Chapter 4 – The Beginning of the Investigation is Always Slow
After I finished my musings I looked over to the rest of the team and realised they were leaving me behind. I quickly run to catch up to them before my workaholic boyfriend can say something annoying. Though that notion was quickly thwarted, "Mai, if you keep looking at the house like that, the staff will think you have no brain," he said to me in that business tone of his.
My face turns red in anger, "Why you..." I started but was interrupted when the door was opened to a baby-faced, blonde-haired, blue-eyed girl that could only be one of the Koiya's maids.
"Hello, you must be the SPR ream that Koiya-sama told us would be coming, please follow me, I will take you to the room that you required to be your base," she said in an angelic voice of a child.
With that said, we followed the girl, who still hadn't told us her name, to our base to find a large room with shelves already set up for the computers, a table with many chairs around it, and a small coffee table surrounded by a few couches for relaxing. There are also many power points for us to plug all kinds of equipment in. As soon as we had everyone inside the room, the girl was gone before we could ask her anything. I don't like her for some reason, I thought to myself. She just doesn't sit right with me.
"Monk-san and John-san," Naru started with the orders. "I want you to bring in the equipment and start setting it up, Ayako-san; I want you and Hara-san to go around taking temperatures of all the rooms. Hara-san, as the two of you go around, sweep the area and see if you can detect anything. Lin, Madoka and I are going to start the research from here since Yasuhara is obviously late."
After he was done giving the orders, everyone got to work without any complaints, "Naru? What do you want me to do?" I couldn't help but ask.
He turns to me and his eyes soften, "Mai, I want you to relax and get some rest, I know you slept on the way here, but you look exhausted," I started to protest, but he put his hand up to stop me. "Mai, please, I don't want you leaving this room without anyone, I don't want you out of my sight at all. Now please, sleep."
"Fine," I say in exasperation as I make my way over to one of the long couches. I grab one of the cushions on the couch to use as a pillow, lay my head on it and drift off to sleep.
I open my eyes to find myself, again, in front of the man named Kiseki. I wonder again where Gene is, the fact that this is the second 'one of those' dreams that I have had for this case and still, no Gene in sight is rather worrying. "You betrayed me Rina; you cheated on me, with my own brother. I loved you, I cherished you and you betrayed me," he exclaims.
"I didn't, I love you and only you Kiseki, I do not love your brother and I didn't cheat on you with him, I swear," Rina replies in a scared tone.
I again find myself, or rather Rina, pressed against the railing. I watch again as Kiseki pushes Rina off the balcony as she screams bloody murder.
I awake to the beautiful blue eyes of the man I love as he calls my name, with the un-Naru-like concern in his eyes. "Mai, are you okay?" he asks.
I launch myself into his arms and cry to my heart's content. I vaguely here the door open as the rest of the SPR team make their way to investigate the scream I obviously let out. "Mai, what happened?" Naru asks.
"*sniff* I had a dream that I was a woman *sniff* named Rina and I was standing in *sniff* front of a man named Kiseki. He said that *sniff* she betrayed him and slept with his brother. *sniff* She said that it wasn't true, and then he *sniff* pushed her off the balcony, the last thing that happens is *sniff* she screams loudly. Then I wake up," I reply softly, wondering if he heard me.
Naru looks at me intently, the look in his eyes asking, was that the same dream you had on the way here?
I nod my head in reply; he grabs onto me tighter and then looks at everyone else. I look over too, only to see that Yasu has decided to make an appearance, making me ask myself how long I was asleep. "Yasuhara, I want you to look into the names Kiseki and Rina. I want you to tell me who they were and when they lived here, if they did indeed live here," Naru ordered straight away.
Yasu nodded his head and went straight to the town's library a few blocks away. After his departure, I realise that the other members of our team are looking at us funny. I then realise that, not only does Naru have his arms around me, but he has me on his lap as well. I turn 10 shades of red open realising this position. "You two are looking pretty cosy, sitting in that suggestive position," teases Bou-san.
Naru sends a glare his way, but doesn't let go of me or even loosen his grip on me. "How Mai and I sit is none of your concern you perverted old man," Naru says coldly.
"Just saying, it looks cute, that's all," he teases further making Naru glare harder and me blush redder, if possible.
"Ne, Naru, can we tell them now?" I ask in order to stop this embarrassing conversation.
Naru looks over at me, nods his head and asks for everyone's attention. When he has it, he starts, "Mai has something to tell you all."
I glare at him, my eyes silently saying, why do I have to tell them?
His eyes glare back, silently saying, because you're the one that is pregnant.
I huff and then turn to the team. "As Naru said, I have something to tell you all," I start, not knowing the best way to tell them. "Um, well, oh what the hell, I'm pregnant."
The room is suddenly very silent, but Ayako and Masako had wide grins on their faces. Then suddenly, "WHAT?" I hear from Bou-san.
"Geez, Houshou, didn't you here her, she said she was pregnant, p-r-e-g-n-a-n-t, pregnant," said Ayako teasingly.
"I heard what she said, but aren't you two too young for a baby, you're not even married yet," Bou-san stated.
"It wasn't planned Bou-san, it just happened," I said defensively.
"I thought you were going to tell Naru and everyone else after this case, Mai," states Masako.
"I was, but it would seem Lin took a guess and mentioned it to Naru who was already suspicious," I replied with a glare at said Chinese man.
"Wait, Ayako and Masako knew?" asks Bou-san.
"Yeah, they were the first to know," I say.
"That's not right, as the father, shouldn't Naru be the first to know?" asks Bou-san
"I didn't know how to tell him," I whisper.
Naru squeezes me a little in comfort, indicating that it was okay. I smile at him, and then look at everyone else with a smile. "Alright, it's late, time for bed," Madoka states while carrying an already sleeping Sora out of the room. Sora has his mother's pinky red hair, but his father's golden eyes (they look gold to me). He's so adorable, I can't wait until mine and Naru's baby is born, I want to see how adorable it will be.
With that happy thought in my head, I follow Naru up to our room to sleep for the night and hopefully not have 'that' dream again.
I'm sorry that took so long to put up, this week is exam block at school and I've been busy either studying or doing an exam. R&R please, I am very appreciative of everyone who has given me ideas to write with. I have written most of them down and hope to incorporate them at some point in my fanfic. I have used a few already in this chapter and hopefully I have written what you were hoping for. Ja ne.