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File Nine

Emi

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Day 1

6:30 PM

Thursday

"Focus your eyes on the light." Naru stated calmly as a red light glowed, fading in and out slowly.

Everyone was gathered in the living room, Sakura sitting in a chair off to the side while Emi, Ao, and Saki sat on the couch, Saki with Hana on her lap. Minori, Rika, Taro, and Shiro sat on the floor in font of them, while Naoki and Kyo sat in front of Sakura's chair, Kotone in between them. Touko and Samu sat to the right of the couch. All fifteen of them were staring at the glowing light.

"Try to match your breathing to the glow. Nice, and slow."

Mai stood off to the side, already knowing the trick. Naru was trying to hypnotize them into summoning their poltergeist powers. She had read stories that teenage and pre-teen girls were often the source of moving objects due to uncontrollable powers that they somehow obtain as they grow up. Other times, they are human-caused hauntings due to the fact that the people use powers that they aren't aware of. This would turn out to be the cause of many paranormal 'hauntings'.

"Tonight, the cup will move. A small, green cup with flowers on it. It will be sitting on the table that's in front of you now."

Usually, a suggestion will be planted in their brains, so that when they go to sleep, their powers 'awaken' and the subconsciously move the object, this case being the cup. If a person is responsible for the activity, then they should do what they were told what they were told to do, and the cup should move while everyone is asleep.

Once done, Naru nodded to Mai, and she, in turn, turned and switched the light on. Everyone, who had a somewhat dazed look on their faces, suddenly snapped to attention as Naru turned the light off.

"That should be all. Try to go about you usual routine." Naru stated, holding the cup in his hand.

"Okay." Sakura nodded, blinking. She froze for a moment though, eyes transfixed on the cup in Naru's hand. Everyone else had their gaze focused on it as well, as if trying to figure out why it was so important. That was how Naru knew if the suggestion had worked.

"Whelp." Emi stood up, breaking the trance-like state everyone was in. "That was fun and all... but I'm bored. Off to Fire Emblem I go!" she pointed forward, as if going on some battle mission, and turned, going up the stairs. Everyone else snapped out of it as well, going back to their daily routine.

Once everyone was gone, Naru produced a piece of chalk from his pocket, drawing a circle in the middle of the coffee table and placing the cup in the middle of it.

"Now all we have to do is wait, I suppose." Mai stated, stepping back.

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Day 1

8:00

Thursday

They spent the entire evening watching the monitor focused on the cup. There was no movement whatsoever, but Mai also knew that this didn't mean it wasn't a person.

That was, until Saki rushed into the room, waving her hands about frantically. Everyone stared at her for a moment, before Naru stood, sensing something was wrong.

"Show us what happened." Saki nodded, then rushed out the door. Mai followed after her and Naru, bolting down the stairs. Just as she reached the bottom step, something flew by her head and crashed behind her. She looked over her shoulder, and saw tiny bits of glass strewn about.

"Glass...?" she mumbled, before hearing a shout of exclamation. She bolted down the stairs, and saw Ao and Saki in the kitchen, Naru standing behind them. "Naru, what-?!"

She paused mid-question as she saw what was going on. All of the glasses in the house were floating about, some coming out flying out of the kitchen and into the house. Mai glanced back at the stairs. Had... had whatever was here thrown a glass at her?!

"Get back, you idiots!" Emi shouted from the top of the stairs. "Leave them alone!" Suddenly, all the glasses dropped to the floor, the glass ones shattering while the plastic ones bounced harmlessly off the ground. Everyone cast a gaze up at Emi as she pounded down the stairs. "Ao! Saki! What were you doing right before the cups started floating?"

"Nothing!" Ao responded. "I was a little hungry and went digging for food through the fridge, and Saki was beside me. The cups started flying this way and that!"

"You didn't say anything? Taunt whatever's here?"

Saki frantically shook her head in response.

Emi closed her eyes and sighed.

"Let's just go upstairs and go to bed. I'm sure the ghost hunters will figure out whatever's going on."

Emi gently prodded the two out of the kitchen until it was just her, Naru, and Mai. Stepping over and around broken glass, she went to a nearby cupboard and pulled out a broom and dustpan.

"Emi." Naru said as the girl began sweeping up the glass. "Do you know what's going on here?"

"No idea."

"None in the slightest?" Naru focused his gaze on her as she continued to sweep. Emi lifted her head and glared. Mai glanced between her and her boss. Emi spoke, her tone sharp, lacking the carefree attitude that she had earlier.

