Chapter 3.
hello again, sorry if it really takes time to update. I'm a college student, so uuuuhm, I can only update on weekends. -_- although I know it is no excuse. So please bear with me kind readers. :)
as I say. Ghost hunt, in anyway does not belong to me. :)
unto the story.
Previously.
"what?" he said.
"Naru, come here. There is something wrong with..." I couldn't finish my sentence. He hang up.
"Ayako-san..." Sayo-san called me, her hands in her mouth, a look of shocked was evident in her face. I looked at Mai and immediately got to her side.
"Sayo-san. Can you call an ambulance? Now." Sayo-san barely registered what I said, I switch on my phone and dialed the number of the hospital, make a quick call, then back to Naru. I informed him that I would take Mai to the nearest hospital.
I looked again at the bloody state Mai was in.
"Oh, Mai. What happened."
Naru's Side
(same time)
The owner of the boutique went into this morning, we spend half a day trying every new tuxedo they have and at last.(sigh) We settled for a black tuxedo with a dark blue tie to match it. I am pretty satisfied, I feel Mai would be very happy.
Then something felt wrong, I feel something's grasping my heart. I somehow felt nervous.
Mai.
This is what I felt when I'm losing Gene.
I looked for my phone through my pants, but it is nowhere to be found
"what's wrong Naru?" I can hear Bou-san calling me but I'm to busy looking for my phone that I didn't bother to answer him.
"Mai"
"What did you say Naru?" I looked at him with that usual mask of mine and I finally saw my phone at the table beside Bou-san, who's sitting in the carpet of the boutique.
"hm" Is all I said to him, holding my phone, just as I'm going to dial Mai's phone number, I heard Bou-san.
"You were spacing out and you said Mai" He was grinning wide, I know that smile and I know nothing comes good out of it. I looked at him suspiciously.
"You are turning into Mai-chan as time goes by." I looked at him, seeing my reaction he laugh out loud making everyone in the boutique to look at us. Even Lin-san who was talking to the manager has a smile plastered on his face.
We really did change.
Then I can feel my phone vibrate in my hands. I picked it up.
"Ayako-san" I muttered to myself.
Bou-san's POV.
I really feel happy about Mai and Naru, I can feel Mai is very happy and although Naru doesn't show much of his happiness, I just know he is.
"You're turning into Mai-chan as time goes by" I teased him, Naru even if he is my boss, it's still fun to make fun of him once in while.
"What is it now? Ayako?" Naru muttered under his breath I leaned into him more closely. I waited for him to hang up his phone but I was surprised to see the surprised look on his face, I was about to ask him what's wrong when he dashed out of the door, leaving both Lin and I dumbfounded.
"come on." Lin ushered me towards the door, I got up and quickly dashed out the door following Lin. We saw Naru on the driver's seat, we quickly get on the car, afraid of being left behind by Naru.
Something's gone wrong. I hope Mai and Ayako are doing fine.
"Naru, what happened?" I can hear Lin-san asking Naru in the passenger's seat. Before Naru could answer, his phone ring. He quickly answered it.
"Okay" He made a hasty U-turn, I just hope it was okay to make U-turn at this crowded street.
"Where are we going Naru?" I asked him, feeling nervous
"Midori University Hospital, Ayako will be taking Mai there." I felt something cold run down my spine. I felt dread. As I stare at Naru's figure, I can see he's as twice or thrice dreadful compared to what I am feeling.
Normal POV.
Ayako waited for Naru outside the hospital, She was relieved to see Naru's car at the gates of the Hospital, as soon as the car pulled into the stop in front of her, She walked past Lin to Naru who was about to run towards the Hospital.
"Naru, Mai is in the ICU right now. She's in coma" She said quickly letting Naru past her.
He couldn't feel his feet anymore, he was desperately, seeking for Mai; to see her face, to know she is alive.
He turned left then left. Towards the intensive care unit. As he glance through numerous glass windows, he finally saw what he was looking for. Mai.
His can feel his heart sink at the sight, He saw Mai, unknown tubes were pressed her skin, several machines just beside her, a slow rise and fall of her chest, her hair is a mess. His forehead were pressed against the cold window, He can feel his knees getting weak, tears threatening to fall.
How can he let this happen to her?
How can he not protect her?
How did this happen?
As soon as the thought sink in, he turned into Ayako who was leaning to Bou-san
"How did this happen?" he said looking at Ayako with much coldness in his voice, even he flinch into the sound of his voice.
"Hey! Naru. Could you calm down? We are all worried, so don't use that attitude to us." Bou-san told him calmly although he know that he pissed Bou-san. He sighed and return to the window were Mai is in.
"What happened Ayako?" He said now in control of his emotions his usual facade came back. Ayako told them what happened although crying she tell them every detail not leaving anything.
He sighed and let himself sit just below the window, sighing. He looked up through the ceiling.
He didn't notice Masako, John, Madoka, and Yasuhara came and sit just beside Lin.
After a few minutes since they all came, the doctor approach their little group.
