At Ayase Alisa's apartment |
Eli starred at herself at her own reflection through the mirror in the bathroom. Bag's were formed under her eyes and she's looked as if she hasn't slept in days. Her hair and make up was totally trashed and messed up to the point where she didn't even wanna continue looking at her reflection. Her eyes started to look down, only to find her phone on the bathroom sink, lit up by multiple messages. Her companions have been trying to reach her for the past 3 days, but sadly she hasn't accepted/responded to neither their calls or messages. She sighed heavily and started to put her hair in a messy bun, as she turned on the water from the sink. She quickly then scooped some water into her eyes and splashed her face full of water. Once she did this 3 times in a row she looked up at her reflection to see if there was any change in her appearance but the only thing that changed was her surroundings. Her eyes noticed the background, coming to a conclusion that it was Nozomi's old apartment. Blood was all over the floor,the walls, and even the furniture. A very vivid image of Nozomi's corpse, face first, on the floor causing her eyes to widen. She quickly tried to look back and see her, but sadly all she saw was bathroom walls wallpaper. Eli's eyes widened and she quickly tried to rub them away from water, only to smear whatever make up was still there. Once again she started to splash her face with more water, causing her to actually rub her face with a towel, to clean herself more. As she slowly removed the towel from her face she was left with a reflection in the mirror of Nozomi,standing behind her. Her eyes lifeless and her body covered with blood. Eli screamed out and tried to look back quickly, but only lead to her tripping back and falling onto the floor. She winced in pain, feeling a pain in her back and slowly tried to get up but it only lead to her falling back again.
The second thud caused Eli's sister to quickly run to the bathroom door and forcefully knock on it "O-Onee-chan! Are you okay? What was that sound?"
Eli quickly rubbed her face and forced herself to get up quickly. "y-yes im fine! just dropped my hairbrush!"
Arisa sighed and as the floor creaked, Eli knew her sister had walked away from the shakily reached for the bathroom sink and rest both of her hands on the edges of the sink for support. Her eyes starred down at the sinks drain and watched as the faucets water continued to run.
Get a hold of yourself Eli. You were the one who said you could take on this case. You knew how much hardship would be put into this case. You knew what affect it would have on you... God damn it...why.. did i look at her case files ...the night i agreed to this damn case...i wasn't ready for that...
5 days earlier..|
"yes ... i'll take the case..."
"Great! We'll email you the entire case file right now. If you need any help you may call me Ayase."
I quickly ended the call and looked over at my laptop case that was next to my suit case. I knew how badly i was affected by the call but i never was able to see Nozomi after the night i said goodbye to her 10 years ago; back then,since i was in high school, they wouldn't let me see her body or the damage the men had done to her. With that said, my curiosity/depression desperately wanted to see pictures of her. I eagerly wanted to see what they actually did to her, so i grabbed my laptop and instantly signed into my email. Just as my emails loaded, a message popped up on my screen; the case file.
My heart stopped for an instant, just behind the email was a dark dark murder case that was resolved around my ex-lover. My hands shook as i moved the cursor to the email and clicked on it. In seconds, the full case popped up revealing all the background behind the case. My eyes glanced at all the minimized pictures and took interest in a specific one labeled 'Tojo Nozomi's Corpse'. My mind sprung to the name and instantly clicked on it. To my shock i was ready for the cruel photos. The first picture contained a picture of Nozomi's full back, covered with multiple stab wounds. I felt something come up in my throat as i starred at the picture but i tried my best to keep it inside me. The blood and the stab wounds just seemed to have a big effect towards my being. The next picture was even worse for me. This was the front part of Nozomi, her guts were fully pulled out from her insides and her stomach was wide open for all to see. I gaged and instantly reached for the trash can that was next to my desk and barfed, unable to hold it down anymore. Out of my 10 years worth of work, i have never seen such a brutal killing case like this. There were gashes all over her body and as she looked where her chest was, she noticed that her heart was completely ripped out from her chest. "oh dear god... Nozomi.." i muttered under my breath. A loud creak behind me made me instantly stand up and turn around to see who was behind me.
