I got nothing but good reviews! :o It's amazing I will try to work on
the grammar thank you all for being so positive! ;\ I'm not exactly a
gifted writer but the idea's good. :(
Adding new Character! It's fictional and kind of necessary.
Mitsuki – Itsuki's and Mutsuki's mother she was some random ghost in the
game that we never heard about. :shrug: Probably she was out doing an
errand when the ritual failed so she didn't haunt her house. Note the Tsuki
if you don't know all ready it means moon.
Background story: Mitsuki (full moon) married a man named Chiaware
(thousand sorrows) first they had the bad luck of having two twins. Bad
here in All Gods but the children were named by Chiaware after his
beautiful wife Mitsuki saying if "only they had her luck they would live
for ever and not perform the ritual". One day Chiaware fell ill, kissed his
wife good bye and accepted his a thousand sorrows of a life regretted. At
this time Mitsuki was a month (tsuki same word as month in Japanese isn't
it great?) pregnant with their next child. To honor his name when the girl
was born she named it Chitose after Chiaware. Chiaware's grave located in
the grave yard by the tree. Every anniversary of his death the Tachibana's
come to his grave burn incense and offer food.
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It'd been a week since she had stepped into the Kurosawa house and Yae's father had also accepted her. She'd taken Yae's place, had killed Yae's sister, had taken and now wore one of Yae's kimonos. This kimono was a crimson red it accentuated her pale skin her short black hair fell just to the lip of the opening in the chest. Kurosawa was the head family in this village with the most wealth. Kiryu and Tachibana were branches of Kurosawa some how distantly related. If Mio even walked out in to the street peasants would bow offering her great sales, some times handsome sons, though the deals weren't so great and neither were the sons she still felt privileged.
Yae's father had forbid Mio to see Itsuki as some of the villagers had seen them talking after the rituals. Ryokan loved his daughters but loved his reputation more; Itsuki had brought shame open the Kurosawa name. "It was a good thing you returned for Sae. What if the priests had killed her themselves like they wanted? You have a good sense of duty but that Tachibana boy..." Yes the Tachibana boy is how Ryokan referred to Itsuki. Ryokan was always saying how low the Tachibana house had become so low to try and bring shame on them. Tachibana could not be head Ryokan said, they would not take the Kurosawa house. They were the lowest branch they might as well live in Osaka house.
There was only one instance worth noting that took place in Kurosawa house on the third day. The servants were talking and Mio eavesdropped on their conversation from the behind the screens.
"Did I tell you about the two strange foreigners? They just show up in Osaka! No words to Osaka people sleep there leave big mess! Aiya look like Japanese but not anyone knows Japanese from foreign. Osaka decide maybe god's in disguise so they invite for dinner."
"Foreigners for dinner not a good idea very bad manners leave chop stick's sticking up in rice like incense at grave" Mio held back a laugh at this.
"Yes you know but Osaka is not very good at foresight the Osaka go and look and find all their good plates are destroyed had to eat on China plates. Chinese plate always hold up good last you more then hundred year or the *'s curse!"
"You're just saying that so I will buy your plates."
"After a small dinner best dinner Osaka could make after the curse, you know? They find the foreigners touching lips!"
"Foreigners so disrespectful.." Mio could make out the tone of disgust the servant woman made.
"They kicked them out say "Go back you country now!" I think you have to be Osaka to be so dumb."
"Uhn"
It made Mio so happy it hurt she was so sad Mayu probably would have loved some thing so sappy. She went to the back of the house over looking the pond and told her sister how sorry she was. Mayu must have heard it because when she was done crying she felt almost forgiven.
Four days had passed since then Mio had finally started thinking about how this was even possible she went back in time. She wondered if she stepped outside of the village would it be 2004 the time she and Mayu had left. Had her parent's gone to look for her or sent out a search party? How would 2004 react to the emerging of a village trapped in time? She could no longer leave she was always followed and watched by Yae's servants if she even headed near Osaka they'd be all over her. She put her hope in the couple if the village wasn't cursed if she was forgiven what was the point of living here?
All God's citizens had planted seeds to the new beginning. The moon festival was coming up the Tachibana were big on the moon festival and prepared most. Ryokan stopped making comments about the evils of Tachibana since they ran the festival. Itsuki was still not allowed to see Mio; this suited Chitose Mio was sure.
Mio would leave and be followed she was never alone accept when bathing. Recently Mio had been spending a long time in the Kurosawa bath house. Even when her fingers withered from the over exposure, even when her stomach grumbled in hunger she would not leave. Mio sat thinking of how she was going to leave this place, how this place even existed. It was on one of these nights she heard a banging on the door, it wasn't a servant's bang she could just tell. Mio reached over to her camera slipped on a light cotton rope and peered threw a crack in the door.
"Yae it's me let me in!" Itsuki breathed into the door. His voice was too familiar it brought memories of worse times. Mio opened the door a crack camera obscura in hand.
