June 2, 2011

Forecast... Cloudy in the Morning, Raining later in the day

Thursday

"You okay, Kris?" I slowly tried to roll my head to locate the voice. I rolled my head to the right and found the source. Chie stood next to her desk. School hadn't started yet, so I wanted a few z's. Why did I wanna sleep? Well...

"Yeah, I didn't get much sleep last night, though." I hadn't been able to sleep since the day I helped Ayane, which was only two so far... better than twenty, if you ask me. Still I was damned tired, I honestly thought about sleeping through class which wouldn't be a good idea. And then there was the reason I couldn't sleep... that damned nightmare! I almost never remembered anything about it, only in the end... some creature with a white skull face and eight coffins appears... I don't know how or why though! Yet; it almost always made me wake up on the floor or thrashing about... and if I tired to sleep again... it started all over again. Point was, now I was scared to even sleep. Which just made staying awake even more difficult. "It's nothing to worry about... though if I fall asleep, I might need you to cover for me."

"Got it." She smiled at me and sat down just as the bell rang... I already knew that today was gonna be along day...

All I could see was white, as far as the eyes could see. There was only white. It wasn't snow white, no... never snow white. This was the kind of white that was a symbol of nothing, it was so bright and brilliant, that it was blinding, yet... at the same time, it wasn't... It was difficult to explain. There was only one real why to describe it... clear.

There where no objects in this plain of existence, except for me. I tried to move forward, but my legs just wouldn't move; no matter how hard I tried... my legs just wouldn't respond to me. I felt disconnected from my body. I had no control over anything I was doing... it was a scary feeling. To have someone else at the rains, controlling how you acted, what you felt, what you believe.

Suddenly, I heard static from behind me. My head slowly turned around to see a black haired boy in a striped black and white shirt and pants. "You must first sign your name on the contract." He didn't turn around, he didn't seem to care. My head turned to see a folder on a table that appeared out of no where. My hand reached out and opened it to the title page inside. There were two names... Philemon, Nrylathotep. I shivered at the site of his name... The next page had names that were sketched out or burnt. On the third page... I stopped, or... what ever was controlling me did. I recognized one name, I'd seen the name before... Maya Amano, I couldn't remember where I'd heard it before. One the third page, there was only one name... yet it seemed as though, everything was done to keep this name on the page, Minato Arisato. "All it says is that you will be responsible for your actions."

The book suddenly flipped to the last page, and a name slowly started to appear. Kristopher Richards.

"Thank you." That's when the music started. The music was an orchestra, but it sounded like a song I knew... yet at the same time, I couldn't place it. "You are not only you, you never will be until the Seal is returned what belongs to it."

I had no idea what this kid was talking about, he made sense what's so ever. Everything slowly spun until... out of no where, a stair case slowly folded outta the ground, rising to the sky. At least what I assumed was the sky, until it slowly faded away into a calm star filled night. "If you want, I can come with, we're still friends after all."

I didn't answer him... I didn't even know him. So to me, he was just speaking nonsense. Still, I began to walk up the stair case. The stairs were not connected by anything, they just floated there, suspended in midair. They had flat smooth surfaces, almost like they were oddly shaped pearls rather than stairs to walk upon. The stars grew larger the further I ascended the seemingly endless walkway.

The higher I climbed the more I noticed a uneasy feeling in my stomach. Kinda like when you get butterflies in your stomach. The more I climbed the more I became aware of it slowly growing until I even felt it in my head as well.

After what seemed to be hours, we finally came to a platform... Yet least, that's what the field clouds acted like. It was a flat surface on top of clouds. Yet all that was there was just an amazing view of what looked like the universe. After a few moments, the boy walked past me, that's when I realized, I still have yet to see his face.

"Here we are, I brought you here to see what you have become. To show you the miracle you performed... but it seems, you are not yet ready to see it." Now I was lost. Who was he... he couldn't have been talking to me. It was getting difficult to concentrate with the tingling feeling I was having. "Sorry, but I have to wake you... I have to do the same way as last time."

That's when he turned around. If I could have, I might have screamed, but I was not in control. His face was pure white with empty holes for eyes that seemed to peer into my very soul. That's when it happened... Something forced its way up my throat... I thought I was going to vomit!, until the hands shot out of my mouth they were trying to grip something! Yet there was one thing for sure... I felt like I was getting ripped apart from the inside out!

"Memento Mori..." That was the last thing I saw before the creature with the white skull and eight coffins exploded forth from me.

That was also when I suddenly woke up just as the finally bell of the day rang, with my head in my hand.

Time Change:

Early Morning to After School

"Crap, I did it again..." I rubbed my eyes as I slowly rose from my seat. I turned towards Chie. "Did you have to cover for me?"

"No, King Moron picked on Narukami today." Chie smiled as she flipped a back pack on her shoulders. "How was the nap?"

"Fine, glad I could catch a few z's, I feel a bit better." Yeah, I felt less tired, but this time... I remembered one more thing other than the creature. "Hey, does the name Maya Amano sound familiar to you?"

Chie tilted her head at me. "Kinda, why?"

"No real reason, just I swore I've heard that somewhere." I shrugged, and walked over to Chie, giving her a quick peck on the cheek. "I gotta head into town, so I'll talk to you tomorrow."

Truth is I wanted to get home, I was scared... I couldn't remember everything from the dream, but I was going to try and figure everything out, or as much as I could. "Okay, bye."

