Chapter One - The Lost Village
"Didn't we promise each other that we would always be together."
Today was a beautiful day. The sun was shining, birds were chirping, there was a small breeze. A small river flowed on the outskirts of a forest. There twins sat. "Itsuki! Stop being a jerk and let me see it." Her twin looked at her. "No." She put her hand on his shoulder. "Then I don't love you." All the color left her brother's face. "Mayu! Here you can see it!" He handed her a butterfly which was an odd crimson color.
"Wow it's so beautiful." The butterfly then escaped and fluttered into the forest. "Good job Mayu. Just look what you did. Itsuki sighed. Come on Mayu let's go look for it. He got up and began to run into the forest. Mayu quickly got up and ran after her brother.
"Itsuki wait!" For some reason she couldn't catch up with him. With her next step everything changed. The beautiful sunlight left. Day turned to night. It was so cold. Mayu looked around. She was all alone. Her brother was no where in sight. "Itsuki! Itsuki where are you?" She spotted a small path in the forest and followed it until she reached a large shinto gate. Just for a moment she thought she saw Itsuki standing there. "Where are you brother?"
Before her now was a village. It was much like her own. Only this village was old and decrepit looking, completely deserted. In the distance there was a large manor. " Itsuki!" She looked back into the forest. The path she used to come was no more. Mayu slapped her forehead. "Aw crap!" She wandered into the village calling her brothers name. The teen stopped when she came to a long set of stairs. Walking up the stairs were twelve veiled priests, banging there staffs in rythem.
Mayu began to walk after them. But then they vanished. "He better be up there." Mayu murmured. At the top of the stairs was a shrine. The girl opened the door and entered. The shrine was decrepit but not as bad as the rest of the village. There was a small altar in the back of the shrine. Standing in front of it was...ITSUKI! She ran up and huged her brother. "Itsuki!" He turned to face his sister. "Mayu." She ran her fingers trew his jet black hair. "Where were you?" she asked. "When it became dark I lost consciousness. When I woke up I was in this shrine."
"I'm so glad I found you brother." "Well now that we've found each other let's get out of here." Mayu stopped hugging him and looked away. "There's a slight problem with that. The path is gone. We can't go back that way." Itsuki turned her around and smiled then we'll just have to find another way out won't we." She smiled back at him. " I guess we will."