Uwaaaa I just finished the anime and instantly fell inlove with this pairing!! Its just too cute!!!!
Reviews would be greatly appreciated!
Disclaimer: I have a right to own ghost hunt...
...in my dreams.
I also do not own the first song which is a translation of sakura drops by utada hikaru nor do i own the second song titled hear me cry by the same singer.
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"Singing/Lyrics to the song"
"Speech"
'Thoughts'
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The meaning of flowers would be explained soon enough!
On with the story!
"Where are you? I'm singing for you yet your not here. why?
my throat hurts, my lungs feel as if they were burning...hurry up and realize that i'm singing for you...hear my song...hear my song...hear my song"
The others didnt know what to expect, Mai, Taniyama AKA Bright, cheery little assistant was going to sing.
Sing in front of hundreds of people they didnt know. They didnt even know what song she was going to sing or if she could even sing, at that.
They looked at each other worriedly, excluding Lin and naru who looked unaffected and waited for the concert to start, they were in the control room on the second floor and the stage was directly visible.
It started a few days ago when naru received a case about some sort of 'entity' attacking young idols during their live concerts, naru was interested in the case and even if it involved the mass media, he accepted it in the guise of Yasuhara's asistant.
The culprit, a vengeful spirit, apparently targeted female singers around masako and mai's age group but since masako was famous and was ill because of the spirit, they were left with only one option and that was to,
Use Mai as BAIT.
After the singers were attacked a single orange lily would appear on their body
The agency who hired them were happy to provide the necessary "equipments".
One of those "equipments" was announcing that a new rising star was going to have her debut concert on february 14 and since it was a valentines promotion the live performance was free for the first 200 to arrive.
The others were against it at first stating how mai and hundreds of others might endanger their lives but naru had said, in a rather apathetic manner, that the audience wouldnt be harmed since the spirit seemed to attack only the singers themselves and mai could protect herself since she knew a few protection mantras as well.
So here they were listening to the host announcing ( with a florish), "The talented and Beautiful, Miss Mai Taniyama"
Naru ALMOST smirked, he wouldnt say that mai was beautiful or talented, she was just plain average, average to the point that she perfectly blended to the scenery. The only thing not ordinary about her was her optimism and enthusiasm as well as her keen intuition and naivete yet it was just that unique personality that people were drawn to her as if flies to bright light.
The lights suddenly went off and soft, blue lights illuminated the stage in an almost sparkling way.
The crowd hushed when they saw a breathtakingly beautiful woman walk down the stairs (stage prop) and fix her soulful eyes on the audience.
All of them, even naru and lin, were shocked. Was this girl their mai? Her usual short brown hair was now in a messy bun, pinned with a single white iris, coffee eyes were accented by light eyeshadow, her pallid cheeks slightly pink from nervousness and embarrassment, soft lips shining with lip gloss. She looked like an earthbound goddess.
Her gown was also very tasteful. It was a shining, light shade of blue silk that clung to her body closely, but not skin-tight, a slit was on the side, showing one of her legs up to mid-thigh. Her pale skin was adorned with a simple diamond necklace and earrings along with elbow long satin gloves.
She took a deep breath and closed her eyes as the music started playing and then she began to sing...
"Fall in love, then it ends I swear: This will be my last heartbreak
Even the cherry blossom trees swaying in the wind,
will bloom one day soon.
The sudden summer rain,
passed by my tears in a quiet stream
A scene so like one from my memories
A summer re-run of a fall drama."
She was singing so beautifully, as if an angel had descended and graced them with her voice.
One of her gloved hands placced on her chest. She had the audience and the SPR team hypnotized.
"Why do I keep getting done in by the same punch,
and yet still continue to fight?
That's one of life's little mysteries.
Fall in love, give it my everything I hope: This will be my last heartbreak
Even the cherry blossom trees shaking through the seasons,
will bloom one day soon."
Her voice didnt waver yet it was filled with so much sadness that everyone wanted to jump on the stage and comfort her.
It was such an unearthly sound that they wanted to listen to it forever and ever
"Through the cycling seasons,
my shoes will wear thin.
take it easy,
put the past away someplace else.
