Wooh sorry I didn't post yesterday! I watched 'Unfriended' with a friend then had a sleepover. Btw if you like horror movies, you should totally watch it :) The latest I will post the next chapter is around this time on Wednesday, as I have a lot of german to memorise by then so I may not have the time. Got my practise DofE this weekend too! Whoop! Please review if you can be assed :D
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Goddamnit Fuyumi why didn't Naru and Mai get together?
Chapter 7
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Still Saturday Afternoon
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"What was what about?" I ask him, attempting to sound as innocent as possible. God I really need to work on my lying skills.
"That curious conversation you had with Miss Kuroda only a few moments ago."
"Ohhh, thaaat!" I say, faking realisation. "We were just discussing facts about the case, nothing interesting." I wave away, hoping he'll leave it at that.
"Really?" He said, intrigued. "And that's why she left the room looking rather dispirited."
"Oh, uh.." I stutter, racking my brain to find a valid excuse. "That's probably because I..."
Oh God Bex, think!
"She probably looked dispirited because..."
She looked... Dispirited?
"I told her I don't believe that there are any spirits here."
A plausible enough excuse - just look natural and don't look away, don't make him think you're lying. Could be a little late for that considering I'm such a bad liar and he's incredibly smart but nevertheless, backing down would definitely make me look really guilty and suspicious.
"No spirits..." Naru murmured, as if contemplating this thought. "Then tell me," he continued, "what do you think is causing this phenomena?"
Thank the Lord it seems he's dropped the subject. Haaallelujah! Cor, since when did my thoughts start sounding like John?
Actually, now that I think about it, where is John? And Ayako and Monk? Shouldn't they have been with Naru?
"Where're John and the others?"
"You still haven't answered my question." He states plainly. Why can't he answer one of my questions for once?
"Why do you always get to ask questions but never answer mine?" I ask, repeating my thoughts.
"Answer mine and I answer yours." He said simply. Jesus, I only asked where the others were...
"Ok fine." I snap. "I thought it could be land subsidence." No harm in telling the truth right? Besides, it could hurry this case along. "So where are the others?"
"Downstairs whilst Ayako carries out an exorcism." He remarks, now seemingly satisfied with my answer. "The principal should be here by now so he's probably observing."
The principal? Watching Ayako perform an exorcism? Isn't that when...
Oh no.
Without thinking any further I sprinted past a very surprised looking Naru - well, about as surprised as Naru could ever look - and ventured to find my way to where Ayako was performing her exorcism, hoping that I arrive before anyone gets hurt. Although, whether I make it in time is debatable. My navigation skills are almost as bad as my mother's.
After what felt like an eternity, I finally find a staircase, which I run down and then along a long, dark corridor, until I spot some figures in the distance.
"Hey!" I shout, but no one reacts. Damn it.
I keep running and see Ayako walking towards the principal and another man. Crap! I pick up the pace and shout again.
"Ayako!"
I push past Monk and John and stop before shouting once more.
"Get away from there!"
They finally look back at me, confusion written on there faces.
Until the crack of of breaking glass echoes through the room.
Monk seemed to register what was happening the quickest and ran forwards, grabbing Ayako by her shoulders as she let out a small help, and then pulled her back, just as glass shards rained down on them, with the clinking of glass colliding on the floor resounding through the air and shattering upon impact.
There were a few moments of shocked silence.
"Ayako, are you all right?" Monk asked the woman who was now lying on him in a rather awkward position.
"Yes I'm fine!" She replied quickly, scrambling off the large man hurriedly, the blood rushing to her face either in embarassment or anger. "Who gave you permission to call me by my first name, apostate!"
Monks ears flush a shade of red and he too scrambles up from the floor. "I just saved your life! The least you could do is thank me!"
Ayako snorted. "I hardly think a little glass could kill me, idiot."
"Why can't you-"
"They're bleeding!" John's voice suddenly broke the two from their bickering and they forgot about their argument to focus on the two injured men.
"Call an ambulance." A low voice spoke from behind me, making me jump slightly. When did Naru get here?
"On it." Monk said, bringing a phone out of his pocket and dialling.
I was about to make my way over to them and help in whatever way I could, when Naru put his hand on my shoulder, not gripping hard but strong enough that I couldn't shrug it off. He then leaned down so his head was level with mine but kept staring straight ahead.
"When are you going to tell me the truth Mai?"
Later
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The ambulance came and went, sirens blaring, meanwhile I stayed in the base.
