The man and the girl
"On other news, there was a body found on the highway of…" The New lady's voice died away as a whistle went off behind Mai. She turned around and grabbed the kettle before pulling it off of the burner and pouring the hot liquid into a cup. "…It was said to be a female around the age of nineteen, who had been missing for three weeks now. Police are asking people for any information on this missing girl or the incident to this call the number on the screen below…"
"Shut that off," Naru snapped as he walked into the kitchen. Mai turned around to find him walking over to one of the cabinets and looking through its contents.
"Is there something you are looking for?" Mai asked.
"No," Naru said plainly before shutting the cabinets and moving to the one next to it. Mai sighed to herself before pulling the tea bag out of the water and placing it into the garbage under the sink. She then picked up one of the cups and headed towards Lin's office, where he was working. She knocked on the door and entered after she heard a small noise.
"Here you are Lin," Mai said as she placed down the cup next to him. He nodded his head in thanks before Mai left. When she walked back into the kitchen, Naru was still there, flipping through the cabinets. "Naru, are you sure you are not looking for anything?"
"Yes, Mai, I am sure," Naru sighed as he slammed his hands on the counter and let his head fall to his chest. Mai just watched as Naru took a deep breath to calm himself, thinking. "I am fine, now I suggest you make me some tea before the new client arrives."
"I already made tea," Mai pointed to the steaming cup of tea next to her on the counter. She had left it there for Naru before she had visited Lin. Naru just looked over to the cup and glared at it.
"Fine," He stood up and walked over, grabbing the cup. He then walked back to his office, slamming the door.
Mai stared at the CEO door, unsure of what to think. Naru had been acting strange all morning, but now it was just weird. When she had asked if everything was okay, he just snapped at her, saying it wasn't any of her business. Obviously it was if he was going to be even worse to her than normal.
The door opened and Mai stepped out of the kitchen to see a teenager walk into the door, looking around nervously.
"Can I help you?" Mai asked, scaring the girl. She jumped and turned to look at Mai with a fearful face.
"Oh, um, is Shibuya in?" The girl asked. She had her black hair tied behind her head in a low bun. Her brown eyes scanned all around her, looking at everything as if it would jump out at her at any minute. Her baggy clothes hung to her body, hiding the pale skin that clung to her bones.
"Yes, do you have an appointment?" Mai asked as she smiled, trying to reassure her. The girl just shook her head. "Well I think we have enough time to fit you in anyway," Mai said gesturing towards the couch. The girl gave a weak smile before walking towards the couch. Mai turned to get Naru and found him standing in his doorway, a glare on his face.
"We don't have time," he said, making the girl freeze in her half sitting position.
"Naru!" Mai yelled at him. He just shook his head.
"The client who has an appointment will be here shortly. I will not start another interview when we are expecting someone else," Naru stated, not taking his eyes from Mai, or even showing any sign of caring that the girl was there.
"But-"
"But nothing, now get her out of here," Naru said as the door behind opened and a man walked in. He took one look around the room, his eyes freezing on the girl.
"Hastia!" He yelled when he saw her. The girl cringed in fear. "What did I say about leaving the house!?"
"I'm sorry," The girl said in a small voice.
"Excuse me," Naru interrupted. The man looked at him, not seeming to have noticed him earlier. "Can I help you?"
The man straightens up and fixed his tie before saying, "Yea, I have an appointment."
"Very well, please sit," Naru gestured towards the couch before turning to Mai and saying "Mai," warning her to get the girl out. Mai sighed but nodded. The girl stood up and was about to walk away when the man grabbed her arm and yanked her back to the couch.
"You are not going anywhere out of my sight, do you understand?" The man snapped. The girl folded in on herself as she nodded her head shyly. Mai looked at Naru, who was paying no attention to it.
"I understand you were having a problem with your property?" Naru asked as he sat down. Lin walked in from his office, apparently hearing the conversation, and went to sit next to him. Mai walked to the kitchen and started to prepare more tea, all while listening the best she could.
"Yes, someone is on my property and I want them gone,"
"We are not the police, Mr…"
"Hoen," The man said. "And I am aware of that, though my wife thinks that it is something else. I know there are no such things as ghosts but until she can be proved, I am winning a losing battle. That is why I am here. I want you to prove to my wife that those stupid ass brats are the cause of all this."
