First thing i want to say, is sorry. T^T I had a really problem writing this chapter! I didn't know how to continue so I started with my other story Music in the Air. Now that I know how to continue, a bit, I will be writing this one. I will also be updating chapters for Music in the Air, but not as much as before. And I already started school... that can depress anyone! T^T
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Chapter 9: The never seen before
In Mai's dream:
Mai opened her eyes. She was dreaming and the place was all black. It was strange. Since Naru came back, in her dreams there was life. Right now, that was what was missing. Mai started to look around, but everything was the same and to make things worse, Gene wasn't there. She sighed and stood up.
After standing up, two big eyes appeared in front of her. Mai let out a little shriek that was muffled by her hands. It gave her a really big surprise. But seeing that they were full of warm, she decided that they weren't dangerous. (A/N; Because two eyes could be very dangerous (sarcasm).) Mai stared at the blue eyes thinking that it would be Gene, but they had something different... something that made them unique.
"Gene?" Mai asked. The eyes blinked twice and Mai could have bet that they were smiling.
"No..." another voice said. Mai looked around thinking that someone was behind her, there was no one. Then she looked at the eyes again.
"Who are you...?" Mai asked softly. She wasn't scared of the ghost, because she though it was a ghost, but was thinking that the ghost would be scared because of her. Those eyes, once again, smiled and the same as before answered.
"Someone that want to help..." the voice said. It was sweet and motherly like, so she though it was a woman.
"Why do you want to help?" Mai asked. The eyes that were looking at Mai all the time, looked away. Mai though that she was remembering something. Her eyes were full of sadness, that's why.
"Because in part, this is my fault..." the voice said. Mai started to think about the voice. Then something hit her.
"You were the one... that screamed 'Look out'?" Mai asked and the eyes stared at her again. The sadness that was in there already forgot.
"Yes..." the voice said. Mai wanted to know more and had more questions, but the ghost already knew that. The voice then though of continuing speaking. "Please, close your eyes..."
Mai did as the eyes said. First she didn't see anything, then a bright light appeared in front of her. Mai wanted to know what was happening and started to look around.(A/N: I'm sorry, I know I say that a lot. But when you are in a place you don't know, you LOOK AROUND.) A lot of models where around her, how did she know? Because all of them where well dressed, waiting to do a catwalk and because one hysterical person was screaming non stop: MODELS, BE READY!.
Mai saw that the girls where going and coming back in minutes, and she couldn't help to wonder if nobody was seeing her. Mai started to think that she was invisible, it was the most logical thing. I mean, having the hysterical person around you and that he doesn't say anything... mean something, right? So seeing that nobody could say or do something about Mai, she decided to go down the little stairs that where in the left side.
When she was already on the seats, Mai took one and sat on it. She didn't move at all and was seeing all those models move around like celebrities. She was too focused on the models to see the ghost of the other time also looking at the models. Then, two models that didn't appear before stood in the stage with their heads up.
Mai felt a powerful aura that send chills down her spine. It came from behind and Mai looked back to see the same ghost as the last time, with long, blonde and curly hair. The difference this time, was that Mai saw the eyes. They were pure violet and Mai knew where did she seen those eyes before. The ghost looked at Mai and Mai feel pure terror.
"I won't forgive them..." the ghost said, and Mai screamed after closing her eyes.
Mai felt that the light was weaker than before, and thought that she was in another place. She opened her eyes a bit afraid thinking that the ghost would appear again. It didn't but what appeared was worse than that. Mai didn't know what to do, she couldn't move and she couldn't scream, so she only stared at the girl she had in front of her with a knife in hand.
"It's all your fault, Ami..." the girl said before stabbing the knife in her stomach.
Blood started to appear everywhere and the only thing that Mai was able to do, was scream.
Naru's POV:
After waking up and seeing that a jacket was on me, I went to change. I'm sure that someone passed by the kitchen and saw me sleeping, but I don't understand why put the jacket on me. There's no cold, I mean, we are almost in summer. Now talking about the jacket, who would like to smell like vanilla and cinnamon?... a girl. Why didn't I think of it before.
