Summary: Mai and SPR takes many cases. Very few have some secrets... You Never Know What Happens in the Future.
Mai's P.O.V.
Man, It's pretty boring. I yawned. Oops! I forgot to introduce myself. Hi, I'm Mai Taniyama. I graduated high school long time ago due to my too high grades. Anyway, do I have a job? Nope. That Damned Naru left Japan for like, half a year! Anyway, I just hope that...
Knock, Knock, Knock, Knock.
Who the bloody hell is that at this time! Oh well, I am bored so, important or not, I'll answer it. I walked to the door and looked through the peep hole. Oh. My. Double. Fudge. I opened the door and fake smiled.
"Hello, Lin-san, Naru." I said as I bowed. How do they know where I live? I mean- I moved a month ago! "Come in." I said opening the door a bit wider so Naru and Lin can go inside. I closed the door.
What the hell is happening? Why would they visit me? The biggest question is, when did they come back?
"What brings you here, Naru, Lin-san?" I asked.
"We are here to offer you something." Naru said.
"What is it?" I asked. Naru just nodded at Lin. Lin opened the door to reveal the Monk, Masako, Ayako, Madoka and John. They held a banner saying 'Will You Mai, Come Back to SPR?'. I sighed and smiled. Real, not fake.
"Will you come back, Mai?" Monk asked.
"Yeah. 100%." I said. Everyone cheered as Yasu came in with bags.
"Let's have a party to celebrate SPR's reuniting!" Yasu exclaimed. I nodded as Yasu put the bag on the table and took out all the things. Soda, chips, burger, tea, and a McDonalds bag.
"Hold on, lemme change out of my pajamas." I said walking to my room and locked the door. I grabbed a green T-shirt and pants that go to my knees. I took my clothes off and changed into the other clothes. I unlocked my door to see that the party started. I sighed.
"G'Day Mai!" John said in his cute accent. No I don't like him, I just like his accent.
"Hey John!" I said while smiling.
"Aren't you supposed to be in school? It's 8:00 a.m." John asked.
"Don't tell anyone... I graduated." I whispered. John smiled.
"Congrats Mai." John said. I nodded in thanks as Monk handed me a drink.
"Let's all have a toast." Monk announced. Everyone gathered.
"To SPR!" I exclaimed.
I balanced a pencil on my upper lip, like Hinamori Amu when she had homework during summer. So boring! No case yet! Just yesterday, it was a fun party. Naru should be calling for his tea right about...
"Mai, Tea!" Naru said from his office.
Now. I sighed and went to the kitchen and prepared his tea. Man, why won't Naru take one single damn case. I mean that Narcissist won't even take a case from schools nor hospitals. I sighed as the kettle whistled. I quickly made tea and got the tray. I put the cups on the tray and went to Lin-san's bat ca- I mean office. I knocked and heard some faint come in.
"I made some tea." I said as I opened the door. I gave Lin-san his cup of tea. No thank you. I sighed and walked to Naru's sanctuary and gave him his tea. "Here you go Naru." I knew he wasn't going to say anything, so I just hurried out his office. I put my tea cup on my desk and put the tray away.
Ring, Ring. Ring, Ring, Ring
Man, I don't even want to-
RING RING RING RING RING!
It's not that annoying so I'l just ig-
RIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIING
Bloody Hell! Who is it?! I grabbed my cellphone and answered it.
"You better have a damn good bloody reason." I said, irritated.
"Watch your language Mai." A familiar voice said.
"Whoops, sorry John. Is there something you need?" I asked.
"Is it alright if I come by an office with a client?" John asked.
"Hold on, let me ask the great Narcissist." I said and walked to Naru's office. I knocked and opened the door a bit. "Naru, John's asking if he can come by later with a client." Naru looked up from his book.
"What time?" Naru asked.
"Now." I replied.
"It's alright." Naru said. I smiled and nodded. I closed the door and walked back to my desk.
"Yeah, you can come." I said.
"That's great! The Client and I will be there in a few minutes. I'll see ya then Mai." John said and hung up. I sighed and put my phone away. I hope Naru will accept this case! I sighed as the door opened to reveal Masako.
"Hi Masako, what brings you here?" I asked.
"I thought I should drop by before I go to my over seas filming." Masako replied.
"Oh yeah, I forgot. Anyway, John's coming by soon with a client." I said. Masako nodded and sat on the couch. "Would you like some tea?"
"No thanks." Masako replied. I nodded and the door opened again to reveal John and a man in his early twenties. I sighed and went to get Naru and Lin-san. I knocked on Lin-san's door.
"Lin-san! We have another client!" I said. I went to Naru's office and knocked on the door. "Naru! We have another client!" Lin came out of his office and I went to make tea (again). Once I passed out the tea, the interview started.
