Hey everyone, I'm back…for just this chapter, sorry it's short again. Anyway, thank you for all the get well wishes, I really appreciate them. I still am sick though, my head and throat still hurt, but I still wrote this.
On another note, we reached 101 reviews O_O Geez guys… This is more popular than MSG (haha, looks like message, lol). By the way, when I'm sick I have REALLY evil ideas…so uh…that would explain this chapter. Anyway!
Enjoy the chapter!
"Mai!"
I looked over my shoulder to see Monk, John, Naru, and even Lin running over to me.
"What happened?" Monk asked, kneeling by me. He placed a hand on my shoulder and jumped slightly, but I relaxed after a moment.
"We heard you scream from base," John said. "Did-"
"T-There was s-someone…" I said panting and trying to keep back my tears. "S-Someone w-was h-ha-hanging…"
"Wait, wait, wait," Monk said shaking his head. "What happened exactly?"
Naru and Lin brushed past and went into the shed, looking all around for any sign of what I was saying was true…I suppose.
"I-I came out here to get another box of tea," I said, beginning to calm down. "When I opened the door I was startled by a box falling, but when I looked up that's when I saw her…"
"Who?" John asked.
I began shaking again. "T-There was a woman, hanging from the ceiling! Her body was swaying, like she had just jumped and hung herself…but then after I screamed…"
"She vanished," Naru finished for me. He looked at me. "Was there anything that you thought was odd?"
"I thought everything out of that was odd!" I shouted, glaring at Naru. Naru just glared back, as if saying, 'You know what I mean.' And in truth…I did know what he meant. "Her head was bleeding…"
"Bleeding?" Naru questioned.
I nodded. "Yeah. Her head was bleeding and their was enough blood on the floor to fill up a bucket. I thought it was sort of odd since in the movies when someone hangs themselves they don't usually hit their head on anything."
"Mai," Monk said, sighing, "those are movies… If is possible that when the body was swinging that the head hit something and began bleeding."
"That's true," Naru said, crossing his arms and looking to the ceiling, "but for the most part that is inaccurate."
"Inaccurate?" John questioned.
"Yes," Naru replied. "If the woman's neck broke, then her blood pressure would have dropped down to nothing in about a second, so if she swung after that it is highly doubtful there would be any blood. Although, if the woman didn't break her neck when hanging, then swung and hit her head, it's possible that there would be blood, but not as much as Mai described. I believe that from what Mai was saying, Takigawa's suggestion is wrong."
Monk stood to his feet, helping me up also, and glared at Naru. "Alright, Hot Shot. What do you think happened?"
"Well," Naru said, "I would think you'd understand by just that small explanation." Naru looked at Monk, his frown being a bit more…frownyer then before.
"I think what Kazuya is trying to say," John said, smiling sheepishly, "is that the woman was killed then hung."
"W-What?!" Monk and I shouted.
This case just continued to get even more puzzling, especially after what happened next.
Sorry guys, really short chapter, I apologize, but I'm sick, so I'm stopping here. See you next time.
