Y/n's feet felt heavy, like weights were attached to each of them, that she was forced to drag along while she walked with her sister to school. Musume's words of insults went right into her ears and out the other end. The feeling of bugs crawling along her skin causing a shiver to move up her spine as she is reminded of the tragic deaths of two students.

It was all over the media, on the news and posters no matter how hard she could run, she would always fall into a pit of staring eyes with her at the centre. Their deaths were shackles chained to her heart getting pulled each time it was mentioned, her movements were slow and she felt sick to her stomach.

Info-chan's words raced through her mind, every little detail she's ever required, people's absence, her sister, their involvement with Info chan, where they were seen and a motive. Musume left her side and joined her friends, leaving her alone. She noticed some people looking side to side as if someone was going to leap out and kill them, others laughed and joked most likely believing it was a freak accident.

But she knew the truth.

Her eyes looked through the crowds as she trudged behind her sister's friend group, etching closer to the school and she saw Ayato. Her eyes narrowed, their was something off about him not only could be be behind it all but he stood out from everyone.

He laughed and spoke to Taeko but his eyes were dull and he looked as if he wasn't really there, his heart wasn't in the conversation he was having with Taeko. His eyes met hers and she swore they lit up for a millisecond before he turned away.

The dots in her mind began to connect, and she could practically imagine a light bulb on top of her head lighting up with a ding.

Since she was at home for a long time, she's had plenty of time to start a fresh slate and look into the details she hasn't thought of before.

He wasn't even their when Kizano got crushed by the bell and all the batches of freshly baked food were perfect and safe for consumption before he waltzed in. He also spoke to the biggest gossip magnet, Musume and texted her about the video.

He was also the one person seen with Amao before he died, and after that happened when she went to his house it smelt rotten-

She was gonna be sick.

It couldn't be him, right?

Coincidences, that had to be the answer...

She felt vomit forcing it's way up her throat, till she did a massive gulp, pushing it back down. That was very disgusting but she was not vomiting in front of people.

She made her way to the lockers, swapped her shoes and made her way to Saki and Kokona ,who she hugged tightly, they hugged back and Y/n stepped back ready to hear the plan.

"We decided that Frueddo could help us y'know cover more ground..." Saki almost mumbled, she looked down to the floor not meeting Y/ n's eyes, she knows Y/n told her to make the photography club investigate and follow suspicious students on her list not join them.

Though, Saki looked as if she dug herself out of a grave, and Y/n was not doing great either whether she admitted it or not and she wasn't going to let her wither away.

"I agree with Saki, before you were doing this all by yourself and blaming yourself but now you have us... We can help you, you don't need to be the one to protect us all the time, it's time we looked after you." Kokona smiled, taking Y/n's hand onto her's and staring into her dull and tired eyes.

Y/n sighed, and when she opened her mouth to say no, she felt someone staring into her, the world fell silent and then she saw, them. Kizano and Amao, in the corner of her eye looking ghostly pale as usual, nodding at her before vanishing when she tried to look their way, again.

"Y/n?" Saki asks, shaking her slightly making Y/n blink and stare into her eyes, "Yes, he can join I guess." She says dully, rolling her eyes which Frueddo scoffs at.

Sometimes she asks herself why she told them to help her with a murder mystery, avoiding the part where she was being blackmailed.

"Glad Y/n came to her sense's realizing this group needs, me, of course!" He exclaims beaming brightly, Y/n can't help but smile at his antics, then she began to declare her plan, "Since Saki and Kokona have been at school while I've been of you both have an understanding of the police's routines. So, you both are the look out. Me and Frueddo are sneaking into the gym to see if any evidence is left to help push our claim further."

"Are you hearing yourself? Breaking into a crime scene is not a good look, especially with a killer about." Frueddo rightly said, putting his hands on both of her shoulders and shaking her till she put her hand on his shoulder so he let go, "I know this plan of mine is ridiculous and the police might of found everything but if there is even a small chance of finding something that will help, I'm willing to take it. I understand if this idea is too much for you, so you can gladly sit this one out." Y/n smiled at Frueddo, making his cheeks pink, before dimming again when he looked away.

"So it's settled, we have time before class and it's best we start now." Y/n declared, walking in the direction of the gym with Frueddo running to catch up with her and Saki and Kokona getting to their post.

They stood outside the gym and heaved and struggled to get in, "Is this thing locked or something?" Y/n spoke through grunts, trying to pry her nails into the gap between the doors to get a better grip, "Of course it is genius, they did that so exactly what we are doing right now would be prevented." Frueddo rolled his eyes, with his arms crossed, his head turned on the direction of a vent shaft and tapped Y/n's shoulder to alert her off it.

"We could try crawling through but we don't have a screwdriver..." Frueddo mumbled with his shoulders slumped he sighed, and then opened his eyes to see a screwdriver in her hands, "No one carries a screwdriver around, why the hell do you have one."

"Defence." Y/n states and goes on her knees to unscrew it, Frueddo stands in front of Y/n's side so in case someone walked by they wouldn't be able to see her unscrewing it. Frueddo tapped his foot on the grass below impatiently waiting for her to finish, he got so bored he lightly kicked her and then the vent shaft fell on his foot.

"Ouch, ouch ouch." Frueddo groaned, holding his foot while hopping around and looking like an absolute idiot, Y/n rolled her eyes and began to squeeze into the vent. She could hear her own breathes and the sound of Frueddo behind her. She felt like a rat, scurrying through vents. "Please, do not fart your bum is in my face." Frueddo whispered, loudly some how. Y/n started shuffling quicker now realizing his face was in the direction of her bum.

