The Ghost Within BOOK1⃣

Chapter 9

****The past of our present shall be the future we seek to change****

Farmhouse, Kagoshima [7:00AM]

{Hina}-[sitting outside alone quietly]

{stranger}-” It's peaceful, right?”

{Hina}-[startled]

{stranger}-[smiles]” I’m sorry I didn’t mean to scare you, dear.”

{Hina}-[smiles back]” It’s okay, Miss Kiara.”

{Kiara}-” I told you to call me Kiara, I’m not that old please.”

{Hina}-[shy]

{Kiara}-” Come in for breakfast, dear.”[heads indoor]

{Hina}-[gets up to get in too]

[at the dinning table]

{Kiara}-” The weather seems a bit cold today so I thought some oat and omelets would be good.”

{Hina}-” Thank you very much.”

{Kiara}-” How is G2’s body?”

{Hina}-” He’s still unconscious.”

{stranger from the train}-[takes a seat at the table]” He’s passed danger he’s just resting now you have nothing to worry about.”

{Kiara}-[strange gaze]” Thank you Sir.”

{stranger from train}-[smiles]” Esha is my name.”

{Hina}-” Thank you Esha, if not for your help on that train G2 might have not made it.”

{Esha}-” I had to help that’s all Miss little dove.”

{Kiara}-[interrupts Esha’s flirt]” But how did you keep a bleeding person from dying from a journey of Tokyo to Kagoshima?”

{Esha}-[getting cocky]” Perks of being a doctor. Sometimes it takes only an aid box and blood donor to save lives, Kiara.”

{Kiara}-[smiles]” Perks of being a doctor indeed Esha.”

{Hina}-” We made it here after arrival thanks to you Ren. I never thanked you properly, so thank you very much.”[bows while standing on her feet]

{Ren}-[sighs with a foul mood]” You think it was for you or that man on bed? I only did it cause Kiara asked me to, so you can save your worthless gratitude.”

{Kiara}-[furious]” Ren.”

{Ren}-[gets up from the table]” I’m done eating, goodbye.”

{Esha}-” What’s wrong with her?”

{Kiara}-[mood goes down tremendously]” She and G2 are not seeing the past eye to eye.”

{Hina}-[confused]

{Esha}-” Is she your daughter?”

{Kiara}-” Non-biological daughter. Their parents died when they were kids, so I took them in.”

{Hina}-” Their?”

{Kiara}-” She had a twin sister.”

{Esha}-” Had you say.”

{Kiara}-[eyes full of tears]” She died because I failed her the way I failed my kids.”

{Esha}-” You did?”

{Hina}-” I think that’s enough Esha, unless of course you’re also a journalist.”

{Esha}-[gets up with a smile]” The breakfast was delightful, Kiara.”

{Hina}-[annoyed]” She’s pleased to know Esha, you may leave now.”

{Esha}-” Yes Miss little dove. I will be outside.”[walks out the room]

{Hina}-[gets closer to Kiara]” I’m sorry Kiara.”

{Kiara}-[wipes off the tears from her eyes]” It’s okay dear. Look at all this dishes I need to start washing them before the water runs out.”

{Hina}-[goes for the used plates]” Let me help you then.”

{Kiara}-[grabs her hand]” No don’t worry, just go take care of G2 .”

[bedroom]

{G2}-[unconsciously down on the bed]

{Ren}-[sitting by the bedside]” Look at how innocent and pitiful you look G2. But I could never be fooled by that. I know what you are, and only I can punish you for all your sins.”

{G2}-[breathes heavily]

{Ren}-[slowly reaches for his throat with her hand]” Kiara will never forgive me if I hurt you, but if I don’t punish you I could never forgive myself either.”

{Hina}-[grabs her hand with a cold gaze]” What do you think you are doing?”

{Ren}-[pulls her hand out of Hina’s painful grasp]” Just checking his temperature.”

{Hina}-[agitated]” Since when did you become the doctor here?”

{Ren}-” It’s quite cold around here, try as much as possible to keep him warm.”[takes her leave with connotative statement]

{Hina}-[rageful]” Wait. Just to let you know Ren if anything happens to him while we’re here I will make sure you feel the heat even with this cold weather around.”