"I am Kazuya Shibuya, the owner of the company. This is my assistant Lin and my other assistant Mai." Naru said and pointed at us when he introduced us.
"My name is Gray. Gray Tachibana. I come here to ask for you to accept my case." Gray said.
"Will you tell us what's been happening?" Naru asked.
"Yes. I own this hotel in Tokyo. It's that building with a lot of cherry blossom tree in the front. Well, it started a few days ago when these two orphans came to me. Satoshi and Allen. Those two are siblings. Satoshi was able to see the ghost, but Allen can only see their faint outline." Gray started. "The activity happens around them, or a room where the two have been in. Many people have been disappearing and appear next to a tree, dangling from a branch. Others are food at the bottom of the pool... I tried letting the orphans live with me, but... it didn't work. The activity continued. Please, accept my case!" The man is begging. Before Naru can reject, John gave him a photo.
"That's Satoshi and Allen. Satoshi to the right and Allen to the left." John said. I looked at the pic to see two boys.
Satoshi has purple hair, emerald green eyes, a gray v-shirt and beige pants. He looks like he is 11 years old.
Allen looked... unusual. Nothing like Satoshi. He had red-orange-like hair, he wore a blue v-shirt that totally disagreed with his hair and brown shorts. He looked like he was 13.
"We'll accept the case." Naru said. I celebrated in my mind. "Expect us tomorrow at noon. Please prepare 3 rooms. For one room, please have a lot of outlets. Leave the information with Mai. We'll see you tomorrow at noon." Naru went to his bat cave like office and Lin went to his office. Gray gave me a piece of paper, bowed and left. I sighed and grabbed my cell.
"Masako, John, can you help me?" I asked.
"What is it?" The two asked.
"Masako would call Ayako and Madoka and John will call Yasu. The faster we do it, the faster we can go to lunch break." I said. Masako and John nodded and got their cell. I called Monk.
Waiting...Waiting...Waiting...Waiting...
"Hello?" Finally!
"Monk! It's me Mai! We finally have a case!" I said. "Are you able to come?"
"Where's the case at?" Monk asked.
"It's at..." I read the paper. "Sakura Hotel and Resort." I heard a scream.
"I'm coming no matter what!" Monk said.
"Okay. We'll meet at SPR and we'll leave at 11:30. Okay?" I said.
"Okay! Bye Mai!" Monk said and hung up. I sighed.
"Matzuzaki-san and Madoka are coming." Masako said.
"Yasu is coming." John said. I nodded and made Naru tea. Why? Right about now Naru would-
"Mai Tea!" Told ya. I quickly poured the tea in the tea cup and went to Naru's office. I knocked before coming in.
"Everyone but Masako can come to the case. I'm gonna take my lunch break. Bye!" I said, put the tea cup on Naru's desk and left his office. I grabbed my purse and coat. "Let's go guys?" The two nodded.
We sat in the dining area of Wendy's. Masako ordered salad, John just ordered fries and I ordered the baconater's son. "Hey, what do you think Satoshi and Allen would be like?" I asked
"I've met them when they were little. Satoshi is a distant boy. How do I say this... He acts like Kazuya. He never talks to people he doesn't trust, which is everyone but his brother. He says this when people ask why he is so distant to them 'I hate when people betray. No one understands pain I feel. Plus, 99.9 of the human beings on earth don't understand pain I suffer but my brother.'. After that, he walks to his brother. You can always see Allen smiling. When no one knows, Satoshi smiles with Allen. Allen is an optimistic boy who is a bit anti-social. He can be irritable at times, but you can gain his trust if you past his test. If Allen trusts you, Satoshi will stop being anti social and distant to you. He'll smile and act like a normal boy." John explained.
"Has anyone ever passed the test?" Masako asked.
"Two people." John replied.
"Who?" I asked.
"Gray and I." John replied.
"Seriously! What's the test like?" I asked.
"The test is hard. You need to be a smart Anime lover, good baker and good at geography." John replied.
"Oh. Then I might pass. But, I am not a smart anime lover." Masako said.
"It's not anime lover, it's Otaku." I said.
"How do you know?" John asked.
"I started watching anime after Naru left." I replied.
"Are you good at geography?" Masako asked.
"Yeah. I participated in the Geography Bee when I was in middle school." I replied.
"Are you good at baking?" John asked.
"I worked as an apprentice once." I replied.
"You'll pass." John said.
"Why don't we go back to SPR?" I asked. The two nodded and I threw the trash. We got out the fast food restaurant and started walking back to SPR. On our way, we passed by a park. There was a tree. Really tall.
"Ahh!" We heard.
