Sako: Damn It All To Hell

I settled down for a little rest after a moment. We were still in the locker room, not moved yet. Teruhiko was still trying to figure out what we'd just found. It was a book, seemingly a diary. Most of the pages were encrusted in blood. Finally, he found pages he could read and started speaking them out loud.
"I've lost track of the date. I can't tell you how long I've been, maybe days, weeks or only hours. I'm so cold, but I found some notes. If I can find my friends, maybe I can get out of here. These notes from the other people say there's a way out of here. I just have to find the others and perform the charm backwards, chant the words and put the paper doll back together. Once for each one of us and once for the spirit of Sachiko. It'll make her happy or something. I need others with me for it to work. I can't find my friends and the children are closing in." He paused and frowned. "Wait, the children?"
I shook my head quickly. I was kind of having a panic attack, and he had no clue how to react. He didn't now what to do to help. I didn't care, not really. He was still stood by me, and that was enough for me.

I don't know how long it took. Finally I'd calmed down and he had his arm around me.
"I need the bathroom." I muttered when I was calm. I wiped my eyes on my hand and he bit his lip.
"I don't want to separate."
"Come with me then."
"Just pee yourself!" He insisted. I slapped him.
"No, don't be disgusting!"
He paused, hand hovering over his cheek where I'd hit him. "Nishihara-san..."
I turned and stalked off. I was sick of all this. All of it. The corpses, the nightmare, the death, all the blood and guts and bugs and ew, I can't stand it.

I went to the bathroom, and then walked out and began to make my way back to the locker room, hand resting on my belly. I had to stop for a moment in one of the halls to empty my stomach. God, I was so sick, I just wanted to go home. I wiped my eyes quickly and went to walk forward, but another earthquake struck, and all I could do was crouch down and wait for it to pass. I was so scared. I could hear things fall and break around me and I had to call out, because if I didn't, what if I lost Teruhiko? "Teruhiko!" He cried meekly, keeping my head down as dust and wood fell. It was in my hair and my clothes and my nails, and I felt something sharp slice against my hand, and I cried. I let tears run down my face as I tried to calm down, and in the end I was sobbing and I hated it. "Teruhiko, I'm sorry!" I cried as the earthquake finally subsided.
"Nishihara?" A voice called. A girl's voice, but still I stupidly called for Teruhiko.
"Nishihara!" Hands grabbed my shoulder and someone was shaking me, trying to pull me up. "Nishihara, stand up, come on, get up! Please be okay!"
I looked up and saw Tsutsumi and Ishizaki. Taking a few deep breaths, I let them help me up.
"Are you okay?" Tsutsumi asked with a look of deep concern. "Did you get hurt in the earthquake? Have you seen anyone else?"
"Uh..." I gave a slight nod, uncertain.
"You saw Iwase?" Ishizaki asked, arching an eyebrow.
I nodded again. "Yeah, back by the pool."
"What pool?"
"Uh, the pool. Come on." I walked off confidently, leading the way, but where the door to the locker room should have been, there was just wall. "No!" I shrieked, hammering at the wall. "Where'd the door go? It was right here, between that classroom and those stairs! Teruhiko! Teruhiko, answer me!"
They each grabbed an arm and pulled me away from the wall. They looked terrified, I don't think they'd ever seen me in such a state. "We were going to escape together!" I cried. "You promised to make everything okay! You promised to hurt Matsuno and help with the baby and everything! You said it would all be okay! That we could get out of here!"
They helped me to the floor and Tsutsumi held me, resting my head on her chest and rubbing my back, and I could hear them whispering, about what I had just said, about the baby. I wished I was dead, but no such satisfaction would come.

