Another one!
Yayayay!
I just became obsessed with Anime such as Tokyo Mew Mew and Ghost Hunt, and I needed to get this idea down. It's a multi-chap, and rated T just cuz I feel like it. :D
I DON'T OWN GHOST HUNT!
Enjoy!
Watch out, Naru. You better watch out…
"Today will be the day." Mai thought happily to herself as she finished sorting the files. "Today is the day I'll tell him."
There hadn't been much work at SPR lately. Things seemed pretty quiet in Tokyo, not counting the case they had just finished. Mai put the last file in the drawer and slid it shut.
She looked at the clock on the wall. It was ten o'clock at night. "Good thing it's Friday," she concluded. She grabbed her book bag and put the strap over her shoulder. Naru had just left a moment ago, it shouldn't be too hard to catch him.
She walked out the front door, leaving Lin to lock it later. Mai looked around the dark street, looking for something that would almost be invisible at this time of night. If it weren't for his pale skin off in the distance, she wouldn't have noticed him at all.
Her smile turned brighter as she began to run, following him. She followed him for about five or so minutes as he took different turns towards what she thought must be where he lived. Why he didn't take his car, she couldn't guess. Perhaps his home was too close it would be far too foolish to take the car.
"Naru!" She finally called out, getting out of breath. He turned to look at her, gaze cold as usual.
"Mai. What are you doing here?" He asked, face expressionless.
She finally got to him, panting. She looked around, looking at her surroundings. It looked like she was in an alley, with more alleys connected to it, and a bunch of abandoned buildings. She had heard of this part of town. It was now she had just noticed that it was beginning to rain, puddles at her feet and cold drops falling on her head.
"Mai." She heard his voice again.
"Oh, um… I just wanted to tell you something."
"And that would be?"
"Um, well, the thing is Naru, I've been working for you for a long time-"
"You're not getting a raise."
"You need to let me finish. I've been working for you for a long time, and, we've gotten closer, and, I think…I think…"
She gave herself a deep breath.
"I think I love you Naru, and I just need to know how you feel about me."
She had expected him to smile, be taken aback, give some response. But she got nothing. Only his cold, expressionless stare.
"Naru?" She tried again.
"You don't love me." He said.
"But, Naru-"
"You don't love me, Mai. I am your boss, it is extremely inappropriate for you to say such a thing. You are my assistant, nothing more. You don't love me Mai. It would be best for you to go home, now."
Tears brimmed her eyes. She could've handled Naru saying he didn't love her, but she hadn't expected this. "Naru, you may be my boss, but you can't just change my feelings for me-"
"You don't love me, Mai." He said again, voice rising slightly, glare becoming colder and more hostile. "You don't love me, I don't love you. You should go back from where you came now. I expect things to be completely normal tomorrow."
He turned and walked away.
The rain poured down harder. Mai was freezing, but she didn't care. Her tears poured down her face freely now that he was gone. She collapsed to her knees, not even caring about the pain it caused her. Nothing was as painful as this. Her clothes were soaked and now slightly dirty. She brought her hands to her eyes and sobbed. He didn't have to be so cruel.
She yanked her shoes and socks off. She didn't know why. Maybe to soothe her now blistered feet in the rain.
She didn't know what to do. She didn't know if she would be able to find her way back. And could things be normal at work? She couldn't find an answer.
After a while the rain lightened, and her clothes dried slightly. She didn't care, there was still that pain in her heart.
She didn't know how long she'd been sitting there, but she knew she needed to go home. She stood, still shaking. She slowly walked a few feet down the dark alley, not lit by any street lamps or anything. She was close to one of the sides of the street, not wanting to be far away in case she couldn't see a turn or anything.
It was quiet. Too quiet.
She had a strange feeling, like there was something watching her. She turned around, but she couldn't see anything.
"It's so dark…"
Suddenly, a hand reached out, covering her mouth. She tried to scream, but it was muffled by the hand that dragged her down the alley. The same one she was right by when talking to Naru.
"Naru!" she tried to scream. "Help! Naru, somebody, help me!"
But her screams couldn't be heard. No one was nearby, and the hand over her mouth didn't help either.
She tried to struggle. Finally, she yanked herself free, head coming in contact with a wall immediately. She knew her head was bleeding, but she didn't pay attention to that now. She tried to run, but she was tripped by an unseen force. She put her hands out to catch her fall, scraping them in the process. She grunted, but was pulled up by her hair, the hand over her mouth again. She was dragged, her bare feet bleeding from open sores.
She kicked the unseen person, getting free, but again, falling in the process. She grunted, having fallen on her side, her shoulder had landed on something sharp, and she could feel herself quickly bleeding from the open wound. She attempted to crawl away, but she felt the hands again on her ankles. She screamed again, as she felt herself being dragged further into the darkness.
"This has to be a dream." She thought. "It has to be."
Her screams were obviously not heard.
One of the hands left her feet. She saw a aqua light from an unknown source, what she guessed to be some sort of opening in the concrete.
She could see the silhouette of a man, pulling her down into the light. She screamed louder, begging that one of them be heard. She clawed at the concrete, trying to get out.
The opening to the light closed, she was positive breaking her fingers in the process. She cried out in pain.
Her fingers and the rest of her body was dragged down some sort of a ladder.
She was let go, and she dashed towards the ladder.
A fist came swirling at the back of her head, and everything went black.
...
Mai woke up rather uncomfortable. She tried to look around, only to find her neck was strapped to some sort of wood board. She attempted to move again, but she quickly realized that her wrists and ankles were also strapped. She saw a room, lit by a single, fluorescent light on the ceiling. There was a desk, with nothing but paper on it. She also noticed a small table.
On it was a knife.
"Ah, welcome back, Mai. You've been out a half an hour." She heard a creepy voice say, as a man walked out. He had orange hair covering his eyes, clothed completely in black leather. The only skin visible was his face, and even that you couldn't see much of.
"What do you want with me?" She asked, voice more raspy than she would've guessed.
"Ah, Mai. It's not you I want." He said, reaching for the knife. Her eyes widened as he came closer. The knife slashed across her stomach. She gasped in the pain. It wasn't a deep cut, but that doesn't mean it doesn't hurt.
"It's your tall friend." He said, sending a slice to her hand and cheek. Her hand tightened into a fist as she closed her eyes tightly, the tears coming again.
"Naru, as you call him." He said. Her eyes shot open, and she could feel the blade deep in her shoulder.
She screamed in the agony, breathing deeply.
"You see, Mai, it's been a bit of a merry war between us. Except in the past it's become more…severe, you could say."
Another stab, this time in her stomach again.
"He thought he'd seen the last of me. But you see, I've been watching him. And I've been watching you. I was going to attack him tonight, but after witnessing what happened tonight, I thought I'd give you a choice."
He walked backwards, away from her.
"So answer me this, Mai. Should I kill Naru, or you?"
There was silence. She was shocked by the question.
"I'm giving you a choice here. Naru, or you? You don't have much time."
More silence. The man frowned.
"You drive my patience. I suppose I'll just kill him now." He said, turning and beginning to walk away.
She watched him for a moment.
"As much as he hurt me…I just can't…"
"Wait!" She called. The man stopped.
"Me." She said, sobbing more. "Me."
He smiled, chuckling.
He walked back to her, putting the knife down on the table.
"Just remember, you chose this."
He took the strap by her neck and tightened it.
He tightened it farther than she could handle.
Mai gasped, body shaking, eyes wide, trying hard to get air that she couldn't find.
"Naru…" She wheezed.
Then her heart stopped beating.
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