Corpse Party - Tortured Souls [Read Description]

Multiple Separation [Part 2 - "Sachiko Ever After"]

The lights suddenly flicked on, and yet the pale white hand was still at the door, pushing it open. The students gasped, and turned to the door. There stood no ghost, but a cheetah.
"Miss Acacia!" they screamed in relief. Acacia Shishido stood by the door, smiling, almost giggling. "Did I surprise you all?"
Kyle sighed in relief, only to be greeted by an angered Jackie. "Kyle..." she said, her voice filled with stern and anger. He looked up, only to see where his hands were touching - Jackie's breasts. (A/N: XD I'm sorry but I had to do this! ROFL!)
"What do you think you're doing touching there?"
He released his hand in surprise, but mostly embarrassment and shame. "I am so sorry, Jackie!"
Acacia stepped forward. "How long are you all planning to stay here?" she said. "I told everyone to clean up after the festival and leave, did I not?"
A smaller figure then peeked around the corner of the door. She looked as if she was in middle school, as it was obvious she was younger than the other students. "Kyle, brother!"
"Sapphire?" Kyle replied, as the little girl walked towards him. "Why are you here?"
Miss Acacia replied, on the little girl's behalf, "She said she came to give you an umbrella."
"Did you? That's very kind," Kyle nodded as he spoke.
"Wait..." Jackie said. "She's your little sister, Kyle?" She then looked at the little girl. "Are you in middle school?"
The little girl smiled. "It's nice to meet you. I'm Sapphire Mochida. Thank you for always taking care of my brother!"
Jackie, Swift, Luna and Sage looked at Sapphire. "Cuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuute!" they screamed.
"Kyle, you have such a cute little sis!" Jackie smiled at Kyle.
"Huh? I never told you guys about her?" Kyle replied in shock.
"You really like your brother, Sapphire?" Bash asked.
"Course I do!" Sapphire replied.
"Huh?" Jackie asked. "You met Bash before?"
"You're chatting so very care-free, Jackie," Swift spoke to her. "She could be a powerful rival, for all we know."
The two giggled as Jackie faced her, and grabbed hold of her chubby cheeks in a playful, friendly manner. "What are you talking about, Swift?"
Swift giggled a little more.

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"Just one last thing before we all go," Sage said, holding a paper doll. "It's called 'Sachiko Ever After'. I found this charm on the internet."
"Neat," Luna replied. "How does it work?"
"If we perform this right, then no matter how far apart we are from each other, we'll always be friends." She looks at Luna and smiles.
"Sage..." Luna starts, feeling tears in her eyes.
Sapphire looked at her brother. "What's happening?"
"Luna's transferring," Kyle whispered in reply to her. "Today's festival was her last day with us."
"It's sure gonna be pretty lonely without you, Luna," Swift spoke. "It's not that far, right? Where you're moving to, I mean."
Luna shook her head. "So you guys can come visit me in the winter break."
"I might just tag along as their guardian," Acacia added, and giggled.
"Well, it's decided!" Sage said. "And I'll definitely have more horror stories to tell by that time, too!"
"You actually like those?" Bash interrupted in disgust. "Ugh..."
"You got a problem with that?" Sage threatened.
"N-No..."
"I look forward to them, then," Luna said.
"Luna..." Sage started talking. "We'll always be friends. We promise."
The others nodded in approval, which brought a tear to Luna's eyes. "Thank you. All of you," she said. "I'll never forget you all."
Armando took out his phone. "Are you gonna stand there crying all night? Smile for the camera!"
She dried her tears, and smiled as best as she could, and Armando took a photo. So they could always remember their best friend, Luna Suzumoto, from class 2-9.

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"Okay everyone, gather in a circle around the Sachiko doll, and in your head, repeat the words 'Sachiko, we beg of you!'. There are nine people n here, so repeat the words nine times, one for every person in here. No more, and no less, otherwise the charm won't work."
"What happens if it fails?" Bash asked.
"I don't know, it didn't say," Sage replied. "Anyways, ready?"
"Ready!" the others replied.
"3...2...1... go!"
And in their heads, they repeated those words once for each member in the room, a total of nine times.
"Okay, now everyone hold out your hands, and grab onto a piece of the doll," Sage instructed. "Grab it really tightly, since we're going to pull on it."
Again, they nodded, grabbing to the doll.
"On 3, pull as hard as you can. 1...2..3!"
As they pulled, the doll was ripped apart. As if on cue, lightning struck.
"Keep your piece somewhere safe," Sage said. "As long as we keep it, the charm will work."
"Wait, this scrap is paper has a MEANING?" Bash asked.
"Mhm, as long as we keep our piece, we'll always be connected. No matter how far apart."
"That sounds neat!" Jackie added.
"Totally!" Swift said. "I'll be careful that I don't lose mine."
"Thank you so much Sage," Luna spoke. "I'll always treasure my piece."
Just then, the ground in the classroom started to shake. The tables and chairs were also shaking, as they collapsed to the floor.
"Is everyone okay?" Acacia asked.
But before anyone could answer, the floor broke. Literally! There was nothing but pitch blackness... and nothing to support the nine students on.
They screamed, grabbing to each other, as they all fell through the ground.