RISE OF CHIMERA: The Beginning Of This Story
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The next day, Gaia wakes up in the kitchen where she was last. His eyes immediately widened, as he recalled his dreams of yesterday. Strange and creepy, that was what Gaia thought.
“I have to call Yoki.” right away
Gaia ran to her room, picking up the phone she had in her bag. Then turn on the phone. First there was a notification on his phone, Gaia immediately checked the notification.
Today, the school was forced to shut down because of yesterday's incident. Gaia was a little pleased with the news, then immediately sought out Yoki and Kenichi's contacts to send them a message.
The house of Yoki .…
The state of Yoki's house was a mess, because his master did not take care of it. Today is a great day to do your favorite activities. But, Yoki did not choose that choice.
“Haaah, I still think of yesterday.”
Yoki muttered in front of his study desk. He wanted to change, after seeing the tragic death of his teacher. Especially that message, like the teacher's last message.
“Hik ... hik .. why am I so late?”
Even the study table has become a reminder, of the very memory of not wearing it.
“Hmmm ...”
A notification appeared on his phone, he immediately opened and checked the notification. A message, whose sender name is Gaia.
“He wants to meet me.”
Without lingering any longer, Yoki immediately changed his clothes and rushed to the place that Gaia had used as the meeting place for the three of them.
At Kenichi's house ….
Kenichi's circumstances, more or less the same as his two friends. He sat on the steps of the house, thinking about what happened yesterday.
“What should I say to Terasaka?”
Shift the view forward.
“When he trusted me, but I could not keep his request.”
Now Kenichi is carrying a heavy burden of mind. His mind was in trouble yesterday. It was not a trivial matter actually, because he had already been given the trust and he was unable to take care of it.
The atmosphere of his house was so quiet, even the lights he did not turn on. He only relied on the moonlight as the light, so the light could only penetrate through the window.
Still pondering, suddenly a notification came from his phone. He chose not to ignore the notification, who knows it matters.
“Gaia asked me to meet. Haaah, alright ... possible to explain yesterday's incident.”
Kenichi rushed to the place Gaia meant. Now the three of them will meet and discuss something.
In the cafe, the place Gaia had designated as their meeting place.
“So, what did you invite us here for?”
Yoki's question also represents Kenichi's question. But before replying, Gaia was about to gulp down the drink that was in front of her.
“I invite you guys ...,” Gaia advance body want to bring face to face with both of them, “Because I want to confide in you. Because I guess, I can't handle this alone and of course this burden is too heavy for me.”
Not only Gaia, even the two of them also advanced their bodies. Now that everything became serious, even their drinks alone could not neutralize this atmosphere.
“You remember the incident at the onsen?”
The two of them nodded, a sign that their memories were still good.
“Well, the next day an event occurred where I banged my head into that mirror.”
This was the thing that Kenichi had been waiting for the most, he wanted to know the reason behind the act.
“At that time, I was suddenly plagued by a demon that once bullied us in that onsen.”
“Where do you know the form of the devil?”
From here Kenichi tries to ask, so that the flow is in accordance with his wishes. But Gaia cursed him, after all this matter she had to reveal everything.
“Satan who plays koto I've seen playing music when I was in the onsen. That's the reason why I scream.”
As things begin to unfold, Kenichi can't wait for the continuation.
“But, there is a different form of the demon,” Gaia holds the chin with her right hand, “Maybe the same characteristics between those in the onsen and those in the school, he said, he wears a strange skull mask with horns on his head. His body was wrapped in white clothes that covered almost the entire body with black tassels and ..”.
“The head is two.”
There Kenichi wanted to guess the next answer. Its form is the same as that seen by the eyes of his own head, although indeed, in fact at that time the same characteristics with which Gaia mentioned was Yoki.
But he believes that the figure deliberately changed the look of Yoki into his form. Especially if viewed carefully, the shadow that once existed outside the room was indeed vaguely similar to the appearance of Yoki at that time.
But what is different from Gaia's description, is only the number of heads. Here he wants to conclude that .…
“But the form that bothered me in school, only had one head only.”
“Binggo.”
That was Kenichi's response, when his guess worked out right and right with Gaia's story. Just muttering, he hid his smile and words.
“Be-so.”
“Yes and somehow, he kept calling me mister.”
All were now silent, punctuated with hands that gulped down his drink. It seemed, they were about to conclude this situation.
“I don't know if this is true or not. But, I think the figure of the devil is two.”
“Be-so, hmm .. I think there is a possibility.”
It is now Kenichi's turn to speak his opinion. Gaia starts to get serious again, trying to get into Kenichi's argument.
“I'm sure it's two different figures.”
“You mean, the incident when we almost slashed at each other.”
Kenichi nodded, a sign of agreement on Yoki's remark.
“At that time, if not wrong you managed to stick the katana on a figure. But suddenly the figure disappeared as we approached.”
“I think, maybe then the other one ran away and disappeared after his friend was killed. Hence, suddenly the strangeness that enveloped the inn disappeared and the music was so.”
Kenichi replied to Yoki.
“Once, I thought it disappeared somewhere. But if they can be killed, it would be better if we call them monsters.”
Sipping his drink, Yoki's words did not just reach there.
“What does this have to do with the owner of the inn?”
“Haaah, I don't know either. At that time I tried to go to the inn to investigate. But, they don't allow me.”
