After about an hour they stopped outside a building. They driver opened the door and Mai got out followed by the SPR team. They all look up at the building in awe. It was a huge skyscraper, completely black.
"Are you just going to stand there." a cold voice asked snapping them out of their trance. They looked and saw Mai ahead of them, clearly irritated. They quickly followed behind her. When they opened the door, they were greeted by a few men and women dress in all black.
"Agent Taniyama, it's a pleasure Ma'am." a women bowed as they passed her.
"Miss Taniyama, welcome back." a man said.
"Taniyama-san is there anything I can get you." a young woman bowed. Mai place her finger on her chin, thinking.
"Latté." she said. The women nodded and bowed again before leaving. The SPR shared looks. They soon came to an elevator. Mai stepped in followed by the team. She then pressed the button for the very top floor. The ride up was a quiet one. Quiet and uncomfortable. No one dared to speak, afraid they would say the wrong thing. Mai sighed at this.
"I don't bite you know" she said. They were silent of a minute, before John spoke up.
"Mai, if I my ask, where are we? What is this place." John asked smiling nervously. Mai sighed and glanced at the blonde man.
"This is TDA. It's a detective agency. We deal with normal crime cases as well as the paranormal or supernatural ones." she stated.
"And that 'Agent' thing. Your apart of it." Ayako asked. Mai didn't answer. At that time the elevator door opened reveling a smiling Tamaki. Mai walked passed him followed by the others. Mai walked all the way to the end of the hall. There was a big black door that had 'Director' engraved on a solid gold plaque on it. Mai opened the door and was greeted with more people. Mai groaned.
"Tamaki!" she growled. Said man was rubbing the back of his head nervously. Mai glared at the blonde, with made him cower behind Naru, who was looking at the situation in curiosity and confusion.
"Welcome back, Mai." a red-headed girl says as she stands. She had light blue eyes and pale skin. Her hair stops at her shoulders. Another girl with black hair and green eyes, whose hair stops around her mid back, stand as well.
"It's nice to see you again, Mai." she said as she bows. Then a blue haired male stood. His light green eyes sparked with mischievousness.
"So our bad-ass, workaholic of a boss, finally decides to return." he smirked. Mai growled at him before walking to the desk in the office, leaning against the front part of it. The office was huge, almost the size of a whole apartment. On the right side the wall was all windows that reached from the floor to the ceiling. The far back wall had a black bookcase full with books, stood as tall as the windows. A black door was to the left of it on the same wall, which probably lead to a bathroom. The left wall had very few black decorations on it, with another black door in the center of the wall. The black desk, Mai was leaning on, was in front of the bookcase. In front of the desk was a kind of sitting area. There was a black leather couch facing the windows, across from that were two black leather armchairs. A glass coffee table with black legs lay in between them, with a black shag carpet underneath it.
"Who are they." the redhead girl asked eyeing the SPR, her eyes lingered on Naru longer than necessary.
"SPR, Gina." Mai said simply. Said girl's eyes widen.
"So you're the infamous SPR." the blue haired male said. Naru's eyebrow raised. Mai sighed again.
"I'm guessing you would like an explanation." she said. The guys nodded in response. Mai sighed again. Seriously what's with all the sighing today. Just as she was about to speak, the office door bust open, reviling a girl with strawberry blonde hair and light blue eyes. She was beautiful but was nothing compared to Mai.
"You Bitch!" the blonde growled at Mai.
"Why are you here Jessica." Mai asked calmly leaning on her hands against the desk. The blonde growled again.
"It's all your fault!" she yelled.
"What the hell are you talking about?" the brunette asked calmly. The SPR team and the others in the room all watched the scene in front of them with confusion and caution.
'Jessica' then growled again before she raised her hand and slapped the brunette as hard as she could. Mai's eyes widen a bit before he hung her head, her bangs covering her eyes.
"It's your fault! You entire fault! Kei left me! He left me because of you! You slut! What did you do to him!? We were in love! But you had to come in between that, didn't you!? You couldn't stand the thought of us being together could you! You bitch!" Jessica yelled. The blue-eyed girl seemed to be oblivious to the dark aura surrounding Mai as she continued her rant. Objects started to shake violently, but the blonde still continued. "You don't know how it feels! I lost him! I loved him so much and I lose him! All because of you! You don't know how it feels! To lose some one you love and hold most dear! Of course you don't! You will never know the pain you BITCH!"
Suddenly a vase near Jessica broke. She froze and looked at the girl in front of her. Her bangs still covering her eyes.
"How dare you." Mai said in a low, ice-cold, calm voice surprising and scaring everyone. "How dare you. How dare you say I don't know pain. That I don't know what it feels like to lose some one I love. Well, for your information I lost just about everyone I love. I lost my parents, my brother, my family, everyone. I was heart-broken, in so much pain. I thought I found some people to help me forget that pain, but I was wrong. They left me too, just like everyone else in my life. I only have one person left and she's missing. I will do everything in my power to get her back before I lose her too. So don't you dare tell me I don't know. My pain ruins deep within me, so deep I believe it's a permanent part of me now. So don't you even tell me I don't know the pain"
Everyone was now staring at Mai with sad eyes. Never before had they realized what pain this girl had deep within her. And they just made it worse. But Naru couldn't help but wonder who was this person that Mai won't stop looking for.
