The Ghost Within BOOK1⃣

Chapter 5

*******Fade away ties of blood with death, intertwine bonds of love and strength for life*********

Domestic Airport, Kyoto [8:15AM]

{Akira}-[stares at G2 on the flight ticket counter]” Dear.”

{Hina}-” Yah Akira?”

{Akira}-[sedate expression]-” Living with him will make you like him if I were you, I would try my best to be on my own as soon as possibly.”

{Hina}-” You’re still angry with what he did last night.”

{Akira}-” I always knew him to be a brutal person, but cruelty that’s new to me. Even with them being terrorists, they were supposed to be punished like humans, not like rats.”

{Hina}-” I wish I could say I’m shocked with his actions, but I guess that would be hypocrisy, after all I labeled him as repulsive, so I guess this is all part of its characteristics.”

{Akira}-[hugs Hina]” You should leave while you still can if you ever need anything, I’m just a call away.”

{Hina}-” Yah if only I had a cellphone and while I still can wonder what you mean by that.”

{Akira}-[pulls out a pen and writes on Hina’s kimono sleeve]” Here you go, a cellphone is the easiest thing to come by in Japan.”

{Hina}-” Thanks Aki.”

{G2}-” It’s time to go, girl.”

{Akira}-” Take care, dear.”

[walks over to the boarding gates]

{Hina}-” No goodbyes?”

{G2}-” Doesn’t look like an atmosphere for that.”

{Hina}-” I wonder who’s fault that is.”[hands G2 his credit card]

{G2}-” I wonder if this is still useful after being emptied.”

{Hina}-” It was Akira’s doing.”

{G2}-” Well, Akira isn’t the one holding 2 bags of clothing in her hands right now, is she.”

{Hina}-[annoyed]

[boards the flight]

Swed Apartments, Sakuya District [9:40AM]

{G2}-” I’m going in to get some sleep if you need food, the line is on the table.”

{Hina}-” This place keeps getting cramped up even without people inside.”

{G2}-” I wonder why I’m letting you stay here.”[connotative statement]

[voices coming from living room] [10:30AM]

{G2}-[partially asleep]” God that TV is too loud you stupid girl.

[walks into the living room]

{G2}-” Turn off the bloody TV you foolish s*x girl, we’re not at the club.”

{Sergeant Mei}-” Great, you’re here just in time to explain.”

{G2}-” What are you doing in here, Mei, how did you get in?”

{Mei}-” Spare keys!!”

{G2}-” I told you to stop barging into my place like this.”

{Mei}-[infuriated]-” Cut that G2, who is she and why is she here?”

{Hina}-[playing smart]-” I already told you I’m just a maid.”

{Mei}-” Hard to believe you when you’re wearing his tracksuit.”

{G2}-[nods his head]-” Why are you here, Mei?”

{Mei}-” Your location was reading Kyoto yesterday, but this morning it came back to Tokyo.”

{G2}-” You would have called instead.”

{Mei}-” But I chose to come instead only to see her in your place.”

{G2}-” Listen Mei it's not what you think you’ve got to listen to me.”

{Mei}-” Really, because it's hard to listen when you don’t even talk G2.”

{G2}-” There are reasons, Mei.”

{Mei}-” I’m sure there are. That’s why you did it again, right?”[sarcasm]

{G2}-” Mei you’ve got to trust me, please let me explain.”

{Mei}-” Fortunately, you escaped the last one and now you’re still back at it G2?”

{G2}-[shocked]” Fortunately??”

{Mei}-[slip of tongue]” That’s not what I meant.”

{G2}-[calmly speaks]” Leave Mei.”

{Mei}-” Wait G2.”

{G2}-[hateful eyes and voice]” I said get out.”

{Mei}-[walks out with her tail in between her legs]

{Hina}-[guilty and apologetic tune]” Sorry for always causing you problems.”

{G2}-[nonchalant]” Whatever, just finish up your cleaning and turn down the volume on that TV it's too high.”

[walks over to the freezer to grab an energy drink and dietbix]

{Hina}-” Don’t you ever eat real food?”

{G2}-” I need my fitness.”

{Hina}-” I’m sure proper food is part of that fitness.”

