--In the hallway

Chapter 3 is here…Actually, during this past few weeks, I'm too crazy doing a lot of important stuff and I need to exert more effort to meet my deadline. But I promised to myself that I'll make sure that I will post my next chapter before the end of this week. And I'm so thankful that I finally made it… Hope you like it!

Before you start reading I have a joke:

Somebody and nobody were playing; somebody killed nobody. Crazy sent the message to the police. "Police! Police! Somebody killed nobody!" The police said "Are you CRAZY!"

"Yes! that's my name."

Understood? Well, better read it again…('v')

FLASHBACK

 In the hallway

"Oi! Miyu! Knock first before entering my room! Okay! Good night!" said Kanata as he tapped Miyu's head. Miyu did not say anything.

"Okay! Good night to myself!" said Kanata as he went to his room and closed the door.

Miyu still didn't say any word. Furthermore, without saying good night, she went straight to her room.

Soon as Miyu closed the door…the knocking continued…

CHAPTER 3

Miyu was so terrified. She couldn't take it any longer; she locked the door and hurriedly placed a desk in front of it, so that no one will take an effort to go into her room. She switched-on all the lights, opened the television, climbed to her bed and covered herself with a blanket. However, the knocking continued, so she covered her ears with a pillow and started babbling.

"What's wrong me? I don't know what's going on here…this is not normal." she gasped for air. "I better go to sleep. I know this is not real…this is just my imagination. Yes, my imagination! Take note I-MA-GI-NA-TION!" she muttered to herself hundred times.

After a minute the knocking stopped. For the rest of the night, she laid on the bed… praying that noise won't come close to her.

At about an hour the knocking started again…

"Then she heard a voice saying "MIYU! Miyu! It's me Kanata! Can I talk to you, please?"

"Oh…Kanata!" whispered Miyu as she rushed into the door and slightly opened it. Then she saw Kanata worriedly standing outside of her room.

"Miyu, I know you're still mad at me…, but you should at least try to listen."

"Are you the one knocking at my door?" she asked

"Yeah! I was knocking for almost a minute, and you didn't even respond. Didn't you hear it?"

"Oh..oh..yah…yah…I mean…NO!" Miyu said as she made a small laugh.

"What do you mean? Okay…I know I spoke badly against you, and I'm so sorry about that. Because of that I couldn't sleep, I was bothered by my conscience." said Kanata as he scratched his head.

"Okay, at least you realized it was your fault." said Miyu as she crossed her arms.

Kanata didn't say any a word.

Miyu sighed, "Alright! Forget about that, I have already forgiven you, now you may go to sleep." said Miyu as she tapped Kanata's shoulder.

"Is that so? Thanks…and oh, I forgot to ask you. I didn't get what you were trying to say at that time. Why did you wake me up? What happened to you then?

"Oh…It's nothing…!" said Miyu as she shook her head.

"Are you sure?"

"Yah…yah…I was just day dreaming on that time, no need to worry…ha-ha" said Miyu as she decided not to tell Kanata about the weird knock.

"Okay then…Good night!" said Kanata as he went straight to his room.

"Good night too…" said Miyu as she sighed in relief. "Thank God, it's not a ghost. My goodness, I was almost scared to death!"

Miyu found it weird that she was so freaked out at that time. Now she can sleep calmly and peacefully. She immediately climbed to her bed, laid gently on it and closed her eyes. For a few seconds she already slept.

After an hour, the air in the room became colder, she was breathing so hard that the window fogged up instantly. She pulled her blanket, turned to her right, and breathed heavily. However, she could no longer take the cold temperature in her room, so she decided get up and turn off the air conditioner…then she saw the window was widely opened. She walked straight to the window to close it. As she was closing it, she noticed a thick fog outside.

She stopped and looked at the window for a moment. The fog laid low on the garden of flowers it was eerie like in an old horror movie. As her eyes focused, it seemed as if there was a white figure standing by the old oak tree. As she looked closer, the figure seemed to be a little girl with a long black hair staring back at the house. The thick fog seemed to engulf the girl and realized the figure that she is looking is no longer in the garden but rather standing towards her. She quickly turned around and hid behind the curtains. Her heart was pounding so fast that she could even hear it. Then she heard a scuffing noise going over the carpet heading towards her. She tried to peek for a moment if it is true then all of a sudden, a huge black figure stood up behind her and made a low screaming noise. A strong wind hit her face with enormous sound and dispersed quickly. She fainted.

The next thing she knew it was time for her to wake up. She found herself laying on the carpeted floors. She ignored what happened last night and considered it as a dream. Yes, a very bad dream. She shook her head and stood up. She looked at the floor and gasped….There were dried up muddy little footprints leading to her. She slowly followed the footprints and ended up in front of the window of her room. She was startled by a knock at the door, it was Kanata.

