Mai stepped back, her dress was bleeding from the back, which John, Ayako, and Bou-san can see. While Masako covered her mouth, seeing a kitchen knife being pulled out from Mai's body. Mai pulled back as she covered her stomach, she was bleeding. She was losing too much blood. "Mai!" Ayako yelled.
"Mai!" Masako yelled and then Mai finally took notice of the pain, her body soon responded with great numbness, she fell on her back as she looked at the possessed man laughing in front of her. "Masako, stay back!" John yelled as he wanted to continue his exorcism. Yasuhara held Masako who was about to run towards the bleeding Mai Taniyama.
Lin, who just recently finished the interview with the teenage victim, heard the laughter of the demon. He urgently left the young girl and finally ran towards the floor, where he found the monk pulling back the young priestess from entering the room. He ran beside the monk and looked at the unconscious brunette behind the possessed man.
"We can't let Naru see this," Lin mumbled and pulled Ayako and Bou-san from the door. He then whispered at John. "Distract him, we can't let Naru see this."
"What do you mean, Lin? Are you planning on leaving Mai here with the demon?" John asked as his hand was still raising the cross.
"I'm saying is that we should move that devil away from Mai."
Meanwhile, two floors below the room, Naru finished his interview with the client. The young pregnant Suzuka Inagi entered the room to approach Naru. "Mr. Davis, I know that I am finally demon free, but I would like to warn you about the demon."
"What would that be?"
"As you may know my ancestors came from a family of witches and demon hunters, but the demon that we summon are what we consider our guardians. Right now, the demon that I summoned talked to me with regards to who they choose to possess. I heard that Tetsuya Honda is possessed by the demon I summoned. That is why I am warning you to have his wife, Mai, leave this place. The demon will kill her for being a "source" of distraction or weakness of Mr. Honda. That demon will be able to absorb his soul."
Masako with trembling legs ran towards Mai's side. "Mai!" Masako yelled the demon heard the voice of Masako crying over her friend. "Mai!" she tried to clog the blood with a clean cloth from the table.
"Stay with us, Mai." Yasuhara helped the medium as they pumped her chest.
The demon stepped back as he saw the cross. He was screaming. Ayako and Bou-san were outside, they could hear the sobbing noises of Yasuhara and Masako as well as John's words and the demons screaming. Lin made sure that the door was locked so that Naru wouldn't come inside.
But, what Lin underestimated was Naru's capacity to use his PK. Lin could sense the drop in temperature, which would mean that the CEO was nearby.
"Stay back," Naru warned, his death glare was beaming over the door, Lin tried to push him away even with Naru walking towards the door. "Lin, I'm warning you. Stay back, don't make me hurt you. You owe me this." Naru growled as he placed his hands in front of the door. Lin sighed and then stepped aside. He finally then closed his eyes before turning the door into tiny fragments. But, his emotions were too much seeing that Mai was currently bleeding from the puncture wound on her stomach. He stepped back and lost his focus.
The demon then turned to Oliver Davis before mocking him. "I can feel this man's jealousy." His multiple voices said.
With trembling fists, he looked at the unconscious brunette, he clenched his fist and finally looked at the possessed man with rage. "You don't deserve her." He growled as he thought of triggering the spirit inside.
"I am capable of killing you with this man's ability" The possessed man said as he raised his hands and laughed.
Kazuya Shibuya had to focus in order for him to release the energy that he has been reserving. He extended his arm and palms were facing the possessed man. His chi was slowly building up in his body charging with every second.
"Naru!" Lin yelled as he was about to run and grab the man, but there was an intense field surrounding the raven haired man, a field that protected him using his own energy.
"Do you think you will have her when you put me down?" The voices laughed at Naru's decision of actually beating the possessed man using his chi.
Naru stayed silent and continued to focus.
"Crux sacra sit mihi lux! Nunquam draco sit mihi dux. Vade retro Satana! Nunquam suade mihi vana! Sunt mala quae libas. Ipse venena bibas!" Naru chanted an exorcism as he released a massive energy towards the possessed man.
John stepped forward and continued his words helping. "ab animabus ad imaginem Dei conditis ac pretioso divini Agni sanguini redemptis (We command you, begone and fly far from the Church of God, from the souls made by God in His image and redeemed by the precious blood of the divine Lamb.)"
The demon yelled in pain and with grief as his body was starting to feel a deep burn. He groaned in pain and then screamed in latin. The moment that Naru finished his chant, he added many more things. Naru walked over towards the screaming demon and tried to call out Tetsuya Honda.
"Honda-san, I know that you may feel irritated by the fact that I love your wife, however, I believe it's now time for me to finally understand that she really is happy. But, if you really love her, come back to her." Naru paused and moved to the side letting him see the unconscious Mai, on the floor, fighting for her life. "She needs you more than ever."
The possessed man kept on screaming and scratching himself all over his body, but finally John was able to finish his words and then there was silence. A silence that everyone in the room was so worried about. A silence that could be considered as a success or a failure. Tetsuya Honda was kneeling, looking down with burns and scratches all over his body. He finally groaned and felt the painful effect of his possession. "Da-Davis." He groaned.
"Save her please." He said before passing out on the cold wooden floor.
John ran towards the possessed man and checked for a pulse. "He's just unconscious. What about Mai?" John asked as he looked at Ayako knelt down, her hand over Mai's neck and watching her watch. "We still have her but, she has a weak pulse."
