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Three Blind Mice

Masako and I continued with bated breath as the Three brothers continued to laugh at what we dared to imply. I cringed when another strike landed on my shield and it started to falter. My eyes widened and my hair slid messily in front of my face as my head hung low, teeth clenched together with my eyes squinting to sustain enough energy.

"Look, the little duck is withering at our feet. She's not strong enough to protect herself and her friend. She should be taken out first, a weak link always needs to be taken out first."

"I'm not a weak link!" I snarled out, letting the anger fuel my body and strengthen my hold. Masako was panicking and I could tell she was about to book it if I didn't do something soon. I couldn't let harm come to someone that I saw as a sister.

"Masako! Get a hold of yourself!" I cried out as another strike slammed against my shield. Masako whimpered behind her Kimono sleeve and her watery eyes glazed over as she looked at me with horror.

"What?" I gasped out as I held my ground against four more hits. She then shakily pointed her finger towards empty air and the maid that was standing there, looking like nothing wrong was happening.

"They're all frozen! Bloody, and blue, and icy! They all died in the freezer!"

That was enough to cause her to fully lose her resolve. Masako instantly stood and my heart felt like it was about to explode from the sheer fear that hit it. She ran.

Her feet hit the ground outside of my shield and my stomach flipped, rolled, and somersaulted as I felt my body trying to keep up with my mind. I had to protect her, this is, and was, the reason why I gained these powers. I couldn't protect more than one person, but as a whole.

If everyone was gathered near, or around me, I could cast a big enough shield, but Masako was one person, and I was also a single person. I couldn't do two shields yet.

I had seconds to react and I did just what I needed to do, not regretting the fact that I was risking my life for hers. My shield fell from around me and I collapsed as I literally sent my energy traveling through the air and around her, forming an almost skin tight shield.

As soon as she was out of sight, I let it drop as I lay, panting for air and exhausted. If I lived long enough, I needed to learn to do that without this side effect.

"So the little duck is stronger than what we gave her credit for. She'll be the first to crack."

I felt my body being lifted off the ground and my heavy eyes took in the woman that held a blank look, nothing indicating that she was aware of what she was doing.

As I was being carried down the hallway, I felt myself floating in my own body, almost like it wasn't my body to begin with.

"You're that maid…that went missing." I found myself saying, not really understanding that I was actually talking in the first place. This side effect was a lot worse than I thought it would have been. I felt like I had stretched myself far too much, like I was spread thin and not my usually large mass.

Chuckling could be heard behind me and I moved my head sluggishly, looking behind us, finding nothing but shimmering air.

"Women are nothing but bitches. Used to Pleasure and Breed."

"That's your way of thinking Mikoto… I believe that they are all too much of a burden, having to live off our money that we make."

"Taishi! Mikoto! It wasn't mothers fault! We don't have to kill her just because her spirit resembles mothers!"

"Shut it Rai! It was Mothers fault for killing us! She couldn't stand us in the first place, having three blind children to begin with! It was she that killed all of us, using servants to help her succeed! If only we could have exposed the truth to the village before she had finished us off!"

"Taishi! Please! You must understand that mother was embarrassed to have one of her blind children succeed the house after our fathers time was up! No one else!"

"Rai! Everyone who comes here will die by our hands. So mother can realize that she had created monsters!"

My mind was spinning with information. They were killing just to prove to their mother that they were capable of this mass destruction, even for being blind. They wanted to make everyone suffer like how their mother had made them suffer.

It was too much for my brain to fully comprehend as of right now. My head lolled around and I found myself watching the kitchen pass by upside down. My throat felt like it was raw and my head was pounding from using my energy so fast and having never done it before.

I heard a door open and then a rush of freezing air hit my face, causing my sluggish body to jolt and attempt to get itself moving again.

'The freezer! Oh, no, no, no!' I cried to myself inside my mind, looking panicked as I tried to struggle out of the hold of the maid. It was useless though, seeing as to how my body would just jerk as my muscles twitched wildly.

"Please, I don't want to die!" I cried out, causing the maid to teeter in her pace, eyes flashing with emotion, before she continued on without a second thought.

Dead animals hung up within the freezer greeted my eyes and I looked away, focusing on the ceiling with tears in my eyes. I felt myself being placed on the ground before my shirt was suddenly tugged over my head and my jeans, along with my socks and shoes, followed.

I was barely clad in anything, just my bra and panties, when I felt myself being picked back up by ghostly hands. With quick movements, my hands were tied behind my back and I cried out in pain as cold hooks were slipped right under my armpits. My weight was on the curve of the hook, luckily not on the points.

