Summary:
An AU where Gene, Naru, and Mai are kids. Even if they're still little kids, that doesn't mean that they would be safe from the dangers the paranormal has in store with them. Join them as they face dangers of the typical paranormal things the characters of Ghost Hunt always face!
I thought of this AU while typing down for my other story Who You Are To Me, and please don't be too mean for me making this AU. Let's just say I couldn't but help typing this down.
This story would probably have only few chapters because I am not thinking of making this a very long story.
I don't own anything here but the story.
Chapter One
Things in life can always be predictable in different ways, even if some may say it is impossible to predict what will happen next. Maybe it would have been easier for people to predict the future if they all have intellectual minds like the smartest people that ever were alive in history. And one of those people with such knowledge and intelligence would be the great Oliver Davis himself.
Though still a boy, who is still at the age of ten, he already proved himself of brains that no ordinary ten-year-old would have. He was known as a prodigy even. Together with his beloved twin brother Eugene Davis, they prove to be twins of great talents. They were the beloved step-children of Luella and Martin Davis, who the twins were both gifted with their own psychic abilities. The couple adopted them from an orphanage when they were still young, interested at how they were special than any other kid. There were times when they would accompany their parents in meetings. At times, they would visit their dad as they observe him do his work in the BSPR in London.
They were fine with being by their parents' side as they do such meetings, and would give them an opportunity to glean and learn a bit of the things their parents search about. But one day, they heard news from their parents that they would be transferring to Japan for a year to open an SPR branch there, and would stay there for a while to observe the progress before they go back to London. It was decided that while they will be living in Japan for one year, the Davis twins will be attending a school there too.
They prepared their luggage for their stay in the Asian country—things like clothes and other stuff needed. Language won't be much a problem for Luella and the twins for they learned it enough for them to survive in the country. Luella may know Japanese, but she wasn't as fluent as the twins are at it. The Prof. Martin Davis doesn't know much Japanese, but he learned few simple phrases such as "Hello", "Good morning", "Thank you" and other phrases. Their assistants, a Chinese man named Lin and a woman named Madoka, will be staying with them too so they also learned the Japanese language.
Right now, they just arrived in Japan and were already unpacking their luggage in a house that one of their friends provided for them in their stay in Japan. The house was just like any other house, but it was spacious enough for the kids to roam around when they play, and it may be old but its beauty is based at its age and the elegance it still has.
While the adults were busy unpacking their stuff, the twins were outside the house, with Gene running around happily as he checks out every flower bush at the backyard, and Oliver under the shade of the tree with a book in his hand. Gene quickly made a messy flower crown with the flowers he picked up, and ran over to Oliver, who was too engrossed with his book to look up at the grinning Gene.
"Hey, Noll!" Gene said with a sing-song voice. Noll refused to look up from his book, but he did mutter underneath his breath for Gene to not disturb him.
Gene refused to follow what his brother said and placed the flower crown on his head. The image of Noll wearing a flower crown was too funny for Gene. He held his stomach as he laughed like some hyper hyena as Noll glared at him, eyes barely peeking out at the huge flower crown covering most of his head.
"You look so pretty, Noll!" Gene wiped away tears that were seeping out of his closed eyelids. "I think the flowers make you have more beauty than a girl."
Noll groaned. "I already have more beauty than any girl of our age. No one can beat my beauty."
Gene rolled his eyes as he smiles at Noll. "You're so full of yourself. Keep saying that and you'll end up marrying yourself instead."
"I, myself, am enough for me to love already. I don't need any girl to fall in love with."
Gene huffed. "Narcissist."
He learned that word few years ago when he heard Lin called someone with the same word when he talked with a guy who keeps saying praises of himself. Gene asked for the meaning, so Lin explained the meaning of the said word, and Gene found the word as the perfect description to describe Noll and would always call him that every time Noll talks about things about himself.
Noll sighed as he took off the flower crown and placed it beside him, resuming back to his book. Gene picked it up and inched closer to him to place it back on his brother's head. Before Noll could react to attacking his brother to prevent him from placing it on his head, Gene quickly made the flower crown once again takes its rightful place on Noll's head. As soon he did that, he quickly climbed up the tree in full speed to avoid his now angry brother.
The tree was great in height, and it was tall enough for its branches to reach the top of the walls that surround the house. When Gene finally reached the nearest branch, he looked down and stuck out his tongue at his brother, who was busy giving his best death glare that even adults are afraid of. Gene chuckled and rested on the branch, listening to the leaves rustle and dance from the May wind. He closed his eyes as he lets his environment alone calm him down, and make him feel at peace.
