Me: Hello there everyone! I hope you like this story, its my first Fatal Frame 2-like thing... its not exactly FF2, but a kind of... what would you call it? Re-telling? I hope you enjoy it... no flames please, if you can help it.

Disclaimer: I Do not own FatalFrame 2- this story is based on it. I do, however, own Kai, Karma, Kera, Matt, and eveyrone else in here. R+R!

Dear Diary,
Hello! How are you? Father gave me this notebook, so that I could write down everything that's been happening to me.
I'm not sure why, but he said it was important for future generations… or something like that.

But anyway, here's what's been happening recently:
My twin sister, Kira, had always been separated from my other twin, Karma and I. I have no idea why, but I hear it has something to do with the "ritual" that happened once a year. The three of us, all 13, had been chosen to do this special ritual.

Now that I think about it, her being hidden away from us hadn't started recently. It'd been going on since the day we were born. Kira had been taken into a different room, and grown up separately from us. The older villagers sometimes whispered to each other when they saw our family pass.

I could hear bits pieces of their conversations, hear them sayings things like,
"That Kira, right? She's going to be the one to do it?"
"Oh, yes. That's why they keep her away form the other two. Don't want her feeling any guilt, or regret."
"Oh my, yes! Why should she feel guilty about doing that to people she's never even known?"

Their conversations puzzled me. Just what would Kira be doing that would require her to feel… guilt?
If only I'd known the truth.
If only I'd known what horrors would come.
I was 13 years old, and lived in the Village of Shantye. It was very peaceful here, run by Four Houses of Power. Those houses were: Osaka, Tachibana, Kereru, and Kurosawa. I was Kai Kurosawa, the second younger of my two sisters. We were triplets, the three of us. Kira was born first, then me, and then lastly Karma.

Karma and I looked a lot alike. We had shoulder-length brown hair, and were always wearing snow-white kimonos tied with red sashes. I didn't like those kimonos very much, they dirtied to easily, but they were pretty all the same, so I wore them.

The only things different about us were our eyes- I had violet eyes, and Karma had reddish eyes. Kira had brown hair too, but it was down to her knees. Her eyes were a dark brown too.

Karma and I grew closer and closer with each passing day, for it seems the adults never wanted us apart, unlike Kira who, as mentioned earlier, was kept away from us at all times.

We had many friends, Karma and I. There was Matt, and Kyro, both what the villagers called "the remaining." The villagers respected the two of them, for reason only they knew.

Matt came from the Kereru family, and Kyro from the Tachibana. From what I heard, Matt had two sisters; the three of them were triplets. But one day, about a year ago, the two of them just disappeared! He's 14, a year older then us. Kyro had the same thing happen two years ago, with his twin brother and sister. He's 15 now.


As you may have noticed, this all happened when they were 13, the same age as us.
I'm so worried that Karma and Kira will disappear too. Even though I wouldn't feel the same lose as I would with Karma, Kira's still my sister.

I have to go now, Yumi, the maid, is telling me to get some sleep.
Until tomorrow,
Kai Kurosawa

The Next day
The next morning, as the sunlight streamed through the heavily curtained windows, Kai awoke to a rustling in her sheets.

She froze.
"Umm... Hello...?"

"Mmm"

Kai blinked,
"Karma...?"

She pulled back the covers, staring at the other girl in surprise. With a smile, however, she shook her gently awake.

"Karma! Wake up; it's a brand new day. We've got a lot to explore,"

Karma slowly opened her eyes.
"Go away..." She mumbled, turning away from her.

Kai rolled her eyes,
"Come on...wake up!" She shook her again.

Karma sighed, defeated, and awoke. Sitting up she stretched, letting the blankets fall away from her body.
"Alright...alright, I'm up..."

"Matt and Kyro are waiting for us at the Whisper Bridge. You're coming too, right?"

Karma blinked, trying to remember this plan.
"What...? Oh! Yea. I am." She confirmed, nodding.

Kai smiled,
"Alright then... let's go!"

Karma let out a slight whine as her twin dragged her from the bed. The two dressed, in their matching white kimonos, and made their way down the stairs.

"Morning Mother, Father." The two greeted simultaneously, smiling at the man and woman that sat at the table.

Their father looked up,
"Ah, good morning you two. Sleep well?"

The two nodded and started towards the door.

"You're not going to have breakfast?" asked their mother, looking somewhat concerned.

"No mother, we're already late." Kai answered as they pulled on their sandals.

"Good-bye, we'll be back by dinner!" Karma called as the two hurried out the door.

Their mother sighed sadly.

"Marina... you can't be having second thoughts?"

"Oh Keota... our daughters...how could you subject them to this?" Marina whispered softly.

Keota's eyes narrowed.
"It is for the safety of the village. We've been chosen to do this; our daughters have been chosen to do this. It is a great honor, you should feel pride, not remorse!"

With that, Keota stood, brushing off his hakama.
"I will go check to make sure Kera is up." He said, before briskly leaving the room.

Marina bowed her head, feeling warm tears slip through her closed lids.
"Oh Kai... Oh Karma...I'm so sorry that you had to be born in this family..." She sobbed.

Me: Well, that's all for now. I won't continue until I get at LEAST 3 reviews...