What dwells in the night

The new apprentice

The two brothers didn't know this yet but their fates and the hunter detective's were now intertwined whether they want it or not.

Okarine's P.O.V

I felt my senses slowly drag themselves back to me as I regained consciousness.

What happened? Last I remember I was running with Kurune from a dweller- Ah is Kurune alright?!

I quickly shot up into a seated position.

"Phew glad to see you're alright." There was no doubt that voice belonged to Kurune. I glanced to my left side, my sight falling upon my brother. He looked exhausted and extremely pale, was he even alright?

"You're real lucky, ya know?" A more cheerful voice, that contrasted with Kurune's more sombre tone, spoke to me. I looked over to see who was talking. It was a boy, not much smaller than Kurune maybe about 4 foot in height, standing close to me while wearing a smile. He looked like any oridinary kid except from the fact he wore a bandage over his left eye and that he had a katana firmly secured to his trouser belt.

"Erm who are you?" I didn't want to sound rude or anything but it wasn't like I knew this boy.

"Silly me I forgot to introduce myself." He stuck his tongue out slightly and bapped the side of his head with his fist. "I'm Yoshiki Kurosaki, or I'm better known as the hunter detective, I'm glad I was able to reach the two of you before it was too late."

"W-wait, you're telling me that you're the famous detective who fights the dwellers?!" I was genuinely surprised, I can honestly say I didn't expect the hunter detective to be a teen.

"Yep that's right." Yoshiki nodded happily, confirming my question's answer as true.

I glanced back over at Kurune, who was being way too quiet for once. He seemed completely out of it, as if he was daydreaming or simply blanking the conversation. "Kurune, are you okay?"

"..." It took him a moment to process the fact I was talking to him. "O-oh, erm I'm fine."

He didn't look fine.

I frowned, I knew he wouldn't tell me if something was wrong. But now that I had turned my attention to him I noticed that he was trembling ever so slightly and there was faint bruising forming around his throat, plus it was almost like he was refusing to give me any eye contact. Before I could question all of this though Kurune staggered to the side slightly before falling to the ground unconscious.

"Kurune! What happened?" I quickly moved over to him and shook him. His cheeks were redder and he looked feverish but what was causing it?

"We should call an ambulance, he's lost too much blood." Yoshiki, who was now glancing over my shoulder, pointed out.

"What do you mean he's lost too much blood? What happened to him?" I immediately shot a look at Yoshiki.

"Huh, oh yeah I guess you won't remember, I'll explain everything later but all you gotta know right now is that one of those dwellers that attacked you both managed to get a hit on your brother." Yoshiki shortened down what had happened then took a phone from his pocket before dialing for an ambulance.

*Time skip*

When we arrived at the hospital Yoshiki briefed me on everything that he saw happen, the whole possession thing and how Kurune tried to snap me out of it before he was injured.

"So it's my fault that he's in that state?" I looked over at Kurune who was laying in a hospital bed.

"It's not your fault. Things like this happen, possessions are more common than you may think, though people are not usually as lucky when trying to bring them out of it. It was good that your brother tried to help you and it may have even been the reason that I was able to break the possession curse." Yoshiki tried to make me feel more positive.