Disclaimer: Do I really have to write one? We all know that none of us owns the awesome story and the awesome characters of Ghost Hunt. *sigh* But I'll do it anyways, *ahem* for everyone that is wondering "I EverlastingRyo doesn't own Ghost Hunt and any of its characters" Happy?
Forever Haunted
Chapter 1: 2 years later
Mai sat up on her bed panting and very scared but not remembering why she was even feeling like that. "What-what just happened?" she whispered in the silence of the room. The silence, comforting and yet something was amiss – and she knew it. Flickers of light were going through her window and at her pale blue curtain. As Mai tried to steady her breathing, her left hand was gripping the blanket (that was covering her torso) until it wrinkled at her grip. Her right hand was on her chest, clutching at it in hopes that it would somehow stop the frantic drumming of her heart.
When it did, however, Mai swung her legs to the edge of the bed and got up. Wrong move. The dizziness that she had un-subconsciously buried at the back of her mind while she was pre-occupied (having a panic attack) resurfaced. Then in mere seconds, Mai was up and running to the bathroom and heaved whatever she had on her stomach, leaving her utterly weak and exhausted.
"Oh, God." she groaned, still tasting the bile on her mouth. She quickly rinsed her mouth to get rid of the aftertaste.
Satisfied, she did her morning rituals; she went to her small but well supplied kitchen, completely bypassing the idea of breakfast she just went to her refrigerator, grabbed the carton of milk and drank from it. Went back to the bathroom to wash her face, brush her teeth and combed her hair. And Mai went to her light blue painted bedroom and eyed her teal covered single bed that was messy from her sleep, so she went and tidied it. She turned her gaze to her window and saw that the sun was already rising on the horizon; she then turned her attention to the digital alarm clock as it informed her that it was 6:00 in the morning but she never heard it go off, she must've forgot to set it last night before she went to bed. For once Mai was thankful for her nightmare as it kept her from being late.
She sighed and went back on getting ready for the day ahead of her; she went to her closet wore her undies and picked a plain white shirt so that she could wear her cream knitted sweater above it and got her faded jean from the closet to go with it. Mai went and sat in front of her vanity mirror to tame her wavy hair that reached the middle of her back into a high ponytail leaving some loose curls to gently frame her face. Satisfied, she got to her feet and grabbed her navy knapsack swung it onto her back and went to her cream painted living room – that was connected to her kitchen/dining room - with a bookshelf at the far back, a medium sized cream couch and a coffee table that was sitting on a dark (almost black) blue carpet in the middle of it and a medium sided flat screen TV - that was sitting on a dark brown shelf-like table that had also a DVD player and a bunch of DVDs displayed on it - in front of the couch. Grabbed her keys on the counter of the kitchen, wore her brown boots, checked if everything was in place and before locked her door. And left for her classes at Tokyo University.
Loving the feel of the morning breeze against her skin, she happily entered the gate of the university. Getting various "Good Mornings" on her way to class, even from the people she completely didn't know but just didn't mind that fact too much, she just smiled as she returned their greetings. Still trekking her way to her to the classroom of her first class, Mai saw someone very familiar leaning against the wall, seemingly waiting for her.