Ghost Hunt: Myriad
Chapter 1
Case 1: Hoshikawa Manor
"Naru, when is the client coming?" Mai asked.
Naru sighed, "She will be here in 5 minutes Mai. Go make some tea."
'What? Why that no good parasitic tea loving jerk!' Mai thought as she went to go make some for Naru and the client. But before she could get anything ready the bell to the door rung. When Mai went over to great the person, she was meet with a girl, about Mai's age or older, standing there.
Mai smiled and said, "Hi. Welcome to Shibuya Psychic Research. Are you the client we've been expecting today?"
"Yes, I am supposed to to talk to Mr. Shibuya about a possible case for him to investigate."
"Ok. Have a seat and I will go get him," Mai said to the young girl and lead her over to the couch then to Naru's office.
"Would you like some tea? I was just about to make some," she asked as she approached Naru's door.
"No. Thanks you though."
Mai knocked on Naru's door, then poked her head in the crack and told him, "Naru our client is here."
Naru proceeded out of his office and over to the couches and Lin came out of his office as well with his laptop and sat across from the girl, while Mai went to go get the tea for Naru and Lin.
"I'm Kazuya Shibuya. What can we do for you?" Mai went over and handed Naru and Lin their cups of tea and went to stand behind Naru.
"I am Nashi Kishiharaki and I live in the Inn named Hoshikawa Manor."
"Oh! I've heard of that place before. Its huge I heard," Mai said shocked that she lived there.
"Yes my family took over after the Hoshikawa family passed. For the past 3 years I have been experiencing some very odd phenomenon, and violent as well."
'Violent? What does she mean by that?'
Naru raised an eyebrow at that. "What do you mean by violent exactly?"
She took a deep breath and then began explaining, "What I mean by that exactly is that I, personally have been pushed and thrown against and into walls and such. I have also been pushed and thrown down stairs and afterwards I would look and have hand marks on my back or arms. And my friends have had the same experiences, too. We have all been attacked there in multiples ways too."
"Oh my… Has anyone broken anything because of that?" Mai just had to asked because it sounded like there should have been some major injuries.
"Nothing but some bad fractures and sprains… so far, for my friends but I have received broken bones from those attacks."
Naru narrowed his eyes and her and said, "What about your family? All of the attacks you said have been on you and your friends."
Nashi's face became one of that portrays pain and sadness. "I don't have any," she started looking straight at Naru, "They all are dead. They have been since I was a little girl. I'm an orphan now."
Mai's eyes widened. 'She is an orphan just like me. An orphan with not an uncle nor aunt. We have to help her, Naru. Please accept it we have to help her!'
"Is there anything else you care to mention or is that all?"
"Well there are 3 rooms, all right next to the other, that switch spots."
"What do you mean by they switch spots?" Mai asked very curious as to what she meant as was Naru.
"Well the 3 rooms that switch are all on one side of the hall. The main hall from the front door lead to them. The furniture in them all switches."
'What?' Mai thought.
"Are you sure your not walking into the wrong room?" Naru was very skeptical what Nashi was saying.
"No because to get to the rooms you use the main hall that leads from the front door. My room is the one right in the middle of the 3 rooms, or the door that is the only one visible coming down the hall, so I know I'm not missing the door. Plus a few times when it has happened at night, everything in my room will change, well move, to the other rooms but my bed that I am on. When I wake up the furniture is all switched out and not moving or just barely moving into place and it freaks me out when I see that. As of recently, I am scared to be in that house."
"I don't blame you but why don't you just move out then?" Mai couldn't help but ask just that. If she left she wouldn't have to deal with the spirit or spirits anymore.
Nashi looked over at Mai. "Because the next people who move into that house will just get the same experiences and attacks possibly and if they end up seriously hurt or dead I would never forgive myself for not taking actions to get ride of whatever is in there."
Naru finally took the chance to speak.
"Yes but you wouldn't be at fault. You sold it and got away but the spirit could be attached to you not the house itself."
Nashi looked shocked at that. 'Could it really be because of me that all of these things are happening?'
Naru looked at her again. "Ms. Kishihara…"
"Please, just call me Nashi."
"Well Ms. Nashi, but I don't think we will be able to tke this case. I'm sorry."
But Mai knew he really wasn't cause this is Naru for crying out loud! He doesn't have a single trace of an emotion in his body at all! But Mai was no the less shocked at his decision.
'She is in danger Naru! How can you let her stay there and have her possibly die sooner or later there? We have to accept her case.'
"But I am sure we will accept it once we get everyone together and see if our powers will in fact help us. So if we do, when do you want us to come by and get everything ready?"
Nashi was already at the door and was surprised by that. She could see Naru's tight eyes about what his assistant had said so she wasn't really sure what to say.
"What? I thought that…"
"Yes," Naru spoke up.
Everyone in the room could tell he was not happy about this, "We will get with the others and get everything together before we come. Now you need to have a room for us to use as a base for all of our equipment, a large room. And 3 rooms for us to sleep in."
"Yes. I will have all that ready for you when you all arrive." Nashi was still shocked that he said no then said yes to the case. "What day and time will you be arriving?"
Mai looked at Naru as he spoke something that shocked her just as much as when he said yes, even if she wouldn't hear the end of it.
"Tomorrow. 1 P.M."
"Ok Everything will be ready for you and set up by the time you arrive."
Just as Nashi opened the door Naru asked her one more question, well more like demanded.
"Have your friends who were attacked as well so I can interview them."
She nodded, her ponytail slightly coming over her shoulder. "Yes I will make sure they are there. Thank you." And with that, she finally left the SPR office.
Without looking at Mai, Naru told her, "Go call the everyone including Yasuhara."
Mai nodded and started to walk over to her desk to make the calls when Naru reprimanded her for before.
"Mai don't you ever do that again. don't accept a case that I say we aren't going to accept. Its probably her just over exaggerating things." He didn't have to yell at her, his ice cold tone did it all for him.
"What? Naru you seriously can say no to her when her life could be in danger and probably is?" Mai was furious with her boss, how could he be that heartless? "Why? Why do you say that?"
Naru looked her, "Because we shouldn't risk all of our lives like that on just one person. If it was a place that had a family or a large number of people with in it consistently than yes. She says she has been an orphan for a long time now, she's probably making all that up."
What h said next, he didn't intend for her to hear but she did, and it set Mai off on him. He only mumbled it but it was loud enough to reach her ears and he got called out on it.
"It seems like all orphans are like that."
Mai sharply turned toface him, fire in her eyes. Lin, who was staying out of knew Mai would never let Naru get away with that or forgive him for a while.
"Well I'm sorry! I guess us orphans are just so needy that we will have it seem like we are in danger just for attention! Your really are a parasitic jerk!"
Mai stomped over to her desk, sat down and proceeded to call everyone up, all without sparing a second glance over at Naru when he got up to return back to his office. Once her had sat down Lin poked his head in through the door.
"What you said to Mai really set her off. And you were an idiot for making the stereotype like that."
And with Naru not responding but just looking at his computer screen, the conversation ended and Lin went to go get the equipment ready for tomorrow.
(A.N. I have had this written up for the longest time, for 2 years now, and I'm finally gonna post it. :) hope you enjoyed it! Oh and Myriad if you didn't know means infinite/innumerable thing like that. And for all you who are reading my story Dead space 3 I will have chapter 7 part 2 up within the week! ^^)