thank you Nanamino-San for the tea, but I must be going now, I have duties to attend too." I waved her goodbye before beginning my journey to the art room. As I walked through the halls, I felt something was off, like someone is missing.
Heading up the stairs, I hit the fourth stair.
Oh, how I hate these damn wonders. I swear to everyone's lives I will exterminate them all.
"Y/N-Chan, where are we?" I groaned rubbing my temples. I looked over to see she was still unconscious. I guess I'll tend to her for the time being.. I'm assuming we are in the second wonder's territory. The Misaki Stairs, I never really thought they were even real.. I sighed, sitting down in a crisscross position, I put Y/N-chan's head in my lap. I put my fingers through her hair like I was brushing it. It was just so, Nice...
I could feel the blood rushing to my face, I just couldn't help staring at her. She was just so... My breaths trembled the more I observed her.. her beautiful s/c that had a smooth texture to it and her soft, gorgeous, h/c hair.. and that f/c jellyfish broach on the bow on her uniform. The way it made her whole outfit complete. The way it made her... well, her. Oh, how badly I just wanted to ki-
"Aoi-San, do you happen to know where we are?" A voice behind me spoke. I whipped my head around to see Minamoto-Sama, standing there with messy hair and a puzzled face. Wait a second, how long was I here staring at Y/N-Chan? I tilted my head downward, calming my nerves, before looking back up again to reply.
"I'm assuming this is because of the rumor of the second wonder. Me and Y/N-chan were heading to the art room when were stepped on the fourth stair by accident, I'm guessing you were doing the same to greet us, then you stepped on the stair, right Minamoto-sama?" The words poured out of my mouth smoothly. I was examining his face when I was speaking and saw a flash of surprise in his eyes when I mentioned Y/N-chan... odd.
"Yes, in fact I was going to the art room, and I had to make the announcement elsewhere." He cleared his throat then added, "Y/N-Chan is here?" His voice had a sort of, desperation to it. And he's already calling her 'Y/N-Chan'? Who does he think he is! He probably doesn't even know her! I glared at him to which he raised his brows in response before looking over and seeing Y/N-Chan in my lap. His face was- hilarious! He looked so jealous- I smirked at him before he spoke, once again. How annoying this cycle is going to be.
"Do you know anything else about the wonder? Anything to help us you know... survive?" He asked with a sort of 'rude' but formal tone. I shook my head no. I looked down to see if Y/N-Chan might've woken up from out chattering, which, seemed to slightly wake her as her eyes were half open and she was staring off into the starry sky.
"Am I dead.?" She quietly wondered aloud.
I looked over to peer into her eyes, I guess I never noticed, but her eyes were very unique. Her eyes had a gloss or a shine maybe that looked like one similar to a pearl, she had sort of wave in the middle of her e/c eye that separated the e/c from the opal color, meaning it was half e/c and half opal, with different hues of greens, pinks, and blues all reflecting from it. In the middle there was a deep blue trident with was looks like a gold gem in the middle. It was fascinating!
If I could, i would have looked at them all day, but I could feel a certain someone-
*Cough, cough* Minamoto-Sama *cough, cough* weren't staring holes into the back of my head.
"Oh! Aoi-Chan! You're here too!" she said excitedly but, to my dismay, she scooted out of my lap and looked at our surroundings. Her eyes locked on to Minamoto-Sama, who moved his attention to her. Her eyes sort of 'lit up'. Does she know him? She got up and went to go say hi. Minamoto-Sama decided to hug her. HUG HER. I NEVER GOT TO HUG HER!
Y/N-Chan hugged him back. The audacity that Minamoto-Sama had a smug look on his face. That smirk pissed me off. It seemed we made an agreement: the game is on.
We started to climb the stairs, for some odd reason I feel like I recognized this place. But it looks off, the sky is different it used to be a nice blue.. I think? I looked over at Teru-kun and he seemed to have a grimace on his face, I'm assuming he either doesn't like this place or just ghosts in general. Huh.. When did he get a katana? How cool! Still dangerous though.
"Hello? This is Y/N speaking?" No response. So, I asked again.
"Uhh, is this 'Misaki'? The second wonder?" From the other line I heard someone's breath hitch. Why? "Do you need us to do anything? Or did I pick up this phone for nothing." I grumbled with a snappy tone. Again, no response. It was as if the person didn't want to talk to me specifically at the moment. After a long silence I finally heard a voice. It was familiar.?
