Wave and Beach.
A fanfiction by Aoi Kitsukawa.
Disclaimer: Ghost Hunt is belongs to Fuyumi Ono-sensei, I only borrow the characters in the light novels/ manga/ anime. Please enjoy reading it!
Summary: AU. Like wave uncompleted without beach, so life uncompleted without love. Taniyama Mai, 19, was an orphan who was sold by her nasty guardian to the brothel but she managed to run away. Shibuya Kazuya, 20, a son of a Duke, was frustrated upon his father's plan to marry him with other noble's daughter. Both of them met and by mistake, making a horrible mistake that changed their life forever. What exactly happened to them?
Author's Note: I finally got some new information about Ghost Hunt, especially on Nightmare Dwelling; unfortunately, I was unable to say it in such happy world. I just got some shocking news about my friend. Her best friend during high school was murdered together with her father several days ago and was found recently. I couldn't stop my tears when I saw my friend's status; she lost her friend in such tragic way. Pray for her friend and father's souls; may they rest in peace.
I'm also want to say sorry for the late update. Several weeks ago I went to specialist and it seemed that the result of the blood test was not that good. I feel weak and exhausted more than before, plus with the problems keep on boiling inside are not stop either. Please wish me luck for my health, as well as for my study and life.
Special thanks to Mixed Array, Aroya, Nadin-hime, Lioness of the Fire, Jaz-147 and cfaithscf for the story alert, Hanamaki, Haze, Marrylissa and Lily for her review. Thank you dear.
By the way, I reread again Rurouni Kenshin, my childhood manga and still, I really loved this manga even it's already more than 10 years! And for the special OVA for Rurouni Kenshin-Kyoto Shin Hen is already in the net! And while searching for this anime I accidentally came across this song: Kagen no Tsuki by Domoto Koichi. Really had strong resembled with Rurouni Kenshinlive-action! Can't wait for it this year!
Have a good time reading and don't forget to review!
Pairing: Mai Taniyama & Kazuya Shibuya/ Naru
Genre: Fantasy x Suspense x Tragedy x Hurt x Comfort x Romance x Mystery x Supernatural x Adventure
Wave 4: New Life…
-Hazard the Magical World-
Somewhere nearby Flame and Wind Nation, a man with a torch walked silently in a lonely, dark road. He wore a black robe that covered his face and body. He glanced around him before he went to the nearest brushes and jumped in. He blew off the flame and slowly ran from the dark road. He ran as quiet as he can until he reached a small house near the forest. The moonlight shone lightly as the man lifted up his hand and knocked the door twice; first was slow and the second was loud.
The door was opened and then he went into the house. Inside of the small house, there was a group of people waiting for him. All of them wore robe that covered their whole body including their faces, and in the middle of the group was a man with fierce face and strong body. His hair was green and his eyes were blue, showing his strong, evil aura to his men.
The man who just came by then kneeled down and say, "Chief, it's seems that the Guardians were already realized our existence in this kingdom!"
"Is that the truth?" He asked, looked calm.
"Yes! Apparently, the man who was kidnapped by us several days ago had some connection with one of the Guardians! However, it's seems that we have to wait for the perfect time to kidnap the Saturn king's daughter, Chief," He said. After he finished his words, small noises started to appear.
"Hey! Why we have to wait again?"
"Yeah! Besides, it's the time for us to move our plan, right?"
"Many girls are in our hands right now! No way can they find them except us!"
"It's true! It's true!"
The people in the house had started to make noise louder than before when slowly their leader raised his hand and then suddenly all of them became silent.
"What the reason that makes you say like that?" Asked the leader.
That man said, "It's seems that the family of this man had connected the Third Generation of Natsume Guardian's leader. I believe that man must be telling someone to the leader if anything happens to him!"
"The Third Generation? The one that people said to as the 'twin of soul' of the current royal rulers?"
"Yes."
The leader looked serious as his mind was trying to consume the new information that he just received now. It appears that he did not know this matter at all and from his frown face, the man who delivered the information knew that his leader was not happy with the fact that he told him. Everyone including the man that kneeled down looked at the leader who had become so silent and serious for a moment.
"Durand, tell me about our situation now."
"Apparently our plan is as smooth as we had plan, except that the missing girls had been traced down by the authorities. We actually can kidnap the girls from both Human and Dark World but it seems quite difficult, as they had created strong barrier to protect these two worlds. Besides, we didn't have much time," Said the man named Durand.
"I see," He said."And the girls?"
"Don't worry chief. As soon as we manage to take more, there will be enough time to make the 'preparations' for our 'ceremonies'," Said Durand.
"Excellent! Now prepare for the further action!" Ordered the leader.
"But chief, what about the man that we had kidnap before?" Asked one of his people.
The leader looked at him and said, "Don't worry, we can use him as a hostage and ask for more money for him. Anyone who knows about us should be kill!"
All the men nodded their head as a sign of understanding.
"Choose the perfect men to kill these people; remember IF you manage to know who's the people and then, after we gained what we want, we shall attack the kingdoms' castles once and for all!"
All the people were shouting happily, as they agreed with their leader's strategies. The man named Durand just silent, before he excused himself and went out from the small house.
