Yu Yu Hakusho Fan Fiction ❯ In the Dark of the Night ❯ Chapter 2 ( Chapter 3 )

[ Y - Young Adult: Not suitable for readers under 16 ]

An=Virginia Foxx is based on the three sisters Leah, Maggie, & Kate Fox .

David Holmes is based on Daniel Home, better known as D. D. Home.

See notes posted before this story for info on these historic personalities..... the notes grew too long so I decided to post them separate than attach them to the chapter and detract from it.

Answering reviewers became too long to have before the story so it's bee moved to the end of it. Warning - the notes are long.... Brief summary Amanda is Kazuma & Shizuru's English-born mother. At the beginning of this story their Japanese father is living with his wife in England. All the sisters will be named in this chapter.

As for whether the Tantai & co. make comments between the entries or at the ends, it differs on how I view it. It it adds to the general feel of the story to end at the entry, there will not be comments from the peanut gallery at the end, only in between.

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Entry 8

By Amanda , during the late winter.

As I stated in the last seven entries, things were quiet for a time. That ended early this morning. It happened as we were sitting at

breakfast. My eldest, Jun, gave a cry of alarm. As I looked over, a ghost was knotting her hair. That in itself was not what broke the prior t

rend. For it has happened before, both Jun and Shizuru, my second daughter, have had ghosts tie knots in their hair on several occasions.But

this morning while the mischief-making spirit was knotting Jun'shair, anotherghost appeared.

All that was seen of the vile spirit was a sickly white hand and forearm.By the size of the appendage, one could tell that it was male.

Afterfrightening off the mischievousone, the new ghost hoisted Jun by her hair more than five feet off the floor!

Admistpoor Jun's screams, I could hear something else. I'm not certain since there was such a ruckus. The entire family was either screaming,

yelling or sobbing. But there was something else that should not have been there.

It was very soft but I swear I heard a man chuckling at Jun's plight!

It dropped her quite unexpectedly while her feet was four feet above the floor. Thankfully, my husband, Shoda, had grabbed aholdof her

legs scant seconds before the hand let her fall.

As I stated in the first entry, hauntings are not new to this old manor. However, all previous were harmless like Abigail or merely mischief-

makers such as the ones that knot the hair.

There is the Lady in White, all she does is walk down the eastern hallway on the second floor. In the attic is a ghostly cat that hisses at

any girl, it's Sir Nickolas, my grandmother hated cats and consistentlykicked him, the poor thing hated all girls afterwards. No one can ignore

the laughing boy in the Solarium, he is never seen, merely heard. There are more ghosts that have been sighted than that.

However, the claws, ghost ball and now this ghosty arm, these are far more hateful than the Irate Monk in the herb gardens. At least

the he only stares hatefully, he hasn't attacked anyone in the 600 years that he's haunted these grounds.

"I don't know about the rest of you but I'm getting hebbies-jebbies." Yusuke grumbled as he rubbed at the goose bumps on his arms. "I cant' believe that a ghost story is getting to me."

Botan slightly frowned as she pointed a finger at him. "That's because this isn't just any 'ghost story', it's a record of what really happened to our missing friends during their childhood." She was not angry at him really, just annoyed that his male 'macho' prevents him from saying how worried he's getting due to the journal's content.

Entry 9

By Amanda , late winter

The attacks are getting worse. Last night we were woken up by a dreadful screaming.It seemed to originatefrom the second floor sitting room.

When Shoda went inside to investigate, unseen hands picked him up and tossed him across the room!

The pale arm appeared at the breakfast table again this morning. It again picked Jun up by her hair. This time it started to yank her up as if

it was flexing it's arm and poor Jun was a weight. Her scalp is so sore right now.

Genkai flipped through a few pages. "The next three entries are the same. Mainly the father and Jun being thrown across the rooms. The mother getting a few more scratches. Ahh, it finally introduces the last two sisters.

Entry 13

By Amanda , last day of winter

The screaming from the sitting room continues during the night. My beleaguered family hasn't much sleep of late. Everyone is suffering from

the lack of sleep.

Until this evening the ghosts attacked only the eldest of my four daughters and my husband Shoda, with only minor incidences happening

to me. The small scratches are nothing compared to poor Jun being tossed about the room!. About five in the afternoon my third-born daughter,

Yoshiko, came into the solarium crying hysterically. All I could make out was Shizuru and the baby were bleeding in the western sunroom.I ran

as I quickly as a could while screaming for Shoda. The sight I saw when I entered the room.... sweet heavens, it was a chilling sight that will haunt

me to the day of my death!

Shizuru was stuck on the ceiling, unable to move except her eyes. It was is if whatever specter held to the ceiling had frozen all muscles

allowing only her eyes to move. I followed her horrified gaze to see where her little sister, Misao, was. To my horror, Misao was dangling in midair.

It was as if some malicious ghost of a puppeteer had attached strings to my baby and using her as a marionette. Her mouth was open but no sound

was being emitted. While both were being held I could see four bloody lines appear on various parts of their bodies. It was as if a ghostly setof claws

ware raking across their flesh.

Do you have any idea how ghastly it is for a mother to see her children in such a plight and unable to help them? I have never felt so helpless.

My daughters needed me and and even with my psychic abilities I did not have the strengthto aid them! When Shoda appeared he screamed "Release

my daughters!". Surprisingly, the malevolentforce did so, although it meant that Shizuru fell from the ceiling and Misao fell from midair. Both of my

dear daughters have suffered injuries from the falls. Shizuru was knocked unconscious and her left arm was broken while Misao's leg was broken.

My father has decided to call in a priest. Shoda called his father in Japan right after the incident. Akira, my father-in-law, boarded a plane

this very night and will arrive in England tomorrow.

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