Revived: Chapter 1
AN: Okay so first things first~ Welcome, everybody to Revived, this was one of my old fics that I posted and took off (yah… I tend to do that) and now I think I'm ready to continue.
I hope you like it. I'm sorry for any grammatical mistakes, I'm not very good but I do enjoy writing. Meanwhile if you do see any obvious mistakes, please point them out. I'm open to criticism that is for the greater good of the story. :D
Disclaimer: Ghost Hunt is not mine, and I'm sorry if characters get OOC I will do my best for that not to happen.
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How boring can this be?! We haven't taken a case in a couple of weeks, so I'm stuck in the office, doing nothing but make tea and organize papers.
By the way, I'm Mai Taniyama, 16 and female. I work for SPR which was founded by one Kazuya Shibuya, but I call him Naru-short for narcissist-because he's a narcissistic jerk. I mean yes, he might have the right to be, being the handsome and intelligent guy he is... But I swear... that irritating mouth of his!
Anyways, SPR is a ghost hunting business, we deal with paranormal activities brought on by ghost, unaware-or-aware-latent-psychics, and different kinds of powerful objects (often times possessed by a spirit of some kind.)
The SPR team altogether is Naru (the one who manages the business), Lin (the assistant), and me (the second assistant).
In most of our cases we are helped by others such as Housho Takigawa (Bhuddist Monk), Ayako Matsuzaki (self-practiced Miko and doctor), Masako Hara (famous Spirit Medium), John Brown ( Catholic Priest/Exorcist), and recently Osamu Yasuhara (High School Student/ Researcher).
On our most recent case many of us had been injured, but fortunately we were all safe in the end. That was the case that Ayako finally proved herself as a powerful Miko and the day Naru showed us a peek of his- previously hidden-Psychic abilities. We also learned that because of his strong abilities, that sucked up his own energy, that it wasn't a very good idea for him to use it. Evident in the fact that he fainted, and was brought to the hospital not soon after...
He's fine now, though he stubbornly refused to stay in the hospital even when the doctor insisted it. Hmph, stupid…prideful...narcissist!
It's been a few weeks since then and every time someone came up to us to ask for a case, Naru rejects them. When I asked all he said was, "I don't have time for their petty problems." I think that's his way of saying that the cases they brought out didn't involve any real spirits. It's hard to tell with him sometimes.
Anyways because of the lack of cases, I haven't seen the rest of the gang in quite a while. I really missed Monk, Ayako, John, Yasu, and even that snitch Masako (it's been that long.)
Looking around the quiet office, I yawned. I had nothing left to do. Except maybe…
Shaking my head I went to the kitchen to make two cups of tea. I turned on the heater and waited for the water to boil.
After fixing the tea and putting the cups in a tray, I headed straight to Naru's office. I knocked a few times and entered afterwards. "I don't remember saying you can go in Mai." said a voice from inside the office. I rolled my eyes.
"Yah. Yah. Just be grateful. I have your next cup of tea." I replaced his now empty cup with a filled one from the tray.
"Leave it on the table." He said in his irritatingly condescending monotone. He was sitting on his rotating chair, a book in his hands. It had very tiny letters and it wasn't Japanese. It's one he seems to like a lot. I've seen him reading it before.
"Mai, go back to work. Don't use me as an excuse to stop working."
"I finished all my work." Hah! Take that Naru. I placed my hands in my waist and waited for his response, a grin in my place.
"Did you clean the office?" He said after a beat. My hands fell and so did the corners of my lips.
"eh- but! You didn't tell me I had to clean the office!" I pointed my finger at him accusingly.
"I didn't know I hired such a helpless person. Do you need me to dictate all your tasks?"
'Grr… I aughta….' I left the office with a slam of the door.
"Stupid Naru... Infuriating... Jerk. Egotistical..." I muttered to myself as I head to Lin's office. He didn't answer immediately. "Lin would you like some tea?" I asked as calmly as possible.
"Come in." He said, and I opened the door to his office. When I got in I found Lin typing in his computer as per usual. I replaced his old cup with a new one, and left after he gave me a nod in thanks.
I left Lin's office feeling slightly lost. Man he's too quiet! I scratched my head, I couldn't even remember being mad at Naru anymore.
I looked around the office and decided that it did look like it needed some tidying up. I swept and dusted all the rooms, including Naru and Lin's offices and mopped the tiled kitchenette. I also washed the used cups, organized the cup drawer, and cleaned the air con filter.
When I was done I headed to the bathroom to change into fresher clothes. It was still too early, for me to leave. With another sigh I made a new batch of tea and delivered them. Lin again nodded his thanks, while Naru just sipped his tea, not even acknowledging my presence. That led to me being annoyed and slamming the door of his office, again.
I slumped into one of the comfy leather couches, finding it very very very… very comfortable...
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(Dream)
"Mai?" called a gentle voice from beside me.
"eh... Naru?" I asked, opening my eyes, only to find a smiling Naru standing beside me. I was obviously dreaming, I deduced immediately. I looked around and saw that we were in a parking lot, and a little bit ahead was a hospital.
"Hi Mai." Dream Naru greeted, it was very rare that I had dreams with Dream Naru and even then it was always when we were on a case. I wondered what was different this time.
"uhmm.. Naru? Is that hospital where we're going to have our next case?" I asked. It was the only thing I can think of.
