Twisted Ghost Story

Looming hatred,

Shielding love.

Strong desire,

Weak intensions.

Fallen girl,

Sobbing boy.

Vengeful father,

Unfair death.

Have you ever been told a ghost story? Have they ever scared you, maybe even made you cry once or twice? In the story, the ghost was the bad guy… No one trusts a ghost, no, it's too dangerous! But what if, just once, the ghost wasn't truly "evil"? What if he was just waiting, and didn't want anyone to interfere with his waiting. He just wanted to see the one he waits for, but don't forget he might just be the only good ghost in the house, or rather… manner.

Once, along, long time ago, there lived a young boy, his name was Kai. Kai lived with his family in the Hiwatari Manner. The Hiwatari's were kind and gentle, especially to the village neighboring them just out side the gates of the manner. Often Kai would venture out of the gates and into the village; there he met her, a younger girl about two years younger than him. Her name was Reina; she had dark tan skin, bright golden eyes, a lean yet strong body and long, dark ebony hair that reached a little past her waist. She and Kai would play together for hours and hours, never once regarding the words of the villagers.

You see, the villagers feared that one day Ellen Hiwatari, Kai's mother, would forget letting him visit the village and would get angry with the towns people. The beautiful woman would often have a laps of memory due to her many illnesses. Kai and Reina however didn't fear this, Ellen loved Kai and wanted him to be happy as a child, as she often said, "A child's not a child for long, let them have fun while they can," these words Kai lived by. He favored his mother and the head of the family, his great grandfather, Grayson Hiwatari.

As days went by, the earth became warm once again and Kai and Reina were able to meet daily, and so they did, each and everyday, at least that is, until Kai didn't show one fare morning. Reina and Kai would often meet in a clearing in between the manner and the village by a large cherry tree, often Reina would beat him there, so she was used to a five to ten minute wait. But, one day, Kai never showed, she waited and waited, all day she sat under the tree. Just waiting, but never seeing him. Once Reina returned to the village that night she was horrified to hear that the former leader of the Hiwatari clan had died in his sleep the night before. Now she understood why Kai never showed and she was no longer disappointed in him, for she felt a deep sadness for him instead.

For the next week Reina waited day in and day out at that tree, but there was nothing. Each night before bed she would pray for Kai to return to her, she knew that this wish was selfish, but she couldn't help it. She missed her darling Kai and wanted to see his smiling face once more. Another week past and still no sign of Kai, Reina had almost giving up on seeing him again. She hadn't received any word of him since Grayson's death. She missed him greatly.

After yet another week had past she decided that this was to be the last day of waiting. When she got out to the tree she was stunned to see a letter nailed to the trunk of the tree. The letter was addressed to her. Reina walked up to the mighty Cherry Tree and took the letter and smiled when she saw that it was Kai's handwriting. She opened it, and it read:

"Reina,

I'm sorry that I haven't been out to see you in so long! And I'm sorry to say that I will never see you again, I need you and your village to leave, now! My grandfather, Voltaire, as taken Grayson's place as head of the family, he's a cruel man, he wants all of the pure and half-breed neko-jin's in the village to be killed. I don't want to watch you die Reina, so please, leave, leave now and don't ever look back. Please, do this for me, please.

Your friend forever,

Kai"

Reina's golden eyes filled with tears as she turned and ran towards the village, and unknown to her, Kai was standing right there the whole time, right there on the other side of the tree's large trunk. Silent tears made their way down his face as he watched Reina's form fade off into the distance as she ran. Kai put his hand up slowly in a motion to call her back, but he bit his lip and let his arm fall back to his side. Soon the crimson eyed boy turned away from the direction the girl had run off and began to walk back to the manner, tears still steadily making their way down his pale cheeks.

The next morning the villagers obliged to Kai's request and began to quickly make their way out of the town. Almost the entire village had left when shouts came storming over from the manner, the shouts came from the guards of the manner; they were like a mini army. They were running quickly and who was left in the village took off fast for the forest near the town. They all knew the mini arm wasn't allowed in the forest do to boundaries. By the time the guards reached the village, everyone was gone, well almost everyone, there was still one person left, Reina hadn't had time to run with her family, for she was getting all of the other children out first.

