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Chapter Thirty-Five: Recovery

Mai POV

I felt myself being pulled away from the body of Alice, now standing in front of the glass once again. I blinked a few times trying to comprehend what just happened.

Alice? Sasuke? What in the world who were they?

When I lowered my gaze I see Naru laying on the ground unconscious next to me.

"Naru? Naru, wake up!" I rushed to his side and began to tap his cold cheek.

My heart racing from fear itself if that woman did something to him.

"My love wake up!" I begged once again on the ground as I lowered myself and kiss his forehead.

"Lady, why isn't my husband waking up? What did you do?"

"Nothing, he's alive, and call me Mama, remember I'm your mama." it's all she said causing me to breathe out in relief.

"Err, Mama why did you show me Alice and Sasuke's story and then took me out? What happened?" I asked, turning around only to see an abyss of emptiness in front of me. I felt a sudden emptiness surround me.

It's like an empty vessel of nothingness.

I turned to face the glass and began to bang against it to see if I can gather the woman's attention.

"Hello?" I yelled, making my voice echo the space behind me.

"I have become weak, I cannot take you no more, and no less; go back and when I'm ready, I'll bring you two back." I heard the lady's voice behind me.

"Are you Alice?" I guessed while turning to stare at her, but shrieked remembering her deformed form. The woman shook her head.

"No... I am not. I'm just here to protect my daughter." Before I could ask again she places her hands on my shoulder and pushes me through the looking glass causing me to yell while my heart leaps in fright.

No, I can't leave Naru alone.

I fell straight towards my body, becoming one again. Everything around me turns dark.

Naru Pov

"Wake up wolf, and take care of her," I heard in a distance.

Whose that?

"You have proven and passed the test, that no matter who you are, you will always love her. To look for Alack's body is nearby just don't let yourself get blinded by anything." the woman's voice echoes once again.

What test?

I twitched my fingers and slowly awoke, feeling a soft warm body on top of me. Groaning, I slowly opened my eyes and rubbed them only to see a set of brown hair under my chin and I was happy to see brown instead of black. I tilt my head to the side and look down to see Mai sleeping peacefully on top of me and I couldn't help but kiss the top of her head.

"Who were Sasuke and Alice?" I look up the roof as I subconsciously ran my fingers up and down Mai's arm. Mai moved a bit causing me to wince in pain as her arm moved down to my wound.

"Damn stab wound. I forgot about it." I groaned feeling Mai moan in protest. She flutters her eyes open to look up at me and a gentle smile passes her lips.

"This is a good way to wake up, by my prince." She groggily told me snuggling on my chest. I fell off by her words.

"Oi, I'm no prince charming, don't ever call me that Mai, but I did found you," I told her, Mai nods at me as worry pass through her as she saw pain plaster in my face. She moves again hurting my wound once again.

"M… Mai!" I grunt in pure pain as she moves away from me and looks down to see fresh blood oozing out, mixing with the dry blood.

"Oh no, I forgot," she scrambles away from me as I sat against the wall closing my eyes. I felt her small hand on my shoulder.

"Ne, are you okay?" she asks while I heard her voice dripping with concern. I open one eye and nodded.

"Fine." I hissed under my breath as I watch her eyes roaming my wound.

"Is not open, thank God, but it's bleeding, give me a second I'll get it cleaned." Mai stood, but only to stop and takes a hold of her head and falls on her knees a bit painfully. My heart jumps as I move slightly to take a hold of her shoulder.

"Mai are you okay? What happen?" I asked concerned.

"Fine, just a dizzy spell and my body is bruised up after what took place, what was that about Alice and Sasuke? How do they play in this? I don't get it, how come we never heard of them?" She lifts her gaze at me as she blinks as I help her sit down and she rubs her knees, while I breathe out in relief.

"If I knew at least we are back to our normal selves." Mai nods leaning her head on my shoulder, taking my hand.

"She loved him deeply. I could feel it. I wonder what happen, did she found a way?" I could hear deep sadness in her tone while she asks this.

"I did tell you, there are no such things as happy endings Mai. So I'm guessing that he died." I simply told her. She shook her head.

"Maybe, but... I don't know that weird thing they look exactly like us minus I had long black hair instead of brown and a burnt scar, I'm not sure how to explain."

