May 7, 2011

Forecast… Thunderstorms

I rolled out of bed that morning… literally; I hit my head on the side table on the way down… God, I really did have a small bed. Still, today was Saturday and Midterms were coming up fast! There was no real way around this one… I sighed as I decided to do something different walking to school that morning. So, I closed the umbrella and pulled out my I-pod and started to listen to Breaking a Sweat by Skrillex, and as you know me… I started to dance ever so slightly on my way to the school building. "I'm breakin' a sweat… It's alright!" The words reverberated in my head. I didn't really meet my friends until about half to the door. Chie and Yukiko came running up to me.

"Morning." Yukiko said as polite as always. Chie smiled up at me.

"Yo!" I smiled back at these two… they were good friends. I was almost worried that I bothering them when I wanted to hang out with Chie, but knowing them they would just laugh or say that it wasn't true.

"Sup," I did my two finger salute into the piece sign at them. "This rain is gonna get annoying, escpecailly if… Does anyone know how long this storm is supposed to last?"

We all knew what the rain could mean for us if it stayed around till midnight, there could possibly be another victim soon. None of us wanted that. Chie thought about it for a moment. "I can't really remember…"

"W-well it doesn't really matter unless the Midnight Channel appears," I smiled at them. I was just trying to be brave for them but still, it was so that none of us wanted there to be another victim. "Come guys, there is no real reason for us to assume that there really will be another victim! So let's just make through midterms first."

"Yeah!" Both of them smiled as we finally walked into the school building. Though to tell you the truth… I didn't even believe my own words at that time.

Time Change: Early Morning to Morning

Mr. Hosoi was supposed to be teaching the class today, but we all know who that works out with someone like Mr. Hosoi, failed in the fits like five seconds… How did it happen this time? A female student spoke up about a book series. "Mr. Hosoi? Have you picked up the latest edition of 'Bullied Teacher' yet?"

"Of course I did. But it's raining today." Mr. Hosoi was so easy to get off track. "I hope I can get it home without getting it all wet…"

I whispered to Chie. "I hope that you can get on with it…"

"Yeah," Chie had her head on her hand. This was one of the most boring classes that we had to take. "Except he might give us something to study for the exam."

"So, uh," Mr. Hosoi continued his speech about his book… we are going to fail at life if this is what are teachers do to us… "Does anyone have an extra book cover they'd be kind enough to lend me? Whoops, I have to start the lecture! Don't try to distract me by talking about books!"

"I'm going to sleep now…" I sighed and put my face against my desk… "Just wake me if he ask me a question."

Thankfully… I was later told that he asked Yu a really stupid question… as was the way this school worked.

Time Change: Early Morning to Afterschool

The thunder part of the storm had finally started up, I like thunderstorms, they were basically the drums of nature… um, that sounded weird, eh, who cares? Well we were sitting in the class room after school when the thunder started to rumble. Chie suddenly looked to the ground, I was about to ask her if she was okay, but of course here came Yosuke with useless info. "Hey Chie, I bought you a new copy of that Trial of the Dragon flick. It was a Greatest Punches version for 980 yen. If I knew then, I'd have just replaced it instead of buying you grilled steak."

"You're a little late there buddy." I smiled up at Yosuke, which of course confused the hell out of him.

"Huh? Why?"

"I got her one of those a long time ago." That's when I realized I should have shut up right then and there. How do I know this… Yosuke's evil smile that's how! "Oh shit!"

"Oh," Yosuke made a mocking face at me. "Well, it looks like you make a great boyfriend for her!"

"At least I can get a girlfriend Brosuke!" I jumped up out of my desk and jabbed my index finger into his chest. "Yeesh, I wish you would have just taken the ten thousand yen…"

That's when there was another flash of lighting, so I started counting until the sound of the thunder hit my ears; it was about six miles off. That's when Chie really started to freak out. "This is clearly getting closer…!"

"Huh…?" Yosuke seemed surprised at this, so was I, Chie, the girl who could have signal han- footed… yeah, that sounds better! Signal footed, kill hundreds of shadows, was scared of a storm. "What are you, scared of a little lightning?"

"Quiet, you!" Chie was pissed at him for this! I was amazed, I loved these kinds of storms, boy… this might cause some problems later down the road. "I'd be a goner if even one of those things hit me!"

The moment she finished talking there was another flash of lighting and thunder, that one was right on top of us! "Eek!"

"Hahaha," Yosuke started to laugh, which kinda pissed me off! "You're freakin' out way too much. C'mon, shouldn't weather like this help with your kung fu training? A bolt of lightning would hit and it'd give you the inspiration for a new move! There was a scene like that in your DVD, wasn't there?"

I smacked Yosuke upside his head; he was being a major dick at that moment. "It doesn't work like that, but it'll help hide your screams of pain when I kick your ass!"

"What did I do!?"

"You're being a dick to my girlfriend!" I shouted back at him, I was starting to think that we were louder than the storm! "If lightning does strike anyone, I hope it's you!"

The moment I finished saying that, there was a lightning strike that went off right over the school and the power went out at that moment. I felt bad for Chie; I sat back down next to her and gently put my hand on her shoulder. Yukiko decided to state the obvious at that exact moment. "Huh? Is this a blackout?"

