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"Mai!" Naru yelled concern written all over his face.
Mai cried and latched onto him sobbing his name. Naru was really worried now. She was not this frightened after the first dream with Rin. Either it was one of the dreams she gets on a case or a horrible nightmare. He held her close as she cried into his shoulder. He smirked a little when he thought of Mai's reaction when she realized he was shirtless.
"Naru thank god you're alright" she cried into his chest.
Naru's eyes widened, "What happened Mai?' he asked softly.
She just continued to cry into his chest. Realizing this was going to be a long night Naru shifted slightly so that his back was resting on the wall while Mai moved pretty much into his lap while he wrapped his arms around her. For another twenty minutes the girl cried at the thought of Naru being killed. She slowly started to calm down wiped her tears with her hand. Naru shift his arm so that one was on her waist and the other smoothed her hair.
"Mai?" he asked softly unsure of how the girl felt.
"It was so scary Naru." she said really upset.
Naru pulled her head down to his chest and ran his fingers through her hair, "It was just a dream Mai" he soothed.
She felt herself relax at his touch and the beating of his heart, "it started off really nice. We were with the team at the festival" she chuckled.
"I bet Matsuzaki was beating up Hosho" chuckled Naru trying to get the girl happy again.
Mai gave a small smile and sighed relaxing even more making Naru happy, "ya she was. Madoka was also draining Lin's wallet, the poor guy. You and I went to look at garden. It was so pretty. All the flowers were beautiful." she was starting to feel better again.
Naru felt himself relax a little knowing that Mai was calming down but he knew that the worse was to come, "But Rin was there" she said a little scared.
The raven-haired boy tightened his grip on her reassuringly as she continued, "he had these black things with him... he was acting crazy" she started to cry a little and Naru wiped them away with his thumb.
"they attacked you... Rin stabbed you... there was blood..." sobbed racked her body and Naru tightened his grip even more, "it is fine Mai. See I am right here. It was just a dream" he whispered to her as she continued to cry.
"he killed you" she cried even more
Naru put his hand under her chin to get her to look at him, "Mai do I look dead" he said with his usual smirk.
She slowly shook her head put tears still came out, "it was just a dream" he whispered as he wiped her tears away with his thump still making her look at him.
A hiccup escaped her lips as she calmed down some more, "besides I would never let someone like him hurt me" he smirked again making Mai laugh a little.
"I also won't let him hurt you" he soothed her pulling her back to his chest.
Mai let a sigh of content and relaxed in his arms, "thank you Naru" she said in a soft voice.
"your welcome. Now you should go back to bed. We need to get up in five hours" he said shifting a little to move.
Mai clutched his arm scared slightly of losing him, "please don't" she pleaded.
Naru was confused, "don't what Mai?"
She pulled him back onto the bed next to her, "please stay here" her eyes begging him.
Looking at her scared eyes Naru gave a sigh, "Ok Mai" he said with a small smile making her smile and fear leave her and she moved over for him on the bed.
She was asleep the second her head hit the pillow and the rest of the night she slept in peace.
Mai could hear a faint beeping in the back of her mind. It slowly got louder she opened her eyes and realized it was her alarm clock. She reached over and shut it off before snuggling into the warmth that was behind her. Her eyes shot open as she realized there was a weight on her waist. she shut her eyes and thought back to last night and her cheeks reddened at the memory. Naru had stayed the whole night because she was upset. He even stayed when she asked him. Slowly she turned over to not disturb him. His face was relaxed in sleep and she was happy to see that the bruise Rin had given him a while ago was gone. He seemed to peaceful. Mai sighed and then she noticed that Naru was shirt less and her face got really red at the memory of laying in his lap crying into his chest. She moved slightly to back up and that caused Naru to shift a little. she held her breath as he slowly started to wake up.
"Mai?" he asked still sleepy looking at the brunette beside him.
"Good morning n-naru" she stuttered still red faced.
He moved a hand to his face trying to rub away the sleep, "How are you feeling?" he asked as he sat up.
Mai's redness went away and she smiled at him, "A lot better. Thank you for last night. Sorry about waking you" she said sheepishly.
