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Beyond the Looking Glass	By : shinigamiinochi Category: Gundam Wing/AC > Yaoi - Male/Male Views: 1983 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
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Beyond the Looking Glass

Author�s Notes: And the
craziness continues with the Prologue. I�ll be working on the first chapter reeeeeal soon. To answer some questions: �Matsuei� is very
relevant, but I doubt many people will get it until I disclose who the main
ghost is, but it should be pretty obvious. Heero and the gang haven�t shown up
at the mansion yet. They show up after the scientists, way after. That�s one of
the reasons for the dates, so I don�t end up confusing people with my total
disregard for linear events. Also, a couple of people are confused about �The
Darkness�. Anyone who has played Fatal Frame will understand this, but in each
game there is a �Darkness� that kills everything that it touches. It sort of
generic term for the most evil thing you can imagine. There is no male version of
Shrine Maiden, so I didn�t bother trying to come up with another term for it.
Shrine Maiden is just fine. I�m sorry if any of this is culturally incorrect
for Japan,
I�m just going on my own basic knowledge. I have also decided to turn this
story into an original work and make it my Nanowrimo
project this year.

Prologue: Hide and Seek

�� It� hurts. It hurts
so� much� the blood� darkness� you� betrayed me� Why..? You�ll know my pain�
you�ll all know it� the world will hurt� You�ll all hurt�

�� Please�
I�m so scared� the dark� the Darkness� I know I must finish this� I�m so scared�
I don�t want to kill� I�m waiting for you� It� hurts� mother� father� why? You
said that you loved me, you said we would be together forever� you were
supposed to love me� protect me� but it hurts now.

July 3, 1975

�� You can�t catch me!� Midii cried cheerfully as she ran
away from her best friend through the village.

�� Midii, wait up!� Catherine cried, her smaller form racing
to catch up and failing. People watched the two young children run, smiling at
the fun of youth. Catherine loved her friend very much, but sometimes she wasn�t
very considerate. The sun was starting to set and Catherine knew that her
mother was going to worry about her, but she didn�t want to go just yet.

��

�� Catherine Bloom and her mother, Ally Boom, were in Japan visiting
old friends of theirs, the Une�s. They had all met in Germany, but Midii�s father had moved to Japan for
business and Catherine never saw her anymore. They only got to see each other
one a year during the summer and, while Japan was fun, Catherine still
missed her very much. She didn�t want to leave tomorrow morning. Though they
lived continents away, Midii was still her best friend and she hated saying
goodbye. So, when Midii had suggested they go exploring up the forest path,
Catherine, against her better judgment, had said yes. That was the way that
their relationship had always been, Midii would get her to do stupid, dangerous
things even when Catherine knew better. Her mother said that the blonde girl
was a bad influence, but for Catherine, she was the only �real� friend that she
had.

�� The two girls ran up the lengthy forest path, stopping to
gawk at a large owl that was sitting in one of the trees. Suddenly, as they
reached the top of the winding road, Catherine stopped and Midii crashed into
her back.

�� What�s wrong?� she demanded excitedly. Ever since coming
to this tiny town, she yearned for adventure. Why couldn�t they have moved to
some place more exciting like Tokyo?
Instead she was stuck here where nothing happened and the only things she had
to look forward to were the yearly visits from
Catherine.

�� Catherine only gaped as she saw the huge mansion in the
distance. Midii followed her gaze and grinned. She took off running towards it.

�� Midii, what are you doing?!� Catherine called, running
after her.

�� Exploring, dummy!� Midii yelled.
The girls ran up the rest of the way until they were standing in front of a
huge gate that was open just enough for them to slip through. The two of them
stared up at the ancient mansion with wide eyes.

�� Whoa,� Midii murmured. Catherine just nodded, her brown
her bobbing around her head.

�� It�s beautiful,� she said in a soft voice. It was quiet
around the mansion, all forest sounds had died and they couldn�t even hear the
wind. Midii couldn�t believe her eyes. She had lived in this town for two years
and had thought that she had seen everything, but this was just� incredible.

