Twisted Ghost Story
Never ending love,
Forgotten memories.
Blooming flowers,
Hidden mystery.
Waiting moon,
Searching sun.
Lost,
Found.
"Reina's spirit passed on, but Kai's didn't, Kai's still clings to that cherry tree, it still won't leave until she returns. He continues to wait for his beloved to this day…
Sometimes, if you look carefully when the cherry tree is in full bloom and the pedals are flowing in the wind, you can see a figure standing there… watching the horizon, eternally waiting." A man at the front of a class room quietly ended his tale as he closed an old book, "now class, tell me, can any of you relate with this story"
"What do you mean by relate, Mr. Dickinson?" a girl with highlighter pink hair and bright dirty gold eyes asked. Her eyes looked to be a mix between brown and gold, her skin was light tan and her pink hair was long, but kept up in a ponytail that reached to about the middle of her back.
"Well I mean, have you ever lost anyone like Konai lost his daughter or like Kai lost his great grandfather?" Mr. Dickinson explains as he chuckled at his students faces as they tried to think. Mr. Dickinson was a big man; he has cream colored skin, bossy gray eyebrows with matching bossy gray mustache, and a pair of shiny dark brown eyes.
"Ooohhh" Mariah answered with a look of stupidly on her face.
"Dumbass" a boy, two rows over, whispered.
"Hey! You're the Dumbass of the class Tyson!" Mariah yelled as she glared at the bluenette.
"HeeHee, I'm not the dumbass, that's your job! I'm class clown!" Tyson sneered back. Tyson wasn't too skinny, but he wasn't fat… He had shoulder lenght blue hair, brown eyes and a light tan. "Besides girls, more or less, take over the dumbass portion of the class."
WACK
"OW!" Tyson cried out as he rubbed the back of his now swollen head. "What was that for Hilary?!?!"
"What do you think!" the brunette girl yelled, "Besidesgirlsmoreorlesstake overthedumbassportionoftheclass" Hilary mocked Tyson in a whiny type voice as she glared at him with icy red/brown eyes. Hilary was a small girl; she had pale skin and short brown hair. She was known at the class rep, but on the inside, she despised class, but mostly hated Tyson more.
"C'mon Hil, be nice to Tyson, after all he li-" Max, the boy who sat next to Tyson, was cut off when the bluenette next to him slapped his hand over his mouth.
"Shut it!" Tyson whispered to the younger boy.
Max was indeed younger than Tyson, but only by a few months. Max was also smaller and thinner. He had pale skin and bright blonde hair, his eyes were an azure blue and to top it off he had three freckles on each cheek below his eyes.
"Ok" came the muffled response from Max, his mouth still covered my Tyson's hand.
Hilary just blinked in question as she looked at the two sitting in front of her, 'weirdoes' she thought as she went back to drawing on a peace of note book paper. She had been interested in the story being told so she decided to try and draw Kai and Reina, but she was getting nowhere, the story wasn't very descriptive.
"Soooo, Rei, what did you think of the story?" Max asked, turning to look at a boy who was in the next row over from him.
"Huh?" the boy answered as he lifted his head from his desk and flipped his hair out of his face as to be able to see Max.
"What did you think of the story?" Max asked again, this time poking Rei's head.
"Oh, I thought it was ok" the ebony haired boy answered. Rei was the oldest of his friends, and the most girly looking of the guys. He has, as you know, long black hair, and pure golden eyes. His skin was a milky tan and he was rather tall. His facial features resembled those of a girls and his figure was rather feminine as well.
"I thought it was sad" Tyson said as he fake sniffed and wiped away an imaginary tear. "Haha, no but seriously I was kinda creeped out by the part where they say you can see Kai standing under the tree when it blossoms."
"Yeah, same here" Max laughed as he thought about it, as did Rei.
"Class, I hate to interrupt all of your fascinating conversations, but I have a surprise for you." Mr. Dickinson announced, "We are going to be taking a field trip tomorrow! Completely free"
"To where are we going Mr. Dickinson?" Mariah asked as she looked at the old man.
"To the Hiwatari Manner" Mr. Dickinson smiled as he received the "You're Kidding, Right" look from his class, "Im serious, that's why I read you the tale. Oh and by the way students, it's an overnight field trip"
"Wait! Isn't tomorrow the 1000th anniversary of the day Reina died in the story?!?!" Max asked in a scared voice.
"And didn't she say to Kai 'I will come back to you, I promise, If it takes me One Thousand years, I will return to you'…?" Tyson asked in an even more freaked out voice than Max.
"That it is Max, and yes she did Tyson." Mr. D answered and then returned to face the entire class, "Your parents have been informed and all of you are going!"
"Oi…" Rei said as he huffed and laid his head back into the desk.
"Rei, Aren't you at all interested in this?" Mariah asked as she sat on the edge of Max's desk.
"Nope, not in the least!" he huffed and then lifted his head, "besides, why get all worked up when this place might not even be haunted. The story might just be that, a story, to attract tourist for money and all that..."
