Haunted: Chapter 13
Title: Haunted (13/?)
Pairing: Ohmiya
Summary: Ohno inherits a big and ramshackle mansion from a distant relative, but there is much more in his new house than it seems at first sight.
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 1803
Disclaimer: The plot is mine, and the wrapping is thanks to zazasukie ^__^
AN: Un-betaed and english isn't my mother tongue.
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
CHAPTER 13
He was surrounded by darkness. Nino couldn’t hear or see anything around him, and he couldn’t remember where he was or how he had arrived to that gloomy place. Suddenly, a bright light blinded him and he heard a woman’s scream behind him. He quickly turned around to see the figure of a young woman with a bright blue dress falling down the stairs towards him. Instinctively, Nino tried to stop her fall. A moment later, the view changed and he felt like he was falling.
The vivid light suddenly blinded him again. When he opened his eyes, there was no trace of the woman or the stairs, everything was in darkness again and all he could hear was a sweet melody playing in the background. Nino looked around trying to determine the origin of the warm music, but he couldn’t find it.
Another flash showed him the face of the young woman once more. She was dressed with a black dress whose style seemed to be from a period about three or four hundred years ago. Her bright dark hair was loose and covered partially her pale face. The young woman sat on the floor and there was a cute small wooden box in front of her. She slowly raised her head and Nino could see that she was crying. She fixed her gaze on Nino and it looked as if she was trying to tell him something, but Nino couldn’t understand her words.
“...Nino”
Was she calling his name?
“NINO!”
The image faded away slowly and was replaced by Ohno’s anxious face. He was calling frantically his name and large tears were rolling down his checks. Nino blinked twice and fixed his gaze in Ohno’s watery eyes. He observed surprised how Ohno’s face changed from an expression of complete despair to one of immense joy when he realized that Nino had finally awoken from his odd trance.
“You’re here again!” Ohno tried to hug the little ghost but his hands passed effortless through Nino’s body as always. Nevertheless, he laughed relieved.
“What has happened, Oh-chan?” the ghost asked a bit confused.
“You were gone… I mean, you were here of course, but you didn’t react to anything around you. You didn’t seem to see me or to hear me and there was nothing I could do to snap you out of your trance and, and…”
“Breathe Oh-chan, I can barely understand what are you saying.”
"I was so worried Nino!”
Ohno’s face showed again his worry when he remembered Nino’s stiff figure and glazed eyes. He tried to hug the little ghost once more to reassure himself that everything was ok.
“It’s not going to happen again, is it?” the young man whined.
Nino smiled shyly and hugged Ohno back, “I sure hope so,” he murmured, “I didn’t enjoy the experience that much anyway.”
“Do you remember anything?” Ohno asked hesitantly.
“Yeah. I remember being in an enormous place surrounded by darkness, but I didn’t know how or why I had arrived there. Then I saw a woman…”
“A woman?”
“Yes. She was falling down the stairs… when I tried to catch her, the scene changed and it was me who was falling down the stairs…”
“Mmmmmm…” Ohno scratched pensively his nose, “Perhaps your trance was triggered by my fall…” he guessed.
“Maybe that was the trigger, but that doesn’t explain the melody I heard or why I saw the same woman again, this time seated in front of a little music box.”
“Did you recognize the music or the woman?”
“I didn’t recognize the melody, but I think I‘ve seen the woman before. She was one of the intruders who tried to live in the house long time ago, but I don’t remember too much about her… I suppose it’s not really important,” the little ghost shrugged his shoulders dismissing the memory.
“Mmmm... if you’re sure,” mumbled Ohno, not entirely convinced about it.
“Let’s forget it for now. Don’t you want to open your package?” Nino smiled at the young man, “But, please, be more careful this time when you go down the stairs," he warned him.
~~
After some struggling with the package‘s wrapping, Ohno finally was able to open it. Inside he found a smaller package and a letter from his great-grandfather’s lawyer.
Dear Mr. Ohno
I write you regarding the last clause in your great-grandfather’s will.
He stipulated that this package should be sent to you if you fulfil the following conditions:
- You must have lived in the house at least during three months without significant absences.
- You must be still living in the house four months after you inherit it.
I’m glad to inform you that those conditions had been completely fulfilled. Therefore I hand you over the last possession of your great-grandfather.
