Falling Blood-Stained Snow

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Chapter 9: Hell Girl Play – End of Play!

"The whole school has found out about you." Ai said, she had – before – disappeared and reappeared, wearing a crimson red kimono designed with marigold, dark crimson roses, bittersweet flowers and bluebell flowers, behind Yazaki.

"Enma…?! Stop messing with me…Do you think you're going to get into high school?! I'm going to make sure you never graduate middle school!" He threatened, not knowing his true situation.

She ignored his threat and said calmly, "Pitiful shadow lost in the darkness…your hurtful actions have tainted your immortal soul…"

She paused, and then suddenly lifted her right hand; the ringing of a bell could be heard.

"Do you…want to see what death is like?" She asked.

The curtains closed, accompanied by the scream omitted by Yazaki. The voice of the actors could be heard.

"Where am I? A boat…" It was Yazaki's voice.

"Hey! Where are you taking me?!"

"Our destination is…hell…" Ai answered.

"Hell…?! What an unscientific…There is no such thing as hell. Let me out, now. Hey!"

The curtains were raised, once more revealing a classroom.

"Yazaki-sensei disappeared." One of her classmates said.

"He molested a lot of pupils, though, huh? I bet he ran away so he couldn't get caught!" Their friend said, voicing their opinion.

"I'm sorry that I didn't believe you…" Kazu apologised, she was ashamed for not defending her friend.

"It's okay." Yuu answered truthfully.

"Suzuki…" came a voice.

She looked up to see Endo.

"I'm sorry, too. For saying that you were scum…" He said, somewhat nervous for is accusations.

"I thought that…you liked Yazaki…" He continued.

"Jealous were you?" Kazu snickered.

"Ah! No…I…!"

Yuu remembered what Ai had said.

'After death, your soul will go down to hell. This will be the mark of our contract.'

'Enma-san…I don't regret anything. Living now is more important than what happens after death.

The curtains closed.

"Thank you for watching and I hoped you enjoyed the play!" Was what was said through the microphone. The curtain opened again, revealing the cast and they all bowed at the same time as the song 'Sakasama no Chou' was being played, again.

Taking their last bow, they walked back to their classroom.

The hall was filled with conversations between the students attending and was slowly beginning to empty, along with the chattering.

The class of 3B were changing out of their costumes and were given the rest of the day off, for their hard work. A lot of pictures were taken and the play was filmed. Yukiko was glad that it was over; she had never felt so many eyes on her at the same time.

After a few minutes, everyone went home.

After packing up her things, Yukiko decided to explore the neighbourhood, ending up in a park. It was full of tranquillity and she decided to sit by a cherry blossom tree. She opened her sketch book and starting drawing the scenery around her. She fell asleep but couldn't suppress a shiver down her spine.

A mysterious – yet nostalgic – presence was around her.