This story's been devveloping on me deviantArt account for a while, so I thought I should try and post it here too.
This is going to need a lot of explanation to get the story... I'm sorry if I confuse anyone in the process.
Hell Girl: an interesting anime that plays a big part in the plot. To summarize, a girl named Ai Enma come to people (person A, for the sake of this explanation) who access Hell Correspondence (a website) at midnight and give them a straw doll with a scarlet thread around its neck. If person A pulls the thread, the person's name that was entered into the website will go to Hell immediately. However, person A will go to Hell when they die, although their death is natural/caused by an accident, not from Hell Girl's powers.
Ai originally has three servants. Hone Onna, Ichimokuren (also known as just Ren), and Wanyuudou. They are not important yet, but the general idea of Ai's servants are. They turn into the straw dolls at Ai's command. They each have a different set of powers to help them with the "case" they are on, usually stalking a person various ways to determine things about them. When person does pull the string, the victim will go through some torture from the servants, usually exposing the sins they have commited.
I suggest going on Wikipedia or Funimation's official site to find out more. I will post up info about things that are needed to be known in the author's notes, too.
Well, enjoy!
Hell Correspondence. A website that only the ones who truly grieve can access at midnight. The rumors say that Hell Girl will come, and avenge you. But, there is always a price to pay.
Even the infamous girl pays her debts, as she has been for centuries…
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"Mistress?"
"Yes?"
"Kukiko has been with the boy for quite a while. How much longer must we wait?"
"Be patient."
A pause, and then the response. "As you say, Mistress."
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Frank woke up with a sudden gasp, sweating and shaking. The conversation hadn't scared him as much as it had used to. But still, the thought of someone going through with the contract…
He sighed, and tried to calm himself down. Sadly, this happens a lot. Over there, the website is common news, as is the disappearance of so many people.
It was human nature to do such things. It had been explained to him, and he had to accept it. He had known, from the countless cases that he had taken part in, that human nature had been a main cause for the pain and torture.
He had grasped the idea, and accepted it in his own way.
And yet, the dreams kept coming. They were explained as a connection formed by mistake (or possibly fate), and no one knew how to break it. It was another thing he was to accept. And he did, as night after night he saw a new situation come to light, making him wonder more and more if their fates truly deserved to be the way they were.
But that was all he could do: ponder, and watch from a distance.
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"'Bout time he pulled it."
"Let us go." The girl rose, and went to put on her kimono.
"Of course, Mistress."
The figures streaked across the sky, a girl riding the back of a very large stork.
Once they had disappeared, a new figure came into view. It was a boy, around his mid-teens. A brunette, who was laughing for his latest prank that had left someone severely injured. Within seconds, he had opened his eyes, to find himself at the edge of a roof of a skyscraper. He looked around wildly, wondering how he had ended up there when he was at school seconds before. Looking down, he realized that there was a steady fire spreading near the base, and seemed to be gaining height and speed.
"Help me!"
"Wuss." He turned, to find a boy a few years older than him smirking at his direction.
"You think this is funny?! I could die!"
"Oh really?" In an instant, the challenger changed into a panther, and began to force the boy closer to the edge.
"Please, stop!"
"And what would that prove? That you're a big scared-y cat?"
"What?!"
"To think that someone as strong as you would be scared by a little flame." He turned around, to find a girl in her late teens smirking at him. "Come now." From her pocket of her school uniform, she grabbed a spool of thread, and the thread launched itself around the boy. Bound by the red thread, he was pulled toward the edge.
"Please, stop!"
"So, will you confess to your sins then?"
"Sins? What sins?! All I've ever done was help people with their fears!" His shouts were cold and threatening, even though the fire had risen so close to the top.
The panther seemed to smile, as he said "So he says, Mistress."
"Huh?"
A girl in a beautiful kimono appeared, floating above the victim. Her face was emotionless, as she began to speak.
"Oh pitiful shadow lost in the darkness, bringing torment and pain to others. Oh damned soul, wallowing in your sin…"
The boy stared into her red eyes, shaking in fright.
"Perhaps, it is time to die."
She extended her right hand, and the bracelet with the bells attached jingled. The scene disappeared, and a boat came to view, slowly floating toward the horizon.
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Frank walked down the stairs, slowly. Another day, another person being rowed to Hell. Another dream to haunt him.
As he descended, he reminded himself what he had told Q back at ATAC.
"It's the way it is. And it's a curse to both sides. She doesn't want to, but it's her curse."
"Frank, dear, your father wants to talk to you in his office."
"Okay, Mom."
He headed back up the stairs, and over to the room, where his father was. He would have usually waited till after breakfast, but his habit of not eating developed after the first dream. He would eat now, except on the mornings where the dreams that had visited him were of the contract coming to reality.
Knocking, he heard his father's voice, allowing him to enter. On the desk, he noticed his Aunt Trudy had made pancakes, and his father had been kind enough to bring him a plate for him to eat. At that moment, he realized that his family must have noticed his eating patterns now.
"Morning, Dad."
"Frank, I want to talk to you about one of your recent cases."
A fear ran through the brunette's mind, but all he said was "Yeah? What about it?"
"This… This 'Hell Girl' you spoke of… Q told me about your discoveries."
"And…?"
"I understand this is some sort of 'power'-" The older man made quotation marks in the air. "-but, I rather not leave this alone."
"What do you mean?"
"What I am asking you is to come with me to Japan, and help me track down this Hell Girl. I don't care if she is 'cursed' or anything. She needs to stop her destruction."
"But, Dad-"
"I know you worked on the case, and your Japanese is more fluent that mine. I want you to come Frank."
Frank's mind went numb at the thought of what will occur if he did.
"We need to stop Hell Girl."