Give Me Back My Brother
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Chapter Two: Ritual
The next morning, Chitose woke up to a house bustling with noise. Frightened, she peered out her door and saw that there were many people she did not know standing around. She waited for them to move to another area, then tiptoed out and hurried to her brothers' room.
The boys wore identical white kimonos that were bound at the waist by a long red sash. They were standing close and had small smiles plastered on their faces. Neither said a word, and Itsuki looked like he was about to start crying. In fact, he did a moment later.
"Why does it have to be this way!" he demanded of his brother. "We could leave and then-"
Mutsuki interrupted him, his smile soft and gentle, but a little sad too. "Then Yae and Sae would have to suffer in our stead. We must perform the ritual. For the village…and for them.
Itsuki collapsed to his knees, sobbing hysterically. Mutsuki knelt beside his brother and put his arm around his brother's shaking shoulders. "Don't be sad. Once it is over, we will be one, and no one will ever be able to part us again"
Chitose watched her brothers in silence. Why is Itsuki so sad? she wondered. What is about to happen?
The rest of the day, Chitose darted from hiding place to hiding place, trying to find the answers to her questions, During this time, she did not see Itsuki and Mutsuki at all, but she kept overhearing the word 'ritual' being mentioned. And in one of the closets she could have sworn she saw a butterfly with crimson wings.
What is the "ritual" everyone keeps mentioning…? And was that really a crimson butterfly I saw? Something tells me I should hurry and find Itsuki and Mutsuki and ask them what is going on!
It was dark out by that time. Chitose spotted her brothers at the entrance to her house, surrounded by people. Forgetting her shyness, the little girl ran past the strangers and hugged her brothers.
"What's happening! Where are you going!" she demanded, her voice shaking. Though she was not sure why tears were rolling down her cheeks.
The twins returned the hug, but said nothing. They turned and left, hand-in-hand, followed by all of the strangers. Chitose ran outside and watched them go helplessly, unable to shake the feeling that this "ritual" would change everything…forever…