The Skeleton Woman - Animated Scary Story - Japanese Urban Legend 15

Genki was heading back home afterspending six months away being anapprentice of a blacksmithhis friend elky was with him in the boatas they crossed the river to get totheir villagearen't you tired after the long journeyaoki askedgenki smiledhow can i be i'm happy to finally returnto my homealki grinned that smile must be forsomeone special let me guesstsuki who else genke asked he had nofamily and lived all by himselfin the house next door live sookie withher familyever since they were kids he had been inlove with her she had been heartbrokenwhen he announced his plans to leave butshe knew how important thisapprenticeship was for himyou think she's waiting for you afterall these monthsokay smiling with it suki's familywasn't too keen on her relationship withgenke because he was an orphanbut he hoped his apprenticeship wouldconvince suki's parents that he wasserious about building his futureand so agree to their unionyes genke replied but he realized hewasn't entirely sure tsuki was young andbeautiful and had received manyproposalswhat were the chances she wasn't coercedinto marrying someone her family deemedworthyhe decided to change the subjectwhat if your wife hayumi you must beexcited to see her againaoki smiled sadlyunfortunatelyshe's not welli'm anxious to see herdon't worry she'll recover soonespecially now that you'll be with herwhen they reached the village it waslate at night and silence had descendedupon itgenki threw an easy glance at the housenext to his where tsuki lived hecouldn't wait to announce his arrivaland he wondered if she had received anyof his letterskenke went inside his home and got intohis bedexhausted after the long journey hiseyelids grew heavy and he slipped intoan easy deep sleepit was before dawn when he felt a touchon his armhis eyes flickered open and he saw rightnext to him on the bed his beloved tsukicarrying a lantern adorned with flowersyou came homei've been waiting for you all this timeshe said softlygenkay felt a burst of happiness when hesaw heri've missed you he said i i thought thatmaybesuki pulled away a little and placed ahand on his cheekneveri belong only to you my loveand they spent the night togetherwhen morning camegenki woke up to find the space next tohim on the bed emptyhe frownedwhen he got out of bed he felt dizzyhe steadied himself and sat down againblaming it on the long journey he hadhe got up again and slowly went abouthis daily routinehe found work at the local blacksmithand spent hours waiting for his work tobe over so he could go see suki againby the time he headed homeit was late at night and there appearedto be no sounds coming from her homehe assumed she must have fallen asleepexhausted he fell into bed once more andgot up when he felt a hand on his cheekhe caught the handtsuki you said recognizing her touchyes my love she spoke tenderly genkibrought her closerand they spent the night together oncemorethis went on for several days and eachmorning genki woke up exhaustedand dizzyalki noticed him at the market one dayand remarkedgenki you look illyou look like you've lost weight iseverything all right perhaps you need tosee a doctor and get your health checkedken k shook his headi'm just overworked nothing else how ishayami nowa little better hawazuki his friendaskedshe's finei see herevery dayhave you not asked for her hand yet aokijokedgenki looked perplexed and revealed tohis friend that he saw her every nightand that she would leave early the nextmorning before he woke upthat is peculiar aoki saidand in all this time you haven't seenher during the day timekenkay got quietwhat are you implying he grew defensiveaoki grew closer and threw furtiveglances around themthere's a rumor of a yokai roaming thesepartsgenke got angry how dare you accuse mysuki of being a yokai i will not listento a word against heraoki frowned i don't mean to offend youbut you haven't seen her during the dayhave youk left without another word but later atnight he wondered if perhaps there wassomething odd about tsuki after allwhat is it my love suki askedgenke caught the hand that touched hischesthow about tomorrow we go to the gardenaround nooni'll take a break from work then forlunchtsuki smiledwe'll talk about that tomorrowkenke's suspicions grewthe next day he waited for suki to shopat the gardenbut she didn'ttwo hours later he headed towards herhouse and knocked on the doorthere was no responsefinally he went to his friend aoki andtold him what happenedhow would you feel if i come tonight toyour house he suggested if tsuki comesto see you perhaps i can meet her tooi'm not sure genki saidaoki's sidealright i'll stand outside the house andlook in through the windowgenki wasn't pleased with the idea ofhis friends spyingbut gave in when his friend wouldn'trelentthat night genke couldn't