Yours sincerely
Mr. Robinson
Ohno finished to read the lawyer’s letter and took the small package in his hands.
“What do you think it contains?” he asked measuring its weight.
“I don’t know, but I suppose that the best way to know it it’s opening it,” answered Nino, shrugging his shoulders.
Ohno carefully opened his great-grandfather’s package. Inside there were some documents, a letter from his great-grandfather addressed to him and a thick old book that looked like a diary.
“I think I should read my great-grandfather’s letter first…” Ohno said opening the letter.
Nino sat in front of him waiting impatiently for the young man to begin to read the letter aloud.
Dear Satoshi
If you are reading this letter it means that you have satisfied the last conditions of my will. Perhaps, what I am going to tell you now turns out to be a big surprise for you, but I sincerely hope that this was not the case. There is an old debt that our family must pay and I think that only you will be able to do it.
“Do you know what is he talking about?” asked Ohno.
“Please Oh-chan be serious, why should I know?”
I will start to explain myself from the beginning.
Since I was young, I had a strange power that let me feel other people’s aura and also let me see little glimpses of the future. Well, it was nothing really important, sometimes a short scene, others a music, and most of the times a feeling that compelled me to do something.
Trying to find an explication to this power, I began to research about the past. I spent a big part of my life searching information about our family tree and the story of its different members. I finally found my powers’ origin when I learnt about our family former duty with the Emperor.
The power of prediction was one of many that our family had in those ancients times, when they were the Emperor advisors. Other powers, like the ability to deal with ghost that let us protect the Emperor from spiritual threats, had disappeared long time ago… or that was what I thought till one day.
I was passing near a park and by chance I met your mother. You know that years before your birth, there was a big rift between her branch of the family and the main branch. Her branch of the family left the main house, but she was still living in the same city. She was accompanied by a three years old boy. I politely greeted her and resumed my walk, but I couldn’t deny the powerful aura that I had felt in the little child.
Yes, that child was you. You had inherited the ancient ability of our family to deal with ghost. I was really surprised to find someone with that old power, and felt elated to know that this power hadn’t disappeared completely from our family blood, though I doubted it could have any utility in these days.
“See? See?, I told you that your powers were the reason of your poor reaction in front of my wonderful pranks!” Nino exclaimed smugly.
Ohno rolled his eyes and sighed, but couldn’t hide a little smile.
Many years later, I fell ill and had to spend my time in bed. One day, I was arranging the documents I had accumulated in my search when I found an interesting manuscript about one of our ancestors. It was an old diary of a young woman from four centuries ago.
In that diary, the woman mentioned a surprising fact related with the house that you have inherited. While reading the diary, I had a powerful premonition that made me order my lawyer to find any information about the house mentioned in it.
I discovered that the house had belonged to our family a long time ago. My lawyer also informed me about the village’s rumours about the house being haunted. And that’s exactly what I had been waiting to find. Because in our ancestor diary, the young woman talked about a man with whom our family is greatly indebted.
That man lost his life in order to save the life of our ancestor.
Ohno looked at Nino surprised.
“Don’t look at me! I don’t remember anything of that,” the little ghost said shaking his head confused.
After knowing this, I sensed the heaviness of the debt our family had contracted with this person. It was necessary to repay this enormous debt, but how?
I immediately thought of you. You were the only one in our family with the power to deal with ghost, not only to dispel them by force if necessary, but to give them the opportunity to finally rest in peace.
“You aren’t thinking of making me disappear, are you?” Nino said looking at Ohno warily.
“Of course not!” the young man protested, “… only if you become too obnoxious!” he joked laughing.
Nino stuck out his tongue at him.
But there was a problem, I was not sure if you were aware of your powers or not… and I was running out of time, because my health was getting worse day by day. I made the necessary arrangements for my lawyer to buy the house and changed my will to let you inherit the house and money to live without problems.
I thought that if you were able to live in the house during a long period of time, you would surely notice the ghost presence and perhaps, that would make you aware of your dormant powers, so I stipulated some conditions before this information was send to you.
Satoshi, I wish that all this information was useful. I put my hopes in you. Please repay the great debt of our family with that person.
“That’s all,” Ohno said putting the letter on the floor, “So… are you ready to know more about your past?” he asked the little ghost taking the old diary in his hands.
