Disclaimer: Still don't own Ghost Hunt DX Anywho o.o... When a sentence is italicized it means that either a ghost is speaking or someone is saying that phrase in English. Also when there is a random "3" present in my author notes or disclaimer that was supposed to be a heart! DX And now on to the second chapter! oO.O/ Please enjoy :3
PS: I forgot to say that I will answer any questions about the chapters as long as they don't reveal what will happen in the story :3 And I apologize for any grammatical errors DX I caught some in my first chapter and they made me so mad T.T
Friday 28th, 8:00 pm...
After Masako's sudden proclamation things quieted down. If they weren't still locked inside the house they would have sworn the spirit had forgotten about them. The girls, minus Mai, worked together to make dinner for everyone and they all ate inside the base room. Their meal was interrupted however with small stepping sounds and the sound of a door slamming shut. Monk and Ayako were already on their feet waiting for something to pop out. The noises stopped. Monk made a signal saying he was going to look in the hallway. As soon as he opened the door there was a scream and he was kicked hard in the chest. A girl with red hair just like Liz's came through the door holding a baseball bat.
"Where's my family! What did you bastards do to them!" she shouted in English. Lin grabbed the bat from her and held her arms behind her back. It wasn't as easy as he'd thought it would be though. The girl was a lot stronger than she looked and she struggled and kicked shouting profanities.
"Willow!" Liz got up and squeezed the girl in a hug.
"Calm down. We are with Shibuya Psychic Research. Your mother and father hired us to investigate strange phenomena happening in the house. I am Kazuya Shibuya the owner of the company." Naru explained unaware that the girl spoke perfect Japanese.
"Oh! Sorry about that." She laughed. Lin let her go and she helped Monk off the ground, patting him on the shoulder.
"I'm Liz's oldest daughter. Call me Will!" she said shaking Naru's hand. Will was dressed in baggy black cargos filled with holes and a bright green long sleeved belly shirt. Her stomach was covered with fishnet material and she wore knee high hiking boots that were covered completely in belts that looked like she had placed there herself. Her hair was flaming red and styled so that it would swoop up in one direction a lot like that of a Cockatoo frill. The team introduced themselves and then explained the situation.
"Will was it?" Ayako recalled. "How did you get inside?" Will cocked her head. Now she really did look like a Cockatoo.
"Um… through the door…?"
"So people can enter but not exit." Naru thought aloud.
"You look familiar." Monk stated. "Have we met somewhere before?" Will panicked practically shouting that she had never seen him before in her life. Ayako looked at her suspiciously so Will immediately changed the subject.
"So how close are you guys to solving the case!" she stepped over to Naru.
"Lin, have you finished compiling our research on the house's previous owners?"
"Yes. The house itself is very old being constructed in 1898. There have been several overhauls done in order to make the appearance more modern but other than that there was nothing done to the location. There have been four families that have resided in this house. Watanabe was the first, Akiyama the second, Fujioka the third, and lastly Johnson. There is record of the death of three members of the Fujioka family inside the house, two children and their father, but other than that there is no data on the house."
"So… what? Without Mai I doubt we'll get any information on the spirit." Ayako pointed out. The others agreed. Mai usually was their source of information for these kind of things.
"Since we have no way of telling what the spirit wants or needs we have no choice but to continue to try to exorcise it. Monk. John." Both men nodded and decided to search the house with Masako and Ayako. Naru and Lin stayed behind to watch over Liz and the kids.
"Hey sport!" Will ruffled her younger brother's hair. "Did you miss your big sis!" he nodded and held up his arms wanting to be held. Liz groaned as the babies began to fuss in their crib again.
"Why don't you get some rest mom. I got this." Liz nodded and went over to the other side of the base where she fell asleep on the couch the moment she lied down. Will picked up Iris and placed her in a surprised Naru's arms.
"What are you-"
"Ya can't hold her like that! Here support her head and put your other hand here." Lin tried to stifle a grin as the baby sucked on Naru's fingers.
"See it ain't that hard." Will smiled. Naru couldn't help but smile slightly at the cooing infant.