sleep hisfriend had taken up a chair and wassitting outside the housethey were both waiting for suki to comehours passed and both realized thattsuki wasn't going to come after allgen k grew worried and hubsuki was safe[Music]he'd almost dozed off when he felt ahand on his arm he woke up with a startand saw suki sitting on the foot of thebed smilingwhere were you genkay asked i've beenlooking for you the whole daywhere were we supposed to meetwhy didn't you come and find metsuki appeared confusedkinky glanced at the window and saw hisfriend peering at them even in the palemoonlight you could see the shock on hisfriend's faceaoki opened the window wider and criedout get away from her she's a yokaitsuki gasped and stood kenke looked athis friend and then atsuki notunderstanding at first but slowly as ifa trance was being lifted he saw hertrue form her skin melted away showingthe bones underneath her eyes werehollow and her grin wideshe was a skeletondressed as a womanhe screamed and pulled away from hertsuki still appeared confused what isthe mattergenke felt an icy grip on his heart alkyentered the room knife in handstay away from himleave this housetsuki cried out in fear and lefti warned you aoki said she's a yokaishe's been feeding off you which is whyyou've been feeling so tired all thetimeshe would have killed you had the truthabout her not been revealedgenke sat back down on his bed confusedand frightenedhad he really been spending the nightwith a ghostthe next morning he went straight tosuki's househe wanted answershe knocked until the door opened andtsuki's parents came outgenkay demanded to know about suki stillnot convinced that the ghost thatvisited him was indeed hersuki's parents looked sorrowfulshe died the day after you left herfather saidwe forced her to marry someone elseshe said she belonged to you and onlyyouso she drowned herself in the riverkenke was shocked and couldn't believethat his beloved was no morehe walked awayheartbrokenthat night as he lay in bed thinkingabout sookieshe appeared to him once more asbeautiful as evercarrying a lantern with a flower designwhat's the matter she asked softlygenkay looked at her realizing he was nolonger frightenedsuki the woman he had always lovedwas with himdo you remember what happened to you heaskedshe looked confusedyou died you drowned yourself in theriverand ever since you've been roamingaround the living world waitingand searching for mein the moonlight suki turned into hertrue form that of a skeleton womanshe gaspedi don't remember all thatall i remember is youthat morning when we were supposed tomeet i woke up to see that i wasn'tmyself anymoreall i could see were my bonesi panicked and i didn't know whathappened to methen the sun went downand i no longer could remember what iwas afraid ofall i could think aboutwas that i wanted to see yougenki wept into his handsit's better if you left you need to findpeacei can't she criedall i know is i want to be near youi wake up every day and the only road isee is the one that leads to youduring the day i'm all bones but atnight when i come to you i am me againthe woman i used to begenki held her handrealizing that he too didn't want topart from her and an idea formed in hisheadabout how he could be with suki duringthe day toothe next night when tsuki visited him hegave her a presentshe was in her true form no longerfinding the need to hide from her lovershe opened the boxand saw a mask of a womannow perhaps you can come with me duringthe daytime toowe can always be togetherand so the next morning genki walkedwith suki to the market uncaring whatthe people around them were whisperingdespite the mask tsuki held a foldingfan near her face feeling frightenedthere's nothing to be afraid of heassured her i will always remain by yoursidehe hoped he could keep his promiseconsidering he felt weaker every dayit wouldn't be long until he joined herin death's embracegenki passed by aoki's store and saw hisfriend watching him apprehensivelyhe knew his friend must have known thatthe woman he was walking withwas not really a living womanat allalki returned home after workit was late and there was only silencein the villageand nowhis home toohis wife hayami had recently passed awaybut he hadn't told genke about it yethow could hewhen his friend was consorting with theyokaistillhe wondered what he would have done ingenkay's placewould he have turned away his belovedtoo if she returned from the deadwould youa soft voice spoke in the darkelky's heart lurched and he sat uppeering in the darknessa lantern lit up and he received afrightthere in the corner of his rooms at hiswife hayami the lantern adorned with redflowers glowed in her handi've returned to you my love she spokeand then she grinneda deathly grinalki shrieked when he saw the fleshmelting awayto reveal the skeletonunderneath

"The Skeleton Woman"