I groaned as a migraine pounded between my ears, made worse by the harsh lamp light that illuminated the room.

My eyelids fluttered and finally opened, and I was faced by a concerned Lin as he tried to help me up.

"Mai..." Naru started to talk but was cut off by my hand. "Naru, right now, I feel as if someone is drilling a hole into my head, so if you wouldn't mind, I would like some pills and you will have to wait until they take effect to start interrogating me."

For a second, Naru looked taken aback, but he recovered quickly. "Lin, go get Mai some medicine."

I sat up and cradled my head into my hands, trying to shut everything out. A hand on my shoulder made me look up, and Lin handed me two tablets and a glass of water.

I downed them as quickly as possible, and let out a sigh of relief as my headache ebbed away.

I turned to face Naru, "Okay, shoot." He raised a brow at me and I shrugged; we couldn't all be perfectly polite, life would be really dull if that were the case.

"Mai, what did you see?"

I gathered my thoughts and started to remember.

"When I 'woke up', if you could call it that, the first thing I noticed was that my head was aching, and that my body was heavy-"

"So whatever it is we are investigating is strong. Strong enough to call a borderline incompetent medium to her dream plane, not that it would be difficult." Naru smirked.

I huffed, annoyed. "If you want me to tell you, stop interrupting."

He gestured for me to continue. "So, as I was saying, my body was heavy, and I felt really sluggish. I stood up, but I was weak and started feeling dizzy when I saw a woman. She looked so sad and lost, but I could tell she was dangerous.

Her eyes were cold and bitter, as if her life had been taken before she could really live. She looked familiar, like I had seen her before, but I couldn't remember where. I couldn't move, and trust me, I tried to, when she started walking towards me.

She held my face with her hand, and they were so cold. It was like they were made of ice; it didn't take long for my whole body to feel frozen. But the weird thing was, I felt like I would never be happy or warm again.

She started feeding me her memories, but they were vague and I couldn't concentrate on them.

The one that stood out was when she was getting married; she as happy that she had found someone who loved her for the person she was, not her beauty.

But then the surroundings changed. Her husband was holding a pair of scissors, and he was hitting her.

Everything was hurting, but I'm pretty sure he managed to cut her across her face and stomach.

There was so much blood.

I felt drained; all the feelings left my body, kind of like dying.

She let me go after I was back to myself, and started to walk away, but I called after her and asked for her name.

She just stared at me, and turned away, and everything exploded with light. The last thing I remember was her name whispering 'Akemi."

Naru looked deep in thought, as did Lin.

I shifted my weight to become more comfortable and gasped as felt some pain from my stomach.

Both Naru's and Lin's heads shot towards me, and I started to lift my top.

What I saw on my stomach made even Naru's eyes widen.

Right where Akemi was slashed during my dream, was a thick pink scar.