AFTER POSTING MY GHOST HUNT ONE SHOT, IN THE MOMENT, I DECIDED THAT I WANTED TO WRITE A LONGER ONE. I'M NOT SURE AT ALL WHAT I WANT TO WRITE ABOUT. ALL I'M SURE ON IS I WANT IT TO BE ROMANTIC AND ADVENTUROUS. I HOPE EVERYONE ENJOYS.
DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN GHOST HUNT OR ANY OF ITS CHARACTERS.
Mai's POV:
~PREFACE~
Fear. Did the word fear even cover what I was feeling at this very moment? I watched the ghostly, transparent figure walk across the room. The closer they came the more I could make out their features. It was a boy. He looked to be close to my age. His eyes were dancing, a small smile played on his lips. His warm smile almost made my fear vanish. He walked right up to me and stopped a few inches from my face. I could feel cold air being breathed on my face. The boy closed his eyes, as if in prayer, then leaned forward to...KISS ME?
-Chapter 1-
"Mai! Tea!" Naru, my young, narcissistic boss shouted.
Sighing, I sat aside the file I was about to look through and stood up. "Anyone else want tea?"
"Bou san, Ayako, John san, Masako, and Hasuhara all agreed. Even Lin san made a small grunt from his office, telling me to count him in.
After making the rich herbal tea, I passed out the cups to the ones sitting in the couches, dropped off Lin san's cup, and left Naru's for last. Mostly to spite him for never asking for his tea nicely. I knocked on his office door.
"Come in."
Opening the door, I saw that Naru was reading a thick volume. As I sat the tea on his desk, I saw that the title was in a different language. "Anything else?"
He shook his head no slightly but before I could turn around, he shut the book and looked at me expectantly. "Did you look over that new case file?"
"I was about to when you asked for more tea."
He pinched the bridge of his nose and closed his eyes. "I gave that file to you over two hours ago. Is the case worth SPR's time or not?" He dropped his hand and opened his eyes, clearly annoyed.
"I would have had time to look it over if you hadn't loaded me down with an insane ammount of paperwork to file away. Also, do you know that you've asked for seven cups of tea in the past couple hours? I really question the size of your bladder sometimes."
"Don't be such an idiot. If you're not going to look over the file, give it to me to look over."
Furious, I stomped out of his office and grabbed the file off my desk. I stomped back into his office and slammed the file on his desk. "There! Happy?"
"Get back to work." He said, putting on a pair of thin, black rimmed glasses and opening the file.
I looked at him, confused. "I didn't know you wore glasses."
He took them off quickly. "I don't. Lin thinks I need them and he says I have to wear them if I read small print."
"But you read all those books just fine without glasses."
"I buy all my books in large print. Also Lin's stipulation. I thought I told you to get back to work."
I sighed at his rudeness before leaving his office in a huff. But not before commiting the picture of Naru wearing glasses to memory. I hated to admit how handsome he was to begin with and he looked even cuter with glasses. Bou san looked at me with a confused expression.
"What were you two fighting about? By the sounds of it, I thought you were about to kill Naru."
"The jerk always puts too much work on my desk and he still expects me to look over all his stupid case files."
"Ya, he can be a bit of a slave driver." Bou san laughed a loud, chest rumbling laugh.
"I can hear you, you know?" Naru said from his office and we both laughed.
"Ya, we know." Bou san yelled back.
"Such children..." Masako whispered, her kimono sleeve covering her mouth.
"Don't be such a downer Masako." Ayako said. "You're young yourself. You need to stop acting like an old coot."
"Like you are?" She bit back.
Ayako blushed bright red. "I'm not old. I'm quite young I'll have you know."
Naru suddenly opened his door. He had put back on the glasses and was still looking at the file. At the sight of Naru in glasses, everyone had to blink twice. I saw that Masako had turned a delicate shade of pink at the sight but no one said a word. "I think SPR has our next case. Is their anyone interested in joining us? It'll be a good one by the looks of it." As Naru spoke, Lin san came out of his office.
"What's it all about?" John san asked.
"There's been some...strange hauntings going on at a traditional inn in the next town."
"By strange?" Bou san asked.
"The attatched letter says...
Dear SPR,
The Guilded Rose Inn has been in our family for generations but these hauntings have only started very reciently. There hasn't been any change to the inn so we're not sure what could have caused the ghosts to begin appearing. From what we can tell, there are three ghosts here. Three boys. One appears to be in his early twenties, one appears to be around eighteen and one appears to be around fifteen or sixteen. The ghosts havn't done any harm to any of us or the inn guests but they have been causing slight panic and fear by appearing in the guest's rooms. The ghosts seem to be expecially drawn to the young females that inhabit the inn. Our seventeen year old daughter is no exception. Mostly, the ghosts will just watch the ladies. They follow them around, and they've even been known to pick up something for the ladies if they drop it or open doors for them. We're sure they mean no harm but their presence is hurting business. Please help us.
Thank you,
Mr. and Mrs. Bara
Everyone was silent as they took in the statement letter. Even I had to admit that it sounded like a great and interesting case. And judging from the way the ghosts behave, it would be a very low risk case. No one would get hurt and we could solve it in peace. We might even be able to converse with the ghosts ourselves and ask them why they're there. After much talk, we all agreed to help with the case. Naru called in and booked three rooms for us. One room for the girls sleeping quarters, one for the boy's sleeping quarters, and one for the base to set up the moniters. Since Masako and I, both young ladies, would be on the case, the girl's room would be filled with sound devices and a camera off to the side.
"I'm sorry girls if it feels like we're invading your privacy but it must be done." Naru said firmly after listening to Ayako complain for fifteen minutes straight on the matter. "Now everyone should go home and get packed. Go to bed at a decient hour cause we're all meeting here at eight o'clock sharp tomarrow morning and driving over to the inn. Mai and Lin, please arrive half an hour early to help load the van with equipment.
"Hai." A said half enthusiastically at the idea of getting up earlier than I had to while Lin san just grunted in acceptance. That man really needs to use more than one sylable when he talks.
I walked home quickly and got ready for bed immediantly. I didn't think I was going to be able to get to bed this early but I proved myself wrong by passing out the second my head hit the pillow.
