One New Message
This piece was written back in 2014 and uploaded to Writing .com in 2017. I am at the moment trying to update, improve and hopefully expand.
I've always had in interest in Japanese Onryō like The Ring, The Grudge, Teke Teke and Kuchisake-Onna, so i wanted to create my own Onryō tale for people to enjoy. Hopefully with some work, i can turn this into something memorable.
~Hakone, Japan~
1つの新しいメッセージ [One New Message]
Kaito pulled his phone from his coat pocket after hearing the message alert go off, the name on his screen was Moriko, his girlfriend of three years. Kaito opened the message to read, '空いてますか？' [Are you free?] Moriko asked, Kaito replied, telling her he was free, and asked why. '会えますか？話したい。' [Can we meet? Want to talk.] Moriko asked, Kaito messaged back agreeing to meet, Moriko sent an address to meet her at.
Kaito jumped on his bike and began to cycle to the address he had been given, the trip was no more than ten minutes, Kaito couldn't help wonder what this could all be about, he was feeling worried that Moriko was going to break up with him. The address he had been given was an old empty house, Kaito approached the front door and knocked twice, there was no answer, "Moriko?" Kaito called out, still no answer, the front door opened slightly by itself, Kaito stepped inside, "Moriko?" Kaito called again, the house was quiet. He pulled out his phone and messaged Moriko to see if he was in the right house, it didn't take long for Moriko to responde, she told him she was inside the house.
Kaito began to look around, he started in the living room, then the kitchen, there was no sign of her, he then made his way upstairs to the bedrooms, one of the bedrooms was damaged, as if one of the beds had been set on fire a long time ago. Once again Kaito pulled out his phone and decided to call Moriko, he waited a moment while it rang, suddenly Kaito could hear Morikos phone ringing from the bathroom, he made his way there to find the door wide open. What he found in the bathroom filled him with fear, laying in the bathtub was a burnt skeleton, wearing clothes he knew belonged to Moriko, and in its hand was Marikos phone.
Kaito ran as fast as he could to get out of the house, just as he got out the front door, a hand grabbed his wrist, Kaito looked around and saw a mysterious woman with charred skin and long black hair which covered a lot of her face, her hand burnt as she squeezed Kaito's wrist. Kaito was able to pull away from the mysterious woman and get away from the house, but was left with a nasty handprint burn around his wrist.
~End~