Chapter Nine

~ Hikaru's POV ~

I stared at the mirror when Kaoru disappeared. What was happening to him? I mean, first he's killing people, then he attacks me, and now he runs away! What was up with that?

I turned to look at Haruhi who was white as a sheet.

"S-So it's true…he is back…"

"Yeah, I guess he is."

"Well, w-what do we do? I mean, he almost killed Honey-sempai and attacked you!"

"I know," I said. I honestly didn't know what to do. I was still trying to figure out what was wrong with him. Then, an idea came into my mind. "We're going to summon him."

Haruhi's jaw dropped.

"Are you crazy? Did you not hear me? He nearly killed sempai! Think of what he'll do if you summon him!"

"I know exactly what will happen. That's why I have to summon him and tell him to stop."

She crossed her arms. "And you think he'll listen?"

"I don't know, but it's worth a shot."

"Worth a shot? Hikaru, if you summon him you'll be risking you life, and possibly ours!"

"What choice do I have? He's my brother!" I said, tears filling my eyes.

Haruhi closed her mouth, seeing the hurt on my face. "I just don't want you to do something rational. I understand that you want to talk to him and see what's going on, but you need to look at what might happen."

I sighed. "I know Haruhi; I just miss him so much."

I hid my face in my hands as I let some of the tears fall. Haruhi stayed silent and looked towards the door.

"Look Hikaru, why don't we go check on sempai and see if he's okay?"

I sniveled, wiped the tears off my face, and nodded. "Fine."

She smiled softly and grabbed my hand to help me on my feet.

While we walked downstairs, we saw both Honey and Mori-sempai sitting on the couch. Honey-sempai was crying in Mori-sempai's chest, and Mori-sempai was rubbing his back.

"Hey guys," I said.

The two of them looked in our direction.

"You okay sempai?" Haruhi asked.

Honey-sempai sniveled and wiped his eyes. "T-That was so scary. I-I thought I was going to die." His words were hard to make out as he choked up on tears. "W-What was that Hika-chan?"

Haruhi turned her eyes to me, and I looked down.

"I-It was Kaoru…sempai."

"B-But why did he come after me? W-What's wrong with Kao-chan?"

"I don't know," I said. "But…I intend to find out soon."

Sempai stared at me, confused as to what I meant. I looked over at Haruhi and saw her shake her head. She knew I wasn't going to give up on summoning Kaoru, so there was no point in trying to convince me any longer.

"Well, what do we do now?" Honey-sempai asked, the last couple of tears rolling down his face.

I stayed silent for a moment, trying to figure out how to break it to the two upperclassmen.

"I…I'm going to summon Kaoru."

Haruhi sighed in disbelief as Honey-sempai's jaw dropped.

"Hikaru," I heard Mori-sempai say.

I turned to face him, and when I read his face, I sighed.

"I know its dangerous sempai, but I have no other choice. Kaoru's coming back from the dead and killing innocent people. And then, for some odd reason, he retreats. I have to talk to him and find out what's wrong."

He said his usual 'hmm' and continued to comfort Honey-sempai. Then it was Haruhi's turn to speak.

"Okay Hikaru, I understand you want to summon your brother and everything. But, how are you going to do that exactly?"

I hadn't given it much thought actually. I just figured I'd call his name and he'd come. Course I didn't know if that would work or not…

"I…I'm not sure. But I know I'll find a way."

"Well, if you need any help, let us know. Even though we all think this is a bad idea, we're still your friends. So we'll help in any way we can."

I smiled. "Thanks Haruhi."

That's the thing I liked about her. When her friends needed help, she was there to give advice or support. She never backed down, and she never let her friends down.

When I saw Honey-sempai yawn, I knew everyone was getting tired. I looked back at my clock and realized it was 2 o'clock in the morning. Holy jeez, we've been up for so long no wonder everyone was tired.

"Uh, look guys, why don't you go home and get some rest?"

"And what are you going to do?" Haruhi said, rubbing her eyes. "We can't just leave you here alone after what just happened."

"I'll be fine," I said reassuringly. "Don't worry about me Haruhi. Just go home and get some sleep. You can come back over later tomorrow if you want."

She stared at me for a moment and then smiled softly. "Alright, but be careful okay?"

"I will."

"C'mon guys, let's go home."

The two upperclassmen nodded as Haruhi led the way out the door. I waved goodbye to each one of them and told them to be careful on the way home.

Once everyone left, I decided to strip down to my boxers and get to bed myself.

But I couldn't help but stay awake knowing that there might be a way to talk to Kaoru.

So instead of going to bed and sleep, I hopped on my computer to do a little research.

"Okay, let's see here."

I typed in different questions on how to summon spirits, but I wasn't getting any luck. Most websites were telling me to chant the person's name and they'd appear before you.

But I knew that wasn't real. There had to be something more to it.

As time passed, and with no luck at all with my research, I was starting to give up and call it quits till later. But then something came to mind. I remembered watching scary movies with Kaoru in the past and there was one specifically that I remembered.

The movie that had that weird, psychic lady that said she could speak to this person's daughter who had passed away and told her, "Don't go towards the light." I think the name of it was Poltergeist.

Yes, I remembered clearly. And I remembered what they were doing.

I went back to Google search and typed in one last thing that I knew could possibly lead me to my answer.

I typed in: Séance

"Well, let's see if this works," I said, pushing the enter button.


Holy jeez! Hikaru's thinking about conducting a séance! Creepy! Ahem, anyway, sorry 'bout the chapter being so short and…stupid. I really hated writing this chapter T.T I was going to make it longer, but if I did, it would be the length of two chapters. And I didn't want to wait that long to post this. But please review! Your reviews inspire me to write! And believe me, I need all the inspiration I can get, seeing as though school's being a pain in my ass right now -_- And I promise the next chapter will be better! Love you all!