"I called theambulance." Masako said as she placed her phone down.
"Naru, what was that? I never knew you could do exorcisms?" Yasuhara asked looking at the exhausted man sitting on a nearby chair.
"I was adopted by an English family, raised by Parapsychologists and studied in catholic schools. I'm a catholic and I practiced exorcisms before, when I was a kid. I tried to use it with my chi, manifesting a spiritual energy rather than a physical one." Naru leaned back as they waited outside the emergency room.
"I hope Mai's fine, his husband really fought the demon internally just to have her back." Masako held her hands together praying.
Ayako and her team operated on her body, Mai was placed inside the ICU with limited visitors to visit her.
It took Mai sometime to finally recover. She stayed in the hospital for about a 2 weeks, even though she and SPR were getting along, she felt that the man she love is being distant from her. Tetsuya Honda refused on taking cases while Mai was in recovery, he was afraid of losing control and losing the woman in her heart, so, he made sure that even for just a short time, she would be safe from him. He was pushing her away, so far away.
"No more!" Mai stood up and couldn't keep her emotions anymore. "So, what if you almost killed me?" her trembling voice said over the conference room. The conference room was consist of the team members of SPR and HARPI, they were discussing about another future case that they might be taking.
Everyone in the room was in silence. They were surprised of Mai speaking to her husband with a raised tone. "Tetsuya please!" Mai begged. "I want in on the cases! Why are you so scared of taking these cases?"
Tetsuya rubbed his temple and finally stood up as well, grabbing her shoulders tightly. "Because I can't lose you like that anymore!" He yelled. Oliver Davis cleared his throat and then crossed his legs.
"You know what." Tetsuya Honda picked up his folders and then continued his words "forget it. If you want in on this case, you're better off with Oliver Davis!" He angrily said before he stormed off from the conference room.
"Tetsuya!" Mai said as she looked with worry, she sat down on the chair looking at the case. She then looked across of the table and met the eyes of the man she loved once. She sighed and finally stood up. "I'm sorry but, our team will not be taking this case, I will assign another team in charge of this case" Mai bowed before finally leaving the room.
Mai and Tetsuya lived in one house, but Mai felt that she was lonelier than ever, she felt like she was being tortured by tetsuya's cold heart. She was starting to lose hope of her future with him. Despite working together, he would rather eat lunch alone in his office or he would find a way to excuse himself from any meetings with Mai. It was as if history repeated itself when Naru left Mai alone.
"I have an appointment with Mai Taniyama." A raven haired man looked at the secretary as he showed him his ID. The secretary stood up and then politely bowed. "Mr. Davis, it's an honor meeting you, Ms. Honda is not in her office yet, but I'm sure that she'll be here soon." The secretary said as he led Naru into a spacious lounge and offered him a seat.
"Typical Mai, still late as ever." He chuckled as he sat down. He crossed his legs and then took out a book from his suite case before flipping the pages. He looked over at the book and heard the elevator door opened. Tetsuya Honda came out from the elevator and was surprised of seeing Oliver Davis in his lounge.
Tetsuya stood up in front of him. "I wasn't informed about any meetings with SPR." Tetsuya scoffed. Naru smirked and then stood up. He faced the tall man and then said. "I am actually here for Mai, Mr. Honda."
"Oh, are you planning on taking my wife to cases now?" Tetsuya said as he placed his hand in his pocket.
"Mr. Honda, the only case that I'm taking Mai at is a date." Naru grinned and finally admitted to him his intention. Tetsuya clenched his fist and then scoffed. "Why am I not surprised? I guess that's why my wife hasn't been talking to me at all."
Naru finally smirked and crossed his arms. "You are slowly pushing her away and I am just using this one as an advantage. Good luck, Mr. Honda, before it's too late."
The elevator door opened once again, this time, it was Mai together with Yasuhara. Naru could notice the brunette's eyes were red and swollen. Mai shook her head and walked towards the two gentlemen.
"Will you two please stop acting like children in the hallway, you look pathetic." Mai said coldly was she walked in the hallway with Yasuhara by her side.
"Ms. Honda, you're 2:00pm with Oliver Da-?" the secretary was about to chase her when suddenly she responded with the echoes in the hallway.
"Cancel it, I don't need to talk to him, ever."
It was already 2 months since the incident, Tetsuya Honda returned home one Friday night. The house was already quiet since their previous case, since he was starting to become cold to the young brunette. He walked towards their room and finally was a letter attached on an envelope on top of their bed.
"Tetsuya, I don't know how to reach out to you. It's like I don't know you anymore and I hate it. Don't look for me, you don't deserve someone who acts like a child too much. I have returned the shares of the company, it's all yours. Thank you for everything – Love Mai."
Despite such a small letter, Tetsuya's heart was shattered, his hands were trembling and everything was slowly falling apart. He was starting to feel confused and somewhat lost, until he finally tried to calm down and pulled out what was inside the envelope. It was divorce papers.
Hi, Guys! I might be setting up Epilogue 1 & 2 so! I want to hear out who do you want Mai to end up with! Epilogue 1 to Tetsuya Honda and Epilogue 2 to Naru! If you guys can just review this chapter and choose Mai's happy ending! I will be updating this when I finish writing the rest of GH FAnfics as well! Don't forget to catch GH Flash Forward: Divorces, it's totally a diffrent story from this one! Thank you guys! -EVE