"A basement?"
"Yes Mai a basement." Naru said turning around. He realized he was still holding Mai's hand but for some reason he didn't want to let go.
"Well how did we get in a basement?" Mai asked. When she realized what she said she spun around and yelled. "And I don't need to hear your commentary!" Konta quickly closed her mouth and lean against the wall. Mai turned to see Naru staring at her.
"Mai we ran down three flights of stairs. I would have thought someone like you would have realized that." He said before looking away. Mai wanted nothing more then to punch him. Naru saw her expression out of the corner of his eye. This made him smirk, but because of the darkness no one could see it. "So now the question is-" he said turning back to the two girls. "how do we get back?"
"We go back up the stairs we came?"
"Great idea! You can show us the exact door that we came through and lead us the exact way we came without running into the ghost again." Konta said sarcastically. Mai just scowled at her.
"Well sorry if I'm trying to get us out of here! At least I'm throwing out idea instead of trashing them!" Mai screamed letting go of Naru's hand. She was too angry to see him frown at her.
"Well at least I'm cutting down the ideas so we don't go and do something stupid!" Konta said. Her breathing picked up.
"You think all of my idea's are stupid!" Mai said breathing heavily she hadn't realized she was screaming.
"That's because they are!" Konta screamed at her. Before Mai could say another word Naru cut her off.
"Yelling at each other isn't going to get us anywhere!" Mai spun around and yelled "Why are you defending her! She has been insulting me and yet you do NOTHING! Yea I get it I'm not as smart as you, yea I get it I'm clumsy and I'm useless but why are you just ignoring me! Why are you taking her side! Last time I checked you hated her! You wanted her gone! You wanted her-" Mai stopped remembering when she fond Naru. He was with Konta and now he is agreeing with everything she was saying. Did something happen between those two when I was asleep?
Naru stared into those brown eyes. He felt guilty because everything she was saying was true. What he didn't understand was why she stopped yelling at him. Why is she staring at me like that? What did I do to make her so upset? All I did was let someone else insult her. It's not like it's her first time being called stupid. Naru turned away from her not wanting to look at her anymore.
"YOU JERK!" she screamed and turned around. She was planning on running to find the exit by herself when she took her first step. Pain shot through her whole body and she fell to the ground.
"Mai!" Naru spun around and ran over to her. She was curled up in a ball holding her leg trying to stop the pain. "What happened? Are you all right?" he asked bending down next to her.
"Like you care." She said then hiding her face behind her knee. Her ankle was killing her. Konta rushed over and tried to remove Mai's leg but she wouldn't let go. "Go away." They heard Mai say.
"Let me look at it." Konta said calmly but Mai still didn't move. "Mai if you don't let me look at it how am I suppose to make the pain go away?" Mai thought about it for a moment before she let it slid down so Konta could get a better look. Mai looked up at Naru to see him staring at her. For an instant he looked worried, but it was soon replaced by relief when he saw her.
Mai winced as Konta touched her ankle. Naru noticed this and tensed, he couldn't look at her right now so he settled with Konta who had a worried look on her face. Not looking at them she said "It's hard to tell in this lighting but my best guess is a fractured ankle." She looked at Naru. "It was probably just twisted or something but with all the running we did…" Konta sentence trailed off. Naru started to blame himself. If I hadn't pushed her to run she wouldn't be like this right now. Taking a deep breath to calm himself he asked "Mai how on earth did you run with something like this?"
"Well when you're being chased by a ghost that wants to kill you, you kinda forget about the little things." She said
"And a fractured ankle is little to you?" Mai looked away not sure what to say. Konta stood up saying "Well there isn't much we can do about it now so let's try and figure out how to get out of here."
"What about my ankle?" Mai asked trying to sit up. Naru placed a hand on her back to keep her from falling back. This made Mai blush, but it got worse when she saw what Konta was doing. Konta had taken of her shirt to reveal a low cut black camisole. "What are you doing?" Mai asked as Konta kneed down.
"Wrapping your ankle so it won't get worse." She said careful lifting Mai's ankle onto the shirt and tying it tightly. Mai winced. "Sorry." Konta stood up again and offered a hand. Mai grabbed it and pulled herself up. Naru stood up and steady Mai. "So the plan?"
"We get Mai out of here." Naru said. Mai felt all the blood rush to her face. Naru was worried about her.
"Alright." Konta walked past them. Mai felt something wrap around her but before she could guess what it was she was being lifted. She looked up to see Nau. Mai felt herself blush even more as she realized Naru was carrying her bridal style.
"I-I can walk on my own!" she said looking away. Naru smirked at her and said "Not on that ankle." Mai's face just got redder.
