The Mount Paozu Horror: Yuino Meino


Gohan and Yui had become the best of friends in the last month. They never played or
anything, just sat and had conversations, long conversations that could draw on for 6 hours.
They talked as if they were two adults meeting for the first time in years instead of two kids.
Gohan learned that Yui's father was a Marine and switched around for place to place,
wherever he was called. She was 12 and would be 13 May 24. Gohan liked her, trusted her.
Though only a year older, she was almost like a second mother, or a father figure in some way.
Protective, yet sensitive. Strong, yet weak in a way. She passed on advice to him sometimes.
She was very wise. She knew nearly everything about him, yet he knew nothing about her.
She refused to tell any info about her personal life and he'd yet to see her parents.
She said it wasn't important, so he just enjoyed talking to her. Telling her things he'd never be
able to tell anyone else. She was always interested in him, so intently listening, hanging on
every word. And she always understood his problems.
Yes, this was a true friend.

"Yui?"
"Sir?"
"Could I please take a look in your house?"
"No, si-"
"At least talk to your parents? Please? "
"...Oh, okay. If you insist so. Come on. " Yui said reluctantly. She led him inside through the glass
sliding doors that separated the patio from a large main room. It had several pieces of furniture
including a sofa and a black leather chair with an ottoman (Whaddya call 'em, footrests?) to the
side. There was a section of the floor where it rose several inches like porch steps and led to a set of
stairs. To the right was a set of walnut corridors and to the left was an open door that led to the kitchen.
"Hmmm. What part first, sir? "
"Can we see the top floor?"
"Sure can. Please follow. "Gohan followed her up the creaky, wooden stairs. They walked through a
long hallway and through yet another set of walnut corridors that opened to a long hallway with a
large door at the end and stairs to the left and right sides.
" These are the bedrooms. We have 5 so we use most as guest rooms. That's the master bedroom at
the end, my parents' room. Wanna see? "
"Can we?"
"Of course! C'mon, like there's anything in there. " Yui grabbed Gohan's hand and practically
dragged him to her parents' room. She banged three times on the door. When she got no answer,
she opened the door and stepped into the large room. There was a king-sized bed in the center
of the room, a chestnut desk that dominated most of the right corner of the room. There was another
desk on the left side of the room that held a dark gray computer with a transparent, black top and
a black and gray printer. The room it's self was nicely done with off-white walls and a burgundy
carpet that was soft to the touch. The bed had a large, patterned cover with an oak headboard.
"See? Told you. It's nice, isn't it? "
"Yeah. It's pretty. Where's your room? "
" Downstairs. Come along. " Yui said motioning to the set of spiral stairs on the right. It was dizzying
going down them and they led to a darkened hallway with another large door at the end. Yui
opened the door and stepped aside to let Gohan in. Her room was done Semi-Gothic-style with dark-
end walls, a black couch to the left and an aquarium on a low-set black table. There was a
life-sized black marble statue of the virgin Mary 2 inches from the aquarium and a foot from the bed.
The bed itself had Victorian-style sheets with black marble pillars to the side. When Yui switched on
the lights, it did little to lighten the room, for the almost-chandelier (spl?)-ish light on the ceiling was
draped in dark chiffon.
" Whoa. "
" Cool, huh? "
" Can we go now? I'm suffocating. " Gohan said. He felt the darkness pulling around him like a thick
blanket, cutting off his air supply.
Yui gave a tour of the rest of the house and they found themselves in the front living room. It had three
over-stuffed leather brown leather chairs and a 26 inch T.V. that dominated most of the south wall of
the room. They were watching a Greek soap opera with Japanese subtitles.
" How stupid. How'd he get two women pregnant at the same time? "
"I think he had an affair with one... Wait, now I'm confused. " After Gohan said the last word, a tall
figure walked in the house.
"That would be my father." Yui said still looking at the strange soap opera. Her father walked into the
room. He was a very tall man, maybe a little over 7 feet with short, thick black hair. He had a round
face and short neck which led to a bulky, well muscled body hidden under a gray, long, coarse wool
trench coat. He held a matching beret in his right hand. He had leather boots that laced at the top.
He had large black eyes and medium eyebrows. He was darker than his daughter, considering the
fact he looked like he worked out in the sun a lot.
" Hey there! Gohan, right? " He said in a hard edged, deep voice.
"Sir." Gohan answered. The father nodded and walked up the stairs leading to the bedrooms up-
stairs.
" That's my dad, Meino Kaitoshin. "
" Kaitoshin? "
" Hey, go figure. "
Almost as if on cue a tall, slender, voluptuous women walked in the room. She had tanned so much, she
was a deep orange-red color. She had thick, waist length hair. She was wearing a yellow sundress
that contrasted against her skin. She had tan sandals with off-white straps. She had beady black
eyes that sent chills up Gohan's spine.
" Hello. Gohan right. " She said in a sweet, velvety voice.
"Ma'am." Gohan answered with a nod. She then disappeared into the kitchen.
" My mother, Meino Shen. "
" ..... "
" Gohan? Gohan?! "
" ..Yes? Oh, gee. It's late. I'd better get home. "
" Really? Okay then. I'll catch ya later. " Gohan found his own way out the front door and ran
quickly back to his house. To tell the truth, he actually felt a little uncomfortable staying in the house.
Later that night, he would have sworn he heard insane laughter coming from the house.


