More child Spirits and Anger
"Just Minnie?" Kurobara says as she looked around the young child's bedroom, feeling slightly paranoid. "There's someone else too," Ayami said, pointing behind them. Both girls whipped their heads around but saw nothing between them and the open door. "Huh? He's gone." Ayami said.
Kuro was getting more and more worried for the child's sake, she would know… Kuro had dealt with spirits when she was at a very young age. Manipulation, illusion's, hypnotism, There are a lot of things that spirits can do.
"Oh, is that so?" Mai asked wryly, rubbing the back of her neck. "I guess he doesn't like us. Was it one of your classmates?" Kuro chuckled at Mai's statement, Ayami looked at them both giving them a short answer by nodding. Kuro deciding to be productive for the investigation says " well, If I may ask, How long has he been coming to visit you?"
"I don't know," Ayami uttered, looking a little relieved that they seemed to believe her even though they hadn't seen him, Kuro gave her a smile to reassure her more. Kuro didn't want to offend the small child, especially since she is seeing something that is new to her. It was quite scary for her when she was younger.
Seeing dead people… was almost traumatic for her as a child, she knew if no one would believe her when she was a child she would feel… Dismissed and well rejected. "Is he one of Minnie's friends Ayami-chan?" Ayami nodded her small head "Minnie brought him here." Ayami replied.
They need to go and tell the others, Kuro gave Mai a short glance Mai-Chan her brunette friend jumped up from her skin, forgetting that Kuro is… Psychic? An Esper? Whatever it was called. She looked at her with confusion.
We need to go and tell the rest of the gang, about what we had just found out Kuro says telepathically. Mai gave her a smile.
(Timeskip)
"What's with this house?" Ayako asked. "Is it famous around the neighborhood for being haunted?" Kuro rolled her eyes at her statement. "Or rather, it has something to do with Minnie, doesn't it?" Takagawa said, glancing at Kurobara and Mai. Kuro nodded "she did say that Minnie brought the other child spirit here, what more is that were heard an unknown voice which I assume is Minnie, talking to Ayami-chan."
"What do you think, Naru-chan?" Monk asked. "Could a spirit have possessed Minnie and is pretending to be her?" Kurobara would have thought it would be obvious, but why. Why does she feel like there is more to it if only she could freely use her psychic abilities if she did… this case could be over on the first day.
"It could be something along those lines," Naru said thoughtfully. "Do you want to try to remove it, Takagawa-San," Monk gave Naru and Kuro a smirk "You bet." The monk said confidently. "Finally, it's my turn."
(Another Timeskip)
While they watched Monk perform his exorcism on Minnie in Ayami-chan's room, Ayako ended up staying with Ayami-chan. Mai seemed to be on edge, Kuro could tell right away with her younger friend " are you alright Mai-chan?" She asserted with concern. Mai jumped up for the second time today "I am just worried about Ayami-chan and Ayako-San"
Kuro patted Mai's soft brown hair "They will be agave her alright, have faith" After saying that she gave her a soft smile, trying to help her calm Mai's nerves. "Kyaaah!" A voice was heard "What was that!?" Mai asked, jumping. Kuro could have sworn it sounded like… " Noriko-San! It was Noriko-sans voice"
Both Mai and Kuro went ahead to check up on Noriko, both as worried as each other, although Mai looked more concerned by her expression of fear and anxiety. "Lin, please wait here," Naru said before following them, Lin looked at him with annoyance they were leaving him again, he was always the one to be left behind.
"Noriko-San, what happened!?" Mai asked when they found her lying on the floor of the hallway, "M-My foot…" She said, wincing in pain. Kuro bent down to Noriko's Leg "I am going to take a closer look" she stated as she softly touched the leg being very cautious, Kuro saw a hand print. A child clearly did it as the hand was incredibly small.
"I've taken enough First Aid classes to know that its disscolated, we should ask Ayako-san for some medical help, for now, we should give her ice to put on her joint" Kuro avoided talking about the handprint that was bruising her skin as to not scare her too much "Someone… suddenly pulled on my leg with incredible force…" Noriko-san explained, sounding like she was in a lot of pain.
Kuro felt bad for Noriko, she's been injured three or four times by spirits. Kurobara's arm still hurts like a bitch, but she was able to push through the pain "let's get you to a hospital instead, Ayako is busy… we need to get you a doctor. Kana-san please take Noriko to a hospital as quickly as you can"
Kana nodded.
While Kana-san took Noriko-san to the hospital to have her ankle treated, Naru had Kurobara and Mai wake Ayami-chan up so he could question her. "Where is Minnie!?" Ayami asked the moment she realised her doll was missing, Kuro winced at her small voice it was already trembling, "I'm going to keep her for a while." Naru stated calmly.
"Give her back!" Ayami shouted Kuro winced at the sound she hoped that Naru would be nice enough to a child. "How long has Minnie been talking?" Naru asked, not bothered by Ayami's shouting and yelling. "How long has Minnie been talking?" Naru asked. "Giver her back! She's my friend—" Ayami gulped when she saw the cold look in Naru's eyes as he stared down at her.
"Ayami-chan. Noriko-san is hurt." He said sternly as she started to tremble. "Minnie did this to her, didn't she? We're all in danger, is that what you wanted?" He demanded, raising his voice. Ayami eyes began to leak water, tears to be exact. Sobbing loudly as she clung to the bed sheets, Kurobara couldn't handle it anymore, so she grabbed Ayami bringing her on her knee.