"e-eli-chan.."
My eyes focused as i faced Kotori in front of me. i forgot that she had came in while i was on the phone to the chief. I looked at her and then at the laptop and quickly put the laptop screen down so she wouldn't be able to see the pictures of Nozomi.
"k-kotori...i-im fine...can you please leave me alone.."
Kotori starred at me for a couple of seconds before she started to break into tears. I could hear her choke a little as she started to cry and it only made me feel worse for telling her to leave. After hearing her continue to cry after a full minute without talking, i walk over to her and give her a hug. I could feel her body trembling as she was in my grasp, causing me to become stiff with the urge to cry as well.
"e-eli-chan...i-i saw it..i saw the pictures... i-im so sorry..." Kotori muttered between her cries.
i frowned and embraced Kotori closer to me and hid my face into her neck,feeling tears start to form in my eyes. Her shoulders shook and i could feel her breath along my neck, indicating she was trying to do the same thing i was doing. "e-eli-chan.. sleep w..with me tonight.. dont keep looking at that case tonight..."
I felt her hand grip onto my back and tug slightly. I sighed and sniffled slowly lifting up my head to make eye to eye contact with her. I could see the pink puffiness of her eyes, showing shes actually been crying for quite awhile.
Since i too actually wished to have company tonight,i nodded and embraced her even tighter. My body still quivered from disgust and sadness but my mind kept repeating the same thing.
'Nozomi is dead because of this man. He set up to reunion your life. You must bring justice..'
Eli snapped out from her memory and stood up, now having her mind repeating the same line from 5 nights before.
'Nozomi is dead because of this man. He set up to reunion your life. You must bring justice..'
"you must Eli." Eli gasped and starred at the mirror,hearing the familiar voice.
A purple pony tailed girl hand gently placeds on top of the blonds shoulders and mumbled quietly into Eli's ear "kill him for me Eli.."
Eli starred at the mirror and smiled slightly gently moving her right hand to her right shoulder,trying to touch her ex-lovers hand. "i will...for you...and then ill join you.."
Nozomi smiled and went away by a door opening. Eli turned to see Alisa looking worried.
"Onee-chan ive been knocking on this door for 5 minutes are you okay?!"
Eli smiled and cocked her head to the side, her eyes becoming life-less with the smile that was given. "yes, im perfectly fine."
Alisa smiled back bewildered by Eli's smile "okay good, now come eat breakfast. You have to go to work today."
"okay"
With Dia |
Dia smiled to herself and waited infront of the outlet malls, waiting for someone special to come.
Her eyes looked back at herself in a shops window reflection and admired her outfit and hair,looking perfect for a date. As she turns back she looks around,eager to start this date with her special someone. As she gets worried she showed up too early, she takes out her phone and goes back to her messages tapping on 'kanan's' text messages. She smiles seeing the last message her friend had sent her.
"hey hey! We should go hangout tomorrow! meet me at the entrance of the outlet malls at 12 okay? Dont wait for me at my apartment because ill be up too early running some errands so ill just meet you there!"
Dia giggled at Kanan's message and sighed lovingly, hugging her phone in her chest.
"our first time alone in awhile...i will take advantage of th-!"
"you'll take advantage of what Dia-san?" A familiar voice called out.
Dia's fantasy of Kanan and her date vanished as she heard a specific friend start to approach her. Rage started to go through her body and she turned around to Mari who was behind her "WHY ARE YOU HERE WHERES KANAN"
Mari giggled and clapped "kanan said she'll be late so she told me to come and even gave me her movie tickets that were suppose to be for you and her! Kanan will show up eventually though so dont worry! She wont miss such a shinnyyyyyy morning!"
Dia's eye started to twitch and she quickly turned away and started walking away.
Mari giggled and smirked, walking behind Dia and quickly grabs a hold of her friends breasts
"bu bu desu wa ! you are coming with me to the movies dia-san! We'll have a great time!"
Dia's eyes widened and she shrieked out loudly causing people to look at her towards her.