Noll groaned as he saw his brother starting to sleep on the branch he took sanctuary on. The little scientist devised a plan to get back on his brother and looked around to find something to help with his plan. He saw the rubber ball nearby that Gene brought along with him when he was busy roaming around to pick flowers. Noll picked it up and readied his arm to aim the ball at his devious twin brother. After making sure that he won't miss his target, he threw the ball with the necessary strength for it to hit his brother, and was successful when the ball bounced at his face then went sailing over the walls, landing at the other side.
"Hey!" Gene shouted at Noll as the little scientist smirked at his brother.
Noll showed a face of innocence. "What?"
Gene pouted, "That was painful, Noll!"
Noll shrugged. "Should have left me alone then, Gene." He pointed to Gene, "Also, I won't be the one to get the ball for you. You're the nearest to it anyway."
Gene refrained from giving any complaints and looked over the wall, seeing the ball on the street not so far away from the place. He turned back at Noll, placing his fists on his sides and his chest sticking out. "I'll go get it if you come with me to climb over the gate."
Before Noll could protest, Gene started climbing over to the branch near him that leads to the edge of the wall, not giving time for his brother to say anything. Noll sighed and started climbing the tree.
Gene reached the edge and was standing on it. The top of the gate was thick enough for the little boy's feet to stand on top of it, but just standing on it and looking down can give Gene the chills just seeing at how far the ground is below him. He looked back and saw Noll crawling on the branch to him.
Gene should have been really careful because at that moment, a strong gust of wind was enough to throw him off balance. His eyes widened as he tried to gain back his balance, but started leaning backward, about to fall. He only gave a small yell as he fell over the wall and Noll reaching out his hand as he shouted his name.
"OW!" Gene yelped in pain as he landed on his butt.
Good news, there were bushes that were planted around the walls, so Gene had a cushion for him to be safe from the fall. The bad news is that he is now stuck in the bush and is busy trying to fight his way out of it.
Noll sighed in relief as he saw that his brother was safe, and proceeded to go over the wall, landing on his feet perfectly and unharmed, unlike his brother.
Noll went over to his brother's aide and started helping him out of the bush. They weren't paying attention to a girl who was walking down on the road, staring at the scene of the boys in their struggle. The girl felt something on her toes, a feeling that she probably kicked something. She looked down to see a rubber ball. Interested, she picked it up and examined it as she held it up in her hands. There were slightly childish writings on it, words she couldn't read on the ball that were written in red marker ink. She may not be able to read it, but she knows from experience when her mom once showed her a book of the letters the English-speaking people use in their writings. The letters looked just like some of the English letters she saw from the book.
She was busy wondering who the owner of the ball was when she heard one of the boys shouted out in victory of his freedom, and looked up to see them noticing her presence for the first time.
Now that she paid attention to them, she noticed that the boys were identical twins. They had the same hair color, same eyes, same skin tone, same features, same everything! There was just no difference that the girl could point out that could help her tell who is who. The only difference are their expressions. One had a huge smile on his face, beaming happily at the girl, while the other one had a cold frown at his face, staring icily at the girl which gave her chills traveling down her spine.
The smiling twin walked over to the girl, looking at the ball in her hands. "Oh, you found my ball! Thanks for finding it."
The girl realized that she was still hugging the ball to her chest, so she held it out to the boy while bowing down deeply.
"I-I'm so sorry! Here's your ball…"
The boy looked at her with an eyebrow raised, the corner of his lips tugging up in a smile. "Now why would you be sorry? It's not like you ran away with my ball." Gene took the ball from her and gave her a wide smile, imitating her bow. "Thanks so much!"
The girl returned the smile, brown eyes beaming with delight. "You're welcome!"
Noll walked over to his brother's side when the girl gave another bow to them. "My name is Taniyama Mai, but please call me Mai. My mom and I live in an apartment that is not too far away from your home. Probably a fifteen minute walk from here."
Gene bowed. "Well, my name's Gene! And this here—" he wrapped an arm around his brother, "—is my twin brother named Noll! He may look like a scary kid, but he is actually a softie in the inside."
"No, I'm not," Noll slid Gene's hand off of his shoulder, but Gene proceeded to linking his arm with him. Gene gave a grin while Noll gave a gloomy look.
"Well, I hope we can all be nice here. After all, our family came from England, so we aren't really familiar with the place here. I hope we can be friends, and that you'd help take care of us too when it comes to getting along in this country."
Mai giggled as she nodded her head. "Okay! Let's be friends then."
And it was at that moment when the kids heard someone coming and saw a really tall man and a woman with brown hair heading towards them.
Gene smiled. "Lin! Madoka!"
The woman, Madoka, rested her hands on her hips as she frowned at the twins. "Now, boys, you shouldn't just disappear like that! You scared your mother when she realized you were nowhere in the house or in the garden. She thought you guys escaped and got kidnapped!"
