Chapter 10 – They're in Japan?
Naru's POV
I'm currently watching the monitors, still slightly angry at Madoka for letting us sleep in. I can hear my phone ringing, I'm trying to ignore it though, but then Mai has shoved it in my face. I sigh and grab the phone from her, "Moshi, moshi?" I say.
"NOLL," my mother yells, making me pull the phone away from my ear.
"Mother, what do you want, we're in the middle of an investigation," I scold her.
"I'm discussing your future, anyway, WHEN ARE YOU GOING TO MARRY MAI?" she yells at me.
"Is that really something to discuss during a case, mother?" I ask her.
"Well a little birdie told me there was something you wanted to tell me, I assumed you had proposed," she replied.
"Was this little 'birdie' happened to be named Madoka Koujo?" I ask her.
"Maybe, but what is it you need to tell me?" she asks again.
"…" I can't think of how to say it. "Mai can tell you," I say before handing said woman the phone.
She gives me a questioning look and I motion for her to answer the phone.
Mai's POV
"Moshi, moshi?" I ask.
"MAI, it's been so long since I talked to you, how are you?" I hear Luella ask through the phone.
"Fine and you?" I reply.
"Excellent, now, I believe there is something you need to tell me," she states.
"Um, there is?" I ask, not knowing what to tell her.
"Well a little birdie told me that there is something you and Noll have to tell me, now what is it?" she asks again.
"Oh," I exclaim when I realise what she's talking about, making me blush slightly. "Well, I'm pregnant."
The other line goes silent, "Luella?" I ask.
"AHHHHH, THAT"S WONDERFUL, YOU'RE NOT MARRIED YET, BUT STILL," she screams into the phone. "I'M GOING TO BE A GRANDMOTHER, MARTIN, COME DOWN HERE AND HERE WHAT MAI HAS TO SAY."
I can here running in the background, then some rustling, and then "Mai, what has Luella all excited?" Martin asks me.
"I'm pregnant," I say again with a sigh.
"That's great news, tell Noll-" but before he could finish, Luella pinched the phone. "Mai, we're coming over to where the case is, I'm so glad we decided to come to Japan," she said.
"You're coming to Japan?" I ask.
"No silly, we're already in Japan, we're about an hour away from where you are, we'll be there soon, bye-bye," and before I could say anything, she hung up.
I stare blankly at the phone in my hands and pass it over to Naru. "What did she say?" he asks.
"Your mother is very excited and they're in Japan," I say robotically.
His eyes widen a fraction, "How long have they been in Japan?"
"I don't know, but as soon as I told your father I was pregnant, she snatched the phone and told me they were coming here and that they will be here in about an hour," I answered.
He stands up, "They're coming here?" he obviously doesn't want them here.
"Yes, they're coming here," I whisper.
"Dammit," he mutters something I can't here before heading out of the room.
"Naru, where are you going?" I ask him as I trail behind.
"To talk to the culprit," he mutters darkly.
"The culprit?" I ask.
"Madoka," he answers dully.
"Oh, of course, Madoka is always Luella's little birdie," I muse.
He nods his head as we continue towards Lin and Madoka's room. Naru bangs the door open to see Madoka and Lin sitting on the bed, both of them reading. When Madoka looks up, she's surprised at who is at the door. "What is it Noll?" she asks Naru.
"Why is mother and father in Japan?" he asks her darkly.
She looks surprised but then quickly hides it, "Why do you think I would know?"
"Because, mother said a little birdie told her there was something Mai and I needed to tell her, and since she's in Japan, you have to be the birdie," he explains in a tone that says 'duh,' but in Naru's case, it probably says 'no shit Sherlock.'
"Fine, I told Luella that she should probably come to Japan because there was something important that the two of you had to tell her and that as soon as you do, she'll want to see you. So I told her to come to Japan and call you when she was settled," Madoka explained with a wide smirk on her face.
Now he looks furious and stomps out of the room, me following at a more sedate pace, "Naru, it can't be all bad if they come, you haven't seem them since we came back to Japan a year ago, it could do some good," I tell him.
"Do some good? My mother is going to gush all over you and you're not that pregnant yet, she'll take you baby shopping and shopping for maternity wear when you are far from needing it," he explained.
I gulp at the thought of all that shopping, last time Naru went to England, I went with him. Luella wouldn't stop taking me shopping, and talking about things that we would not have even considered at that time. After Gene's funeral, Naru came back to Japan, after a few months he finally told me he loved me. We became a couple, and three weeks later, he took me to England to meet his parents. I was 18, he was 19, and Luella was talking about how he should propose, how we should get married and give her some grandkids. It was one of the most embarrassing topics of my life. I could tell Naru was embarrassed as well.
"I see your point, them coming may not be the greatest of ideas," I mutter.
"I also don't want to see mother's reaction when we have to tell her the ghost has Sora, I'm sure he's the other reason she came," he said sadly.
"We will find him Naru, and then we'll get away from this place, so the others can get rid of Rina," I say to him in the hopes of soothing his worries.
"I know we will, and I wish you wouldn't use her name, she doesn't deserve to be called by her name," he orders in a dark tone.
He's still angry at me being attacked and her taking his godson, "Okay, she's now 'the ghost,'" I tell him.
With a nod from him, we continue to base, and I wonder what everyone else is doing.
Well, I hope you like it, I thought I would throw Luella and Martin in. Anyway R&R please.
Seza over and out