New horror story for the New Year! RHASNI presents Jigoku Kara Humon (Humon from Hell)! I kind'a like this one concept from a manga that I have read earlier and so I might borrow it from… Crap, I forgot who wrote that. Anyway, I'll just be disclaiming the manga later. (Try reading it and it might give you nightmares.) So I would hafta put it in a ShinCel/Shizaya fic… (I was hoping to write a— comment blocked in violation of the OTP ethics.)
Enjoy another horror story from me. ^_^ Lovelots, Rei.
Disclaimer: I do not own Durarara and Ibitsu in any way possible. Some references are used yet works of other authors are not included.
Warnings: Horror, violence, ecchi, yaoi… more stuff. Not a basher so not bashing anyone really… (NO! I'm somewhat bashing ShizuoxCelty!) OOC!
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Jigoku Kara Humon
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Summary: Celty Kishitani belongs to a family who is heavily in debt with the Heiwajimas and it will only be settled at the children's marriage. Everything is going on well and the last thing she ever needs are non-humans sprouting out of nowhere and destroying everything she has sacrificed for.
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Jigoku Kara Humon
You belong to me… and no one can ever change that, my Verlieben…
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The candles inside the pumpkin's head flicker as the freezing breeze whistles. The chestnut-brown-haired woman unwraps candy bags to prepare for any trick-or-treating that will be happening in minutes. Halloween in Ikebukuro seems to be special as well and some kids like to play rough… like TP-ing the houses and some other nasty stuff.
"I guess these will do. I'm not expecting a lot anyway." The woman stretches in her seat and readies her candy boxes designed as pumpkins to come with the trick-or-treat prizes. A middle-aged man then walks towards her and settles roughly at the sofa making the cushion wave. She gasps at the action and then the man grabs the remote and puts his foot above the centerpiece table— browsing the terebi, "Gugh, third-rate supernatural beings… childish horror shows! Is that what we have during Halloween?!"
"Then make your own show, Tou-sama." The eighteen-year-old girl hisses as she recovers from the wave. The man who is her father laughs out, "My discoveries are so horrifying that they would even ban it on TV!"
"Well then, don't complain." She retorts in a more polite way than earlier and then he yells, "Ugh! The filthy wind of Tokyo!"
"I wonder what kind of shows there are in America." She whispers and then she packs up to ready the candies for distribution, "Why don't you just go back to America if you hate Tokyo that much?" The man twitches and then strokes at his chin, "Right, right. I shouldn't forget why I'm in Tokyo. Right, right." He continues to blabber and then the girl sighs, "Mama, can I ask for a new dad?"
"No can do, dear." Her mother who has this shoulder-length hair of lemon yellow comes out from the kitchen, "I would never settle for another man~" The girl then sighs and she whispers, "I can never take a liking on him."
The mother smiles at her, "Celty Kishitani, to your room now. And don't come out until we're gone, okay?"
'Okay, I ruffled her feathers again.' "Okay, Mama." Celty, the girl, puts down the pumpkin boxes at the counter near the door and leaves for her room. She can never take that kind of grounding bad anymore… she's getting used to it to be more specific. She then goes in her room and checks out the front yard from there.
Celty Sturluson belongs to a family of two equally mad scientists and all they can leave to her are unheard-of discoveries and unsettled debts. She used to be an orphan back in Ireland but her first foster family traveled towards America where she lost her parents again. From another orphanage, a woman named Emillia picked her up and introduced her to her underground life. Soon, her foster mother re-marries a Japanese man who has the same obsession as her… leaving Celty to her current name and foster family.
Some more minutes after, her parents leave for a Halloween getaway… leaving the girl alone that fateful night.
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Jigoku Kara Humon
Rei Haruno —Sakura no Imooto
Chapter 1: Hungry for Love
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Celty goes downstairs as knocks come to the Kishitani residence's front door. She opens up… only to be surprised, "Hey, Shizuo. What are you doing here?" Her breath wavers as she panics in the presence of a man she cannot be alone with.
"Hi, Celty. Did I scare you?" The man with blonde locks and purple specs chuckles… as unsure as the woman is panicky. The girl shakes her head and she invites him in, "Is there anything you need from me?" She answers with a smile that she forces on her face to look casual towards the man. Yet the man scratches his head, "Nothing really. Kaa-san and Tou-san said your parents will be away tonight so they forced— I mean, asked me to come here. I shouldn't let a woman alone especially tonight when random people knock on the door."