"How'd you get in here?" Itsuki pushed inside his moon white hair falling over his eyes. His masculine frame bathed in a royal blue yukata. "Itsuki, Ryokan I mean my father won't be very happy if he were to see you."
"I know.. But I had to tell you some thing." Itsuki was sitting on the top of a bath bucket like a stool. "You know the moon festival?" Where was this going? Mio thought.
"Yeah, look Itsuki I'm more interested on how you broke into Kurosawa House then some dumb festival." Mio started shivering the night's cool air pressing against the warmth in her skin. Itsuki embraced her no doubt in hope's to warm her from the night but also with other intentions.
"Your beauty brought me past the guards and into the house and I knew where you were some how I just knew you'd be here." He spoke soothingly into her ear answering all her questions and yet at the same time answering none. "Yae.." It stung, Mio was not 'Yae' Mio was Mio, Itsuki he loved Yae. She was not Yae she wasn't loved hadn't he noticed Yae was different Yae was perfect Mio had flaws. Yae haunted her as the perfect being but what did it matter? Yae could not come back. She must have died so long ago.. by now completely forgetting her sister and Itsuki. "Yae meet me at the Bridge between Kiryu and Tachibana on the day of the moon festival."
"Yae can't meet you anywhere Itsuki.." murmured Mio seeing his heart broken face she quickly followed it up with. "But I will" She pulled away from his grasp and began dressing in the kimono she stole from Yae the one she liked most; the crimson one.
Itsuki walked with Mio until they reached a back entrance to the house. The whole time he stared at Mio taking her in, he wasn't going to see her for a week his precious Yae. The ritual had changed Yae she talked differently moved differently but when he looked into her eye's he could see Yae. How sad she was, How scared she was, How trapped she had become in her own house.
Ashita no imagoro ni wa
Anata wa doko ni iru n' darou
Dare wo omotte 'ru n' darou
Mio waved goodbye at the door of Kurosawa and Itsuki made a half smile and waved back. Wondering what she thought about him.
You are always gonna be my love
Itsuka dare ka to mata koi ni ochite mo
I'll remember to love
You taught me how
He snuck back around the house to the front keeping in the shadow he made it to the bridge and ran from there to Tachibana house.
You are always gonna be the one
Ima wa mada kanashii love song
Atarashii uta utaeru made
Mitsuki greeted her son and motioned for him to sit down serving him and Chitose rice from the wooden O' hitsu. Mitsuki noticed the blush trailing up his cheeks. Who had he been seeing? Chiaware had made the expression many times while seeing her. Their son had found love hopefully it wouldn't bring sadness to him. Anymore sadness for him and Mitsuki was sure he would break down.
--- Yeah the last part I stared running out of things to say so I stuck Hikaru Utada in there with First love. It's a good song a little dated in fact I think it was Utada Hikaru's first song. First song first love kind of weird I thank those whom are reading this because I can't write too well. ;\ The servant's were Lai Lai (Chinese) so they spoke a little broken. I like writing broken English not because it's funny which it is but I always feel that the speaker wants to express more then what they say but have no words for it. The touching lip couple is Masami and Miyako, I do know their names! Ha.. yeah
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It'd been a week since she had stepped into the Kurosawa house and Yae's father had also accepted her. She'd taken Yae's place, had killed Yae's sister, had taken and now wore one of Yae's kimonos. This kimono was a crimson red it accentuated her pale skin her short black hair fell just to the lip of the opening in the chest. Kurosawa was the head family in this village with the most wealth. Kiryu and Tachibana were branches of Kurosawa some how distantly related. If Mio even walked out in to the street peasants would bow offering her great sales, some times handsome sons, though the deals weren't so great and neither were the sons she still felt privileged.
Yae's father had forbid Mio to see Itsuki as some of the villagers had seen them talking after the rituals. Ryokan loved his daughters but loved his reputation more; Itsuki had brought shame open the Kurosawa name. "It was a good thing you returned for Sae. What if the priests had killed her themselves like they wanted? You have a good sense of duty but that Tachibana boy..." Yes the Tachibana boy is how Ryokan referred to Itsuki. Ryokan was always saying how low the Tachibana house had become so low to try and bring shame on them. Tachibana could not be head Ryokan said, they would not take the Kurosawa house. They were the lowest branch they might as well live in Osaka house.
There was only one instance worth noting that took place in Kurosawa house on the third day. The servants were talking and Mio eavesdropped on their conversation from the behind the screens.
"Did I tell you about the two strange foreigners? They just show up in Osaka! No words to Osaka people sleep there leave big mess! Aiya look like Japanese but not anyone knows Japanese from foreign. Osaka decide maybe god's in disguise so they invite for dinner."
"Foreigners for dinner not a good idea very bad manners leave chop stick's sticking up in rice like incense at grave" Mio held back a laugh at this.
"Yes you know but Osaka is not very good at foresight the Osaka go and look and find all their good plates are destroyed had to eat on China plates. Chinese plate always hold up good last you more then hundred year or the *'s curse!"
"You're just saying that so I will buy your plates."