Kazufumi: Delicious Smells

I don't know how long we've been travelling. A long time, certainly. I always snacked between meals, but still managed to be absolutely famished by dinner. Well, admittedly, I tended not to have lunch or breakfast. Now I was wishing I had considering all I'd eaten today was a small chocolate bar and lolly. We could have been walking for days. Either way, I was really hungry, and, well...
"I need to go." I announced suddenly. Nijiko arched an eyebrow.
"Go?"
"Yeah, go. Like, I really need to go."
She was silent for a moment before sighing. "There's a bathroom upstairs."
"Will you wait here for me?"
"Of course. You go."
I nodded gratefully and hurried off to the stairs. There were desks blocking the way, but that didn't bother me, not totally,so I just clambered over them. I kept my gaze straight ahead. Seeing all those bodies was still making me feel so sick. How long had we been here?

The boys' bathroom was heavily boarded up. The girls' was hanging open, but, well, I wasn't a girl. Tentaively, I went in despite my better judgement. It seemed empty and quiet but for the creaking of old wood. I tried the first door, but it was locked. All of them seemed to be locked, actually.
"Boys aren't allowed in the girls' bathroom.' Stated a voice. It felt like a hand of ice had gripped my heart.
"The boys' bathroom is out of order..." I stammered as I stumbled back. "I...I'll find somewhere else to go..."
The spirit of a little girl appeared before me and that was it, I ran out of the room screaming, begging her not to hurt me.

When I came back to my senses, I was stood outside a classroom. I was lost. I let out a feeble cry for Nijiko-san. I didn't want to be alone, I desperately didn't want to be alone, but all I could find here was an empty bucket and the splattered remains of another student. I relieved myselfinto the bucket and went exploring, calling for the names of my classmates all the while.
"Kotani! Nishimoto! Kiyomizu! Anyone?"
The smell of something frying filled my nostrils. It smelled...delightful. Something was cooking, and I was so hungry. My belly told me to follow my nose and I obeyed, stopping outside the school lab. I pushed the door, only to find it locked.
"Hello?" I called as I knocked on the door. "Hello, is anyone in there?"
No reply. I went back to walking.

I found the key to the lab eventually. It was among some human remains, and I still hadn't seen anyone from school. I was tired and scared, and I'd been crying and calling for help. I guess this is what Nishimoto meant when she would tell me I was a mouse rather than a man. I just wanted some company in this hell, someone to be with when I eventually died! Someone would find me eventually, I thought as I sat opposite the corpse of a young girl. She looked to be a junior schooler. Very young. I stared at her a long while, trying to keep from wailing, and eventually I noticed something in her breast pocket. Something bronzey-gold and small, and shiny. I crept forward and, apologising softly, took the item, finding myself holding the key for the lab.

The door slid open happily once I'd turned the lock. "Hello?" I called as I stepped in, looking around. No-one was there, apart from a girl tied to a chair with piano wire, the top half of her body horribly burnt. And yet I could still smell that chip fat smell, the smell of cooking oil. A full circle of the room showed plenty of pots of boiling oil, but nothing to eat. Nothing being cooked. Nothing but the girl...but she couldn't be the source of that delicious smell.

I looked again, and this time, I found a young boy hiding under a table. Well, I say young, he was at least 17, maybe older. He was wearing a school uniform for a school I didn't recognise. "Hello?" I asked. The boy grabbed my shoulders.
"You have to hide!" He hissed, pulling me under the table with him. "I just came here with my friends and brother, and now I think they're all dead."
"Calm down..."
"Have you seem the bodies?!"
"I have...but you can't survive this if you're hysterical. Close your eyes and go to your happy place, that's what I always do."
The boy did so and I took in his dishevilled appearance. He had brown hair and blue eyes, and he was taller and thinner than me. Finally, he opened his eyes. "Have you seen anyone from Ritoruiro Girls' School?"
I shook my head. "You're not from there."
"No, I'm from Pichitsuri University School...my sister is in here somewhere though. I need to find her. If Akimitsu and Kunihide are dead and I already know Noaki is, he's hanging in the toilets upstairs and it's all my fault and-"
I slapped him then. "Shut up and stop panicking!"
There was a loud thump and a groan from beyond our hiding place, and I covered the boy's mouth with my hand. Even so, we were found.