"Hello, L/N-Sama. I'm afraid I cannot speak to you. You are of no use for me in this state." She explained, her voice sounded empty, but full of emotion at the same time. Sadness and despair were the strongest ones I could pick out. Also, why'd she call me by my last name? I never told her that. And '-Sama'? Doesn't that mean giving someone your upmost respect like to a person with higher status or people you genuinely respect? I'm confused...
Before I could say something more, the other line cut off then the phone evaporated in to thin air. It was pretty cool to be honest.
"Y/N-Chan! Where are you! Don't tell me you got eaten by the dolls or something..." I heard Aoi-Chan bot that far away, I should probably head back before they get too worried. I heard something start running up behind me just as I was about to leave, it was Teru-Kun!
"Oh, hey Teru-Kun! I was just about to head back to Aoi-Chan, want to walk with me?" Teru thought for a moment before he responded.
"Of course, Y/N-Chan." He winked before grabbing my hand and walking foward. Strange, I wonder what's gotten into him he's never done this before (with me at least), but I'm actually starting to think he actually has never held someones hand except for family or something.
I only think this because his hand is clammy and his face is red and sweating plus he's looking away with his hand on the back of his head like he's nervous. I almost giggled because of it and I barely managed to stay calm because it was hilarious!
"Y/N-Chan! I was so worried! Where did you go?" She rushed up and hugged me with her face in my chest. I hugged her back. For some reason, something in my guy told me not to tell her. Aoi-Chan looked up at me with a determined look in her eye. She slowly started to move closer to my face before Teru-Kun pulled me away.
"Teru-Kun? What's wrong?" He had a grip on my arm and was intently starring at Aoi-Chan. I'm starting to get tired of this. Seriously, shat is up with them! Aoi-Chan seemed to finally snap out of it with a confused face, turning her head side to side she pointed off to a phone which seemed to be vibrating.
"There's a phone, should we answer it?" Her eyes flashed back to me and Teru-Kun before returning to the phone and putting her arm down to her side. We started to approach the phone. When we got there, she picked up the phone and started to listen to what the person on the other line had to say.
"I had been teaching my students in the schoolhouse at the top of these stairs. But I was killed here, torn to pieces. Right in the place where you are standing. Say, would you please look for my body? I can't do anything as I am now... First, my arm. My right arm. That is the arm I use to hold the chalk for writing letters. Do hurry, class will be starting soon." It immediately cut off. Thankfully we were able yo hear, but the words were all muffled. Aoi-Chan opened her mouth as if she was going to say something, but she closed it before any words escaped.
"So? What did she say?" Teru-Kun rested his elbow on Aoi-Chan's shoulder resulting in him being kicked in the lower-half. I really didn't mean to, but I started to laugh so hard watching him drop to the ground. Look, he's my friend, I guess my only excuse was being riled up from earlier.
Teru-Kun, still on the floor, looked up at me with betrayal. His face scrunched up before PULLING ME DOWN WITH HIM BY MY ANKLE. I gasped, fear filled my eyes for a split second before I hit the floor with my back and behind my head.
"HEY! THAT HURT!" I sat up and dived at him, we started to play-fight, we both pretty much only used our hands except for the occasional kicking. Eventually, he ended up pinning me down on the floor.
"If you give up now and just say I win an i'll let you go, because really, you can't exactly win like this." I peered into his eyes, my demeanor had changed, it wasn't about who wonβ okay maybe I lied because I wanted to win but, I didn't want to go down with him this cocky.
I propped up my knees and planted my feet firmly on the ground to the right, my arms were loose so wrapped the around him back before pulling him down, just as I expected. He'd lost his balance and now we were face-to-face with our noses touching. I could also feel his hot breath on my neck. Ugh, how uncomfortable! I noticed his face heating up, now's my chance! I brung my arms back and put them on his cheat before I pushed with my hands and feet. We rolled and I ended up on top, pinning him down instead, but compared to him I actually pushed down the arms.
"Guess who's on top now?" I chucked, mocking him. I got up and sat on his stomach carefully making sure I didn't put too much pressure on it. As I sat there for a second, I swore I saw steam coming from his face. Looking over, I saw these pink bunnies holding a banner that said 'WINNER!'.