{Ren}-[walks out the room]

[outdoors doing some laundry] [5:20PM]

{Kiara}-” I already told you not to stress it Hina. You’re my guest, I can’t have you working for me.”

{Hina}-[stubborn]” And we can't just sit and watch you do all the work Kiara. Don’t worry if I can do G2’s heavy-duty laundry, I can do any laundry.”

{Kiara}-[shocked]” You live with him?”

{Hina}-[holds her mouth in shame]

{Kiara}-[desperate and anxious]” Do you have kids, how many, what’s their names?”

{Hina}-” No wait Kiara you’ve got this all wrong, I meant like---.”

{Kiara}-[holds Hina’s palms]” There’s nothing wrong in having kids without marriage. You can always sort it out later.”

{Ren}-[done with her laundry]” If she had kids wouldn’t they be with her right now Kiara?”

{Kiara}-” She might have not had the chance to grab them.”

{Ren}-” Which kind of mother leaves her kids behind and doesn’t even try to check on them through the phone.”

{Kiara}-[ashamed]” Sorry I just got too excited I guess. But you look like you’ve done a lot of papa and mama workouts.”

{Hina}-[clueless]

{Ren}-[drags Kiara by the hand]” You don’t say stuffs like that, you old lady.”

{Kiara}-[emotionally hurt]” I’m not that old and we’re all girls here, what’s wrong with asking?”

{Hina}-[catches on to the gist with a red face moment]

{Kiara}-” Right Hina dear?”

{Hina}-[ashamed]” No we don’t do any workouts as a matter of fact it's getting dark we need to go inside.”

{Ren}-[smirk]” Oh Kiara, it seems someone actually does the mama and papa workouts.”

{Hina}-[runs indoors in shame]

[6:33PM]

{Hina}-[walks into the kitchen with a serious face]” Could I talk to you privately Kiara?”

{Kiara}-[worried]” Sure, Ren don’t burn the dinner before I get back.”

{Ren}-[annoyed]

[living room]

{Kiara}-” Before you say it I’m sorry about what I said earlier, I was a bit confused that’s all I didn’t mean to say anything ill about you.”

{Hina}-[smiles]” You didn’t, and I’m not angry at all. Who are you really Kiara?”

{Kiara]-[plays dumb]” I’m a farm lady who lives on the farm and farms to live.”

{Hina}-” Let me rephrase the question then. What is your relationship with G2?”

{Kiara}-” No, it's not what you think. I’m too old for him, Mei just sends him over for work around here and he delivers things to me over here that’s all.”

{Hina}-[being honest]” Before now I was an orphan who survived through working in the love house. But all that changed when I met G2. I won’t say he was so kind to me because he wasn’t, but he took care of me in his own way.”

{Kiara}-” I’m sorry I didn’t know.”

{Hina}-” Why do you have a silver hair color like G2’s?, Why have you been showing much concern in his life since we got here?, Why did Mei send us to you?”

{Kiara}-[anxious]” Isn’t that too much for a question?”

{Hina}-[sedate looks]

{Kiara}-” My hair started turning grey, so I decided to go all silver. As for the concern on G2 and Mei sending you to me, I’ve known both Mei and G2 for a while now, it’s only natural for me to be one of the people she trusts the most with his life.”

{Hina}-” Please don’t lie, Mrs. Asano.”

{Kiara}-[shocked]” Sorry Hina you have the wrong person.”

{Hina}-” I read your husband’s secret reports on the JCI Ghost project.”

{Kiara}-” So they finally caught on to me?”

{Hina}-” You have it all wrong I’m not with the JCI.”

{Kiara}-[furious]” It’s the Bureau then.”

{Hina}-[confused]” What is that?”

{Kiara}-[angry]” Saito died helping you people and now you’re shamelessly back here to do what? Ask me to help you too?”

{Hina}-” I don’t know anything you’re talking about. All I wanted to let you know is that G2 thinks you and his father destroyed his life because of your greed.”

{Kiara}-” What do you mean by that?”

{Hina}-” It seems the JCI lied to him as I thought. They told him you stole state information for financial benefits.”

{Kiara}-[breaks down in tears]” Those bastards. After killing Saito and Maki they went on to corrupt my baby boy and use him as a tool for killing.”