{G2}-[snubs Hina]

{Hina}-” You can keep snubbing me with your skinny attitude.”[connotative statement]

{G2}-” I’m not skinny.”

{Hina}-[irony]” Who ever said you were?”

{G2}-” Shut up, you fat girl.”

{Hina}-” Really? Elementary school comeback?”

{G2}-[walks away]

{Hina}-” You should try getting some quality food, your body, and mind needs it, that’s all I’m trying to say.”

{G2}-” I appreciate.”

{Hina}-” If only that was true.”

{G2}-” Did you get your order?”

{Hina}-” No.”

{G2}-” passes his credit card]” 7166.”

{Hina}-” Where is the grocery shop?”

{G2}-” Across the street. Not ordering again?”

{Hina}-” Tired of boxed food.”

{G2}-” A beggar with choice, I see.”

{Hina}-” Say what you will.”

{G2}-” Take the keys with you, I’m going into the bathroom.”

[grocery store]

{Hina}-[soliloquy]” Who am I kidding coming down to the grocery shop to buy food stuffs when I’m always reading recipes and never practicing. Oh, well, there’s a first time to everything, just hope I don’t burn down that repulsive thing’s place.”

{Estella}-” Hi!!”

{Hina}-” Oh heyy.”

{Estella}-[blatant lie]” You look familiar, have we met somewhere?”

{Hina}-[playing smart]” Oh yah we have I think back at the mall saloon.”

{Estella}-[angry with her ruined punch line]” No, I think you were the girl Lee brought home the other day.”

{Hina}-[keeps her emotions in check]” Oh yah you were the girl who brought him the food I ate for dinner. Oh, my good your food is wonderful I kept telling Lee to have a bite, but he wouldn’t, especially the cake it was rich in butter.”

{Estella}-[hurt]” He didn’t eat any of it?”

{Hina}-[faking]” Oh, that I'm sorry I shouldn’t have said that.”

{Estella}-[keeping up in the emotional game]” Well I guess he was tired of my food you know everyday same thing and p-e-r-s-o-n can be tiring right.”

{Hina}-[shocked]” Oh, I didn’t know you 2 had that kind of relationship.”

{Estella]-[soliloquy]” f**k, what did I just say.”

{Hina}-” I guess Lee isn’t one to talk about his relationship life to his sister.”

{Estella}-[emotionally killed]” What, you’re his sister?”

{Hina}-” I don’t look like?”

{Estella}-” No, I thought you were his__”

{Hina}-” Hookup girl?”

{Estella}-[changes the topic swiftly]” I heard that these white onions are good for the blood streams.”

{Hina}-[soliloquy]” He is going to kill me, even though I just saved him from lots of trouble.”

{Estella}-” So, what are you cooking?”

{Hina}-” Great question.”

{Estella}-” You get your ingredients before you decide on what to cook too that is so me I think we’re going to be best friends.”

{Hina}-[forces out some fake giggles]” Yah.”

[back at the apartment]

{Estella}-” Let me go in and drop my things, I want to help you cook.”

{Hina}-” Oh no, don’t bother, I’ve got it.”

{Estella}-” Come on, don’t spoil the fun, besides it’s a good way to know each other better don’t you think.”

{Hina}-[soliloquy]” If you really wanted to, you would have asked my name by now, liar.”

{Estella}-[drops her stuff inside her place by the door]” Okay, let’s go.”

{Hina}-[opens the door]” Lee, I’m back with your friend too.”

{G2}-” Are you on drugs, or you’re just trying to make me kick you out?”

{Estella}-” Heyy Lee.”

{G2}-[killer gaze at Hina with fake smiles towards Estella]” Hey, Estella.”

{Hina}-[pulling out of the heat]” I will be in the kitchen if you need me.”

{Estella}-” I will be right there shortly.”

{G2}-” What are you doing here, Estella?”

{Estella}-” Ouch, Lee, I can't visit?”

{G2}-” No, I meant like you are not going to work today?”

{Estella}-” I’m on my staff holiday.”

{G2}-” Nice Oh.”

{Estella}-” I saw your sister in the grocery shop doing some shopping for lunch, so I decided to come over and help.”

{G2}-[confused]” My sister??”

{Estella}-” Yah you never said anything about having a sister you know.”

