GHOST HUNT: THE MISSING ARCHIVES

Hello this is my first Ghost Hunt story. I hope you all like it. The story will make use of contents from the games KUON and FATAL FRAME SERIES. I'll be, mostly, using the ghosts mentioned in the games. The main plot on each case is fully my creation

Happy late new year! (?) This is the first chapter of this year…Wow, I never thought I would stand with a fanfic for so long. I have to thanks all the followers who remain loyal…sorry if I haven't achieved your perspectives with any of the cases…I'll do my best for future cases! ./ well….if you want future cases of course….

OH, I've taken as a new year goal to keep my blog updated. So if you're interested on contacting me or following me you can visit my blog: nomechan .blogspot. com

Anyway…Enjoy this chapter

DISCLAIMER: I don't own any of the characters from Ghost Hunt, or any concept from the games mentioned before.

FILE #4: The pacing Shadow #2

"I'm sure there was no one there when I took the picture…"I said some time after I checked every picture of the ruined manor. Up until now I'd found my mysterious man in three pictures; a misty woman in one and a strange looking shade in five. It was a quite a significant number of supernatural pictures, taking in count that we had taken at least fifteen pictures at the spots we'd visited today.

We were eating dinner in our room, it wasn't a fancy dinner: mushroom soup, white rice, sour-sweet tuna and hiyashi-wakame (1). It wasn't a poor dinner but it wasn't luxurious, either.

"And you didn't feel any presence, so we can be sure there was no one there….not alive nor dead, right?"

"Uh….yes, I never felt any change back then….but who are the people in the picture then?"

"I wish I knew….but they can't be ghosts, can they? I mean…it's impossible that there was a ghost and you didn't notice….or isn't it?"

"May be I didn't feel it…" Hikaru said " I have psychic abilities, but I can make mistakes. Should ask for assistance?"

"Geez…it hasn't been a day since we left Tokyo. Naru and the others are still busy with the case. Naru would kill me if I interrupted him with ghosts we aren't even sure of…"

"Yes….Shibuya-san will give priority to his current case. Then perhaps Kei and Rei?"

"Kei said he had to attend some business. Will it be okay to call him for help?"

"I believe, it's the wisest decision…" Hikaru said putting down her bowl "we don't know. It could be dangerous. If it's a ghost whose presence we can't detect…."

"Uh….I guess you're right" I sighed.

I pulled out my mobile and pressed Kei's speed dial. I played with my chopsticks while I listened the dial tune.

"Hello…?"

"Kei! Hi….! Wait a second, I'll put on speaker…. there"

"Hello, Kei" Hikaru said politely.

" What's up? I thought you were busy in your school trip…"

"Eh…yeah, kind of; we had some issues though…" I said shyly "Do you happen to be free, by any chance?"

"Eh? Well yeah. Why?"

"Ehm….something happened….we were wondering, if you could come and take a look?"

"I guess I can; but what happened?"

"We were given an old ruined shrine to investigate. Hikaru made a psychic check on it, and found any spirit; so we assumed that the haunting was made up; we took some picture to use as reference in our search. Back then we didn't see anything, but when we checked it later….there were ghostly images on some of them."

"Ghost images?" Kei 's voice sounded quite bemused " And you say Hikaru didn't feel any presence"

"There was no presence in that place beside us, not living nor dead. It was totally empty." Hikaru said.

"Well…that's weird. What is that place, anyway?"

"We're trying to figure that out…."I said.

"We haven't had luck, though…" Hikaru added " It's like it never existed…"

"Haven't you tried asking the teacher?"

"Not an option…besides, it wasn't the teacher who gave it to me…" I said.

"Who was it then?"

"One of the local tutors…" Hikaru said.

"I see….Well, we keep records of all the buildings in Kyoto since the Heian. Mail me the place and I'll look in our archive…. I might get you something useful…"

"That would be great….thanks! Will you come check it? We're planning to visit again tomorrow…"

"Ok…you tell the meeting point"

"What about the new road in the western side of the town" Hikaru suggested " You know, the one they were building…."

"Oh! The west , let's met there. Rei could use a little trip…Aggh!"

"You okay, Kei?"I asked puzzle.

"Yeah….Rei just hit me…but I'm fine"

"Eh? Why would she hit you?"

