Lil' Ed: Miyako's
out for blood!
HAHAHA!
Genis: Bl-blood! As in
(stabs Regal
and Regal falls) that
blood?
Lil' Ed: (sweat
drops) Let's not kill
next chapters muse
Genis.
Genis: Ok….. (coughs)
She does not
own Namco.
oOoOoOo
Chapter 3: First Fight
oOoOoOo
Lloyd stumbled back
as the Miyako
reached for his neck
with her cold grey
hands, her eyes
glaring at him. He
moved away to escape
the grip but felt
the hands tighten on
his wrist.
He yelled as his sleeve
tore to shreds,
blood escaping from
deep opening cuts
on his arm. A flash
illuminated the
room forcing Miyako to
scream and
fall back, freeing
Lloyd's arm in the
process. His blood
dripped
continuously onto the
ground, making
him grasp the wounds.
Zelos came
over and attempted to
cast First Aid.
His mana charged but
then
disappeared. "What
the hell!" Zelos
yelled and tried
again. No such luck.
"Don't worry right
now! We have to
think of something!"
Lloyd
commanded.
"Like this?" Genis
called and threw
something towards
Lloyd. The small
notebook he caught was
labeled 'Spirit
Capture.' "Read
fast please!" Genis
yelped and leapt away
from Miyako's
killing grasp. Lloyd
started reading as
fast as he could
before "Lloyd!
Move!" Sheena
yelled. Lloyd whipped
around to face
Miyako's cold black
eyes wide, arms
outstretched towards
his throat again when
he fell, another
flash illuminated the
room forcing her
away. "The Camera
Obscura! Pick it
up!" Zelos chirped
and hopped away
from Miyako's
stumbling form before
she disappeared.
Lloyd picked up the
little dark brown
box whose flash
finished fading away
and recharged. The
symbols around
the frame started to
glow with flickers.
Raising it to his face
and looking
through, he saw that
the filament was a
dark orange. But the
strange thing was
that he only saw
Presea through the
lens. The filament
brightened still. It
clicked. "Presea!
Get away from the
wall!" he barked.
Presea rolled away
from the wall from the
sudden order
but turned to find two
ghostly hands.
Lloyd hit the button,
snapping a
picture of Miyako and
forcing her to
disappear.
"We need more
cameras," Genis said.
Sheena threw a piece
of rubble at
Genis making him yelp.
"This is no
time to be smart!
We'll have to act as
decoys but try to stay
away from her
grasp," she said.
Regal nodded in
agreement. "That
seems to be the best
idea right now."
Genis started to nod
before a blinding
flash obscured his
vision for a second. A
gasping noise
was heard behind Genis
and he
whipped around as the
ghost stumbled
back. "Genis, try
NOT to get
attacked," Lloyd
stated. Genis snorted,
rising along with
Presea. Everyone
started wandering
around the room as
bait and Regal jumped
back as Miyako
appeared after him.
After getting a
good distance, Regal
stood still as
Lloyd aimed the
camera's lens.
Miyako surprised everyone when she
suddenly warped in
front of Lloyd,
hands stretched for
his neck. Lloyd
quickly took the
picture dealing a great
amount of damage.
Miyako again
reeled back in pain,
disappearing into
the wall.
Minutes
passed when a sob
was heard ringing
around the room.
"Where did you
go?" a voice asked,
the sobbing
continuing. The aura
around the room
started to shuffle
from loathing to a
dark depression.
The group looked
around the room,
shuffling nervously as
the crying
stopped.
"Is she gone?"
Colette asked, starting to
walk over to Lloyd
before tripping. He
sweat dropped,
motioning to help her
up when she rolled
over and started
backing up, terror
expressed on her
face. The presence in
the air shifted
again and raising the
camera again
revealed Miyako's
return as the
filament was glowing
once more. Out
of the corner of his
eye, the air was
shifted and warped, a
physical being
started to show.