The moonlight slowly surrounded by dark clouds, and then been consume by the eternal darkness of night…
-Mai's POV-
It's getting late; I wonder what I should do…
Oh, that's right. I should introduce myself for talking all alone within myself.
My name is Taniyama Mai, well, not for now. So far, I have been 'enjoying' my life for the past nineteen years (can I say it's an enjoyable life after such long damn period? I was stuck with unlucky life ever since I was a little girl!) but then suddenly a chaos struck on me, leaving me behind with terrible mess that would never be able to change back and now, I married to a billionaire; a son of a Duke.
*SIGH* Taniyama Mai…I will definitely miss that name especially when my surname has turned into Davis. Yes, the man I married was Oliver Davis, the son of Duke of Antlia, in Blue Star Nation, our homeland. Although I am married to him, our marriage was a BIG secret! Yes, a very, very, big secret! Except certain people, none of his family members or outsiders knew about this matter, which was quite a relief to me, or otherwise I have to prepare myself for secret ambush from his family or even the 'acid attack' (1) that female relatives used to do towards the other women that they disliked!
Why did I end up with this narcissist guy? Read carefully the words 'BIG' secret; neither both of us were expected to get married AFTER our one nightstand! It was something that we never thought would be happen, since both me and Naru (oh, by the way, I called him in the first place because I didn't know his real name until it was reveal later on!) were barely known each other. However, because of his social status (get lost with his damn status! That's the cause of my suffering now!), we had to get married in such a rush time and way! That was why, I feel like I was hypnotized when I answered 'I do' to the priest. Right at this very moment, I really want to take it back and undo my wedding just like what people do when they made an error with their computer. Sadly, that would be a big impossible, right.
Anyway, let us go back with my own question. I can't even think of a single right answer. Wait, I remember! I married this narcissist for my own good; well, that was what the high-ups told me that day. They said that Naru should take his responsibility on me since most of the blame fell on him. Well, that was true; he was drunk when he had our 'first night' together. Not that I like it, but somehow I felt sorry to him. Part of the blame should fall on me too. If I managed to avoid him that night and just left him in the guest room, none of these would be happen. However, everything was done and there was no turning back. Moreover, our last hope to cover up everything and avoiding scandals that could trouble to everyone was marrying this freak! I never thought that finding a drunker on a street while wandering aimlessly in the middle of heavy blizzard will lead to marrying someone whose status was a noble's son but causing our marriage to be rank as a TOP SECRET!
On the top of that, he was the most annoying, perverted freak narcissist I ever met in my life!
Shibuya Kazuya a.k.a Oliver Davis, which I nicknamed him as Naru the Narcissist.
Don't get fool by his fake smile and pretty look girls! He was not the type of a guy that girls like me would enjoy to be with. He was so arrogant, egoistic, boastful, and unsympathetic and not to mention, he even considered himself like the no. 1 perfect man on the face of the planet Earth! What a goose!
Although I hate to admit this, he was undeniably good looking! His eyes are the most charming I have ever seen; a pair of deep blue sapphire that matched a deep blue ocean like the one in front of his mansion that matched with his jet-black hair, he was so beautiful. If not because of his rude manner at the first place, just like other girls who were fascinated with his appearance, for sure I will melted if he stared at me for hours. His figure was thin and slim; not that he was an anorexia person but at least the body suited him well, he was tall and his legs were also long enough to make walked three steps against his one long stride and most of all, he had a fair skin, maybe a bit pale. These criteria had made him the most handsome person I ever meet in my life.
Now, here I am, sat next to my husband on the bed in our bedroom. We were the newlywed couple that just married two days ago. While looking at my husband who was sleeping soundly next to me, I had to admit that I was a bit surprised on how spacious and luxurious our master bedroom was.
This room was an off-white color with a matching white carpet and not a speck of dust was to be seen. Inside of the bedroom was a king-sized bed (which Naru and I were on it now…!) against the wall. Above the bed was a white net curtain hung on all four sided and hung from the ceiling down to about eight inches off the floor. There were four posts, one on each corner of the bed, which went from floor to ceiling and were connected to the bed frame. The sheets were baby blue with soft purple strips.
There were two end tables, one on each side. The left one had cordless telephone and a small blue lamp; the right one had an alarm clock and a matching blue lamp. I looked to the left where I can see a balcony door which baby blue curtains closed over the double doors. To the left of the bedroom door was a closet door. I once opened it and saw a large walk-in closet, which strangely inside the closet contained lots of black shirts and clothes and only a few short colorful clothes; I guess the functions were for the formal occasion. I never thought Naru interested in black colour only.
Next to the closet was a bathroom complete with two sinks, a shower and a hot tub. The bathtub was soft blue in colour with flowers and seashells decorated the tub. The tiles were crystal light blue with floral wallpaper, the rag on the floor was blue-grey strips; the curtains were the same as the bathtub, with small bathroom closet on the sinks. On the right side of the door, was a large fireplace and a desk which was on the right wall; there was a computer and a few books. From these, I can assume that Naru was a workaholic person!