�� We have to go back,� Catherine said in a panic, �my mom�s
probably worried about me��

�� Oh, come on, Cat, we have to go exploring!� Midii
insisted, �When are we going to get the chance again and there�s probably some
neat stuff in there! It�d be soooo cool to play hide
and seek!�

�� Catherine bit her lip. The huge house, dark and mysterious,
scared her, but at the same time, a small part of her did want to explore the
place. No one seemed to live there and it would just be for a little while,
right? She nodded.

�� Alright, but just for a few hours, ok?�

�� Midii grinned and grabbed her friend�s arm, dragging her to
the door which was, oddly, unlocked.

�� This place is awesome,� Midii breathed as they walked
through the hallway of rooms. Catherine hid behind her, worried that the old
house might drop something on their heads or that bats would come
flying out of nowhere. There seemed to be hundreds of rooms in this hallway
alone and she was scared that they would get lost. One thing she would never
get used to in Japan
were the sliding doors that were everywhere in this house. They were cool, but
a little bit strange.

�� Why doesn�t anyone live here anymore?� she wondered out
loud. Midii shrugged.

�� It looks expensive,� she pointed out. Catherine screamed
as Midii suddenly smacked her arm.

�� You seek, I�ll hide!� Midii cried.

�� No!� Catherine protested, scared of being left alone in
this huge, and very creepy, place. �What if we get lost?!�

�� Midii didn�t hear her, already running down the hall.
Catherine sighed and pressed her forehead against the wall. She started to
count.

�� 1, 2, 3, 4, 5��

��

�� Midii ran through hallway after hallway, taking random
turns, but was careful to only stay on the first floor. After a few minutes had
passed, she finally, quietly, opened one of the guest room�s sliding door, wondering at how the door didn�t stick, despite its
age. Even the guest room was large, huge tatami mats
making up the floor. There was a coffee table that was low to the ground and a
wooden barred window in one corner of the room that moonlight was leaking
through, helping her see in the darkness. She headed for the closet and opened
the sliding door. Japanese closets were different than German ones, she
thought. There were shelves instead of hangers and she climbed up on the shelf,
which was only as high as her chest anyway. She closed the door behind her, but
left it open just a crack. She would never admit it to
Catherine, but she was scared of the dark. However, that fear was kind of
exciting, too, so she didn�t mind the dark as long as she could see that sliver
of moonlight on the floor.

�� Midii stifled a sneeze. This place probably hadn�t been
dusted for centuries, she thought, and was immediately nervous of spiders in
the small closet. She rested her back against the closet wall and waited. She
imagined what it would be like, to be trapped in this closet and how horrible
that would be. Stuck in the dark, unable to see if anything
was next to you. She shook her head. Stuff like that only happened in
horror movies, not real life. Besides, Catherine was here and if she did get
stuck, her friend could just get help. The minutes ticked by in the darkness
and fear started to eat away at her courage. She scratched at a cut on her arm,
which was starting to bleed. She didn�t remember how she got it, but it must
have been when she had climbed into the closet. It itched and hurt badly, but
she had scraped her knees more than once and ignored the pain. The old house
made odd noises, creaking and whistling, and logically, she knew that a place
this big and this old would sound strange, but she didn�t like it. She was
starting to think that maybe this idea of hers hadn�t been so great when,
finally, she heard the bedroom door slide open.

�� Midii breathed a sigh of relief. At least Catherine hadn�t
gotten lost. For a moment, she felt panicked. What if it wasn�t Catherine, what
if it was something horrible? But, the footsteps walking into the room were
small and light, those of a child, and she relaxed. She remembered that she was
supposed to not want Catherine to find her, but she still hoped that she would.
She heard the footsteps and the creak of the tatami
getting closer to her, but she couldn�t see who it was yet as they were in the shadows.
Midii smirked. She was surprised that Catherine hadn�t immediately ran towards the moonlight. The girl could be such a scaredy cat sometimes. Midii felt herself relax fully as
she saw brown hair in the moonlight and young girl approached the closet. She
smiled, knowing the game was up, but still stayed silent, wanting to win the
game. She frowned when the closet door was opened.

�� Alright, you caught me-,�

�� Midii screamed.

End Prologue

Ugh, finally I can get to the
first chapter. It�s going to take longer, though.
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