Miyako's clammy
grey hands were
outstretched, a look of
determination on her
pale face and her
eyes burning with bloodlust. She
reached closer and
closer to Colette
who in turn finally
had backed into the
wall, trembling from
head to toe, blue
eyes widened in fear.
"Colette!" Lloyd
yelled and snapped an
ending shot as
the filament turned
red again.
Miyako didn't only stumble but
screamed and collapsed
to the ground.
"I... don't
want... to kill...
an...y...more..."
the words escaped as
she disappeared. Doors
snapped as the
locks unlocked and
hinged making
them movable again.
Something or
some things appeared
on the ground. A
round glass object, a
jagged crystal
and, to Lloyd's
dislike, more notes on
what the round object
was, Spirit
Lenses. Lloyd helped
Colette up as she
was still shaking from
the encounter.
"Lloyd, your arm,
it's still bleeding,"
she whispered and
sniffed a bit.
Lloyd wouldn't blame
her, facing a
ghost wasn't a daily
occurrence. "Don't
worry about it
Colette. I'll bandage it
up and it will be good
as new," Lloyd
replied quietly,
pulling her into a hug.
Colette wept quietly
for a while but
shook violently from
the fear and
oncoming tears.
Lloyd hissed at a
sudden stinging
feeling on his wounds.
Colette looked
up with reddened eyes
but looked over
at Presea. In her
hands was a wooden
vial full with strong
smelling green
liquid. The stinging
lessened making
Lloyd looked at his
sleeveless arm.
The blood had stopped
flowing but the
wounds were shutting.
Around the
deep carvings in his
skin, they reached
and bound together,
leaving no trace of
them ever being there.
Lloyd looked
back at Colette with a
grin. Colette
returned the smile
with a slight sniffle.
While those two were
off in there own
world, Genis examined
the glowing
stone, the notes, just
basically
everything the ghost
left. When Regal
returned with a box.
It looked like an
ancient radio. Genis
snatched the radio
from Regal after
reading through the
notes. Genis, unlike
Lloyd, read the
notes out of interest
and inserted the
crystal (aragonite)
into the slot.
"Masumi...
where did you go...?
without you...
I'm..."
(cut off)
"Uh,
what is that?" Sheena asked
"Something called
a Spirit Stone
Radio. It plays
thoughts left within
stones such as this
aragonite," Genis
said, "Boy, will
Raine have... a... wait.
Where's Raine and
Kratos!" Zelos
rushed to the door and
slid it open.
"Ask them.
They're ready to leave!" he
yelled. Zelos almost
got trampled as
everyone ran to see
Raine and Kratos
standing at the door.
"Something's...
not right,"
Presea said. Something was
definitely wrong and
it was confirmed
when Genis called for
her. "I'm...
sorry," she
quietly said and turned
opening the door.
Genis rushed down
the stairs to stop her
but Kratos
unsheathed his blade,
placing it right at
his neck on the sharp
side.
Kratos' mahogany eyes
were glaring
deep, sending chills
down everyone's
spine. A hand touched
his shoulder. He
blinked, his eyes
flashing red as they
turned to look back at
Raine. When
she spoke, it wasn't
her voice. "Not
now. We've been
summoned. We must
go or he'll be
angry," her voice
wispily stated. Kratos
growled but
nodded. Raine exited
the house into
the Entrance Hall.
Kratos sheathed his
sword and walked
through the door. A
small click was
heard.
Genis was quaking and fell to his
knees. Why? Why was
this happening?
He beat the ground.
"What's going
on!" he yelled to
no one.
oOoOoOo
So, they made it through the first
obstacle. Too bad its only part one.
In the village, the fog has yet to rise
nor the sun to shine. A haunting song
hangs in the air as Crimson
Butterflies appear.
oOoOoOo
Lil' Ed: Well, here's
this chapter
hehe...
Genis: Oo
Lil' Ed: What? (#)
Anyway,
preview time!
Preview of the Next Chapter:
Trapped still in the
Osaka house still,
the group looks for
a way out. Even if
they get out, can
they save their
comrades?
Chapter 4: Possessed Pair