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Friday, December 18th
Mai woke up and stretched, rubbing the sleep from her eyes she noticed it was dark out. 'Was time did I fall asleep?' she looked confused at the clock that was on her bed side table.
"HOLY COW! ITS TWO IN THE MORNING" she exclaimed. 'How come no one woke me up dinner! Ugh, those jerks!' She hopped off her bed and decided she was going to take a shower and change her cloths, then go for a walk.
Rummaging through the small dresser she pulled out blue sweater, and khaki skirt that went past her knees. Careful not to hit her arms on any thing she pulled on the sweater and slipped into her skirt. Turning to her suit case she pulled on some socks and then grabbed her boots and jacket.
Quietly she sneaked out of her room and down the hall way carrying her jacket and boots in her hands. Mai froze when she came to Ayako's door, which was wide open. Peering in she found that no one was in there. 'Some body is keeping another some body company!' she thought in a sing song voice. When she got to the stairs she stayed near the outside of the steps, hoping they wouldn't creek. Turning left, she went in the direction of the door she saw earlier that lead to the garden.
Mai slowly slide the door open, slipping out as quickly as possible, she shut it behind her. The cold snowy night was quiet, as she walked across the wrap around porch to the stairs at the end of it. She pulled on her jacket and then zipped up the sides of her boots. Mai hopped down the steps, glad that the fresh snow muffled the sound. 'Now is as good of a time as ever to explore the garden.' She thought.
Looking up at the full, soon to be setting moon that made it easy to navigate the large garden, she smiled, taking a deep breath she took her first step into the garden.
About an two and half hours later Mai found her self sitting on a bench under a bare sakura tree facing the mountain. It hadn't taken her long to explore the garden so she decide find the path that she saw in her dream. It took a while but she found it. The trees framed a trail that led up into the mountain. Mai leaned back in the bench and closed her eyes only to have them snap open when she heard a stick snap.
"There's no need to be frightened, it's just me." Said Tora as he walked towards her. Mai sighed with relief and smiled. "May I join you?" he asked gesturing to the space next to her.
"Of course!" she said glad he wasn't a ghost or monster of some sort.
Tora sat down next to her and looked off into the distance. He was wearing a light blue jacket and black jeans. He was about the same height at Yuki. 'In fact' she thought curiously. 'They kinda look like twins with different hair colors.'
"Hey Tora, are you and Yuki…?" Voicing her thoughts.
"Are we twins? No, I'm just a year younger than he is." He replied simply, even though it looked like it bothered him.
"Sorry." She said softly shuffling her shoes in the snow.
"No, its all right. We kinda get it a lot anyway, besides if he didn't act so perverted all the time I wouldn't mind but…" he trailed off.
Mai giggled, which made him smile. "I can see why he likes you, your very pretty when you laugh."
This sudden compliment made her blush. "Th-thank you!"
"Ya' know I never expected to see any one out here, usually I'm the only one." He said with a sad smile. Mai looked at the mountain and the trees, thinking about how they would looked in the late spring and early summer. The mountain must be the most beautiful place she had ever visited in her dreams. 'They must have been so happy, Hana and her lover.' She was so lost in thought that she barely noticed that she was so cold that she was shivering.
Mai looked up in surprise when Tora put his arm around her shoulders. He looked back at her and grinned. "Sorry, I usually don't do things like this, but you look really cold and your shaking."
"Oh then, ah… thanks." Now that she thought about it she did feel really cold. "Maybe we should head back."
Tora looked at his watch and nodded. "Yeah, it's a little past five. I have to help Kiki with breakfast soon." He said taking off his gloves and ten handing them to her. "Here, these might help."
Mai nodded and pulled them on over her cold hands. 'Wow, his hands must be really warm.' Together they got up started their hike back to the Inn. Now that it was lighter out Mai could fully appreciate the scenery around her. They told each other jokes and stories and a couple of times Tora pointed some animal tracks in the snow.
It was almost like a date.
Naru woke some time after six, though he wished that he could have slept in longer (Those beds are just so darn comfy, that even Naru can't resist them!). He went to his dresser and pulled out the dark blue button down with the black jeans. Going to his suitcase he pulled out his black boots and the wool socks socks Mai had got him for Thanksgiving. Which reminded him that he was hungry and in need of some tea.
When he got to the dining area he was surprised to see Mai sitting down at the table with some tea talking to one of the guys he saw yesterday. 'Who was he again Tor – some thing? Why is Mai smiling like that? Was it something that guy did?' Naru thought annoyed. Walking up he greeted her with a nod and sat down across from her.
He took the newspaper from the center of the table and snapped it open. "Is there something wrong Mai?" he asked with a smirk.
