Give Me Back My Brother
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Chapter Eight: Warning
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"Itsuki! Mitsuki! Where are you?" Chitose stood alone somewhere in the village-it was too dark to know where exactly. She was cold and scared, shaking with her sobs. "Why is everything so dark?"
A faint, bell-like sound made her look up. Glowing crimson butterflies illuminated the darkness as the danced about in the sky above her. She reached up to touch one, but it disappeared into shimmering dust when her fingertips brushed it's wing.
The child let out a small gasp. She then noticed that the remaining butterflies were moving away from her slowly, as if beckoning her to follow. Not wanting to be left alone in the darkness again, she dried her eyes and started after them.
The insects led her past the Osaka house, to the top of Misono Hill. She followed until they led her to the bridge that crossed over the river to the graveyard. The last time she had been on that bridge…Chitose shuddered thinking back to that horrible day and the frightening things she had seen and heard on the bridge.
"Chitose…don't be afraid…"
That voice…so familiar and kind. Taking a deep breath and clutching the old rope that suspended it, the small child slowly made her way across the small bridge. The butterflies were already some distance ahead of her. As she got closer, she saw that they were fluttering around a small, handmade marker…Mutsuki's grave…
"Chitose…"
With a startled gasp, the girl turned, expecting to see some frightening ghost eager to attack her. She did see a ghost, but not quite the type she was expecting. In fact, the harder she squinted, it looked almost…familiar…
""Mutsuki..?"
The ghost nodded, smiling warmly at her. "Chitose…I'm so sorry I left you. I didn't want to, but there was no way for me to escape my fate. At the very least, I thought by going through with it, I would be able to prevent Yae and Sae from suffering this way. But Itsuki couldn't hate me…not even a little. He tried to help the Kurosawa twins escape, but Sae got left behind…"
"Mutsuki…" The little's girls face was filled with confusion and emotion. Her eyes widened as she suddenly remembered something. "What about Itsuki! Is he with you!"
The older boy shook his head sadly. "I'm afraid not…I wish I could explain everything, but there is no time!" His expression became firm, just as Itsuki's had that day he left with the Kurosawa twins.
"No matter how scared you are, no matter what happens, you must listen to me and do as I say. They are taking Sae to perform the ritual me and Itsuki failed to successfully complete as we speak. Without her sister and as vulnerable as she is right now, something terrible is bound to happen to this village. I can't protect you myself, but at least I can stop you from suffering such a horrible fate. Right now, I am speaking to you in a dream. When you wake up, you must hurry back to Misono Hill and go past the Shinto gate. Keep running until you reach another village or find someone who can help you."
"W-what about Mommy and Daddy?"
"You must leave them behind. Very little time is left, and they would no doubt try to stop you. I must go now, Chitose. Don't forget what I have said. Run away from this place and never look back." The spirit turned and started to walk away.
"Mutsuki!" The little girl ran forward with her arms out to hug her brother and stop him from leaving her again. She went right through him and hit the cold ground hard. Everything around her started to spin and suddenly she was lying in her room again, her head throbbing.
The terrible dream had scared her to death, but she knew it was real…Mutsuki would never lie to her…right? She scrambled out of bed and looked out the window…It was so dark…
No, there was no time to be afraid now. She had to do what Mutsuki had told her-she had to get out of this village!