Although his tastes in decorating the room were beyond my imagination, I had to admit that it was beautiful and impressive. It somehow matched with his personality and at the same time, brought comfort and calmness on me.
…
Huh? What did just I say?
It's really strange, was he started bewitched me with his charm?
To be honest…
I don't know…
I really don't know.
"WHAT? ARE YOU SURE ABOUT THIS IZUMI?"
"Slow down Ami, stop yelling!" Said Izumi as she slapped her friend's hand with her hand.
A woman at the same age as Izumi sat in front of her covered her mouth with her right hand, trying her best not to laugh. Izumi just sighed as she thought it would be useless to stop her from laughing. After all, they were childhood best friend.
"So…sorry about this. It's just that, it's quite unbelievable right? Lord 'Naru'…"
"Was force to marry a stranger by me? That's what you want to say isn't it Ami?"
"Seriously Izumi. You should know what kind of person that boy is. It's unbelievable that you manage to make him follow your orders. Even Billy and Kartina had to raise their white flag and surrender to him. That boy is, unbelievable!" Claimed the woman named Ami.
"The main reason is because it was ME who saw them like that, and from some sources that I could trust, he's not very happy when he saw me."
"It's because that you're The Guardian of Wrath?"
"Even the Grim Ripper would run away if he saw that boy's glare! I would say that his dislike of me because that he believes I'm a GREAT manipulator! Yeah, for such an arrogant and high-pride brat like him, I'm not that surprise if he hates me because of the marriage," Said Izumi as she adjusted her glasses. "But I doubt he ever know the reason why I push this marriage so much."
"And why is that?" Asked Ami as she took one of the dresses at the railing shelves. She and Izumi were at one of the shopping mall in Avenue 36.
Izumi stared at the beautiful woman next to her. Kirimasu Ami, the first vice-captain of the Guardian of Natsume Third Generation and her childhood best friend, she was Sakuragi Motokano's aunt. She and Motoko had strong resembled with each other and people tended to mistake them as mother and daughter. Just like her niece, she had a long, silky black hair that shone lightly, making her hair looks like the model in TV commercial; an asset that Izumi admitted her jealous over Ami. She was thin and beautiful; fair skin with matching black hair and eyes, her pink lips that seemed was craved into the exact shape, overall she was a perfect beauty. Except that she was a little shorter than Izumi (Izumi was 173 cm) and she was gentler than her niece, nobody would believe this woman was once the member of Natsume Guardian. Her maiden name was originally Sakuragi before she married to Kirimasu Satoru, her husband and one of the members of Natsume Guardians Third Generations.
"He needs someone to watch over him," Said Izumi as she took a simple female shirt with plaid pattern.
"Seriously Izumi…" Ami said as she took another clothes, this time it was a beautiful, open-shoulders and knee-length aquamarine evening dress with a gold clip on the left shoulder. Without sleeves of course, and it suited Ami's skin perfectly.
"How many times did you do have to do like this?" She asked in a soft tone, almost pleading.
Izumi just silent and Ami cannot say anything about it a sighed.
It was not the first time she ever saw her best friend cared for other people. During their teenagers' period, she always keep on protecting the people whom she loved and cared, although some of them were not concern about her and just ignore her, but for Izumi it did not matter at all. She always got involved with serious battles, which led her to have many serious wounds, and sometimes she almost died because of them. She could be reckless when it comes to concern of her own life but when it comes to dangerous situation and if it fell on the other people, she would strike forward to protect them from danger and harms. That was why, when compared to all of the members of the Guardian of Natsume Third Generation, Izumi was the person who suffering the consequences from the battlefield most.
That was why the others were concern about Izumi so much.
That was why people who knew her did not say anything about her cold or sarcastic attitude.
That was why they were afraid if something bad happened to her.
That was why the current royal families did not mind about her and the others calling them without the honorifics that they should say, because of their past relationships; they fight together, they cried together, laughed together, suffering together. Sharing the same goals and dreams as well as to protect what was important to them, these were the reasons why they were so close and bonded together tightly.
"Are you sure this is the right decision to make?" She asked as she took the aquamarine evening gown and placed it onto the tray. "We're not his family or relatives to make such things. If his family knows about this, what should we do?"
"You should know that old man isn't that sensitive with his sons' feelings, especially that arrogant brat!" Claimed Izumi calmly as she chose a blue plaid female shirt with loose sleeves. "Just because his other son is disappears that doesn't mean he can control the other son like one of lab experiments."
"Aah… I'm sure you're talking about the so-called arrange marriage right?"
"Indeed."
"But it can be done right? It's not that forbidden…"
"But he did it right in the middle of the chaos! Do you know how much terrible the current situations are until Eitarou and Motoko had to bang their heads in frustration every time the investigations come to dead end?" She picked up long, black stockings that reached her lower knees. "Even they feel disgusting with that old man's confession! 'Doing it for the sake of my son's happiness', ewww! Even as a mother I won't do such things right in the middle of problems!"
"Oi, oi, Izumi, hang in there, you're going to crumple the stocking…" Said Ami worriedly. Somehow, even Ami herself got worried whenever Izumi started to get angry. If she got angry, she would never care what did she grab or hold until it was already too late!
