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ARC III: PLEASE BE MY HUSBAND!

CHAPTER NINE: I am Not your Future Husband!

"Macchan! When are you going to write your next novel?! You promised Editor Souta you'll pass your draft by December!" Yukino barged in Mai's bedroom and started nagging her while pulling her blanket.

"Waah- ARG! Yukino! UGH! Do you really have to make fuss early in the morning?!" Mai yelled at her before throwing a pillow at her assistant/manager/representative.

"Morning?! It is already noon! And why haven't you started writing your book yet?! Your deadline is coming?!"

"It is only October, Yukino."

"Yeah! And you had not written anything!" Yukino screamed back at her and pulled her up from her bed. "I know that you have no inspiration but don't worry. I had solved that problem for you so hurry up and take a bath!"

"Uh?" Mai, who was not full awake, noticed her last sentence and was about to ask but Yukino already shoved her to the bathroom. Mai sighed and took a cold shower to wake herself up. The next thing she knew, Yukino had already sent her to a haunted house in Suwa Province.

Yukino, who is the representative of the LINEN Foundation in Japan, had made connections with the former prime minister and when she heard about the haunted house he had, she decided to send Mai there to gather inspiration. Of course she didn't told them that Mai is the owner of the LINEN Foundation so Ohashi-san just thought that Mai is a friend or a sister of Kawana Yukino.

As soon as Mai entered the mansion, she felt many presences of spirits. Since this is really a haunted house, Mai agreed to stay. Yukino left her and went to a meeting. Mai hid her bright aura and observed the mansion while walking around with Ohashi-san. It almost look like the Winchester Mansion in California.

She remembered visiting that house with her Mom on her 10th Birthday. Mai was really interested in the rumored haunted house and asked her Mom if they could visit it. That house is really spooky to her a a child but it is a pity she didn't visit it after she got these abilities. It would have been fun to see whether or not the haunting is true.

Similar to that house, the Miyama Mansion was also renovated every year in the pass and it was full of architectural oddities. There are beams that were placed on the floors, walls or ceiling that you might trip or bang your head if not being careful. There are staircases that lead to nowhere and there are doors that open to a blank wall. Not only that, there are also small rooms inside a room and windows that open to another room with no doors.

This house really looks like a maze. Mai was careful not to touch any spirits until she knows why there are so many of them here. After unpacking her things, the news of a missing person reached her ears. That is when she saw an impostor calling himself 'Oliver Davis'. Mai knew that this old man and his companion are just fooling Ohashi-san out of money so she warned the caretaker to investigate them.

Other investigators do not welcome her, a young woman and would not hide their disdain while looking at her. Aside from the incompetent Minami Psychic Research Center and that fake Oliver Davis, Ohashi-san hired an old Buddhist monk, a medium and a séance specialist. All of the agencies brought one or two assistants over. Out of all of them, the séance specialist and professor, Igarashi Chie, was the only one who treat her decently.

The staff went to search for the missing assistant, Atsugi Hideo around the mansion as Igarasgi-sensei invited the fake Oliver Davis and the president, Minami Remei to join her séance to ask the ghosts where is Atsugi-san is. Mai also joined the séance and they had really summoned spirits but they didn't tell them where Atsugi-san is. The séance ended with a poltergeist activity that scared the hell out of those fakes.

The monk and the medium that watched the séance was also caught on the poltergeist activity. They are the ones who got injured the most by the broken glasses and flying furnishings. Not only that, the lights went out and there are agonizing cries coming from the ghost. With those injuries, the Buddhist monk and that medium were forced to leave the investigation.

Using Igarashi-sensei's assistant's hand, the ghost wrote 'HELP' on those papers. All of them are written in a black marker except one. 'I DON"T WANT TO DIE'. On one of the papers, those words are written in red ink. And Mai had a hunch that these words are connected as to why these spirits still lingered here.

Not a day passed after Atsugi-san disappeared, Suzuki Nao, the assistant of Igarashi-sensei also disappeared without a trace. Mai didn't like what is happening in here so even if she is not here to investigate, she went to the nearby village to gather information.

