File 18: Ghost Side Story » Volume 1
The title is based on the musical, "West Side Story".
Correction! With "KH: Birth by Sleep" out now in Japan, Saix's real name is Isa. Guess that means I have to change that in any previous chapters since I though for sure it was just Sai. Here's another trivia for you guys: this story was inspired by a manga actually called "Amazing Agent Luna". I actually forgot it was until a reviewer pointed it out. Thanks man! Moving on…
Now, the story will start to go in a strange direction for now but it does move forward some storylines. Let me just say this and next chapter will be like the survival horror game, "Fatal Frame".
Genre: Adventure/Romance
Disclaimer: The following characters of "Secret Agent Kairi" are from the video game, Kingdom Hearts. Square Enix and Disney rightfully own them. The setting-taking place in the story is original also and does not exist anywhere in Japan. The story, plot, and maybe some original characters are under my name. There will be some references to the game. Don't attempt to copyright.
(Xion's voice) – "Previously on Secret Agent Kairi"
Today is your birthday… right?" Judging from his voice, he seemed scared to be talking to her. He actually remembered it was today? That shocked her. "It's okay… I know you won't talk but it's right here if you want it." He puts the present down onto the ground and descends down the stairs as she just watches him disappear.
"Hey," Kairi interrupted. "Did you guys ever noticed Riku has started hanging out with Namine more this week when he heard the news about this? I find it odd."
"Course Kairi, the dude likes Namine," Yuffie replies but she added one more thing to that sentence. "I think." It's true; they see Riku more often now that he had heard the news about Namine and what she is going through. He has never left her side actually when it was before and after school, during recess, and lunch.
"Was I his… partner?" Cloud asked.
"I don't know. I never met the guy but if he is you, then how come you have no memory of it or him up until now?" Aerith asked.
"I still don't know the answer for myself," he said.
"Maybe this will all blow over later but you have to give it some time, you know, take some baby steps," Rinoa tells Roxas. "Now did you ever give her present?" He nodded.
"Yeah and surprisingly, she accepted it. I went back to the rooftop to see if she did and it was gone."
"That's could be a good start. What was in it?" Rinoa asked.
"I rather keep that a secret Ms. Heartilly," he replied.
"Riku seems to take an interest in you, you know," Kairi spotted. Namine did not give a response and she would know why. If he did, can she trust another guy to see if he does have real feelings instead of just pretending like Roxas did? She just didn't know. "As your friend Namine, I say it's your decision and you will find the answer sometime." Namine then just smiled and hugged her.
Kairi and her family were packing some belongings for their spring break. Instead of going to the beach and waterpark previously planned before, they were cruise ship for the spring. Of course Kairi's boyfriend, Sora, was coming including her friends but Roxas denied the offer and decided to stay in Tsuki. Leon chose to look over their house and Hoshi for them since dogs weren't allowed on board. Hoshi's only response was a whimper. "Don't worry Hoshi," Kairi comfort. "We'll be back after the break." With that, she patted his head heading out the door with Yuffie and Cloud.
"Thanks for volunteering to watch our house and Hoshi too Leon," Aerith told him.
"No problem," he replied.
"Remember, help yourself to the fridge and anything else in this house," Aerith informs him.
"Yes mom," he mocked.
"I am a mom," she said. "Now go get yourself a girlfriend so you can have kids of your own." Then she left closing the door behind her.
"Heh, some mom," Leon last said. He then turns around seeing Hoshi sitting staring at him. "We're home alone! Let us have so fun!" Hoshi made a small whimper and ran off somewhere in the house. "Oh come on! I wasn't that bad was I?"
~ Secret Agent Kairi ~
Kairi and the others were getting out of the car with sunglasses and bags on as the bright yellow sun shined above them. They had arrived at the dock for departures. There was no particular destination actually for the cruise but just to go around the waters of Japan. Just far away. "We're finally here," she said softly but good enough to hear. "This beats going to the beach and waterpark." Yuffie came out of the car happy as ever.
