For the fans: I apologize greatly for the confusion of me being a tart X.X
I was trying to remember the Monks actual name, and without using 'San' like the Japanese considering I haven't used it thus far in the fanfic.
Anyway, 'Osamu' the one I've been calling in my story is actually 'Monk' I apologize and it won't happen again now I've been corrected.
I'm not claiming Ghost Hunt in anyway shape or form.
I'm simply doing a fanfiction
enjoy =3
Chapter [xii]
Couple?
Like a slap in the face Mai took the information at hand to deep heart: the Monk was on the ground uncurious with a bruise quickly exposing itself on his face, there were two people in the locked kitchen that seemed threatening, and one after all did hit Monk in the face with a frying pan. 'I can safely assume they're possessed, but I have to make sure Monk isn't stabbed or myself' Mai thought with a strong spirit, and with her thoughts she had began to move around the kitchen, keeping a safe distance from the dangerous couple that were armed, unlike herself. Taking careful steps around the kitchen table while the woman walked one way and the man the other, Mai found herself cornered, blocked in at this one part in the kitchen behind the table. "I know where she is" Mai said to them, looking from woman to man. Even though she was lying it had caused both people to stop moving, weapons lowering before rising up in an angry position "Don't lie to us!" The yell almost made the kitchen shake again, and as the frying pan went swinging at the same time as the knife did Mai ducked and crawled as quickly as she could under the table to the other side where safety was. For now. Quickly jumping up to her feet and turning to see where the threat was she felt her body tense and her mind spin: they were nowhere that she could see, and normally when that happened she was either hurt or someone else was because of her actions, and with that thought she looked over to the monk. No one was around him, but if they weren't there then where were they?
Doing a quick spin to check the kitchen she found herself alone, the only person in the room that was conscious. The sound of kitchen door unlocking made her jump slightly as she looked quickly to see Ayako and John rush in, their expression showing worry, concern and even fright as they looked from Mai to the unconscious man on the floor not too far away from where Mai was standing. "What happened!" Ayako nearly screamed as she rushed over to Monk, moving his hair out of his face to see the mark on his cheek where the pan had hit him, John doing the same and moving to him to check his injury, unfortunately there was no response to their touches or calls. He was out like a light and Mai didn't have a scratch on her, the scene wasn't hard to figure out what had happened. "He... He pushed me so I wouldn't get hurt" she finally answered without looking at them and looked at the ground, feeling guilt for him being hurt because of her actions, because she couldn't act quick enough or wasn't as strong as she could be. "Mai we have to get him somewhere safe, we can't stay here and talk about what happened" John was trying to take control, and with a small nod Mai walked over to the two who were helping the unconscious man, pulling his arms over their shoulders and lifting him up with struggle.
"I could have helped him, but I was so concentrated on the man and woman..." Mai told the two, walking in front of them for the reason she felt was necessary, a door needed opening perhaps and if she was behind them she wouldn't be able to do it as quickly as if she was in front "Mai don't take it to heart with what happened to Monk, I'm sure when he wakes up he'll tell you everything is fine" John said as he walked with Ayako, trying to keep sync steps so that things wouldn't get to awkward when walking. "God what does he eat, he weighs as much as a cow" Ayako huffed under her breath as she hefted the Monk to the safe room then past it , walking behind Mai where she brought them to a room that was owned by most likely the daughter. The walls were bright blue, the white curtains causing a somewhat happy atmosphere along with a toy box with a large collection of varies stuffed animals, ranging from elephants to fairies of different colors and sizes. It looked like a little girls room who had it made that was for sure "Bring him over here" Mai said as she walked to the bed and threw off the stuffed animals and overly large pillow that would only crane Monks neck upwards—it wouldn't help him to say the least in the condition he was in. "Okay, one two three" the strained Ayako groaned as she took the weight of the unconscious monk on her own, john moving to the man's waist to move him into a position where he'd simply fall onto the bed and not smash his head off of the wall, but fall to where his head would land on the bed where the pillow was lay, and with Mai there holding onto the man's head they let laid him down.
"Mai I want you to stay here" Ayako said as she stood to her full height and rubbed her hands on her lower back "It would be best if we got Monk something for his wound" she said as she turned to the threshold and then back to John "Do you want to stay here with the bad luck magnet, or come with me down the hallway?" she asked crossing her hands over her chest with a smug look on her face, not looking pleased in anyway. 'Ayako you...' Mai muttered angrily to herself as she looked to the Priestess, John looking between the two women for a few moments before walking over to Mai and spoke in a surprisingly level tone, as usual "Do you want me to stay with you?" he asked as he looked to the Monk, eyeing his face for a moment to see a slight fluctuation in his features, pain going across his face before going back to normal. A quick flinch, and now he was relaxed, though the bruise was now becoming more flush on his cheek, going from his jaw to almost by his eye, the blue and purple looking bright, almost like the rooms wall color. "I'll be fine" she lied and smile to John as he looked back to her, and even though she put on a fake smile and wanted to flinch, look away from the priest because of the memory of his mutation in her vision like dream. "If you need anything just call out, we don't need you getting hurt too we need everyone for this case" John said as he smiled and moved his hand to the back of his head and scratched lightly, his voice appearing light "We'll be real quick then you can take a nap okay mate?" he turned after talking and followed Ayako who overall felt uneasy and it was visible on her face as she left with John, giving Mai a glance that didn't read friendly.
