DISCLAIMER: Gekitou! Crush Gear is not owned by yours truly.
CGT Halloween fanfiction by: FiendisHSerapH
One. Haunted
~KOUYA~
"YUHYA!"
The said name resounded through the walls of my room. At that instant, I wiped the frosty sweat sitting at the surface of my cheeks. My body turned numb and number as the name bounced back to my eardrums, as if it really wanted to stay in the confines of my bedroom… and it wants to remind me of something I can't define.
"Why are you bothering me?" my whining voice forced its way out, asking the thin air and expecting no answer… just some release of fear.
It has been like this for many nights… four to be exact. I looked at the digital clock beside me.
It's only nine in the evening yet scary creatures are already climbing up my head.
No, not really scary. It's just the haunting eyes of my elder brother staring back at me.
~JIROU~
"Yeah, my favorite baseball team won!" I gladly yawned as the television flashed the happy faces of the pitcher and the batter upon the victory of their well-fought game. Yes, I'm already preparing myself to sleep, for tomorrow will be a grand day: the first meeting of the Tobita Club (the first one with Takeshi in it). I feel so excited about it that I can't wait for tomorrow to come. My feet carried me to the fridge. Yes, it's my habit to drink milk before I go to sleep for strong bones (and for the fact that I really need it). I was already pouring the milk into my glass when the TV turned off by itself. I looked… and a strong blast of air threw the curtains up. Wait, there's no one around here except me, and there's no way a wind can turn the set off. No, how could that happen?
Just then, as I fixed my line of vision to the wall parallel to the sofa… guess what I saw?
It's a boy's shadow moving on its own.
~KYOUSUKE~
"DAMN IT! I just can't seem to update Garuda Phoenix's files!" I cursed under my grumpy breath yet again. Yes, this computer needs a hardware overhaul terribly. I've had enough of those numerous error messages and sluggish events whenever I sit in front of it.
Curses, lots of horrible curses plague me this night. Okay, so I tried pressing the right function keys, but to no avail, it still didn't save my typed file. Why can't you let me rest myself and sleep? Just then, something rolled down the floor. Oh, it's my screwdriver… so I bowed down to pick it up. Then, no sooner other things fell off the table: books, screws, and even those things that seemed so impossible to fall out of place because it's inches away from the edge…
… Unless someone had pushed it away.
I felt my goose bumps rise as I picked up my plastic file folder. I heard a click then two key presses. Did my hearing serve me right, or am I just too worn out from all the computer work? However, I managed to look up to the screen that was about a meter away.
And there, a sudden chill ran through me upon seeing the computer flash a message onscreen.
Your file is successfully saved.
~KOUYA~
I wiped my face with a blue towel on one hand. I just came from the washroom to flush my face - and my thoughts - with running water. I don't want to dream about him anymore. I get it: maybe I should stop thinking about him just so he'd not bother me… even for this night only. My feet raced against each other as if they have minds of their own. My hand moved on its own accord and twisted a door knob open. My eyes looked around… why am I here, in my brother's room? Just then, my vision lay on top of my brother's framed picture on top of the closet. I forced myself to look away yet my eyes want to stare even more. God, I feel so queasy at the fact that my body parts aren't following my brain anymore.
My feet walked three steps forward and right then I was smack in the middle of his room. The malevolent wind tore the windows open and sent chills down my spine. A loud clash registered on my hearing and my eyes landed on the glass shards on the floor… it's from my brother's picture frame… yet my brother's picture was still there on top of his drawer, unharmed and as if someone carried it there.
And I don't know if it's the wind, but fingers ruffled and disarranged my hair.
And that action was just one of the things Yuhya did to me when he was still alive, and I was his little brother.
~KUROUDO~
Something pressed against the velvet carpet outside my room.
"W-who's that?" I nervously held on my wooden sword as I neared the door.
My previous nights were sleepless because of my kendo trainings.
Too bad this night will be one, too.