Naru just nodded and got up, "you should get ready to leave. We need to be at the office by nine" he said looking at the clock next to the bed.
Mai nodded and he left the room to go take a shower. Less than twenty minutes later both teens where dressed and ready. They got into Naru's car and drove to the law office. A short fat man, obviously an Englishman came walking up to them the minute they stepped inside.
"Oliver! So good to see. Come this way" he greeted and shook NAru's hand.
Mai had to get used to Naru being called by his real name. It was kind of strange. The man led them down a bunch of hallways to a large office. Mai and Naru sat at the two chairs in front of a large desk while the man took a seat behind it.
"Mr. Scott this is Mai Taniyama. My assistant I told you about" said Naru starting the introductions.
Mr. Scott looked to Mai and gave her a gentle smile, "You remind me of my daughter. Don't worry we will get that creepy boy away from you. You're lucky you have Oliver here. No other lawyer would take the case" he chuckled.
"why is that? Is a harassment charge very difficult?" she asked confused.
Mr. Scott got serious, "No, but the man you are charging has a lot of social influence. But I could care less about such things. Also, the Davis's are good friends of the family. Now let's get started. Please tell me from the beginning what all has happened" he said getting serious.
Both men listened to her never interrupting her as she told them what has been happening for the last six months. At the end of her story Mr. Scott leaned back in his chair with a serious expression while he thought things over. Then he turned to Naru, "Is she staying with you now?"
Naru nodded, "yes, after his trying to break down her door it was decided she needed to be moved"
"Good choice. I recommend that she stays with you. As an Englishman that family's influences will not really affect you. But if she stays with a Japanese person she would only cause them trouble and would not be there long" he said.
Mai looked shocked, "What kind of influence does Rin's family have?"
Mr. Scott turned to her again, "His father is the brother in-law to the prime minister's son. So if he really wanted something to happen he could have it done. But the prime minister is not one to play in such games. But his son loves to use his power so he would not mind helping out his brother in law. But he would never mess with anything legal. So once this trial is over he will have nothing to do but make empty threats. So no worries. The sooner this is done the better." he said smiling.
"Also, with me being from England and being a Davis he would not bother me either. So that is why you should stay at my house till everything is settled." Naru said leaning back in his chair.
Mai nodded still a little shocked by the power this family could have, "So what do we do to get started" she smiled.
Mr. Scott laughed, "You got the right attitude. Ok first we need to set a court date. The earliest one is in two weeks and this is because this guy owes me quite a few favors. so how about the 20th at 2 in the afternoon?" he asked looking at his calendar.
"That would be perfect" Mai said happily.
"Oliver, you will have to be there too. We need you as a witness to his violent tendencies since he punched you and as the person she is staying with you need to sign a few papers" Mr. Scott informed them looking at a list of things needed for the trial.
Naru nodded, "The principal also said he will mail you the incident report from the school or bring it by himself"
Mr. Scott nodded in approval and the two teens said their good byes and left the office. Once they got into Naru's car Mai let out a sigh of relief, "Wow that is a weight off my shoulders"
Naru just smirked at her, "Good. Let's get lunch then go to the office"
Mai nodded in agreement as her stomach growled in agreement. Her face went bright red and Naru smirked even more. They drove to a restaurant near the office to grab a quick lunch.
"We should be having a client today around two. so, until then there is nothing to do" Naru informed her as they sat down at their table.
Mai nodded as she looked at the menu, "Ok. Hmm what should I get?" she mused out loud.
"How would I know" Naru smirked at her.
Mai's face went red in anger, "I wasn't asking you jerk"
"Then why say it out loud if you weren't asking me?" he teased her again while looking at his menu.
Mai huffed and turned her attention back to the food selection, "shut up"
Naru put down his menu after making his selection and waited for Mai. Once they were both ready a waitress came over to get their order, "What can I get you handsome" she said looking at Naru.
Naru said his order without looking at her and took a drink of water, the girl bristled a little but kept on the seductive look, "Is that all for today?"
