Masako and John knocked on Hiro's door, waiting for an answer. When they didn't receive one, the two walked in anyway. Hiro sat on his bed, staring at the opposite wall. Masako lifted her hand to her mouth.
"There's a spirit in here, but I cannot sense any emotion coming from it," she whispered, John slowly whispered his prayer and soon Masako felt the spirit flee the room with no objections.
"Hiro?" John asked as he walked over to the black haired boy, who turned to face him.
"I didn't say you could come in," he glared before he noticed Masako he smirked. "You can come in any time you want, pretty lady," he added with a wink, Masako shivered inwardly.
John glared at the older boy, being a priest and flirting in his presence was disrespectful, but flirting with a friend of his was something he would not tolerate.
"Hiro, I would appreciate it if you didn't flirt with my friend in my presence," he almost hissed, Hiro looked from Masako to John.
"Well, you can leave, the doors right there," at the response John balled his fists and glared at the boy.
"We're here on business, Hiro," Masako stated as she rested her hand on John's, causing him to calm down.
"Oh yeah, forgot you were with the ghost hunters, what d'ya want?" Hiro asked, this time it was Masako's turn to glare.
"First of all, it is Shibuya Psychic Research, or SPR for short, not ghost hunters," she hissed the words out. Hiro looked at her, his eyes filling with boredom.
"If you're gonna lecture me on what's what then just leave," he ordered as he pointed to the door.
"We're here to ask about anything suspicious you've seen around the house," John stated as he took a seat in a nearby chair. Hiro allowed the both of them to sit down before speaking.
"Suspicious how?" he asked. John thought for a moment, he and Masako were never the ones to question people so this was new to both of them.
"Temperature changes, any figures, things your parents or brothers haven't seen, anything that's maybe attacked you-,"
"Slow down, I'll answer those questions for now otherwise I'll forget the others. Temperature changes yes, all over the house to be exact, it's like they follow you, I don't know if my brothers have experienced it. Nothing's attacked me, but I have seen a girl, her age will change whenever I see her, she could be young, old or my age, I don't know what she wants, she normally just stares at nothing, she doesn't seem to be any harm," Hiro interrupted John, explaining everything he had experience.
"Temperature drops following you?" Masako asked as she looked at him. She looked around, come to think of it; his room did seem quite cooler than the rest of the house.
"And this girl, has she spoken to you?" John asked, Hiro shook his head.
"No, she's just there," he answered, Masako frowned as she looked at him.
"What about your brothers? Have they seen her, or your parents?" she asked, Hiro laughed lightly.
"Please, I think I'd know if my brothers had seen her, they'd scream. My father doesn't believe me, he thinks all this is crazy, but my mum believes it, she just hasn't seen her," he answered, Masako nodded her head.
"Do you recognise her at all?" she asked.
"She seems familiar, but I don't remember, why?" Hiro answered with his own question.
"Because, at times a person can die and choose to look over another person, a guardian angel such to speak. She could be here to warn you or help you, maybe keep you from straying down the wrong path. But the only way they can help you is if you recognise them. However, there are exceptions, sometimes a spirit that a person has never seen before can come to help them, but it is normally after the person asks what they want. If you see this girl again, try talking to her, if she tries to reach out and touch you, run," Masako ordered.
"What happens if she touches me?" Hiro asked.
"No one knows truly, I would prefer it if you weren't the first to find out," Masako answered. Hiro nodded his head once and turned back to John.
"Is there anything else you'd like to know?" he asked, John shook his head.
"That's it for now but-,"
"Hiro! Come play with me!" Nekko came bursting into the room, but stopped once he saw Masako and John. "I'm sorry, I didn't know you were in here," he apologised with big bright eyes. John and Masako smiled at the child as he walked to Hiro and sat in his lap.
"It's fine, we were just finishing," Masako smiled as she looked at the boy, who smiled brightly at her.
"If we need to talk again we'll find you," John stated as he looked at Hiro, who nodded again.
"Alright, let's go play," Hiro ordered as he lifted Nekko onto a piggy back and ran off out the door with him.
"Where did the guardian angel stuff come from?" John asked as he and Masako walked back to base.
"Honestly, I don't know, I remembered reading something about it, so I figured I should have at least let him know," she answered.
"Alright, but you weren't tell everything, what happens if a guardian angel touches you?" John asked as they rounded a corner, their base just down the hall.
"You die," Masako answered. John stopped in his tracks as he looked at her in shock.
"How does that happen? Isn't it supposed to be a guardian angel; the word guardian is there for a reason!" John yelled as he looked at Masako, who took a step away from him, he had never yelled before.
"If a guardian angel reaches out and touches you, you have failed what you were supposed to do and so have they, meaning they will take your life in order to stop the path you are to go down," she answered. John frowned.
"But, how does that work? They're supposed to guide you," he stated.
"They are, and most do; however, there are two sides to a guardian angel. The first side is the side created by heaven, a good angel, encouraging you to do the right thing. The second side is a side created by the devil, encouraging you to do anything, and everything, evil they can think of. The two were merged together in order to find out how a person would proceed in life and which path they would take," Masako began explaining.
