Well like I promised here's chapter 10 the case should be over in chapter 11 or 12 depending on how much I want to stall. This chapter is less on the case and more on giving you guys clues to who Mai is. Let's see I didn't mention this in chapter 8 or 9 but the dialogue and what happens are heavily based on the manga. I hope you enjoy the story and all the different character appearances do you know the characters that appear this chapter? Sorry if anyone is out of character and thanks to everyone that read, favorite/follow and reviewed this story.
I don't own Ghost Hunt
Chapter 10 More questions arise
"Well this is unexpected," A voice thought a loud rereading a letter they had received last night.
You are to separate those two before they become too close, to do this you shall look for the skeletons in that girl's closet. You may become"close" with her in order to complete this task. Once you have found the skeletons you shall first tell me what they are and I will decide what to do. You will keep me updated in this task.
Signed U.
'I must say though I had a similar idea,' the person thought before her mouth formed a sinister smile.
"Mai," Masako called trying to wake her friend with no luck.
'Really, how can she sleep so much,' Masako thought while sighing and looking at the cat who, like his master was sleeping soundly.
"Mai," Masako tried again with some success watching as Mai rolled over a bit.
"Mai the prince will be mad if you're lat-"
"Wait… what I'm late!? I'm not going to be punished am I?!" Mai yelled waking up quickly in the process tangling herself in the sheets falling face first into the floor.
"No, you are not late but two of your friends were looking for you," Masako told her giggling softly from behind her sleeve.
"Why you! I will have my revenge!" Mai yelled, waking Angel up and making Masako giggle more since she was still in the bed sheets.
"I suggest you at least get out of the sheets so you don't seem more stupid than you already are," Masako stated while walking out of the door.
Mai, after fuming at Masako's words noticed that her left arm was starting to feel uncomfortable. After untangling herself from the bedsheets she saw that the sun was up and it was nearly noon. She also noted that she was wearing the clothes from yesterday; quickly changing she went to where the worker's ate hoping for something to eat.
"Oh good morning Kuroda," Mai greeted when she entered the room to see many people start eating their lunch.
"Are you okay? Any injuries other than what you already have," Kuroda asked as Angel jumped onto Mai's shoulder.
"Oh no it's nothing, I'm sorry if I made you worry," Mai said flustered making Kuroda sigh in relief.
"So Mai you never actually told us what happened to your arm," Keiko said as Mai approached them.
"Sorry I forgot, it's no big deal I just got caught up in some trouble I'm sure you noticed what a klutz I am," Mai laughed it off.
"Oh good with the exciting day you had yesterday we were worried something serious happened," Michiru said, happy it was only her friend being a klutz.
"Yeah you don't need to worry about things like that," Mai told the two when all of a sudden she felt someone tap her shoulder.
Turning around she didn't see anyone but as she was about to continue her discussion someone tapped her again.
"Okay if this is some joke please stop," Mai said turning around once again.
"Miss Mai it's me," a boy said.
"KUROKO! How do you do that!" Mai shouted in surprise when she blinked and suddenly saw Kuroko.
"I am sorry to startle you Miss Mai but you along with Miss Kuroda were summoned to Miss Iris's office," Kuroko told her in his usual emotionless voice.
"Darn I didn't eat anything yet, hey Kuroko how long have you been there?" Mai asked before she was about to leave.
"I was there the whole time," Kuroko responded.
"Oh…uh… oops?" Mai laughed sheepishly before wishing Kuroko, Michiru and Keiko goodbye and following Kuroda out the door.
KNOCK, KNOCK
"Excuse me…" Mai said entering the room to see everyone there and seated.
Kuroda and Angel followed behind her, after Miss Iris requested they take a seat Mai sat down beside John. On John's other side was Masako followed by Ayako, Bou-san, and Carmine with Monica on the last chair. Naru was standing beside Miss Iris's desk as Kuroda took her seat beside Mai and Angel jumped onto Mai's lap.
