Author Notes: I do NOT own Miku, Mafuyu, or any of the Fatal Frame characters. They respectfully belong to Techmo. With that out of the way, please enjoy the fanfic.
Prologue
September 24, 1986
It was a dark and silent night. A man around the age of 21 was walking in the woods. He had black hair and brown eyes. He wore a grey shirt, black pants and black shoes. He wore a white coat over the shirt.
His name was Mafuyu Hinasaki. He was searching for something. A mansion to be more specific.
Did this mansion even exist? Mafuyu wasn't sure, but he was determined to find it.
His mentor, Jensei Takimine, had visited the mansion to research a book. It had been a month since he had last heard from Mr. Takamine.
Mafuyu decided to check on him. After what seemed like hours of walking he finally reached his destination.
The mansion was stationed on a hill. Several stone steps led up to it. The mansion itself looked ancient.
Mafuyu walked up the stairs. When he reached the top, he slowly opened the front door and went inside.
It was dark inside. Mafuyu turned his flashlight on and examined the room. There were spider webs on the walls and various areas of the room looked worn down.
Mafuyu exited the room and entered a hallway. There were several ropes hanging from the ceiling.
Mafuyu remembered Mr. Takamine mention that ancient rituals were performed in this mansion long ago. Were these ropes involved somehow?
Thinking about it was just disturbing. Mafuyu continued to walk down the hall. At the end of the hall was a mirror. Mafuyu examined it.
The mirror was old and covered with dust. Upon further inspection, he spotted a shadowy figure behind him.
Mafuyu turned around. Nobody was there.
"Is anyone home!?" Mafuyu shouted.
No response.
Shrugging, Mafuyu spotted a door to his right. He then entered a large room. A balcony on the second floor overlooked the room. There were two staircases that led two the second floor. One was broken, the other was in fine shape.
This was probably the lobby.
"Is anybody home!?" Mafuyu shouted.
Still no response. Just then, Mafuyu spotted a shadowy figure on the balcony overlooking the first floor.
Mafuyu went up the stairs and emerged onto the balcony. The shadowy figure was gone.
Mafuyu spotted something on the floor. It was a notebook. Mafuyu picked it up and examined it.
The notebook belonged to Mr. Takamine.
Just then, several images entered Mafuyu's mind.
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Three people were walking down a corridor.
An old man wearing a black shirt, brown pants, and brown shoes. He wore a brown jacket over the shirt.
A young woman around the age of 28. She had black hair and brown eyes. She wore a white shirt, a brown skirt, and black shoes. She wore a red coat over the shirt.
A man around the age of 32. He had black hair and brown eyes. He wore a brown shit, brown pants, and brown shoes.
"I wonder if we'll find something here?" The old man said.
"This place..." The woman mused. "Something's odd about it."
"Gosh…" The young man replied. "What a wreck.".
Behind them, several ghastly arms emerged from the shadows. The old man looked back, the arms were gone. The old man stared hard at the spot where the arms had been, then continued to travel with his companions.
Out from the darkness, a woman emerged. She had long black hair that covered her eyes. She wore a white kimono and ropes were wrapped around her wrists and ankles.
Several ghastly arms were behind her.
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The images ended.
Mafuyu recognized the people. The old man was Mr. Takamine.
The young woman was Tomoe Hirasaka, she was Mr. Takamine's assistant.
The young man was Koji Ogata, Mr. Takamine's editor.
So Mr. Takamine's group did come here after all. But who was that girl in the kimono? Although Mafuyu never met her before, she looked familiar.
Just then Mafuyu heard someone walking up the steps.
Being 21 years old, he wasn't the type to be easily spooked. But this place was beginning to become eerie by the minute.
"Who's there?" Mafuyu asked.
There was no response. The footsteps grew louder. Mafuyu's sixth sense was beginning to act up. Someone was nearby. Something dark, cold, inhumane was heading his direction.
Mafuyu slowly pulled out a camera that once belonged to his mom. It had the ability to expose things normal people couldn't see.
He slowly looked into the camera's visor and saw an odd distortion in the air.
All of a sudden a bald man with pale skin materialized into existence. He wore a kimono and his eyes were full of malice.
The creepy man lunged at Mafuyu.
Mafuyu pressed the trigger button. A burst of light shot out of the camera and slammed into the man.
The man shrieked and stumbled backwards, he managed to regain his footing though.
After a few more shots, the man twisted into a white ball and exploded in a flash of light. A photo popped out of the camera.
The ghost had been sealed away by the camera. Mafuyu knew this because he witnessed his mom capturing a few ghosts in the past.
His mom had died a few years ago. The only family he had left now was his younger sister, Miku.
Mafuyu then focused back to the present. This house was probably haunted. If that was the case, Mr. Takimine and the others were in danger.
Mafuyu knew that staying in a haunted house was very dangerous, but he had to find Mr. Takamine and the others before it was to late.
Mafuyu then decided to write some notes just incase anything happened to him. That way if anyone else enters the mansion, they might realize that this place wasn't safe.
Mafuyu wasn't worried about Miku. If he did end up dead, his friend Yuu Aso promised to take care of her.
Mafuyu then finished writing the note and left it on the floor. He then proceeded back to the first floor and entered another corridor.
When he was halfway through the corridor, his sixth sense began to act up. Something was behind him.
Mafuyu slowly turned around, then froze in horror. A few seconds later, he did something he hadn't done in a long time. Something he thought he'd never do when he reached age 21.
He screamed.