Ah, my first multichapter fic. Hope you enjoy it!
Disclaimer: I do not own Ghost Hunt. Why do you think I'm writing here? Have you seen the name of this website? Also, Mai and Naru would have psychic babies and I would have the light novels and the sequel manga translated.
Mai sighed as she glanced over at the flock of girls surrounding her crush. Why would you guys like him? He's cold and cruel to you! Are all of you masochists? she wondered. Really, why did Mai herself like him? Well...
"Mai-chan, it's almost time to go to class," said one of her best friends, Masako. "Or do you want to keep staring at Oliver? You'll be late for class and the teacher will get mad."
"What are you talking about?" asked Mai, startled. "I wasn't staring at anyone."
"Sure," said Yasu,"And I'm an alien."
Both girls stared at him. "He might actually be an alien," Masako mused.
"Yeah, he does say and do weird things a lot." Mai said.
"Guys, I'm not an alien. I'm just...special."
Mai and Masako snickered simultaneously. What kind of "special" guy would go around hitting on everybody, including their sempai, Bou-san?
"Whatever," Yasu said, seeing their looks of disbelief. "Let's go to class. We don't want to be late, do we?"
Glancing one last time at Oliver Davis, her crush, Mai and the other two left. They got to class about a minute before the bell rang. Mai sat down in her seat next to the window and started thinking about Oliver. The day she'd met him, under the most unusual circumstances.
It was a week after school started. Mai had just finished club activities. She didn't really want to be in the club, but her friend Ayako had managed to convince her to join. Her real problem with it was that her ex was in it as well. She'd broken up with him over the summer after he'd cheated on her with her step-sister, Yume. Mai knew that the only reason it happened was because she refused to kiss him, thinking it was too early in their relationship for that, and that when he was vulnerable Yume had swooped in and seduced him. After Mai broke up with him, so did Yume. She knew that he still wanted her though, and that was the reason she never wanted to be alone with him. Until that day, when both of them were told to put the supplies away together. After they'd finished putting the stuff away, Midori turned to her.
"Hey, Mai, what do you say to us getting back together?"
Mai grimaced. She knew this would happen. "I'm sorry, Midori-kun, but I don't feel that way about you anymore."
He stopped smiling and stepped forward forcing Mai to step back towards the wall. "Come on, Mai," he said, placing his hands on either side of her face,"Why don't we just forget about what happened over the summer? It was an accident." And with that, he leaned in to kiss her. Mai turned her head away, making it so that he only kissed her hair.
"Don't be such a prude, Mai. It's not like I'm gonna hurt you."
"I'm sorry, but I honestly don't like you like that anymore," Mai said, trying to get away. He grabbed her hair with one of his hands, making her meet his gaze.
"Mai, I've wanted to kiss you ever since we met. And I know you want to as well."
"I don't, now let me go."
He grabbed her chin with his other hand, tilting her head up. "Looks like we'll have to do this the hard way then."
As he leaned in towards her, Mai began to struggle and shout, but it was useless. He was just too strong. Just as he was about to kiss her, he was pulled backwards.
"I believe that when a girl struggles and shouts for help, it means that she doesn't want to kiss you," said a cold voice. Mai looked over at the teenager holding Midori. He was tall, so tall that she would have only come up to his shoulder, and had black hair and deep blue eyes. He was also rather handsome.
"T-thank you," she managed to stutter.
"You're welcome. You, scram and don't touch her again, or I'll tell a teacher what you tried to do today," said the boy, glaring. The other boy scampered off, never once looking over his shoulder.
"Are you all right? He didn't hurt you, did he?" the boy asked in a flat tone, turning back to look at her.
"No, I'm fine. My heads a bit sore, but that's just because he pulled my hair a bit too hard. Thanks again. I'm Taniyama, a freshman. May I ask what your name is?" she said, smiling a bit and then wincing in pain. The smile had hurt her head somewhat.
"My name is Davis Oliver. I'm a year above you. Be careful from now on," he said, looking down at her.
"I will, Davis-sempai. I'll try not to get into trouble again," she said, looking up at him with a cheerful smile on her face.