That answer was really unsatisfactory for Yoki. Not only him, Kenichi also tendered the body to say that he was also like Yoki.
Just as Gaia was about to resume this conversation, a news appeared on the television in the cafe. The attention of the three of them was distracted and stared at the television screen that was displaying a news presenter.
The news was the news of the death of an elderly mother whose death was very sad. From the picture that appears next to the presenter is seen, if the state of the corpse is more or less the same as the dead deer around the forest in Beppu City.
Well, the presenter was just displaying a picture of a dead deer at that time. Then attributed to the characteristics found on the corpse of the old mother.
The body of the old mother was found floating in the river, torn to the chest and a stab that pierced through her heart. Really sad actually. But fortunately, the news was censored so that the original appearance of the corpse was not visible.
“What deer is still alive well?”
Now that Yoki's expression became tense, his focus was completely distracted from the conversation earlier.
“Uhmmm, if true means our lives are in danger.”
Kenichi's response gave Yoki goosebumps, his eyes shuddering as he looked at Kenichi.
“You mean revenge.”
Just a nod, but Yoki already understood Kenichi's intentions. After asking for Kenichi's opinion, Yoki turned around to ask for Gaia's response.
“Ga-Gaia ..”
Yoki was astonished, as Gaia's attitude suddenly changed drastically. Gaia remained silent, with a trembling body and eyes glaring at the television screen.
“What is a dream or ... it is the truth.”
Gaia just muttered inwardly. His soul leaves the body and dwells only in the subconscious.
The stirring in the murmur kept him out. His eyes were still fixed on the news he was watching.
“Gaia!”
“Ehhh .…”
Finally Gaia regained her senses, after Yoki patted her on the shoulder. But in his consciousness, he still harbored fear in a trembling body.
“What's wrong with you?”
Getting the question, Gaia immediately lowered her head. He wanted to calm himself down first, then return with a changed face. A smile may be a weapon, but it only makes Yoki and Kenichi wonder more and more.
“Hah .. ahhh, it's okay. It's just, I'm traumatized by that incident.”
Gaia made excuses so she could survive.
“Ohh well,” while looking at his watch, “Oh well, I want to go to work first dah...”
“I'm the same, I have other business.”
Kenichi and Yoki stood together, waving at Gaia with a glass that was still a quarter of its contents.
After Yoki and Kenichi left, Gaia remained silent at the cafe. He immediately put both of his hands together to support his forehead. His gaze now showed a cry.
“What I am a killer.”
Now his hands are folded to become a pillow for his head. He continued to remember and repeat the events of yesterday, the heartbreaking events.
The figure, the deer, the strange events, and Mariko's dead mother. He was completely shocked when he witnessed everything in a show of his past.
“Ahh, no-no. It wasn't my doing, it wasn't my doing. It was just a nightmare. No-no!”
“Or it is actually who you are, the person who has six words in his name.”
Suddenly a voice muttered and grazed into Gaia's murmur. No stranger, Gaia really knew who the owner of the voice was. He heard it only yesterday.
“Hahaha, I don't want to think about it anymore. Hahaha, long ago I could go crazy made hahaha .…”
Even his face showed insanity. His mouth was gaping as he laughed and his face stared at the ceiling of the cafe. His hand, holding both cheeks.
“Then, how can you forget that truth?”
“Haaah, maybe reading a book can calm me.”
Gaia immediately went from that place, to the bookstore that would be a place to calm herself down.
Meanwhile, his two friends went to the place they wanted to go. Kenichi goes somewhere, while Yoki goes to his workplace.
“Uhmm, something's weird with Gaia.”
Kenichi muttered as he was walking on the sidewalk.
“Either why would I feel, if all those events led to Gaia. Onsen, until the sudden occurrence of a strange deer in the school.”
Kenichi inserted a pouch, perhaps to make the atmosphere more relaxed. But the deeper he thought, the more dizzy his mind became.
Until he reached the river bank, Kenichi stopped and looked at the river on the left.
“This is too confusing for me. Everyone, what really happened? Haaah, I want to calm my mind with Yoki and maybe I will invite Gaia to chat further with him.”
Walking to the edge, Kenichi was about to support the body with both hands bent on the bridge.
“What's tomorrow I go to Yoki's place well? If not wrong, tomorrow Yoki also works there.”
Kenichi looked at the sky that was already noon, he was about to calm down with this beautiful sight.
But, even though everyone was calming down, there were also those who were currently feeling tremendous pain. So to say, if he wanted to take revenge.
In a place, it can be said that the place is like a forest because the trees there are very many.
A man was holding his cell phone very firmly. While his gaze and body trembled, not because of fear but because of the overflowing anger.
His eyes stared intently forward, at the light pole that illuminated the place. He was none other than Terasaka, who after receiving a message from his friend, was instantly furious and held back his anger.
“KENICHI!!”
His head was turned to the moon, he wanted to vent his anger there. His teeth seemed to be grinding as he spoke.
“Why? Why did you take my light. WHY?”
Shouting very loudly. Fortunately there was no one there, so he was not the center of attention of many people.
After a while of staring at the beautiful night sky, Terasaka immediately turned his focus to the phone screen. He wants to send a message to his friends. And it's ….
“Please gather with me in the forest of Beppu City, near the stalls that we often make a gathering place. That's where I want to talk to you. Oh well, please bring iron pipes or hard wood. Importantly, the object is very strong because it will be used to hit something.”