The Curse by Do As Infinity (SailorSakura9
A/N = I'm surprised people actually liked this fic. Hmm. . . I didn't really like the last line of the previous chapter, but oh well. . .as long as I got my point across, then that's ok.
Just wondering, how do people get the html tags to work for their stories on FanFiction.Net? Every time I try to do it, there's no change and all you can see are the tags. I've tried using .html, .doc, AND .txt files, but it STILL comes out like that! And yes, I AM using the tags that are (supposedly) allowed to be used.
As always: [thought] {something important that needs to be mentioned}
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As Kurama was walking home, he felt a familiar presence watching over him. The wind blew and rustled the leaves of the nearby trees.
"Hello, Hiei."
Just then, a blur passed by. Kurama turned around and saw Hiei standing on a branch of the tree next to him.
"Hn." Hiei crossed his arms, "You seemed pretty deep in thought."
"Just thinking about something that happened recently," said Kurama, "A girl in my class died yesterday."
". . ." Hiei stood there, emotionless.
"I barely knew her. She was just a classmate. No more, no less," continued Kurama.
"So why trouble yourself over her death?" asked Hiei.
"She gave me a video tape and told me to watch it," said Kurama, "and then she said I saved her life."
"And now she's dead. How ironic."
"Yes, indeed. . ." Kurama's eyes glazed over as he stared into the distance. After a moment of silence, Kurama turned to face Hiei, "Why is it that I feel guilty about her death?"
"Hn. Don't beat yourself up over it." Hiei looked away and jumped out of sight.
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Kurama walked inside his house and dumped his things on the coffee table. The annoying beep of the answering machine was starting to give him a headache. He clicked on the answering machine button.
Beep.
"Hello? Suuichi? This is your mother, I won't come back home until later, so you'll have to make dinner for youself."
Beep. Click. Kurama deleted the message.
Just as he was about to throw himself on the couch, the phone rang. A bit irritated, Kurama picked up the phone, "Hello?"
The TV turned on, showing an interview between a female reporter and three junior high school girls at a coffee shop.
"There seems to be a popular rumor going around about a 'cursed' videotape," said the female reporter. A caption on the bottom read," Asakawa Reiko".
"Uh huh," said one of the girls. The caption below her read," Nakamura Akina".
"Have you heard what kind of video it might be?" asked Reiko.
"What I heard was, all of a sudden this scaaarry lady comes on the screen and says, 'In one week you will die'," answered Akina.
The camera shifted to another one of the girls. The caption below her read, "Inoue Mariko".
"I heard that if you're watching the TV late at night, it'll come on and then your phone'll ring," said Mariko.
"Watching TV late at night. . .do you know what station?" asked Reiko.
"Mmmm. . . I heard it was some local station, around Izu," replied Mariko.
"Izu?" questioned Reiko.
"Mmm-hmm," confirmed Mariko.
"And, do you know if anyone's really died from watching it?" asked Reiko.
Akina flashed a look at her two friends, "Well, no one that we know, right?"
Mariko nodded. The third girl nodded slowly; she opened, then closed her mouth, deciding whether to say something or not. Reiko notices (as well as the camera man) and the camera focuses on that girl.
"What is it?" asked Reiko. The caption below the girl read, "Matsumoto Yoko".
"I heard this from a friend of mine in high school," said Yoko, "She said that there was this one girl who watched the video, and then died a week later. She was out on a drive with her boyfriend."
"They were in a wreck?" asked Reiko.
"No, their car was parked, but they were both dead inside. Her boyfriend died because he'd watched the video, too. That's what my friend said." answered Yoko. Thinking that no one believed in her story, Yoko suddenly became defensive, "It's true! It was in the paper two or three days ago."
"Do you know the name of the high school this girl went to?" asked Reiko.
"No," said Yoko, calming down a bit, "I heard this from my friend, and it didn't happen in her school. She heard it from a friend at a different school, she said."
Kurama was so entranced by the interview, he barely noticed Yuuske screaming through the other end of the telephone.
"HELLO!?? HELLO!?!? KURAMA!! ARE YOU THERE??? HEY!!" screamed Yuuske. Kurama quickly grabbed the remote and shut off the TV.
"Sorry, I was watching something on TV," apologized Kurama.
"TV, eh?" said Yuuske, "You never seemed like the kind of guy who's interested in TV shows. What were you watching? Porn?"
"NO!" said Kurama, raising his voice. Yuuske started laughing into the receiver, "I was just kidding!"
"Anyway," Yuuske's voice became serious, "Koenma called and wants us to meet up in his office. He told me to contact you because he couldn't reach you earlier."
"I understand, I'll leave right now," said Kurama. With that he hung up.
"You saved my life!" Chise's words echoed through his mind. He replayed the scene of receiving the tape from her in his mind.
"There seems to be a popular rumor going around about a 'cursed' video tape." The reporter's words stuck to him.
[Coincidence?] thought Kurama as he left the house.