"It's a wonderful day!" she cheered. "The sun! The clear blue skies! The cruise! The… Vincent! Come on," she called out. Vincent was still in the car. Apparently he didn't seem to like the sun. It felt like out of the blue to invite him but Yuffie wanted to and she had a mutual attraction to him but he was trying to avoid her at all costs.
"Tell me why I came again," he asked. A question he kept asking himself.
"Because you wanted to?" Yuffie replied weakly. "Now get out you little vampire and embrace the joy."
"You do realize I am the total opposite of you? I would want to be inside rather than out."
"Which is why I'm here," she said and made an imaginary box while saying, "To get out of your little box. Everybody has to at least once. "Now don't make say this again. Get out of the car and come outside."
"I don't think I will." He sure was being childish and Yuffie had to do something one way or another.
"Kairi!" a voice shouted from afar.
"Olette! You're here!" Olette ran to her while carrying her bags and stopped. "Where are the boys? I thought you brought them with you?"
"Oh, Hayner and Pence?" she asked looking behind her. Hayner and Pence were actually carrying their bags that included Olette's big over packed bags. "There fine," she coolly said. "They're two big strong man." Kairi just stared at her tilting her head. "Fine, you win. I'll go help them." Olette walked off and said, "Plus, I got more in the car." Both boys could be heard groaning. Namine came to Kairi's side and had a message on her board. It said: Not to be conceited, but she packed more than me and I'm the rich one. Kairi laughed at the message. "C'mon Namine. We have a boat to catch."
Riku was helping Xion unload the car of everyone's bags. Xion had a small pain in her back seeing how she was squeezed inside the car. "You okay?" he asked grabbing the bags he was receiving from her.
"Yeahhh, having sit in the corner of the back was giving me a pain," she replied not looking back. "If it weren't for our bags, this wouldn't be a problem." Xion gave Riku a bag and heard a large thump sound. He was not paying attention to her at all but looking at a certain someone. "Ya know, it's called go up and ask her."
"I don't know Xion," Riku answered. Again, he was staring at his mute blond friend.
"It has been a month."
"But still… I don't know if it's the right time." He has always been Namine in school more than her friends. He was starting to like Namine for some reason and just did not want to make a move on her. It would be too soon. She still has been damaged from the Roxas thing. Boy, did Riku hate the guy for fooling Namine and breaking her heart.
"Yeah, you're probably. If Namine were fully healed, she would be talking again." A small pause came across the two. "How bout prom? It is next month. I think that is the perfect time to ask her out."
Riku just smiled. "Maybe I will," he said as he continue to help Xion with the bags.
Roxas was once again alone. It felt natural to him but it still hurt a little to feel alone and forgotten. He was walking among the streets and citizens of Tsuki. He didn't know where he was going as usual and these walks have been happening lately for him. "You have been going on these walks lately haven't you?" a male voice said next him.
"I like the fresh air," Roxas replied. He has been seeing this guy for a while now. His name was Lea and didn't know why he was talking to him. "I got that but why?"
"Like I said before. I do not want to talk about it. I need to move on with my life." Roxas sure was getting a little mad with Lea being noisy.
"Whatever happened to talking about your problems huh?" Lea asked. Roxas just sighed.
"Surreee… that does not include strangers."
"I practically known you for a week now."
"Not by much."
"Ouch! And I thought we were already starting to get to know each other," Lea sarcastically said. "Come on, who is it?" Roxas just glared at him. Everything just had to draw back to Namine didn't it? Boy, was it getting old now and haunting him like a ghost. He already regretted doing it. What else did he have to do to get over it? Namine sure look like she was hanging out with Riku a lot. "Ah hah! I knew it was! A girl?" Lea asked.
"Her name is Namine okay," Roxas replied. "There we talked. Next subject," he choppily said.
