As Reiji and Aine were running towards the area where Ranmaru and the others are, Yumina saw the pictures moving. The scriblish art were moving, from screaming motions to crying motions to even attempted to escape from the canvas and frame.
The teal haired girl hid her face on the crook of her father's neck in fear. She silently hoped Katsumi didn't saw them but oh man the girl was wrong. The female Kotobuki's eyes were shut tightly, her body shaking on her father's back.
As they had reached the third floor of the mansion, it was slightly different. It had a large, more like... a very large balcony at the end. The same place where Aine and Yumina, along with the Shinomiyas saw the fields of cemeteries, the tree that Hiro claimed to have seen someone sleeping under it.
But what confused them was that, this same level was where their bedrooms were. The STARISH and the Trio's rooms were on the level below. Now that they had thought of it, they never really explored much in the said level. So Reiji and Aine decided to split up. The Kotobukis will go to the opposite direction from their rooms while the Kisaragis will go to the familiar direction.
As they split up to look for the lost people, they wondered how were the guys in the basement area are doing. Were they fine?
...
~ at the basement ~
Much to Camus' and Leo's expectation, the basement hid even more secrets. More hidden rooms were found. There were six rooms founded. They had investigated the torture room again. Leo, Aoi and Yuu saw a hanged body by the tinted window. It's a similar figure of what Yumina had seen in the toilet. The trio males pulled themselves together to be brave, having the brave thought that it is just their minds playing tricks with them.
However, much to Camus' displeasure, a corpse was founded. He had pulled the blanket, only to find the face that he recognize very well. His wife's face. The dead looked a lot like his lady. He gritted his teeth and covered the corpse again and walked away.
In the other 3 rooms, it's another torture rooms. But with even more deadlier equipment. As if they had their own theme of torturous events. Like mad scientists pulling the eyeballs out of the victims sockets from what Ai had seen. The man had frozen slightly from the vision, but was shot awake by his son who was pointing at a young girl. Her mouth was sewed. The familiar dark purple haired female, looking so much a like as his older sister, Kohaku.
Ai tried not to panic as he remembered his first born. Trying to remind himself that his wife and daughters were at a safer place, that they're still alive.
In the third torture chamber, it is what Yuu and Masato would never want to see. Sexual equipments. Do they even exist in the past decades? Don't know. But definitely what they will never want to see. They didn't see anything. But they did hear the vibration sounds, the sounds of skin slapping; spankings and what so ever disgusting things that even modern people would do out of for their kinky interest. But this ain't the modern times. It's more like killing the victims through sexual assault.
They heard the cries of a young children, screaming for help. Mostly female victims. The head of the Hijirikawa family would never expect to hear his wife screaming. It sounds like his beloved Asuka, but like Ai, he reminded himself that she's fine. More like a doppleganger of her in the past screaming for help. The man tried to be brave for his son, looking forward, he saw weapons.
To kill.
Like stated earlier, through DISGUSTING assault.
Not wanting to hear anymore screamings and wailings for help, the father-son duo went out of the room.
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Finally in the last torture chamber... All they can find was old weapons. From old Katanas, guns, and even poison bottles. For safety, they did not touch any of the weapons. But this time, all of them saw a very brutal torture. Men slowly slashing a male victim, decapitating the left arm, then the right leg... That was when Leo realized. It was the boy he had seen earlier.
Leo held the sleeve of his father, signalling that he wants to leave. Complying with his son, they left the room and went to investigate the last two rooms. Which were all... decayed corpses....
including Ayane's corpse.
It caught them off guard, to see the "guide's" body. But after a few more searches, they left. In their minds were only wondering if the other's were okay. Just then, Ai received a message from his brother,
to : Ai
from : Aine
Sub : ---
"Ringo-san and Ren-kun are inside a room in the last floor of the mansion. Stay with them. "
P.S: Its at the end of the right hall way. The black door. Don't go in the red door.
Ai looked at the other two adults and nod. They went up to where Ringo and Ren were. But has Reiji and Aine arrived? What about Tokiya and the family?
~ ground hall... with Tokiya and co. ~
As stated in the previous chapters, where the girls first encountered with the souls. It was expectedly large. From the kitchen, unlike what they had seen on their second day, the kitchen was not clean at all. It was the total opposite, very dirty, smelly. A very awful smell. Like the smell of decaying bodies.