"Monk..." Mai whispered as she watched him sleep, her head hanging low as she put her hand on her forehead which slowly moved down and rubbed her teary eyes, having held it all in when John and Ayako were in the room. "It's not your fault" the voice made Mai look at the bed, looking directly at the eyes of the monk who was only a moment ago flinching in his sleep, but now he looked wide awake like he had been awake the whole time and hadn't been unconscious. "Bu-but I was, you were..." she tried to explain it but even though she wanted to say a million apologizes and bow in respects, nothing happened and she looked down to her feet. "It's not your fault Mai, they'll be here soon" the Monk said towards the upset teenager, and when her eyes moved up from her feet and to the monks face to see his eyes, she found them closed and not opening. "Monk... Monk?" she called as she moved her hand down to his shoulder, but resisted the urge to shake him. 'Am... Am I seeing things again?' she asked herself mentally before turning around, going to sit beside the edge of the bed in case he needed anything if he woke up.
With nothing in the room she sat down and smoothed her pants with her hands, her head tilting down to look at her lap as she thought about everything that had happened. With Naru, with Lin, and even that boy that wanted revenge on him and everyone in SPR. She herself was even threatened, or rather cursed. So many life or death situations had gone on and it seemed every time Lin was there to save her. A small blush came to her cheeks realizing how much she was thinking about Lin and how he had been there. Things had changed ever since she had first met him when he had pushed her out of the way of the falling bookcase in the old abandon school house, where everything started, her joining SPR and having a crush on Naru, which had quickly died with the recent events of the curse. Slowly as her mind went over everything that had happened up until that point her eyes had closed and her head tilted a bit lower down, slumber quickly taking her as her back rested against the bed and her legs extended on the floor.
"She's asleep? How could she sleep at a time like this?"
"..."
"Well anyway we should take care of the Monk, have to babysit both of them now"
"Ayako we should put Mai in a bed don't you think?"
"Let's just move her over there, she'll be fine"
She could hear them, and feel the hands touch her shoulders and back, move her and then put her down against the cold floor. She knew that she was being moved but the more she thought of opening her eyes the more the tiredness seemed to grab at her and want her to sleep more. 'I just want...everything to go back the way it was... Where Naru took that boy's case and helped him... then...then he wouldn't have died and got mad' her thoughts ran on their own and without much control. She wanted to believe everything would go back to normal, but the more she did the deeper she found herself in the slumber, and finally everything went black, slipped away. Nothing seemed to have mattered at this point.
Light, very soft and gentle. It all felt relaxing and it had made Mai smile as she found everything coming into view: the light that didn't sting her eyes, it felt warm and gentle like a blanket or being held in someone's arms. "Huh..." she breathed out as she blinked the sleep away from her eyes, the light not being as strong but it was now not soothing, it was stinging gradually. "Your awake, it took you long enough" Ayako's firm annoyed voice was easily brushed off "Go check on John Ayako" the voice was almost unknown to her, but her eyes made everything clear. Naru was talking in his bleak monotone voice that was normal for him, but for Mai it felt strange considering she hadn't heard him in such a long time. Slowly sitting up and moving her hand to her forehead she moved her hand away, her hand having touched something strange that hadn't been there before, a bandage wrapped around her forehead "Naru, where have you been? What happened? Where's Lin?" the questions came running out her without much thought. "Mai" Naru said as he looked to her and remained standing near the door of the bedroom they were in, and with arms crossed over his chest and violet eyes looking hallow, saddened, almost dead in a way as they looked at her, but with a shake of her head and a firm hand hitting against the bed she shut her eyes "Tell me! Answer my questions Naru I need to know!" she yelled loud, louder then she could think she had ever yelled at him. "I was going to answer you" he said in his normal tone and walked across the room and to the foot of the bed where a large open window was without curtains. "Lin and myself have come back to help with this investigation, seeing as everyone is incapable of exorcising and unsettled the bothered spirit living here" Opening her eyes to see Naru approach her, and as she tried to keep eye contact but it felt like the more she did something in her told her to look away. Something very unsettling. 'Why do I feel this way...I used to feel funny about him before but that was a crush but this...this is something different? Something bad' she gripped the sheets at her side away from visibility of Naru.
"I know things have been hard to handle Mai" Naru started to talk when he was at the bedside, and no matter what Mai had kept her eyes off of him and on the bed sheet's that had pooled in her lap when she had sat up in the bed, now having released the sheets she kept her eyes down "I'll be handling the ongoing investigation here with John, Ayako and Masako" he said, the door opening which made Mai lift her head up and look to the door, seeing Lin in a suit. She couldn't hide the expressions that came to her, the feeling of happiness in seeing him standing there in perfect condition. "You and Lin will be going to headquarters. We can't use you here. The curse will only attracted other spirits that could tamper with this investigation; the outcome will be more precise if you leave" Naru said, looking between Mai and Lin for a few moments before walking to the threshold of the door where Lin had entered, and with a quick whisper to him that Mai didn't hear he left the room, leaving Lin and Mai alone.
It took nearly a whole seven minutes before Lin had spoke, and even then Mai found herself staring at the tall Chinese man, wondering many things. Mainly about how their friendship seemed to have grown from a glance at one another to this, him protecting her and her having visions of... 'Oh God! That vision about Lin kissing me!' she thought to herself and tuned her face the other way as her face went bright red "We'll leave in a few minutes" he said, his voice firm but somehow different, something very different than normal. Then again she couldn't blame him. Nodding her head without looking at him she clenched her hand in the sheet once again, but it wasn't because she was uncomfortable with how a voice or presents was, it was because of a light feeling in her stomach and how things in the room felt a bit level, smoothed unlike when Naru was in the room.
It felt like they were a couple in a sense, from how they'd be living together and the weird feeling she was getting when she was around him, when he was around that is.
I know this chapter isn't as exciting or eventful but it's something.
