Chapter Four

Dislcaimer: And I still don't own Ghost Hunt. oh well~

Author's notes: You must admit, I updated really fast this time (all hail NaNo ;DD). And this chapter is longer as the others as well. It was quite fun to write it and I hope that you would enjoy it too. And of course - huge thanks to my reviewrs! I really love to read your thoughts and it gives me some kind of inspiration to keep writing.

And pay attention - this was my last chapter written from Mai's POV. The next xhapters will be written from third person. Those four were like fillers and the plot starts from next chapter. And I hope you will stick to me until the end (andandand, I promise that I won't update like 1 time in a month. D:)

Mai POV

I was forced to wake up because of the loud announcement. I kept still, trying to get my brain to work. All that I knew right now was that my head was on something warm and soft and the airplane was slowly going down.

I gave a sigh and slowly opened my eyes. It was just a little too bright and I had to close them again. Now I felt a little more awake than few moments ago. When I opened my eyes for the second time I didn't have to close them again.

"Now, if you are awake, could you please get your head away from my shoulder?" A familiar voice said right into my ear and I couldn't understand why, and then... Then revelation came to my mind. I had been sleeping on Naru's shoulder all the time!

I jumped off my seat like a thunder bolt, my cheeks all scarlet. Only when the stewardess was getting angry from the begging me to sit down, I finally sat back. I didn't dare to look at him. I mean, all the hours I had slept on his shoulder… on his.

"Please fasten your belts. We will be landing in airport in twenty minutes. Don't forget to turn your phone on after exiting the airplane. Thank you!"

I sighed. We were landing and that meant that I didn't have to sit next to him for many awkward hours. My cheeks were still flaming and I had to wonder whether they will turn into a normal color today or not.

Another sigh. I had to get my thoughts away from this… situation. My gaze were now on the little TV, showing how many kilometers were left and what temperature and time was in England. I couldn't say that it was quite warm outside. The little metal box said that it's only sixteen degrees Celsius.

I could feel the butterflies in my stomach again. The TV screen said that we were losing few meters every second. If I wouldn't be in a plane, I would probably be unconscious from the fear.

456 meters… 437 meters… 418 meters… 390 meters… The screen counted and looked out of the window. I could already see the roofs of the houses in England. It all looked so small, yet so very beautiful. The weather was quite nice too. The sun was shining and some of the roofs reflected the light.

Suddenly there was a bump and the airplane slowly started to lose its speed. Outside I could see a huge building. The airport. It was quite big. Almost as big as Tokyo's airport. The sun reflected the sun and soon I forget about Naru's incident. The sun was the best medicine for all my problems.

"Welcome to Gatwick Airport. Please don't unfasten your belts before the airplane has stopped. The temperature is 23 degrees Celsius. It's sunny, and a little windy. It's 5 o'clock in the evening. Enjoy your stay and we hope that you will use our company in your next flights as well. Thank you!"

I looked around. Even thought the stewardess had said that it's better not to move while plane is still going further, some people didn't listen and happily put down their bags and gathered all the things that were placed around their seats. The stewardess didn't pay any attention to them. For me it was kina weird, but I guess it's a common thing when flying somewhere.

I jumped of my seat and tried to get my bag from the upper section, but it didn't go quite well, because I was too short to reach it. My fingers were trying to reach the bag. I was already standing on my fingernails.

Finally I grabbed the summer scarf that was around the bag and pulled it with so much force that it almost hit Naru on the head. Well, almost might not be the right word. The bag fell only a centimeter from his face. I didn't look at Naru. I supposed that he was glaring. I had too much of his glaring today. It's enough for one day.

The people started to move out of the plane slowly. I bet that we would be one of the last passengers to exit the plane, because Takigawa was still sleeping and it was… well, quite difficult to get him up. I guess the entire diarrhea thing made him so tired and for revenge he will sleep until Ayako's hair turns white from trying to wake him up.

Only when stewardess came to help to get him up, he finally awoke and looked around with innocent eyes like nothing had happened. Ayako grabbed her bag and exited the airplane as soon as his eyes were open. Bou-san at her reaction just smirked. I knew that that was his plan all along.

