Hi again! It's chapter 2, yay! *crickets chirping?* No one? Oh...okay. Well before I get started I'd like to thank all those who decided to follow, favorite, and review my story it means so much. I'd also like to thank all those silent readers out there, they're just like me, silently clicking on stories the only way you know that they're there is by the increase of views on your story but they're there and so I'm thanking them for it. Anywaaaay let's get to the story now shall we?
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Case 1: A hidden creature
Day 1
"Crap!" Mai looked at her watch. 'Naru's gonna kill me, I'm an hour late.' She thought to herself as she ran to the office. She could see the van parked at the sidewalk but no one was there. Mai proceeded to run up the steps and into the office where she saw her narcissistic boss and his stoic assistant.
"I'm sorry *pant* my clock was off." Mai said as she bent over clutching her side, completely out of breath.
"It's okay," Naru said as he got up and walked over. "I told you to be here two hours earlier than everyone else. I guess Lin, you, and I will be early for once." She looked up to see him smirking as he walked outside.
"You jerk! You really think I'd be that late!?" She yelled at him as he made his way down the stairs and to the van.
"I knew you'd be late, now stop yelling and get in the van you're making a scene."
"Stupid Narcissist," Mai muttered under her breath as she climbed into the van. 'I can't believe that jerk; he has no faith in me. I mean, sure we would've been late had he not done that but still…oh who am I kidding? That was really smart of him; we're finally going to be early for once.' She looked at Naru; he was reading a book now. As Lin started the car she began to wonder where they were going and tried to remember if Naru had told her, she decided he hadn't and hoped she wouldn't sound stupid.
"Naru?" She asked.
"What Mai?"
"Where are we going? Is it really far? How long is this going to take?"
"You'd know these things if you had read the case notes I gave you before you left the office last night," he sighed as she blushed knowing she totally forgot. "We're going to Morioka, it's about 7 hours away."
"That's so long!" She looked at him eyes wide in shock. 'Great, stuck with the two least sociable guys in the world for seven hours…I guess I'll sleep."
She looked around at the familiar darkness searching for him.
"Hello Mai."
"Gene!" She smiled at him. "What do you have to show me today?" He smiled at her then turned pointing, she looked in that direction and found herself on a grassy field suddenly.
"Daichi." She heard a male voice yell, she turned in that general direction and saw a boy, he looked really familiar.
"You can't catch me!" He giggled running away as she saw him chase after the child.
"Oh yes I can! Big brother Aki is the fastest." He caught up to the boy quite easily, he seemed to be about 16. He grabbed Daichi and tickled him.
"Akiyuki! Stop it!" He giggled swatting the older boy's hands away. She felt like she had heard that name before somewhere. The scene went away and she looked at Gene confused.
"I don't get it? Did that have anything to do with the case? The little boy Daichi was the only thing that has been constant in the two dreams I've had." She frowned.
"When you wake up tell Naru that you'll have to find out everything before you can solve this case, he won't be able to figure out this one without every detail. This case is not what it seems."
"Wait but I don't get it, this dream made no sense." Mai said desperately trying to get an answer out of him.
"It's time for you to wake up. Bye Mai."
Mai awoke to Lin shaking her, Naru must've left her there ordering Lin to wake her up instead of doing so himself.
"Taniyama-san we're here. Naru is waiting for us inside, I suggest that we go before he gets impatient if he hasn't so already." Lin said standing outside the car. Mai rolled her eyes in response and nodded.
"Alright Lin let's go." She climbed out of the car and looked up to see a giant mansion in front of her. "Whoa! This place is huge!" Mai said excitedly as she stretched and started to walk to the open door. "I didn't know it'd be a mansion."
"Maybe you should pay more attention." She saw Naru in the doorway, Lin was right, he had gotten impatient. Mai giggled at that. "Hurry up, stop dawdling and come inside." She huffed in annoyance and went inside the mansion, she saw Lin and the client waiting.
"Thank you for coming, you're early too. I appreciate that." He led them through a hall. "Would you like a tour?"
"Yes! Can we Naru? Please?" Mai begged him. He looked at her raising an eyebrow and opening his mouth to say no when he paused. If he said no Mai would probably bug him about it the rest of the day, she might even refuse to make him tea. Knowing her she'd also probably get lost, well she most likely still will but if he agreed to the tour the chances of that happening would be slightly lower and he wouldn't be interrupted from his work to look for her. He sighed making his decision.
"…Alright."
"Okay then, follow me." They complied following him as he led them down the hall. "Here's your base and down this hall is the bedrooms. I put them all next to each other for your convenience. "He then had them follow him to the end of the hall where a large kitchen was located.
"Whoa, this is like ten times bigger than my apartment." Mai exclaimed as she looked at the beautiful marble counters and sparkling clean cooking appliances.