"So, it's like an internal conflict?" John asked as he looked at her, Masako nodded.
"Yes, however, this is where it gets complicated, if a person chooses the evil path and the guardian angels devil side is stronger, that person shall remain alive. But, if the angel side is stronger and the person has gone down the wrong path, that angel shall kill them," she explained further, John thought for a moment.
"So, what happens if you go down the good path but the devil side takes over?" he asked.
"Then you have to fight the guardian angel and kill them in order to continue living," Masako answered.
"So everyone can see them?" John asked.
"Unfortunately no, only those appointed with guardian angels can see them," Masako stated.
"Which is why you're worried about Hiro," John figured out as they stood outside the base.
"Exactly," she replied as they walked into the room. Ayako and Monk greeted them with a warm smile.
Masako walked to join Ayako on the sofa while John went to speak with Naru; he explained everything to the older man, including the part about guardian angels which Masako had told him about.
"That's very interesting, we'll keep this in mind in case Hiro sees this girl once again," Naru spoke as the door opened again. Mai walked in with her hands in her pockets.
"Aliza says dinner will be ready in ten minutes," she stated, Naru nodded his head.
"That should be enough time for you to tell me what the children said," he replied, Mai rolled her eyes as John walked over to the others and she began explaining.
"That's all?" he asked, Mai nodded. "Well, there is something paranormal happening, however, I'm not so sure as to what it could be yet," he sighed. Mai shrugged as a knock came from the door.
"Mummy told me to tell you tea is ready," Nekko smiled as he opened the door and ran up to Mai, who lifted the child in her arms.
Naru watched the scene with the two unfold, he smiled to himself, if Mai ever had children, he knew she'd be a fantastic mum.
"Let's go then, I'm starved," Monk smiled as he draped an arm around Mai, who still held Nekko. "You know, if you and Naru ever had children you'd be very good with them," he added with a wink, Mai blushed, as did Naru, although his was hardly noticeable.
"Unless the child inherits Naru's personality," Ayako pointed out as they walked down the halls. She shivered as Naru glared at her, but the rest of the team laughed, minus Lin.
Dinner passed by without any problems, the family got to know more about SPR and SPR got to know more about the family and the history of the house.
Throughout dinner Hitachi kept stealing glances at Mai, and every time he would a smirk would fall onto the girl's face as her eyes flashed a slight red colour, making the boy feel uneasy.
"Who wants desert?" Aliza asked as she walked into the room with a freshly baked pie. Everyone nodded their heads except Mai as she watched the pie be placed in front of Jino, she smirked.
"Sing a song of sixpence a pocket full rye, four and twenty blackbirds baked in a pie. When the pie was open the birds began to sing, oh wasn't that a dainty dish to set before the king?" the tune played through Mai's mind as Jino picked up a knife a cut into the pie.
A horrible sound filled the room as everyone covered their ears. Inside the pie, were dying blackbirds, covered in pastry. SPR stood to their feet and gaped at the pie.
Hiro quickly got Nekko out of the room, holding his mouth and nose at the smell of the pie, while Hitachi looked at Mai, but she was gone.
Monk grabbed the pie and threw it out the window, the sound was soon gone but the smell remained in the room.
Aliza stood in shock as she looked at the place the pie had been, Jino had thrown up from the smell of burning birds. Masako fell to her knees as she felt a horrible presence fill the room, a loud cackling noise filled her head, was that… some sort of laughter?
Ayako excused herself from the room as she quickly rushed to the nearest bathroom. Lin walked over to the window and called for Naru, who walked over, even he was in shock.
"How's that possible?" he asked, the pie was normal, no birds, no chirping, no horrid smell.
"We couldn't have been imagining that," Monk stated as he walked over to the two, there was no way everyone had imagined them, there was just no way.
John knelt down next to Masako who held her hands to her face.
"Masako?" he asked.
"There is something in this house, something evil and it is strong," she whispered as she closed her eyes, falling forwards, John caught her easily as he lifted her in his arms.
"I have a question," Monk stated as he looked about the room. "Where's Mai?"
The remainder of the people who were in the room looked around, sure enough, Mai was gone.
Mai walked down the halls towards their base, her eyes glowing an eerie red colour, while a smirk filled her face, she was pleased with what had happened in the dining hall.
But next time, she would make sure it was something much more drastic.
Chapter three finished, hope everyone liked this-
Monk: WHY THE HELL WOULD YOU BAKE BLACKBIRDS IN A PIE?! THAT WAS JUST HORRIBLE!
Hey, it gets worse to get used to it. As I've said before, any nursery rhymes you want in just review them and I shall put them in, next chapter will hopefully come sometime this weekend
Mai: But HTF is sorry if it doesn't because she does have exams in 11 days now
Please don't say it like that *cries on corner*
Naru: You'll fail in life if you don't revise
I'm getting there! Please just review and I shall see you all soon. Oh, also, the thing about guardian angels in this story were completely made up by me, so it is not true. Now, REVIEW!
