Ghost Hunt

Yuasa High School Part One

Original account...Starkin-Black

Sorry it took awhile for this chapter lets just say real life does tend to get in the way...Hrrrr...

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

We have one more request to pair Naru with Kagome so the total now stands at..

Character pairing... Kagome x Naru...request...3...

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

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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"

"This is Yoshino Sensei the student advisor he'll give you a guided tour of our school, feel free to walk around and get familiar with the campus, the requested room is a small Conference room you may use I will advise our students to come see you there if they need to consult you for anything." Said Yuasa High School Principal before moving off letting the student advisor guide them towards.

The conference room (SPR Temporary Base Of Operations) being furnished with two standard student desks, chairs and whiteboard to match " Are you the head of SPR?, I have my own matter I need to inquire about" Yoshino Sensei asked towards Houshou Takigawa (Also known as Bou or Monk) but as the man himself denied that he was the head of SPR instead pointing towards his boss before a set of female giggles could be heard towards Naru's dilemma.

"Did you hear that" asked the monk but if one was really paying attention you would have seen Mai's new accessories ( A pair of Yin Yang Shikigami doll earrings) slightly glowing for a moment from beneath her shoulder length hair.

"What you talking about? Please have a seat" unfortunately Naru seemed to be the only one within the room who could not hear the mysterious voices and all it took was one stupid decision by the monk and the event was played out to some passing students.

Thankfully for Mai who was now whispering under her breath to a pair of trouble making shikigami in the from of two 10 year old girls wearing traditional priestess garbs of the opposite color to one on other, where the white wore black the black wore white when Invoked. (Shikigami are conjured beings, made alive through a complex conjuring ceremony thought to be some sort of kami, represented by a small ghost invisible most of the time but they can be made visible by banning them into small, folded and artfully cut paper manikins or figurines in Mai's case a pair of handcrafted earrings)

Yoshino Sensei taking a seat in front of Naru still was unsure of whether the giggling came from students or not since most of the school should have still been in class for at least another 20 more minutes, but a few could have been given a hall pass he supposed. "Uhh ok, at night I hear someone knocking on my window and when I open my curtains the noise just would not stop, the next night the same thing happens again but this time I see a hand and the knocking stops but If I try to ignore it the noise would just continue on til morning"

The poor man looked like he was being driven crazy by the torment "Do you still hear the knocking sound? and can other people hear the knocking sound? asked Naru decisively.

Exhausted by the whole situation Yoshino Sensei did not even comment about Naru's lack of age like he would he done in the past but instead hoped the team the Principal had been recommend by another school (aka that being Mai Taniyama high school Principal) be able to solve the whole situation. "Yes but it does not seem to bother others as much as it does me."

It was only when the bell rang signaling morning recess that there was a Influx of student cases where the team heard about a girl dragged along by a moving locomotive departing the station after someone or something had pulled her arm back ending with a dislocated shoulder and broken leg, fact of the matter was the girl was lucky to be alive.

It was at that point where the door opened again "Kagome" the girls greeted simultaneously.

Eimi-San (there was no name given to this character so i gave her one) sorry I am late Mai-Chan how are you both? I see you have your cast removed Eimi?"

"Yeah I'm good, a few weeks after I visited your Shrine the doctors said I had a miraculous recovery and removed my cast earlier than expected not that I'm going to complain" The girl said while flexing her muscles up and down giving Kagome a broad smile.

"I hope you realize Sunset Shrine is one of the highest in Tokyo and climbing all the way to the top of the stairs all while still hobbling on crutches with a broken leg is one of the stupidest things you could have done, what if you have fallen?" Kagome once again in full nagging mode telling Eimi off for her recklessness

"Hehe Hey I could not help it I was girl on a mission" Eimi finished holding her prize a shinto wooden charm necklace written in old school Japanese hieroglyphics (Made and embroidered spiritually by Kagome at Sunset Shrine)

"This Is not the cafeteria, Ms Higurashi What is your business here? We have work to be getting on with and I do not remember employing you" Naru said as Irritated as ever

"No prizes for customer relations act I see and no you did not invite me, not that you could even afford my services in the 1st place. I'm here for Mai I have a letter written by her Guardian concerning the safety of my cousin in her current profession, Ms Higurashi my Mama feels it is unsafe for her to be working under your employment without some formal training which I might add seems to have been missed, therefore after a discussion not a few days ago It's been decided with Mai and agreed upon she will formerly undertaken an apprenticeship with Sunset shrine's current head priestess" (you could hear the sarcasm dripping from Kagome's the audacity of this man calling her by her mother's name.)