Rocking her slightly "Shh shh, it's going to be okay," Kuro says this in her best calming voice, trying to help the child calm down. While doing this she gave Naru the coldest glare she could muster at the moment, Mai shivered hoping that her friend wasn't going to kill their boss if looks could kill… well, Naru would be dead by now.
Kuro covered Ayami's ears "are you out of your fucking mind? How soulless are you Kazuya? She's a fucking child, you don't talk to children like that especially when they are terrified…" Naru didn't back down, he was almost surprised at the amount of anger in her facial expression "That's not the issue at the moment,"
Kuro gritted her teeth in anger, grabbing Ayami softly, she gave her to Mai "what are you~" Kuro stomped to Naru's face grabbing his collar palling his face to hers "ARE YOU FUCKING SERIOUS, DON'T SPOUT SUCH CRAP, YOU HAVE NO IDEA WHAT ITS LIKE, BEING A CHILD WHO HAS NO IDEA WHAT'S GOING ON. You… Do you know what's it like being a child able to see dead people, and being harassed by Ghosts and Humans"
Naru was taken aback by Kuro's sheer anger, "I-I'm sorr… I'm sorry. I'm sorry!" Ayami sobbed, hiccupping. "Minnie said… I couldn't tell a-anyone… She said if I'm friends with someone else, she'd hurt me… so…" Kuro looked behind her, the anger replaced with worry.
Kuro slipped her hand out of his collar and sat next to Ayami and Mai, Naru However sighed internally and closed his eyes. Naru decides its best to take a different approach "When did Minnie start talking?" He asked again in a gentler tone, having been properly chastised. "… Since we moved into this house." Ayami answered quietly.
Kuro began to tenderly stroke Ayami's hair, giving her some comfort. The poor child has suffered too much "In the beginning, what did she say?" Naru asserted tenderly. "That my mommy is a witch and my daddy is her servant, and that they're going to kill me. She said my Onee-chan's on her side too. Minnie told me she'd protect Ayami only if I don't become friends with anyone else. When Ayami would forget her promise and play with Onee-chan, Minnie would hide things and make my room messy… She says that's my punishment!"
Mai looked horrified, meanwhile, Kuro was frowning "And then, Minnie started bringing other friends over?" Naru asked. "Mm-hmm." Ayami nodded. "There are lots of them, children like Ayami. They're all Minnie's servants." Kuro gave her a sad smile, patting her head gently.
(Timeskip)
"So, Minnie is the cause of it all," Monk said once they returned to base and recounted what they had learned from Ayami. "I wonder if the previous owner died and then possessed the doll?" Kuro nodded "Probably" She retorted as she inhaled a breath, her throat was burning, she's strained her vocal box too much.
"Ugh, how gross," Ayako said with a shudder. "This is why I can't stand dolls…!" Kuro thought dolls were cool, she had wanted them when she was a child but was never allowed one "I don't think it's Minnie." Naru said thoughtfully, causing everyone to look at him in surprise "Hey, you're saying that after all of this?" Takagawa asked.
"The doll is just being manipulated by the spirits trapped in this house," Naru explained. "We need to figure out who they are. Until we discover that, Ayami-chan is in danger." Kuro sighed sadly, poor Ayami-chan she sees her younger sister in her.
"Mai-chan. Mai-chan, please come here!" An urgent cry came from the hall. "Noriko-san?" Mai asked when she opened the door and saw Noriko, with a freshly bandaged ankle, and Kana standing there, surprised. "When did you come home…?"
"Look!" Noriko said, pointing at the wall next to the door they had just come out of. There was something scrawled on the wall in childish handwriting:
Bad kids will be punished.
"By 'bad kids', they mean Ayami-Chan don't they?" Kurobara inquired, getting a bad feeling in the pit of her stomach. Kuro hoped that Ayami would not get hurt she had a soft spot for kids and animals, she doesn't wish for any kids or animals to be hurt. "Ayami-chan gave us information that she was warned not to tell." Naru said. "Minnie thinks she has betrayed her. Mai, Kuro. I want at least one of you to be with Ayami-chan at all times. Don't leave her alone."
(Next day)
Ayami-chan was humming happily as she played in the yard with Noriko Mai, and Kuro watching over her, Kuro was standing behind them both keeping a close eye on the young child "Monk and all the others are going to clean the graffiti, so Ayami-chan won't see"
"Thank you," Noriko-san said. "I'm sorry about this." Kuro shook her head before she could say anything Mai beat her to it "Not at all!" Mai said. "Noriko-san, this has been hardest on you. You got hurt, and now Kana-san has left…" Kana had disappeared while they were sleeping, leaving behind a note about how she couldn't stay in such a creepy house any longer.
"What can you do?" Noriko-san said. That's life. It must have been difficult for Kana-san too. "Onee-chan, does your ankle hurt?" Ayami asked as she came back to check on them, Kuro looked at Noriko-san wondering what she was going to say to the young girl. "its fine," Noriko told her with a smile. "Once Ayami started being friends with me again, the pain went away."
"That's good," Ayami said, relieved. "Ayami's going to go pick some flowers for you. Kuro-san and Mai-chan, let's go."
Chapter 35? Is done it think, I hope this chapter was okay to you guys. Thank you for reading my story however also I am pretty sure there are some mistakes in this chapter.
I am glad that this story is going well, for me anyways.
