The eerie mist bares a ghostly child...

The sea brought an eerie mist over the easy town. The smell of salt wafted in the air, and the talk of business set the scene. Ships here, dealers there, God knows whats going on in that direction... No-one really noticed the fog, but what it had to bring...was probably no different...

Throught the passing crowds of busying traders and pirates, a lone dock was not being used marked an entrance. As if the fog itself was alive, it began to shift - retreating back out towards the sea. From the mist's womb, bore the outline of a man...

As the wind kicked up a little, the fog was blasted out...unravelling a young man. Dressed in what at first seemed like robes, he seemily welcomed attention...

His head - kept lightly down, so that his hair covered his eyes. He wore a blank expression, but seemed to frown just a little - as if he had still quite a bit to go.

"Naoto, let's go" said a soft, girlish voice, only to be heard by him. With an accepting grunt and a shuffle from the single strap bag attached behind him, he began to move forward towards something that looked like a bar...

The sudden ruckus, the kid, and a man weilding a sword...who wouldn't be caught off guard. As the kid passed, so did Naoto's travel bag, it having been taken. It didn't take long before Naoto was hot on the kid's tail to. "Umeko! Confront" Naoto said, "Hai!" came back a ghostly reply.

Along the fleeing kid, the light began to bend and ethreal flames began to form. Umeko appeared...

Matching the kid's speed, Umeko followed him up by pulling off something out of a chinese kung fu film - Leaping up the side of the building...

Rendering herself visible, yet still transparent, Umeko confronted the child. "I believe you've taken something of ours..." She said, her arms folded across her chest. "Hand it over..." Umeko added with a disgruntled voice, replacing her hands onto her hips. A small leaf floated down, passing through her body.

Naoto, a small distance away...

The kid vanished, leaving a surprised ghost behind. A stunned look on her face. "Umeko-san...find anything?" Naoto called out, stopping in his tracks. Umeko shook her head snapping out of it, "Well that kid was here a second ago, but he vanished. I thought he was like me, but he gives off a life aura. I don't know where he is now..." She replied poking her head from out over the rooftop.

Naoto swore under his breath...

Before they were about to give up, since they were new, the sudden scream caught their definite attention. Both Naoto & Umeko turn into the sounds direction, and head that way. Umeko bounding over rooftops, Naoto covering the ground and slowly falling behind.

Umeko spotted the boy first, leaping in to tackle the kid. While crying out, she forgot that she couldn't touch anyone. Umeko fell through the boy, hitting the ground with a thud but making no sound...

She began to rise saying "ch-cha..." in pain. Naoto now caught up...

"Just give it back..." Naoto said justly....