Someone got burned

"Kyaaaah!"

"What's that!?" Naru demanded, practically shooting out of his chair when he the scream. It sounded like it had come from the kitchen, Kuro was worried and suddenly ran out of the base to the kitchen, Kurobara saw Kana looking at the stove in shock, Naru came in followed by Mai who had a concerned expression.

That's when the Flames from the stove erupted even more flames aiming at Kana, Kuro ran in front of kana grabbing her body suddenly moving it out of the way, however just before Kuro could get away herself she was burned on her arm sending a stinging sensation as Kuro hit the ground banging her head on the floor.

"Kuro! Kana-san!" Mai yelled, alarmed, Mai was tearing up as she saw her best friend on the floor, Kuro was there on the floor her hair tangled. They saw her on the floor heaving slightly almost as though she was having a panic attack Mai was about to bolt to her friend but Naru said otherwise " Mai go check on Kana-san ill check on Kuro"

Mai's eyes narrowed at Naru glaring at him before she could say anything Naru demanded in a strict voice " Are you dumb? Go to Kana-san" Mai bit her lip as she looked at her friend who was heaving badly, she goes to Kana checking up on her.

Naru walked towards Kuro who was slightly panicking at what just happened, she wasn't scared of the fire but the pain it came with it reminded her painful memories. Naru kneels down in front of her face " Are you alright?" He said in a soft tone letting his eyes wrap around her form, She was holding her arm that was burnt by the fire.

Both Mai and Naru heard Kana say "Th-The flames just suddenly started shooting up!" Kana exclaimed, shaking with fear, unfortunately, the fire was still going Naru took charge as always while still looking over Kuro who had been hit by the fire barely escaping. "Everyone, please stay back," Naru said firmly when Noriko and the others arrived on the scene. "Get a fire extinguisher!"

Monk grabbed the fire extinguisher, getting rid of the fire quickly however it took a couple of minutes to die down. Everyone except Naru sighs out of relief however as they let that out they saw Kuro still laying down shaking slightly, Monk an everyone else looked at her in concern Naru spoke once again to the silent girl.

" Kurobara let me look at your arm" Gently proding her to let her arm go from her grasp, Kuro winced as her head started to throb badly. She opened her hand and let go of her arm that she was hiding, Naru tenderly grabbed her arm looking at the wound it looked very painful, there were small bubbles on her skin and really red.

Naru assumed that she got a second-degree burn from the way her skin was acting up, However, that was just mere speculation Softly but surely he lifted her up in his arms. Naru knew that she hit her head hard and is in a lot of pain suggesting she won't be able to walk very well.

Back in the kitchen, Mai sighed with relief as she slumped against the wall. Everyone looked tired. The fight to put out the stove had been short but exhausting.

"Huh?" Mai suddenly tensed when she realized someone was looking at her through the window behind the kitchen sink. "Naru! Someone's there!" Naru rushed over to the window and check, but whoever it was had disappeared.

There's no one there." He said, while holding Kuro in his arms surprisingly he was strong enough to hold her through his arms started to ache just barely, However Mai wasn't done "There was!" Mai insisted. "Someone was looking inside! A child…" they all turned to look at Noriko.

"But…" She said as a bead of nervous sweat ran down the side of her face and a cold chill ran up her spine. "Ayami should already be in bed in my room…"

(Timeskip)

Before they went and checked on Ayami, Naru placed Kuro on the couch sitting her up as she was still conscious, Kuro was still silent but watched Naru as he checked for any other injuries, she had a small Burn mark on her cheek it wasn't bad as her arm was. Ayako sat next to Kuro and grabbed her arm softly, checking her arm.

After a while of checking Ayako sighed to herself, she could see by Kuro's expression that she was in pain. Mai worriedly looked at Ayako " Is Kuro going to be okay, It's not serious right?" She spoke anxiously worried about her best friend.

"She has a Second Degree Burn, quite a large one she needs to run her arm under a tap full of cooling water for 15 Minutes or Longer, It will help to get rid of the swelling you also will need to get some antibiotic cream after cooling her arm down it will help with the blisters on her skin the faster we get rid of the blisters"

Mai eyes widen in worry "How long will she have the burn for?" Ayako stood up while softly asking Kuro to get up, instead of Ayako answering Mai's question Kuro took the chance to speak " I would say Three weeks I am assuming… Right Ayako-san?" Kuro gritted her teeth as her arm was burning and was really painful.

(Another Timeskip)

Very carefully, they silently opened the door to Noriko's room just enough to be able to peek into the dark room without Ayami being aware of their presence, Kuro was surprising with them despite being injured don't get her wrong she was much in pain but after Ayako treating her injuries she felt a little less pain.

Doesn't mean it didn't hurt like a bitch Kuro couldn't move her arm without gaining sudden pains and boy did it hurt so Kuro was being careful not to move her arm much. That's when they hear Ayami the young girl say something "Minnie, I'm going to tuck you in now, okay?" The little girl told her doll, covering her with a handkerchief for a blanket, obviously in the middle of a game.

Ayami stopped when her aunt turned the light on, alerting her to their presence "Ayami…" Noriko said hesitantly before rushing over to the child. "Ayami, were you just looking in the kitchen window?" Ayami looked at her aunt in surprise "No." Ayami replied honestly, wondering why her aunt looked so upset.