"Well, everything is a damn mystery since we became stranded; it raises more questions than answers. The question is, how long were we trapped in the mirror?" I mumbled looking at her. Then I felt her shiver a little.

"Maybe a day, since your wound still hurts and it has dry blood. Oh, give me a second," and before I could argue, she stood up and limps watching her rub her back and shook her head. Yet without complaints, she went to get the things. After a few minutes, Mai came back and with a rag, she began to clean my wound very gently as I stare at her gently. Taking notice that bruises are forming around her arms and legs. My heart tightens at the sight.

That woman is going to pay. I bitterly thought as anger pulse in my veins, but I shook my head and took a breath now thinking about Sasuke.

I wouldn't be so open with my feelings as Sasuke, but Sasuke fell deeply in love with Alice and even though he wanted to push her out, he couldn't. I wish I was that easy to more open with Mai, sometime I get scared, scared that if I open up more with her, I would lose her. I don't want anything happening to her.

I began to shake as she, but not from the contact, but…

"It's freezing," we both said at the same time looking at each other.

"Okay, why in the world is it so cold? Normally it's like an oven in here." She complains, rubbing her arms after she made sure I wasn't bleeding any longer. I lifted my gaze and breathed out to see my breath.

"Maybe, but I don't trust this island at all. It's cold, I also agree." I spoke, Mai stretches her body to grab my blanket and slowly goes up to me and wraps it around my shoulders, and rubs my arms.

"I think it's time for you to change your pants and put on a shirt before you get a cold." She said to me. I look down at her to take notice my shirt isn't covering much to make her warm.

"You as well," I told her. She nods turning around and grabs her blanket and wraps it around her.

"I did miss the cold too be honest." she smiles coming up to me trying to get some warmth. I scoot closer and look at her.

"Don't do much okay," I told her as she looks at me and nods.

"I think I'm scar for life, she's scary, she looks like my mother my mother didn't die on this island, she died back home, and how come we never heard of Sasuke and Alice?" she leans her head against my arm. I shrugged, not sure how to answer both questions.

"Not sure. Ayame might know the answer to both questions." I slowly stood up, holding the blanket against me.

"Where are you going?" I heard Mai ask me.

"Heading for the bathroom, unless you want to join me? I don't mind." I turned, giving her a slanted smirk making her cheeks turn red as a tomato.

Okay, I like teasing her too much.

"No. Go." She waves her hands as she huddles closer to the blanket.

"Suit yourself," and with that, I went to do my business.

Mai Pov

I couldn't stop thinking of what just took place, slowly stood up I went to my bed and lay down feeling my body stiff as aboard.

That ghost did a number on me, oh no, it hurts so bad.

I lay down pressing my cheek against the pillow closing my eyes as the memory of Alice laying against Sasuke back came to my mind.

She loved him dearly, and he was so sweet towards her, even though he was similar to Naru's character, but he was more open. I wouldn't blame her at all, even my heart was beating hard. I just wish we could have finished, I'm curious if they got married, they seem so in love.

I smiled at the memory.

If... If I was in her shoes, I would have married him. I would make his last remaining months the best, and the most lovable. I know how life is short. How death can separate anyone. Naru and I argue, like normal couples, but... Naru and I understand that. Love isn't about just something physical, but inner and deeper. That... If I don't have Naru at my side. I'll just simply lose it. He's my soulmate. He's my other half. I would die if he isn't with me.

If I was Alice. I would show Sasuke, what true love is. What happened to them? That's the real question

"Mai, can you come out here!" Naru yells from the outside. I groaned shaking my head.

"I can't," I screamed back. I heard his footsteps and comes up to me and his narrow.

"Mai?"

"I can't move, my body hurts," I told him honestly. Naru carefully sits down next to me, I turned my head to see him change of clothes, a double pair of shirts, and long pants.

He lowers my blanket exposing me to the cold. I shivered from it as he lifts his shirt on which I wear to my shoulders after he gently helps me lift myself, exposing the whole bare backside to him since I had no underwear. I arched a brow as his eyes search my back.

"My back hurts a lot." I felt my eyes prickle as he doesn't say a word but lowers himself and using his knuckles he caresses the middle of my back causing me to gasp.

"Your back is swollen, I'll rub it for you, but you have to change to something warmer," he said.

"I never encounter such a terrible situation, well, I'm not sure which is worse the fire or this." I felt tears leaking down my eyes as Naru slowly takes my arms and lifts me in his arms and helps me to stand.