Once they were out, they met a thick darkness spreading to everyone nook and cranny in the gymnasium, "Use the flash on your camera, we need to get closer." Y/n spoke, her voice echoing and Frueddo clicked the button on his Sakiou corp camera.

"Use your camera as well, isn't it a bad thing to you know, invade the place where someone died, or in this case crushed?" Frueddo said, as Y/n pulled out her camera, trying to find the button, "Maybe you should check your camera, you might have took a photo of the culprit or someone acting odd."

It was actually a good idea from Frueddo, so she followed and gasped as they walked causing Frueddo to stop and see what happened. "What happened? Did you find something?" He asked quickly, standing next to her and staring at the picture she caught. It was a masked person with a red with yellow horns on, just about to drop something, and of course she saw Kizano on stage with his arms spread as if he was going to give the audience a hug.

Taeko was on the other side of the stage, about to enter back stage and kokona was in the far corner in her tree costume. Frueddo's eyes widen and he took the camera from her hands, with the strap still attached to her neck, they were awfully close together but she brushed it off.

He clicked through the picture till he stopped at one and narrowed his eyes at her, "Really? A picture of my bum? When did you even have time to do that? Anyways, ignoring that for the mean time, I've found two pictures you have with two different time stamps, one with the mask in the background and one where it's gone." Frueddo told Y/n and she nodded, following along with what he was saying except that part where she got caught snapping a pick of his bum.

"So, therefore, the culprit must of been seen by someone if they came into the room to get it, in the first place but we can easily find that out. For now, let's look around." Frueddo says, taking the lead and Y/n following behind, she can hear her footsteps and his, and she can barely see the stage.

Nonetheless, a shiver goes down her spine ; she swore she just saw the outline of another figure causing her to quicken her pace and crash into Frueddo, "Well are you scared? You don't have anything to fear I'm with you and no weights will get you while I'm here." He joked, and stopped when he received and kick on his ankle, "Too soon? Yeah, figured."

They both use their cameras to light up a path and they ducked under the yellow and black stripped tape and enter the backstage area, Y/n moves her camera all over to make sure she doesn't miss a thing.

They traverse the stairs, the same one the killer (Ayato probably) went up, and her light spots a strand of black hair, she uses the tweezer in her pocket to place it into a ziplock bag.

Frueddo is knelt down behind her and he opens his mouth to say something when Y/n covers it, and hears heavy footsteps, its probably the police officers. How comes Kokona and Saki didn't tell us?

She gets up slowly, still with her hand on his mouth and they shuffle as quietly as they can down the steps, she put a finger to her lip signalling him to not speak while she moves herself to an angle he can't see her phone. She uses her info points to give the police a reason to go, then she waits.

"We need to exit the premise, we are need back at the station, over." A police officer speaks, through his walkie talkie, and the other police officer follows behind him.

She can finally breathe and she lets out a breath, so does Frueddo, they wait till the coats is clear before sneaking back out. Ring. Ring.

"Kokona, Saki where were you two!? We almost got caught!" Y/n tell whispers, while Frueddo nods at her words.

"Musume stole my phone and Saki left hers in her locker, she always appears at the worst time to distract us! We tried alerting you, but a police officer was there already. We are both so sorry Y/n and Frueddo." Kokona answers.

Y/n responds with an mhm before hanging up, she sees a notification on her phone about her online friend and a smile forms on her face. "Hey, Frueddo could you give this to Kokona and Saki, thanks bye." Y/n rushes off and goes to the occult club, why would he want to meet her here?

She sees someone with there hands clasped together and their eyes glued to the down as they walk like an absolute snail walking towards her. They raise their head up and light purple eyes meet hers and they quickly look down again, they stop in front of her and she immediately notices the red armband, a club leader.

Leader of the occult club.

He has messy, shoulder-length hair that is dark navy blue and has a fringe hanging down the middle of his face, flowing across his right cheek.

She noticed the large black rings around his eyes definitely due to lack of sleep and his lips and skin are pale. For some reason, the upper half of his face is shadowed but she chose not to question it, he also clutched a book very tightly to his chest and he finally decided to look up.

"Are you the person who told me to meet you hear?" Y/n asks, slightly confused but she gives him a chance to answer, "Um...hi...Yess, are you disappointed?" He questions, in a timid and meek tone, he looks up and his face is engulfed in a deep blush as he scanned her face, "Has she put...a hex on me?" He mumbles and she couldn't hear him at all.

Hold on...

Two club leaders have been killed and he's a club leader.

Would he get killed as well?

She can't let that happen, she's going to have to let him down slowly.

"No, of course I'm not disappointed, what's your name? I'm Y/n." Y/n smiles putting her hand out, for him to shake, his shakey hands meet hers and they shake hands.

"I'm...Oko, Ruto." Oko said, whispering but she could still hear him, "Would you like to...perform a ritual with me?"

They both walk into the club room, the floor has a purple and black checkerboard color scheme, and the walls are purple as well. The floor is a large black rug decorated with an inverted pentacle and ten candles around it.

There are five inverted pentacle posters on the walls. One of the poster hangs above the altar in the back of the room. The altar holds a skull, a book, a ritual knife and six goblets. The windows are covered with thick curtains.

"I suppose I could stay for a bit."

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