Ghost Hunt

Second Chapter Introduction part 2 Final

Original account...Starkin-Black

As for character pairings I have not decided yet however your request has not been unheard as an future option

Character pairing... Kagome x Naru...request...2...

PS I wrote this story for a bit of fun there will be punctuation errors occasionally however my confidence lies with my spelling.

Previously

God she hated using his ridiculous name but the Higurashi family did have its secrets spanning generations back (i.e ghosts, demons, poltergeists) just to name a few, all which would send her poor cousins mind reeling at the possibilities of life after death (i.e shiki/familiar, PK-ST the ability to affect static target, PK-MT the ability to affect moving targets, PK-LT the ability to affect living targets) and not to forget Possessions, Exorcism and Cleansing.

All of which Kagome used as simply as switching on a light globe "The rest will be discussed at home you seem to have a customer"

Kagome moved over, standing in the background of the kitchen entrance way. "Ah hello may we help you?" Mai was quick to ask a man in his early 60's waiting patiently for service.

"I'm not interrupting anything am I?" The man inquired nervously obviously never in his life having thought he would be stepping into a place such as SPR, however with the rumor base now spreading past school walls it was only a matter of time before news of the schools supernatural occurrences spread to the local paper or even worse TV studios beyond the internet.

A development he wanted to put a halt to before his students sought help from anything beyond the local shrines and occult experts doted around Tokyo. " No we were just finishing, please have a seat?" Mai said courteously not taking him a bit by surprise that the girl was so well mannered.

"Lately there have been a lot of strange things happening around my school and I was wondering if you could please help us out?" desperation clearly in his voice, rumors such as these could close a school Indefinitely if left to develop further so after a conversation with a colleague in another district had secured the address of Shibuya Psychic Research.

"Yes please have a seat"

"Well Mai I think you have some explaining to do?" Said Kagome sitting at the Higurashi households dining room table. It was not like she did not expect such events from her young cousin being taken advantage of, trouble follows there family like a like a moth to a flame. Kagome swore her family was cured in some way or another (who by is anyone's guess, the list was quite lengthy when she put her mind to it unlike her temper that was legendary short. )

"I broke one of Naru's camera's when he was Investigating the old school house " Kagome new her cousin was Innocent but surely not to this extent?

"Let me guess Mr. cold dark and self righteous told you that you had to pay for his camera? Mai Taniyama are you an idiot? Kagome bellowed, her voice carrying through to the kitchen rattling a few cups her mother brewing a pot of tea with. (After the stabbing event Mama Higurashi adopted Mai Taniyama as her legal guardian after her father in law was considered too old by the Japanese authorities to take custody of the child/Granddaughter.)

Fuming Mai knew Kagome could be blunt sometimes but did she have to take it so far? "You don't have to sound so mean about it?"

"Now Kagome take a deep breath, you getting upset will do us no good now will it, but Mai next time you decide to take a job i expect to be informed about it first is that understood?." Mai hung her head in resentment very well knowing she should have told Mama Higurashi about her new position at SPR but if the older woman felt any disappointment towards her young charge it was clearly not displayed.

But you are talking about a woman who let her daughter disappear 500 years into the past (Not happily mind you but what mother would? However she stuck by her daughter praying daily one day she would return home safe and sound, not that Mai knew any of that of course or Kagome for that matter.)

"Mama she fell for the oldest scam in the book" Mai's face flushing beetroot red with embarrassment hearing Souta's remark (Who mind you was not helping any by rolling around on the floor laughing like a lunatic at Mai's stupidity until Kagome threw a pillow at him that is)

"Shut up squirt don't you have anything better to do?"

"Kagome?" Mama Higurashi warned effectively swatting any arguments the pair where just about to conjure "Souta have you completed your chores yet? if you haven't Grandpa will be home soon and the courtyard still needs sweeping"

Grumbling Souta knew when his presence was not wanted (The question now being weather he would actually complete what he was supposed to or just go to his room and play games all day?)

"Mai did it ever occur to you how dangerous your job can be and think carefully Taniyama I'm talking about event sequences that usually can't be explained by the living or human for that matter "File 2 the cured dolls house my first real Investigation one of our Client's Ayami Chan was dragged into the pond and the second time something grabbed my leg and dragged into a well that opened up in the house"

Kagome's mood had just about reached boiling point at this point in the conversation "And the idiot as of yet is to initiate any formal training? Mama my point stands"

"Settle down Kagome anger does not become you I thought I taught you better than that, however Mai Kagome does have a point i can't responsibly allow my only niece to continue working at such an establishment without any formal training" Mama Higurashi swiftly turning towards her daughter taking another sip of tea clockwork gears already hatching out a new plan.