"Now everyone involved in the incident is here," Naru stated closing the curtains and shrouding the room in darkness.
Naru then went over to a small lamp flicking it on and off.
"Please focus on this light," Naru stated.
Click On
"Breathe please with the light,"
Click off
"Slowly… Relax…"
Click On
"You feel sleepy,"
Click off
"You can hear yourself breathing,"
'Maybe I'm tired because of what happened last night,' Mai thought stopping herself from yawning.
Click on
"Please count your breaths in your head…"
'Naru's voice… sounds so far away,' Mai closed her eyes.
Click off
"Tonight… something is going to happen. The chair on the second floor of the old tower, the chair is going to move. Tonight that chair placed in the room in the tower,"
'Chair…the room…chair,'
"Very good" Naru said opening the curtains, making Mai squint.
"Wow I'm sleepy," Bou-san said rubbing his eyes as everyone's attention was then caught by a chair.
'Chair…' Mai thought her eyes going to half mast.
"Thank you everyone," Naru said placing a hand on the chair.
"Naru!" Mai shouted running up to him.
The others including Angel decided it was best to go take a nap since they all felt sleepy. Naru stopped as soon as he heard his new nick name waiting for Mai to catch up.
"What happened yesterday? I could have sworn I was in your room telling you the information I got from the workers and then I wake up in Masako's bed," Mai told him.
"You fell asleep, Miss Hara came and I carried you to her room. I heard that you were hurt again," Naru stated.
"Eh so that's what happened thanks Naru you're a great friend!" Mai said cheerfully.
"I would rather not have you in my room disturbing my sleep with your snoring," Naru replied.
"HEY! I do not snore!" Mai argued.
"How badly were you hurt?" Naru asked changing the topic.
"Oh it's nothing I was just unconscious for a while nothing really bad happened," Mai answered completely forgetting her anger much to Naru's amusement.
"Mai, where did you use to work?" Naru asked starting to walk.
"Hmmm, well I worked in a lot of different places since I've been traveling for at least three years at this point," Mai told him.
"I see," Naru said, trying to put the pieces of the puzzle together.
"Naru we're at the carriage," Mai announced interrupting Naru's thoughts.
"Mai, tea," Naru ordered when he noticed that they were indeed, in front of the carriage.
Walking towards the carriage Naru put on a pair of headphones ignoring Mai. Who was muttering different insults and complaining about how she had to go to the kitchen to get more tea. She came back a few minutes later with some tea balanced in her right hand and Angel on her shoulder.
'Okay Mai… you're almost there don't trip,' Mai thought to herself walking slowly.
"Did you set up the tape recorder yesterday?" Naru asked causing Mai to jump and nearly spill the tea.
"Ah… yeah well kind of it was more Masako and John since I couldn't really lift anything. I actually wanted to set up the video too, but none of us could figure out how to use it," Mai responded flustered as she tried to maintain balance much to Angel's and Naru's amusement.
"You did a good job. It sounds like we were able to record some useful things," he told her while taking the tea which finally allowed Mai to fall knowing that she wouldn't spill anything.
'He doesn't compliment people often, is that really Naru?' Mai thought to herself staring at Naru while Angel snickered having an idea of what the girl was thinking.
"What's wrong?" Naru asked noticing her stare.
"Eh…ah…nothing, AH! I just remembered the bookshelf that fell on top of me it felt warm. You said that if a poltergeist moved something it would feel warm," Mai laughed a little nervously not wanting to reveal her actual thoughts.
"I'm glad you remember that," Naru told her.
"Thanks," Mai replied more calm moving her arm to Angel so he can climb on her shoulder.
"Let's get our equipment set up," Naru said handing Mai some wires and making sure she doesn't carry too much.
"What's this for?" Mai asked looking at the finished product.
