Hello readers of Fan fiction! It is I the amazing— Nah, just joking. But seriously, hello to all! It's me Raven here and I want to tell you that once again my computer broke. So my foster mom had to buy a new one. That's why I haven't updated in like twelve years… Any way this is the final chapter in the Bloodstained Labyrinth, and as always I hope you guys enjoy and R&R like I know you will!
Raven-Chan :D (^o^) ^W^ XD
April
Day 6
Fade into the mansion. Everyone is still in the dining hall. Naru is the only one that is still seated at the table.
Mai: (Angry) What do you mean? How can an exorcism be impossible?
Naru: Urado isn't here because of an obsession with satisfying a grudge, he's here because he wants to extend his life.
A heavy silence settles amongst them.
Naru: I have no idea how he brings people through walls, but I know he hunt because he in search of prey.
Cut to negative of two bony blood covered hands leaving streaks of blood on a wall.
Cut back to the dining hall.
Naru: Calling him a ghost is no longer accurate… Imp, demon, devil… He's turned into a monster.
Mai: (Pleading) But Naru-
Naru: Monsters lie in a different realm in which I am not skilled. That is why an exorcism is off the table. Unless someone can come up with a way to hunt monsters safely, we're done here.
May: (Counting on her fingers) Ok, first I'm gonna need some bait, rope, a series of pullies, a large net, a machine gun, silver bullets, a wooded steak, and a mallet. Oh! And some peanut butter.
Naru: May, this isn't an episode of Scooby-Doo.
May: Well it was worth a shot.
Mai: (Upset) What about Suzuki and Atsuki? Are we just gonna give up hope on them?
Naru: They're dead… there is no hope.
Mai: (Heartbroken) Oh…
Cut to an outside view of the mansion.
Naru: (V.O) He does have one weakness… Urado is trapped within these walls… Trapped within the very scene of his crimes he is completely incapable of escaping.
Cut to Housho
Housho: Now that you mention it, didn't Madoka say that the area outside of the house is completely safe?
Cut to a close up of Naru's hands.
Naru: If we were to call the police they could have the house dismantled and locate the missing persons. (Clenches hands)
Cut to a close up of Naru's face.
Naru: Unfortunately, that is not out job.
Fade out
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File 7:
The Bloodstained Labyrinth
Part 4
Fade in…
Mai: (Upset/confused) What's up? It's not like you to run away from a case like this!
Naru: I'm not running Mai. We were hired to hunt a ghost, not a monster.
Mai: You're turning your back on a threat is that not running away?
Naru: It's not. Now I haven't disclosed this yet listen…
Fade to Madoka with a sparkling pink flower back ground.
Madoka: There's a rumor floating through the grapevine that the Minami Psychic Research Council is peddling around an imposter that is claiming to be the great Oliver Davis. So could you check that out for me, please?
Fade back and everyone is in chibi mode with a "really?" expression on their faces.
Naru: That was the actual reason Madoka hired us to come here. And when you take that in to consideration out job is done. So why should put ourselves in any more danger. We're pulling out.
Mai: So you lied to us just so you could play a game of 'Who's who' for a few days? Naru where do you get off lying to us, when we put all our faith and trust in you?
Naru: I didn't lie; It's what some would refer to as a strategic secret. (Looks right at Mai) Something I had to do, because some of us can't keep things to ourselves.
Mai: (Offended Chibi) Oh! Who? Me?! I'm sorry unlike you, I prefer not you deceive people! And since we're being so open, (Turns to Igurashi who is still sitting at the end of the table/ Bows) I'm sorry ma'am. Our manager is an imposter too. (Upright/ points to Naru) He's the real boss!
Naru: Enough!
Mai gives Naru smug look.
Naru: We need to start breaking down HQ.
Mai: (Smiling) Ok Mr. Manager.
Cut over to Masako sitting on the couch. She looks at Naru and Mai and looks away, with a pained look on her face.
Fade to later. May and Lin are packing things up at base.
May: Do you think Naru is making the right call?
Lin: Why? Do you?
May: I guess so… But I just get the feeling that we're not finished her yet…
Lin: There it is!
May: There what is?
Lin: That look – something is bothering you.
May: (Sigh) Fine… Ever since we got here I've felt sad and lost and scared and hopeless all at the same time. A side from my normal pain, I have no idea what to do…
Lin: Can you pick up on how people feel around you?
May: Sometimes… Why?
Lin: You're empathic. You can pick up on how spirits and other people around you feel. If you learn how to use it, it can be a very useful ability. Though you have to be careful… when you allow yourself to pick up on the emotions of the deceased, you also open yourself up for possession.
