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Fatal Frame Parthenon Claim, 3/10
Title: Green-eyed Ghost
Prompt: Discovery
Muse: Hinasaki Mafuyu
Fandom: Fatal Frame/Zero
Length: 598
Summary: Kirie wants to show Mafuyu how well she's protecting him.
Disclaimer: Mafuyu, Kirie, and everyone else belong to Tecmo.
Notes: Part 3 of a Fatal Frame AU.
The camera flickered out of existence as Mafuyu looked at it. "Don't worry," Kirie said, leaning against his arm. "It will come back."
He supposed that it was something he was going to have to get used to, just as he was getting used to sitting on the porch like he was, with the railing passing through his body as if it didn't exist. Behind him, a blinded woman, blood running down her face, felt for walls that weren't there.
At least things weren't worse. He was keenly aware of the Malice above Kirie, which would have consumed him if Kirie hadn't been - wasn't - protecting him from it. It was why he'd been careful, trying to keep Kirie happy.
"Beloved," Kirie said, "What are you thinking?"
He couldn't be honest with her. He wished he could. "I'm worried about Miku."
To one side of the porch, the blinded woman cried of loneliness and despair. She seemed unable to hear them, however, coasting into a wall to look for her lost eyes. Mafuyu really didn't mind, because she'd come the closest to nearly killing him, if he hadn't been so good at staying still.
"She's not far," Kirie assured him. "You're a good brother, Mafuyu."
He gave her a small smile. "Miku was all I had." Was still all he had, not that he could say that out loud. "I had to protect her."
"As I will protect you, now," Kirie told him. "You're so good at easing my pain, I could never let you go."
"I don't know if anybody besides Miku would come looking for me," he confessed. He hoped nobody would, given Kirie's Malice-influenced thoughts.
Kirie sighed, watching Tomoe-san's ghost coast by. "I've had to protect you once from those who would take you and Miku away."
"You… what?" He forgot that she was leaning on him, nearly springing up before he remembered that she might not take that well.
"I'll show you, beloved. You have nothing to fear." She got up, still holding onto his arm, and took him down the hall. Ahead of them, Tomoe-san retraced her last day of life.
She took him through the hallways, through the walls and stairs, until they came to a room that Mafuyu recognized. It had given him the chills, because so many ghosts seemed to like to walk through it every time he came through.
Ahead of them, Tomoe-san disappeared into the far wall.
"There." Kirie was pointing. Mafuyu forced himself to look, even if he didn't want to.
There was a ghost solidifying, looking away from them, calling their names, his and Miku's. As the ghost turned around, Mafuyu almost lost his balance, having to take a step back, and suddenly glad he couldn't fall in the water. And it wouldn't get him wet anyway.
"Yuu," he breathed. He wondered what would happen with Yuu's girlfriend, what anyone would think when so many of them had gone missing.
"He wanted to take you from me," Kirie said simply. "He saw Miku; I had to act."
First himself, a loss he could accept. Then, because of what he'd done, Miku was bound to this place, too. And Yuu, too, mindlessly spending eternity looking for them. He was discovering how badly he'd messed things up, coming to this place. "He isn't… here, is he? He doesn't remember."
"No." Kirie was looking at Yuu as well. "But he'll be a good reminder to anybody else who thinks they can take you away from me."
Mafuyu shivered, and was glad that he couldn't feel the cold anymore.
Prompt: Discovery
Muse: Hinasaki Mafuyu
Fandom: Fatal Frame/Zero
Length: 598
Summary: Kirie wants to show Mafuyu how well she's protecting him.
Disclaimer: Mafuyu, Kirie, and everyone else belong to Tecmo.
Notes: Part 3 of a Fatal Frame AU.
The camera flickered out of existence as Mafuyu looked at it. "Don't worry," Kirie said, leaning against his arm. "It will come back."
He supposed that it was something he was going to have to get used to, just as he was getting used to sitting on the porch like he was, with the railing passing through his body as if it didn't exist. Behind him, a blinded woman, blood running down her face, felt for walls that weren't there.
At least things weren't worse. He was keenly aware of the Malice above Kirie, which would have consumed him if Kirie hadn't been - wasn't - protecting him from it. It was why he'd been careful, trying to keep Kirie happy.
"Beloved," Kirie said, "What are you thinking?"
He couldn't be honest with her. He wished he could. "I'm worried about Miku."
To one side of the porch, the blinded woman cried of loneliness and despair. She seemed unable to hear them, however, coasting into a wall to look for her lost eyes. Mafuyu really didn't mind, because she'd come the closest to nearly killing him, if he hadn't been so good at staying still.
"She's not far," Kirie assured him. "You're a good brother, Mafuyu."
He gave her a small smile. "Miku was all I had." Was still all he had, not that he could say that out loud. "I had to protect her."
"As I will protect you, now," Kirie told him. "You're so good at easing my pain, I could never let you go."
"I don't know if anybody besides Miku would come looking for me," he confessed. He hoped nobody would, given Kirie's Malice-influenced thoughts.
Kirie sighed, watching Tomoe-san's ghost coast by. "I've had to protect you once from those who would take you and Miku away."
"You… what?" He forgot that she was leaning on him, nearly springing up before he remembered that she might not take that well.
"I'll show you, beloved. You have nothing to fear." She got up, still holding onto his arm, and took him down the hall. Ahead of them, Tomoe-san retraced her last day of life.
She took him through the hallways, through the walls and stairs, until they came to a room that Mafuyu recognized. It had given him the chills, because so many ghosts seemed to like to walk through it every time he came through.
Ahead of them, Tomoe-san disappeared into the far wall.
"There." Kirie was pointing. Mafuyu forced himself to look, even if he didn't want to.
There was a ghost solidifying, looking away from them, calling their names, his and Miku's. As the ghost turned around, Mafuyu almost lost his balance, having to take a step back, and suddenly glad he couldn't fall in the water. And it wouldn't get him wet anyway.
"Yuu," he breathed. He wondered what would happen with Yuu's girlfriend, what anyone would think when so many of them had gone missing.
"He wanted to take you from me," Kirie said simply. "He saw Miku; I had to act."
First himself, a loss he could accept. Then, because of what he'd done, Miku was bound to this place, too. And Yuu, too, mindlessly spending eternity looking for them. He was discovering how badly he'd messed things up, coming to this place. "He isn't… here, is he? He doesn't remember."
"No." Kirie was looking at Yuu as well. "But he'll be a good reminder to anybody else who thinks they can take you away from me."
Mafuyu shivered, and was glad that he couldn't feel the cold anymore.