"No." he said in response. "It's where you'll find me." he said in a serious tone, before giving me an apologetic smile. "I haven't been completely honest with you Mai, and I'm very sorry about that."
"What do you mean, Naru?" I asked, what could he lie to me about?
"Well... For one thing, my real name is Eugene. I'm not Naru..." he said slowly, Looking at me straight in the eyes. The confession brought me to my knees.
"Eh?!" Was all I could come up with.
"I'm really sorry for not correcting the misunderstanding. I just... No, I have no excuse. I was just being a coward. I was afraid of what you would think if I told you I wasn't really Naru." His smile turned sad.
"If you're not Naru..." I paused, I always thought it was impossible for Dream Naru and Real-Naru to be one person, but it was still hard to swallow. I mean, not considering the huge gap in their personalities, the two looked EXACTLY alike. "... Who-who are you then?" I asked quietly. He nodded at the question.
"My name is Eugene Davis, please call me Gene." He paused and then bowed. I instinctively bowed back.
"It's nice to meet you, my name is Mai Taniyama..." I said albeit hesitantly.
"It's nice to meet you too Mai." He stopped looking a bit guilty. "I mean, I hope you don't mind if I continue calling you Mai?"
"Oh. No it's fine." I said, and I meant it. Even if he wasn't Naru, I've known him for as long as I had known Naru. Even if our only meetings were in my dreams, he had always been helpful and kind.
"Thank you." he said with a smile. Then, with a considerable pause he said. "I'm Naru's older twin brother." It took me a while to process that. It made sense, they looked exactly alike! But what didn't make sense was why Naru's twin brother showed up in my dreams even if I had never met him. Actually I didn't even know Naru had a brother. Seeing my conflicted face, Na-Gene continued his speech.
"Up until yesterday I thought I was dead." my eyes widened at that. "I got into a car accident and it led me to fall from a dam. What I didn't know was, I survived. I was brought to this hospital." he pointed to the hospital behind him. It was called Saito Hospital. "All this time I had been in a coma, and woke up only yesterday." he explained.
"So.. Does Naru know you're awake?"
"No." he shook his head. "He probably thinks I'm still dead." I was shocked about how casually he spoke of the situation. Then I thought, well maybe he really had accepted he was dead… then I guess it wouldn't be so surprising. "I would use our telepathy but it's a bit difficult to make the connection." I raised my eyebrow at that, but didn't ask. "That's where you come in." He said with a hopeful look on his face.
"Me?" I pointed to myself. He nodded.
"You're my only contact in the world at the moment. I woke up yesterday but the doctor asked for me to rest again, and I really couldn't argue... They already promised that they'd find a way to contact him, but it might take a while… I really want to see Noll again, and I don't really want him to think I'm dead for any longer." He said with a pleading look.
"Who's Noll?" The name sounded awfully like 'Naru'.
"Ah... Yes, I forgot, he hasn't told you yet. Well too bad." he had on a semi-mischievous look, semi cause for some reason it still looked as kind as before. "Naru hasn't been entirely truthful to you either. His real name is not Kazuya Shibuya... It's Oliver Davis..." he explained. My mouth became like a fish. Opening wide and closing again, I recognized name, it had come up in conversation a lot especially with Bou-san.
"T-the famous researcher?!" I stuttered.
"The one and only." Then he got a bit anxious. He looked at his wrist like he was checking the time, before realizing that didn't really help. I chuckled internally. N-Gene was pretty easy to read. "We don't have much time. Mai, can you get Naru here, please? You're the only one I can count on."
"I- .." I hesitated for a moment, looking at the kind gentle eyes of Naru's twin brother. "Yes… yes, of course." Gene smiled and I was reminded of the first time I had seen that smile.
"Thank you...I hope to meet you in person soon, Mai." He said his smile becoming even more pronounced.
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I woke up feeling my cheeks flushed with red, after all… He and Naru looked exactly alike, including their amazingly handsome faces. Naru's face plus Gene's smile… It really should be made illegal.
"I don't pay you to sleep on the job Mai." A strikingly familiar voice said from nearby. My eyes fluttered for a bit, before opening up wide to take in my surroundings. I was still on the office, and sleeping on the couch. Naru was standing near the screen separating the living room from the kitchenette.
"Sorry." I mumbled, my cheeks brightening further at the thought of being caught. I could see Naru roll his eyes at me, before turning around.
"Going somewhere?" I asked rubbing a bit harshly at my droopy eyes. Naru didn't answer and continued to walk away. "Um.. Do you have to go immediately?" I asked again, this time Naru paused turning his head to look at me.
"If you're so impatient you can go home, just come here to the office early tomorrow." He said simply, staring at me with an impassive look. By then I was already in a sitting position on the couch, playing around with the hands on my thighs. I didn't really know how to address what Gene had told me about. Looking down at my fingers I opened my mouth to speak.
"Uhm… Naru, do you.. perhaps have an older brother? I mean an Older twin brother?"
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AN: Okay! That's about it, this has been sitting in my computer for a long time, and after reading through it once (and editing some) I've decided it's time to post it. I'm sure there are many mistakes in my writing but I still hoped you enjoyed!
Leave a review if you can, I'd like to know if I should or should not continue it. I'm currently finishing and editing the next chapter so it will come out by next week. But no promises. :D
And if someone should be interested in helping me edit, please I would very much appreciate it. :D
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