"This is the kitchen I was attacked in," said Mr. Takahashi and just as he was about to continue Mai gasped.
"Wait there's more than one!?"
"Mai stop interrupting him. You're acting like a child and holding us up. At this rate we'll never get to work today."
"I'm not acting like a child stupid narcissistic, workaholic, idiot scientist." Mai grumbled under her breath as she began to blush, Mr. Takahashi smiled at them.
"It's fine Mr. Shibuya, I don't mind, and yes Mai to answer your question, there is more than one kitchen, there are three kitchens actually. Now shall we continue to the second floor?"
"Yes." Naru said before Mai could say anything ignoring her glare. Just as they began walking again Naru got a call, he sighed. "It seems this tour isn't starting again anytime soon, Lin come with me to base, and Mai?" She looked at him showing that she was listening. "Since we're already at the kitchen make some tea."
"Yes sir." She rolled her eyes as he walked away answering his phone, Lin following him silently. She sighed walking into the kitchen and crossing her arms. "How am I supposed to find everything?"
"Do you need help?" Mai jumped and turned around.
"Oh I'm sorry Mr. Takahashi. I forgot you were there." She bowed, blushing slightly.
"It's alright and please, call me Akiyuki."
"Akiyuki?" Mai looked at him her eyes furrowed as she remembered the boy from her dream. 'Nah it's probably just a coincidence, it's not like he's the first Akiyuki I've met. I should probably tell Naru about that dream though.' She nodded to herself. "Mkay, so…where is the tea stuff?" She looked at the many cupboards not really wanting to search through them.
"I'll get everything out." He laughed as he walked through the kitchen gathering everything.
"This is a really nice mansion. Do you live here all alone?"
"No, I live here with my two daughters, my wife, and my cousin. She's in college right now so I offered for her to stay here so she wouldn't have to pay for an apartment or anything." He said handing her the kettle, she took it getting everything ready.
"You must be really rich, I mean since you have a mansion and all." Mai said sheepishly as she waited for the water to boil.
"Well you could say that but this land has been in our family for a while. I grew up here with my family." He said, although he was smiling she sensed melancholy in the way he said it. She glanced at him curiously then looked away placing Lin and Naru's cups on a tray.
"I made some for you as well," she said gesturing to his cup which was sitting on the counter, "I should leave now though before Naru starts having tea withdrawal and takes it out on poor Lin while I'm gone."
"Thank you." He smiled at her.
"You're welcome," she called back as she left the room. She walked down the hall to base and peeked inside, Naru was off the phone and was talking to Lin quietly. "I have your tea Naru." He looked at her as she walked inside placing the tray on a table.
"Takigawa and the others aren't able to make it today, there has been an accident due to the thunder-storm so the roads have been closed off." He said, she was about to ask when that started but stopped herself when she realized how stupid that'd sound. "The servants have brought all our monitors in so, since there's only three of us here for the time being, you and I will have to take temperatures before setting up the monitors."
"Okay. Oh Naru? I sorta forgot to tell you earlier that I had a dream on the way here."
"You should've told me when you woke up." He looked at her seemingly annoyed.
"I'm sorry."
"What happened?"
They had gone through twenty different rooms by now taking temperatures and Mai was getting bored.
"Naru? What do you think Gene meant when he said we wouldn't be able to solve this without every detail?"
"He was probably being overly cautious."
"But…what if he's right? I don't know why but this case feels different." Mai said as she wrote down the temperature for the room they were currently in. They went into the next room when the lights went out, Mai looked up her eyes widening. "N-naru?"
"Calm down Mai, it's just a power outage. They tend to happen when there's a thunder-storm."
"Oh yeah…" Mai blushed. "Well, we should probably go back then right?" She began to walk to the door when it slammed closed causing her to scream in surprise. "Naru." Mai whispered as she made her way over to him quickly. She was beginning to get seriously freaked out as a misty figure started to form in the opposite corner of the room.
"Calm down." Naru said sternly. "It's possible that the spirit could be attracted to your fear." He moved her behind him slightly glaring at the figure. After a few minutes it disappeared and Naru walked to the door opening it, the lights never came back on though. "C'mon Mai, we're going back to base."
"…Naru." She said faintly, he noticed her swaying slightly and walked over grabbing her shoulders. "Something's not...right…." She muttered right before she passed out unknowingly falling into Naru's chest as the darkness enveloped her.
2nd chapter completed! *salutes* Thank you all for reading now go review pleeaaasseeee? Before I leave though I'd like to thank Ariana Taniyama and ShimaiDreamKeepers for reviewing. It made me feel really special ^^ and thank you again to all those who wanted to favorite and follow my story you guys are awesome. I shall be back again with another chapter but for now I must go and work on my research paper.
Buh bai~