"Hey, it's alright. I respect that," Lea told him. "Must've been lots of drama."
"You have no idea." There was a small silence as the two were walking together and Roxas decided to say something. "So, what about you huh? What's your story?"
"If you must know, I use this way to go to work all the time."
"At where?"
"A restaurant I work at with a few of my friends."
"Got job opening there?" Roxas asked. Now that's what he needed. I place to work at. He was thinking working at the Highwind but his friends go there and he wasn't talking to them at all. "I need it," he begged.
"Desperate huh? Come with me and I will try to get you one then," Lea replied as Roxas followed right behind him to his working place.
"Thanks man."
Leon was in the house reading a magazine in the living room when he heard the doorbell ring. "Who the heck would come over here?" he said putting the magazine down and approaching the door. Hoshi followed by his side as Leon opened to see a familiar face. "Oh my god! What are you doing here?"
~ Secret Agent Kairi ~
Kairi and Sora were hanging around the deck of the ship. Both were wearing swimwear feeling the fresh spring breeze and sun. They could see some passengers were playing in the pool, some in the hot tub, and other sunbathing. There was even a drink stand with a worker making drinks for everybody. Of course, you have to pay to even to get one. "Spring, my favorite time of the year," Kairi tells Sora.
"And why is that?" he asked her.
"Cuz' to me, spring is the season to start new things. Have a fresh new start."
"I thought that was the fall?" Sora said. His girlfriend just gave him a firm look. "What? A new school year starts there and everybody would want a fresh start."
"Touché." Kairi then stared at a particular spot. "Oh my god! That spot on the ship reminds me of something." Sora looked at the same direction Kairi was looking at. It was the tip of the ship. He knew where this was going.
"Oh no, do not tell me you want to reenact that scene from 'Titanic' now do you?" he groaned.
"Wouldn't it be romantic?" Kairi asked. "Isn't that what couples do? Have these moments with each other that they could look back on?"
"True Kairi but not in front of all these people. It's packed." He really didn't mind doing it but he was not a fan of acting lovey dovey in public. He just feels so uncomfortable at the thought of it. "I'm not a fan of PDA."
"If the ship were in endangered or sinking, what would you do?" she asked.
"Save you of course. You are the most important person to me."
"Oh really," she said in a small baby voice as he hugs her. He put his face close to hers.
"Really," he said again. The two pull apart and walked to the railing. "Oh, did you hear there is a lunar eclipse tonight?"
"There is? Man, I think I should start watching the news to hear these things."
Olette and Xion were rooming in the same room. Each room only had up to two passengers per cabin. Olette was getting ready to go out having bug eye sunglasses on with a big hat that had a ribbon wrapped around. "Man! I look great!" she said to herself looking in the mirror. "What do you think Xion?" No response was given. After, she turned towards her to find her reading a book. "Really Xion? We're on a cruise ship around the waters of Japan. There is more fun out there than there is here."
"Sorry what?" Xion just snapped back to reality.
"Hello? Me, awesome. Cruise ship, fun. Xion!"
"Am sorry. It's just that I'm almost done reading this book about the supernatural in Japan. It is really interesting." The book was titled, '"Supernatural Japan". "There is a good story I read."
"Ohhh, mystery. I love mystery," Olette said taking a seat on her bed. "Tell me more!"
"Well Olette, back in the… feudal era, there was this island, near Japan, that perform spiritual rituals of the otherworld." The atmosphere suddenly felt like camp at night. "On the night of a lunar eclipse, they perform the rituals that involved a maiden wearing a mask. It was a performance to open the gate…" Xion stopped and went to turn off the lights. Soon, she turn on a flashlight to show her evil creppy face. "To the Otherworld!"
"Olette, what is takin- what the heck are you two doing?" Yuffie had walked in the middle of the ghost story.
"Listen to a ghost story," Olette answered. "Now sit down and listen. It's getting interesting."