"Are you accusing me of something?"

"Not in the slightest. I just think you know more than you're telling us."

"Really? Well, I think you're a seventeen-year-old kid who has no clue what he's doing." anger laced her voice as she continued sweeping. "Just some ass who's to big for his britches."

"Hey, now wait a minute Emi! If you're mad about something, you don't have to take it out on him!" Mai exclaimed. Emi's eyes hardened, then she straightened up from her usually slumped posture and stood her full height, a good half a foot taller than herself.

"Ghosts don't show much activity on the first day investigators come on in. But then again, they never did in this house. Every time a new person came in, the activity increased. Now with a bunch of half-witted investigators running about, this is all coming to a head."

"We're doing the best we can. We don't have the proper information to help you guys yet." Mai defended. Emi scowled, going back to sweeping.

"Just leave me alone." she muttered. Naru made no protest and walked out of the room. Mai glanced at his leaving, surprised he had even bothered to stick around for the little argument. She followed him out and saw that he had gone back to the living room, where the cup was on the coffee table, surrounded by a chalk circle.

The cup hadn't moved an inch.

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Day 3

1:15 PM

Saturday

Absolutely nothing has happened after the cup incident.

No creepy, four-way possessions by the quads, no children talking to ghosts, no knocking, banging, or movement of objects... absolutely nothing. Naru always hypothesized that the spirits are a bit dormant on days that newcomers came in, but Emi said that they are even more active, proven when every cup in the house outside of the one on the living room table was floating in the air, being whipped around and thrown at people. Then there was no activity all day on Friday, and still nothing today.

"Find anything yet?"

Emi's voice echoed across the room, catching the attention of some of the occupants. Naru was reading over some notes, Lin was perched in his chair, studying the monitors while John was visible on camera with a majority of the children, entertaining them all while keeping their curious hands away from the camera. Monk was also visible on the monitor, watching with Sakura as Ayako performed a cleansing. Mai had served Naru his tea, and he drank it without a word, flipping through some files.

Honestly, Mai was surprised that she was here. She's been avoiding them since the glass incident.

"I stand here today to beseech the gods, to call upon them to descend from the heavens, and join us where no gods dwell..."

Emi moved her gaze from the monitors and back to Naru. Taking a few strides across the room, she stood across from Naru and pulled up a chair, sitting on it backwards and leaning on the back.

"So Mr. Big Boss, are we working hard, or hardly working?"

"Go away." Naru responded simply.

"'We don't seem to be getting much of anywhere, Emi.' was the correct response, Mr. Big Boss. " she said, waving a hand in the air.

"Unless you plan on making yourself useful other than being a complete annoyance, leave. We're trying to work."

"You're hardly working, from the looks of it." Emi said, not even phased by Naru's order. She stayed where she sat. "And you didn't answer my question from earlier. Did you find anything yet?"

"Why would you want to know?" Naru asked coldly. Emi sighed dramatically.

"My, my, Kazuya! Is this how it will always be, the constant butting of heads when I address you?" he glared coldly at her. "Such a cold look. Where are your manners? This is no way to treat a lady, you know."

"Don't hold yourself at such a high regard, Emi."

"I'm a girl, right?" Emi directed this question to Mai. Mai blinked.

"Er... from the looks of it, I guess...?" She was still trying to get over Emi's sudden mood swing and complete and blatant disrespect for Naru.

"I am a lady, thank you very much." Emi said smugly back to Naru.

"You are such an annoyance."

"To bad bitching doesn't burn calories." Emi stated, referencing the white T-shirt she was wearing. She reached up to the chain around her neck and began fiddling with the pendant that hung from it. This time it was a silver dream catcher, made up of silver wires with ten little stones intertwined in it, two purple, two yellow, two red, two green, and two a misty white. A single feather hung from the bottom, and it hung from a silver chain.

Mai had noticed over the past few days that Emi often sported a style like that. A graphic tee with some form of witty phrase or picture with jeans. She was never seen without a beanie or, when she was outside, converses of whatever color suited her liking that day. Today, it was jade green, the hat matching the stones on her pendant and contrasting greatly with her purple highlights. The pendants were a constant thing as well, and it changed everyday to match whatever she was wearing, though one thing was constant, it seemed. Gemstones were always incorporated.