I flinched at the cold biting my skin and I couldn't help but watch as the maid disappeared out the door, slamming it shut behind her.

Was I going to die, hung up like a gutted animal?

I could already feel the shivers lining my body.

Masako

Numbing fear ate at my nerves as I slowed down at least three hallways away from where I had been attacked. I just couldn't get the sight of three, frozen ghost with bloody skin and frozen icy bloody rivers flowing down their bodies. This was beyond my skill to deal with alone and I couldn't figure out why I felt like I had left something behind in that fear.

A sharp gasp left my lips when I realized I had fled, I had ran away, without Mai.

"Shit!" I found myself cursing, covering my mouth with my kimono sleeve in an attempt to pretend that I didn't swear at all. Without even a second thought, I raced back to the hallway we were attacked in and I felt my throat constrict as tears gathered at the edges of my eyes.

"I left Mai… I left Mai with those ghosts…How could I leave Mai with them?" I cried out, letting my voice rise in absolute horror.

"How could I!" I finally cracked, letting tears streak down my face as I bolted for the base. If felt like I was swimming in molasses as I made my way to base. I felt like I was taking baby steps and getting nowhere near the others. The tears were coming faster and I couldn't help but cry in pure relief when I saw the door.

Slamming it open, I rushed in and slammed the door shut just as fast as I had opened it. My shoulders began to relax from their stiff state, only to start shaking when I really let my emotions take over.

"Masako?"

I heard my name, but I couldn't react. I just couldn't think, right now. All I could picture was me, running away from Mai, who had finally opened up to me and shoved our differences aside just to become friends, with me, of all people.

Finally, a hand fell on top of my shoulder and I spun around with wide, teary eyes and tears gushed before I started sobbing out loud with words tumbling from my lips.

"I- left- Mai-! The- fear! Mai- I left –her- there! She's gone!" I was going hysterical, something my professional side would have gawked at and started going haywire about, but right now, I knew that I couldn't handle it. It felt like the first time I had seen a ghost, before I became rich, famous, well known.

When I had seen my first ghost, I had cried so hard, fear had almost sent me over the edge, until I was trained to be a Medium.

Everyone in the room was tense and I could see that they were looking at one another with worry, trying to figure out what to do. My resolve cracked even more and I pointed toward the door in a frenzy.

"The Three Brothers have Mai!"

That was all that needed to be said before everyone was rushing out of the room in a hurry.

Bou-san was calling out to the others about being ready for any kind of attack. John was pulling out his Holy water, Cross, and Bible. Lin-san seemed ready to alert his Shiki, and Ayako was cursing up a storm.

It was then that my gaze locked with Naru and I felt my blood run cold. He looked beyond livid, worried, and most of all, anxious.

Mai

It felt like hours had passed by since I had first been hung up. My toes were feeling numb and my fingers were aching because of the cold. My body was shivering in tremendous shakes, teeth chattering and gooseflesh everywhere.

My scars were itching because of the cold, which was causing them to go a nasty shade of red. My nose was already without feeling, my cheeks probably rosy red and getting redder by the second. Frostbite was definitely going to be setting in soon.

A sudden colder breeze ghosted over my arm and I flinched as my mind registered that I couldn't do the Nine Cuts without my hands being free. Another ghostly feeling touched my arm and I seethed, letting my shield flash, causing whoever was near me, to back off in a hiss.

"She can still protect herself!"

I could feel pride swelling in my chest, but it stopped short when I felt something warm and thick run down, over my lips and chin. Something dripped and I let my head tilt downward, watching as a droplet of blood hit the ground and splattered.

My nose was bleeding. Horror struck me. It must be because I pulled that stunt from earlier. I watched in sick fascination as my blood started to drip in a steady flow.

"The duckling brought harm to itself." Came a smug sounding, dark voice.

I needed help, and fast. If my nose bleed didn't stop soon, then there would be trouble, along with the fact that I might freeze to death by hanging here.

"Why don't you just move on!" I cried out, tears starting to fall down my cheeks, the bitter cold already making my tears start to freeze. "You're dead! You can't prove your mother anything! She's gone too! She's not here anymore!" I screeched, causing the air to suddenly start moving and hit my body with force that it sent me swinging.

"Ouch!" I screamed as the cold, metal hooks that had froze around the skin it was touching, tugged painfully and ripped, making blood slide over the metal hooks and my arms.

