So sorry for the late update. I had so much trouble thinking about what else to write for this story. When I was writing this I was listening to the Ghost Hunt Theme… And it helped, strangely. But anyway…

Do enjoy the chapter!


There we were, just me and Naru, standing in front a wall in one of the hallways in the house. I had gotten us lost, just because I was trying to find that stupid door I saw. But it seemed that in finding where the door is, we had gotten lost and separated from the others.

"Are you sure it's here, Mai?" Naru said, crossing his arms.

"Positive!" I shouted. I looked to the wall, biting my lip. "But I don't know why the door isn't here." It was true, all that was there was a wall, no door. Maybe it was my imagination…

Naru walked up to the wall and knocked against it. He repeated that a few times in different spots, and then he turned back to me. He flashed one of his rare smiles, or smirks if you want to call it.

"Good job, Mai," he said. "It seems that you were right. There is something here."

I smiled, placing my hands on hips. I finally got praised, which meant this was turning out to be a good day. That is after the whole video, ghost, thing.

Naru took a step back and kicked the wall. It seemed the wall was so old that it just gave way to his kick, making a large hole in it's place.

We leaned forward, peering into the empty room. Nothing was in there except dust and a door. To be exact, it was the door from my dream.

Naru stepped through the hole in the wall and strode towards the ominous door.

"Wait, Naru!" I shouted, following him. "Should we really go in without the others?"

Naru stopped walking and turned to look at him, half way. "You're not scared, are you, Mai?" Naru's tone had a certain smugness to it, making me get ticked off.

"Of course I'm scared!" I shouted. "You would be to if you were in my position!"

"Actually," Naru said, looking back to the door, "I wouldn't be."

I glared at Naru as he inspected the door. He reached for the handle and opened it, revealing stairs leading to a black abyss. I didn't know what was down there, therefore I was a lot more frightened when Naru began walking down the steps. But I stayed in the spot I was in.

Naru soon stopped and looked back at me. "Come on, Mai."

I shook my head. "There's something not right there, Naru. We shouldn't go down there!"

Naru looked away. I saw him roll his eyes and gave a small huff. But I couldn't get angry at it, my fear was the only emotion I felt right now.

Naru held out a hand and looked at me once again. "Take my hand, Mai." I lifted an eyebrow, but did as he said. He gripped my hand tightly and began continuing down the steps, making me follow.

Before I knew it, we reached the end. But it was to dark to see anything, but I knew Naru hadn't let go of my hand.

"Don't let go, Mai," I heard him say. "There's a good chance you'll get lost."

What am I, a little kid?! I thought, glaring into the blackness.

Something clicked and the room was lit by a flashlight, one Naru had kept in his pocket. But I wish he hadn't done that, because I was met with a horrifying picture.

A chair sat in the middle of a dull colored room. Attached to the chair were shackles keeping a skeleton in place there and on the floor were stains of blood. It looked almost like that room back in that other case, a little to much like it.

"N-Naru," I said, gripping his hand tighter, "I think we should leave…"

Naru didn't answer, because he was to busy looking behind us. I turned around only to see another door. This one looked just like the one we stepped through.

Naru took a step forward, going towards it, but I quickly yanked on his arm. He stopped and looked back at me. I couldn't stop shivering and my grip on his hand got tighter.

"You're hurting me, Mai," Naru said, calmly.

I looked into his eyes and then back to his hand. I let go of his hand and stuffed mine in my pockets. "S-Sorry… But I don't think…" I trailed off.

"Come on, Mai," Naru said, stepping towards the door again. "We won't be able to get out of this place without looking around thoroughly."

He was right, I just needed to buck up my courage and move forward. But that was easier said then done. I soon found myself moving, following Naru closely.

Naru opened the door and we both walked in, finding nothing but an empty room.

"That doesn't make since…" I muttered, as we walked further into the room. "Why would there be an empty room?"

"Most likely at one point this room was used," Naru said, looking around. "But you're right, why would there be an empty room here?"

Naru and I jumped when we heard the door slam behind us. Naru gripped the handle and tried opening it, but to no avail. We were trapped in a small room and no one knew we were here.

"Glad you can join us…" I voice whispered.

"N-Naru!" I shouted. "Please tell me you heard that!"

"Yes, Mai," Naru said.

We both turned around, backs towards the door. Standing behind us were figures, but not visible figures. They were all like giant blobs with mouths.

"Welcome to the tea room," another blob said. "Would you like a cup of tea?"

"N-Not really!" I shouted, backing into Naru. His hand gripped my shoulder firmly and I looked up at him, seeing him string right at the ghosts. The ghosts said nothing more, but just stared at Naru. It was strange really, but I could understand why.

After a minute or two, the ghosts vanished without another word.

"We need to get out of here before they decide to come back," Naru said, his hand leaving my shoulder and trying to open the door again. The door was still locked. We had no way of getting out.

I opened my mouth to say something, but a small crack was heard. It was as if tile was breaking. Soon I felt like I was falling, as if the ground from underneath me gave way. But how could it, we were on the bottom level? But before I knew what had happened, everything was pitch black.