A/N: Anyone that has been following Causam know that it has been rewrote with a different plot though I will take up it's plot again in a different way. Thank you a lot and I hope you enjoy this remade version of it!
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August 3rd, 2016, 15:34 (3:34pm)
A figure made tea for herself and her current acting boss a pinkette named Madoka Mori, the fiance of a relatively silent man named Koujo Lin. Her shoulder length brown hair she let grow out after she spent a lot of time to herself before she finally went back to work, she had been crying over her bosses rejection of her love. She decided to continue growing out her hair anyway, wanting to go for a more mature look even if she had only turned sixteen a few months prior.
The brunettes name is Mai Taniyama, she was a sophomore in highschool. Said sophomore had just got to her office at Shibuya Psychic Research. She was sporting a long puffy sleeve blouse and a long black skirt with black heels to boot, she had really small feet though which meant most of her good shoes were special made.
When she walked back into the living room like space their curled up on the sofa was a black wolf, that lifted his head with a huff and his dark blue eyes looked at her as he sat up to give her his full attention. Said wolf currently held the soul of her bosses identical twin brother, who was dead but sorta alive in the wolf. Oh and his name was Gene though on the tag he is called 'Gen.' Which makes people think he's a girl which only makes him upset.
How he came to be was Gene happened to think of well maybe he could 'possess' an animal so he can be of more use. Then he appeared at her apartment unannounced, of course and wrote 'I'm Gene' with his mouth on a piece of paper when Mai was on her last week in on her grieving Naru.
To say she was mad was an understatement. In fact she nearly, nearly kicked Gene out of her apartment. The next week was spent talking to Gene in the Astral Plane and figuring everything out. Oh and watching a lot of movies and eating ice cream because Gene wanted to catch up on current trends even though he was a dog now. He eventually was able to telepathically talk to her when he got more used to things.
She then began working with Madoka exactly three weeks ago and had yet to mention that Gene was a dog, which by the way, Gene has been avoiding all human eyes besides Mai's so no one has even seen him. He said if they did, "'they'd know."
"Inner monologuing?" Gene asks into their telepathic connection. "Shut up," Mai replies with a glare. Gene then jumps off the couch and trots away into her office which means that Madoka was most likely coming out of her office, Lin and Naru were still in England currently.
"Good news, Mai!" Madoka exclaims. "We'll be going on a case this week," she said with a grin. "Oh will you tell me what it's all about?" Mai asks. "The client is coming in an hour to tell us in more detail," Madoka says before she grabs her cup of tea and goes back to her office.
Mai just sighs and decides to call up the rest of SPR. Her soon to be adoptive parents Houshou Takigawa and Ayako Matsuzaki, both are now engaged after just a month of dating because apparently they felt they had to. Houshou or who she likes to fondly call Monk, is well a monk. Well Ayako is a miko or shinto maiden, she is also a doctor, despite Monk and Ayako dating they still seem to tease each other a lot. Yasu was the one that got them together.
Osamu Yasuhara or better known as Yasu is a highschool graduate, he decided to take some time off before he goes into university in order to decide what he wants to do and give himself a bit of a break. Mai doesn't know much about him, she can tell that despite seeming open he seems to be hiding parts of himself.
Another member of SPR is Masako Hara a famous psychic medium, currently she's away but they have become as close as sisters in the last two months. Often times Masako will call and ask about her day and on one notable occasion even appeared unannounced at her apartment with ice cream in hand and a set of DVD's in the other.
Then John Brown, a catholic priest, he is the sweetest member of their group, he tries his hardest to keep everyone civil. He took her out for dinner when she was moping around her apartment for days, Of course she had school but going from school to the apartment and then not leaving her apartment at all wasn't very healthy.
The last two members of SPR were away in England trying to settle things there before they returned to Japan. Her boss Oliver Davis, though he goes by the alias Kazuya Shibuya and is better known as Naru, who is sorta a narcissist, though she's sure it's more of a joke now then anything. Then lastly Koujo Lin, Naru's silent Chinese assistant who originally hated her but now she knows that he has respect for her, I mean now he calls her Mai instead of Taniyama and even smiles and says thank you and even drinks the tea she brings him. Oh and Madoka Mori's fiance. But she had already mentioned that.
At this current time she called everyone on the list besides those unavailable (in other countries or just busy) that way everyone is prepared to leave.
After all calls were made and a really standoffish call from Yasu, she grabbed her bag of clothes she always kept in her office and Gene just looked at her wagging his tail. She doesn't really understand why he's so excited because he will have to tell everyone his identity but it was obvious he was excited for one reason or another. He got up from under Mai's desk and padded out to the living room. He then curled up by the sofa to wait for everyone his blue collar around his neck standing out against the leather of the couch. The silver tag sparkles in the light.