Now holding the wall, Naru undresses me, as I cover my breasts with my arm and look at him as he bends down to grab his pants.

"Since you don't have any pants that are warm, you have to use mines," he said as he rolls the pants leg and bend down, and pats my leg to raise it. I began to blush as I did what he told me. Slowly he places each brown pants leg and pulls it up to my waist keeping his eyes focus somewhere else. Then he lowers them button it up the pants then bend down to my side once again to grab his black shirt.

"Why did you call me?" I asked as he stretched out his shirt and grabs my arm to place on the sleeve, and gently helps me to get dressed

"I wanted to surprise you, but it's snowing," he said to me making my eyes bulge out.

"What? Really? In the middle of a tropical island? I mean we get chilly nights, but not this." I gasped out now aching to go downstairs from the good news.

"Not sure myself, but it has a good amount in the floor," he tells me as he finished placing both of the sleeves and began to button up my shirt from the bottom, he takes his time and moves upwards, past my breasts, then he adjusts the collar and smooths the edges.

"I wish I could have dressed you." I pout as he wraps his arms around my waist. He began to walk me down the stairs, to which I was happy to comply.

"Next time I promise," he said as he slowly helps me go down the stairs.

"Promise?" I asked him, he nods as he helps me get to the first floor and opens the door for me, He helps me step out on the edge and I gasp to see a blanket of snow covering the ground. I cover my mouth and soaked it in.

"I forgot what snow looks like, this sucks, I can't go out and play." I look up at him.

I almost lost him, A deep piercing fear gripped my heart.

"Tomorrow we'll go out," he said. I wrap my arms around Naru laying my cheek on his chest. He looks down at me.

"What's wrong?" he asks me as I felt his arm wrap around me.

"That was scary, so scary, I thought I almost lost you." I cuddle into him as he frowns leaning his cheek against my head.

"Me too," He admits making me feel at ease that he felt the same way with me.

"Naru,"

"Hmm?"

"I don't think we are going to be the same anymore, this is beyond what we normally do, this had to bring some trauma for us, I know you're not that open, but it had to bring some sort of some consequences," I said to him.

"I'm sure it did and when we return, Lin would send us to see a specialized doctor check our conditions," he admits. I held him tighter shaking my head.

"I want that vacation with no ghosts involved," I told him.

"Trust me, I'm planning." he makes me laugh as I closed my eyes wanting to sleep.

"Let's go and rest," Naru said. I nodded and he helps me head in. Upon reaching the second floor, he helps me to my bed, but I stop in front of the mirror when I saw something. A reflection of a girl looking straight at me and I knew it wasn't me or that woman.

Well, the girl looks like me but has long black hair and a familiar simple brown dress.

"Alice?" I asked moving in front of it, placing my hand on the glass.

"Mai?" Naru snaps me out of my trance as he takes my hand away from the mirror and held it gently. I shook my head.

"Sorry, I thought I saw something in the mirror," I told him as he guides me to my bed. He lifts his gaze and stares at the mirror.

"Someone enchanted the mirror, it could have been Sasuke, or someone else. There's more to it than meets the eye because no ghost can enter this place unless it's a memory." Naru seems to be sure.

"Oh, we need to find that body and maybe it can shed some light," he tells me as he gently moves me to my bed and helps me settle down. I glance at him and he seems to be in deep thought.

"Come here," I asked as I rose my blanket. Naru bends down while holding his wound and I drape my blanket over him, then he moves to cover his blanket over mines to make us warmer, and he snuggles closer to me, but doesn't touch me. I can feel his warmth as I look up at him.

"Naru,"

"Hhmm?" he blinks, looking down at me as a yawn escapes his lips. I rubbed my eyes and closed them.

"What did you think about that woman?" I question as I felt my back throbbing.

"Turn around," he orders me, so I did what he ask and slowly turned, then I felt his big hand beginning to rub my back gently causing me to hiss in pain, but it felt good at the same time.

"Am I hurting you?" he asks, I shook my head.

"No, it hurts, but it feels good to continue," I told him. He nods as I felt his big hand continuing to rub my back.

"What is it?" he questions since I called him. I opened my eyes to look at the wall as fear grip my heart once again.