"By the way," Asked Ami as she grabbed another evening gown with pink purple in colour. "I doubt that you say that the main reason you married Lord Naru with that girl –Taniyama Mai, was because he needed her to take care of him."
Izumi slowly turned her frown into a sly smirk, and as her friend, Ami knew that kind of action means that Izumi was full with puzzles and mysteries that make people frequently wondered what kind of game she wanted to play actually. Izumi was a woman with mysteries, and she loved to play mysteries with people, especially when it comes to her solution or intention in many matters.
"Izumi…"
"Indeed there's more than that Ami," Said Izumi as she grabbed a blue-black pant. "There's something that I need your help, and need to tell you about."
"What is it?"
"After we pay these items."
Oh great, she's really driving people crazy!
After they paid for their items and walked away from the boutique then Izumi turned around, faced her best friend who seemed was a bit shock with her sudden action.
"Izumi?"
"You really want to know?"
"…Of course…"
"Who else who doesn't want to know what exactly are you up to Izumi?"
"Listen Ami…"
Ami watched her friend turned serious, and she knew Izumi would never say nonsense to her in such way, since her also a serious type person. She knew there might be something that she really need to talk about, and from all of the people, she choose her best friend first. But the next things she heard had caused her to shriek a little, which something that Izumi did not like at all.
"How could it…Is Kartina (2) knows about this?"
"No she doesn't," Replied Izumi in her deep tone. "Besides, I just found it recently when I was investigating the case where many girls were disappearing at the Hazard World."
"The one that Eitarou and Motoko are in charge for?"
"Yes, and it quite a surprise at all."
"Is that why you're doing these? All of the matters? Do you really think this is a right decision to that young lord and his wife?"
"That's why I want you to SHUT UP your mouth and don't say anything about it! Remember Ami, Shino is the sole survivor of Himura Royal Family during the destruction of her kingdom, and if anyone knows about this, they might be want to take advantage regarding this serious matter!" Said Izumi in stern voice.
"Everything is really complicate…" Said Ami as she sighed; she knew it was useless to fight against Izumi if she determined on something. Besides, what she said was true at all.
"Did Leona know about this?"
"She's just like the others."
"Clueless." Both women laughed at the end of Izumi's words as they walked to the parked car. "So what's we are going to do dear leader?"
"Hmm…" Smirked Izumi, apparently she was up with something. "I got something that we the Third Generation can take care for a while. Can you call the others?"
"Leave it on me Izumi!"
Mai walked across the hallway of the mansion, still wearing her nightdress, only covered with a thin cardigan. She had left the master bedroom, which was shared with her husband, who was sleeping soundly on the bed. When she woke up, she almost freak out when she saw Naru was sleeping next to her, and then started to realize that they were already married and staying at Naru's hidden mansion.
Since it was still dawn, Mai decided to make something for breakfast. Slowly leaving the bed not wanting to wake up her husband (ehem…!), Mai left the room. She was hoping to find Yoshimi Hiroe-san and Teruka-san; the servants of the mansion to help her for the breakfast that morning but she had no idea where their rooms were and where exactly the kitchen was. She continued walked until she reached the end of the hallway and gasped silently.
It was beautiful. A grand staircase was in the middle of the front room, which led to the main entrance of the mansion.
A tall ceiling was above and a large golden chandelier with gems dangled down. The walls were soft yellow and the floor was white tile with a black bat in front of the door. A table sat next to the door. There were two paths that led to the two rooms to the left, and two rooms to the right. There were two windows satin and pale rose-colored curtains.
She then went to the left.
Mai opened the door as unconsciously turned on the lights and stared with amaze. It was a family room with the walls painted with light blue. A large faded teal sofa and matching love seat and chair decorated the white carpeted floor. Against the right wall was a large stone fireplace with a mantle. The furniture was facing a large TV, which was up against the back wall. Mai made her way over to the TV, looked across the room to the left wall and right under the windows was a silver table frame with glass covered on the top of the table. She turned around and walked over to the windows. Seeing nothing was there except the outside patio that was covered in snows (it was wintertime), she walked back to the main room, shutting the lights off in the sitting room. The room directly to the left of the stairs was a small bathroom decorated in yellow and seashells. She then went into the room that was directly in front of her.
The lights lit up over a kitchen island, which was right next to the doorway. This room was a soft off-white color. The counters were navy and white marble stones. The floors were in white tile. Behind the island were double glass doors that lead out onto a patio deck. On the stove was a silver pot with mold growing in it. Next to the stove was a silver double-door refrigerator. On the other side of the stove, next to the island, was a sink and under it was a dishwasher. Mai opened it and saw clean dishes, which she believed that it must be Hiroe-san and Teruka-san's work. After all, they were the servants in this huge mansion. She decided to explore a bit before making the breakfast as she planned before.