The guards stormed the huts and found nothing. Reina was relived that they had started to leave until she heard one of them shout, "You Told Them! Didn't You BOY?!?!" the voice was cold yet proper, it most likely belong to Voltaire.

"Y-yes… I did!" this voice was smaller yet still proper, it was Kai's.

"YOU LITTLE BASTARD!" screeched Voltaire, SMACK! A loud crack like sound erupted from in between Kai's reddening cheeks and Voltaire's clinched fist.

Reina closed her eyes and began to pray from him to stop. She couldn't take seeing Kai being hit like that. She just had to do something, and then it hit her. Reina slowly stood from her crouched down passion behind a pile of hay and spoke loudly. A strong tiger like growl in her voice, this tiger like ability was only able to be used by a pure neko-jin, which meant she was in trouble after this.

"Get your filthy hands off of him you scum" her voice was icy cold as she growled out each word. The anger rising in her began to bring out the forbidden neko within her. Reina's eyes became so slit that you almost couldn't see the pupil; a ring of red formed a frame around the gold of her eyes. Her once short, dull fangs were now long and deadly sharp. Even her ears became more pointed and her long hair spiked up. "I said let him go"

"Who do you think you are!" one of the guards shouted and took out a rifle. He aimed and shot.

Even the speed of the bullet was too slow for the anger filled neko. "Too slow" Reina jumped into the air and spun as she flew over the ignorant man. "Die" she hissed as she stabbed her claws into the spin of his back.

CRACK

The man fell over, lifeless and pale. She had snapped his spin in half, killing him almost instantly; he had had enough life left him to curl into a ball on the ground. Reina looked up and grinned insanely, the neko (killing machine) had fully taken her over.

"Foolish child! This is the reason I wanted all you filth disposed of!" Voltaire cried as he threw Kai to the ground, and grabbed out a golden sword its blade laced in beautiful, sharpened diamond. "Now die, devil!"

"Impudent fool!" Reina raced towards him at lightning speed, knocking the sword from his hand and sending him falling backwards onto the ground. "I can not be killed by such slow movements…"

Voltaire didn't move, he seemed to be passed out, at least that's what Reina thought as she looked over at the guards that were pulling Kai away by his arms, this infuriated her even more (If that were possible). The neko girl took off after them, impacting with the two guards only seconds later, sending them both flying off in separate directions.

"R-Reina?" Kai spoke so softly that any normal person would not have heard him, "is this the true…you?"

Reina's eyes softened and she knelt down next to him and shook her head slowly "uhhh uh" she hummed and then her eyes, hair, teeth, everything reverted back to the way they had been before and she attacked Kai with a hug, "this is"

Kai hugged back as they stood, hand in hand. They thought it was over, they thought they could leave, Kai would run with Reina, but it was just a thought. Just when all seemed calm, clunking from boots sounded from behind them. They turned to see Voltaire running at them with his sword; they had to time to run.

"I'll Kill You Kai! You Betrayed Us! You Neko Loving FREAK!" the old mad screamed as he went to stab Kai, whom held his arms out in front of his eyes as not to see his own death, but death never came.

"Huh?" Kai removed his arms to only wish them back to there former passion, but he couldn't move them, they were numb. For what he saw was horrid, he couldn't help the tears that started to wash over his face. In front of him was now standing Reina with the diamond laced sword jammed into her chest and her dagger wedged into Voltaire's neck. "REINA!"

Voltaire's body fell to the ground, and the sword was removed from Reina. The neko fell back into Kai's arms and she smiled weakly. "Ar….are you ok?" she asked as she looked up into Kai's deep crimson eyes.

He nodded as he knelt down and held Reina as they sat on the ground, "Why" is all he could said, "why, why… why?"

Reina's shaky hand made its way up and stroked Kai's cheek, stopping his tears momentarily. But they only flowed harder afterwards. "Because… I couldn't let him hurt you" she smiled weakly as Kai's own hand laid it's self over hers.

Kai leaned into her touch and prayed that it would never leave, but his prayers were not answered, for the slight grip Reina had on his hand began to fade and his eyes shot open, "hang in there Reina…please" his last word was choked out, "please"

All Reina could do was smile and lip out the words, "I will come back to you, I promise, If it takes me One Thousand years, I will return to you……. I… I love you… Kai…" his name just barley escaped her lips before her hand fell limp in Kai's.