"We have to be extra careful Naru, we have nowhere to go if we get seriously hurt, we can't be that reckless as when we were younger." The thought made me quiver since I have no way to assist Naru if he gets hurt so bad.

"I know, my wound should have closed a lot faster, but since we don't have a first aid kit or a doctor nearby, it's taking longer than normal." I turned my body to face him causing him to stop massaging my back.

"I'm sorry," I said while I turned around to face him once again causing him to shake his head.

"It's not your fault Mai, you did a wonderful job on helping me, you even kept your cool, so don't ever blame yourself," he assures me. I tug under him, receiving his warmth as he places his hand on my arm, knowing very well that I couldn't be held by the moment.

"Sleep Mai, tomorrow will be another day," he tells me. I look up at him with teary eyes while I move my legs and I cover my face. Naru's eyes narrow at my sudden reaction.

"What?" he asks worriedly.

"I have to pee!" Naru stares at me as I began to cry in desperation since I didn't want to move. He chuckles and leans down to kiss my forehead catching me by surprise.

"Should have told me earlier,"

"My bladder just told me,"

"Your bladder talks now?" he arched a brow as I nodded at him.

"It does, it's letting me know to hurry or not I'll pee right here next to you," I grunted causing Naru, to scrunch his face in disgust.

"It would be your loss, this isn't my bed, I could just wash off,"

"Then I'll share your bed," I watch him stand up as he bends down to help me out.

"I'm not complaining," he admits as I wrap my arm around his shoulder and look at him with wide eyes.

"Really? You wouldn't mind if I sleep next to you, I mean sharing the same bed?"

"I won't, these last six years I have gotten used to sleeping next to you, so you sleeping in the same bed with me is just an upgrade. I would be honest, sleeping without you is the worse feeling in this world." I couldn't help but smile at this declaration making my heart warm up while he helps me to use the bathroom.

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...

Four days have gone by, slowly we are recovering from what happened, but I couldn't stop thinking of Sasuke and Alice.

"It's so good," I gasped out as I ate my fish as though someone would steal it from me, feeling so hungry, it's been a few days since we had to live out of fruits that we gather this week and no meat or fish since everything is under the weather of the snow, well the snow is thawing and it's getting warmer again, but it still cold which I didn't mind.

"Calm down, no one will steal your food," Naru stated as he takes a bite out of his food while I drank my water and gasped out.

"I know, but it's been a few days, aren't you starving? I mean you got very lucky to able to find fishes." I told him.

"Of course, but I know my manners," Naru said plainly. I rolled my eyes at him as I scoot closer to him in a slow matter so I won't stress my back since I wasn't a hundred percent.

"Manners, jeesh, we are in the middle of nowhere Naru, besides me, who are you going to impress? The monkeys? The Boars?" I said as I licked my fingers.

"I still want to go back to Japan a bit civilized Mai," he said dryly. I rolled my eyes at him causing him to ignore him as I let out a peal of goofy laughter, looking at him watching him eat peacefully.

I took notice that he looks more handsome when he was younger, but he seems a bit older, but not much which is weird. I watch as he grazes his tongue across his lips, to get the juices of the mango he was eating with the fish as I subconsciously licked my lips. My heart began to beat while my gaze softens.

"What?" he asks causing me to shake my head.

"I just want to stare at you," I admit while my cheeks turn red.

"Why?" His cheeks turn slightly red.

"Because you're so handsome even more than ever, and to make sure you're real I can't stop thinking of Sasuke and Alice, the poor couple, he only had three months of life, what did he mean he has a new host?" I asked him as I took another bite out of my fish.

"Good to know you still attractive to me, but I don't know, I couldn't even make it out and I loved him for two months, but his feelings for Alice were real, he loved her deeply, even his inner beast," he admits. I smiled at his statement, feeling a bit flirty as I ran my fingers down his arm feeling him shiver.

"Beast?" I asked. He nods looking at me, my heart skips a beat the penetrating look he gave me with his blue eyes.

"I don't get it, but it's like a wolf feeling, it's weird," he explains to me.

"Oh, well, we'll figure it out soon, I hope, I'm very curious about what happened to them, but Alice feels very deeply in love with him, he treated her so preciously, they were so cute together, to be honest." I blushed with a squeal as he rolls his eyes at me.

"Fangirling seriously?" He murmurs as I shrug at him.

"Cut me a break, I haven't read any mangas in six years, so I get to fangirl for a bit." He shrugs at me as he continued to eat.

