Hey there!:D umm, this is my first story...
Sorry it's so short but it looks longer on Word than it actually is T_T
It isn't as good as I had hoped it would be but if you guys like it I'll work hard to continue and improve it! Promise :)
Anywho, hope you like it!
Kaito…
Kaito…
Hehehe…
We're waiting…
Always.
SCREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEECH.
The train jerked to a loud stop and suddenly woke me up, tossing me off my seat and hurling me into the side of the train car.
"Owwww…" I groaned softly, rubbing my head and fixing my blue scarf, still half asleep.
I tried to recall the dream that I had been having before being tossed into the side of the train but just couldn't for the life of me. All I knew was…it wasn't ice cream.
I checked my wristwatch and groaned again. My concert was starting in two hours and a peep outside told me I wasn't in Tokyo. There wasn't even a streetlight to be seen. Nothing but a forest which looked like neither mankind nor vocaloid had been into since the dawn of time. Seeing that saddened me and made me wish I had some comfort food (preferably ice cream).
Speaking of ice cream, the unusually generous Meiko promised to give me some if I went to the concert and did a good job.
But I wasn't in Tokyo and the train wasn't moving.
Hmm. That figures.
"M-mister Shion Kaito!"
I turned around to see the train driver, Yowane Haku, almost out of breath (which smelled like alcohol, which could've explained the sudden stop...).
"A-are you alright?!" she asked, which was what I wanted to ask her.
"Yeah, just a bit tired. You can just call me Kaito, by the way."
She blushed a little (I really think she might've still been drunk) and said, "O-okay, Mister Kaito. I-I-I'm so, so SO sorry! Even though you booked the entire train in advance t-to make it in time, I-I am so, SO sorry…"
I felt bad so I gave her a pat on the back and comforted her as she sobbed and apologized. Still, being late for the big concert in Tokyo which was to be the biggest step in my career since I joined Crypton would definitely hurt my reputation (especially my chances of getting free ice cream…).
"Haku, do you know how far we are from Tokyo?"
"You might make it if you walk," a voice answered from behind.
Both me and Haku turned to the sound of the voice and discovered Akita Neru, who at the very moment was leisurely texting on her yellow cell phone which she was never without.
"Wait, how long have you been there?" I asked suspiciously.
"Hmm, 30 minu- no, no, 2 hours? Yeah, that's right," she replied offhandedly, still texting.
I had never wanted to hurt someone as much as I did at that moment, and usually I'm a pacifist, but she was also in charge of this train and could've kept Haku from drinking and wrecking (I assumed wrecking because honestly I didn't know exactly WHAT Haku did and she was too upset to say) the train.
But what was done was done. As long as I got to that concert (and my ice cream) on time, I would forgive anything Neru did (or, to be exact, didn't).
"So, are you gonna walk? You might make it if you do that rather than wait for repairs," Neru suggested, though her eyes never left her phone.
"A-actually, I don't think that's a g-good idea," Haku timidly said.
Both I and Neru turned toward her. Haku's red eyes darted back and forth between us as she struggled for words all the while blushing madly.
"I-it's not that I want M-mister Kaito to be l-late or anything, b-b-but these w-woods are h-haunted!"
Haku hid her flushed face in her hands, embarrassed. Neru and I were too stunned to comfort her or really do anything.
"…You believe these woods are haunted?" Neru questioned her, a doubtful look clearly shown on her face.
Haku peeked out at us just barely over the top of her fingers and gave a tiny nod.
"Why?"
The gray-haired girl shuffled her feet and twiddled her fingers. Finally she blurted out, "I-I-I've SEEN it! It's true! I've seen them."
Haku continued, her eyes wide and fearful, "I-I've heard them too! I'm not sure what they are, but anyone who goes in there never comes back! A-a-and the screams! The screams! T-there have been a f-few w-who come out but the looks on those p-people's faces are…just….just don't go!"
I was shocked. It was clear to see that Haku really did believe these woods were haunted.
Neru rolled her golden eyes. "Please, that's just a legend."
This aroused my curiosity. "What do you know about it?" I asked.
Neru sighed, giving her annoyed I'd-rather-be-texting-than-talking-to-you look, but she continued, saying, "There's supposedly dead spirits which roam these woods, luring people in with eerie songs. After that, well, it's said that every victim suffers a horrible fate, each one worse than the one before. Supposedly some rare survivors have claimed to run into horrific visions of themselves. But let's face it: there's no such thing as haunted anything."
Haku looked at Neru, upset. "I'm n-not lying!"
"Whatever. You were probably drunk," Neru retorted, rolling her eyes again.
I could see that Haku was hurt at Neru's words. She began to cry as she ran back to the front of the train, leaving me and Neru alone.
"That was really mean," I said angrily, feeling bad for Haku (though she did drink waaaay too much).
Neru sighed in frustration. "Look, don't you have a concert to go to? Just take my advice and go. I'll deal with Haku. I'm used to it…" She mumbled the last part so I couldn't really hear, but remembering my concert was causing me to panic (I really needed some ice cream).
I picked up my bags which I just noticed were strewn across the floor and began to leave, taking Neru's advice. I was almost out of sight when Neru called out, "Hey!"
I turned around. "What?"
"In case anything does happen, come right back here, alright? Concert or not, don't be reckless. I don't want to be sued if Japan's beloved Kaito were to be found in poor condition, hear?"
I sighed. Was she really worried about me? It was hard to tell with Neru…
"Okay, I promise," I said, waving goodbye.
I turned back to the dark woods and began the trek I thought would be the quickest to Tokyo, thinking absentmindedly about ice cream.
But that was only the beginning.
TT___TT so short...
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