Chapter 2

Chapter 2 | The Headless Mother

Sunday, 14 June, 2018

06:06 AM

New day new episode, Saya awakens from her slumber, "hnng~! Aahh..." she strecthes her body and gets out of bed, went to take a shower and brush her teeth, she wears her regular clothes and runs down, "morning mom!" "morning saya, are you going somewhere?" her mother asked.

"I'm going to koto's house, see ya!" she answers as she wears her shoes and runs out, "wait! at least have breakfast!" her mother screams at her to no avail for saya is already running outside, "oh i should tell koto first" she slows down, from running to walking and looking at her phone(don't do this).

She's engrossed to her phone, not noticing her surroundings, she bumps into a blonde dude, "ah!" she falls on her bum and drops her phone, "oh sorry! Here, you hurt?" the blonde dude lends her his hand, "i-it's okay, i wasn't paying attention" she accepts his hand and gets up with his help, "wait where's my phone?" "here you go" the dude gave saya her phone back, "thank you" she bows slightly to show her gratitude.

"don't mention it, i don't mind bumping into a cute girl" he winks at her as he try to flirt with her, "i-I'm flattered, um..." "the names Ray" Saya stands up and brushes her pants and phone, "it's nice meeting you Ray, my name's Saya, again I'm sorry, i was in a hurry, bye!" she bows again and continues running

"w-wait!... Haah... I should've asked her for directions first" he walks away, now back to Saya, after a couple minutes of running, she finally arrives at his home, she knocks, "hellooo~ Koto you home?" and suddenly the sounds of someone running and stumbling in the house appears, and so does Koto's voice, "y-yes! Please wait!".

And so Saya waits, after a couple more minutes Koto emerges out of his house, "morning" he greets Saya with a morning and a smile, "what happened? You cleaning the house?" "yeah, my parents was partying last night with their friends, again" Koto says with a tired and dissapointed face, and a annoyed tone.

"must be hard huh? Living with a family like that" Koto hasn't been able to live peacefully after his big sister's death, after she died his parents were crushed, they get drunk, make themselves sick, and even stopped working, Koto doesn't have the heart to leave them both so he stayed and worked just to keep them barely alive, with the help of Saya's big brother that is working overseas.

"yeah...but i gotta thank your big bro for helping me, he's been a great help, so tell him i said thank you" "no problemo! So anyway, i found where she lived, she's lives 3 blocks that way" she points on a direction to show him where she could probably be living at, "Moonlight Road? that's actually surprisingly close, do you know where her house is?" "um... I don't know where her exact house is..." Saya looks down and fiddles with her fingers, "...haah... Guess we'll have to ask people, what's her name?" "Yakara Huteboshi".

08:01 AM

and so they walked to the area and asked the locals. some doesn't even know the school, and strangely enough, everyone said the same thing, "Karlan Curse...what do you think they mean by this?". Saya asked koto as she sips her drink, "...i don't know, probably some rumors of the school" Koto answered while eating his meat bun, "huh, well, at least we found her house, maybe she knows something" Saya and Koto walks towards an abandoned looking part of town, there are some stray dogs and homeless children, but that's all.

"...this place seems eerie, better be careful" Koto walks closer to Saya, "what? You being a big baby~?" Saya teases Koto for doing so, "oh shut up, the baby here is you" "sure~" they continue walking and finally arrived at the girl's house, "this is it huh? It seems pretty... Run down" broken wooden walls, holes on the roofs and broken glass windows, it's as if it's going to be bulldozed soon, "i heard this place has been bought by some rich family, and they're going to rebuild this whole part of the city".

"...then the children?" Saya asks while looking at the children that's sleeping on the ground, "...let's meet her" Koto dodges the question, he knocks the door... A couple minutes later, a lady that looks like in her twenties opens the door, "um... May i ask why you're here?" the lady asks, "good morning miss, my name is Koto and this here is my friend Saya".

The lady looks at the both of them, and then asked, "again... May i ask why you're here?" the lady asks again, "miss, are you by chance miss Yakara Huteboshi?" Koto asks while looking at her dead and colorless eyes, "yes... Again... Why are you here" Yakara asks, but this time with an impatient tone.

"miss Yakara, we would like to ask you some questions, may we please come in?" by hearing this, Yakara's eyes widen, and so she asks, "...is it about the curse?" she asks Koto while slightly closing the door, "...yes-" the door closes as soon as Koto answered, "...", "h-huh? Did she just close the door?".

"...let's go" Koto turns around and walks away, "h-huh? Wait!" Saya grabs Koto's hand, "are we really just going to turn away and leave? You know what we saw right? Are you really going to leave her alone?" Saya tries to persuade Koto to keep trying, hesitantly, Koto turns around, "Saya, listen to me, did you see her reaction? She is obviously not comfortable talking about the so called curse, it's better to just leave her alone and just act like nothing happened".

"are you really asking me to forget that horrifying experience?! We almost died Koto!" "That's my point! If we're still trying to deal with this we'll soon be killed! Let's just ignore the ghost and never walk alone at school!" With that said, Saya stood there staring at Koto, "...i can't... " Saya mumbles, "huh?" "...i can't just ignore it, she was asking for help, you saw the article yesterday right? Isn't that just... Sad?".

"..." hearing this, Koto can only stand there, unable to speak, until suddenly the door opens, "you two... come in" and old man was behind the door, looking at them with a smile while gesturing them to come in, "...let's go in" Koto holds Saya's hand and walks in, "uh- o-okay!" and so they walked in, the walls were crumbling, windows gone, and glass shards all over the floor.

"please, sit down" the man sits down on the floor, and the two follows, "you're here to ask about the incident 6 years ago correct?" the man asks them while still putting up a sweet smile, "yes, we would like to know more about the incident" Saya asks the man with a smile as well, "hmhmhm...by the looks of it, you two are students correct? Are you by chance the students of that school?" "yes, the both of us are students of Karlan Highschool".

By hearing this, the man suddenly gets confused, "Karlan Highschool? What school is that?" Both Saya and Koto was shocked after hearing this, "...forget about it, can you please tell us about the incident?" Koto asks the man, while Saya is still confused on why doesn't he know about the school, "yes well..."

A couple minutes later

"...so she wasn't given a proper burial?" "haah... Our family can't even find enough food to make ourselves full, not to mention every single money we had was put into Yakara's tuition, so it's a given that we can't give her a proper burial" hearing his story, Saya was put to tears, "hey come on now... You don't have to cry" Koto wipes her tears and holds her shoulder to comfort her, "i-it's just... So sad...".

"haha... And by your story, you've seen a headless ghost carrying a baby chasing you yesterday?" "yes, we searched about this online and we found some articles" the man sat there, thinking about something, "...so your purpose in asking me about this is?" "we would like to help her, my friend here said that the lady needed help, and to prevent this incident to happen again, we would like to let her pass on to heaven, to pass on in peace".

"and how do you plan to help her?" the man asks Koto with a serious face, "...by letting her meet her daughter, and burning her body to give her a proper burial".

09:03 AM

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