The Haunted Mansion

Hello fellow Ghost Hunters. (: This is my first story and like all of you I fell in love with the characters of this show. This story was inspired after I went on a trip to Disneyland. Everyone knows the Haunted Mansion ride. The ghost bride in the attic of that mansion has inspired this story. Very creepy and pretty much genius, if I do say so myself. I do not own Ghost Hunt, or the Haunted Mansion. Hope you enjoy!

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Tuesday, 4:40pm

Mai tapped her pen against the desk alongside the ticking of the clock. It was almost closing time and Naru refused to let her leave early, even if she had completed all her work and no one had dropped by all day. Mai's slow decent into maddening boredom was interrupted by a soft knock on the door.

"Excuse me," A woman's voice called as the door opened a crack.

"Oh hello! Please come in." Mai immediately greeted. Finally something was happening and Mai enthusiastically showed the woman to the couches.

"Please… My name is Hisa Akiyama and I wish to speak to Mr. Shibuya. It is very important." She looked so distraught that Mai could not deny her.

"Yes, of course." Mai motioned for her to sit then jotted her name down on a piece of paper and knocked on Naru's door.

"What is it?" Mai huffed at the short answer and opened the door.

"There is someone here who wishes to see you. No, she doesn't have an appointment but I think you better come out and see her anyway." Mai's tone was final and she held her gaze on Naru even when he stared at her with cold hard eyes for longer than was necessary. Finally he sighed and Naru took the paper Mai held out for him with the woman's information.

Turning back as Naru shut his office door, Mai studied the woman. She was pale, even paler than Naru. She sat down with her back straight and tense and there was a bandage wrapped around her left foot. Her eyes were glazed and if you watched her closely enough you could see the slight shaking of her hands.

"Would you like some tea?" Mai asked her sweetly. The woman jumped in surprise as if she had forgotten where she was before nodding. The woman was so nervous and Mai really wondered now what she could have seen that made her seek them out.

After Mai handed Mrs. Akiyama her tea she sat across from her and reframed from tapping her pen against the notepad she received from her desk. Mai didn't know what to say to her, so she sat silently and waited for her boss.

Finally Naru exited his office and Lin soon followed carrying his laptop. As they seated themselves down, Naru addressed the woman.

"Mrs. Akiyama, I am Kazuya Shibuya, what are you thinking we can help you with?" The woman paused a moment as she shook Naru's hand. Most people were a little caught off guard by Naru's young age but the look of surprise on Mrs. Akiyama's face was fleeting and she continued to unfold her story.

"Well," She began, looking apprehensive. "I believe there is something evil living in my house."

This is something they had heard before and a lot of the time it was something completely logical that had them thinking their house was haunted.

"What are the reasons for this?" Naru continued to ask.

"It was small things at first. It would suddenly get very chilly in a room, quiet knocking noises, and things would move around, though I would swear I hadn't touched them. At first I figured it must have been because of the house. You see, me and my husband live in a very old house and we're in the middle of refurbishing a lot of it. But then I started to hear heavy footsteps coming from the attic. There is only one room in the attic and it has been locked since the day we moved in. Nothing I've done has opened it."

As Hisa explained, her hands shook more visibly and it was obvious there was something that really frightened her.

"Is that all?" Naru asked and Mai glared at him briefly. He had no tact. Ms. Akiyama didn't seem to notice and shook her head.

"No..." Hisa's voice became slightly high pitched and it shook. "Doors will slam shut on their own just after you've exited a room. I have bruises from the door knobs. And I feel like there is someone watching me constantly and one day while I was upstairs I glanced out the window and noticed a man standing in the back yard. We don't have any close neighbors so it was already odd. But… but," Hisa had to swallow a few times before she could continue. "But then suddenly his head vanished."

There was an eerie silence that followed and a shiver ran up Mai's spine.

"And then he was gone. I thought my eyes must be playing tricks on me. But it only got worse after that." Mrs. Akiyama further explained and her eyes began to fill with tears.

"I was in the kitchen, washing some dishes, when I noticed a chill. It was different from the other temperature changes that I've felt before. It felt like my whole body had been doused in freezing water. Then I heard a woman whisper….. right in my ear. 'Till death do us part.'" A few tears escaped Hisa's eyes and Mai rushed to give her a tissue. She accepted it gratefully and dabbed her eyes.

"I shrieked and dropped the vase I had been washing. It shattered and cut my foot, but when I looked around I couldn't see anyone. When my husband came home that night and found me outside our gate he had to practically drag me back into the house. I told him I was afraid of the house and I didn't want to be there anymore. We began to argue, he thought I was being silly and told me that I was imagining things. But then a hatchet came flying from behind him, narrowly missing his ear and stuck itself in the wall." By now, Hisa had become pretty hysterical.

Mai gasped at the horror and Naru shared a quick glance with Lin.

"Neither of us have been back to the house since." She admitted quietly and a few more tears fell down her cheeks. After a small hesitation Naru shut his own notebook and stood up.

"Ms. Akiyama, we will take your case." He announced. Mai looked at him in surprise. That was quick. "Mai will take down your information and we will meet you at the house tomorrow morning."

"Oh thank you Mr. Shibuya!" She smiled for the first time since entering the office. Naru politely nodded and Mai quickly took down the information before showing Hisa out of the office.

"Mai, I want you to call the others." Naru told her.

"Who?" Mai asked specifically. Naru paused and gave her one of his mysterious and daunting looks.

"Everyone." Mai nodded, determined. This seemed like the kind of case that would need everyone's expertise.

"And Mai, tea." The petite brunette rolled her eyes.

Alright here's the first chapter! I hope you guys liked it and it pulled you in. Let me know what you think! Leave a review!