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Pairing: Ohmiya
Summary: Ohno inherits a big and ramshackle mansion from a distant relative, but there is much more in his new house than it seems at first sight.
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 1803
Disclaimer: The plot is mine, and the wrapping is thanks to zazasukie ^__^
AN: Un-betaed and english isn't my mother tongue.
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
CHAPTER 13
He was surrounded by darkness. Nino couldn’t hear or see anything around him, and he couldn’t remember where he was or how he had arrived to that gloomy place. Suddenly, a bright light blinded him and he heard a woman’s scream behind him. He quickly turned around to see the figure of a young woman with a bright blue dress falling down the stairs towards him. Instinctively, Nino tried to stop her fall. A moment later, the view changed and he felt like he was falling.
The vivid light suddenly blinded him again. When he opened his eyes, there was no trace of the woman or the stairs, everything was in darkness again and all he could hear was a sweet melody playing in the background. Nino looked around trying to determine the origin of the warm music, but he couldn’t find it.
Another flash showed him the face of the young woman once more. She was dressed with a black dress whose style seemed to be from a period about three or four hundred years ago. Her bright dark hair was loose and covered partially her pale face. The young woman sat on the floor and there was a cute small wooden box in front of her. She slowly raised her head and Nino could see that she was crying. She fixed her gaze on Nino and it looked as if she was trying to tell him something, but Nino couldn’t understand her words.
“...Nino”
Was she calling his name?
“NINO!”
The image faded away slowly and was replaced by Ohno’s anxious face. He was calling frantically his name and large tears were rolling down his checks. Nino blinked twice and fixed his gaze in Ohno’s watery eyes. He observed surprised how Ohno’s face changed from an expression of complete despair to one of immense joy when he realized that Nino had finally awoken from his odd trance.
“You’re here again!” Ohno tried to hug the little ghost but his hands passed effortless through Nino’s body as always. Nevertheless, he laughed relieved.
“What has happened, Oh-chan?” the ghost asked a bit confused.
“You were gone… I mean, you were here of course, but you didn’t react to anything around you. You didn’t seem to see me or to hear me and there was nothing I could do to snap you out of your trance and, and…”
“Breathe Oh-chan, I can barely understand what are you saying.”
"I was so worried Nino!”
Ohno’s face showed again his worry when he remembered Nino’s stiff figure and glazed eyes. He tried to hug the little ghost once more to reassure himself that everything was ok.
“It’s not going to happen again, is it?” the young man whined.
Nino smiled shyly and hugged Ohno back, “I sure hope so,” he murmured, “I didn’t enjoy the experience that much anyway.”
“Do you remember anything?” Ohno asked hesitantly.
“Yeah. I remember being in an enormous place surrounded by darkness, but I didn’t know how or why I had arrived there. Then I saw a woman…”
“A woman?”
“Yes. She was falling down the stairs… when I tried to catch her, the scene changed and it was me who was falling down the stairs…”
“Mmmmmm…” Ohno scratched pensively his nose, “Perhaps your trance was triggered by my fall…” he guessed.
“Maybe that was the trigger, but that doesn’t explain the melody I heard or why I saw the same woman again, this time seated in front of a little music box.”
“Did you recognize the music or the woman?”
“I didn’t recognize the melody, but I think I‘ve seen the woman before. She was one of the intruders who tried to live in the house long time ago, but I don’t remember too much about her… I suppose it’s not really important,” the little ghost shrugged his shoulders dismissing the memory.
“Mmmm... if you’re sure,” mumbled Ohno, not entirely convinced about it.
“Let’s forget it for now. Don’t you want to open your package?” Nino smiled at the young man, “But, please, be more careful this time when you go down the stairs," he warned him.
~~
After some struggling with the package‘s wrapping, Ohno finally was able to open it. Inside he found a smaller package and a letter from his great-grandfather’s lawyer.
Dear Mr. Ohno
I write you regarding the last clause in your great-grandfather’s will.
He stipulated that this package should be sent to you if you fulfil the following conditions:
- You must have lived in the house at least during three months without significant absences.
- You must be still living in the house four months after you inherit it.
I’m glad to inform you that those conditions had been completely fulfilled. Therefore I hand you over the last possession of your great-grandfather.