I looked up and my face went from '^.^' to 'O[]O'. A boy fell from the tree and landed on me.
"Damn you cats! Just because you climb trees better than me doesn't mean you scratch me till I fall!" The boy yelled. "Great, Allen is gonna freak when he sees these scratches..."
Wait... This is Satoshi?!
"Satoshi, what are you doing in the park?" John asked.
"Ah! John! Just in time! Do you know where I can find the nearest clinic?" Satoshi asked.
"Maybe you should follow us." John replied.
"Huh?" Satoshi looked down to see me and looked back to see Masako. He reacted like a cat. He climbed up the tree. "Sorry."
"It's alright." I said while getting up. "Come on. I'll help with you with the scratches." Satoshi climbed down the tree and followed us in silence.
"You know Satoshi, Mai knows how you feel." John said. What does he... Oh yeah.
"How would she know?" Satoshi asked.
"Because, she lost her dad at a very young age and her mom died when she was in middle school." John replied.
"Does she hate pity?" Satoshi asked, his voice becoming more friendlier.
"More than ever." I replied. I felt something tug on my shirt. I looked back to see Satoshi smiling.
"You passed." Satoshi said.
"Okay. Your.. cheek is bleeding." I said.
"I'm toast." Satoshi cried.
"What happens whenever you come to Allen scratched and bleeding?" Masako asked.
"As he cleans the cuts, I get an hour of earful, extra five hour earful for being careful and a nine hour earful for arguing with cats and ghost cats." Satoshi replied. "So it's a total of fifteen hour lecture. If you experience it, you'll wanna pull your ears off."
"That sounds like hell." I said.
"Yeah, I even tried to pull my ears off." Satoshi replied.
"Why didn't you do it?" Masako asked.
"If I do, he would extend the lecture for another 3 days. Even in his sleep!" Satoshi replied.
"How does he..." John trailed off. We were finally at SPR.
"Mai, John and I have to go. Bye." Masako said. I nodded as they left.
"Okay Satoshi, just sit on the couch, I'll go get the first aid." I said as I went to the kitchen. I got the first aid and went back to Satoshi. I opened the first aid. "Can you handle pain?" I asked as I took the alcohol. I also got the cotton ball.
"Pfffft, I bet I won't even feel it." Satoshi said with confidence.
"I bet you 10 bucks you'll cry in and scream in pain." I bet.
"It's on." Satoshi said. I got the now soaked with alcohol cotton ball and put it on the cut on Satoshi's cheek.
Satoshi shakes! He shakes harder, he shakes and!
"HOLY MOTHER OF FUDGE THAT HURTS!" Satoshi yelled with tears.
"I win." I said in victory. I cleaned all his cuts. "Go back home. I'll see you at noon tomorrow, okay?"
"Okay, Mai!" Satoshi said with a warm smile and left.
"Who was that?" Naru asked suddenly behind me.
"HOLY MOTHER OF GHOSTS!" I screamed and fell to the floor. "Naru! Make a sound when you move! You almost gave me a heart attack!"
"Can you answer my question?" Naru asked.
"That was Satoshi. He was sleeping in a tree and the cats scratched him like there was no tomorrow." I replied.
"That explained the screaming in pain." Naru said. He walked back to his office. Before he went inside, he turned his head to look at me over his shoulder. "There was a box that came in for you. I left it on your desk." With that, he went into his office. I went to my desk and looked at the box. I saw a note.
Dear Mai,
Remember me? It's me, *********. Remember about your eye?
Well, open the package.
It has something you always wanted.
Sincerely, *********
No way... I opened the package to see a life size doll. It looked like me, but the hair was a dark chocolate color and her eyes, she had a dimple and a scared looked on her face. I put her back in the box. No. I'm not going back. I went to Naru's office and knocked. I didn't bother going in.
"Naru! I'm going home to pack! Sorry if it's early!" I yelled. I got my purse again. I grabbed the box and ran home. By the time I got there, I was so sweaty! I was breathing hard. I put the box down and opened it again. I took the doll out again. it was the same height as me. I changed the doll's clothes to my normal clothes and made her sit. on the couch. I packed two bags. One for me and one for the doll. Why I care?
Because, that doll's name is Maya. Back then, my right eye was stabbed by a doll maker. With that, my eye stopped working. The doll maker replaced my eye with a doll's eye. The doll's eye worked like an ordinary eye, but it made me see things that someone close to me hated. That we always saw, always got scared of and always tried to kill us.
Demons, ghost, invisible monsters, mists and the devil himself.
In exchange, my twin sister was turned into a doll and was kept at that shop no matter what. She wasn't hollow at all. She still had a heart.
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My beloved twin Maya Taniyama was turned into a poor doll against her will.