"How thoughtful of you." She smiles and she lets him sit down the sofa and she enters the kitchen, "Please suit yourself." And away from her sight, the man yawns and then he sighs under his breath, "This is troublesome…" He looks around to see the whole lounge, "I can't even smoke here…"
That man is Shizuo Heiwajima… better known as Celty's fiancé. He hails from a rich family to whom Celty's parents is greatly indebted to. As for the growing account, they all agreed to have their children wedded as a form of payment. Though Shizuo is greatly against it, he does better than to get kicked out of the house anyway… he has his own sins to atone for after all.
"Here, this is supposed to be for the children but I'll let you have it." Celty presents him some home-baked cookies and then he asks, "Aren't you scared on your own, Celty?" The girl turns to her and then he continues, "You know… without me. You're here with just yourself… opening doors for strangers with masks."
"I… I'm not." She smiles and then she chuckles, "I can handle myself. These tiny muscles can still throw a punch or do a kick. Besides, I promise not to and am not planning to receive gifts from strangers."
"You do sound safe." He seems to want to end the conversation by then. Soon, children start to knock and ask for candies… even adults go to take a peek at the Kishitani's beautiful foreigner daughter. She's a bit famous for her looks after all. The nights continue on with Celty giving the children and adults candies for Halloween.
"It's a bit tiring…" She sighs after sitting at the sofa to join Shizuo, "How about you give… Shizuo?" The woman twitches as she hears soft snores from the blond. It seems that the man has already fallen asleep. She lets out a wry smile and then she pushes the blond to the side, "I'm going to get you a blanket." She then leaves for the blanket… only to have the doorbell ringing again. She hurriedly spreads the covers at her fiancé and she opens the door… only to see two children in strange hoodies.
Sudden shudder comes to her as she watches them look up at her and notices that half of their faces are being covered by the hoods. The smaller child grins and he says, "Trick or treat, Kishitani-san." The girl twitches and then she moves a bit to get two boxes of candies. She then kneels down at them as she smiles, "Here. How'd you know my name?"
"We saw your names at the gates." He simply says as they receive the box. Then the other child grins maniacally, "You're so beautiful…"
"Eh?" The woman twitches and then she pats the other one's head, "Thank you. You should go now. It's already too late for trick or treat-ing." The two children, however, remain standing before her with weird grins in their faces. The woman compels them to go with gestures yet they remain on her doorstep. She then whispers, "It's not funny. Go home now."
"We don't have a home." The smaller child speaks while keeping his grin… then one goes to hold her shoulders, "You're so beautiful that I can't take my eyes off of you. Let's be together!" The woman twitches and then she budges out of his grip. She shuts the door close and then she runs to the lounge, "Shizuo! Shizuo! Shizuo! Wake up, you useless bastard!"
The man stirs into consciousness and then he asks with a yawn, "What's wrong with you?" She then glances at the front door and then she speaks, "There are creepy children outside!" He then responds as he stretches, "It's Halloween. It's normal to see creepy children." Celty tries to argue somewhere when strong knocks come to the door.
"Celty-san! Celty-san!" A loud voice of a man calls for her and then they hear a loud cry of a child. Shizuo and Celty look at each other and then they go to open the door. A neighbor greets them by the door with a somehow angry disposition, "I know my child's dog is making annoying sounds at your gates earlier but you do not have the right to kill Momo."
The woman then gazes at the mother and child that is grieving over the dog which has its throat ripped apart. Celty stares at it more as she remembers the dog continuously barking even until the creepy children came to her. She must have not noticed earlier but Momo has stopped barking when she is trying to wake Shizuo.
'If I'm not mistaken… it must be the two children. But to actually kill a dog…?' The woman gets deep in thought and then the child lashes out at her, "You killed my dog! You're so bad! Whaaaa aaaaaa! Momo-tan!" The girl could not do anything… but she cannot just go and tell them about those two without evidence. She then gazes at the angry father… "Koriyama-san…"
"Can we just buy Kota-kun a new dog?" Shizuo then speaks as he gently pulls Celty back into the house. The kid named Kota then cries out loud, "No! I want Momo-tan!" The man then apologizes to the kid, "I'm sorry, Kota-kun. Two children came here earlier and they attempted harassing Celty. She shuts the door at them and they might just turn to Momo."
"Are you blaming children for this?" The mad father seems to not like the comment and then Shizuo speaks, "Do you have any evidence that Celty killed your dog? You should be looking after him at the first place… rather than having him roam around freely at this time." The blond speaks in a somehow furious voice and the man decides not to stand up anymore. He then directs his family to go and take the dog's corpse… leaving Celty and Shizuo with a fierce gaze as they walk.
