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Well, I'll be writing the rest of the chapters in story form so it might take some time before I can upload each of them.
To miss koneko: I'm glad that someone read my story. Thanks a lot! Thanks for reviewing too! I'm glad you could understand the Hana-Mai relationship. Hana and Mai have been friends for ages and their personalities are quite alike. You understood their relationship quite well! I'm glad you could, hehex.
CHAPTER 2
Naru, Lin, Mai and Hana were the first to arrive at the mansion. Bou-san,Ayako,John and Masako would turn up later.
Hana glanced up at the building in front of her,"This place seems so familiar.."
"Mai, set up the equipment in that room", Naru said, pointing to the the second floor, room to the utmost right.
Mai sighed as she picked up one of the television screens," Hai.."
Hana noticed that Mai seemed rather restless so she offered to help. However, Lin called Hana aside to assist him with something.
Hana walked over to Lin. Lin had been trying to set up a lock for all the rooms which seemed to have activity in it. The lock would be created to make sure that no ordinary humans could enter it and spirits would not be able to leave the rooms. The doors in the mansion used high-tech technology so a high-tech lock was needed to keep the door closed at all times.
Lin said," I need you to help me set a code for these locks. You cannot tell anyone the code,not even the rest of the team"
Hana gave a puzzled look," Not even Naru.. or you?"
Lin nodded his head and Hana agreed to keep the code/password a secret. Then, Lin walked away after a minute or so to give Hana some time to think of the code and input it into the computer.
Hana sighed as she stared at the screen of the computer, " Hmmm. A code? What should I put..?"
Just then, Naru walked over to her," Hana. Have you decided on a code yet?"
Hana smiled," Not yet, I'm still thinking of something."
Naru gave her his famous, 'Naru-look' and just walked off.
Hana stuck out her tongue," What's his problem?"
Suddenly,Hana thought of the perfect code. She smiled to herself as she inputed the code into the computer. Lin noticed Hana expression and thought to himself, "Guessing from her smile, it's something I rather not know.."
Once Hana had finished inputing the code in the computer, she headed into the building to join Mai. She noticed that the room which would be used as the base was packed with equipment.
Hana turned to Mai and asked," Has everything been set up?"
Mai replied,"Most of it. All that's left are the cameras. We need to place them in the situated rooms of the mansion."
The girls exited the base with all the necessary equipment and began looking for the rooms. After about 30-45 minutes, the girls were done so they started heading back to the base.
Mai was tired from all the walking,"This place is too big.. it has 5 floors!"
The girls were on the fourth floor, making their way to the next staircase heading down. Just then, they heard moaning..
Mai looked around and stuttured slightly," What-what was that?"
Hana glanced around, then she shook her head," I'm not too sure. I don't think it's a ghost though."
Mai glared at Hana,"That doesn't make me feel any better.."
Mai grabbed onto Hana's hand as they decided to continue walking slowly. However, the moaning sounds got louder with every step they took. Suddenly, they heard footsteps.. someone was running but they didn't know from which direction.
Mai was feeling rather scared," Hana.. I think we should run, NOW."
However, Hana didn't respond to Mai. She was trying to listen to the footsteps. Suddenly, Hana's eyes widened.
Mai's fear inside grew," What's wrong?"
Hana glanced at Mai and said softly,"It's not someone running. It's someone running on the spot.. right.. beside us.."
Mai ran and pulled Hana along. The two girls ran as fast as they could to the staircase leading to the third floor.
Mai complained as she ran,"Why did they HAVE to build the staircases so far from each other!?"
As the girls were about to reach the staircase, Mai slammed into a force,causing her to collide with the floor.
Hana shouted," MAI! Are you okay!?",as she ran over to her friend and helped her up.
Mai nodded her head slowly, gasping for air. The blow to her stomach cause by an unseen force was unpredicted.
Hana sighed in relief," The noises are gone."
Hana supported Mai back to the base. By this time, the rest of the team had arrived.
Bou was shocked to see Mai in such a state," Mai!What happened!?", he supported Mai to a chair to rest.
" Did something happen upstairs?", John asked.
Ayako frowned at Hana," Are you going to give us an answer?"
Suddenly, Masako made a comment," This mansion is definitely not empty."
Hana remained silent during the whole conversation. Just then, Naru came in and saw Mai's state.
"What happened?", Naru asked.