"What do we have here?" Ayako laughed. Naru inwardly groaned.
"I don't think anyone could resist a smile like that." John smiled as the baby waved her arms about and laughed. Masako interrupted the moment when she flew into the room red faced and teary eyed.
"Mai's in danger!"
9:30 pm...
It didn't take long for everyone to be in the room. Ayako called for ice which Will eagerly fetched. Mai's entire body was burning up and tears were running down her face. Yet her eyes weren't open and her body didn't move. Her body jerked and she screamed as a huge gash appeared on her right arm. Burn marks appeared on parts of her face and legs and smaller scratches began to appear around her body.
"What the hell is going on!" Monk asked no one in particular as he tried to stop the bleeding on her arm.
"I felt a strange presence and decided to check on her just to be safe and I found her like this." Masako's voice trembled. Mai's eyes shot open and reflected images of fire. The spirit appeared in the far corner of the room with a wicked grin on her face.
"What did you do!" Naru snapped.
"The hate lies deep within… all it needs to do is surface…" she disappeared with wicked grin painted on her face and Mai's fever did as well. Her body stopped trembling and Monk could finally bandage her arm. It was a few minutes though before she woke up.
"Mai." Naru addressed her not really expecting a response. She opened her eyes wider and sat up slowly looking at the damage done to her already beat up body.
"It happened again…" she whispered.
"This has happened before!" Ayako asked. She was past the point of worry now. Mai began to cry and buried her face in her knees.
"The dreams… they won't go away… I don't want to see it again…" she sobbed. Naru decided it was best for no one to ask her what took place in the dreams and to move her onto the couch in base.
Saturday 29th, 12:00 am...
The children by now had fallen asleep. None of the others even felt they could close their eyes though as they watched Mai stare at the wall. She hadn't said a single word since her crying fit. Will stared at her with a particular amount of confusion. Everyone was on edge. Especially since Masako had informed them that the spirit they were dealing with was one that had gone past the point of no return. It was out of character for her to say something so hopeless but Masako knew that this particular ghost had already been consumed by evil. Suddenly Willow stood up and dashed out of the room only to come back moments later with a thick dusty photo book in hand. She slammed it down on the table and flipped through the pages till she found what she was looking for.
"I knew it! I knew it was you!" she practically tore the photo out of its casing and put it right in Mai's face.
"M-mom…?" Mai gasped.
"You're Mai Taniyama! As in the daughter of Ayame Taniyama! Do you remember me!"
"Oh my goodness I knew I had seen you before!" Liz exclaimed happily. "You've grown so big I could hardly recognize you!" Mai stared at Will for what seemed like forever before the wheels in her brain began to turn.
"Willow! What happened to you!"
"What a thing to say after meeting an old friend…"
"Oh sorry…" Mai laughed. Monk sighed relieved as did Ayako and John when Mai's smile finally returned.
"I um… like your hair…" Mai said. Will rolled her eyes.
"You'll get used to it. I'll have to get used to yours being so short. You cut it all off!"
"It's such a pain taking care of long hair!" Mai protested.
"Lazy. Oh well it ain't like it looks bad. Since you're so short and thin it works for ya." Will grinned.
"So you take after your mom, huh Mai?" Monk examined the photo. "Hey check out this one! Aw look how tiny she is!" Mai was about six months old, laughing and playing with one of her stuffed animals. She was a chunky baby with soft brown wispy curls atop her head.
"Hey don't look at people's photos without permission!" Mai tried to snatch the picture away but Monk only passed it to Ayako. The happy go lucky feeling had finally returned to the team and even Naru found it easier to work with their shouting in the background.
"So you're doing ghost hunting now huh? I guess it runs in the family." Will laughed.
"Runs in the family?" Ayako asked.
"Yeah. Mai didn't tell ya? Her mom used to volunteer with supernatural stuff all the time. She wrote the book Psych."
"I read that when I was still in high school. It was huge back then." Monk stated. "I didn't know your mom was an author." He looked over his shoulder at Mai who was pouring some tea. She was getting sore from just sitting around.