"Naru, what do we do about that woman?" I asked him, Naru looks up at the twilight sky since were eating on the beach.

"I won't hold back next time and you won't stop me," he said strictly noticing that he tightens his fist his hand around the stick he held his knuckles turning pale white.

"Alright, I won't stop you, if you wish, but I do warn you, if she's after you once again, I will step in," I warned him. He just kept staring at me, not saying a word, I suddenly felt shy under his gaze that I lowered my head.

"What's wrong?" Naru asks at my sudden change. I shook my head looking at my fish,

"I got shy under your gaze," I admit. Naru arched a brow, but then a mischievous look glint in his right eye.

"Mai," he calls out for me.

"Yes?" I look up, only to be caught by surprise as he leans down and captures my lips against his in a longing way. I gasped out, but closed my eyes and began to return the kiss, slowly turning into a deep one catching my breath, as I wrap my arm around his head, getting lost in his deep kiss, making me go crazy as my heartbeat wildly against my ribs.

Then he retreated so fast making me halfway air kissing. I flutter my eyes with my arm extend halfway and I blinked since I didn't felt him and turn to see Naru licking his lips and turned to eat his fish with an amused look.

"Oi, that's so mean, you didn't have to stop kissing me, I missed that." I spat while I took a bite out of my fish in a disappointed and angry way causing Naru, to burst out laughing at my sudden outlook.

"I didn't' want to ruin my dinner," he said to me causing me to look at him.

"What?" I asked as he shrugs at me.

"I forgot, I can't have dessert before dinner, Mother was right, it would ruin your dinner." I blinked as he smirks as my face blazed out, almost feeling steam coming out of my ears.

"Oi, then we can have dessert after we eat?" I said with pure happiness, he nods as he licks his lips once again.

"Of course, that's the best part of the meal, isn't it?" he stated causing me to squeal, pressing my forehead against his arm and rubbed it.

"Who would have thought the great Oliver could be this flirty," I said feeling him shrug.

"Mai, I'm still a man, logical thinking doesn't compute in my head when it comes to you when I want to be intimate," he admits. I blinked surprised by his bold words.

"So, you do desire me that much as the ghost lady stated? I can't believe it, you Oliver?"

"Didn't you desire the same? Or did I heard wrong?" he asks me remembering back what I said to the ghost lady in front of him. I look away and shyly nodded at him.

"I do, I do want you to make love to me, I desire it so much, but I'm too shy to tell you, I'm not experiencing so I didn't know how to ask you, I don't want to make you feel uncomfortable or push you." I felt Naru press his lips on top of my head.

"Thank you, but soon okay. For now let's hold off for a bit longer, like I told you, I'm afraid that you would get pregnant and the attacks you are getting, I'm afraid we'll lose the baby and I'm not sure if you and I can handle another loss in our family," he assures me. I nodded at him and look up at him and kiss his cheek feeling touched.

"Thank you so much, then what about our wedding?" I suddenly ask aching to have it.

"We postpone it, along with the test." He simply says. I groaned covering my face.

"Really? Come on." I complained as Naru turns his gaze at me.

"The weather has been in and out with cold and hot and we need a body to retrieve in four months no matter what Isac said, I don't believe in his word. I want our wedding to be chaste, demonic, and Spirit-free. At least normal." His voice is deep.

"Naru, I want the same. God knows how much I want that, but isn't happening. Let's be realistic something will always pop out. Let just get the wedding out of the way. We can delay the honeymoon. Okay." I simply told him. His eyes narrow.

"Is that so?" His mood becomes tight.

"Well, like we said we.." but Narus hook his head.

"When we get married, I want to do what normal couples do. Give me something normal Mai, it's the only thing I ask of you, you have no idea how much I want you." My heart tightens most warmly as my chest becomes hot and my cheeks turn redder, but I can tell he means it, it's the least we can have something normal between us.

I nodded at him softly and grabbed his hand and kissed it gently then pressed it against my cheek, closing my eyes.

"Okay, we'll have a honeymoon then, and let's be as normal as possible on our wedding day, but I don't guarantee if a ghost would not attack so we may not consume our matrimony that night, just a fair warning," I added as he nods as he takes my hand and lifts it to his lips to give me a gentle kiss.

"While we try, it's all I ask."