Yours sincerely
Mr. Robinson
Ohno finished to read the lawyer’s letter and took the small package in his hands.
“What do you think it contains?” he asked measuring its weight.
“I don’t know, but I suppose that the best way to know it it’s opening it,” answered Nino, shrugging his shoulders.
Ohno carefully opened his great-grandfather’s package. Inside there were some documents, a letter from his great-grandfather addressed to him and a thick old book that looked like a diary.
“I think I should read my great-grandfather’s letter first…” Ohno said opening the letter.
Nino sat in front of him waiting impatiently for the young man to begin to read the letter aloud.
Dear Satoshi
If you are reading this letter it means that you have satisfied the last conditions of my will. Perhaps, what I am going to tell you now turns out to be a big surprise for you, but I sincerely hope that this was not the case. There is an old debt that our family must pay and I think that only you will be able to do it.
“Do you know what is he talking about?” asked Ohno.
“Please Oh-chan be serious, why should I know?”
I will start to explain myself from the beginning.
Since I was young, I had a strange power that let me feel other people’s aura and also let me see little glimpses of the future. Well, it was nothing really important, sometimes a short scene, others a music, and most of the times a feeling that compelled me to do something.
Trying to find an explication to this power, I began to research about the past. I spent a big part of my life searching information about our family tree and the story of its different members. I finally found my powers’ origin when I learnt about our family former duty with the Emperor.
The power of prediction was one of many that our family had in those ancients times, when they were the Emperor advisors. Other powers, like the ability to deal with ghost that let us protect the Emperor from spiritual threats, had disappeared long time ago… or that was what I thought till one day.
I was passing near a park and by chance I met your mother. You know that years before your birth, there was a big rift between her branch of the family and the main branch. Her branch of the family left the main house, but she was still living in the same city. She was accompanied by a three years old boy. I politely greeted her and resumed my walk, but I couldn’t deny the powerful aura that I had felt in the little child.
Yes, that child was you. You had inherited the ancient ability of our family to deal with ghost. I was really surprised to find someone with that old power, and felt elated to know that this power hadn’t disappeared completely from our family blood, though I doubted it could have any utility in these days.
“See? See?, I told you that your powers were the reason of your poor reaction in front of my wonderful pranks!” Nino exclaimed smugly.
Ohno rolled his eyes and sighed, but couldn’t hide a little smile.
Many years later, I fell ill and had to spend my time in bed. One day, I was arranging the documents I had accumulated in my search when I found an interesting manuscript about one of our ancestors. It was an old diary of a young woman from four centuries ago.
In that diary, the woman mentioned a surprising fact related with the house that you have inherited. While reading the diary, I had a powerful premonition that made me order my lawyer to find any information about the house mentioned in it.
I discovered that the house had belonged to our family a long time ago. My lawyer also informed me about the village’s rumours about the house being haunted. And that’s exactly what I had been waiting to find. Because in our ancestor diary, the young woman talked about a man with whom our family is greatly indebted.
That man lost his life in order to save the life of our ancestor.
Ohno looked at Nino surprised.
“Don’t look at me! I don’t remember anything of that,” the little ghost said shaking his head confused.
After knowing this, I sensed the heaviness of the debt our family had contracted with this person. It was necessary to repay this enormous debt, but how?
I immediately thought of you. You were the only one in our family with the power to deal with ghost, not only to dispel them by force if necessary, but to give them the opportunity to finally rest in peace.
“You aren’t thinking of making me disappear, are you?” Nino said looking at Ohno warily.
“Of course not!” the young man protested, “… only if you become too obnoxious!” he joked laughing.
Nino stuck out his tongue at him.
But there was a problem, I was not sure if you were aware of your powers or not… and I was running out of time, because my health was getting worse day by day. I made the necessary arrangements for my lawyer to buy the house and changed my will to let you inherit the house and money to live without problems.
I thought that if you were able to live in the house during a long period of time, you would surely notice the ghost presence and perhaps, that would make you aware of your dormant powers, so I stipulated some conditions before this information was send to you.
Satoshi, I wish that all this information was useful. I put my hopes in you. Please repay the great debt of our family with that person.
“That’s all,” Ohno said putting the letter on the floor, “So… are you ready to know more about your past?” he asked the little ghost taking the old diary in his hands.
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16