Chapter 5: The "Séance"
"Good going, Tim!" Kinshi praised. I smiled. It was me who saved her from the boulder. "Thanks," I said. Then I gasped. "I almost forgot!" I told her. "Let's check the next item on the list," I said, pulling out the piece of parchment. I scanned through it. "Let's see... the next thing is the hair of a werewolf." Kinshi burst out laughing. I fumed at her. "What's so funny?" I demanded. This made her laugh even harder. I leapt at her. Kinshi had no time to react. "Ahh!" she screamed. "Tell me," I said. "What is so funny?" When she didn't answer, I stared into her eyes, trying to find the truth. Boy, she looks so... great, I thought. Kinshi looked at me oddly. "What the hell are you doing?" she asked me. I didn't expect that. "Uhh... nothing," I said, getting off of her. I straightened my clothes, getting rid of the creases (A/N: I really am a neat freak). "All right, let's pick a door," I said to Kinshi, pulling her off the floor. Kinshi grabbed my shirt and pulled me to the door on the right. "NO!" I screamed. "You've made creases!"
"Wow," I said. The room was very small. It's about the size of a closet. Kinshi stepped inside. "You know," she said, "this place reminds me of the closet at home." I gaped at her. "What?" "Have you ever been inside your closet?" "Of course," she said. I took a step away from her.
The room was decorated with hieroglyphics. It seemed to stretch all the way around the room and up to the ceiling. Well, I think it was a ceiling. It was hard to see past 30 feet above me. Suddenly the door closed behind us. We turned around. "What's happening, Tetsu?" she asked me with concern. "What do you think?" I replied. She edged closer to me. "Ohh..." I muttered. Kinshi turned to face me. "What was that?" she asked me. "Nothing," I replied quickly. That was close, I thought. Then I saw something in the corner of my eye. I turned and saw the symbols shine a bright light.
I took a closer look. The symbols were changing shape. The signs turned into letters. I was able to understand it all! "Kinshi! Look at this!" I yelled, beckoning to her. "What is it now?" she said monotonously as she stepped over here. "Look at this! The hieroglyphics are now in English!" I said excitedly. "Whoa," she gasped out. "I'll read it out loud." This is what it said:
"To find the fur of the beast, you must find the door at least. Insert the feline into the crack, and the help for the hair is in the bag."
Kinshi stared. "Did they have to add modern phrases into something from ancient times?" she asked. "I mean, 'in the bag', that's so thousands of years ahead of their time." I stared at the letters harder. I gasped. "I think I know what it means," I told her. "Duh, put the fang in that crevasse and we find the door," she replied simply with a triumphant smile on her face. "Wrong." She fell forward in surprise. "What do you mean, wrong?" she asked. "Let me explain. To find the hair means to find the door. The door must be hidden around here somewhere. Check for indents," I told her. Kinshi stepped in front of me. "Wait a second. What about 'Insert the feline into the crack, and the help for the hair is in the bag'. Doesn't that mean that we should put the tooth into the crack by that door over there?" she asked as she pointed to the door. I gaped in surprise. The door was larger than my house. It was decorated with carvings of werewolves. I took a closer look. The details were amazingly good. The way the Ancient Ones chiseled with using light techniques was astonishing. "Well, that was easy," I said. Kinshi dashed towards the crack. "Now we put the fang in the crack and the hair is ours," she said excitedly. I turned towards her. "Wait, stop!" I yelled. But it was too late. The door creaked open. "Yes!" she yelled. I sighed. "What have you done?" I asked her. "What are you talking about?" she said. "Look, when the door opens, the prize is in the bag." Kinshi stared at me, puzzled about what I was saying. "The bag contains a secret," I told her. "So, what is it?" she asked. "Here it comes," I said, drawing my katana.
What came out of the door was surprising. It was the little boy. The child ran over to the exit door and smashed it into pieces! "Wow," Kinshi and I said together. The boy faced us and beckoned us to go back to the Great Hall. I smirked. "Let's go, Kinshi," I said as I leapt after the boy. Kinshi however wasn't ready to leave the hair behind. "Coming!" she yelled after me as she picked the fang and the hair up and put it in her pocket.
When we reached the hall, I kept my cool. "All right. What do you want now?" I asked him. The boy looked at me with those sad blue eyes. I took a double-take. I could have sworn I saw Naraku in the boy's place. "I have a surprise for you," he said ominously. "You can talk? I knew it!" I yelled. "It involves your friend." I gasped. Kinshi was in trouble. I turned around and saw Kinshi running towards me. "Kinshi, stop!" I roared. She didn't hear me. Instead, she was waving the hair around in the air. "I found it!" she screamed. Suddenly, she stopped. She stared blankly ahead. It looked like she was in a trance. I looked back at the boy. "What have you done?" I asked him, but he wasn't there. "Hello?" I called to him. There he was, right in front of Kinshi. "What do you want?" I asked the boy. "What have you done?" Kinshi looked over towards me. Kinshi spoke in the boy's voice. "I took over her body, and now you will die."
I stared at her. She was being used as a puppet by that stupid boy! What can I do? I thought. Then I had an idea. I smiled. "Boy, if you get out of Kinshi, I will give you anything you want." 'Kinshi' looked at me with interest. "Give me the fang and the hair, and your friend will be free of my control," he said. I sighed. "Fine, you can have them," I said as I placed the items in front of me. 'Kinshi' laughed. "Finally! My freedom!" he roared as he left Kinshi's body. Kinshi fell limp to the floor. "Kinshi!" I roared. I didn't have long to feel angry at the boy, because on my way to yell at him, I fell to the floor, sleeping my way out of reality.
A/N: Weird, huh? Well, like always, here's a sneak peek of Chapter 6!
"Let me get this straight," I said to the boy. "You're in my soul?" The boy in my head laughed. "Of course, asshole!" I gasped. "Watch your language!" The boy sighed. "Whatever. But have you ever wondered why I died at the age of seven?"
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