Dia quickly shoved Mari away and started running the opposite way she was going. Mari smirked and ran behind her "Dia-sannnnnnn We are going to see the movie togetherr! "
"KANNANNNNN!" Dia yelled out angrily
With Kanan|
Kanan sighed and rubbed her face with her hands "man Dia's gonna be mad with me..."
"well, look at the bright side! You will be able to watch me call my demons and you'll be able to find out why there's a soul living in your apartment!" Yohane smiled while putting her stuff on Kanan's coffee table.
Kanan glanced at Yohane and nodded "true. I didn't wanna burden Mari with worrying about this apartment in the first place anyways."
Yohane nodded as well and started spreading out a board and laid out four candles for each corner of the board. Kanan sat on her knee's in front of the board and looked up at yohane
"so...what exactly is this board..?"
Yohane smirked and sat on her knees across from the coffee table.
"im glad you asked... this a ouija board... this will help either contact a demon or even the spirit that is living hear. "
kanan looked down at the board confused and the back at yohane "and how is a board filled with letters gonna help us talk to them."
Yohane chuckled and put down the last tool to the board, the planchette. "see this is how. You and me will put one finger on this and ask a question and the spirit will slowly move this magnify glass to letters till it spells out its answer."
Kanan gulped at the sight at it and watched as yohane lit the candles "dont tell me we are turning off the lights..."
"we have to. it makes the spirits feel more at peace because its a more darker surrounding. The dimness will let us get a faster answer from the spirit"
Kanan gripped onto her palm tightly and slowly nodded "o-okay..."
Yohane stood up and turned off the light switch and returned back to her spot, placing her index finger on the planchette. Her pink eyes met Kanan's lavender eyes, indicating she wants Kanan to place her finger on it as well.
Kanan hesitated at first but got a grip of herself and she slowly put her index finger on the planchette.
Yohane smiled "alright now lets, let the fun begin shall we kanan?"
Her response was merely a glance and she looked back down at the board.
Yohane took a deep breath in and called out loudly "If there is a spirit here...will you please say hi to us..."
Kanan took a deep breath and starred at the board. Yohane ,however, was looking around the room for anything.
After a long time gap of nothing happening, yohane repeats herself.
"If there is a spirit here, please say hi to us."
- No Reaction -
She growled now becoming impatient "We know there is a spirit here, and we also know that the spirit is a female. Will this female spirit that has been trying to touch my friend please come out and say hi to us"
Kanan slowly could feel something being moved from under her finger tip. She looked down and to her shock the magnifying glass moved over to the letter 'H' and right after that it moved to 'i'.
Yohane smiled in satisfaction and looked up to see Kanan completely shocked to what had just happened.
"Hello, now that we finally have your attention, what is your name spirit?"
Once again the planchette started to move by itself.
t...o...j...o...
kanan looked confused at the name and as she felt as it was gonna be moved again, Yohane cuts it off "Tojo its nice to meet you, im yoshiko tsushima and this is my friend Kanan Matsuura. Ive heard you've been trying to make contact with kanan, is this true?"
The planchette slowly moves across the board to 'yes'
"i see, is there a reason why?"
-No Movement-
"so yes, what is the reason then?"
The planchette moves over to the other corner of the board to 'no.'
Kanan looks confused and so does Yohane "no?"
"what do you mean No? you wont tell us the reason?"
-planchette moves to yes again-
"okay, Tojo-san. Since you wont say the reason we'll move on."
Kanan frowns that she wont know why but is interested where yohane will take the questioning.
"Tojo-san, did you die here?"
-No movement, stays on 'yes'-
Yohane looks up from the board slowly starting to feel a hard presence.
"tojo-san... kanan and i would like to know how you died..."
After a long time gap, the planchette moves to 'no'.
"No? Again? Why no? You dont wanna tell me?"
-No movement, stays at 'no'-
"do you not wanna tell kanan?"
In an instant yohane asks the question the planchette moves across the board to yes forcefully.
Yohane looked up at Kanan and sighs "Kanan, im afraid that you're gonna have to go outside for a second..."
Kanan was shaking nervously becoming shakened by the spirit "will you be okay Yohane?'
