Chapter 5: Akuma

I could see the killer standing over me, ready to kill. It looked like a man. He had a band tied to the back of his head covering his eyes. Thats all i could tell with my blood covering him. I began to feel light headed from the blood loss and cold. The killer then raised his arm with the knife or dagger he had and was going in to finish the job. I could hear Hana crying out my name as if the world were going to end. I didn't react to any of this though. Everything was blurry and sounded muffled. It was hopeless. I was stabbed to my demise. My end. Time went back to when me and Hana were searching inside of the counselors room. Like last time, i stood dazed for ten to fifteen seconds waiting for my memories to return. As soon as they returned it hit me. I had to get Hana out of the place fast as possible. I turned to Hana and told her to leave and group up with Kentoreru's group. "But why-" "DON'T ASK QUESTIONS." I told her fimly. She ran down the hall and grouped up with everyone else. I quickly pulled out the scissors from under the counselors desk and slit my arm a bit. I threw my blood at where i believed the killer to be and it landed. He was camping in a corner waiting for our guard to drop. A stealthy tactic. I dashed out before he could react. He began chasing me down the hallway to Kentoreru's group. I saw Kentoreru step out of a room and i yelled across "Give me the Sword of Akuma!". He picked up quickly on the situation and  threw it to me. I caught the sword and began to unconver the blade. But within that moment i was stabbed in the back by the killer. It didn't hurt oddly enough, but i coughed blood. "Joshu!" My friends shouted down the hall. My body began heating up and feeling stronger.

Magenta and yellow flames bursted from within my body and the wound closed causing the blade the killer threw to fall out. I turned around and could see the killers full appearance with my new eyes. I looked him in the eyes and i could sense his terror. I raised my arms and cut him down in half. I turned around to my friends and they looked confused. "Look at his appearance.." "He looks like a demon.." "White hair and crimson magenta eyes..". I sheathed the Sword of Akuma. The number of uses on the blade that said three, 're-engraved' itself to spell out two uses. My hair and eyes went back to their usual red and brown. "Are you guys oka-" before i could finish my sentence as i turned around, Hana was leaping in to my arms. She started to cry "H-Hana?!" I was pretty flustered as i had no idea where this behavior came from. "You said everything was gonna be okay!..". She stuffed her face in my chest and tightened her arms around me. "Everything is okay H-" I collapsed and began to pass out before having the opportunity to finish my sentence. I could hear my friends running over to help me and Hana crying out my name. It was night now and i had finally woken up from overworking my mind and body.

The first thing i said was Hana.

Hana was sitting on a chair next to my bed in my bedroom to my surprise. I looked at her and she looked at me. She began to tear up. "U-uh Hana are you okay?" "I should be asking you that" "Promise me you won't endanger yourself like that again Joshu!" "I promise.." "Im serious!" "Hana.." "I don't know what I'd do if something were to happen to you.." "Alright i get it heh. Don't worry about it." "Where are the others at right now?" "They're downstairs discussing about the Sword of Akuma. ". "Let's go join them then." Hana nodded her head. Hana and i walked down the steps and overheard how the sword seems to supply the user with super strength and regeneration. 

"Oh Hana! Joshu!" "You two finally came down". We sat with everyone else at the wooden dining table. We all began to discuss our plans. "So for the most part lets just search the house for potentially useful items." Kentoreru stated.  "Yeah. We need to focus more on the escape part now." Ran replied. I stood up to speak "I agree. I don't want any of you to be endangered any longer." I looked down at the table after finishing my sentence for some reason. "We'll be alright. No need to worry Joshu." "Alright then until tomorrow" Mashu said. The next day, we began our search on the six unlocked rooms for potentially useful items. In the first room we searched (Bathroom one), Kentoreru found a tiny golden rod that fit in the size of his palm. In the second room (storage room), We searched and searched but couldn't find anything besides old statues and cardboard boxes full of cobwebs. The third room we searched (laundry room), Ran found some white table clothes. The fourth room (second bathroom), Mashu found a pair of scissors. The fifth room we checked was the Master bedroom. It was strangely constructed compared to the other rooms in the mansion. It had a long red and yellow-marked carpet starting from the door to the end of the room. It also had aisles of bookshelves full of old books. At the end of the red carpet was the bed. It was three times the size of the ones in me and my friends bedrooms. Three metal and glass chandeliers hung above along the red carpet with candles in them lighting the room just barely. We searched the Master bedroom for about an hour or two and didn't find anything but a mysterious letter.

               "To my unborn son"

                              "Y u must not lo e it"

                 "The r d ge  is the most important pa t"

The letter was really old and much of the ink had been erased or something.

Kentoreru took the letter just in case it was important. After that we checked the sixth room (basement entrance) We found nothing besides rotted logs of wood in the corner of the room stacked on top of each other. We all came back to the living room and discussed about what we had found. Kentoreru tells Ran the table clothes could make a decent rope to the attic he saw in front of Hana's room. We tied the table cloths together and made an improvised rope. "Alright good now we need something to hold this rope up there so we can climb it." Kentoreru said."I could use the Sword of Akuma and hop up there to hold it for you all." I suggested. "Maybe, but i wanna save it for crucial moments and a crisis." "I guess your right. When i was sheathing the blade, i saw it say it had two uses left." We sat in silence until Ran stood up. "I have an idea!" "Let's stack up on each other and launch one of ourselves up there!" "Not a bad idea at all Ran." Kentoreru said, fixing his glasses. Then the TV turned on by itself. "Yes that is a good idea. I forgot to mention that there is one way out and one only. The Key of Chrono. You have to find the 3 parts. A little rod, a ruby, and the key end. By the way power ups can only be used 3 times. Bye bye!". The TV turned off...