Chapter 11 – Bakemono

Chapter 11 – Bakemono

"The bakemono is calling me." Chibikan softly said as she took another step closer to the edge of the roof. Her eyes were dull as if lost of its life. Her mind wasn't in a state of logical thinking as if in a trance as its body seems to take control. She took another step another inch closer to her death. She could hear the voices down below were yelling for her to stop and calling out to her but she didn't hear them. Her foot took another step but there was no domain for her to step on, only the air... She heard the rooftop door open behind her a voice called out to her "MIKAN!" it was the last thing she heard, the voice of Hyuuga Natsume. As she fell Mikan couldn't help but remember this feeling a sense of serene calmness. She closed her eyes and allowed gravity to do the work but what exactly was it that she wanted gravity to do. "The bakemono is calling me." the thought ran through across her mind as she was reaching the ground. She opened her eyes and saw the tormented expressions looking up at her. She felt the pain in her chest she felt five years ago and with that she noticed the familiar scene. Her senses coming back she looked at her friends yet their faces remained the same. When she observed further her friends where no longer moving, no longer breathing which could only mean one thing…

"Not again…."

"Are you leaving already? But you just got here don't you want to spend time with…" Reo was cut off when Mika entered the room. She looked at the figure that was hidden by the shadows and simply said "You're going to that bakemono." As the figure was about to leave she turned her head towards Mika and said…..

Mikan was back to the place she was five years ago but something didn't feel right. The serenity in the surrounding was no longer there. The feeling of peacefulness seemed to have disappeared. Astral bodies still enclosed her. Stars, Planets even comets but it was a different sight. The stars seemed to glow an eerie light. The comets seemed to be engulfed in a blaze of fire which was slowly devouring itself and the planets seemed to be…………….….. Dying.

If this was a dream more precisely a nightmare she wanted to wake upmore than anything. She closed her eyes and tried hard to concentrate but as she opened them there was no change. Than the realization finally hit her there was a possibility she was going to be stuck here indefinitely. Tears began to form in her eyes the thought of staying in a place like this, the thought of never seeing her friends, the thought of never seeing him again…. These thoughts added one after the other and the thoughts became pain. An emotion that Mikan now became accustomed to but this pain was the worst kind it was of loss the way she felt with the passing of her grandfather it was pain she never wanted to feel again……..

"baka baka baka." Mikan said as she sobbed. "Why are you crying it's not like they're gone or anything? Pull yourself together and find a way to get out of here." She said to herself. She took in a deep breath and composed herself as she surveyed her surroundings she heard a voice. It was unclear at first but later on the words apparent. "bakemono! Bakemono! Bakemono! Bakemono! Bakemono! Bakemono! Bakemono! Bakemono!" The words hounded her over and over again. Later on it became louder and louder as the words spewed out calling out to her she closed her eyes and yelled back for it to stop but as she opened them she witnessed an entire new scene. It was her home. She probed around and noticed there where minor differences like the pictures on the walls, some of the furniture seemed new and some of the room's walls where of a different color but still she knew this was her home as she was about to explore further she heard someone yelling at the top of their lungs. It was a frightening thing to hear but the voice sounded familiar. She knew who that voice belonged to but even though it resounded of fury she wasn't scared for after all it was her ojiisan and he couldn't be angry for long especially since a flash of her smile usually relieves his anger.

She was nearing the room the noise was coming from she heard something she never expected. At first she didn't quite believe it but she heard it again and again. "BAKEMONO! BAKEMONO! BAKEMONO!." He yelled. "Granddaughter! Don't be ridiculous! I have no monsters for relatives! Get out!." He added. Mikan though trembling decided to still proceed as she opened the door she saw a young couple. The man was probably in his early twenties and the woman probably in her late teens was carrying a crying baby who seemed petrified at the tirade of the old man. Mikan didn't really recognize the three other people but she was absolutely certain the man who was fumingly yelling was his grandfather. "Otosama!" The young man replied. "Don't you dare call me that! Have you no shame! Sleeping with your student and producing an illegitimate child! You've shamed me and your family! What's worst is that Bakemono!" Mikan's ojiisan angrily said. "Don't call her that!" She's my daughter, your granddaughter and when you find it in your heart to forgive me and accept her we'll be waiting for you. Yuka we're leaving." The young man replied.

Mikan stood there mouth agape. "Daughter, granddaughter?" she thought. She remained still as she watched the couple along with their baby leave. She remained still when she heard the door slammed on the way out. She remained still as she watched her grandfather as he sulked on the floor. This was a side of her grandfather she never witnessed. Sure he got angry, he got mad, but never like this. As the old man raised his head and looked at her direction she saw such anger in his eyes but she also saw the pain and hurt. She wanted to comfort him the way he comforted her so many times. She wanted to be there for him the way he was there for her so many times as she neared him and about to touch him…. He disappeared.

Mikan stared blankly at the empty room. She looked around but seeing her grandfather no where in sight panic started to set in but than she heard her grandfather. "Are you leaving so soon Yuka." "Hai." The voice replied. Mikan left the room and proceeded to search the source of the conversation. She saw her grandfather happily holding a baby and a woman walking away whose back was turned. "Yuka." The old man called out to her. "Tell me are you going to get revenge?" the old man asked The woman stopped and nodded her head and continued her on her way. "Be careful of your anger and hatred for one day it might consume you and wake up like me and find you're alone." The old man said. "Not for revenge but justice." The woman replied as she left.

As she was about to approach her grandfather and the infant he was carrying she was surprised when someone just haphazardly opened the door with such force and aggression. She looked at the caused and saw in her surprise Persona. He entered the house without so much as a word and approached a young brunette child about the age of three as Mikan looked around he saw her grandfather just standing there. The toddler began crying when Persona picked her up seeing the discomfort this was causing the toddler Mikan approached them but as she neared the two figures she was surprise when Persona glared at her. He smiled in a sly way and said "How is the bakemono?"

In an instant she was standing in a different place. She looked around and although it was dark she could clearly figure out she was in some sort of forest. She wasn't exactly sure where but she had a feeling she was back in the academy. As she proceeded to figure a way out of the forest a man seemed to be leaning at a tree. "I'm glad to see you back." A man said in monotone. She knew whose voice that belonged to… Persona.

Author's Note:

Sorry for the long update. The thing is I'm swamped with my paperwork for college. Also I'm starting new fics and well…. This isn't really my priority. Hope to hear reviews from you it'll really help me get motivated again oh and on the next chappie I'm planning to have a Yuka and Chibikan or a Mika and Chibikan confrontation so stay tune for that.