May: That would explain what happened in the last case!
Lin: What do you mean?
May: Remember when that Matsuyama guy said
Fade to later. Masako and Mai are alone in the room.
Mai: (Zipping her bag) I'm not sure about this… I think leaving is a bad idea. What do you think Masako?
Mai turns to look at her, but all Masako does is look away.
Mai: What's wrong?
Masako: (Bitter) Nothing. I just prefer that someone like you not call me by my first name.
Mai: (Straightens up) What the heck?! What do you mean when you say someone like me? Why do you hate me so much?
Masako says nothing.
Mai: Hello? Are you there?
Masako: Why? Why are you the only one that Naru calls by their first name?
Cut to a view of the both of them in chibi-mode. Masako's fade is neon red.
Mai: Huh?
Cut to Masako (Normal).
Masako: He always calls me and Ms. Matsuzaki by our last names, but for some strange reason, he calls you by your first name, but for some strange reason he give you special treatment.
Mai: You really believe that? I'm not the only one he calls by their first name. He calls my sister by her first name too. I mean it would be confusing if he called her by her last name seeing as we are sisters.
Masako: I saw you and Naru fighting… It was like you two were married or something.
Mai: Hold on, am I detecting a hint of jealousy?
Masako: Please, I'm not jealous of you.
Mai: That is so adorable! (Sit down on her bed) Seriously, there is absolutely not thing for you to be jealous about. Every day, Naru finds a new way to make me look like a complete idiot. And to be perfectly honest, if there's anyone he gives special treatment to it's you.
Masako: You really think so?
Mai: Yep! You got some dirt on Naru, don't you?
Masako: (Wistful) Yes, I do, but I really wish I didn't.
Mai: What do you mean?
Fade to an Image of Naru.
Masako: (V.O) Well, as we all know, Naru has a great deal of pride, so even the thought of anyone having the upper hand on him upsets him. And that's why I believe… (Fade back) Naru doesn't like me.
Mai: Even if that's the case I don't see any reason why you should think he doesn't like you.
Masako stand and heads for the door.
Mai: Hey, wait! You're leaving? You can't be by yourself, I'll come too.
Masako: No. I need to take a few moments for myself is all. I'll be right back. I'll be right out in the hallway here.
Mai: You sure?
Masako: Yes, I don't want to be around you.
Mai watched with concern as Masako leaves the room.
Mai: (to herself) Okay… So he doesn't like me. (Yawns/ falls back on the bed) I get special treatment? That's the last thing I expected to hear…
~Flash Back~
Masako: Naru always calls you by your first name.
Present
Mai: (Thinking with a smile) I guess behind the celebrity she's just a normal girl.
The door closes as another opens; the bath room door to be exact. Ayako enters the room with a change of clothes and all of her things in her hands.
Ayako: Ah. Now that's better.
Mai: (Sits up) Sure took you long enough. You better hurry up and start packing.
Ayako: Yeah… I know. You're sister isn't back yet?
Mai: She's either still helping break down base or she's off with Lin somewhere.
Ayako hunched, but she also noticed another person was missing.
Ayako: Where's Masako?
Mai: In the hallway…
At that moment Everything that's happened in the past three days rushes back to her.
John: Everyone who's disappeared had been younger.
Naru: Make sure you're never alone in this house.
Even Suzuki's distressed soul and "Vlad" written in blood on the wall.
Mai gets up from the bed and runs to the door.
Ayako: Mai?
She opens the door and looks into the hallway… With horror she realizes that Masako isn't there. Mai looks to her right then left to find no sign of Masako.
Mai: Masako? But she was right here! Oh no…!
Fade to later. Everyone is gathered at base, including Madoka and Yasu.
Naru: How could you allow her to leave the room by herself?
Mai: (In soft tones) I'm so sorry…
Housho: (To Madoka and Yasu) So what are you two doing here?
Yasu: We got your message about striking camp and wanted to come by and help you out.
Madoka: We had no idea that the situation was this dire.
Naru: We need to search that hidden area.
John: I'm in.
Housho: Me too.
Footsteps echo throughout the room.
John: Hey Naru, where ya goin'?
Naru: You go ahead without me. I'm going to check Ms. Hara's bags for clues.
Fade to later and everyone is searching the hidden area.
Mai: (Narrating) it didn't take us long to realize that Masako wasn't in the hidden space.
May: Alright, this is a waste of time. It's obvious that Masako isn't here.
Housho: She's right. We've already wasted half the day. Is that last floor all that's finished?
Yasu: It is. (Points to a gray space on the map) This one here, right?
Housho: (V.O) Then let's find a place where the walls are the thinnest.