"Rei, you're no fun!" Hilary announced, "Besides, I've done some research on this place in the past. Its been said that if anyone tries to get near the tree they feel a great pain in their chest, and if anyone who has any Neko blood in them who enters the manner feel as if they are being watched, some have even gone missing."
"Well the neko thing kinda takes care of almost EVERYONE in the class." Tyson shouted, "Well everyone but me and Max that I know of…"
"And Rei, aren't you one of the few FULL neko-jins?" Max asked, "Because your eyes are pure gold, no brown hint anywhere…"
"Yeah, I guess…" Rei answered and then thought of something and turn to Mr. Dickinson, "hey Mr. D, are there any pictures of Reina or Kai"
"Well actually Rei there is, it's a painting of the two under the tree, hold on I'll bring it up on the smart-board (1)" Mr. D answered as he sat at his computer and stared to type away.
"Ok" Rei said and turned to face the smart-board, as did the rest of the class.
All of a sudden the board turned on and a painting was revealed, and the class gasped and turned to face Rei, whose eyes where wipe open.
"R-Rei…she's…YOU!" Max half shouted as he turned to look at Rei and then back to the painting.
"It...Can't…Be" is all Rei could say as he looked at the girl in the painting.
Reina was sitting under the tree, the wind blowing and the cherry blossom peddles flying all around. Her long hair blew all around her. She was looking over at Kai who was standing off to the side a little. He seemed to be laughing. Reina was wearing a short, pale red, knee high, kimono, a white, worn out head band and a pair of plain wooden sandals. Kai on the other hand was wearing a silk looking, long sleeved, shirt, a pair of dress looking pants, a pair of black polished shoes, and a golden pendent with a blood red ruby in the center.
"She could be your twin Rei" Mariah said as she let her mouth fall open and her eyes stay wide.
DING… DING… DIIIIIIINNNNGGGG!
Everyone was snapped out of their trances when the school bell rang loud and clear.
"Alright class, I'll see you in the morning!" Mr. Dickinson said, "Don't forget to pack when you get home!!!"
Morning
All of the students in Mr. Dickinson's class were lined up in front of a large Greyhound (2) Charter bus (3).
"Ok kids, on the bus!" the old man said, and soon the kids were pileing into the bus.
"AAAAAAAHHHH!" Rei yawned as he plopped next to Tyson and Max in the back, three seat row of the bus.
"Tired?" asked Hilary who sat in front of the trio with Mariah.
"Duh" Rei answered in a groggy voice, "why else would I be yawning?"
"Smartass" Mariah said blankly as she two turned around to speak to Rei, "man you need to cheer up! We're going on a three day field trip! That three days outta school! ... Kinda"
"Whatever!" Rei said loudly, "wake me at the first rest stop!"
"Oookaaay" the girls said as they turned once Tyson and Max started laughing and Rei just curled up next to the window and fell asleep.
Dream
"Reina…"a faded voice called out from within the darkness. "Reina…"
"Wah?" Rei asked, "Where am I?"
"Reina…" the voice called again, "I'm waiting for you…"
"Who was that?" Rei asked as he spun around in the darkness to find nothing but the dark that seemed to spread for miles, "Who's there, Show Your Self!"
Nothing, no response, just the over whelming silence. The darkness was starting to scare Rei, but right as its fearful presence started to effect Rei, it flowed away to reveal a field. A beautiful field with a huge cherry tree in the center, to the left side of the tree a small village, and to the right of the tree a large manner, both places looked to be very old.
"What is this place, no, where is this place!" Rei asked his self as he scanned his surroundings. Nothing.
"Reina…" there it was again! That creepy, annoying voice, who was it? Where were they hiding?
"Hello!?" Rei called out to the voice "Is anyone there! Answer me! I hear you calling!"
"Reina?" the voice was no longer fading, it seemed to be close, very, very close.
"No, my name is Rei" Rei answered, still hunting for the voice's owner. Yet still he can't see them.
"Rei…" the voice repeated and suddenly a boy appeared from behind the tree. "Who are you?
"I said I'm Rei" the ebony boy answered, "Who are you?"
"You look like Reina!" the boy exclaimed, "You look like Reina! You must be Reina!"
"No, I'm Rei. Reina is a girl, is she not?" Rei spoke calmly and kindly to the boy.
The boy fell silent, "The most beautiful!" he spoke up after a minute.
"Why are you waiting?" Rei asked, the boy put his head down, "well…"
"She said…" he fell quite, "she said she'd come back!"
"…" Rei thought for a moment and then his eyes widened in fear and he backed away. "Your…your name, its Kai, isn't it?"
The boy looked up and nodded, "how do you know that?"
"Y… You aren't real! You can't be! It's just a story!" Rei then ran, he ran toward the village below. 'He can't be real, it's just an old story, just to freak little kids out!'
Close behind him the boy followed, but he wasn't running, he was just walking.
