Ghost Rule ・ Backstory

Messy Beginnings

Multiple crimes and scandals have lead up to this point. Maybe even a couple deaths. It doesn't even matter anymore. All I need is to survive. My face is plastered all over the city. Billboards, posters, even milk cartons. They're looking for me, and I'm not cheating death again if they find me.

5 years ago

I wake up one early morning as I heard buzzing coming from beside me. Oh shoot, 57 missed calls. It's from my manager and I thought I didn't have any recording scheduled today. What could he want from me? I call him back and he picks up frantically.

"Miku-san, Miku-san! Hurry, we need you at the studio now! There has been a change in plans!"

Ugh, great. The one day I have a break. I slide on a hoodie and a face mask in hopes nobody will recognize me on the streets and rush out the door. I brush my pigtails in so nobody will notice. I rush down to the recording studio and open the door.

"Oh, thank goodness you're here. We need some new voice samples to add to your Crypton voicebank, someone has sabotaged it!"

I was utterly confused and a little bit concerned. Why would somebody want to mess with my voicebank?

We start recording and everything is going well. I switch half an octave and recite the kana for a few notes until the power goes out.

"No! All the recordings didn't save! The power is out!" My manager yelled in frustration.

"I think I should go check the grids to see what's going on.," I say.

My manager shakes his head. "No, no, don't dirty yourself up, I'll check it out."

I nod and he goes into the electrical closet to check on the grids. It should only take a couple minutes but it's been quite longer than that. How long has it been? Maybe 20 minutes? I grow worried. I slowly walk towards the closet and open the door. Creak, BANG!

A bunch of boxes fall off the storage shelf and hit me straight on the head. I lose my balance and fall forward. I black out for only a couple seconds and then get up. I rub my head and switch the lights on.
What the hell?! This can't be real! I see my manager, dead on the floor. His neck had been snapped and blood trickled out of his head slowly. How could this have happened? This was clearly a murder! I know it was! The lights flicker back off and I panic for a moment but calm down and grab my phone to dial the police but before I could do so, my phone was swiped!

Suddenly, I had been pinned to the wall and whoever this was had covered my mouth with their hand. They had gloves on and their hand smelt of sweat underneath. I silently squeal and try grabbing their arm, desperately pulling to try to get their hand off my mouth.

"Shut up! Keep your mouth zipped or I won't hesitate to shoot."

It was a man's voice, but who could it be? I try grunting and pulling at his hand again but he still wouldn't budge. He then grabbed my neck instead and squeezed with both hands. My veins felt like they were popping out and I screamed in agony. With him squeezing my neck and me screaming, blood started trickling out of my mouth. I decide to keep shut, as I don't want to damage my voice any longer. He then tells me he'll back off if I just follow him. I shake my head as he is still grabbing my neck and he says "Either that, or I shoot. Or I could slit your throat if you want!"

I grow scared. I decide I would have more of a chance of survival if I just go with this guy. I could escape somehow, right?! Plus, if I go missing, it'll go all over the news since I'm pretty popular after all. He eventually grabs me and he takes me through the back door of the building.

He takes me out to the parking lot where he hopes into a black SUV. He pushes me into the back and locks the door. Then, he hopes into the front of the SUV and starts it up. He had a hoodie and mask on, like I did earlier and he pulled it off. He looked maybe a couple years older than me and he had black silky hair and blue eyes, like someone you'd see in a romance movie. He was pretty cute, to be honest., even if he is a murderer.

We are driving in silence for a while and he eventually starts talking. His voice sounded different from before. More like a teenager.

"Pretty awkward back there, huh?"

I am very confused in that moment. "W-what do you mean?"

"I mean earlier, when I had to- hah, never mind."

I think I know what he is referring to. Our little issue back at the studio.

Awkward silence fills the car again and I eventually ask,

"Why did you do this to me?"

"I can explain later. We are almost there anyway."

Where?

About 10 minutes later, he turns off the main road and we drive down a very suspicious street filled with old abandoned buildings, strange men smoking and an old rundown mansion.

The boy pulls me out of his SUV and tells me to wait at the front door while he grabs something out of the trunk. I nervously agree and trudge to the door, my legs shaking every step along the way.
He walks up to the front door and unlocks it with a house key. He tells me to go and wait in the kitchen for him.

I sit on a old dusty chair by the table and wait for about 5 minutes before he arrives. He grabs a bunch of bags and sets them on the counter. I decide to strike conversation, as I'm really looking forward to leaving sooner than later.

"Okay so first things first., why kidnap me out of all people? Are you looking for ransom? I got 2 million yen in my wallet. Take it for all I care. Anything for me to leave.,"

"I don't care about money, I need you for something else."

If he doesn't want money, what could he possibly want?

"I'll explain it once you're more settled in here, okay?"

I get really frustrated. I'm not backing down now!

"You will tell me why I am here now or I will walk right out that front door." I become snarky and sarcastic.

"Don't get cocky with me when I haven't even introduced myself yet! Oh, also, you won't be walking right out that front door!"

He pulls out a remote and locks the door. Great, an advanced security system.

He starts talking again. "So, maybe if I introduce myself you won't be cranky?"

I don't reply. He starts to open his mouth again to speak. I'm a little intrigued above all to learn a bit more about this guy. It's the most I can think about other than escaping, anyway.

aaaa ty for reading the first chapter! this sucks really bad but it's only my 2nd wattpad story ( my first one is on my old acc ) but yea i love the song ghost rule so i'm making a whole story for it. this is just the beginning of what's going on. miku hasn't even become nasty yet hhh this part of the story is boring it gets better dwdw