A/N: I don't have anything to say but to enjoy and that I do not own Ghost Hunt!
That one little girl
Chapter 1 ~ Her appearance
Naru sighed and stretched out his arms over his head.
He knew that he should be leaving the office, he should have left hours ago, but he also knew that he didn't want to deal with this last file tomorrow.
Yawning he turned his attention back to the computer screen.
In these kinds of situations he would give anything for a cup of Mai's tea, but his assistant has left for the day already, around the time he also should have left.
He typed on for a few minutes before losing concentration, due to the lack of sleep. Giving up he decided to drink some water to wake him up.
So he stood up and left his office, which he knew the others secretly called lair.
Just as he was passing the offices main entrance he heard a knock on the door. Thinking it was Lin that forgot something, like his keys or laptop, Naru walked over to the door.
With a few swift movements he locked the door open and opened it, just to be surprised that a little girl was standing in the doorway. He was about to ask the child what it was doing there at that time of night, but didn't get the chance to because as soon as the girl saw him she feel unconscious. Naru caught her just in time, right before she hit the ground.
Because it would be pointless to try waking the girl, that was probably just as exhausted as he was, he laid her down on the couch. Naru straitened himself, ready to end his work, but his body didn't seem to agree with him.
As his legs gave out under him in exhaustion he caught himself by grabbing the arm of the armchair he was just passing. At this point Naru let out the second sigh of the night and heaved himself up into the armchair.
Going through his options he quickly came to the collusion that he would have to sleep for at least a while if he wanted to continue work anytime soon.
With the third and last sigh of the night the CEO of the SPR fell into a dreamless sleep...
Lin was worried, really worried. He knew Naru stayed at the office over night...again, for the third time in a row to be exact. Lin also knew that Naru was being a little reckless with his health by working so much nonstop, but that wasn't what was worrying him. The thing that was making Lin uneasy was the fact that Naru hasn't responded to any of his 6 calls.
Of course some people just ignore their phones when they are working, but Naru was quickly annoyed by the ringtone, which is why he always picks up.
Worried sick he stormed into the office, taking notice of the unlocked door and feared the worst when he saw that Naru was peacefully sleeping in one of the armchairs. He let out a sigh of relief, not only because Naru was safe, but also because now there was now no reason for Madoka to kill him.
"Mister, be really quiet please! The other Mister is super duper tired." Lin suddenly heard a voice whisper from the kitchen. He turned in the direction of the voice just to see a little black haired girl, at most 5 years old, standing in the entrance of the kitchenette.
She had a pair of very dark brown, almost black eyes, and was wearing a white dress with black shoes. All in all she looked really adorable.
"Who are you?" Lin asked. The girl tilted her head to the side as if thinking about who she was.
"...Akemi. My name is Akemi." She answered after a few seconds.
"And your last name?" Lin asked on.
This time he received a shrug as an answer. "i don't know. Better said, I don't remember." she explained.
Lin let out a sigh, just like Naru did hours before, and looked at the girl for a few more seconds before turning towards his office. "Wait here." He said and disappeared into the room. A few minutes later he appeared again with a teddy bear in his hand. Akemi's eyes lit up at the sight of the bear.
"You can play with this as long as you're quiet, okay?" Lin asked. Akemi nodded in understanding and Lin handed her the bear.
When he saw that she was not making any noise he left for his office, but left the door wide open so he could hear what was going on in the offices "living room".
About 15 minutes later Mai came into the office. She was 5 minutes late and awaited the usual "you're late", but was surprised to see Naru sitting in an armchair, sleeping well a little girl was playing with a teddy bear at his feet.
"And who might you be?" Mai asked the girl setting her things down and sitting down in front of the girl.
"Akemi. Miss, what is a last name? The man from before asked me for it, but I don't know what he means." Akemi asked.
Mai giggled and tried to explain what Lin meant, but failed. With a sigh she gave up. "Why don't you ask him when he wakes up?" Mai asked jerking her thump in Naru's direction.
"Okay." Akemi answered with a nod and jumped up to her feet.
"Hey...Mister...wake up..." She whispered well poking Naru's ribs. Suddenly Naru's eyes opened and he curled himself up into a ball, so you couldn't see his face.
"Eh..." Akemi wondered.
"Eh! I'm sorrwy!" Akemi shouted as soon as she saw his shoulders starting to shake, thinking he was crying. But her apology just seemed to make it worse because the shaking worsened immensely.
"Naru, what's wrong?" Mai asked. Instead of giving his assistant an answer he stood up and went into his office, slamming the door behind him.
Unnoticed to the girls worried on the other side of the door, Naru almost broke down laughing. Well poking his ribs Akemi poked a spot that Gene use to all ways poke to make him laugh on pictures. It is the only spot where he is ticklish.