Many old locals have tons of stories related to the Miyama Mansion especially when the original owner and his son was still alive. They said the Miyama Kaneyuki-shi, the original owner, would fire worker from his mansion and business. They also told her that his personality is nasty that his philanthropy was just an act. Woodcutters and hunters is said to smell something rotting from that house while they are passing by.

It is also said that Miyama Hiroyuki-shi, Kaneyuki-shi's son, was afraid that ghost would come out so he started renovating the house until it became what it is now. Mai also heard this story from Ohashi-san so after asking the locals, she went to a library to gather old photos and news about the house. Fortunately, she found many photos and information like how many people had disappeared in that house ever since it was built.

Miyama Kaneyuki-shi's body was frail ever since young and he would often get sick. He went abroad to seek medical help from doctors to prolong his life. He came back to Suwa Province after a few years and lived in that mountain villa until he died.

Mai was shocked at the number of the reported disappearances. There are over a hundred reported missing files and none of them was ever found. Most of these disappearances was reported in Meiji 40 and they were about to arrest Miyama Kaneyuki-shi when they heard the news of his death.

The locals' plan to capture him was cancelled. Miyama Hiroyuki-shi and his family also ran abroad and had no way of following them. Their descendants came back in the province after the riot calmed down. The locals also didn't harm their reputation so the problem was done after that. The former prime minister, a distant relative, purchased the mansion afterwards.

Mai returned to the mansion and decided to touch a soul or two to know what happened to them. There are new vehicles parked in front of the mansion. That must be the other agency that Ohashi-san had hired. He entered the house and saw some cameras and mic lying around. Mai was a bit impressed that this new agency knew a bit of they are doing. The equipment are also expensive and suitable for hunting ghosts.

After a while of 'touching' ghosts, she found out that many people were killed by Miyama Kaneyuki-shi himself. Mai was sacred after she saw how they died. They were captured by two men and their head was chopped and those men collected their blood for a man to bathe in.

Mai's vision ended after their necks were chopped but she luckily found a ghosts that knew what was happening in this house and had witnessed that happened before those men targeted him. Most of the spirits are workers that were hired in the mansion and Mai was sure that almost all of them died the same way!

Mai vomited all that was in her stomach after seeing twenty visions from twenty different spirits. She was also surprised that she can take it all. While wiping her mouth, Mai suddenly felt an evil presence behind her.

"I don't want to die." A creepy raspy voice echoes in the hallway she is in as four pairs of dark hand reached out to her face.

Mai immediately activated her light aura, stopping those hands while running away from them. Her heart was beating loudly as she ran. She knew it. She was sure of it! That creature is not just an evil spirit, it is a demon! Those hands belonged to evil spirits but the owner of that disgusting raspy voice belonged to a demon! She is currently in danger right now!

"I don't want to die!"

"Yeah! Me too! So go away!" Mai screamed back and tried to attack them with prayers and her light but she couldn't exorcise them! Mai can smell blood and rotting coming from the dark place in the hallway. Her instincts are telling that once that creature got her hands on her, she would be dead!

God is really fair. He made geniuses but he also gave those defects and eccentricities. He gave riches but he threw those trials for them to overcome. And in exchange for a second life, Mai gained scary psychic abilities.

Mai cried her eyes out as her adrenaline forced her body to move at her fastest speed. She didn't mean for this to happen. In fact, if she knew this would happen, she shouldn't have come in this place. Is this the end? God may have given her an ability to see other person's death but why didn't He gave her the ability to change her own future?!

'Why?! Why is God fair?! Many people may say that He is not but He is really fair! Take this advice from a person who lived twice! Why is happening to me?!'

'Damn, Yukino! If I get out of here alive, I will kill you!'

Mai felt that familiar chill again and closed her eyes while picking up her pace. She can feel the danger on her back. She knew that if that entity catch up to her, she would be done for! She didn't want to die! At least not on this way! She want her life to end on a peaceful way, not to be a sacrifice for something evil!

Spreading the light coming from her body in full power while running really exhausts her, both physically and mentally. But since she doesn't want to die yet, she threw the strings of complaints in his mind and focus on surviving.

