I do not own ghost hunt


I remained on that bench for a few hours, listening to the gentle splash of water, the song of the birds, the wind rustling through the trees. It was so peaceful here, almost like a dream. A bird had landed beside me not too long after I had gone still, leaning against the back of the bench. A little chickadee, it stared at me with curiosity while bouncing from one end of the bench to the other. I couldn't help but let out a small giggle while watching the curious little thing, it tweeted at me before stretching its wings and flying off into the trees on the opposite side of the garden.

I let out a small sigh and sunk deeper into the bench, closing my eyes. So peaceful. A soft and beautiful song broke the near silence. I opened my eyes and sat up a bit to look around. A feminine voice was singing, I couldn't really understand the words but it was so beautiful. It was like a quiet wolfs howl, it made me feel a bit sleepy. I could remember when my mom used to sing to me when I was little. It was so similar…

Suddenly something caught my eye and I bolted upright again. I squinted my eyes to see properly, whatever it was, it looked like pure light, but it wasn't giving off any light itself. I rubbed my eyes quickly and looked again, I could see the shape of a woman wearing a kimono. Her hair was tied up high and the kimono looked like it was decorated with millions of flowers, she looked like royalty. My mouth was open of course, and it opened wider when the figure seemed to turn to me.

The woman had a wide grin on her face, her eyes crinkling. Such a genuine smile, it filled me with joy. Her song had stopped but it was like she was still singing, filling the air with joy and hope. It felt like was heart was fluttering and I was floating on air. The woman began walking towards me, and I suddenly got an ominous feeling.

I snapped out of my trance-like state and looked towards the hotel, the woman also turned her gaze. An ominous shadow stood at the entrance. I looked back towards the woman, her face was full of fear. A shrill screech pierced the air and I had to cover my ears, I felt like they would start bleeding if I didn't. The shadow moved and convulsed but didn't leave the hotel. The woman looked like she was crying, she dropped down onto her knees and I could hear loud sobbing. Blood began pooling underneath her, leaking into the ponds and into the cracks of the stone path. The scent of blood was overwhelming and I threw myself forward to get sick. My stomach hurt, it hurt so much. I glanced up again to see the shadow was moving towards me. It went past the woman and completely engulfed her. The sky turned blood red and I opened my mouth to scream, but nothing came out, and I was engulfed by blackness.


My eyes flew open and I let out a loud gasp, as if I hadn't been able to breath. I jolted into a sitting position, clutching my chest. God, my chest and stomach hurt badly. It felt like I couldn't breath. I got a wave of nausea and had to lean over the side of the bench.

I let out a quiet moan as I sat back up, wiping my mouth on my sleeve. Gross, it was so gross. While I disgusting myself I finally noticed where I was. Back on the same bench, only I had been lying on my side along the length of it. I must have fallen asleep. It was a dream, yeah, just a dream. I needed to get cleaned up, ugh, I felt so gross.

I attempted to get up, emphasis on attempted. My legs were wobbly and definitely rebelling against me, causing me to flop back down on the bench. Great. Another wave of nausea, though this time I was able to control it. Man, where were those guys when you needed to be pestered.

I took a deep breath and gripped on of the handles on the side of the bench, preparing myself to get up. Another deep breath. I jumped to my feet while keeping my grip. Nope, down I went. Again. Dammit! I let out a huff of frustration and nearly missed seeing Naru. He was watching me from just a few feet away from the entrance. When I saw him I expected either a very irritated look or very amused, he would be amused by this. Instead I saw a nearly shocked face, it seemed to take him a few minutes to decide to come over to me.

I let out a small groan and felt my face heat up, he totally saw all of that, didn't he? How embarrassing! I would never live this down! He –

Naru kneeled down in front of me and looked up at me, straight in the eyes. Woah, was this really the Naru we all knew and loved? His face had recovered and was neutral except for the extreme concern – or what I thought was concern – in his eyes. He definitely saw all of that.

It took him a moment of inspecting my face before speaking, "are you alright?"

I couldn't help but blink and let my eyes widen in slight surprise. It sounds really wrong that I was surprised by that, but I was. He seemed to get a bit irritated at my null response and got up suddenly. I opened my mouth to say 'really! I'm alright!', but I didn't get the chance. Before I could make even a noise he picked me up bridal style and began moving towards the entrance to the hotel. Ayako looked like she had been on the way to find us, but she quickly froze and looked shock when she saw Naru carrying me. I gave her a little shrug and small smile which Naru seemed to ignore as well. Ayako continued to remain frozen as we walked past and down the hallway towards where our rooms were.

I zoned out a bit while looking up at Naru's face, could this be considered affection? I guess it would be pretty damn weird affection if it were, but hey, were talking about Naru here.

I felt him begin to put me down, and I found myself sitting on the edge of the bathtub in the bathroom. He put a hand to my forehead and made a grimace before getting up and moving to the doorway, leaving me looking once again, pretty shocked. Ayako hadn't been for behind and was now standing to the side of the doorway, letting Naru pass before coming towards me. Naru had whispered a few words that sounded like 'watch her' before disappearing down the hallway. Ayako had a concerned look as always and kneeled in front of me before putting a hand to my forehead. She made the same kind of look Naru had and got back up turning towards the sink. She wet a cloth and put the almost freezing piece of fabric against my head. I guess I had a fever, it would make sense. I was starting to feel pretty hot.