Chapter 27: The Hike
1 WEEK LATER,
Hikoto was sitting on his dorm bed, he puts on big dirty boots and stands up. He thinks to himself,
"It's been a while since Kaito hasn't been to school, i hope he's doing well… especially since… nevermind…"
He leaves his dorm and takes his hiking bag with a water bottle in it and a sandwich just in case.
He jumps on his bike and rides away, he looks at the beautiful view of Tokyo, people walking on the streets, the lights, the sun, the bright blue sky with no clouds… he arrives at the step of a mountain, he looks up in shock,
Hikoto - "Last time i went here, this mountain looked smaller…"
He starts walking up the mountain, he starts sweating like crazy, the sun blazing, the temperature… now being a couple meters above ground. He sits on a bench and starts drinking some of his water… he sighs and keeps on going up. Once he arrives at the top of the mountain, he sees a big eerie dark castle and in front, were 2 masked men in a suit.
Hikoto looks at the castle curious and confused, he slowly walks up to it, one of The Masked see him, he starts walking up to Hikoto.
Hikoto thinks to himself,
"Damn, that's weird… last time i came, there was nothing here, is this like a new tourist attraction or something?… maybe a… antique king castle?"
Hikoto sees The Masked coming towards him, he's shocked by his creepy mask and outfit.
Hikoto - "Hello?"
The Masked walks faster to him, Hikoto realises that maybe, they aren't too friendly so he backs away quickly. However, The Masked take out his kagitsume and twirls it around Hikoto's leg. His eyes widen and he panics, he tries getting out of the kagitsume's grip,
Hikoto - "HELLLLPPPP MEEEEEEEE"
The Masked brings him closer and grabs him by the throat, he looks at them terrified,
Hikoto - "Please… dont hurt… me…"
He tries to get out of The Masked's grip so he moves but one of his fingers touch the Masked's mask and takes it off unintentionally. Hikoto's eyes widen in horror as he sees the Masked's face,
Hikoto - "Oh my… fu-"
His face had no eyes, no ears, no nose or mouth, just pale skin with nothing…
The UnMasked screams on the top of his lungs, although he has no mouth.
He brings Hikoto into the castle quickly…