🩸 A CALL IN THE DARK
Chapter 2: Rin Kaito — The Ghost Hunter
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The rain hadn't stopped since that night.
Valencia High felt wrong — like the walls were breathing, like something was waiting behind every locker door.
Adrian and Adriana walked through the school gates together. The air was cold, heavy with whispers.
> Adriana (low): "You feel it too, right?"
Adrian: "Yeah. It's like… everything's watching us."
They didn't know the truth yet.
But it was already watching.
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🕯 Scene 1: The Man in the Black Coat
After class, Adrian stayed behind to clean up the classroom. The sun was gone; the world outside bled orange into shadow.
A faint sound echoed — boots against tile.
He looked up.
A man leaned in the doorway. Tall. Black coat, silver-lined.
A cigarette dangled from his lips. His right eye was covered with a black band.
> Rin Kaito: "You didn't destroy the phone, did you?"
Adrian (startled): "Who are you?"
Rin: "Someone who deals with things your mind can't handle."
Adrian: "You're the guy from the video."
Rin: "Call it a warning. But now it's too late."
Rin flicked the cigarette to the ground — and crushed it under his boot.
Then, with a motion too fast for human eyes, he drew a blade from his coat — black metal, symbols pulsing red.
> Rin: "Close your eyes. Don't scream."
Adrian froze.
A shadow rippled across the ceiling — a shape with claws, crawling down like a spider.
Rin spun his blade in a circle, muttering ancient words.
"Exorcium tenebris…"
The creature hissed — a demon, its face a grotesque version of Marco's.
Its jaw unhinged, drooling black sludge.
> Rin (calmly): "Your classmate never left. His body was taken. His soul… eaten."
Adrian: "What the hell—!"
Rin: "Shut up and stay behind me!"
The demon lunged. Rin slashed upward — one clean motion.
Blood — if that black ooze could be called blood — splattered across desks and windows.
The air reeked of sulfur.
Rin's eyes flashed crimson under the band.
> Rin: "You see now, boy? Your school's a nest. They're feeding on fear. And that phone call? It wasn't random. You were chosen."
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🔥 Scene 2: The Offer
Moments later, Adriana burst into the room, baseball bat in hand.
> Adriana: "Adrian! What the hell—!?"
Rin: "Your sister's got guts."
Adrian: "Who are you!?"
Rin: "Name's Rin Kaito. Exorcist. Demon hunter.
And you two… are about to become my trainees."
He reached into his coat and tossed a small charm — a blood-red sigil tag — onto the desk.
It pulsed like a heartbeat.
> Rin: "Your blood resonates with demonic energy. That's why they called you. That's why you can hear them. You're not normal humans anymore."
Adriana clenched her fists.
> Adriana: "You think I'm gonna believe that demon crap?"
Rin smirked.
Rin: "Then explain why your shadow is moving without you."
She looked down —
and froze.
Her shadow twitched, even as she stood still. The shape's head slowly turned — smiling at her.
> Adriana (terrified): "What the hell is—"
Rin: "Possession, Level One. You've got about ten seconds before it bites your soul in half."
Rin snapped his fingers.
Flames erupted around her shadow, burning it to smoke.
Adriana fell to her knees, shaking.
> Adriana: "What was that?"
Rin: "Lesson one. Believe what you see — or die."
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⚔️ Scene 3: The Training Begins
Rin led them to an abandoned church outside the city — once holy, now desecrated by time.
Symbols and seals covered the stone floor. Candles flickered with black flame.
> Rin: "This is where I train hunters. Don't think you're special — most don't survive the first night."
Adrian: "You're serious, aren't you?"
Rin: "Dead serious."
He handed each twin a dagger etched with runes.
> Rin: "Cut your palms. Feed the blade your blood."
Adriana: "What?!"
Rin: "Power demands pain. No blood, no strength."
They obeyed. Blood dripped onto the weapons — and the air shook.
The blades ignited with energy — one crimson, one icy blue.
> Rin (smirking): "Not bad. You two might actually live long enough to regret this."
Then, he pointed toward the shadows of the church.
> Rin: "Lesson two: Kill or be killed. They can smell your fear."
Shapes began to crawl from the darkness — dozens of demonic silhouettes, eyes glowing red.
Adrian tightened his grip on his blade.
Adriana licked blood from her hand, smirking.
> Adriana: "Guess training starts now."
Rin stepped back, folding his arms.
> Rin: "Show me if the Sanchez twins deserve to answer the call… or if I bury you both by sunrise "