Arrival
After everyone was called and told the details of the case Mai was sent home to pack for about two weeks. Naru knew that his parents would hold him longer then it took to solve the case. Madoka decided to follow Konta and Tom around to make sure they don't run of on her again. As Mai reached her apartment she thought about what England would be like. She had never left the country before, and now she thought about it she didn't know English very well. Actually the only ones who knew how to speak English were Naru, Lin, Madoka, John, Konta and Tom. Mai all of a sudden felt a little afraid to go. She didn't want to go into a foreign country without knowing the language. What if she got lost? What is she got into trouble and no one could understand her? Mai sat down on her bed and thought about all things that could happen while she was England.
Mai brought her hands up to her face and slapped herself. She started to regret doing so. None of those things are going to happen to me. Naru would never allow that. Mai told herself as she started to pack. She started to wonder what kind of house Naru grew up in and what the scenery looked like in the fall time. Soon her thoughts trailed to the case and then to how much fun she was going to have. She couldn't wait to meet everyone at the airport tomorrow at one. Naru had told her to stay home the next day and that he and Lin would pick her up at midnight and drive her to the airport.
There was a strange noise coming from somewhere. Mai didn't know what it was but what ever it was she wanted it to stop. It stopped. Mai smiled to herself and turned over in her bed. She had been running around all day looking for the things she would need on her trip to England. She had also run to the school to get the work she would miss. She was exhausted. The strange noise started up again. Mai opened her eyes and turned around. Looking at her alarm cloak she saw that it read:
12:10 a.m.
Mai sat up and looked around the room until she found the source of the noise. It was her phone that lay on the floor by her bed. The caller id said Naru. Mai quickly picked it up and said "Hello?"
"Mai what are you doing? We're going to be late if you don't come down right now." said Naru. Mai quickly hung up and ran out of the room. Running back into her room she fixed her hair and quickly changed before grabbing her suitcase and running down to meet Naru. As she got outside she saw Naru holding open the door to the van as he waited for her to get in. She threw her suit case in the back and hopped in next to Lin. Naru got in and slammed the door as Lin drove off. No one talked. Naru was reading the file on the case and Lin was focusing on the empty road. Mai felt the silence grow on her as she started to feel sleepy. She didn't get a lot of sleep the night before. Before Mai couldn't stop herself, she had fallen asleep. Her head fell on Naru's shoulder.
As something hit Naru's shoulder he looked up to see peaceful sleeping Mai. Without thinking Naru's smiled down at her before going back to his file. Within minutes Naru felt Mai move closer to him as she brought her legs on the seat and closer to herself. She was cold. Naru sighed and put the file down. He careful took off his jacket and put on Mai. He then put his arm around her and pulled her closer to him as he picked his file up and began to read. Lin couldn't help but smile.
When they reached the airport, they had about twenty minutes before the plane left. Lin parked the car and got out to grab the luggage. Naru looked down at the sleeping Mai. He didn't want to wake her but he also didn't want to carry her into an airport. He removed his hand and got out of the car before gently shaking her. "Mai, Mai you have to get up we're here." He said. She moaned in protest but opened her eyes just the same. She sat up and rubbed her eyes. "Mai get up I don't pay you to sleep." He said coldly before walking over to a waiting Lin. Mai glared at him and got up. As she jumped out of the van she wrapped herself in the warm jacket she had brought as the cold air hit her.
Mai followed Lin and Naru into the somewhat empty airport. She looked around for the others and when she found them she ran over to them.
"Bou-san!" she said running over to him and giving him a hug.
"Mai! Hey great to- what are you wearing?" he asked her as she pulled back. She looked at him confused. Yasuhara was the first to realize what it was. He broke out laughing. Mai glared at him. Yasuhara ignored her and turned to Naru. "Looks like our Naru has a soft spot for Mai-chan." Naru just glared at him, which made Yasuhara laugh even harder.
Mai looked between Naru and Yasuhara before looking down. She realized that she wasn't wearing the jacket she had brought with her. She was wearing Naru's. Her face turned ten different shades of red as she attempted to hide the jacket by wrapping it around her tighter. This only made the others laugh harder.
"Looks like Naru final learned some manners." said a voice behind Mai. Everyone stopped and turned around to see Konta, Tom and Madoka walking over. "Giving a girl your coat when she's cold. How sweet." Tom said. Konta looked a little angry to even pay attention to what was going on.