"It hurts, doesn't it? Oh, you'll suffer, just the way we would make our mother suffer."

I felt like a light had been shoved into my brain. They were making people suffer so they could mentally replace that person with their mother.

"You three disgust me! Making people suffer, only replacing their faces with your mothers! That's just uncalled for, disgraceful and utterly degrading!" I snarled as a crack filled the room, leaving my head shoved to one side and a handprint on my cheek.

"Quit your quacking!"

"I'm not a Duck, and this isn't a game Bastard!"

I felt like my world was about to get a hell of a lot worse once I said that, but the sudden pounding on the freezer door caused the room to still.

"Mai!" came muffled shouts and tears sprung up in my eyes. Blood was getting in my mouth from my bleeding nose, but I couldn't care less.

"I'm here! Please, I'm here!" I cried, my heart lurching in utter relief and worry. Yet, when the door remained closed, I felt dread seep into my body. I really was going to die.

"You'll be the first, and once they are in here, they will be next."

Almost instantly, I felt that same power that had built up when I first used my powers. The air thickened and I swear that I could almost taste it.

It got stronger, and I could feel the brothers hesitating. They had not seen power like this. My anger rose with my power and I could almost feel heat coming from the friction of my energy and anger clashing against one another.

"I will not be your toy. I will not be a mouse to be played with, and I will not be the one to replace your mother just for you three to satisfy your hate on!"

It felt like they were cowering down to superior power, yet with one last pulse, my energy left me and screams of three older men could be heard throughout the whole place as they were ripped to shreds.

Instantly I felt horror consume me as I realize just what my power had done. I had hurt them, I had gotten rid of them instead of helping them move on. Yet, I was yelling at myself inside my head, convincing myself that it had to be done or I would have been killed. It was them, or me, and I had chose myself.

Suddenly, a large pulse of power came from the other side of the door and I watched in horror as it cracked underneath the power before breaking away from the wall and shooting away from whoever was on the other side, right past me.

"Watch it!" I cried out in rage, an angry vein appearing above my brow. Before anyone could enter, I suddenly cried out. "Matte! You'll need a ladder!" I stuttered out, feeling the cold finally settling into my bones.

Shuffling could be heard and then I found myself looking down with weary eyes and an exhausted expression, letting my body sag, even if it hurt my under arms.

"Mai!" Ayako screamed in fright as she was the first to spot me. Her gag was also heard, having taken in how cold and bloody I must have looked to her.

"Mai-Chan!" Masako gasped and I looked up with worry before relief filled me. She wasn't hurt. "I can't believe I left you!" she sobbed while tears started coursing down her cheeks. "I am so sorry! So, so, so Sorry!"

John was standing behind Masako with a light blush covering his cheeks, but he undoubtedly looked worried and frightened for my health.

"We got the ladder!" Bou-san called, making my shoulders start to shake as sobs started to wrack my body. Ayako and Masako looked like they wanted to take me away and hide me from the world, while John looked broken, almost blaming himself for what happened.

When Bou-san, Lin-san, and Naru came into view, I couldn't help but full out sob, harsh breaths passing my lips, tears mingling with the blood still coming from my nose.

Relief, that's the strongest feeling I felt.

Naru

My body froze up and I stopped walking. My breath came in harshly and my eyes narrowed as they landed on a barely clad Mai, who was starting to show signs of frostbite and blue lips. My heart leapt in fear and I became agonizingly aware of how worried I was for her.

She looked a mess, hurt, wounded, something that needed to be taken care of like porcelain.

"Mai…" I spoke, causing everyone to go silent as my eyes landed on her chest, focusing on four large scars that looked painfully red. I felt my eyes flicker to her bloody face, then to her chapped lips from being in here for so long, to the ripped skin underneath her arms.

It was my fault, for letting the two of them leave the room right after we got back from the hospital. I scowled and watched as Lin helped Mai down, causing her to cry out as her skin ripped once again because the blood had froze to the hooks.

As soon as she reached ground level, I felt myself moving forward and pulling her into a hug while wrapping my jacket, that had somehow came off, around her freezing body.

"Come on, let's get you cleaned up, warmed, and a glass of hot chocolate." I murmured, trying to be as kind as possible.

Large eyes looked up at me with tears and I couldn't help but be painfully aware that everyone was watching us with worry and wonder.

A sudden smile fell over Mai's bloody face and my heart lurched in a painful way, having the knowledge of the fact that she had been hurt. It would take time to heal what had happened to her, but she would bounce back.

Mai Taniyama always bounces back.