Blood On the Moon - The Horror Continues...
a/n: I guess some of you wanted me to update. So here we go!
Disclaimer: Sorry, you have dialed the wrong number. All characters of the Rayearth type belong to the creators of the CLAMP type.
The Horror Continues
They couldn't get it out of their heads. That picture. Those ghosts. The wolf. Surely it was a practical joke, wasn't it? Upon telling friends at school, the magic knights were now labeled as chickens because they were running from an old woman.
"It was real! I'm telling you the truth! There was a picture and that woman or ghost looked exactly like the picture!" Umi shouted one day during lunch. Her friends shared a laugh and patted the water knight on her shoulder.
"Umi when did this happen?"
"Halloween; what does that have anything to do with it?" Umi asked. Her friends giggled.
"Umi, people dress up for Halloween, it would've been easy to scare you and your other friends, in a graveyard nonetheless!"
"I'm serious you guys, it honestly did happen," said Fuu.
"Fuu-chan, you were imagining things, like that rabbit you told us about, that's really supposed to be God,"
"I have proof,"
"Two people you met on the field trip to Tokyo Tower two years ago don't count, they're probably crazy anyway,"
"Miss Umi and Miss Hikaru are the least bit of crazy!" Fuu said, her tone was dangerous. The girls around Fuu sighed and urged the girl to sit down.
"Fuu, look, we know you have some weird history with them, but people have been talking and, well, quite frankly, they think you're crazy," Fuu looked at her friends with fiery eyes.
"I'm not crazy,"
"We know that Fuu, why don't you and your friends prove it to us tonight, it's another full moon," challenged a passerby. Fuu nodded grimly.
"Miss Hikaru, what are you doing tonight?" asked Fuu that afternoon after school.
"Going back to the graveyard. My friends don't believe me,"
"What a coincidence, ours don't either," said Umi from a third line.
"Meet at five-thirty so we can prepare for them, ne?" said Hikaru from her end.
"Fine with me," was the other two's reply. That night at fifteen after, the magic knights and their friends had gathered. The sun had set early and it was six-thirty when the moon came out.
They waited. No footsteps, no ghostly humming, no nothing.
"Look, we came this far and there's nothing, I'm going home," one of the girls exclaimed. A sudden hush came over the group as the familiar soft footsteps.
"I see you three didn't take my first warning, and I see you brought friends. Very well then," the woman said softly from behind the group. Each girl jumped a good two feet in the air before turning around. Umi, regaining her composure turned to the woman.
"Leave us alone you creep!" She shouted. The other girls, the more quieter ones from Fuu's school gaped at Umi, trying to place two and two together. Umi, loud, brash and somewhat obnoxious. Fuu, quiet, timid, states the obvious. How did that work?
The woman cast a weary look at Umi and chuckled softly.
"I warned you before girls, he'll be back tonight, now that he smells fresh blood," the woman turned.
"Umi, is she on something?" One of the girls asked staring at the old woman.
"The moon is high, the tree are bare. Freshly made graves are waiting there. He's waiting for you. Be careful of the jester..." the old woman trailed off and disappeared. The excess girls looked at the magic knights, who themselves looked quite stirred up.
"This is crazy, let's just get it over with," There was a flurry of nods as the group followed Hikaru into the cemetery.
The only sounds that were heard were those of the girls. As they went deeper into the cemetery, a fog began to creep in and become thicker with each step.
"Is it me, or is it getting harder to see?" asked one of the girls from Fuu's school. The others voiced their agreement but were silenced when they heard the wolf.
"O-okay, you guys p-pr-proved your point, let's go home,"
"He's coming," Umi whispered.
"Who's coming?"
"The Jester," said Fuu.
"The Jester? Who's that?"
"You'll see," and at that, the magic knights disappeared from their sight. Many loud screams erupted from the throats of the remaining girls, each running her own way to safety. As they ran, things became more clear until the fog lift and everything was how it should be. That is, everything was where it was supposed to, the graves were closed, some old, some freshly filled, but other than that, everyone was intact and regrouped. The first group, Hikaru's friends went toward the nearest gate when they were stopped by a laughing Hikaru. The same happened to Umi's and Fuu's friends at the gate they headed to.
Each girl was laughing, a dark, inhuman laugh.
"Umi-chan, what's wrong? It isn't that funny!" a few of them yelled.
"We were warned and we didn't take it the first time. Now look where we are," said Umi. Every surrounding fence disappeared placing all of the girls, minus the magic knights in the center of the graveyard.
"Come out you guys, we give up,"
The laughter grew louder before it was interrupted by that damn wolf. Once again, the girls scrambled to get out of there. On one path sat a ghost, minding his business, tending to an open plot of land.
"Dig a tunnel..." he sang. He turned to the fast approaching footsteps and raised an eyebrow. The girls couldn't see him, but they sure did see the open grave. An even louder scream as they saw who was in it. Umi, well, what looked to be Umi, her face was missing for one, her arms and legs seemed to be chewed on and her torso was missing. The ghost looked in the grave and sighed.
"Yep, Jester got 'er. Better hurry on out girls before he gets to you," he said. The girls looked to where the ghost's voice came from and nodded in agreement before running out of the cemetery.
A second group of girls stood horrified as they saw the wolf chewing on what looked to be Hikaru's torso. Already bloodied from what was supposed to be Umi's flesh, the wolf looked at the girls, dropped the torso and let out its call. The girls moved as silently as they could before running, wolf chasing them.
The last group shrieked as the mangled head of Fuu hung from a tree, seeming to mouth out to them 'run'. Which they did, passing the girls running from the wolf. Two more gates shut. Dim figures sat on three headstones, on for each grave.
"We tried to warn them," said Umi. Fuu and Hikaru nodded.
"I don't see why we had to scare them," said Hikaru with a small pout.
"They didn't believe us,"
A small glimmer before the images disappeared revealing the names on each headstone.
Ryuuzaki Umi, beloved daughter, friend and Magic Knight of Selece. Shidou Hikaru, great sister, friend and Magic Knight of Rayearth. Houoji Fuu, sister, daughter, computer geek and Magic Knight of Windam.
The last lines, about each of the girls being magic knights was scratched on as each piece of the girls body was thrown into their grave by the wolf...
---END
A/n: And End! Review please!