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CHAPTER 10!

not done anything with Chapter 11 yet..

Chapter 10

'I Wish'

Mai stood looking at herself in the mirror, the cherry blossoms would of brought out the yellow of the kimono if she new how to put it on herself. She walked out of the bed room seeing everyone else dressed already. All the men were wearing black and white Kimonos. Ayako was dressed in the deep red kimono with the brown wrap that had assorted colorful flowers on it and Masako's kimono was deep blue with the wrap a light blue pattern that had water lilies and goldfish on it.

"Ah.. Masako? Can you help me with this wrap thing? I don't know how to work it" Mai had it folded in her hands. Masako was about to walk out the room when she looked back at Mai.

"You can't even wrap your own sash? Why am I not surprised" she stated and walked out the door.

Why that little..! red darkened her cheeks, her lips parted about to yell out an insult when the wrap was taken out of her hands. She looked to who was the culprit and saw to her wonderment it was Naru.

"Arms up" Commanded Naru, automatically her arms moved away from her body. Naru was already behind her, setting the middle of the wrap in front of her stomach, firmly having it around her body and finishing it off with the wraps bump on her back. Mai was hardly breathing until he finished his work. Stepping away from him, she placed hands over the Kimono and wrap. Perfect A small smile came upon her face. "Thank you, Naru"

"you are welcome" walking past her to Lin that held his black booklet. " I don't pay you to be slow and make yourself look pretty"

You...! Mai glared at Naru's back and then started to walk after him.

"hold on, Mai, let me make sure Naru did this right" Ayako moved around Mai making sure everything was in its place, then facing her and patting the shoulders she exclaimed. "Mai! Where did you get that necklace from? I haven't seen it before " Ayako touched the Gold necklace which held a fairly large a pale pink tear drop.

"I was given it very recently, in fact I woke up with it this morning in my hand" Mai touched it herself smiling down at it. "I couldn't help but put it on"

"I wonder who gave it to you?" Asked Monk as they all started to walk out the door.

"Maybe Naru?" whispered Ayako to Monk not letting anyone else hear, both staying back from the rest of the group.

He shook his head "No.. think, it has to be that heir kid, Yoshi-what-ever-his-name-is. I can see him giving the necklace to Mai, not Naru." they walked past a darkened hallway, Which Aiwou resided in with

her servant. She gripped her small wooden fan that was in her hands harder until the slight cracking of wood was heard.

This is nice Mai leaned back on one of the gazebo poles, dangling one of her feet off the platforms edge. The breeze was refreshing, the sun was high in the sky and the children played happily on the grass. I just hope we can finish this case before anyone else gets hurt (she sighed) the master of the house looked too old too handle any more pain.

"Would you like another drink, Miss Taniyama?" Asked Takara, one of the nurse maids watching over either the sleeping or playing children.

"no thank you, I'm fine and just call me Mai, ok?" she said smiling over at the children. There was a large roar from the group and Yoshioru stood up with two boys hanging off him.

"I am the strongest!" he yelled, then more of the children started to climb on him "Wait? What? NO!" they all collapsed in laughter, Mai grinned at them.

"ok ok! leave Yoshi be, for at least an hour now, you have exhausted him to the bone" advised one of the Maids standing the boys and girls up, one by one until helping Yoshirou up.

He chuckled "thanks, I think I will take a break" going over to the gazebo, taking the side steps walking around the sleeping children and sat, cross-legged next to Mai by leaning on the wooden railing. Oh boy! A pink tinge came to Mai's cheeks. She looked away towards the children.

"A drink, young master?" asked Takara, passing a cup over. Yoshirou accepted it.

"your family is so big, I don't think I could handle it myself" said Mai, not wanting any awkward silence between them.

Yoshirou chuckled "your used to it when you grow up with it, no child is ever alone in this Marazaki family" he took a sip.

But, that girl... in my dream, she said her mother wouldn't let her play with her relatives children Mai frowned.

"what about you? Well you wouldn't have as big a family as mine. But you must have a fair few of them" he looked to Mai smiling. It soon disappeared after seeing Mai's face.

"My Farther died when I was really small and my Mom died when I was in junior high, they were the only family I had" Mai said while watching her fingers. Yoshirou was about to apologies for even asking about it but saw Mai's smile as she stared at her fingers. I can't believe I'm going to say this but...

"teachers tried to help me but.. I ended up in a orphanage and about a week later, I was adopted.."

"so your happy with your new parents?" he asked making sure that Mai was truly happy. Umm?

"not exactly" Mai looked over to Yoshirou "I was adopted, but it was by a single parent" looking at her fingers again, she plowed on. "he himself was in many orphanages and fosterhomes, after he was of age to leave, he kept coming back to see how everyone was doing, making sure we were being taken care of right, donating a lot of money and then he met me" she sighed "he could see that I.. struggled being at the orphanage so he made some arrangements, with the approval of higher up people in the adopting agency, I guess and I came to stay with him and his huge house"

Yoshirou took this all in, thinking, than "so he has his own child before you came along?"he asked.

