Chapter 1

Chapter 1 | Karlan Mysteries

Saturday, 13 June, 2018

06:00 AM

Saya wakes up from her slumber, stretching her arms, back, legs, and cracking her neck on her bed, "hoaam~! aahh... good morning world", she pulls out her phone, and went to chats, she texted Koto as a start of her day, such productivity, "hehe, what a dad, always worrying about everyone else" she said as she walks to the bathroom.

after a refreshing shower and a fresh teeth brushing session, she wears her uniform, do her hair, get her stuff and runs down to the kitchen,"morning!" she says enthusiastically, "good morning Saya, go eat your breakfast" her mom said while cleaning the kitchen.

as she eat, she pulls out her phone like any other teenage kid would do and started to bug Koto on the chat, after done bugging him and finishing her breakfast, she takes her lunch and runs outside while saying, "I'm off to school!", and so she runs to school.

06:27 AM

after a couple minutes of running, she ran into a tall, brown haired guy, "Good morning Koto!" what a surprise, it's Koto the male lead, she smacks his back as she greets him, "wah! hey, be careful!" Koto says all annoyed and hurt, wich is reasonable.

"aaawww come on, it's just a weak little smack, aren't you a big strong man?" Saya says while walking in front of him, facing backwards to face him, which kinda worries and annoys Koto, "hey, walk normally, what if you trip?" Koto says in a worried but stern tone.

"it'll be fine~ I've done this many time's before-" as she says that she trips on a rock, "hey!" luckily mister strong man Koto here was there to catch her hand and pull her towards him, they are now in an awkward position where Saya is hugging him on the floor on top of him because mister strong man Koto couldn't support her weight.

"ah... i told you it was dangerous- why is your face red?" he looks down to her face that is beet red, from embarrassment? or is she flustered? who knows, "a-ahahah! nothing nothing! sorry about that" she quickly gets up to calm herself down from the embarrassment, so it is embarrassment.

"haah... you okay? did you get hurt?" Koto says while getting up and brushing his butt and back, "oh yeah, I'm fine, are you hurt?", "oh I'm fine, let's go we're almost late" and so they started walking to school, normally, and quietly, none of them both talked after that embarrassing accident.

06:53 AM

they've arrived, "7 minutes left before the bell, good thing we're not late... again" Koto narrows her eyes towards Saya, "a-ahaha! c-come on~, it took me a long time to get my hair done yesterday" she says while looking away.

"haah... nevermind that, I'm going to my class, see you at break?" Koto ask, "uh sure, I'll text you" she says as she walks beside him, "okay, well see you" he takes a turn and walks up the stairs, "hmmm, wonder if i did my homework..." as she says this, a chill feeling on her nape stops her.

she turns around to see if anyone is there, "...it's been getting cold lately huh?" she turns back and continues to walk, suddenly the feeling of being followed hits her, and so she stops and looks behind again, "..." she went silent for a couple of seconds, until suddenly.

"h-help... m-me..." the sound of a woman shocks her\, the voice was silent and crackly\, as if it's in her head\, "what the hell..." she stood there\, waiting for something to happen... until\, *RING!!* "Kya!" the sound of the bell shocks her\, "haah.. haah..." she breathes heavily\, she tries to calm herself down by controlling her breathing.

"mnh... let's just go to class..." she walks, her heart races from fear, she thought to herself "...was that a ghost?" she seems scared but... fascinated and intrigued, she wants to know more but at the same time, scared of the thought of experiencing something so horrific again.

09:02 AM

the bell rings, it's break time, "wonder where Koto is..." she pulls out her phone and opens chats, it seems Koto just got out of class, he asked her to go to the roof to eat together, "hehe, eating together at the roof, seems like a scene from a romance manga...what happened before... should i tell him?".

as she ponders to herself, Koto calls her, the ringtone shocks her, she picks up the phone, "hey, you coming or not?" Koto asks while walking to the roof, "y-yeah, just a sec" she hangs up, grabs her lunch and runs to the roof, "hey! what's up?" she opens the door, "nothing much, you brought your lunch?" Saya smiles while showing him her lunch box, and then she sits beside him.

so they sat down, ate their foods and chatted, after a couple minutes, saya finally tells him what happened, "...Koto, do you believe in ghosts?" hearing this question, Koto looks at her and narrows his eyebrows, "are you saying you've seen one?" Koto asks her, "well... this morning, when we i was going to class, a chill hit my nape, and I've got the feeling of someone or something following me, when i looked back i heard a voice of a woman saying... help me".

hearing this Koto was dumbfounded, "it must be your imagination", "her voice was so coarse and prickly, it felt like she was inside my head, like she's actually calling to me, there was no one there except for me Koto, and I'm sure it wasn't my imagination" she gives him a serious and stern look, "...don't mind it, you're just tired", "ah!" Koto flicks her forehead with a stern, but somewhat worried look.