I sighed and when I reached the boys room I wasn't surprised when i found all the monkeys sleeping. There they were, sleeping, moving, in impossible postures and snoring. How could they sleep like that? I glanced at Lin's bed and see that he is still sleep. It's strange to see him like that, so I thought of leaving without making any sound.
After changing and not waking up anyone, I went to the base. I started to look the temperatures that Takigawa-san and Brown-san saved in the notebook. The only room that was colder than the others with difference was the one where the workers where trying to put the things to the catwalk. How do I know? Because I saw them putting the things in that room.
Already more than an hour has passed and I still have nothing. If we could rely on Mai's dreams... No, don't think that. I haven't hired her, so I can't ask her and I don't think that she has more dreams. I'm sure that Gene already passed on when I found his body. I sighed once again and decided to go for a walk, but I took the notebook with me, just in case.
When I was walking through the rooms, I saw that the team is already awake. And I have to say that it surprise me, I didn't think that they could wake up at such early hour. But I don't see Yasuhara, and I also see that they aren't even noticing it. While I'm over walking to them O see that they are doing something strange. In the end they were drawing lots to see which way they were going to go.
They were awake early, and I know that there is a reason. Wait, weren't they using music in the room 13? That's why. Then they are looking for the origin of the sound. I tell them and continue with my little walk. I continue thinking what could be happening in this place, there hasn't been a lot of movement from the ghost side, but we still have the blood notes.
I continue walking until I hear something crash. I think that it came from behind me, but then I remember that there were a lot of cameras on these rooms so I don't care about going to look. Suddenly, the people that was working on the offices came out running and with a look that meant worry.
"What happened?" I ask a man older than me that was passing by me. He really looks pale and worried.
"An accident... A model that was working for Sparks-sama had an accident with some spotlights." he answered me. Then went running from where I came from.
I stood completely still, I had more things to do but I had a feeling that I didn't like it a bit. I made a step ahead, but then went back. I reached the room 13 and saw a lot of people. Then I saw Matsuzaki-san's red hair and went to her to see what happened.
"What happen?" I asked her. She looked at me with the serious face she only put when someone was injured and she was playing the doctor role.
"Mai was almost hit by some spotlight." She told me. I tried not to let any emotion show in my face, and I think that I got it.
"Where is she now." I didn't ask, I just wanted to know where the hell was the danger-management. Matsuzaki-san stared at me some seconds, then she told me.
"They took her to the infirmary on the 6 floor. I don't think that she is injured, but she hit her head." while she was finishing the speech, I took this advantage and went to her.
I was almost running when I was going to the elevator, and when I reached the 6 floor I asked for the infirmary. They already knew why was I going there, it looked like all the people here knows Mai. When I reached the infirmary, I saw that everyone in the team was already there. I wanted to ask what happened exactly, but Mai scream made everyone to turn to her.
Normal POV:
Mai woke up and started to scream while tear fell from her eyes. Everyone got worried and ran to her. Tears where falling really easy, and Mayu got really worried, she had never seen Mai like this. She was emotional and all, but she didn't show the sad and pain that she was feeling. Naru and Bou-san tried to hug her and tried to calm her down, but they only received punches.
"What's happening? !" Mayu asked, worried to death. She was the only one that was allowed to hug her, if someone else tried to they would end hurt.
"It happen in every case." John told her, everyone was still worried about Mai, that was breathing really hard and shaking.
"She has preternatural powers." Naru said, and Mai tensed when she heard his voice.
"I already knew that! I'm asking why is she like this!" Mayu hugged Mai tighter when Mai let out a sob.
"She has extrasensory perception and also Astral Dreams." Naru tried to explain her. Mayu still didn't understand a thing, and Bou-san saw that.
"He means that she has the ability to distinguish between friend or foe and that she can see the past of a ghost or spirit." Bou-san explained her.
"That's why she has such a good intuition." John also commented. Mayu nodded her head and looked at Mai that was still sobbing and shaking.
"It's ok... it's ok..." Mayu rubbed Mai's back while murmuring comforting words.
10 minutes later...
"Are you sure you are ok?" Mayu asked Mai, that was in the bathroom washing her face.
"I'm ok. Don't worry." Mai answered while coming out of the bathroom, everyone else went back to the base thanks to Mayu's order. Mayu could see that she was still scared.