"ah, no" she made an airy laugh "he adopted a boy before me, we... were the same age"

"I am sorry, if I'm pressing too much just tell me to stop"said Yoshirou watching Mai struggle not to let her tears fall.

"No its ok, I haven't been able to say this out loud before, actually"she chuckled "I haven't even told my friends about all this, they think I've been living my life all on my own. But I kinda have, since I was almost 16, when I left to live on my own. I still got help from Iryuka sometimes but I have my part-time job to pay my way."

"Why do you keep your life secret from your friends?" Yoshirou asked shaking his head, not understanding.

"I ask myself that every single day" said Mai looking over to the playing children. "And the only answer I get is, Coz I don't never ever want to go through remembering that pain again." she stood up and turned looking towards the water. "besides, why would I make my friends look at my past, when they have they're future to look towards"Mai sighed shakily. I don't want them to be ever sorry for me

Yoshirou looked up at her in profound wonder.

Aiwua Lavashrum huffed a sigh before she closing the curtain and walking over to her mirror.

She knelt in front of the mirror and started to touch up her makeup.

"what are they doing now, Rita?"she asked impatiently, dabbing powder on her cheek.

"um, Young master Yoshirou has gotten up and is hugging the Lady Taniyama around the shoulders, But now has gone to play with the children" Rita said looking over to her lady, which looked like she was about to explode. And she did.

"thats it! I've had it!" closing her makeup box. She looked at herself in the mirror, "I wish..."

"Milady don-" she fell silent, shaking, seeing and feeling a dark cold shadowy figure forming from nothing in the corner.

Aiwua stared at the ghost figure in the mirror "I wish to be free of Mai Taniyama's grotesque presence" her servant gasped. "Drown her for all I care, I want her gone from my sight and from Yoshi's tender eyes" she gasped feeling pain on her left foot. Looking down and lifting up her kimono, she saw on her ankle a two inch light cut. Aiwua felt lips against her ear, which said "As you wish..."

Mai listened to the children play as she watched the river flow. Her heart still beated fast after telling most of her life's story. I can't believe I told him that, but I needed to tell someone.

She closed her eyes a moment. Seeing his family... I needed to tell my self I have one too. No matter how small it is Opening her eyes, a flicker of shine caught her eyes, looking over to the other side of the river, a very large cherry blossom tree with deep hot pink flowers falling from its branches, there was a man that stood in the shadows and he wore spectacles, shown by the sun lights rays. Wasn't it?but he's in the shadows. Slowly Mai stepped off the gazebo and walked closer to the river to see who the man was until she stopped. She started to feel that nonexistent hand again sliding up her back and grabbing onto a shoulder. Cold swept through her that made her freeze up hearing whispers around her.

"No don-..."

"Drown her for all I care..."

"As you wish..."

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"Cherry blossoms are her favorite..."

There was yelling coming from behind her, Mai did not feel her feet moving closer to the water only saw it and could see her eye sight growing dim and the last thing she saw was the river covering her body.

There were yells through out the house, the SPR group could Hear feet pounding the ground up and down the hall way.

"what is going on?" yelled Bou-San sliding the door open. A woman stopped at the door

"COME QUICK!" it was one of the servants, she looked like she had seen death. "she's drowning! your friend! She's in the river!"

Naru was first out the door, running "where?" demanded Monk behind him.

"The Miou Garden, at the Gazebo!" the woman yelled, Naru could hear running foot steps behind him. Lin and Monk was closest behind him.

Running past peoples, through rooms and out doors. Naru could see the cherry blossom trees and the gazebo, children sat or stood away from the rivers edge, either crying or stunned. One of the Maids was leaning over the rivers edge looking to the water, she looked behind her and saw Naru coming. She yelled "she's still down there, on the other side of the river where that tree is" pointing over to the big cherry blossom tree.

Naru ran past the children still at high speed and jumped..

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the first thing Naru saw was Yellow fabric, than all of her. Mai's head was three feet below the surface with her body wedged between a thick tree root and the muddy bank. She was holding on to the root, her hair was out of its bun floating around her face and you could just see her brown hair again. Mai's eyes were closed and the thing Naru hated the most about this horrific scene was the heir of the Marazarki clan's lips on Mai's.

There were bubbles everywhere around they're faces until Yoshirou pulled away, he looked over to Naru's glaring face. Yoshiou pointed at Naru then to Mai's lips, pointing at himself then pointing up and swam up himself. Naru moved closer to Mai's unmoving body, he touched one of her hands that held the tree root, it griped harder, Naru looked up at Mai's face to see now her eyes were open.

And they were white.

i might have to redo this one, just to make sure its all ok..

Sorry for not putting it up sooner... i haven't touched my laptop in a long time.. just yeah stuff an all...

don't be angry with me if I take a long time again..

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