"Good afternoon, are you relatives of Mai Taniyama-san?" the doctor said looking at them.
"yes we are" they all said in unison.
"O, Miss Taniyama-san's condition were still unstable and there will be no one allowed to enter the room for awhile, until her condition gets better.
The doctor then leave them, feeling more blue than they already are, especially Naru who got up and looked at Mai.
"Mai"
The others felt Naru, they also felt it too. The absence of Mai is too much for them, they were all thinking. 'what exactly happen?'
Yasuhara voiced out their thoughts. "Naru, what do you think happen to Mai-san?" Naru looked to yasuhara and then to all the members of the SPR.
"Honestly, I don't know. But I have a theory."
"Tell us" Masako said listening attentively to what the others might say.
"I think that it has something to do with our last case" Naru said, looking at them.
"That makes sense" Lin said while cupping his chin, deep in thought.
"Our last case were pretty dangerous" Bou-san said holding Ayako's hand tightly.
Mai's POV
"What is going on, I can't help but to cry, I don't know what happened to me. I don't know why I can't wake up.
"You failed" I heard a voice, I looked around to check who is in there.
"You failed, in every way possible, Mai-san" Then she saw it the girl in a white dress
"Lara-san" I called her but she seems to be getting farther and farther
"You failed Mai"
"what does she mean, we failed?" I think it through what happened during our case.
Flashback
One sunny afternoon. Mai was busy doodling on her notebook. This was her notebook back when she was in college which she never got to use. When suddenly she heard a knock from their office door, she practically run towards the door happily. There hadn't been a single case that caught the interest of his fiance. Yes. He was her fiance, who would've thought? (we do! :3)
Opening the door, she was greeted by a tall young man, a very handsome man to be exact, he has a jet black hair, green eyes. He was wearing the a white shirt and a black pants. He bowed down to me as a sign of his greeting.
"Come in, uhhh?" she asked tilting her head to her right, smiling.
"Yagami Takano" making his way towards the couch.
"Good afternoon, Yagami-san, make yourself comfortable, I'll call Shibuya-san and Lin-san" Mai said making her towards Lin-san's door then to Naru's door.
"Hey, Naru. There's a client." she smiled waiting for him to get up to his office chair and make his way towards the door. As soon as he's beside mai, who was leaning against his door frame, he held her hand and squeeze it.
Mai smiled, those little things he did were really sweet, she made her way through the kitchen to serve the tea for Naru and their potential client.
Naru's side.
"Good afternoon, I am Shibuya Kazuya. This is my assistant Koujo Lin, and Taniyama Mai, also my assistant and fiancee" he was introducing all of them when Mai returned from the kitchen, holding a tray of tea, she served it with such a graceful manner that she always seem to do, in Naru's eyes. That is.
"Nice to meet you all, I am Yagami Takano, I am here to ask your assistance" he looked down to his feet clasping his hands shut.
"What seems to be the case you are having?" Naru asked curiosity's evident on his voice.
"uh, Hai. You see, we lived in our ancestral home for now. That house was really old but it is still in good condition, it was near a cliff the view is fantastic, we were never the type to believe in ghosts or anything paranormal, they are rumors that's been leaking around concerning our ancestral house." he paused.
"Please continue" Lin-san setting aside his laptop.
"There are rumors about the curses. Myths to be precise." he looked straightly to Mai, Naru seemed to sense this and holds Mai's waist. Mai blushed from his possessiveness.
"What kind of myths and curses exactly?" Naru asked though his voice seemed icy. This did not falter their client.
"The town people talked about a celestial being, that has been imprisoned in our house by my great ancestors. But since they were saying it is a celestial being, we didn't give much thought to it. One thing though..." he paused, Mai, Lin and Naru waited for their client to speak.
"When we first move in, we experienced great fortune. My father said that the myth must be true, but that makes me think that the townspeople told us that the celestial being was imprisoned here, they never said anything about a fortune."
"They were saying a curse, my father don't believe this. As well as my mother."
"Then it all started, on the night of full moon, Friday the 13th." Mai can feel the a cold sensation in my nape, running down to my spine.
"We all heard it, not only us family but also the people in our island."
"What did they heard" Naru was now leaning with his hands clasp resting on his knees, his chin resting on them."
"A wailing, a cry from a woman, it was not normal, it was coming from deep down below the earth."
"My father being brave, opened our main door."
"After that incident, We can't talk to our father, he is not normal. He'd gone insane."
He kept saying "bride, empty eye sockets, fountain"
"Where is your father?" Naru ask still deep in thought but managed to stare at the client.
"At the asylum in the island" The client said.
"Very well, What is this Island" Naru asked the client, straightening his back leaning against the sofa, taking Mai with him.
"It is called the Sirzechs Island" Mai can see that Naru's grip tightened around her.
'I don't feel good about this.'
Hello dear readers, again. Sorry for my mistakes and also for a short chapter. I'm still working on their case here so please bear with me a little longer. Hope you like it. :)