"Mai we'll talk about this later" said Naru Irritated at the fact this girl could just walk into his life and start ordering him around. However the letter was blunt and to the point but he could not dispute the fact Mai could use some sort of training, she had proved to be a walking disaster area in most of the past investigations he just wanted it to be on his terms and no other.

"No you won't these are terms are set by her guardian, any quarrel you have take it up with Mama not Mai, just look up Sunset Shrine in the phone book and if my Grandpa happens to pickup ask for Mssss Higurashi ( Kagome practically hissed) you may call me Kagome just 3 syllables Kag-o-me" she knew she sounded a bit childish towards the end but it's not like she was not known to have multiple personalities. In the past to Sesshōmaru who was Surprisingly still alive ( If one could even call it that in the first place) and most for her friends could bear witness to that.

Getting back to the Interviews Naru's mood was as sour as ever for the rest of the afternoon with the look of thunder scaring most of the students half to death not that Kagome cared standing off to the side it was like watching a toddler throwing a temper tantrum after his after his dummy had been taken away from him.

"Kiyomi Ito San correct, when you stopped back at my office you Inquired about your friend who you say is possessed by fox spirit, where is she today?"

"She has not come to class for quite some time and that is not the end of the story, one day she even jumped onto her desk, ate sand, the final straw was when she jumped into the schools pool still wearing her uniform, she has not turned up to school ever since" Kiyomi's stuttering almost making the Interview almost Impossible ( until a tape from Kagome's right hand laid to rest on her shoulder blade)

"Come on take a deep breath, calm down he won't bait too hard I promise (The rooms atmosphere only grew lighter with Kagome's touch) now can you explain to us why your friend came to be in procession of a fox spirit?"

"We were playing kokkuri (Kagome Arched a very Sesshōmaru like eyebrow) we didn't have any Issues returning his spirit before or making fun of him anything like that but when we were leaving she said she feels like she had been possessed"

(Kokkuri is a Japanese version of a ouija board, which became popular during the Meiji era but rather than using a store-bought board with letters and a Planchette, 'players' write down hiragana characters and place their fingers on a coin, before asking 'Kokkuri-san' a question)

"I just hope they did not make contact with a real kitsune spirit but just to be sure a well written Omamori ( are Japanese amulets commonly sold at religious sites and dedicated to particular Shinto deities as well as Buddhist figures, and are said to provide various forms of luck or protection) should be enough to evacuate its current host" thought Kagome the chances of the girl being possessed where slim but it was not like it has not been unheard of in the past."Do you know where your friend lives?"

The girl only nods in response "The problem we have is that kitsumes can be fickle troublesome creatures at the best of times however this amulet should help your friend. Place it around her neck and to make sure no one gets hurt have a male friend or father figure close at hand to hold her down if necessary, here's my number if backup is required, now which room did you perform the Kokkuri San hmm?"

"Kaho Sako, room 3 first grade" Naru could not ask for the interview to go better than it at had, thanks to Kagome's Interception he was able to gather as much information as he deemed fit. Still the woman had butted her way into his interview and he was not pleased, but what he found Interesting was the change in atmosphere when she had placed her hand the the girl's right shoulder.

The sensation of power was most definitely there, he may not have been able to feel it if the woman was not standing but a few feet away from him but the atmosphere most definitely had changed to something others found more relaxing "Interesting most Interesting" however that did not deter him from scorning at the woman for interrupting his investigation.

"Higurashi your presence within my investigation is not wanted you may leave, (Not that Kagome cared for his views in the in the first place) however I would like to see that desk

"Tough luck for you then because keeping an eye on my new student is part of my job but you got the information you wanted did you not? listen I said i would help when I can and I'm helping, I can feel something off about this whole situation, what it is I have not been able to verify from just entrails alone? but something's definitely odd and that's before the foxes involvement which I might add was probably not written currently in the 1st place"

"What do you mean? and what kind of amulet was that? I've never seen one like It before?" asked Bou

"What i mean is a school yard Kokkuri-San is most likely written in kanji, but the charm I gave to her is just a different variation to Mai's necklace just not as personalized or well made enchanted to purify and grant limited protection to Its holder, I tend to carry everywhere, I go specialized to Sunset Shrine, They're a pain to create but have proved useful in the past" (What was not said however is the amulet was more intended towards yokai of the shadow variety than your average spectre) there also great for warding off spirits

"Kyaaaaa really does that mean i have one? In exchange for showing it to the classroom?" asked another girl interrupting everybody's thoughts stopping not that far away from Bou before giving him a big hug not before the contents of the room started a rattle. (Naru had finally had enough).

End Yuasa High School Part One

My question to the reviewers is would you like Kaho Sako friend to be processed or not?

Now it is on to my other story at my other account Starkin-Black