She smiled for reinsurance and nodded "yes, ill be fine. i've been in worse cases Kanan.."
Kanan slowly took her index finger away from the planchette and stood up. As she walked over to the door she looked back at yohane who had closen her eyes and kept her finger on the planchette.
"show me."
With Eli|
"alright Alisa ill be off now."The blonde called out as she slipped on her jacket.
Alisa smiled from the kitchen and called out "okay! call me later tonight so i know you're still alive."
Eli rolled her eyes and left the apartment, closing the door behind her. As she looked out from the 5th floor of the apartment complex, she took a deep breath taking in the fresh air.
5 days without going outside...might as well just walk instead of calling a ride..
Bzz..Bzzz..bzzzzzzzzz..
The blonde took out her phone and sighed at the contact name and answered "yes Honoka?"
"_ told me you were at Alisa's apartment, do you wanna have some coffee together?"
The blonde smiled and started walking down the stairs "sure, come pick me up at her apartment. ill meet you in the front "
"alright just wait for me Eli-chan!"
The blond smiled and moved a strand of her long blonde hair behind her ear.
guess ill walk another day...
Back with Yohane|
"show me"
Yohane closed her eyes and felt as if her being had become light. As she opened her eyes, she could see the whole apartment but in a different light. As her eyes focused to the slightly dim surrounding she noticed that down the hall had seemed more lighted than the one she was in. She slowly pushed herself up and as she headed to the light, she looked back at her body, still having her finger on the planchette.
relax...
Yohane thought and started to walk down the hall. As she came close to the light, she felt a heavy aura of a presence. She took a deep breath and as she peered into the room she covered her mouth from being too loud. Her eyes wondered around the room, quickly looking around the surrounding.
'they killed me'
'defiled my body'
'took someone from me'
'took something that was part of me'
'Elichi loves me still right?'
'Elichi will always be here with me...'
'we're even living together!'
'my elichi..'
Yohane got closer to the words and observed them and noticed, they seemed to have been written in blood. A loud creak sound caused her to look back and to her horror, 4 men were onto of a purple haired girl, defiling her body right infront of her. All of a sudden loud screams caused her to cover her mouth from not saying anything.
"G-GET OFF OF ME!"
"AH- GET OFF!"
Moments later, the men pulled away from her and smirked, taking out knives from their pockets.
The girl look at all of them in horror and quickly ran out of the room. Yohane watched as all the men chased her out of the room and stayed in her spot, still covering her mouth.
Loud screams from outside the room caused her to quiver in fear and as she heard some very gruesome sounds she even almost gagged but held it in till the screaming had finally stopped. Once the screams have finally stopped, she slowly and hesitantly started to walk out of the room. As she peered into the hallways she could already notice the blood at the end of the hall, along with feet that weren't moving.
She kept her hand on her mouth and breathed through her nose, as she started to walk into the living room. To her horror, she saw the spirit's dead corpse on the ground. Her stomach ripped open and even a hole on her left chest. Her eyes observed the whole room and notice all the blood and realized this had have been a very cruel death. As she looked at her own body, she noticed her forehead was against the coffee table and her finger was close to slipping from the planchette. A new sudden aura started to be put around her and as she looked behind her she was met with the corpse that was on the ground. Her face still completely lifeless.
'don't...tell Elichi..'
Yohane held in a loud yell and closed her eyes tightly and said out loud "THAT IS ALL!"
As she reopened her eyes she looked down at the ouija board and back around the apartment. Her heart was racing and she started to breath in and out hysterically.
"s-so thats h-how you died..."
'dont tell elichi..' The same voice echoed and at the sudden voice the candles lights went off and Yohane instantly got up from her spot and ran towards the light switch. Loud footsteps were behind her but in time, she flicked the light on and looked around the apartment, seeing no one.
She breathed roughly and looked around the room quickly, scanning it thoroughly.
"i wont tell 'Elichi' anything. I promise tojo-san, thanks for telling me your story."
Yohane took a final deep breath and walked outside "okay Kanan, you can come inside no-... Where'd she go?"