{Hina}-[smartly covers up]” Oh it’s a step-sister thing, by the way, so he doesn’t always mention it.”

{Estella}-[overthinking]” Oh, wait, step-siblings? You 2 live together? You keep it a secret?”

{G2}-” We don’t have that kind of relationship, Estella.”

{Estella}-[ashamed]” Oh, I was just--”

{G2}-” Let me have a word with you.”

{Estella}-” Sure, in your room?”

{G2}-” Not you, Estella.”

{Estella}[embarrassed]” Oh, I will be in the kitchen.”

{Hina}-[takes off with words before G2]” She just saw me at the store and decided to follow me down here, I couldn’t say no, it would seem suspicious.”

{G2}-[connotative response]” Okay, step-sis.”

{Hina}-” What, she started imagining things like me being your hook-up girl.”

{G2}-[fed up]” Listen you need to look for that job we agreed on and move out, I have enough problems of mine I don’t need anymore.”

{Hina}-” Even if I got the job, I can't pay my rent without being paid my first weekly wage.”

{G2}-” I will pay for whatever you need, you just find a job and leave.”

{Hina}-” So you can screw your neighbor, right?”

{G2}-[sedate expression]” Don’t get the wrong idea I’m not your friend, you don’t get to joke with me.”

{Hina}-” It’s quite a pity I misread the room with you being all soft these couple of days, too bad you insist on being alone.”

{Estella}-[interrupts]” The ingredient looks like you’re about to make Miso soup.”

{Hina}-[stares into G2’s eyes]” Yes, I am.”

[all on the floor table] [2:42PM]

{Estella}-” God it smells so wonderful, you never said you were this good Hima.”

{Hina}-[annoyed]” It’s Hina.”

{G2}-[walks towards the door]

{Estella}-” Where are you going, lunch is ready.”

{G2}-” Enjoy Estella.”

{Estella}-” Your sister put in a lot of work into this food, you should at least sit for a bite.”

{Hina}-” You shouldn’t waste your breath, he won’t.”

{Estella}-” Please!!!”

{G2}-[takes a sit at the table]

{Hina}-[annoyed by Estella’s control on G2]” Seems like he listens to his girlfriend.”

{Estella}-[all timid and red]” He’s not my boyfriend, not that I wouldn’t want that, but I’m sure I’m not his taste.”

{G2}-[smiles]” You’re a 10 out of 10 with your glasses on and even 11 without them Estella.”

{Hina}-[soliloquy]” On a scale of 1000.”

{Estella}-[blushes]” Really, you think so?”

{G2}-” I know so, that’s why you deserve someone like you.”

{Estella}-” What makes you different from me?”

{G2}-” The worlds we live in.”

{Estella}-[smiles]” That’s your way of turning me down, I guess.”

{G2}-” You could kindly think of it so.”

{Hina}-[roughly handles the plates intentionally]” Sorry.”

{Estella}-” Let’s eat up the food is getting cold pass your plate, Lee.”

{Hina}-” Here you go, Lee.”[passes a bowl of soup]

{G2}-[appetite irritation]

{Estella}-” Common go ahead Lee, try your sister’s soup then my grilled potato and tell us which is better.”

{G2}-” I think I will pass, I’m not hungry.”

{Hina}-” That’s your line every day, and it keeps making you skinny.”

[7:04PM]

{Estella}-” Lee, if you need anything, I’m just a call away.”

{Hina}-” You should get going now it's getting dark, Estella.”

{Estella}-[annoyed]” Goodnight.”

{Hina}-” God, you should give her what she wants if you really want peace.”

{G2}-[horribly throws up on the floor]

{Hina}-” Heyy are you okay?”[rushing over to him]

{G2}-[tries to move away from her]

{Hina}-[worried]” Do you need to go to the hospital?”

{G2}-[crawls to the bathroom]

[7:15PM]

{Hina}-[cleaning G2’s mess from earlier]” Are you sure you don’t need to go to the hospital.”

{G2}-” You don’t need to do that, I can do it by myself.”

{Hina}-” So you can have more things to attack me with whenever I tell you the truth about something?”

{G2}-” Do I have to keep telling you to turn down the volume on that TV?”

