The Twilight Child

American Money-BØRNS

Takahashi woke up startled when the subway suddenly stopped,causing him to almost fall.
He looked around in search of what caused the subway to stop.

"Ladies and gentlemen,we are changing the route due to a small unexpected..."Takahashi stopped hearing the message when he saw the reason of the changing of routes.

Oh,fuck.

There was a woman dragging the half of her body through the subway floor,leaving a trail of blood behind her.

He took a deep breath,it wasn't the first time he saw a ghost in the subway,but it still doesn't stop the helpless feeling in him.He can't help her,not in public at least.It also doesn't help that he is still afraid of them.

He turned to look at the window,it was fine,all he had to do was focus somewhere else and ignore the noises of her body dragging through the floor.
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"I'm home!"He shouted as he closed the door behind him,already hearing rushed steps ahead of him.

He barely had time to put the groceries on the ground before a little girl flew on his chest.
He laughed and hugged her.

Rei was a little ghost who found him in a difficult time of his life.She has dark hair,black holes instead of eyes and wears a night gown that goes past her knees.

Rei also couldn't speak,but she knew how to sign.

"Miss me so much like that?"He said,the little girl looked at him and smiled with her sharp teeths.

"Little brother,you're home?"Takahashi heard from the kitchen before a face popped by the kitchen's door.

"Yes,sir."He smiled and put Rei on the ground and waved to Ritsu.
Different from other siblings,he and Ritsu were very close.

Ritsu was his big brother,he had dark spiky hair and brown eyes.

Ritsu smiled and waved back before disappearing in the kitchen.

"Leave the groceries,you can rest now."He heard Ritsu say.

If Ritsu is in the kitchen then he shouldn't go in there until he was done.He learned that in the worst way.

He sighed.
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Already on his room,Takahashi let himself fall on the bed.

He couldn't wait for summer to come.He had more time to travel on summers.

He connected the ear phones to his cellphone and put the first song he could find.

The song barely started and he already could feel his body relaxing.Music indeed is important to him.

He had a lot to think about.

Things were weird.The animals were agitated along with other nature beings such as nymphs and merbeings.

He was starting to get worried for real.Specially when he named guardian of the nature by The Great Ancient Being.

Takahashi sighed,he shouldn't be thinking about this now,he was tired.

He turned over and soon fell asleep.
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There was a hiss...yes,something was hissing...someone was shaking him.
He opened his eyes and was met with Rei shaking him.

"Rei...?"He said while rubbing his eyes.She hissed and signed.

"There's someone at the property! "
He got up and looked by the window.

"Are they hostile?"He asked looking around,but he didn't see anyone.
Thing is,if you live in a house away from the city and someone is on your private property,then you should be at least a little worried.

"I heard them saying they were looking for you,but they didn't say why."She signed before spider-crawling the wall.

"Is Ritsu home?"He asks while putting some decent clothes.

"No,it's just us."He doesn't know if he should be happy or not.

"Just us,Rei."He said while he summoned his Energy shield.He looked at her.

"Are you ready?"He asks,she smile and nodded.

"Alright,let's go find our visitors."