What did Naru mean by 'the truth'?
Well, I know that I'm not exactly spilling every secret I know, like my identity, but it's not as if he knows I'm lying about all that. What does he know? God this is so messed up. What ever happened to normal? I let out a long sigh and prop my feet up on a table opposite me. It's quite nice in here actually. Quiet, warm, even a nice view out of the window! Japan's weather is also much better than English weather, so that one upside.
One of twenty thousand downsides and awkward moments.
"That is not a very ladylike position, Mai."
Ah great Naru's back. I take my feet off the table and spin on the chair to face him. Everyone else is there too, along with one extra.
A girl around my height - Mai's height actually, I'm slightly shorter - with bobbed, black hair wearing a red kimono surrounded by a graceful yet snobby aura.
I guess this is Masako.
I dislike her already.
"Masako Hara arrived earlier, but you weren't with us at the time, in case your brain couldn't keep up." Naru said before walking to his equipment.
How rude. I really want to give him a piece of my mind right now. Why is he - no, was he - my number one crush? That is it, Usui, you are now my number one. At least you're nice.
"Your exorcism did work. Are you sure you're a real psychic?"
When the did Kuroda get here? For gods sake I thought she'd left! Ugh this is such an effort.
Just as Masako, Kuroda and Ayako started bickering about the existence of the ghost haunting the building, I decide to butt in. Why not?
"I vote that there is no spirit here whatsoever." I say, raising my hand slightly receiving a triumphant smirk from Masako, an annoyed huff from Ayako and a death stare from Kuroda.
"At least someone here has half a brain." Masako says with an air of excellence.
Thanks. I guess.
"There is a spirit here!" Kuroda argues determinedly.
"What proof do you have?" I ask strongly. She falters. "There is no proof that there is a poltergeist here."
"But the glass broke," she continued "and the door shut on Miss Matsuzaki for no reason and-"
"For no reason?" I say say, narrowing my eyes at her, which gets her quiet again.
"That makes only one of Tisane's criteria, which is hardly enough to claim the existence of a poltergeist." I conclude. I really dislike this girl. I don't understand why she has to pretend to have psychic powers - lying is what makes people avoid you.
Hah! I'm such a hypocrite.
Damn, Kuroda doesn't look too happy. Her hands are clenched by her sides and she's staring at her shoes, seething.
"The spirits will get you next," she claims, her anger boiling over. "You keep denying their existence. They don't like that."
Wow. I almost take a step back she's practically radiating hate and heat - they are literally coming off in waves.
Yeesh.
"I will search the building again for any spirits, but I don't believe that I will find any." Masako says, about to leave until I remember what happens - or will happen to her.
"Wait!" I say just as she took her first step towards the door. "I'll come with you."
"I can manage myself." She replies briskly before walking. I follow her anyway, past a livid Kuroda.
We walk along plenty of winding corridors and up and down tons of stairs, silent all the while.
I can't take this any more.
"So Masako, how's life?" I say, trying to start a conversation and break the piercing silence. 'How's life?' God I am such a weirdo. She gives me a disgusted look before complaining that she's tired, hot and her legs ache. Maybe if she didn't wear that kimono all the time she would be feeling the heat so much and then she'd probably be less tired.
Never did get why people dress to impress when it's so much easier to dress comfortably. She's about to lean on a very unstable looking wall until I drag her back.
"Don't be so careless!" I exclaim, gesturing to the wooden wall. "The wood must be weak and it would collapse underneath your weight."
She gives me a look, regarding thoughtfully what I just said before frowning.
"Are you suggesting that I am stout?"
Oh woah wait what?
"Oh no that is not what I meant," I gush, waving my arms about frantically. "I just meant that the wall doesn't look stable so you might fall."
She turned her head away from me, muttering under her breath before walking out of the room. I exhale slightly. At least that's one would-be wounded person now not injured. I start to walk in the direction that Masako took when I hear crackling noise from within the room. I look around but I don't find anything to be cautious of. The noise then becomes more prominent.
Said noise is now beginning to sound suspiciously like splitting wood.
"MAI!"
I turn around to look at who said my name but something smacks into the back of my head.
Hard.
I think I may be on the floor now but I don't actually know as my vision is kinda hazy. And I can't actually feel anything except the pounding in the back of my head.
The last thing that I hear are the footsteps of someone making their way towards me swiftly with the cracking of wood in the background.
I then proceeded to lose consciousness.