"And if they aren't"
"They are,"
"If you are so such of yourself, why don't you set up camera yourself? Why pay us to do things you can do yourself with such ease?"
"Because all the cameras I set up get destroyed," The man explained. "Along with anything we try to grow. Nothing seems to be allowed back there, and it is starting to get old. I just want all of this shit to stop so that I can get along with my business."
"Very well," Naru said as the whistle went off. Mai took the kettle off of the burner and began to pour the water into four separate cups. Once they were filled, she placed the tea bags in and waited for them to soak up. "Tell us about the incidents that are occurring."
"Like I said before, nothing seems to be growing in our yard. No matter how many times we plant, nothing grows. There have also been strange fires occurring on some parts of our property."
"Where exactly?"
"The shield, some bushes by the forest, and once or twice in or near the house. When the police investigated, they could not find the source. There are also those rumors going around about the disappearances. That body that they had found on the news; that was one of our guest at the party about three and a half weeks ago. Someone said they saw her going into the forest after she said that she wasn't feeling well. Apparently, it was some sort of short cut to her house. That was the last anyone had seen her."
"Did you tell the police?"
"Of course, they lose her trail around two hundred yards in," Hoen said. "That is why I'm here. My wife refuses to let it go, saying the ghost did this, and that we should get help. I think it is all non-sense, but if my wife wants something, it's not like I can refuse."
Mai placed the tray down in front of them and everyone reached to grab a cup expect the girl. She just stared at the ground, her eyes wide with fear as she kept her hands in a tight fist on her knees. Mai stared at her for a moment but was drawn away when she noticed Naru glaring at her to move.
"I am not saying we will take the case, but I will think about it. Like you said, this all could point to troubled teens in your neighborhood.
"It's not, I saw them!" screamed the girl suddenly. Every eye went to her as she cringed in her seat.
"You will have to excuse my niece. Ever since her mother pasted away and she had moved in with us, she has been making up the most ridiculous stories."
"When did her mother pass away?" Naru asked suddenly, sounding interested.
"About two months ago, why?"
"And when did all of this starting happening?"
"About two months ago…." His sentence trailed off as it hit him. He turned to look at the girl sitting next to him. "It was you!" He screamed. He stood up and pulled back a fist to hit her but Naru stopped him.
"Mr. Hoen!" Hoen looked at Naru. "I would prefer you deal with your private life elsewhere and I ask you to sit down," Hoen looked between Naru and Hastia before sitting down. "Now, I am not saying she is the issue, but I am saying she could be related to it. I would ask that you have three rooms prepared for us in two days time; two to be used as bedrooms, possibly close to each other and a third to be used for a base, one with a large amount of plugs. We will be arriving to intestate early in the morning to set up. I ask that you leave you information with my assistant before you leave. That is all" With that, Naru stood up and left.
Hey everyone, guess who!? That's right! It's the rainbow crack addicted kitty that you see when you sleep at night because it hides under your bed to wait for you to fall asleep so it can steal your money and hid your keys! No not really...its more of a blueish then rainbow.
Anyway, My computer broke so this is my first day getting it back and I am trying to update as much as possible. So, yea...Here is the second chapter to Garden of Beauty. I actually got this idea when I found an old story of mine I wrote about a Garden that sucked the life out of people. It was like some weird old legend or something. I don't know. I might post it on deivantART. (I am 'mornnight' on there. some other bitch stole 'morningnight'...she isn't really a bitch, I am sure she is nice...)
Speaking of deviantART, The lovely Picture I have up for this story comes from an artist by the name of SARETTA1 (link below...minus the spaces because fanfiction won't allow the letters "h t t p" on this website for some stupid unknown reason, but if you copy and paste it up in the little url box [after you get rid of spaces] it should still work. It did for me) You guys should go check it out, she has some awesome pictures there. I just chose this one cause it matched the theme and what will happen later (and she gave me permission ^^ yea!).
Yea, I really have nothing more to say...so yea...bye bye
I don't not, under any circumstance, own Ghost Hunt. All rights go to the Author; Fuyumi Ono
I do not, under any circumstance, own the Picture used with this story. All rights go to the Artist, SARETTA1