"Faster, Bou-san. I have a feeling that Naru will leave the airport without us, if we will be later than we are already." I said and took one of his bags, hoping that it will make this situation a little faster. Stewardesses were already cleaning the airplane.

He just nodded and we started walk away from our seats. The airplane was empty now. The only people left in the airplane were we three and few of the stewardesses. Now I could really see how big the airplane was without all the people.

Takigawa, John and I were the last one to exit the plane. Everyone else were already standing there and waiting for us. Ayako was putting some cream on her hands saying that her skin is too dry because of the flight. Masako was looking out of the window and Naru was talking with Lin and Madoka in very low voice.

I gave a long yawn and stretched my muscles. It was nice to be on the ground again and not thousands of kilometers in the air. Now I had wide space and sun… I looked out and smiled. The city from the above looked very pretty and I hoped that we could sight-seeing one day and visit London's the most beautiful places. I really wanted to see Big Ben, London Eye (and even despite my fear of heights I would even like to ride it) and Tower Bridge. I could continue to count the places I wanted to visit until the night.

"The taxi is already waiting. We must take the luggage." Naru said simply and turned to the left to a big corridor which apparently leads to the luggage room. The group silently followed him. Some of us were half-asleep, like Takigawa. He was yawning non-stop and he almost bumped into the wall. That happens if you play ridiculous games all the flight.

"Excuse me, I will go to the bathroom," I said in a low voice and Ayako was the only one that noticed me talking. We both stopped.

"Don't you want me to come along?"

"No, I will be fine." I replied and she nodded and with the last 'don't get lost' she was walked back to the group. I just smiled and turned right to the corridor where the bathroom was supposed to be. It was drawn on the wall after all, so I thought that it won't take much trouble to get to the bathroom.

Well, I found the bathroom after three minutes of walking around the airport, but when I had to go back I didn't remember which route I took. And when I failed to see the right corridor for the fifth time I knew one thing for sure – I was lost. It wouldn't be a problem if it would happen in Tokyo's airport, but being in another country with zero talent in English, now that was terrible. I didn't pay any attention where did I turn and which route I took. And when I looked back, I couldn't see anything familiar.

"Great," I murmured to myself and took few steps to the right and then to the left. Nothing. Nothing that would remind me of the way back. It could be done only by me. To get lost in foreign airport without any idea how to get back to the luggage room. And I couldn't even talk properly in English.

I shivered and looked around. People were buzzing everywhere going in all possible ways. They didn't even notice me. They didn't even notice the teenage Japanese girl who was lost in the airport.

"Is there something wrong?" My thoughts were interrupted by voice right behind my back. I turned around to face a young boy who looked few years older than me and with a yellow hair. He was smiling kindly and I knew that he wouldn't harm me.

"Ano… my nama..e? are…is Mai Taniyama," I mumbled knowing that he wouldn't probably understand a word I say. I wanted to tell him that I was lost, that I need help to get back to my friends, but it was impossible in my situation, because I had no idea how to say it. That's the price for being lazy in English classes.

"Don't worry, I understand Japanese as well," he replied before I embarrass myself by talking nonsense in English again. His pronunciation was good, I could even say very good.

I gave a sigh in a relief. "Thank god." I was lucky to find someone in the whole airport who could speak Japanese. In response he just chuckled and waited for me to continue.

"While I was searching for a bathroom, I got lost from my group and I don't know how to get back to them. Could you please tell me where I can find the luggage room?" I explained to him, talking very fast. He thought for a bit and then with a smile nodded.

"This way."

I silently walked next to him and while he wasn't looking, I eyed him. He had very kind face. He had that kind of smile which makes people think that everything is fine, that everything would be okay, even if it is a very bad situation.

"Eliot! I was looking for you all around the airport!" Suddenly a girl around my age appeared in front of us. She looked just like the blond boy next to me, only her hair was a bit longer. It was obvious that they were relatives.

