Hello everyone!! Oh first of all
DISCLAIMER: only disclaimer i will do for this whole story cuz I mean it for every chapter, promise. I do not own Ghost Hunt but I wish I did. All rights to it do not belong to me.
Anyway a few things before you start. Ok, I've watched all of GH anime but not the manga. I'm on the part where Mai and everyone find out that Naru's been searching for Gene's body. I'm reading it on but part 3 is not up yet so i was wondering if anyone knows where i can watch it. I sorta know what happens at the end though so I'm not clueless. I just want to read it for myself.
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Ok, back on topic of this story. The story is set five years after Naru left Japan to head back to England but I've changed it slightly. He and Mai got into a big argument before he left and he hasn't seen or heard from her since he left and came back. He keeps in contact with everyone else but he hasn't brought them into an investigation since he left Japan. He still works with Lin and has reopened the same office that he previously owned and everyone is aware that he is Oliver Davis.
That's all for now. If you like it, plz review or review to tell me what you think.
Chapter 1
"What's wrong Oliver?" came the concerned voice of Luella over the phone.
"It's nothing mother, just a new case has arrived," Naru said as he flicked through the university's request, pen in hand to make notes. The case itself seemed slightly unusual.
"Oh, I suppose that means that you're either going to hang up soon or tut and sigh until I finish calling you," the voice sounded Luella and Naru repressed the sigh that had been about to leave his mouth. He knew that his mother missed him but really, he had work to do. He was twenty two; he didn't need checking up on by his parents.
"Naru, when are you coming home?" the question caught Naru off guard. It had always been an unspoken rule between him and his parents that he would stay here until he felt that he could leave everything in Japan and move on. But for now he wasn't ready. For his mother to ask him and use that tone meant she had had enough of barely seeing him. "You said you'd only stay there for a few months when you left but it's already turned into five years. I want you back home and so does your father,"
"I know that Mum but there's so many more spiritual cases over here compared to over in England," Naru started off the main argument that he normally used.
"Yes, yes. So many more cases and they're all so interesting and challenging to your intellect," Luella sounded tired now and Naru could almost see the crease between her eyebrows as she worried, "But there are interesting cases over here as well, honey. Don't forget that,"
Naru remained silent and he heard a sigh come from the other end of your phone, "Well, I'll ring you soon. Ok Naru? But perhaps you could ring sometime and start the conversation," the phone hung up and Naru gazed off into the distance for a second before he put the receiver down.
The folder stared up at him reading in large block capitals 'VLADNA UNIVERSITY'. The file was thick and showed potential to become a very interesting case, at least this was according to Lin and if he said it, it was probably true.
"How'd the call go?" came the bored voice from the computer. Lin like usual was researching the university while making sure that he was packing the right equipment.
"They want me to return to England," he said annoyed slightly, "But…"
"You want to stay here," Lin summarised, "Perhaps you want to see some familiar faces?" came the cautious voice, "Or one face in particular?"
Why was everyone supposedly against him tonight? First his mother and now Lin! He knew that that subject wasn't very welcome right now. He knew his behaviour back then hadn't been at his politest and now he regretted it.
I hate you!!! Those words echoed in his mind over and over again, the same girl's voice over and over. The same face repeated in his mind as those words shouted throughout his head.
"Not tonight Lin." Naru said in a tone that clearly closed the subject but Lin was persistent.
"If not now, when? It's always not now or later. But sooner or later you're going to have to face up to the fact that you loved Mai and screwed it up," Lin shouted at him, his hand slammed onto the desk and he had half risen out of his seat.
"I didn't love her," Naru pronounced slowly, "Anyway she loved my brother, not me," he said before muttering me, "someone she hadn't even met in the real world,"
"What was the last part?" Lin asked.
"Nothing Lin. Anyway about this case. When did they request assistance?" Naru thought back but he couldn't remember having any visits from the university.
"They didn't request us. Bou-san asked us to help out with it,"
"He did. How'd he hear about the university?" Naru thought thinking of the base player monk.
"Some person he knows who's at the university requested him to come and sort it out. But when he went he said it was too big for him to handle on his own so he came to us,"
"Who was the person who asked him. A student?" Naru asked distantly as he skimmed through the information.
"Yeah I think he said they were a student. Something about helping out at his gigs and he owed them a favour,"
"Ok, is everything ready to go?" Naru asked, shutting the case and dropping it onto the coffee table.
"Yeah, I'll just pack it up into the van and we'll be ready tomorrow. The others said they'll meet us at the University. It'll be like a reunion. Eh Naru?" Lin called as he walked into the university.
"Yeah a reunion," he said unenthusiastically, only one person won't be there. He flopped down on the couch, letting his head rest against a cushion and his eyes slowly closed.
