Chapter 6
August 4
Day 3
"Where am I ?" I asked myself . I was surronded by sheer darkness all around . I couldn't see anything . The last thing that I remeber was being in the basement with Naru and fainting .
Suddenly a light was slowly coming towards me . The closer it got the more the more I wanted to wake up from this nightmare . I just wanted to see Naru's face again and everyone else . I backed up a little from the light . Then suddenly the whole room light up and was illumiated . I looked around and what I saw scared me to death .
There in the middle of the room was a chared body of a man . The rest of the room was covered in ash like a fire had happened in this room . Then I saw the man move . He started to get up .
"Wake up" I ordered myself . The man was starting to walk towards me . I was backing up but then I hit a wall . Just my luck that a wall would magiclly appear .
"Nooooooooo" I screamed when he cut my arm .
"WAKE UP NOW"
"Mai" Naru said . When my eyes suddenly snapped open .
When I woke up I realized that I was back in the base with my head in Naru's lap . I blushed scarlet .
"How long was I out ?" I asked still resting in his lap .
"The whole night" he said brushing hair out of my face .
"Wow . Were is everyone else ?"
"Sleeping . Its only 5:00 am"
"Oh" I said trying to sit up . Naru let me and helped me .
"Before you woke up you started to twitch and move" he said .
"Does that mean that you didn't get any sleep at all ?" I asked looking at him .
"Yes" he replied .
"Why didn't you sleep ?" I asked worried about the fact that he didn't sleep at all last night .
"Because somebody had to watch the moniters and you" he stated giving me slight glare at my question .
"Well you didn't have to watch me . I was alseep" I scolded him " You should have slept for once"
"What if something happened when I was asleep . Then what ?" he asked glaring at me .
"Then it happens . You need sleep Naru like everybody else does" I told him glaring right back at him .
"Well what you had gotten hurt . I can't stand thinking that" he said his eyes softening as his blue eyes stared into me .
I felt he was looking at my soul . It made me want melt at how much he cared about me .
"Naru" I whispered . He was still looking at me .
"Go back to sleep" he said .
"Not unless you go to sleep too" I said crossing my arms across my chest .
"Fine" he said "You get that end of the couch and I get this end"
"Okay" I said laying down . Naru had a blanket and was covering us up with it .
"Goodnight Naru" I whispered as I closed my eyes and went into a dreamless sleep .
"Goodnight Mai" I head Naru whisper . I felt something soft press against my forhead like he was kissing it .
The next time I woke up Naru was standing over by the moniters with Lin . Everybody else was in there too .
"Sleeping Beauty awakens" Bou-san said smiling at me .
"What time is it ?" I asked yawning . I stretched and sat up .
"9:45am" Ayako answered . She was standing next to Bou-san like usual . John was standing next to Masako who was sitting down in a chair .
"Oh" I said getting up "Hey Naru do you need anything ?"
"Yes Mai tea" he said turning around to look me in the eye "Please"
"Ok- wait a minute did you just say please ?" I said staring at him like he had two heads .
"Yes unless you are deaf" he said glaring at me .
"Fine" I said turning around to leave the room .
"Mai take someone with you" Naru said .
"Ayako will you go with me ?" I asked giving her a pout .
"Fine" she said pulling away from her husband to follow me to the door .
The walk to the kitchen was silent but when we got there .........
"So what happened when you guys where in the basement ?" she asked as I was fixing Naru's tea .
"Nothing . Why do you ask ?" I asked her .
"Because when you returned to the base Naru was carrying you because you were unconsunss" she said eyeing me .
"Um well when we got down there it was pitch black . We walked to the back and there was a door . I told Naru not to open it because I felt something bad behind it but as usual he didn't listen to me . Then when the door was opened I felt really weak and I fainted . Also on the way to the door I heard voices" I told her as we were walking back to the base .
"Interesting" she said as we walked into the base .
"Heres your tea Naru" I said setting it down next to him .
"Now as I was saying inside the basement we found a room . Inside that room was a body" Naru said reading from his black book .
"A body ?" I questioned .
