Fatal Frame 2: Second Run

Chapter 12: The Boy In The Dark

Sigh I'm so sorry, my loyal readers. I took some time off to further plan the story, and I wound up taking too much. I also have school work that I've been doing, and I hardly get online anymore… Um, if you guys want to make any corrections to my writing, please put it in a review, or e-mail me at , , or Please, thank you.

"Please… Help me…" Mio looked to Mayu who acknowledged hearing the sound as they cranked the door open. Mio grimaced and peaked into the room, Mayu flashing the light through the room. A small boy sat in the room, huddled, crying to himself. With memories of the poor-visioned Chitose all too fresh in her mind, Mio cautiously approached the boy. He looked up at them and backed away.

"Stay away from me. Don't come near me." Mayu reached out toward him. "I'm warning you." She stopped and stared at him.

"Fine, stay here with all the scary ghosts, if you want, kid," Mio taunted.

"Mio be nice. Can't you see he's scared?"

"Ghosts?!?" The kid jumped. "What do you mean ghosts? There can't be ghosts. This is my home," he panicked. "I have to wait for my mom."

"There's no one here but us. No one else lives here…." Mayu looked at Mio who grinned and grabbed her flashlight. She put it to her face and got close to him.

"Except the creepy-crawlies and the big bad ghosties." He jumped behind Mayu, using her as a shield. Mio started to laugh and Mayu hit her arm. "Ow."

"Be nice," she scolded.

"Aw…"

"Why don't you come with us? You'll probably be safer…. And that way we can help you find your mommy," Mayu suggested. "Well?"

"You'd help me?"

"Sure, why not," Mio said. "Um, do you know your way around here, since you say you live here and all?"

"Yeah, follow me." He grabbed Mayu's hand, and pulled her as he ran toward a wall. The fact that there was a wall there didn't seem to faze him any.

"Hey, kid. Stop!" The kid looked at Mio and smiled, running straight through the wall, dragging Mayu, who was dragging Mio with her, with him. Mio turned her head back just in time to catch a glimpse of someone come running into the room after them.

"Mio! Wait! You can't-" the person was cut off as she shifted through the wall.

She stood alone in a cold, white room. Her breath froze in the air and she shivered. Mayu stood parallel to her with her back to Mio.

"I'm sorry Mio. I'm sorry. I couldn't stop it…."

"Huh? Wha?" Mio stared at Mayu, who began to walk toward her.

"I'm sorry… but I can't just let you on going like this." Mayu reached out to grab her as Mio backed into a corner. Mio maneuvered herself to avoid Mayu's grasp.

"What are you doing, Mayu? Stop this… And what do you mean you're sorry.? What for?" Mio stared wide eyed at her sister, who once more had her back to her. "Mayu?...Mayu?"

"Everything…everything," she giggled a maniacal laugh similar to the chilling childish laughter of Sae. "Everything is false. You. Me. We're not real," she began to turn. "Come back to me, Mio. We promised… we promised." Everything began to fade to black again. There was a brief silence, followed by a deafening, shrieking, ringing sound that screamed through her ears, threatening to burst her head, and then, one last silent word. "Liar…"

Water dripped onto Mio's face as she came back to consciousness. Someone was shoving her side and she opened her eyes. She half sat up, using her arms to levy herself and looked around. The room was dark and rotted. It seemed a fire had also recently started. The floored were scorched and littered with splinters. The wood had rotted, plaguing the floor with damaged centers and holes in several places. The air was thick with dust and Mio looked up to find a hole in the ceiling above her.

"Mayu," she stared into the darkness. "Mayu where are you?"

"I'm right here," she stood up. "I've been here the whole time. Are you alright?"

"Ugh," Mio rubbed her head. "What happened?"

"The floor collapsed on you. We're just happy that you weren't injured," Mayu hugged her tightly. "I thought you were going to die."

"Oh, really? Wow… no wonder I hurt all over, heh heh," she laughed weakly. They both looked at the little boy.

"He says his name is Koeiji, and his parents' names are Yadori Kadagawa and Neiji Kadagawa…." Mio snapped her head up.

"I've heard those names before, Mayu."

"Really, where?"

"I'm not sure," Mio looked confused. "I've heard those names recently though," she held her head. "If only I could remember…ergh. Koeji?" Koeji looked at Mio.

"Yes Miss Mio?"

"Where are we? I haven't layouts like these for the Calligrapher's Mansion's rooms." Koeji laughed.

"That's easy. That's because we're in Grandma Ichiya's manor. Grandma has presents for me. Lots and lots of presents," he smiled at them with his evident childish pride.

"Hey, Koeji," Mayu began. "I need you to stay right here." He frowned at her. "We're not going anywhere. I just need to talk to Mio alone for a little bit, okay?" He nodded and she walked over to Mio.

"I don't like him. He's strange," Mio stated.

"Mio… I think he's dead… but he doesn't seem to know it."

"…Gee, Mayu. What could have possibly given that away? Was it when he walked through the wall, or when he dragged us through the wall, too," Mio said sarcastically. "No, wait. I've got it. It was when he teleported us to his "grandmother's" house, wasn't it? Hmm, yeah. I hereby elect he's a living, breathing entity."

"Mio, now's not the time for sarcasm," Mayu scolded then sighed. "Maybe we should help him?"

"Remember the last ghosts we helped… Remember? The ones that tried to lob off my head. The ones that possessed us. Hmm, anyone else but me remember those?"

"But he seems different-"

"And so did Chitose. And that's when I lost my sight and she tried to tackle me…"

"Well, we have the camera. Let's just see, and if anything happens, we'll use the camera. Is that okay with you?" Mio threw her hands up.

"Fine. I'm just trying to do what's in our best interest… But if you wanna' help little drummer ghost boy over there, by all means, go ahead."

"Ugh, you're so difficult. Why can't you make things easy for once?" They turned away from each other and huffed. "So, Koeiji, can you help us get out of here? We need to go back. We have a friend in the mansion who could be in a lot of trouble." The boy looked sad.

"If she's by herself, then dad must have already found her," he paused. "Or worse: the lady in the mirror." The twins looked at each other and then at Koeji. Saiyuuri could be in a lot of trouble without them. She didn't have anything to protect herself. Mayu suddenly wished she had mentioned the camera sooner and given it too her.

A/N: For those who are asking the question "Who the fuck is Chitose?" I send a plague on you, but I hate her, too. When I started writing this, I asked that very same question. Then by the time I got chapter 5 up, I had gotten to her. Okay, here it is: She a crazy little bitch that I, as well as many other Fatal Frame 2 gamers hate to death. That about sums her up, but still. She is Itsuki and Mutsuki's younger sister who had very poor vision. In the game, she is noted in the diaries as to being good at hiding. She took forever to find, and when you did, you had to fight her. When you fought her, she would sit on the floor and cry like a baby for her brother(s) then turn the screen black (making your character blind). It wasn't completely impossible to see, but I killed the crap out of my eyes trying too, so I gave up on that. While you were blind, she would try to tackle you, the same goes for if you were too close to her. And that little bitch teleported and ran way too damn much, and she had this really annoying bell to help her brothers find her... Now that I've vented… um… She also hated Yae because Yae loved her favorite brother.