Conclusion and Accusations
Mai grumbled as she trudged to school early the next morning with dark bags beneath her eyes, Kuro was with her she was tired as much as Mai was, Kuro had to do a lot this morning she was constantly researching colleges trying to find the one that suits her, so of course she was up earlier then she should.
Kuro rolled her eyes at Mai as she keeps grumbling to herself she would find it amusing right now but she was tired, she rounded the corner and realized that the second of the two figures over by the SPR van was taller than Naru and leaning on a crutch.
Kuro looks at Lin then at Mai thinking that it was going to be awkward as Mai was the one who got Lin injured, "You're awfully early today." Naru commented to mainly Mai due to the fact she's normally late, Naru looked to the side of Mai, looking at Kuro's figure he has his eyes brows raised as Kuro normally looks so professional or at least neat.
Kuro right now was wearing casual hoodie with the words "Fairy Tail" on it, Naru was a little confused why the word Tail was spelt wrong, shouldn't it be Tale, but more so Kuro's hair was slightly messy but wasn't too untidy, Kuro was wearing some casual sweats and some sneakers as well.
In fact, Kuro looked worn out, Kuro sighs getting his attention on her face she was about to say something but Mai beat her to it as she replied to Naru's previous comment "Well, I can't stop thinking about that thing we set up yesterday." Mai said, bowing nervously to Lin, who seemed keen on ignoring her.
"Wait a little while longer," Naru said. "Everyone will be here soon." Mai looked at him in surprise before asking " Everyone? You mean, Miko-san and the others? Why do you need them?" She questions hesitantly but Naru ignored her making her slightly irritated at his lack of communication, She then noticed Lin looking at her "A-Are you feeling better now?" She asked with a nervous smile. Her question was met with an even more intense silence
Kuro snickers and decides to make a conversation with the silent male that was glaring at her friend as he seemed really grumpy "hēi, lín I see you finally got out of the hospital, I'm glad I was starting to get worried do you know when you would be off crutches?" Lin looked at Kuro for a moment before answering softly " Ah Akamia-san I am okay thank you for driving me to the hospital, there is no need to be worried and to answer your final question the doctor said 2 to 3 days depending on my leg"
Mai narrowed her eyes at Lin, why wouldn't he answer her when he would answer her friend, she didn't mean to hurt him it was an accident after all "Didn't I tell you to call me Kuro? But I am glad to see you getting better" Naru looked at them both as they chatted he was surprised at how well they were getting along, honestly he felt slightly jealous.
Mai was also feeling quite annoyed mainly because she was a little upset at being ignored and it also felt quite awkward
(Timeskip)
"So then, what are you going to show us today?" Monk asked once everyone had arrived, Naru had them all to gather in front of the boarded up classroom on the 2nd floor, Kuroda was also here who had a small glare still a little grumpy with Naru's decision last time Lin was watching everyone while holding a camera in one hand and the other hand grabbing his crutch, he was currently leaning against it.
"Shouldn't you give it up now, before you embarrass yourself?" Ayako asked snarkily trying to get on Naru's nerves it was working not on Naru but on Kuro as she was getting sick of her attitude as she was a hypocrite since she failed to do an exorcism, "I just need you to be witnesses to the experiment." Naru replied smoothly easily responding to Ayako's judgmental words.
"Mai, John, and Kuro confirm that the paper you signed yesterday hasn't been damaged in any way." Naru demanded to the three he mentioned, Kuro was first and began to sigh as she moved her body to see the paper she wrote on, her handwriting was still there and there were no scratches " Nope nothing has tempered with my paper what about you Mai-chan?"
Mai took a moment to look at her paper and began to shake her head " Same as Kuro-san it looks the same as yesterday" John also nodded his head agreeing with both Mai and Kuro as his hasn't been touched either, "All right." Naru said, taking the crowbar in his hand. Without any further explanation, he wedged it into the seam between the boards over the doors and used to rip the first panel off in one fluid motion. Mai's and John's eyes widened in surprise, Kuro smirked at his show of strength she couldn't deny that he was quite strong for the way he looks.
Naru kept going without even the slightest pause between boards until he had finished uncovering door enough to open it, "What's going on!?" Mai wondered aloud Mai was a little confused at this wondering what's happening "See for yourself." Naru said, stepping aside so they could get a better look Mai went first this time as she tried to take a better look, Kuro followed soon after and smirked at what she saw.
"well isn't this interesting" Kuro stated with a small smirk, The chalk circle was empty; the chair was now all the way on the other side of the room, it confirmed both Naru's and Kuro's suspicions Mai eyes widened with amazement and currently gaping at what she saw, "Shibuya-san! The chair… The chair has moved!" John exclaimed.
