A Secret In the Fog
#1 of Unakumi
As the night faded in, a camp fire could be seen giving the landscape a small reddish glow, and then a group of kids, teenagers it seemed, grouped around the fire, laughing and smiling, then one, presumed group leader spoke, it was obvious they were abit drunk "Okay Okay, everyone shut up, shut up!" then all of the laughter stopped as one of the females spoke "Oh come on Mark, where just having fun... we are on vacation here.." then the now known mark growled, his bull features glaring out.
"Lisen veronica, just shut up, you shouldn't be happy around these parts.." then veronica, nodded her feline head "Mhm and why not?" then mark grinned "Ever hear the story of Unakumi?" then Amber a wolfess spoke "Who..."
Then Mark continued as he captured their attention "In Ancient times, their was a fisherman named Unakumi... his last name was lost, any relatives were killed for what he did.... and He lived in this very area..." then josh a young lion, with bubbly eyes spoke.
"w-w-what did He do?...." then mark continued "Well, during a time period, people went missing, and the emperor did little about it, then one day.. the princess went missing and the emperor had his samuria search every home for his daughter, and then....they reached unakumi and the village knew little about him, well they went into unakumi's home and what they found was horrible, the people that were missing, they were skinned.
Eaten, their skins used as furniture, and the meat on their bones, were gone, devoured.. and then in the bedroom was the princess, killed and she was obviously raped.... before they could catch unakumi though, he saw them at his home and he ran, and when they found him. he was on the bottom of the river, having tripped and drowned, though many say as they looked at the face of unakumi, his eyes lit up, blazing fire.
Many say that his body may be gone but his soul remains in the waters and whever their is a mist much like their is tonight, whomever wanders off, never comes back.. having been the latest victim of this killer from beyond the grave.."
then veronica spoke "Your bullshitting us man.." then mark shrugged "fine don't believe me, but do not go out in the mist." then he laughed as he went to his tent.
As the night went on, the mist increaased to the point where the surronding was nothing but white, the waters calm. but out in the distance a almost cry could be heard, and as everyone was nessled in their tents. Joey a young kangaroo looked out and could hear a voice almost, "what the..."
he was abit confused and then as he focused on the source of the noise he heard "Wheres my daughter..." then he could hear the sound of crying, as he rose he walked to the source and into the mist.
As joey looked around, he couldn't see much. slashing at the mist to try and get a view and as he took a step, he felt a moisture and realized he was in the nearby lake "fuck.." he said stepping back and then he bumped into something, which he thought to be a mere tree but as he turned he looked up and saw two huge blazing eyes and then joey screamed, back at the camp almost like a siren.
Everyone awoken and got out of their tents, as josh yelled "What was that?!" then one of them yelled "Joey isn't in his tent!" then everyone slowly turned their head to the direction of the mist, as mark saw a figure in the mist, a shadow, mark laughed "Okay good one joey, you can come on out now.." then as the figure didn't move, veronica lowered her ears, abit frightened. "Joey man, cut the shit.."
Then as mark walked over slowly, the fog began to clear and at what they saw would haunt them for the rest of their lives, joey held high, his eye tore out, his jaw broken off, blood covered his fur, his stomach tore wide open, mark shouted out "What the fuck!!??" then as the body dropped, the fog cleared abit more and in the view could be seen two huge blazing eyes, like fire, then as the eyes vanished.
Veronica spoke "w-w-what was that...." the didn't asnwer just keep on looking at where the eyes once were and then the fog increased, soon enough taking up the whole camp. The night went on, and then mark spoke "I ain't staying here, guys pack your things... We are getting the fuck out of here..." veronica spoke in protest.
"What? you fucking moron, joey went into the mist and was killed, that demon saw us but stayed in the mist, why didn't he kill us when we looked right at him?" then mark shoke his head "Maybe he can only travel wherever their is mist, but look around us, the mist is getting closer.. we are going to die if we stay.."
"Yes and we are going to be picked off one by one if we go." said veronica. Then josh added his own idea "It's a spirit right, well in mythology, every spirit has it's weak point.. some you need to confused and some you need to just down right avoid.." then mark added himself "Well this one is one you need to fucking avoid... I say we stay in our tents until sunrise... we all stay in the same tent.." then they all nodded and sat there.
As they stood there, the fog surronded the camp, josh shaking and veronica was attempting to calm the young lion down, a blood-curlting could be heard outside, and then silence took over, amber was near the corner of the tent as a rip was heard.
The others looked around in alarm amber stood their she shook abit and then as mark spoke "Amber you alright..." ambers mouth open as blood poured out, her eyes rolled in the back of her head, mark shouted "Fuck!." then as amber was yanked out of the tent, at such speed she vanished in the fog.
Mark rose "Im getting the fuck out of here!" and as veronica nodded, she grabbed josh's arm, the young lion now crying followed. As josh and veronica ran behind the sprinting bull, josh fell "Ow, Help!" as veronica went back and attempted to pick up josh, whom had feel being entangled by something, veronica shouted "Mark, Help me here!".
Mark stopped and shoke his head.
"Nooo Im not going to get killed out here!!" and turned and ran off, as mark ran the fog seperated and in the middle of marks way was a figure, veronica was able to free josh but was stunned at what she saw, the figure as it levitated to mark, mark froze. Not being able to move; the figure, who's eyes like a never ending vengeful fire, it's skin white, wrinkled and some ripped off hanging by a thread, it was in a cloak that was torn and drenched, water dripped from the figures clothing.
It's hands long and it's fingernails long and sharp. it's hair was long, and stuck to the figures scalp. such monsterous features and as it let out a blood-curtling scream and gripped mark by the throat, as josh shook he grabbed onto veronica "t-thats unakumi....l-lets get out of here!" then veronica was able to grab josh and run away from the figure, as Unakumi lifted mark high above the ground, mark screamed and then with a quick action, unakumi drove his whole hand right through the bulls stomach.
As unakumi vanished in the fog, veronica and josh ran as fast as they could and eventually made it out of the forest, alive and well.
~L.C
Special thanks to cadence wood for helping with the creation of Unakumi.