She took a few deep breaths to calm and to deprive herself from crying, even if Kiku insisted. Although she as well did agree that crying would relieve her more, she chose not to. She felt better after a few moments along with Kiku's comfort. [i]"Don't worry, we'll find the others soon enough."[/i] 
Yume slowly nodded her head and bit her lips. She too wished to see the others. The sudden urge to cry came again as she thought of them.

Are they alright? Are they around here too? Was anyone hurt? 

Questions which are unable to be answered swarmed her head. All she could rely on at the moment is hope and her teamwork with Kiku to look for the others. 

[i]"Well, for now I guess we should look around, if you're able to stand up that is."[/i] 
Look around. Yes. The first step, but at the same time, Yume was too scared to stand and leave to anywhere, but she knew she had to find them as soon as she and Kiku could. There couldn't be any choice left. She had to go.
With this decision, she weakly took Kiku's hand and stood up.
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The hallway didn't seem all too dark with the lights that kept on flickering after each and every minute, but it was the same state as the classroom. Floorboard cracked and this time, Yume could see big holes just across the hall. 

She carefully stepped outside the classroom door to look for something useful, and saw one.
Just beside the door of the classroom, a flyer all scratched and blotted with dried ink was nailed there. Yume went closer to see what it was.

[b]Heavenly Host Daily News-.[/b]
[b]'Breaking News: Serial Kidnapping Ends In Murder'
The good name of Heavenly Host Elementary School has been stained in blood today as horrific details on the recent wave of disappearances are revealed. Over the past month, numerous children have gone missing within the town, and authorities quickly turned to kidnapping as the most likely explanation. Now investigators have located the whereabouts of these children, and their findings are far worse than anyone could've anticipated. The bodies of the absconded youths were discovered within the Heavenly Host Elementary School building on September 18th, 1973 at around 7:00 PM. Authorities further revealed that a male instructor from the school was found with them, alive but near-catatonic, holding a pair of bloodied scissors. Each of the corpses appeared to have had its tongue sev__ed and remove_________________ique mutilations far too grot___________________g to describe."[/b]
The rest of the article was torn off.

[i]"Heavenly.... Host...?[/i] 
Yume recalled the story said inside her classroom and gave big gasp, covering her mouth with the back of her hand.
[i]"K-K-K-Kik-Kiku...L-Look...."[/i] She pointed at the flyer with a trembling arm.
[i]"What happened...? Why are we here...?"[/i]