May: Well let's get a move on. We don't know how long she has left.
Housho: She's right.
Pan over to Mai who's still upset about allowing Masako to leave.
Cut to a close up.
Mai: (Thinking) I should have tried harder to stop her from leaving. (Slides down the wall) What am I gonna do? If anything happened to her…
May: You alright?
Mai: I should-
May: Don't blame yourself, hone…
Mai: But…
May: it's gonna be alright. I promise.
Mai: How can you say that at a time like this?
May: Call it intuition. If you're tired you know you can take a nap.
Mai: But…
May: It's alright. You might have one of your dreams and you might even be able to help fin Masako.
Mai: I'll take one… I guess.
She closes her eyes and drifts off.
Fade to Mai standing in a negative of a section of the mansion.
Mai: (thinking) this is the same dream that I always have.
A white orb passes her face. Mai makes a shocking discovery. The place is full of them!
Mai: There are so many spirits! Are they the ones that were killed here?
She looks around to see Naru in the distance.
Mai: (Thinking/Blushing) Naru! Get a hold of yourself Mai! (Aloud) Naru have you see Masako around here?
He points to a green door.
Mai: Is she… OK?
Naru says nothing then vanishes into the darkness.
Mai: (thinking) Naru!
She pulls herself together once again and walks towards the door.
Mai: (thinking) I've seen that door before.
She opens the door and peaks her head in to the room before fully entering.
Mai: This room… This is where they took me in that dream.
As she looks around the room she spots Masako by the table curled up in a ball.
Mai: Masako!
Immediately she rushes over to Masako.
Mai: You okay?
Masako: Mai…
Mai: Thank goodness you're safe. Are you hurt?
Masako: (Lowers head) Naru was just here…
Fade to a small bubble of both of them.
Masako: (V.O) He was right there comforting me. You should have seen him smile. He was so handsome.
The image fades to white.
Naru's voice: It's going to be ok.
Cut back to Masako and Mai.
Masako: Isn't that strange?
Mai: (Nods) Not at all.
Masako smiles but it soon lost to her oncoming tears.
Mai: What's wrong?
Masako: (Crying) This is all a bad dream right? I just went through the most frightening experience entire life! I couldn't figure out whether I was dead or alive.
Mai: You're still alive Masako! You gotta believe me! (Reaches into her pocket) Take this.
Masako looks down to see that Mai Placed a key into her hands.
Masako: What's this?
Mai: It's the key of the house that I used to love in when I was little. After my dad passed away, she used it as her good luck charm and now I use it as my own. It's a lot easier to believe in something if you're holding on to a piece of reality.
Cut to Masako looking at the key still teary-eyed.
Mai: (V.O) You are very much alive and you're not dreaming. Can you feel the key? You wouldn't be able to if this weren't real.
Cut to a close up of Mai.
Mai: I want you to wait her and believe. We'll come get you.
Masako: Hurry back… Please Mai…
Masako begins to fade away.
Masako: Please Mai…
Cut to Mai waking up.
Mai: Sis! You were right! I had one of my dreams!
May: Really?
Mai: Yeah! Masako was in it! She was safe!
Everyone turns around.
Housho: Really?
Mai: Yes and I made her a promise that we would save her! We cannot let her down!
Everyone gets to work look for weak spaces in the walls. Before long Lin locates a spot and it turns out to be a yellow door that had a chain and lock on it. Housho looks at Naru for the OK and uses a pick ax to rip the chain off.
Mai: (Thinking) Hang in there Masako. We're coming to get you!
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The door creaks to reveal a large room with a stair case that runs into the ceiling.
Yasu: (V.O) See how the stairs run into the ceiling? I think this is the first floor above it.
Cut to a bird's eye view of the view of the group.
Naru: I think this is the main building where Kaneyuki used to live.
Housho: Does this look like anything from your dream?
Half screen. Mai on the right.
Mai: Mm–mm. The room had a fire place and there was some kind of closet on the right side.
Phase to a flashlight spotting the room.
May: (Shocked/thinking) I've seen this room before…!
Mai: There! It looks exactly the same. And there should be –
Half screen again Mai on the left, May on the right.
Mai/May: A corridor in side that closet. ]
Normal screen again.
Mai: How did you know?
May: Vision.
Naru walks across the room to the closet and opens it confirming what the girls had said.
Cut to later and they're walking down the dark corridor.
Mai: (thinking) If this is the same as my dream…
May: There should be a hedge maze after this…
They reach the end of corridor and May is correct.
Housho: How do we get through her without getting lost?
May: Everything was moving too fast for me to recall the way through here.
Mai: I know.
Cut later as the team makes their way through the maze.