"Well at least he learned something while we were gone. I thought he was just wasting that small brain of his by drinking tea all day." said Konta. This made everyone laugh. Naru sent them all glares. Once they calmed down Masako asked. "Who are you anyway?"
This grabbed Konta's attention. She looked at the little doll girl before smiling. "Let me guess, you a medium named Hara Masako right?" Masako nodded and she turned to Yasuhara "You're a collage student working part time for Naru and your name is Osama Yasuhara right?" Yasuhara just stared at her looking shocked.
"How did you-"
"Madoka told me about you two and since you're the only ones here I haven't met yet I just guessed." She said coldly. Apparently Konta was a lot like Naru, they both are grumpy when they get lack of sleep.
"That still doesn't answer my question." Masako said. "Who are you?"
"Her name is Konta and she is an excellent medium, next to her is her husband Tom. He has some pk. They both will be helping us on the case." Naru said. Kona took a deep breath trying to calm herself. She hated the thought of going back to England. There was an announcement telling the group that there plane was about to leave. Once everyone was on the plane they grabbed seats. Konta Tom and Madoka took the lasts seats in the row. John sat next to Masako and Yasuhara while Bou-san and Ayako sat across from them. Mai ended up some how by a window next to Naru and Lin. This is going to be a long ride. She told her self as she leaned her head against the window as the plane took off. Mai closed her eyes and brought the warm jacket closer to her. Naru watched her as she fell asleep in his jacket. He shook his head and went back to reading.
The plane landed a few hours later. Naru stood up and stretched. It was a long fourteen hour plane ride. Mai had been asleep the whole time along with Ayako, Masako Yasuhara and Konta. Even Naru had fallen asleep for a while. Everyone started to go towards the exits sleepily. Naru turned to Mai and started to shake her. "Mai, Mai." She moaned at him before curling up even more.
"Mai don't make me leave you on the plane." Naru said. Mai slowly opened her eyes and said "What?" She was sleepily. She wanted to go back to bed.
"Mai we're in England. Now get up before they shut the doors on us." Naru said as he walked away. Mai got up and followed him only to trip halfway down the aisle. "Mai." Naru said turning around and catching her in time. He noticed that her breathing was slowly and her eyes were closed. She had fallen back asleep. He sighed and picked her up. He carefully carried her out of the plane and into the airport where everyone was waiting. Some of them gave him a weird look. "She won't wake up." He said.
"Well she probably just tired. Lets let her sleep for a while." said John.
"Okay the car is outside waiting for us." said Madoka. Lin carried his and Naru's bags out to the car while Ayako carried Mai's. When they got outside the saw a limo waiting for them. The driver had an umbrella and when he saw them he walked over to help them. Once all the bags were in the truck and everyone was inside they drove off. The limo was pretty big, but since there was eleven people it seemed small then usual and since Mai was the smallest and was already asleep she had to sit on Naru the whole ride so everyone could fit. Half way there Mai started to wake. Her eyes opened to see someone's neck. She lifted her head off his shoulder to see who it was. Naru looked a her as she sat up. Mai felt her face burn up as she realized she was sitting on Naru's lap. She tried to get off of him but he had his arms around her waist so she couldn't.
"Mai stop moving you're hurting me." He said as she continued to squirm.
"Well let go of me so I can get off!" she yelled. Naru let go of her and she fell to the floor. "You didn't have to do it like that!"
"You told me to let go of you, so I did." He said. Mai glared at him but stopped when she heard snickering. She looked around to see everyone trying not to laugh. Then she realized that she had no idea where she was. "Where are we?"
"We're the way to the house." said Madoka. Next to her were Tom and Konta who had her head on his shoulder as she slept. Mai got in a more comfortable position. She pulled her jacket closer to her as she felt a cold breeze.
"You were so cute when you were sleeping on Naru!" said Yasuhara. He pulled out his phone and showed him the pictures he took. Mai noticed that Naru also looked like he was sleeping. Mai tried to grab the phone from him but he was go quick for her and pulled it out of her reach. "Sorry Mai I have to save these for future generations." He said. The car stopped. Everyone looked out the window to see why.
"We're here." Lin said. The car began to drive up the long drive way. Mai couldn't see what was going but she didn't care. She was still trying to calm down from sleeping on Naru. As the car pulled up Bou-san and Lin opened the doors and stepped out. They put up the umbrellas and helped everyone out. Mai was the last to get out of the car. She heard the door close behind her and she looked up to see Naru holding an umbrella for her. She smiled up at him before walking up the stairs to the house.