"That's what you get for saying that stuff, Kreed." I kicked Yosuke in the shin. "Ow! What the hell was that for!?"

"Being you!" Yosuke phone went off at that moment, he answered it, but I only heard his end of the conversation.

"It's from my manager…" You mean your dad? "Hello…? Wait, what!? But my pay… Wai-"

"Bitch please!" I pointed my finger in his face. "That's what you get for being a dick!"

"Ugh," Yosuke started to flip out, he sounded so pissed off! "Why did this have to happen!?"

Chie turned to Yukiko with a frown on her face. "Hey, Yukiko… can we just go home?"

"Chie," Yukiko seemed like she had an evil smile on her face. "Do you know this story? A girl forgot her homework, so she snuck into school in the middle of the night, but she suddenly needed to use the bathroom… She ventured into the girls' room, where all the lights were off. No one should have been there, but in the mirror…"

"Hold it right there!" Chie seemed scared now, I was too, I hate HORROR! "What're you talking about!?"

"NO HORROR!" I yelled at Yukiko… wait, that story almost sounded like Bloody Mary… I wasn't going to sleep tonight…

"Huh?" Yukiko seemed surprised at our sudden outburst… that was just WRONG! "It's just a ghost story. I thought Chie like them."

I looked at Chie with a very funny look on my face, well… I'm not taking her to a horror movie, I'd be screaming more than her… "Yeah, but why tell it now!?"

I noticed that Chie was so close to crying, I decided to try and comfort her without embarrassing both of us. So, I just talked her down. "Chie, its fine… I'm here, I won't let anything happen to you."

"Y-you promise…?" Chie was still close to crying, but I put my hand on hers.

"I promise." Chie still looked scared, but she didn't seem like she was gonna cry anymore. Yu finally spoke up too.

"Yeah, guys, that was a little uncalled for." Yu Narukami… master of his maze of relationships…

"Thanks…" Chie looked at Yu first, then turned back to me and moved her head so that our fingers were intertwined. "I'm glad you're here Kreed… and you too Yu-kun."

Yosuke sighed and looked at me and Chie. "Why don't you just have him escort you back home, Chie?"

"A-are you making fun of me!?" I turned to Yosuke with an evil grin.

"No," I was still holding Chie's hand; her grip was tightening up as she got pissed at Yosuke. "He's making fun of us!"

"Yosuke!" Yu tried to get his friend's attention. "Run and don't stop until you reach the town limits!"

The power came back on the moment Yu finished talking, I looked to Chie and smiled. "See, told ya nothing bad would happen."

"T-thanks," Chie smiled at me, though her cheeks were a little red. "C'mon, Kreed, Yukiko, let's go home!"

"Agreed," I stood up, I was kinda freaking out to tell you the truth, I was worried that the storm would develop a tornado! Don't laugh, that shit is an insta-kill! "See ya later Yu-sama! Yosuke, what Yu told you to do, you should listen to him!"

With that, Chie nearly dragged me to the door of the school. I couldn't help but smile, yeah. I this relation was gonna last for a while.

Time Change: After School to Evening

"Yo! Will!" I called out to my friend as I noticed him sitting on the couch. "What's up?"

"Nothing really…" Will sighed as he looked at his phone. "Hey, did the rest of town loose power as well?"

"Yeah," I smiled as I jumped the couch and landed right next to and turned on the TV. "The school last power and everything. Why you wanna know?"

"Just wondering…" Will sighed and looked at me. He looked like he had something on his mind. "So, what's the Midnight Channel?"

I stopped dead… I was hoping that question would never come up, oh god! There was no way for this to end well. "Oh, that… I-it's just a local rumor! I tried it out like I did Bloody Mary back in the states! I-it was to-totally fake! N-nothing to it, just a rumor… it has nothing to do with the murders!"

"I never asked if it had to do with the murder cases." FUCK! That was my fault… yeah, not the best under pressure. "So, truthfully… what is it?"

"Fine," I sighed, I didn't want to bring him into this, but… "You are supposed to watch a TV at Midnight on a rainy night, and it has to be off. The person that appears on the screen, is supposed to be your soul mate… T-the cops have gotten prank calls that it has to do with the murders, I only kn-know that because one of my friends has an uncle that is a cop!"

"Ok," Will sighed like he had given up trying to question me. He knew I was a good lair… some times, others… it was just way too obvious. "Well, I'm just curious, because it sounds like that rumor that we grew up with… what was it called…? Oh, yeah! The Dark Hour!"

"Yeah," I laughed, that was such a stupid rumor! A hidden hour between Midnight and the next day! Who would believe that! Everyone almost completely forgot about it almost two years ago… still, I couldn't help but laugh! I kept telling people that it was real, but I totally forgot about the same time as everyone else! Will got up and started to walk down the hall. "Going to bed?"

"Yeah," Will smiled at me as he made his way to his room. "Night! Don't wake up in the Dark Hour!"

"Same to you!" I smiled as I continued to watch the TV, though; I could shake this feeling about that rumor… "The Dark Hour, huh?"

BOOM! PLOT TWIST! Just kidding, or am I!? Still though, not much to say this time. Except the usual, hope you enjoyed and please send me your feedback!

Songs

Breaking a Sweat- Skrillex