The sun hung like a huge fireball the sky. I felt the heat of the weather with little sweat coated on my forehead. Quickly my face faded with unease, perplexed with questions, what I should do, I thought to myself as I retraced by steps back to school in deep thought.
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Shiro stood in front of the David Academy, while rolling his pen around his finger.
"Oh ya, oh ya" he said to himself, what do we have here, My deduction are always accurate, that boy seem to be wrap up in this case one way or the other," why he was yet speaking to himself, he saw a junior S. P. P. D officer with same uniform, he was wearing a trilby hat, white straight hair, sharp pair of blue eyes, mid-length black top coat with big buttons with S.P.P.D engrave at his back, he was tall but shiro was taller, normal skin.
"Hey" freeman, shiro" shouted from a distance
"Why are you here sensei? Freeman frowning
"What happen here? shiro questioned
"Why I should tell you?," freeman replied while scratching his neck
"U still with that habits of you scratching your slim neck, that's why I abandon you in the middle of night, shiro was nonchalantly, freeman cuts in angrily,
"And you took the damn key, left me stranded like a bigger in Florida, locking my ATM, my wallet, and my passport in the car and then you disappeared till now.
"Shiro rolled the pen around his fingertips, a gleam from his eyes as he glared, with a serious face at freeman, intimidating him.
"Reports" shiro questioned.
"The victim was possessed, freeman replied, it seem the ghost has some kind of intelligence and can control people, from my point of view, the ghost hast some kind of control over people who are either depressed or fearful".
"Well, all ghost caused fear anyway in other to take control, Shiro cuts in
"This case is wired freeman added, there are finger prints on the victim's necks"
Shiro eyes wide open," Black finger prints" shiro questioned
"How did you know that sensei? Freeman questioned.
"Something similar happened in my case, and this is the 2nd death that means this case is going to be a serial case with lot of death, if not solve quickly"
Freeman grimaced, "what a pain, I rather prefer enjoying myself on vacation right now".
"With lots of chicks," shiro added as he raises hand behind his head end recalling his glorious vacation moment.
"Some alcoholic drink", freeman added
"With AC and TV on", well shut up, shiro said
"Why", is it wrong", freeman questioned
"No" shiro replied, alcohol is melt for me, when I was your age, I was still drinking cola and eating bread and you forgot to add barbecue.
They both look at each while freeman scratches his neck,
"Do you have a suspect in mind linked to this case?
Shiro roll his pen around his fingertips, he looks down at freeman as if he was looking down on an insect, gleams in his eyes,
"Who do you think you are talking to, of course I have a suspect already, Let s head to the school and end this case quickly Hawaii can wait for few more days."
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Back at the king crest school, I walked to and fro in the school hallway feeling restless, the time was almost two clock ,the students were still waiting for the school authority to tell them what to do however school activities are to be wrapped up by the end of the day. I felt really dizzy again however I have being fighting my way to avoid sleep, I feared that I might dream again, what s going on? is this Marta's doing or some kind of ghost. I have analyzed this situation properly, from every angle I can think off. That urban ghost is Marta's mother, she said her mother was sealed, was she able to unseal her, and the way that sailor ghost works, that must be Marta, and she reverted to her true form. I remember at the police station, she said that her form was her mothers. Let's say, I am correct, why do I see this dreams before the time of death, the feeling of the ghost knowing that i was watching the entire thing creep me out.
Eji had tried everything he could from placing match stick to his eyes, drinking of strong coffee, even slapping his face regularly, but the dizziness refuse to let go, it was as if he was on sleeping drugs, so he decided to walk to and fro in the hallway, he walk to the end of the hall and then turns back. His eye shot wide open.
He saw in front of him, a brown baseball bat floating in midair in the middle of the school hall.
"Eh?
"What? Am now seeing things"
He slaps is faces, squeeze his eyes close, then he open it, the baseball bat vanished, I thought as much, as he turned opposite direction of the hall, the baseball bat floating in mid air closer to him, the baseball bat was hitting the air as if some punk was hitting his palm trying to intimidate him.
"OK," "that does it, now officially declared that am insane", i began to run opposite direction of the hall ,the baseball bat flew in intense speed in the air, while running i turned to look back, the base ball swung itself towards me.
"SLAM"
The baseball bat hits his head with a bang so hard that he collapse on the stairway.
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Christabel and miyu on blue and black swimming suit in the school indoor swimming pool.
The swimming pool was like any random pool found in schools, rectangular turquoise with sits at the far end of the hall, medium size windows by the left as the sunset fitters bright light through the window giving a bright brown orange color on top the pool water. the duo dived into the pool, before floating on top the pool water, miyu slim body in swimming pool reveal as she backstroke, she spoke as she turns her head toward christabel who was also floating on top the pool.
"Do you think it's related," miyu questioned unbeknownst to them that Yukina has also died
"What do you mean? Christabel reply
"The death dumping "miyu replied
Christabel frown looking at the direction of miyu,
"That is why I opposed Tracy from the get go, visiting king crest abandoned school, destroying the charms and talisman was a bad idea, I never sign up for this, though I have a reason however you forced me miyu.
