Chapter 21 – Case Closed

I've been awake for a few hours now and the others are still here. The only thing we're waiting for is for Naru to wake up, the nurse had said that he wasn't in all that much of a critical state when the others brought him in, so he should wake up soon. I look over at him to see his eyes flutter open. "Naru, you're awake!" I exclaim.

If I wasn't confined to this bed, I would have jumped onto him and kissed him into oblivion. "What happened?" he asks croakily.

"Well after you destroyed the spirit, you blacked out, after Mai ran over to you, she also blacked out from the blood loss," Ayako informs him.

His eyes move over to me and assess me for damage, "How are you feeling?" he asks worriedly.

He's in a hospital and still, the only thing he worries about is me, "I'm fine, just a scratch," I answer.

"Just a scratch my backside," scoffs Bou-san.

I glare at him then turn back to my hospitalised fiancée, "Fine, it wasn't a scratch but it wasn't as bad as what could have happened if you hadn't come in; though I am a little peeved that you used your powers," I retort.

"When I walked into that room and saw you the way you were, I snapped and wanted that spirit destroyed," he replies darkly with the memory of me bleeding from the wound on my arm. "What of the baby?" he asks suddenly.

"The baby is fine, I only got wounded on my arm and the nurse said that the baby was very healthy," I reply with a wide smile.

We all turn our heads in the direction of the door when the door opens and in walks a relatively tall man, though not as tall as Lin. He has short brown hair and dark green eyes that look horror stricken. "Is Kazuya Shibuya-san in here?" he asks.

"That would be me and you are?" Naru replies.

"Sorry, I'm Tatsuya Tsukino, you were investigating my house before you came here," he replies sadly. "I am sorry for what my wife has done; I never thought she would do something like that."

"It wasn't your wife's fault Tsukino-san, she was possessed by the spirit haunting your house," I tell him.

"You must be Taniyama-san, even so, I still feel I should apologise," he replies solemnly.

"Tsukino-san, maybe you should come in while I tell everyone why your house was haunted," Naru suggests.

"You figured it out?" I ask.

"Yes, I figured it out while you girls went out shopping, I was going to tell you all when you girls got back, but you all went to sleep. So I was going to wait until you were all awake to tell you, but then you were attacked," he answers.

I nod as Tsukino-san makes his way over to the only available seat in the room, so I got more comfortable and waited for Naru to start. "I didn't have much to go on; all I had was a name from Mai's dream. Kiara, from there I researched into her name and discovered that she was a young only child that lived with her father. Her mother had been murdered when Kiara was 3-years-old and many of her friends believed that Kiara's father was the one who did it because he was always abusing her; they suspected he had gone too far, but there was no evidence to prove their claims," he started.

"After Kiara's fifth birthday, her mother's friends noticed she was bruised quite a lot and they believed her father was the one doing it, from Mai's dream, it's obvious he was the culprit. When she was 8-years-old, one of her mother's friends came to take her shopping, but when they got there, her father was dead on the ground with Kiara standing over him with a knife in her hand; she had killed him. Kiara looked up and she had said 'Where's my mummy?' before killing herself; the woman had no time to react. When Kiara stabbed herself, the woman called an ambulance, but it was too late, she was dead," he continued.

"The spirit that Maron-chan saw was Kiara, but Kiara wasn't the spirit causing everything. The spirit I destroyed was her father; he took over Tsukino-san's body because he hated women after what she had done. That is another reason why he didn't want the girls in the house, he was starting to get mad and that is why he attacked Mai. I think the reason he attacked Mai in particular was because she has strong ESP, both his wife and Kiara also had ESP; that is why he was abusing his wife. He started abusing Kiara when he discovered she also had ESP, which would explain what happened in Mai's dream," he ended.

"Her father has been destroyed, so where is Maron-chan and why was Kiara-chan there?" I ask.

"Her father didn't take Maron-chan, she did; she was scared something would happen to Maron-chan and took her away. But I know where she has taken her and I can't tell you, I have to show you. I can't do that until after I'm released from the hospital, but that shouldn't be too long; hopefully tomorrow," he replies.

Naru was right, the next day we were both released and headed back to the house. When we got there, Naru went straight around to the back yard and took us to the very back of the left corner. There just happened to be a massive tree there and in it was a cubby house that belonged to Kiara-chan. Bou-san climbed into the cubby house and found the two girls talking, but when Kiara-chan faced him, she said thank-you and disappeared. Maron-chan was handed over to her father and he took to the hospital where her mother was recovering from being possessed.

We packed up the equipment and headed back home. I'm glad that everyone is back to normal for Maron-chan and her mother; I can't wait until mine and Naru's baby gets here. On the ride back home, I rested my head on Naru's shoulder to hopefully get some sleep, "Naru, when are we going to start working on the nursery for the baby?" I ask him suddenly.

He looks down at me, "That, Mai, is a very good question, maybe after we get some rest from this case," he replied.

"Okay," I say before I fall asleep on his shoulder.

Sorry that I'm late again, but this story is getting harder to write, so I may not be able to update as often as I'd like. But since I can update, I'm happy, but I don't know how often it will be. I'm in Grade 12 this year and mum is going to be looking over my shoulder to make sure I'm doing my homework and assignments. Stupid school. Anyway because of this inconvenience called hell, sorry, SCHOOL, I ask that if you wish, could you give me some ideas for the next case. They would be much appreciated, even if it's just a small detail, I could incorporate more of your ideas into a whole case, even if your ideas aren't in the next case, I may put them in the case afterwards, so don't feel down, because even if I don't use your ideas, I still thank-you for them.

Well, that was a mouthful, LOL, so anyway, Seza out.