Yohane looked around and saw no one and quickly took out her phone and noticed a missed call from her. "hey! its been 2 hours! im out with Mari and Dia now so ill talk to you later tonight. Make sure the room has no candles and stuff left okay!"
Yohane sighed and turned off her phone. As she walked back into the room she noticed her Ouija board on the floor along with her candles.
"kanan... you have a spirit with a dark past in here..."
With Dia and Mari|
"No! We're gonna go to the pet store to go look at pets!" Mari whined while tugging at Kanan's arm.
"NO! We are gonna go to the aquarium that's up the block!" Dia argued while pulling at her other arm.
"g-guys please... people are loo-"
"KANAN WHAT DO YOU WANNA DO ?" Both dia and mari yelled out loud
"AQUARIUM"
"OR PET STORE"
Kanan started to laugh nervously "w-well.. you both have great ideas but i thought... we could... just..." She was slowly losing her train of thought when she notices the same blonde from awhile back who took her first kiss, walk into a coffee shop from across the street. She quickly ran out of both Mari's and Dia's grasp and ran across the street, not caring about the traffic that was was coming.
"KANAN!" Dia and Mari called out.
Kanan quickly got across the street and ran to the coffee shops window, looking inside to make sure it was the right girl from before and to her surprise it was. She instantly walked into the coffee shop and headed over to the girl and saw she was alone and quickly took a seat in front of her.
"HEy! do you remember me? "
The blonde looked at the girl in shock and smirked leaning forward, placing a hand under her chin as she looked at the girl in front of her "you were the one who was trying to wash off your pants after someone spilled ice cream on it, correct~?"
Kanan blushed heavily and slammed her hand on the table "YES! NOW WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE TO JUST TRY AND MAKE A MOVE ON ME WITHOUT MY CONSENT!?"
The blonde giggled and playfully bit her lip "cause your red face turned me on"
Kanan growled and sat up quickly " you aren't anyone big! You have no right to talk to me like that!"
Eli smirked and looked up at the heated girl and chuckles "oh i dont? Who do you think you're talking to?"
"A very immature adult thats who!" Kanan snapped back.
Eli was about to speak again but an orange haired friend stopped the commotion between the two. "Oh my, what's going on here Eli-chan! i left for one minute and you're already causing such a big show!"
Eli looked around the cafe and noticed everyones eyes on her and then looked back at Honoka "sorry, someone just had to run into me here though." Eli's eyes glared at Kanan's and it caused Kanan to look away and look at Honoka.
"hi yes, i was just leaving."
Honoka smiled and reached out her hand to the girl "hello, im kousaka honoka nice to meet you."
Kanan looked down at her hand and then back at honoka and grabbed it, shaking it firmly "Matsuura Kanan, nice to meet you."
Honoka's expression changed from neutral to confused "kanan.. matsuura... why does that name ring a bell.."
Eli looked up at Honoka "you know her?"
Honoka closed her eyes for a second "hmmmm..."
After a few seconds of silence it clicked, "OH! You're Kanan Matsuura from the idol group Aqours! I will be at your guy's live!"
Eli stood up and looked shocked "shes in the aqour group?"
"yep! i remember her because she sorta looked liked you Eli-chan!"
Kanan froze for a second "wait... Honoka...Eli-chan... why do i find your names so familiar.."
Eli glared at Kanan "Dont talk about it here- we have to leave right now."
Honoka looked around "yeah we should, we dont want everyone to suround u-"
A loud slam of the doors bursting open caused the three girls to look up
"AYASE ELI IM YOUR BIGGEST FAN" Dia screamed out loudly and Mari just followed behind her waving at Kanan.
Eli's eye started to twitch and same with Honoka's "oh no.."
The whole cafe roared out with people saying "AYASE ELI IS HERE?"
"THE ONE FROM MUSE?"
"WHERE WHERE?!"
"THERE SHE IS GET HER!"
Eli and Honoka quickly ran towards the exit and Kanan quickly ran along with them
"IM SO SORRY ABOUT MY FRIENDS!"