CHAPTER ONE: OPERATION: THERE'S MORE THAN MEETS THE EYE
TOKYO, JAPAN- 11:00PM, STREETS OF TOKYO
"Hideki-kun, are you sure we should be out here? What if that ghost pops out of nowhere?" A boy said to his friend. "Ghost?! Come on, Misaki-kun, you aren't really scared of that wannabe prankster, are ya?" Hideki asked, in a joking tone. "Dude! I'm serious! They say that when people come in contact with him, they never come back." Misaki said. The two boys kept walking until they reached a cozy looking house. "Whatever you say, Misaki-kun. See ya tomorrow." Hideki bid a farewell to his friend, but not until he heard a faint, "If you get a tomorrow."
That freaked Hideki out abit, but he shrugged it off and kept walking to his house. A rustling was heard from some nearby bushes. Hideki stopped walking, examining the noise-making bush. He shrugged and kept walking, only to hear the same rustle come from the same bush. Now he was scared. He quickened his pace, looking at the bush, and bumped into a tall, dark figure. Hideki looked up with fear written in his eyes. The shadow creature lunged at Hideki and the terrifed teen let out a spine-chilling scream.
Then the figure...was gone, the boy along with him.
SOUTHDALE JR. HIGH- 8:45AM, FRONT GATES
(Hokori's POV)
I stood infront of the schools entrance, my brown ponytail moving slightly with the wind. My gray eyes stared intensly at the doors. 'It's now or never.' I thought to myself, walking up the steps of the school. As soon as I walked in, I felt eyes fixed on me. I looked down, hiding the small blush on my face. I was never one for the spotlight, attention in general. Because my head was down, I bumped into somebody and my books feel on the ground. I bent, not speaking, and picked up my books. As my hand reached out to the last book, my hand brushed up against another. I looked up to see who this person was.
He had short light brown hair and hazel eyes. He wore a white long sleeve shirt under a blue half-sleeved hoodie, cargo pants, and blue shoes. "Sorry for bumping into you like that. My name's Marc Clark. What's yours?" He asked. "Hokori Hirabayashi." I faintly said. "Nice to meet you." Marc replied with a smile. "Whatever." I mummbled, pushing past him. He looked confused, but shrugged it off. I made my way to the princepal's office and walked in. "Hello there, little girl. Are you the new student?" A woman at the desk asked. I nodded, "Yes."
"Name please."
"Hokori Hirabayashi."
She nodded and went into another room. Moments later, she returned and handed me my schedule. I thanked her and went to class. I made it there with time to spare. 'I guess looking at the map over and over again was helpful.' I thought, walking up to the teacher. She took notice of me and faced the class. "Class, today we have a new student. Please introduce yourself to the class, miss." I nodded, blushing a little. "My name is Hokori Hirabayashi. I'm the exchange student from Japan." The teacher smiled. "Please sit next to Marc. Marc, if you could please raise your hand." The same boy from earlier raised his hand and I shuffled my way to him. I sat down and faced the teacher, resting my cheek on the palm of my left hand.
(Marc's POV){Time rewind, when Hokori bumped into him.}
I was walking down the hall to class when I bumped into someone along the way. Who ever it was dropped their books, so I bent down and picked them up. As I neared the last item, my hand brushed up against another. I looked up and blushed a little. The girl infront of me had shiny brown hair which was pulled back into a high ponytail. Her eyes were a silver-gray color and they stared right into mine. She wore a black tank-top with black skinny jeans, a white sash tied to look like a belt and black flats. Around her neck was a shiny silver locket that matched her eyes.
"Sorry for bumping into you like that. My name's Marc Clark. What's yours?" I asked. "Hokori Hirabayashi." She faintly said. I smiled, "Nice to meet you." She pushed past me, "Whatever." I looked down the way she went, confused, but shrugged it of and continued my way to class.
I made it to class and sat into my seat. The door opened and the same girl from earlier came in. "Class, today we have a new student. Please introduce yourself to the class, miss." The teacher said. She blushed abit before saying, "My name is Hokori Hirabayashi. I'm the exchange student from Japan." My eyes widened abit. 'Japan?' I thought. "-Marc, if you could please raise your hand." The teacher said. I raised my, a little confused. Hokori came over this way and sat next to me. She rested her cheek on her left palm and stared at the board the rest of class.
(Hokori's POV)
The bell rang, indicating that it was time for lunch. I quickly got up and ran over to the cafeteria. I sat down at an empty table and pulled out my notebook, writing whatever popped into my head. I guess it's like a dairy, but I call it a journal.