Naru raised an eyebrow at her, "My friend would like to order too" he informed her. Since she completely ignored Mai.
The girl sent a disgusted look to Mai and took her order and left. Naru rolled his eyes at the girls attempts to attract him. Mai just tried to look bored as she looked around the restaurant when she was in actually really annoyed with the waitress.
"What's wrong?" Naru asked noticing that his assistant was mad.
"Nothing" she said quickly not looking at him.
Naru raised an eyebrow at her, "You are the most obvious person to read. What's the matter?"
Mai huffed in defeat, "I just realized where my standing is" she said cryptically.
"What does that mean?" he was curious now.
Mai took a drink of water and looked away, "nothing"
He was getting a little annoyed with her now. she had got his interest and he wanted to know now. "Mai" he said clearly annoyed.
Before the conversation could continue the waitress came back with their food she dropped Mai's in front of her making it dump a little on her shirt. She then placed Naru's right in front of him and as she brought her hand back she dropped a note next to his plate. She walked away giving Mai another disgusted look.
"Wipe it off before it stains" Naru said handing her a napkin.
She took it gracefully and wiped the food from her blue shirt. Luckily it hadn't stained it. Mai noticed the piece of paper that Naru obviously did not see. She got even more annoyed and depressed now. She realized in comparison to the waitress Mai was not very pretty. She did not have big boobs or a pretty face. Her body looked like a board her hair was always a mess. There was no way she could ever meet up to someone of Naru's standards. She gave a defeated sigh and started to eat her food.
Naru noticed that her mood had completely changed and now she seemed to be really depressed. Was that shirt really important? He thought. But he noticed that there was no stain so that could not possibly be the reason for her to be upset. He started to eat his food still oblivious to the note next to his plate. After a couple minutes of silence Naru was still curious. But he did not want her upset anymore. So he decided to try and start a conversation. Which was definitely different for him. Normally he like silence but not when it was because the brunette was upset.
"Make sure you call your friends when we get back to the office. They told you to call last night but you fell asleep really quick" he tried.
Mai looked up at him surprised, "Oh ya I completely forgot. Keiko might even be able to bring my homework by the office so we don't have to drive over and get it" she said a little happier at the thought of seeing her friend.
Naru sighed inwardly, feeling a little better now that she was not depressed. The rest of the lunch passes in a better silence as they continued to eat. Once they were done the same waitress came back. She seemed a little peeved that her not was obviously unnoticed by the black haired boy. She grabbed their plates and put a receipt in front of each of them. She put their meals on separate receipts. Before Mai could grab her's Naru snatched it, "My treat" he smirked at her surprised look and how it went red from embarrassment.
He gave the waitress his debit card, "I will pay for both" he said to her not really looking as he continued to stare at Mai.
The waitress gave another unapproving look at Mai and left to go run the card.
"You don't have to do that Naru?" Mai said once her voice returned.
Naru gave her another smirk, "She already has the card Mai. If you really wanted to pay you should have spoken up sooner" he said knowing that she was too surprised to say anything until the waitress was gone.
Mai just turned red again and looked away. The waitress came back holding a pitcher of water and the receipt with Naru's card. As she bent down to place it on the table she 'accidently' spilt the whole pitcher on Mai. She yelped in surprise at the cold water and the waitress just gave her a satisfied smile before she walked away.
Naru jumped up and wrapped his jacket around her, "go to the bathroom and try to dry off" he instructed her.
She nodded and fled to the bathroom. While Mai got dried off Naru grabbed his receipt and card and noticed writing at the bottom of the paper. The waitress had written her phone number and a message, 'I am way better than that piece of trash' she finished with a wink face. Naru crumpled the paper in his hand and walked over to the manager. After a few words with him he walked back to the table and Mai walked out a few minutes later with his jacket buttoned on. Her face was extremely red.
"I might need to change shirts" she stuttered.
Naru thought for a moment and stopped himself from laughing, "Ya lets go by the house first" he smirked at her.
On the way, out Mai heard the manager yelling at the waitress that had spilt water on her. Naru saw it too and turned back to Mai, "It seems she will not be working here anymore"
"Good she was a crummy waitress" she grumbled.