{Hina}-[holds Kiara in her arms]” I’m sorry but G2 really needs help emotionally, he’s lost.”

{Kiara}-” I doubt he needs that help from me after what he thinks of his family. He even thinks I’m dead, so how will he believe I’m his mother now?”

{Hina}-” How did they let you live?”

{Kiara}-” They didn’t, it was Mei who did. They killed my Saito and Makshima. They ask Mei to kill me around a remote area, but she spared me with a promise to take care of Hide for me."

{Hina}-” So G2’s name is truly Hide?”

{Kiara}-” It’s Hideoshi.”

{Hina}-[passionately smiles]” I see.”

{Kiara}-” How is Mei doing?”

{Hina}-[sad looks]” She might not be doing so well. She must be in the JCI custody now after helping us escape.”

{Kiara}-[worried]” When Hide wakes up ask him to check up on her please.”

{Hina}-” But won’t the JCI track down the location of this place?”

{Kiara}-” They can’t. Mei made G2 install some fire walls around this place.”

{Hina}-” Okay.”

[7:21PM]

{Hina}-[runs out of the bedroom]” G2 is not in his bed Kiara.”

{Kiara}-” How is that possible?”

{Hina}-[looks at Ren]

{Ren}-” Don’t look at me like that, If I wanted to do something to him, I would have a long time ago.”

{Kiara}-” It seems he’s awake.”

{Hina}-” But where would he go??”

{Kiara}-” To Rina’s place.”

[graveyard close to the farmhouse]

{G2}-[drops a chair and takes a seat at a grave]” Sorry if you were expecting flowers, I came empty-handed as usual.

Have you been lonely?

So, did you always know that Kiara was my mother, or you were in the dark like me?

Of course, they wouldn’t tell you because they knew you would tell me.

They will expect me to take her love openly with my two arms now after all these years.

She always knew I needed my family, but she chose to keep quite all this time.

And Mei always sending me down here to bond even more with a mother I didn’t even know still exists.

Things just keep getting worse every day.

Your twin is still trying to kill me of course, but I can’t die just yet.

And there’s the s*x girl who seems eager to join you over there.

If only I was strong enough to look the other way when you always looked at me, you would have still been alive.

I won’t be making the same mistakes again, Rina.

Take care of yourself until we meet again, farm girl.”

I’m not crying, my eyes are just melting.

[9:59PM]

{G2}-[enters the house]

{Hina}-[sitting by the door]

{G2}-[quietly walks pass her, intentionally]

{Hina}-” You should have talked to everyone before going out. Do you know what we went through taking care of you?”

{G2}-[snubs her]

{Hina}-” Did you enjoy yourself down at Rina’s place?”

{G2}-” I see Kiara told you that also.”

{Hina}-” Why didn’t you sleep at Rina’s place, I’m sure she would have taken care of you even more than we did.”

{G2}-” Because I would rather not worry you and mom.”[connotative statement]

{Hina}-” You heard us talking? ”

{G2}-” You talk quite loud.”

{Hina}-” Listen G2, all the JCI has been telling you are lies.”

{G2}-” I heard that part too, so don’t waste your breath. She had many chances to tell me, but she didn’t so don’t expect me to go with the flow coming out of the blue.”

{Kiara}-[interrupts]” Would you have believed me Hide??”

{G2}-” I would have believed you and Mei if you guys had the intentions of telling me.

{Esha}-[walks into the room]” Look who’s finally awake.”

{Hina}-” You’re still around, Esha?”

{G2}-[looks at Kiara]” Who the hell is this?”

{Esha}-” The doctor who saved your life on the train.”[gives G2 a hand to shake]

{G2}-[collects the handshake with doubt]” Your hands seem too hard for a doctor.”

{Esha}-[smiles]” I get that a lot . It’s the gym.”

{G2}-” Good night.”[walks away]

[bedroom]

{Hina}-[laying on one side of the bed]

{G2}-” What are you doing in here?”

{Hina}-” Sleeping.”

{G2}-” I thought the couch was your sleeping place.”

{Hina}-” It was back at your place.”

{G2}-[nonchalant attitude]” Just move to the other side of the bed.”