Mai, who had been talking to Tora just a minute ago stopped completely when she saw Naru sit down in from of her. She snapped her gaping mouth shut. She had never, never saw Naru in normal clothes before. It had always been black long sleeve shirt, black pants, black jacket, black – well she could go on and on till she got to his socks.
Tora just stood there looking between the two, wondering why Mai was acting so strange. Shrugging his shoulders he went up the Naru. "Good morning Shibuya-san, can I get you any thing?" he asked politely. He did work there after all.
Naru glanced up at him then back to the paper he was reading. "Some tea, would be fine." He replied.
"Any particular flavor?" Tora asked.
"What ever Mai is have will do." He said turning the page. Tora nodded and left for the kitchen, for a few moments it was quiet.
Only a few.
Mai stood abruptly and came around to Naru's side of the table. Naru raised an eye brow. "What?"
"I have never seen you wear normal clothes!" she said astonished, examining his shirt.
"I've never seen you use your brain." He deadpanned.
"Why you son of – " she glared up at him.
"Now Mai lets not get violent." He said ignoring the daggers sent his way.
"I'll have you know I actually was gathering information." She told him curtly while returning to her seat. Naru looked up and met her gaze, closing the newspaper he set it back down on the table.
"Really?" turning all of his attention to her. Mai nodded and cleared her throat.
"Mrs. Suzumi is Mr. Suzumi's third wife." She told him. "The first one died in one of the kitchen fires and other one was found murdered, she was Yuki's and Tora's mother."
"That would explain the different hair types." He commented, Lin could probably look this up and give him more details. "Any thing else?"
"Yeah, I had a dream last night. There was this couple and they were in the office arguing about some thing and the woman ran out. The guy called after her, I think he called her Hana."
Naru got up and started to walk away. "Wait Naru! Where are you going? What about breakfast?" Mai hurried after him and grabbed his sleeve.
"I going to get Lin, we have work to do so just send something to base." He told her and left. Mai stood there for a few moments and the walked back to her seat. Tora came back in carrying a tray with two cups of tea.
"Hey where did he go?" He asked placing the tea in front of her.
"That jerk! He went to base, he said that I should send something over there for him and Lin." She told him disgruntled.
"Oh, then I'll go whip some then' up." He replied rolling his eyes and left again for the kitchen.
"Naru, you workaholic!" she huffed and drank some tea.
John stretched a little and walked to his window. He really did like this room. There was a bible on the nightstand, the room its self was painted a sky blue which made the mahogany wood furniture pop.
After he took a shower and toweled off he pulled on a sweater and khaki pants, then grabbed his wool socks that Mai gave him for thanksgiving. He opened his door and stepped into the hall way unprepared at what he saw before him.
Ayako was walking out of Monk's room, only wearing one of Monk's shirts. John froze were he was turning a very very deep shade of red. He had never seen her like that and he couldn't even think about what they had been doing in Monk's room. Ayako looked up and saw him, she gave him a little wave and slipped inside her room.
John quickly hurried down the stairs and into the dining room, hoping that Mai was already wake. When he saw Mai he went over and sat down next to her. "Good Morning Mai!"
"Hi John! Are you okay? You seem kind of flustered." She asked curiously.
He wasn't really sure of what to say, looking around he only saw a few other guest. "Hey where's Lin-san and Kazuya-san?" he asked trying to change the subject.
"They're working. John what happened?" she persisted leaning closer to him.
"Okay fine!" he gave in. "IsawayakocomeoutofMonk'sroomwearinghisshirt!"
"WHAT! Are you serious!" she exclaimed. (can you believe she got all that?)
John nodded his face turning red once again. Yuki came out of the kitchen carrying a tray of food. He walked up to Mai and placed in front of her. "Food for my Lady!" he said and gave her a kiss on the cheek, making it Mai's turn to blush.
"Thank you Yuki!" she replied with a smile.
"All in a days work!" he said cheerfully and moved to John. "Is there any thing I can get you?"
John looked at Mai's plat, it looked good to him. "I'll have what she has, please."
Yuki nodded and left. Once he was out of ear shot Mai turned back to John. "Hey, didn't you put a camera in that hall way?"
"Yeah and there's one over there too." He pointed to the corner of the room. "Why?"
Lin was going over the footage of that morning to see if any thing supernatural had happened. While looking at the camera from the hall he watched Mai sneak out, Naru walking down to the dining room, John opening his door, Ayako coming out of Monk's room,…… wait. He rewound the video. He paused the tape and quirked an eye brow.
He tapped Naru on the shoulder. "Is that enough proof for you?"
Thanks for reading! i hope it was good, even though there was a lot of fluff.
i might have to up the rating in the next chapter to M just to be safe. if you don't meet the requirements of the age limit on M rated stories, i warn you now. There is going to be some graphic violence dealing with the massacre. though I'm not going to try and stop from reading, that's your choice.
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