"Please" Jessica scoffed, while crossing her arms over her chest. "Like I'll believe that. Your life is perfect."
"You know nothing about me." was Mai's response.
"I know you are a slut and a man stealer! You're a bitch! A spoil rich kid and I can't stand you!." Jessica yelled and was about the slap Mai again. She was stopped by a hand on her wrist, Mai's to be exact. She stared back at the brunette wide-eyed.
"Let go of me, you disgusting ho-"
"Enough." Mai yelled sternly, successfully shutting Jessica up. "You idiotic human. So dumb and naïve. You know nothing but you still are the way you are. It make me sick to my stomach." Mai then raised her head. Everyone gasped as they saw blood-red eyes instead of her chocolate-brown ones. Jessica started to shake. "Do you want to know why Kei left you? You are conceded, arrogant, obnoxious, clingy, loud, rude, and a sorry excuse for a human. Now I suggest you get out my site or you'll regret it."
Jessica nodded her head. Mai let go of her wrist, and the blonde shot out of the office. All that was seen was a blur. Everyone then turned their attention on the brunette, whose eyes were still blood-red. Tamaki sighed.
"Mai, please calm down. She's gone now." he pleaded. Mai's eyes shot in his direction and narrowed. Tamaki shivered but still held his ground. Mai sighed and let her eyes slow turn back to their original state.
"You could have said something Kei." Mai said narrowing her eyes at the blue haired man, who was rubbing his head nervously.
"Well you handled it so well, I did want to disturb you."
"Whatever. Next time don't try to make another girl jealous by telling them I am you girlfriend. If you do it will be the last thing you will ever say." Mai promise more than threaten. Kei gulped and nodded. "Good. Now that we're on the same page, SPR will you please have a seat." Mai said as they took their seats. When they were settled she continued. "Now I know you have a millions questions, and all will be answered in due time. But for right now I'll give you the basics. This is TDA like I stated earlier."
"What does that stand for?" Bou-san asked. Mai glance at him before answering.
"TDA stands for Taniyama Detective Agency."
The member's of SPR eyes widen.
"So that means-" Ayako started.
"Yes this is my company." Mai said simply. The team just stared at her.
"How do you own this company?" Naru said emotionlessly, but if you knew him as well as Mai did you could tell it was full of curiously. Mai smirked at this.
"Wouldn't you like to know." she said, earning a glare from the dark-haired male. Mai giggled at this, then quickly covered her mouth. She hasn't giggled since Naru left. Was she turning back. She glanced over to Tamaki, who was smiling brightly at her. Mai dropped her hand then sighed.
"Ummm…Mai?" Masako said.
"Sorry. Anyway, this was my parents company. They were level A agents and the best in the field. They trained me, my big brother, and my little sister to become agents like them. I was a level A by the age of 7, while my brother was a level B at 10. My little sister was too young to learn at the time. By the time I was 10 my parent gave me the company. Usually the first-born gets it, but my brother want to choose a different path in his life and my parents respected that so I got the company. I was young, but I passed most of the senior agents in knowledge and on the field. Later that years around September, my parents and my brother were killed. I managed to save myself and my sister, but it was too late to save the others. Since then I have been running the company and taking care of my sister and myself." Mai explained.
"Umm...Mai what are Level A's." John asked.
"Levels are the different ranks for the agents here. They go from E to A, E being the lowest and A being the highest. I am a level A meaning I'm an expert, their are very few A's at this company. My sister, Akemi Taniyama, is a level C with is average. Tamaki, Gina, Kei, and Angela are level B with is for the above average agents." Mai explained. Everyone made a 'o' shape with their mouths, except for the normal people, showing they understood. There was a long silent that followed that. Yasu was the one who decided to break it.
"So where is your sister now, we would love to met her." Yasu said excitement clear in his tone. Everyone froze when they noticed the pained expression that crossed the brunette's face. Tamaki then decided to step in.
"Well, you see, Akemi-chan was kind of-"
"She was kidnapped." Mai said in a cold and emotionless voice.
"S-she was kidnapped!" Ayako and Bou-san said in unison. Mai glared at the duo.
"Are you deaf? I will not repeat myself again. My little sister was kidnapped." Mai said in a cold and irritated voice.
"Do you know who took her?" Naru asked.
"Yes. It was that bastard Kyo Hara." Mai replied practically hissing his name. "He took her a few months ago on her 17th birthday. I left her with her friends for a minute and when I came back she was gone and her friends were unconscious. She left behind the necklace our mother gave her before she died. She never let it out of her sight. When I picked it up, I saw a picture of Kyo flash through my mind. I knew he took her. I just knew it deep in my heart. Like I know she's still alive. I know that for a fact. And I will stop at nothing to find her."
"So that's why you're searching for him." Lin said in understanding. Mai nodded.
"That's part of the reason. Kyo is accused of multiple murders, kidnapping, etc. And…" Mai said trailing off.
"And." Naru said raising an eyebrow. Mai then look the blue-eyed male in the eyes. Sadness and sympathy present in her chocolate orbs.
"He is the one that killed Gene."
I'm so sorry I didn't update when I said I would. Feel free to hate me ~sniffs~ I'm so sorry. I will try to update Who Knew soon, but the others will probably have to wait. Sooooo sorry again. J Love to all my reviewers, please keep on review. I will update sooner ;) lol Well that's all for now.
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