Hey guys! Okay, so Naoki-kun wanted me to deliver a message to our dear readers. (No sarcasm here. I mean it.) Anyways, here is what he wants to say. :D
"Yo, Naoki here. I decided to tell you guys that I'm the author of this scary story. This whole story is in Mizuki's POV since she's our pro for all of our stories. Enjoy." –Naoki
He's a joy to be around, isn't he? Anyways, yeah…ENJOY! :D
Hey you. You there. Yeah, you. It's dangerous walking around the middle of the night like this. What are you doing out here? …Oh, okay. Anyways, I need help with something.
Will you help me? Don't worry, it's nothing dangerous.
What do I need?
…well…I just need you to listen to my story…will you listen? It won't take long, I promise…
Really? You'll listen? I'm glad…now then, I'll start from the beginning.
Everything started three days ago…on the first day of summer vacation…
~3 days earlier~
Mizuki's POV:
"Oi! Mizuki, hurry up!"
"I'm trying!" Kei, my twin, was waiting for me outside with the host club.
Who's the host club? Well, the host club is this group of good-looking boys who basically entertain the girls.
I'm not exactly friends with the host club, but my brother is, and he's also part of the club since he's good-looking and stuff. It was the first day of summer break and the host club wanted to go to the beach today. Since I was Kei's sister, they also invited me. I was reluctant to go at first, but when Kei said Haruhi was going, I agreed to go.
Just to make things clear, Haruhi is a girl, not a boy. At first I thought she was a male student too, but then her voice and Kei told me that she was a female, not a male. It made a whole lot of sense.
Anyways, while I was sleeping, Kei barged into my room and pulled my blanket away from me, waking me up in a hurry.
Apparently, I was supposed to get ready for the beach in two minutes…-_-*
"Are you ready? Tamaki-Senpai and everybody else is waiting for us!" ugh, Kei. He's so annoying and irritating at time, but he's my only family left, so I also treasure him dearly…but still…he's annoying…
"I'm done, I'm done. Geez. If you wanted me to get ready for the beach, you should've asked me last night." I said in an irritated tone.
"I'm sorry, but the host club made the decision today." He just grinned at me, well, as long as he's happy, that's fine with me. It doesn't matter if Kei is the older twin or not, he still acts so much younger and immature than me.
I sighed as Kei carried our bags and led me out the door and into Kyoya-Senpai's limo.
When we went outside, I only saw the male host members, so I was nervous at first, but when I saw Haruhi just getting out of her apartment, I felt relieved.
"Oh, Hotaru-San, are you going to the beach with us?" Haruhi and her poker-face…sometimes I think it's cute, sometimes I think it is annoying, but who cares?
I just smiled at her and answered, "Yeah. The host club invited me, since I'm Kei's sister. Oh, and you can call me Mizuki, and I'll call you Haruhi, I that's fine with you."
Haruhi smiled back at me and nodded.
Soon after, we got to the creepy Senpai's beach. I forgot his name, so don't ask me who it is. You might have seen him roaming around outside at night with a cat puppet. I didn't know he was so obsessed with cats until I saw his cat cave at the beach.
Kei's POV:
When we arrived to the beach, we were all kind of bummed to know that there were guests that we had to entertain…I wanted to rest and enjoy my time here, geez, Kyoya-Senpai always has something planned.
From the corner of my eye, I saw Mizuki just standing there staring at the waves. I wonder what she's thinking? Actually, what is she looking at?
I looked in the direction of the ocean, which she was looking, but all I saw were waves crashing along the shores.
"Mi-Chan?" that's what I call her sometimes. It annoys her, but she looks really cute when she's annoyed and angry.
"…"
She wasn't responding, is she that mad at me for calling her Mi-Chan? That can't be it, she usually just straightly says, don't call me that. Instead she kept staring at the ocean?
"Mi-Chan?" I called her again. This time, she slowly turned her head to look at me. Her eyes were in a dreamy state and her voice, when she responded sounded as if she had just woken up from a wonderful dream.
"Kei-kun? Did you call for me?" whoa…she's going all polite…is she sick?
"Are you okay?" I asked, "what are you staring at?"
