It was the end of a depressing case. A lot of them are. Who knew that a series of confused feelings could lead to such a situation?

Yuuki just sat there, her face buried in her arms on top of the table, crying. I turned to the door and went outside as the police did what they had to do. Miya was there beside me, sobbing as she walked. We knew no one meant any harm, but what's done is done. Hopefully, such a thing wouldn't happen again.

Chapter1: Awakening

My mom and dad both passed away a long time ago. Mom was possessed by a strange ghost and killed herself. Dad remained with us for a few years and passed away quietly while brother and I were at school.

Brother had to stop his studies in order to work for the two of us. He wanted me to continue my studies so we could have a better future. I had a bigger plan for myself, knowing that I had the very same ability mom had. But brother was always against it. I understood why, though. He was only protecting me from suffering what mom did. But I was very persistent...

Because of our contrasting views, we decided to live separately. Both of us were too stubborn to apologize and work things out. Later, my brother got married. I was sent an invitation. But a failure as I was in pursuing my dream, I was too ashamed to show my face to him and didn't go to the wedding. I've never heard from him since then.

That day was certainly strange. I will still believe that the whole thing was a dream if it didn't last so long; and if I couldn't see her...

It was a dark, stormy night. Although it was only 4 pm, I could hardly see anything outside my window because of the darkness. I was in the office and my home, sitting on my desk, and waiting for the phone to ring, which only rang twice so far. One was a wrong number and the other was from a friend of mine in high school who wanted me to attend a reunion.

I didn't expect anyone to be able to walk outside in that weather; less did I expect that anyone would knock on my door that afternoon. But the knocking on my door was too loud to be just my imagination.

I was surprised, but I quickly ran to the door and opened it, not even checking who the person outside was. When I opened the door, I saw her. She was wearing what seemed to be a tattered, and damp school uniform, as if she just came from an accident while climbing a mountain in this weather. Strangely, her long, brown hair didn't seem very wet. However, she seemed very weak and ready to collapse. I tried to catch her when she did. But I wasn't even able touch her. She just passed through my arms.

I saw the door pass through her body, which was lying on the floor, as I closed it. I wasn't sure how I could see her that clearly, but that was the least of my worries. I had to find out who she was and why she came to my office. A lot of questions were running around in my head as I tried moving her body, with no avail.

I kept on trying and figuring out a way to make her budge. Finally, after a long time, I tried lifting her again. And although I couldn't feel my arms touching anything, the body went up. Turned out, she just woke up.

"You're awake..."
She looked at me like a lost child, with a look of sadness mixed with puzzlement. "Where... am I?" she asked.

I really wanted to give all of my questions at that moment. But I had to hold them back, knowing the risk of telling a ghost that it's dead while it's in such a confused state. I asked her to first sit on my bed, placed beside the wall on my desk's left. I took the chair, for my non-existent customers, in front of my desk and placed it on the side of my bed where I sat.

"You're in my office right now. You came here and knocked on my door. What is the last thing you remember?" I asked after she sat down on my bed.
"I..." she placed her right hand on her forehead, covering her right eye. "I don't seem to remember..." she finished after thinking.
"Do you remember your name?"
"N-no..." she shook her head. "I don't remember anything."

I went back to my desk after that to ponder on things. She remained on my bed, looking down, deep in thought.

Well, that's the end of the first chapter. Just in case you were wondering, this is supposed to be a detective story. But of course, I have to start off with the introduction of the story, right?

I'll continue with chapter two since it is the continuation of the introduction.

Finally, please post a comment to let me see how I'm doing. Thanks!