"Are you placing blames now? miyu cuts in
"No" Christabel replies
"Am sorry, what should I have done, am the only child of my family, being overly protected, I have no friends, no brother to talk to, you like a sister I never had, I just needed someone to talked. Tracy has a bad bossy character, she acts all royal majestic my a*s, since she is the daughter of a billionaire, she feels she can boss people around.
"You have yukina by your side "Christabel reply
"Yukina", miyu continues "that one, she is too quiet and timid, she obeys everything Tracy says because she does not want trouble, typical you can't beat them, join them type of girl."
"What are we going to do about it? christabel questioned
"Let's meet up with yukina mashashiro and then we decide", miyu dived into the pool water and when she raise her head, wipes the water from her face, her eyes wide open.
standing in front of her by the edge of the pool, the urban ghost of king crest high school, blood stained gown reaching her feet, her foot was black with the same bead on her neck, the beads were medium size and round like a ball similar to beads monks used in prayers, she glared from her blood shot red eyes at miyu, she howled
"Kkkkkkyyyyyyaaaaaaaahh"!!! Miyu scream at the top of her lungs.
Christabel was deep into the pool water, she raised her head above water, she saw miyu trembling and terrified looking to and fro the swimming pool complex.
"Hey", "miyu," have being calling, what's wrong?
What happened? Christabel tried to calm shuddering miyu
"I" "I saw her, I saw her, Yukina was right miyu added ", point to the direction where the urban ghost was standing a second ago
"Saw what'? Christabel questioned
"I saw the urban ghost of king crest high school".
"WHAT?
Christabel raised her eyebrow, she looks around and nothing, miyu swim fast to run out of the pool water and Christabel chases after her,
"miyu wait, you must have be imagining things"
Christabel deeps her head into the pool her eyes wide open
She saw under the water, a ghost with old king crest sailor school uniform, black with red strip color, blood flowing from her eyes, floating under water and she smiles mischievously. Christabel quickly lifts up her head and she screams
"KKKKKKYYYYYYaaaaaah!!
She shoot , swept with speed even faster overtaking miyu, she swept like a hungry lizard trying to catch a prey, close to the edge of the swimming pool ,one last dive into the pool ,the duo
raised their head from water, staring back at them, face to face, a pair of red eyes, her socket was dark popping the red eyes with hair all over her face, teeth like decayed skull, with worms about it, like a roaring lion, she howled with her black delayed mouth wide open at the duo.
The urban ghost stretch her black arms, her long black finger reach across the neck of the duo, she held tight squeezing the duo's neck strangling them, they both tried to grasps for air, suddenly she disappeared.
The duo started coughing, while they tried to get out of the pool, just then, they were both drag into the pool water drowning, christabel was part of the swimming club, so she had learnt to hold her breath for a period of time longer than miyu. Miyu struggling to grasps for air but she had reached her limits, flashes of her past plays before her eyes.
Her parents married late due to their life style. Her mother had loved a man and got pregnant severally, but she aborted them due to the man was not ready for marriage. She had wasted a lot of years with a man hoping in time, she would receive his ring but he failed her, years later, she finally happily married yukina's dad, but could not have a child, close to her menopause age and she gave birth to her and she was the only child. she has being overly restricted by mother due to fear of losing her only daughter, fear of this and that, until she protested and started school, to make parents happy, she restricted herself from many things including friends and now this how it ends. Mother am sorry because I have caused you more pain.
miyu gave up the ghost as her lifeless body floats on top pool water. She couldn't last up to a minute. Christabel legs were drag further down the pool water by the sailor ghost. She was about to give up, she looks above the pool water, staring at the ceiling one last time and began to remember her memories,
After the death of my mother, I had lived as young girl in foster home, they were nice not until my new father started touching me weirdly and started making advancement at me. I ran from home and suffered on those bridges sleeping under harsh conditions, come rain and come sunshine. Starved, robbed and fortune finally smile on me, I found my twin Bella and this same ghost took her me. now am going to die without even fulfilling anything or even avenging my sister nor thanking those people who made my life bright, those people who makes my heart fickle, I have one regret, I never told Eji that I liked him, she closed her eyes ,ready to for what comes, she had given all hope and then
"Rumble!!"
The pool water trembled, and she opened her eyes, her eyes wide open, a lip on her mouth, a kiss of breath entered into her mouth, this height, this skin, this scent, this hand
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Eji, squeezed his eyes open, he was staring at the ceiling, he was on top of a bed with wind blowing from the window, he looks around and recognized his surroundings, and he was at the school infirmary.
"What the hell happened to me?
