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 Posted: Tue Dec 15, 2009 8:12 pm
"Faster, faster, faster..." He don't want to be late for school and targeting he will reach there before the bell rung. It's a shortcut he is using and the place shouldn't be have people walking around at this time. Riding his bicycle fast, he hit a person when turning to the corner.
"Ouch!" Yelped the boy who was hit by the bicycle. He has red hair, red eyes and quite a sunshine looking teenager. That is Oiwa's new form, Matsuo. But of course, with this body, Izanagi probably won't know this boy is the ghost who will be haunting for him. Matsuo sit on the ground, pretending he was hit by the bike and hurt his elbow.
Izanagi get off from his ride and take a good look at the boy. "I'm sorry! Are you hurt?" As he kneel down to see the boy.
Matsuo turn to Izanagi. He quickly recognize he is the one he's been looking for. There can't be a mistake. He LOOK like Iemon. Just a little too skinny maybe. "Ow...I think my elbow is hurt." Making the painful face.
Izanagi look at the boy's elbow. It's scratched and bleeding. "Your elbow...! I'm terrible sorry." Guilty...as he didn't say anything else but take out his handkercheif and wrap it on the boy's elbow. "Are you going to school too?" He noticed the boy is wearing the same school uniform as him.
Matsuo nodded. "Yeah. I just come out from my house and then I am hit by you." He giggles.
Izanagi apologize again. "Sorry...shall we walk to school, together?" He invite the boy to walk with him. He feel like he has to take care of the injured although that's not a terrible injury, but he hit him.
How could Matsuo refuse such offer? He has been wanting to do this, long ago. "Sure!" Quickly, he accepted.
Both walk to school as Izanagi saw the kodama has been waiting for him at the school's gate. But how? "Umeda-san?" He said the kodama's name.
Umeda? He hear it correctly? Umeda, the kodama 'she' knew is standing in front of the gate. What is he doing there?
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Posted: Tue Dec 15, 2009 9:16 pm
"Did it ever occur to you that I don't actually eat and that..." but Umeda's lecture about wasting time making him breakfast was lost on the kodama's lips when he noticed the red head.
Crossing his arms over his chest, still leaning against the wall with his cigarette in one hand, Noe nodded toward the other boy.
"So, who's the kid?" he asked, not wanting to say anything else now that someone else had shown up.
Kodamas were, after all, supposed to be the stuff of myth...
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Posted: Tue Dec 15, 2009 9:20 pm
"Oh...We met not long ago. I have my bike hit on him..." Staring the ground because he feel guilty.
"My name is Matsuo Yamamoto." As long as 'she' has this human form, probably no one will know he is Oiwa. "And who are you, sir?" He bow after saying his name and looked up to..the man.
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Posted: Tue Dec 15, 2009 9:38 pm
Frowning, the kodama sighed. "Umeda. Umeda Noe."
But his black eyes focused on Izanagi.
"Baka... how could you hit him with your bike? What are you, blind?" the man asked, obviously a bit miffed that he had almost revealed his secret of being a kodama.
Blowing out a line of smoke from his cigarette, Umeda sighing once more. "I hope he didn't hurt you enough to warrant a lawsuit." the man joked.
Or did he?
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Posted: Tue Dec 15, 2009 9:49 pm
The words makes Izanagi feel even guilty. He has been using the shortcut so many times and never hit anyone, except this time.
"Don't blame him. I wasn't looking at the road so...it's not completely his fault." Matsuo's words are protecting Izanagi, smiling he replied the man's question. "And no, I'm not seriously hurt. No need that."
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Posted: Tue Dec 15, 2009 10:05 pm
"Good... Izanagi-san, you're going to be late for class." Umeda reminded him, nodding toward the school. "I'd guess you've got two minutes to get in there, store your shoes in your locker, and get to class."
It was true...
Of course, by distracting them with the idea of class... it meant both Matsuo and Izanagi would leave him alone.
Alone enough that the kodama could disappear from the sight of normal mortals... and follow Izanagi's school day.
Umeda really didn't want to leave the boy alone.
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Posted: Tue Dec 15, 2009 10:23 pm
No way! I'm going to be late...AGAIN? Lucky the kodama remind him or else he will be late and Matsuo too. "...Right! We better hurry." He tell Matsuo and take his hand, run into school.
They stopped at the locker, changing their shoes. Matsuo's locker...well, is the locker that no one ever wants to touch. It was said the locker has been cursed. The student who used that locker passed away few days ago cause of uncure illness. Indeed the student was dead, but now, he is here...standing right in front of Izanagi.
Shocked. That is Matsuo's locker? "Um...Yamamoto-kun? That locker..."
"Hmm?" He turn to Izanagi. "Oh this locker? Don't worry, the curse thing is just a rumour." he replied. "Well, see ya."
