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Ayako POV
We stared as Mai dropped the knife and started scratching at her neck. I was going to stop her when Masako put her arm in my way and said "Just watch". We all looked at her as if she was crazy. I turned when I heard a gasp from Yasuhara. I followed his gaze to see a Mai Taniyama, but she was a ghost and wearing a dress with a tiara, the dress was the standard princess dress, puffy and pink. What shocked me the most was that she was strangling her body.
She cartwheeled back as her body spun around and went to attack. Mai dodged many attacks by weaving this way and that way, as if stitching a dress.
We watched in amazement as Mai went over to her and pulled ribbons from her hair which was now waist length, the ribbons turned to swords and Mai stabbed her body over her heart. The demon screeched before saying, "I'll be back little Princess don't forget you can never escape Yami, Yami always wins" She smiled creepily before collapsing.
The ghost Mai went over to her body and began to chant as she placed a hand over her wound. I couldn't hear the chant but knew it was in ancient tongue. As she finished chanting she summersaulted into her body. We could only stand there mouths agape, this included Naru and Lin, who quickly covered it by a thinking pose. I rolled my eyes at them.
Naru's POV
It was strange it was like she was weaving a blanket, the way she elegantly moved to dodge each attack then make her own. She would jumble up her rhythm to make sure it was unpredictable.
Able to sense spirits, and moves like a ninja just who is Mai Taniyama? And why is she so strange? When Mai was back in her body she looked around confused "What just happened?" She asked. "You don't remember?" She looked at us like we were crazy, then eyes widening in shock she remembered. "Mai can we ask you a few questions?" I asked flashing her and her friends' one of my brilliant smiles…fake obviously but they wouldn't know.
The rest of the gang just rolled their eyes whilst her friends Keiko and Michiru swooned. Mai looked at me confused. "Why?" She asked tilting her head. "Why what?" I asked still smiling. "Why doesn't your smile reach your eyes, why do you fake smile when the people that care can see through it? Why lock yourself away when it's ok to grieve? Why torment yourself and more importantly, why not tell the truth?" She countered.
I just sat there mouth agape with no idea to counter until "I always tell the truth". "No you don't, you pretend to like the tea the onmyouji makes, no offence Lin-san and thanks for being there for him, and Ayako, I can tell you now, the only healthy tree around here is at least 6 miles away but nice job of not using too much make up you look stunning, Monk, he needs a cup of tea would you mind and good job on the mantras? Finally Yasu, John, and Masako. Yasu great job on the research even Madoka wasn't that good at your age, John thank you for stopping Ayako and Monk from giving him constant headaches, and Masako although you are as clingy as my perfect medium brother you look amazing in kimonos and do a great job. Now that all your 'inner feelings' have been said Naru, your questions?" she said then sat down.
Lin started to chuckle whilst everyone was laughing. "What is so funny?!" I fumed "You just got told off by Mai!" Said Yasu "Well at least we know how you truly feel" Said Monk between giggles. I rolled my eyes before going to ask Mai questions "Mai, have you even had a paranormal experience before today?" She shook her head "Do you know why you keep collapsing?" Again she shook her head "What do notice before you collapse?" Monk came in with a tray of tea and Mai took it, then began staring at her lap again. There was an awkward pause "There's a voice. It's different each time. First there was a woman, she kept going on about how 'world was tainted' I will see things as I always were meant to, Princess this, Princess that…" She went on and as she did you could see the beads of sweat rolling from her as she tried to remember. "Then there was another women's voice, she saying "Stand up straight prim and proper, that's it, now open your fan gently, just above the nose and flutter, yes. That was excellent your highness next we'll work on…' and then there was a man's voice" This perked my interest, but you could see how bad and tiring it was for her, it must have been draining all her energy.
"He said 'Kill them all! I want everyone dead understand?! Now go and don't leave until everyone is dead especially that Princess' then his same voice was speaking to me and he said 'Kill them all, you must kill them, kill them and be free, let the blood drape over you, they were only going to kill you anyway, kill them before they kill you' and then I blacked out" She was taking short breaths but was trying to calm down. "The woman, she said something else she said that I know things, I know what it's like to see my family killed." At that her eyes started getting droopy. "Mai I need to ask you one more question" She nodded "What did she mean?" she looked at me and her eyes were going cloudy "I don't know I was always an orphan…" she opened her mouth to say something but she swayed and fell on the couch dropping the tea and cup on to the floor. It stopped as Keiko came back in and managed to grab it. She set it down on the table then sat at Mai's side
She started stroking the hair on Mai's head which was now in her lap. She looked down at Mai and smiled sadly. She looked at me and said "Shibuya-san, please keep this a secret from Mai but, she's an orphan her parents died, she doesn't know when or how but they did, she doesn't remember because at the age of seven she suffered from something that caused amnesia" She looked at Lin "May I borrow your laptop?" Lin looked hesitant but nodded. She leant over Mai and typed in 'Mai Taniyama' she turned the laptop round to show us and it said 'Mai Taniyama 0 results found'. "So that just means that she has a private life" said Ayako.
Keiko looked at Ayako and said "That's not it, I looked everywhere for birth certificates, passports, anything but I came up with nothing apart from one conclusion. Mai Taniyama does not exist." We looked at her, to Mai, to Keiko, to Mai. This went on for some time before Monk said "Mai Taniyama, just who are you?"
Mai stirred and mumbled…..
I will show you another dream tomorrow