The finished product being the chair, from earlier, being placed in a circle of chalk; the circle was originally going to be drawn by Mai but Angel stole the chalk and drew the circle for her. At the moment Angel was sitting on one of the tables taking a nap.
"Where should we place the infrared camera?" John asked when Naru didn't answer Mai.
John was also dragged into this when he happened to be walking by and saw the two of them holding equipment. John offered his assistance when he saw how much the two of them were carrying though Naru was carrying a lot more than Mai for obvious reasons.
"On the tripod," Naru directed to the tripod situated in front of the chair before walking out of the room.
"Hey, hey, hey, hey what's going on? Naru, your highness; what is that?" Mai asked being distracted from her first question by what Naru was crouched in front of.
"This is a radar," Naru answered her second question.
"I'm not sure what it is…what are we going to use it for?" Mai asked.
"If I tell you it won't work," Naru told her.
"But I'm your assistant," Mai whined with the puppy dog eyes.
"No I can't. I'll let you know tomorrow, but you can't ask me until then," Naru replied closing his eyes.
"His highness seems to have a plan, why don't you wait until tomorrow," John suggested so Mai would be less frustrated.
"Fine," Mai pouted as Naru opened his eyes again taking out a hammer.
'Is he going to hit me,' Mai stiffened preparing for pain.
"John, cover up all of the windows in here with those veneer boards over there," Naru ordered much to Mai's relief.
Mai then tried to help John with hammering up the boards but John, Angel or Naru would prevent her from doing much each with their own tactics. John would kindly suggest she try doing something else or have her use her good arm to hold the nail in place while he hammered it. Naru would insult or distract her with different tasks that weren't really needed such as asking for tea. Angel would find different ways of distracting Mai either by meowing for attention or taking something from Mai and have her chase him around.
"Ok that's all of them," John announced making Mai pout at how she didn't do anything.
"Now both of you please write your names on that board," Naru told them giving them something to write with.
Mai shared a confused look with both John and Angel before she and John signed their names. Angel helped as well by coloring his paw and then stamping it onto the board.
"Ok I signed the board that John nailed inside the window too. What is this for?" Mai asked Naru.
"Sign here, too. You can leave when you're done," Naru told them ignoring Mai's question.
"HUUUUUH?!" Mai exclaimed extremely confused.
Of course Naru didn't answer to it, John left first saying he wanted to go look at the gardens near the inn. Angel left after a few minutes of silence, deeming that Mai was safe from all possible harm.
"You really won't tell me anything," Mai asked after a long pause of silence.
"No," Naru answered to Mai's disappointment.
"I'll go take a walk through town then, send Angel if you need me, he has this odd ability to always find me... wished it worked for me too," Mai muttered the last part before waving goodbye.
'I wonder if anyone would want to join me,' Mai thought going to search for everyone and grab a bite to eat before actually leaving for town.
'It's too bad no one could join me, though I wasn't able to ask Monica or Carmine but I have a feeling neither of them like me. Actually Monica made it pretty clear she doesn't like me but I could be wrong about Carmine,' Mai thought to herself entering a small music store full of instruments.
"Hello! Oh Mai you're back I haven't seen you in a while, I thought you left town," A voice came as soon as Mai opened the door.
"Hey Haruka, I'm only in town for a while because of work. Anyways, how are you and the guys?" Mai asked the golden eyed girl.
"We've been doing well, we just have to run this store for another month before we can continue giving performances," Haruka told her friend.
"Really a whole month, why would Shining Saotome wait another month you guys were fantastic when singing 1000% love a few months back," Mai said.
"He said that we were missing something, so we had to work here until we find it that's where all the boys are," Haruka told Mai.
"Well he is crazy, by the way I got a new cat maybe he can play with your black one," Mai suggested.
"Ahh I don't know where he went, I actually don't think that cat is normal," Haruka told her friend while fidgeting.
"Oh well, but to be honest I don't think my cat is all that normal either," Mai said thinking about her own cat.
