Hey everybody! I said I was doing a Fatal Frame: Crimson Butterfly fic and here it is. The chapters may take awhile because I want to make sure everything is fairly accurate and everything. Plus I am writing this without any real idea of where it is going, I usually make up stories in my head before typing them up but not this time. Anyway, it's gonna be about Itsuki simply because I have just reached a really sad part in the game involving him so I wanted to write a fic about him. Anyway, it'll start off when he's little so…yeah! Now, on with it! Oh and born first means younger in this for the sake of being true to the actual game information. Tell me what you think of this fic, constructive critisim only please!

Chapter One: The Twins of All God's Village.

All God's Village. A small primative town that seemed to be frozen in the ways of the past. While the rest of Japan embraced new advancements in technology and different traditions this town did not. They were forever in the time of the old. Even after hundreds of years All God's Village did not change. Rituals were performed to appease an X under the village. Twins were revered and were used as sacrifices in a special ritual only known as the Crimson Sacrifice. Butterflies had significant meaning in All God's Village for they were also part of the sacrifice. It was said that if the elder twin killed the younger that the X under the village would be appeased. The twin that was left alive was known as The Remaining. Remainings were feared and respected though often became quiet and refused human contact. A Remaining could be recognized by their snow-white hair, which was an effect of performing the ritual. The body of the other twin was thrown into the X. If the ritual was successful a crimson butterfly would fly out of the abyss and all would be well until another ritual was needed. If the ritual failed however the village would be plunged into darkness and the dead would crawl out of the X destroying the town. This was known as the repentance and served as atonement for the village's sins. If a pair of twins was not available another ritual had to take place in order for the X to be appeased. The Hidden Ritual was performed by using an outsider not from the village and torturing them usually until insanity. It was said that the more this outsider or suffered the longer the X would be appeased. However, the kusabi ritual was only considered a success if the person remained alive until their body was thrown into the X. The year is 1876, a new pair of twins is born into the village…

"Twins…They're twins…"

The man looked at the two identical newborn boys in his wife's arms. So…They will be used in the ritual…While the parents of the children were happy to have finally concieved children the initial happiness was overshadowed by the fact that when the time came one of the children had to die for the sake of the village. But… a child had to be sacrificed for everyone. Until the time came nobody would say anything about the ritual; they would wait until the boys were older.

"Mutsuki come on, let's go see Yae and Sae!" the older of the two boys called.

"Wait for me Itsuki! You know I can't run as fast as you nii-chan!"

The boy stopped and turned around to wait for his younger brother. It was true; Mutsuki wasn't as fast as Itsuki was. Their father said to always spend time with each other while they still could. Neither boy knew what their father meant but took his advice anyway; they were inseperable.

"Come on Mutsuki, Yae and Sae are waiting for us!" Itsuki exclaimed impatiently. His brother was still only halfway to him and he'd been waiting for a long time.

"I-I know! I-I'm not fast enough…"

That always made Itsuki feel bad, his brother didn't mean to be so slow but Itsuki always tried to push him.

"I'm sorry Mutsuki…take your time."

Mutsuki started to run even though he knew he shouldn't and nearly fell twice before making it to his older brother but he was fine even if he was out of breath.

"I told you to take your time…You know you shouldn't run Mutsuki."

"I-I'm not a baby, I can do what I want," Mutsuki replied and began to pout. Hadn't Itsuki been the one who had just told him to hurry up?

"…Sorry…I know. Forgive me?" Itsuki asked with a smile identical to his twin's.

"I'll have to think about it…"

Itsuki looked at the ground and felt tears form in his eyes. He didn't want his brother to be angry with him as long as they lived.

"I was only kidding nii-chan! Of course I forgive you!" Mutsuki cried and embraced his brother and even smiled to reassure him.

Itsuki laughed even though he was almost crying and took his brother's hand.

"Come on Mutsuki, now we're really late to meet Yae and Sae."

They walked across Whisper Bridge that led to the Kurosawa house still holding hands. Kurosawa house was the most powerful house in the village and like Tachibana house they had twins. Two girls. Yae the elder and Sae the younger. Both sets of twins were best friends and tried to see each other whenever they could.

The two Kurosawa twins were already standing outside the front gate of their house and ran to meet Mutsuki and Itsuki as soon as they saw them start walking across the bridge.

"Itsuki-kun! Mutsuki-kun!" they called in unison.

Mutsuki just smiled in greeting, he was the quieter of the two boys but if he wanted to say something he was quick to make his opinion known.

"Sae-chan, Yae-chan, are you ready to go?" Itsuki asked and grinned along with his brother.

The two girls were clothed in their usual white kimono and thong sandals. Their short dark brown hair was cut in the okappa style though most other girls in the village wore their hair as long as they could.

The four children nearly ran to the place were they usually played near Misono Hill but Itsuki stopped to walk with his brother and everyone else gradually followed suit.

"Can we play tag when we get there Sae?" Yae asked excitedly.

"Yae…you know Mutsuki can't run that well…" the younger Kurosawa twin answered with a guilty looking glance in Mutsuki's direction.

