Journal of Kai Ferguson

Monday September 1st 6:00 PM
Listening to Music – Grow Up by Simple Plan

Today was my first day of school and the first day of school after the summer break for everyone else. Even though I was a sophomore back home, I am considered a freshman here, probably because I'm so young. Well, my mom put me in kindergarten a year early, so I guess the system here is right. Anyway, that kid Kurosaki Ichigo is in my class, so he showed me where to go and what books to get. He's even been helping me catch up. His little sister, Yuzu, is Mizuki's best friend; she's actually been over for dinner quite a few times now. I've been seeing…I don't want to say ghosts, because that makes me sound crazy, right? Anyway, I've been seeing more and more of them. Some are visited by a man in a black kimono and some are left alone. And one was attacked by something that I couldn't quite make out. Whatever it was, I could feel it; it made the air around me seem thicker and I actually had to take deep slow breaths to get any air at all. Come to think of it, that's almost exactly how I feel around Kurosaki: like something's constricting me. What is he?

Monday September 1st 8:00 PM
Listening to Music – Journey to the End - Windir

We had a new student in school today. Besides me, I mean. His name is Shinji Hirako. Apparently he makes a hobby of writing everything backwards. Or something like that; I wasn't really paying him any heed. I was ogling the girl who sits next to me. I think her name is Inoue. Actually, Kurosaki, Inoue, and some big Mexican kid named Sado ran out of class today during 1st period. What are they up too? Right now I feel something in the air. It's almost like there's a gas and I'm the only one who knows about it. Mizuki's lounging in mybean bag chair, reading some magazine. I feel as if maybe some (thing? one?) of great power is nearby. Does that sound stupid?

Tuesday September 2nd 4:00
Listening to Music – Creek Mary's Blood – Nightwish

Mizuki really seems to be warming up to me. Well, she hasn't tried to tear down all of my posters, but at what cost? A corner of my room is now devoted to "Chappy", some cartoon rabbit that she adores. Her brother is still a sore subject with her. I brought it up accidentally when we were walking home and she ran off ahead. She was in her room when I got home. I saw Shinji talking to Kurosaki again this morning. Do those two know each other or something? Something about that Shinji doesn't feel right either. I actually thought I saw him running across the sky holding something. I must be losing my mind.

Tuesday September 2nd 6:00 PM
Listening to Music – This Maniac's in Love with You – Alice Cooper

I wasn't planning on writing more today. But I can tell that something is happening at the park. I don't know how; I just know. I keep asking Mizuki if she feels like anything is wrong, but she says that she doesn't. I don't know what's going on, but something is happening. I looked out the window and almost knocked my laptop off the desk I was so surprised. Something is going on in the sky. It looks like...something is being sucked out of this world and whatever is waiting at the park is doing it.

Wednesday September 3rd 3:00 AM

Woke up about an hour ago. Dreams are getting worse. I can feel the presence hunting me, but I still can't see it. Everywhere I look; everywhere I step, I feel this…discomfort…drained…like something is sapping my energy. I can feel my skin parting under razor sharp ash and I can feel the blood being…almost pulled from my veins. I can hear something whispering in the dark. I can hear it sniffing and breathing and growling. I don't know what it is, but it is terrifying. Oh God What Is Happening To Me???

Wednesday September 3rd 11:00
Listening to Music – Tyranny of Steel – Iron Savior

Saw Kurosaki walking around looking dejected today. Said hello to him, but he just kind of glanced my way and kept walking. He's covered in bandages. Don't know what his deal is. Tried to talk to him all day, but no response from him. Until his friends came to visit. They showed up after school. Truth be told, I actually felt these guys before they walked in. Surprised that Kurosaki didn't. Usually he's more intuitive then me. Anyways, there was some guy with red hair, a woman with the biggest breasts I've ever seen, some bald guy with a wooden sword, a pretty boy, and some white haired elementary student. Surprisingly, the white haired kid, was the one who I "felt" the strongest. He also seemed to notice me. He glanced my way as he entered the class room, but didn't say anything to me. But that wasn't the strangest part. Some girl came in through the window and kicked Kurosaki. And then she hit him. He went all limp for a second and she grabbed him by the shirt and dragged him off, but his body was still in the classroom! What is Happening to ME!

Thursday September 3rd 4:00 PM

I can't believe the nerve of that Kurosaki! He had NO right to talk to me like that. Yes, he did save me, but even still…ah! Maybe I should start from the beginning. After that really unusual day at school, I was walking home when I was attacked. I didn't so much hear or see my attacker as I could feel them. The air all around me felt heavy and it became very hard to move. I found myself having to take great big gasps of air. All I knew was that I had to get away from this thing that was hunting me. Long story short, Kurosaki was the one who saved me. He suddenly appeared out of nowhere, dressed in a black kimono and carrying a sword as big as he was. After running around and swinging that humongous sword for a bit, he picked me up and gave a brief explanation of who he really was. And then he wrote on a piece of paper and held it out to me

"If you want to get stronger, this is the man to see."

The name on that piece of paper was Kisuke Urahara.