Three chapters in a day Im on a roll rip

Next chapters will be up next week... Imma take a short break xD

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Recess...

"So how do you summon Hanako-san?"

Y/N returned Osane's curious smile with an eager one.

"Here! It's really simple!"

Osane was amused by her determination; Y/N had even specifically gone to Sukora's third floor and found the third bathroom stall.

Y/N knocked on the cubicle's door, chanting:

"Hanako-san, Hanako-san, Hanako-san... are you there?"

And then, out of instinct, Y/N looked up. She despised how she still had a sense of hope, as if Hanako would arrive.

Osane patiently stood with arms behind her back.

Y/N sighed sadly, glancing at her waiting friend. She turned away, then shrugged.

"He would come out by then. It's as simple as that."

Osane nodded thoughtfully, about to hook an arm around Y/N's.

"C'mon, it's nearly the end of recess! We should be going!"

But Y/N had her eyes fixated on the stall; they were wide in terror.

There was a hand that had grasped the edge of the stall door, and she thought she could hear a faint voice calling...

"I'm here."

'Hanako-kun...?'

"Y/N-chan?" Osane looked at her worriedly.

"You go ahead, Osane!" Y/N forced a smile, slinking away from her. "I need to use the bathroom."

Osane looked at her suspiciously, but nodded anyway. The brunette wandered off.

Y/N lost the smile on her face, her heart now racing and her senses looking out for the one person she had hoped for ever since day one:

Hanako.

She took a step closer to the stall.

The hand slipped off, and the door creaked open slowly.

She shuffled forward cautiously.

The door gave way.

Y/N's eyes widened in relief at first when she saw the black hair, amber eyes-

"Hana-"

-black patch.

"Nope!" The apparition sneered. "I-"

Y/N immediately reared up, the lessons from her summer Taekwando sessions flooding through.

Soon, Tsukasa found himself knocked across the bathroom floor.

"WHAT THE HECK?!" He furiously scowled, clutching his grazed cheek.

Y/N's eyes had darkened, and she wanted to put all of her yellow belt experience on her long-gone assailant.

Tsukasa tried to get up, but Y/N had kicked him in the side.

"Listen, Y/N!" The boy snapped, recoiling in pain. "I can-"

Y/N punched him in the chest. His kakujoudai whipped out.

"STOP THAT FOOLISH-"

She bowled him over, tackling him to the ground.

"OW!" Tsukasa whined, clearly in great pain.

"What are you doing here?" Y/N's voice was steady and cold.

She had learned how to fear the apparition, and how to take him down.

"Chill out, you oaf..."

Y/N pressed her knee tighter to his chest. Tsukasa gasped for air, but managed to pull out his knife.

Y/N pushed the hilt down, staring down at him with a furious glare.

Tsukasa looked back up with wide amber eyes.

"Please don't hurt me!"

"Why shouldn't I?"

"I have a deal!" Tsukasa choked.

"I can take you back to Amane!"

Y/N's burning stare slowly faded, replaced with stunned grief. But as soon as she saw Tsukasa melt to relief at her weakening grip, she tightened it again.

"Really?" Tsukasa moaned. "Why you gotta' be so rough?"

"I'm not being fooled by you!" Y/N hissed determinedly. "I won't ever-"

"Y/N-chan?"

Y/N's eyes lit up.

"Mokke?!"

"Y/N-chan!" A pink bunny hopped over to her. "Let Tsukasa go. He means the truth!"

Y/N doubtfully tilted her head at it, but as soon as she heard Tsukasa coughing and hacking, she decided to follow.

"Finally!" Tsukasa gulped for air, glaring at Y/N, but she was too distracted with fretting over the overjoyed Mokke.

"Look at you!" Y/N chirruped with delight, patting its soft head. The Mokke closed its eyes with content. "Still as cute as ever!"

"Well?" Tsukasa grumbled. "Do you want to see Amane or not?"

Y/N tensed up, but the Mokke had hopped by Tsukasa's feet, glancing at her encouragingly.

'It'll be fine.' She willed herself on.

Tsukasa's smile slowly returned to his face. He nodded, turning on his heel and walking out of the bathroom.

"Follow me!"

She looked at him doubtfully, but the longing to see her toilet ghost again was too much to bare. She got to her feet and followed them, wondering how on earth they were able to get to Sukora.

'Aren't they bound to Kamome...?'

