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Chapter 24: Back to Japan.
Today, we were going home. We were going back to Japan. After the small visit from Dominique we all began packing.
I stood out on the balcony looking at the stars with a smile on my face while I squinted to see them. A breeze caught me and the smile faded as it sweep across me giving me un easy feeling but I gave a small helpless laugh and began smiling again. 'Just a breeze' I thought.
"Mai", I heard someone shout. I glanced behind me and then hurried out the room. "Yeah?" I called and Luella appeared at the end of the hall. "They're waiting," I nodded with a smile and she left me. I wandered back in the room and softly touched the bed, taking it in again, for maybe, the last time.
I looked around the room with a smile. I then giggled when I saw all the books lined up neat, 'Naru must of cleaned up' I thought and then I pouted when I saw that photo. I wandered round on his side and looked at the photo on the side.
It was me and him, but I looked bad. He said, I looked good. Which was sweet coming from Naru. I gently touched the frame before I gave out a breath and stood. "Okay," I jogged round the bed, grabbed my suitcase and head off down the hall.
A grin plastered on my face which was hiding how sad I was feeling in side, I was quite sad, but I had always been like that. I always hid my inside feelings with an outside disguise, but, not all the time, only when I was sad. To say the least, I was completely surprised Naru wasn't angry with me using my powers, I mean, he was quite calm.
I slowly walked down the stairs thinking, when I tripped and fell into someone's arms. I looked up at Naru stoic face. "Oops, sorry," I stuttered and he just sighed and just shook his head, I swear I saw a smile, maybe it was just me, "Always the klutz Mai," I poked my tongue out at him and then we both walked towards the door, Naru, finally releasing the hold on me.
"Goodbye Mai," Luella shouted and I glanced behind me to see her stood at the top of the stairs. "Oh, bye, see you soon." I shouted back as I waved with a grin and she waved back as Martin joined her and gave me a small wave and a nod and I did the same and then put my suitcase in the back of the van.
I sighed and then smiled and shut the car boot. "Right, back to Japan," I exclaimed and walked round to get. I slid in next to Naru and quickly put my seat belt on, eager to get back to Japan.
A Month Later.
Tuesday May 23rd...2:30 pm.
A girl gave out a sigh and stretched her arms above her head while she glanced at her calender, 'a DAY' she thought happily while a grin broke out over her face. She looks out across the office and then sighs, there was nothing to do.
She looked at the two piles paper work, half done, half not. She sighed again, but her eyes went wide when she saw the time, it was 2:30. A client was due soon. She quickly stood and hurried to pick up the empty tea cups and rushed into the kitchen. She rushed the wash them and dried her hands quickly when the small bell rang.
She grinned and then slowly walked over while she thought 'Phew, that was quick'. "Hello, and welcome to Shibuya Ph- Bou-san." the man in question turnt around and pulled the girl into a hug. "Mai-chan," he sang and She laughed. "How are you, where's Ayako?" Mai, the girl asked and he laughed while rubbing his head, "With her parents, she wanted to tell them herself, you know." Mai nodded and then smiled.
"Tea?" she asked and he nodded as he went to sit down. Her eyes went wide when she saw what he was wearing, "Monk, is that..." she giggled, "Is that Ayako shirt?" she asked. Mai held my hand over her mouth and tried to contain the giggles. Bou-san looked down and then his eyes went wide and quickly zipped his jacket up.
"N-No.." he stuttered and Mai burst into laughter. "No, No, wait, what is Ayako wearing if you have hers on?" Mai asked and the same image went through through there minds, it involved, Ayako, screaming, Bou-san shirt, red cheeks and laughter.
Bou-san shivered and then stared at Mai, "Where's Naru?" he asked. "My office is not a café," a cool voice replied from behind him and Mai smiled, "Naru." she cheered and Naru glanced at her.
"Mai, tea,"
"Yes," She nodded and hurried back into kitchen. Naru then looked at Bou-san who glanced behind him to check for Mai, "Could we do this in your office, its about," he nudged his head towards the kitchen. Naru nodded and turnt and went into his office. Bou-san followed. Mai heard what Bou-san said and then sighed, "Well, private or what," She leant against the side while she waited for the kettle, before it whistled and she poured the hot water into three cups.
