Chapter 5: Kaito is way too Calm!

*Avariena’s POV*

I woke up with a terrible feeling…

Looking to my right, Kaito was dead. Her blood was soaking into the bed. I had no idea what to do. I was absolutely freaking out…

I looked to the front of the bed, standing there, was a skeletal like grim reaper. It stared at me with glowing red eyes, and even without vocal cords, it released an evil laugh from its mouth. Then it used a scythe to cut my head off…

Then I woke up again… This time, in my own bed. Checking my phone, it was the morning before we got trapped inside the pocket dimension.

Pinching myself, I could tell that this wasn’t a dream at all. For some reason, I have gone back in time. I just hope that Kaito came back as well. Even if she doesn’t remember what happened.

Just like every day, I prepared for school. I didn’t mention what will happen at school to my mom, or to my maids. Why I am even still going, I have no idea.

I remembered to pray to Ruina before leaving. Rather than just my normal prayer, I said this to her, “Goddess Ruina; today my school will be engulfed into a door that wasn’t closed in time. When I go to school, Sara will apologize to me, and then it will happen shortly after that. Why do I know this? I have no idea. I died in that pocket dimension, but then I came back to this morning.” In hopes that she actually hears my prayer.

Well, I am not holding out for if she does. Even so, I’ve been rambling this entire time, and now I am at school once again. The day played out just like normal. Sara talked to me, and said sorry.

Instead of going to class, I went to principle Yuna’s office. Luckily, it seems that Kaito still remembers what happened. How do I know that? Because she had the same idea.

Kaito: “So, you remember?” Kaito asked with a happy tone.

Avariena: “How could I forget? The memory of seeing your lifeless body, will haunt me for the rest of my life.” I say with a sad tone.

Kaito then gave me a warm hug. Which was something only my mother has done for me before. It felt nice, almost nice enough to forget that memory.

Once I calmed down, we checked Yuna’s office. She wasn’t in, it seems. Which explains why I didn’t see her at all last time.

Kaito: “Well, if she isn’t here, I guess we should just wait in her office until we get trapped again.” Kaito said with a thinking pose.

Avariena: “Why do you and I both want to stay? We know what will happen, we could easily just not go to school.” I say with a thinking pose of my own.

Kaito: “I know. It’s just that, for some reason, I feel like I have to come to school, even though I know what will happen.” Kaito replied.

Avariena: “Do you think that we’re special or something?” I ask with a curious tone.

Kaito: “Yes.” Kaito said with a nod of her head.

Avariena: “Why’s that?” I ask with a head tilt.

Kaito: “I asked the students and the teachers. No one besides us actually remembers what happens today. Maybe we’re supposed to do something, but just haven’t figured it out yet?” Kaito said.

Avariena: “Maybe? It’s hard to say. Whatever, let’s get into her desk. We need her handgun and her box of ammo.” I say with a sigh.

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I looked through her desk, oddly, her handgun and ammo were missing. Why!? There were here before… Now how will we defend ourselves?

Kaito: “Avariena, calm down. We can still survive even without her gun. We just have to be careful. Even if we die, there is a good chance that we will reset the day anyway.” Kaito said with an assured tone.

Avariena: “Is that really our only option?” I ask with a sigh.

Kaito: “Well, it’s better than just dying permanently.” Kaito said with a shrug.

I guess that is true… Well, we still decided to wait in Yuna’s office. After waiting for an entire hour, the school was sucked into a pocket dimension once again.

My only thoughts were, why is it different this time?

Kaito: “Avariena, it’s different, right?” Kaito asked.

Avariena: “It definitely is…” I say with a nervous tone.

There were no fleshly walls, or anything disgusting like that. The school transformed into an old abandoned one. None of the lights worked at all. And it was pitch black.

Kaito: “It might be dark, but luckily, I brought a flashlight!” Kaito exclaimed.

Avariena: “Did you bring anything else with you?” I ask with a curious tone.

Kaito: “Just the essential survival items.” Kaito replied.

Why do I feel like she is enjoying this far too much? Scratch that, she is definitely enjoying this entire situation. Why does she find this fun?…

Kaito started to walk out of Yuna’s office. So I didn’t have the chance to ask her. She made sure to turn on her flashlight. Oh, she gave me a flashlight as well. So I turned mine on too.

I was hesitant to let her lead, but she said that she would lead. I didn’t want her to, since, the memory of her death, is still fresh on my mind.

*Three hours later.*

Kaito and I seem to be the ones with the most luck in this situation. Why? Well, we have come across various bodies of our fellow classmates. And even some teachers. And yet, we’re still perfectly fine. At least, for now…

I thought that everything was still going just fine, but then Kaito stopped walking. She then spoke to me, without turned around.

Kaito: “Avariena, I didn’t want to tell you this, but a ghoul like little girl, has been floating behind you for an entire hour. I was hoping that she would go away… No! Don’t turn around!” Kaito yelled.

Unfortunately for me and Kaito, when she mentioned the ghost girl, I turned around right away. She then slashed at me with her nails. Kaito pulled me back, so only my chest was hurt.

My chest had deep scratch marks on them, and was bleeding a decent amount of blood. Seeing this, Kaito grabbed my hand, and sprinted down the corridor. With the ghoul girl following us with great speed.

Kaito guided us to an empty room, took out a bag of salt from her schoolbag, and sprinkled it at the door to the room. The salt, actually worked, and the ghost girl didn’t try to get in at all.

Avariena: “To think that salt actually works.” I say with a sigh.

Oddly, Kaito did not respond to my words, she just walked over to me, pulled my dress shirt open, and looked at my wound.

Kaito: “You got hurt… and it’s my fault.” Kaito said with a sad tone.

Avariena: “No. It was my fault for turning around like an idiot.” I say with a shrug.

Kaito then went into her bag, took out some petroleum jelly, and some painkillers, and even a bottle of water. She wasn’t kidding about packing the essentials…

I would call it lewd, but since we’re in this situation, Kaito lathering the jelly onto my chest, wasn’t something that aroused me. Despite how good I am acting, I am in a shit ton of pain.

Kaito: “Here, take two painkillers, they’ll help.” Kaito offered.

Avariena: “Thanks.” I reply with a smile.

It feels nice to have someone take care of you. After I finished taking the painkillers with a swig of water, Kaito got some food out of her bag for us to eat.

Unfortunately, our break only lasted for a few minutes. Because that ghost girl showed up again. She broke through the windows, from the outside of the school building.

This girl must have been the one to kill everyone in the school. Not monsters this time, just one extremely powerful one. It let out a loud screech, and Kaito and I were both completely stunned.

It’s not that we were too scared to move, we just were frozen in place. The ghost girl’s screech seems to have some magic power behind it.

Seemingly since I was the prey that got away, it lunged at me first. I couldn’t move at all, but somehow, Kaito could. Kaito then jumped in front of me, and was impaled by the ghost girl’s hand. It ripped out her heart, so she died quickly.

Once again, I am forced to watch her die. I’ve never been suicidal, but I don’t see any reason to keep on living without her. So I just calmly walked over to the ghost girl. She then tossed Kaito’s body away.

Then she unhinged her jaw, and took a big bite out of my head. I clearly died from that. And yet, now I am back in my bed. And it was the morning before, once again.

Will this nightmare ever end? I can’t just not go to school. Even though she died twice, Kaito will go back. Her and I are drawn to this whole situation. As for why, I have no idea…

I guess that we just have to try once again. Ah, let’s just hope that I can actually save Kaito for once. Even if my attempt to do so, concludes with my own death…