My first Ghost Hunt fanfic! I love this anime/manga and I couldn't help but make a story. Reviews/comments/criticism is accepted!
I DO NOT OWN GHOST HUNT!
Chapter 1: Higurashi Mansion
Beep!
Beep!
Beep!
The brown haired assistant of the narcissistic Naru woke up at the sound of the alarm. She looked at the alarm clock located at the bedside table on her left side and saw that it was 11:15am.
"WHAT?" she yelled. She got off of her bed as fast as she could. She was late, once again, what would her boss think about her? She got dressed, brushed her teeth, put her shoes on and ran out to work. She's lucky enough to be living just a few blocks from SPR office, if not, who knows what time she'll get there.
SPR office..
"Where's my Mai?" Bou-san asked. The whole team was there already, they were just waiting for Mai before they leave for the new case. They finished loading up the van with all the equipments more than 2 hours ago. Bou-san was about to ask his boss, Naru, when he saw the brown haired assistant.
"Mai!" he called out to the running girl.
Ayako, Masako, and John turned their heads toward the girl and saw her. She was panting when she got there, hair messy, and out of breath.
"Mai, what took you so long?" Ayako asked.
"My.. alarm.. clock.." she said in between each breath she took.
"My poor Mai" Bou-san said and gave the tiny girl a bear-crushing hug.
"Can't breathe, Bou-san" she told him.
"It's time to leave" Masako told the trio. Naru gave Mai a very scary look and got on the van. 'Sigh… I thought he would change after he came back from England' Mai thought. She was about to get in the van when Ayako pulled her towards Bou-san's car. She was sitting behind Bou-san, who was driving, and right next to him was the priest, John, and behind was Ayako, who was right next to her. Masako was with Naru and Lin at the van.
"Spill it, Mai" Ayako ordered.
"Spill what?" Mai asked innocently.
"What's the real reason why you're 3 hours late?" Bou-san asked this time.
"I seem to remember that Mai said it was her alarm clock" John recalled, while Mai nodded in agreement.
"Mai, Mai, Mai… Who do you think you're fooling?" Ayako told her while patting her already messy hair.
"Well.." Mai started.
"Well?" Bou-san and Ayako asked at the same time.
"I left work really late since Naru didn't finish some file early" she told them.
"You should've told him it's getting late" Ayako responded.
"I couldn't do that, besides he signs my paycheck" Mai told her.
They drove for almost 3 hours to get to their destination. Ayako sometimes switched with Bou-san in driving while John and Mai just talked about random things.
"So guys, do you know what the case is about?" Mai asked. The three of them shook their heads. Obviously Naru didn't discuss the case to the rest of the team. 'Maybe it's kind a confidential' Mai thought.
They arrived at the house, more like a mansion, around 4 pm. The mansion was on top of a hill. The outside of the house was white with pillars that were 3 floors high beside the grand door. French windows around the house and the path towards the door were porcelain tiles. They stopped at the huge gate and Naru walked out of the van talked at the speakers located to the wall next to the gate.
"Wow!" Mai said. She was mesmerized by the beauty of the mansion. Before she knew it they were in front of the pathway towards the door. Mai looked around and saw that everyone got off and started helping at the equipments. She picked up a box full with microphones and wires and walked towards the entrance. When Mai walked the first thing she was the two pairs of grand staircases spiraling towards the second floor. The floor was marble and the chandelier was made out of diamonds. 'Wow' she thought.
"Mai, tea" a voice said. She snapped out of her daydreaming and looked to her left and saw Naru reading some papers. "Hai!" she said. Before she left she looked towards Naru and asked, "Naru, where's the headquarter?" Naru closed the folder that he was holding and lead her towards the room. It was on the second floor towards the end of the hallway. When they both walked in, she saw that the room was already set up. The shelves for the monitors were located on the left side of the room, two office chair in front of it, there was a couch on the right wall, a coffee table in front of it, an armchair matching the couch on just a few feet from the door, and love seat across from it. There was a balcony across the room from the door.
Bou-san was sitting on the love couch with his feet on top of the coffee table while John and Masako on the couch drinking some tea. Lin was readjusting some cables on the shelves and Ayako was outside in the balcony. Mai put down the box next to the shelves and asked Ayako to accompany her to the kitchen.
"Ayako-san, do you mind coming with me to the kitchen?" Mai asked. Ayako looked at her and smiled. That heartwarming smile a mother could give. "Sure thing, Mai-chan."