Two tea's and one coffee. She placed each of them on a tray and took the out, taking the coffee into a office first. "Coffee, Lin," the dark haired man looked up from his laptop and nodded, "Thanks," Mai smiled and then walked out shutting the door silently after her. She then took the tray and knocked on her bosses door.
"Come in." he said through the door and Mai opened it and took in the tea. Handing one to Bou-san and one to Naru, "Anything else?" Mai asked and Naru shook his head, "But, get the work done," she blushed when she realized that he must of saw she hadn't finished the work and quickly left.
Bou-san set his tea down on Naru desk before sighing. "Well, where do I start," he paused.
"Yesterday, I was going to visit Mai at her house, you know, being friendly and that's when I felt a presence inside. For some reason I have only felt it now and it was bugging me. Obviously then I remembered you two would likely be here, I walked down the stairs when the door opened. I went up the stairs again to see no one there so I grabbed the door handle to shut it and it wouldn't shut. So I went inside." he took in a breath.
"Inside the presence was strong and it was actually no where in particular, as far as I'm concerned. I did just have a good look around, and when I went back to the door, I thought I saw a boy stood there. He was around your height, looked fifteen, sixteen, brown hair and brown eyes like Mai's, I didn't recognise him, but before I could do anything, he was gone." Naru sighed, "I knew there was a ghost but I didn't know it was already causing trouble." he half lied.
It had caused trouble a few cases ago. It had trashed Mai's house completely, wrote all on her walls, saying 'I'm only here to help, recognise me and you'll see,' Naru sighed, "Well, Mai doesn't know her house is the case, but, I will tell her tonight and we can investigate tomorrow," Bou-san stared at Naru, "How long have you known?" he asked.
Naru took a sip of his tea before answering, "Since she went for a walk in England about a month ago," Bou-san nodded and then drank the rest of the tea, "Okay, I'll tell the others tonight," Naru nodded and they both stood. Naru followed Bou-san out to see Mai asleep on her desk.
Mai POV.
"Nii-sama, Nii-sama, wait for me," a little girls voice shouted. A boy, with brown hair and brown eyes turnt around with a huge smile on his face. "Mai-chan, I'll wait forever," he said and the girl know as Mai bounced forwards towards him.
The boy bent down to the little her level,"Nii-sama, where's oka-san today?" she asked and the boy smile softly while ruffling her hair, the girl pouted but was still smiling. "Oka-san is working," Mai's smile fell, "Oh, on Nii-sama birthday?" she whispered sadly and the boy lost his smile a second but then put it back up, "But, you have me all to your self," Mai gasped and then smiled.
"Lets go to the park, wait, lets go for a picnic," she exclaimed spreading her arms out wide. The brother smiled, then picked her up, "Sure," he said and then girl grinned and hugged his neck and buried her head in the crook, "Nii-sama, how old are you today?" she asked and the boy chuckled, "Sixteen," Mai nodded twice before cuddling into his arms.
"Your birthday soon Mai-chan," the girl giggled, "Yeah, I am going to be seven," and she held up six fingers, "No, that's six Mai-chan," Mai looked puzzled and then held up another finger, "Is this seven?" she asked and the brother nodded. "Yay," she cheered and the boy chuckled and he began to walk home.
Scene change.
"Hey, Nii-sama, how are you?" the girl asked quietly, bowing and praying, the same girl as before, but seven years older. She bent down to the grave stone and placed the flowers down.
"Its been six years today, Oka-san...died yesterday, I'm sure you know, she must be with you, and she is going to be buried here." she said gesturing to the empty space next to the grave. "I...miss you," she sobbed and sat down in front of the stone.
"Tou-san gone, your gone, oka-san gone," she sobbed and she put her head on her knee's. "I miss you so much it hurts, I just want to forget, I want to forget the pain," she sobbed harder and curled up into a ball as the rain began to pour. It pitter pattered around her, hitting the floor, hitting the grave stone, hitting her.
From the shadows of another grave stone stood a women, the teacher of the poor girl. The woman watched the girl cry as the rain poured, 'She would take her in' the teacher thought and walked over. The girl sobbed harder and harder until a hand came down on her shoulder. She looked up at her teacher who had held un umbrella over the girls head.