"Mai what happened to your arm?" Haruka asked noticing the bandages.
"Don't worry about it Haruka, I just got caught up in some trouble," Mai told the red haired girl.
"Does it hurt?" Haruka inquired shyly.
"Don't be silly, I'm fine here as proof how about we play a duet," Mai suggested.
"But your arm," Haruka started to protest.
"You won't let me play with it are you?" Mai asked rhetorically but Haruka shook her head no anyways.
"Alright, fine I won't move my left arm when playing, and don't bother arguing," Mai decided.
"Then would you like to try the duet I just wrote?" Haruka sighed knowing there was no use in arguing with the stubborn girl.
"Sure Haruka all your songs are fantastic," Mai complimented making Haruka flustered.
"I-I-I'm n-not that g-great," Haruka stuttered embarrassed much to Mai's amusement.
"Yeah, yeah I know you don't like compliments come on," Mai dragged Haruka to the two piano's
For the song put this in the search bar: Disney - Beauty and the Beast - Belle for Piano Duet FT. lara6683
"That was fun!" Mai exclaimed once she and Haruka finished making Haruka giggle and nod.
"How do you do, would you happen to have any new violin strings," A man's voice came to the two girl's ears.
"Ah of course sorry for the wait I'll be right back," Haruka said flustered bowing quickly not seeing who was actually asking for the strings and rushing out of the room.
"That was quite the duet you two performed it made my skin crawl with delight...but I don't have skin...Skull Joke! Yohohohoho," the man said making Mai look up at him for the first time.
"You're a skeleton…" Mai stated unsure somewhat used to the random occurrences in her life.
'I should be screaming right now, I really should be screaming right now or fainting, fainting sounds good too,' Mai thought her knees shaking.
"Yohohohoho, I am I'm glad you can see that," the skeleton laughed.
'At least he seems friendly, yeah I'm probably in shock I'll just go with it,' Mai concluded trying to convince herself it was all just a dream.
"How is that possible?" Mai asked, no, not to the friendly skeleton; Mai was more curious about how she came up with such an odd dream and just happened to ask the question out loud.
"Well, this land is quite isolated, when it comes to other islands so you don't really know much about pirates and devil fruit do you?" Brook questioned in response.
"Oh my mom told me about that when I was younger, she said this land was so big that there was no point interacting with the places very far across the sea. Also that there are pirates out there that have special abilities because of some magic fruit I didn't think it was real," Mai told the skeleton thoroughly convinced this was a dream... or that she's crazy.
"That's right pirates don't normally land here because of the amount of land military and such, but my captain is eccentric at least there aren't wanted posters here… Ah right I lost topic but I ate the Yomi Yomi no Mi which brought me back to life," Brook explained to the girl.
"Wow!" Mai exclaimed no longer caring if this was a dream or not.
"I see you're a very curious girl… but I don't have eyes…Skull Joke! Yohohoho!" the well dressed skeleton laughed with Mai joining.
"Ah my names Mai nice to meet you," Mai smiled.
"Brook, you're very similar to my captain," Brook introduced himself.
"Really? Oh, so how long are you staying on this land?" Mai questioned.
"Till our captain has finished exploring but this land is really large so it could take a while," Brook answered.
"AHHHH!" a female voiced screamed to their left.
"Haruka are you okay?!" Mai asked running over to her friend.
"S-s-ske-skel-"
"Oh so he is real," Mai interrupted Haruka's stuttering.
'Well I guess it would be odd to scream now, might as well go along with it,' Mai thought,
Mai proceeded to introduce her to Brook while making sure the girl doesn't faint. It took a while before Haruka understood what Mai was explaining to her but once she did she calmed down.
"I'm very sorry for screaming," Haruka apologized bowing down with her hands holding out the violin strings.
"It's alright; may I see your panties?" Brook asked Haruka much to Mai's amusement as Haruka furiously shook her head no.
