Understanding

Chapter 6

Vivi pounced onto Lewis as they both fell to the ground upon impact. The female then pinned him down onto the ground as she sat on his torso, a satisfied smile placed on her lips as she stared down at him. The skeleton's eyes widened as he laid there, a bit unsure of what to do.

Arthur felt himself mentally sigh in relief as he got off the wall and wiped the sweat off from his forehead. Mystery narrowed his eyes as he growled, eyes fixated on the ghost to spot any movements.

Vivi readjusted herself on him as she smirked. She said, "Now let's see who you REALLY are, ghost-man!"

She then removed her hands from his arms as she then clutched his skull. She had to scoot up a bit on his torso in order to reach it, and she had started pulling on it. Instead of grabbing off a mask like all their other mysteries, she ended up coming face-to-face with a real skull, whom was blinking at her in surprise.

Vivi screamed before throwing the skull back at his body and got off of him, scooting over in the corner of the room. Mystery took a defensive step in front of her, continuing to growl at the ghost. Lewis' skull simply returned to where it was and he stood, giving her a rather sympathetic look.

He spoke, "Vivi..."

Arthur ran over to her and helped her up. Mystery continued to stand in front of them, growling at Lewis. Vivi simply stood as her jaw hung open, staring at the ghost in shock.

She stuttered, "Y-You're real..."

Lewis' pink eyes traveled to the ground before glancing back up at her, and he only took a step back. He was fully aware of the dog in front of them that was ready to attack at any given moment, but it didn't worry him in the slightest.

Vivi's stared at the ground for a few moments. She then looked back at him as she asked, "But how!?"

"You didn't think ghosts were real?" Lewis asked, his tone rather quiet. Vivi simply blinked in surprise at him, completely flabbergasted at the situation.

After a few moments of standing there in silence, she asked, "Who are you?"

Lewis narrowed his eye sockets as he looked at Arthur, who backed up against the wall. He asked in a cold tone, "Why don't you ask him?"

Vivi blinked before looking at her friend, whose eyes darted over to hers. She asked, "A-Arthur?"

He opened his mouth to say something, but ended up closing it as he looked at the ground. Mystery started to bark at the ghost, but Lewis didn't flinch. His eyes were locked on Vivi, who was still awaiting for a response from Arthur.

After a few moments, the teen turned to her and stated, "I don't know who he is, V."

Immediately, all the hatred and anger returned to Lewis as he felt his hair ignite once more. He yelled, "LIAR!"

Mystery barked before jumping at Lewis, who simply dodged the dog as he narrowed his eyes at Arthur. Mystery ended up slamming into the wall and whined as he rubbed his paw on his nose. He then narrowed his eyes as he jumped back at Lewis, only to end up completely going through the ghost.

Vivi narrowed her own eyes as she stated, "You're lying, Arthur. I know you're keeping something from me."

Arthur's eyes widened as he glanced at Lewis and back to Vivi. He stuttered, "V-V, I'm not lying! I really don't know who he is!"

Vivi stared into his eyes for a few moments before closing her own. She then turned back to Lewis as she said, "Why are you trying to attack us!? We don't even know you!"

Arthur felt himself sigh in relief, but his heartbeat quickened when he looked back to Lewis. The ghost narrowed his eye sockets even more and his fists were starting to shake in anger. Mystery barked as he continued to jump at the ghost, but only continued to go through him over and over. Lewis eventually got tired of this and pushed the dog aside, turning to face the two teens.

He glared at the two for a few moments before shaking his skull. His fists continued to shake, and both Arthur and Vivi exchanged worried glances. Lewis then looked back at them before starting to run in their direction with a surprising amount of speed. Both of them screamed as they then held onto each other, eyes closed to not see it coming.

But, instead of getting a rather harsh blow from the ghost, they were greeted with a magenta-colored mist circling their bodies. Both of the teens blinked before looking around in confusion. It wasn't long before the mist suddenly disappeared, and they were left to stand in the room in silence.