木曜日7
私の新しい学校に関する考察:ない私の他の学校のような、それは大丈夫です。{1}
(Marc's POV)
When the bell rang, Hokori dashed out of the class like the world was going to end today. I made my way to the cafeteria and saw my siblings already there with their lunch. I quickly grabbed mine and sat with them. "Hey, Marc." Megan said. "Did you hear about the new student?" I nodded. "New student? Who is it?" Lee asked. I scanned the cafeteria and spotted her at an empty table, writing in a notebook. "Her. Hokori Hirabayashi." I said, pointing in her direction. My siblings followed my finger to the brunette sitting alone at a table. "Her? She's kinda cute." Lee pointed out. "Why is she sitting by herself?" Megan asked. I shrugged, feeling bad for her. She got up and walked out of the cafeteria.
'Where is she going?' I thought. Then the table started to rumble. "Is it me or are we getting WOOHPed?!" Lee exclaimed. Then we got sucked into a tube and started sliding down it, landing on a pink squishy couch that was located in Jerry's office. "Good timing, spies." Jerry said in his usual British tone. "Nice to see you again." A quiet voice said. We turned our heads to see a girl sitting on the end of Jerry's desk. She was wearing a silver-gray uniform that was like Megan's and her chocolate brown hair was tied into a high ponytail. She looked at us, our eyes soon making contact. Her eyes were a beautiful shade of silver-gray. Then it hit me.
"Hokori?!" I exclaimed. She blushed and nodded, looking down. "I see you've already met Hokori. That's good because she will be going on the mission with you." Jerry said. "So what's the mission, Jer?" Lee asked. "There have been strange disappearences in Tokyo, Japan. Apperently there have been sights of a phantom roaming around the streets of Tokyo and taking people. I need you to go there with Hokori and search for clues." Jerry explained. "G-Ghosts?!" Tony stuttered. I rolled my eyes, "There's no such thing as ghosts, Tony. It's scientifically proven." I pointed out. "Well we don't know for sure." Hokori said, still looking down. I blinked.
"The gadets you will be using today will be the Infrared Heat Detector Glasses, the Hairpick Lockpick, Mini-Smoke Bomb and to get to Tokyo will be the WOOHP jet. Ta-ta, spies!" Jerry said, handing out the gadets and sending us off.
TOKYO, JAPAN- 12:00PM, HACHIKO STATUE
(Hokori's POV)
We finally landed in Japan and walked towards a statue of gold. The golden statue of Hachiko, the dog who showed remarkable loyalty to his owner, even many years after his owner's death. I smiled a little, touching the statue while I was sending silent prayers to the Akita dog. "Who's this?" Someone asked. I turned around and found out it was the youngest Clark, Tony. He has black hair that is swept up one way and down the other and he also has green eyes. His spy suit and MPCom is yellow and it has the same design as the other boy's uniforms. "This is the statue of Hachiko." I replied. "Aww~ Why is there a statue of him?" The female of the family, Megan, asked. She has black hair that's swept up in the backside and she has green eyes. Her spy suit and MPCom is pink and it's designed like mine.
"He is remembered because of his extreme loyalty to his owner, even after his owner died." I explained. "I guess that's why dogs are mans best friend." The eldest of the family, Lee, said. He has auburn colored hair that seems to be in the style of a flat top. He has pale blue (sometimes gray) eyes and his spy suit and MPCom are red. I smiled a little and heard someone faintly call out my name. "HOKORI-SENPAI!" Before I could react, someone pulled me into a bone-crushing hug and cried out my name. "HOKORI-SENPAI! I KNEW YOU WOULD VISIT, I JUST KNEW YOU WOULD!" The oh-so-familiar voice yelled out. "Kioko-chan...can't...breathe!" I wheezed out. She let go and bowed multiple times. "Oh! Gomenasai! I'm sorry! I'm just happy to see you again." Kioko said. I smiled abit. "It's okay, Kioko-chan. I missed you too." She looked up and smiled.
Kioko is a small 10-year old girl who has long raven colored hair and deep, dark blue eyes. At the moment she had on her school uniform, a white buttoned-up blouse with a navy blue skirt and matching jacket and a red tie. She wore white knee-high socks and black dress shoes. "Clarks, this is Kioko. She was my neighbor and a student I would tutor." I introduced Kioko. "Nice to meet you! I'm Megan Clark and those are my brothers. Lee, Tony, and Marc." Megan said, pointing out her brothers. "Konichiwa. Welcome to Toyko, Japan!" Kioko said, her hands in the air. I smiled and then I heard someone yell out, "HELP! SOMEONE HELP ME!" I turned my head to see a boy coming towards us. He noticed me and ran over here.