Then from the kitchen, she moved into the room that was connected to the kitchen. She turned the lights on and saw a beautiful cherry wood dinning room set. The walls were a light brown and up against the left wall was a cabinet with glass doors. Inside held fine china with gold trim on all the edges of the plates, bowls cups, glasses and handles of the silverware. There were two matching candleholders with white partly melted candles in them. Mai left the room after turned off the light, ready to go to the room. She walked up the stairs and came to a divergence sort of. To the left was a large double door and to the right were two smaller doors. Mai decided that she went to the right. As she walked, she stopped and looked down the railing at the main floor, she was pretty high up! She continued walking. There was more then door doors. Around a corner was another door, an opened door. She started with that one.
"A library?" Mai asked herself as she turned the light on, reviled shelves, shelves, and shelves of books! Most of them were the books of paranormal activities, psychic books and anything that related to science researches. Huh, no wonder why Naru look down on her huh? That narcissist…
In the middle of the room was a round carpet that looked perfectly on the hardwood floors. At the back in front of a window were a wooden desk and a chair. To the left was a fireplace. As Mai walked over to the fireplace, she saw a window that was located over the desk, which was open. There was a garden fence leaning against the side of the house, there were no flowers of course, it was wintertime and most of the scenery was in white snow. Mai shut the window and the light and moved on. She crossed the hall before she stopped again to check downstairs by looking over the railing. There was no doubt; Naru is really a son of rich family!
But something caught her attention. If Naru was really a spoil child from wealthy family, why did he refuse to add more servants than what he had now?
Why he never tell anyone about the location of his mansion?
She still remembered when she was about to get married to Naru, the only servants who available were the members of Yoshimi family. Other than that, there were no servants that helped them that night. Even Eitarou and Motokano helped them preparing the ceremony. Not only that, when John came to meet them for the first time (remember Mai didn't meet with John until her infortune incident with Naru), Izumi-san was worried about him being tailed by others and hit Yuuki-san after that.
What exactly happened between Naru and the royal high ups and Guardians?
Why it seemed to them that Naru was very important that everything must be, keep in secret?
Mai sighed as she decided to return to the kitchen and started the breakfast. As she reached there, she quickly opened the refrigerator and looked into it.
"Hmm…there's some pickled ume (umeboshi), salted salmon, katsuobushi, kombu, tarako, eggs…That's right! Maybe I should make some onigiri (3) today!" She said with excitement as she grabbed the ingredients and started her morning chores…
- Seashore near Main Capital Pegasus, Blue Star Nation-
"So how's your life now Shibuya-san?"
Naru sighed as he sipped his tea. Really, he doesn't want to talk about his life right now, after all had happened in previous days.
Shibuya Kazuya a.k.a Oliver E. C Davis, son of Duke of Antlia; Duke Martin and Duchess Luella Davis sat together with one of the SPR members at one of the café that was located at seashore near Main Capital Pegasus, Blue Star Nation. He apparently was not in mood to talk anything right now; however, since the person who sat in front of him was someone that performed his holy matrimony, he decided to answer it.
"Stressful."
"Of course. That's what we call as marriage life," Chuckled the person who sat in front of him.
"You're not under this situation Brown-san, that's why you can say like that," Muttered Naru as he took another sip of his tea. The tea was from what Mai had provided to him together with his bentou(4).
"I understand what you are trying to say Shibuya-san, since I'm also one of the people who got involved with this matter," Said John as he accepted the tea that was poured by Naru from his thermos. "But believe me, if we didn't do like this, the situation could be far dangerous than now."
Naru was silent. He knew what the elder man in front of him tried to say.
"You should be grateful that Mai-san was agreed to marry you in the situation like this. She's a very fine woman, if you ask me."
"How can you be so sure that she's a fine lady? I don't even know her background yet." And that elder woman seems to me refused to answer my question about this mater as well!
John just chuckled as he stared at the young man, "Other girls would already are bubbling around, saying that they're married to the great Doctor Oliver Davis. However, she didn't."
Naru just silent, he had no choice but to agree with John's words. Commonly, even if he just appeared in short time in any kinds of social gathering among the noble and high-ups people, surely the girls and women would tried to, at least, to greet him no matter how formal or 'cool' he behaved towards them. Even for such a short time, the next day his mother and her assistance –Mori Madoka, would bombard him. She is a daughter of a Mori noble family, formerly was an associate and mentor to Naru, and then was promoted as the head of SPR work field; going on site and gathering information. She then became closer to Luella questions, and combining themselves all together, were asking him nonstop about the ladies or women that he met that night. He usually retreated into his room or sometimes, if his assistance was there, he would approach him and pretend to ask about works.
He always felt disgust with these kinds of women who approached him; they were fascinated by his appearances, tried to lure him or getting his attention by acting flirtiest and wearing sexy dress, and worse, some of them shamelessly put his hand on their 'censored' parts! While they believing him to fall to them, he immediately flew away and refused to appear at any balls or social gathering for the next two weeks!
However, Mai was different, totally different. While girls would squeal if they saw him even from very far away, she would look at him with suspicious, and seemed not fascinated with his appearances (something that Naru found out quite amused too!). Besides, she never saw him as good-looking guy or rich person with noble title, instead she claimed him as jerk, serious, ignorance, self-centered and most of all, NARCISSIST!
"She never knows me before…" He said slowly as John was about to take a sip of his tea (courtesy of Mai).