"I am sorry, Meryl!" He replied with a playful smile and she sighed. "The lady next to me got lost in the airport and I was showing her the way back to the luggage room." He explained and the blonde girl just nodded in response and left. She didn't look in very good mood.

"I apologize for her actions. She is just very tired."

"Oh, you don't need to apologize. It was my fault that I took so much of your time." I bowed and laughed nervously. "It's better if you go to your sister, because I don't want her to be angry with you. Thank you for showing me the way to the luggage room."

"My pleasure. I hope we will meet again Taniyama-san." And with those words he was gone, leaving no traces here. It looked like he disappeared in a thin air. Maybe my head was just playing tricks on me.

'I better get going or else Naru will probably rip my head off,' I thought and started to run to the place where the group of my friends was standing. All of them were looking around, probably searching for me. I felt quite guilty for making them worry about me.

"Mai!" Takigawa called loudly, making many of the people here turn to his direction. He ran to me and squeezed me in a big hug. When he realized that my skin color was slowly turning blue, he let go of me. By that time Ayako had joined us.

"I was worried." She sighed and opened her eyes. I could clearly imagine the regret that she let me wonder off in the airport by myself. "Anyways," she continued, "we better get going. Naru is almost spitting fire."

"I am really sorry. I got lost and I didn't really know where to find the luggage room." Ayako gave me I-thought-so look and Takigawa just shook his head.

"We are going," I was interrupted by Naru who was already walking away together with Lin and Madoka and of course Masako who was like a tail for Naru. I sighed. He looked quite annoyed. I guess my missing wasn't in his plans.

"Coming," I muttered and took my bag.

When we came out the sun disappeared in the gray clouds and in its place came the rain. At first it was just a light, refreshing rain, but after some minutes it turned in a real storm. People around me moved as quickly as they could to get away from the rain. Some of them had umbrellas in their hands, but some of them were using newspapers as umbrellas. I was happy that we didn't have to walk in that kind of weather. That I could just climb in the taxi and look outside to the rainy London.

Lin and Takigawa almost finished putting the bags in the baggage carrier and it was almost time to say good-bye to Gatwick Airport.

I took the seat next to the window. Ayako was sitting next to me. My head rested on Ayako's shoulder and I watched the wet roads, which were full of cars. Because of the rain, there wasn't much to see, but I was happy even with that bit of what I saw now.

The warmth, the soft shoulder and the sound of rain made me really sleepy. Suddenly it was very hard to keep my eyes open. The eyelids felt very heavy. I sighed and let the dream world take me. It was just too tempting that I just couldn't say no.

When I opened my eyes again, the brightness made my head a little dull. The car had stopped and I couldn't hear the sound of the rain as well. For some seconds I couldn't understand what was happening and why I even was here. My mind was still balancing between 'sleep' and 'wake up' state, so I was in that kind of situation. Only after some time all the things that had happened today came back to my mind and I started to realize where the taxi driver had driven us.

With another long yawn I climbed out of the car and took a deep breath. The cool air made my head spin. It was because I spent almost a day in an airplane. The air here smelled strangely good. It smelled like… milk. Like summer flowers. I couldn't even describe it.

I looked around. It seemed that I had slept all the way to the hotel too. Right in front of there was a big house with words 'Grand Hotel' on it. It was in light colors and looked really lovely… and really expensive. It had five floors and a big park around it. Sad that we would spent only one day here, because starting from tomorrow we will start working on this new case.

I still didn't know any details about the case. It must be something big if Naru was called back to England. When I asked about it, Naru just ignored me and looked quite annoyed. I guess it wasn't in his plans to go back to England.

"Oh, Mai. You are finally awake," said Ayako who had finished putting all the bags together. The taxi driver got out of the car and Ayako handed him money that I haven't seen in my life before. British pounds, I think.

"Thank you, miss. I wish you all to enjoy your holiday," he said as he put the money in his wallet.

"Thank you." She replied and bowed. I also bowed, even though I had no idea what the other part of the sentence meant.

"Where are the others?" I asked when the taxi had vanished from our sight.