Miyu was visibly upset, as she told Kanata what had happened. She requested him to go into in her room to see the footprints. But to her amazement, the footprints were gone.

"Miyu, you're still dreaming!" said Kanata.

Kanata walked through Miyu's room, as he examined the place thoroughly, as he examined the place. He found out that everything was secure. Again, it must be her imagination. Yes, it was just her imagination, and she agreed on that.

They both went downstairs to look for granny, but they failed to find her. They found a note in the refrigerator saying:

Kanata/Miyu,

I'm going to meet my friends in the park.
I already prepared your breakfast and left it in the kitchen table.
I'll be here before sunset. I left Ori with you. Please keep an eye on her. Thanks!

Love,
Granny

"Why did she leave us, we should be the one keeping an eye on her? Not on a cat!" said Kanata.

"You know, it's hard to understand older people, they are all weird!" said Miyu as she shook her head.

"I agree to that." nodded Kanata.

The two just went to the kitchen and ate silently. Miyu wanted to say something to break their silence. But before she could speak, she was interrupted by a sudden BANG!

"WHAT'S THAT!!" shout Kanata as he stood up from his chair and ran towards the sound.

"AHHHH!" Miyu screamed.

Kanata turned around and saw Miyu standing on the chair holding a fork.

Kanata quickly looked at his surroundings. He saw something like a black figure running towards him. He was stunned for a moment. As he stood steadily, he found out that the running figure was a mouse chased by a black cat.

"A MOUSE! a mouse! There's a mouse behind you!" shouted Miyu.

A small piece of plaster dropped on Kanata's head as he looked at the two creature running back and forth.

Ori the black cat was chasing the mouse. The cat crashed into Kanata's feet and struggled to rise up, The cat jumped into the table, leaped over the chair where Miyu was standing (Miyu screamed!) go down the chair legs and slide in the waxed. Kanata went to the dirty kitchen to look for a broom, but could not find anything. He found out that the kitchen exit was open, so he hurriedly chased both cat and the mouse and lead them outside the house. Miyu almost fainted as she stepped down from the chair breathing nervously.

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It was such a boring day in the house after the cat and mouse incident. It was such a boring day in the house. However, due to that incident, they decided not to look for the old woman but rather stay in the house and looked for Ori. They watched TV in the living room while waiting for the old woman's return. They sat on the couch opposite to each other, eating popcorn while Ori the cat, on the other side is playing with a ball of yarn string. They were watching an eating contest on the TV when suddenly the show was cut by a commercial break of some sort of shampoo. The TV started cutting out slightly and then the commercial ended and went totally black... All of a sudden, a picture flashed on the screen.

They saw an image of a long black haired little girl wearing a white dress and a brunette boy standing on her right wearing a green shirt and jeans short. They were both playing in a garden swing surrounded by beautiful flowers. The wrong thing in a picture was that the little girl had no eyes, just bloody gaping holes where eyes should be placed. The little girl looked like she was almost dying yet the little boy was still smiling.

Right after the picture, Ori came in front of the television and blocked it. The two just sat there stunned at what they saw.

No one tried to say anything for twenty minutes when Miyu finally asked, "Did you see that?" and Kanata said "What, the two kids playing on the swing? Yeah I saw it".

Miyu called Aya over the phone and asked if she was watching the same TV program and if she saw anything weird. Aya said she saw nothing.

The two decided to switch-off (remove dash) the television and do other things. Kanata was still sitting on a couch reading his manga while Miyu was sitting on the small chair looking at the window wondering about what happen to her last night and the weird picture, which flashed in the screen. Miyu wanted to start a conversation regarding that but she decided to remain silent.

Several hours have passed Kanata went to the kitchen to drink a glass of water. He left Miyu sitting on the window still looking far away, feeling sleepy.

Suddenly Miyu heard a sweet small voice saying, 'Do you want to play with me?'

Miyu blinked, it was a voice of a little girl. She looked around and saw nothing. Kanata was not around and the only creature that she saw was Ori who is just sleeping beside her. Once more, she heard the voice again saying, 'Do you want to play with me?'

She froze in fear. She again looked around in every corner of the room but saw nothing. Then she moved back to the window and looked outside when suddenly a girl whom she saw on TV, stood in front of her leaning outside the window. Her black hair covered her face and her head was tilted forward as if looking at the floor. The girl started to walk towards her at a normal pace. Miyu was shocked for a moment. She didn't know what to do, she was stunned and almost frozen but she tried to step backward to get away from the girl when suddenly she slipped down the floor and lay flat on the floor. She screamed but no voice came out to her mouth. She tried to get up but she couldn't, her ankle swollen badly. She wanted to cry for help but she was not able to speak. Then she saw the girl pass by the window wall moving towards her. She backed out and crawled on the floor but the little girl held her feet and tried to stop her from moving. She freaked out and screamed!