"May I see your panties Mai?" Brook asked the other girl.
"Nope!," Mai answered cheerfully as Brook finished replacing his violin strings.
"May we hear you play the violin?" Haruka questioned shyly.
Brook then picked up his violin and began to play a slow version of Binks sake. Mai went to the piano she was playing earlier and joined in, playing along with Brook's violin making a very beautiful harmony. As Brook was finishing the song Mai decided that the song was a little depressing and started playing the beginning again at a faster pace, Brook noticing what Mai was doing, decided to put down his violin and sing instead.
(English version of Binks sake that Brook is singing = English 'Binks Sake' One piece by shadowlink4321)
"That was music to my ears…but I don't have ears…Skull Joke! Yohohoho!" Brook laughed when he and Mai finished making Mai and Haruka start giggling.
"That was fantastic Mai, where'd you learn that song?" Haruka asked.
"Papa taught me that song when I was little," Mai answered making Haruka stiffen a little.
"I'm so-"
"My that song is quite old, it's amazing your father knew it," Brook proclaimed interrupting Haruka.
"Mai, I never asked this before but who taught you how to play the piano?" Haruka asked still a little flustered.
"My mum taught me," Mai answered giving her a reassuring smile.
"But Mai, you said your parents weren't very talented in music," Haruka fidgeted, instead of answering Mai simply gave another smile.
"Oh I must get going now it's getting late," Brook told the two girls waving good bye.
"Hmmm he's right I should get going too, bye and good luck Haruka," Mai said before leaving as well after sending one last wave.
'I should go back to the inn now it's nearly sun set what an interesting day,' Mai thought walking away…
…in the wrong direction,
Back at the inn
The sun had started to set and no one had seen any traces of Mai since this morning.
"Has anyone seen Mai?" John asked the group who were all having dinner oddly at the same time.
"She went for a walk in the town," Michiru answered the blond.
"That idiot must have gotten lost," Masako commented making everyone sweat drop at how accurate that probably was.
"Should we all go search for jou-chan?" Bou-san suggested.
"She should be fine it wouldn't be the first time she went for a walk," Keiko told the others trying to ease their worry.
"It's starting to get dark," Ayako added in a little worried for Mai.
"If you're all so worried why not just send the fur ball," Monica said condescendingly.
"Maybe she left for good," Carmine suggested.
"She still owes money," Naru said in a clipped tone.
"She could have left so she wouldn't pay it," Carmine suggested.
"Miss Foret I don't think Mai is that type of person," John said what everyone was thinking.
"Ah you're probably right," Carmine laughed before going off somewhere.
"Fur ball go find Mai," Naru ordered the cat with a glare which he returned.
"yeah little devil, go search for Mai now would ya," Bou-san told the previously napping cat still mad about the dirt incident.
"Meow," Angel replied to Bou-san finally breaking eye contact with Naru before leaping away.
"Your highness I'll go to that way you won't have to waste your breathe lecturing her since I'll do it for you," Monica said with a sickly sweet smile on her lips, quickly following Angel before anyone could protest.
'I went the wrong way again,' Mai sighed at her own lack of direction.
"Meow," came a sound from below.
"Oh Angel how'd you know I was lost?" Mai asked her cat relieved to see him.
"Mai!" A female voice screeched.
"Monica what are you doing here?" Mai asked the girl as soon as she saw her.
"Well man s- I mean Mai, you were gone for a while and making everyone worried so I volunteered to go find you," The girl said as nicely as she could quickly catching herself before her slip up, not that Mai noticed but Angel did and hissed at her.
'Maybe I was wrong and she doesn't actually hate me. We must have just had a misunderstanding,' Mai thought joyfully not noticing the glare Monica sent to Angel.
"So you're helping me again," Mai remarked cheerfully making Angel face paw.
"Again?" Monica repeated confused.
"Yeah like when you helped when I was lost in the castle," Mai explained happily.