"Answer!" I impatiently gritted my teeth and gripped my weapon tighter.
No reply was heard. Of course, if he's a robber of some sort, he'll never answer.
Stupid me, I reprimanded.
I went on… those footsteps growing faint. It's time for me to confront the robber --- or whoever it was. I opened the door abruptly and faced the dark hall. I closed my eyes and used my ear --- my radar --- to track him down. None, it was all so quiet... I walked closer, never unveiling my soul windows. There, I can sense him, his feet tapping lightly on the floor. It's nearing, and it's coming…
… To my direction!
And there, I stood dazed.
The attacker's footsteps were as clear as my heartbeats
But there's no one there!
I held on my sword, but my muscles seemed to be frozen that I can't even flex them.
What's going on?
I stood there, witless.
The footsteps are right in front of me…. WAIT!
I felt cold wind pass through me, and with that the footsteps followed incessantly.
Right then, cold sweat ran down my cheeks. If I can see myself at the mirror, I can see my face with all blood drained from it.
I turned back… what was it?
A shadow?
The footsteps were gone, and windows opened.
I darted to my room. The windows were left ajar, the curtains flew violently.
And Shooting Phantom lay there on the floor, insensitive over the fright that I've underwent.
~3RD PERSON POV~
"I swear. I'm not lying!" Jirou exclaimed as he related his experience to his peers. The club was newly-opened and even the windows weren't unlocked.
"First, footsteps without an owner, then a moving shadow? How childish can you two get?"
Kaoru retorted after hearing her member's stories.
"Or maybe you're making that up because it's out anniversary today. To tell you, it's not funny."
"It's true. Believe us, Kaoru." Kuroudo sipped on his soda after replying. "It gave me the creeps, and these eye bags!" He pointed his eyes.
Just then, the door opened.
"Don't you think we're haunted?" Kyousuke's voice broke through the discussion.
"What do you mean by 'we'?" Jirou inquired.
"I don't know if it's my lousy computer or there's just some invisible guy who messed my room up and helped me with my file."
"Don't tell me you're one with this nonsense!" Kaoru revolted, "You boys are so immature!"
"If you don't believe us, then don't! We're just relating…" Kyousuke ended the girl's rambling.
"Tch…"
The doorchimes sang.
"Kouya… what happened to you?" they asked as they saw the boy lifelessly walking towards their seats. (A/N: It's only ten A.M, and it's unusual for youngsters to be so sluggish during that time, right? ^^)
"I-haven't slept well. It's… my brother."
"Your brother? You mean, Yuhya?"
He weakly nodded. "He never stopped disturbing me. In my dreams and even in his room, he's there. He… he touched me."
"He did touch me, too." A voice made their shoulders rise. Kyousuke almost jumped.
"Lilica… boy, you scared us!" Jirou held on his heart, feeling its beat.
"Yes, when I was sleeping last night, I felt something cold fixing my hair and touching my cheek. When I looked back, I saw no one, but when I looked down on the floor, I saw a shadow standing…"
"Wait, how does this shadow look?" Jirou stopped her tale.
"Uh… it's a boy's shadow… yes, it was."
"I just remembered the moment when I picked up the screwdriver; I've also seen a shadow in a corner of my room." Kyousuke cut off.
Still silence consumed them. Everyone's bewildered and in deep thoughts.
And the lights went out.
"Who turned the lights off?" Kyousuke asked in panic.
"We--- we just don't know." Kuroudo's voice faltered.
"Aaah!" Kaoru dreaded.
Someone fell down the floor.
"Kaoru, are you alright?" Lilica wavered as she squinted in the darkness.
"Someone bumped me… someone running so fast."
"Guys, there's no footsteps!" Kuroudo exclaimed. There's anxiety in his tone.
"He-He's floating?" someone asked, but it was ignored because there's something falling on them from above…
And the lights went back in function.
… and there, the Tobita Club members stood in awe.
A/N: Second part up next! Flip the page! ^^