Chapter 6

Case 1: Hoshikawa Manor

Day 3

"Yasu, have you gotten any information on this place?"

"Yes I have and some of it is interesting."

All eyes were on Yasu as he started to tell the history of Hoshikawa Manor.

"This place goes all the way back to the 1920s. It was built in 1921 by the Seonu family, a Korean family, the woman's name was Han-bi and the man, her husband, was Kwang se and they had 2 sons named Joon and Manse and a daughter, Sarang who were all in the Kyoto University."

"So far it's not interesting yet like you said Yasu," Mai said as Naru glared at her for interrupting him but Yau didn't mind.

"It's about to Mai. Then on September 1 1923, an earthquake and a powerful 40 ft tsunami hit Tokyo and Yokohama and crippled the cities tremendously. After the earthquake, hundreds of aftershocks continued into the next day and exacerbated the situation. And because of that, fires broke out all over Tokyo and the conditions produced tornadoes of fire that grew to be literal windstorms of fire, due to the oxygen in the air, swept the city and there was no water to put out the fires and the Seonu Manor was not spared from this. It had burned and parts collapsed due to the earthquake and aftershocks."

"Oh my god!" everyone was in shock, only Ayako could say anything.

Yasu continued.

"In addition to this destruction, some Japanese blamed Korean immigrants for these fire and killed hundreds of innocent people in the days after and the Seonus weren't spared. The parents, Kwang se and Han-bi, were killed in the murders but fortunately the children were away at Kyoto university during this. After the funeral of their parents, the children came back and took over the place."

'That poor family! Oh no…so much tragedy in such a short time.' Mai thought.

"In 1924, their sons and daughter married and all move out but Joon and his wife Sora who take over the manor. They have 2 children, both girls named Lina and Maka Seonu. In 1931, Japan invades Manchuria, China and in1937, Japan goes to war against China. Joon goes out to fight them and dies in the battle field. Years later, Sora goes to visit her family in Nagasaki prior to the bombing in 1945 in Hiroshima and 3 days after the Hiroshima bombing she was killed in the bombings with her family leaving her 2 daughters to take over Seonu Manor. Lina marries Ando Adachi and Maka marries Kenma Satome and live in the house together and that is when it changes into the Adachi inn until 1970s."

"Let me guess, that's when it changed into the Hoshikawa Manor?" Nashi asked.

"Yes it is Nashi. But before then more tragedy strikes. In 1956, the Satome family moved out leaving just the Adachi family and their 3 children. In 1964 during the summer Olympics, the Adachi family housed some families from China, Germany and Italy. Though after the Italian and German family left, while the 2 youngest children Momo and Tenchi away, the man from the Chinese family killed his family and the remaining Adachi family, Lina, Ando and Kagome then ran away and was never caught. The house was cleaned up and renovated to the inn you see now by Tenchi and Momo before they put it up for sale in 1968."

"What horrible people!" Mai shouted thought everyone was thinking it and Nashi looked like she was about to throw up.

"In November of 1969, Sana and Jinki Hoshikawa took interest in the manor and finalized the sale in February of 1970, making them the 3rd family to own the inn and changing the name to Hoshikawa Manor. In 1975 they had twin boys, Sato and Kano. 24 years later, in 1999, Sana and her son, Kano, came down with meningitis and passed away a week later in the hospital leaving Jinki and Sato to run the manor but no one used it as an inn or manor anymore except when family came to visit. In 2003 the Kishiharaki family sign the papers to take over the in 2007, but they passed away and after we know what happens and who it was given to when she turned 14."

"Me," Nashi said.

"Wow that's a lot of deaths here Naru, and most are murders. Are we going to have to exercise all of them or can we figure out who it is?" Monk asked as he finally spoke up.

"It seems like there is one obvious choice. It sounds like it should be Lina, Ando or Kagome. They had the most violent deaths and their murderer was never caught. Lin, look into their deaths further to see if you can find anything."

Lin just nodded and started to type away.

"Yasu, Mai and Takigawa, go check all the temperatures in all the rooms again."

The 3 groaned out of annoyance but started to do it anyway.

"What are we to do Naru?" John asked.

"Ms. Matsuzaki and Ms. Hara go around to see if you can sense any spirits and who. John go with them."

Nashi was just left in the room with Naru and Lin.

"Anything for me to do Naru?"

"Rest."

"But…" though she was cut off by Naru's glare.

'Ok. Then I'll rest.'

"Look at this. This is important," Dream Naru said.

"What?"

But it started to show something. It showed a man, woman and young girl in a room looking shocked and scared.

"Mom, dad, was that a scream?"

"No, it couldn't be right Ando?"

"It does actually sound like a scream. There is only one family here besides us. Let me go check on them."

The man, Ando, left, leaving his worried wife and daughter in the room.

'This must be Ando, Lina and Kagome and their murders. No! Ando don't go!'

Dream Naru grabbed her hand and she knew what he meant. It was all the past and nothing could be changed.

A male voice could be heard shouting and screaming.

"Lina! Kagome! Run! Get out of…ack!"

Followed by a thud then silence.

"Ando?"

Kagome grabbed her mom's arm and got super close to her side.

Soon footsteps could be heard outside of the room in the hall.

"Oh no…"

As the door opened it revealed the Chinese man staying with them standing there.

Covered in blood!

"Mom!" Kagome tried to push her mom away and run for the window to get out, but she didn't move.

"Mom! We have to go!"

Suddenly she felt hands on her forearms.

"M-mom…? What…ahh!"

Kagome was pushed back by her mom toward the man.

"I'm sorry but I have to get out of here."

"Mom!" And then the man sliced into her stomach, killing her and letting everything spill out. But the man was so fast and he grabbed Lina and proceeded to slit her throat before he made his escape.

Mai and Nashi woke up to Lin talking about the murders.

"It seems the man killed his family 1st and their screams alerted Ando and his family. Ando went to check on them and was killed as he tried to run and tell his family. Then the man came and killed Kagome and Lina."

"No," Mai said suddenly and all eyes were on her, "Lina pushed Kagome to the man to…to save herself. She sacrificed her own daughter but she still got killed!" Mai finished in a shout and then she told everyone her whole dream.

'Wait…that's the same dream as mine. How?'

"Well this changes things," Naru said while in his thinking position.

"The only really vengeful ghost would have seemed to be Kagome or Lina. But after Mai's dream, it's most likely Kagome."

"So what are we going to do?" Monk asked.

"Mai, can you find the room she was killed in? Or close to it?"

"Yes, I can."

"Takigawa, John and Ms. Hara, go with Mai and try to exorcise her."

"Got it." And the 4 of them headed off to try to exorcise her.

'I hope this works. So everyone will be safe.'

'Never… You shall die!'