"Ok save the lovey-dovey stuff for when I'm not around." Konta said. They walked around for what felt like hours, though they barely got anywhere. Each time Konta opened a door it was either a hallway, a small room or a brick wall. Mai started to cough. She wasn't feeling to well. Coughing some more she buried her face into Naru's chest. Naru just looked at her. He had to get her out of here, before something bad happens. They turned down a hallway that had cement walls. About halfway down the hall Konta leaned against the wall and slid down.
"Lets take a break for a minute." Naru placed Mai down next to her.
"Now what? We've been walking for hours." Mai said
"First off me and Naru have been walking while you got a ride." Mai glared at her but Konta ignored her. "Second she's right. It's like it's never ending. You would have though by now we would have come to a stair case or something." Everyone just sat there thinking quietly.
"Maybe we're not in a basement." Mai said. Naru looked at Mai waiting for her to continue. "Well maybe we are in one of those-those…" mai trailed off trying to find the right word. "It's combination of passages that are underground. They are mostly used to hide wine or graves of a rich family."
"A labyrinth?" Naru asked confused. She really wasn't making much sense.
"yea."
"Well if that's true then there is one way in and one way out, each and opposite ends of the labyrinth." Naru placed his chin in his hand as he thought. "Konta can you ask the your ghost friend if she'll help us find our way out?"
"No."
"Why?" Naru stared at her. He knew he wasn't going to get an answer. Though he still had to ask. What he wasn't expecting her to say was "Why don't you knock out your assistant and have her ask her friend." Naru just stared at Konta not sure what she meant.
Mai felt her face get red. How did Konta know that I dream of Naru? I thought he said that she couldn't see us. Oh my god what if she tells Naru. What will Naru think about me then? But even still why does she think that my dream Naru will know how to get out if the real Naru doesn't. Oh wait cause he's Naru.
Everything started to fade and soon there was nothing but darkness.
Where am I? How did I get here? Mai looked around waiting for something to happen when she saw Naru walking towards her. "Naru!" she said with a smile. As she took a step she felt pain shoot through her ankle. Something grabbed her as she started to fall. Mai looked up to see Naru smiling down at her.
"Are you ok?" he asked. Mai felt herself blush as she nodded and stood up straight.
"How did I get here?" She asked not sure what she was doing here. She didn't even remember feeling tired.
"Someone knocked you out." Naru said "But that's not he point, you need to get back up stairs."
"I know but we don't know where to go." Mai said. Naru's smile widen, as he said "I do." Suddenly Mai and Naru were standing in the hallway. Mai saw the real Naru and Konta arguing about something but she couldn't hear the words. She saw herself lying down, unconscious.
"Mai." Mai looked back at Naru. "Pay attention I can only show you this once." Mai nodded as the hallway started to move. It was like they were walking down the hallway without actually moving. As they reached the end of the hallway Naru said "You take a left at the end of this hallway." They turned left and where now going down another, this time faster then they were before. "You follow this hallway all the way down." Suddenly they stopped at the end of the hallway. "Behind the door is a staircase, follow it all the way up and you should be on the second floor. I'm sure you can find your way from there." Mai nodded as everything started to fade.
She sat up and saw Naru and Konta still arguing. "I don't care anymore!" yelled Naru. He looked pissed. Mai looked at Konta who looked paler then before. She sat there calmly listening to Naru yell at her, with a smile. Mai looked back at Naru, who suddenly realized Mai was awake. He took a deep breath to calm himself and then waited for Mai to speak.
"I know the way out." She stood up and leaned against the wall for support. "We follow this hallway until we reach the end then we turn left and keep going straight."
"See it worked out for the best." Konta said standing up with some difficultly. She had started to cough. Mai figured the poison was finally getting to her. Mai placed a comforting hand on her shoulder, but drew away when she realized Konta's skin was ice cold. "I'm fine lets just get out of here." She said as Mai opened her mouth to say something. Konta stood up and started to walk away. Naru moved toward Mai but she shrugged him off.
"I can walk on my own." She said. They all walked in silence. Mai felt Naru watching her. He was purposely walking slower then usual so he could keep an eye on her, but Mai didn't seem to mind. Every so offend Konta would couch each time getting more violent.
Finally they reached the door. Konta opened it and slowly started to walk up the stairs. Mai followed Naru who went up before her. They all climbed the dark stairs slowly not wanting something to pop out at them. Mai followed but stopped when she heard a loud creak. Naru and Konta also stopped at looked around. They all stood there waiting for something to happen but when nothing did they continued. As Mai put pressure on one of the steps it broke under her weight. She couldn't help but scream as she fell backwards into the darkness.
"Mai!" Naru screamed turning around. He reached out and grabbed her hand not realizing he didn't have a firm grip on anything. He started to fall along with Mai.
hey! today i have been sitting at home and i realized that i wrote hola! for the last 13 chapters so im wrote hey for something new. anyway hope you enjoyed!
sorry for spelling and grammar mistakes.