Thanks so much to xlSUSHI for letting me know the title of the story I've been wanting so much to re-read! For those of you who are interested, it's called, Inerasable Secrets, by Daygoner. I would urge you—even go so far as to command you, to read it! Too bad Daygoner had said that s/he will not be updating anymore insert really sad face, but regardless, it's a wonderful fic. It's the one where Naru and Mai had to pose as siblings.
Again, thank you for reviewing!
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File # 1
Forbidden Spell
(Day 2)
Monday
12:10 A.M
I woke up in the middle of the night, only two hours into my sleep, feeling extremely thirsty. Since I have no intention of setting even a foot outside of this room all by myself, nor did I have any intention of waking anyone up just to accompany me in my weakness, I feel extremely glad upon seeing a small water cooler sitting at the corner. I leave the edge of the bed (good thing I wasn't stuck in the middle), being extra careful not to make too much movement that'll disrupt Masako or Ayako in their sleep, and walk quietly towards the cooler.
When the cooler was just about within my reach, the window to the room suddenly burst open, making me jump. ＂It's just the wind," I reassure myself as I hold on to my rapidly beating heart.
So I go ahead and continue with my task. I open the cooler, take out a fresh, cold bottle of water, and drink my fill. Once done, I place the lid back and head on towards the window to close it.
I push the window frame back to close it, and realized something that made me freeze. There isn't a hint of any wind outside at all. The leaves that were strewn on the floor showed no sign of disruption. The tree leaves weren't rustling. There wasn't even the sound of any crickets. Everything was eerily still.
Suddenly, in a manner of speaking of course, since it wasn't truly sudden at all, the room began to get really cold. It felt like it came from the door, as if it entered the room, and slowly began to spread out. To my horror, the cold seemed to glide past me--and there was a slight mist to go along with it.
"A-Ayako," I stammer. "M-Masako…" The mist began circling a few steps away from me, as a hunter circles around its prey.
"Mai-san?"
I turn around quickly. It's Masako, just waking up. "Masako!"
Her eyes began to widen as she stared at the mist behind me. She's probably seeing it much clearer than I am seeing it right now; and this thought made me shudder. I wonder just what exactly does this mist look like to her at this moment?
She hissed towards me, "Mai-san, stay away from it, quickly!" and she beckoned me with her hands. I was all obliging.
"What is it?" I ask her in a whisper, afraid that if I speak any louder it would hear me and turn its attention on us.
"We have to get out of here right away and tell the others." I simply watched, confounded at her words, as she turned around and began shaking Ayako on the shoulders rather roughly. When Ayako finally came to, Masako quickly placed a hand over her mouth to stop her from uttering a word, and thankfully, Ayako did nothing that would compromise us. She stood up obediently and followed our gaze.
"What in the world is that?" Although it was a whisper, I could hear the terror in her voice.
All three of us were shivering from the cold and from knowing that there was something incredibly dangerous standing only a few feet from us. Suddenly, it grew bigger, and Masako's grip on my arm tightened so much that it hurt, that I couldn't help but wince out loud.
"It changed! And it's looking at us!" cried Ayako.
I look back towards where the floating mist used to be, and instead met with, though still quite undeniably misty, a clearer view of something I couldn't quite fathom. It was standing on its hind legs, which looked something like a horse's, though its body looked somewhat human-like, and had a pair of clawed arms that looked nothing like I've ever seen before. The face wasn't quite clear, but it seemed alien and grotesque. What was all too clear, however, were the pair of dead, black eyes staring maliciously at us.
"It isn't human," Masako's feeble voice, as if she was about to faint. "It's demonic."
My knees were just about to give way, and I would have easily let myself fall, had Masako not beat me to it. The sudden weight I had to support brought life back into me.
"Masako!" Ayako and I both cried.
Out of the corner of my eye, the thing moved. If my heart had been pounding heavily from terror, it was now quite ready to tear out of my chest.
"Rin pyou tou sha kai jin retsu sai zen!"
"Ayako," I say to myself, since I couldn't say it out loud, "in times of danger, you can keep your head straight."
She repeats it forcefully this time, and this sudden surge of bravery within her helped me gain some of my own.
"Nau maku san manda bazaradan kan! Nau maku san manda bazaradan kan!"
"Rin pyou tou sha kai jin retsu sai zen!"
And together with these incantations, we commanded the demon to leave. There was a hiss of air, and then the mist and the form itself evaporated. The room temperature came back down.
Ayako and I slump down, bringing Masako with us. All three of us were silent for a while, waiting in apprehension whether the apparition would come back. No one dared say a word.
There suddenly came a forceful banging on the door, that all three of us put our heads together and cried in terror, thinking it was the spirit come back for its revenge.
"Mai! Open the door."
"Naru!" I cry out, almost choking from relief and happiness. I run and open it wide, wanting to feel safe and secure by merely seeing his presence. "Naru! And Lin-san, too!"
My legs wanted so bad to run towards that prissy, egotistical boss of mine, and put my head against his chest in order to be comforted (even if he had no intention of comforting me), but once again, Masako had beat me to it.
"Naru, it was horrible!" she cried. Wasn't she just completely weak a few seconds ago? Really.
It probably was just me and my hopeful mind, but Naru seemed cold (well, colder than usual) when he asked, "What happened?"
I watched intently, with a little bit of jealousy, as Masako raised her head and looked at him seriously in the eye. But all of this feeling vanished, and was instead replaced by a cold chill, when she said in a low voice, "This isn't a normal haunting. We're dealing with a demonic entity here."
Naru turned his head to Lin-san, but exchanged no words. They were probably just as stumped and surprised as we were.
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Ahh, was that short? It certainly didn't feel like it when I was writing it. Well I hope everyone will be somewhat satisfied with this, after not updating for a while ;; I'm sorry. I'll try to upload the next one as soon as I can.