"Mai tea." He commanded after calming down. A few minutes later the door opened and Akemi came in carrying a tray with two tea cups. Naru gave her a short questioning look when she set down the tray and climbed onto one of the two chairs in front of his desk.
"What are you doing?" Naru asked her.
"Drink some tea first. I hope you don't mind that I made it." Akemi said with her "baby accent".
Naru took one of the cups well Akemi reached for the other. A little unsure Naru first only took tiny sips to make sure that it didn't taste weird, but took bigger sips as soon as he realized that it tasted really good, even better than Mai's tea.
"So...how did you end up here yesterday night?" Naru asked.
"I don't know. I can barely remember my own name. And well we're at it, what is a last name? Miss tried to explain, but she seems to be very bad at it..." Akemi answered with her own question.
Naru smirked shortly before explaining, "A last name also called family name or surname is a part of a person's name which has been passed, from one or both parents to their children.
I would say that most people in Japan have a family name and given name, a first name.
In many countries the family name is normally the last part of a person's name. In other countries like Japan or China, the family name comes first. You normally refer to a stranger or in a formal setting to someone with their last name. For example people that don't know me very well call me Shibuya, well people that know me better call me by my first name, Kazuya."
"Alright Mister Shi-bu-wa. No, Shi-bu-ja...Come on!" Akemi complained, stressing the "O" in on. "I'm sorrwy, I can't say your name wright..."
"You can think of a nickname for me." Naru replied with yet another sigh. He watched Akemi's head tilt to the side well staring at him, searching for a fitting name.
"Papa!" She suddenly said.
"No way." Naru replied immediately.
"But why?" She asked.
"I'm not your father." Naru answered.
"Then who is?!" Akemi asked frustrated.
"I don't know." Naru answered quietly with a certain softness in his voice.
Akemi stood up and glared at Naru. "That's exactlwy what I mean." Akemi said. "I don't know anything about my family, I mean how should I? I don't even know who I am! I had fun meeting you daddy, good bye. I hope I have a quick death on the streets!"
She was about to rip open the door when Naru grabbed her arm, twirled her around so she was facing him and picked her up. "Let go of me!" Akemi screamed but Naru didn't even move a muscle. "This is against the human wrights or whatever it's called!"
"You know, you're a pretty clever for a 4 year old." Naru said.
"I'm 5! And what does this have to do with letting me down?!" Akemi yelled.
"Your temper is worse than Madoka's." Naru told Akemi in a calm tone.
"I don't care, I don't know her so how should I know! Now let me down!" Akemi growled.
"Akemi, can you do your dad a favor? Could your put the pencils, and whatever else you are letting float, down?" Naru asked.
"What are you talking abo-... Papa, they are coming towards us!" Akemi started to panic and struggled to get out of Naru's grip.
"All you have to do is calm down." Naru explained.
"I can't!" Akemi screamed.
"Close you eyes Akemi." Naru commanded.
"But-" She started.
"Just do it!" Naru said a little harsher.
Reluctantly Akemi closed her eyes.
"Now focus on my voice." Naru said. "Just my voice, okay. There is absolute nothing to be afraid of. I won't let you just run out and kill yourself like that, you understand?"
Akemi gave a short nod. "Hey dad? Can I call you daddy?" Akemi asked.
"Fine, under two conditions. You help Mai make tea and you should please not call me that when I give you a sign. Alright?" Naru asked.
Again Akemi nodded. With that he set her down.
"Before you go, why start with this daddy thing?" Naru asked.
"Because mommy!" Akemi said and ran out of the room.
"Mommy, mommy, guess what! Daddy said yes!" He heard Akemi say.
"Mai, you owe me 20 bucks." Naru then heard Lin say.
Deciding that he had heard enough Naru closed his office door all the way.
Him and Mai the "Mom" and "Dad" of a little, sweet, innocent, crazy, clever child... Seems like his life just got alot crazier then it already was, and he thought before Akemi came that that was the limit...
Omake
"...In many countries the family name is normally the last part of a person's name. In other countries like Japan or China, the family name comes first. You normally refer to a stranger or in a formal setting to someone with their last name. For example people that don't know me very well call me Shibuya, well people that know me better call me by my first name, Kazuya."
Naru watched Akemi's expression turn confused.
"What is it now?" He asked annoyed.
"What is Japan, China and these countries thingies?" Akemi asked. With that question he turned to the wall and banged his head against it.
Author Notes:
*WALLPALM*- When your hand isn't enough...lol...
Ha...
So, I have a question: Who should Akemi meet next?
A: John
B: Ayako and Takigawa
C: Masako
D: get closer to Lin
E: Madoka
or F: Yasu
just put your favorite in the review leave (I don't mind if in your review the only content the letter A,B,C,D,E or F)! Thanks!
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