On the walk back to the car, Mai got a lot of glares from girls when they saw her with the jacket on the obviously belonged to the attractive man walking next to her. She put her head down and continued to walk. Now she was depressed again. Naru saw her depressed again and he saw out of the corner of his eye the death glares being sent Mai's way. His eyes narrowed at the girls. soon they were in the car and Mai didn't say a word. Naru sighed in irritation. He now understood why she was depressed and was trying to think of a way to cheer her up again.
Once they got back to the house Mai quickly changed and Naru threw his jacket with the rest of his dirty clothes and grabbed another. Once they got in the car Naru noticed it was only noon. The client would not be there for another two hours. Then he got an idea.
"Mai lets go to the school now. We can get your school work and you can say hi to your friends." he suggested as he drove the car.
The girl smiled at the idea and Naru felt his body get a little warm, "I would love that Naru"
They were at the school shortly Naru left to go to the principal's office while Mai ran to meet up with friends. Luckily it was lunch time when they pulled up. Mai saw Keiko and Muirichi at the normal lunch table and went to sit with them.
"I thought you were gone for the day" Keiko exclaimed surprised at her friends sudden appearance.
"I just came by to get my school work. Naru is getting it for me now." she smiled.
Both girls had a sly grin on their face, "why is your boss getting your homework?"
Mai put her hands up in defense, "he took me to the law office today. So on the way to work just thought it would be a good idea to grab it on the way"
Both girls sighed a little disappointed, "O, ok"
Mai looked at them confused, "What? why did you think he was getting it"
Both girls fumbled over their words, "oh no reason. Did you hear what happened to yumi?"
Then the three went into gossip and giggle mode for the rest of lunch. Once the bell rang all three stood up and walked to the door. Out in the hallway was Naru with a file of paper as he leaned against the wall. All the girls in the hallway where trying to flirt with him and stared at him. Keiko and Muirichi saw this and looked to Mai. She had a sad look on her face as she was once again reminded that she was nowhere near pretty enough to be with Naru.
Just then Naru looked up and saw Mai, "Ready to go?" he asked her with a curious look.
All the girls in the hallway looked to Mai with either envious, jealous or evil looks. Mai sighed and nodded. She walked over to him and he got off the wall and handed her the papers. She took them and they started down the hallway. Mai just kept looking down. She jumped when she felt Naru's hand around her waist.
"Why are you so down now?" he whispered to her leaning down as they walked.
Mai went bright red and shook her head, "nothing"
She could hear the whispers behind her. But right now she did not really care as she walked next to Naru with his arm around her. She had a small smile on her face and a blush. Naru could see this and then he realized that this was really comfortable to him. To walk next to Mai and have an arm around her. It made his heart beat faster. They got in the car and drove back to the office in a comfortable silence.
Once they entered the office Mai went to make tea and a client walked in right when she had finished. Lin and Madoka walked out to meet the client and Naru sat on the couch waiting for everyone to settle down and his tea. Once Mai put all the tea down she sat next to Naru and waited for the man to speak. He was wearing striped pants and a bright blue shirt. Mai found this strange.
"Hello, my name, is Shibo. I run a carnival in a small village and I really need your help. We have had thirty deaths in the last month. I am afraid for my visitors and staff. Right now the park is shut down but the people are demanding it to be opened again." he sighed taking a sip of tea.
"How do you know it is supernatural?" Asked Naru a little bored.
Shibo looked like he had not slept in days, "Well we had a roller-coaster break down. so, while they were doing maintenance on it, it suddenly turned on and ran over five workers. Killing three of them. But it should not have even been able to move. People are getting drowned in the tunnel of love. But when we look through the video it looks like people are thrown from it by some unknown force and killed. We also have footage of girls getting their hair pulled and men being pushed." said the carnival owner.
"We will be there tomorrow at three" Naru informed the man. Everyone was a little surprised. He did not even think about it.
Mai got his information and she went to her desk to finish the paperwork for the day and the homework she was going to miss.