"She collided with an unseen force, or something like that.", Bou answered.
Naru noticed that Hana was sitting by herself at a corner of the room and he walked over to her.
Naru looked at Hana and asked," Hana. What happened upstairs?"
However, Hana didn't respond to Naru. She looked at Naru, then she stood up and walked out of the room.
"Her attitude is horrible!", Ayako said, annoyed by Hana's silence.
" Stop insulting her, Ayako!", Mai shouted.
Naru remained silent for a minute or so, then he said," I'll be back."
Hana was heading back to the fourth floor. Naru followed her quietly.
" I know your still here.", Hana said firmly.
Suddenly, moaning sounds could be heard again. The sound were coming from behind Hana.
Hana turned around,"Your that boy's father, right!? How could you let your son do that to my friend!?"
Suddenly, Naru heard a distinctive giggle in the background.
Hana turned around again and spoke," NO! You hurt my friend on purpose! I saw you.. you stood right in front of her, waiting for her to collide into you."
Right after Naru heard those words from Hana,he saw a mist speeding towards Hana. He quickly jumped and pushed Hana to the floor.
Hana was shocked by Naru's sudden appearance," Naru!?"
Naru was angry, he couldn't believe that Hana would do something so foolish. He grabbed Hana's hand and pulled her back to the base. Hana struggled to get lose but it was futile.
Hana protested," Let go Naru!", while they were walking back to the base.
Suddenly, Naru spoke.
His voice was filled with anger as he gazed straight into Hana's eyes,"Didn't I specifically tell you that your not allowed to walk alone in this mansion after 6pm? It's already 6.07pm."
Hana knew he was right but she couldn't control her emotions. She avoided his gaze and refused to say anything.
Naru said firmly," You were provoking them."
"I couldn't stand the look on that boy's face when Mai collided into him, he was smiling so happily!", Hana shouted, frustrated by everything that happened earlier.
However, her words caught Naru's attention. He said softly," You could see the boy?"
Hana shook her head,"Only after a certain period of time. There were footsteps of someone running in the hallway but we didn't know from which direction. Then, Mai wanted to run all the way to the stairs but I just stood there, listening.. then when I turned to my left,I saw.. him. He was running on the spot,smiling at me. I was too scared to do anything. Suddenly, Mai started pulling me and asking me to run so I did.. but that boy... he appeared in front of the stairs. He took a step to the left, so that Mai would collide with him. I felt like screaming to Mai to stop but nothing came out of my mouth... then it happened.."
"Why didn't you tell the others?"
Hana sighed," I couldnt because he was there. He was standing at the door, watching Mai. Then he turned and looked at me..."
Hana shivered slightly as a slight breeze blew past her. Naru took off his jacket and placed it over Hana's shoulders. Hana was startled slightly...
"Let's go back to the base."
When Naru and Hana returned to the base, they realised that everyone was waiting for them. Mai was back to her normal,cheerful self.
" I have the information so I'll fill you in on it now.", Naru said, taking a seat in one of the chairs.
While Naru was explaining the incident to the others, Mai noticed that Hana was wearing Naru's jacket and grinned.
"Your wearing Naru's jacket.", Mai smirked as she whispered to Hana.
Hana blushed slightly, " I was cold so he lent it to me", she smlied softly.
Mai laughed," You seem so happy."
Hana decided to threaten Mai," Zip it or I'll start talking about Ken."
Mai stopped talking straight away, admitting defeat.
Once everyone knew the details, Naru said, "Mai, you will stay here with Lin. John and Bou-san, you will be in charge of the fourth floor.Ayako and Masako will be charge of the first and third floor. Hana, you will head to the fifth floor."
Hana said aloud," EHH? BY myself!?"
Masako asked," Are you sure that it's alright for her to go alone?"
Naru gave an expressionless look at Hana and replied, " I will follow her. If there are no more questions, proceed to your assigned levels."
Hana pouted and thought to herself, 'Oh mann. Why Naru... of all people?I can't slack on the job..'
Mai leaned forward and whispered to Hana," Good luck Hana. You can't slack,huh?"
Hana sighed and nodded in agreement. It was going to be a LONG day...
TO BE CONTINUED
Well, Chapter 2 is done :
I changed it to story format so I hope all of you don't mind?
Well, my grestest appreciation to those who have read my story till now!
ARIGATOU!
Well, Ja ne!