I don't think it's so far from here,
this place I've never seen.
get over the endless pain in my heart
I want to be closer to you.
Once around is the beginning again.
always feeling about blindly for the blue sky"
She turned her head to look up at the control room, at Naru, at Shibuya Kazuya, at Oliver Davis.
This was what she wanted, why she accepted to be a bait, to sing and convey her feelings to him in the form of song, and maybe just maybe she would get a response. She didnt care if the spirit took her life,---she was pretty much satisfied with everything she had done yet she didnt want anybody to worry or cry for her--- even if she did die at least she had been able to tell him "I love you" one last time.
Naru felt his heart clench when she looked up, was she looking at him? Yasuhara maybe? John? Or Takigawa?
He looked at her as if seeing her for the first time, her eyes were shining with unshed tears and for once in his life he didnt want to be shibuya kazuya, director of SPR or oliver davis, world famous psychic/ghost hunter, he wanted to be naru, just naru, he wanted to throw away all the problems and complications just so that he could hold mai close to him.
But he was still shibuya kazuya and oliver davis besides he was never Naru, he was a man who couldnt even protect his own twin brother no matter how strong he was.
"Fall in love, then it ends I swear: Today will be my first good day.
Even the cherry blossom trees swaying in the wind*
are slowly reaching out a hand to you.
I love you, I love you so much I dont care about the little details"
It took a split second before the audience broke into a thunder of applause, most of them were standing up and yelling "Encore".
Mai smiled and it somehow brightened the whole room. The audience were stunned by her warm and kind smile, it was so sincere.
The ghost was said to attack at the second performance so she started to get ready for her second song as the audience busily called friends and family about "Finding a way to watch the concert, do anything you have to, you have to hear this girl sing!!!"
The SPR members were deep in thought, it was ayako who spoke first, "Who knew that our little girl could sing."
"Well I certainly did NOT know!!" bou-san replied.
"Now that you mention it, what else do we know about mai other than her being shibuya-san's assistant, a highschool student and an orphan?"
John asked the whole room, face in deep thought. Their private meeting were interrupted by the host announcing the second song.
The whole crowd shushed again and waited for mai to appear. The lights dimmed and a single spotlight was focused on mai,
she was standing at the center wearing a blood red dress and a single red rose replacing the white iris pinning her hair.
The music started to play and for the second time that night she sang...
"You couldn't say
Needed someone new
You actually thought Deep inside I knew
Can you tell me how can you say
Why this should suffice You passed me by
And your heart's as cold as ice (You passed me by)
Did you see me cry (Did you ask yourself why)
Did you see me cry (Did you ask yourself how)
Can you hear me cry (Did you ask yourself)
Will we ever grow apart
You couldn't say Needed someone new
And you actually thought Deep inside I knew
I wonder where we will go Will we be the same (You passed me by)
I laugh inside I think of you And the love we had (You passed me by)
Tell me why this should suffice
I'll hold you through the night
Now will I let it go?
Soon I'll let it go
Can you hear me cry (Will you ask yourself why)
Can you hear me cry (Will you ask yourself how)
Can you hear me cry (Will you ask yourself)
Will we ever grow apart
You, I'll stand by your side
I'll be there for you (You passed me by)
You, I'll stand by your side
Please just do me right (You passed me by)
You, I'll stand by your side
I'll be there for you"
After the last line was sang, the whole room was plunged into darkness as the power went out. "Lin! Get me visuals! What's Happening down there?!" An agitated naru said his heart was filled with a premonition of dread.
"The cameras are unresponding! Temperatures gone 6 degrees down!" The chinese man replied, frantically typing at his laptop.
"Oi, Naru! What's going on?! If something happens to mai..." Bou threateningly said but was silenced by naru's glare. A second later the lights came on and mai's body was lying, unconsciously in a pool of her blood, a beautiful yet horryfying dark crimson rose placed in her palm.
The concert hall was suddenly engulfed in screams.
The first chapter!! I'll try to put more chapters soon^^
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Sorry! That was just way too funny! hahahahaha, i was one of the Ay=I. Dee=D. ten=10. Ti=T put it all together and you make ID10T! hahaha