Woo, am I excited for this one!

i got inspiration for this story after watching an anime containing a Dullahan. the thought wouldnt leave me alone so I decided why not do a bit of research on dullahan myths, write it out and see how it goes? Let me know what you guys think! I own nothing, obviously!

The full moon was an especially beautiful sight, glowing red as if drenched with blood.

Blue eyes stared up at the moon, a small frown on the face. The eyes flickered to the ground of the roof, eyeing the limp, unconscious body that lay before him. The deed was done. He brought this on himself, after all.

He looked back up at the moon, then turned and approached the waiting creature a short distance away-a horse blacker than night, with a stump on it's neck where it's head should have been. As he approached, a ghostly whinny was emitted from the horse. A hand was brought up, resting on the horse's neck.

"We're done here."

The horse lowered it's upper half, and he climbed on effortlessly. As the horse lifted itself up, the boy's head was untucked from underneath his arm and placed on the saddle. The body placed the sword it held within its sheath before resting a hand atop the blond mop of hair atop the head, holding it in place. It's other hand grabbed the reins and directed the horse to the edge of the building. The blue eyes stared ahead as the horse began to run, flying off of the edge and running through the hair on a black mist it creates itself.

His job was not yet done. There were still souls to reap.

...

"A...what?"

The lavender haired girl crossed her arms. "A dullahan, Yuu-chan. Don't tell me you never heard of them!"

Yuuichiro Ichinose shook his head slowly. "It doesn't sound familiar," he confessed, packing away his things as students around them packed and left, chatting excitedly.

The girl sighed. "You're hopeless."

You puffed out his cheeks. "It isn't my fault I've never heard of a dulla-whatta before!"

"Dullahan," the girl said.

"Whatever. My point stands, Shinoa," he said.

The girl smiled lightly. "Alright, then if we're going to get this project done, I'll have to educate you on dullahan and the unseelie."

"Un-what?"

Shinoa waved a hand dismissively. "Don't worry, I'll teach you. For now, let's go find the others, hm?"

Yuu sighed but followed Shinoa through the doors and into the hallway. They walked outside the school building and approached a small group gathered near the gate, talking.

Shinoa brunches forward, latching herself onto a young blonde girl, who squeaked in surprise. "We're he-!" She was pushed off by the blonde onto the ground, and pouted up at her. "That hurt, Mitsu."

"Don't scare me then!" Mitsuba snapped, huffing as she tightened her pigtails.

The young brown haired boy across from her smiled. "Hi Yuu-Chan!"

"Yoichi," Yuu greeted, before leveling a light glare to the strawberry-haired guy next to Yoichi. "Kimizuki."

Kimizuki glared back, saying nothing.

"How was your guys' day?" Yoichi asked to break the silence.

Shinoa stood up and dusted the back of her skirt off, then wrapped her arms around one of Yuu's, ignoring his indignant cry. "Yuu and I have a project to work on together in English," she said with a grin.

"What's It about?" Mitsuba asked.

"Folklore," Shinoa said. "We're doing dullahan folklore." When she got confused expressions, she acted offended, releasing Yuu's arm and placing a hand dramatically on her chest. "Are you telling me you never heard about the dullahan?!"

"They...sound familiar," Yoichi said with a thoughtful frown. "Irish folklore, right?"

"That's right! The most interesting of the bunch." She gave an evil grin. "They're reapers, traveling through the Irish countryside with their heads detached from their bodies. They carry whips made of a human spine. Their heads screech the name of the person destined to die, and if you watch one as it passes by on it's ride, it'll either splash you with a bucket of blood or blind you with it's whip!"

Yuu snorted. "That isn't scary."

Yoichi, who had paled, glanced at Yuu with an unsure frown. "I think that's terrifying to think about."

Shinoa giggles. "Don't worry. They have an irrational fear of gold. Just carry something gold on you."

"They don't exist," Kimizuki said.

Shinoa poured at him. "You're no fun."

Yuu shook his head and turned. "Whatever. C'mon, let's go before you-know-who gets pissed off."

Yuu's friends caught up quickly, settling into amicable chatter around him. He engaged in the banter as well, thankful for the weekend. He needed a break from school.

Im gonna devote this and the next chapter to set up, so Yuu and Mika probably won't meet until chapter 3. See that little button that says "Review this Chapter?" Click it please! Sayonara!