Hello everyone! I know it has been a long time since I last wrote, but I am back and ready to write as much as possible for you guys. With that said, this is the 3 chapter of my story, please review and let me know what you think so far.
Mai's P.O.V.
"Mai dear, would you like to go on a case with Houshou and I? Before school starts it would be a good idea to get back in the game." Ayako was busy getting a bag packed for a case, something about a rich Prime Minister. As I think about her question, I decide that she is right. With school starting in a little over a week a refresher would be wise, I wouldn't want him to call me stupid after all.
"I'd love to go Ayako, just let me pack my travel bag for the case." With that, I rise from the bed and go to pack my overnight bag. Grabbing four of my favorite outfits, I change into a pair of leggings, an oversized black sweater with a cute belt that hugs my waist, and a pair of combat boots. After I changed I placed my three other outfits that remained in the bag, hefting it onto my shoulder. After this, I return to Ayako's side, poking her to let her know that I'd returned, and I am ready to go. Noticing me she nods and leads Bou and I out the door towards her new car.
-Time Skip-
As we pull up to an amazing looking mansion all I can think about is the overwhelming pressure that I feel emanating from this location. Over the past few years my powers have grown, I am now a perfect medium in addition to my post and pre-cognitive dreams and astral-projecting. Seeming to remember this, Ayako turns around handing me a charm with a stern look. This charm essentially hides me from the spirits that seek powerful psychics. As we start to pull into the mansion parking lot, I notice something that I was not prepared for. The sigh of an overly familiar van, standing next to it unloading equipment is someone who both brings me joy and scares me. Someone who I thought I wouldn't have to see for another week. Naru.
Naru's P.O.V.
As per our usual protocol we arrive half an hour before we are scheduled to be here to unpack some of our equipment before the other team arrives. At least when there is another team, for when there is, most of the time they do not have the proper equipment to work with us, forcing us to have to share. What I didn't expect to see when I woke up this morning for this case however, was a group of investigators that show up a little after us, but still with plenty of time to spare. Trying to hide my expression of surprise, I head over to where the new arrivals are and wait for them to get out of their red convertible.
The first one out surprised me more than anything else. There she was, Mai, someone who held my heart, but I did not hold hers. The sting of my heartache still very prominent when I look at her, knowing it isn't me that she loves. Brushing these thoughts aside, I bring my mind back to the matter at hand. "Hello Taniyama-san, I wasn't expecting the pleasure of working with you again until after your internship with my company started. I am however happy to see you again; your abilities are of great interest to me." As I say this, I watch her flinch at my formal tone as well as the use of her surname instead of calling her by her first name. I feel almost as empty saying it as she looks.
Without missing a beat, she responds, "Hello Dr. Davis, it is a pleasure to see you again, and I would be glad to work with you once again. My abilities have grown more interesting, should you wish to see them I would be more than happy to show you at a later point in my internship. For now however, I think it would be wise to get the equipment inside before it begins to rain on us." When she does the same to me as I did to her, I didn't expect it to hurt my heart as much as it did, taking it in stride I lead everyone to the front door, where the owner of the house has been waiting patiently for us to finish our conversation.
When we arrive, I take the liberty of introducing everyone, as I used to do when we were all in Japan. "Hello, my name is Oliver Davis, I am from BSPR and am here to help investigate your problem. These are my assistants Koujo Lin and Madoka Mori, a new intern Mai Taniyama, and two independent contractors that work with us from time to time Houshou and Ayako Takigawa." After I introduced everyone, we are led inside to our base, then to our rooms.
"There are only three rooms aside from your base that we have open at the current moment, so you will have to share. I however suggest that you each stay with the opposite gender, the spirit tends to only leave women alone when they are with men. With that said, the choice is entirely yours. Here are the keys to all the rooms in this building, let me know if you have any questions, I will be just down the hall in the study. Your base has been set up with all the things one of your assistants said you would need. With that said, I wish you a good day." As the owner walked away, he seemed to be walking as if he wanted to be as far away from us as possible, glancing many times at Mai. I don't know what is happening, but I do know that something bad is bound to happen with our very own trouble maker around.
That's all for now, thank you for reading my story. If you enjoy my story this far, please favorite and comment to let me know.