"Nobuko-sensei," she whispered and the teacher bent down and hugged the small girl, "Come on Mai-chan, lets get you out of the rain," the small girl looked back at the grave and then nodded. Nobuko-sensei helped the girl up and then then girl slumped against her. She looked down on the girl to see her asleep.
'She was stressed, tired, upset, I'm not surprised she fainted for exhaustion', she thought and then pull out her phone and phoned for an ambulance. This girl needed medical attention, once that was done, the sensei phone social services, she was going to foster this girl for now. And then the scene faded with ambulance sirens in the background.
I woke slowly, 'What was that all about?' I wondered and shifted under Naru's arm. I sat up slowly and slipped my legs out of bed and sat on the edge. I looked around the room. 'I swear I was in the office only a second ago,' I shook my head and the put it in my hand 'I have never had a dream like that,' I thought and felt chills all down my spine.
The bed moved a bit and arms came around my waist. "Bad dream?" he asked and I nodded slowly. "Well, I don't know," I whispered and Naru moved to sit next to me.
"There where two," I started, "One was with a six nearly seven year old girl with her brother, it was his sixteen old birthday that day and there Oka-san was missing out because of work and the girl was upset. It was just them two."
I paused to look at Naru, "There next one...was worse. The same girl, but seven years old was bent down in front of her brothers grave stone, and that same day, her mum had died. It was...upsetting, but her teacher came and saved her. Then the girl fainted and the woman phoned and ambulance and then the social services. It was...weird," I whispered and Naru looked at me before saying, "Do you know that names?" he asked and I thought back.
"They where mentioned, but, but...i can't remember them, it hurts to try and remember," I said quietly and Naru pulled me on his lap. "Don't worry Mai, its going to be alright, the others will be here to get rid of the ghost tomorrow, he is the one." I wanted to protest for a reason, but, I only agreed and snuggled closer to him. "Yeah...tomorrow," I mumbled before I fell back to sleep.
...
I woke feeling a little bit better but last night flashed in my mind. I shook my head to clear my thoughts and looked at the curtains that where bright red. 'The suns out today then,' I thought and pulled the covers closer around me.
Naru was probably already up and at the office ready to bring all the equipment here. I rolled over onto his side of the bed to see a note on the table. I reached over and read it.
I've gone to get the equipment and meet the others at the office, you will probably wake in an hour and be dressed by then time we get back. I hope you okay this morning.
Love Naru.
I stared at the note, 'Naru...asked if I was okay? and he said...love Naru?' I mean, 'I knew he had changed and was so different towards me but still,' I gave out a small smile and then got out of bed.
It was 7:46, and Naru probably left at quarter to six so they would be back in about 15 minutes. I smiled, 'I had better get ready'.
...
I was right, fifteen minutes later they where here and I had just made tea. "Mai, how come you didn't tell us," Ayako asked obviously sad. I looked at her, "I thought it wouldn't matter," I whispered and sat down next to Naru.
"Well, it does." she said back and I rolled my eyes. "Okay, this isn't the biggest house but, I have a room at that back you can set base up in and then put camera's where need be but.-"
"I can feel him, he is so sad," Masako whispered as she sat down. I handed her a cup of tea, "Why is he sad?" I asked her and glanced at Naru, who was looking at her as well.
"He thinks his little sister is forgetting, forgetting about him, and he don't want it, he hates it and he is sad," she whispered faintly and John put his arm around her shoulders. "Oh," I whispered and looked at Naru who was looking at me.
I knew what he was thinking, my dreams where right again, like they always where. I heaved a sigh and then smiled and jumped up. "Case time," I exclaimed and everyone groaned.
WOW!
Who is this boy?
What with the dreams?
How did Mai end up there in bed when she was in the office?
Me: WAIT...i know that one. A flying pig took her home. I am so silly.
Naru: You are.
Me: Hey, don't make me get Mai on you.
Naru: (Scoff) Mai can't do anything.
Me: Oh Mai.
(Mai pops up.)
Mai: Yes?
Me: (Grins evilly,) From now on you are to stop serving Naru tea.
Mai: Okay.
(Mai disappears.)
Naru: (Mumbles) Stupid Authors.
Me: SHUT IT. Anyway, REVIEW.
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