I don't know how long it had been since I went unconscious, but it didn't feel long. I began to open my eyes, pain in my arms and legs beginning to show it's self. It felt like my limbs were on fire.

"Mai?" I turned my head to the side to see Naru sitting right next to me. His face was scratched and his clothes were tattered and dusty. My vision was still a bit blurry, but I could tell he wasn't smiling.

"Naru?" I said, my voice a bit horse. "W-What happened?"

"The floor collapsed," Naru answered, turning away from me. He flicked a pebble, making it skip across the floor. "It seems that it was over an old mineshaft. Floor was old and couldn't hold both our weight"-I felt a bit ticked at that, feeling like he was calling me fat, but I shrugged it off-"and the floor gave way..."

I sat up, feeling even worse now. My head hurt and it felt like a thousand bricks were on my chest. I looked down to find Naru's jacket had been resting under my head. I glanced up to Naru and then back down. I assumed that if I was knocked out in a situation, similar to this one, he would just lay me on the ground. But he was kind enough to let my head rest on something.

I looked up when I saw Naru stand to his feet. "We better get moving."

"Moving?" I said. "Moving where? We're in-"

"Think for a minute, Mai," Naru said, giving a small glare at me. "We're in a mineshaft, which means there must be an entrance somewhere."

"What about the others? They're still in the house, aren't they?"

Naru was silent for a moment, most likely thinking over what I just said. If we left, then that meant the others would be stuck in the house. We couldn't just leave them alone. I couldn't.

"I'm sure they'll be fine," Naru said, although if I didn't know him so well I would have believed that. But I knew even he had doubts about that.

Naru held out his hand to me, making me get out of my thoughts. I looked up, still no smile on his face.

"Can you stand?" he asked.

"I think so," I muttered. I took his hand and tried standing to my feet, but that was a bad idea. Because my legs gave out as soon as they had pressure on them, and the pain I was feeling was a lot worse now.

I stumbled, trying to get to my feet again, only to have myself fall into Naru. "Sorry…" My face flushed. He wasn't pushing me away, which was a bit strange considering he usually did.

Naru sighed, as if he was disapproving my pain. Although, I disapproved of it too, but his sigh made it sound like it was in his way. I felt like I was holding him back from continuing forward.

"That leaves no choice then…" Naru said.

I blinked a few times, then found myself not on the ground anymore. Naru had picked me up and began carrying me. My face flush again.

"N-Naru, put me down!" I shouted.

"Don't shout," Naru said, glaring at me. "Just hold with it for a little while." Naru then began walking forward, forgetting and ignoring any further objections from me.

I couldn't complain, I was comfortable in his arms. I was so comfortable that I found myself dozing off. My head hit Naru's chest and I could hear his heart beat that seemed louder and faster then his footsteps.

That's funny… I thought, a small and tired smile finding it's way on my face. His heart is beating just as fast as mine… Maybe… Before I could even finish my thought, I dozed off and found myself locked inside a nightmare.


My eyes opened and I found myself standing in the middle of a school yard.

"Mihoko!"

I quickly turned around, as if I was hearing my own name. A group of girl's were talking, three were smiling, but one wasn't. The three girls laughed and then ran off, leaving the other standing there stunned.

The girl standing there was none other then the girl I have seen jump from the balcony in my last dream. The only difference was that she was a bit younger.

Mihoko, the girl, looked over her shoulder and the look she gave to the backs of those other girls were that of pure hatred. A twisted smile crossed her lips and small chuckle left her lips. But she didn't say, or do, anything else. She simply walked away.

The scene changed into one that seemed like it was a few years later. It was the library where everyone is SPR was currently at, the one Yasu hadn't left ever since Naru's orders for research.

Mihoko was with a young man, black hair and a nice suit, and the two seemed close to each other.

"Mihoko," the young man said, their foreheads resting against each others, "I don't know if we can continue doing this. If-"

Mihoko put a finger to the man's lips and shushed him, wrapping her other arm around his neck. "I don't care if he finds out…" My face flushed when Mihoko and the man drew closer together. "Try as he will, but I will find a way to be with you, Yosai… I can't bare a minute without you."

"Mihoko…" Yosai whispered.

The two closed their distance into a kiss that I had only seen in movies. I actually felt like I was watching one of those sappy romance movies that I rarely got to watch because I got so many few days off.

Yosai pinned Mihoko to the bookshelf, making my face go redder when I saw his hands run over her, but my eyes just couldn't get away. Their kiss deepened and the two were all over each other, in plane words.

Mihoko began running her hands down Yosai, towards his chest as she fiddled with the buttons of the his suit. And that's when the library doors opened.

"Mihoko!" the old man that had walked in shouted.

"F-Father!" Mihoko said, both her and Yosai pulling away from each other. But neither bothered to fix their disheveled clothes.

"No!" I shouted as I saw Mihoko get pulled away from Yosai and pulled out the door, screaming for the person she loved the most. I found tears running down my face, just wondering what would happen.

The scene changed right when Yosai dropped to his knees.

It was beginning to play just like my last dream, Mihoko's father was yelling at her, slapping her as she cried. But no matter how many times her father yelled and told her to never see Yosai again, she just continued shouting that she loved him and didn't want him gone from her life.

The scene's changed quicker this time. A car burning into flames and Mihoko falling to her knees as she got news from her father. Another showing Mihoko grabbing a kitchen knife and carrying it into her parents chambers, where I watched her brutally murder her father and her baby sister as she laughed and cried at the same time. Her mother soon came in, where she was killed to.

"NO!" I screamed, but before I could touch anything, the scene changed again. It was the ballroom of the house. The lights lit the gold floor, and it was beautifully decorated. People were dancing and laughing. But that all changed and soon everyone was skeletons and dust, causing me to draw back in horror.

"Mai."

I turned around to find Naru right behind me. His expression seemed pained as he drew closer to me.

"N-Naru," I said, beginning to cry. "I don't understand! What's going on?"

"You need to leave, Mai," Naru said, standing in front of me. "It's too dangerous here. If you continue staying here, you'll die a horrible death by the people killed by her…"

"I know, Naru," I said, sniffing. "But I can't leave before I know why these people were killed. I need to know what happened!" Tears continued running down my face. "What happened to Yosai? Why did Mihoko kill her parents and baby sister? Who were those three girls I saw earlier? Who are the people that keep coming after me?" My tears began falling even more. I was terrified, for my life and my friends. But I couldn't get any answers from what I had been seeing in my dreams.

I felt Naru's arms wrap around me, something that had never happened before. My tears stopped and my fear was gone, getting replaced with shock. I looked up to see Naru looking down at me.

"Everything will get explained…" he said. "But when you do learn of this dreadful case, you can't turn back…" Naru leaned down and kissed my forehead, making my cheeks turn red. "You need to wake up, Mai. In order to help those who need peace."

I shut my eyes and smiled, finally being able to calm down and understand what was going on. "Thank you, Naru." The bright ballroom, and the loving embrace from Naru soon disappeared, leaving me to darkness.


I do hope you enjoyed the chapter. And I apologize for the VERY LATE update. I couldn't get any ideas, and then I thought of these. By the way, I have no idea where this case is going... O_O I kind of forgot where it was supposed to go. So i'm trying my best with what I could remember. But I still hope you enjoyed.

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