"uuu~ I'm telling you-" before she finishes talking, Koto gets up and walks away, "well, break is almost over, better get back, and stop talking about nonsense, see you" and he leaves, "hey! come back here you!... haah... fine" she gives up on talking back and cleans the place, when she finished she walks to the door and goes down the stairs and walks to her classroom.

13:05 PM

school has ended, and Saya was left for class duty with two girls, "haah... this will take a while, better tell Koto" she gets her phone and opens chats, she tells Koto she has class duty and it will take a while, she told him to leave first, but he refused while typing, "I'll just wait for you, I'm worried if you somehow get into trouble while going back alone".

"haah, is he really my dad? hehe, fine fine, I'll finish this fast" and so she continues cleaning, 30 minutes passed, the two girls left, Saya was given the last work and that is organizing the books on the back of the class, "hm~ hmhm~ hmmhmm~" as she hums and organize, 8 minutes has passed, a text from Koto came, asking where is she? has she finished?, Saya looks out the window and sees him, she smiles and waves, Koto spots her and waves back.

"he really waited huh, can't believe it" she texted him saying she'll go down soon, "okay! let's go home" she runs outside, and to the stairs, when suddenly, "huh?" she looks out the window, to see a lady standing on the ledge of the roof, with a baby, "w-what? is she going to jump?!" she texted Koto to wait for a couple more minutes, and so she ran to the roof.

as she arrives, she looks for the lady, "lady! where are you?! don't do this!" as she keeps looking, a familiar and horrifying voice calls for her, "h... help.... me..." hearing this, Saya stops and thinks to herself, "no way... is that lady..." she goes quiet and slowly walks backwards, "i... better get out of here" as she turns around, she sees a headless lady holding a dead baby.

"?!" she jumps back and falls on her bottom, Saya was dead silent, her face going pale, her body shaking, cold sweat dropping, she sat still, in shock and fear, "m.. my... daugh.... ter..." the lady reaches out to her, and walks closer, "haah! haah! KYYAAAHH!!" Saya quickly gets up and runs away, trying to find another exit on the roof.

"Saya?!" Koto hears her scream, without a second thought, he ran in to search for her, "where is she?!", "HELP!!" she screams again, "the roof!" he grabs a fire extinguisher and runs upstairs, "help... me!" the headless lady chases after her on the rooftop, "haah! get away!" she throws her bag at her, it didn't stop the lady as she keeps chasing her, "HELP ME!!".

after a couple minutes running, Saya was cornered on the roof, with only a ledge behind her, she can't do anything, "haah! haah! s-stay away!" her hearth racing, and her breathing all ragged, she leans on the railings, "help mee!", "please just go!" she gets closer to the edge, almost falling, with no hope left, she jumps to the ledge and looks down, "haah! haah! ngh!" she was getting ready to jump, but.

"grah!" Koto appears and kicks the lady on the back of her knee, she goes down and Koto bangs the fire extinguisher to the top of her torso and hits her again on the side, the lady slams to the railings and slumps down, "Saya! come here!" Koto calls for Saya, "K-koto-" trying to turn back, her hand slipped, "?! Saya!" Koto ran after her.

"gah!" Koto jumps to the ledge and grabs the railing with his left hand, and grabs Saya's hand with his right hand, "Koto!", "come on! grh! pull yourself up!", Saya manages to pull herself up, after that she pulls Koto up, and they lay down from exhaustion, "haah... haah..." Saya looks to the side to look for the lady, but she was gone.

"what... the hell... was that..." Koto asks, "mnh... I'll explain... later..." the both get up and walks away, "haah... hu.. t-thank you... Koto..." she cries as she thanks Koto, " haah... there there... don't need to thank me.. " he pats her head with a soft smile, "but still... thank you.. ", "i know, i know" he hugs her warmly.

19:08 PM

she enters her room after a shower, she jumps to her bed and opens chats, she chats with Koto about what happened, and what they should do, "hmm... let me see... Karlan highschool history ..." she searches for something that is similar with the ghost they met, "hm? what's this?" she founds a news article about the death of a mother and her baby 6 years ago on the school festival.

"hmm... let's tell Koto" she shares the article with Koto, and they decided to help the lady by meeting her daughter that went to their school 6 years ago tomorrow, "hehe... seems we're going on an adventure, hmmm... there seems to be a lot of stories about the school, hmm...".

she asks Koto about making a group, a group that solves the mysteries about the school, "aha! i knew he would agree, hm? a name?... how about... Karlan Mysteries?".

Day 1 End

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