The Lost Village
"I still don't understand how you can lose your sandals if you're dead" Kementari complained, "It's just not normal!"
"Since when have you been telling people off for not being normal? You're the overlord of non-normalness." Itsuki looked very harassed, as well as Kem. Minako just smiled, leaning back against the wall of the storehouse where Itsuki was being held captive ever since the night of the sacrifice.
"Well… it's… um… Look! Sae!" Itsuki whirled around while Kementari hid somewhere; Minako didn't see.
She looked out the window of the storehouse, just admiring the view. It was only darkness past Misono Hill, but what else was there to do? Join in the sandal losing conversation?
Minako sighed as Itsuki and Kementari started to have a cloud fight, and they both seemed intent on winning. As she looked up at the dark sky, a sound like a pinprick echoed through her very sensitive ears.
"Tomare!" Kementari and Itsuki both stopped moving.
"Together…Forever…"
Mio Amakura walked through the dark and rather spooky looking forest trying to find Mayu, who had just been with her moments before, up the strange hill where a fiery glow haunted her sight.
Kementari and Minako started to run around the bend and looked up to Misono Hill.
"So you sure that it's twins?"
"I'm positive."
Kem looked disapprovingly.
"You know, you're not always right."
Minako grinned. "For some reason, I'm always right about these types of things."
The two of them passed by the Tsuchihara house, and a shadowy figure's eyes gleamed.
"Yae? Sae?" Kem said, truly shocked to see twins that looked exactly like her former best friends.
"I told you it was twins." Kem scoffed.
"Shaddup."
Mio and Mayu approached the first house, and saw a lantern pass by one of the lattice.
"Is someone there?"
Mayu asked.
Mio shrugged, and then felt Mayu's hand grasp her shoulder.
But then Mayu walked past her, and the hand was still there. Mio whirled around and saw nothing.
"Mio?" Mayu said, concerned.
"I'm all right."
Kem glared. "Nice going, Sae…"
Minako glared back. "Thanks for the support. I didn't mean to scare her."
"Well, what do you have planned now? Go tell Sae?"
"No… We have to get them out of the village…"
"Oh, and how do you suppose we do that? Magically swoop them past the forest and hope none of the stupid villagers catch em?"
"Something like that."
"That's not funny."
"I thought it was."
"Well I –Ow." Kementari groaned as she tripped in the entrance. "I swear that step hates me."
"They went that-away." Miyako Sudo said, appearing in the Kimono room.
Kementari jumped. "Don't DO THAT!"
"Sorry." Minako grinned and opened the door, ever so slowly, and saw Mio and Mayu walking down the hall.
"Ya think we're going to catch em before Miyako does?"
"She'll toy with them first…then she'll be pissy." Kem grinned.
"Right."
Mio and Mayu saw the ghost of the woman in the picture once again, and they slowly walked into the Family Altar Room.
"The Camera Obscura…" Mio said as she took a picture of the door.
Kementari and Minako just looked at each other, clearly amused.
"Looks like we're in more shit then we thought, huh?"
Mio looked over and saw a black and white book, sort of like the notebook written by the woman, Miyako Sudo.
The book had the name Minako Osaka inscribed on the front cover, and a white butterfly on the inside corner.
The first entry was dated April 14th.
Mommy and Daddy have been fighting with Kurosawa-Dono a lot lately…something about a trip… Mommy won't let me listen though… She says that it is nothing that I need to worry about. Mommy's always right…
Osaka Minako
Minako looked back over at Kem as Mio read the diary entry aloud, and she was bewildered. Kem's look asked her what she was talking about, but Minako knew it was not her place.
As Mio and Mayu walked through the house, Minako knew that Miyako would soon appear. Kem heard a noise come from the closed front door. Minako walked through the wall of the Kimono Room and spotted someone turn the corner to the Tsuchihara house. Minako thought that she had recognized them, but she shrugged it off, walking back into the Osaka Fireplace Room.
As Mio and Mayu walked into the Kimono room, finding another black diary.
Mommy says that me and my baby sister have to go… To visit our grandfather, Kino-senpai. Mutsuki-kun says that he'll be waiting for me when we return. He gave me a letter for me to open when I got back to the village. He said it was to explain. When I asked him why, he told me that I'd find out when I returned. Mommy and Daddy are very sad to see us go, but Kurosawa-dono says that we must go soon. Kino-senpai is going to come here to pick us up. I asked Mommy why she couldn't take us, but she started to cry.
I wish I knew what was wrong.
Osaka Minako
Kem was dumbfounded at this new knowledge, and she looked at Minako.
"You knew?"
"Not very much…"
"But you KNEW and you didn't TELL ME?"
"I'm SORRY but—" Minako followed Mio and Mayu upstairs. "It wasn't my place to tell you!"
"You're LUCKY they can't hear us."
"And YOU'RE lucky KINO-senpai isn't here! Now shut up and come on!" Mio walked into one of the guest rooms, and Minako and Kem followed close behind.
"Miyako…her presence is getting stronger…She's not going to wait any more."
Mio found another of Miyako's notebook entries:
Masumi found my note.
He WAS in the village!
I can see him soon.
I can't move...
I'll wait here.
He'll be back
He'll find the way out.
If he comes back
(empty page)
(empty page)
He came
Miyako began attacking the two young girls, and Mio used the camera to her advantage, and when Miyako was defeated, Mio fainted.
Kem knelt to see if she was still alive, and Minako felt Mayu walk past her.
It's good to see you again…
Minako's head whirled around, but Mayu had disappeared.
"Sae…"
Kem poked at her sister. "She's waking up."
Minako knelt by her, and whispered kindly. "Do not give up…you and your sister must leave this village…before it consumes you both."
Mio awoke then, and screamed as she saw the two ghosts in front of her, grabbing the Camera Obscura and attempting to exorcize them both. Minako jumped into the rafters and Kem dodged it, but was temporarily blinded by the flash.
"OW!"
"Can you put that away? Minako asked. "It's kinda violent."
Mio put down the camera. "You're sister's trying to leave."
Mio then ran to the railing, and saw as her sister walked through the entranceway.
"I'm sorry…I have to go…"
"MAYU!"
Kem looked over at Minako.
"It looks like things are much worse then we thought…"
"A lot worse…"
WEWT! Chapter 2 finally submitted! D Sorry for taking so long.
C.F