I awake from

  that horrible

  memory,

  to only awake to

  a horrible reality.

  I'm laying on

  some table

  with my arms

  and legs bound.

  Hovering over

  me is the same

  Ronin from

  earlier.

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  The one who was

  wearing the Oni

  mask.

  He's one of Ronin's

  phantoms.

  I let out a shaky

  sigh and close

  my eyes.

  I begin to sob,

  missing my life

  of normalcy so

  much.

  I feel sharp pain

  in my chest, it

  seems as if

  Ronin's

  phantom is splitting

  me open down the

  middle in my stomach.

  His demonic laugh is

  like music to my ears.

  This pain is so unbearable.

  I hate this but have no

  choice but to give

  into madness.