"Long story…we'll be there. See you tomorrow…"

Kei hung up, and I sighed. Well Kei would help us, and we'd get to meet Rei as well. Things would be okay, if there was a ghost, they would take care of it.

"Well…that's settled…" Hikaru said " Mai…have you called Takigawa-san, yet?"

"Ohhhh! I forgot! Bou-san will hate me for this! I'm going to call him right away!"

I took my mobile and ran out of the room. Hikaru was left behind laughing softly.

"It official! My Jou-chan forgot about me!" Takigawa cried out dramatically "Or perhaps something very, very bad happened and she's unable to call me!"

"You're being paranoid, idiotic monk! " Ayako said sitting in the couch " Ne, Naru! This case is leading to nowhere…"

"Matsuzaki-san is right, Boss; there's no important background for the house, and nothing out of the normal has happened in the whole day. Temperatures are normal…" Yasuhara commented.

"Well…it might be poltergeist phenomena, right?" John said reasonably " Yoko-chan has the right age, and she has been the main victim of the activity after all…"

"We'll try the test and see what happens…" Naru said without taking off his look from his notes.

The sound of a mobile phone made all the presents jump, well, almost all. Takigawa took the phone out from his pocket and checked the caller ID. His eyes lit up as he rushed to pick up.

"Jou-chan! Everything fine there?"

"Oh, yes. Yes of course…we were quite busy though. You know…searching and that. How's the case doing?"

"What can I say? Not our most interesting case I can assure you. I guess ghost doesn't like us if you're not her, Jou-chan…Auch!"

Ayako had hit him and grabbed the phone.

"Maiiii!" she said happily to the phone making Naru frown" You got us worried. How's everything in Kyoto?"

"Oh…it's nice…and hot, Ayako"

"Don't push yourselves too much! Once this case is solved we'll go visit" Ayako said ignoring Naru evident glare.

"Oh…you really don't need to do that…" Mai laughed nervously " Naru won't like his staff leaving work for a pleasure trip. We'll be okay…it's only a week…"

"I don't care what Naru thinks…we'll be there; so you better keep yourselves sane and safe, kay?" Ayako said more like threat than anything else "So how's it going? Got a nice haunted place for your project…?"

"We are not sure…" Mai said frankly " Don't worry…it's nothing really…hehe…"

"We aren't sure if it is haunted. Hikaru-chan didn't sense anything when we visited today."

"Well that's great. I won't have to worry about ghost hunting you down then…"Ayako sighed in relief "Don't doubt on giving us a call. No matter what time..."

"Haha...it's not like I'll fall dead anytime, Ayako; but I'll keep that in mind..." Mai said feeling a little guilty to the fact that she wasn't being honest to them; but they were in a case now, and all their energies were meant to focus on it. Her ghost picture was a little issue; and the twins would help, too " It's getting late...I need to be early tomorrow...I have a lot of research to do..."

"Okay...rest well, Mai..."

The call ended and the miko threw the mobile phone back to its owner. Takigawa was furious that he hadn't had the chance to say good night to his young lady, and the two began bickering once again. John laughed awkwardly, Yasuhara began to cheer on the monk; Masako covered her mouth with her kimono; Aki simply rolled her eyes and kept reading; Naru glared at them and Lin did not react at all.

My eyes snapped open. I was surrounded by darkness; and a sudden panic began to build inside me. Where was I? Was this a dream?

The sound of chimes made me jump. I suddenly found myself standing at the entrance of an old Japanese manor. Somehow it felt familiar. A cold breeze blew against me, making me shudder. Everything was dark and quiet...the only noticeable sound was the weak sound of chimes somewhere around.

A thin mist appeared in the entrance of the manor. It was light and I could see the dark door through it, and standing there, just barely noticeable among the darkness, I saw a figure standing there. I couldn't see its face, but somehow I knew it was a male.

The man stood there looking at me; at least I thought he looked at me since his face was hidden in the darkness.

He turned around slowly and walked away, disappearing into the darkness.

"Wait!" I cried out; but the figure did not look back.

I rushed into after it. The ground was muddy and really hard to walk on, but I managed to reach the door.

I hadn't stepped on the first stair when I felt something pulling my arm. I turned around and my eyes went wide...

Japanese salad made of seaweed and other ingredients.