Maybe it really is a rumour? But he heard the freshman who used that locker was ill and have not attending school for a while. Was the student...Matsuo? But he looks healthy... "Wait! Which classroom are you in?" Just to confirm if Matsuo is the freshman everyone was talking about.
Matsuo turn back again to Izanagi. "1-E...feel free to visit me anytime." As he smile back and walk to his own classroom. It seems like his classmates are gossiping about his return from the death. Not just his classmatess... Its annoying.
Double shocked! So Matsuo was the ill freshman. However he didn't know Matsuo was dead...He believe it, what was like Matsuo said, the curse of the locker...is just a rumour.
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Posted: Wed Dec 16, 2009 4:53 pm
(((OOC: Technically wouldn't he be in 2-E? 1-E would indicate he was a freshman since it would be his first (1) year (they only have 3 grades in high school)...)))
If either Matsuo or Izanagi had looked behind them when running into the school... they would have noticed that Umeda Noe was just gone.
Kind of...
In truth, to keep from being seen and thought of as odd by any possible students who had a strong spirit sense... the kodama had turned into just that.
A kodama.
Riding the wind again, Umeda managed to find a nice little perch just outside the window to Izanagi's class room. Since he could easily hide amongst the new early spring leaves, he simply sat down and watched the events inside unfold.
One thing the kodama was grateful for... at least, unlike American schools... students basically stayed in the same classroom all day. Give or take a period.
Thus, Umeda made himself comfortable for his 'Iemon Stake-out'.
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Posted: Wed Dec 16, 2009 7:50 pm
(( eek i mixed up freshman and junior xD well i'll edit all of my post. matsuo is actually a freshman of the school. he used the cursed locker and then he get ill then died...so technically, he is younger than izanagi.))
Like usual. What else? Izanagi doze off in his class again. His teachers can't do anything about it though. It was said Izanagi is a freak. Those who mistreat him will be punished by evil spirits. There was such case before. When Izanagi was still a freshman...There was a bully in the school who always get Izanagi into trouble. But one day, he has gone crazy and beg Izanagi to let him live... "Don't kill me..." The words coming out from the bully's lips, repeatingly. That is why Izanagi always has his iPod and headphone with him. Music will prevent him from hearing those words again. And dozing off in the class is to prevent he hear any backstabbing words from his classmates. Of course, the teachers do that sometimes too. Saying bad about him...like Izanagi is some kid worshiping demons.
In the freshman's class 1-E. Matsuo's rumour has become a hot topic of gossip. Annoying humans...can't they concentrate to the lecture? He thought. He wonder when is the reccess so he can visit his Iemon. The gossip has become louder and louder in his ears. "Sensei..." He stand up from his chair. "I can't concentrate like this at all. My fellow classmates seems to be very curious about my death and revive and has been talking about it since this early morning. Will you please have their mouth SHUT?!" A mild cold wind whirling in the classroom after Matsuo request for their mouth shut. All the gossips and talking has immediately stopped. "Thank you." As he sit back down.
(( brb Dx breakfast))
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Posted: Wed Dec 16, 2009 8:09 pm
Annoyed that Izanagi was sleeping during class, Umeda couldn't very well just sit still and keep quiet about it.
So.... he decided to annoy the hell out of the boy in order to keep him awake.
His kodama form turned human, though he was still invisible to the normal mortal eye, and he leapt from the tree, passed right through the window, and ended up standing in front of Izanagi's desk.
Smirking, Noe took the cigarette out of his mouth and used the lit end, pressing it against the wires of his headphones.
Melting rubber was soon easily smelt, as the heat cut through the cord, bring a quick and abrupt end to the ipod music.
"Wake up, baka." Umeda said angrily, though no one could heard him. "Because if you don't pay attention, I'll make sure you never sleep again."
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Posted: Wed Dec 16, 2009 8:53 pm
The music stopped and the words going into his ears, attacking his brain. "Don't kill me..." His eyes open wide...like he has been possessed. Shivering from those words he have not been hearing for a while but never will forget...He is about to go mad.
At this moment, the low level borei come to rescue. Coming out from the wall. "Umeda-sama, please don't do that!" Hanami halted the kodama. But it is too late...
Get out...stop it...stop saying that...I didn't kill you...It's not me! That face, expression, the words, he'll never forget. They are haunting him...He lift up his head and saw the kodama. "Why are you doing this to me..." His head is clear enough to recognize the kodama and all others. But the words inside his head, tormenting him. Izanagi...he can't take this anymore. He stand up, tossing his headphone on the table, holding his fists...
No good! Hanami, do something! What can she do now? She can't possess Izanagi like her Oiwa-sama does to the boy name Matsuo? But...can she? Can I? She has no time to hesitate anymore. As she go into Izanagi's body, taking over him. I'm sorry..Izanagi-kun. His body standing over there...not moving. Hanami slowly taking over it all. Then, he spoke...."Sumimasen...may I go the restroom, sir?" He request to leave the classroom. That obviously was Hanami...Everyone in the class was curious what happened to the freak.