Despite being the elderly among all of his idols, Saotome is quite brave for his age. Using his tall and large stature, he was able to cover his granddaughter, step grandson and Etsuko's sight from seeing burned bodies of the chefs.
The old man didn't say much and quickly gestured them out of the kitchen. Now going to the dining room. Otoya saw what it looks like his dear son and wife, eating bloody food, which looked like Eri's body. Tokiya saw that as well. He stopped on his tracks, pulling his daughter towards his chest.
Not wanting to waste anymore time, they left.
As they were walking to the other side of the large hall, leading towards a ball room, Cecil saw a woman. Hair covering her face. Suddenly she raised her head. Her eyes were sewn shut. Blood running down her face, her mouth wide open.
The tan man tightened his hold on his son's arm, gesturing the boy to not look at the front. Hikaru tugged on his father's jacket. Suddenly the figure disappeared. The adults were confused. Cecil then took the camera his son had brought along, he snapped a few pictures around the ball room. Not wanting to view them yet, he saved the photos.
Feeling that there was nothing else, they retreated back to where they had promised to meet up again; by the entrance.
...
time check : 2:30AM
...
~ at level three, with Reiji and Katsumi ~
Reiji had placed Katsumi on the ground. The two walked hand in hand, close to each other. Just like the teal haired female stated, there was a very large balcony. At the end of the balcony, the girl spotted Syo and Ranmaru. Reiji sighed in relief as he walked towards the quartet.
"Where's Natsuki and Ryuya-san?" Reiji asked.
"We got separated after something came out from the picture frame," Syo sighed.
"What picture frame?" The older man asked.
Katsumi's eyes widened. She remembered what she had seen, the drawings were moving. Some were as if it was trying to escape. The female brunette asked the boys, "Was it a children's drawing?"
Shuji nodded his head and explained that it was like a large insect with a human's head. Then they continued sharing what they had found out earlier, from visions to a tag? It has traditional Japanese writing. They were unsure if it was just a tag or a seal tag. They had brought it with them to show it to Masato.
"It was Ryuya-san who founded them. We only had one of it with us, but we founded four in total." Ranmaru said.
...
time check : 3:30AM
...
~ with Aine ~
"Tags? Where did you find them?" Aine asked.
"They were scattered around at hidden places. It looked suspicious so I picked them up only to find more of them." Ryuya said.
After assuring each other that they're perfectly fine,they shared some informations with each other before they went out of the room where the Shinomiyas and Hyugas were hiding. It was another room. The door was left unnoticed as it had the same color of the was, same goes with the knob. As they were walking to the same area where they promised to meet up again, the saw Reiji and the other two.
After sharing a few words, they proceeded down.
~ by the entrance ~
Otoya and co. spotted Ringo and Ren helping Satoru to walk while Camus' group were trailing behind. Soon after, Natsuki and the remaining people came. They shared a few words of comfort to each other before heading back to their rooms.
"We'll gather again in Boss' room later after lunch. Try to get lots of rest, yeah?" Ryuya said as he saw the teenagers looking tired after staying up for this creepy advanture.
They all complied and went back to their rooms to end their search.
~ with STARISH ~
"Dad, can you stay here with us?" Yoichi asked his father timidly.
It was rare of him to do so, but the adult smiled and ushered the boy to the side a little. Hikaru and Hiro were with their fathers, while Yuu and Masato were asleep in his room. The girls still remained with their own fathers, allowing Raiden and Satoru to use their beds again. It was a relief that Satoru was gettinng better from the shock he had earlier, but the male was still weak. He had dozed off first once his head landed on the pillow.
No more words were shared among them, they all had dozed off for the moment.
~ With QN & Aine ~
Just like the people of STARISH, the girls were with their own fathers. Being nice for once, Camus and Ranmaru decided to sleep in the teens' room. Camus and Leo slept on the girls' bed, not wanting to share the same bed with peasents, its what the adult had said.
Not having enough energy to argue (Which Ai was glad about), the silver haired man just shrugged and slept by his son while Ai took the side, leaving his son in between him and Shuji.
....
But... What are the seal tags for? What can they find out about them? And will they be able to find a way to escape earlier?
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Well, that's all for Part 2! I hope you guys enjoy it.
NOTE! I won't be able to update for a few days, most likely even weeks, as I will be going on a late holiday tomorrow and will be back to my country on Jan 1st. School will officially start on the 2nd, so I will do my best to try to update as much as I can before the year gets heated.
If you're curious, stay tuned for the next chappy! Ja-ne~!
