Part 1
The van bounced along the track, and Mai felt as though she was on a galloping horse.
"Where are we going anyway?" Mai asked.
"A hotel," said Naru, broody as ever. Mai leant her head on the window, and presently she felt her eyelids droop. Soon she was asleep. Naru glanced at her- he smirked, and continued reading at the file he was holding.
About 40 minutes later, Naru opened the door that Mai's head was leaning on. Her limp body flopped out and landed on the ground.
"We're here," he said, seemingly oblivious to the filthy looks that Mai was throwing him.
"Thanks for waking me."
"No problem. Help the others shift some of this stuff inside." Naru sauntered off inside with Lin, and Mai quickly poked her tongue out at him before taking in her surroundings. They were in a country hotel, with a fast flowing river nearby, and there was a sad air about the place that made Mai feel slightly uneasy. She turned to help John with the equipment he was carrying, and they took it in to base.
After 1 and a half hours, they were finally set up, and everything was in place.
"Mai, tea," ordered Naru. Grumbling about narcissistic tea addicts, Mai stalked out of the room. She was halfway along a corridor, when she saw a girl about 10 years old, clutching a doll.
"Hello? What's your name? I'm Mai." The girl just stared. Suddenly, her eyes went wide, as if she was looking at something behind her. Mai turned round to look.
"There's nothing there. Hello? Where did you go?" The girl had vanished. Absentmindedly, Mai wandered back to base, where Naru was waiting with decreasing amounts of patience for his tea.
"Um, Naru, is there anyone else in this hotel apart from us?" Naru frowned.
"No, it's closed for refurbishment. Why?"
"Oh, I just saw someone. She probably just sneaked in." They were silent for a few minutes.
"Mai, can I have my tea?" Mai slapped her forehead. Naru rolled his eyes.
"Maybe Ayako could make it if you can't."
'No, I can make it," assured Mai, blushing.
"And Ayako wouldn't do it anyway," said Monk, who got an obligatory smack on the head from Ayako.
"Jeez, I was just saying," Monk muttered.
"MAI! TEA!" The stationary Mai turned and fled.
Ten minutes later, Mai returned with the tea, and handed it to Naru.
"Matsuzaki-san, Yasuhara, go take some temperature checks. Mai, you go too," said Naru, still reading a file. The three of them got up and left. Half an hour later, though, there was nothing there. They went back to base.
"Nothing unusual," said Yasuhara, in a cheery voice. Suddenly, Mai felt a cold drop of water fall on the back of her head. She looked up. The ceiling was completely wet where the bathroom was.
"Naru, the ceiling is soaking," she said. They all looked up. Naru frowned. It hadn't been like that when they had arrived. They all raced upstairs to the bathroom. When they got there, the door was shut. Naru opended it and a flood of water swirled around their ankles. The room was absolutely swimming in water- the taps and the shower was on full blast. Mai slipped and fell, and felt her cheeks start to burn. Then she saw the expressions of the other's faces. All of them (apart from Naru and Lin) were wearing expressions of shock. Mai looked at what they were all staring at, and gasped. On the mirror were the words 'GET OUT' written in what looked like blood…