"Oh right... So Mai how did you get on Olli's good side?" Monica asked (not really) innocently.
"I don't really know what you're talking about," Mai scratched her cheek.
"Che yeah right," Monica scoffed meanly, startling Mai at the quick personality change.
"Monica?" Mai said her name confused.
"Ah... My bad sorry 'bout that... ummm where were you?" Monica said switching back to her kind persona while changing the topic.
"Oh I went to my friends music store Starish, it's actually named after her band but they were told to take a break and run the shop for a while," Mai babbled trying to be on friendlier terms with Monica.
"I see," Monica commented.
"So uhhh... why don't you... umm... tell me about... the prince?" Mai suggested after thinking on the topics Monica would talk about willingly.
After hearing the topic Monica rambled on and on about the princes, Mai not knowing there were two princes listened attentively. Angel led them both back to the inn with Monica rambling more to herself than to Mai about the Princes. Soon they reached the end of the hall way where Monica said she had something to take care of and made a right towards all the rooms. Angel led Mai through the right path where she saw everyone else eating their meal with the exception of Monica, Carmine, Michiru, Keiko and her new friend Kuroko.
'But I probably wouldn't see Kuroko even if he was there,' Mai thought to herself before greeting everyone.
"Mai let me see your arm," Ayako commanded.
"Sure Ayako, where are Michiru, Keiko and Carmine," Mai questioned, letting Ayako examine at her arm while secretly thanking Haruka for stopping her from moving her arm too much when she was playing with both hands.
"I believe Miss Foret left for her room a while ago, your two friends left a few minutes after her to finish more work," John told her kindly.
"Hey didn't that girl go to fetch you too?" Bou-san questioned.
"Oh, if you mean Monica she said she had to do something and left for her room," Mai answered.
"Mai, why was you're bed soaked?" Masako asked, changing the subject to what had been bugging her for a while.
"I don't know but it's not a big deal," Mai replied.
"What?! How is that not a big deal you could get sick!" Ayako exclaimed loudly.
"Jou-chan I thought I told you to take better care of yourself," Bou-san added.
"Darn there goes the world," Mai commented.
"What do you mean Mai?" John asked politely.
"When the arguing duo decides to team up you just know the world is going to end," Mai replied making most of the others laugh.
"Mai how long has this been going on?" Ayako asked trying to reign in her fury.
"Ummm… Since we got here?" Mai replied hesitantly waiting for the volcano to erupt.
"And where have you been sleeping," Monk continued the interrogation.
"The stable," Masako answered from behind her sleeve, knowing Mai wasn't going to say anything.
"MAI!" Both Ayako and Bou-san shouted while Masako and Naru glared at her for not telling them when her bed had first been soaked.
John tried to calm everyone down much to Mai's relief. As Mai explained what has been going on reluctantly including how she spent one night in Masako's room not mentioning that Naru was the one that carried her there.
"The case is almost over why don't, we all just go to bed now," Mai suggested once everyone was calm.
"Fine but if this happens again we are going to figure out who's been doing this," Ayako said, Mai nodded having no other choice.
"Mai you're staying in my room again," Masako all but commanded to her once again giving Mai no other option but to nod wishing a good night to everyone before following Masako.
"This must be the place," A voice said entering a music store.
"Hello, it's almost closing time," Haruka told the red headed customer.
"That's fine I was actually hoping to ask you a few questions," The girl responded.
"M-me?" Haruka stuttered confused.
"That's right you are a friend of Mai correct?" the girl inquired.
"Ah yes I am! Did something happen to her?" Haruka asked worriedly.
"No, no, nothing like that. I am a ...friend of hers and would like to know more about her," the girl said with a smile.
"Wouldn't it be better to ask Mai about herself?" Haruka inquired nervously.
"I don't want to make her uncomfortable but it seems that she doesn't like talking about herself," The girl answered smoothly.
