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NINE

"Nice, the cola!" Satou says.

"I'll take the tea!" Yokoo says.

"You guys are pretty close!" Yashiro turns to Kou.

"No...it's not really like that..."

"Hm?" Yashiro tilts her head in confusion. She looks at the tower, which makes you look at it too. "Hey Kou-" She hears a noise from the bush and notices a girl. "Hold on, whose that girl?" Looking behind you guys

"Who are you talking about?" Minamoto asks.

"Behind us." Yashiro says, which causes you all to look behind. "Do you guys know her?

"She's not wearing our school's uniform..." Kou says.

"Weird." You mumble.

"What's that she has on her hands? A sketchbook." Yashiro says as the girl sketches what looks like a flower.

"Hey there, Nene! What are you doing?" You three look at Akane and Vice President Aoi.

"Hey Aoi. We were just talking about that girl over there- wait what?" Yashiro turned around all the way to look for the girl that was just there.

"Where'd she go?" Kou looked confused, doing the same as Yashiro.

"You were saying something about a girl?" Akane says.

"Yeah, she was drawing in a sketchbook. She wasn't wearing our uniform so I was just curious."

"You saw a random girl in a strange uniform?" Vice President Aoi looked at you guys.

Akane puts her hand on her face. "And she was drawing in a sketchbook? Could it be...?"

"I think they might've seen Shijima." Akane and Vice President Aoi both said at the same time. Thats...weird.

"Who's Shijima?" Yashiro turns to Akane.

"Oh, its a rumor about the art room. About a ghost named Shijima. They say she was a great painter. After she died, she became a ghost and haunted the school, doing the work she loved, even in death." Akane said.

"How did Shijima die?" Yashiro asked.

"According to the rumors, her family wouldn't let her become an artist. She would have to stop painting once she graduated. She was devastated by the news, so rather than quit her passion she took her own life." Akane said.

Then, Akane and Vice President Aoi looked like they got cut and crumbled into little rocks. You gasped. Did they just DIE?!

"Nene! Be careful!" Kou pulled her back. It all happened so fast...

"Aoi..." Nene sounded terrified. "Akane..."

You three panicked and Yashiro began to scream in horror, using Minamoto's hand as a shield so she wouldn't have to see her friends crumble, everyone gasped.

"What happened is something wrong?!" Hanako said as everyone ran over to you guys.

"They...Aoi and Akane just..." Kou sounded traumatized. Everyone stared at the remaining pieces of Akane and Vice President Aoi.

"Huh?"

Silence.

"Yeah? And?" They all said in unison. It was like hearing a chant.

"That happens all the time, dude. Yokoo says.

"Yep." Satou says.

"It's no big deal, they'll be back to normal eventually!" Hanako smiles at you three.

"Don't worry, it'll be like it never happened!" Aiya put her hands on her own waist.

You three look at them like they were all crazy. This isn't normal, why are they acting like it's such a...normal thing! Yashiro was tearing up and Minamoto was sweating.

"You had me worried something serious happened." Mitsuba says.

"I gotta get a picture of this!" Yamabuki says as he angles his smartphone camera.

"But...why? How can you all stand around and act like everything's normal?" Yashiro says.

"Because, it is normal." Yamabuki says.

"Yeah." Hanako says.

"Alright, lets get back to work!" Yooko says as they all go back to working. Mitsuba stays behind though.

"Really had me going there." Hanako says.

"What's going on? This is insane, isn't it?" Minamoto says as Yashiro leans into his chest.

"You guys think its crazy too, right?" Yashiro pulls on Minamoto's shirt as she looked at both of you guys. Poor Yashiro, she was crying. "It's not just me? Everything about this is messed up."

"I'm with you." Minamoto agrees.

"Me too! This is seriously creepy." You shiver and you hold your shoulders.

"Relax. Its not that big of a deal. Now Minamoto and Yashiro, quit flirting in front of poor Drama queen over here and lets get back to cleaning." Mitsuba puts his hand on Yashiro's shoulders. "You're making more work for the rest of us!"

"Hey! Wait a sec!" Minamoto protests.

"Come on! Lets get going!" Mitsuba reaches to grab Yashiro's hand.

"I said wait!" Minamoto grabs Mitsuba's hand.

"Huh?" Mitsuba steps back, but Minamoto's grip is strong.

"Mitsuba! Doesn't any of this bother you?! You know somethings wrong here! Its all wrong...Why can't you see that?" Minamoto looks at Mistuba's hand.

You hug Yashiro, trying to comfort her as best as you can. She seemed a bit better now. You both look at the boys in front of you

"Woah- Minamoto-" Mitsuba said, looking suspicious.

"I'm not done! At first I wasn't sure. I thought that maybe...he was back. Mitsuba had really gotten his wish...but thats not it. It's all...it's all so...wrong...Everything feels completely odd. Like a dream, none of this-" Minamoto says.

Mitsuba cut Minamoto off. "Knock it off!" Mitsuba managed to get out of Minamoto's grip.

"Whats going on?" You and Yashiro look at Mistuba.

"So what if its a little weird?" Mitsuba sounded panicked and you and Yashiro got up from the floor, you let her go. "What does it matter?"

Silence.

"Who cares if this stupid world isn't real!" Mistuba yells. YOU KNEW IT. FAKE, IT WAS ALL FAKE.

"Wait, what did you say?" Minamoto questioned.

"Does that mean it's fake?" Yashiro looks straight at Mitsuba.

"It...is." You says as you step back.

Mitsuba just realized he messed up. "Keep talking! What exactly do you know about this place?" Minamoto demanded.

Mitsuba looked at the three of you and began to run away.

"Wait come back!" Yashiro tried to stop him.

"Mitsuba! Hold it!" Minamoto began to run, which caused you all to start running.

"Mitsuba!" You yelled.

"Mitsuba, what did you mean?" Yashiro yelled.

"Oh man." Yokoo said.

"Kou's at it again." Satou says.

Aiya stared at you, just you. If you found out about her plan it might just be the begining of the end.

HOLY CRAP THIS WAS A LONG CHAPTER OH MYYYYYYYYYY this is my record, i rlly hope u guys like it because i was watching the anime while writing thissss :///