They both left and headed towards the staircase to go to the kitchen. They were talking about the mansion when Mai felt something. At first she thought it was nothing so she just ignored it. When they got into the kitchen, Mai stopped by the door. 'Something doesn't feel right' she thought. "Mai?" Ayako asked. Mai looked at her and just smiled. Ayako knew something was wrong, she can tell on how Mai acted when they entered the kitchen. After Mai prepared the tea, both of them started walking towards the kitchen door. Mai was a few steps behind Ayako, when Ayako was on the other side, the door closed on Mai. Panic went through Mai's body and she dropped the tea. Ayako was knocking on the door, trying to open it.
"Mai!" Ayako yelled.
"Ayako-san!" Mai screamed from the other side. Then Mai felt something behind her. She turned around and saw nothing. The lights went off and there was a loud screech in the room, making Mai covered her ears. "Mai!" she heard Ayako. Mai looked around and all she saw was darkness. The something cold grabbed her by her neck, lifting her from the ground. It was choking her. She tried to claw whatever was holding her but there was nothing.
Headquarters..
Bou-san was half-asleep, Naru was reading, Lin was monitoring the cameras, and Masako and John was just talking. They just finished setting up the cameras and microphones a little while ago and now there was nothing to do, that was before they heard Ayako yelling Mai's name. Naru was the first one to run out of the room followed by Bou-san, Lin-san, John, and Masako. They arrived at the kitchen door and saw Ayako banging on the door, Mai was nowhere to be found.
"Where's Mai?" Bou-san asked.
"She's inside.." Ayako answered. John assisted Ayako towards Masako who was standing a few feet behind the guys. Masako stood there shaking, the ghost was inside with Mai.
"Masako?" Ayako asked.
"They better hurry, I can feel it, she's strong" Masako told her.
Naru tried the other door of the kitchen but was locked like the other one. Bou-san was ramming the first door and Lin-san was doing the same on the other door. "Mai!" Bou-san yelled, hoping for a reply, but nothing. With one last hit on the door it finally gave up. Bou-san found Mai on the floor, unconscious, barely breathing. "Mai.." he picked her up and checked for her vitals. Ayako was right next to him and checked her. She found a pair of hand prints on her neck, it was bruising already. Naru looked around and told John and Lin to set up a camera in the kitchen.
The owner of the house arrived at the scene and he looked horrified. He was in the garden when he heard a lot of yelling and ran towards the house. He apologized at the team so many times but Bou-san told him that it wasn't his fault. Bou-san carried Mai towards their sleeping quarters and put her down on the bed. He left Ayako and Masako to tend to her needs.
Living room..
Naru, Lin-san, Bou-san, and John was sitting on the couches with the owner of the mansion. They were interviewing him about the ghost and his experiences with it.
"Mr. Higurashi, as far as we know the mansion has been haunted for quite a long time now" Naru stated.
"Yes, that is true. But I never thought that it was this bad. You see, I just moved here last week. My father died last month and left me with this house on his will. I've never been here before but from what I heard from my cousins that this house was haunted" he explained.
Lin-san typed all the info while John and Bou-san listened.
"Do you know any history behind it?"
"All I know is that the house was built more than 200 years ago and my ancestors kept adding more rooms and updating every time a new era begins. It's been in our family since the beginning" Mr. Higurashi recalled.
"Did any family member died here?" Naru asked once again.
"Actually someone did. But I don't know who. My family was ashamed of the death and they never let the new Higurashi generations know about it. Perhaps in the library in town you'll find something about it since it was built almost the same year as the house did"
"Thank you, Mr. Higurashi. That's all for now"
"No, thank you, Shibuya-san. If you need anything just please let me know. Dinner is served by the way if any of you are hungry. You can find me on the rest house by the garden"
After the interview..
The boys were back at the headquarter after with their dinner and some extra for Ayako, Mai, and Masako. There was nothing left to do so they just hang out for a while before a couple of them went to bed. Masako arrived with Ayako and Mai at the base. They were hungry. Mai finished her dinner in less than five minutes. "That was delicious!" she said with glee. Naru turned to her and scanned her.
"What?" she asked.
"What happened?" he asked.
"Naru!" Ayako shouted.
"You don't have to make he relive what happened earlier" Ayako added.
"It's alright Ayako-san." Mai turned to Naru and said, "The door closed and I tried opening it but it wouldn't work. I looked around because I felt something walked by me and then the lights went off. Next thing I know was I was being choked by someone" she explained.
"That's all?"
"Hmm.. Yeah, that's all I can re-" Mai stopped talking when she heard a voice calling out to her..
"Mai?" Ayako asked.
"Did you hear that?"
"Hear what?" Before anyone could answer Mai was being dragged out of the room.
"Mai!"
Cliffhanger? Reviews for the next chapter!
Chapter 2: Katrina Higurashi