"I see... I don't know her that well but I can try to help," Haruka told the stranger though she was still uncomfortable.
"That's alright, can you tell me where she used to work?" The voice questioned kindly.
"I don't know all of them but I know for sure that she used to work at...ummm... Kaidan restaurant where my band once performed. That's where I first met her," Haruka told the stranger still weary of them.
"I see, can you tell me what her last name is I don't think she's ever mentioned it," the girl said in a fake pondering tone.
"Oh... uhh... I don't think she wants to say because it brings up bad memories so I didn't pry," Haruka answered biting her lip.
"Bad memories?" The red headed stranger repeated in a questioning manner.
"She told me her parent died before she started traveling," the Haruka answered fidgeting.
"That's a shame do you know where they used to live," the girl continued to question.
"No, sorry," Haruka answered.
"Alright, I'd like to ask one more question and than I'll take my leave, is there anything she's afraid of so we can keep her away from it," the girl inquired.
"Well she's very brave so there isn't really anything she's really afraid of that I know of," Haruka answered much to the girls disappointment.
"Oh that's good, I'll go now. Thank you for your time," the girl said replacing her disappointed look with a smile before Haruka noticed.
After waving good bye to the nervous Haruka the girl went back to send what she had found out today.
"This is going to be fun," the girl whispered to herself before letting out a sinister smile.
The Next day
*Flick*
"Not again dad," Mai muttered.
*Flick*
"It's way too early," Mai murmured.
*Scratch *
"OW!" Mai screamed before instantly quieting noticing that Masako was still asleep.
Angel snickered from where he was as Mai rubbed her cheek which was now red with scratch marks.
"You're mean Angel," Mai whispered to her cat, pouting.
"Meow," Angel meowed innocently making Mai glare at him.
"Fine how about we go eat breakfast then go to the carriage," Mai suggested instead of answering Angel jumped off the bed and waited outside the door.
Taking the hint Mai quickly got changed and after making sure Masako was still asleep left the room. Mai couldn't think of what to eat a so she simply ate some bread, deciding that it was still too early for anyone to be at the carriage Mai went to the stable.
"Chestnut guess who decided to visit you," Mai called into the stable her trusty cat on her shoulder.
"Neigh!" Chestnut whinnied happily, seeing Mai and Angel enter the stables.
"Hey boy, how are you?" Mai questioned.
In response Chestnut nuzzled up to Mai showering her with a lot of affection. Angel decided that Chestnut's head would be his new resting spot while watching the two interact, with great amusement.
"Chestnut, stop that!" Mai laughed loudly from inside the stable, Angel moving along with Chestnut's head as he shook it no.
Mai played with Chestnut for quite some time and soon enough she decided that someone would be at the carriage by now and left. Angel decided to stay with Chestnut.
'Ever since I've met Naru I've been getting up earlier again, though I'm still normally late,' Mai thought entering the area the carriage was supposed to be.
'Oh, I guess playing with Chestnut made me even more tired,' Mai continued to think when she felt a weak.
"Huh, Lin is back," Mai said aloud when she finally noticed the man standing beside Naru.
"You're early today," Naru commented slightly surprised, not that anyone but Lin could notice.
"Yeah I just have to get back into the habit of waking early, but for now Angel's been waking me up," Mai replied to Naru's comment.
'This is kind of awkward I haven't really talked to Lin,' Mai thought to herself.
"Can you tell me now what we were doing yesterday? Please, oh please?" Mai asked.
"Mai… can you keep a secret," Naru asked in response.
"If you tell me not to tell anyone I won't. I'm better at keeping secrets than you think," Mai answered.
'There's no doubt about that I still haven't figured her out,' Naru thought when he heard Mai's answer.
"Wait… everyone's arriving now," Naru said instead.
"Oh are they," Mai commented off handily as Naru closed the carriage door.
"How are you Lin?" Mai asked the man who in return simply glanced at her not saying anything.