He smiled slightly, and then turned to leave. "Goodbye, Taniyama-san," he called over his shoulder.
"Goodbye, Davis-sempai." After he left, Mai started blushing. Did he really smile at her? It made him look hotter, if that was even possible. And that was the day Mai started crushing on Oliver Davis. It was also the day she and Ayako quit the club and decided to form a new one with their friends.
A hard rap on her head brought her out of her memories. Her teacher glared at her, telling her with his eyes to pay attention. Across the room, Yasu snickered while Masako rolled her eyes.
"Do you think she's daydreaming about Davis-sempai?" asked Yasuhara.
"Why do you even ask? It's so obvious," Masako replied. She knew what it was like to daydream about someone. After all she used to like Oliver. It had caused tension between the two girls, until Mai told her why she liked him and John-sempai had talked to her about actually liking someone. He'd said that liking someone was wanting to be with them for their personality, not because they'd look good together. That line had made her think about how she felt, and Masako came to the conclusion that she liked John, and not Davis-sempai. Also, Davis-sempai was so cold that she didn't think it was possible for anyone but Mai, who was like a ray of sunshine, to make him smile.
Meanwhile, Mai took out her touchscreen cell phone and looked at her texts. She had one from Ayako-sempai, telling her that Takigawa-sempai was an idiot, one from Takigawa-sempai saying that Ayako was an old hag, and one from her pen pal replying to an earlier text she'd sent him.
She responded to Ayako, telling her to not hurt Bou-san, told Takigawa-sempai not to provoke her, and finally decided to text Naru.
I know it's weird that she hurts him, but he's always provoking her, she texted.
Naru replied back almost immediately. They sound like a couple of kids pretending not to like each other.
Well, it's obvious to everybody except themselves. Naru, aren't you in class? I mean, I'm almost certain you're a high school student.
How would you know, I never told you how old I was. I could be a office man or a pervert. And aren't you supposed to be in class? What are you doing texting me during school? And what have I told you about calling me Naru? That's not my name.
True, but you sound like a high school student. If you're a pervert, then why haven't you asked me anything pervy or to send you pictures of myself? You can't say anything about me talking to you during school since you're doing the same thing. But Naru fits you, since you're such a narcissist! Shibuya Kazuya doesn't, you seem far from peaceful. Realizing the teacher was handing out a worksheet, she sent a quick text to Naru telling him she had to go.
"Finally, it's lunchtime," groaned Bou-san. The group of friends called him Bou-san because his family was full of monks and his parents expected him to inherit the business of exorcizing ghosts. He, however, wanted to be in a band and travel the world.
"Did you skip breakfast again?" Ayako asked. Ayako-sempai's parents were doctors and owned a hospital, which was good for Mai since she got hurt often. Ayako also claimed to be able to exorcize ghosts with her so-called powers, but nobody had ever seen them work.
"Yeah, but there was nothing to eat at my house."
"You could have stopped by a bakery or a fast-food restaurant. I know you still have money from your allowance," accused Ayako.
John decider to cut into their conversation, hoping to end the fight before it started getting nasty. "Well, we better get down there so we can eat. After all, we don't want our favorite food to be taken by the time we get there, right?"
Mai and Masako sighed happily. A crisis was averted. Otherwise Ayako would be beating Bou-san with her purse in a few seconds. Yasu looked glum, he had secretly hoped they would start fighting.
As the group collected their food and left to find a spot to eat at, Mai noticed the table Oliver was sitting at was empty. "Hey guys, let's go sit over there," she said, inclining her head in the direction of the table.
Takigawa-sempai chuckled. "Aw, do you want to be near your crush, Mai-chan?"
Yasu grinned , causing everyone to shrink away from him. "Are you gonna show him how cute and sweet you are? Make him fall for you?"
"Don't you like that guy you text, though?" Ayako-sempai asked, smirking.
"As a friend. Maybe not even that, considering how he acts when he replies to me."
"You're texting a stranger? Jou-chan, are you sure he's not a pervert?" Bou-san queried, worried for his kohai.
"It was an accident. I was trying to text one of my other friends and accidentally texted him. He told me I had the wrong number, talked to me for a bit, and we've been talking to each other ever since."