"So do I, you have no idea how much I want to become fully yours not only in heart and soul but in the body." Naru stares at me and nods at me.

"You're already mine Mai as I'm yours, even in body."

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...

When Naru helps me get back to our room after our dinner, I look back at him to see him deeply thinking. I could feel my cheeks warm from our conversation earlier.

"Naru?" I asked.

"Hmm," he looks down at me as he jolts back to reality.

"Let me see your wound," I told him. He lets go of me and raised his shirt up. I bend slowly down and inspect it. It's not bleeding and not infected. It's almost sealed, but not quite yet, just a bit more, it has a scab though. I look up at him.

"It's healing nicely," I told him. He lowers his shirt and shook his head.

Then he lets go of me as he bends to grab some of my pillows and threw them on his bed and pats them. I blinked watch him adjust it, then he grabs my hand and lowers me down. I look up as he sits behind me.

"Naru?"

"Lay forward," he tells me. I grabbed the pillow to place it under me and laid on it as I felt him raise my shirt and I felt his eyes roaming my back as he frowns with sadness.

"It looks better," he said as I felt his fingers trace my back gently. I lay my cheek against the pillow and smiled gently.

"Well, you've been taking care of me," I told him, feeling him lowering himself and kiss my back, slowly trailing it up. I fist my hand feeling my begin to shake delightfully.

"You're spoiling me," I told him as he lays his cheek on my back and I felt his warm cheek.

"I feel horrible, I thought I was going to lose you when I saw her throw you like that," he admits to me making me feel a pang of deep guilt in my soul.

"I'm sorry," I whispered feeling him shake his head while I felt his hands roam my back tenderly. I closed my eyes enjoying his caresses.

If anyone told me six years ago that Naru would be this caring towards me, I would have laughed at their faces, who would have thought Naru would be this caring and gentle. I wonder has Naru ever healed from losing his brother? Now that thought lingers in my head as I heard a low tap coming from the mirror. I lifted my gaze and knitted my brows.

"Naru, give me a minute," I said as I felt him lift and place my shirt down. I slowly stood up and look over the mirror and I heard another tap.

Not again, please don't let it be that woman.

"What the?" I turned to face the mirror to see my reflection but instead of wearing my Naru pants (Which were a bit big on me,) I was wearing the brown dress of Alice.

"Naru!" I yelled as a sudden pulse rushed down my body. I heard Naru footsteps behind me and I tilt my head towards the right side, in doing so, my reflection did the opposite way. I returned to see Naru's reflection, he is wearing the same clothes as he normally wears.

"Do you see that?" I asked him as I move my head once again and the same thing happens. Naru moves to my side and touches the mirror yet, his reflection didn't touch the mirror. My eyes widen in shock looking up at him.

"Tell me that is not creepy at all?" I told him taking hold of his hand. He frowns, looking at the reflections.

"It is, and it just got weirder." He agrees looking attentively at the reflections, while I move to look at the mirror and I was shocked to see our reflections were looking at each other, then turn to stare at us causing me to jump back.

I watch as my reflection took a step forward walking through the glass making me take a step back. Naru moves with me, and then she stops as I look closer to see that her hair is not brown like mines, but black, then I gasp placing my hand on my lips.

"Are they Alice and Sasuke?" realizing it, the woman smiles at me and nods watching Sasuke walk next to her, and grabs her hand.

"What do you want with us?" Naru asks. Sasuke lifts his gaze at him, and gave him a grim look, then turns to look at me.

"Finally," Alice told him, and before anything could make sense, both of them walk out of the mirror, making their bodies glow. My mouth hung open, as Naru goes still.

Now standing face to face.

"I promised you that we will always be together Sasuke. Look, we are."Alice whispers.

"What do you mean by that?" Naru questions them, as he tightens his grip on me, moving me behind him. Sasuke chuckles.

"You still don't get it?" he asks us.

"No. What don't we get? What happened? I'm so lost." I told them scratching my head in confusion. Naru seems to analyze them, before speaking, then, I heard him take a breath, looking back at me.

"Naru?" I asked, confused at his expression it seems hard and cold. Then he turns to face the ghosts.

"Now you get it?"Sasuke asks Naru. Naru nods, pulling gently towards the front. He glances down at me, then back at Alice.

"Then why am I her guardian?" he simply asks. Sasuke smirks turning towards Alice and wraps his arm around her shoulder.

