Chapter 1
Strange occurrences
A cool and somewhat sunny day for the December month especially if the Christmas is near, week's away. What a fine day to go outside and enjoy the scenery. But not so good for the certain girl named Mai Taniyama she works in the paranormal research team named Shibuya psychic research, who deals in paranormal phenomena (obviously stated in the name of the team) led by a narcissistic, but handsome 17 year old Kazuya Shibuya.
"Why do I have to stay here all day?" Mai said through gritted teeth, crossing her arms to her chest in front of her boss who's completely ignoring her and looking at the files.
"And why do you always ask for the most obvious thing?" still not looking at her
'it would be rude to just yank off the paper or should I say his precious files of off his hands but really he's even more rude by not looking at me' unknown for the said girl she's pouting.
"What are you thinking Mai?"
"Does it even matter?" this response made the said boss to look at his assistant
"No, it doesn't really matter"
" because you won't listen or even consider what I'm thinking at the current moment, you're only going to listen to what your hearts content and that is TO ANNOY ME!, and Oh IT MADE ME WONDER if you have a heart" stomping of her feet and immediately head out, not noticing the smirk forming on his boss' lips
"That is exactly my point Mai; you're smarter than I've credit you for"
The said girl heard it and opened the door with a loud bang
"Only now you realized how smart I am!"
"It's because you're always acting like an idiot" smirking and shaking of his head as If disapproving.
"Well sorry for acting like that!!!!" now tears are starting to form on her eyes
This made Naru stand up and walk in front of her
"Hey are you crying?" trying to hug her but she just pushed him away.
"I'm not…."
"And the thing that makes you wonder?" hugging her although this time she didn't protest.
"Hmm…" she's still sobbing in his chest and soaked his shirt.
"If I have a heart" this made Mai looked up.
"Yeah, what about it…"
He looked down on her with soft eyes and eyes filled with love; this made her heart beat faster.
"How in the world am I going to Love you if I don't have a heart? Smiling genuinely in front of her..
This time Mai cried not the tears of sadness or anger but the tears of joy.
"But why didn't you tell me before that you love me?"
"Mai, it's because it's obvious" he's now smirking but holding her tighter to his arms.
"Is it?" smiling
"Yes"
"So??"
"If I don't then why am I going to..." he trailed off and stared past Mai. But still not releasing her
"What Naru?" she looked from where he's looking and she's shock to see a girl with long black hair with blue hair band and blue eyes. She's wearing a pink kimono with white flowers in it and she's holding a blue umbrella and a pouch.
"AhHm... Sorry to bother you but the door is opened so I let myself in. I'm sorry it seems that I interrupted something." She looked upset and at the same time tightening her grip at the said umbrella
"No, no… we're just discussing something, so what exactly is the matter?" motioning for her to sit down
"Thank you, I'm Sayoko Minomori, I'm a student of Endo High school and I'm here as their representative."
"You mean the exclusive school for rich and smart students?" Mai's eyes are widening and had this twinkle in her eyes.
"Mai, tea"
"Yeah, yeah…." Walking of and heading into the small kitchen
Naru's
"I am Kazuya Shibuya and that girl is my assistant Mai Taniyama and the other one is Koujo Lin" sitting across from Sayoko.
"Well, nice meeting you Shibuya-san" bowing her head slightly.
"So what it is that you want?"
"well you see…"this time Mai came out and put the cup of tea in front of Naru and Sayoko and herself standing at the couch that Naru is currently sitting.
"A lot of strange happenings are experienced by the girls in the girl's bathroom" she shut her eyes. "And the sight of the piano teacher playing in the music room"
"What about that?" ask Mai confused
"You see there's an axe in her head and blood is dripping at the back of her head"
This made Mai turned a little pale and she clutched the tea cup tight
"Is there anything else?"
"Yes, there's more"
"At the school's library, when the clock strikes at 6 pm some says that there's this librarian that doesn't have eyes only hollow. That is wailing and shouting that "you get out of here"
"We got used to this and ignore the happenings and returned to our new dormitories before 6." She sipped at her tea with sad expressions in her eyes
"You see the real problem is. Students are starting to disappear and the parents of the students are questioning us, they don't believe that it's the ghost that's acting because of some family background they have.
"Is there any other reason why they didn't believe?" Naru said acting indifferently.
"Yes, most of the parents came from the same school the Endo high school that's why they know about the school and they don't believe that it's the ghost because they said that if it's the ghost then shouldn't they experienced this before?, that made them doubt the school's security."