Kai stared at Reina's limp body and then to his grandfathers, the boy began to shack in fear. He couldn't take it. Kai stood quickly, but not too quickly so that Reina's body was ok, and took off towards the Manner where he sot out his mother for help. Before the Hiwatari's could get to the bodies, Reina's was gone, the villagers had come running back when they heard the gun shot, they saw the whole thing, well all of them but Reina's father.

That night Reina was buried under the cherry tree. Everyone cried and pried that she was in a better place now. They all gave her good wishes in the next life and left it at that, but he father had revenge on his mind. 'The Hiwatari's will pay for this, they will!'

After all of the villagers where asleep, Konai, Reina's father, and a few of the other village men stormed the Manner. Their neko halves in full control, most of the family was killed while still asleep but when it came to Kai's room, he was awake. The crimson eyed boy was curled into a tight ball in the corner, shacking in fear. (A/n: Kai is 12) All he could do was picture Reina's dead body lying in front of him, motionless, pale, and numb. It scared him so much that he wished to scream, but he couldn't, his voice was lost to him, which is until Konai found his room.

Konai stepped into the room, blinded with rage. He didn't even recognize Kai, who was like a second child to him. He just blindly flung his sword around; slashing at Kai as the smaller male ran, sometimes hitting him, sometime missing.

"K-Konai! STOP! It's Me, Kai!" Kai shouted, but his words never reached Konai's ears. "Konai!"

THUD!

Kai fell to the ground as he tripped over something on the floor. He tried to back up but his back soon found the unforgiving wall. "Die!" Konai's inhuman voice rang out as he slashed at Kai, hitting his shoulder and half his neck.

"AAHH!" Kai's scream rang through out the manner. His screaming wasn't unfamiliar to the manner's hidden ears, Voltaire used to continuously take his anger out on the young boy.

The familiar sound of Kai's cry snapped Konai out of his enraged trance. Konai knew Kai's scream for he saved the boy from Voltaire quite a few times. Konai dropped his blood stained sword and fell to his knees next to the boy who was now bleeding rapidly from his neck and shoulder. "K…Kai!" Konai's voice cracked with tears of shame and sadness. "Kai hang on"

Kai smiled at the fact that Konai was back to normal and then he hissed and curled up do to the pain shooting through his entire body.

"Kai…" Konai lifted Kai and placed him in his lap and began to rock him. Once when Kai stayed over with Reina, the boy couldn't sleep, and so Konai rocked him and he fell right to sleep. And sleep was the only thing Konai could think of to rid the pain. "Shhhh" Konai cooed as he stroked Kai's hair. "It's all gonna be ok, just sleep"

Kai's eyes suddenly began to fell very heavy. He leaned on Konai's shoulder and began to drift off into sleep. "I'll wait for you…" Kai unconsciously whispered, "I'll wait… Reina"

Konai's eyes widen at the whispered sentence. He hugged Kai as the boy fell into a deep, endless sleep. A few seconds later he heard the foot steps of the other men as they walked into the room and saw Kai and Konai. They all lowered their heads and cursed them selves for loosing control.

Kai's breath started to deepen and then weaken. He was fading and Konai knew it. He whispered soothing words into Kai's ear as his breaths became less and less and then stopped altogether. Once the breaths stopped with one last sigh from Kai, Konai began to sob.

The Villagers buried Kai next to Reina under the now blooming cherry tree… where they stayed forever. The bodies are still there till this day…

Reina's spirit passed on, but Kai's didn't, Kai's still clings to that cherry tree, it still won't leave until she returns. He continues to wait for his beloved till this day…

Sometimes, if you look carefully when the cherry tree is in full bloom and the pedals are flowing in the wind, you can see a figure standing there… watching the horizon, eternally waiting.

Now this is where our true story begins!

WDQ: WOW! That was the longest Prologue I've ever written! 2,647 words, not including these down here!

Rei: Wow, but one thing, are you gonna finish this fanfic!

WDQ: -twitches eyebrow- I plan to, and I WILL Finish the others! AH!

WDQ: WILL TO!

Kai: Not

WDQ: TOO