She sighs as she decides to wait with her notepad going to put the hot water on low so it's ready for tea when their client arrives.
Mai took out a laptop that Monk had recently got for her, it wasn't incredibly fancy but it didn't have to be, she opened up a document and began to type well she waited.
Gene huffs as a woman, who appears to be their client opens the door forty-five minutes later. She is wearing a pink short sleeved top with a pink pencil skirt and pink heels, she was tall with dark brown hair and dark brown eyes. She had her wallet in hand as she sat down on the leather couch across from Mai. "Keeping a dog in a place of business is incredibly unsanitary," the woman comments with a glare at Gene.
Gene bites back a growl, already hating her. Mai just gives a fake smile of annoyance and the woman does the same. "Look I don't believe in the paranormal, I'm hiring you for a job though and you're going to do it," the stuck up woman says.
Madoka comes out having heard the commotion seeing Gene she takes a step back, though she quickly composes herself realizing that they had a guest their.
"My name is Madoka Mori and I am the acting Chairman of Shibuya Psychic Research, our Chairman is currently away on family matters so I am taking care of all cases until his return." Madoka explains giving a handshake to the woman.
"I don't particularly care, I just am hiring you to get the job done," the woman explains with a sweetly sick smile that was grating on Mai's nerves.
"Can you explain to me what has been occurring?" Madoka asks the woman as she sits next to Mai, which as soon as she does Mai takes out her notebook to jot down notes.
"There is a peculiar heirloom in my husbands family, it's a pair of ring that curses whoever wears it. This ring my daughter wishes to wear with her husband when they are married next month. The rings were brought from my husbands family vault, since then we believe it has been responsible for the deaths of those that had brought it over, my husband and myself don't dare go near it for fear of it's wrath.
"Since then around the house incidents that we can't explain have been happening doors opening by themselves, we feel as if we are being watched at times, not only that but the temperature drops when the cooler isn't even on. We hear voices when no one is around, one of the housemaids had smelled blood in one of the rooms, she then was strangled by nothing but thin air.
"We have also heard what appears to be wedding vows in a sense, in the early afternoon every thursday. That is about it, we have lived in the same house since my husband and I married twenty-four years ago. He has lived there since he was a boy and there was nothing going on." The woman finally finishes with, "oh and my name is Aia Agawa, my husband is Hiroto Agawa, well our children's names are Asami, Daiki,Giichi and our youngest daughter, Emica. Asami is the only one who doesn't live with us, she is the one who is getting married next month."
Madoka nods, "we will take the case," she says with a soft smile.
"Oh? I thought you were going to even if I hadn't arrived." Aia-san says, with a fake smile.
Mai almost lost it. "Stay calm, Mai." Gene says to her with annoyance in his tone through telepathy. Mai breathes calmly through her nose than out through her mouth.
"We will need guest rooms to sleep in preferably with seperate rooms for the men and women though if we need to share that's perfectly fine," Madoka says, because there's only Monk, John and Yasu, it isn't that big of a deal for them, not like they couldn't if Naru and Lin where there either they just prefer to seem like they need separate rooms.
In reality they don't need separate rooms at all and on the more dangerous cases they have decided that it may be best to either just all sleep in base or to sleep in the same room together, because it's dangerous and for safety reasons why not?
"We also need a base for our equipment and if that's the only room you can give us we can sleep there as well," Madoka explains. "I will see what I can do," Aia-san explains with another one of her fake grins. She then gets up and brushes herself off before she leaves.
"Now Mai why don't you tell me about why Gene is a wolf," Madoka says with a grin with sinister intent behind it.
Mai was so screwed.
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After a long drawn out conversation with Madoka, Mai was doing just peachy, actually she was surprisingly when Madoka figured everything out she took it out on Gene. Thank goodness.
Well now Madoka is saying we may have to call Naru and Lin in for their help on this particular case. Especially considering there's a high chance of death. In fact as soon as she tells Naru what the case is about and what is occuring he will most likely be on the first plane back to Japan.
Which Mai was a little nervous about, currently Madoka and herself were loading up the cameras and monitors into the van, they needed several especially if they wanted coverage in every room and assuming its a mansion they brought along every camera and monitor they had.
Mai gets into the passenger seat after opening the door for Gene to get into the back, funnily enough she has a doggy seatbelt for him in her bag. It was a very recent addition.
Mai takes out her computer and begins to write in her document once more. Well Madoka puts on some music from her phone. "Mai, would you mind mailing Naru?" She asks carefully after the next song finishes. "No, not at all." Mai quickly types up the email very professionally before she sends Naru the document, in English as well as being sure to call him 'Dr. Oliver Davis.'
Because she feels like being a little annoyed with him after haven't speaking to him in three months.
Yeah she was annoyed but she had her reasons. 'Me or Gene' like who does that?!