"Yay! I won!" I exclaimed while throwing my arms up in the air. I got up very carefully and stepped over him. Now I wonder if he's actually okay... I turned to the left to see a hourglass, it made a loud noise as it turned over, what are we supposed to do now?
"Y/N-Chan, I think wee have to collect Misaki's right arm, or at least that's what she said anyway." Aoi-Chan explained. I looked over at Teru-Kun, who was in-fact still on the floor but sitting up now.
"Come on, we have to get a move on." I grabbed his arm and helped him up, we immediately split up to look in boxes and drawers for a right arm. Eventually Teru-Kun called for us.
"Aoi-San! Y/N-Chan! I found a right arm!" He didn't bother waiting for us, though. He immediately started to run up the stairs skipping about two every step. When he made it up, he deposited the arm to which the hourglass stopped and the door opened. Me and Aoi-Chan made it up to the top just as the door finished opening. Looking inside, it was all just stairs, and stairs, and stairs. I groaned flopping onto the floor. This is going to be a while.
We deposited the last body part before the door opened to the last flight of stairs. After we made it to the top, however, all we saw was a pile of gigantic scissors and dolls. Freaky... really ππππππ. We saw a gigantic doll nearby, it was the one we made! It looked exactly like a human being but with the face being so uncanny it made it look like an artificial, cheap, horror movie monster. Ugh...
A woman walked out with what it seemed to be fox ears, a kimono, and some traditional sandals. She quickly inspected out work before a delighted smile appeared on her face.
"This might just work! This is a gorgeously built body. Isn't that right, "Misaki"? Go on, let me see you walk!" She proceeded to blow on the doll which made it move. It gotten up then immediately toppled over and fell apart. "Misaki" stared at it, disappointed.
"Another failure. What. A. Shame." Teru-Kun had a particularly tight grip on the handle of his katana, he stepped in front of both me and Aoi-Chan to protect us. I have a feeling he won't do much but hold off the dolls or something. If she can make this doll come to life that means she can also make the smaller dolls alive. I watched her as she proceeded to pick up a pair of giant scissors, hands holding each of the finger holes.
It seemed to come alive! It started approaching us at a rapid speed with it opening, and closing. Just as it was about to cut Aoi-Chan's head off, I slid along the watery floor and grabbed her arm. I had my foot hit her ankle so she'd lose balance. Thankfully, it worked! She toppled over onto me just as the scissors closed. Once we were out from under it, I saw Teru-Kun dealing with the dolls, he won't be able to hold them off much longer, I have to hurry. I got up, I held Aoi-Chan to see if the scissors came after us, it didn't.?
"That's odd. The scissors were supposed to come after us. OH FUCK IT'S GONNA GET TERU-KUN!" I carefully set Aoi-Chan down on her feet before running over to see if Teru-Kun was alright. He was perfect! Because the scissors and dolls were after him, whenever he dodged, it cut off the dolls head, buying him some time. He rushed up behind me and whispered something to me.
"I've noticed that they take too long to get up. If I use my katana and keep dodging the scissors, all the dolls will be down. Get Aoi-san, try and find gasoline and matches. Hurry!" I nodded and ran back to Aoi-Chan who was looking for stuff, "Misaki" seemed to notice and sent the scissors after her instead. I grabbed her and started running away, but this time, the scissors followed.
No. We hit a dead end. Me and Aoi-Chan fell to the ground in a corner. It's over we lost. The scissors opened up, just when that happened Aoi-Chan turned toward me, grabbed my face and kissed me. I heard a loud gasp from somewhere, it was Teru-Kun, his mouth was agape and his eyes were wide.
"I lost? To Aoi-San? And I don't get to have Y/N-Chan?" He mumbled, barely over a whisper. Just then, the scissors closed. Aoi-Chan's head was severed. But it didn't fall, she just turned into a wooden doll. Right in my arms. Tears flowed out of my eyes. Why would "Misaki" do this? Wonder's aren't supposed to kill people, they're supposed to be harmless and scary spooky stories! Because Teru-Kun's attention was taken from the dolls, they pounced onto him, he then became a wooden doll too, just like Aoi-Chan.
I truly am alone now. No humans, no real souls.
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