"Oh, they are already inside with the rest of our luggage."

The inside looked more breathtaking than the outside. The main hall was all so light. There was big stairs in front of me and elevators in both sides of the stairs. There were green sofas with coffee tables placed all around the hall. Most of the walls had mirrors in wallpaper's place. I also could smell food from dining room. I was almost drooling. The breakfast in the airplane wasn't enough for one day.

The others were standing at the end of the hall. Lin was talking with a woman who couldn't be much older than thirty. It seemed like they were discussing about the rooms. Bou-san and John were sitting on the sofa and watching TV. Masako was talking with Naru in low voices. I frowned. I really didn't like this sight, but I couldn't make them not to speak each other either.

"Ohh, look who finally woke up," my thoughts were distracted my Takigawa who noticed us coming. He even got up from the sofa. I laughed while handing him his blue bag.

"The plan for the rest of the day sounds like that," Madoka coughed, "you go upstairs to your room and put down yours things. You have thirty minutes to get yourself ready and then you have to go back to the main hall and turn left to the dining room. The dinner is served at eight o'clock. Our table's number is 5. After the dinner you may do whatever you like, just make sure that you will be able to wake up next morning. There is a swimming pool on the second floor and a computer room on the third floor, if anyone is interested," Madoka said as she handed the keys of our rooms. I and other two women got the room with number '341' on it.

"Ayako," I knocked on the bathroom's doors, "it's time to go." It's was already five minutes past eight, but the miko still hadn't exited the bathroom. It sometimes felt like an obsession to be that long in the bathroom. Even Masako took much less time than Ayako.

I sighed and turned on the TV. My stomach was growling, begging for food. I tried to distract myself from the food by watching some random English dramas, which I couldn't understand. People here really talked fast and I doubt that I will ever be used to it.

"Okay, okay. I'm ready." And finally, the main star exited the bathroom. Her hair was set in ponytail and I could see that she had put the make-up too. Well, I guess the time it took really was worth it. She looked really… sexy. Bou-san better watch after her, or else some random British guy will try to take her for him.

"Finally," the doll-like medium muttered and exited the room first. She seemed in a very bad mood. Maybe it was because Madoka put us all in one room, which was pretty far away from the man's room. Naru's and the other room were in fifth floor and Masako had no chance to see Naru walking around here.

When we finally came back to the main hall, I couldn't see anyone there. I suppose that they were already in dining room. I turned my head to Ayako with the what-to-do-now look. She just smiled and started to walk to the dining room.

Right in the doors stood a man around twenty five in black clothes. He was one of the waiters here. He was holding a plate in his hands. I could feel his eyes on us, well… mostly on Ayako.

"Good evening," he said to us when we finally approached him. Ayako gave a small smile in response and handed him our dinner cards. All the systems were so complicated. Room cards, cleaning cards, eating cards… In my opinion they just made their lives with things like that more difficult.

"Have a nice meal," he showed us his white teethes. I shivered. I didn't like that guy already. It was like… there was something very wrong with him. His attitude, his playboy looks. I was grateful that we will see him for the last time, because tomorrow we will be having dinner far away from this hotel.

I looked around and saw the boys sitting at the end of the dining room. Bou-san was chatting happily with John, who in reply just smiled and nodded his head. Naru was drinking a tea while reading one of his note-books. That was so like Naru. He just couldn't do anything without his tea or note-book. It was still admirable that he didn't ask me to make a tea for him.

"Good evening," I said with a big grin in my lips. It looked like boys were having fun. Bou-san was talking loudly about his concert adventures. He was so into it, that didn't even notice us. Only when John coughed politely, he closed his moth and looked to us.

"Well, that was fast." He smirked and I shook my head. Teasing us like always. I guess he knew better than others how much time Ayako take to get ready.

I took the seat next to him. Ayako took the seat that was between me and Naru. Well, I guess it wasn't the best choice to do. No, I'm not talking about Naru, but Masako. It looked like her eyes soon will turn blood red and she would eat poor Ayako without mercy. Oookay, my imagination went wild again.

