Chapter 1: The Ghost Returns
Two teens decided to head out to what was left of a small village that was burned to the ground five years ago. The boy Shinji was a little less enthusiastic about the whole thing, explaining that what happened in the past should be forgotten. His girlfriend Miki on the other hand seemed very intrigued and passionate about finding out what caused the mysterious death of the entire village.
They pulled up to what see remained of the village. Skeletons of houses towered above the land being reclaimed by vegetation. As they stepped out of the car and began to walk toward the village, they heard a voice calling to them in the distance behind them.
"Hey you kids, stay away from that village!", exclaimed a man running from what appeared to be thin air. He was a tall, slender man who looked to be roughly in his forties. "Do you have any idea of what happened in this village?!", he questioned. "Look man, as far as I know, this place is abandoned with no danger for miles. So why don't you hop back in whatever hole you crawled out of and leave us the hell alone." sneered Shinji.
The man snapped the instant those words left the boy's mouth. "You ignorant little-" said the man as he hoisted the youth above the ground by the collar of his shirt. "Listen boy, you didn't have to live through the pain and the suffering that these people had to live through. You didn't have to witness those that you love die right in front of you!", said the man, now enraged. The boys girlfriend began to scream. "Chill out man, we just wanted to take a look around!", said the boy nearly loosing his breath.
"Why? You're smart aren't you? At least everyone out there knows the rumors that surrounded the village after what happened." replied the old man, now sounding worried. "Yes idiot. That's the whole reason why we're here." The man seemed to grow tired of the boy's attitude. Suddenly the girl spoke. "A few years back, they showed a news report very late into the night. A village that not too many people knew about burned to the ground. According to reports, there were no survivors. However, they did find the remains of hundreds of human bodies. It might have been somewhat of a coincidence had the bodies been normal. But there was one thing that set them apart from the rest of us. They-"
"...had a second pair of sharp teeth behind their front row of teeth." said the man, eerily finishing the sentence. The boy seemed to feel a bit uncomfortable. "Say, old man, you seem to be pretty informed for a hermit and I'm not buying it for a second. Spill it. What's your connection to this village?", asked to boy. "...I used to live here."