Leon just stared at the familiar face. "What are doing here Terra?" Terra was one of the three founders of Kingdom Hearts. Sure, Leon was the boss of the agency but he worked for Terra along with the other two: Ventus and Aqua. He was more of the fighter of the three and stronger too.
"I was expecting for Aerith and the other to be here but I guess there not." Leon tilt his head a little to see a few bags behind him.
"Were you planning to stay here?" he asked.
"Actually yeah. I have to talk to Aerith and the others but that can wait," Terra replied. "I've been working non-stop that I forgot about vacationing."
"Oh come on, Aqua is the workaholic out of all you three."
"Yep, you are so right. You know, she doesn't quite like the idea Kairi hasn't been doing her missions lately."
"Well that is because Organization XIII hasn't been on the radar lately and a few agents volunteer to do hers so she can have a normal life and experience it."
"Sounds like an episode of 'Hannah Montana' if you ask me," Terra said patting him on the back and entering with his bags.
Leon just scoffed. "You watch that show?" He heard Terra make a laugh at what he asked.
Roxas was already at work. He just got the job on the spot and was assigned as a waiter. It sure was hectic. The restaurant was called, "Vanilla Twilight". However, the name sounded like an ice cream shop. The uniform was the usual black collar shirt and pants, a white vest, and a black tie with a white apron. The place wasn't big but it wasn't small either. It sure was popular though considering the customers that were present. "Okay, I got two orders that want the spicy beacon cheeseburger," Roxas told Lea trying to remember what the order was since his pen run out of ink. "Curly fries on the side and two vanilla twilights."
"Man, I love making our signature dessert," Lea said.
"You mean me," said a man with blue hair. Lea looked to his friend Isa talk to him. "I'm the chef here remember?"
"Yeah but I'm your right hand man!"
"Sou-chef you mean."
"Yeah, whatever. Did you get the orders?" Lea asked him.
"Shouldn't you be making them? I'm busy with other orders too you know." Roxas was just watching the two friends talking. He felt amuse watching them go back to back. He remembered when him and his friends used to do it. Then remembers Kairi. She has been trying and he just pushes her away not wanting to do anything with them. He kept thinking about it when he heard a voice to bring him back to reality.
"Roxas! Your job hello?" Lea said.
"Right, it's just entertaining watching you and Isa go back to back about something." With that, Roxas left to get some orders. After he left, Lea and Isa got into another conversation.
"What's your take on him," Isa asked his friend.
"I don't know but why call ourselves Organization XIII when there is only twelve of us?" Lea pointed out. "It really is stupid."
"Yeah but, does he have the potential?"
"Who has the potential?" a familiar female voice asked. It appeared to be Arlene. "Are you talking about that blond spiky boy Roxas?" She just walked into the kitchen taking a seat as she gathers around a table the two were on.
"You know the guy?" Isa asked him. Arlene nodded.
"Yeah, he is, well, was friends with my co-worker at the place I work at." The three then looked at Roxas, who was working. "I'd say he could if we train to do something. Oh! We can say we also work at a karate place or something," Arlene suggested. "That way, we are training him but he thinks we're just being friends."
"I don't know about this," Lea said. "Roxas is a cool guy and is recovering from something."
"What?" Arlene asked. "That thing with Namine." The boys just looked at her. "Hey, I got the latest gossip from Xion. It really is entertaining when you work at a place full of kids. The place can be depressing you know."
"Of course, underneath that bitch ego Larxene, is a nicer version," Lea teased. Arlene just smiled and blushed.
"Shut up Lea," Arlene playfully pushed. "When you're in a group full of man and the only girl, you have to be the bitch. Wait. Let me rephrase that? The bitch they have ever known." Lea and Isa agreed with her.
~ Secret Agent Kairi ~
Xion was telling the ghost story and it so happen mostly everybody, minus the adults, was listening on it the whole ghost story. Her friends were all staring listening on in. Some were even gripping pillows or blankets. "During the ritual, when the eclipse finally set in, the ritual had failed. However, the book doesn't say why it failed."