"Yes Mai . It appeared to be chared and covered in ash . In the room also were work tools . Also a work bench and many knifes" Naru said snapping the book shut .
"Weird" Ayako said .
"We will continue to investigate the basement and the backroom for now" he said.
Just then a knock came on the door .
Shinji pocked his head in the door "Excuse me but my parents would like to meet with you in the family room . So if you will please follow me" he said opening the door all the way .
When we got to the family room we saw his parents sitting on the couch .
"Please sit" Mrs. Okiwana told us .
After we were all seated the talking started .
"Tonight we are told that a storm will be here . I am telling you this because in this area they tend to be queit bad . So the power may go out . I advise you to stay together if it does because of this houses large size" she said .
"We shall prepare for that . Thank you" Naru said .
"Well that was all . Feel free to leave now" she said .
Naru got up and started to leave the room and the rest of us followed him . The trip back to base was silent for the most part . Bou-san was fussing that Ayako was to harsh on him and she was smacking him on the head .
"Mai I want you to come with me and check the tempature in the basement and that back room . The rest of you will stay here till we get back" Naru said "Mai lets go"
"Right" I said grabbing the thermomiter and following him .
When we were down in the basement I felt that famialar presence from before . It was chilly down there like before but I felt something else too .
"Don't just stand there get to work" Naru ordered glaring at me . The nice and caring side of hm was long gone .
"Its colder over by that room then the rest of the room" I told him as I finished up.
"Hm" was all he said .
"Done" I said eying the stairs wishing to bolt up to the top where it felt safe "Can we leave now ?"
"Fine" he said making his way to the stairs . But I beat him all the way up because I wanted to get out of there .
"Safe" I breathed as I tried to catch my breath from running all the way up the stairs . Naru was already walking back to base without me .
"Hey wait for me !" I called catching up to him .
"Well you were taking to long" he said looking straight ahead .
Once again we walked in silence . Man it was annoying some times how I could never find something to say to him .
When we returned to the base everyone was talking and laughing .
"I didn't know that this was a chat room . I thought that we werer on a case" Naru said glaring everyone down . Everyone instantly shut up and stared down .
"Now that we have returned I want a full report on what happend in the rooms that we are monitering" he said going to sit down infront of the computers .
"Nothing much . The tempature however did drop by a few degrees in the kitchen" Bou-san said from his place on the couch .
"Interesting" Naru said "Mai bring me the tempature readings from the basement"
"Here" I said coming to stand behind him .
"They seem lower then any other room in the house . So most likely this is were the ghost prefers to reside in the house" Naru said not looking up from the charts.
"Excuse me" a maid said from the hallway .
"Yes ?" I asked her .
"Dinner will be served in 5 minutes" she informed us before leaving and heading back down the dark hallway .
"Thank you" I said .
"We will continue this after dinner" Naru said from across the room at the computers with Lin .
"Right" John said .
So we left for dinner . At dinner Mrs. Okiwana told us that the storm would be arriving shortly . Great just what we need a power outage and for someone else to go missing . Sure enough when we were back in the base a loud crash could be heard from outside . Then rain started pouring down in buckets and lighting flashed out the window . We had gotten candles incase the power did go out . But hopefully it won't .
I was sitting on the couch next to Ayako while Naru was explaining what we were going to do tommorrow . I got up and went over to the window and looked out side . The rain was still coming down steady and the lighting was still flashing .
Then all of a sudden a loud crash made the house rattle and the room went black . I felt the room growing colder with every second that passed while we were in the dark .
A hand suddenly reached up from behind me and clamped over my mouth . I struggled and tried to get free but nothing worked . I needed to make a noise so that Naru would know . I bit the hand and moved it off my mouth .
"NARU" I yelled before the hand was back on my mouth .
"Mai where are you ?" he called franticlly . I could hear him trying to light a candle .
The hand was dragging me back and out of the room . I was franticlly trying to break free but the arm was to strong for me . I was so scared I didn't want to die like this . I could still hear Naru calling my name as I was dragged away .
Then I did the most cowardly thing ever . I fainted .