Kuro gave Naru a side glance, "Yes, it has." Naru stated calmly as he entered the room and hooked his laptop up to the camera, Kuro gave him a side smile causing him to briefly to look at her his cheek twitched for a moment suggesting that he was trying to smile right back at her, "H-Hang on, what does this mean?" Ayako asked, sweat-dropping as she was clueless what was it suggesting.
"Hey, Naru-chan…!" Monk said, also wanting an answer, Kuro sniggered at this as she watched Naru ignoring their questioning eyes and words "Thank you for your cooperation. I'll be leaving sometime today." Naru stated abruptly, causing everyone else to be confused "You're not saying that you've solved the case, are you!?" Ayako questioned out loud.
"Land subsidence?" Mai asked softly to Naru wondering almost the same as everyone else, Kuro sighs feeling slightly tired at the moment "Yes, I believe that explains everything about the case that the principal hired me for." Kuro looked at the chair at the moment then at Kuroda, she must be the one causing it to move.
"Ha! So how do you explain the disturbance the day before yesterday?" Monk asked confusedly, Kuro replied instead of Naru "That was poltergeisting." She softly spoke causing everyone to look at her instead of Naru, "If you know that, then how—" Monk was the interrupted "What else could he do?" Ayako said, cutting the monk off. "He's incapable of driving the spirits out, right?"
"In my opinion, there is no need to exorcise." Naru told them. "Would you like to have a look?" Naru rewound the footage on his laptop for them and turned the volume up, Kuro watches everyone as they stretched their necks to see what Naru was showing them, That's when Everyone began to gasp as the chair was wobbling and shaking inside the circle before sliding back across the room, as if being dragged by an invisible person.
"Hahh!" Mai gasped, instinctively clinging to Monk, as they watched the chair hit the wall and fall over, landing in the position they had found it in upon entering the room. "W-Was that…?" She asked nervously, Kuro patted Mai's head as she was slightly scared and nervous at what they had just seen.
That's full-fledged poltergeisting, isn't it?" Monk exclaimed, Kuro rolled her eyes " Well no shit" Kuro lipped sarcasm in her words causing Monk to give her a playful glare, "Humans are to blames for half of all poltergeist phenomena." Naru stated ignoring Kuro and Monk's previous comments "You mean like pranks?" Mai asked. "But no one could get in here."
Kuro then responded " Exactly Mai-chan we sealed up the entrances to the room on purpose, the reason why we sighed our signatures on the pieces of paper, so we would know if someone had forced their way in, that means even if someone to break the planks of wood we set up they couldn't duplicate our handwriting as it would be really hard to do"
"That more than proves that it was the work of spirits!" Kuroda said excitedly when Kuroda says this it causes Kuro to sigh and to faceplant smacking her face at her words "I placed a suggestion yesterday with everyone who is here, that in the evening, this chair would move." Naru revealed to everyone else, Kuro already knew this so she kept silent.
"In the principal's office…" Mai said Kuro replied, " Yes in the principles office Mai-chan…" Mai still looked confused "But no was able to get into this room." Mai reminded everyone including Kuro, Kuro looked at Mai before opening her lips to speak "Poltergeisting can be caused by a type of psychic energy Mai-chan they don't have to be there to use it, most of the time it happens unconsciously"
Kuro paused for a moment to catch her breath " For example, say someone is stressed out. He or she strongly desires to be noticed, or wants attention from others, and is unconsciously building up energy, In such cases, with autosuggestion, a situation like this can occur." Kuro looked at Kuroda " As in this case Kuroda-san"
"Who… me?" Kuroda asked nervously when she realized everyone else was staring at her. "Are you… trying to say that I did it!?" Kuro sighs as her voice gets loud in defence to what she had just said: "More than anyone else in this room, it makes the most sense to assume it was you." Naru told her. He wasn't accusing her as he was just stating facts
"From the start, I felt like you were trying to draw my attention. For example, you mentioned that you saw the spirits of wartime victims and nurses. However, there is nothing to substantiate that this area was attacked, or even that the school was used as a hospital. Not even that there was ever a hospital here at all. That would mean that you were either mistaken or intentionally lying." His blunt words caused Kuroda to get nervous.
"I wasn't lying!" Kuroda protested to everyone trying to defend herself from the brunt of Naru's words "I thought you were just pretending to be spiritually sensitive at first," Naru continued, "so when phenomena occurred that could only be considered poltergeisting, I was honestly at a loss. This happened despite the fact that my instruments clearly indicated there were no spirits, and Hara-san concluded the same thing. So, the cause had to be human. Poltergeisting is generally caused by children in their early teens"
"They do it unconsciously when extreme stress builds up. The underlying currents are: 'please, look at me' or 'notice that I'm here'. Subsequently, the person who is causing the activity is likely to become a victim of the activity… to get people's attention, an unconscious desire to be the centre of attention. If this were happening in a household, the suspect would usually be one of the inhabitants, but in this particular case, no one lives here. So who would most likely end up the centre of attention? That would be Kuroda-san… or Mai."