"I don't see why we have to take the case if it didn't hurt the students" Naru said
"That's not all, as I said before. It's in the past, they're more violent now! And there are a lot of murders but we can't find any traces of the attacker and as I said the security is pretty tight"
"Very well then, Miss Minomori, I'll take your case and please inform your headmaster we will need a room for the base and a place to sleep for 7 people"
"Understood"
"Mai, contact the others we're leaving in 8 o'clock sharp" standing up and heading towards his office
"Hai..."
"I'll be taking my leave now, Miss Taniyama…" smiling at her
"Yeah, see you later and you can call me Mai, if you like" smiling hugely at the black haired girl
"See you later Mai-Chan"
After Sayoko left, she hurriedly sat down at her desk and dialed the phone numbers of their co-workers.
The very next day….
'Shit I'm late again. It's already 8:15 and I'm sure Naru will kill me' running as fast as she can for she seems to have so much energy in the morning (well that's because she slept too much)
"She's late again?" said by the medium whose standing next to Naru. She is Masako Hara the medium.
"What if something happens to her?" said by the monk whose leaning against the van who earned a smack at the head
"Stop thinking such things, monk!" crossing her arms to her chest and another fight breakthrough. John Brown the priest is trying to calm the two adults.
"Stop acting like a child, you two."
This made them stop and went into opposite direction
It is already 10 am and no sign of Mai is showing up, they tried to call her but no one is answering this made them worry even Naru.
"What do you think happen to her?"
"Let's go check her apartment" Takigawa was about to go when Naru told them that they should go.
"What!" Ayako who was about to slap Naru
"Pull yourself together Ayako, nothing will happen to her" Masako said while looking away.
"Let's go"
Endo High school
"Welcome Shibuya Psychic research team" a guy wearing an archery uniform said
"And you are?" Takigawa said
"Oh sorry, I am Satoshi Kei, I am the vice president of the student council here and on behalf of our president who is currently busy I'm here to take you to your base" Satoshi said with a huge smile on his face.
"Well then"
They walked past a garden with a full bloom of roses and some cherry blossom tree, and after the long walked they can now see a huge somewhat like a mansion.
"This is where the offices are located" they walked past a fat guard with a mustache
"The first floor is where the finance office and registrar's office are located, this is the busiest place here in the entire building, on the second floor the one that is located here is the junior high, middle school and high school and university office of the student council and their own conference room"
All the SPR team well except for Naru and Lin was shocked to see such a huge office building
"On the third floor" they we're now in the elevator going up to the third floor "this is where the headmaster's office is located and also the master control room, that is we're you'll be having you base.
When they arrived at their so-called base, they were so shocked because there are lots of monitors hundreds of them.
'So that's why?'
"Well then, is it ok if we proceed to the other buildings? Or would you like to go first to the dormitories to settle down your things."
"I would appreciate it if we settle down our things first" Ayako said with much enthusiasm
"Is that Ok? Kazuya" turning to look at Naru
"How did you know my name?" narrowing his eyes, this made the others to turn and look at him and realizing that he's the only one who have introduce a while ago.
"Oh yeah, no offense, I've met a girl earlier this morning and she told me that she's one of you and she described all of you for me" smiling at them Kei said
"You've met who? Masako said confused
"Mai" they all turned their heads to the one who's speaking and that is Naru
"Huh?"
"Yes, she's the one who told me"
"Ok, let's go now" Naru said while walking towards the door
Outside
This is the building for the locker rooms of the clubs, and that way is the old dormitory
After a long way, they arrived at the dormitory..
"This is the girl's dormitory" there at the gate stood a girl wearing a black kimono with dark butterflies in it.
"Sachiko, take care of them please."
The girl named Sachiko only nodded and motioned for the girls to come with her
"Hi. I am Sachiko Sawaki, I'm the head of this dorm" smiling up at Masako and Ayako
"Hello, my name is Ayako and this is Masako"
"Hello, Nice meeting you two, I'm going to leave you two alone and If you have question, just go downstairs and I'll be there." they we're standing in their room
"Uh, excuse me, but do you know someone by the name of Mai?
"You mean the one who is with the president, yes I happen to meet her, her things are inside."
"Oh, ok. Thank you"
At the base
"So, Mai is with the so called president" said with confused priestess sitting in one of the office table.
"Yes, it happens to be that way" Takigawa said with the look of –isn't it-obvious- kind of look
"Well, who is this president? Masako said
"Well, she is the grand daughter of the headmaster here, and she's a complete beauty" Yasuhara said who happens to pop out of nowhere
"Yasuhara"
"What? I'm here because of Naru's request to help out" grinning wildly while looking at the monitors.
