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* MAI POV *
My back was to him so he couldn't see my red face or my worried expression as I wondered if I should tell him the truth or not. He hadn't asked why I didn't want to be left alone which I was curious about.
I frowned whilst thinking about it then turned around to look at Naru. I blushed again as I realised he was closer then I had thought. He was facing me staring into my eyes as I stared back. I gulped and glanced down at hand which lay beside me. I grimaced as I saw the bruise around my wrist. I hadn't noticed it until now, but it defiantly looked like a hand.
I wrapped my right hand around it gently wincing at the pain it brought before frowning again. I brought my hands to my chest and looked back at Naru. He hadn't moved once but he was still watching me with concern.
We were both lay on the bed next to each other. My blush deepened when I realised I was still in my towel. I closed my eyes so I didn't have to look at Naru as I spoke softly "Naru?"
"Yes Mai?" he gently whispered back.
I opened my eyes to search his face for answers "how come you haven't asked yet?"
He looked at me confused "asked what?"
"Why I don't want to be left alone? You didn't ask what happened in the bathroom either." I watched as something flashed across his eyes.
"I presumed you didn't want to talk about it." I nodded slightly and he carried on "you will tell me when you are ready". It sounded more like a command then a statement and I smiled a little.
"Of course Naru" then my smile faltered as I thought of how he would react to what I had to tell him. I knew I had to tell them sooner rather then later but at the moment I couldn't bring myself to do it. I didn't want any of them to get hurt but I knew that they would be mad at me if I never told them and something happened to me. They would blame themselves.
I looked back at him sadly "I'm just worried about your reactions to what you would hear" he frowned and thought about it for a while.
"I would be upset if you didn't tell me what is bothering you" I thought that over and nodded slowly.
"That's what I thought you would say Naru"
I took a deep breath then sat up leaning on my hands. I bit my lip and thought where to start, I thought it might be confusing for him to start with my dream so I started at the beginning. I told him about what happened in my apartment, my dreams and then what happened in the toilet.
I didn't look at Naru as I spoke but I felt his body tense up when I said that I had seen the violet eyed man again. I knew Naru would be angry. Not at me but at himself for not thinking of it sooner.
"So it seems that you do have a stalker." I watched as he stroked his chin in thought "Did he do anything to you Mai?" I shook my head and he looked slightly relieved.
"I was just scared" I looked at my hands where the small cuts my nails had made were now healed so that you could barely see them. "He was so close" I whispered more to myself then him "I was afraid of what he would do because of what he said at my apartment "we'll have more fun next time" he practically said it again as he was leaving" I bit my lip as tears came to my eyes.
I glanced at Naru who was still watching me with concern "I don't want him to touch me, it burns every time he does and now . . . with this dream I had, things have changed" I blinked and stared at the wall behind Naru "I knew him, I thought I recognised his eyes but I don't know what he was doing in my dream just yet . . . or why I looked so different."
I took a deep breath and looked Naru in the eye "I don't any of you hurt" I closed my eyes and shook my head slightly "not because of me, I'm not worth it".
I saw Naru narrow his eyes slightly before he reached out and pulled me into a hug. I froze shocked as he tightened his arms around me. "Mai, you are worth it. To all of us you are our world". His voice was so gentle it shocked me but I had to believe his words. He had never lied to me before.
I frowned and looked up at his face as he held me close to his chest. "I don't understand why you care so much".
He looked slightly shocked but then he smiled and I gasped and looked at him confused "I already thought I had lost you twice Mai" he leaned closer to me and I felt my heart stop "I don't want that to ever happen again". My eyes were wide as his lips came down softly on mine.
I was frozen under his kiss but the heat from his lips soon had me kissing him back. When we finally pulled apart to breath I blushed and noticed a small blush along Naru's cheeks. He stared into my eyes with his own gentle ones and then whispered in my ear "I love you Mai, don't ever leave me".
Again with the commanding, I laughed lightly to myself before pulling him into another kiss and wrapping my arms around his neck.
I pulled away and rested my forehead on his "I love you too . . . Oliver".
I watched as he smiled at me and I smiled back. He lay back down again and pulled me close so I was lying next to him. "Sleep Mai, you will feel better when you sleep." I nodded and was already sleeping when he kissed my forehead and tightened his arms around me.
This dream again.
I watched as the same woman from my first dream walked down a rocky path with a large black umbrella covering her.
I glanced around trying to figure out where we were, this place felt familiar. I frowned and scanned a large crowd of people dressed in black. I found the woman under the same large umbrella but this time a man was holding it up.
He was a large man, not large as in round but muscled and tall. I walked around the people so that I was on the other side of a grave. The coffin had not yet been put to earth, my breath quickened slightly as I looked at the coffin. It was small, too small for an adult.
I glanced up at the woman, her black hair was cut shorter then before and her green eyes were full of grief and sadness. She was crying so loudly that everyone around her kept glancing at her with pity.
I glanced around quickly then looked back at the coffin "no" I whispered I shook my head as I stepped closer to the grave stone. Then tears started to fall from my eyes. That beautiful little girl that looked so much like her Mother was dead. Little Akemi.
I shook my head and stepped closer to the coffin. There were white roses covering the coffin and a large green flower that I wasn't sure of what it was. It was an emerald green and I was sure the Mother had bought it for her daughter. I felt my own grief mix with everyone's around me.
It was getting too much.
It was getting hard to breath with so much grief.
Images of my parent's funerals flashed before my eyes. I squeezed my eyes shut and shook my head. I heard someone start to talk and glanced at a priest reading from a bible. I watched Akemi's Mother as she held on to the man next to her for dear life.
There was something about him that I didn't like. I was unsure of what it was because even though he was a large man, his eyes were full of sorrow as well. He looked kind enough as he held on tight to the woman next to him.