Kuro choked on her saliva and began to laugh at Mai's face "Meee!?" Mai shouted incredulously, clearly shocked as her mouth was gaping, this caused Kuro to laugh even more she was enjoying this too much but Naru decided to also put Kuro on the spot " it also could have been easily Kurobara-san"
Mai turned to Kuro giving her a smirk and sticking her tongue out to her causing Kuro's eyes to Narrow at both Naru and Mai " Excuse me, unlike everyone else I am the only one who doesn't like attention here so, of course, its not me Now Mai-chan dose" Kuro pouted at Naru's accusing tone Mai once again gaped at Kuro and yelled at her playfully " What's that supposed to mean!"
Naru ignored there playful banter "If you compare the three I just had talked about the obvious choice would be Kuroda-san who would have more to gain. You were famous for being spiritually sensitive, ever since middle school." Naru continued "You said there were spirits in the old schoolhouse. But… what would happen if there were no such thing in the building? And if all of the events that were believed to be spirit-related happened as a result of land subsidence?"
Kuro paused at him and replied straight away " Well for one they would doubt the powers that they said they had but also mock them for lying but most of all she would lose people's trust in her which would be bad" Kuro looked at Naru and nodded at her in agreement "Exactly. She would lose her status, Kuroda-san would be terrified." Naru Stated "You felt great pressure from your intense apprehension, and unconsciously, you thought to yourself, 'No, that can't be. There have to be spirits here. They can't be here. There has to be poltergeisting going on here. It has to happen.' And then.." He stopped when Kuroda began to tremble and looked like she was about to cry
Kuro looked at Naru telling him not to say anything else, Kuro normally wasn't one to comfort people other than Mai as she was special but she felt a pain in her chest as she can understand Kuroda in to some degree " Kuroda-san it's okay, don't cry" Kuro went to her and placed a comforting hand on the younger girl's shoulder " I understand now, no one blames you at all"
Mai looked at her friend in surprise as she was not one to go out her way to be kind or comforting she couldn't help grinning as Kuro was starting to get out of her shell a little more "The unconscious mind acts on its own. Hm…" Monk said thoughtfully. Mai raised her hand to show she had a question.
"Before exams, I always wish the entire school would collapse… but it never happens." She said, causing Kuro to snort at the comment "That's just a difference in talents" Naru told her as he looked at Kuro who had a small smile on her face "Kuroda is basically a latent Psychic right Aein?" Kuro responded and looked at Naru with an amused expression "Saikikku?" Mai asked with poor pronunciation causing both Naru and Kuro to flinch at her words.
"One who has supernatural abilities." He explained before turning back to Kuroda. "You might not be aware of it, but you probably even have some level PK." Kuroda seems to perk up a little upon hearing that. "I'll just say this for Mai's sake, but PK stands for psychokinesis." Kuro giggles at the end comment that came from Naru's mouth.
"Well, thank you for your kindness." Mai remarked sarcastically, Kuro watched Mai's face switch causing her to snort at her friend "For Kuroda-san, it was necessary that there be evil spirits present, in order to obtain attention from others for herself. In order for her to be who she was." Naru concluded calmly a little too calmly in Kuro's opinion.
"Wow… I can kind of understand how that would feel." Mai said as she looked at Kuroda-sans figure, Kuroda was confused at this Kuro interrupted "Everyone wants to be someone unique and special, we always have a need to be different and to show that to other people, because everyone wants someone special and to be accepted in some form for whatever reason. It doesn't matter what it is, they just want some special talent that sets them apart from others, its common among people am I right Mai-chan?"
Mai nodded smiling a Kuro's kind words before adding in " For Kuroda-san, I'm sure it must've been you spiritual abilities, huh?" Kuroda blushed as she glanced between the two girls, "Does that satisfy everyone?" Naru asked the others. "Not yet," Ayako said, stepping forward. "By that explanation, her elevated stress came about after you gave your theory for subsidence, right? Then what about me being shut up inside that classroom and the video being erased?"
Kuro sighed, seriously she just wanted this day to be done she was far too tired right now, but she did understand where Kuroda and Mai were coming from, everyone wants to be special in some form no one wants to be just ordinary, "Should I explain?" Naru asked Kuroda. She nodded timidly. "Ayako-san, in your case, it's because this was stuck into the door's groove." He said, holding up a nail.
Kuro sniggered at this "I noticed it right away, but didn't think it was worth mentioning." Naru said, "You mean, someone did it on purpose!?" Ayako asked incredulously as her eyes widened slightly in realization, rounding on Kuroda. "It was you!?" Kuro tried not to laugh it was pretty funny in a way "I'm sure it was just meant to be a small prank." Naru said dismissively.