"It's more like an order" Takigawa snickered
"Shut up monk"
"What's with you?" rolling his eyes that earned him a slap at the back of his head by the furious priestess
"Well, you're annoying to start with." Crossing her arms to her chest
"You two are being annoying and start acting like true adults" Naru stated as a matter of fact surely it's getting on his nerves, without his tea, or should he say his Mai, wait shook that thought off. Unknown to him the said girl suddenly burst in from the door.
"Hey, sorry I'm late" the said girl looked like she was running from some time now, her hair is disheveled and her shirt is slightly out of place considering that she only wears a miniskirt and a spaghetti shirt with her sling bag with a key chain of a pig stuff toy.
"You made us worry!" Takigawa quickly take her into a bear hug.
"Can't… breath" Mai said while trying to get out of the tight grasp from the monk
"What we're you doing? Made us so worried like that?" Ayako who is slightly glaring at the now frightened girl at the back of the monk.
"Don't worry Mai, I'll protect you from the witch" putting his hands at his hips.
"What did you say?" john and Yasuhara are restraining the now furious Ayako from hitting or killing the now cowering monk at the back of Mai's back. Mai only sighed.
"Mai, tea"
"Yes, boss" Mai is halfway through the door when she suddenly heard Naru
"Don't even think that I'm done with you" with that Mai sighed again and this cause the others to look at him and to Mai with pity in their eyes even Masako.
'Why do I always end up in trouble?'
After placing the tea cups into the tray, she immediately went out.
"Mai, how did you get here? And why didn't you answer all of our calls? Ayako said
"Uh, when I was going in the office, I happened to pass the girl, Sayoko-Chan and she said if I would like to have a ride with her" she looked away blushing
"And why didn't you tell us?" Takigawa said in a brotherly way
"My cell phone's battery is out"
They all sighed, there's no point in arguing if she has a valid reason
"And why are you with the president?" Masako said
"Who's president?"
"The people here are saying?" john said with a smile on his face
"Then who is with you?"
"Sayoko"
"Then Sayoko is the president"
"What!" Mai's eyes are huge and she can't believe what she is hearing
"You don't even know that?"
"From what I know, the grand daughter's name is Sayoko Minomori, 16 years old and the president of the student council; she's a very talented student here." Yasuhara said
"Oh" everybody is surprised especially Mai, who earned a smirk at the boss. A knock on the door interrupted their little conversation
"Hello"
"Sayoko-Chan"
"Sorry Mai-Chan, for not telling you"
'It's ok"
"Now let's begin" Naru stood up and sat at the nearest couch, holding a file and motioning for Sayoko to sit down across from him.
"So, Minomori what are the incidents here that happened awhile ago."
"Well, first is the haunted dormitory, the old dormitory for the teachers. There's this story that there was once a teacher who happens to hang herself in the ceiling of her room. Some of the students seen it recently just a week ago, they saw her at the dormitories room, another is a group of boys we're ghost hunting and they wanted to sneak in and go to the old dormitory to prove that it's not true, but after they came out, they were covered in scratch but they said it was due to their running the creepy part is they saw the whole thing, the scene is repeating in front of their eyes."
"What Happened?"
"The one that happens to the teacher the hanging scene, when the teacher is going to jump with the rope on her head and it's repeated to them thousand times."
All of them we're shocked and couldn't utter a single word.
"Is there more?"
"Yes there is, you see the school is quite old, it's just been maintained that's why it looks new."
"Would you mind telling us what you know?"
"Of course"
"There is a church here located at the school campus"
"Where is this church?"
"That is the thing that we don't know, some of the students tried to searched it but some of them never came back" she said this with grim look on her face.
"So if you're smart enough you wouldn't look for it"
"You say some?" Naru said narrowing his eyes
"Yes, some of them came back"
"Are they here?" Lin said questioningly it seems that it's getting interesting for him.
"No they're not, they're at the insane asylum" she looked at them sadness in her eyes
"What?" all of them are in a state of shock, what the hell happened to them to be in an insane asylum
"Yes, they are all there; they've been saying strange things that we don't exactly know?"
"Can you give us the files of these students?"
"Sure, no problem"
"Can we get an interview of the students?" who've experienced or scene supernatural or strange occurrences, and also tell us about something"
"What is it that you want to know?" smiling up kindly but the look in her eyes are sad
"Was there more?"
"Yes, almost every building, and please be careful and the killings of students here"
"We already know that" and with that the said girl went out and said goodbye.