"Mai, you're inner monologuing again," Gene mentions through their telepathic bond.
"Shut up," she whispers out loud to him.
He coughs, well how a dog coughs anyway, who can blame him?
"How has school been?" Madoka asks. "Pretty good though I wish I had Naru around to continue to help me with some of my school work. I've never been that good at science," is Mai's reply.
"Understandable, Naru has always been impressive at everything," Madoka says with a smirk.
"Considering he already has doctorate solely from his research, I wonder why he even wanted to continue to get a traditional degree, does he like school or something?" Mai asks. "You could say that," is Madoka's amused reply. "He probably wanted to do that because he felt almost like he was receiving his doctorate on a silver platter, despite how much effort it took to get it, for him it was probably effortless and worth it, however." Madoka says in a thoughtful manner.
"I guess that really does sound like Naru," Mai says with a laugh.
"It does, doesn't it?" Madoka asks. "Anyway can you call up Yasuhara? I need him to do a bit of research before he comes out," Madoka says. "Yeah I can do that," Mai is already taking her phone out and calling his number.
"Mai?" Yasu asks on the other end of the phone he sounds worried almost and tired. "Uh yeah it's me, are you okay?" Mai asks. "Yeah fine, what do you need?" Yasu asks.
"Um Madoka was wondering if you can do some research on the clients family seeing as the activity is not coming from a haunting of the house itself," Mai explains. "Yeah I can do that, names?" Yasu asks. "Oh uh Aia Agawa and her husband Hiroto, living in Yamanashi Prefecture.*" Mai explains to Yasu.
"Oh I see, well I'll take care of my research before I leave, unless by chance you could swing by?" He asks in an almost pleading tone. "Madoka?" Mai asks. "Mhm, I don't see why not," Madoka says. "Alright, I'll get ready," Yasuhara says in his usual chipper tone. Once he hangs up Mai looks at Madoka. "I feel like something is wrong.." Mai says. "Me too." Madoka says her lips for once not in a smile, but a frown which makes the situation even worse.
"Well I guess we will be driving to get him, wait I don't even know where he lives." As if on cue Mai receives a text from Yasu with his address. "How does he do that?" Mai asks.
"I don't know." Madoka responds. "I don't know."
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After they picked up Yasuhara and he got in the back of the van they drove to Yamanashi Prefecture which was almost two hours away, both Madoka and Mai had heard a yell at Yasuhara from a woman as he left his house, he seemed to hurry to the car and as soon as he got his seatbelt buckled he asked for Madoka to drive.
"It was just my mother not that big of a deal," Yasuhara says in a chipper tone though Madoka and Mai could tell he didn't mean it, Mai is going to have to ask about it later.
They also explained how Gene was the dog in the back seat when Yasu asked about him.
Halfway there Yasu had his research finished even though they had only been in the car for a little over half an hour. "Hiroto Agawa owns a private plane company which has been in their family since 1965, along with a general airlines, since the same time period, he also owns an automobile company which has been in the family since it was first made back in 1922. Though the company that made them rich to begin with was Domino which is now a mobile phone company, which though not well known in other countries but Japan, is said to be the most advanced technological breakthroughs in all mobile devices, they also make substantial computers.
"In 1877 arguably one of the most futuristic home telephones was made by Akito Agawa, he is said to be one of the brightest inventors in history, they say had he been around today he would have made modern technology advances even faster than it is now. He was said to be quite an odd man though he was said to be incredibly kind and well mannered, he had been in a wheelchair since his parents death though I couldn't find anything more on that yet.
"In 1902 he had committed suicide with his lover who was a man by the name of Chimon Abe, in his will which he wrote ten years prior he put his cousin in his will, Itsuki Agawa, who continued to do amazing things with his company and his son later became the head. Who he named Akio in honor of his cousin Akito, Akio Agawa when he took the mantle of the company he used its money to create a car company that still makes cars to this day which seem advanced in comparison to many other vehicles. The car brand name is but a branch of the Domino industry.
"His first child was born when he himself was twenty seven, about nine years after he took on the company, his son Kei Agawa was born who later became the companies owner, he also made Domino Airlines in 1965. Which those planes are said to be crazy advanced and even at the time and to boot today have had no problems in any and all of their planes, not only that they have had yet to have a plane crash at all. Which is impressive. Anyway, getting back.
"Kei Agawa became the owner of Domino Industries in 1975 when his father retired at seventy-one. Though just a year prior his wife had their first and only child, Hiroto Agawa. Who married 18 years later with their parents permission it was sort of an arranged marriage but at the same time it wasn't, both himself and his wife Aia were very much in love and to this day have had no affairs that are known of, she was sixteen during the marriage, two years later at eighteen she had her first child Asami, who is currently twenty-two, their son was born six years later Daiki, who is currently sixteen, Giichi is their twelve year old son and their youngest daughter, Emica. Who is ten.
