Anna cowered and shivered as she sat on her couch. She hugged her knees as she looked to the corners of her house. They ... Were everywhere. No, are everywhere.
She opened up her laptop and started searching...
What if you start to see monsters ?
Many results start to show...
She starts reading and she starts to read certain keywords like, they are can be also known as curses.
She starts to make a next search.
How to kill curses ?
She clicks on the first link. She sees a hotline and makes the call
Anna : ....hello... ?
" Hello. How can I help you ?"
Anna : erm... Is this the place to call... If I see ... Curses ? Monsters.
" Curses. Yes. Need help exterminating them ? Is this for you ? Or a friend ? Or a family ?"
Anna : me...
" Text me the address. I'll come take a look. "
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Four hours later...
* Knock knock. *
Anna opens up "... Hi ? "
" Oh... You. That's a pleasant surprise. Didn't think this would ever happen. *Laughs a little* kind of a good day. "
Anna : you are... ?
" Of course you don't remember. Invisible guy who wears spectacles. Always the only subject you would laugh at. He would never, get a girl ?"
Anna: .... Asahi.
" ping ping ! " Asahi takes a peep into the apartment " haha... Quite a cluster in there. Many tiny ones. Hmm..." He takes a look at Anna " nope... Then... Why ?"
Anna ; what are you talking about?
Asahi makes a call " hello ~ "
Reimi : what ? Not free. Come on ! Do better !! Ugh. These are my proteges.
Asahi hangs up the call and calls someone else instead " yo ~ "
Ririro ; asahi ?
Asahi ; remember the popular girl Anna in our class ?
Ririro : um hm.
Asahi : she needs help. Need you to pop over. Could you ?
Ririro : mmm... Ok. Will take till at night.
Asahi ; ok. I'll take care of tiny ones. But they'll keep coming.
Ririro : okie. See ya
- beep -
Asahi makes his way in, takes out a cursed blade and slices them . They disappear into nothing.
Anna : arigatou.
Asahi : no need. They'll keep coming back. So I'm calling a professional.
Anna : so... This is your job ?
Asahi ; yes.
Anna : so... You kill these things ?
Asahi ; not the big ones. I scout out the potential sites. Give it a grade, call the professional ones. Most of the time... I do more of what I enjoy.
Anna : I see.
Asahi : remember you see those tiny knife keychains?
Anna : yes ?
Asahi ; those are my hobby makes. I make cursed weapons for the organisation.
Anna : I see. Gomen. For... Last time.
Asahi seats down on the couch " eh. Want some food ? I'll go get us some. Will need to wait some time before she reaches. "
Anna ; ... I'll get it.
Asahi ; you stay. You can see those things. It scares you isn't it ?
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Asahi brought the food back " dinner. "
" Arigatou. " They ate together and chatted a little while. Not during their school days. But more of what they did, nowadays. He didn't exactly laugh much at what she talked about. He was just nice about it and told her what she wanted to know and asked her some questions as well to get the conversation along.
Anna : I guess... You turned out ok now.
Asahi ; yes. I did.
Anna : the you now and last time... I guess I was wrong to compare you then and now... I mean you are...
The door knocked at this time and asahi goes to open it " ririro. Finally. Trying to get me scolded ?"
Ririro : gomen...
Anna ; you called her ?
Ririro walks in and took a look. Curses were piling up in corners and increasing slowly . She then looked to Anna " you never could see them right ? "
Anna : no.
Ririro : alright you tiny ugly things. I give you permission to feed on me.
Hehehehe. Those things laughed.
Anna hid behind asahi.
The curses charged towards her. Within seconds, she was buried by a big black mass.
Anna : ririro !
Asahi ; relax.
With one blade slice, she walked out of the black mass with some still attached on her.
*Bomb !* A tiny explosion exploded the mass. It revealed a dagger stabbed to the floor with a string attached to it.
Asahi ; I guess those things to work better than my cursed blades.
Ririro : just attached a seal paper to it. Becomes a bomb.
Anna ; you used a bomb at my house ?! What if I died ?! What if we died ?!
Ririro : relax. That won't happen. Now... Still want to attach to me ? Or want to die ?
The curses jump off and disappeared on her own.
Asahi ; you care too little. Should have destroyed those too.
Ririro: since when could you see the curses ?
Anna ; ..... ..... I think.... A few months ago.
Ririro : .... Bought anything suspicious ?
Anna : no. I'm not an idiot. I just woke up one day, and I could see it.
Ririro ; did you ever almost die ?
Asahi : asked her that. Didn't.
" still coming... But not to this room... " Ririro heads towards where the curses are gathering again. She ignores them and heads towards its presence. She reaches a box with special carvings. One with seal carvings on it. " Where did you get this ?"
Anna : it's a gift. From one of my model jobs. I get stuff after I complete jobs. It's normal.
Ririro : it has carvings on it.
Anna : I was doing an Egyptian theme . I had to wear this for the show. They let me bring it back after. Said, because I did a good job. Wait... Are you saying this thing is making me see ? But I didn't see it on that day. No curses.
Ririro opens it up and takes a look at the necklace. It had a teardrop ruby in the middle. She picked it up and took a look and saw some inscribed seal writings " hmmm... "
Anna : so ?
Ririro : let me take this from you. It might solve your problem.
" take it. Just take it !!" And anna suddenly was pulled her underground, " aaaaah !! "
Ririro turned her head around and saw asahi pulling onto both anna's arms. Anna was sinking into the shadow. Ririro sees the black long hands that wrap her legs. She ran over and stabs her long blade into the shadow .
The hands release Anna , but when ririro turns around, the shadow hand picks up the necklace and shrinks back into the shadows and disappears.
Anna was now unconscious.
Asahi; Anna. Anna !!
Ririro ; let's bring her back