Authors Note: So a little back story. I actually wrote this over seven years ago with encouragement from my friend. The end result, it sucked, a lot. Spelling errors, grammar issues, it wasn't very good, in fact, it was pretty bad.
It wasn't until this year when I started working on other stories (And by this point I have vastly improved, mostly) that I decided to revisit this story and give it a complete do over. I also wanted to make this a coming of age story that happens to be centered around my favorite anime of all time: Blood +.
August 16th, 2009, Frank Williams was an ordinary man with an ordinary job, working as a janitor for a brokerage firm in a small city in New York State. During one of their Christmas Parties the previous year, Frank and all other employees entered in a betting pool, where he surprisingly came up as the winner. The prize was an all expenses paid trip to Okinawa, Japan financed by everyone from the company. It was different, exciting, Frank fell into the low-income category, and it had been a while since he was able to travel anywhere in quite a long time. But, what was supposed to be a vacation would set Frank on a path that would drastically change how he saw the world. He was about to embark on a life-changing experience, an ordinary man who would attract not so ordinary people. He would come to learn that nothing would ever be the same for years to come.
After spending hours at the Shuri Castle and Churaumi Aquarium, he decided to roam the streets, loitering and looking around. It was late at night, the cool summer breeze hit Frank as he passed by different places, it wasn't until he came across some stone stairs that caught his eye that he chose to stop. After walking up for what seemed like forever, he reached the top, stumbling across what looked like a crypt of some kind. He went further towards it when something on the ground caught his eye; a pink rose with a blue ribbon attached to it. Frank's fascination with finding things got the best of him, but as he took it and put it in his pocket carefully, he became spooked when he heard a noise inside the crypt, sounding somewhat like a person. Not being a fan of the dark, he walked in slowly, trying to be careful. When his eyes adjusted to the dark, he saw what looked like the figure of a person. Upon closer inspection, he saw that inside the crypt was a girl who looked no older than sixteen, on her hands and knees naked with long black hair going down to her back, Frank stood there observing her before speaking up.
"Hey, are you alright?"
The girl looked up at him with a confused look in her big reddish brown eyes; she was shivering from not having any clothes. Frank took off his sweater and calmly walked over to the girl, wrapping her in it as best as he could.
"You're freezing. Why are you in here? Are you hurt?"
"I…uh I uh…"
The girl could hardly make words as she looked at Frank, dazed and confused.
"Look it's okay, alright, let's um, let's just take it nice and slow, I'm gonna get you to the hospital, okay?"
"No…I need your help"
She was trying her best to respond.
"I'm trying to help you, that's why we're going to the hospital, I'm gonna call an ambulance"
"No…Wait!"
She screamed to him, trying her best to regain her senses and communicate with him.
"Alright, Alright, calm down okay, do you need me to do something for you?"
"I…I need you…I need you to…to take me some…somewhere…I need…you"
The girl started to stutter as she tried to communicate with him.
"Alright, I'll take you wherever you want to go, here, let me help you look a little more decent"
Frank took the sweater off of her and helped put it on her and zipped it up. The girl's tiny frame made the sweater look big on her so she was covered up and not exposed, and while Frank was doing this he looked around the crypt. Frank was known for being observant but due to the circumstances he did not notice what was in the back, cobwebs but not any ordinary cobwebs, huge ones, what was odd about them was they were all woven together, almost shaped like a cocoon.
Frank decided it was time to head out, it was hard enough to help a naked young girl, but it was even more difficult knowing she was in such a disgusting place.
"Alright, come on now, we'll take it nice and slow, one step at a time"
He held her close putting her arm around his shoulder to support her, as they slowly made their way outside of the crypt. Frank had always been nervous around strangers, this, of course, was obviously no different, but he knew he couldn't leave her in this place in the state she was in, and he figured if there was trouble he could call the emergency line of Japan. With that much in mind, he pressed forward, occasionally looking back as if expecting something to jump out at them.
"Th…Than…Thank you"
"It's okay; it's no problem at all"
"What…what is your…name?"
"Frank"
"I'm Saya"
"Well, it's nice to meet you"
Frank knew this was beginning of a long and interesting journey; he could almost feel it.