"Mom loved to write. I got to meet all kinds of cool people when she went on cases. Some of them were really scary though. I once met this pair of creepy twins about my age. They were telepaths and wouldn't speak to anyone other than each other." Will nodded saying she remembered them too.
"Mai…" Naru felt it was time to bring up the subject of dreams. "Have you had any dreams concerning our spirit?" Mai set a cup next to his chair and shook her head.
"No. The only dreams I've had were actually memories."
"Must have been one hell of a memory…" Monk muttered.
"When I was little my house caught on fire and I was stuck inside." Mai explained.
"But that doesn't explain why you were physically injured outside of your dreams." John pointed out. Mai just shrugged.
"It was probably just the ghost that was doing that." She smiled. "I'm fine so there's really nothing to worry about." She assured them all.
"What a bitch…"
"Will! Watch you're language!" Liz scolded. "Oh dear little Mai…You're just as much a mess when it comes to your powers as Ayame was." Liz laughed. The entire team stopped and looked at Mai as if she was keeping some terrible secret. (When I say entire team just consider that Naru and Lin don't consider themselves part of a "team." It's annoying to constantly have to say "Minus Lin and Naru." :p)
"Mai I thought you said they were your friends?" Will asked.
"They are my friends! They just never asked so I never told!"
"Your mom was a psychic too!" Monk look at Naru wondering if he knew anything about this but the teenager just shook his head and went back to his computer, probably trying to find more information on the house and the ghost residing in it.
"She just had really accurate dreams was all!" Mai blurted this out just so she could stop talking about the past. It was strange but recently the more it was brought up the more old wounds were opened. In truth her mom had abilities very similar to Mai's. She, however, could also see the future and whenever she would meet a person she would have sudden visions pertaining to an important event in that person's life.
"Ghost hunting and psychic powers… is there anything else you've been hiding from us Mai?" Ayako asked. Mai shook her head.
"That was all mom did." She said as she thought about it harder just to make sure. The word "did" hit her like a brick. It seemed that life recently was just cruelly slamming her with the fact that her mother was dead. The thoughts of her mother's death kept running through Mai's mind. She didn't hear the others calling her name either as she continued to space out. She was thinking about the man who had murdered her mother and the hate that she harbored deep inside against him. She remembered being a little girl and wanting to destroy that man even as just a child. That last thought ran through her "Not again!" Ayako shouted.
"Damn, you faint a lot…" Will sighed.
Mai sat in a rocking chair gently swaying front to back and she rested her hand on her stomach. She looked around the room wondering if she had had this memory before. Everything seemed new and unfamiliar. A door clicked and Naru came in the room taking off his coat and laying his brief case on the desk nearby.
"Darling! I missed you oh so very much! I have something to tell you!" Mai didn't know why but those words escaped her mouth freely like she wasn't even saying them. But she had to be… right? Naru pulled her close and kissed her gently on the lips. (GASP! O0O)
"Is my troublesome wife feeling better? You did go to the doctor didn't you?" he asked kissing her on the forehead as he brushed away the pieces of stray hair covering her eyes.
"Wife…?" she thought. "Oh yes… that's right…" Mai stared at Naru for a moment an treasured the warm smile on his face. She thought back to when she was sitting in the rocking chair and then suddenly it dawned upon her.
"That's what I have to tell you about! We're going to have a baby!" Naru froze but then suddenly picked Mai up with loving arms.
"Darling be careful!" Mai squealed in delight as Naru spun her around in a warm embrace.
"Will it be a boy or a girl? I have to know!" he said bending down to kiss her stomach.
"You're so impatient. We have another seven months to wait." She laughed.
"Yes, I'm the most impatient man in the world. But it's your fault... You made me this way." He kissed her forehead again and she felt his warmth and love. The love that helped created the tiny beautiful miracle inside her. She couldn't help but scream over and over again in her head that they were going to have a baby. Her and her loving husband, Naru, Kazuya Shibuya. It felt like a dream… But it was real… very real…
"Well at least she is having a good dream." Ayako scoffed upon seeing Mai's mouth form a small contented smile. Everyone was on the edge of their seats waiting for the spirit to appear once again. Mai's eyes fluttered open and she looked around the room. She got up and ran towards Naru.
