Ok, ok. This is my first Ghost hunt fanfic. So correct me if I get any characters' name wrong. I am just trying out a story I thought might go well with this anime/manga. So if you have any tips or corrections, please inform me. Well here goes nothing.
Disclaimer: I do not own any rights to Ghost hunt or their characters.
Ghost Hunt File #9 "The bridge os sighs"
Part 1 "Return to work"
"Naru, tell Mai that I get to make the tea today!" Masako complained.
"I'm sorry Hara-san, but I would rather have Mai make the tea," Naru said, while reading over a new case that was sent into SPR.
"Why does she get to make the tea? It's no fair..." Masako's voice drifted into a whisper.
"I am used to Mai's tea. I do not know what yours could be. I'll try it some other time, but right now I want Mai to make the tea. Now hush so I can study over this file please."
Masako 'humph' in response. She walked back over to the rest of the group gathered by Shibuya's bed. Mai walked over to the table that was set up near the bathroom door. She sat the tea pot down in the sink to add some water to it. She sighed as she remembered the past few days. Naru had been possessed by a spirit and then displayed his own power in a cave. The cave had been an area where they thought that many other spirits were being controlled. They ended up not being able to do anything as there were too many spirits attacking for them to do anything. Until Naru stepped up and released his own powers at the altar. After that they headed back to where they were staying, but before they could get 100 yards distance from the cave Naru had collapsed. And that is pretty much how they ended up here in the hospital.
"Mai. Where's the tea. Hurry up and make some. I am getting a little impatient having to wait for my drink," said Naru.
'He didn't have to put it so bluntly did he,' Mai fumed.
"So what is this new case that you received?" Asked Bou-san
"This case is about a fishing boat that is believed to be haunted by dead fishermen. The owner says that in the past six months eight fishermen have died while out fishing. All from accidents of unknown causes." Naru stared blankly at the file in front of him. The pictures showed the fishermen in gruesome positions. All eight of the men died in a horrible way. Either came out in pieces or in such a mangled way you couldn't tell if they were a giant fish or human.
"Most of the men appeared on the bridge some how. Either dead or maimed or in pieces," stated Naru calmly. He waited to see Mai's reaction to the information he had just said. Of course Mai gasped and tried huddling herself in a ball while standing up. Naru sighed and continued to tell them the rest of what was in the profile. Mai finished making the tea and started to fill everyone's tea cups. After finishing the talk about the new mystery for them, they talked for a bit and finished up their tea before they headed home. Mai stayed behind to clean up the mess that none of them seemed to notice that they left behind.
"Mai... It's ok if you leave. The nurses will clean this up when they come to check in on me," Naru said.
"No. It's ok, really. I can do it. I have nothing better to do at home." Mai replied.
"Well if you insist. I just thought you might have needed some sleep. You look tired." He went back to reading the file over again.
'Wow. He actually considered something about my personal health.' Mai thought to herself as she finished cleaning up.
"Well I'm off then. Take care Naru." She opened the door to leave when she heard Naru say something.
"Did you say something?"
"Huh? Oh I just said sleep tight. Can you leave now? I like to sleep alone." Naru put the file down on the night stand next to the bed and turned off the lamp.
"Eh... Sorry." Mai closed the door and left for home.
The next day Naru was released from the hospital and he returned to the SPR center. When he arrived with Lin, the Client was waiting for them along with the rest of the group. Naru sat down in his chair. He looked around at his fellow colleges and then the client.
"As you have heard from me our client is saying that his boat is having problems. Eight crew members have died in the past six months. Now will you give us more details on these 'accidents' before we go any further." Naru stared at the client with almost a deadly gaze.
"Ah, yes. Where Shall I begin?" The client pondered through his thoughts for a bit. The client, also known as Mirosho Haruka. Mirosho is a part time fisherman, but he mostly is working in his seafood stand that is near the bay. He had recently bought the boat for a very good price from someone from America. He however did not know that his crew would die off at such a high rate.
"Well first of all I would here strange moaning or sighing noises when I was on the bridge at night. I just thought it was the wind or something else. Maybe like the boat was creaking or groaning from the different strains it was receiving from the ruff waters. After about 1 month of having the boat a crew member had died. His foot got caught in the net and we tried to pull the net back up from the water quickly. When we towed in all of the net. He had just vanished. Since it was dark we couldn't really see anything. So we turned on our search lights and started looking for him. After about three hours we gave up. When I walked back up to the bridge to look out over the horizon I saw him lying there dead. His body was in the most awkward positions. I will not give any detail for it was just too gruesome." Mirosho was fidgeting and playing with his hands a lot when he told the SPR group.
"Anything else?" Naru was getting impatient. He wanted to know everything now, so he could assess the situation properly.
"Yes there is. Each time before one of the crew member died. He had a very long stroke of bad luck. He would get sick, cut his hand, injury or strain a muscle. The last crew member had burnt breakfast, lunch and dinner. And there was also a storm that followed the bad luck. During those storms is when they would die." He stopped moving his fingers about for a second, as if he was thinking.
"Hmm... So that means we will need to go out to sea if we are to be able to analyze anything." Naru thought hard as to how there could be a safer way for his group. Especially Mai. As she seemed to be the most likely target. He remembered all those cases where she was attacked. He didn't know why on some of those either.
At the boat they unloaded their equipment. They had to make sure everything was tightly secured on the boat. There was sure to be a storm during their investigation. Naru was unloading some cameras with Lin when Mai dropped a monitor.
"Oops. Sorry about that Naru, Lin. I'll be back with a trash can to put the pieces in." Mai ran down into the boat to go find a trash can she could bring up. Bou-san looked on at the mess that was on the dock. He was wondering what happened. Usually Mai never drops any of the equipment. After they loaded and secured their equipment they started to get their own luggage onboard to their designated rooms. It was a pretty big boat at that. It had 16 rooms plus the captain's quarters. Each room could hold two people. It had two tanks to hold the fish. Masako had just come back up from unpacking her belongings. Naru walked over and told the others that had finished unpacking to come.
"Hara-san, have you noticed any spirits here?" Naru asked demandingly.
"Yes I do sense spirits. There are quite a few too. One is even a woman. Although I have no idea why she would be here. Her spirit presence is twice as strong as the males'." Replied Masako.
"Hmm... I wonder is she anything to do with the death of the men aboard the ship for the past six months. Well we will find out soon enough." Naru walked of to go down stairs to check on the equipment they had set up in one of the rooms. Mai had just come aboard after cleaning up her mess with her luggage. She walked to the door to go into the hull of the boat. When the door suddenly swung open and she was pushed off balance. She started to fall backwards tell she hit the railing on the side of the boat and flipped off into the harbor water. Everyone rushed to the side of the boat to see if she was ok. They didn't see her come up for a bit and started to get worried. All they saw was her bag. When she finally surfaced and grabbed hold of her bag the group side in relief. One of the crew members threw her a rope and pulled her to the boat. They hoasted her the deck and then went back to their business.
A/N: Well here is the the first chapter. If you ask me now.. Expect the updates to be kidna of slow. I'm working at school and having to put up with some other things.
Please review. Flaming is allowed. Just because some people will flame me even if i tell them not to... Yeah the chapter is kind of short, but hey. Stick with me ok. I'm just working out the kinks in my story right now. I might post some more edited versions to replace old chapters.
I do like when people give me ideas and point out grammar or spelling mistakes. Just so I can improve my stories a little at a time.
Well I hope you liked, even if it ended at an odd point