He did not have time to think what happen as he recalls his dreams of the urban ghost grabbing unto Christabel and miyu's neck, then the duo dragged into the swimming pool water, he jumps out of the bed and began to run down from the fourth floor to the opposite building, he recalled that Christabel was in danger, his heart raised with extreme fear, a fear of losing the only one he should protect. "no, I can't let this happen, Adrenaline rush into his body as he jumps down from one stair case to another stair case with serious gleam in his eyes, dodging student in the hall way who cursed at him, the only thing that occupied his thought was for him to get there in time however time itself became very fast as he looked into his watch, he calculate how many minutes one can hold his or her breath while drowning, His heart thuds with fear, in minutes he reach 2nd floor. He stops mid-way with student watching the frenzy. In seconds, he analyzed that the time he would reach the school entrance and run to the opposite sport building will take longer and Christabel would have died. "no, these can't be happening" he said to his self, I lost my mother, Bella, she entrusted me with Christabel to protect her, I promised to protect her, losing her is like losing Bella twice, finally ,I found a reason to me to happy again, to be at peace with myself, I am not good , I know that however the god of death shouldn't f**k with me. Am not that little scum anymore ,a bright gleam show in his eyes and , Without a second thought, he took the shortest route by running with frighten intense speed across the 2nd floor hallway ,burst through the window,
HAaaaraaaaaaaaaaaa!
The school window glass shatters drawing attention of the students from the ground floor.
They wondered who is this man as jump into the air, he aim himself with his foot close against each other shattering through the sport building window at the last floor of the building,
CRASH!!
Shattering sounds could be heard as the rectangular sport building windows burst through with eji trying to balance his stand, running with several injuries inflicted to his body. He opened the swimming pool door. He panicked as he Sees miyu body float in the poor, he jumps into the pool.
SLASH!!
The pool water rumbling with a disturbing vibration, her eyes her closed
Please NO, he cried, a kiss of breath.
Cough! Christabel coughs out water from her mouth as Eji rubs her back,
"Are you alright?, Eji questioned with tears in his eyes
Coughs
" yes, you saved me", she stared into Eji's face with a feeling of happiness, she noticed a lot of scars in eji's face from the shard, she stare at Eji's and touch her lips remembering the kiss, Eji notice and figure what went through her mind suddenly blush and stay in an awkward position,
"Am sorry, I didn't mean to kiss you like that, I just wanted to give you air in your mouth, I almost went insane thinking that I lost you due to the ghost".
! Ghost! How did you know it was a ghost Christabel cuts in
"Haaaa it's kind of hard to explain, the thing Is I was hit by a baseball bat and I fainted, I had a dream and I saw the whole incident before it happens and when the ghost targeted you, I went insane, when i woke up and found myself in the infirmary, without wasting time, I ran to the swimming pool and found you, although i did break some school property.
You saw all that in a dream, Christabel in disbelief didn't have time to finish her sentence when the urban ghost stood at the far end of the swimming pool.
The urban ghost howled at Eji in anger to an extent the swimming pool windows began to shatter as the howling resounded throughout the hall. the sound was so loud that the duo covers their ears in great pain, she lunched and dash herself in speed above the pool, the water pave a wave right side and left side for the bloodshot ghost, the surrounding windows violently shatters, student close by closed their ears in pain as more intense continuous howling resounded from the hall as she flew towards the duo. in an instant, her hands held Eji's neck, as she screamed in anger at him. Eji struggled for air almost pasting out when a cross chain suddenly glow from his neck.
The urban ghost saw the cross chain on Eji's. Neck, she screamed and vanished leaving eji coughing almost choke to death. Christabel froze in fear.
"Now I know that am going to die by that ghost for sure Eji thought to himself. The duo were trying to recover from the trauma, the sound of the shattering windows and screamed had drawn a huge attention.
The door opened with teachers, student and policemen, shiro , freeman ,and detective queen-sly and some busybody student burst through the door and shocked to see the swimming pool and lifeless body of miyu still floating on the pool ,Eji and Christabel in an awkward position.
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Continuous snapping of photo by police detective in the scene with police DO NOT ENTER caution sign as shiro and freeman whisper to themselves, I told you I had a suspect
"Ahem! OK you two love birds, mind explaining this situation" freeman questioned the duo.
Ejiro and Christabel look at each and kept quiet,
They are not denying the lovebird accusation, freeman continues as he scratches his neck.
"I know you guys are scared, traumatized, But if my sensei interrogates you, you feel a lot worse. Within 48hours seven persons which includes your friend yukina who murdered two students and injured others had died, so you have to tell me what you know, Christabel cuts in as her mind fills in the blank.
" Yukina died as well "she questioned
"Yes, freeman answer", and they all had black finger prints in their neck like yours.
The duo touches their neck.
"Is it Yukina Christabel asked as hot tears fall from her chick?
"So what is the connection, seems like the five of you, are involved in this, we know you guys didn't kill them but we need to end it before more death occur freeman added"
"OK, I tell to what I know", Christabel replied
"You too" freeman pointed at Eji.
The school authority wrap up things with the students and gave a week stay at home meanwhile eji and the S.P.P.D and the school authority stay back for a talk.
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