"Yuna would you like to say a few words?" I watched as the green eyed woman lifted her head before nodding and walking over to the coffin with shaking legs.
"My little Akemi, My bright and beautiful child, I will never understand why you were taken before your life even began but I promise you I will find out the truth of what happened." She continued to speak but I had noticed the man's eyes go narrow at the woman's words. I watched as he gritted his teeth and stepped forward next to Yuna.
His words came out as a command "come Yuna".
Yuna's grip on her umbrella tightened slightly but she nodded. Still crying she took the man's hand "let's go home Tsuyoshi".
I watched them both walk off but a small flash next to the coffin caught my eye. I watched as the small girl Akemi reached out a hand for her Mother with tears falling down her eyes.
"Don't do it Mommy, please don't trust that man" I watched as the ghost of the young girl collapsed with more tears and I couldn't help but cry as well.
I could lots of people crying around me and I once again realised how much grief there was.
It was suffocating.
I gasped for air and fall to my knees as the coffin was put to earth. I was still crying but this time from the pain. My lungs were burning I felt as though I couldn't get any air.
The little girl turned to look at me then eyes full of grief.
"Akemi" I choked out.
She nodded and pointed to the area where her Mother and that man had left. "She should never have trusted that man".
I could see black spots in front of my eyes now and new that if I didn't get anymore air I would suffocate.
Akemi reached out for me but just before she touched me . . .
I woke up from someone shaking me and calling my name. As I finally opened my eyes I say bolt upright and gasped for air.
Tears covered my face as my gasping slowed down.
Hands were all over me checking if I was hurt. I pushed the hands away "I'm fine!"
I stood up shakily passing all the people watching me with concern. I rubbed my eyes and stood with my back to them all, my hand instinctively rested on my stomach. "So much grief, I just couldn't breathe. It was suffocating".
I turned back around and faced my family "sorry I'm fine" I smiled when they all glanced at each other worriedly "I promise". For the first time in ages I smiled honestly.
Everyone seemed to deflate with relief as they all sat down. I couldn't help but smile as I took them all in "Is everything set up then?" I glanced at Naru who nodded.
I nodded as well and took a seat on the end of the bed next to him.
Everyone was watching me and waiting so I told them my dream. There were sad faces all around and a few frowns.
Ayako looked at me "does that mean that this Tsuyoshi killed little Akemi?"
I frowned myself and thought "I'm not sure that was the feeling I was getting, he sure was scary looking but there was kindness in his eyes as well so I was confused" I bit my lip in thought "but he was demanding, there was something about him I just can't name it". I glanced at everyone frustrated with myself "I'm sorry guys, I couldn't be more help, and I don't even know if this is to do with the case".
John smiled at me while Bou-san playfully slapped me on the arm "you're more use to us then you think, you are like the glue that sticks us all together" he grinned at me and I smiled back in thanks.
My smile faded with John's next words "anyway Mai your dreams always mean something". My head shot up to look at him with wide eyes. I bit my lip and my hands turned into fists gripping the bed covers.
I thought back to the dream I had of my past with a frown "Was that really my past then". I whispered it to myself but Naru heard and he reached out to give my hand a quick squeeze before turning his glare on everyone else.
"Madoka and Ayako could you please re-bandage her stomach in the bathroom while the rest of us talk, Mother could you please go with them?" I glanced at him suspiciously.
"Yes of course Oliver, we'll just go get the bag. Be back in a jiffy" she practically skipped out of the room dragging Ayako and Madoka with her. I stayed seated for a few minutes staring after them and then glared at Naru.
"You're going to tell them?" I accused as he just stared at Lin. He seemed to be telling the man something with his eyes so I punched Naru in the arm. Naru turned his glare on me but I just tightened the towel around me. Yes I was still in my towel, I usually would have been embarrassed but I was mad. I gritted my teeth and glared at him.
He sighed and shrugged his shoulders "we can all protect you more if we all know the truth." John, Monk, Martin and Lin were watching us with confused expression. Bou-san stepped toward me as I looked at the floor with a sigh.
"You're hiding something from us?" Bou-san looked sad instead of accusatory which made me feel worse. I just nodded and looked at Naru as he stood watching me with his hidden concern.
"Yes"
"Were you going to tell us?" John spoke up from his chair near the bed. I glanced at him and nodded.
"Yes, I was"
"When?" I opened my mouth to reply but just bit my lip and glared at Naru who had gotten me into this.
"When I was ready" I snapped before storming to the bed and sitting down in a huff.
I missed Naru smirking at me, which was lucky . . . for him anyway.
I crossed my arms in a comforting gesture which I'm sure that everyone noticed. I stared at the floor not wanting to look at the faces around me.
I bit my lip in thought then looked up at Naru who was still watching me "fine. You tell them". He nodded then turned to the guys to begin but Bou-san interrupted him.
He had glanced at the door then at me and Naru "what about the women? Are you going to tell them?" Naru looked thoughtfully at the door for a moment.
"I'm not sure it's best we tell them just yet, they're with all of us anyway so they're safe". As he said that something popped into my mind an image of Masako on her tour with no one she trusts but her manager.
My eyes went wide and I gasped.
Everyone looked at me in worry.
"Mai are you alright?" it was Martin who spoke. I looked up at Naru's Father and opened my mouth.
"Masako"
They all seemed confused at first but then their eyes widened in realisation. I jumped of the bed and went for the phone. I picked it up already dialling masako's number. I glanced back as I reached the Bathroom doors "Naru you can tell them, when Mrs Davies gets back just send them all in here." He nodded as they all watched me go.
I could hear him beginning to talk as the phone rang.
I held my breath in worry.
"Hello"
I sighed in relief and sagged against the shower wall.
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