"I can. I'll just rest if I get tired," Itsuki's brother replied. He didn't want anyone to feel sorry for him just because his one leg was a little bit weak.

"Are you sure nii-chan? We could always play something else," Itsuki offered for all of them.

"Of course I'm sure."

So it was decided. When they got to the hill Sae was chosen to be 'it' and all the rest went to hide as she gave them a twenty-second head start.

Yae decided not to hide and waited for her sister to stop counting and find her right out in the open. Itsuki and Mutsuki hid part way down the path to Misono Hill and heard Yae squeal as her sister finished counting.

"I'm going to get you Yae!"

"No you aren't! No you aren't!"

Itsuki and Mutsuki didn't immerge from their hiding place until they heard Yae and Sae coming down the hill.

"There they are Sae!" Yae cried and pointed at the two boys running down the hill.

"Come back here Itsuki and Mutsuki-kun! We'll get you!" Sae yelled.

Itsuki looked back and saw his brother struggling to keep up. He stopped and waited for Mutsuki to catch up then grabbed his hand and kept running.

"Come-come on Mutsuki, once we get down to the village we can hide there."

"O-okay…"

They ran down the rest of the way then ran toward Osaka house. Yae and Sae were catching up but neither boy cared, they were having too much fun to care about being caught.

They ran by Osaka house and turned left. Both boys held their breath and waited until Sae and Yae ran in the opposite direction of them.

"We-we did it. They'll never find us now!" Itsuki whispered.

Mutsuki didn't answer but nodded as he took deep breaths.

"Are you okay nii-chan? I knew I should have slowed down for awhile," Itsuki said a few minutes later. His brother was still out of breath but laughed to show that he was okay.

Itsuki waited for his brother to catch his breath then quietly began walking in the direction Yae and Sae had.

"Let's go scare them Mutsuki," Itsuki said quietly.

Mutsuki nodded and they both walked in the direction of the storehouse, which was where Yae and Sae probably were.

"Sae, where could they have gone? Are you sure they came this way?"

"Um… no…I wasn't sure really…"

Mutsuki and Itsuki laughed quietly to themselves as Yae sighed in exasperation and said that she and Sae should go check in the other direction. The twin girl's sandals made a slapping sound as they walked and it grew louder and louder as they approached the two boys.

"Come on Mutsuki, we'll hide behind… uh oh…"

"Hey! There they are!" Yae yelled.

Itsuki put his hands up in surrender. "Okay, okay. You win."

Yae and Sae ran over to them and tagged them both. "We win!"

"This time. But next time you won't be so lucky," Itsuki replied with a grin.

Before any of the children knew it nightime was fast approaching and they all had to hurry home. They weren't allowed outside after dark. Itsuki and Mutsuki's house was just across the bridge from Yae and Sae's so they got to walk home with each other until Tachibana house was right in front of them.

"Bye Itsuki and Mutsuki-kun," Yae and Sae said at the same time.

Itsuki said goodbye and Mutsuki did too for once. Then they parted ways and went to their own homes for dinner.

"Itsuki?"

"What is it nii-chan?" Itsuki asked. His brother looked so serious that he was afraid of what he would say.

"Don't…Don't tell mother and father about me playing tag…okay?"

Itsuki almost laughed with relief. Of course, his brother was afraid of what their parents would say if they found out Mutsuki was playing games that tired him out.

"I wont," the older of the two twins answered.

"You promise?"

"I promise."

The two of them went to their room right away to try and get the dirt off of their clothes. Their mother would not be happy if she saw them both covered in dirt. Mutsuki had an easier time of it because it was Itsuki who was lying down on the hill, not him.

"Oh, why did I have to lie down in the dirt?" Itsuki asked noone in particular.

"You know you take all these games of tag too seriously," Mutsuki who was sitting on the floor waiting for his brother to get cleaned up said.

"But it's fun… if only there was a way to have fun but not get dirty…"

"There is. Be careful," Mutsuki replied and laughed as Itsuki continued trying to get more of the dirt off of his beige shirt.

"Aw Mutsuki…it isn't that funny."

Mutsuki stood up and hugged his brother. "Maybe you'll learn your lesson next time."

"…I won't. I guess we should go to dinner now. Mother's calling us."

The two boys walked down the long hallways of Tachibana house together as always.

I know, that was a stupid place to end it but…I have to go draw a map of Tachibana, Kiryu and Kurosawa house. Anyway, this is not the end; it will keep going until… in regards to Itsuki and Mutsuki's age in this chapter. They're about 6 or 7 I guess. No names are given for their parents, no ages are given for Chitose or when the two boys perform the ritual so I picked a year in the middle of the estimated years they were born. Sae and Yae are the same age as Mutsuki and Itsuki as they were probably born around the same time. Next chapter they will be about…13 or 14 and that's when Chitose will enter the picture. Just to let you know, there will be spoilers later on regarding notebooks and such. Anyway, that's all. Oh, and if anybody can give me the name of the kind of clothes Mutsuki and Itsuki wear that'd be a big help!