"How can you tell me not to worry? I though that i already lost you~!" Mayu said while faking the cries and sobs she was doing. Mai smiled at her agent and friend.
"But I'm ok! See!" Mai said while pointing at herself. Mayu looked at her with a scary frown.
"Go to the base of those... Ghost Catchers and don't scare me like that!" Mayu said before closing the door of the infirmary with a loud PUM. "EVER AGAIN!" Mayu screamed behind the door.
"IT'S GHOST HUNTERS!" Mai screamed back. And she laughed when she heard Mayu's answer.
"WHATEVER THEY ARE!" Mayu screamed.
In the base, some minutes later:
Masako was siting on the sofa and even if she didn't show it, she was worried to death. She was with her hands in her lap, with John next to her and thinking what could have Mai seen to be like that. It's true that in most of the cases they had in the past, Mai would have a dream like that, but it didn't matter who went to her side. Mai would hug that person, that it was Bou-san, Ayako or Naru (A/N; As if!) and wouldn't let go until she calmed down. Now it was like she could believe in them.
John was also worried, for Mai and Masako. Mai for being scared like that in three years, and Masako for being so worried for Mai even though she didn't show it. He put an arm around Masako, but she didn't look up. John had to take that like she was too worried, and she needed to change of thoughts. He also noticed that Bou-san couldn't stop moving, and had the evil though of wanting to kill him. Understand him, he was trying to calm down and Bou-san wasn't putting it nothing easy.
Bou-san was his father role. He couldn't stop moving and was making everyone more nervous than they were. His mind was thinking that many thinks per hour that it doesn't enter in the chapter. Most of them about Mai. Thinking what could have done something like that, why hasn't she turned to his arms, why did she had a dream now... too many. He was too busy thinking that all that didn't even notice that Ayako was missing. Or at last, that she wasn't in the base.
Lin was typing in the computer non stop. Maybe he was writing about the accident, maybe about the conversation they had in the office of Anthony the other day or maybe about the information they had in the morning. No one knew. (A/N; Neither I...) Everyone would have wondered how could someone type that much on a day, if they weren't on their own world.
Yasuhara was quiet, something that everyone thanked God for. Since the morning he had been talking, and the last thing they wanted right now was him talking more. Since the SPR went to his school, his life became more active. He could find interesting information and help, that was the good part. The bad part of every case, was that someone ended hurt. Not only hurt, but also possessed, targeted (mostly Mai), attacked or locked up on a room. Also, after Naru and Lin went back to England, Mai didn't end up hurt. And now she was almost crushed by some spotlights.
And Naru was reading his notes, cursing ghost and thinking about Mai. If you had to choose between the options, thinking about Mai would have won. When he heard about the accident he didn't though that Mai would be in danger, and he forgot that Mai ALWAYS ended up in danger. It was true when he said that she was a problem-management. It didn't matter where did they go, the ghost would go after her. They couldn't go after Masako that was the only one that Naru didn't like, or Ayako, that was always screaming but even though he didn't want to admit, she was useful... sometimes.
Then someone knocked the door and everyone looked at the door, like if it was the one who knocked. The door opened and Mai appeared in front of them. Almost everyone went to hug her, but her aura told them not to, so they only stood in front of her asking if she was ok.
"I'm ok, you don't have to worry." Mai tried to calm them down.
"It's impossible to calm down knowing that the ghost is going after you!" Bou-san told her. Everyone nodded.
"Once again." Yasuhara told her. Everyone nodded.
"Like always." Ayako told her. Everyone nodded. For then you could see a vein pop in Mai's forehead, anime style.
"I think that I understood the first time." She told them. Everyone nodded. "I came to tell you about the dream." She informed them.
"Are you sure you want to do it know?" John asked her. Mai smiled at him.
"You can do it later." Masako told her. Mai went to her and took Masako's hands.
"I have grow up, I'm not the little girl that couldn't do anything." Mai tried to make her understand. Masako stared at her before nodding. Mai went to the sofa and sat down in front of Naru. Naru didn't take his eyes off Mai since she entered. The rest of the team also sat down.
"Is this the first time you dream of this case?" Naru asked Mai. Mai closed her eyes while thinking, but then she opened them and looked at Naru. She was going to remember all that have happened.