Give Me Back My Brother
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Chapter Eleven: Return
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"Itsuki...Itsuki!" Chitose sniffled, ringing the bell attached to the red cord around her wrist, which still contained the key he had given her. The chime rang out in the darkness, but just like always, no one answered her calls.
How long had she been wandering around her empty house like this, hoping to find her brother? How long had she been…dead? It seemed like an eternity. As the time had slowly passed, she had lost track. And during all those years, she had not seen a single soul besides herself-living or dead. And just like in life, the minute she thought she heard or saw something, she went ducking out of view.
She did this now, certain she saw someone moving at the end of the hall. Daring to peek out from her hiding place, she was shocked to see that there was in fact someone, but because of the darkness and her bad eyesight, she could not tell who-or what-it was.
Gather up what little courage she had, the ghost girl followed from a distance as the person went through a door, holding her bell so that it wouldn't make a sound. She went through and rounded the corner, stopping dead in her tracks as she saw the girl only a few feet in front of her.
The girl appeared to still be alive-about fifteen years old-and was trying to open the door to her brother's special room. She wore strange clothes, but her short black hair and brown eyes were familiar and led Chitose to recognize her immediately.
Yae! This girl was without a doubt, Yae Kurosawa. It was because of her that Itsuki was taken away from her and locked up. She was the reason that the village was like this now. It was her fault that she was all alone!
Chitose felt anger swell up inside her. Yae had not noticed her yet, and was looking in the window to her brother's room, calling out the name "Mayu". Clenching her fists tightly, the little girl spoke in a timid whisper.
"Give me back my brother!"
Yae gasped and turned, looking straight at her. Frightened, Chitose turned and ran, her bell ringing as she went through the door. She ran and hid in the floor closet where she kept her diary hidden.
It's not fair! Yae caused everyone to die, but she is still alive! She deserves to suffer like we all have! Chitose felt her anger returning.
The closet door slowly started to open. Chitose sank into the shadows. Yae crawled in, waving a strange torch around. The light rested on the red diary on the shelf in back of the closet. The teen moved towards it, but froze as she became aware of the presence of the ghost's face right beside her own.
Chitose moved forward and grabbed onto her. "Give me back my brother!"
The other girl cried out in pain and fear, falling onto her back as she tried to pull away. She raised a camera and pointed it at the ghost, pushing down the shutter button. There was a blinding flash of white light, quickly flooding the little girl's body with pain. Crying out, she crawled right through the teen and out of the closet. She ran down in hall in panic.
That hurt! What kind of camera was that?! The child struggled to hold back her tears. She hid in another closet-the same one she had waited in when her brother left with the Kurosawa twins…When he had left and never came back…
Much to Chitose's horror, Yae discovered her hiding place again. When the older girl raised her camera, Chitose fell to her knees, covering her eyes to hide her tears. She raised her face to look at the other girl and let out a piercing wail. The room was instantly blanketed in pitch black darkness. Chitose took advantage of her opponent's blindness and ran from the room. This time, she hid in a normal closet.
She'll find me again…I've got to stop her. With that camera…She might hurt Itsuki!
Looking through the crack in the closet door, she saw Yae standing in the room, back to her hiding place. Now was the perfect time to surprise her and make her pay for how much she had hurt everyone. She struggled to reopen the door and crawled out of the closet. Running forward, she threw her arms around the girl's waist.
"Give me back my brother!"
Yae raised her camera and took a picture before the child could react. The girl sank to her knees in tears.
"Itsuki…" She faded and reappeared in another section of the room.
Chitose pulled on Yae's arm, making her scream. Yae pulled away and snapped a picture of the little ghost as she came towards her and was about to grab her again.
A pain even more agonizing than the first hit Chitose, sending her flying back through the wall. She wailed in agony as the force of the blast pushed her into a neighboring room, where shecollapsed on the floor. Laying there in a heap, she let the tears stream freely down her white cheeks.
"Itsuki…"