The truth

“The truth is rarely pure and never simple.”
- Oscar Wilde

Why am I even here? And what was Okazaki talking about? Me, my future. I'm just curious. There is nothing wrong with that, right?
I found them in a playground. What are they doing in a place like this with guns? Do they want to kill me here? Maybe they're psychopaths and I just came here because two beautiful girls looked at me? Have I lost my mind? I signed my death warrant!
"Ah, Shu-I-Chi-kun, you came!"Okazaki waved at me and the others turned towards me too. That's not good, now they know that I'm here. Okazaki pointed at me while said something to Hasegawa - probably about me. Hasegawa departs for me on a straight-line course. Why is she wearing her uniform at night? It's not like I'm against her short skirt and seeing her long legs...

WHAT'S WRONG WITH ME?"Takaki, take off your necklace!" Huh? My necklace? She could see my expression because she continued with a sigh. "You're here to find out the truth, right? You have to take it off. Put it next to you, but don't touch it at all!"I don’t know what had happened with me, maybe the fatigue or Hasegawa’s legs, or the fact that this was the first time she spoke kindly to me, but I took off the necklace that I only took once when I was looking for grandma's clue.

And I regretted it. There were a lot of unknown creatures hovering around us or just waiting for something on all fours. They were ugly and their faces looked like monsters and animals mix.

"It's ..."

Okazaki sat down next to me and I immediately realized it was the boy twin."Are you scared Shuichi?" The boy grinned while he poked my side with his elbow. Then he became more serious. "Don't worry, Chiyo and Tsurugi are extremely advanced warriors, these are nothing for them. And I am here too if they can't handle them. Just sit back and watch!"

I wasn’t calm, and the way those creatures looked at me didn’t help the situation in any way. I just wanted to close my eyes and never open them again."Okazaki-"

"Just call me Naoto. I'm calling you by your first name too because I don't remember the other one." Why do you say this so easily? "Naoto, what ... are these?"

He looked at me out of the corner of his eye. "Ghosts."

I was expecting more than that. Suddenly he became very tongued-tight.Hasegawa took out her two pistols from her hand and handed a knife to Tsurugi, who accepted and took the girl's hand. He turned her palm and cut her hand. Blood glinted and dripped down her hand. She dripped her blood into the two pistols and nodded at Naoto."Shuichi, get ready! Showtime!"

I'm realizing now that until now his hand had been clenched into a fist, which he had now released, and the ghosts had started to come with extraordinary speed towards Hasegawa and Nishikawa. Hasegawa avoided the attacks with a real elegance then shoot in the eyes of the ghosts. Her shooting skill was extraordinary like how Nishikawa said. But that's quite annoying how she is jumping and dodging and her skirt is not moving at all! Ah, but if I mentioned it to any of them they would kill me.The ghosts after a shot suffered and screamed before they disappeared. Nishikawa got a sword out of nowhere, and he avoided the attacks with the same skill as the girl. His blade was sharp enough to cut in half a ghost. I was amazed at the way they fought. It was exciting how they fought differently.While I was watching the battle when a cut-off head appeared in front of my feet, it shocked me. Its face looked like a mixture of fish and frog, and it switched to a man's face for a moment before it disappeared."Naoto!"Hasegawa's voice jarred me, it was sharp and clear from afar too. Naoto and I turned back and saw something behind us. Naoto made a few hand gestures in the air at an extraordinary speed, and cuts appeared in the ghost that disappeared after that. There were only four of us on the playground. Nishikawa tied up the girl's hand and she buttoned his shirt."That bastard! I wish I was in his place!"

Naoto's bandage was soaked, when did he cut himself? He noticed that I'm watching him and he followed my gaze."Just a little scratch. It's not a big deal."

Hasegawa and Nishikawa also stopped by us and the girl also noticed his hand immediately. She crouched beside us to take a closer look.

"Naoto, did it soaked again? Does it hurt? Do you want me to change the bandage?""Yeah, it hurts a lot! I'm sorry to cause you so much trouble Chiyo!"They both stood up to go to her bag."What are you talking about? The most important thing is your health and it's not hard to do it for me at all.""Chiyo you're an angel!"

Oi, haven't you said before that 'It's not a big deal? Nishikawa stared at me while the others left."Do you have a problem?"

Without saying anything, he left me there. Huh, I don't understand this man. But now that those things aren’t here, this place looks calmer. I could fall asleep here. Naoto leaned above me and raised his eyebrows questioningly."Aren't you coming?""Coming where?""We're not done. It's still early."-----------------

I didn't even lay down and closed my eyes my alarm was already ringing. I had been out with them for so long that I completely forgot to pay attention to the time and when I realized it was too late.
"Man, I'm so tired."
Maybe it was all just a dream? A horrible dream, a nightmare. I pull on my uniform and make breakfast for myself and Grandpa when he gets up. Could I dream something like that? I mean, the people were too realistic. And why would I dream about a grim man and a weird pair of twins? The most normal character was a girl with pink hair. Maybe I should go down to the infirmary. I pull on my shoes and closed the door behind me.
"Morning!"

Huh? Okazaki from my dream stood in front of the door. I rubbed my eyes. Great, I'm imagining things now.
"How did you sleep?" If you don't pay attention to it, it will disappear. "Oi, it would be nice if you listened to me!"
I suddenly felt pain in my leg and I almost fell.
"What's wrong with you?"
The people around us began to whisper. 'How can someone talk to a girl like that?' 'Poor thing.' Girl? What are they ...? A cute girl was standing in front of me and she almost sobbed. Naoto! This is his fault! I took Naomi’s hand and started running to the school with her. Before we were there, I pulled her into an alley.