While some people might look upon her outfit today and think it hardly matched, Mai could see how it all came together, not because of the items themselves, but Emi somehow made it work. Her loud and blunt personality made people forget, exactly, what she was wearing, and when they finally noticed what she had on, they simply blinked and shook it off as part of her personality.

At least, that was what she felt. Emi appeared at the most random times, never failing to disappoint in annoying the ever-living hell out of Naru, or making someone laugh.

Emi averted her gaze away from Naru, focusing on the monitors.

"So is she really a Shinto priestess or is it a crock pot of shit?" she asked.

"She's talented in some aspects." Naru responded. Emi continued to stare at it, her jovial look shifting to a somewhat grim one as Ayako finished her chant.

"So this will get rid of the ghosts?" Sakura asked. Ayako grinned haughtily.

"You shouldn't experience anymore problems." she responded. Monk looked to be holding back a chuckle, his face going back to normal as Sakura spoke.

"I can't thank you enough. Tonight, we'll have your favorite food for dinner. It's barely a compensation, but it's all I can do..."

"You're doing that just to piss them off, aren't you?" Emi asked, fiddling with the pendant even more.

"Ms. Matzusaki insisted."

"You allowed her to do that just to piss them off." this time it was a statement. Naru glanced at her through his bangs. Emi let out a nervous chuckle, then wheezing slightly as if she was having trouble breathing. "What reaction... do you suppose they'll have? I don't know, I don't know, I don't know..." she continued to stare at the monitor, even as Monk, Ayako, and Sakura went off camera, her gaze had gone slightly blank. "She's coming, she's coming... What will she do, what will she do? Run, run, run..."

A period of silence for a moment as Emi continued to frantically fiddle with her pendant. Naru stared intently at her, trying to make sense of her actions. Mai walked around the table, next to Naru. Emi barely responded to the movement, only keeping her eyes wide and focused on the table.

"Emi...?" Mai asked gently, unsure how to address the situation. She narrowed her eyes as something shifted around the girl. She barely could see it, but it was there. A very, very faint mist, nearly invisible. A spirit...?

Suddenly, there was a round of loud thuds, like something was falling. A moment of silence. Then a shriek of shock and fear.

"Saki!"

Emi jumped up, an icy cool glare on her face.

"Someone call an ambulance!"

"Damn bitch has a bone to pick, she can pick it with me." she growled out before she flew out the door.

Similarly to what happened a few nights ago, Mai bolted out the door with Naru, and this time, Lin, on her heals. She went to the stairs again, and at the bottom, she saw Sakura with her hands over her mouth and Monk trying to coral the younger kids back into a room with John. The mute girl was laying on her back, brown hair splayed out around her, blood pooling out from the back of her head where she fell. Ayako was checking over Saki, trying to use her robes to stop the bleeding.

"Yeah, she fell down the stairs. Sixteen. Well, I don't know! I just walked in dialing 1-1-9 when someone yelled to call an ambulance!" Ao was shouting into the phone. He waited a moment, the hung up the phone. "Ambulance on the way."

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"I'll call you when she wakes up." Ao stated as he stepped into the back of the ambulance, holding Hana's hand. The little girl insisted on going with Saki and Ao in order to help Saki. So with her stuffed bunny in tow, she hopped up onto the ambulance with Ao and Sakura. Sakura sat next to Saki, holding her hand with a grim frown on her face.

"Saki will be okay!" Hana declared, a sudden burst of boldness for the shy child. Two medical workers closed the ambulance doors and sped off, sirens blaring. There was a long silence.

"Do we have any idea what happened?" Emi asked as they filed back inside

"It's on camera." Naru stated, pointing to the video camera at the top of the stairs.

"Let's see it. Someone watch the kids." Emi said as she walked upstairs and towards the base. Lin was already there, reviewing some of the tapes. He turned to look at the group that walked through the door.

"Play it." Emi ordered. Lin just nodded, playing it back and showing it to them. Saki was simply walking down the hallway the stopped, holding the back of her head, as if she bumped it, then began falling down the stairs. Emi narrowed her eyes. "Again." this process repeated several times. "Yo, Big Boss. Come over here and tell me what you see." Naru watched the video, and narrowed his eyes.

"Something hit her head before she fell." he turned to Lin. "Play it frame by frame."

Lin nodded, playing it. Everyone in the room widened their eyes as they paused on a frame. Emi's look went from a grim frown to a smirk.

"Damn bitch finally made her appearance."

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