Ok I swear, I'm never going to write this at night ever again. Especially with ghost hunt OST playing in the back ground…and my place being near a World War 2 war zone makes it no better.

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Black Monks

Kanazawari

"I need to go to the toilet!" was Mai's first words when she stepped out of the black car. Before her were several majestic traditional Japanese houses, made out of pine wood. It was surrounded by a white wall that had traditional motifs painted on them. Mai jumped on the spot, carrying her bags.

"Who asked you not to pee in the plane?" Bou-san asked, amused. Mai glared at him, "Because Naru told me that if I flushed, my pee would exit the plane and land somewhere…and I don't want my pee to land on somebody's head!" she shouted.

Bou-san's lower jaw dropped, he turned to face Naru, who had a strange smirk on his face. Ayako and John burst out laughing, Masako snorted and Lin was unloading the equipment from the truck.

"That was a lie, Mai," Naru said.

"What!" she shouted.

The grand doors of the huge Japanese house opened and Bou-san whistled. Before them stood two rows of girls dressed in traditional purple Japanese kimono. "Whoa," he whispered.

"Welcome," the girls bowed, "To the Kanazawari household."

"Whoa, whoa, whoa," Bou-san whispered.

"I absolutely agree with you," Ayako's voice sounded beside him.

"Please come in," a man said, he was wearing a black suit and Mai immediately recognize him. "Toshiro-san," she called out to him. The man smiled and beckoned them in.

Mai couldn't hold back anymore and turned to one of the young girls.

"Bathroom!" Mai told a servant urgently. A girl nodded and took Mai's hand leading her down a large white pebbled court yard. The court yard was huge and spacious, surrounding it were bamboo trees and in the middle of this large court yard was a koi pond. She was led through a secluded bamboo path and then into a small traditional Japanese building.

The doors were made of traditional Japanese paper screens. A curved red roof stayed on top of the pine wood house. "Here," the girl said, sliding the paper screen open and leading Mai through an elaborate tatami mat room and into a small toilet.

"Oh thank god!" Mai shouted, opened the door and slid in.

"My master welcomes you to his humble abode," Toshiro Ren led the ghost hunt team through a bamboo surrounded white pebbled path. "Come now, he wants to greet you all personally."

"When he heard the news of your arrival, master has been very happy." Toshiro said, walking out of the bamboo path.

Bou-san whistled. Before them stood a three storey ancient Japanese castle. Standing three storey's high, with pine wood supports, white washed walls and a stone base. It looked majestic with its blue curved roof that reflected the glow of the setting sun.

What made it more majestic was that it stood at the base of a large sacred mountain named Ishihara. Ishihara Mountain was a large green mountain. It had fog surrounding it, making it look even more mysterious than it already was.

"My Master awaits," Toshiro said, stepping into the caste. The team followed stepping into it. The large wooden ceiling above them was a dark red brown, the air inside was cold and somehow dark and forbidding. Bou-san shivered. He noticed Masako wincing. Naru took off his shoes and followed Toshiro.

Bou-san breathes out and found a white mist escaping his mouth.

"Cold," he whispered.

"Tell me about it…its summer for god sake," Ayako muttered.

"Come on," John told the both of them. Bou-san and Ayako took off her shoes and followed Toshiro. The floor underneath their feet was freezing cold and it sent shivers up Bou-san's feet.

"Masako?" he heard John utter. Bou-san turned and found Masako swaying at a spot. She was sweating profusely and was mumbling something under her breath. "I need…I need to get out of here," she whispered.

Naru appeared before her, placing his hand on her forehead.

"John," he the expressionless teen said, "Bring Masako out."

John nodded. Ayako frowned and Bou-san went over to Naru. "What's happening Naru…it's too cold here…" he whispered.

"Kazuya," Lin's voice came from the opposite end of the castle's corridor.

"I'm not sure, but that's why we're here, isn't it," Naru answered Bou-san, who scratched his head in frustration.

"Looks like another complicated case," Ayako said.

"What do you mean?" Bou-san asked. Ayako pointed to the trees that could be seen from the windows in this castle. The thick green leafy trees of Mount Ishihara rustled as a wind blew past. The evening sunlight making them glow a slight orange green.

"Their telling me to turn back," she whispered.

"Who?" Bou-san asked.

"The trees."

"Finished," Mai whispered in relief as she flushed the toilet.

That stupid Naru, once she finds him, she was going to get his revenge. She slid open the door of the toilet only to fall back gasping. There was a boy peering at her. His eyes were completely black and his lips curled up in a malicious fashion.

"Onee-chan," he said, calling her. He bounced closer to her, peering at her, his head moving slowly like that of a robot.

Somehow Mai knew his name. "Utsume-kun?" she asked the boy who smiled real wide.

"You know my name?" he asked her.

"Y…yes," she said. The boy with his black short hair, his pale skin and his blue pajamas started to laugh. His white teeth barring.

"Utsume-kun?" she asked.

Mai heard a gasp beside her and she found the girl who had brought her to the toilet earlier, glancing at the boy wearily.

"Young Master, what are you doing here?' the girl asked.