"We were fine. It's not like we would wander too far from the house. We don't even know our way around here." Noll just coolly said with a bored expression.
She nodded, and looked over to Mai, a smile now replacing the frown she had just a second ago. "And who's she? A new friend?"
Mai seemed panicked as she bowed deeply, and stuttered, "Umm…uhh…m-my name is…is T-Taniyama Mai! Err, it's a p-pleasure to meet you!"
The woman softly laughed behind her hand as the man named Lin just frowned for no known reason. It was his frown which Mai squeaked in fright like those cartoon mice when they see a cat. Madoka noticed this and scolded to Lin to not scare the little girl.
"Lin! You're frightening Mai-chan here!" She turned back to Mai with a big smile. "Don't be scared, dearie! Want to come over to the house? You, Gene, and Noll could have a little snack before you could go back home. Okay?"
Mai's eyes seemed to sparkle at that very moment. She nodded her head vigorously. "Uh-huh!"
Gene and Madoka were the only ones who were happy about this, while Noll and Lin just had straight faces as their reaction.
It feels like things won't be peaceful from now on, Noll thought glumly as he watched the girl gave a big smile, as if it was her birthday right now.
Gene, Noll, and Mai were lazing under the shade of the tree as the adults went back to arranging their belongings in their house. The kids were enjoying themselves, licking the popsicles that were given to them as snacks. It was the perfect snack to munch on when the day was really sunny, like today.
But right when they finished their snacks, Mai looked at the time in her watch that has little pictures of Pokémon characters.
"I have to go already. Mom will be worried if I don't go now."
Gene immediately stood on his feet when he heard that. "It's not too far right? Then we can walk with you to your house!"
Noll raised an eyebrow at his sudden proclamation. "We?"
Gene grinned. "Yes, Noll! We. We're not letting our new friend walk alone to her house all by herself!"
Noll sighed. "I think that's not necessary. She needs to learn how to do things by herself if she's going to grow into an independent person. Besides, if she learns how to be independent, then she won't grow into an idiot in the future."
"Hey!" Mai felt kind of offended to what he just said. "Don't say mean things Noooo... Norrrr... Naaaaaa... rrruuuuu... Naru!"
A silence exchanged between the kids for a while that the tiniest sound of the wind was as loud as how drums would be to their ears. But that moment of silence was disturbed when Gene started snickering uncontrollably and Noll smirking.
"What," Noll tried not to look too amused, but failed a bit. "You can't pronounce my name now, huh?"
Mai blushed a bit in embarrassment. "I'm sorry if I can't pronounce it right! Don't think that I'm used to saying it that way yet."
He just shook his head, as if this was all some joke that he would probably laugh at if it weren't for the presence of the brunette. "Idiot."
She snapped. "What makes me an idiot anyway? I have my good points! You have no good points at all!" Mai pouted, her bottom lip trembling a bit. "I mean, yeah you're good looking, but that attitude of yours is as mean as a bully's!"
He tilted his head and raised an eyebrow to her. "You think I'm good looking?" Mai's face turned as red as a tomato's, which made him smirk to annoy her. "Huh... You have good taste. So there's still hope for you then."
Mai gasped and frowned at him. She pointed at him accusingly. "You... You...!"
"Yes? Me?" He's enjoying this so far.
"You... You're such a...!"
"A narcissist?" Gene suggested the word to the girl.
"Yes! A narcissist!" She was happy with the word. Seems like she knows the word too. "Naru the Narcissist! That's a fitting name for a narcissist like you, Naru! NAAAAAA RRRUUUUU!" She played around with the name, proud for the name she just made.
Again, he raised an eyebrow to this. But Gene hollered with laughter at what Mai just did.
"Okay then!" Gene said with a deciding tone. "If you're going to call him as Naru from now on, then I'll also call him as Naru too! Fine with this, NARU?"
Noll—or should we say Naru—frowned.
"Okay, Naru," Gene began. "Shall we escort Mai home now? It'll be fun! We'll be her bodyguards, and she could be the precious princess, as we escort her to her wonderful castle! Also, we get to see where she lives so that we could come and visit at times. Isn't that right, Mai?"
"Yup!" Mai beamed. "Definitely!"
"Great! This gonna be fun! Isn't it fun to make friends, Naru?"
Yeah, Naru thought to himself. Definitely not going to be peaceful from now on...
A/N: This will only be updated when I have the time, since I'm mostly focusing on my other story right now. But I'll make sure that this story will be complete before I grow old and have white hair!
Please review if this was interesting! (Though I doubt it would be that interesting since this is still the first chapter and still the introduction of everything happening and stuff...)
Until next time~