"So what happen?" Pence asked.
"After the failure, they confined her," Xion explained.
"Even though they were dead?" Yuffie asked.
"No, it was written that she was in a coma between life and death. Anyways, two years after, she woke up and began sweeping the island, for anyone who saw her blooming face, would be curse and die in the process." Xion saw all her friend's eyes grow wide. "It was called the Day Without Suffering."
"How come this hasn't been made into local news or anything?" Kairi asked her friend. "This sounds big and you know how Japan loves ghost and such."
"I'll get to it. Police were sent to investigate, since the island never had one, but no one could be found the bodies. Soon, they too disappeared and the island was lost in history. No record of it has been made into a map since around the 90's." The lights soon turned on. "Aah! It burns!" The same reaction came across everybody.
"What are you guys doing? It's already reaching dawn. Cloud and I have been looking for you all," Aerith told them.
"Sorry mom," Kairi apologized getting up. "Xion was telling us a ghost story and it was really good. It was about this place on an island and a ritual gone wrong."
"Really? I've never heard of that." Judging from her mother's tone, she knew something was wrong.
"That sounds familiar," Cloud softly said.
"What was that dad?" Kairi asked him.
"Nothing, talking to myself," he said to himself. "Anyways, there are fun activities happening on the deck, so lets go." The two leave the room including Kairi's friends were exiting. When all were gone, Kairi just remembered something. Sora told her a lunar eclipse is going to happen tonight. Could it be just a coincidence that she heard a ghost story that involved it? She shakes the feeling off and walks out the room.
Leon and Terra were in Aerith's house watching some TV. Terra, however, was playing with Hoshi. Hoshi took a quick liking to Terra and it made Leon feel a little insecure. "Now how come he likes and not me?" Leon asked.
"Maybe it is because you scared him and I just happen to be a dog's best friend," Terra replied playing with Hoshi's paws as it the dog was standing on two feet.
"So what are you doing here again?"
"Aqua sent me to see how things were going. Course, I probably won't report in a while since they are gone for the week."
"That's Aqua for you."
"Hey man." Leon looked at him. "I've got something to tell you."
"Wha? Dating Aqua? Like the whole agency didn't know that," Leon pointed out flipping channels. "Gossip is probably the most entertaining there and only is."
"Okay, but I was thinking of, uh, proposing to her," Terra said.
"Yeah, go ahe- whoa! Say what now?!" Leon turned his attention to his boss and friend. "Are you sure? How does this Ven feel about this? Him and Aqua did date back in their high school days and it took a while for them to get over it."
"Yeah, I know. That's why I called him about it. He said he was fine with it."
"But what about their-" Leon stopped realizing what he was going to say. It was secret. A huge secret that had to keep that he couldn't say anything about it. "Never mind."
"What is it?" Terra had asked clueless.
"Never mind. I don't want to say anything," Leon replied looking away from him. "Man, I almost blew it," he muttered under his breath.
Everybody on the cruise ship was in causal clothing. It was twilight hour and dinner was being served early. Kairi started to feel unease again thinking about the ghost story Xion told them. It just made her paranoid. Hearing the story on the night of a lunar eclipse should be no coincidence. Her mother's tone about it made her question about it. Did she know something about it? Did Kingdom Hearts have some part in that story that wasn't mention? Many questions flooded her head. Her paranoia begun to show when she started to not pick much food as she should be. "Are you okay Kairi?" Sora asked her.
"Sorry, it's just that ghost story we heard."
"It is just a story Kairi. Who says its real?" he told her.
"Yeah, I guess you're right. I mean, what do we have to worry about." Kairi looks out the windows and saw a storm was brewing in near. "I hope."
Meanwhile with the captain & crew…
"Captain, there is something going on in one of the cameras," a man said. The ship's captain walked on to one of his crew member that was watching the security cams in the ship.