She pointed to the waves and responded, "Don't the waves look majestic? When they're coming towards up…can't you see? Can't you see the Naiads swimming towards us? They're saying hello."
She's freaking me out. All I could do was go along with whatever she said.
"…Naiads? You mean the sea nymphs? Don't they only live in fresh bodies of water?" I asked, recalling the Greek mythology we learned in sixth grade in America.
Mizuki was still in a dreamy state when she answered, "Yes…the sea nymphs…but…these Naiads are special…these Naiads live in the salt water. Look, they're waving hello again…aren't they beautiful? Look how they gracefully swim with the mermaids."
Wait…mermaids? Okay, um…yeah… "Mizuki…you do know that the Naiads are myths and mermaids are just folktale. They're both not real. Mizuki?"
I looked at her again, but this time, she was walking towards the sea…it looked as if she was being pulled towards the ocean…it looked as if she was being summoned by the ocean itself...
What's going on?
Mizuki's POV:
The sea nymphs…they're so graceful…
They're calling me…they need to tell me something…
Kei's POV:
…Mizuki…
I didn't know what she was doing, and I didn't feel comfortable leaving her alone, so I stuck with her and followed her to the ocean. She might accidentally drown herself. If she gets into a dangerous situation, I'll just carry her back. She's really light, so it's easy to carry her.
Honey's POV:
I wanted to go swimming, but I saw that Mizuki and Kei were walking towards the beach. Oh! Maybe they'll swim with me!
I happily ran towards the Hotaru twins and I called Kei-Chan and Mizu-Chan's name, but when I did, only Kei-Chan responded. Mizu-Chan always looks at me when I call her…so why isn't she now? Is she mad?
I ran faster and saw that something was wrong with Mizu-Chan.
"Mizu-Chan! Are you okay? Want to go swimming with me?" I called happily.
But when I saw her face and her eyes…it looked as if she was hypnotized…is she sleep walking?
"Kei-Chan, is Mizu-Chan sleep-walking?" I asked. He shook his head and said that Mizu-Chan doesn't sleep walk, not at home, not anywhere.
That's weird…
"Takashi!" I called my best friend, and cousin. He's always there when I need him. Takashi came running towards me in an instant. "Takashi, stay with Mizu-Chan just in case she does something stupid, 'kay?" I smiled at him.
Then we both continued to walk with Kei-Chan and Mizu-Chan.
Kei's POV:
I told Honey-Senpai and Mori-Senpai that it was okay for only me to watch Mizuki, but they both insisted…well, Honey-Senpai insisted that they both stay with us just in case. I just agreed and let them stay.
"Mizuki." I called her again, just in case she would respond, but instead the same dreamy look was on her face and in her eyes, so I just stayed quiet.
When we reached the water, I was going to carry her back and stop her from going even ankle deep into the water. Why? Well, one she's in a dreamy state, and two, she isn't in her swimsuit. She's still in her sundress.
Anyways, right when we reached the water, right when Mizuki's toes touched the cold ocean water, "Huh? Where am I?"
"What?" I asked. I guess she snapped out of it, that's a relief.
"What's going on? Where am I?" She asked again. Then she looked at me, and I saw that she was back to normal.
Mizuki's POV:
I have no idea what just happened, but I looked to my left and saw Kei standing next to me with a worried expression on his face, and to my right, I saw Honey-Senpai and Mori-Senpai with confused expression on their faces…well…Honey-Senpai did, mori-Senpai always has a poker-face…sometimes he smiles and frowns a bit…but that's all, and you can barely notice them.
"Where am I? Wait…" I looked down at my feet and saw that I was standing at the edge of the beach, and was about to go into the ocean…how did I get here?
"Kei? Did you carry me here while I sleeping?" I asked. Kei slowly shook his head no and said, "You walked here in a dream-like state and I got worried, so I walked with you."
"why didn't you try to snap me out of it?" I asked again.
He just responded with a worried expression, "I did, I called your name twice, but you wouldn't respond in both occasions."
…well…that's weird…maybe I slept-walk? But…I don't sleep-walk…at least…I don't think I do.