Give Me Back My Brother
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Chapter Seven: Alone
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"Itsuki!" Chitose cried out, her heart racing. She was sitting in her room, under her bedding. How long had she been asleep? Had those scary men only been a dream? Where was her brother? And Sae and Yae?
The little girl threw the covers off and snuck downstairs. The house was quiet now. She could hear the faint, harsh whispers of unfamiliar voices…There were some strangers left in the house…The other voices were her parents', so she snuck closer to hear what they were saying.
"Itsuki shall remain locked in the storehouse until the ritual has been performed! He helped the twins escape and put the whole village in danger! We have found Sae, but Yae is still missing. You had better hope we find her, for your son's sake."
Chitose snuck away and hurried to the other entrance door-her memory of the main one being broken down by those scary men terrified her, dream or not. She had to go to the storehouse and help Itsuki! She didn't want him to leave her like Mutsuki had…
The front door of the storehouse was locked-she couldn't get in. Suddenly, she heard voices and hid in the brush across from the door to the storehouse. Three men were leading a young girl in a white kimono with a red cord towards the building. Chitose was pretty sure it was Sae, as Yae had apparently run off on her own. The poor girl looked so abandoned and heartbroken, but there was a small glimmer of happiness in her eyes as she slowly walked into the storehouse.
Chitose was scared, but she forced herself to move closer. Her eyes were too bad to see her brother from this far. She could still barely see him, but was able to make out his form seemingly hovering above the floor. She heard Sae gasp in horror-was something wrong with her brother? Why didn't he say something to Sae?
One of the men turned to Sae and told her the ritual was about to begin. Chitose snuck back to the brush and watched as the men locked the storehouse and led the sobbing Sae away. This was all Yae's fault! Because of her, Itsuki had been locked up and Sae was upset! Yae should be the one locked up in the storehouse!
Chitose wiped the tears from eyes and slowly started on her way home. Once again, she heard someone coming and ducked behind one of the houses. She saw some of the villagers carrying her brother's limp form up the hill. Where were they taking him!
The little girl hurried to follow them up the hill and hid behind a tree to watch. Those frightening men let her brother drop roughly to the ground and moved to the well-like stone surrounded by stones that looked like a monster's claw. Together, they pushed the cover off and picked Itsuki up again.
Chitose watched in horror as two men held her brother by his ankles-dangling him over the circular opening. They slowly lowered him so that only his feet were visible, then let him go. There was no sound after that, save for the hysterical screams that escaped from Chitose's mouth.
The villagers turned and muttered something to one another. They gathered around her and picked her up. She felt a sharp pain on the side of her head and everything went black.
