Authors note: Here we go –so nervous- my 2nd Fanfiction I hope this goes well _ please read and I love you all!
Disclaimer: I do not own Ghost Hunt T_T
Chapter 1
A Picture sat on the edge of my desk.
It was nothing fancy, just a decent sized, subtle wooden frame, however every time I looked at it, it made me smile at the memory behind it.
It was a few years ago now the picture was taken, showing Monk, John, Ayako, Masako, Yasuhara, Naru and myself ,as Lin had offered to take the photo [much to Naru's annoyance!] as the whole group celebrated finishing another case.
A lot has changed now, or should I say there have been a lot of changes over the years, to name but a few: Ayako and Monk FINALLY confessed their feelings for each other [about time huh?] and later got married, they are now expecting their first child together! SOO CUTE!
John returned to Australia for a year to partake in a sort of course at the Catholic Church he now runs, he now commutes to and from to help with cases.
Masako is still working on TV shows and helps us whenever she can, as we got older our relationship is friendlier, I wouldn't call us best friends, but we certainly get on better than before.
Yasuhara has now finished his college course and is able to help us a lot more, however his parents are pressuring him a lot with finding a good job to put his new skills 'to good use'
Lin and Naru….well Lin is still the same, quiet person he was when he left he has eased up a little bit around me and will talk to me now more than he did before. As for Naru….he's been a bit different around me than he used to be, he even says Please and Thank you now! I know I was shocked as well; maybe having found Gene changed him slightly? Or maybe someone kidnapped him and replaced him with a clone. Either way I like the new Naru, though I guess he needs a new nick name now huh?
As for myself, I recently turned 21 and finished my College course in Religion, English and Psychology and am currently awaiting the results anxiously. How did Stupid, Naïve Mai get into College you ask? Well during the time Naru and Lin returned to England, and I was out of work, I had to return to school, and subject to disbelief I am surprisingly not stupid when it comes to school work as I proved leaving with A*'s, A's and B's, although Naru would never believe me…
A knock on the door startled Mai out of her thoughts and she quickly leaped out of the chair, dropping the pen on her new English writing Journal, and went over to the door.
"Hello?" answering the door she saw a post man standing holding a pile of letters along with a large brown envelope
"Good Morning, I have a letter for Miss Taniyama Mai at this address that requires a signature, is this you?" The Post Man asked reading the name on the envelope before looking up at her questioningly.
"Yes that's me, thank you." Mai smiled as she took the pad from the man's hands and signed it quickly before exchanging it with the letters.
"That's great thank you, have a nice day!" the Postman called cheerfully as he looked at the signature and walked away waving.
Mai shut the door and walked back into the seating area, flipping through the pile of letters.
"Was that the postman?" Lin's voice called out causing Mai to jump; Lin smirked and muttered an apology.
"Yes, here's some letters for you Lin." She replied handing him a small pile whilst setting Naru's on the desk for a moment to inspect her letter.
She stared at it for a moment before nervously reaching out to open it and pull out the sheet of paper inside.
Lin watched for her quietly as her eyes skimmed over the page quickly her face growing happier each line until she squealed and jumped up and down.
"Good News I take it?" he asked somewhat amused.
"Great News, I passed my final year of college with the highest mark I could get!" she jumped up and down handing the sheet to Lin who also read it over quickly, finding himself shocked and impressed at the same time, however his expression remained as stoic as ever.
"Well done Taniyama-san." He smiled at her slightly.
"Thank you I was so nervous I barely slept last night."
"What's all the noise and squealing out here?" Naru's voice called from the doorway of his office.
"It's called talking Naru, you know when more than one person is engaged in a conversation?" Mai replied calming down instantly, she still loved her boss a lot but was a lot more grown up in her approach to him, yet he still managed to rattle her chains every once in a while.
Handing him the letters she had placed on the desk she moved back around to her computer, which was bought upon her return after a slight miss hap with the appointment book. The new system was a lot more efficient.
Typing a few sentences on the computer she looked up to Naru who was conversing quietly with Lin in English, at which she rolled her eyes understanding every word.
"Your Parents emailed me again asking why you haven't let them know how you are" Lin said as Naru sighed.
"I've been busy they have to understand that I have more important things to do than email them every waking minute." He replied.
Mai smirked at this but remained silent, her eyes glued to the screen as a name and time slot began to flash warning of a customer due for arrival.
"Naru, a customer should be here soon under the name Dr Tanaka" She called out reading the information off the screen.
Naru gave a nod and walked back towards his room "Inform me when they arrive."