{Hina}-” Would Rina be okay with you sleeping in the same bed with another woman?”

{G2}-” It’s not about me leaving bed without telling anyone it’s about Rina, I can see that. Don’t bother yourself Rina knows I’m not into kids who just turned 18, so she’s not bothered. Turn off the lights when you’re done.”

{Hina}-[annoyed]” As if I cared.”

[8:30AM]

{Kiara}-[putting up the table]

{Hina}-” Good morning, mama G2.”

{Kiara}-” Not when he doesn’t want to accept me.”

{Hina}-” Just give him sometime to clear his head, Kiara.”

{Kiara}-” You think he will accept me?”

{Hina}-” I think so.”

{Kiara}-” Alright then. I need to get some sugar from the store room.”

{Hina}-” Don’t worry, let me get it.”

{Kiara}-” Okay, it’s stored in a brown sack up on the shelf.”

{Hina}-” Yes, mama G2.”

[store room]

{Hina}-” She said on the shelf as if it was on a table. It’s really high up.”

{Esha}-” Being short isn’t easy, little dove?”

{Hina}-[startled]” Oh Esha.”

{Esha}-[gets the sack with his height]

{Hina}-[reached for the sack in his hands]” Thank you.”

{Esha}-[heavily sniffs Hina’s hair]” How can someone smell so pure.”

{Hina}-[draws herself away from him]” The sugar, please.”

{Esha}-” When you step away like that, you make me feel horrible.”

{Hina}-” I really appreciate what you have done for us here Esha I really do, but I’m not into stuffs like this, I’m sorry.”

{Esha}-[elegantly grabs her hand]” Forgive me, I didn’t mean to approach you in that manner, little dove.”

{Hina}-[feels warm in her heart]” It’s okay, I just don’t understand myself anymore.”

{Esha}-” We could figure that out over lunch today if you permit it.”

{Hina}-[really confused]” Esha I---.”

{G2}-[interrupts]” Kiara is waiting for her sugar.”

{Hina}-” Oh G2. I was getting the sugar right now.”

{G2}-” I can see that clearly.”[connotative statement]

{Hina}-[annoyed]” The way you went out to see Rina yesterday?”

{G2}-” Doctor Romeo I have fully recovered, I think you can take your leave from this house now.”

{Esha}-” Sorry, but I stopped being here for you the moment your health was stable.”

{G2}-[smiles]” And who exactly are you here for?”

{Esha}-” Miss little dove.”

{G2}-” I see. When you’re done with breakfast meet me at the door step Hinata.”[walks away]

{G2}-[by the doorstep, struggling to eat plain bread]

{Hina}-” You should get some tea before you choke.”

{G2}-” I’m good. Let’s go.”

{Hina}-” Where?”

{G2}-” Rina’s place. I thought you might want to meet her, after all you have her in mind deeply.”

[graveyard]

{Hina}-” What are we doing in her G2?”

{G2}-[drops a chair in front of Hina]” Take a seat, I want you to meet Rina.”

{Hina}-[reads the writing on a grave]” Rina Otatsu.”

{G2}-” Look at this place. Really sick right?”

{Hina}-[in shock]

{G2}-” And it’s my fault she’s here.”

{Hina}-” I didn’t know what was going on G2, I swear. I thought Rina was--.”

{G2}-[interrupts]” Some girl alive I used to sleep with?”

{Hina}-[in regret]” I’m sorry G2, I just--.”

{G2}-” Leave the apologies and listen Hina. I don't understand why you keep attaching yourself to me. If it’s your way of thanking me for everything, I ask you to end it, we are passed that now. If it is pity, I have always been like this, don’t waste your life on me. If it is the warm feeling and security you feel when I’m around you, I beg you to let it all go. Don’t end up like Rina. I already have enough blood on my hands, I don’t need anymore that will take me even lower than I already am in hell.

{Hina}-[eyes red full of tears]

{G2}-[sad eyes]” I’m heading back to the house. Close the gates when you’re done.”

His Name is Hideoshi

Chapter 9

Chapter 9 characters and words

Kiara Asano- G2’s mother

Hideoshi Asano- G2’s real name

Rina and Ren Otatatsu- Otatsu Twins