Inazuma quickly came into control and kicked Uriko hard enough that she rolled backward. "Hurry up old man," she yelled, "get the hell out of here!" Greg got out and Inazuma followed and ran out just as Uriko was getting up again. Inazuma quickly closed the door and locked it, hearing Uriko bang on it. "Damn that little monster," she spat as she left the room to go back to the dining room. She picked up the amulet again, figuring that she wasn't needed since Uriko seemed to be secured.
As Kumanari came back into control she wondered what happened to her uncle Greg, so she went looking for him. She went to the door on the left of the fireplace, besides the doorway that led to the down stairs hallway. It must have been the guest room; there was a stripped down bed, a cleared desk, and a closet. Strangely there was also someone's suite case there, and it had no tag on it, so she couldn't tell who's it was. She looked in the closet and found it empty, and then she found a key in the desk drawer.
She went back to the dining room and tried the key on the door next to the one that led to the "arm" room, and it opened! Kumanari was starting to feel really lucky now. She went into the room and figured it was a storage room. There was a furnace, some tall shelves, a small dresser, and a gas tank. She saw something move behind the view of one of the shelves and went to see what it was.
"Uncle Greg," she said happily, "your alright!" "Kumanari...what will we do," he whined, "Narusawa...Uriko.... the curse is going to kill us ALL!" "The curse," Uriko asked herself. "We're all doomed," is all that Greg would answer. Seeing she wouldn't get any answers from Greg, she looked around. She decided that she should probably keep the gas tank in mind. Then she started looking around down stairs for an answer.
When she walked back into the "arm" room Uriko wasn't banging on the door anymore. Getting worried, Kumanari went back into the dining room and put the amulet back into the vase. Then she went back and hesitantly unlocked the bedroom door. The room was empty! Kumanari was worried, but thought she should look around the room, since a clue to what was going on might be in there.
She looked into a mirror as she searched. "My face looks so much more mature lately," she thought aloud, "I wonder if that's because Inazuma has been dominate a lot more than usual." She looked around more and found nothing else that caught her eye. She sighed and looked at Mitsuko's bed. "I still need to know where aunt Mitsuko is," she said worriedly. Then she saw a paper on the bed and went to pick it up. "It's a note to aunt Mitsuko from my father," she said in a little surprise, and began reading it.
"Dear Mitsuko
I'm very hesitant to do this, but I have to have this statue in a place that I know will be safe for it. I need to keep it out of danger until I learn all I can about the curse that Stephen has stumbled upon. I hope that this causes no problems, but I know that you will take good care of it... I just finished getting that special amulet made for Kumanari, it's working great, her mood swings seemed to have stopped. Try to contact me as soon as possible if a problem occurs...
Sincerely
Allen"
"The statue," Kumanari said, nearly yelling, "I knew it had to be something to do with that statue, but what?" Then Kumanari thought some more. "If Aunt Mitsuko was having problems when dad called her to ask if I could come over to get away from all that horrid news of my friends murderers, then why didn't she tell him," she asked herself, "Maybe it had just started not long before I got here... I wish I knew how I was found innocent of my friends' murderer's...if it wasn't Inazuma that killed them, who was it?" "See," Inazuma's voice nagged her, "I told you I could control my blood lust more than that!" "Sorry Inazuma," Kumanari said, walking out of the room.
"Why do you keep calling these people your family anyway," Inazuma asked, "They're only your dad's friends." "They're still like family to me," Kumanari answered and walked into the dining room. The clock over the fireplace suddenly struck 13 and Kumanari looked at it in shock. That sword from the wall was flying at her now! She dodged it and barely missed being killed when it sliced her arm and rushed into the ground behind her. She held her arm, gasping, and heard Uriko coming.
She ran to the edge of the table, feeling Inazuma trying to become in control again. She grabbed a candlestick as the door opened and Uriko rushed at her. Kumanari knocked Uriko on the head and ran back into the room between the dining room, Mitsuko's bedroom, and the kitchen. "I'm so sorry Uriko," she gasped, "I hope this ends soon, luckily every time I hurt you, you seem to be unaffected. I hope you don't kill me before I save you." Uriko decided to go into the kitchen and take a look, hoping she could get something to eat.
She opened the refrigerator and found out it was full of good food. Then she went to the cabinet and started to open it so she could get some plates to eat with, when a knife suddenly flew into the door right beside her hand. Uriko came out, having Kumanari cornered she took her time. She waved the little knife in her hand back and forth, as if she was taunting Kumanari. Kumanari stood close to the wall, being engulfed in fear, when Inazuma took over. Inazuma snatched out the gun that Kumanari found earlier and shot at Uriko. Uriko fell down and Inazuma ran back to the "arm" room.
"Inazuma," Kumanari yelled in her head, "My god, Uriko had better not be dead!" "Oh shut up," Inazuma came back, "You've seen her...while this thing has control of her she's invincible!" "You're right," Kumanari answered, "but I'm still worried about her." Inazuma walked back into the dining room and got the amulet, then Kumanari put it back down. "I have to have you around to help Inazuma," she said. "Yeah, yeah, just don't get used to it," Inazuma answered irritably.
