Chapter 9 – Gene is Back

"Gene."

"Hello Mai," he says with his signature smile across his kind face.

"Where have you been?" I ask as I hug him tightly.

"The ghost has been successfully blocking me from you, at least until now," he replied still smiling.

"Why can you be here now?" I ask curiously.

"She's angry that she has failed to kill you once, she's losing her cool; she has never been thwarted from killing anyone before. All her focus is on not letting you find Sora and thinking of a way to get you," he replied, the calm exiting his demeanour. "I have to tell you, if she kills you, she will still kill Sora anyway, so don't be a hero and give yourself up. Just get Sora away from her and take him and yourself away from here. Take Noll with you, now wake up and tell him what I have said, leave nothing out."

"But-" before I could finish what I was saying, I woke up.

I opened my eyes and found I was now lying fully on the couch. I look over at the monitors and see Naru watching them. I sit up and look around to see we are alone in here. I walk over to him and wrap my arms around his shoulders, placing my head next to his. "How long was I out?" I ask.

He grabs my hand and turns to face me. "A few hours, it's already 10 o'clock. Learn anything new?" he asks.

"Gene is back, she was blocking him, but now her anger at me and her focus on us not finding Sora is making her loose her cool. He was able to reach me to tell me that, but also said that even if she gets me, she'll kill Sora anyway. He wants us to find Sora as quick as we can and that I need to take Sora and myself away from here, he also said to take you with me," I answered all that Gene told me.

"Her anger is understandable, she has failed to kill you once and plans not to do so again," he states.

"I know, that's what Gene said too," I giggled.

"Oh did he now? Bou-san will be here in a few minutes and then we'll go to bed," he says as if there is no room for a debate.

Too tired to argue, I nod in agreement, not thirty seconds later; Bou-san arrives to take Naru's place at the monitors. "Well, you're finally awake, you two go on now to bed, I'll handle the monitors," he says.

With that, Naru and I make our way to our room, his arm around my waist protectively. "I hope Sora is alright, I feel guilty to know that he was taken because I didn't die," I whisper.

He stops suddenly and grabs a hold of my face, his gorgeous eyes staring straight into my hazelnut ones. "Please don't ever feel guilty about not dying to save Sora, no one new she would take him, though I still would not have let you die. Never regret living, I would not be able to live if you died, it's even worse that I would loose a child I never got to even hold too," he whispers timidly.

I stare into those intimidating eyes of his to see many emotions; worry over Sora and I, pain at the thought of losing me and our baby, happiness of knowing he will be a father and that I am still alive, and mild anger that I would say those things. "I'm sorry," I whisper in reply as I let tears roll down my cheeks.

He pulls me tighter to him to allow the tears to dissipate and after they do he pulls me into a passionate kiss. "Never leave me, I would be nothing without you," he whispers into my ear as he pulls me towards our room.

I awake from a dreamless sleep, worried that I didn't see Gene and happy to not see those haunting images again. I then become aware of the arm around my waist; holding me closely to a hard chest. I turn my head slightly to see he is still sleeping; he's so peaceful in his sleep, you would never believe he was a cold narcissist when awake.

His eyes slowly open to unveil those deep blue eyes I love so much. "Good morning," I whisper as I turn my body to face him.

He kisses me, "Good morning to you also," he whispers.

He looks over my shoulder at the clock on my side, his eyes suddenly widen and he sits up abruptly; unknowingly taking me with him. I look over at the clock to see the reason for his sudden show of emotion; the clock says 1:00pm. We slept into the afternoon and nobody decided to wake us? I thought.

We quickly get dressed and as I do, I see the anger flaring in Naru's eyes. He places his arm around my waist; now a common action in this house as he leads me to base. I feel for all of those who didn't wake him and will miss the one whose idea it was. We make it there in record time, he bangs open the doors and surprises everyone in the room; and then their eyes all widen in fear.

"Why didn't any of you wake us up?" he demands them.

I look around and notice the absence of one of our members; Madoka, who is either still upset or is hiding from Naru because she's the culprit that let us sleep in. "Was it Madoka's idea or is she still upset?" I voice my questions.

"Uh…yes…it was Madoka's idea," Ayako replies with a sigh, not believing she tattled on the older woman.

Before Naru can storm out of the room, I'm at the door ready to stop him, "Just leave her be, I'm sure she didn't mean for it to annoy you," I plead with him.

"Madoka went to see why the two of you weren't here yet, when she entered your room, the two of you were sleeping peacefully and didn't want to wake you. She said that it would be good for the both of you to get heaps of rest, you, Mai, nearly died, and Naru, you're worried sick. The long rest was probably good for you," Bou-san explained.

Naru sighs, "Fine, I'll let it slide for now, but she better not do it again," he relinquishes before walking over to the monitors, sits down and I can tell that he is sulking. Pathetic, I think exasperatedly.

Wow, Rina is evil and Gene is finally back. I still don't know how long I'm gonna make this story. I want everyone to give me their ideas on how many chappies I should make. I'm also wondering if I'm gonna make more than one case on this story so that I can add most of Mai's pregnancy or if I'll just skip to the baby being born after this case. Ideas will be taken into my head, so feel free to give them. Anyways, R&R please. What else to say...none that I can think of now so...

Seza over and out