Suddenly the hedges become full again and Mai is brought back to her dream the other night.
Mai: (Thinking) It's exactly the same again…! Which means…
Housho: There's another door.
Naru: This makes sense now. This place was elevated in the center area to keep this place covered up.
The door way is only large enough to allow one person to enter at a time. Once Housho enters the room using the light of their flashlights she spots a stair case leading to the door.
Mai: It's up there!
She pushes past Housho and up the stairs.
Naru: Mai!
Housho: Mai wait!
May: I'm going after her!
At the top of the stairs May spots her sister staring at the door.
May: This is it, huh?
Mai: Yep…
The girls look at each other and brace themselves for whatever may lie ahead.
Cut to the inside of the room and the door creaks open. Mai is the first to enter followed my May.
Mai: Masako?
May: Masako, are you still here?
As they walk through the room Mai slips in something slippery and wet and catches herself on the table that's covered in something wet as well.
May: Mai are you alright?
Mai: Yeah… be careful over here the floor is wet…
May: Yeah I see that, but the question is – with what?
Masako's voice: Mai?
Mai shines her flash light in the area where she had dreamed Masako to be and low and behold she was still there.
Mai: There you are!
Masako: Mai… you came here to… rescue me?
Mai: Yeah and I brought back up (Shines light on May).
May: Hey.
Masako: I'm so glad you came.
Mai: Alright time to get out of here.
Just then May notices something red on her sister's arm.
May: You have blood on your arm.
Mai: (Thinking/ Shines light on it) Is that what I slipped in earlier?
The girls shine their light all around the room to find that the place is covered in blood.
Mai: (V.O/ horrified) Oh my god… Look at how much there is…
May: This is a nightmare…
They hear a noise coming from the bath tub area… they shine their lights on it to see that it's full of blood.
From the crimson pool rises a stomach churning sight. Urado…
Mai: Is all that blood from the people he's killed?
The girls are frozen in horror with their backs against the wall.
Urado: I don't want to die…
He proceeds to get out of the blood filled tub and makes his way towards the girls.
Mai: (Thinking) This isn't good…
May: (Thinking) We need to run!
Half Screen Mai left, May right.
Mai /May: (Chanting) Namaku sam Mandan bazara san kan. Namaku sam Mandan bazara san kan.
The screen cuts into three parts. The chant of the immoveable one wasn't working so they begin the nine cuts.
Mai/May: Rin, Pyo, Ho, Sha, Kai, Jin, Retsu, Zai, Zen!
The blood on Urado flies off and he falls back into the tub.
Mai: This is our chance! Run!
They make a break for it only to be held to the wall by phantom hands.
Mai: (Thinking) They're coming thought the walls. His assistants…!
The hands on her arms tighten their grip.
Mai: (thinking) Is this the same way everyone else was killed?
Squish… Squish….
In the darkness Mai can see a trail of bloody foot prints slowly coming towards her. She peers deeper into the darkness when the sounds of the footsteps stop.
Urado: Haaaaaa…
Afraid, Mai closes her eyes and cowers into herself.
Urado: Haaaaaa…
Mai opens her eyes to see Urado nose-to-nose with her. Out of sheer terror she screams.
The first one to respond to Mai's scream is Naru.
Naru: Mai!
His light revealed the Monstrous Urado standing right in front of her.
Mai: Get back! Get back!
Housho: It's him!
Lin runs into the room and whistles to summon these spirits that swirl around Urado and seem to confuse him. Two of these spirits strike Urado and he turns into a puddle of blood. The hands around the girl's arms disintegrate.
Housho: Are you hurt?
May: I'm OK.
Mai: I'm fine; Masako?
Masako: I think I'm okay…
Lin: I was not able to destroy Urado. He'll only be stunned for a moment.
May: Well if we're gonna run we need to run NOW!
Cut to moments later, all of them are running down the hall. In the back of the group is Mai. For one reason or another she stops and looks back. To her horror Urado shows his face in the thick darkness.
Naru: We'll go out through that window! Everyone out of the house now!
Housho: (Busts out the window) LET'S GO!
Day 7
Fade in and everyone's sitting on the grass outside the house.
Housho: (Lying down) When are you guys going to learn not to do things like that?
Mai/May: Sorry…
Housho: (Distant) Well… at least something good came out of it…We found the missing people.
Mai: Where were they?
May: (Concerned) Are they alright?
Housho: (Distant) Sadly no… They were stacked on top of each other in a room on the second floor… They're throats were slit. In another room we found sets of bones lined up on shelves like some kind of trophies…
Mai: They're all Urado's victims?