She already died once but she don't want to die early! She still want to live until she is old. Mai ran for her life. Speaking of death, her brain suddenly remembered her first death. She was with Oliver Davis at that time.

She was almost blind and she couldn't even speak. All she can remember is his dark silhouette and a pair of dark blue eyes. That is the only colors she can remember from him. Mai regretted not seeing his face once after her rebirth. When she applied as his sponsor, she thought that he might not want to show his face like what happened in her past life. So she did not request an audience nor pictures of him. Besides, she was only after his books and reports.

She was also busy with the LINEN Foundation in Japan, travelling and her novels that she couldn't attend nor accept any of the agency or the Davis' invitations. At that times she was so excited to do everything that she couldn't do in her past life that she neglected the BSPR and just cared about the report and books.

Mai really regretted it! She hasn't seen her idol's face yet. How could she die?!

'I don't even have a husband yet. I swear I'll start searching for a husband if I survive. I can even marry the guy I will first see after I escape this incoming death! If he is like Oliver Davis, then it would be even better!'

Mai moved and lifted her head, at a distance, she can see a group of people not far away from her. Her eyes first landed on the black silhouette in the center. She cannot see clearly because of tears. The blurry image of Oliver Davis in her memories overlapped with the black figure in the center.

'He also emits the same aura as Oliver Davis. Ah, I don't care. You're the first guy I saw so you'll be my husband. I don't care if you are ugly or poor, I will pay for your plastic surgery and will support you.'

Mai closed her eyes and spread her arms. She threw herself to the black figure and clung unto him!

"Please be my husband!"

...

Oliver, no every one, stood frozen as their wide open eyes stared foolishly at the young woman hugging the young boss's body. She is trembling as she wrapped her arms around Oliver. Her face also burrowed closer to his neck. Her legs are also stuck to his waist. Oliver felt warm water dampening his skin as the octopus on him continued to hug her tightly.

Lin and Masako also watch them like they had seen something out of this world. A young woman is bear-hugging the 'Mr. Mt. Everest' and he had not pushed her after a few seconds! They can also see on Oliver's face that he was completely caught off guard by the newcomer.

Eugene never imagined in his entire life that somebody would dare to say those words to his brother. Though his brother is very handsome, girls would usually be scared by his scary glares and venomous tongue. And his brother's stunned face was priceless, by the way. Eugene was the first one who woke up and held his stomach while laughing hard.

"E-Eh?" Mai blinked her eyes, confused, after he heard a man's laugher. She raised her eyes and turned her head behind her. Seeing that the presence that was chasing her was already gone, she rejoiced and hugged the warm 'pillow' that she is stuck to. She totally forgot that she is hugging a man after feeling the lack of that ominous presence.

"He is gone!" Mai screamed in delights and giggled victoriously but it wasn't long before she noticed something wrong. "Wait, what am I hug-Kyaah!"

Mai fell on her butt as soon as she let go of her human-sized 'pillow'. She couldn't believe she was shamelessly hugging a man like that! Mai remembered her promised just moments ago. She planned to elegantly hugging him but she acted like a bear! What if this future husband reject her because of her ungraceful actions?!

'Uh? But looking at him now, his spirit is quite handsome. But why is he a bit familiar?'

"Hahaha! Mai! I can't believe you just proposed to my brother like that! Ahahaha!" Eugene caught Mai's attention. He was practically rolling on the floor while the other people around them suppressed their laughter. Mai stared at Eugene for a few seconds before she stood up in shock, pointing her finger to the laughing young man.

"AAH! You are not dead!"

Oliver woke up from his daze and narrowed his eyes towards the young woman. He heard the name Eugene had called her and the sentence she just said. It seems like the person they had been searching for a long time had finally made an appearance.

Taniyama Mai.

All of them went back inside the base with Taniyama Mai who is checking Eugene with her eyes. She suddenly moved and touched Eugene's hand before standing frozen for a few seconds. Eugene had seen this familiar scene before. It was that time he stopped her in the elevator to ask her how did she knew Miura Suzuki's background.

"Oh! You really changed your fate! You are very lucky!" Mai suddenly smiled at him and hug him tight. She was laughing in relief and patted Eugene's shoulders after separating herself.