"What is?" he said in a raspy but clear voice.
"There appears to some strange activity going on in camera five," his crewmen replied.
"What, thieves?"
"No, the camera is flickering and a woman would sometimes show in the midst of it." The captain took a look the camera as it did what his worker says. To him, it reminded him of a scene from 'Ju-on: The Grudge' with the camera. However, she was not all covered in black but wearing a red kimono and long black hair covering her face.
"That's odd. I don't remember any of our performances involving kimonos."
"We don't sir." The two watched the camera as the mysterious figure grew closer and closer. It stopped close the camera as it faced the top of her head. The two men were getting goose bumps already as it slowly turned its face to the camera.
~ Secret Agent Kairi ~
"So, Namine, how is the food?" Riky weakly asked. When did he start act like this? He was never like this with her. It seems that talk with Xion got burned into his head and wouldn't come off. He saw her write: Its good. For being mute, he was starting to forget how she sounded like. He missed that voice of hers including her friends. "Can I ask you something?" Namine nodded. "Can you uh… ever trust another guy on how he feels about you?" Namine didn't respond. He knew. Everything would just trace back to Roxas for her. "Never mind. Forget I asked that question." He then felt her hand on his biceps. She immediately removed it when he looked at her. He could see her blushing.
Kairi was examining the scene. She was eating her food like popcorn. Just eating her food, not looking at it, while watching the scene in front of her. "Sora, this is so much better than TV," she whispered to him not wanting to get caught watching.
"I don't know Kairi. After my good-for-nothing brother, can she let Riku in? Namine has had her guard for quite awhile." Man, this line was getting old. It was like a recurring element of TV show or story they were on but were not aware of it.
"Okay, we need to stop with that whole thing," Kairi fired back but nicely. "Namine will, just give her time." The strong wind sound made Kairi look back. Boy did it get dark fast. It was only around six but the storm made it look like it was the middle of the night already. Raindrops hit the glass windows and something about this did not feel right.
Leon and Terra were in the house watching the news on the weather. It looked like a storm was brewing in and it could be a typhoon. "That's not good. Aerith and the others are in that area," Leon said. "Well, they're in a cruise ship. Last thing that could happen is the ship sinking."
"Dramatic much Leon," Terra said. He took a look at the TV and started to remember something. "Hey, doesn't that area of the storm look familiar Leon?"
Kairi including her family and friends were having a great time at the dinner. A singer was giving a performance while the guest eat and watch her sing. Music and chattering filled the room. That is until the ship alarm went off sending. "Huh? What's going?" Kairi asked. She then saw a worker getting on stage saying it is a false and the crew was going to fix it soon. As the minutes pass by, it still went off and ringing through the ship. Passengers had begun to worry including the gang.
"Kairi, I'd like for you to come with me," her mom ordered as she followed suit. As they leave, Aerith tells Cloud to watch the other while they are gone. Kairi and Aerith were walking through the halls of the ship. There was no one around and nothing could be seen. "Something doesn't feel right."
"You're telling me mom," Kairi said. "The atmosphere feels different don't ya think?"
"You are right my dear. Let's go check with the captain." Kairi nodded as she followed her mom once again. As they went up a set of stairs, she felt a presence following her down below. She quickly stopped and looked behind her. There was nothing. "Is everything alright?" her mom asked.
"Y-Yeah, I thought I saw something for a sec." She shrugged it off and continued following her mom. During the walk, everything was just as quiet with the alarm blasting its sound. There soft but faint footsteps could be heard as they approach the control room. What Kairi saw was that the door was left open, but that wasn't it. A hand could be seen sticking out. "Oh my god!" Both her and her mom ran towards the room. What they discover is the whole crew out cold from the looks of it. What they also noticed is that all faces were facing down. Kairi also heard a man whimpering somewhere. She looks for the source to find the captain himseld.