Housho: (turns his head to her) Think so… It looks like after their blood was drained their flesh was burned off in an incinerator their bones could be displayed on the wall. There's no way that a single person is responsible for this much carnage.
Cut over to Naru who's sitting against the mansion wall.
Naru: Hiroyuki tried to conceal it… I think that's obvious now.
Mai: So many people suffered…
A melancholy wind blows through the trees.
Masako places a hand on Mai's shoulder.
Masako: (Holding the key) Thanks Mai… This really helped.
Mai takes the key in disbelief.
Mai: No way!
Housho: (Sitting up) What's wrong!
Mai: I thought I gave this to you in my dream!
Housho: Well look at you; first Retro cognition, clairvoyant, and now astral projection? You're building up quite a resume.
Mai: (Modest) Oh please…
Housho: Not to mention the new set so skills you required May.
May: (grinning) Thanks!
Housho: (Turns to Lin) Speaking of powers, you got some. What was it you did back there? It looked you threw something.
Lin: Those were just my Shiki.
Housho: Wow… really?
Mai: (Clueless) Shiki?
Housho: When you make a spirit or demon work for you it's called Ekkiki. Each of those spirits is called Shiki.
Mai: Whoa, really?
May: That's pretty cool. (Smiles)
Lin smiles at the girls.
Naru: The sun is starting to rise.
Along with the sun Naru rises to his feet and begins to head back to the mansion, but he drops something.
Ayako: Naru! I think you dropped something. (looks at the object) A comb?
Masako: Actually. I think that belongs to me…
Mai: (Chibi/ thinking) Say what!? (Aloud) Why on earth would you be carrying her comb?
Naru stops and turns around to face the group but keeps on walking.
Mai: (Upset) GIVING US THE SILENT TREATMENT, HUH?
Ayako: Oh dear…
Cut to everyone in chibi form.
Housho: Now that's embarrassing!
Madoka: He must have been really worried about her.
John: Naru's a kind soul.
Yasu: What a moving story. (Nods twice)
Mai: (thinking) No… it's not!
Fade out.
Fade back in and the group is standing in front of the house explaining things to Ohaji.
*Note: Yasu is Kazuya for the time Ohaji is here
Ohaji: I can't believe what I'm hearing.
Kazuya: Unfortunately we were unable to exorcize Urado. We recommend that you seal up the house and let it erode over time just like Hiroyuki said in his dying words. Another option would be to purify it with fire. Burn the entire house down and you will wash away the offence.
Ohaji: I understand. (Bows) Thank you all so much for your help.
Cut to Mai looking back at the house from Housho's car.
Mai (Narrating): And with that we said good-bye to the Miyama Mansion forever.
There is a spark in the dark.
Cut to a distant view of the house on fire.
May (Narrating): A few weeks later there was an article in the paper about the Miyama mansion catching fire. Considering the bizarre facts of our case… The article was way too short.
A few days Later…
Fade in to S.P.R headquarters.
Inside, Madoka and Mai are sitting alone in the usual room where all the discussions are held.
Mai: You're leaving so soon?
Madoka: Unfortunately, yes. I feel kind of sad, actually. I was just getting to know everyone, too.
Mai: (Thinking) While I have Madoka all to myself, I can go fishing for information. (Chuckles) (stands) So I was wondering if you could tell me about Naru's folks.
Madoka: Conducting a background check are we?
Mai: (Sweat drop) What? No… Don't be silly.
Madoka: His father is a Para psychological researcher.
Mai: (thinking) Wow… two generations of ghost hunters?
Fade to a picture of Naru.
Madoka: (V.O) You see Naru doesn't normally talk about himself unless he's asked. He's not trying to keep his life's a secret, but I guess you could say that he's just going through a bit of a situation right now.
Cut back to Madoka and Mai.
Mai: Really?
Madoka: Wanna know? (Motions Mai down/ Whispering) Promise not to tell, but… Naru is gay.
Cut outside where Mai's surprised squeal can be heard.
Madoka: (V.O/ Laughing) Wouldn't that be hilarious!
Mai: (freaked out chibi) Heh, heh, heh…. Yeah… Sure would but you are joking right? I mean after all… He and Masako are together.
Madoka: Is that true?
Mai: Well he was holding her comb.
Madoka: Is that why you've been so down? Don't worry about it. Naru's a very caring person when it comes to friends. He's by no means a social butterfly, but he isn't a robot either.
Mai: (thinking) So there's no special meaning to it after all.
Madoka: Probably not.
Mai: Huh?
Well I hope you enjoyed this wonderful arc as much as I did! Anyway don't forget to review and let me know what you think! I'll be posting the Cursed House arc soon!
Love you all-
Raven-Chan!