"What's wrong with you?" Shizuo then shuts the door and then Celty twitches at the sudden flare. Shizuo has never been mad at her like that. He then continues as they walk to the lounge, "Why don't you even stand up for yourself? You said you can handle yourself." The girl is left bewildered with the blond's reaction and then he sighs, "…I'm… I'll stay here. You go to your room and sleep. Let's talk again tomorrow. Sorry for lashing out…"
The Irish woman agrees and goes to hand out pillows to the blonde guy. She apologizes for earlier as well and then she goes to the bathroom to wash her face before sleeping. She enters the wash room and stares at the mirror… "Two children in strange hoods." She then remembers what the older one exclaims at her, "You're so beautiful that I can't take my eyes off of you. Let's be together!"
Celty sighs and then she goes to her parent's shared bedroom… to search his father's documents. She opens his journal of unearthly discoveries… only to find descriptions of non-humans he has gathered information about through all the years. Shingen Kishitani is a doctor who is also interested by otherworldly beings. They are his desired specimens and he is willingly going around the globe to find them. However, he is compelled to stay in Japan for the last quarter of the year in respect of his and Emillia's fourth wedding anniversary.
Despite the vivid description of the 'monsters', the girl seems to not find what she is looking for. She brings the journal down and then she sighs, "I must be looking at the wrong features. They must be something Tou-sama hasn't encountered yet… or I must be looking for more distinctions between them and humans." She mumbles to herself and she lies down the king-sized bed…
A sudden hunch comes to her and then she gazes outside the window… trying to spot something amiss at the scene. She then goes downstairs to disturb Shizuo once again, "Shizuo… Shizuo!" The man groans and somewhat growls at her, "What the fuck do you want?"
The girl takes note of the cussing the man does lately… seeing a new side of her fiancé that night. He usually is kind and meek… but to actually to see him act like a delinquent surprises her. However, Celty decides to ignore that and she whispers, "…Someone's… someone's watching me. I feel scared." The blond ruffles his hair and then he gets up to gather the pillows and sheets… walking off towards the stairs. The girl follows her and they end up going inside her bedroom.
"Shizuo?" Celty speaks in confusion as the man throws the sheets and pillows at her bed. He then turns to her and he speaks, "Let's sleep in your room together. You must be feeling safer that way."
"I never thought you could be that obnoxious."
"…I'll be back to normal tomorrow. Trust me."
"Don't dare getting near me tonight." Celty warns him off and she takes the furthest side and Shizuo lies down the other side. They try to sleep with the lights on… and Celty cannot help but to not get lulled by the turmoil in her head. It's not just the kids now… even Shizuo has added up in her problem list. She then gets up and goes downstairs to drink some water.
Celty sighs as she stays at the kitchen for a longer while. She then decides to get back… only to see a touched candy box on the counter. She then walks towards the box and finds half-eaten candies inside. A note is also lying nearby… which makes her run back to her room after reading.
I left some for you. I believed I scared you earlier… sorry for that. But you're so beautiful… I can't myself. Can't we be friends?
—The one who didn't kill the annoying creature
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Jigoku Kara Humon
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The pale moon lights the street as Celty heads home three days after. Celty and Shizuo decide to hide from their parents the events about the creepy children and the blond has bought Kota-kun a new dog. Shizuo has also apologized about his behavior yet he refuses to explain the cause of the sudden change. Reflecting about the events seem to not spare the Irish woman time that late afternoon… now she's running home by night time.
As soon as she gets in the playground, someone blocks her way. The woman twitches and then she asks, "Koriyama-san?" The man turns to her and then he shows her a bloody bag he has been carrying, "Do you know who Shiro-chan is?"
"Shiro-chan? Who's Shiro-chan?"
"That is the dog Heiwajima-san bought for Kota." He then fishes inside the bag and shows her the dead dog's head, "The same dog Kota killed earlier." The woman's body rattles in terror as she steps back… the man walking forward, "He loves Momo so much that he killed something that wants to replace him! You turned my boy into a murderer!"
"Wait! I didn't kill your dog!"
"Kota saw you. You had a knife and you slit his neck!" The man throws the dog at her but she dodges and then runs away deeper into the playground. But the man gets to grab her head and he throws her to the ground. He sits down at her legs and he grabs her neck, "I will punish you! You killed our dog and you turned my son into a murderer!"
His other hand then ventures to her chest area, "You're also turning me into something worse…"
"Please, Koriyama-san… let me go!" Celty tries to fight back but the hold on her neck tightens… with the other hand simply caressing her breasts. She then struggles more and tries to get him off of her… but the choking grip is robbing energy out of her. The man then begins to tear her clothes and play with her virgin nipples, "You're… really… turning me into something… worse…"
Celty then begins to moan as he maniacally grins with his hand squeezing her tits… "Some… somebody help me!"