The teacher was shocked a bit with the student's action. That has never happen before..."S-sure..." The teacher permitted. Izanagi, no...Hanami glare at the kodama and walk out the classroom...
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Posted: Wed Dec 16, 2009 10:15 pm
"s**t..." Umeda whispered, having been forced to come face-to-face with the rather enraged Izanagi.
Afterward, once the student had left the classroom, spirit entourage and possesser in tow... Noe could only shake his head in surprise.
'Okay... that was hot...' he thought to himself, before following after the small convoy.
"Hanami?! Hanami, what the hell is wrong with him?" the kodama asked as he followed, still invisible to the normal mortal eye. "Why the hell did he go all 'Doctor Jekyll, Mister Hyde" on me? All I did was try and make him pay attention... brat will hardly learn anything sleeping through class."
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Posted: Wed Dec 16, 2009 10:34 pm
"What did you know? You just met him yesterday." As she is forced out by the raged Izanagi after that. Hanami's power has been sucked dried for her first time possession. She squeaked being forced out and lay on the floor, invinsible than ever and unable to move. Afterall, she is just a low level spirit, unlike Oiwa. Izanagi's body still standing right there, in front of the dried up borei. "I didn't kill you...it's not me...it's not me..." Slowly, he held up his hands, cover his face. The fear he has been trying to conquer. Izanagi saw it...he saw how the bully died in his dream. The bully was hanged on the spinning fan in his house, dead...with eyes open widened and tongue drooping out long of his mouth. Almost everynight, he has the same nightmare of the dead bully.
The twins has made it in time to help out. "Hanami-san!" They quickly carry Hanami up. "Daijoubu ka?"
"I'll be ok...Go help Izanagi-kun..." Stammering, the female borei can't hold any longer as she passed out.
"Hibiki! Izanagi-kun's headphone..." Hiroki noticed and tell Hibiki. Hibiki blame the kodama. It has to be him that made Izanagi like this. "Look what have you done?! What did you do to Izanagi-kun"
"Hibiki..." He spoke and grinned horrible a ghastly smile. Izanagi is still struggling, fighting back the fear. "...My head hurts. H-he keep whispering...in my ears." He muttered, kneels down as he close his eyes and cover his ears. "He is still saying it..." The voice won't go away. Panting in fear, but he managed to calmed himself down. "It won't go away." He take off his hands and open his eyes. "Hanami..." Crawling to reach the female borei who has her power sucked dried for possessing Izanagi. He frowns, looking at her. "I'm so useless...Always haunted by the past. I'm sorry Hanami." He ignored the echo that is still spinning in his head. It did not pose any serious effect to his clear head though. As he said it himself, it's the past. "Will she be alright?." he ask the twins.
The twins smiled to him and nodded. "She'll be fine. You better go back to class now, Izanagi-kun." Hiroke said.
"That's...good." As long as he keep himself busy and talking to the others. The echo's volume in his head will decrease. He turn to the kodama's direction, stand up. "You will buy me a new headphone." He said with a blank expression and walk through the kodama as he is not in his copereal body. Izanagi disappeared into the class. Without his headphone, he will have to listen to the lecture...just this time.
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Posted: Thu Dec 17, 2009 4:31 pm
Umeda didn't say a word.
Mainly due to two reasons...
The first, was that he honestly didn't know what to say. The boy seemed tormented beyond measure, a torment that was affecting every aspect of his life... a torment that needed to stop.
But secondly, because by passing through the kodama's body... he felt and saw it all.
There was a bright flash in Noe's vision, and the man doubled over, collapsing to his knees on the bathroom floor, still invisible to the human eye.
It took a good five minutes before what he was seeing was gone... and by then, the dark haired man felt sick.
Izanagi's spirit was stronger than he thought... and he was sure now...
Completely sure...
That Izanagi was Iemon.
Images of that dead bully played behind his black eyes, but so did the sudden betrayal of Iemon. Both merged together, forming snapshot after snapshot of the boy's soul.
Unable to keep himself controlled, Umeda's human form crumbled and the kodama sat on the bathroom floor, blank black eyes staring at the three ghosts.
"Headphones be damned." Noe said, his expression completely blank due to his true form. "I'm going to fix the problem at it's source. That baka doesn't need to spend his life sleeping to hide from his problems... at this rate..." Umeda shook his head, not finishing the sentence.
'At this rate, he won't make his seventeenth birthday.'
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Posted: Thu Dec 17, 2009 9:40 pm
(( o.O How do you say he won't make it to his 17th b'day. I can't think correctly today, my head hurts.))
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