"But now she did, right?" Said John with his gentle eyes. "Although only half of it."
He knew that young lord was having a difficult time to adjust to his new life, so as a person who knew the details more than everyone did who was not aware; he had to stay by his side.
John had to admit that not only him, but the young Guardian of Time –Imai Eitarou, also paid close attention towards Taniyama Mai, whose surname now was Shibuya Mai/ Mai Davis. He knew what kind of conversation that young lord and the young boy had with each other before, as he accidentally overheard their conversation. He could see how calm Eitarou was, but his words were full of concern and reminder towards the young lord.
"Because a human's heart is a glass heart, once it's broken it will never be repair again…"
How can he managed to encounter with that young boy's words, the one who witnessed the massacre of his friends, related people and the ones that he knew and love? Such words that only people who gained wisdoms through experiences and knowledge were able to say like that.
But Eitarou and Motokano were not ordinary teenagers that people always assumed they be.
Both of them were experiencing something that even he, an adult could not be able to stand with. How they managed to get over such traumatic experiences that, even the Guardians from another dimension took more than a year to overcome the fear and still be haunted by nightmares that sometimes can affected their mental and physical health.
That was why he understood why Eitarou asked Naru take care of Mai.
Because he did not want anyone, whom he knew suffered just like him.
Because he had enough of pain to bear anymore.
He did not want to see any tears coming from Mai, someone whom he respected as an elder sister of him.
Because he had enough…to see, Motokano cried.
On the day, she lost her twin sister in the bloody battlefield between two parties.
He had…enough of it.
Naru sighed as he grabbed the onigiri that Mai made for him. Apparently he said to her that he wanted to meet someone for a while, while Mai decided to stay at home since she still needed some rest. Even he had to admit that Mai looked more exhausted than before; he was psychologically tired than her body. Even so, she managed to make him some bentou; the onigiri, and some tea for the journey.
Which he had to admit, that the food and the tea especially, were good.
"Did Mai-san did this food?" Asked John as Naru looked at him.
"It's really good. I wonder if she really skillful in cooking?"
"Maybe she asked one of the Yoshimi families to teach her."
"But you said before that she woke up before everyone did, right? Perhaps I was right; she's good in cooking."
Naru did not say anything. He himself was bad with cooking; his brother even laughed him when he cooked the sunny-side egg into a black charcoal!
"So, what do you think, Shibuya-san?" Asked John as he watched Naru ate the food. He could see that his eyes were changing. "Perhaps, you should understand her more. She's an orphan as well…"
John's last words somehow managed to make him thinking in deep. He just know on the night of the wedding, that Mai was an orphan; abused by her guardian and almost sold to the brothel in order to pay the loans of her guardian.
Perhaps, that was the reason why he seemed to attract more on her.
Or, maybe there's lots of reason about this either…
Naru smiled gently, which shocking the young priest for a while, before Naru raised his head and looked at John with something different than before…
Along with the cold breeze that gently blew away their hairs as well.
-Fudo High School, Fudo Town, Tokyo, Human World-
Eitarou blinked his eyes as suddenly the breeze went rough, blew some of the leaves that he was sweeping before. His duty at the science park had made him to stay a little bit late at school, but he never mind it all. Since he had the ability to control the time, he could just slow it down and enjoy his duty as much as he wanted. However, he aware that his father, who had the same ability as him, would not appreciate what he had done just for something that not important. Therefore, he just called his parents and told them that he will be late that evening, to finish off his duty at school.
'The wind is strange…' He thought as he kept swept the leaves. 'Something was not right…'
Eitarou narrowed his eyes as suddenly he could feel another present around him. Sighed silently as he turned around, and said with a stern voice.
"Give me the details of your reports, Yuuki Mamoru!"
A shape of a young boy in 15 slowly appeared among the shadows of trees and revealed himself in front of the raven-haired guardian. He revealed to be a young bishounen (5); he had a short blonde hair, which can be assumed that he might be a mix blood child and a pair of heterochromia eyes (6) that he possessed with green on the left and black on the right side. He wore royal clothes; Eitarou could see the Flame and Wind insignia embalmed on his left chest on it, a green coat that reached to his ankle but with short sleeves; with gold threads embroidered on his cuffs and collar. His inner shirt and pants were green with gold threads covered the motive of the shirt, with black shoes as the match. The black-gold sash around his waist, with two swords on it had fully marked him as royalty.
"Why are you so suddenly come here? I thought you're at the Magic Academy, learning with your other friends," Said Eitarou as he and the young boy exchanged bows.
"I have to come to the Flame Castle for official reports, that's why I'm wearing these," He said as he showed his outfits, before he ran and jumped onto Eitarou.
"Still want to be spoil as ever huh? Mamoru?"
"Mouuu~! It's been so long since our last meeting! You know I'm missing you~!"
Eitarou laughed as he ruffled Mamoru's hair, "Sorry, sorry, I was busy lately. By the way, what's the situation?"
"Apparently the barriers around the Dark and Human World were being attack several times, but thanks to you and other Guardians, both of these worlds are completely protected," Said Mamoru as he took out some papers and read them out.