"Fine," Lin replied in a clipped tone.
"Ummm..." Mai raked her brain for something to say.
"What happened to your arm?" Lin questioned.
"I got caught up in an accident," Mai answered, Lin's eyebrow raised questioning the details.
"...the roof fell...on my arm," Mai said reluctantly after Lin kept staring.
"I see," He said before they lapped into silence once again.
'Well then I hope the others come soon, Oh look there's Angel,' Mai thought spotting her cat walk towards them.
Once everyone gathered in front of the carriage they all walked into the old tower where John put up the boards yesterday.
"Wait a minute, why is she here again," Monica whispered annoyed while glaring at Kuroda.
"Ahhhhh… Well Naru asked her to go back to work but she insisted on staying until she finds out what that was all about in Miss Iris's office," Mai whispered back much to Angels aggravation.
"And what are you going to show us today Prince," Bou-san mocked.
"I just need you to be one of the witnesses for the experiment," Naru replied to him.
"Mai, John… Please make sure the papers you signed yesterday are not damaged in any way," Naru commanded.
"Ah sure," Mai replied walking over moving out of the way when she realized she was blocking Lin's filming.
"They're okay," John said with Mai and Angel nodding beside him.
"What about your signatures on the door?" Naru questioned.
"Looks fine," Mai answered.
"Mine too," John added as Naru grabbed a crowbar.
Using the crowbar Naru violently took off the boards that were on the door much to Mai's and John's confusion. Looking inside Mai quickly noticed the chair was no longer in the chalk circle. It was toppled over in the other side of the room.
"Your highness the chair has moved," John said stating what Naru, Mai and Angel had noticed themselves.
"That's right," Naru grinned much to Monica's pleasure.
"Hey, no way!" Ayako shouted not quite sure what was going on.
Naru went up to the camera rewinding it so it would show what would happen on the monitor beside it.
"Hey Naru-chan…" Bou-san called out hoping that the use of Naru-chan would give him some answers.
"Mai do you have any idea what's going on," Carmine said quietly watching Mai shake her head no.
"Thanks for your help everyone, we'll be leaving later on today" Naru told them all.
"Are you implying you've solved the case?!" Ayako shouted.
"That's exactly right," Naru replied.
"Land subsidence?" Ayako asked, getting her bearings back and becoming more mocking.
"Yes, the case requested by the inn keeper can be explained as a result of land subsidence," Naru replied.
"HA! But how do you explain what happened in the lab and the poltergeist from yesterday?" Bou-san inquired still skeptical, while running a hand through his hair.
"Those were poltergeists," Naru answered.
"See you can't exorcise them can you, not on your own so you're just gonna tell us to leave after you've finished your research," Bou-san criticized.
"In my opinion there's no need to exorcise," Naru told him.
"Would you like to take a look?" Naru asked the others while putting his hand on top of the monitor.
Not the best cliff hanger but a cliff hanger none the less. So I won't ask any questions this chapter good luck trying to figure everything out. Here's a different hint nothing is fully as it seems, the hints in this chapter may not be the most obvious at first but as the story goes on they will get a little clearer.
Kuroko - from the manga/anime Kuroko no basuke (you should read or watch it if you're into sport mangas/animes)
Haruka - from the anime Uta no prince sama (a fantastic anime that has a sequel good for people that like Ouran high school host club at least I think so)
Brook - from One piece (if you don't know who he is it's cause he appears later I hope I didn't spoil anything for anyone)
Yeah I don't own any of those Animes/Mangas I'd be pretty darn rich if I did. I don't own the songs mentioned earlier either they both belong to thier rightful owner. Anyways hope you enjoyed the chapter and will continue reading. Please tell me if there are any mistakes or things you don't like so I can fix it I prefer you guys do that over saying "I hate it, it sucks". Let's see uhh... oh right please review it encourages me to right and update faster.