Tsukasa disappeared into another flight of corridors. Y/N tried to follow him, until she bumped into Osane.

"Oh, hey! Y/N!" Miku cheerily greeted again.

Y/N bit her lip, nearly grazing it out of frustration.

'I don't have time for this!'

"We have a project coming up..." Osane twiddled her fingers.

"...would you prefer a red or blue color scheme?"

Y/N was hopping in such a state of exasperation she didn't bother to take the question seriously.

"Red!"

"Thank you!" Osane nodded with a bright smile then scooted off again.

Y/N let out a sigh of relief and dashed after Tsukasa through a flight of stairs.

Finally, they arrived at a familiar bathroom; the one Osane had introduced as Aka Manto's.

She carefully trodded after Tsukasa as he stepped into his bathroom stall.

"Here?" Y/N muttered suspiciously. "Isn't this someone's bounda-"

"I know!" Tsukasa cut in, half-impatient, half-cheery. "And Aka Manto's got something real cool in here!"

And then, to Y/N's horror, he opened the stall and disappeared.

She quickly raced after him, peeking into the stall herself.

Where a toilet should've been, a large split in the air took place.

Y/N couldn't believe her eyes; it was like something out of a video game. A split which opened up into a void that glowed an eerie, dim red.

As the Mokke's ear disappeared into the split, she decided it was her turn. She took deep breaths, counting to three.

Then, she jumped.

~ 'Where am I?'

'What happened?'

'What am I doing?'

Y/N's mind was a mess. She was clinging unto something tightly, as she was feeling incredibly dizzy.

"Y/N?" A voice called out.

'Hanako?'

Y/N slowly looked up, clearing her blurry vision.

Tsukasa looked back down at her, a concerned frown pressed on his lips.

Her eyes widened as she realized how long she must have been holding the idiot. She hastily pushed him off, untangling herself from his arms.

"Sheesh!" Tsukasa laughed. "That scared of me, are you?"

"Shut up!" Y/N stayed close to the Mokke, who was bouncing at her heels.

A bemused smirk was plastered on his face.

"You know, no matter how much you fight, you're still as soft as a rabbit."

Y/N scooped up the Mokke in her arms, ignoring his teasing.

"So where are we?" She pressed.

"The Rift!" Tsukasa chuckled, bowing pompously. "A portal that leads to many other portals!

There are only three in the world.... they have staircases that allow you to enter different boundaries all over the world!"

Y/N tilted her head in confusion, but obeyed. Her jaw nearly dropped from the sight around her.

A flight of thousands of staircases in an almost intergalactic atmosphere, some leading to the faded outlines of what looked like...

'...boundaries?!'

There was the garden Osane had mentioned No. 5 resided in. There was the faded entrance to the sewing room, where Sewing Room girl should be working.

"Cool, isn't it?" Tsukasa spoke the words for her, a smug grin on his face. Y/N stiffened at how close he suddenly was to her face.

"Y-yeah...." Y/N babbled hastily.

'Crap! I stammered!'

Tsukasa fondly pinched her on the cheek, followed by her angry protests. He lolloped away into a flight of staircases.

"Stay close to me!"

"Uh, no."

Y/N watched as he disappeared to a flight of staircases. She hastily tailed after him.

The floating stairs suddenly ended in a jarring, sheer drop. Y/N's E/C eyes widened in horror.

However, someone caught her before she could fall. Y/N looked up at Tsukasa's taunting expression.

"What did I tell you?"

Y/N furrowed her brows crossly, pulling away from his grip. He had pressed up too close for her liking twice now.

She continued to follow Tsukasa down a flight of stairs. The Mokke looked as disapproving as Y/N.

"What is he tryna' do? Hit on you?" It mumbled darkly.

"I don't know." Y/N shrugged, honestly clueless.

"No way! I'm telling Hanako-san!" It spat.

They continued trekking, until finally, Tsukasa stopped by a particular staircase.

"Well, here we are!"

"This...?" Y/N stared at the end of the staircase; a large, intimidating torii gate guarded it.

"Don't believe me?" Tsukasa sniffed. "Come on, then. Let's enter the boundary."

Y/N tilted her head, following after him into the boundary.

As she crossed the torii gate, she gasped at the sensation; it was like bursting out of a pool of cold water.

Y/N shivered as she stepped out into the other side. Tsukasa took notice of this and went up to approach her, but she and the Mokke shot him such hostile glares he backed out.