"They are a surprisingly proud family with only family members as the head of each of the company branches. In fact every major position is lead by some member of their family, all family members both male and female have always lead a position, even when men were the only ones running companies, the females of their company at times pretended to be male and the only time anyone knew a woman was running such companies were those that were their assistants.
"Their also a family that has remarkable political sway and have incredible government power. Though every last member of the family has been raised with Aikto's ideals in mind, focusing more so on improving humanity and their resources than their own power," Yasuhara finally finishes.
"Wow," Madoka and Mai say in synch, Yasuhara was amazing.
"Honestly this would be an amazing time to convince, the Agawa Family to be a sponsor for the ISPR** as a whole, if we could manage that Big Boss would probably be incredibly pleased." Yasuhara says with a chipper smile.
"I think I'm in love," Gene says through their telepathic bond. "Gene you aren't human anymore.." Mai says through their bond back.
"Honestly find a way to bring me back from the dead than, Mai." He says in response with such conviction.
Madoka then finally turns on the music again so time can pass by a bit quicker.
"Finally we are here!" Mai exclaims as she looks at the impressive mansion surrounded by trees, with a brilliant circular driveway, right next to Kawaguchi Lake.***
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As soon as the van pulls up to the houses entrance Mai hops out and stretches.
"So this is the place," Mai says as she looks at the building. The building itself looks much like a Victorian style mansion. The building itself looked much like a castle with how it was styled, though it was made of tan bricks with white on the edges of the corner. Walking up to the door they knocked on the dark brown door. Yasu had stayed behind to begin to collect the equipment with Gene deciding to stay behind with him. A woman who looked to be the caretaker of the building and most likely helped with the needs of all the families household members. She had dark brown eyes and black hair going down to her waist. She was wearing a white blouse and a dark red long skirt and red flats.
"I'm Akari Aikawa, I am the housemaid of this establishment," she says formally with a cheerful smile as she leads them into the house. "Your associates have already arrived, the red head woman and the brown haired man, along with a blonde haired boy," she said as they walked down the hall.
Poor John he has such a baby face everyone thinks he's a child.
When they entered the room she had not been so surprisingly been enveloped in a giant bear hug from Monk. "Mai!" He says spinning her around. "Bou-san, put me down!" Mai slaps the monk on the shoulder.
"But Mai," he whines. "No but's Bou-san," is Mai's reply.
Slowly he sets her down.
Ayako then barges into her vision after hitting Monk over the head with her purse. "What the hell is in your purse woman!" Monk yells as he clutches his head in his hand. Ayako ignores him however. "Mai, have you been eating and drinking enough? You haven't been sulking again have you?" Ayako checks her over with her eyes sternly before smiling. "It's good to see you, Mai," she says fondly with a smile. "Now, this is clearly the work of an Earth Spirit," she said sternly. It was a joke though, Mai was sure. Kind of.
"Good to see you, Mai," John says as he comes to her side with a bashful smile.
"John! How have you been?" Mai asks. "Good, how about you?" Is his reply. "Better," Mai says simply with a gentle smile.
In walks Yasu then with Gene by his heels.
"Is that?" Monk asks. "Yes it's Gene," Mai replies. "No I was going to say Naru, I thought he turned into a dog!" Monk says. Gene yets out a bark that sounds suspiciously like a laugh.
"A dog?" Akawa-san asks. "Oh, you don't mind do you?" Mai asks. "No as long as it behaves itself there should be no issues with it being here," she replies. "I'll leave you be," she said softly as she left the room.
They all began to set up the monitors also having dinner well they finish up a lot of work and Ysau does a rundown on his research. They all carefully take care of their own parts on the case and eventually they decide to go to bed Gene curling up on a pillow Mai provides for him.
Then off to dreamland she goes…
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A/N: Mai's age is 17 in this line of the story, if it has been mentioned otherwise I'm sorry, I didn't want to go over 4,000 words XD
Going to point out did anyone notice how weird Yasu was?
*1: Yamanashi Prefecture is filled with resorts and is considered a sort of 'countryside' area of Japan, I hope I got that right? It is at the base of Mount Fuji and is known for hiking, fishing, skiing and climbing, it has five lakes in its total area that it encompasses.
**2: Basically just made that up the International Society of Psychical Research, basically the same thing as the Society of Psychical Research but it will be referred to ISPR instead so we don't confuse it with SPR.
***3: One of the five lakes in Yamanashi Prefecture.
I hope I got everything right and if I have anything wrong please tell me. Also DOMINO Inc. is not a real company if it is well..I didn't look it up and it will probably having something to do with real dominos so. XD 3 see you soon and I am glad to be back!