"What do you mean? What did you just do?" Eugene asked, the mirth in his eyes are replaced by seriousness and curiosity.

"That means your life would not end in a car accident! Now, you would die due to old age! That is great!" Mai answered him, honestly. The young woman was very glad that someone had changed their tragic life again. She doesn't even noticed that there are people around and she's spouting bits of her secret.

"Excuse me, Taniyama-san?"

"Eh?" Mai turned to Oliver but jumped back in shock. She covered her mouth and screamed. She also jumped back a few meters away from him. "Waah! My future husband has the same face as Eugene!"

"You only noticed that now?!!" Eugene asked as the others gave her strange looks.

'Is she stupid?'

"I am not your future husband!" Oliver answered, annoyed but Mai only disregarded his words like she's telling him, 'you-say-that-now-but-I-will-still-marry-you-in-the-end'. Her look made Oliver's blood boil even stronger. Eugene cracked again and his laughter is irritating Oliver even more.

"Enough of this nonsense! Eugene, stop laughing before I pull your tongue out." Oliver coldly stated. The whole room became colder and Eugene stopped laughing, covering his mouth in fear. Oliver turned to Mai and smiled at her but his smile contains dagger and ice.

But instead of cowering, Mai was greatly fascinated at how the twin's soul vibrates and react to each other. They are also shining in a very beautiful midnight blue light. It was like a void that sucks in anyone that wants to look in within. Like a siren calling for its prey. Mai's eyes switch between that two of them.

"You guys are beautiful! How do you do that?" Mai asked while looking at their souls. She wanted to touch them.

All of them thought that she is talking about their looks but her fascinated eyes are not looking at their face. She is looking at something within them. Like she is an x-ray that has the ability to see through the two of them. Lin, who is their guardian for ten years shielded them with his body and glared at Mai who kept watching their souls.

The room temperature returned back to normal and the incandescent blue light from their souls became white that was the same as Mai had seen from most people. Mai looked up at Lin, who blocked her view, and saw five different colored blobs around him. Those blobs may look fluffy and cute but they stand on offensive against Mai.

Mai had seen something like this before. Those are shikigamis, spirits that are captures and was made to be one's familiars. This man had five of them. That shows how capable and dangerous he is. Mai activated her light and pushed away the shikigamis that are ready to attack her like swords.

Lin widened his eyes in shock as he felt his familiars being pushed backwards by something. He tried ordering them to attack her but his shikigamis couldn't enter her one-meter space. The young woman thought of what she just said and bowed her head in apology.

"No need to be aggressive here. Rest assured that I will never harm my dear Hubby and my brother-in-law." She said, her face showed its usual indifference and boredom. That is the Mai that Eugene knew but…

'You just 'proposed' a few minutes ago, when did you get married?'

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Okay! Review Time!

Guest: Forgive me for doing that. I finally remember why I wrote this tragedy. It was because I got rejected by a guy and he went to pursue another girl. I was so bitter and heartbroken that I end up killing my favourite character. I am repenting. I really do. XD. Thank you! ~heart~

NormaLeticia: ¡Gracias! También me sentí triste cuando lo releí antes de publicarlo aquí. Pero decidí reemplazar todo ese dolor en felicidad agregando más capítulos. XD. ¡Espero que te guste! ~heart~

Ghost. Zero: Thank you for your review! I love MaixNaru too! I also paired Eugene to Masako this time. And he is alive! It is very crucial to the story! I hope you like my other stories too! ~heart~

ViciousFairy35: I am glad I caught you off guard! Hahaha. XD. Yes, it is Mai and there will be a lot of fun coming! Haha. ~heart~

Guest: Corpus: Waaah! Thank you very much for your review! Love you! I remember that you are the first reviewer on my other ghost hunt fanfic! XD! I will try my best to make you laugh more! haha! ~heart~

N.U. Sakura Yukihime: I am very glad that you're having so much fun, dear princess! wkwkwk. Straight to proposal, yeah! Mai did promised herself that she'll marry the first man she saw in that hallway! wkwkwk. XD! ~heart~