I sat in the closet, crying. I heard Screaming coming from outside the closet door. Screams oh things like, "Help me!" Or "The Kusabi.... he is coming." I heard Sae laughing. She and her Kusabi had slaughtered the Kurosawa house, and then proceeded to the Kiryu, Tachibana, etc. Estates. I kept crying, hugging a speckled crystal Itsuki and Mutsuki had given me when I was small. I sobbed. No one could help me. Itsuki was locked up, Mutsuki had dissappeared.... I was startled by footsteps coming from the hall outside. It was... Sae.

-------------------Chitose's Story--------------------

Everything stopped. I couldn't see. My eyesight wasn't very good. I heard nothing. Sae was gone. But it felt like something ominous was in the room. I wrote in my diary.

Both inside and outside are pitch black. Nobody is in the house, but I feel a presence. Itsuki! Help me! I'm so scared. I can't get out of the closet. Help me Itsuki!

I couldn't gather my courage to leave. This was all Yae's fault. If she hadn't left, Sae wouldn't have done this. Sae would have died as she was destined to. "I HATE YOU YA- eep!" I began to scream. I remembered the presence. My life flashed before my eyes. I remembered the diary I had gotten for my previous birthday. I had hardly even used it at all. I cried silently. Help... Help me... Chitose sobbed silently. I began to write about my life. I knew before this ordeal ended, I would be dead.

The day after the ceremony, my brother Itsuki came back alone. His black hair was white! Where has my older brother Mutsuki gone? Since Mutsuki disappeared, Itsuki doesn't want to talk. He is still nice to me, but his eyes are always sad. What happened on the day of the ceremony??? Itsuki gave me a bell. My eyes are not too good. The bell will tell him if I go near a dangerous place. Itsuki said he will always come when he hears the bell. He said even if I am hiding away and crying, he will find me.

I jingled my bell softly. I thought about Itsuki, and my friend, Akane, and all the villagers. But most of all, I thought if the two shrine maidens I despised. Sae... and Yae. The infernal laughing grew louder. and louder. My ears were ringing. I wished Itsuki or Mutsuki were here. Darn you Yae... I hate you... The village will die because of you. I will die. Itsuki will die. and Yae... You will die as well! Can you cope with the guilt? Or will you lose your mind, thinking of poor Sae?

Because of Yae, Itsuki has been taken away somewhere. How come? Itsuki did nothing to her. It's all her fault for running away!

.... Maybe if I had given Munakata the key.... maybe this wouldn't have happened. I wonder why Itsuki wanted me to give Munakata that key. I don't know. But i know this. That key was important. I don't know why, or how, but I should have given him the key. I flipped to the page where I wrote that in my diary. Why didn't I give him the key!?!?!?

Itsuki told me to hold the key for his room. He said I can't let anyone go in there. He said if his friend comes, to give the key to his friend. I am so happy that he gave me such an important job!

Itsuki's friend came to the house. I got scared, so I hid.

I couldn't give him the key.

l 3 Days later l

I'm..... soooo... weak.... Soooooo.... Hungry. I knew that this would happen. I.... should.... have left the closet.... Why can't I be brave.... Like... M-Mutsuk-Mutsuki was..... Itsuki.... Mutsuki..... forgive me.... Sae.... you should have died. Yae.... I h-h-hate... y-y-yo...... (Ghostietization) Yae.... Demon girl.... can you hear it? The ringing of my bell? I know you can Yae. I can hear you up there. My skin is white. Am I alive, Yae? You stole my brother. he helped you. not me. I'll kill you Yae. I can't see you... but I can hear you... Yae... Am I a ghost? You did this to me Yae. You and Sae. I hear you up there on the floor. Can't you hear me down here? Come on.... Open the door...

"Give me back my brother...."

Thus was the end of Chitose Tachibana.