Gohan was taking the trash out one day (Pretend the garbage truck goes by there.) when he heard
Yui called him from her yard.
" Hey Gohan! Gotta second? "
Gohan hesitated for a minute. He still felt uneasy about that one day when he met Yui's parents.
" Gohan! Gohan! Come'er for minute man! " Yui yelled again, louder this time. Gohan finally
decided it was only him and went over to his friend.
" Yes ma'am? "
" I wanna show you this neat trick! In here! " Yui said excitedly. She was wearing her usual black and
blue attire, only now she was wearing black leather gloves tinged with something Gohan couldn't
quite place. He followed her into a basement at the side of the house. Inside was a huge fish tank
that took up half the large room. It had chains and hooks at the bottom and the tank itself was
large enough to put something 7 feet high...
Gohan was snapped out of his reverie as he heard the door slam and lock.
"Self-locking. You'll go out the front door. " Yui assured him.She reached in her pocket and pulled
out a piece of clothe and some hand cuffs.
"Like I said, I wanna show you a trick my dad showed me! " Before Gohan could say anything, she
snapped the handcuffs on his hands, and gagged him with the piece of clothe. Gohan was getting
a bit worried now. He wasn't sure what she was going to do and what " it " had to do with an 8 foot-
high fish tank. She then stepped on a pair of steps so she could reach the tank and roughly hoisted
him in. As soon as Gohan felt the cold water rush across his body, he was beginning to think this wasn't
such a good idea. Suddenly, the chains at the bottom of the tank snapped up to grab at his ankles
and attach themselves to the cuffs. The chains were tightly hooked to hooks at the bottom so there
were no means of escape. Gohan tried to break away, but for some reason, the more he struggled,
the more he became sapped of his strength. He tried going Super Saiya-jin but he couldn't focus
because he was busy trying to regain his escaping breath. He was dimly aware that the water had
suddenly become very warm. It was only when he held still to think of something when he noticed the
increasing water temperature. It had gone from freezing cold to boiling hot. If he didn't get out soon,
he'd be boiled alive. Yui laughed insanely at the site as if it were the funniest thing she'd seen in her
life. Gohan struggled more and more. He wasn't going to give up. It couldn't end like this.
He felt the water burn his skin and was dimly aware he was losing conciseness. The last thing he felt
before blacking out completely, was the searing hot water, anger, hurt, and most of all:
Betrayal.

Gohan woke up sweating and panting. That was the worst dream he could remember having. As the
dream--nightmare, he fell back on his bed when he caught a glimpse of something in the distance.
Fearing the worst, he ran quickly to the window.
And to his numb shock and horror, there in the distance was the exact same house.
And there was light coming from the basement...
Gohan fainted dead away on the floor with a loud thump.