Author's note:
Hello everyone . Do you know that Ghost Hunt series has been continued to the Ghost Hunt nightmare series? It's the sequel of the previous series, with the same author and the same illustrator. The story was one year after the last case. And to make it more interesting, Mai will meet Eugene as her dream guide again. At first, Mai was angry with Eugene because Eugene hasn't moved on. However, the story will revile the reason why. I can't wait to read the whole stories. Well, about my fanfic, the story was before the nightmare series. The original stories belong to Fuyuki Ono. Enjoy!
Chapter 1 – A strange Dream
It has been several months since Naru and Lin left Japan to continue their study at London. Ever since that day, Mai and the gang of SPR still face many cases about the supernatural phenomena. However, it's felt different for Mai because Yasuhara took the role as the boss of SPR in Tokyo. It was still fun, but Mai still felt that she has lost something. She missed the grumpiness of Naru, and the coolness of Lin. And also… She couldn't forget about Eugene, her first and only love. In every case, she always hopes that she could meet Eugene again in her dream. However, a wish is only a wish.
One day, Mai got a job from Yasuhara to write the report of their last cases. But, since the computer was broken, it took so much time to fix it. And because of it, Mai has to work at the office until midnight. And to make it worse, everyone has a duty at that night, so that no one can accompany nor help her that night, even Bou-san. Well, he has a band performance that night.
It took about many hours to do the report. When Mai finished her report, she realized that it has been 3 a.m. There wouldn't be any train at that hour. With a little grump, she decided to sleep at the office that night. Before sleeping, she wanted to drink a cup of tea. However, she couldn't find any sugar left on the cupboard. After searching for half an hour, she found a strange jar with some white powder inside it. She opened the jar and tasted it. It was sweet! Maybe Bou-san or Hara has moved the sugar to that jar, she thought. She put some of the powder to her tea and drank it.
After drank the tea, Mai felt a little dizzy. She was a little wondered because she sure that she had checked all of the supplies in the office yesterday and she had thrown all the expired food and beverage, but she was too dizzy to think, so she decided to ignore them. She put her pillow on the sofa and rested her head on it. She took Eugene's photo from the table and took a look into it. She wouldn't be able to see him again. She put the photo on her chest. Tears began to flow from her eyes. She shook her eyes and looked into the crystal lamp on the cellar. It was beautiful. Naru put that lamp just the day before he left the office. Mai realized that was a spider web on the lamp. She couldn't forgive the spider because she worked hard yesterday to clean the whole office. She raised her hand to shoo the spider, and it did work! The spider left the lamp as her hand touch the lamp. But wait… her hand touched the lamp…? It was too high for her to touch the cellar. Mai looked into her back. She saw her body sleeping on the sofa. It means… she did it again. She did left her body again in her dream!
She was panic! Suddenly, she heard someone's voice. It was calling her over and over. The voice was familiar. She decided to follow the voice. As Mai walked through the window on the office, the scenery was different. She could see dim light flew around her. It reminded her of her moments with Eugene. She kept following the voice. Every step that she took, the more darker the tunnel she walked in. She could feel someone was following her as she followed the voice. However, she couldn't find who it is. She ignored that strange feeling. After walking for a moment, she saw a window. The window has white frame and has a rather big size, which about 1,5 m. She could see a tall man sitting on the table. His hair is black. Mai could see some talisman and 2 big candles. She opened the window to see who he is. However, she felt someone pushed her, so that she fell from the window and landed on the top of the man.
" Ouch…" Mai shook his head.
" Who are you?" The man looked into her.
" I… um… Sorry, I just opened the window… and someone pushed me…" Mai explained as she moved from the man.
" Taniyama-san…?" the man couldn't believe whom he saw.
" Lin?" Mai jumped and hugged Lin as soon as possible, " I miss you so much!"
Lin was blushing, " Taniyama-san…? What are you doing here, in London?"
" London…?" Mai looked at the room surround her. She jumped to the window and amazed of the scenery that she saw. The Big Ben, the big clock which she dreamed every time she read the magazine about England. Mai was very exited.
Suddenly a man entered the room with some grumpiness from his mouth. " How noisy…" he said.
" Em… Noll… I…" Lin tried to explain, but his words have been cut by Mai's scream.
" Naru!" She ran into Naru and stopped in front of him. " No time no see! Wow, you wear those black pajama again? You never change, aren't you? But hey, your hair has become a little bit longer!"