"Look out she's-" Masako shouted right as Mai basically jumped into Naru's arms.
"Darling you're home early again!" she squealed. Naru stood there with a his usual cool look on his face, the opposite of everyone else. Mai saw his expression and smiled.
"Still as serious as always. I should have known yesterday's excited impatient Naru wouldn't last." she laughed.
"Is she really possessed?" Ayako asked Masako unable to take her eyes off the strange sight before her.
"Yes. The spirit's presence is so strong it's unmistakable." Mai turned around finally noticing there were other people in the room.
"What are you all doing here? We just moved in you couldn't be that excited to see our new house could you?" Mai giggled. "Has Naru already given you a tour? It really is perfect isn't it? Just right for a growing family." She sighed happily looking around the room.
"You really need to find a place for all this equipment Kazuya. It takes up too much space and blocks the light from coming in."
"Ka...zu…ya?" they all whispered questioningly. Naru sighed exasperated that he was the victim this time and sat at his desk to drink his tea. Mai began to make what she called "a huge announcement" as he calmly took a sip.
"I'm pregnant!" Naru shot his tea out like a sprinkler and began to cough violently. Everyone's jaws dropped and Lin started to laugh.
"M-Mai! What are you talking about!" Mai looked at Ayako questioningly.
"What do you mean? I'm saying that me and Naru are going to be parents!" Mai took Naru's hand and placed it on her lower stomach.
"The doctor said that in another week the baby's heart will start beating. But I think I can feel it now, especially when you touch me. I think that even the baby's heart skips a beat during those times." Monk collapsed laughing and even Masako couldn't help but have a grin on her face.
"Aw how cute…" Ayako teased between her uncontrollable laughter.
"I fail to see how this is funny." Naru spat glaring at Monk.
"Mai, you are being possessed. There is no baby." Her eyes widened and she titled her head. The lights began to flicker and the house began to creak.
"What are you talking about…?" her voice echoed like it wasn't her but the actual house speaking. The floor boards began to quake and the windows cracked.
"Naru!" Lin looked at him as if to convey a message and Naru seemed to understand.
"I was just teasing you Mai… I-I'm very excited… for the baby." He had to choke out the last few words but the activity stopped and Mai smiled again.
"Naru… you know I hate to be teased…" she gave a playful glare. "I'll have to punish you for that. I know! Say you love me and then give me a kiss!" Masako's face turned red with fury and Monk covered her mouth before she could say anything. Ayako hid a camera behind her back.
"Go on Naru, you heard her." She snickered. Lin could tell that Naru wasn't exactly willing.
"Let me remind you that if the house collapses it will be on top of us." He said quietly giving Naru a very serious look. Naru sighed and looked at Mai with his cool blue eyes.
"I… love you…" he whispered. He kissed her on the cheek and just as that happened Ayako snapped a photo and shoved the camera back into her purse before Naru could say anything.
"I want a copy of that! Mai will never live this down!" Will exclaimed to Ayako.
"That's cheating Naru! But I suppose you learned your lesson. No more teasing okay?
Promise?" Mai hugged him around his waist and snuggled her face into his chest.
"Okay." Naru look at Lin and the others as she did this as if he was calling for help but no one was willing to ruin the hilarious situation. They turned away and trembled as they could feel Naru's icy glare piercing their very souls. Even Lin didn't dare look him in the eyes. Instead he laughed to himself. He couldn't help but feel he was getting revenge after he was stuck with Mai on their special Christmas case. Mai kissed Naru's cheek back and then tried and continued to try to steal a kiss from his lips. He tried to get Mai's arms off of him but instead fell back into his chair with her cozily sitting on his lap.
"I think we may have a problem…" Will chuckled.
"I love you my darling Naru."
It was so hard to try and stay serious while writing this chapter ^^; Pretty sure Naru hates me right now... Anywho! Rate and Review pretty please! \o.o/