Blackness surrounded him as he fell down deeper and deeper into the pits of something he could not describe. It was like a vault of memories but he knew it wasn't, nor was he looking into the past. It seemed like the present but not and then he was in a different place. At a cabin surrounded by trees. He could hear the sounds of laughter coming from inside the cabin but he didn't feel like joining the people whom he considered friends. Not now. Now that he was so close! He heard voices. A small pathway led down to the lake and he followed it. He knew his brother was at the lake and as he ran down the path he felt himself being pushed back. Away! He fought the force and rushed down the steep bank towards the lake side, just in time to see a girl falling into the lake. Mai he called out but it was too late. He was being pushed up back into the darkness.
Now it was different. His vision pitched green and he dreaded to see the death of someone he might know or hold dear. The world tilted and he felt himself falling. His closed eyes opened and he found himself in a room gazing upon himself.
The room was immaculate and tidy. A desk in the middle with paperwork on it with a beautiful garden view looking out onto the mountains a distance away. The room itself was in fact not a room in the sense of an office, Naru noticed. The walls were covered in shelves upon which many books sat in their proper order, the large room was a library. Impossible, I'm going to see my own death, he thought to himself. Rows upon rows of books there were and as he stared around him he noticed himself or his future self look up from the book he was reading to acknowledge somebody's presence.
A girl, no not a girl, a women walked up to him. A smiled twinkled in her eyes and her mouth held a warm smile. She had long brown hair and was quite tall but not as tall as himself. The odd thing about her was that from her build he would have imagined her to be slim but instead her stomach stuck out slightly through the t-shirt she wore. As he watched he saw himself smile in response and he noticed something in his eyes that put him into shock. He couldn't help but notice the way his own eyes followed her as she went over to one of the shelves to pick up a book. The way his mouth quirked up as he listened to what she was saying and even laughing. Is that really me? The girl smiled and walked over to the desk, depositing the book before heading over to another shelf and the Naru viewing the vision watched her curiously. Who was she to make his future self smile like this? Who was she, whom his future self was in… in love with? He stared at her seriously and took in her characteristics, trying to match them up with someone he knew, anyone but nothing came to him. Then with a jolt a question struck at his heart. Does this mean that I'll be over Mai when this happens? He shook his head. That was impossible, he'd always love her.
He took in the scene again, confused. The vision had started off green so who's death was he viewing? He uttered a shout as he noticed a dark figure enter the side of his vision heading towards his future self. A ghost! Naru shouted as he watched it take possession of his body so easily, like it had no trouble breaking through his barriers that he'd erected around himself. This was impossible. He watched helplessly as he saw himself rise up from his chair and approach the girl by the shelves. She turned upon hearing footsteps approach her and her smile grew warmer as she noticed it was him. But then the smile slid from her face as she noticed the malicious tilt of his mouth and the cruelty in his eyes. She backed away from him, calling his name over and over. Trying to get him to return to normal. Not realising he was possessed or if she did she was hoping to get him to focus on her and fight against the spirit. But that method rarely worked.
Fear in her eyes, she opened her eyes to call out but the possessed Naru clamped his hand over her mouth before using his other hand to grip her throat and squeeze. Her struggling increased as he tightened his grip but it began to slow and slow.
NO! I CAN'T WATCH THIS!!!!Naru thought repeatedly over and over in his head as he tried to shut out the image. He focused, trying to get his panic to cease before he concentrated on stopping the vision. On trying to make it stop, to let him wake up.
"Naru, are you ok?" Naru's eyes flashed open and he gasped in as much shock and surprise at what he had just seen. "Naru, what's wrong?" Lin's voice came urgently, making Naru's eyes focus on him until he was fully back in the present. Lin was used to things like this around Naru and he knew to be calm and patient and what questions to help him gather all of the information. "Whose murder was it?" he asked quickly, knowing the signs on Naru's face that it hadn't been a pleasant vision.
"I don't know. A girl, no… a women. She was in a library looking at books,"
"Was there anyone else there?" Lin asked and he got a nod in response. "The person there, did they kill the women?" another nod was all he got and he could sense Naru losing focus on the vision. His eyes trailed away looking dazed.
"Naru," Lin snapped, "The murderer, who was it?"
Naru's eyes refocused on Lin's as if finally coming to terms with what he'd seen. "Me, the murderer was me,"
I love ghost hunt and I actually hadn't been planning to write this story until I finished the three others that I'm currently writing on bleach but the pull was too strong so I wrote this first chapter. I hope you guys like it and please review to tell me what you think. Criticism is welcomed but please be nice. Next chapter is the great reunion of old friends!