"Do you know what he looks like?" asked John-sempai, curious.
"No. He said not to, since it might ruin the way we see each other. I asked him if he was ugly and he replied by saying that he was very good-looking. I've called him Naru ever since then. He doesn't appreciate it, but he doesn't get mad about it all that much." She stopped talking as they reached the table. "Is it alright if we sit here?" Mai asked Davis-sempai.
"Do whatever you want." Yasu wriggled his eyebrows at her, suggesting with his eyes what she could do, until Ayako slapped him on the back of his head. Mai and the others sat down, slightly laughing at Yasu's expression.
"What are we doing today for club activities, John-sempai?" Masako asked the object of her affections.
"I think we'll read about parapsychology and help Mai practice her powers so she'll be able to help more on cases."
"Ah, I think Madoka-sensei is coming today to monitor our activities," said Ayako, thinking about what the club adviser had said that morning,"I believe she said she'd help us find a new case."
"She's a bit crazy. Any other teacher would say no to us taking cases, but she encourages us." Bou-san stated, shaking his head slightly.
"Maybe, but she's on of the few teachers I like," Mai said. "Are we working on astral projection or my PK-MT?" She addressed John, who was the acting head of their club, since Ayako and Takigawa-sempai were too irresponsible, despite the fact that they were older than John-sempai. They still hadn't decided who would be the president, since none of them were that experienced in being leaders.
"Astral projection, since you can't control your other ability yet. Besides, we don't have a place where you can practice them without hurting someone."
"Okay then. Hey guys, does this look like ramen to you?" she asked all of them, holding out her bowl.
Yasu took a look and grimaced. "Not in the slightest. The cooks always butcher good food. It's been like that for years."
Mai sighed. "I'm going to get rid of it. It's not worth eating." And with that said, she stood and made her way over to the trash cans, not noticing that Oliver had been listening to them talk and was now following Mai, intending to ask her something.
As Mai finished dumping her food, she heard something move behind her. She spun around, ready to start chanting the sutra Bou-san had taught her. So many ghosts had attacked her while her back was turned that she had instantly started defending herself whenever she heard something.
But then she saw it was Davis-sempai. "What is it, Sempai?" she asked, lowering her hands.
"May I join your club?" he asked abruptly.
"Why?"
"Because I believe I can be of help to your club."
"Okay...You'd have to ask Madoka-sensei, though. She's the one that decides everything, since no one's in charge of the club." Mai said, stunned. I can't believe he's asking me to join the club. Why can't he ask one of the others. John-sempai's in the same year as he is.
"Alright." And with that, he walked away.
Unknown to them, Mai's step-sister Yume was watching their exchange. She had had a crush on Davis-sempai for a while now. Yume couldn't believe that he was talking to her, the ugly kid that she was related to. No one could have him except herself. She was going to make Mai's life a living hell at home and at school.
Omake:
What color are your panties then? asked Naru.
Mai screamed, causing the teacher and everyone else to look at her.
"It's okay, I thought I saw a spider," she said, hiding her phone.
In another classroom, Naru grinned. He could ask who screamed and then he would know who the girl he was texting was. Then maybe he could "accidentally" see her panties...
Man, over five pages long. I was really in the zone today. I also almost forgot the little extra there. So this is my new chapter, with rather obvious pairings and hints. Lin will come into the story next chapter. I hope you guys like it, I made it because it popped up in my head one day...And led to this. Oh, there won't really be any cases, it'll basically be about love, humor, and evil women. I gave Mai an extra power so she could help control Naru's power, like what she did in The Transfer, even though she got it from Gene. Oh, and Gene will be mentioned in this story, but I don't know if I should make him appear in her dreams or not. If he does, she'll know who he is, or at least know he isn't Naru. I'd love to hear your thoughts on this. Also, they call Madoka Madoka-sensei to show how close they are to her. This chapter is dedicated to Alice-In-Wonderland-97, since she encouraged me to write this story. I'll try to update as much as I can, but I do have school and other things to do, plus there are some times where I just don't want to write. I'll try to update once or twice a week though. Review, so I can tell if you love it or hate it and never want me to write again!
~Ageha