"After a small dinner best dinner Osaka could make after the curse, you know? They find the foreigners touching lips!"
"Foreigners so disrespectful.." Mio could make out the tone of disgust the servant woman made.
"They kicked them out say "Go back you country now!" I think you have to be Osaka to be so dumb."
"Uhn"
It made Mio so happy it hurt she was so sad Mayu probably would have loved some thing so sappy. She went to the back of the house over looking the pond and told her sister how sorry she was. Mayu must have heard it because when she was done crying she felt almost forgiven.
Four days had passed since then Mio had finally started thinking about how this was even possible she went back in time. She wondered if she stepped outside of the village would it be 2004 the time she and Mayu had left. Had her parent's gone to look for her or sent out a search party? How would 2004 react to the emerging of a village trapped in time? She could no longer leave she was always followed and watched by Yae's servants if she even headed near Osaka they'd be all over her. She put her hope in the couple if the village wasn't cursed if she was forgiven what was the point of living here?
All God's citizens had planted seeds to the new beginning. The moon festival was coming up the Tachibana were big on the moon festival and prepared most. Ryokan stopped making comments about the evils of Tachibana since they ran the festival. Itsuki was still not allowed to see Mio; this suited Chitose Mio was sure.
Mio would leave and be followed she was never alone accept when bathing. Recently Mio had been spending a long time in the Kurosawa bath house. Even when her fingers withered from the over exposure, even when her stomach grumbled in hunger she would not leave. Mio sat thinking of how she was going to leave this place, how this place even existed. It was on one of these nights she heard a banging on the door, it wasn't a servant's bang she could just tell. Mio reached over to her camera slipped on a light cotton rope and peered threw a crack in the door.
"Yae it's me let me in!" Itsuki breathed into the door. His voice was too familiar it brought memories of worse times. Mio opened the door a crack camera obscura in hand.
"How'd you get in here?" Itsuki pushed inside his moon white hair falling over his eyes. His masculine frame bathed in a royal blue yukata. "Itsuki, Ryokan I mean my father won't be very happy if he were to see you."
"I know.. But I had to tell you some thing." Itsuki was sitting on the top of a bath bucket like a stool. "You know the moon festival?" Where was this going? Mio thought.
"Yeah, look Itsuki I'm more interested on how you broke into Kurosawa House then some dumb festival." Mio started shivering the night's cool air pressing against the warmth in her skin. Itsuki embraced her no doubt in hope's to warm her from the night but also with other intentions.
"Your beauty brought me past the guards and into the house and I knew where you were some how I just knew you'd be here." He spoke soothingly into her ear answering all her questions and yet at the same time answering none. "Yae.." It stung, Mio was not 'Yae' Mio was Mio, Itsuki he loved Yae. She was not Yae she wasn't loved hadn't he noticed Yae was different Yae was perfect Mio had flaws. Yae haunted her as the perfect being but what did it matter? Yae could not come back. She must have died so long ago.. by now completely forgetting her sister and Itsuki. "Yae meet me at the Bridge between Kiryu and Tachibana on the day of the moon festival."
"Yae can't meet you anywhere Itsuki.." murmured Mio seeing his heart broken face she quickly followed it up with. "But I will" She pulled away from his grasp and began dressing in the kimono she stole from Yae the one she liked most; the crimson one.
Itsuki walked with Mio until they reached a back entrance to the house. The whole time he stared at Mio taking her in, he wasn't going to see her for a week his precious Yae. The ritual had changed Yae she talked differently moved differently but when he looked into her eye's he could see Yae. How sad she was, How scared she was, How trapped she had become in her own house.
Ashita no imagoro ni wa
Anata wa doko ni iru n' darou
Dare wo omotte 'ru n' darou
Mio waved goodbye at the door of Kurosawa and Itsuki made a half smile and waved back. Wondering what she thought about him.
You are always gonna be my love
Itsuka dare ka to mata koi ni ochite mo
I'll remember to love
You taught me how
He snuck back around the house to the front keeping in the shadow he made it to the bridge and ran from there to Tachibana house.
You are always gonna be the one
Ima wa mada kanashii love song
Atarashii uta utaeru made
Mitsuki greeted her son and motioned for him to sit down serving him and Chitose rice from the wooden O' hitsu. Mitsuki noticed the blush trailing up his cheeks. Who had he been seeing? Chiaware had made the expression many times while seeing her. Their son had found love hopefully it wouldn't bring sadness to him. Anymore sadness for him and Mitsuki was sure he would break down.
--- Yeah the last part I stared running out of things to say so I stuck Hikaru Utada in there with First love. It's a good song a little dated in fact I think it was Utada Hikaru's first song. First song first love kind of weird I thank those whom are reading this because I can't write too well. ;\ The servant's were Lai Lai (Chinese) so they spoke a little broken. I like writing broken English not because it's funny which it is but I always feel that the speaker wants to express more then what they say but have no words for it. The touching lip couple is Masami and Miyako, I do know their names! Ha.. yeah