Exorcist

Twelve of the Music Room

"Wait a minute... You said you're not one of them!" Claes shouted at her disappointedly. The pink haired is not a big fan of telling lies, even Clark can't lie to her. In fact, Claes is an honest and straightforward person.

Hachi looked at her blinking her eyes. "Oh?! Is that so? HAHA!"

The black haired curly girl is getting to Clark's nerves that he threw an exorcising bead. Unfortunately, Hachi dodged it. "Quit yapping already, you're wasting our time. How come that you're one of the 7 mysteries when you said you're not one of them?"

Hachi doesn't like how Clark is breaking her fun by talking with them, so she just sighed. "Well... The 7th mystery should be Lyros. For what I know, he is originally called 'The ghost book, Lyros of the library'. I only turned out to be the 7th because I am pretty popular to rumors."

"Then... Why are you called 'The deadly flute, Twelve of the music room?'. Is 'Twelve' your name? Do you kill people here using that instrument of yours? You don't look or sound scary, though." Claes asked.

"Twelve is not my real name. I just died on the 12th day of December, year 2012 and they discovered my body in room 12 which is the music room at 12 p.m in the afternoon. And I died because of my flute." Even though she's sharing how she died, she still have that smile on her face. Indeed a sadist.

"That's so sad... Wait... Did you just said that you died because of your flute?!" Claes again asked.

Twelve was about to answer when Clark spoke first. "I don't care how you died. I am more interested how you possessed this girl's body."

"Hachi broke the rule."

"What rule?"

"Every rumor have a told rule. Break the rule and you're done for. This Hachi is very lucky for breaking mine, though." She explained. Twelve noticed that the two are getting more interested and confused so she knew she has to explain further.

"As a wandering spirit, I am bound right here, the music room. Rumor about me is to never play the flute wrong. Everything needs to be perfect playing it. If you break this rule, I will haunt those who disobey and they'll have my punishment, curse or death." She added.

"Are you saying that Hachi broke your rule?" Clark asked.

"She did it on purpose."

(Flashback)

A girl wearing her soiled uniform went to room 12. As she went inside, she saw the said flute from the rumors.

She did not hesitate to play it awfully. She wanted to see Twelve to claim her punishment.

As she was playing, the other instruments suddenly fell, making Hachi stopped from playing and flinched in surprise. A strong wind starts blowing that even got the other instruments destroyed from falling.

After a few moments, the wind stops.

"You're making me angry." The black haired curly girl heard the voice whispering from her ears.

Her body starts trembling and eyes tearing up. "I-is death m-my penalty?" She asked with her voice shaking.

Twelve can sense that Hachi has some sort of problems. She can also see that the girl in front of her is being disliked. Her skirt is torn, her vest is soiled with flour, her white sleeves are stained with yellow goo, her hair looks sticky and her face has slight bruise. She looks like a total mess.

"Oh my... What did they done to you?" Twelve asked, staying behind her.

The black haired curly girl looked down, sniffles and teardrops can be heard. "They... want me gone!" She said as she clenched her fists. "This school! This is a mess! They want me gone just because of having bad grades! T-they... Want me dead..." Hachi answered.

Twelve suddenly thought of an idea. Hachi is her key to achieve her goal and she can help Hachi to rest for a while. "I will have use your body. That's your punishment."

Hachi's eye's widened and turned around. "Does that mean... I will be dead?..." As she's asking the ghost, she made herself stared at her.

She was quite shocked on what she saw.

Now she know that— this girl is not from this school. Twelve is wearing a different uniform from hers. She tried to look at her face but she can't see it clearly. Her reddish hair is astonishingly straight which is found attractive.

Twelve did not answer her query. Instead, it questioned her back. "Are you ready?"

Hachi have thought, Twelve is not scary at all. Her voice sounds gentle yet how she phrase her words is threatening.

Hachi widely opened her arms and slowly closed her eyes. She looks like an angel, abused by the world because of her kindness.

And that's how Twelve possessed Hachi's body.

(End of flashback)

"I know you won't believe me but, I mean no harm to her." Said Twelve who's clearing things out.

Clark is still confused. "Does that mean you are no longer bound in this room?" This time, he changed how he speak, trying to sound more kindly to the ghost.

"Oh yeah! How are you going to punish those who'll break your rule if your inside a body?!?" Claes, a agreeing to her brother.

Twelve continues to twirl the flute she's holding. "Hmm... How am I suppose to explain this?... For what I know, if someone breaks the rule again, I will be teleported back inside this room but without Hachi's body."

"In that point, does that mean Hachi is already dead?" The brown haired boy asked.

"Oh no... Her body will just be unconscious until I get back. As a spirit bound in this room, I can't go outside the school's gate."

The pink haired girl impatiently pull her hair. "Does that mean if Hachi's body is outside the school and someone breaks your rule, you can't go back to her body?!?"

"Yes, that's right."

"If your inside Hachi's body, where is she?" Clark again asked.

He thinks that this doesn't make sense at all. This is different from their pasts exorcism. In fact, this is their first time they'll be staying long in this school and hearing about this rumors and bound spirits.

"She's inside the boundary where I am supposed to be. Her soul is resting there. Frankly, it's like we've switch places without her doing my job." She explained.

The brown haired boy, now understand the spirit. She was just trying to fix Hachi and in the same time, trying to reach her goal. "Why?" He still asked even though he already knows the answer.

Twelve who is controlling Hachi's body, made an expression with a genuine smile, right hand in the left chest and looked at the siblings. "I wanted to help her change. I want her to become strong. I want her to be fixed. She lacks knowledge when it comes to academics, reason that she was hated by the students and teachers their selves. But despite all that... Hachi chose to stay kind and did not fight back and did not even shouted for help from others. I was been watching her and felt her pain... That's why I am thankful she broke the rule. Not because I can get use of her to grant my last wishes, but because it can help her grow. Even if she won't remember a thing about this year, even if she won't remember me, I will still be able to help her gain knowledge she needs and everything she's lack of. "

The siblings got speechless from her words. They can sense her warm aura, a very kind atmosphere.

"I will take care of you, Hachi. Until it's my time to go."