"That is another story."He simply says.

"Err, can someone fill me in, I'm lost." I wave my hands trying to get someone to explain to me.

Alice takes a step closer to me and takes my hand. I shivered from her cold touch as I look at her brown eyes. Wow, she looks like my twin, but with no scar. She gives me a gentle smile.

"Mai.. Don't you get it?" Naru asks, as I look behind me and shook my head.

"Naru, I wouldn't be asking if I did, I'm so lost it's not even funny," I told him turning back to face Alice.

Sasuke chuckled while he rubs his head and turns towards Alice.

"You never change, no matter how many centuries. Mai. You are Alice."Sasuke throws the news, causing me to freeze. Alice nods gently, agreeing with him.

"Huh?" I glance up at Naru, confused as ever.

"How? If they are dead. Their spirits are here? How are we…" my mind felt like is going overdrive.

"It's hard to explain, we aren't spirits, we are you two, think of it as reincarnation but not exactly. Oliver and Mai continue with the journey, soon you'll remember your past, about how I became your guardian. Don't ever remove this mirror from the treehouse. If so, Alack and Isac will enter. Finish our mission and it will be devastating." Alice simply explains. That pulse from earlier I felt became stronger. I rubbed my chest feeling unease by this.

"Wait, I'm still wrapping my mind around this. Are you guys? Then..." I stopped as a thick impulse passes through me causing me to groan grasping my head. Naru immediately places his arm around my waist.

"I think the information is a little too much for her to handle." Naru started, but I shook my head.

"No, just let me progress this. We see ghosts almost every day, so this shouldn't affect me." I told him, lifting my gaze towards Sasuke. A deep sadness seems to seep into my heart.

"So, Sasuke you did die and jumped into a new host." Naru changes the subject while he kept holding me just in case I won't fall. Sasuke shook his head, turning to face Alice.

"Sometimes, things aren't what they seem on this island. All I wanted is to spend my last month, married to Alice and live as a human. That's all. I didn't want to jump into a new host." His voice sounded so remorseful.

"So you didn't get married?"

"Just find the other half of the diary page and be careful with the Chief. He still wants you." Alice ignores my question and warns me causing me to shiver at her words.

"You had to remind me he exists," I grumble under my breath, feeling Naru rub my waist gently to give me some solace. I gave him a soft thank you smile then turn back at our counterparts and lift my hands to point it out.

"Okay, so let me get this straight. Oliver and I are you two, let's get that cleared up. So far, Kyoko and the chiefs are your sister and Father, even though that pervert took the title. Isac did something, causing him to become the wolf. Alack is a different story and he has the horse, which I remember Sasuke had an encounter causing him to get hurt. I can imagine he made a deal with this island protector whoever that is. How come I never heard of you guys or this protector? What happened to Ayame, John, and their daughter? From what I can gather from my dreams, they burn to death. Why does this protector need two hundred sacrifices? How do you'll connect to Ayame? Who is that lady in the mirror, if you said that it can protect us, that lady did a number on us a few days ago." Trying to make more sense.

Sasuke and Alice look at each other then back at us.

"Tick, tock, it's six, four more before ten, Alack's body is close, even right under your nose." And both disappear watching a mist enter the mirror. I groaned, placing my head on Naru's arm.

"Why is it so hard to get information from them? Is Alack's body buried under the treehouse? Oh Come on, why is it so hard to get a simple answer?" I protested rubbing my forehead against his arm. Naru lets go of me and pulls me away. I blinked as I watch him turn to head downstairs. I blinked confused by his action.

"Naru? Where are you going?" I yelled out. Following him out I shivered from the sudden coldness as soon Naru opened the door.

"To pee Mai, what else am I going in the middle of the night?" he grumbles rushing his steps down, as I stop on my tracks, scratching my head.

"Oh? Oi, Ne, Naru, wait for me, I have to pee as well," I shout as I went after him not noticing Sasuke and Alice appearing behind us, watching as they held hands.

"We are them, I hope they can understand that," Alice said as she looks at Sasuke. He nods, as he turns to look at her.

"Let's go, my love," with that, both disappear and jump into our bodies.

Thank you for the reviews and for Jjmmr: yes, that was very sweet and Sasuke (Naru) is a bit more open I think because he has lived so long he understand that life is short and has been lonely for so long. Thanks for the respond.

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