"But Higurashi shrine is lucky enough to be one of few shrine still left in Tokyo that is experts on the occult right my darling daughter?" Kagome sat like deer caught in the headlights her only question, What evil scheme had her been mother hatching this time?.

It took less than a minute for her to realize "You can't be serious Mama?"

"Yes Kagome i can be, not only would it do you some good but the knowledge your friends taught probably might even outweighs some of the best experts in Japan, who else would i trust my my darling niece safety to than the best Japan has to offer my own daughter?."

Groaning "Fine I'll do it but first Mai the main reason why that idiot probably employed you in the first place was because he most likely picked up on your spiritual energy not because of your filing skills" home truths always did tend to hurt a bit.

"The Higurashi family has a long list of spiritualists throughout the years and is one of the oldest temples in Tokyo dating at a grand total of 500+, Souta and I most likely Inherited ours from papa because even Grandpa has some spiritual energy, the shed is full of the evidence" Kagome grumbled mostly to herself knowing very well some of the relics her Grandpa had collected where quite dangerous if unsealed. (Another known fact to the family was how many of her Grandpas relics had to be resealed from the bogus seals he created after Kagome's adventures.)

Did not take many guesses for Mai to realize who she Inherited hers from. "Mama?"Mai Barely whispered tears threatening to trickle from her eyes.

"No surprises there then, but are you sure you want to go though with this because where there is power comes responsibility and following that is sacrifice? The dead won't always wait to be dealt with, what I'm saying Mai is unlike what a lot of us spiritualists would like to think it is a seven-days-a-weeks twenty-four hour job some times with little gratification but not always required."

"I'll do it" ( hesitant as she may have been Taniyama had already made her mind up along time ago)

Very well don't say i did not warn you, since we don't have a lot of time till your next case I will have you work on the attributes you currently have such as Spirit Sensitivity however do not fear your gift but learn to control it gaining a healthy respect for what is unfolding inside of you and expand them, given enough practice and dedication you may even be able to visualize what others do not want you to see"

"It is Natural to fear communicating with spirits. Us as the spiritualists currently interact with the ether/spiritual worlds, blindfolded not fully equipped to understand or comprehend what is really interacting with us. Use common sense and caution even when the spirit is trusted. Wards and protection charms will be the second lesson."

"Spiritual Meditation is a wonderful way to release stress, reconnecting/strengthening our divine source, finding answers, taking time out for yourself spiritual meditation, make it a habit its our third lesson"

"Oh yeah we can all see how well that working?" The cynicism in her mothers voice was undescribable. (Perhaps one day Kagome would follow her own lessons?)

"Mamaaaa? anyway Mai come here think about what you want to achieve with your meditation. People come to meditate for a wide range of reasons, today just happens to be focused on spiritual awareness, being able to sense and identify what your dealing with on the spirit plane especially the one closest to us, Identified right here on earth where ghosts walk among us is important.

"Meditation can be practiced anywhere, but heed my warning if practiced unsafely for example in places with no or wards or protection charms your spirit runs the risk detaching itself from your body and can be be extremely hard If not impossible to ever reattach, worse case scenario people have been known to become brain dead but here it Higurashi Shrine we have the benefit of a naturally occurring barrier the Tree of Ages or the Goshinboku that has protected this land for Thousands of years" ( Kagome never did disclose other information related to the tree)

"So your free here to practice Meditation without the need to use wards however other places wards and protection charms such as Investigations will become necessary and supplied by this shrine."

Mai following Kagome's Instructions carefully sitting herself under the Goshinboku where the barrier emitted strongest, cross legged comfortably on a cushion in a erect position, holding the back for her hands over her knees but found it uncomfortable "Mai if you find that position a bit painful just cross your arms"

Closing her eyes relaxing her mind clear of any thoughts, Letting her muscles go limp "Keep your mouth closed and inhale, exhale through your nose, slowly, forget the sounds around you, the rustle of the trees, the singing of the birds, and eventually even the sound of my own voice" Kagome kept Instructing

"Our Lesson begins here"

Ch 02 Introduction Part 2 Complete

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