"But Mai-chan said she saw a child," Noriko said insistently, getting upset. "You were really peeking in from out in the yard, right?" Kuro and the rest of the gang watched as they interacted with each other "No, I wasn't." Ayami says slightly hurt that she didn't believe her Kuro could see she was really getting very upset frustrated even.

"Ayami!" Noriko says almost yelling her name out, causing the little girl flinched at her tone "No!" Ayami shouted, frustrated that Noriko wouldn't believe her. "It wasn't Ayami!" Suddenly there was banging noises, causing everyone to widen their eyes as everything shakes "Wh-What the—" Mai said, startled when there was a loud knocking on the walls.

BANG! BANG!

"It wasn't Ayami." She yelled out, causing the banging to be more agitated as though as the house was alive angry at out interrupting it course Another sharp bang was heard before hearing something shaking, Kuro eye showed alarm in them as she looked to where Noriko was Kuro could see The shelf on the wall behind Noriko-san shaking vibrating silently.

"It wasn't!"

BANG!

"Noriko-san!" Mai shouted in alarm when the shelf started to fall, Kuro eyes widen as the shelf started to fall.

"Onee-chan!" Ayami gasped.

"Noriko-san!"

CRASH!

(Timeskip)

"You failed again." Monk said bluntly once they had returned to base, causing Ayako to flinch guiltily and blush furiously out of embarrassment, "Excuse me! I guess I'm just useless!" She huffed indignantly, stomping out of the room Kuro tried not to giggle but feeling like she owes Ayako so she spoke up.

"Now now Monk-san lets not forget that Ayako actually did some work for once that wasn't useless, She helped with my injuries so we should let it go don't you think? " Kuro gave Monk an amused smile it was but a small smile but it causes Mai to brighten because after what happened to Kuro she became silent.

Monk raised his eyebrow at this surprised at the fact that they are defending Ayako after all they did fight and argue a lot over the course of the two cases so it was surprising " Oh so now you're on Ayako-san side? Interesting" Kuro rolled her eyes at Monks tone " shh you" Monk sniggered as he watched Kuro's face morph into a playful expression.

"Well, I think that's enough excitement for one day." Kurobara said, plopping herself down on the couch with a tired sigh only to gasp in pain as she just bumped her burnt arm her eyes twitch in pain as she suddenly shouted " FUCK, SHIT, MOTHER FUCKER" Mai looked at Kuro in alarm once again she was slightly confused what Kuro was saying.

However Naru and Monk seemed to understand as Monk was coughing a little appalled by her language, Naru, however, was amused at Kuro sudden language change to English he will not admit it but he thought it was slightly cute though he was slightly concerned since she seemed to be in a lot of pain.

Kuro stops cursing after the pain slightly goes but it went back to really uncomfortable throbbing, she had enough with this case already she was sick of being attacked and injured by spirits it was genuinely pissing her off "Dummy, should have been more careful" Naru had said causing Kuro's eyes to twitch in irritation at his obvious claim.

"You don't say! Ugh Fuck you" Kuro sarcastically says, cursing at him as her armed throbbed Naru rolled his eyes however he was even more so amused but annoyed at the same time " No thanks, I will not do such a thing" he stated calmly as he gave a sexy smirk Kuro face flushes slightly getting embarrassed at his clear teasing of her.

Kuro suppressed her blush as Monk was giggling like a schoolgirl he was clearly entertained, coughing slightly to get rid of her flustered expression " Ooh la la, seems someone's embarrassed" Monk remarked. Kuro whipped her head to his figure giving him a really drawn out glare monk however sniggered back.

"By the way…" Takigawa said, suppressing a laugh, but suddenly his face went serious "It almost seemed like that poltergeist was responding to Ayami-chan's shouting." Monk said thoughtfully. "It could be tied to the child Mai said she saw in the kitchen window." Kuro blinked for a moment before nodding.

"it does seem like that" they commented agreeing with Monk but also she couldn't help be thinking about the doll, Maybe the doll has something has to do with this, "You think Ayami-chan is the culprit?" Naru asked to both of us Kuro was the first to respond " No I don't think its Ayami-chan as we already know the culprit isn't human by the suggestion experiment"

"How confident are you in the results of that test?" Monk asked Kuro watched silently as she was wondering what Naru was going to say "One-hundred per cent." Naru stated with absolute confidence, Is it possible that the autosuggestion failed?" The monk asked Kuro shook her head she knew that it won't be possible.

Plus by her psychic power, she knew straight away that the culprit was a spirit "None." Naru said, unshakeable, Monk got peeved by this as he was about to yell at him "How can you say—" "Naru," Lin said, interrupting before it turned into an argument. "the temperature in Ayami-chan's room is starting to drop."

Kiralawliet here sorry for not updating awhile, honestly I have been feeling down with things especially my writing but I feel a little better now so I had to get back into the groove of writing, I hoped you enjoyed this Chapter I believe its chapter 31 but I don't know honestly I think I have miscalculated the number of chapters but meh.

So anyways thank you for following this story and being patient, I got some pointers from my sister by the way… she told me some tips on how to help with my story and tbh I hope I can add these in my story.

However, it will take me time so... yeah.

Also bold is in English so you don't forget.