Then from somewhere far away she heard her name Miyu. "Miyu, Miyu! Are you alright?" She opened her eyes. "Miyu I was so worried about you, are you okay?" It was Kanata "Why are you sleeping in here?" asked Kanata.

As she moved her head, she saw Kanata holding her in his arms looking (at her) worriedly. Then she realized that she was lying on the wooden floor for about an hour. Her mind was still cloudy from waking up; she looked at her feet and saw a mark of a hand traced on her legs - slowly vanishing.

"What's wrong with you, Miyu?" asked Kanata

She looked at him with astonishment and realized that she had been crying in her sleep. She started to wipe away her tears then she asked wondering, "What happened to me?" asked Miyu still out of her mind.

"Miyu, I saw you laying on the floor unconscious. Are you okay? What's eating you?" Kanata said as he gave her a glass of water.

Miyu thought that this would be the best time to tell Kanata on what she saw a while ago.

"So Miyu, you want to tell something, right?" asked Kanata

"Yah…yah…I know that I need to tell you something." said Miyu as she nervously got up and sat on the floor. "Okay, here it goes." she gasped for air before she said her next line. "I know you won't believe me…but you need to." she sighed, gasped again and breathed heavily.

"Okay, I'm listening." said Kanata as he placed his right hand under his chin.

"Okay here it is…" then she breathed again heavily.

"You know, you're making you're story more complicated. Why don't you say it right away?" said Kanata impatiently.

"Okay, alright! I'll say it right away… but don't be surprised on what will I say… okay?!" said Miyu nervously.

"I will… I will… go on" said Kanata irritably.

At this point, Miyu started to cry uncontrollably as she tried to explain to Kanata what she had just seen. She told the story the day before they entered the house; the little girl with a black hair wearing a white dress, the broken vase, the weird knock on her door, her dream last night, a picture flashed on the TV screen suddenly and the reason why she was laying on the floor. Miyu was visibly upset as she told Kanata every single detail that happened to her. After a few minutes, she was able to calm down.

"Miyu, I think your mind is just playing tricks with you. You're thinking too much." Kanata concluded.

Miyu looked at him with disappointment. Then she said…

"WHAT! You think that with all these freaky things happening to me I'm just thinking too much! I can't believe this…" said Miyu shouting in dismay.

"Hey, calm down!" said Kanata as she shook Miyu's shoulder.

Miyu shrugged as she removed Kanata's hand in her shoulder. "Now I know, I shouldn't have told you that…but believe me Kanata… I saw it…I saw it with my two naked eyes!"

"We shouldn't at least conclude your stories… we still need a better explanation for that!"

"Explanation? What explanation? Kanata, you need to trust me… there's something wrong in this house. I haven't seen any ghost in my entire life. But in this place…this place is different… I can sense it"

"I know what you are trying to say… but we need proof!"

"Proof? I'm the proof!!...You're not helping me either!" said Miyu as she stood up.

"What do you think I'm doing?" said Kanata as he stood also.

"Why is it hard for you to believe me?!" said Miyu, tears started to form in her eyes.

"Look! I'm trying to help you." said Kanata in a low but angry voice.

"HELP? You're not helping me! How will you be able to help me if you don't believe me!" said Miyu angrily as she wiped her tears, turned around and ran.

She left Kanata looking at her worriedly.

Miyu couldn't take it any longer. She went back to her room and locked the door. She closed all the curtains, sat on the bed, and began to cry uncontrollably. Miyu didn't understand why those things happened to her but she couldn't shake the feeling of not being understood.

"Miyu, I think your mind is just playing tricks with you. You're thinking too much"

Those words coming from Kanata's mouth played in her mind all over again. Miyu began to be anxious again. She can't stop crying but she began to think. "Maybe it's just my imagination. Why I'm always imagining those kinds of weird things?…it doesn't make sense" "Am I Crazy?" Miyu asked herself…

A sudden cracked of thunder was heard from a distance…

To be continued…

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Author: Alright, I know you're still waiting for the best part…but I'll make sure that on the next chapter I'll do my best. Don't forget to leave reviews…Thanks for reading!

(And oh by the way… Who among you knows about the last name of Hello Kitty? If you post a review I'll tell you what it is… (v) But I guess some of you already knew it…ha-ha-ha! Just asking non-sense…)