"Anything else?"
A frown appeared on Mamoru's face. From the simple reaction, Eitarou knew that the reports were not good at all.
"Actually, Eitarou-sempai…" Eitarou waited patiently. "It appears that there're lots of kidnapping case happened in the Hazard World."
"Since when?"
"I think…" The young man ruffled several papers that lay on the ground (somehow in the middle of the discussion both of the boys were sitting on the ground). "Even before the 'other sir' was gone."
"Details please."
"I'm not very sure about this either…" Said Mamoru as he scratched his head. "…since these matters were handled by fathers and the seniors Guardians before they handed them to us. But from what I can say and know from my father, apparently the kidnapping series started during the start of autumn season."
"Autumn?"
"Correct. The first victim was a young girl named Isami Miyuki, who lived in Mars Nation, a peasant girl. She suddenly disappeared one night after her last check on the barn at her home. However one witness had saw her being abducted by a large shadow and that was the last time he ever saw her."
"He?"
"The main witness was her friend from high school, named Ishimaru Tsutomu, who was on his way to her home to return some of the exercise books he borrowed from her. After that, he frankly ran to her house, shouted to the parents and went outside once again with the father and brothers, only to find none."
Eitarou sat silently as his brain tried to consumed all the information that been received just now. So the abducted was starting even before the 'other sir' was kidnap huh? Still, his father wanted to marry his other son at the time like this…
Eitarou quickly shook his head; somehow, Motoko's words had gotten into him as well!
"Anything else?"
"This is something that I'm not very sure Eitarou-sempai, but it seems that…some of the seals had been weakened at the same the missing girls was detected."
"WHAT?"
"As I told you just now, I really don't know whether this is true or not, since these matters were handled by fathers and the seniors Guardians before they handed them to us. So right now we have to focus more on the kidnapping case before everything is going into terrible chaos!"
"Or already have…"
"Ei?"
"Listen Mamoru, gather as many information as you can, and report to me any kind of strange involvement or anything that related with the current situation! Ask permission from Queen Kirishima to uptight the security between the Solar Continent as well as the other, if she can. Make this as quickly as possible!" Said Eitarou as he placed the broom into the storeroom and quickly left the science park.
"Roger that!" With that, the young sage disappeared from his eyes.
Naru sighed in relief as he finally reached his mansion. Held the bento box and the thermos carefully in his hands, he waited for the carriage to stop before he opened the door and stepped out from the inside.
"Naru, okaerinasai!"
He never expected Mai –His young wife, to come and greeted him, especially when she was dressing in soft pink dress with black long skirt that reached her ankles, and with her cheerful smile that never left her face. She seemed to forget the argument that they had before.
"You should be grateful that Mai-san was agreed to marry you in the situation likes this. She's a very fine woman…"
Should he be grateful?
"Naru, what's wrong?"
For marrying this girl?
"Are you alright? You're not sick right?" Asked Mai with concern, as she placed her hand on his forehead gently.
Did he?
"Other girls would already are bubbling around, saying that they're married to the great Doctor Oliver Davis."
"Hmm… Nothing wrong with your temperature…Ara? You've brought back the bento and thermos as well," Claimed Mai as she looked at her husband's hands, still carrying the said things.
"Because a human's heart is a glass heart…"
Once it's broken it will never be repair again…
Yes, it will never be repair again.
What had done was done. There was no way he could fix it; he should accept the fact that none women, although with those who were his 'fans' (he never approves the 'crazy' girls as his fans!) who would accept such proposal in such embarrassing way. Mai was the only one who accepted him just the way he was, not because he is the great Oliver Davis, or his title, or even more, his handsome features (A/N: Such narcissist! XD)
Naru shoved the things in his hands to Mai, who accepted them with a bit shock. He then walked away, but not before he looked over his shoulder and said:
"Mai, starting tomorrow, make bentou for me everyday. Same with the tea, you got that?"
With that, he left.
Mai smiled and nodded shyly, but then she realized what Naru had just said to her!
"WHY YOU NARCISSIST…! IS THAT AN ORDER?" Screamed Mai at her high pitch of voice, shocking the servants in the mansion whom were working silently. "I'M NOT YOUR SERVANT!"
"What? Isn't that your job as a wife? Or you want me to explain this to you?" Said Naru as he smirked a little. Really, he 'loved' to see Mai's angry reaction. Her blushing face seemed soo cute!
"AT LEAST SAY 'PLEASE'! AAARGGGHHH! YOU'RE REALLY A JERK!"
"Well, you're already married to this jerk right?" He said as suddenly he closed the distant within them and faced her closely, almost an inch.
Mai blushed furiously, while Naru smirked. He then raised his left hand and flicked her forehead, causing her cried in pain.
"What is that for?" Cried Mai as she looked at her husband angrily.
"A reminder," He said as he walked away. "Don't forget Mai, starting for tomorrow."
"I'M NOT YOUR SERVANT! AT LEAST SAY PLEASE!"
"But that's your job as a wife."
"UUUUHHH~! STUPID-JERK NARCISIST!"