Inside Mai felt warm and dry. Looking around she saw she was in huge entrance room. To her left was a room with two couches and between them was a glass coffee table. There was also a chair that sat at the far end.
"Hello" said a voice. Mai turned to see a woman walking over, her arms held out. Naru walked over to her and hugged her.
"Hello, it's nice to see you again." He said in English. Mai didn't understand what they were saying, but she guessed that the lady knew Naru pretty well. Once she pulled away she turned to everyone and said "It's nice to meet you all. My name is Luella and this is my husband Martin." She gestured toward the man walking in the room. Mai looked at Naru confused.
"Mother they don't speak English too well." Naru said. The women nodded and turned to them
"I'm sorry I wasn't aware that you don't speak English." She said in Japanese. Mai's mouth dropped open. She can speak Japanese?
"It's okay, we understand. My name is Ayako Matsuzaki. It's a please to meet you." Ayako said extending her hand. Luella shook her hand and smiled at her.
"I'm Houshou Takigawa but you can call me Bou-san."
"Hello I'm Osama Yasuhara."
"My name is Masako Hara."
"Hi, I'm John Brown"
"I'm Mai Taniyama pleased to meet you" Mai said with a smile.
"Well my name is Luella and this is my husband Martin." She said as she put a hand on her husbands shoulder. "Well now that we have introduced our selves why don't we show you your rooms."
"Oh wait." Madoka said. Everyone turned around to look at Madoka. "You're forgetting someone." She said. Naru sighed and turned to his mother in English he said. "I brought someone for you." Luella looked at him confused but when she turned to see what he meant her eyes filled with tears. Madoka pushed a reluctant Konta forward. Konta stood there awkwardly in the middle of everyone was they watched and waited for her to do something. Taking a deep breath she walked forward and held out her arms. She hugged Luella and said in English "Hi mom"
Luella held her tighter as tears started to fall. Once she let go of her she quickly wiped her tears and said. "Where have you been I've been so worried about you I thought you died."
"So I've been told." Konta said.
"Well I'm glad you back." She said before turning back to the group of confused people."Now shall I show you your rooms?" everyone nodded and followed her over to the stairs, everyone except Madoka, Lin, Konta and Tom. Mai turned to them and said "Aren't you coming?"
"No I've got something's to do; I'll see you at dinner." Konta said before walking off. Tom followed her. Mai turned to Madoka and Lin.
"I've already seen the house. Plus you better get going otherwise you're going to get lost." Madoka said. Mai turned around and saw that everyone else was already at the top of the stairs. Mai yelled goodbye to them before hurrying up the stairs. As she reached the top she lost sight of her group.
"Great now I'm really going to get lost." She said walking down the hall. She figured she would run into them eventually. The house can't be that big right? As Mai walked father and father she realized the house was bigger then it looked. "Great I'm lost!" she said to herself. There was a soft laugh behind Mai that made her turn around. A little girl was standing half behind the wall. She had short brown hair, moss green eyes and a pale face.
"Hey do you know how I can get back?" Mai asked her. The girl nodded before turning around and running down the hall. Mai quickly followed her yelling "Hey wait up!" This only Made the little girl laugh and run faster. She continued to follow the girl until she lost sight of her. Mai looked around. The hallway looked familiar.
"In here." said a voice behind Mai. Mai spun around to see the girl sticking her head out of the door. Mai walked over to the room as the girl turned and ran father in the room. Mai pushed the door open to see a bedroom. There was a bed next to the window in the far corner of the room. To Mai's left was a desk that had a bookshelf around it. The desk lamp was on. There was also a dresser and a door that lead to the bathroom. It seemed like a gloomy room to Mai but for some reason she felt save in here. Mai heard more laugher and saw the girl sitting on the bed swinging her legs. "Come sit." The girl said. Mai walked over to her and sat down next to her. The bed was so soft. All of a sudden Mai felt sleepily. The next thing she knew she was being surrounded by darkness.
hey! chapter two is up obliviously...dont have much to say but i hope you enjoy and please review!
oh wait yes i do...anyway Luella really isn't Konta's mother it will be explained like in the next few chapters or something. Also if anyone thinks they can guess who the little girl is... try.
sorry for spelling and grammar mistakes