Chapter 18 – Mummy Not Normal
I make my way into the kitchen that Tsukino-san indicated to make Naru his long awaited tea. I found the kettle and filled it with water. I placed it on the stove to turn it on and when I turn around, standing in the doorway is a small girl about 6 years old. Her shoulder length brown hair pulled back by a pink headband and her green eyes curious. She's wearing a cute little pink sundress. "Hello, you must by Maron-chan," I say to her.
"Who are you?" she asks.
"I'm one of the people who have come to get rid of the spirit haunting your house," I tell her in a kind voice.
"Are you going to get rid of the spirit?" she asks as she walks over to me.
"Yes, we will get rid of the spirit," I reply squatting to her level; though with a little difficulty considering the bulge that is my stomach.
"Are you having a baby?" she asks when she notices the slight swell of my belly.
"Yes, I'm going to have a baby and I can't wait until it comes either," I reply sweetly.
"When you get rid of the spirit, do you think mummy will turn back to normal?" she asks with a sad look in her eyes.
"What do you mean by that sweety?" I ask with a frown.
"Well mummy used to be nice and have many of her friends over, but when I see ghost, she becomes mean and scary. None of her friends have been over since," she replies sadly.
Just as I was about to speak, someone else speaks first, "I thought I said you women weren't aloud near my daughter," says Tsukino-san as she grabs me by the arm, pulls me off the ground and pushes me up against the wall.
"Mummy, don't hurt her, she has a baby in her tummy," screams Maron.
"Don't interrupt, I told this woman she wasn't to be near you and I don't care if she's pregnant," the woman screams back at her daughter.
"You better care, because if anything happen to her or my child, we will leave," says a menacing voice from the door.
Standing there is none other than Naru, "I said the women weren't to come near my daughter," she screams at him.
"No mummy, I came to her, don't hurt her," Maron screams again.
"Silence, this is none of your business," Tsukino-san yells at her daughter.
"It is her business and if you do not let go of Mai now, I will press charges and leave," Naru says as he gets angrier, so angry, the room is shaking.
"What are you doing?" she yells at him.
"I told you to let her go," he says again.
Lin comes up from behind Naru and places a calming hand on his shoulder. "Kazuya, calm down, we're hear to help them not ruin their house," he tells the angered man.
Naru calms down some, but Lin and I know that he isn't going to calm done fully until she lets me go. After a few seconds, she lets me go and I run over to Naru. He wraps his arms protectively around my waist before glaring at Tsukino-san, "Touch her again and we will leave," he says before pulling me back with him to base.
When we arrived everyone was seated and stared at us when we entered. "What was that?" Bou-san asks.
"Tsukino-san pushed Mai up against the kitchen wall," replies Lin as Naru pulls me onto the couch with him.
"Are you okay?" he asks.
I nod and turn to the conversation, "What does that have to do with the house shaking?" asks Bou-san.
"He shook the whole house?" I ask.
"Who shook the whole house?" Bou-san asked.
"Naru did, when Tsukino-san had Mai against the wall, he got angry," Lin replies.
"Why did she push Mai against the wall?" asks Ayako.
"Because Mai was talking to her daughter, Maron," Lin replies again.
"So what has that got to do with anything?" asks Yasu.
"When she came to the office, she said that the girls weren't allowed near her husband or daughter, or she'd kick them out," Lin reveals.
"Why didn't you say anything?" asks Masako.
"We decided it would have been better if we didn't tell you," I answer.
"Well, I'm going to talk to her, no one threatens our girls and gets away with it," says Bou-san as he gets off the couch he was sitting on.
"Wait, Bou-san, I don't think it's her fault," I say before leaves the room.
"Why do you say that Mai?" asks Naru as he holds me protectively to his side.
"When I was talking to Maron-chan, she said her mother has changed since she saw the ghost. Apparently, Tsukino-san was a kind woman who invited her friends over all the time, but after the ghost came, that changed; she became mean and never invited friends over again," I reply.
"Do you think she may be possessed?" asks Bou-san.
"Yes, I do, but what throws that off is that Masako hasn't mentioned anything," I say.
"Yes, that's because I can't feel the spirit in this house and I can't sense any spirit coming off of Tsukino-san either; are you sure she may be possessed Mai?" she asks me.
"There's no other reason that I could think of for her personality to change severely that quick," I answer.
"Her being possessed is a definite possibility, but we won't say that she definitely is; it may be something else," says Naru.
"Yeah, I understand," I reply.
He squeezes me a little tighter and kisses my temple, "Well, it's already night and it's getting late, I think we should call it a night," says Bou-san.
"Good idea, everyone can go to bed now," Naru replies.
After everyone said goodnight, we left for our bedrooms for a nice sleep. Naru and I change into our sleep wear and while we're lying in each other's arms under the cover, he says, "Mai I want you to promise me you'll be careful around Tsukino-san."
"I promise," I say.
He kisses me sweetly on the lips before we fall asleep.
OH MY GOD, I am soooooooo soooorrrrryyyy that this is soooooo late. School is coming to an end and I have soooo many assignments to finish. I had a spare class today, so I'm using that opportunity to update. In advance, I hate to inform you that I may not get a chance to update again until the holidays, sooooo soooorrryyy.
I hope I have not inconvenienced someone, anyway R&R please.
Sorry again, Seza out.