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A/N = I actually got the interview off the "Screenplays and Translations" from Ringworld ( ). The girls in the interview, besides Reiko, weren't named so I made them up myself :p
Anyway, please review. I hope no one was out of character ^^;;
A/N = I'm surprised people actually liked this fic. Hmm. . . I didn't really like the last line of the previous chapter, but oh well. . .as long as I got my point across, then that's ok.
Just wondering, how do people get the html tags to work for their stories on FanFiction.Net? Every time I try to do it, there's no change and all you can see are the tags. I've tried using .html, .doc, AND .txt files, but it STILL comes out like that! And yes, I AM using the tags that are (supposedly) allowed to be used.
As always: [thought] {something important that needs to be mentioned}
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
As Kurama was walking home, he felt a familiar presence watching over him. The wind blew and rustled the leaves of the nearby trees.
"Hello, Hiei."
Just then, a blur passed by. Kurama turned around and saw Hiei standing on a branch of the tree next to him.
"Hn." Hiei crossed his arms, "You seemed pretty deep in thought."
"Just thinking about something that happened recently," said Kurama, "A girl in my class died yesterday."
". . ." Hiei stood there, emotionless.
"I barely knew her. She was just a classmate. No more, no less," continued Kurama.
"So why trouble yourself over her death?" asked Hiei.
"She gave me a video tape and told me to watch it," said Kurama, "and then she said I saved her life."
"And now she's dead. How ironic."
"Yes, indeed. . ." Kurama's eyes glazed over as he stared into the distance. After a moment of silence, Kurama turned to face Hiei, "Why is it that I feel guilty about her death?"
"Hn. Don't beat yourself up over it." Hiei looked away and jumped out of sight.
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Kurama walked inside his house and dumped his things on the coffee table. The annoying beep of the answering machine was starting to give him a headache. He clicked on the answering machine button.
Beep.
"Hello? Suuichi? This is your mother, I won't come back home until later, so you'll have to make dinner for youself."
Beep. Click. Kurama deleted the message.
Just as he was about to throw himself on the couch, the phone rang. A bit irritated, Kurama picked up the phone, "Hello?"
The TV turned on, showing an interview between a female reporter and three junior high school girls at a coffee shop.
"There seems to be a popular rumor going around about a 'cursed' videotape," said the female reporter. A caption on the bottom read," Asakawa Reiko".
"Uh huh," said one of the girls. The caption below her read," Nakamura Akina".
"Have you heard what kind of video it might be?" asked Reiko.
"What I heard was, all of a sudden this scaaarry lady comes on the screen and says, 'In one week you will die'," answered Akina.
The camera shifted to another one of the girls. The caption below her read, "Inoue Mariko".
"I heard that if you're watching the TV late at night, it'll come on and then your phone'll ring," said Mariko.
"Watching TV late at night. . .do you know what station?" asked Reiko.
"Mmmm. . . I heard it was some local station, around Izu," replied Mariko.
"Izu?" questioned Reiko.
"Mmm-hmm," confirmed Mariko.
"And, do you know if anyone's really died from watching it?" asked Reiko.
Akina flashed a look at her two friends, "Well, no one that we know, right?"
Mariko nodded. The third girl nodded slowly; she opened, then closed her mouth, deciding whether to say something or not. Reiko notices (as well as the camera man) and the camera focuses on that girl.
"What is it?" asked Reiko. The caption below the girl read, "Matsumoto Yoko".
"I heard this from a friend of mine in high school," said Yoko, "She said that there was this one girl who watched the video, and then died a week later. She was out on a drive with her boyfriend."
"They were in a wreck?" asked Reiko.
"No, their car was parked, but they were both dead inside. Her boyfriend died because he'd watched the video, too. That's what my friend said." answered Yoko. Thinking that no one believed in her story, Yoko suddenly became defensive, "It's true! It was in the paper two or three days ago."
"Do you know the name of the high school this girl went to?" asked Reiko.
"No," said Yoko, calming down a bit, "I heard this from my friend, and it didn't happen in her school. She heard it from a friend at a different school, she said."
Kurama was so entranced by the interview, he barely noticed Yuuske screaming through the other end of the telephone.
"HELLO!?? HELLO!?!? KURAMA!! ARE YOU THERE??? HEY!!" screamed Yuuske. Kurama quickly grabbed the remote and shut off the TV.
"Sorry, I was watching something on TV," apologized Kurama.
"TV, eh?" said Yuuske, "You never seemed like the kind of guy who's interested in TV shows. What were you watching? Porn?"
"NO!" said Kurama, raising his voice. Yuuske started laughing into the receiver, "I was just kidding!"
"Anyway," Yuuske's voice became serious, "Koenma called and wants us to meet up in his office. He told me to contact you because he couldn't reach you earlier."
"I understand, I'll leave right now," said Kurama. With that he hung up.
"You saved my life!" Chise's words echoed through his mind. He replayed the scene of receiving the tape from her in his mind.
"There seems to be a popular rumor going around about a 'cursed' video tape." The reporter's words stuck to him.
[Coincidence?] thought Kurama as he left the house.
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A/N = I actually got the interview off the "Screenplays and Translations" from Ringworld ( ). The girls in the interview, besides Reiko, weren't named so I made them up myself :p
Anyway, please review. I hope no one was out of character ^^;;