"Misaki-senpai? What's wrong?" I asked. "Hi-Hideki-kun...is...mi-missing..." He huffed out. I stared at him in disbelief. "Isn't he always missing?" I stated. "Yeah, but this is different. He won't answer his cell, emails, nothing." I looked down. Someone then tapped my shoulder. I turned around and saw it was Marc. "Do you think it has something to do with the 'ghost' that's running around kidnapping people?" I nodded. "Maybe, but I think we need further clues." I looked up at Misaki. "Don't worry. I'll find him. I need to go somewhere right now." I bowed and left with the others to the scene of the recent crime.
A FEW BLOCKS AWAY FROM MISAKI'S HOUSE- 12:45PM
As we looked for clues, I was suddenly flooded with millions of questions. "Come down! I can't answer all of your questions." I said. "She's right. We need to search for clues, we can play 20 questions later." Marc said. We nodded and continued searching for clues. "I can't find anything. Maybe a ghost really did do this." Megan said. "Not so fast Megan. I found something." I said, holding up the item. "Hair?" Tony asked. "Yes, this might be our attackers DNA." I said. "Nice job Hokori! Let's scan this in to Jerry." Marc said. I nodded and scanned it with my MPCom.
"I see you've found a clue. I'll inform you of anything when it comes. For now, you need to return to school." Jerry said, hanging up. We nodded and made our back to the WOOHP jet.
SOUTHDALE JR. HIGH- 3:40PM, AFTER SCHOOL
"Hey, Hokori. Can we come to your house?" Lee asked. "I'm not sure if our parents will approve. Besides my father won't be home today, so I have alot of work to do around the house." I said, closing my locker. "We can help you." Megan suggested. "I know, but my father doesn't like it when I invite others when he's not there." I replied quietly. "Maybe some other time?" They nodded. We got outside and a black car pulled up along the curb. The window rolled down, reveiling a familiar face. "Konichiwa, itoko{2}." I said. She smiled and I opened the door, sliding into the car. "Bye guys." I said. They waved and started walking home.
(Marc's POV)
"I wonder who was." Lee said after Hokori's car rode off in a direction. We shrugged and continued our way to our house.
"Hello children! How was school today?" Our mom asked. "Well, there was a new student today in our class and she's really nice and pretty." Megan said. "Really? Maybe you should invite her over sometime." Our mom suggested. "Yeah, that would be cool!" Tony said. Lee nodded his head, "I wonder if she can teach me some Japanese." Tony grinned. "Why? So you can tell her you love her?" Lee blushed a light pink, putting his arms up in defense. "No! I just think the language is cool!"
"What about you, Marc?" Megan asked. "Huh?" I was confused. "What do you think of Hokori?" she repeated. "Um...uh...she's very...interesting." I stuttered. My siblings grinned. "You have a crush on her, don't you?" Tony asked. I blushed, "No I don't! I hardly even know her!" I protested. "Haven't you heard of 'love at first sight', Marc?" Megan said. I blushed even more, "I'm going upstairs!" I ran up the stairs to my room and closed the door, locking it. I took a deep breath and slid down to the floor, my back against the door. "I don't like Hokori that way...do I? No...I hardly even know her..." I said to myself.
Then I heard my MPCom ring. "Hello?" I said. "Hi...come over to my house. Jerry has info on the clue I found..." Hokori said. "Um...sure..." She told me her address and I went down stairs. "Hey guys...Hokori needs us to go to her house." I said. "How come, sweetie?" Mom said. "Um...she needs us for homework and stuff." I stuttered. Lee, Megan, and Tony walked towards the door. "We'll be back soon!" We said in unison.
As soon as we got out of the house, we took off to Hokori's house.
HIRABAYASHI RESIDENCE-5:30PM
(Hokori's POV)
"Hokori! Your friends are here!" My dad yelled. I got off my bed and went downstairs. I bowed, "Hello, friends. Please follow me to my room." I turned around and walked back up the stairs, the Clark kids following. When I closed the door, the floor gave out and we were sucked into a tube. I fell onto the pink couch first and quickly jumped off so no one sat on me. Then, one by one, the Clark kids fell onto the couch. "So what's up, Jer?" Lee asked. "I have gotten some information on the clue Hokori found." Jerry explained. "Infact, it appears to be our attackers DNA like Hokori suspected."
"That's awesome! Who is it?" Marc asked. "The DNA belongs to somebody named-"
A/N-Who do you think the DNA belongs to? Find out in chapter 2: Operation: There's more than meets the eye part 2!
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{1} -Thursday 7
Thoughts on my new school: Not like my other school, but it's okay.
{2} - cousin
