Doll House

ドールハウス

Chapter One

Puppeteer and the doll

操り人形師、そして人形

When a person dies they should have no regrets in this life, one must find peace, if a person is unable to find this than their soul is to lay in unrest. In some cases if a person has unfinished business their persona can be imprinted on a object or home. Such is the cause of most haunting's.

Curious eyes looked around the large mansion like building as the owner took the first step through the thresh hold. Licking dry lips he moved silently past his sister and her husband, something about this new home made him nervous. True they had moved from place to place he had lost count of how many time they had picked up and moved, but never once had one of those multiple places gave him such a chill as this one.

Placing his thin hand on the railing of the stairs he looked up the steps, licking his lips once more he began to take the steps counting as he did so.

One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, eleven , twelve, thirteen, fourteen, fifteen, sixteen, seventeen, eighteen, nineteen, twenty, twenty-one, twenty-two, twenty-three, twenty four, twenty-five, twenty..

He went to take the last step but his foot only meet air causing the young male to stumble forward only just barley catching himself, unfortunately he was not able to stop his right knee from knocking the twenty fifth step. Turning around he grabbed his knee with a hiss, he was sure he had counted twenty-six steps he had seen it just before going to take the step.

Rubbing his wounded knee a little longer he stood 'just tired' he thought.

It had been a long drive that was it he just need to catch up on a little rest, he laughed it off shakily steps just don't disappear.

"Gaara" being pulled from his thoughts of disappearing steps by his name he looking down the stairs only to catch sight of his sisters blond hair.

"There you are" Temari his older sister had her hands on her hips a smile on her lips and a glint in her eye.

"What are you doing?" she asked.

He only shrugged weakly, but gave his sister a weak smile to reassure her that he was fine and just wanted to explore a little. He vocalized this desire with his hands and she just nodded her head and waved him off.

"Don't be off to long now, we're ordering pizza in a few" giving another weak smile to her he turned.

Watching the young red head disappear from view the female let the smile slip from her lips, it had been hard on the young male sense the accident. She just wished she could have her old little brother back.

"Temari?" walking over to her husbanded the female wrapped her arms around him, resting her cheek against his shoulder she sighed softly.

"He's still not talking, I don't know what to do for him..." pulling back she looked her lover in the eyes.

"Give it time he'll come around" Shikamru Nara, age twenty-seven. He was Gaara's doctor after the accident he specialist in trauma cases, it was love at first sight between him and Temari. Or more of she was very forward and asked him and he found it to troublesome to refuse so here they are a year later. Married three months, a large new home and a sick younger brother of his wife's.

"I love you Temari will work this out" leaning forward he pressed his lips to hers, it was soft and loving and when he pulled back he smiled reassuringly.

Rubbing softly a pale hand tried to clean the dirt and grim off the small plank nailed to the door, he figured it must lead to the attic seeing as it was the only door at the top of the second fllit of stairs.

After five minutes of rubbing he could just make out some what of the plank.

Dol Hous

Scratching the back of his head Gaara took a step back ' Doll House?' he remembered reading some ware about a place called the doll house but it was in a old history text book in the seventh grade he thought he might still have the book back in one of the many boxes stacked in his new room.

Putting the idea to check that out later in the back of his mind he reached his hand out to open the door, taking the rusted handle in his hand he turned slowly. Click, blinking he tried a few more times, the damn thing was locked. Sighing he stepped back to look over the door again, it was odd that it would be locked he thought all doors in new homes whare suppose to be open.

Looking down at his feet, he step back with a gasp when flicks of lights meet his eyes, he could just make out the shadow of a person moving about in the room. Now shaking in fear Gaara took a few slow steps backwards; someone was in their house. Not paying much attion to how fair away he was moving he didn't notice the stair becoming closer and closer. The yonug red head just couldn't take his eyes of the dancing shadow it almost looked like the owner was pacing back and forth, every now again the other would stop only to disappear from view soon to return to continue it's never ending passing.

'I need to get out of here' it was a statement within his own mind and as he turned to do as his thought suggested he took a step right off the first step and began to fall forward.

Sea foam eyes widened it was as if the moment had slowly it's self to a none existent time, his breath caught everything stopped around him. Closing his eyes tight at this point he waited for the fall for the tumble for the roll down the flit of stairs. His sister would be so upset and they could have to take him to another hospital, a part of him wished that he would just die on impact.

'This is it' confused when the awaited impacted never came he slowly opened his eyes, but it only took a moment for them to snap open in shock. He was just hanging their it would appear. Looking over at his arms which whare raised he notice fine silver like string wrapped around each of his wrists, another he realized when he tried to swallow was around his neck.

'What..What is this?' not a second after he thought this he was yanked back onto the cold wooden floor of the hall, turning onto his stomach quickly he looked behind him eye unfocused he froze when everything came back into view. His body jerked upward he scooted on his butt tell his back meet the wall his mouth open and...

Gaara screamed.