I waved back at Chie and ran out the door of the school.

Location Change:

Yasogami High to Shopping District

I still had to cut through the shopping district just to get home. It wasn't going to take to much longer, but the rain definitely slowed the process. It not only made getting around harder, but I was having difficulty thinking straight. I don't know why, guess the sound and smell of the rain was making tired again.

I was looking straight up at the sky, letting the rain run along my face. As I made it to the alley by Aiya's, someone grabbed my shoulder. "What the hell!?" I spun on one foot so fast, I almost smacked the person with my shoulder. "Oh, great... you three."

"Don't get cocky prick!" The leader of the three thugs that threatened Yukiko growled at me. "You and your little girlfriend caused us a lot a hell!"

I sighed a reached for my backpack... which still had my baseball bat in it. "Don't you guys ever learn?"

"Yeah, I did!" The guy snapped his fingers and the other two thugs, coming outta no where, grabbed my arms locking them in place.

"What the fuck!?" Now I was a little scared. Them doing this ment they had a plan that involved kicking the shit outta me. "Let me go you mother-!"

That's when I heard it... the click, I looked at the lead thug, he had a pocket knife in his hands. "It's pay back time!"

I tried to act quickly, I stomped on the smaller thug's foot, causing him to let go and grab his foot, I threw my head back to smack the bigger thug, that one hurt both of us... which allowed the leader to get in close! He swung his knife, only cutting my sleeve as I moved outta the way. King Moron was gonna kill me... The thug didn't give up there. He swung his arm downwards and the knife got my cheek. I ignored the pain and went for the knife now. I grabbed his arm as we struggled for the knife.

Yet, with my luck... the other two recovered. "Get him!" One punched me in the back of the head, but that also made me head but their leader in the nose. "Ow, you idiots!"

"Hey man maybe we shouldn't go so far..."

"Shut up!" The leader wiped some of the blood away and looked at me with pure anger. "Now you're really gonna get it!"

The leader flipped the knife around in his hand and started to bring it down, I was to dazed to do anything... I thought it was over, and that's when I heard one of the loudest sounds in world. Bang! The knife fell to the ground harmlessly next to me. "Son of a bitch!"

"Back away, now!" Oh god, I knew that voice. "What did I just say mate!?"

"Shit, cops!" Wait, cops, as in plural. Where are the others? Then again, people usually say that when there's only on-

"Mr. Skyes, put the gun away, or I might have to place you under arrest with the rest of these people." Oh, the cross dresser... great.

Location Change:

Shopping District to Inaba Police Department

What happened next was that the three thugs got arrested pretty quick... but so did I for some unknown freaking reason! At the moment I was in an interrogation room. All that they gave me was one cup of coffee... "I hate coffee..." I just didn't like the taste, the smell helped me relax slightly, not much, no smell has that effect on me, music helps me calm down nothing else. Well, Chie, but I'd rather not have her see me like this... god I hated this... "I know you guys can see me, just send someone in so I can learn why I was suddenly arrested for no good reason?"

As if god himself had heard me, the door opened to reveal the cross dresser... "Good evening Mr. RIchards... I am Naoto Shirogane, we have already met." I nodded as she took a seat, she adjusted her hat slightly. "First, are you alright?"

"Yeah, just the cut on the cheek."

"Good." Naoto pulled a file off of her lap and onto the table. What the fuck is going on? "Next, I found that you have been run into more than one police station... why is that?"

"The fuck are you questioning me for?" Okay, I was instantly pissed that this person I had only met once for five seconds was trying to get the most personal information in the world about me, and that I was a suspect for something! "I was just attacked!"

"That isn't what I asked, but to simplify things, are you familiar with the murders of Miss Yamano and Saki Konishi?" My jaw dropped, this person arrested me because they thought I was the murderer! Now, I had a right to be pissed! "I'll take that as a yes. Well, so you know, you have no criminal record, but if one could get into the system and change their records-"

"THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH YOU!?" I slammed my hands down on the table... I clenched my teeth, as I was about to give out information that I didn't like talking about.

"I-I beg your pardon?" Detective Shirogane seemed surprised at my explosion. Yeah, go figure...

"I was taken to multiple police stations because... because..." I couldn't do it... I was about to be convicted for something I was trying to solve, all because I couldn't say anything... "I..."

"Naoto, I can vouch for him, he couldn't have done it." a voice came on over the intercom... it was James... I knew it was... I didn't need his help, did I? "Mr. Richards is innocent... just look at his wrist, that's why he went to the police station... he was on suicide watch." What the fuck!? How did he just guess all of that. Still, I pulled my sleeves down and held my wrist out for Naoto to see.

"So, I see, but we can't just stop questioning him."

"Dojima said to let him go."

"Your uncle said that?" I forze... uncle... th-that meant that... Yu and James... HOW THE FUCK DIDN'T I KNOW THAT!?

"Yes, Naoto, let him go." That time it was an older male that spoke over the intercom, knew that was Dojima, Yu's... a-and James's uncle...

"Very well, Mr. Richards, you are free to go." I nodded slowly and headed for the door.

"I am so gonna have to have a talk with Yu tomorrow..." I shook my head, this was gonna get annoying fast... son of a bitch...

Another day another Chapter, and another bit of plot for you guys to mull over, and again, thanks to those you have stuck with me from the beginning! Well hope you enjoyed and please send feedback... and any questions you guys have... please! Until next time.