"Captain, what happened here?!" Aerith asked.
"Th-th-there was…" The man was shaking in fear. Eyes wide open trying to find the words to say. "A-a-a-a gh-"
"A what?" Kairi asked.
"A ghost!" he yelled. Next to the three was a body lying face down. Screams from the other passengers were soon heard. "Oh my god! The others!" The two look in front to see they have entered into the storm. It was all black and could see nothing other than lighting and heavy raindrops hitting the window. The burly wind could be heard just right outside. The ship was rocking pretty hard as the ocean waves were getting violent. Aerith goes over to see how fast the ship was going and noticed it was slightly increasing every second.
"We have to hurry!" Just then, both doors from the two sides suddenly open sending in the strong freezing winds. "Now!" The time they rush down the stairs, they could see passengers running out from the ballroom screaming. Kairi and Aerith try to make their way of the huge crowd back to the ballroom. Once they got there, they could see it was there friends helping people escape. Still, fear was written on their face. "Why is everyone running scared?" Aerith asked Cloud.
"Because of that!" Cloud answered pointing as she saw the women of a ghost dressed in red kimono floating off the ground as the performer on stage, who was floating as well screaming in pain, dropped dead on the stage. "Come on! Let's go!" As they run out the ballroom and into the hallways, Cloud started to have a series of flashbacks in his head. He groaned in pain and dropped on his knees.
"Cloud!" Aerith called out.
"Just go!" he yelled.
"I'm not leaving you!" she told him helping him up. Aerith saw the teenagers in front of them waiting. Then, all hit the floor hard when the ship to shake and the sounds of screeching metal were heard including breaking windows. Outside, the ship somehow made a turn but it ended up hitting the side of a cliff scratching the left of the ship as it. It continued and it hits the cliff again. It hits land on a nearby beach and slowly starts to stop. "Is it over?" Kairi asked looking around. She slowly gets up but felt the ship start to capsize but it stopped thanks to the stern leaning on cliff. Now it was going to feel weird getting off the ship. The storm also seems to have strangely quickly disappeared including the ghost.
~ Secret Agent Kairi ~
Everybody gathers and use a lifeboat to descend onto the soft sands of the beach. Once the button was pushed, it went down and hit the ground. They were lost on an unknown island. "What time is it?" Kairi asked Sora.
"It is only seven," he answered. Kairi looked up into the sky and noticed that a lunar eclipse was approaching.
"Don't you guys find it weird," she said looking at her friends and family. "That story you told Xion."
"Me? It's probably a coincidence Kairi."
"No, that story you told everybody is true," Aerith answered. Her daughter gave her a look worried about their secret but she forgot how her mom could also twist the truth a little and hide some things behind her words. "As you guys know, my husband and I work for the Japanese government and had cover up that story from the public. We used it as a ghost story that could be popular to be read."
"Whhooaaa, I so have to work with our government," Hayner excited.
"Sounds fun huh?" Aerith says. "Well, as all of you may know, the island we're on is the same one in the story." Aerith looked at the island from the beach. You could see the small mountains, forests, houses, and such including a lighthouse that sits on top of the cliff they hit. Among them was of course the moon becoming a lunar eclipse very little by little as time passes. "This is Gesshoku Island."
Whew! Finally! This chapter is done! Sorry for the long wait everyone again! This chapter started back in December but came to a halt. When writing the chapter, I had to make it feel like the ghost story had to be part of the whole story in general. It was also hard writing the last part of the chapter because I originally intended for the gang to be separates but the reason how became hard to think of, so I changed it.
Now, next chapter, you will find out how this ghost story fits in and something will happen and be revealed. Don't worry, humor will be there to enlighten the mood. There will be more Leon and Terra scenes including Roxas while the others find a way off the island and what is happening.
Oh and, the restaurant called, "Vanilla Twilight" was named after the Owl City song of the same name.
Thanks for reading this chapter and review please!