Give Me Back My Brother
Disclaimer: Yeah, you know already.
To the Reviewers: It will get sadder as it goes on, I believe. And thanks to Bubblesnap who hounds me like a madman/madwoman until I update, making sure I don't slack off. Note: I made a cool Fatal Frame 2 sig-check out my Photobucket account to see it! Note: I also noticed halfway typing that I was doing it in first-person. Is that okay, or should I change it back…?
Chapter Three: Missing
I knew something bad was going to happen! I overheard Daddy saying that the ritual was over. He looked sad, but serious and grim. Itsuki finally came home, but he didn't look like himself at all. His face was even paler than usual, his eyes were red from crying, and he still looked beyond miserable. And even more shocking-his black hair was white!
As he came inside, his head bowed, I noticed something else. My other brother-Mutsuki-was not with him! I had never seen the two of them apart for even a moment-they did everything together!
Mutsuki…Where are you? I wanted to ask Itsuki what had happened, but my feet wouldn't carry me into the room. The grim atmosphere acted as a barrier that prevented me from entering.
Gathering up all of my courage, I stood at the doorway and tried to listen to what they were saying. I could only make out a few words…"ritual"… "butterfly" … "failure"…But they didn't make any sense to me.
Itsuki was in there so long! When he came out and saw me, he gave me a small, sad smile, then shut himself away in his secret room. I knew I could not ask him about Mutsuki right now, so I went and asked Daddy instead.
He did not look at me. "You are much to young to understand, Chitose." With that, he shooed me out of the room.
Something really awful must have happened, I realized. And there was no one who would tell me what in this house. All I knew, was that my big brother was not here, not in the house, or Itsuki would not be so sad. There was only one way I would find him, I thought. But it would involve doing something I had never done by myself before, and even with someone rarely.
I had to look outside of the house.
Sorry it is sop short! The library computers are on timers and I'm almost out! Promise the next one will be a lot longer and much more interesting, as I'm supposed to be getting a computer finally! Read and review, please!