~Later~
"The statue's gone," Kumanari asked in surprise, "Where could it be now?" Kumanari looked all over upstairs and found nothing but that irritating samurai. So she went downstairs and was met with another great surprise. "Aunt Mitsuko," Kumanari said, "you're all right!" "Oh Kumanari," Mitsuko answered happily, "It's really you this time." "Yes it is," Kumanari answered, "Can you please tell me what's going on here?" "It's this statue's fault," Mitsuko said looking at it angrily, as she was holding it in her hand, "I've tried everything and I can't seem to get rid of it! We have to find away to destroy this..." Mitsuko handed Kumanari a key and headed into the dining room. "Please meet with me in the basement and I'll explain as much as I can."
At that Mitsuko disappeared into the next room. "Why could Aunt Mitsuko hold the statute," Kumanari asked, with a hint of worry, "and where is the basement?" Kumanari thought a while and decided it must have be the door next the bedroom that led to the basement. When she used the key on that door she was once again proven right. She looked around to find her self in a tiny hall full of old magazines and nothing of importance, and walked to the other door, entering it. This time she was in a small library and she saw some stairs leading down to the basement.
She went down and saw another storage of books, a table with a box of cigarettes, a lighter, and the statue, on it, and Mitsuko standing in the corner. She kept the lighter in mind and went to talk to Mitsuko. "What is it you have to tell me Aunt Mitsuko," Kumanari asked. "Well," Mitsuko started, "When your father sent the statue here I had no problem with taking care of it at all. I had hidden it in my bedroom closet and didn't have a single problem with it. Then, after your father called I found it was missing, and Uriko started acting stranger and stranger. After that the entire house felt like a death trap, and Greg and I were having a talk about it." Mitsuko paused for sometime and continued, "We heard a sound from upstairs and thought it could be Narusawa, but when Greg went out and check he found out that Uriko had killed Narusawa and spread her all over the house. On top of that, as you saw Narusawa was green. I came and told Greg to hide and then I began trying to find the statue, because the phones were all dead and I knew it had to be behind this."
Mitsuko sighed, picked up the statue, and continued again, "We have to destroy this and save Uriko, we HAVE to!" Mitsuko had seemed to have lost her concentration and stared blankly at the statue, with her eyes full of anger. "Aunt Mitsuko," Kumanari called, trying to get her attention. Mitsuko grabbed Kumanari by the neck and started squeezing HARD. "You have to die," she yelled. Kumanari struggled as she felt the ability to breath leaving her quickly.
As Kumanari came back into control she wondered what happened to her uncle Greg, so she went looking for him. She went to the door on the left of the fireplace, besides the doorway that led to the down stairs hallway. It must have been the guest room; there was a stripped down bed, a cleared desk, and a closet. Strangely there was also someone's suite case there, and it had no tag on it, so she couldn't tell who's it was. She looked in the closet and found it empty, and then she found a key in the desk drawer.
She went back to the dining room and tried the key on the door next to the one that led to the "arm" room, and it opened! Kumanari was starting to feel really lucky now. She went into the room and figured it was a storage room. There was a furnace, some tall shelves, a small dresser, and a gas tank. She saw something move behind the view of one of the shelves and went to see what it was.
"Uncle Greg," she said happily, "your alright!" "Kumanari...what will we do," he whined, "Narusawa...Uriko.... the curse is going to kill us ALL!" "The curse," Uriko asked herself. "We're all doomed," is all that Greg would answer. Seeing she wouldn't get any answers from Greg, she looked around. She decided that she should probably keep the gas tank in mind. Then she started looking around down stairs for an answer.
When she walked back into the "arm" room Uriko wasn't banging on the door anymore. Getting worried, Kumanari went back into the dining room and put the amulet back into the vase. Then she went back and hesitantly unlocked the bedroom door. The room was empty! Kumanari was worried, but thought she should look around the room, since a clue to what was going on might be in there.
She looked into a mirror as she searched. "My face looks so much more mature lately," she thought aloud, "I wonder if that's because Inazuma has been dominate a lot more than usual." She looked around more and found nothing else that caught her eye. She sighed and looked at Mitsuko's bed. "I still need to know where aunt Mitsuko is," she said worriedly. Then she saw a paper on the bed and went to pick it up. "It's a note to aunt Mitsuko from my father," she said in a little surprise, and began reading it.
"Dear Mitsuko
I'm very hesitant to do this, but I have to have this statue in a place that I know will be safe for it. I need to keep it out of danger until I learn all I can about the curse that Stephen has stumbled upon. I hope that this causes no problems, but I know that you will take good care of it... I just finished getting that special amulet made for Kumanari, it's working great, her mood swings seemed to have stopped. Try to contact me as soon as possible if a problem occurs...