" How noisy…" Naru just realized that the noisy girl in front of him was Mai. " Mai…? How come you are here? And… why are you …"
" Me...? What's wrong with me?" Mai asked.
" Lin, explain what happened in 5 minutes!" Naru stared at Lin and it made him shuddered.
" Well, Noll, I was practicing the summon technique… and accidently, her soul came…" Lin explained.
" Who do you want to call?" Naru asked.
Lin hided a photo in his back, " Em… I can't tell you…"
Naru stared at him once again. Even Mai could feel the tense of the air around them.
" You know, that stare won't work to me any longer! I said I don't want to tell you!" Lin said as he stared back at Naru.
" Stop it, both of you!" Mai shout as she ran into them. " Please don't be angry to Lin. At least, because of Lin, we can meet again, right? I'm very happy to meet you again guys, I really miss you!" Mai smiled at them.
Naru looked at Mai, " Why are you here in this condition?"
" This condition? You mean…. I left my body again…? I don't know… I thought that after the case of Eugene, I have lost my ability. However, this night, after I drank a cup of tea, I have this ability again…"
Naru nodded as he sat on the sofa in Lin's room.
" Well, after that, I heard a voice. It called me, so I just followed the voice. I found a window, and someone pushed me. So here I am!" Mai said.
" Did you call for her, Lin?" Naru said.
Lin shook his head.
" Then… Taniyama-san, do you know who pushed you?" Naru asked.
Mai shook her head. " I don't know… but I thought someone followed me when I was walking here…"
" Oh, I see…" Naru nodded his head, " Then you better return to your body now. It is evening in the Japan now. Your friend will be worried if you haven't woke up yet."
" Um... Do you know how to return to my body…?" Mai asked.
" Eugene has told you the way before right?" Naru asked.
" Yeah… " Mai closed her eyes. She thought of her own body in Japan, in SPR office. Nothing happened. " What's wrong with me…? Why can't I return to my body?"
" Concentrate!" Naru said.
Mai tried once again. She closed her eyes again and focused her mind on her body at the SPR office. But again, nothing happened. " Naru… I don't know what happened to me… Last time I tried it, it worked. But now… What should I do?"
Neither of them spoke. All of them have no idea. Suddenly they heard a tone from Lin's laptop. It was from Yasuhara. He was using Skype to contact them.
" I'm glad that finally you are online now!" Yasuhara said. His face was really pale.
" You looked panic… What happened?" Lin asked.
" Mai…. She… She was in coma…" Yasuhara said.
" WHAT?"
" Yeah… she was overdosed… She drank a lot of sleeping powder. She was holding the twin's photo… I once heard that she missed someone so much, but I didn't know that she would do this…" Yasuhara said.
" So you try to do suicide because of that fool?" Naru asked Mai.
" Sleeping powder? Oh my, I thought that was sugar, so I used it on my tea! OH NO!"
Lin and Naru gave Mai cold stare.
" I just think that, maybe if Naru came here, Mai will wake up. Please… Tell Naru to come here!" Yasuhara said.
" Calm down, Yasuhara-san!" Lin said, " We will go there as soon as possible!"
" I will waiting for you guys! I will go to the hospital with the others now. Please do come here as soon as possible…" Yasuhara stopped the connection of the skype.
" We must go there?" Naru asked Lin.
" Yeah… Perhaps if Taniyama met her own body, she can return to her body!" Lin explained. " I will book for the ticket to Japan now. If you excuse me…"
Lin left the room.
Naru looked at Mai. Mai prepared her mind to get lecturers from Naru. " Mai, stay close to me."
" What?" Mai blushed.
" You said that someone followed you and pushed you into this room. I'm afraid something bad followed you. At least, if you are beside me, I can help you taking care of that bad spirit…"
" Naru…" Mai smiled, "Thank you!"
" I'm sleepy now…" Naru walked to the door. " Let's sleep!"
Mai followed Naru, " Naru, where could I sleep?"
" In my room of course, so that I can keep an eye on you." Naru answered easily.
Mai blushed so hard, " But… I am a girl… For a girl to sleep with a guy in the same room, it's…"
Naru just ignored her and left her.
Mai shuddered, " Okay…" Mai believed that nothing bad will happen to her. It's just that Naru after all.
