Man, what a crazy turn of events. And here Haruka thought that it was just going to be the four of them. She chuckled slightly at Tsuki's mention of this being a terrible party. One of the third years (at least, she presumed he was a third year) had asked if they were all exploring.

Yep. They were. She didn't actu
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ally say that though.

Haruka began to think about could have possibly happened to make so many people come to the old school building on this day and at this particular time. Ooh... maybe it was fate, and they were all the chosen heroes that were going to save the world because they had special powers or something. Strange, though; usually when that happened in anime it was like five or six peo
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ple at the most, and not, like, nine...

She heard Toby as he made his way up the hill, and it seemed like he was as surprised to see as many people here as she was. I don't blame you, she thought.

And as if the world was having way too much fun with this scenario, another girl popped out of the bushes crying, two others made their way into the group (one of which Haruka recognized as the first-year from before), and one more guy trailed behind them. Serio
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usly? Well. Now that they had a group of... she mentally did a head count... twelve people, things were going to get... interesting to say the least. That is, if the rumors were even true. She checked her phone again. There was less than a minute left on the clock, which meant that any second now, there were going to find out whether they'd all gathered here for nothi
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Haruka shrieked as a sharp stabbing hit her temple, and a high-pitched droning noise assaulted her ears. She fell to her knees covering her ears, and she began to feel nauseous. She shivered, breathing heavily, as chills wracked her entire body. She felt like she was going to throw up. She blinked, tears leaking from her eyes, as her vision faded to black. She fell to the side as her consciousness slipped away.

And...

one
by
one...

The others followed in her wake.