Utsume's smile vanished and he was now silent. He was glaring at the girl, his black eyes widening. The girl pulled back, seeming to shiver.

"Outsiders have no business in what I do," he spoke. Mai was surprised. The tone of his voice had changed; his voice once high pitched had changed to that of a grown man.

"Who are you?" the girl suddenly shouted at Utsume, "Give the young master back to us!"

"Insolent girl, do you wish to die," Utsume rasped, walking towards the girl in huge steps. The girl's eyes widened and she started to scream. He lunges forward and grabs her neck and began to squeeze hard.

The girl's face contorted, she was choking, tears leaked from her eyes.

"Hey!" Mai shouted reaching forward and touching the boy's shoulder, pulling him back. Utsume let go of the girl's neck and turns to look at Mai. A smirk appeared on his face again.

"He he he," he chuckled, "He he he he he."

Mai let go of him and helps the girl up. There were purple marks on the girl's neck and Mai turned to the boy, her eyes filled with fury.

"What are you!" she shouted.

"Insolent fools;" he rasped, his voice sinister, "you are all going to die."

With that Utsume jumped backwards and begun running, crawling quickly on all fours, like a spider into the mess of bamboo trees and disappearing into the evening light.

"People have begun to spread rumors about this place…my servants have trouble sleeping at night, and all of them are very scared." The main Master of the Kanazawari household spoke. He was man in his 50's, with graying hair and a stern ripened wrinkled face and long beard. He looked like an ancient Emperor in the olden times.

Naru stared at the man name Yuuki Kanazawari. He was indeed a rich man, exuding an aura of pride and power; he sat in his chair, upright and tall.

"We think that a terrible curse has befallen us," he said. Toshiro nodded beside him. Naru raised his eye brow.

"A curse?" he asked.

The latter nodded, "Since Kenta's death, strange things have been happening in my house. Utsume has been acting strangely…like his been possessed. My servants have reported many unexplainable cases since the last few weeks…and…I have been having dreams."

"Dreams?" Lin asked.

Yuuki Kanazawari raised his hand and Toshiro brought out a porcelain bowl that seemed to have blue Chinese ink engravings on it. "This is my family's heirloom," he said.

He placed the bowl on the table, and pointed to it. Naru looked at it, it had intricate flower motifs surrounding its exterior but deep in the center of the bowl was a motif of a samurai, a black samurai with a bird for its head.

"What is that?" Naru asked.

"My family's symbol…he is called the black crow. He is my family's death messenger…whenever someone is about to die in our family, he would appear before that person's eyes… and these past few days I have been dreaming about him."

"And you fear for your life?" Bou-san asked the man who shook his head.

"It's not my life that I fear…it's Utsume's…the black crow has appeared before me, warning me about Utsume…I fear that if I do not do something soon, my son would die."

Naru picked up the bowl and stared at it. "May I have a closer look at this?" he asked the man who nodded.

"And could I have a room for the main base…we would like to interview and investigate further."

Yuuki nodded. "Thank you," he said. Naru held the boy close to his eyes. The black crow, staring silently back at him.

"Masako, are you sure your alright?" John asked the girl who was sitting by a bench.

The servants had gotten them some tea and they were seated on a bench near the castle. The sun had set and it was no longer evening but night. It was dark and the soft glow of the lantern light's cast eerie shadows on the pebbled ground.

"Everything is distorted," she whispered, holding her hands to her eyes. "Everything is spinning…its everywhere, everywhere," Masako said.

"What do you mean by that?" John asked her.

Masako looked at him.

"I don't know…this place is horribly infested."

"Ghost?" he asked.

"I-"Masako was cut off, when the bamboo trees before started to rustle violently. John stood up, clutching the cross that hung around his neck. Masako was wincing, "Its coming."

John flinched when a black figure popped his head from between the bamboo trees. It paused and the bamboo tree ceases to rustle. The black figure seemed to be staring at them; its head was kind of a sharp oval shape.

Masako drew in a sharp breath as the figure made another move, this time its body slid out from the bamboo trees, taking a step closer towards John and Masako. Then it slid out fully, standing there. It was dark, real dark but John noticed that it seem to be wearing some traditional white costume. It turned and begun to walk down the pebbled path towards the castle's courtyard. It moved past John, barely touching him.

It moved swiftly, before vanishing into the courtyard. John gasped. "No-"

He was cut off again, when he saw another black figure exiting the bamboo trees. It did the same thing, before vanishing by the courtyard.

John drew in a sharp breath.

Then another and another and another, each time they vanished, they seem to rise into the air. A cycle was happening over and over again.

Then suddenly the cycle stopped. John tensed; the air around them was suddenly, very, very cold. Masako was clutching her head, her body tensed.

"Onee-chan, Onii-chan," a childish voice whispered behind them. John jumped and Masako shrieked. They turned and found a little boy looking up at them. He had a devilish smile on his face; John was surprised to see his eyes were all black.

"H…hello?" John said to the boy. The boy grinned at them.

"Welcome," he whispered.

"To hell."

Don't read the next chapter at night: D, you would definitely pee in your pants…even if you try to hold it back like Mai XD.