Shouts and sarcastic words were heard later on, and the Yoshimi family who worked as the servants of Whisper Blue mansion just smiled and shook their heads, wondering what would happen to their young master and his newly wed life. Yoshimi Teruka was about to left the pathway from the kitchen after clean up, and wondered why suddenly the shouts were gone. She was about to turn away when suddenly she caught something in front of her view.
Naru had Mai leaned against the wall, kissing his wife while pinned her hands as a way to silent her from making scenes anymore!
Suddenly felt blood rushed over her face, Teruka quickly turned and walked away from the place in fast speed. However, she could swore that she managed to see Mai's face blushing furiously while Naru just chuckled lightly, seemed too happy to see his wife's sweet reaction.
Well then…
In other words, another new life had just to begin….! XP
YEAAAHH! FINALLY CHAPTER 4 IS DONE! DONE! DONE~!YEAH! I'M SOOO HAPPY YAY!
I'm sorry for the very late update, and I also want to thank you people who support me and alerted this story, I really appreciate it! This lates chapter is the most troublesome for me to finish it, since I were busy with research papers, assignments, presentations and tests, I still have final exams just in two weeks so I can't confirm that I'll be able to update faster. I hope all of you could bear with the lateness of my updates, since I'm so busy right now. Not to mention that my body is weaker than before.
Ehehehe, sooo…what will happen after this? After the start of their new life (silly Naru, playing with Mai like that! Hehehe~!), what will happen to Mai and Naru? There's also some danger that will come but that's in the future story. Oh, and the Yoshimi family will be introduced properly in the next chapter. If you people wondered who were these people, please read the manga/ anime after the Case of Bloodstained Labyrinth (Urado Mansion). Please everyone read and review! We will again in the next chapter! Ja ne!
-Aoi Kitsukawa-
Hints or Explanations:
(1) Acid Attack –This kind of attack if strangely 'famous' in my country as a way to get revenge, especially for a married woman towards her husband's potential second or third wives. This method's victims no longer for women but also for men and it had become one of cruel crimes in my country. Although it can be consider as Mai's overreacting imagination, it was a fact that happened in real life.
(2) Kartina and Shino: Actually, these two names are the same person; Kartina is something that what called as 'middle name', although it appears that Kartina was more like a nickname to Shino. The queen of Blue Star Nation's full name is Shino 'Kartina' Himura. However, it is actually rare to find a Japanese name with middle name, since it is more like a Western style.
(3)Onigiri (お握り or 御握り; おにぎり), also known as omusubi (お結び; おむすび) or rice ball, is a Japanese food made from white rice formed into triangular or oval shapes and often wrapped in nori (seaweed). Traditionally, an onigiri is filled with pickled ume (umeboshi), salted salmon, katsuobushi, kombu, tarako, or any other salty or sour ingredient as a natural preservative. Because of the popularity of onigiri in Japan, most convenience stores stock their onigiri with various fillings and flavors. There are even specialized shops whose only products are onigiri for take-out.
(4)Bento (弁当, bentō) is a single-portion takeout or home-packed meal common in Japanese cuisine. A traditional bento consists of rice, fish or meat, and one or more pickled or cooked vegetables, usually in a box-shaped container. Containers range from disposable mass produced to hand crafted lacquerware. Although bento are readily available in many places throughout Japan, including convenience stores, bento shops (弁当屋, bentō-ya), train stations, and department stores, it is still common for Japanese homemakers to spend time and energy for their spouse, child, or themselves producing a carefully prepared lunch box.
(5)Bishōnen (美少年) is a Japanese term literally meaning "beautiful youth (boy)". The equivalent English concept is a "pretty boy". The term describes an aesthetic that can be found in disparate areas in East Asia: a young man whose beauty (and sexual appeal) transcends the boundary of gender or sexual orientation. It has always shown the strongest manifestation in Japanese pop culture, gaining in popularity due to the androgynous glam rock bands of the 1970s, but it has roots in ancient Japanese literature, the homosocial and homoerotic ideals of the medieval Chinese imperial court and intellectuals, and Indian aesthetic concepts carried over from Hinduism, imported with Buddhism to China.
Yuuki Mamoru, the sage that appeared in front of Eitarou as well as his father was considered as bishounen type.
(6) Heterochromia eyes –In anatomy, heterochromia refers to a difference in coloration, usually of the iris but also of hair or skin. Heterochromia is a result of the relative excess or lack of melanin (a pigment). It may be inherited, or caused by genetic mosaicism, disease, or injury. Heterochromia of the eye is of two kinds. In complete heterochromia, one iris is a different color from the other. In partial heterochromia or sectoral heterochromia, part of one iris is a different color from its remainder.
Eye color, specifically the color of the irises, is determined primarily by the concentration and distribution of melanin. The affected eye may be hyperpigmented (hyperchromic) or hypopigmented (hypochromic). In humans, usually, an excess of melanin indicates hyperplasia of the iris tissues, whereas a lack of melanin indicates hypoplasia.
Yuuki Mamoru, the sage that appeared in front of Eitarou was a boy with heterochromia eyes, which according to Eitarou that it was inherited from his father whom, had the same eyes as Mamoru.