{Hina}-” You don’t have to shout, you know you might throw up on me this time.”

{G2}-[stares angrily at Hina]

{Hina}-” What I saw you enter the toilet immediately after lunch, it’s seriously disturbing you.”

{G2}-” I can take care of myself.”

{Hina}-” That’s what all careless people say.”

{G2}-” And why do you care?”

{Hina}-[walks over to turn down the volume]” Because I’m not like you, I care about people, and I’m proud of that, I don’t hide it.”

{TV sound}-” This makes it the 4th girl committing suicide this month and the shocking thing is that they’re all orphans of the same home what is going down in Satashi Orphanage Home somebody should check this matter please.”

{Hina}-[turns off the TV]

{G2}-” I told you to turn down the volume and not turn off the TV, you idiot.”

{Hina}-[ignores G2 while standing still]

{G2}-” You really want to prove that you’re only good at cleaning and doing late night works, right.”

{Hina}-[stands still]

{G2}-[disturbed by her silence]” Hey Hina girl, I’m talking to you.”

{Hina}-[eyes red full of tears]” Did it kill you to finally use my name to call me?”

{G2}-[relieved]” If I were you, I would save my tears for the problems of life ahead, you will need every bit of them.”

{Hina}-[sits on the floor]

{G2}-[nods his head]” I’m going to bed.”

[7:09AM]

[phone ringing]

{G2}-[partially asleep]” Who would be calling me by this time of the day, for God’s sake.”

[phone keeps ringing]

{G2}-[picks up]” Hello Sergeant.”

{Mei}-” I guess you’re still angry from your voice.”

{G2}-” What can I do for you by 7AM in the morning?”

{Mei}-” Come to HQ immediately and whatever you’re being asked you don’t know.”

{G2}-” What’s going on?”[phone hanged up]

JCI Headquarters, briefing room [7:59AM]

{G2}-[worried while looking at Mei]” Why did you guys ask for me by this time Chief Kasai, what’s going on?”

{Chief Kasai}-” We should be asking you that Ghost002.”

{Mei}-” Did you see the latest news?”

{G2}-” The suicide girls?”

{Mei}-” Yah.”

{Chief Kasai}-” That was supposed to be your mission point today, but it seems you’re faster than your shadow G2, or so it almost looks like.”

{Mei}-” Chief Kasai let me handle this.”

{Chief Kasai}-” I’m in charge here sergeant, so keep shut. Now we received information about the Satashi Orphanage home of course it’s a good thing only that it shows your place as the location it was sent from, and you don’t seem to look like you knew anything about this, so G002 is there something I need to know?”

{G2}-[confidently looks into the chief’s eyes]” Most have been an error.”

{Chief Kasai}-” So you’re saying you don’t know anything about it?”

{G2}-” Absolutely nothing.”

{Chief Kasai}-” Prepare to get on track by afternoon for the mission.

{G2}-Yes sir.

[8:54AM]

{G2}-[gets inside his place while shouting]” Hinata.”

{Hina}-” I’m in here, you should try keeping your voice down not everyone wakes up as early as you and where did you go this early morning?”

{G2}-[furious]” What do you think you’re doing?”

{Hina}-” I cleaned the living room, why are you angry?”

{G2}-” Stop playing games with me.”

{Hina}-” What are you talking about?”

{G2}-” The message you sent to the JCI.”

{Hina}-[looking clueless]

{G2}-” Are you trying to tell me you didn’t?”

{Hina}-[nods her head]

{G2}-[fakes a call]” I told you it was a false message, just ignore it and forget about the case.”

{Hina}-” Wait, don’t, you can’t.”

{G2}-” I asked you a question, and you lied. Why would you send that information? How did you even get all that intel?”

{Hina}-[refusing to talk]

{G2}-” I’m going to ask them to invalidate the case and your info.”

{Hina}-[desperate]” Please, you can’t.”

{G2}-” Then bloody open your mouth and talk to me.”

{Hina}-[in tears]” Please just help me check the case out.”

{G2}-” Listen to me, I can’t help you if you don’t talk to me.”

THE ORPHANAGE

CHAPTER 5

CHARTERS AND WORDS

Estella- G2’s Neighbor

Chief Kasai-JCI Chief officer