"Where are we?" Y/N breathlessly looked around; everywhere, what seemed to be piles of junk was scattered. There were also some eerie-looking dolls, along with lanterns, casting long shadows across the boundary.

"The Misaki Stairs." Tsukasa smiled.

"And Hanako...?" Y/N trailed off.

"Use your ears!" The Mokke's own two pricked up alertly.

Y/N unsurely followed him, straining to pick up any sound. She hid behind a pillar for good measure.

Her eyes widened; she could hear footsteps, fast and rapid.

Someone was running.

Towards her.

Along with that, an achingly familiar voice yelled.

"WHY IS IT STILL CHASING US?!"

'Kou!'

"I DON'T KNOW, TAKE IT OFF GUARD!"

Y/N's heart raced, her eyes shimmering with happiness.

'Hanako!'

She instantly stepped out of the pillar with a bright smile.

"Hello, you two!"

"Y/N?!" Kou yelled, eyes wide in disbelief, but voice obviously overjoyed.

Y/N waited for Hanako's response, but he had whipped around, distracted by another sound.

Y/N's blood ran cold. She heard it, too.

It sounded like snipping. But oddly loud.

"KOU, LOOK AT THAT!" He berated in exasperation. "DO YOU WANT TO TURN INTO A DOLL?!"

The instinct to kick flared in Y/N with a jolt. She dashed to the two boys, preparing to deliver a blow-

She skittered to a stop.

What they were fighting was not human. It was...

'...a pair of scissors?!'

Y/N stared at it in amazement and terror, not realizing it had open its blades to slice her-

"KOU!" Hanako yelled.

She felt herself being tackled to the ground, rolling over at least twice. She coughed, shutting her eyes tight as she collected dust.

Hanako had tackled her. Y/N's eyes widened; he had pinned her down without looking to see who it was.

"What did I tell you about avoiding the blades?!" His amber eyes were glaring at the scissors as he blocked it with his knife, parrying it out of the way.

"Kou, I need you to listen to me to-"

Hanako finally turned down, his glare turning to a look of complete surprise.

"Y/N?!"

Y/N blushed at the awkward reunion. She had longed to see him again, but not this way.

"Hey!" Y/N waved with an awkward grin.

"Hey." Hanako responded faintly, turning red.

"My job is done." Tsukasa tipped his hat, smiling in satisfaction and turning away. He disappeared into yet another cloud.

Finally, Kou himself jumped into the scene, shouting urgently.

"Hey you two lovebirds! We still have Misaki-"

The scissors nipped at him furiously.

"AGH! He wants to kill me!"

Hanako blinked, as if snapped out of a trance. He hastily scrabbled off of her, along the way pulling Y/N up.

"Well, then! Let's stop it! Kou, hold it back for a few moments, alright?"

"A FEW MOMENTS?!"

"Trust me!" Hanako called over his shoulder, ushering Y/N out of harm's way.

He led her to the edge of a steep ravine, where what looked like water was pooling up. A treacherous waterfall roared just from afar.

"Y/N!" Hanako gripped her by the shoulders, looking at her with so much delight and relief that Y/N blushed again.

"How did you get here?!"

"Long story..." Y/N mumbled sheepishly.

"I see!" Hanako chuckled. Then, turning away momentarily, he reached into his pocket.

Y/N peered over curiously. He had taken out a pouch and took out a piece from it.

"What's that...?" Y/N echoed in wonder as Hanako held it up.

It looked circular and flat, shimmering in the dim red light. It was white and transculent... like a small candy.

"Eat it." Hanako gave her a small smile, pressing it gently to her palm.

Y/N looked at him curiously.

"Why?"

"Trust me!" Hanako winked.

"It'll keep us together again~"

Y/N turned red, scarfing down the odd candy to hide that fact. Hanako did the same, eating a piece of the weird food.

After that was done, the spirit spoke up again.

"Good!" Hanako clapped his hands. He gave her a tight embrace, whispering in her ear;

"Find Yako's yorishiro... the pair of scissors. Destroy it."

'Huh?!'

The hug ended as quick as it happened. Soon, she felt Hanako give her a great push.

Y/N's eyes widened in horror, lips parting in a silent scream.

"Goodbye, Y/N!" Hanako waved cheerily, his frame getting smaller and smaller as she fell further and further down.

"WHAT THE FUUUUUUU-"