Run around the rosies, pocketful of posies… ashes, ashes, we all fall down…
A weird creepy children song comes into earshot and the man turns to a direction as well as Celty. They see two kids in the see-saw… singing a nursery rhyme. The adults follow their movements with their eyes… until the see-saw stops moving. The kid lands on the ground and then he then hums, "Hm? He's gone." He turns to the two… the girl recognizing him as one of the creepy children days ago, "Oh, there he is."
Celty then screams as she sees the kid standing behind the man. The man then turns to the kid and he yells, "You! What do you want, huh?!" The kid drops his grin and then he whispers, "Get off of Kishitani-san." The man then flings to Celty and grabs her neck with both hands, "You wanna save this shit! Try and do it, kid—!" The man suddenly twitches as the kid holds each side of his head…
The woman then feels the grip lighten as the man begins to cry in pain… and soon, the kid's nails grow into long and vicious claws, "Get off of Kishitani-san." The man then slips off the kid's hold and he runs off… only to be jumped at by the other kid. The kid bears a knife from his sleeve and he begins stabbing the guy anywhere while reciting… internal organs.
Celty then eyes at the kid with grave terror… even to the extent of relieving herself right there. The liquid flows to the kid's shoe and then he walks towards the frozen woman. He sits down at her tummy and embraces her… with his cold body, "Kishitani-san… don't be scared anymore. No one else can hurt you~" He then hooks some stray bang behind her ear, "I'll protect you… just… let me… in."
The woman then loses consciousness yet the kid's miraculously strong arms hold her in position. The other kid then walks to them and he shrieks as he steps at a pooling liquid, "Ew. She peed herself. Who are we going to kill next?" The other kid whispers, "Shhh… she's already sleeping."
"Her boyfriend is coming…" The other kid speaks as he sees a car coming their way. The other kid then smiles at his 'friend', "Don't let it see us, please?" The smaller kid grins wider as he sees the girl's cellphone at the grassy part of the playground. He then glances at his friend who is cooing the unconscious woman and then he picks up the phone. Soon, an incoming call is getting displayed…
"Shizuo?" The kid whispers and then he presses 'Answer' to listen to the girl's fiancé's voice. "Oi, Celty, where are you? Your parents are looking for you? I'm driving here around the block. Tell me where you are so I can pick you up."
The smaller child then gazes at the other kid… only to morph into Celty the moment he turns back to the street. 'Celty' drops the blade she is holding and then she answers, "…Here. At the playground. I can see your car from here…" The kid who disguised as Celty then runs to a further spot in the playground to meet with Shizuo.
"Where were you?" The man the complains at her but the girl then just smiles at him, "Sorry, I just have something to attend to. Are your parents home? You came by the house days ago when I'm alone… you even slept on my bed. Aren't you supposed to be returning the favor?" Her voice sounds similar yet the disposition she is exhibiting seems strange. But being accustomed to changing moods himself, Shizuo just scratches his head and lets her in the car, "Well, they aren't home tonight. It's the first time you wanted to be with me…"
"I'm getting confused and disturbed by the events lately. More likely during that Halloween." The kid makes himself convincing, "I… I just need someone to comfort me. We are getting married… we should practice doing this once in a while." Shizuo then lets a kind smile curl his lips and then he ruffles Celty's hair, "I understand. I'll make you dinner when we reach home…"
The car leaves and then the other kid who is left with the real Celty grins big, "…He's been in a killing streak lately. But that man smells delicious…"
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Jigoku Kara Humon
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Celty's eyes then shoot open as she remembers that she is left with the non-human being that night. However, she is already home and then Emillia walks in her room, "Oh, you're up, young lady. We need to talk about something."
"Why Mama? Did something happen?" She speaks in utter worry and then Emillia goes to her bed… only to glare at her, "Did you and Shizuo-kun have some kind of misunderstanding?" The brunette then twitches as she remembers the sudden change in Shizuo's attitude… "Nothing really. Why?" Her mother then sighs, "Shizuo-kun is going out with another woman… and he's using you as an excuse. Is there something I need to know?"
"Using me as an excuse?" 'That obnoxious bastard!'
"Last night, he said he won't be home because you— the two of you— are going somewhere else when you got home. He said you stayed at their house for dinner and you dragged him somewhere." Celty gives her mother a confused look— not remembering meeting her fiancé last night. Emillia then whispers something much more alarming, "And he has not been home this morning… he does not even answer his parents' call. That man… how could he use you?"
However, Celty's face bears utter worry as the two kids come into her mind… "No… please be safe, Shizuo." 'No… have they hurt him, too?'
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End of Chapter 1
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