Closing the door he left Lin and Mai in the seating room together, until Lin also headed towards his office.
Hearing the door shut Mai just sat there and smiled before going back to her English journal. She hadn't gotten very far before she heard the two words she should have expected.
"Mai, Tea Please"
She gave a sigh, but couldn't help but smile, before dropping the pen on the pad and sliding the chair back, heading toward the kitchen setting the kettle on the stove to boil. Before thinking about it she found herself pulling an extra cup out of the cupboard.
The sound of the door buzzer stopped her in her tracks and she turned the stove off and walked back out into the seating room, which co-shared her office.
"Come in" she called; the door opened and a lady looking to be in her late 30's poked her head around the door and smiles when she saw Mai.
"Hello I'm Tanaka Mitsumi I have an appointment with Shibuya-san?" she stated and Mai beamed at her.
"Ah yes, come in I'll call my boss, please make yourself comfortable." She beckoned to the sofa while she walked across the room towards the door that lead to Naru's office.
Knocking on the door she heard him call 'come in' and opened the door.
"Naru Dr Tanaka is here to see you." She announced and he looked up and gave a nod.
"Right." He replied standing up grabbing his notebook and walking out the room. "Get Lin Please" he said as he passed her.
Mai gave a nod and walked to the room next to his and relayed the message to Lin who also stood up and grabbed his laptop, and gave a nod at Mai as he passed her. Watching after Lin she went into the kitchen and continued to make the tea laughing quietly at the sight of the extra cup.
Finishing the tea she walked out into the interview where Naru was busy writing notes while Lin typed up everything Dr Tanaka was explaining to them.
"Tea Dr Tanaka?" Mai asked as she sat the tray down on the coffee table in front of them, Dr Tanaka looked up with a smile and gave a nod.
"Yes thank you Taniyama-san, but please call me Mitsumi though."
"Likewise call me Mai, so what brings you here Mitsumi-san?" Mai asked setting the cups of tea in front of the possible client and her boss before sitting back into her chair with her own cup.
"Tanaka-san was just telling us before you came in and I don't see why she should have to repeat herself." Naru replied coldly as he took a sip of his tea. Maybe he hasn't changed that much…
Mai sent him a glare before muttering "jerk" under her breath at which Mitsumi started to giggle.
"I'm sorry, anyway as I mentioned earlier I am a Doctor at a Hospital in Okinawa, I just started there in the summer, it was perfectly normal until a few months ago when something strange happened; all of the beds in a certain ward were turned over and the patients belongings had been thrown all over the place, now before you say anything – the wards all have a security camera fitted into the wall's and we looked at the tape to see who It was and we didn't see anyone the screen went black and not even 5 seconds later they came back on and the room was vandalized, it was then the older staff informed me that things like this have been happening over the last few months." Mitsumi replied ringing her hands nervously in her lap.
"I see, then why only now have you come here?" Naru asked.
"Because the spirits started attacking the patients, we'd hear the patients scream and find them covered in blood with deep cuts but upon search no weapons, two of our older patients died from the attacks and a younger one again just yesterday." Mitsumi explained as Mai gasped at the revelation. "Also some of the older and younger patients have told some of the staff that they have seen men in old fashioned lab coats wheeling patients on very old fashioned gurneys only for them to disappear when they round a corner. "
Naru continued to write on his note pad and Lin came to stop with his typing, all eyes on the room were on Naru waiting for his verdict.
After a few minutes he looked up at the small group before standing up.
"We'll take the case, Tanaka-san please leave the address and details with Mai and prepare a large room for a base and arrange for enough rooms for 7 possibly 8 people and Mai please call the group and inform them of the arrangements, we will be there by mid day the day after tomorrow." With that Naru left the room and went back into his office as Lin did the same.
"Thank you so much, this means so much to me." Mitsumi replied with a bow before she went onto give Mai all the details and told her she would call sometime tomorrow with the rest of the details on lodging.
Upon seeing Mitsumi out Mai returned to her desk and spent the next hour making phone calls to the group explaining the case along with the plan of action.
Mai was giddy on the inside, she was immensely excited to be going out on another case, and she had after all missed this during the 4 years of separation from everyone.
"Mai, Tea!" Naru's voice rang out from his room causing her to sigh but get up and smile anyway. Well I didn't say always did I….
Woooow that's my first chapter of my first EVER Ghost hunt chapter ^_^
I hope it wasn't to OOC and that it was understandable :P I wrote this last night after being hit with an Idea.
Please R&R ^ ^
StrawberryFairy
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