Kuro nodded "Right, and let's not forget Ayako-san you were the one who was causing Kuroda-san a hard time so its to be expected" Kuro replied without hesitation "Then what about the video?" Ayako questioned abruptly "That was intentionally erased." Naru stated, Ayako eyebrow twitched ta this getting quite frustrated "Did she do that too?" accusingly pointing her finger at Kuroda.
"By the time Mai and Kuro arrived at the base that day, Kuroda-san was already there. So, most likely, yes." Naru straightforwardly answered "Unbelievable…" Ayako grumbled, Kuroda looked at herself shamefully "I'm sorry" Mai gave her a friendly pat on the shoulder and smiled to let her know her apology was accepted.
"So, what do we do?" Monk asked. "The principal hired us to make this place ready for demolition" Kuro wondered at this too what they were going to say to the principle, "I plan to report this to the principal: the old schoolhouse was haunted by those who died in the war. They have been exorcised, so you may go ahead with demolition. Is that okay with you, Kuroda-san?" Naru asked. Kuroda nodded.
Kuro let a small smile slip through her mouth, Naru was a jerk with a gold heart, "How very kind of you. But are you sure you shouldn't tell him the truth?" Masako asked Kuroda flinches at this hoping that Naru wouldn't change his mind, "Kuroda-san is keeping herself suppressed enough, even now. I don't think it's necessary to run her down any further.
Kuro smiled so did Mai as they were slightly happy at the outcome that when both of them flinched when Ayako began to move closer to Naru "Hmm… Naru, you're quite the feminist, aren't you? Do you have a girlfriend?" She asked coyly, Kuro faced palmed at this she couldn't be seriously flirting here right now, "I'm not sure I understand the point of your question." Naru stated dryly with an extremely unimpressed look on his face, Kuro rolls her beautiful mismatched eyes.
"I wouldn't mind putting up with you, younger though you are." Ayako said, giving him a 'come hither' stare, Kuro coughed to herself trying not to laugh at this ridicules conversation "I appreciate the offer, but unfortunately, I can't, there isn't enough room here with my mirror" Naru said with the hint of a smirk, Kuro couldn't take it anymore after that comment as she started to laugh.
"So, who exactly are we going to say performed the exorcism!?" Ayako demanded quickly to change the subject, blushing furiously out of embarrassment as everyone began to laugh, except Lin of course " Why don't we just say that everyone worked together to do it, it wouldn't be fair otherwise" Kuro replied with an amused expression. "Nobody minds that, do they?" Naru asked the others. They all exchanged a glance before smiling and nodding in agreement, "Lin, let's start putting everything up"
Kurobara and Mai helped to carry the infrared camera and its tripod back to the van since Lin was still on crutches and already had his free hand full with the small, hand-held camera he had been using to record their witness accounts.
Mai and Kuro watched as everyone began to leave, "Shouldn't you be getting back to class?" Naru asked Mai as he took the tripod from her to load it into the van, "Oh, I was going to see you off. After all, it may not have been for very long, but you were my boss." She said with a smile.
"No need." He said as he turned his back to her. "Why don't you hurry back to class? If you get any dumber, it will be beyond anyone's control." Kuro sniggered at this as she watched them both bickering "Oh, is that right!?" Mai demanded hotly. "Very well! I'll work as hard as I can to smarten up! Goodbye, then!" She declared in a huff as she dashed back to class.
Kuro was now alone with Naru and Lin as Mai was gone, " Well are you going to at least say goodbye to me, I did help you quite a lot Aein, or are you too shy?" Kuro questioned playfully as she watched Naru, "Feel free to leave anytime." Naru told her bluntly Kuro sighed "Wow you just proved my point Naru-chan"
Lin was amused at this as she was currently poking a grumpy bear at the moment, Kurobara held out of her arm to shake Naru's hand "Well it was nice meeting you, it's been fun solving this case with you" Kuro said respectably, Naru looked at her hand and sighed as he grabbed her soft palm and shook it.
Kuro then turned around to Lin gave him a smile " Same with you Lin-san, hěn gāo xìng jiàn dào nǐ, wǒ xī wàng nǐ néng hǎo qǐ lái" Lin gave her a small smile, he watched as Kuro headed off to go home, Lin looked at Naru " You should of asked her to work with us, she was quite interesting"
Hello guys KiraLawliet here just wanted to say that I hope everyone had a great Christmas, I know I did sorry for taking long to write, Anyways this is the conclusion of case 1 of the serious, 26 chapters it took holy moly, I got a lot to write, anyways I'm glad to finish this case.
Love you guys xxx