Rei reached the village and suddenly his outfit changed, it went from his school uniform to an old male kimono that resembled that of the girl in the painting from school. "What the HELL?" Rei shouted as he looked down, "How did this get on me!"
"Reina" the boy spoke again, he sounded like he was right behind Rei, which he happened to be.
"What the hell!" Rei turned and came face to face with the boy's chest. "Wow!" Rei stumbled back and faced the boy, "n-no, Im Rei, not Reina, Reina is a girl, I'm a boy, A BOY YOU HERE!"
Kai's eyes became sad and tear streamed down his face a little, "but, you look like her, you sound like her, you must be her!"
Rei began to feel a strange tug a his heart, as if he felt that he was sad, like he wished to cry. This confused Rei, sure he admits he likes guys and not girls, but this guy was just freaking him out. "I'm R-Rei!" it took Rei a lot to keep his voice straight.
Kai stepped forward, just a little and put his hand out to Rei. Suddenly an image flashed before his eyes, it was of Kai, but in a different outfit, and he was laughing. Rei just shuck his head slightly to clear the image.
Rei's arm started to lift up not of Re's accord. Rei fought to keep it down but nothing worked. He then reached out and grabbed Kai's hand and more images flashed before the neko's eyes.
The images made tears well up in Rei's eyes. They were of the village many, many years ago. People, both neko and human, roamed the place, all of them smiling. Kai was one of them; he was sitting on a pile of hay throwing some of it was Rei, his eyes where a bright crimson, unlike now, now they where dull and lifeless, most depressing. A man walked up to Rei and lifted him up and spun him around, the man looked very kind, a woman walked up to them and kissed Rei's cheek, she looked just like Rei, but older.
Suddenly the images fade to another, this one making Rei cry harder, it was of Kai and the man from before. The man was holding Kai in his arms, rocking him as the boy fought to stay awake, he could hear the mans voice, "Shhhh" it said, "it's all going to be alright, just sleep." The boy was bleeding; his wounds were bad, very bad. Soon the boys breathing stops and Rei fell to his knees and cried.
Again the images changed, but these didn't last long, they flashed over and over again, all of Kai, sitting by the tree, waiting and waiting. Rei saw the many, many people try to near the tree, not seeing Kai. The each screamed when they came into touching distance of the tree. And person by person ran away from the tree, soon images of the manner appeared. A dark, tall figure with curl eyes followed the many people whom toured the building. Many people with catlike eyes where killed in their sleep by the man and then dragged away, leaving only a small pool of blood for the others to find.
Rei began to cry more and more with every scene that passed the ones of Kai dieing, the ones with the boy waiting and waiting. Rei just wanted this all to stop and then it did, he opened his eyes to find his self on his knees with someone hugging him, that someone was Kai. Rei's eyes widen but he didn't pull away, he felt safe, warm, loved. Soon Rei's eyes softened and he leaned into the embrace, he felt so complete with Kai holding him. Finally, for once in his life, he felt like he belonged. He didn't want this to end, but as they say, all good things have to come to an end, and this one good thing did end right then and there.
"Rei! REI!" a voice called, the voice was high pitched and loud, it drove Rei from his dream.
The neko's eyes opened and he was surprised to find tears coming from his eyes and a pink haired girl in his face. "Wah?"
"Thank god, we thought you were DEAD! You didn't wake up at ANY of the rest stops!" Mariah cried out, "and then you started to cry and whimper, yet we still couldn't wake you. Well anyway, we're here!"
Rei blinked and then got an excited feeling in the bit of his stomach, here, was here the manner, where Kai was? "We're at the manner?"
"Yep" Hilary answered and smiled, "well don't we look excited!"
"Yep!" Rei said and grabbed his carry on bag and ran out the door to the bus shouting, "I'll see you later"
Once Rei was out side he froze, he was there, the manner, the place in his dream. 'This means Kai is here!' Rei screamed to himself and walked over to where he could see the field and there it was, the cherry tree, in full bloom. He smiled 'Kai…'
A smart board is something they have in my school and I'm sure in others. It's kinda like a white board or a black board only it has a projector that projects what's on a computer to the board and you use it to write on anything the computer projects.
Greyhound is a bus serves they have in Georgia and a few other sates I think…
A charter but is a larger version of a tour bus or a city but that you travel in to different places.
WDQ: Well I think I did a pretty good job :3
Rei: YOU MADE ME LOOK LIKE A GIRL!
WDQ: well I really didn't have too, you already do:P
Rei: GRRRR!
Kai: You made me FREAKY! "Reina… Reina…" –ish mocking self in story-
WDQ: well it is a ghost story, and you're the GHOST! 'Freaky' kinda comes with the role…
Rei: HaHa!
Kai: shut up girly…
Rei: 0.0… -cries- MEANY KAI!
Kai: WH-what! No Rei don't cry im sorry!
Back ground: -Rei crying and Kai freaking out-
WDQ:3 Thank You for reading and please review, btw, do you like my long chapters? Or would you like them longer? Flames welcome! Till next time! CYA!