Naru in other hand didn't even pay any attention who was sitting next to him, so Masako had no other choice but to sit next to John.

I decided better not to look at Masako, because I didn't want see her glaring towards everyone who dared to look at her. I really had enough glaring for one day already.

"Hey, where are Lin and Madoka?" I asked when I noticed that the two seats that were meant to Madoka and Lin were empty and the dishes weren't served as well.

"Yes, I found that strange too. I thought that he would be in the same room as Naru," Bou-san said turning his head to two empty seats and then to Naru. "Nee, Naru. Do you know anything about it?"

Silence. It seemed that Naru didn't intend to reply him anytime soon. He was acting like he didn't hear anything at all.

"Well then. I guess we have no other choice but to ask the nice lady in the main hall, ne?" said John in small voice. I was a little surprised to hear his voice, because it felt like years since I heard it last time. All the way to the England he didn't say much or… I just slept over the times when he talked.

"Yes. That is the best idea," I agreed and got up from the table along with Bou-san and Ayako. Soon John joined us and then Masako, who was interested enough to waste a chance to be alone with Naru.

"Naru, aren't you coming?"

"No."

I sighed. I guess it wasn't even a use to ask him, because I knew that his reply would be negative. But okay, whatever. It's not like we can't do anything without him, even if he is a native speaker here.

"Excuse me, but do you know if Lin Kouji had checked in this hotel?" Bou-san asked to the lady, when we reached the main hall.

It was really weird. I mean, I saw him just a half hour ago talking with the lady and now he was missing and Naru was an ice-berg again, so it was no use to ask him.

The women just smiled in a strange way and looked down to her guest book. Something was weird about her smile, but I couldn't tell what. "Well, yes. Lin Kouji has checked in here together with the lady," the word 'lady' she said in a strange way, "They paid for a double room and asked to serve the dinner at their room, if you wonder why he is not at the dining room."

Bou-san quickly translated her words to me. It took some time for the meaning to get to my head. Lin… Madoka… room… together… double… dinner… WHAT!?

Well, I guess it explained a lot of things, like why Naru was so grumpy this evening and ignored us when we asked about Lin and Madoka.

I heard Bou-san chuckling next to me and soon the chuckling transformed into hysterical laugh. It looked like he will soon fall to the ground. John was smiling and Masako was laughing softly behind the sleeve of her kimono. Ayako had a big grin in her lips with a 'go girl!' meaning.

Lin POV

A sigh. My arms and back were aching. I felt cold and warm at the same time. Something soft was under me. I couldn't remember where I was and how did I get in that kind of state. I didn't want to open my eyes, didn't want to see what was waiting for me.

"Kouji, dear. Are you awake?" And then came the voice. The voice of my tormentor. Her voice. Now I really didn't want to open, but I knew it's too late already, she had noticed that I'm awake. I had no other choice.

I let out a deep sigh and slowly opened my eyes. The room was quite dark and the only light here was from the desk lamp. I tried to get up, but couldn't, because my arms were tied to the bed. And then I saw her. She had innocent smile in her lips and she was playing with her hair.

My eyes widened as I saw what she was wearing. She had pink nightdress, which was… well… short. It looked perfect on her small figure and it showed me perfectly what was under it.

Only one thing I knew for sure – this will be a very long night.

A/N: I just love my computer. :D When I wrote this I misspelled some words and the computer edited them as sson as I hit space. And now when I re-read it I found some funny typos like:

"At first it was just a light, refreshing rain, but after some minutes it turned in a real storm. People around me moved as quickly as they could to get away from the train." not "At first it was just a light, refreshing rain, but after some minutes it turned in a real storm. People around me moved as quickly as they could to get away from the rain."

or one part which I earsed, because it didn't look too good - "Mai, give me a gun." not "Mai, give me a bag."

funfunfun. :DD anyway, thanks for reading it and see you in the next chapter. Don't forget to leave a review for your thoughts. :3

and huge thanks to KAY for pointing out my mistakes. ^^