Sincerely
Allen"
"The statue," Kumanari said, nearly yelling, "I knew it had to be something to do with that statue, but what?" Then Kumanari thought some more. "If Aunt Mitsuko was having problems when dad called her to ask if I could come over to get away from all that horrid news of my friends murderers, then why didn't she tell him," she asked herself, "Maybe it had just started not long before I got here... I wish I knew how I was found innocent of my friends' murderer's...if it wasn't Inazuma that killed them, who was it?" "See," Inazuma's voice nagged her, "I told you I could control my blood lust more than that!" "Sorry Inazuma," Kumanari said, walking out of the room.
"Why do you keep calling these people your family anyway," Inazuma asked, "They're only your dad's friends." "They're still like family to me," Kumanari answered and walked into the dining room. The clock over the fireplace suddenly struck 13 and Kumanari looked at it in shock. That sword from the wall was flying at her now! She dodged it and barely missed being killed when it sliced her arm and rushed into the ground behind her. She held her arm, gasping, and heard Uriko coming.
She ran to the edge of the table, feeling Inazuma trying to become in control again. She grabbed a candlestick as the door opened and Uriko rushed at her. Kumanari knocked Uriko on the head and ran back into the room between the dining room, Mitsuko's bedroom, and the kitchen. "I'm so sorry Uriko," she gasped, "I hope this ends soon, luckily every time I hurt you, you seem to be unaffected. I hope you don't kill me before I save you." Uriko decided to go into the kitchen and take a look, hoping she could get something to eat.
She opened the refrigerator and found out it was full of good food. Then she went to the cabinet and started to open it so she could get some plates to eat with, when a knife suddenly flew into the door right beside her hand. Uriko came out, having Kumanari cornered she took her time. She waved the little knife in her hand back and forth, as if she was taunting Kumanari. Kumanari stood close to the wall, being engulfed in fear, when Inazuma took over. Inazuma snatched out the gun that Kumanari found earlier and shot at Uriko. Uriko fell down and Inazuma ran back to the "arm" room.
"Inazuma," Kumanari yelled in her head, "My god, Uriko had better not be dead!" "Oh shut up," Inazuma came back, "You've seen her...while this thing has control of her she's invincible!" "You're right," Kumanari answered, "but I'm still worried about her." Inazuma walked back into the dining room and got the amulet, then Kumanari put it back down. "I have to have you around to help Inazuma," she said. "Yeah, yeah, just don't get used to it," Inazuma answered irritably.
~Later~
"The statue's gone," Kumanari asked in surprise, "Where could it be now?" Kumanari looked all over upstairs and found nothing but that irritating samurai. So she went downstairs and was met with another great surprise. "Aunt Mitsuko," Kumanari said, "you're all right!" "Oh Kumanari," Mitsuko answered happily, "It's really you this time." "Yes it is," Kumanari answered, "Can you please tell me what's going on here?" "It's this statue's fault," Mitsuko said looking at it angrily, as she was holding it in her hand, "I've tried everything and I can't seem to get rid of it! We have to find away to destroy this..." Mitsuko handed Kumanari a key and headed into the dining room. "Please meet with me in the basement and I'll explain as much as I can."
At that Mitsuko disappeared into the next room. "Why could Aunt Mitsuko hold the statute," Kumanari asked, with a hint of worry, "and where is the basement?" Kumanari thought a while and decided it must have be the door next the bedroom that led to the basement. When she used the key on that door she was once again proven right. She looked around to find her self in a tiny hall full of old magazines and nothing of importance, and walked to the other door, entering it. This time she was in a small library and she saw some stairs leading down to the basement.
She went down and saw another storage of books, a table with a box of cigarettes, a lighter, and the statue, on it, and Mitsuko standing in the corner. She kept the lighter in mind and went to talk to Mitsuko. "What is it you have to tell me Aunt Mitsuko," Kumanari asked. "Well," Mitsuko started, "When your father sent the statue here I had no problem with taking care of it at all. I had hidden it in my bedroom closet and didn't have a single problem with it. Then, after your father called I found it was missing, and Uriko started acting stranger and stranger. After that the entire house felt like a death trap, and Greg and I were having a talk about it." Mitsuko paused for sometime and continued, "We heard a sound from upstairs and thought it could be Narusawa, but when Greg went out and check he found out that Uriko had killed Narusawa and spread her all over the house. On top of that, as you saw Narusawa was green. I came and told Greg to hide and then I began trying to find the statue, because the phones were all dead and I knew it had to be behind this."
Mitsuko sighed, picked up the statue, and continued again, "We have to destroy this and save Uriko, we HAVE to!" Mitsuko had seemed to have lost her concentration and stared blankly at the statue, with her eyes full of anger. "Aunt Mitsuko," Kumanari called, trying to get her attention. Mitsuko grabbed Kumanari by the neck and started squeezing HARD. "You have to die," she yelled. Kumanari struggled as she felt the ability to breath leaving her quickly.